EDWARDS, JAMES GEORGE, eldest son of Rev. James Edwards, Rector of Newington, Oxfordshire; b. 25 Mar 1836; adm. 19 Jan 1849 (Rigaud's); QS 1850; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1854, matr. 8 Jun 1854, Westminster Student to 1868; BA 1858; MA 1861; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 28 Apr 1856, called to bar 26 Jan 1860; Oxford Circuit; JP (1896) Hampshire; author, The Progress of Religious Thought in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries, 1905; m. 19 May 1868 Ellen Hester, third dau. of Rev. James Clutterbuck, Vicar of Long Wittenham, Berks.; d. 4 Mar 1903.

EDWARDS, HOWEL HOLLAND, son of Rev. Edward Edwards, Caerhun, Caernarvonshire; b. 6 Nov 1762; adm. from Ruthin Sch. 7 Apr 1777; KS 1778; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1782, matr. 30 May 1782, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1782 - void 10 Apr 1795, expiry year of grace as R. Waddesdon; BA 1786; MA 1789; ordained; Librarian and Chaplain to Duke of Marlborough; Rector of Waddesdon, Bucks. (second portion) 31 May 1794-99; Prebendary of St. Asaph 19 Apr 1799; Rector of Pennant, Denbighshire, and of Llanrwst, Denbighshire 6 Apr 1799; Prebendary of Westminster from 31 May 1803; Proctor in Convocation 31 Jan 1807; Rector of St. John the Evangelist, Westminster, 21 Apr 1807-32; m. 12 May 1798 Caroline, sister of Richard Palmer (qv); d. 29 Sep 1846. Buried in North Ambulatory, Westminster Abbey.

EDWARDS, GEORGE OCTAVIUS, third son of William Edwards, Framlingham, Suffolk, and his cousin Emma, dau. of James Edwards, Wantisden, Suffolk; b. 17 Dec 1826; adm. 13 Jan 1841 (Benthall's); QS 1841; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1845, adm. pens. 30 Apr 1845, scholar 1846, matr. Mich. 1845; BA 1849; MA 1853; adm. Inner Temple 28 Oct 1847, called to bar 22 Nov 1850; equity draughtsman and conveyancer; d. 12 Mar 1901. [unm. at time 1881 Census]

EDRIDGE, WILLIAM; b.; adm.; KS 1667; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1669, adm. pens. 28 Jun 1669, scholar 1670; BA 1672/3; MA 1676 (incorp. Oxford 11 Jul 1676); ordained deacon (Peterborough) 21 May 1676, priest (London) 24 Dec 1676; Vicar of Eaton Bray, Beds., 1677-95; buried 12 Apr 1696.

EDGELEY, FRANCIS, son of Thomas Edgeley, Northamptonshire; b.; adm. 27 Apr 1657 (Chapter Muniments 43060); a boarder; KS (aged 15) 1658.

Edgar, Stanley Clarence, son of Clifford Blackburn Edgar, Mus. B., B.Sc., M. P., of Richmond, Surrey, sometime Mayor of Richmond, by Mary, only daughter of George Fowden, of Whalley Range, Lancs; b. Jan. 16, 1889; adm. as K.S. Sept. 25, 1902; elected to an exhibition at Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1907, matric. Michaelmas 1907; B.A. 1911; M.A. 1920; played football against Cambridge 1911; 2nd Lieut. 5th Batt. East Surrey Regt. Aug. 29, 1915; Lieut. July 1, 1917; 2nd Lieut. General List Sept. 19, 1939; Lieut.-Col.; served in India; manager of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 1928-32; m. July 1, 1914, Elizabeth Ruth, daughter of Robert Maddison Warwick, of Ponteland, Northumberland; d. Nov. 22, 1961.

EDGAR, JOHN FOY, son of Alexander Foy Edgar, Mayor of Bristol, and Ann Cann, dau. of John Foy, Alderman of Bristol; bapt. 9 Mar 1767; adm. 15 Jan 1776 (as John Foy (sic), also appearing as Foy in school lists to 1780); KS (aged 13) 1780; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1785, matr. 26 May 1785, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1785 - void 29 Jun 1797; BA 1789; MA 1793; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 14 Nov 1782; member, Common Council, Bristol 1796-1818, Sheriff of Bristol 1796-7, 1802-3, Sword Bearer from 1818; an early patron of Flaxman; FSA 1805; m. 10 Nov 1803 Harriet Ball (IGI); d. 5 Nov 1850.

Edgar, Arthur Conway, brother of Stanley Clarence Edgar (q.v.); b. Sept. 21, 1892; adm. as K.S. Sept. 28, 1905; elected to Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1911, matric. Michaelmas 1911; B.A. 1919; M.A. 1919; 2nd Lieut. 5th Batt. East Surrey Regt. Sept. 21, 1914; Lieut. June 1, 1916; served in France, Belgium, Italy, and Germany; M.C. Feb. 1, 1919; called to the bar at Lincolns Inn Nov. 17, 1924; m. April 10, 1917, Dorothy May Chilton, daughter of the Rev. Herbert Chilton Tompkins, Rector of East Woodhay, Berks; d. July 8, 1962.

EDES, FRANCIS; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1656, subscibed 18 Mar 1656/7, Westminster Student; BA 17 Jan 1659/60; MA 1662; MB and MD 1674; FRCP 16 Oct 1677; of St. Mary Woolnoth parish, London; d. 13 Sep 1683.

EDES (or EEDES), RICHARD, of Sewell, Beds.; b.; adm.; QS in 1565; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1571, Westminster Student; BA 1574; MA 1578; BD 1584; DD 1589; Proctor 1583; ordained; Prebendary of Salisbury from 30 Jul 1584; Canon of Christ Church, Oxford, from 10 Feb 1586; Prebendary of Hereford 17 Jan 1589/90, Treasurer from 22 Aug 1596; Dean of Worcester from 24 Jun 1597; Chaplain to Elizabeth I and James I; one of the translators of the Bible; reputed author of Julius Caesar, tragedy acted at Christ Church 1582; wrote English and Latin verses, and had reputation as a punster; m. Margaret, dau. of Right Rev. Herbert Westphaling DD, Bishop of Hereford; d. 19 Nov 1604. DNB.