RICH, WILLIAM GORDON, brother of John Rich (qv); b. 28 Feb 1829; adm. 8 Jun 1841 (Benthall's); QS (Capt. ) 1843; Capt. of the School 1846; rowed v. Eton 29 Jul 1845, 30 Jul 1846; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 27 May 1847, Westminster Student 1847-55; won University pairs with Arthur Milman (qv) 1847; rowed in Christ Church eight which was Head of the River 1847-9 and in Oxford eight which won the Grand Challenge Cup at Henley 1848, 1850, 1851; rowed stroke for Oxford in the two races against Cambridge 1851; President, Oxford University Boat Club 1849-51; BA 1851; a sheep farmer in New Zealand; m. 21 Feb 1856 Maria Stuart, dau. of Joseph Maitland; d. at Christchurch, New Zealand 6 Jul 1912.

RICHARDS, EDWARD VAUGHAN, eldest son of William Parry Richards (qv); b. 18 Nov 1821; adm. 27 Jun 1834 (Benthall's); KS 1836; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1840, matr, 3 Jun 1840, Westminster Student; rowed v. Cambridge 1841; BA 1844; MA 1846; adm. Inner Temple 10 Jan 1844, called to bar 30 Apr 1847, Bencher 26 Apr 1868; Oxford Circuit; QC 21 Feb 1868; m. 30 Oct 1866 Elizabeth Anne, dau. of Robert Wharton, barrister; d. 26 Sep 1884.

O'Brien, John Richard, son of Richard Alfred O'Brien CBE MD, bacteriologist, of Beckenham, Kent, and Nora McKay, violinist, d. of Benjamin Thomas McKay, engineer, of Maryborough, Queensland, Australia; b. 6 Nov. 1915; adm. Apr. 1929 (H), KS Sept. 1930; left July 1934; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1934, BA 1938, MA 1947; St Barth. Hosp. Med. Sch., MRCS LRCP BM 1940; MD 1950, FRCPath 1964, MRCP 1970, FRCP 1975; practised at Saltash, Cornwall, and Ports­mouth; pathologist Plymouth 1947-53; consult. haematologist Portsmouth Gen. Hosp. 1953- 74; Reader in Haematology Univ. of Southampton 1974-; m. 1st 22 June 1939 Sybil Margaret, d. of Alfred Simeon Boyes of Sao Paulo, Brazil; 2nd 11 July 1958 Marie Vollam, d. of Joseph Vollam Morton of Carshalton, Surrey; d. 27 Oct. 2002.

OLIPHANT, ROBERT, son of Lawrence Oliphant, Liverpool, merchant; b.; adm. 30 Jun 1784; KS (aged 14) 1785; founder of “The Trifler, by Timothy Touchstone, of St. Peter’s College, Westminster” (31 May 1788 – 21 Mar 1789); elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1789, adm. pens. 10 Jun 1789, scholar 23 Apr 1790, matr. 1789; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 20 Jun 1787; author of three dramatic pieces performed at Liverpool Theatre 1789-90; d. 14 Sep 1792. [Presumably Robert Oliphant, son of Lawrence Oliphant, bapt. St. George, Castle Street, Liverpool 12 Jun 1769 (IGI)]

Olivier, Reginald Ernest, son of the Rev. Dacres Olivier, Rector of Wilton, Wilts, by Emma Selina, daughter of Robert Eden (q.v.); b. Aug. 19, 1871; adm. as Q.S. June 12, 1884; left (with Triplett) July 1889; Ch. Ch. Oxon., matric. Oct. 11, 1889; B.A. 1893; sometime a clerk in the Bank of England; m. July 12, 1912, Esther Somers; d. Nov. 2, 1931.

ORME, NICHOLAS, brother of Richard Orme (qv); b.; adm.; KS ; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1615, Westminster Student 1615/6; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 23 Jan 1616/7, called to bar 25 Nov 1623; d. 4 Feb 1628/9, aged 28 (MI St. Bartholomew the Great, London).

OSBORN, DANVERS HENRY, youngest son of Sir John Osborn, Bart. (qv); b. 13 Aug 1827; adm. 11 Jan 1841 (G); QS 1841; left 1844; Cadet, EICS Bengal 1845; Ensign, 54th Native Infantry 15 Sep 1846; Lieut., 18 Jul 1848; Capt., 13 May 1857; Maj., 27 Dec 1865; Bengal Staff Corps 12 Sep 1866; retd. as Lieut. -Col., 1 May 1868; served in Indian Mutiny; severely wounded while escaping from Delhi in May 1857; m. 17 Mar 1862 Annette, dau. of Thomas Wilson, Calcutta; d. at Brussels 5 Feb 1898.

OTTER, HENRY SHIRECLIFFE, second son of Charles Otter, Lincoln’s Inn, barrister, Examiner of Court of Chancery, and Elinor Shirecliffe, dau. of Kenyon Stevens Parker QC, New Square, Lincoln’s Inn; b. 4 Feb 1856; adm. 26 Jan 1866; exhibitioner 1869; QS (Capt. ) 1870; Capt. of the School 1873; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1874, matr. 28 May 1874; 1st cl. Classics (Mods) 1876; played football for Oxford 1874-8, threw hammer for Oxford 1878; Ba 1878; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 4 Nov 1876; Indian Civil Service (Madras) 1876; Assistant to Collector, Tinnevelly 1879; returned to England owing to ill-health; d. 29 Dec 1879.

OWEN, MATTHEW; b.; adm.; KS 1680; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1684, but was never adm.

OWEN, WILLIAM, only son of Sir Richard Owen KCB FRS FRCS, Hunterian Professor, Royal Coll. of Surgeons, and Caroline Amelia, only dau. of William Clift FRS, Hampstead Road, Middlesex, Curator of Hunterian Museum, Royal College of Surgeons, and naturalist; b. 6 Oct 1837; adm. 25 Sep 1847 (Rigaud's); QS 1852; left 1852; Clerk, Foreign Office, from Dec 1854; m. 5 Jan 1867 Sarah Emily Fretwell, eldest dau. of Richard R. Frecheville; drowned at Kingston, Surrey 14 Mar 1886.