BENTHALL, WILLIAM, son of William Searle Benthall (previously Bentall), Totnes and Buckfast Abbey, Devon, woollen manufacturer and banker, and Mary Ann, dau. of William Marshall MD, Totnes; b. 21 Jan 1803; adm. (G) 7 Jun 1815; KS 1817; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1821, adm. pens. 9 Jun 1821, scholar 1822, matr. Mich. 1821; a banker at Totnes c. 1823-41, when his partnership went bankrupt; m. 8 Sep 1831 Elizabeth Charlotte Cornish; d. 16 Jun 1877.

CLAPCOTT, HENRY, son of George Bunter Clapcott, Tarrant Keyneston, Dorset, and Eliza, dau. of Rev. James Dowland DD, Whitchurch, Dorset; b. 28 Nov 1830; adm. 12 Jan 1844 (Scott's); QS 1845; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1849, adm. pens. 19 May 1849, scholar 1850, matr. Mich. 1849; BA 1853; emigrated to Dunedin, New Zealand, where he took up sheep farming; JP New Zealand; m. 8 Dec 1858 Mary Jane, second dau. of Maj. --- Power, 60th Foot.

COTHER, WILLIAM, eldest son of William Cother FRCS, surgeon, Gloucester, and Mary Eliza --- (IGI); b. 8 Nov 1812; adm. 20 Jan 1825 (Stikeman's); KS (Capt. ) 1826; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1830, matr. 28 May 1830, Westminster Student to 1837; BA 1834; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 28 Jan 1835, called to bar 19 Nov 1842; Oxford Circuit; practised as a conveyancer in Gloucester; m. 30 Apr 1850 Marion, youngest dau. of John Warburton MD; d. at Dinant, France 20 Mar 1870.

COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH, only son of Capt. Thomas D’Avenant Cotton, 7th Foot, and Mary Headley Burnley, Halifax, Nova Scotia; grandson of George Cotton (qv); b. 29 Oct 1813; adm. (G) 17 Jan 1825; KS 1828; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1832, adm. pens. 11 Jun 1832, scholar 1833, matr. Mich. 1832; 8th Classic and 40th Senior Optime 1836; BA 1836; MA 1839; DD 1858 (incorp. Oxford 3 Jun 1858); Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1838, Major Fellow 1839; Assistant Master, Rugby School, 1837-52 (the “young master” of Tom Brown’s Schooldays); Headmaster, Marlborough Coll., 1852-8; ordained deacon 1 Feb 1839, priest 9 Jun 1839 (both Worcester); Bishop of Calcutta from 1858; consecrated in Westminster Abbey 13 May 1858; established schools for the education of poor European and Eurasian children; m. 26 Jun 1845 his cousin Sophia Anne, dau. of Rev. Henry Tomkinson, Reaseheath Hall, Cheshire, Vicar of Acton, Cheshire; accidentally drowned in the Ganges at Kushtia 6 Oct 1866. DNB.

CRAWLEY, RICHARD, second son of Rev. Richard Crawley, Rector of Rotherfield, Sussex, and of St. Mildred Poultry, London, and Mary, dau. of Owen Clutton, Greenwich, Kent; b. 31 May 1791; adm.; KS (aged 14) 1806; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1810, adm. pens. 7 Jun 1810, scholar 1811, matr. Mich. 1810; BA 1814; migr. to Magdalene Coll. Dec 1814; MA 1817; Fellow and Tutor, Magdalene Coll.; Proctor 1823-4; ordained deacon 19 Mar 1815, priest 29 Sep 1816 (both Ely); Vicar of Steeple Ashton cum Semington, Wilts., from 12 Jun 1828; Prebendary of Salisbury from 25 Feb 1843; d. unm. 9 Dec 1869.

GWILT, RICHARD BRANDRAM, brother of Charles Perkins Gwilt (qv); b. 14 Feb 1814; adm. 26 Mar 1821; KS 1827; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1831, adm. pens. 26 May 1831, scholar 1832, matr. Mich. 1831; 2nd Lieut., Ceylon Rifle Regt. 30 Oct 1838; Lieut., 10th Foot 8 Apr 1842; d. at Meerut, North Western Provinces, India 3 Jun 1845.

FARRER, MATTHEW THOMAS, second son of James William Farrer, Ingleborough, Yorkshire, a Master in Chancery, and Henrietta Elizabeth, widow of Hon. John Scott MP, and only dau. of Sir Matthew White Ridley, Bart. (b. 1745, qv); b. 3 Feb 1816; adm. 19 Jan 1829 (G); KS (Capt. ) 1830; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1834, adm. pens. 13 Jun 1834, scholar 1835, matr. Mich. 1834; BA 1838; MA 1841; ordained deacon 1840, priest 1841 (both Canterbury); Domestic Chaplain to John Scott, 2nd Earl of Elgin 1840; Vicar of Shirley, Surrey 1841-79; Vicar of Addington, Surrey 1843-67; inherited Ingleborough property on the death of his elder brother James in Jun 1879; m. 1st, 8 Aug 1843 Frances Emma, eldest dau. of Edward Golding, Maiden Erlegh, Berks.; m. 2nd, 8 Jul 1848 Mary Louisa, eldest dau. of Gen. Sir William Anson, Bart. KCB; d. 14 Jul 1889.

DUNCAN, FRANCIS, eldest son of Dr Francis Duncan, New Road, Middlesex, and Ann --- (IGI); b. 17 Nov 1806 (IGI); adm. 11 Jan 1819 (Du Brieux's); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 12 May 1825, matr. Mich. 1826; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 17 Nov 1825; ordained deacon (Worcester) 1831, priest 1 Feb 1835; Rector of West Chelborough, Kent, from 11 Dec 1839; m. 12 Apr 1830 (IGI) Louisa Augusta, dau. of Maj. -Gen. Richard Goodall Elrington CB; d. 23 Aug 1872. [Was his father Francis Duncan MD, Surgeon EICS Madras ? (see will proved PCC 18 Dec 1824, as of Paddington, Middlesex)]

DYOTT, WILLIAM HERRICK, brother of Richard Dyott (qv); b. 13 Nov 1809; adm. 16 Jun 1819 (Packharness'); KS 1824; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1828, adm. pens. 16 May 1828, scholar 1829, matr. Mich. 1828, readm. pens. 13 Jan 1833; BA 1834; MA 1837; ordained deacon 25 May 1834, priest 14 Jun 1835 (both Lincoln); Vicar of Ansty, Warwicks., from 1844; Domestic Chaplain to Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere (qv), Nov 1844; m. 21 Jan 1846 Matilda Sophia, third dau. of Donatus O’Brien, Tixover House, Rutland; d. 26 Oct 1883.

DICKSON, SIR JOHN FREDERICK, eldest son of Robert Dickson MD FRCP, Hertford Street, Mayfair, London, and Cambridge Lodge, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, and Anna Maria, dau. of John Coope, Cumberland Place, London; b. 17 Sep 1835; adm. 30 Jan 1847 (Rigaud's); readm. Mar 1850; QS 1851; Capt. of the School 1854; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1855, matr. 7 Jun 1855; 1st cl. Classics (Mods) 1857; BA 1859; MA 1873; Writer, Ceylon Civil Service Feb 1859; in Colonial Secretary’s Office, Ceylon 1859-62; Police Magistrate, Dambool 1862, Galle 1865; acting Government Agent, Southern Province 1879, Central Province 1882; CMG 24 May 1883; Colonial Secretary, Straits Settlements, from Sep 1885; member, Legislative Council; KCMG 24 May 1888; m. 1st, 30 Jun 1859 Annie, dau. of Randle Jackson Waters (qv); m. 2nd, 31 Mar 1875 Emily Ayton, youngest dau. of George Lee, Dickleburgh, Suffolk; d. 21 Dec 1891.