VACHEL, — ; b. ; at school 1657-8 (Busby’s Account Book) ; a boarder.
VADE, JOHN, son of William Vade, Bromley, Kent, apothecary, and Elizabeth Ludlow ; bapt.Bromley, Kent 9 Oct 1722 (IGI) ; adm. (aged 10) Sep 1734 ; left 1739 ; Clare Coll.Cambridge, adm.pens. 4 Oct 1739, matr.1740 ; BA 1743/4 ; MA 1747 ; ordained deacon 23 Sep 1744, priest 5 Oct 1746 (both Rochester) ; Rector of Isleham, Cambs., 21 Oct 1746 – Dec 1751 ; Vicar of St.Nicholas, Rochester, Kent, from 29 Nov 1751 ; Vicar of Croydon, Surrey, from 3 Jun 1755 ; Chaplain to Right Rev.Zachary Pearce (qv), Bishop of Rochester ; m. 22 May 1755 Elizabeth, dau. of David Wharam, Rochester, Kent, Mayor and Alderman of Rochester ; d. 9 Jun 1765.
VALVASOUR, THOMAS ; b. ; adm. (aged 13) Sep 1717 ; in under school list 1718. [Note Thomas Vavasour (sic), son of William Vavasour, Weston, Yorks., and Mary, only dau. of Thomas Fawkes MP, Farnley, Yorks., and his first wife ; bapt.Weston, Yorks. 21 Dec 1702 (IGI)]
VANBRUGH, CHARLES, only surviving son of Sir John Vanbrugh, Kt, dramatist and architect, and Henrietta Maria, eldest child of Lieut.-Col.James Yarburgh, Snaith Hall, Yorks., 1st Foot Guards ; b. 20 Oct 1720 ; adm. (aged 11) Jun 1732 (Bourne) ; left 1736 ; adm. Inner Temple 12 Feb 1735/6 ; went to Lausanne, Switzerland, to complete his studies, and while there became a member of the Compagnie des Nobles Fusillers, 29 Apr 1738 ; Ensign, 2nd Foot Guards 24 Apr 1741 ; went with regiment to Flanders 1744 ; d. 13 May 1745, from wounds received at the battle of Fontenoy two days previously. ODNB (s.v.father).
VANCE, J. ; b. ; at school under Carey (name up School 1807).
VANCE, ROBERT SHEPPARD, second son of George Vance MD, Sackville Street, Piccadilly, London, medical practitioner, and Elizabeth Bradridge, only dau. of John Sheppard, Morton Abbott, Devon ; b. 31 Aug 1814 ; adm. 12 Jan 1829 ; left 1831 ; Exeter Coll.Oxford, matr. 2 Jun 1831 ; d. from effects of a fall from his horse near Wheatley, Oxfordshire 15 Oct 1832.
VAN DEN BEMPDE, JOHN, only surviving son of Abram Van Den Bempde, Pall Mall, Westminster, and Margaret, youngest dau. of Sir Peter Van Lore, Bart., banker and jeweller ; b. ; at school under Busby one year (J.Venn, Biog.Hist. of Gonville and Caius Coll., i, 448) ; Gonville and Caius Coll.Cambridge, adm.pens. 10 Mar 1672/3, readm. fellow commoner 27 Jun 1673, matr.1672/3, but did not graduate ; adm.Gray’s Inn 6 Aug 1670 ; of Pall Mall, London, and of Hackness, Yorks. ; FRS 30 Nov 1678 (resigned 1711) ; m. 28 Aug 1699 Temperance, dau. of Philip Packer, Groombridge, Kent ; d. 14 Mar 1725/6 (will proved PCC 22 Jun 1726).
VANDEPUT, JOHN, elder son of Sir Peter Vandeput, Bart., and Frances, dau. of Sir George Mathews, Kt MP, Twickenham, Middlesex, director East India Company ; b. ; adm. (aged 8) Jun 1722 ; in under school list 1725 ; left 1725 ; Corpus Christi Coll.Cambridge, adm.fellow commoner 1731, matr.1731, but did not graduate ; adm.Inner Temple 1 Feb 1724/5 ; d.unm. at Groningen, Netherlands 1734 (adm. PCC 21 Jun 1734).
VANDERLIND, — ; b. ; in school lists 1769, chorister ; left 1771.
VANE, HON.CHARLES, brother of Hon.Randyll Vane (qv) ; b. ; adm. (aged 9) Jul 1727 ; recited verses at Westminster Meeting Jan 1730/1 ; left 1734 ; Naval Victualling Agent in Lisbon Feb 1744/5 ; of Mount Ida, Bagthorpe, Norfolk ; m. 15 Feb 1776 Elizabeth, eldest dau. of Richard Wood (adm.1723, qv) ; d. 27 Feb 1796.
VANE, HON.FREDERICK, brother of Henry Vane, 2nd Earl of Darlington (qv) ; b. 26 Jun 1732 ; adm. Jan 1739/40 ; KS 1746 ; still at school 1749 ; Pembroke Coll.Cambridge, adm.fellow commoner 30 Jan 1749/50, matr.1750, but did not graduate ; reprimanded by Vice-Chancellor for interfering with Senior Proctor in exercise of his duties on the occasion of the Westminster club dinner, presided over by Thomas Francklin (qv), 17 Nov 1750 ; MP co.Durham 1761-74 ; Deputy Treasurer, Chelsea Hospital 25 Mar 1756 – Feb 1761, and from 24 Oct 1774 ; of Sellaby, co.Durham ; m. 1st, 15 Jun 1758 Henrietta, sister of Sir William Meredith, Bart. (qv) ; m.2nd, 1796 Jane, dau. of Arthur Lysaght, and niece of John Lysaght, 1st Baron Lisle (I) ; d. 28 Apr 1801.
VANE, FREDERICK HENRY, second son of Sir Frederick Fletcher Vane, Bart., MP, and Hannah, dau. of John Bowerbank, Johnby, Cumberland ; b. 10 May 1807 ; adm. 9 Nov 1818 ; left 10 Feb 1819 ; went to Eton Coll. ; Cornet, 12th Lancers 9 Apr 1826 ; Lieut., 18 Dec 1827 ; ret. 1829 ; served in Portugal 1827 ; plaintiff in 1872 in Vane v.Vane, the leading case on concealed fraud under the Statutes of Limitation (he argued that his elder brother, Sir Francis Fletcher Vane, Bart., was illegitimate) ; m. 4 Jun 1859 Rosalinda, dau. of John Moore, Prospect Hill, Galway, Ireland ; d. 13 Dec 1894.
VANE, SIR HENRY, eldest son of Sir Henry Vane, Kt MP, Treasurer of the Household and Secretary of State, Hadlow, Kent, and Raby Castle, co.Durham, and Frances, dau. of Thomas Darcy, Tolleshunt D’Arcy, Essex ; bapt. 26 May 1613 ; at school under Osbaldeston (Wood, Athenae Oxonienses, iii, 578) ; became a puritan at age of 15 ; Magdalen Hall, Oxford, adm.gentleman commoner, aged 16, but did not matr., as he objected to taking the oath ; Grand Tour (France, Switzerland) ; went to New England to obtain freedom of worship 1635 ; Governor of Massachusetts 25 May 1636 – May 1637 ; became entangled in doctrinal controversies ; left North America Aug 1637 to return to England ; Joint Treasurer of the Navy Jan 1639- Dec 1641 ; knighted 23 Jun 1640 ; showed Pym his father’s notes of Strafford’s advice to Charles I at the Council meeting of 5 May 1640 ; MP Kingston upon Hull Apr – May 1640, Nov 1640 – Apr 1653 ; one of the originators of the bill for the abolition of episcopacy 1641 ; one of the committee appointed to vindicate the privileges of Parliament on the arrest of the five members ; a leader of the war party in the House of Commons ; Treasurer of the Navy (for Parliament) Aug 1642 – Dec 1650 ; conducted the negotiations with the Scots 1643 ; the virtual leader of the House of Commons after Pym’s death ; proposed and carried the establishment of the Committee of both Kingdoms 1644 ; one of the Parliamentary Commissioners at Uxbridge 1645 ; rejected Charles I’s overtures in 1644 and 1646 ; a Commissioner to treat with the army at Wycombe 1647 ; distrusted by the Presbyterians and the Levellers ; took no part in Charles I’s trial ; member of Council of State 14 Feb 1649 – Apr 1653 ; active member of the government 1649-53 ; a Commissioner for settling Scottish affairs 1651 ; quarrelled with Cromwell over the expulsion of the Long Parliament 1653 ; retired to Lincolnshire and refused a seat in the Little Parliament ; imprisoned at Carisbrooke Castle as a result of the publication of his book Healing Question, propounded and resolved, 1656 ; MP Whitchurch Jan – May 1659 ; assisted in the abolition of the Protectorate ; Commissioner of the Navy and manager of foreign affairs in the restored Long Parliament, resuming as MP Kingston upon Hull May 1659 – Apr 1660 ; unsuccessfully endeavoured to reconcile Parliament and the army ; became distrusted by all parties ; expelled from the House of Commons 9 Jan 1660 ; partially excluded from the Act of Indemnity ; imprisoned in the Tower of London, and subsequently transported to the Scilly Isles ; tried for high treason in Court of King’s Bench, and sentenced to death 11 Jun 1662 ; an able statesman of enormous industry, but although his devotion to the public service and his freedom from corruption were well known, his religious enthusiasm and his subtlety in speculative matters exposed to him to the charge of being a fanatic and an unscrupulous schemer ; author, The Retired Man’s Meditations, 1655, and other works ; m. 1 Jul 1640 Frances, dau. of Sir Christopher Wray, Bart., Barlings, Lincs. ; executed on Tower Hill 14 Jun 1662. ODNB.
VANE, HENRY, 2ND EARL OF DARLINGTON, eldest son of Henry Vane, 1st Earl of Darlington, and Lady Grace Fitzroy, third dau. of Charles Fitzroy, 1st Duke of Cleveland ; nephew of Hon.Randyll Vane (qv) ; b. ; adm. (aged 9) Jun 1736 ; left 1744 ; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 28 May 1744 ; MA Cambridge 30 Jul 1748/9 ; Ensign, 1st Foot Guards 11 Apr 1745 ; Lieut. and Capt., 22 Feb 1746/7 ; 2nd Foot Guards 6 Feb 1749/50 ; ret. May 1758 ; Col.Durham Militia 26 Oct 1759, with rank of Col. in the Army during service 2 Jul 1779 ; MP Downton 24 Nov 1749 – Apr 1753, Co.Durham 11 May 1753 – 6 Mar 1758 ; succ.father as 2nd Earl of Darlington 6 Mar 1758 ; Lord Lieut., Co.Durham, from 11 Jul 1758 ; Master of the Jewel Office 29 Jan 1763 – 11 Jul 1782 (office abolished) ; Governor of Carlisle from Aug 1763 ; m. 19 Mar 1757 Margaret, dau. of Robert Lowther, Governor of Barbados, and sister of James Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale ; d. 8 Sep 1792.
VANE, HON.JOHN, second son of William Vane, 1st Viscount Vane (I) MP, and Lucy, dau. of William Jolliffe, Caverswall, Staffs. ; bapt. St.Anne, Soho 12 May 1707 (IGI) ; adm. (aged 12) Jun 1719 ; d. at Naples 5 Feb 1723/4.
VANE, JOHN, illegitimate son of Sir Henry Vane-Tempest, Bart., MP ; b. 1792 ; at school 1799 ; up Clapham’s in 1800, 1801 ; in school list 1801 ; had the reputation of being one of the best fighters of his time at the School ; left 1808 ; Trinity Coll.Cambridge, adm.pens. 27 Apr 1809, matr.Mich.1809 ; BA 1814 ; migr. to Magdalene Coll.Cambridge ; MA 1817 ; Fellow, Magdalene Coll. 1814 ; ordained deacon 19 Mar 1815, priest 28 Sep 1817 (both Ely) ; Vicar of Wroxeter, Shropshire 22 Aug 1823 – Jun 1828 ; Vicar of Burrington, Somerset, from 6 Oct 1831 ; Rector of Wrington, Somerset, from 16 Feb 1832 ; Chaplain to Speaker, House of Commons, 1835-9 ; Deputy Clerk of the Closet, Royal Household, from 1839 ; Fellow, Dulwich Coll. 18 Mar 1818-48 ; d. unm. 29 Dec 1870.
VANE, HON.RANDYLL, fifth son of Gilbert Vane, 2nd Baron Barnard, and Mary, dau. of Morgan Randyll MP, Chilworth, Surrey ; b. ; adm.Aug 1727 ; in Second form Jan 1727/8 ; in school list Feb 1727/8 ; Lieut., Royal Navy 8 Dec 1734 ; d.unm. 1736, aged 20.
VANGENUE, WILLIAM, see GENEW, WILLIAM.
VANHATTEN, SIR JOHN, son of John Vanhatten, Dinton Hall, Bucks., and Elizabeth Ongley, St.Dunstan’s in the East, London ; bapt. 20 Feb 1725/6 ; adm. (aged 10) Oct 1737 ; of Dinton Hall, Bucks. ; knighted 21 Jan 1761 ; High Sheriff, Buckinghamshire 1761 ; m. Rebecca Manners ; d. 4 Dec 1787.
VAN MILLINGEN, see MILLINGEN.
VARDON, GEORGE TARBUTT, son of Thomas Vardon, jun., Gracechurch Street, London, wholesale ironmonger, and Elizabeth Bryan, dau. of George Tarbutt, Gould Square, London, merchant ; b. 2 Dec 1802 (IGI) ; adm. 17 Sep 1811 ; left Whitsun 1816 ; RMC Sandhurst ; Capt., 69th Foot [check] ; emigrated to Canada 1832 ; served in Indian Department, Toronto 1840-4, later as Assistant Superintendent General at Montreal ; resigned 1851 after having been detected in stealing funds intended for Indian welfare ; m. 16 Jul 1833 Mary Jane, dau. of Samuel Southerden ; living 1854 (dead by 1861).
VARDON, LEWIS, son of William Vardon, and his second wife Jemima Fleming ; b. 21 Jun 1818 ; adm. 13 Jan 1834 ; went to King’s Coll.London ; Cadet, EICS Bombay 1837 ; Cornet 8 Feb 1837 ; 1st Bombay Light Cavalry 1 Dec 1837 ; Lieut., 19 Feb 1839 ; d. from effects of a fall from his horse at Mahabaleshwar Hill, Bombay 5 Apr 1842.
VARDON, MARTIN, brother of George Tarbutt Vardon (qv) ; b. 30 Dec 1803 (IGI) ; adm. 20 Jan 1813 ; left Whitsun 1816.
VARDON, NOEL HOVENDEN BRYAN, son of Thomas Vardon (qv) ; b. 10 Jun 1834 ; adm.Harrow Sch. 1846 ; adm. Jul 1848 ; left 14 Dec 1849 ; Addiscombe Coll. 1850-1 ; Ensign, 13th Foot 12 Dec 1851 ; Lieut., 13 Jan 1854 ; Capt., 25 Jan 1856 ; half-pay 10 Nov 1856 – 8 Jan 1858 ; ret. 4 Jun 1861 ; Paymaster, 86th Foot 12 Jun 1863, with hon. rank of Maj. ; resigned 4 Apr 1867 ; served in Crimean War ; living London 1881 (1881 Census) ; m. Katherine — ; d. 24 Dec 1883.
VARDON, THOMAS, brother of George Tarbutt Vardon (qv) ; b. 15 Jul 1801 ; at Charterhouse Sch. 1810-3 ; adm. 10 Jan 1814 ; left Whitsun 1816 ; clerk, House of Commons Feb 1828, Assistant Librarian Jun 1828, Librarian from 1831 ; author, Index to Local, Personal and Private Acts 1798-1839, 1840 ; m. 4 Oct 1828 Laura Anne, sister of Augustus Miles Carteret Stapylton (qv) ; d. 12 Apr 1867. ODNB.
VARDY, EDWARD, brother of John Vardy (qv) ; b. ; in school list 1754 ; KS 1760 ; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1765, matr. 7 Jun 1765, aged 19, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1765 – void 12 Jul 1783 (expiry year of grace as Perp.C.Market Harborough from 8 Jul 1782 [sic]) ; BA 1769 ; MA 1772 ; ordained deacon 23 May 1769, priest 14 Jan 1772 (both Oxford) ; Perpetual Curate of Market Harborough, Leics., from 4 Nov 1780 ; Perpetual Curate of Great Bowden, Leics., 4 Nov 1780 – Oct 1811 ; Rector of Llan-y-Meurig, Montgomeryshire 13 Mar 1782 – Jan 1798 ; Rector of Yelvertoft, Northants, from 1785 ; m. 6 Jan 1784 (IGI) Margaret Cecil Grave, illegitimate dau. of James Cecil, 6thEarl of Salisbury (qv) ; d. 23 Jul 1824.
VARDY, JOHN, son of John Vardy, Hampton Court, Middlesex, architect, Clerk of Works to Chelsea Hospital ; b. ; adm. (aged 7) Apr 1752 ; in school list 1754 ; architect ; Surveyor of Buildings, Mint 11 Jan 1763-93 ; altered and enlarged Queensberry House, Burlington Gardens, London, for 1st Earl of Uxbridge in the late 1780s ; m. 11 Apr 1766 Frances, dau. of John Dalby, Hurst Lodge, Hurst, Berks. [Mother probably Hannah Hill, St.James’s, Westminster (IGI)].
VARLEY, FREDERICK JOHN, eldest son of John Varley, Stanley Gardens, London, solicitor, and Sophia, dau. of Samuel Varley, Stanningley, Yorks., wool merchant ; b. 4 May 1872 ; adm. 22 Sep 1882 (H) ; QS 1885 ; left (with Triplett) Jul 1891 ; Oriel Coll.Oxford, matr. 27 Oct 1891, scholar 19 Jan 1892 [check] ; BA 1894 ; MA 1898 ; hon.Fellow, Oriel Coll. 1918 ; appointed Indian Civil Service 1894 ; arrived in India 25 Nov 1895 ; Assistant Magistrate and Collector, Bombay ; Second Assistant Oct 1903, First Assistant Apr 1909 ; Sessions Judge Sep 1910 – Jan 1916, ret. ; adm.Inner Temple 4 May 1911, called to bar 16 Jun 1920 ; migr. to Lincoln’s Inn ; author, Rules and Regulations of the Stock Exchange, 1925, and of various historical works, mainly on the English Civil War period ; m. 4 Oct 1902 Mary Myfanwy, sister of Evan Lorimer Thomas (qv, vol.III) ; d. 28 Dec 1948.
VARNAM, see VERNON.
VASSALL, FLORENTIUS, only son of Florentius Vassall, St.Elizabeth, Jamaica, West Indies, and Ann, dau. of Julines Hering, Jamaica ; b. ; adm. (aged 10) Jan 1718/9 ; in under school list 1721 ; plantation owner, Westmorland, Jamaica ; latterly living in Wimpole Street, London ; m.1st, 16 Sep 1729 Mary, dau. of Col.John Foster, Elim, Jamaica ; 2nd, Elizabeth — ; d. in Jamaica 1778 (will proved PCC 14 Sep 1778).
VATAS, PETER, son of Peter Vatas MD, Wardour Street, London, medical practitioner, and Mary Anne, dau. of Jean Henri Herwart du Fort, The Hague, Netherlands ; b. ; adm. (aged 13) Sep 1730 ; KS 1732 ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1737, matr. 14 Jun 1737, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1737 – void 22 Nov 1780 (expiry year of grace as Perp.C.Caversham from 18 Nov 1779) ; BA 1741 ; MA 7 Mar 1743/4 ; ordained deacon 19 Dec 1742, priest Dec 1743 (both Oxford) ; Chaplain, 14th Light Dragoons, from 24 Dec 1745 ; Perpetual Curate of Caversham, Oxfordshire, from 1747 ; Domestic Chaplain to Charles, Baron Cadogan 30 Dec 1767 ; Rector of Whitton-cum-Thurlton, Suffolk 27 Nov 1779 – Jan 1780 ; Rector of Little Warley, Essex, from 13 Jan 1780 ; d. 4 Jan 1800.
VAUDREUIL, (VICTOR LOUIS) ALFRED DE RIGAUD, COMTE DE, younger son of Joseph Hyacinthe François de Paule de Rigaud, Comte de Vaudreuil, Lieut.-Gen. in the French Army, Governor of the Tuileries and Grand Falconer of France, and his cousin Marie Josephine Hyacinthe Victoire, dau. of Louis Philippe de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil ; b. 1 Jan 1799 ; adm. 23 Jan 1812 ; left Bartholomewtide 1815 ; returned to France 1815 ; attaché, French Embassy, Naples 1816 ; Secretary to French Legations, The Hague and Cassel ; Secretary to French Embassies, London and Lisbon ; First Secretary, French Embassy, London 1828-30 ; French Minister, Weimar 1830-2, Munich from Dec 1832 ; m. 23 Aug 1828 Anne Louise, eldest dau. of Jean Pierre Collot, Director-General, Paris Mint ; d. at Munich 11 Nov 1834.
VAUGHAN, — ; b. ; at school 1665 (Busby’s Account Book).
VAUGHAN, CHARLES ; b. ; in school list Feb 1727/8 (sixth form).
VAUGHAN, ERASMUS, son of John Vaughan, Trecwn, Llanfair Nant-y-gwyn, Pembrokeshire, and Joan Corbet ; b. ; adm. (aged 15) May 1729 ; in school list 1731 ; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 18 Nov 1731 ; of Trecwn, Pembrokeshire ; d. unm. 29 Aug 1775.
VAUGHAN, HEDD, second son of John Vaughan, Caergai, Merioneth, and Margaret, dau. of Hedd Lloyd, Llangernyw, Denbighshire ; b. ; adm. (aged 10) Mar 1723/4 ; in under school list 1725 ; adm.Gray’s Inn 1 Apr 1735 ; d. 11 Nov 1736.
VAUGHAN, HENRY, see HALFORD, SIR HENRY, BART.
VAUGHAN, HENRY, youngest son of Rev.Edward Protheroe Vaughan, Rector of Wraxall, Somerset, and Harriet, only dau. of Rev.John Hensman, Rector of Clifton, Gloucs. ; b. 24 Aug 1848 ; adm. 24 Jan 1861 (G) ; left Sep 1861 ; University Coll.Oxford, matr. 19 Oct 1867 ; BA 1871 ; MA 1874 ; ordained deacon 1870, priest 1871 (both Salisbury) ; Curate, Mere, Wilts., 1871-2, Datchet, Bucks., 1872-4, Savernake, Wilts., 1872-4 ; Vicar of Easton Royal, Wilts., 1875-7 ; Curate, Wraxall, Somerset 1877-91, Rector from 1891 ; Prebendary of Wells from 1904 ; m. 18 Aug 1874 Ellen Christine, second dau. of John Crake FRIBA, The Lawn, Datchet, Bucks., architect ; d. 31 Dec 1920.
VAUGHAN, JAMES ; b. ; adm. ; KS 1679 ; buried Cloisters, Westminster Abbey 27 Aug 1680.
VAUGHAN, JOHN ; b. ; adm. (aged 15) Sep 1720.
VAUGHAN, RICHARD, of London (“pleb.f.”) ; b. ; adm. ; KS 16 Nov 1610 ; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1614, matr. 14 Mar 1616/7, aged 19, Westminster Student to 1623 ; BA 1618 ; MA 1622 ; ordained deacon 23 May 1619, priest 11 Jun 1620 (both Oxford) ; schoolmaster, St.Olave’s GS, Southwark, described as MA, licensed 4 Mar 1623/4 ; dead by 18 May 1625.
VAUGHAN, ROBERT ; b. ; Min.Can.1636 ; KS in 1638 (WAM 34165).
VAUGHAN, THOMAS ; b. ; adm. (aged 12) May 1729. [Presumably brother of, or close kin to, Erasmus Vaughan, adm.same month].
VAUGHAN, WILLIAM ; b. ; adm. ; QS ; a letter from him to Lord Burghley, dated 7 Jan 1572/3, is preserved in the British Library (Lansdowne MS xvi, 37) ; evidently William Vaughan, a crown ward committed by Lord Burghley to care of Dean of Westminster 1570, and to the Dean’s care for his education 1571, living 1577 (PRO, Wards 9/373, 9/380, 9/381, as cited by Barnett, Place, Profit and Power, 1969, 70). [maybe William Vaughan, only son of Rowland Vaughan MP, Porthaml, Talgarth, Breconshire, and Elizabeth, dau. of Miles Parry, New Court, Bacton, Herefordshire ; d. 1584 (Rowland Vaughan had died in 1566, so his son would have been within the potential crown ward category)]
[VAUGHAN, SIR WILLIAM, second son of Walter Vaughan MP, Golden Grove, Carmarthenshire, and his first wife Mary, dau. of Sir Walter Rice, Kt, Newton, Dinefwr, Carmarthenshire ; b. ; supposedly educated at Westminster School (in Jul 1591, as claimed by Sir E.Brydges, The British Bibliographer, 1812, 265) (and also at Eton Coll. ?) ; Jesus Coll.Oxford, matr. 4 Feb 1591/2 ; BA 1595 ; MA 1597 ; BCL 3 Dec 1600 ; Grand Tour (France, Italy, Germany) ; of Tor-y-Coed, Carmarthenshire (acquired on first marriage) ; High Sheriff, Carmarthenshire 1616 ; promoted the colonisation of Newfoundland ; knighted 1628 ; author, Erotopaignion Pium, 2 parts, 1597, 1598 (paraphrases of the Bible in Latin verse), Poematum Libellus, 1598, The Golden Grove, 1600, The Golden Fleece, 1626, and other publications in prose and verse ; m. (early 1600s) Elizabeth, dau. of David ap Robert, Llangyndeyrn, Carmarthenshire ; m.2nd, Anne, dau. of John Christmas, Colchester, Essex ; d. Aug 1641. ODNB. The fact of his education at Westminster School is apparently divinable from a reading of The Golden Grove]
VAUGHAN, WILLIAM, eldest son of Richard Vaughan, Tor-y-coed, Llangyndeyrn, Carmarthenshire, and Shenfield Place, Essex, barrister, and his second wife Elizabeth, only dau. of Sir William Appleton, Bart. ; b. ; adm. ; Min.Can. (aged 14) 1708 ; Pembroke Coll.Cambridge, adm.pens. 16 Jun 1711, matr.1711, but did not graduate ; d. before Jul 1728. [Perhaps d.unm. 1721, check]. [Perhaps bapt.St.Nicholas, Deptford, Kent 21 May 1694 (IGI)]
VAUX, HENRY EDWARD, eldest son of John Vaux, Bramfield, Herts., farmer, and Elizabeth Louisa Liddiard, Swansea, Glamorgan [dau. of Thomas Liddiard ?] ; nephew of William Vaux (qv) ; b. 14 Jul 1801 ; adm. 9 Feb 1815 (G) ; KS 1816 ; elected head to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1820, but went to Exeter Coll.Oxford, matr. 23 Mar 1822 ; Craven Scholar 1822 ; Deputy Assistant Commissary-General 5 Oct 1832 ; Commissary to troops on Norfolk Island, New South Wales 1832 ; drowned off the coast of Norfolk Island 4 Mar 1834.
VAUX, WILLIAM, son of Edward Vaux, Austin Friars, London, and Hackney, Middlesex, merchant and insurer, and Mary Johnson ; bapt. 12 Aug 1784 ; adm. 24 Mar 1800 (Clapham) ; in school list 1801 ; left Christmas 1802 ; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 24 Jan 1803 ; BA 1806 ; MA 1810 ; BD 1826 ; Fellow, Balliol Coll. 1809-16 ; Select Preacher 1813, 1817, 1842, Bampton Lecturer 1826 ; ordained deacon 23 Dec 1810, priest 24 May 1812 (both Oxford) ; Curate, Islip, Oxfordshire 1811 ; Rector of Long Crichel, Dorset 4 Jul 1815 – Nov 1820 ; Rector of Sutton Waldron, Dorset 5 Nov 1816 – Dec 1822 ; Rector of Patching, Sussex 10 Sep 1822 – Sep 1834 ; Rector of West Tarring, Sussex from 31 Mar 1823 ; Domestic Chaplain to Most Rev.William Howley, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1828 ; Prebendary of Winchester from 14 Jan 1831 ; Vicar of Romsey, Hampshire 2 Jan 1834 – 43 ; Rector of Wanborough, Wilts., 10 Oct 1840-1 ; Vicar of Burton Stacey, Hampshire, from 15 Apr 1844 ; m. 1st, 11 Jan 1816 Mary Hankyns, eldest dau. of Martin Wall MD, Lichfield Professor of Clinical Medicine, Oxford ; m.2nd, 10 Sep 1839 Elizabeth Jane, eldest dau. of Rear-Adm. Sir John Wentworth Loring KCB ; d. 30 Dec 1844, aged 60.
VAUX, WILLIAM SANDYS WRIGHT, only son of William Vaux (qv), and his first wife ; b. 28 Feb 1818 ; adm. 6 Apr 1831 ; left 1836 ; Balliol Coll.Oxford, matr. 18 Mar 1836 ; BA 1840 ; MA 1841 ; Assistant, Department of Antiquities, British Museum 1841-61 ; Keeper, Department of Coins and Medals Jan 1861- Oct 1870 ; catalogued the coin collection in the Bodleian Library, Oxford 1871-6 ; Secretary, Royal Society of Literature, for thirty years from 1852, latterly Vice-President ; President, Numismatic Society of London 1855-74 ; Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, from Nov 1875 ; FSA 2 Apr 1846 ; FRS 4 Jun 1868 ; author, Nineveh and Persepolis, 1850, and other publications, largely on the history and antiquities of the Middle East ; m. 11 Jul 1861 Louisa, eldest dau. of Francis Rivington, Harley Street, London, publisher ; d. 21 Jun 1885. ODNB.
VAVASSEUR, see also VALVASOUR.
VAVASSEUR, ROBERT, eldest son of James Vavasseur, Knockholt, Kent, silk manufacturer, and Helen, dau. of Rev.Robert Moffat DD, missionary in South Africa for London Missionary Society ; b. 4 Jul 1865 ; adm. 15 Jun 1876 (G) ; QS 1880 ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1884, matr. 10 Oct 1884 ; 1st cl.Classics (Mods) 1886, 2nd cl.Lit.Hum.1888 ; BA 1888 ; farming in Mashonaland, South Africa, by 1893 ; murdered during Mashonaland rebellion, South Africa Jun 1896.
VEAL, see also VEALE and VEEL.
VEAL, RICHARD HENRY, eldest son of Richard Minshull Veal, Clapham, Surrey, solicitor, and Amelia Charlotte Payne ; b. 24 Mar 1845 ; adm. 22 May 1856 ; Min.Can.1860 ; left Aug 1860 ; adm. solicitor Hilary 1868 ; practised in Bedford Street, Strand, London ; m. 25 Aug 1875 Eliza, youngest dau. of W. Lewis, Laughton, Cowbridge, Glamorgan ; d. 5 Apr 1897.
VEALE, JOHN NEWTE, son of Joseph Veale, Exeter, Devon, fuller, and Mary — ; bapt.St.Mary Major, Exeter, Devon 15 Jun 1713 (IGI) ; adm. (aged 9) Oct 1722 ; in school list 1729 ; an Italian merchant ; of Surrey Street, Strand, Westminster ; d. 22 Aug 1741. Buried South Cloister, Westminster Abbey.
VEALE, SAMUEL BUCK, brother of John Newte Veale (qv) ; b. ; adm. (aged 13) Nov 1728 ; in under school list 1730 ; Ensign, Fleming’s Regiment of Foot 16 Apr 1744 ; Lieut., 1745 ; Capt.-Lieut, Army 1 Oct 1755, 81st Foot 5 May 1756 ; m. 28 Feb 1750 Mary Ann, dau. of John Score, Exeter, Devon ; will proved PCC May 12 1766, when Capt.-Lieut., Major Bowles’s Independent Co.Invalids, and of St.Margaret’s, Westminster.
VEEL, JOHN, son of John Veel, St.Paul’s, Covent Garden, and Mary — ; bapt. St.Paul, Covent Garden 17 Nov 1721 ; adm. (aged 11) Oct 1734 ; left 1734.
VELLEY, THOMAS, eldest son of Thomas Velley, Inner Temple, London, and High Ongar, Essex, barrister ; b. ; adm. (aged 11) 10 Jan 1714/5 ; in under school list 1716 ; Queen’s Coll.Oxford, matr. 29 Mar 1721 ; migrated to Magdalen Coll., demy 1723-6 ; BA 1724 ; MA (from Queen’s Coll.) 1727 ; adm.Inner Temple 20 May 1724 ; ordained ; Rector of Chipping Ongar, Essex, from 23 Nov 1733 ; Rector of Bobbingworth, Essex, from 25 Apr 1740 ; Domestic Chaplain to William, Earl of Harrington ; lic. to m. 21 Aug 1740 Jane, dau. of Alexander Cleeve, St.Michael’s, Cornhill, London, citizen and pewterer ; buried Chipping Ongar, Essex 2 Dec 1750.
VENABLES, JOHN ; b. ; adm. (aged 11) Feb 1727/8.
VENABLES-VERNON, CHARLES GEORGE, see HARCOURT, CHARLES GEORGE.
VENABLES-VERNON, HON. EDWARD (adm.1769), see HARCOURT, HON. EDWARD.
VENABLES-VERNON, EDWARD, second son of Hon. Edward Harcourt (qv) ; b. ; adm. 14 Mar 1796 (Clapham) ; in school list 1797 ; KS (Capt., aged 12) 1799 ; Capt. of the School 1803 ; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1804, matr. 16 May 1804, Westminster Student ; Chancellor’s Prize for Latin Verse 1805 ; d. 25 Jan 1806. Buried Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford.
VENABLES-VERNON, EGERTON, see HARCOURT, EGERTON.
VENABLES-VERNON, GEORGE, 2ND BARON VERNON, eldest son of George Venables-Vernon, 1st Baron Vernon, and his first wife Hon.Mary Howard, dau. of Thomas Howard, 6th Baron Howard of Effingham ; b. 9 May 1735 ; adm. Jul 1742 ; left 1745 ; Trinity Hall, Cambridge, adm.12 Jan 1753, matr.Easter 1755, but did not graduate ; MP Weobley 7 Dec 1757-61, Bramber 4 May 1762-8, Glamorgan 1768 – 21 Aug 1780 ; succ.father as 2nd Baron Vernon 21 Aug 1780 ; m. 1st, 16 Jul 1757 Hon.Louisa Barberina Mansel, dau. of Bussey Mansel, 4th Baron Mansel (qv) ; m.2nd, 25 May 1786 (Jane) Georgiana, dau. of William Fauquier FRS, St.George’s, Hanover Square, London, director London Assurance, and Secretary and Treasurer, Society of Dilettanti ; d. 18 Jun 1813.
VENABLES-VERNON, GEORGE CHARLES, 4th BARON VERNON, eldest son of Henry Venables-Vernon, 3rd Baron Vernon (qv) ; b. 4 Dec 1779 ; known as George Charles Sedley 1779-1813 ; at school 1791 (Clapham) ; in school list 1795 (as Sedley) ; Page of Honour to Queen Charlotte c. 1790 – Jan 1796 ; Ensign, 2nd Foot Guards 20 Jan 1796 ; Lieut. and Capt., 25 Nov 1799 ; ret. 28 Oct 1802 ; assumed surnames of Venables-Vernon in lieu of Sedley 18 Jun 1813 ; succ.father as 4th Baron Vernon 20 Mar 1829 ; m. 25 Aug 1802 Frances Maria, only dau. of Adm.Sir John Borlase Warren, Bart., GCB GCH MP, Royal Navy ; d. on board his yacht off Gibraltar 18 Nov 1835.
VENABLES-VERNON, GEORGE GRANVILLE, see HARCOURT, GEORGE GRANVILLE.
VENABLES-VERNON, GRANVILLE, see HARCOURT-VERNON, GRANVILLE.
VENABLES-VERNON, GRANVILLE EDWARD, see HARCOURT-VERNON, GRANVILLE EDWARD.
VENABLES-VERNON, HENRY, 3RD BARON VERNON, eldest son of George Venables-Vernon, 1st Baron Vernon, and his third wife Martha, sister of Simon Harcourt, 1st Earl Harcourt (qv) ; half-brother of George Venables-Vernon, 2nd Baron Vernon (qv) ; b. 7 Apr 1747 ; at school under Markham (Steward, Anniversary Dinner 1815) ; Page of Honour to George III 16 Jan 1760 – Feb 1764 ; Groom of the Bedchamber to George III 23 Apr 1770 – Jun 1809, Master of the Robes 1 Jun 1809 – Mar 1812 ; assumed surname of Sedley 27 Mar 1779, on inheriting estates of his wife’s father, Sir Charles Sedley, Bart. (qv) ; resumed former surnames on succeeding half-brother as 3rd Baron Vernon 18 Jun 1813 ; m. 1st, 16 Feb 1779 Elizabeth Rebecca Anne Nash, natural dau. of Sir Charles Sedley, Bart. (qv) ; m.2nd, 29 Nov 1795 Alice Lucy, second dau. of Sir John Whitefoord, Bart. ; d. 20 Mar 1829.
VENABLES-VERNON, HENRY (left 1807), see HARCOURT, HENRY.
VENABLES-VERNON, HON.JOHN SEDLEY, son of Henry Venables-Vernon, 3rd Baron Vernon (qv), and his second wife ; b. 8 Mar 1798 ; known as John Sedley 1798-1813 ; adm. Christmas 1812 ; Min.Can.1812 ; left 1813 ; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 24 Jun 1816, Canoneer Student 1816-22 ; BA 1820 ; MA 1823 ; ordained deacon 16 Dec 1821 (York), priest 31 Mar 1822 (Chester, lit.dim. from York) ; Rector of Moulsworth, Hunts., 29 Mar 1822 – Dec 1826 ; Prebendary of Southwell 19 Oct 1826-9 ; Rector of Kirkby in Ashfield, Notts., from 6 Jun 1829 ; Rector of Nuthall, Notts., from 19 Sep 1837 ; m.1st, 24 Nov 1830 Frances Barbara, second dau. of Thomas Duncombe, Copgrove, Yorks. ; m.2nd, 15 Dec 1853 Caroline, fourth dau. of Hon.Sir Edward Paget (qv) ; d. 12 Dec 1875.
VENABLES-VERNON, LEVESON, see HARCOURT, LEVESON.
VENNER, JOHN, son of William Venner, Lichfield, Staffs., and Mary — ; b. ; in school list 1738 ; KS (aged 14) 1741. [He and brother probably kin (nephews ?) of Elizabeth, dau. of Col. Samuel Venner, Barton Hall, Barton Turf, Norfolk, and wife of John Potter, Archbishop of Canterbury]
VENNER, WILLIAM, brother of John Venner (qv) ; bapt. St.Mary, Lichfield 17 Jul 1732 ; adm. (aged 12) Feb 1743/4 ; left 1745 ; foundation scholar, Charterhouse Sch. 1746 – Jul 1749, when he was removed for “notorious misbehaviour”.
VEREKER, HON.STANDISH WILLIAM PRENDERGAST, third son of Standish Prendergast Vereker, 4th Viscount Gort (I), and Hon.Caroline Harriet Gage, third dau. of Henry Hall Gage, 4th Viscount Gage (qv) ; b. 23 Feb 1854 ; adm. 26 May 1864 (G) ; left Aug 1870 ; Worcester Coll.Oxford, matr. 20 Oct 1873 ; went out to South Africa to farm ; joined Light Frontier Horse at outbreak of Zulu War ; Lieut., 3rd Natal Native Contingent ; killed unm. at battle of Isandula 22 Jan 1879.
VERIARD, FRANCIS ; b. ; adm. (aged 12) Aug 1717 ; in under school list 1718.
VERNON, see also VENABLES-VERNON.
VERNON, — ; b. ; adm. 7 Feb 1655, boarder (Busby’s Account Book) ; at school Christmas 1657.
VERNON, — ; b. ; adm. 15 Oct 1661, boarder (Busby’s Account Book) ; at school 1663 (“appears once as Varnam”)
VERNON, — ; b. ; in school lists 1746, 1747.
VERNON, — ; b. ; in school list 1754.
VERNON, CHARLES, brother of Francis Vernon, 1st Earl of Shipbrook (I) (qv) ; bapt.St.Anne, Soho 15 Apr 1719 (IGI) ; adm. (aged 12) Jan 1731/2 ; left 1735 ; Ensign, 2nd Foot Guards 25 Aug 1737 ; Lieut. and Capt., 7 Apr 1744 ; Capt. and Lieut.-Col., 10 Jun 1753 ; ADC to George III 1 Mar 1761 ; Brevet Col., 17 Mar 1761 ; Major-Gen., 10 Jul 1762 ; Lieut.-Gen., 25 May 1772 ; Gen., 19 Feb 1783 ; served in Germany during Seven Years War ; Lieutenant of Tower of London from 31 May 1763 ; MP Tamworth 30 Nov 1768-74 ; m. ; d. 3 Aug 1810.
VERNON, EDWARD, son of John Vernon, Sudbury, Derbs., Quarter-Master General for Ireland, and his second wife Elizabeth, dau. of Fulk Walwyn, Much Marcle, Herefs. ; b. ; adm. ; KS 1683 ; left 1685 ; St.John’s Coll.Cambridge, adm.sizar 13 Feb 1685/6, aged 16, matr. 1686, but did not graduate ; MA Lambeth 1698 ; ordained ; Rector of Redmile, Leics., from 10 Mar 1698 ; Rector of Muston, Leics., 12 May 1706 – Jan 1738 ; an antiquary ; m. 9 Jul 1692 (IGI) Lettice, dau. of John Banks, Uttoxeter, Staffs. ; d. 23 Dec 1742.
VERNON, EDWARD, second son of Right Hon.James Vernon PC MP, Watford, Herts., Secretary of State, and Mary, dau. of Sir John Buck MP, Hamby Grange, Lincs. ; nephew of Francis Vernon (KS 1649, qv) ; b. 12 Nov 1684 ; adm.c.1692 (The life of AdmiralVernon, by an impartial hand, 1758, 4-5, where it is stated that he was sent to Westminster School “at the age of seven years”) ; left 1700 ; entered Royal Navy as King’s Letter Boy on HMS Shrewsbury 10 May 1700 ; Lieut., 16 Sep 1702 ; Cdr. ; Capt., 22 Jan 1705/6 ; Rear-Adm. ; Vice-Adm., 9 Jul 1739 ; Adm. of the White Apr 1745 ; commanded expedition to West Indies 1739-42 ; captured Porto Bello 22 Nov 1739, but failed at Cartagena, Cuba and Panama ; in command in North Sea 1745 ; cashiered 11 Apr 1746, for attacking the Admiralty in anonymous pamphlets ; MP Penryn 1722-34, Portsmouth 21 Feb – 27 Apr 1741, Ipswich from 1741 ; Elder Brother of Trinity House 18 Apr 1741, re-el 25 Jan 1745/6 ; apostrophised as the “gallant Vernon” in Thomson’s Seasons, Summer, lines 1040-51 ; known in the navy as “Old Grog”, being the first to issue rum diluted with water ; m. 15 Jul 1729 Sarah, dau. of Thomas Best, Chatham, Kent, brewer ; d. 30 Oct 1757. Monument in Westminster Abbey. ODNB.
VERNON, EDWARD ; b. ; adm. (aged 11) Mar 1744 ; in school list 1752. [Probably Edward Vernon, son of James Vernon [London, merchant ?], and Lydia, dau. of Edward Purnell, St Mary, Whitechapel, London ; bapt. St.Botolph, Bishopsgate 4 May 1732 (IGI) ; dead by 1782, since not mentioned in mother’s will made in that year] [but it would seem unlikely that he would still have been at the school in 1752]
VERNON, EDWARD (adm.1769), see HARCOURT, EDWARD.
VERNON, FRANCIS, son of Francis Vernon, Covent Garden, Westminster, and Ann, widow of William Welby, Gedney, Lincs., and dau. of George Smythes, London, goldsmith, Alderman, City of London ; bapt.St.Martin in the Fields 18 Jan 1637 (IGI) ; adm. ; KS 1649 ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1654, matr. 10 Nov 1654, Westminster Student ; BA 28 Jan 1657/8 ; MA 1660 ; a great traveller ; on one of his expeditions he was taken by pirates and sold ; Secretary to Embassy, Sweden 1668, Paris 1669-71 ; a medium of communication between French and English scientists ; FRS 22 May 1672 ; travelled through Dalmatia and Greece to Persia ; author, Oxonium, Poema ; his MS journal for 8 Jul 1675 – 14 Sep 1676 is in the possession of the Royal Society ; murdered near Ispahan, Persia, during a quarrel about a penknife 1677. ODNB.
VERNON, FRANCIS, 1ST EARL OF SHIPBROOK (I), second son of James Vernon MP, Great Thurlow, Suffolk, Clerk of Privy Council, Envoy to Court of Denmark, and a Commissioner of Excise, and Hon.Arethusa Boyle, half-sister of Henry Boyle, 1st Baron Carleton (qv) ; nephew of Edward Vernon (adm.1692, qv) ; bapt.St.Anne, Soho 27 Apr 1716 (IGI) ; adm. (aged 8) Jan 1724/5 ; in school list 1731 ; Trinity Coll.Cambridge, adm.pens. 21 Feb 1731/2, scholar 12 May 1732, matr.1732, but did not graduate ; readm. as fellow commoner 30 Sep 1754 [sic, check] ; adm.Lincoln’s Inn 20 Jun 1737 ; Grand Tour ; Leiden Univ., adm. 20 Jun 1732 [but 27 Dec 1737 ? (which seems more likely)] ; member, Society of Dilettanti 1739 ; Extra Clerk, Privy Council 30 Nov 1738 – May 1757, Clerk 19 May 1757 – 22 Apr 1762 ; Commissioner, Victualling Office 27 Jul 1747- 20 Mar 1761 ; MP Ipswich 1761-8 ; Col., 2nd battalion, Suffolk Militia (occurs 1761) ; created Baron Orwell (I) 7 Apr 1762 ; a Commissioner of Trade and Foreign Plantations 28 Dec 1762 – Jul 1765 ; created Viscount Orwell (I) 21 Jul 1776 and Earl of Shipbrook (I) 8 Feb 1777 ; m. 18 Jan 1747/8 Alice, dau. of Samuel Ibbetson, Denton, Yorks. ; d. 15 Oct 1783.
VERNON, HENRY, eldest son of Henry Vernon MP, Hilton, Staffs., and Penelope, second dau. of Robert Phillips, Newton Regis, Warwicks. ; b. 13 Sep 1718 ; adm. Feb 1727/8 ; left 1733 ; Trinity Coll.Cambridge, adm.fellow commoner 17 May 1735, matr.1735, but did not graduate ; adm.Lincoln’s Inn 4 Jan 1738/9 ; Grand Tour (Italy) 1739-40, with Sir John Hynde Cotton, Bart. (qv) ; member, Society of Dilettanti 1742 ; MP Lichfield 29 Jan – 8 Apr 1754, 15 Jan 1755-61, Newcastle under Lyme 1761 – Dec 1762 ; a Commissioner of Excise from Dec 1762 ; of Hilton Park, Wolverhampton, Staffs. ; m. 26 Dec 1743 Lady Henrietta Wentworth, youngest dau. of Thomas Wentworth, 3rd Earl of Strafford ; d. 25 May 1765.
VERNON, JAMES, son of Edward Vernon (adm.1692, qv) ; b. 6 Nov 1730 ; adm. (aged 10) May 1741 ; left 1748 ; Trinity Coll.Cambridge, adm.fellow commoner 5 Jan 1749/50, but did not matr. ; reprimanded by the Vice-Chancellor for interfering with the Senior Proctor in the exercise of his duties on the occasion of the Westminster Club dinner at which Thomas Francklin (qv) presided, 17 Nov 1750 ; d. 25 Jul 1753, on his return from the south of France.
VERNON, JOHN, younger brother of Henry Vernon (qv) ; b. 20 Jan 1719/20 ; adm. (aged 9) Feb 1727/8 (but name given as “Jacobus Vernon” in school list of Feb 1727/8) ; left 1733 ; a Levant merchant, based in Cairo, Egypt ; described by the future Bishop Pococke, who spent the winter of 1738-9 in Egypt, as “lately come, coz. to the other here and brother of him in Aleppo” (letter from Pococke to his mother Jan 1738/9) ; d. at Cairo, Egypt 16 May 1747. [Identification seems clear, despite discrepant age given in admission register and discrepant Christian name given in 1727/8 school list, as he and Henry Vernon (qv) were adm. same month and left in same year].
VERNON, JOHN ; b. ; adm. ; at school Mich.1804 (Clapham) ; left 1806.
VERNON, RICHARD ; b. ; adm. ; KS 1682 ; d. at school.
VERNON, ROBERT, son of Rev.John Vernon, Rector of Martley, Worcs. ; b. ; adm. ; in a letter of Oct 1735 he describes Michael Maittaire (qv) as his “dear and old schoolfellow” (Bodleian Library, Oxford, MS Rawl.Letters 108, f.260) ; Balliol Col.Oxford, matr. 9 May 1687, aged 18 ; BA 1691 ; MA 1694 ; ordained deacon 3 Jun 1694 (London) ; Rector of Martley, Worcs., from 1710 ; m. Catherine, dau. of Humphrey Perrot, Bell Hall, Worcs. ; d. 4 Sep 1743, aged 76.
VESEY, JOHN, only son of Ven.Thomas Vesey, Archdeacon of Armagh and Rector of Coleraine, co.Londonderry, previously a Presbyterian minister ; b. 10 Mar 1637/8 ; at school under Busby (Cotton, Fasti Eccl.Hib., iii, 386) ; Trinity Coll.Dublin ; MA 1667 (incorp. Cambridge 1664 [sic, check]) ; DD 1672 ; ordained deacon and priest (Raphoe) during Commonwealth ; Chaplain, Irish House of Commons 1661 ; Archdeacon of Armagh 16 Oct 1662 – May 1663 ; Prebendary of Cloyne 1664-7, Treasurer 4 Nov 1667-73 ; Prebendary of Limerick 4 Feb 1666/7-73 ; Dean of Cork 4 Nov 1667 – 1672/3 ; consecrated Bishop of Limerick 12 Jan 1672/3 ; translated to Archbishopric of Tuam 18 Mar 1678/9 ; forced to leave Tuam during Lord Lieutenancy of Earl of Tyrconnel, and was proscribed by Parliament of James II ; retired to London, where he obtained a lectureship with a salary of £40 p.a. ; returned to his diocese after the Revolution of 1688 ; one of Lord Justices of Ireland 1712, 1714 ; Vice-Chancellor, Dublin Univ. 1713-4 ; author, The Life of John Bramhall, Archbishop and Primate of All Ireland, prefixed to an edition of Bramhall’s Works, 1678 ; lic. to m.1st, 11 Jun 1662 Rebecca Wilson, Cork House, Dublin ; m.2nd, Anne, dau. of Lieut.-Col.Col.Agmondesham Muschamp, Governor of Cork Fort, officer in Parliamentary Army ; d. 28 Mar 1716. ODNB.
VEVERS, RICHARD, son of Thomas Wilkinson, Rothwell, Yorks. ; b. 2 Feb 1756 ; assumed surname of Vevers in lieu of Wilkinson, in accordance with the will of Richard Vevers, Scholes, Yorks., who died 11 Jan 1767 ; adm. 27 Jan 1772 ; left 1774 ; Cornet, 6th Dragoons 13 Feb 1775-7 ; ordained deacon 27 Jul 1783 (York), priest 19 Dec 1784 (Lincoln, as lit.) ; Vicar of Crofts, Lincs., 20 Dec 1784 – Apr 1792 ; St.John’s Coll.Cambridge, adm.pens. 29 Apr 1786, matr. Easter 1796 ; BD 1796 ; Rector of Bucknall, Lincs., 4 Nov 1791, and again 6 Aug 1800 – May 1804 ; Vicar of Garthorpe, Leics., 23 Jul 1800 – Dec 1813 ; Rector of Saxby, Leics., 19 Apr 1804 – Jan 1835 ; Rector of Stoke Albany and Wilbarston, Northants, 4 Jun 1813 – May 1831 ; Rector of Kettering, Northants, from 6 Apr 1831 ; m. 1 Jan 1778 Theodosia Dorothy, third dau. of Sir William Anderson, Bart. (qv) ; d. 17 Jan 1838. [mother probably Susan Broadhead (IGI)]
VEVERS, RICHARD WILLIAM, eldest son of Richard Vevers (qv) ; b. 25 Nov 1778 ; adm. ; KS 1793 ; elected to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1797, adm.pens. 27 Jun 1797, matr.Mich.1797, scholar 20 Apr 1798 ; BA 1801 ; MA 1816 ; adm. Inner Temple 17 Mar 1801 ; EI Maritime Service ; 6th mate, ship Walmer Castle 1805/6 ; ordained deacon 29 Sep 1808, priest 21 Dec 1810 (both Lincoln) ; Curate, Donnington, Lincs., 1808 ; Vicar of Great Carlton, Lincs., to Dec 1812 ; Vicar of Marton, Lincs., 25 Jun 1812 – Aug 1832 ; Rector of Somersal Herbert, Derbs., 15 Oct 1821 – Mar 1832 ; Rector of Cubley and Marston Montgomery, Derbs., from 2 Mar 1832 ; m. Feb 1812 Frances Stanhope Darby, natural dau. of Philip Stanhope, 5th Earl of Chesterfield ; d. 24 Jan 1858.
VEVERS, WILLIAM ; b. ; adm. 18 Jul 1777 ; left 1780. [perhaps William Vevers, Ewell, Surrey, schoolmaster, bankrupt in 1796-7]
VIALLS, CHARLES MARSH, eldest son of Thomas Vialls (qv) ; b. 17 Jun 1819 ; adm. 8 Jul 1833 ; rowed v.Eton 12 May 1836, 4 May 1837 ; Trinity Coll.Cambridge, adm.pens. 24 Feb 1837, matr. Mich.1837 ; although Captain of the Third Trinity Boat, he was also a member of the First Trinity (Ball, History of the First Trinity Boat Club, 1908, 37) ; President, Cambridge Univ. Boat Club 1840 ; rowed v.Oxford 1840, 1841 ; BA 1843 ; MA 1847 ; of Hendre, Radnorshire ; High Sheriff, Radnorshire 1867 ; m. 3 Jan 1863 Charlotte Jane, dau. of Gen.Richard Podmore, Osborne House, Cheltenham, Gloucs., EICS Madras ; d. 30 Sep 1905.
VIALLS, GEORGE COURTENAY, youngest son of Thomas Vialls (qv) ; b. 26 Feb 1824 ; adm. 3 Jul 1837 ; Trinity Coll.Cambridge, adm.pens.22 May 1841, matr. Mich.1841, but did not graduate ; Ensign, 95th Foot 30 Jan 1843 ; Lieut., 22 May 1846 ; Capt., 25 Mar 1853 ; Brevet Maj., 6 Jun 1856 ; Maj., 29 May 1857 ; Brevet Lieut.-Col., 20 Jul 1858 ; Col., 26 Sep 1865 ; Major-Gen., 26 Mar 1870 ; ret. 21 Jul 1882, with hon.rank Lieut.-Gen. ; served in Crimean War (severely wounded at battle of Inkerman 5 Nov 1854) and in Indian Mutiny ; CB 2 Jun 1877 ; m. 8 Jun 1850 Sophie Louisa, youngest dau. of Sir Henry Thomas Oakes, Bart. ; d. 10 Nov 1893.
VIALLS, HENRY THOMAS, second son of Thomas Vialls (qv) ; b. 31 Oct 1821 ; adm. 19 Jan 1836 ; rowed v. Eton 4 May 1837 ; Ensign, 45th Foot 25 Dec 1838 ; Lieut., 20 Nov 1840 ; Capt., 30 Aug 1844 ; Maj., 28 May 1853 ; ret. 1854 ; JP Somerset ; m. 26 Apr 1853 Helen Maria, sister of Henry Bull Strangways (qv) ; d. 11 Mar 1892.
VIALLS, THOMAS, son of Amos Vialls, London, coach harness maker, and Mary Ann, sister of Charles Marsh (qv) ; b. 14 Nov 1768 ; adm. 14 Apr 1779 ; KS 1784 ; elected to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1788, adm.pens. 22 May 1788, scholar 8 May 1789, matr. Mich.1788 ; 16th Wrangler 1792 ; BA 1792 ; MA 1795 ; ordained deacon 24 Aug 1793 (Worcester), priest 20 Sep 1795 (London) ; Curate, Teddington, Middlesex 1801-4 ; Rector of Boldre, Hampshire 5 Jun 1804 – Aug 1818 ; of Radnor House, Twickenham, Middlesex ; m. 1 Jul 1813 Louisa, sister of Sir Charles Marshall (qv) ; d. 7 May 1831. Buried East Cloister, Westminster Abbey (monument).
VICKERS, EDWARD ; b. ; adm. (aged 11) Mar 1734 ; left 1736.
[VICKERS, JOHN ; b. ; in school list Dec 1736. Probably an error for Edward Vickers]
VIDAL, EDWARD SEALY, son of Edward Urch Vidal (qv) ; b. 13 Jun 1848 ; adm. 26 Sep 1861 (G) ; QS 1863 ; rowed v.Eton 28 Jul 1864 ; left Aug 1864 ; Ensign, 57th Foot, 31 May 1867 ; Lieut., 29 Dec 1869 ; ret. 17 Jul 1872 ; m. 5 Dec 1871 Beatrice Christine, fourth dau. of Lieut.-Col. Hon. Richard Hare [90th Foot ?] ; d. 13 Mar 1878.
VIDAL, EDWARD URCH, only son of Edward Sealy, Friarn House, Bridgwater, Somerset, banker, and Elizabeth, dau. of Rev.William Lewis, Cannington, Somerset ; b. 7 Jul 1816 ; adm. 23 Sep 1828 ; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 15 May 1834 ; BA 1838 ; MA 1841 ; adm.Middle Temple 3 Nov 1837, called to bar 15 Apr 1842 ; Western Circuit ; assumed surname of Vidal in lieu of Sealy 17 Feb 1842, on inheriting Devon estate of Robert Studley Vidal ; of Cornborough, Devon ; JP Somerset, Devon ; m. 19 May 1842 Emma Harriet, dau. of Walpole Eyre, Weybridge, Surrey ; d. 18 Dec 1884.
VIDAL, HENRY DASHWOOD SEALY, son of Edward Urch Vidal (qv) ; b. 5 Nov 1854 ; adm. 24 Jan 1868 (G) ; QS 1869 ; left May 1873 ; ordained deacon 1880, priest 1881 (both Winchester) ; Curate, St.Luke’s, Jersey 1880-3 ; held other curacies ; emigrated to New South Wales, Australia 1886 ; Curate, Ballarat 1887-8, St.LukeÌs, Liverpool 1889-91 ; Vicar of Guyong 1894-8 ; Rector of Rylestone 1900-2 ; Rector of Carcoar from 1902 ; m. 25 May 1890 Kate Elston, eldest dau. of John Brown Bossley, Edensor Park, Fairfield, New South Wales, chemist and property owner ; d. at Carcoar 1 May 1905.
VIDAL, PETER, son of Peter Vidal, Kensington, Middlesex, [official in Royal Household ?], and Hester — ; bapt. 7 Oct 1701 ; adm. (aged 14) Sep 1715 ; BB 1716-9 ; St.John’s Coll.Cambridge, adm.sizar 30 Oct 1719, aged 17, matr.1719 ; BA 1723/4 ; MA 1729 ; ordained deacon 1725 (candidate for ordination, Coventry and Lichfield 4 Jul 1725, as Vidall) ; an Usher at the School from 1729 (still listed Chamberlayne 1741) ; composed an ode for St.Cecilia’s day, set to music by William Boyce ; m. 4 May 1733 Mary, dau. of Capt. Robert Studley, Royal Navy ; d. 19 Feb 1740/1.
VIDAL, ROBERT WALPOLE SEALY, see SEALY, ROBERT WALPOLE.
VIGNOLES, CHARLES AUGUSTE, son of Hutton Vignoles MICE, Duke Street, Westminster, civil engineer, and his second wife Caroline, dau. of Udo Schleusner, Bahia, Brazil, shipbroker ; b. Bahia, Brazil 8 Nov 1854 ; adm.from Malvern Coll. 5 Apr 1869 ; left Aug 1871 ; Trinity Hall, Cambridge, adm.pens. 23 Oct 1872, matr.Mich.1872 ; “commission agent” (1881 Census, unm.) ; bankrupt 29 Nov 1883, discharged 3 Mar 1885 ; a bank manager [check] ; living St Pancras, London, in 1911 (1911 Census) ; m. Matilda Mary Hancock (marriage registered Holborn third quarter 1882) ; d. 24 Jun 1930.
VILLA, JOHN, son of Peter Villa, St.Martin’s in the Fields, London, taylor, and Anne Gibson, St.Martin’s in the Fields, London ; bapt.St.Martin’s in the Fields 13 Oct 1670 (IGI) ; adm. ; KS 1684 ; elected to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1687, adm.pens. 5 Jun 1687, aged 16, scholar 1688, matr.1687 ; BA 1690/1 ; ordained deacon 22 May 1692, priest 4 Jun 1699 (both Lincoln) ; Curate, Sundon, Beds., 1692-8 ; Rector of Wakerley, Northants 4 May 1714-30 ; tutor to Princess Royal of Prussia at Berlin (in 1725-9) ; Rector of St.John the Evangelist, Westminster, from 3 Jul 1730 (first incumbent of parish) ; lic. to m. 15 Dec 1718 Deborah Horn, St.Martin’s, Stamford, Lincs. ; d. 1736. [Presumably John Villa, London, who was at Padua, Italy, 11 May 1701].
VILLERS, JOHN ; b. ; adm. ; Min.Can.1576.
VILLIERS, — ; b. ; in under school list 1716.
VILLIERS, CHARLES ; b. ; adm. (aged 8) 1716 ; left 1716.
VILLIERS, GEORGE, only son of Capt.Edward Villiers, Worcester, officer in Army, and Joan, dau. of William Heming, Worcester, brewer ; b. 11 Apr 1690 ; adm. ; QS 1705 ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1709, matr. 18 Jun 1709, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1709 – void 1723, Tutor 1716 ; BA 1713 ; MA 1716 ; ordained deacon 4 Jun 1721 (Winchester), priest 27 May 1722 (Rochester) ; Vicar of Chalgrove, Oxfordshire, from 10 Jan 1722/3 ; claimed Earldom of Buckingham 1734, but never assumed title ; m. 14 Nov 1722 Catherine, dau. of Thomas Stephens, Worcester ; d. Apr 1748.
VILLIERS, GEORGE, son of George Villiers (QS 1705, qv) ; bapt.Chalgrove, Oxfordshire 27 Oct 1724 (IGI) ; adm. (aged 14) Apr 1739 ; left 1742 ; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 2 Jul 1742, Canoneer Student 28 Jun 1742 – void 13 Jul 1773 (expiry year of grace as V.Frodsham from 19 Oct 1772) ; BA 1746 ; MA 1779 ; ordained deacon 1 Apr 1750 (Rochester), priest 17 Jun 1753 (Lichfield) ; Vicar of Frodsham, Cheshire, from 14 Jul 1772 ; m. 22 May 1770 Mary Saverly ; d. 24 Jun 1774. [presumably Chaplain, Royal Navy 1759]
VILLIERS, HON.HENRY, younger son of Edward Villiers, 1st Earl of Jersey, Lord Chamberlain of the Household, and Barbara, dau. of William Chiffinch, Bray, Berks., Page of the Bedchamber to Charles II ; b. ; adm. ; absent between Nov 1713, when taken to France by his mother with the object of bringing him up there as a Roman Catholic, and Mar 1713/4, when his mother was persuaded by Matthew Prior (qv) to let him return to England ; KS (Capt., aged 13) 1715 ; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1719, matr. 23 Jun 1719, Westminster Student 23 Jun 1719 – void 18 Dec 1723 ; ordained deacon 3 Oct 1731, priest 10 Oct 1731 (both Bath and Wells) ; Vicar of Frome Selwood, Somerset, from 11 Oct 1731 ; Trinity Coll.Cambridge, adm.nob. 28 May 1733, matr.1733 ; MA 1733 ; Rector of Marston Bigott, Somerset from 13 Sep 1733 ; dead by 1 Oct 1742.
VILLIERS, JAMES FITZGERALD, LORD VILLIERS, elder son of John Villiers, 1st Earl Grandison (I), and Frances, dau. of Edward Cary, Caldicott, Monmouthshire, and sister of Lucius Henry Cary, 6th Viscount Falkland (S) ; b. ; adm. (aged 7) Jul 1718 ; left 1718 ; at Eton Coll. in 1725 ; MP (I) Co.Waterford from 1730 ; m. 11 Jul 1728 Jane, dau. of Richard Butler, London, “an eminent conveyancer” ; d. 12 Dec 1732.
VINCENT, — ; b. ; adm. ; left 1656 (school list 1656, first quarter) ; a boarder.
VINCENT, — ; b. ; in school list Jun 1764 ; left Dec 1764. [note Thomas Vincent, son of Thomas Vincent MD LRCP, Plymouth, Devon, and Jenny — ; bapt. Stoke Damerel, Devon 15 Mar 1745 [or 1745/6 ?] ; Queen’s Coll.Oxford, matr. 24 Mar 1764, aged 18 ; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 24 Nov 1763, called to bar 1768 ; subscriber to Peirson Lloyd’s Sermons, 1765 ; m. 1770 — Allen, Barking, Essex]
VINCENT, ARTHUR FREDERICK, eldest son of Rev.Sir Frederick Vincent, Bart., Rector of Slinfold, Sussex, and Prebendary of Chichester, and his second wife Maria Copley, dau. of Robert Herries Young, Auchenspragh, Dumfriesshire, EICS Madras ; b. 6 Jun 1845 ; adm. 21 Jan 1858 (G) ; Min.Can.1860 ; left Dec 1861 ; Trinity Coll.Cambridge, adm.pens. 12 Oct 1864, matr.Mich.1864 ; LLB 1869 ; adm.Inner Temple 15 Jan 1864, called to bar 1 May 1871 ; equity draftsman and conveyancer ; two English Literature prizes at the School were founded in his memory by his mother ; d. at Cannes, France 2 Apr 1875.
VINCENT, SIR (CHARLES EDWARD) HOWARD, brother of Arthur Frederick Vincent (qv) ; b. 31 May 1849 ; adm. 26 May 1864 (G) ; left Aug 1865 ; RMC Sandhurst Nov 1866 ; Ensign, 23rd Foot 22 Jul 1868 ; Lieut., 28 Oct 1871 ; ret. Aug 1873 ; Special Correspondent, Daily Telegraph, at Berlin in 1871 and during Russian-Turkish War 1876 ; adm.Inner Temple 3 May 1873, called to bar 26 Jan 1876 ; South-Eastern Circuit ; Director of Criminal Investigations, Metropolitan Police 1878-84 ; Col.-Commandant, QueenÌs Westminster Volunteers 1884-1904, later Hon.Col., VD ; MP (Conservative) Sheffield Central from 1885 ; member, Metropolitan Board of Works 1888-9, London County Council 1889-96 ; one of the British delegates to Anti-Anarchist Conference, Rome 1898 ; ADC to Edward VII from 1901 ; CB 23 Jan 1886 ; knighted 17 Jan 1896 ; KCMG 3 Jun 1899 ; DL JP Co.London, JP Middlesex, Berkshire ; a consistent advocate of imperial protection, founding in 1891 the United Empire Trade League, of which he was Hon.Secretary ; Chairman, National Union of Conservative Associations 1895 ; the Acts of Parliament dealing with the probation of first offenders, 1887, and for the appointment of a public trustee, 1906, were mainly due to his persistence ; author, A Police Code and Manual of Criminal Law, 1882, and other works ; m. 26 Oct 1882 Ethel Gwendoline, second dau. of George Moffatt MP, Goodrich Court, Herefordshire ; d. at Menton, France 7 Apr 1908. ODNB.
VINCENT, DORMER, eldest son of Francis Vincent, Inner Temple, London, barrister, and Mercy, widow of Thomas Adderley, Weddington Hall, Warwicks., and third dau. of Rev.Dormer Sheldon, Abberton, Worcs. ; b. ; adm. 4 Feb 1773 ; KS (aged 13) 1775 ; University Coll.Oxford, matr. 1 Dec 1779 ; resided until 1780 ; Ensign, 33rd Foot 18 Sep 1780 ; Lieut., 22nd Foot 1 Feb 1782 ; half-pay 69th Foot 24 Mar 1787 ; 5th Foot 30 Oct 1799 ; half-pay 1802-4 ; Capt., 17 Mar 1804 ; 38th Foot 3 Aug 1804 ; d. Dec 1806.
VINCENT, EDWARD ODELL, son of Joseph Vincent, Oxford, proprietor and printer Oxford University and City Herald ; b. 14 Apr 1835 ; adm. 5 Oct 1845 ; QS 1849 ; elected to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1853, adm. 7 May 1853, matr. Mich.1853, scholar 1854 ; BA 1857 ; MA 1860 (adm. ad eundem, Oxford 1860) ; ordained deacon 1860, priest 1862 (both Oxford) ; Curate, Ducklington, Oxfordshire 1860-2, Northam, Devon 1864-8 ; Principal, Brixton Hill College, Surrey 1870-86 ; m. 1 Oct 1860 Frances Elizabeth Mary Ann, only dau. of Charles Davis, Oxford ; d. 17 Feb 1927.
VINCENT, FREDERICK ; b. ; adm. (aged 12) Jun 1729. [Presumably Frederick Vincent, son of Frederick Vincent, and Mary —, bapt.St.Paul, Bedford 1 Jan 1716 (IGI)]. [father presumably Frederick Vincent, appointed 1733 as Apparitor to Dean and Chapter of Westminster, dead at 9 Jun 1739] [perhaps m. St.James, Piccadilly, 18 Sep 1739 Martha Stakes] [note Frederick Vincent, East India Company Maritime Service, purser ship Northampton 1740/1, Montfort 1742/3, Walpole 1744/5, Second Mate Portfield 1749/50, Capt., Montfort 1752/3, Osterley 1757/8, 1760/1, 1765/6 ; re-established East India Company settlement at Fort Marlborough, Sumatra, while in command of ship Osterley in 1761 ; m. ; d. 28 Oct 1785 (check) (will of Frederick Vincent, St.George, Hanover Square, proved PCC 3 Nov 1785)]
VINCENT, GEORGE, brother of Thomas Vincent (at school under Busby, qv) ; b. ; adm.1656 (school lists 1656, last two quarters) ; BB ; Min.Can. (aged 13) 1660.
VINCENT, GEORGE, son of George Giles Vincent (qv), and his first wife ; b. 8 Jun 1807 ; adm. 10 Jan 1820 ; KS 1822 ; an attorney ; Steward of the Manors of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster ; m. 14 Oct 1835 Caroline, sister of Charles Arthur Bedford (qv) ; d. 25 Mar 1851.
VINCENT, GEORGE GILES, son of William Vincent (adm.1748, qv) ; b. 11 Apr 1774 ; adm. 13 Jun 1781 ; in school lists 1786 ; adm.Lincoln’s Inn 25 Jan 1793 ; a certificated conveyancer ; Chapter Clerk, Westminster Abbey, from 4 Nov 1803 ; author, Evidence inHuman Nature of a Future State, 1853, and other works ; m.1st, 16 Dec 1803 Mary, dau. of Rev.Francis Worsley DD, Rector of Chale, Isle of Wight ; m.2nd, 13 Dec 1817 Emilia Elizabeth, second dau. of James Tappenden, attorney and Town Clerk of Faversham, Kent; d. 28 Jan 1859. Buried North Cloister, Westminster Abbey.
VINCENT, HENRY ; b. ; adm. ; KS 1700. [Possibly Sir Henry Vincent, Bart., fourth but eldest surviving son of Sir Francis Vincent, Bart. MP, Stoke D’Abernon, Surrey, and Rebecca, dau. of Jonathan Ashe, London, merchant ; bapt.Stoke D’Abernon, Surrey 10 Jul 1685 (IGI) ; Corpus Christi Coll.Oxford, matr. 11 Oct 1703, aged 18 ; MP Guildford 21 Feb 1728-34 ; succ.father as 6th baronet 10 Feb 1736 ; m. Elizabeth, dau. of Bazaliel Sherman, London, Turkey merchant ; d. 20 Jan 1757, after fall from his horse : see William Vincent, below]
VINCENT, JOHN, son of John Vincent, Fontmell, Dorset, edge tool maker ; younger brother of Thomas Vincent, Under Master ; b. ; KS ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1647, but he had been detained at school “through the exigence of warre” and was granted seniority at Christ Church as of 1 May 1646 (Burrows, ed., 1881, 268) ; Westminster Student (still 1663, no longer by Dec 1665) ; submitted to Parliamentary Visitors 14 Jul 1648 (Burrows, op.cit., 155) ; BA 1650 ; MA 1652 ; ordained ; Curate, Benson, Oxfordshire 1655 ; d. St.Clement’s parish, Ipswich, Suffolk May 1665 (A.G.E.Jones, “The Great Plague in Ipswich 1665-1666”, Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology, 27-8, 1958, 89) (will made on board ship Unicorn at Harwich, Essex 12 Apr 1665, proved PCC 18 Sep 1665).
VINCENT, JOHN FRANCIS, youngest son of William St.Andrew Vincent (qv) ; b. 27 Sep 1809 ; adm. 20 Sep 1819 ; went to Felsted Sch. ; Addiscombe Coll. 1826-8 ; Cadet, EICS Madras 1828 ; Ensign, 23rd Light Infantry 16 Sep 1830 ; ret. 19 Jul 1835 [but Dodwell/Miles have him as Lieut. 1 Apr 1836] ; subsequently farmed at Wrentham, Suffolk ; JP Suffolk ; m.1st, 22 Jul 1840 Sarah, dau. of James Hingeston, Frostendon Hall, Suffolk ; m.2nd, 4 Aug 1864 Rachel Louisa, only dau. of John Ward, Plumstead, Kent ; d. 17 Feb 1890.
VINCENT, SIR MATHIAS, brother of Thomas Vincent (at school under Busby, qv) ; bapt.St.Botolph, Bishopsgate 24 Mar 1644 [or 1644/5 ?] ; adm. 1656 (school lists 1656, last two quarters) ; an undated petition by his mother Sarah to the Governors for a scholarship for Mathias, one of her two youngest children “now schollers at Westminster Schoole”, is in the Chapter Muniments (no.43101) ; apprenticed to merchant, London ; factoe, East India Company Aug 1664, initially based at Surat ; later Chief of East India Company establishments at Cossimbazar, Bengal, to 1677, and at Hooghly, Bengal, 7 Sep 1677 until his supersession in Jul 1682 ; made a large fortune and returned to England in 1683 ; knighted 20 Mar 1684/5 ; MP Lostwithiel from 1685 ; Treasurer, Sons of the Clergy ; Alderman, Aldgate Ward, City of London, from 30 Apr 1686 ; m. c.1670 Mary, widow of John Gurney, Madras, India, merchant, and illegitimate dau. of Henry Greenhill, Madras, India, merchant ; d. c.May 1687 (will proved PCC 15 Jun 1687).
VINCENT, RICHARD, third son of Rev.George Vincent, Rector of Sheepy, Leics. (southern mediety), and Elizabeth, dau. of William Haly, Harborough, Leics. ; bapt. Sheepy Magna, Leics., 21 Feb 1692 (IGI) ; adm. ; QS (aged 15) 1708 ; elected to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1713, adm.pens. 4 Jun 1713, aged 19, scholar 9 Apr 1714, matr.1714 ; 1st in “ordo” 1716/7 ; BA 1716/7 ; MA 1720 ; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1719, Major Fellow 11 Jul 1720 ; ordained deacon 13 Mar 1719/20, priest 31 May 1724 (both London) ; Rector of Donaghmore with Castlecaulfield, co.Tyrone, from 7 Jan 1730/1, having been Curate there since 1720 ; m. Ann Thomas [but check] ; d. 1774 (codicil to will dated 13 Feb 1774, will proved 17 Oct 1774).
VINCENT, RICHARD, son of John Vincent, Hampstead, Middlesex, brewer, and Sarah, eldest dau. of Richard Cowper, London ; b. ; adm. (aged 11) Jun 1730 ; left 1736 ; Wadham Coll.Oxford, matr. 12 Apr 1736 ; adm.Inner Temple 7 Apr 1736, called to bar 2 Jul 1742 ; of Castle Yard, Holborn, Middlesex ; d. 7 Jan 1776 (will proved PCC 9 Jan 1776, he of Inner Temple).
VINCENT, RICHARD BLACKALL, elder son of John Blackall, The Hill, Loughall, co.Armagh, Ireland, and Mary, dau. of Richard Vincent (QS 1708, qv) ; b. ; assumed additional surname of Vincent under will of his grandfather ; adm. 12 Jun 1779 ; KS (aged 15) 1781 ; elected to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1785, adm.pens. 25 May 1785, scholar 5 May 1786, matr. Mich.1785 ; BA 1789 ; ordained ; Prebendary of Clonfert from 22 Dec 1803 ; Archdeacon of Kilmacduagh 22 Dec 1803 – Mar 1815 ; m. (by 1792) Elizabeth —- ; d. 1834.
VINCENT, THOMAS ; b. ; adm. ; KS ; elected to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1617, adm.scholar 1618, matr.Easter 1618 ; BA 1621/2 ; MA 1625 ; BD 1633 ; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1624 ; ordained deacon 1625/6, priest 1626 (both Lincoln) ; Minister, St.Edward’s, Cambridge 1631 ; Vicar of Blyth, Notts., from 17 Apr 1633 ; author of play Paria, acted before Charles I at Cambridge Mar 1627/8 ; buried Blyth, Notts., 28 Sep 1633.
VINCENT, THOMAS, second son of Rev.John Vincent, Rector of Sedgefield, co.Durham, Puritan sympathizer, and Sarah [Prynne ?] ; bapt. All Saints, Hertford 18 May 1634 ; identified as a KS at the School by Russell Barker and Stenning, but the details that they provided for him were confused with those for John Vincent (qv) ; said by Wood, Athenae Oxonienses, 1691, 463, to have been “educated partly in grammar learning in Westminster-school, and partly in that at Felsted, in Essex “ ; Canoneer Student, Christ Church, Oxford 29 Sep 1648 (date of admission by Parliamentary Visitors) to res. 1660, Catechist 1654, matr. 27 Feb 1650/1 ; BA 16 Mar 1651/2 ; MA 1654 (incorp.Cambridge 1656) ; Chaplain to Robert Sidney, 2nd Earl of Leicester ; Rector of St.Mary Magdalene, Milk Street, London 15 Jul 1657 – Sep 1662, when ejected under Act of Uniformity ; preached constantly in London parish churches during the plague year of 1665 ; officiated at Hoxton, Middlesex, and assisted Thomas Doolittle in his school at Bunhill Fields ; imprisoned for nonconformity ; licensed as Presbyterian preacher, Hand Alley, Bishopsgate Street, London 2 Apr 1672 ; author, God’s Terrible Voice in the City by Plague and Fire, 1667, and other works ; m. Mary — ; d. 15 Oct 1678. ODNB.
VINCENT, THOMAS ; b. ; adm. 14 Jan 1772 ; in school lists 1775.
VINCENT, THOMAS, son of George Giles Vincent (qv), and his second wife ; b. 26 Nov 1819 ; adm. 20 Apr 1830 ; KS 1834 ; left 1838 ; St.John’s Coll.Cambridge, adm.pens. 18 Jun 1838, matr. Mich.1838 ; BA 1842 ; MA 1845 ; ordained deacon 18 Dec 1842, priest 17 Dec 1843 (both Winchester) ; Curate, Long Sutton, Hampshire 1842-4, Bolney, Sussex 1845-6, Wantage, Berks., 1847-68 ; Chaplain, St.Mary’s Home for Penitents, Wantage, Berks., 1860-8 ; Rector of Pusey, Berks., 1868-89 ; author, Some Account of St.Mary’s Home for Penitents, Wantage, 1852, and other works ; m. 6 Oct 1857 Dora, dau. of William Watkins, Badby House,Northants ; d. 4 Mar 1908.
VINCENT, WILLIAM ; b. ; adm. ; QS (Capt.) 1706 ; left 1709. [Possibly William Vincent, son of Sir Francis Vincent, Bart., and Rebecca, dau. of Jonathan Ashe, London ; bapt.Stoke D’Abernon, Surrey 8 Mar 1690 (IGI) ; Balliol Coll.Oxford, matr. 15 Nov 1708, aged 18 ; adm. Inner Temple 23 Jun 1708 ; see Henry Vincent, above] [said to have m. a dau. of “Dr.Warren”]
VINCENT, WILLIAM, fifth surviving son of Giles Vincent, Lime Street Ward, London, packer and Portugal merchant, and Sarah, dau. of Francis Holloway, Newnham Murren, Oxfordshire ; nephew of Richard Vincent (QS 1708, qv) ; b. 2 Nov 1739 ; adm. Sep 1748 (Hutton) ; KS 1753 ; elected to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1757, adm.pens. 9 Jun 1757, scholar 21 Apr 1758, matr. Lent 1758 ; BA 1761 ; MA 1764 ; BD and DD 1776 ; Usher at the School Jun 1762 – May 1771, Under Master 28 May 1771-88, Head Master 1788-1802 ; ordained deacon 19 Dec 1762 (Norwich, lit.dim. from Rochester), priest 22 Sep 1765 (London) ; Vicar of Longdon, Worcs., 1778 ; Rector of All Hallows the Great, London 17 Dec 1778-1803 ; Chaplain in Ordinary to George III 18 May 1776 – Jul 1802, Sub-Almoner 28 Nov 1783 – Feb 1808 ; Dean of Westminster from 7 Aug 1802 ; Prolocutor, Lower House of Convocation 1802, 1806, 1807 ; Rector of St.John’s, Westminster 28 May 1803 – Jan 1807 ; Rector of Islip, Oxfordshire, from 31 Jan 1807 ; one of the soundest scholars of his day, although he resembled Busby in his love for the rod ; when Dean of Westminster obtained an annual grant from Parliament for the restoration of Henry VII’s Chapel ; his name is perpetuated by Vincent Square, preserved through his influence as playing fields for the School ; Busby Trustee 22 Apr 1790 ; author, Defence of Public Education, 1801, and of a number of highly regarded works on ancient geography and other subjects ; m. 15 Aug 1771 Hannah, fourth dau. of George Wyatt, Chief Clerk of Vote Office, House of Commons ; d. 21 Dec 1815. Buried St.Benedict’s Chapel, Westminster Abbey (monument facing Poets’ Corner, with inscription composed by himself). ODNB.
VINCENT, WILLIAM, eldest surviving son of William St.Andrew Vincent (qv) ; b. 17 May 1809 ; adm. 17 Sep 1816 ; readm. 15 Jan 1823 ; Min.Can.1824 ; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 29 Nov 1829 ; BA 1831 ; MA 1850 ; ordained deacon 8 Jun 1833, priest 21 Jun 1834 (both Chichester) ; Curate, Cowfold, Sussex 9 Jun 1833 ; Vicar of Steventon, Berks., 1 Nov 1839-51 ; Perpetual Curate of Holy Trinity, Islington, Middlesex 1851-64 ; Perpetual Curate of Chipperfield, Herts., from 1864 ; m. 16 Oct 1838 Ann, youngest dau. of William Stace, Principal Storekeeper, Woolwich Arsenal ; d. 11 Apr 1872.
VINCENT, WILLIAM ST.ANDREW, eldest son of William Vincent (adm.1748, qv) ; b. 30 Nov 1772 ; adm. 30 Mar 1780 ; KS 1786 ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1791, matr. 22 Jun 1791, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1791 – void 11 Jun 1804 (expiry year of grace as R.All Hallows the Great from 20 Jul 1803) ; BA 1795 ; MA 1797 ; BD 1827 ; ordained deacon 24 Dec 1797 (Oxford), priest 1 May 1798 (Rochester) ; Prebendary of Chichester from 1 Apr 1801 ; Rector of All Hallows the Great, London, from 9 Jun 1803 ; Rector of Bolney, Sussex, from 13 Dec 1827 ; m. 1 Aug 1803 Frances Elizabeth Gayfere, dau. of Evan Jones, Oakham, Rutland, surgeon ; d. 22 Jul 1849.
VINER, GEORGE HEATH, only son of Rev.George Barber Peregrine Viner, Rector of Mottingham, Kent, and Charlotte Finden, elder dau. of Thomas Cope, Cricklewood, Middlesex ; b. 6 Aug 1865 ; adm. 23 Jan 1879 (G) ; left May 1882 ; employed with Pelican and British Empire Life Office ; Agency Manager, Marine and General Mutual Life Assurance Society 1905-7, Assistant Manager 1907-30 ; FSA 10 Jan 1907 ; formed a comprehensive collection of bookplates, donated by him to the British Museum ; author, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Bookplates of George W.Eve, RE, 1916, and other works ; m. 16 Sep 1897 Ella, youngest dau. of John Francis Hunnard, Oxford Gardens, North Kensington, London, accountant ; d. 5 Mar 1955.
VINER, NATHANIEL, son of Rev.John Viner, Kent ; b. ; adm.1656 ; gave evidence before the Governors in the Busby and Bagshawe dispute 1657 ; KS (aged 14) 1660 ; elected head to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1663, adm.pens. 4 Jul 1663, scholar 1664, matr.1663 ; BA 1666/7 ; MA 1670 ; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1668 – c.1678 ; ordained ; Rector of Martinhoe, Devon, from 21 Apr 1679 ; Master, Barnstaple GS (his predecessor had died Dec 1679) ; d. Sep 1680.
VINTER (or WINTER), WILLIAM ; b. ; adm. (aged 11) Feb 1727/8 (as Vinter) ; left 1733 (as Winter in school lists 1727/8, 1729).
VITRACK, JAMES, son of James Vitrack, Greek Street, Soho, London, surgeon ; bapt. 28 Oct 1716 ; adm. (aged 13) Dec 1729 ; left 1730 ; apprenticed to John Stevens, barber-surgeon, 4 Jan 1730/1. {Perhaps James Vitrack who m. at St.Anne, Soho, Westminster 13 Dec 1757 Jane Keeffe (IGI)] [mother probably Margaret Laujard]
VIVIAN, THOMAS, son of Thomas Vivian, London, Clerk in Chancery, and Anne , dau. of William Hyde, Long Sutton, Lincs. ; bapt.St.Andrew, Holborn 12 Apr 1712 (IGI) ; adm. (aged 10) May 1722 ; Min.Can.1726 ; KS 1727 ; elected to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1731, adm.pens. 22 Jun 1731, scholar 12 May 1732, matr. 1731 ; adm.Lincoln’s Inn 27 Apr 1727, called to bar 18 Nov 1735 ; Recorder of Lincoln ; m. 17 Jul 1747 (IGI) Mary, widow of Francis Scott, 2nd Earl of Deloraine (S) (qv), and sister of Gervase Scrope (qv) ; d. 2 Aug 1770.
VOWE, THOMAS, son of Leonard Vowe, Hallaton, Leics., and his second wife Martha, eldest dau. of Richard Butler, Preston Capes, Northants ; b. ; adm. (aged 11) 10 Jan 1714/5 ; KS 1717 ; elected to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1721, but went to Lincoln Coll.Oxford, matr. 15 Jun 1721 ; BCL 1728 ; ordained deacon 2 Mar 1729/30, priest 24 May 1730 (both Lincoln) ; d. unm. in Bath, Somerset 1738.
VULLIAMY, BENJAMIN LEWIS, eldest son of Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy, Pall Mall, London, watch and clockmaker, and Frances Moulton, dau. of Capt.George Stiles, Portsmouth, Hampshire, commander of a Revenue cutter ; b. 12 Oct 1815 ; adm. 26 Apr 1825 ; Merton Coll.Oxford, matr. 24 Mar 1836 ; living in Rome and in financial difficulties in 1850s ; d. unm. 23 May 1895.
VULLIAMY, GEORGE JOHN, brother of Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy (qv) ; b. 19 May 1817 ; adm. 13 Feb 1826 ; Min.Can.1832 ; articled to Joseph Bramah & Sons, engineers 1833 ; in architectural office of Sir Charles Barry 1836-41 ; travelled abroad ; employed until 1861 in the office of his uncle Lewis Vulliamy, architect ; ARIBA 1838 ; FRIBA 1856 ; Superintending Architect, Metropolitan Board of Works 15 Mar 1861 – May 1886 ; designed the pedestal and sphinxes for Cleopatra’s Needle on the Thames Embankment ; m. 2 Apr 1851 Eliza, widow of Matthew King, Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire, merchant, and second dau. of Cdr.Samuel Charles Umfreville, Royal Navy ; d. 12 Nov 1886. ODNB.
VYVYAN, see also VIVIAN.
VYVYAN, SIR COURTENAY BOURCHIER, BART., eldest son of Rev.Sir Vyell Donnithorne Vyvyan, Bart., Trelowarren, Mawgan, Cornwall, and Louisa Mary Frederica, third dau. of Richard Bourchier, Brook Lodge, Dorset ; b. 5 Jun 1858 ; adm. 21 Jan 1870 (G) ; QS 1873 ; left Dec 1876 ; RMC Sandhurst ; 2nd Lieut., East Kent Regt., 1 May 1878 ; Lieut., 6 Jan 1880 ; Capt., 14 Jan 1886 ; Maj., 8 May 1897 ; Brevet Lieut.-Col., 29 Nov 1900 ; Lieut.-Col., 4 Aug 1902 ; Brevet Col., 11 Sep 1904 ; ret. with rank of Col., 4 Aug 1906 ; re-employed as Assistant Adjutant-Gen., 5 Aug 1914 – 31 Aug 1918, when he relinquished appointment ; served in Zulu War 1879 and in operations in South Africa 1896, mentioned in despatches LG 9 Mar 1897 ; served South African War 1899-1902, second-in-command at Mafeking, mentioned in despatches LG 8 Feb 1901, 29 Jul 1902 ; served in First World War 1914-9, mentioned in despatches LG 22 Jun 1915, 15 Jun 1916, 11 Dec 1917 ; CB 29 Jun 1906 ; CMG 23 Jun 1915 ; Order of St.Stanislas with swords ; succ.father as 10th baronet 27 May 1917 ; DL Cornwall 1911, JP Cornwall ; Vice-Chairman, Cornwall Territorial Force Association 1908 ; m. 1st, 17 Feb 1887 Eva Catherine Forestier, eldest dau. of Major-Gen. George Edmond Lushington Walker, Royal Engineers, Charlton, Kent ; m.2nd, 21 Nov 1929 Clara Coltman, second dau. of Edward Powys Rogers, Toorilla, Queensland, pastoralist ; d. 15 Nov 1941.