Page:Oxford men and their colleges.djvu/420

 527

WARDENS OF WADHAM.

528

12. Lisle, Samuel, M.A., warden 22 March, 1739, resigned 1744; s. Richard, of Blandford, Dorset, gent. Wadham, matric. 4 March, 1699-1700, aged 17, scholar 1701, B.A. 1703, M.A. 1706, Goodridge exhibitioner 1707, fellow 1707, B. and D.D. by diploma 10 April, 1739, D.D. Lambeth 16 Jan., 1721, chaplain of the Levant company at Smyrna 1710-16, and at Aleppo 1716, rector of Leven, Yorks, 1718, of Holwell, Beds, 1720, and of Tooting Graveney, Surrey, 1721-8, rector of St. Mary-le- Bow, etc., 1721, chaplain to Dr. Wake, archbishop of Canterbury 1721, archdeacon 1724-48, and canon of Canterbury 1728, rector of Fetcham 1726, vicar of Great Bookham, Surrey, 1728, and of Northolt, Middlesex, 1729-49, bishop of St. Asaph 1744-8, and sinecure rector of Corwen, co. Merioneth, 1745-8, and bishop of Norwich 1748, until his death in London 3 Oct., 1749, buried in the church of Northolt, Middlesex. See Al. Ox. 917.

13. Wyndham, George, M.A., warden 11 May, 1744 ; s. George, of Salisbury, Wilts, arm. Wad- ham, matric. 19 Feb., 1721-2, aged 17, B.A. 1725, M.A. 1728, B.D. 1744, D.D. 22 Feb., 1745-6, bar.- at-law, Lincoln's Inn, 1731 ; died 2 May, 1777, buried at Salisbury. See Al. Ox. ii. 1620.

14. Gerard, James, M.A., warden 5 May, 1777, resigned 5 July, 1783 ; s. Joseph, rector of Monks Risborough, Bucks. Wadham, matric. 29 April, 1757, aged 16, B.A. 1761, M.A. 1765, B. and D.D. 1777 ; rector of Somershall Herbert, co. Derby, 1778, and of Monks Risborough, Bucks, 1783, until his death in college 14 Feb., 1789 ; married 17 June, 1783, Miss Temple, of Kentish town. See A I. Ox. ii. 517.

15. Wills, John, M.A., warden 29 Oct., 1783; born at Seaborough, Somerset, 1741 ; s. John, gent. Hertford, matric. 18 March, 1758, aged 17 ; scholar Wadham 1758, B.A. 1761, fellow 1765, M.A. 1765, B. and D.D. 1783, vice-chancellor 1792-6 ; vicar of Headington, Oxon, 1776, rector of Shalden, Hants, 1776-7, of Tydd St. Mary, co. Lincoln, 1778, and of Seaborough, Somerset, 1779, until his death 16 June, 1806. See Al. Ox. ii. 1578.

16. Tournay, William, D.D., warden 1806, resigned

1 831 ; born at Dover, Kent, 1762; s.

Thomas, rector of St. James, Dover. Wadham matric. 29 Nov., 1780, aged 18, scholar 1781-9, B.A. 1784, fellow 1789-99, M.A. 1790, B.D. 1802, D.D. 1806, tutor (until) 1795 ; rector of Eastbridge 1790, rector of Denton 1792, and of Hope All Saints 1795, vicar of Hougham 1795, an d rector of Dover St. James, (all) Kent, 1795, canon of Lincoln 1800, and of Peterborough 1817, vicar of Godmanchester, Hunts, 1824-9, died 19 July, 1833. See Al. Ox. ii. 1429.

17. Symons, Benjamin Parsons, D.D., warden 1831, resigned 1871 ; born at Cheddar, Somerset, 1785 ; s. John, arm. Wadham, matric. 2 Feb., 1802, aged 17, B.A. 1805, M.A. 1810, fellow 1812-31, B D. 1819, tutor 1822, proctor 1818, D.D. 1831 (Honours: — classics 1805), select preacher 1812, 21, 31, examiner (in classics) 1819, 20, 1, 4, vice-chancellor 1844-8, preacher St. Martin Carfax, Oxford, 1820-40, White- hall preacher 1823, died 11 April, 1878, aged 94. See Al. Ox. ii. 1381.

18. Griffiths, John, D.D., warden 1871, resigned 1881 ; born at Rochester, Kent, 1807 ; o.s. John, vicar of Rochester St. Margarets, D.D. Wadham, matric. 3 Feb., 1824, aged 17, scholar 1824-30, B.A. 1827, fellow 1830-54, M.A. 1833, tutor 1833, hon. fellow 1868, B. and D.D. 6 July, 1872 (Honours: — 2 classics and 2 mathematics 1827), select preacher 50, perpetual delegate of the press, delegate of local examinations, curator of the university chest, keeper of the university archives 1857, until his death 14 Aug., 1885. See Al. Ox. ii. 569; & D.N.B.

19 Thorley George Earlam, M.A., warden 1881 ; born at Knutsford, Cheshire, 25 Aug., 1830; is. Robert, commander r.n. Wadham, matric. 13 Oct., 1849, aged 19 (from Manchester gr. school), scholar 1849-54, B.A. 1853, fellow 1854-81, M.A. 1856, tutor 1856-81, proctor 1866, sub-warden 1868-81 (Honours : — 1 classical mods. 1852, 1 classics and 4 law and history 1853), examiner in classics 1868-9, 70, 4, 5, member of the Hebdomadal Council 81-4, curator of the Taylorian institution and of the park, delegate of the museum and of the common Univer- sity fund. See Al. Ox. ii. 1413.

the new ALTAR SCREEN, 1832. — From Ingram.