Wright, Richard Burton
WRIGHT (post PHILLIPSON), RICHARD BURTON. Adm. pens,
at St John's, July 17, 1784- [S. of the Rev. Charles (1760) (and Susannah, niece and heiress of Lieut.-Gen. Richard Burton Phillipson, M.P.) who assumed the name and arms of
Burton and PhUlipson for themselves and their heirs, 1792.]
B. at Peterborough. Matric. Michs. 1785; Scholar, 1785;
B.A. 1790; M.A., as R. B. Burton PhiUipson, 1796. Ord.
deacon (Peterb.), July 4, 1790; priest, June 29, 1791; C. of
Peakirk and Glinton, Northants., 1792-6. R. of Herringswell
and of Worlington, Suffolk, 1796-1811. Resided for many
years at Southampton, where he died in 1826. (St John's Coll. Adm., IV. 574; Northants. Clergy; G. Mag., 1826, 11. 378.)
WRIGHT, RICHARD GANE. \<im. pens, at Queens', Oct. 1899. S. of [the Rev.] Richard (1855) [V. of Gisbum, Yorks.]. B.
there Jan. i, 1877. School, .-Udenham, Herts. Matric. Michs.
1899; B.A. 1902. Football (assoc.) 'blue,' 1900-3. Assistant Master at Gisbryne House School, Watford, in 1905. Entered
the Indian Educational Service, 1910; Assistant Principal of
Aitchison College, Lahore, 1915-26; Officiating Principal,
1926-32. Married, Apr. 2, 1910, at Colombo, Gladwys, dau. of Dr Channing Pearce, of Ramsgate. Latterly of VVUdbrook
House, Cookham, Berks. Died Oct. 27, 1942. (Aldenham
Sch. Reg.; Camb. Yearbook; India Office Lists; The Times,
Nov. 4, 1942.)
WRIGHT, RICHARD PLUMLEY. Adm. at Trinity Hall, Oct.
1882. [Only] s. of R., Esq., of Cromwell Road, London.
[B. Mar. 31, 1865.] School, Charterhouse, Godalming.
Matric. Michs. 1882. Of 47, .Montagu Square, London, W., in
1910. Married, 1927, Blanche Katherine ."Vrine Haydon. Died June 30, 1930. (TAe Times, July 2, 1930; R. L.
Arrowsmith.)
WRIGHT, RICHARD THOMAS. Adm. pens, at Christ's, Apr. 28, 1865. [Elder] s. of John [Unitarian minister]. B. [June 2,
1846], at York. Educated at Owens College, Manchester.
Matric. Michs. 1865; Scholar; B.A. {^th IVrangler) 1869;
M.A. 1872. Fellow, 1869-77; Assistant Tutor and Tutor,
1871-7; Junior Dean, 1875-7. President of the Union, 1869.
B.Sc. (Manchester) 1882; Hon. LL.D. (Manchester) 1902.
Adm. at Lincoln's Inn, Nov. 12, 1867. Called to the Bar, June 10, 1870. Secretary to the Syndics of the University
Press, 1892-1911. A warm supporter of women's education and of the women's Colleges in Cambridge. Married, Sept. 1, 1877, Mary Marshall, 2nd dau. of Henry Kennedy, LL.D.,
of Brighton, and had issue. Resided at Trumpington.
Retired to Brighton, 1923, and finally to Worthing, where
. he died June 11, 1931; buried at Brighton. (Peile, 11. 588;
Law Lists; Inns of Court; Foster, Men at the Bar; Who's Who; The Guardian, Sept. 5, 1877; The Times, June 12, 1931.)
WRIGHT, ROBERT. Adm. pens, at Clare, Dec. 16, 1763;
Fell. -Com., Oct. 30, 1765. B. at Hampstead, Middlesex.
Matric. Easter, 1764; B.A. 1768; M.A. 1771. Ord. deacon
(London), Sept. 25, 1768; priest, June 10, 1770. Perhaps
V. of East Claydon, Bucks., and R. of Middle Claydon,
Bucks., 1807-20. (Foster, Index Eccles.; Clerical Guide.)
WRIGHT, ROBERT. Adm. pens, (age 17) at Trinity, Jan. 24,
1764. [2ndJ s. of [Sir] James [ist Bart.], of [Charleston],
South Carolina, America [sometime Governor of Georgia], for
whom see D.N.B. (and Sarah, dau. of James Maidman).
School, Eton. Matric. Michs. 1765. Died, v.p. Brother of
James (1764)- (£'o>i Coll. Reg.)
WRIGHT, ROBERT ALDERSON. Adm. sizar at Trinity, Sept.
29, 1893. S. of John, of 18, Eleanor Street, South Shields
(and EUzabeth Middleton, dau. of John Carr). B. Oct. 15,
1869, at South Shields. School, South Shields (private).
Matric. Michs. 1893; Scholar, 1895; B.A. (Class. Trip., Pt I,
ist Class) 1895; (Class. Trip., Pt II, ist Class) 1896; (Moral
Sci. Trip., Pt II, ist Class, 1897); M.A. 1900; Hon. LL.D.
1938. FeUow, 1899; Hon. Fellow, 1939. Deputy High
Steward of the University, I93&-53-- Hon. LL.D., Birming-
ham, 1934; London, 1936; Toronto, 1943. F.B.A., 1940.
Called to the Bar, Inner Temple, 1900. On the North-Eastem
Circuit. K.C., 1917; Bencher, 1923; Treasurer, 1946. Judge
of the High Court, King's Bench Division, 1925-32; A Lord
of .\ppeal in Ordinary, 1932-5, 1937-47. Master of the RoUs,
1935-7. Chairman of the Law Revision Committee, 1935. Chairman of United Nations War Crimes Commission, 1945-
Knighted, 1925. P.C, 1932; created a life Peer, as Baron
Wright of Durley, WUts., 1932; G.C.M.G., 1948. Of Durley
House, Burbage, Marlborough. Married, 1928, Margery Avis,
dau. of F. J. Bullows, of Sutton Coldfield. {Law Lists;
Burke, P. and B.; Who's Who.)
WRIGHT, ROBERT AUGUSTUS ARTHUR. Adm. pens, at
St John's, Oct. 16, 1875- [Only] s. of Joseph Homsby, gent,
(and Anne). B. Nov. 7, 1855, in Marylebone, London. Bapt.
Dec. 12, 1855. Matric. Michs. 1875; B.A. 1879- Adm. at the
Inner Temple, Oct. 14, 1878. CaUed to the Bar, June 21,
1882 {Law Lists; Inns of Court; Foster, Men at the Bar.)
Wright, Thomas
WRIGHT, ROBERT HENRY. Adm. sizar at Trinity, June 4,
1833. Matric. Michs. 1833; B.A. 1839; M.A. 1847. Sometime
Assistant Master at Kingsbridge, Devon, Grammar School;
Head Master of Ashford Grammar School and C. of Ashford,
Kent. {Crockford's Scholastic Directories, 1861.)
WRIGHT, ROGER JOHN. Adm. pens, at Sidney, Oct. 7, i868.
3rd s. of the Rev. Henry (1835), R. of Thuxton, Norfolk.
B. Mar. 31, 1849, at Mattishall. School, under his father.
Matric. Michs. 1868; Scholar. Migrated to Queens', Jan. 28, 1869; B.A. 1872. Ord. deacon (Ripon), 1873; priest (Norwich),
1875; C. of Whitechapel, Yorks., 1873-5. C. of Marsham,
Norfolk, 1875-8. R. of Borrisnafamey, King's County, Ireland, 1878-85. C. of Worthing, Sussex, 189 1-3. Resided latterly at 19, Thorn Road, Worthing. Disappears from
Crockford, 1926. Brother of William H. (i860).
WRIGHT, SAMPSON. Adm. pens, (age 18) at Trinity, June 9,
1784. [Only] s. of [Sir] Sampson [PoUce-Magistrate], of London. School, Westminster. Matric. .Michs. 1784; Scholar,
1785; B.A. 1789; M.A. 1793. Adm. at Lincoln's Inn, July 29, 1783. Called to the Bar, June 27, 1789. Died Apr. 26, 1804,
aged 37. (Record of Old Westminsters; Inns of Court.)
WRIGHT, SAMUEL. Adm. pens, (age 20) at Trinity, Apr. 23,
1853. S. of Edward Welchman [M.D.], of Shipston [-on- Stour], Worcs. B. there Aug. 14, 1833. School, Cheltenham
CoUege. Matric. Michs. 1853; B.A. 1857; M..A.. i860. Ord.
deacon (Worcester), 1858; priest, i860; C. of Bromsgrove,
Worcs., 1858-60. C. of Solihull, Warws., 1860-78. C. of
Stratford-upon-Avon, 1878-9. C. of Crosby Ravensworth,
Westmorland, 1879-81. C. of St Mary's, Higher Crumpsall,
Manchester, 1886-9. Resided latterly at Henley-in-.\rden. Died in 1912. (Cheltenham Coll. Reg.; Crockford.)
WRIGHT, THOMAS. Adm. pens, at Christ's, June 18, 1754. S. of the Rev. John (1716), R. of Euston, Suffolk. Scholar,
1754; matric. Lent, 1755. Resided until March, 1755.
'Perhaps died young.' Brother of Harbord (1742) and Jolm
(1761). (Peile, II. 259, which erroneously calls his father 'Thomas.')
WRIGHT, THOMAS B.A. 1 769, incorp. from Oxford ; M.A. from
Corpus Christi, 1769. IS. of Thomas, of Standon, Staffs.] Matric. from Magdalen Hall Oxford, June 22, 1760, age 17;
B.A. (Oxford) 1764. (A I. Oxon.)
WRIGHT, THOMAS. Adm. pens, at St John's, Apr. 24, 1775- Of Derbs. [3rd s. of the Rev Henry Oflaey (i737-8), V. of
St Peter's, Derby [of Mobberley, Cheshire]. [B. Nov. i, 1756.] School [Derby and] Manchester Grammar. Matric. .Michs.
1775; Scholar, 1775; B.A. 1779. Migrated to Emmanuel,
July 29, 1779; M.A. 1782. Fellow of Emmanuel, 1780-9. R. of Market Bosworth, Leics., 1788-1840. Married, .\ug. 24,
1789, Mary, only dau. of WilUam Dilke, of Maxstoke Castle, Warws. Died Nov. 29, 1840. Father of Charles (1818) and
Henr>' (1809); brother of Lawrence (1770) and William (1771).
{Manchester Sch. Reg.; St John's Coll. Adm., iv. 575 ; G. Mag., 1841, I. 103.)
WRIGHT, THOMAS. Adm. pens, (age 16) at Christ's, July 7, 1784. S. of Francis. B. at Norwich. School, Palgrave, Suffolk. .Matric. .Michs. 1785; Scholar; B..A.. 1789.
WRIGHT, THOMAS. Adm. pens, (age 18) at Trinity, Feb. 13,
1792. S. of Thomas, of Nottingham. School, Fulham,
London. Matric. Michs. 1792; B.A. 1797. Adm. at Lincohi's Inn, .May 14, 1796. (Inns of Court.)
WRIGHT, THOMAS. Adm. pens, (age 19) at Pembroke,
June 28, 1794. Eldest s. of Thomas, merchant, of London.
B. there. [School, St Paul's.] Matric. Michs. 1794; Scholar; B.A. 1798; M.A. 1801. Ord. deacon (London), .\pr. 29, 1798;
priest, Dec. 30, 1798; 'B..\., Pembroke College.' R. of Otton- Belchamp, Essex, 1807-n, and R. oi Little Henny, 1811-20. V. of Middle and East Claydon, Bucks., 1820-41. Died at
Claydon, Apr. n, 1841, 'aged 66.' Father of Thomas (1827). (St Paul's Sch. Reg. ; Foster, Index Eccles. ; Clerical Guide ;
G. Mag., 1841, 552; P. E. ToweU.)
WRIGHT, THOMAS. Adm. sizar (age 18) at Trinity, Nov. 17,
1804. S. of — , of Richmond, Yorks. School, Richmond.
Matric. Michs. 1805; Scholar, 1808. Died Aug. 24, 1808, at
Fencoates, near Catterick. {G. Mag., 1808, 11. 855.)
WRIGHT, THOMAS. Adm. at King's, a scholar from Eton,
Aug. 30, 1827. S. of the Rev. Thomas (i794). R- oi Otton- Belchamp, Essex (and Catharine Medlicott). B. there, Nov. i , 1808. Matric. Michs. 1827; Scholar. Died Nov. 17, 1829,
'aged 21.' {Eton Sch. Reg., which erroneously gives date of death as 1827; G. Mag., 1829, 11. 573)
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