TowsE, Harold Beckwith
TOWSE, HAROLD BECKWITH. Adm. pens, at Trinity,
May 12, 1885. [2nd] s. of Robert Beckwith, solicitor, of 24,
Belgrave Crescent, Edinburgh. B. Nov. 9, i866, in London.
School, Charterhouse, Godalming. Matric. Michs. 1885;
B.A. 1889. Adm. a Writer to the Signet, 1893. Captain,
Lothian and Berwickshire Yeomanry, 1899. Captain, 2nd
Dragoons, 1902; retired, 1913. Served in the Great War,
1914-19 (Lieut. -Col., East African Force; mentioned three
times in despatches). Married, Apr. 19, 1909, Jean Heywood,
2nd dau. of Edward Collins, of Highfield and Kelvindale,
Glasgow. Died July 20, 1923, at Kisumu, Kenya, of malaria.
(Army Lists; The Times, July 27, 1923-)
TOWSE, JOHN RANKEN. Adm. pens, at Clare, Oct. 18, 1865.
[Eldest s. of John Beckwith, of Streatham. B. Apr. 2, 1845.
School, Highgate.] Matric. Michs. 1865. A journalist;
connected with the New York Evening Post for 60 years.
'A walking encyclopaedia of the theatre.' Author, Sixty Years of the British Stage. Died Apr. 11, 1933, in London.
(Highgate Sch. Reg.; The Times, Apr. 15 and 17, 1933.)
TOWSEND, JOHN HENRY MOSES (1867), see TOWNSEND.
TOWSEY, ARTHUR. Adm. pens, at St John's, July 6, 1868. S. of Edward, solicitor (and Anne Jane). B. [July 17, 1851],
in Hammersmith, Middlesex. Bapt. Dec. 24, 1851. [School,
City of London.] Matric. Michs. 1868; B.A. 1872; M.A. 1875.
Ord. deacon (Rochester) 1874; priest, 1875; C. of Plaistow,
Essex, 1874-6. Assistant Master at the Godolphin School,
Hammersmith; at the City of London School, 1872-82.
C. of St Swithin's, London Stone, 1876-82. Head Master and
Chaplain of Emmanuel School, Wandsworth, 1882-93. , Married (2) Dec. 22, 1886, Harriet Lavard, eldest dau. of
■ W. Snellgrove, of Brockley, Kent. Died Nov. 20, 1893. (Eagle, -xviii. 208; Crockford.)
TOWTON, HENRY VAUGHAN. Adm. sizar at Queens', Apr. 22, 1818. Of Jamaica. Matric. Michs. i8i8.
TOYNE, FRANCIS DIGBY. Adm. pens, at Queens', Michs. 1895. S. of Francis Albert. B. Sept. 22, 1875, at Leytonstone,
Essex. Matric. Michs. 1895; B.A. 1904; M.A. 1908. Of
144, Tweedall Street, Rochdale in 1915. Died in Mar. 1947.
TOZER, ERNEST EVAN MORGAN. Adm. at Clare, Mar. 16,
1883. Did not reside. [Eldest s. of Morgan, of Birkenhead.]
Adm. at Jesus College, Oxford, whence he matric. Oct. 18,
1883, age 19; Scholar, 1883. (Al. Oxon.)
TOZER, JOHN. Adm. pens, (age 26) at Caius, Feb. 10, 1832.
[Eldest] s. of John, gent. B. [1806], at Woolwich. School,
Woolwich. Matric. Michs. 1832; B.A. (i^th Wrangler) 1836;
M.A. 1839 ; LL.D. 1854. Fellow, 1838-77; bursar, 1855-7. Adm.
at Lincoln's Inn, Aug. 20, 1831. Called to the Bar, 1840. Migrated to the Middle Temple, Dec. 18, 1843. On the
Cambridge, Huntingdon and Bedford Sessions. Assessor to
the Vice-Chancellor, 1852. Serjeant-at-Law, 1858. Recorder
of Bury St Edmunds, 1861-77. Appealed, 1849, to Prince Albert, as Chancellor, to interfere in what he regarded as
irregularities in certain College procedure; this was taken
very seriously by Dr Chapman, the Master, and Tozer was admonished for breach of statute as the Chancellor was not
concerned. Author, On Probability; On Identity of Method in
the Search for Truth, etc. Died Dec. 8, 1877, at his residence,
4, James Street, Buckingham Gate. (Venn, 11. 217; Boase,
III. looi; Law Lists; Inns of Court.)
TOZER, JOHN SAVERY. Adm. pens, at St John's, May 2, 1808. [2nd] s. of Aaron, Esq., of Totnes, Devon. [School,
Eton.] Matric. Michs. 1808; Scholar, 1808; B.A. (10th
Wrangler) 1812; M.A. 1815; B.D. 1823. Fellow, 1812-27. Adm. at the Inner Temple, June 5, 1812. Ord. deacon
(Salisbury) June 6, 1819. C. of St Petrock, Exeter. Married,
July 5, 1826 (College records; no details). Found drowned,
near Shrewsbury, in 1836. Name in Clergy List until 1853.
(Eton Sch. Lists; F. P. White; G. Mag., 1836, 1. 438; Inns of Court.)
TRACEY, HENRY EUGfeNE FLOS. Adm. pens, at St John's, July I, 1853. S. of Henry Dionysius, schoolmaster (and
Elizabeth). B. Feb. 2, 1832, at Ipswich. Matric. Michs. 1853;
B.A. 1857; M.A. i860. Ord. deacon (Exeter) June 7, 1857;
priest, 1858; C. of Plympton, Devon, 1857. British Chaplain
at Vienna. Married, Nov. 1861, Florence Mary Tocher. Died
Aug. 8, 1866, at St Leonards-on-Sea. (G. Mag., 1866, 925.)
TRACY, ARTHUR GEORGE. Adm. pens, at Trinity, May 23,
1884. S. of Dowdeswell John Ellis, of The Square, Barn-
staple, Devon. B. Mar. 27, 1865, at Croydon, Surrey. School,
Sherborne. Matric. Michs. 1884; B.A. 1889. For some time
on the London stock exchange. Subsequently Bursar of
University School, Victoria, British Columbia. Of Richmond
Road, Victoria, B.C. in 1937. (Sherborne Reg.)
TRACY, AUGUSTUS COPELAND. Matric. Non-CoU., Michs. 1870. S. of William Moore, surgeon, of Hill Street, Berkeley
Tracy, Henry Hanbury
Square, London (and Jane). B. July i, 1830, in Westminster.
Bapt. May 16, 1831. Schools, Merchant Taylors and St Paul's.
Migrated to St John's, Aug. 3, 1871; B.A. 1874; M.A. 1878. Ord. deacon (Norwich) 1874; priest, 1875; C. of Tasburgh,
Norfolk, 1874-5. C. of Beccles, Suffolk, 1875-6. C. of
Lowestoft, 1876-9. C. of St Nicholas, Colchester, 1879-80.
R. of Stapleford, Herts., 1880-93. R- of Gunton, Norfolk,
1895-1900. Married, Sept. 16, 1879, Helen, youngest dau. of B. Caldecott, Esq., of Ormsby House, near Great Yarmouth.
Resided latterly at the Manor House, Oulton, near Lowestoft,
where he died Jan. 27, 1900. Brother of Frederick F. (1846).
(St Paul's Sch. Reg.; Merchant Taylors' Sch. Reg.; Eagle, XXII. 259; Crockford; The &uardian, Sept. 24, 1879; The Times, Jan. 29, 1900.)
TRACY, CHARLES DUNLOP. Matric. Non-CoU., from Ayerst H., Michs. 1886. [S. of the Rev. Frederick Francis (1846),
C.-in-charge of St Barnabas, Cambridge. B. May 28, 1870.
School, King William's College, Isle of Man.] Married, Jan. 15, 1909, Rosita, dau. of William Macandrew, Esq.,
J. P., of Westwood House, Essex. Brother of Francis W.
(1876) and WUliam B. (1883). (King William's Coll. Reg.)
TRACY, COURTENAY. Adm. pens, at Trinity, May 14, 1862.
[Only] s. of George M. [of Red Hill, Westerham, Kent].
B. Nov. 9, 1842, at Faversham, Kent. School, Kent (private).
Matric. Michs. 1862; LL.B. 1867; LL.M. 1870. Adm. at the
Inner Temple, Nov. 17, 1866. Called to the Bar, Nov. 17,
1869. Married, Oct. 21, 1875, Isabel, eldest dau. of Captain
James Dolphin, the Rifle Brigade. Latterly of Bishop's Waltham, Hants. Father of George C. (1895). (Law Lists;
Inns of Court; Foster, Men at the Bar.)
TRACY, FRANCIS WILLIAM. Adm. sizar at St John's, Aug. 25, 1876. [Eldest] s. of the Rev. Frederick Francis (next) (and
Adelaide). B. 1858 at Worth Matravers. Bapt. July 4, 1858.
Schools, Beccles (Mr Raven) and Tonbridge. Matric. Michs.
1876; B.A. 1880; M.A. 1885. Assistant Master at King
William's College, Isle of Man, 1880-4. Ord. deacon (Sodor
and Man) 1882; priest, 1883. C. of Bramber, Sussex, 1884-5. Assistant Master at Rockwells Prep. School, Batcombe, and
C. of Upton Noble, Somerset, 1885-7. Head Master of Totnes
Grammar School, 1887-91; of St Lawrence College, Rams-
gate, 1891-9; of the United Services College, Westward Ho!
1 899-1 904; and at Harpenden, 1904-6; Warden of the
United Services CoUege, Windsor, 1906-11. Married, Sept. 16, 1884, Henrietta Louisa, only dau. of the Rev. A. Manby,
V. of Nettlebed, 0.xon. Died Mar. 27, 1929, at Plymouth.
Brother of WiUiam B. (1883) and Charles D. (1886).
(Tonbridge Sch. Reg.; St Lawrence Coll. Reg.; Eagle, xlv. 279;
Scott, MSS.; Crockford; The Times, Apr. 2, 1929.)
TRACY, FREDERICK FRANCIS. Adm. pens, at Christ's, Dec. 14, 1846. S. of William Moore, surgeon, of Cork Street,
London (and Jane). B. Feb. 2, 1829, in Westminster.
Schools, Merchant Taylors' and St Paul's. Matric. Lent, 1847; B.A. 1852; M.A. 1855. Ord. deacon (Chichester) 1853;
priest, 1857; C. of Shermanbury, Sussex, 1853-5. C. of
Icklesham, 1855-7. C. of All Souls, Brighton, 1857. V. of
Worth Matravers, Dorset, 1857-65. R. of St Pancras,
Chichester, 1865-72. R. of Beccles, Suffolk, 1872-81. V. of
Kirk Christ, Rushen, Isle of Man, 1881-5. C.-in-charge of
St Barnabas, Cambridge, 1885-8. Married Adelaide, dau. of William Borrer, Esq., of Barrow Hill, Henfield, Sussex.
Died May 11, 1888, at Cambridge. Brother of Augustus C.
(1870); father of the above, of Wilham B. (1883) and Charles
D. (1886). (Peile, 11. 500; Scott, MSS.; Crockford.)
TRACY, GEORGE COURTENAY. Adm. at Trinity Hall, Oct.
1895. S. of Courtenay, Esq. (1862), of Holywell House,
Bishops Waltham, Hants. [B. Sept. 27, 1876.] School,
Radley. Matric. Michs. 1895. Second Lieut., the West
Indian Regt., 1899; transferred to Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Served in the South African War, 1901. Captain,
1908. Served in the Great War, 1914-19 (Major, Duke of
Cornwall's L.I.; Lieut.-Col., Special List (Cmdt. School of Instruction); wounded; D.S.O., 1918; mentioned twice in
despatches). Retired, 1920. Latterly of Clos de la Perle,
Dinard, France. Died in California, Oct. 20, 195 1. (Radley
Reg.; Army Lists; The V.C. and D.S.O.; The Times, Oct. 29,
I95I-)
TRACY, HENRY HANBURY. Adm. pens, (age 18) at Trinity,
Mar. 12, 1820. [2nd] s. of Charles [formerly Hanbury;
created Lord Sudeley, 1838] (and Henrietta Susanna, only
child of the 8th Viscount Tracy). His father had assumed the
surname of Tracy, 1798. B. Apr. 11, 1802, in London. School,
Todenham, Gloucs. Matric. Michs. 1820. Of Gregynog, near
Montgomery, N. Wales. M.P. for Bridgnorth, Shropshire,
1837-8. Lieut.-Col., Montgomery militia. J. P. and D.L. for
Montgomery. Married, Jan. 10, 1841, Rosamond Anne
Myrtle Shirley, dau. of Viscount Tsunworth, and had issue.
Died Apr. 6, 1889. (Return of M.P. s ; Walford, County Families ;
Burke, P. and B. (sub Sudeley).)