Unwin, William Cawthorne
UNWIN, WILLIAM CAWTHORNE. Adir. pens, at Christ's, July I, 1760. S. of the Rev. Morley (1722) (and Mary Cawthorne, for whom sec D.X.B.). B. Mar. 15, 1744, at
Grimston, Norfolk. School, Charterhouse. Matric.Michs. 1761;
Scholar, 1761 ; 2nd Chancellor's Classical medal, 1764; Mem-
bers'prize, 1766; B.A. 1764; M. A. 1767. Ord. deacon (London) Dec. 20, 1767; priest. May 21, 1769; C. of Comberton, Cambs. R. of Stock from 1778 and of Ramsden Grays, Essex, from
1780. Chaplain to Lord Bolingbroke. Friend of Cowper, who
described him in a letter to Lady Hesketh, Sept. 14, 1765, as
'one of the most unreserved and amiable young men I ever conversed with. . . ; having nothing in his heart which makes
it necessary for him to keep it barred and bolted, he opens it
to the perusal of even a stranger.' His mother was for many
years Cowper's closest companion, and he speaks of her as a second mother. Decidedly Evangelical, and, according to
Meadley, his admirers, including the cook, followed him to
Comberton, which made Paley declare that 'Unwin was unduly favoured, since he (Paley) never got such suppers
elsewhere.' Married Miss — Shuttleworth, and had issue. Author, The Right Use of the Law; The Sinfulness of buying
Raw Goods ; Friendly Reproof to those who seldom attend Public
Worship. Died at Winchester, Nov. 29, 1786, aged 41, 'in the
prime of life,' when on tour with a friend, having been seized
with a 'putrid fever'; buried in Winchester Cathedral. {Peile, II. 271; D.X.B.; William Cowper, Inters, ed. J. G.
Frazer, i. 20; Al. Carthus.)
UNWIN, WILLIAM HEATHCOTE. Adm. pens, (age 17) at
C.MUS, Apr. 29, 1809. [S. of Samuel, manufacturer, of Sutton- in-Ashfield, Notts, and] stepson of James Davenport Hukne,
M.D., of Ball Haye, Leek, Staffs. B. at Sutton-in-Ashfield.
Schools, Coppenhall, Cheshire and Brampton, Northants.
Matric. Michs. 1809; Scholar. Migrated to Trinity Hall,
Dec. 20, 181 1. Married Sarah Rosina Smale, and had issue.
Brother of Rowland (1818) and of Samuel (1807, sub
Heathcote-Unwin). (Venn, 11. 153.)
UPCHER, ABBOTT. Adm. Fell.-Com. at St John's, May 26, 1802. Of Norfolk. [2nd s. of Peter, of Great Yarmouth (and
Elizabeth, dau. of John Ramey, Receiver-Generfil for
Norfolk). B. Dec. 6, 1784, at Great Yarmouth.] Matric.
Michs. 1802; B.A. 1807; M.A. 1813. Adm. at Lincoln's Inn, May II, 1803. Of Sheringham Hall, Norfolk. Married, Apr. 3,
1809, the Hon. Charlotte Wilson, eldest dau. of the Rev.
Henr>-, Baron Bemers. Died Feb. 11, 1819. M.I. in Shering- ham Church. Father of Henry R. (1827), Arthur W. (1833)
and the next. (St John's Coll. Adm., iv. 528; Inns of Court; Burke, L.G.)
UPCHER, ABBOTT Adm. pens, at Trinity, Jan. 6, 1832. [2nd
s. of Abbott (above), of Sheringham Hall, Norfolk (and the
Hon. Charlotte Wilson, eldest dau. of Lord Berners). B.
Sept. 25, 1813. School, Harrow.] Matric. Michs. 1832; B..\.
1836. Ord. deacon (Norwich) 1838; priest. Mar. 11, 1838.
C. of Kirbv Cane, Norfolk, 1843-51; R. there, 1851-93. Domestic Chaplain to three Lord Bemers. Married, 1839,
Mary Jones, dau. of the Rev. George Day, R. of Earsham,
Norfolk. Died May 17, 1893. Father of the next; brother of
Henry R. (1827) and Arthur W. (1833). (Harrow Sch. Reg.;
Burke, L.G.; Crockford; The Guardian, May 24, 1893.)
UPCHER, ABBOT ROLAND. Adm. pens, at Trinity, May 6,
1868. [2nd]s. of the Rev. Abbott (above). B. [Oct. 19, 1849],
at Kirbv Cane, Norfolk. School, Rossall. Matric. Michs.
1868; B.A. 1872; M..A.. 1875. .\thletics 'blue' (quarter mile), 1869, 1870, 1871; President, C.U..\.C., 1870. Winner of the
quarter mile in the Amateur Championships, 1870, 1871 and
1873. Known to anglers as the inventor of a fly bearing his
name. Ord. deacon (Chester) 1873; priest,- 1874; C. of
St Paul's, Boughton, Cheshire, 1873-6. C. of St Pancras,
London, 1876-7. V. of St Mary's, Sheffield, 1877-89- R- of Halesworth with Chediston, Suffolk, 1889-1913. R. of
Stradbroke, 1913-28. Hon Canon of St Edmundsbury and
Ipswich, 1913-29. Married (i) Alice, dau. of James Winck- worth Winstanley, Registrar of the County Palatine Court,
Lanes.; (2) June 9, 1927, Dorothy Bridget, elder dau. of
H. Walter Ibbotson, Esq., of Sheffield. Died Oct. 25, 1929-
(Scott, MSS.; Crockford; Who was Who; The Times, Oct. 29, 1929.)
UPCHER, ARTHUR CHARLES WODEHOUSE. Adm. pens, at
Tri.n-ity, Mar. 18, 1S65. [Eldest] s. of the Rev. Arthur
Wilson (1833), of Wreningham, Norfolk (and Isabella Jane, dau. of the Ven. Charles Nourse Wodehouse, Archdeacon of
Norwich). B. Aug. 29, 1846, at Norwich. School, Marl- borough College. Matric. Michs. 1865; B.A. 1869; M.A. 1888.
Ord. deacon (Norwich) 1870; priest, 1871; C. of Kessingland,
Suffolk, 1870-3. C. of Uppingham, 1873-6. C. of EUastone,
Staffs., 1876-9. R. of Bamham Broom, Norfolk, 1879-87.
R. of Hingham, 1887-1924. Rural Dean of Hingham, 1901- 21. Hon. Canon of Norwich, 1909. Married, July 9, 1881,
Margaret Ada Barham, youngest dau. of the Rev. John
Upcher, Harry Berners
Barham Johnson, R. of Welbome, Norfolk, and had issue.
Died May 27, 1938, at St Andrews, Sheringham. Brother of
James H. (1872). (Marlborough Coll. Reg.; Crockford; Burke,
L.G.; Who was Who; The Times, May 28, 1938.)
UPCHER, ARTHUR HAMILTON. Adm. pens, at Trinity,
Aug. 28, 1874. [5th] s. of Henry [Ramey] (1827), of Shering- ham Hall, Norfolk (and Caroline, dau. of Joseph Morris).
B. there, Oct. 5, 1855. School, Uppingham. Matric. Michs.
1874; B.A. 1878; M.A. 1881. Ord. deacon (Lich&eld) 1879;
priest. 1880; C. of EUastone, Staffs., 1879-83- C. of Bramfield,
Suffolk. 1883-5. R. of Baconsthorpe, Norfolk, 1885-1909.
Married (i) Sept. 10, 1884, Joanna Elizabeth, only chUd of
the Rev. N. Simons, V. of Bramfield, and had issue; (2) Mar.
29, 1910, Mary Carter. Latterly of 'Shrublands,' Holt, Norfolk. Died July 14, 1942. Brother of Gerald (1859),
Edwyn F. (1878), Harry B. (1864) and Henry M. (1857).
(Burke, L.G.; Crockford; The Times, July 21, 1942.)
UPCHER, ARTHUR WILSON. Adm. pens, at Trinity, June 15,
1833. [3rd s. of Abbott (1802), of Sheringham Hall, Norfolk
(and the Hon. Chariotte Wilson, dau. of Lord Berners). B.
Apr. 7, 1815.] School, private. Matric. Michs. 1833; B.A.
1837; M..\. 1842. Rowing 'blue,' 1836. Ord. deacon, 1839;
priest, 1840. C. of Sheringham, Norfolk, 1845-53- R- of Ashwelthorpe with Wreningham, 1853-96. Married, Oct. 7,
1845, Isabella Jane, dau. of the Ven. Charles Nourse Wode- house, Archdeacon of Norwich, and had issue. Died June 11,
1896, at Wreningham rectory. Father of .\rthur C. W. (1865)
and James H. (1872); brother of Abbott (1832) and Henry R.
(1827). (Burke, L.G.; Crockford; The Times, June 18, 1896.)
UPCHER, EDWARD CYRILL SPARKE. Adm. pens, at Trinity.
June 15, 1891. [2nd] s. of Henry Morris (1857), of East HaU,
Feltwell, Norfolk (and Maria Hester, dau. of the Rev. Edward
Bowj-er Sparke). B. Mav 18, 1872, at Feltwell. School, Harrow. Matric. Michs. 1891; B.A. 1894; M.A. 1905. Ord.
deacon (Lincoln) 1896; priest, 1897; C. of St James, Gnmsby,
1896-1901. V. of Bariings, Lines., 1901-4. V. of Horsford,
and of Horsham St Faith, Norfolk, 1904-10. V. of Little
Melton, 1911-19. R. of Great Dunham, 1919-30- PC. of
Weyboume, 1930-51-. Married (i) June 2, 1909, Gladys,
youngest dau. of Fletcher James Ivens, M.I.C.E., and had
issue; (2) June 12, 1934, Dorothy, 2nd dau. of the Rev^ \\ . Combe, and widow of F. Allen, of Cockley Cley HaU, Norfolk.
Of Sheringham House, Sheringham in 195 1. Brother of
Henry E. S. (1889). (Crockford; Burke, L.G.)
UPCHER, EDWYN FITZHENRY. Adm. pens, at Trinity,
June I, 1878. [6th] s. of Henry Ramey (1827), of Sheringham
Hall, Norfolk (and Caroline, dau. of Joseph Moms). B there,
Apr. 4, 1859. School, Harrow. Matric. Michs. 1878; B.A. 1882. Went out to a ranch in New Mexico, retummg in-
valided in 1887. Died Oct. 5, 1890. Brother of Arthur H.
(1874), Gerald (1859), Harry B. (1864) and Henry M. (i857).
(Harrow Sch. Reg., which gives year of death as 1891 ; Burke,
L.G.)
UPCHER, FRANCIS RUSSELL. Adm. at Trinity Hall, Oct.
1892 [Only] s. of Colonel RusseU (later Major-General), of
Sheringham Hall, Norfolk (and Marian Elizabeth, dau. of John Rogers, of Holt, Norfolk). [B. Aug. 31, 1873-] School,
Radley. Matric. Michs. 1892; B.A. 1895. A fruit-grower in
Tasmania. Married Alice, dau. of R. Murton, of Norw-ich, and had issue. Died July, 1922, at Dover, Tasmania. Nephew ot the next. [Radley Reg.; Burke, L.G.)
UPCHER, GERALD. Adm. pens, at Trinity, Oct. 28. 1859.
[2ndl s. of Henry Ramey (1827), of Sheringham, NorfoUc (and Caroline, dau. of Joseph Morris). B. there June 19,
1841. School, Harrow. Matric. Michs. i860; B.A. 1864.
Married, 1865, Annie Louisa, dau. of Robert Nicholas Hammond, of Fakenham HaU, Norfolk. Died, s. p.. Sept 24,
1872. Brother of Arthur H. (1874), Edwyn F. (1878),
Henry M. (1857) and the next. (Harrow Sch. Reg.; Burke,
L.G.)
UPCHER, HARRY [or HENRY] BERNERS. Adm. pens, at
Trinity, Feb. 10, 1864. [4th] s. of Henr>- Ramey (1827), of
Sheringham Hall, Norfolk (and Caroline, dau. of Joseph Moms). B. there, Aug. 14, 1845- ^''^}P9K^^P^°'^-^.^ ""ti
Michs. 1864; B.A. 1868. Ord. deacon (Salisbury) 1868; pnest
(Peterb.) 1870; C. of Southbroom, WUts., 1868-70. R. of
Alexton, 1870-6, and C. of East Norton, Lei^cs 1871-6. R. of
Dingley, Northants., 1876-89. R. of AshweU, RuUand, 1889- 98. J. P. for Leics. Married, Nov. 12, 1867, Fredenca Lucy.
3rd dau. of John Thomas Mott, of Bamingham Hall,
Norfolk, and had issue. Latteriy of Broom HUl, Saham, near
Watton, Norfolk, where he died Nov. 22, 1917- Brother of
the above, etc. (Repton Sch. Reg.; Crockford; Burke, L.G ;
Northants. Clergy, which gives 'died, Oct. 9. I9i7 ; ■">« Times, Nov. 28, 1917)
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