ViDAL, Francis VIDAL, FRANCIS. Adm. pens, (age 21) at Caius, May 31, 1827. S. of John James, of Clifton, Bristol. B. in Jamaica [Nov. 26, 1805]. Schools, Camberwell and Eton. Matnc. Michs. 1827; B A 1831- MA. 1863. Ord. deacon (Gloucester, for Exeter) 1831; priest (Exeter) 1832. Sometime SP.G. Missionary in Australia. A Dominie at Eton, 1847-65- P-C of Beachley Gloucs., 1866-8. V. of Sutton, Suffolk, 1872-84. Married Mary T., dau. of C. W. Johnson, of Great Torrington, Devon. Died June 20, 1884, at Bath. Brother of George (1834); father of the next and Leonard H. (1876). {Eton Sch. Lists; Clergy List; Crockford; Venn, 11. 202; Sir W. Sterry; Burke, L.G.) VIDAL, FRANCIS FURSE. Adm. pens, (age 24) at Trinity Hall, Oct. 16, i860. [Eldest] s. of Francis (above), of Eton College. School, Eton. Matric. Lent, 1861; B.A. 1864; M.A 1868. Ord. deacon (Oxford) 1864; priest, 1868; C. of Clewer, Berks., 1864-8. Conduct of Eton, 1867-81. C. of Eton, 1869-75- R of Creeling, Suffolk, 1881-1908. Died Apr. 27, 1908. Brother of Leonard H. (1876). {Eton Sch. Lists; Clergy List; Crockford; H. S. Salt, 57; Cambridge Chronicle, May 8, 1908.) VIDAL, GEORGE. Adm. pens, (age 19) at Caius, May 8, 1834. S of John James, Esq., late Master in the Jamaica Court of Chancery. B. in Spanish Town, Jamaica [Apr. 28 1815]. School, Eton. Matric. Michs. 1835. Migrated to Trinity, Julys, 1837; B.A. 1839. Adm. at the Middle Temple, Jan. 25, 1832. Went to New South Wales in 1840. Ord. in Australia; Inc. of Sutton Forest and Campbell Town, 1849-51. Inc. of St Mary's, Denham Court with Cabramatta, Sydney, 1851- 56; Inc. of Mulgoa, 1856-65; Inc. of Christ Church, St Lawrence, Sydney, 1865-78. Died Jan. 10, 1878, on a voyage from Sydney to Melbourne. Brother of Francis (1827). {Venn, 11. 227; Clergy List.) VIDAL, JAMES HENRY. Adm. sizar at St John's, May 19, 1838. S. of E[meric Essex], of Soberton, Hants. B. Aug. 7, 1819, at Easthampstead, Berks. School, St Paul's, Ports- mouth. Matric. Michs. 1838; B.A. 1842; M.A. 1845- Ord. deacon (Chichester) Dec. 18, 1842; priest, Dec. 24, 1843; C. of Shermanbury, Sussex, 1845-6. C. of Chiddingly, 1847; V. there, 1847-75. Died Mar. 15, 1875. in Jerusalem. Twin- brother of Owen E. (1838). (Scott, MSS., which gives died Mar. 6, 1875; Clergy List; Crockford; R. M. Glencross.) VIDAL, LEONARD HUGH. Adm. pens, at St Catharine's, July 21, 1876. S. of [the Rev.] Francis (1827). B. [Oct. 13, 1856], in London. Schools, Brighton CoUege and Eton. Matric. Michs. 1876. Second Lieut., nth Foot, 1878; Lieut., Devon Regt., 1880; transferred to Bombay Staff Corps, 1880; Captain, 1889; Major, 1898. Served in the Egyptian expedi- tion, 1882. Retired, 1899. Became an East India merchant. Married F. R., dau. of General Sir Stanley de Burgh Edwardes. Of Sunningdale, Berks., in 1907. Brother of Francis F. (i860). (Brighton Coll. Reg. ; Eton Sch. Reg.) VIDAL, OWEN EMERIC. Adm. sizar at St John's, May 19, 1838. [Eldest] s. of [;E]meric [Essex] [Purser and Paymaster, R.N.], of Soberton, near Droxford, Hants. B. Aug. 7, 1819, at Easthampstead, Berks. [School, St Paul's, Southsea.] Matric. Michs. 1838; Scholar, 1842; B.A. 1842; M.A. 1845; D D (per Litt. Reg.) 1852. Ord. deacon (Lincoln) Mar. 12, 1843; priest (Chichester) Dec. 24, 1843- P-C- of Trinity Church, Arlington, Sussex, 1844-52. First Bishop of Sierra Leone, 1852-4. Member of the Legislative Council. Married, Oct. 27, 1852, Anne Adelaide, 4th dau. of the Rev. Henry Hoare, V. of Framfield, Sussex. Died Dec. 23, 1854, at sea; buried at Fourah Bay, Sierra Leone. Twin-brother of James H. (1838). (Boase, iii. 1095; Scott, MSS.\ Clergy List; G. Mag., 1855, I. 314-) VIDIL, ALFRED JOHN (1854), see DE VIDIL. VIDLER, ARTHUR COLEMAN. Adm. pens, (age 19) at Jesus, Oct. 1, 1871. [2nd] s. of James Coleman, Esq. [of Rye, Sussex]. B. at Brede, Sussex. School, Hurstpierpomt. Matric. Michs. 1871; Scholar; B.A. 1875; M.A. 1878. Ord. deacon (London) 1877; priest, 1878 ; C. of St James's, Clapton, Middlesex, 1877-83. Head Master of St John-at-Hackney Grammar School, 1879-95. Chaplain at the Merchant Sea- men's Orphan Asylum, Snaresbrook, Essex, 1883-91. C. of St John-at-Hackney, 1891-5. V. of Swavesey, Cambs., 1895- 1912. R. of Tewin, Herts., 1912-30. Married, Dec. 27, 1883, EmUia Ellen, youngest dau. of John Louis Aubert, of Upper Clapton. Lived latterly in Glebe Road, Cambridge, where he died, Nov. 8, 1938, aged 86. (Crockford; Camb. Daily News, Nov. 9, 1938.) VIGERS, DUNCAN FERMIN. Adm. pens, at Trinity, Mar. 28, 1835. Matric. Michs. 1835; B.A. 1839; M.A. 1842. Ord. deacon (London) Dec. 19, 1841; priest, Dec. 18, 1842; C. of Little Maplestead, Essex, 1841-8. C. of Woolborough, Devon, 1848-50. C. of Kelvedon, Essex, 1851-8. R. of Notgrove, Gloucs., 1858-1906. Died Nov. 18, 1906, aged 89. (Crockford; Cambridge Chronicle, Nov. 30, 1906.) ViLLiERS, Charles Pelham VIGERS, EDGAR HALL. Adm. pens, at St John's, Sept. i, 1896. [Only] s. of Martin, land-surveyor, of Bromley, Kent (and Emily Hall). B. Feb. 17, 1877, in Kensington. School, Bromley (Mr H. C. Bond). Matric. Michs. 1896; B.A. 1900; M.A. 1903. Ord. deacon (Rochester) 1900; priest, 1901; C. of St Michael and A.A., Southfields, Wandsworth, 1900-3. C. of Penshurst, Kent, 1903-7. C. of St James's, Tunbndge Wells, 1907-8. R. of L. Stukeley, 1908-24, and R. of Upton with Copmanford, Hunts., 1910-24. R. of Abbots Ripton (with Little Stukeley), 1924-51- Married, Sept. 3°. i903. Marjorie Constance, dau. of Dorset Eccles, of Southfaelds. (Crockford.) VIGNE, HENRY GOLDSMITH (1834), see GOLDSMITH, H. VIGNE, PIERCE JAMES. Adm. pens, at Downing, Jan. 27, 1882. Matric. Lent, 1882. VIGNOLES, CHARLES AUGUSTE. Adm. pens, at Trinity Hall, Oct. 23, 1872. [S. of Hutton, of Duke Street, Westminster (and Caroline, dau. of Udo Schlensner, of Bahia, Brazil). B. Nov. 8, 1854. Schools, Malvern CoUege and Westminster.] Matric. Michs. 1872. A bank-manager. Sometime of Henley- on-Thames. Died June 24, 1930, at Streatley, Berks. (Record of Old Westminsters; Malvern Coll. Reg.; The Times, June 27, 1930.) VIGOR, ALFRED HENRY SAY STONHOUSE (1851), see STONHOUSE-VIGOR. VIGOR, HENRY (1822), see STONHOUSE-VIGOR. VIGOR, HENRY JOHN. Adm. pens, at Trinity Hall, June 18, 1865. [2nd] s. of the Rev. W[illiam] E[dward] (Worcester College, Oxford, 1837) [R. of Botus Fleming, Cornwall] (and Louisa Macdonald). B. Dec. 5, 1846. School, Marlborough College. Matric. Michs. 1865 ; Scholar, 1866; B.A. 1869; M.A. 1874. Ord. deacon (Exeter) 1870; priest, 1871 ; C. of Cheriton- Fitzpaine, Devon, 1870-6. C. of Sonning, Berks., 1876-7. Died Aug. 19, 1878, at Botus Fleming rectory. (Marlborough Coll. Reg. ; Boase, Collect. Cornub. ; Crockford.) VIGURS, CHAMBRE CORKER. Matric Non-Coil, from Cavendish H., Easter, 1885. [S. of Chambre Robert Corker, M.R.C.S., of Newlyn, Cornwall.] B.A. 1888; M.B. and B.Chir., from Downing, 1892; M.D. 1896. At St Mary's Hospital. Practised at Newquay, Cornwall. Medical Officer of Health (5th District), St Columb Major Union. Served in the Great War, 1914-19 (Capt., R.A.M.C). Of 12, Arundel Way, Newquay, in 1947. (Medical Directories.) VIGURS, LOUIS (or LEWIS). Adm. pens, at Trinity, Sept. 24, 1836 [2nd] s. of John, merchant, of Rosehill, Penzance (and — , dau. of — de Glance, of Jersey). Matric. Michs. 1836. Migrated to Downing, Apr. 7, 1837. In business in London, Messrs Lewis Vigurs and Co., merchants. Old Broad Street, 1843-7. Called to the Bar, Inner Temple, June 6, 1845. Chairman of the West Cornwall Railway. Married, Sept. i, 1845, Wilmot Arundell, eldest dau. of George Dennis John. Died, s.p., Oct. 14, 1870, aged 55, at Rosehill, Penzance. (Boase, Collect. Cornub. ; Law Lists.) VILLERS, see VILLIERS. VILLETTE, JOHN. Adm. sizar at St John's, June 26, 1765. B in Middlesex. [S. of the Rev. Lewis, C. of St Luke's, Old Street. School, St Paul's.] Matric. Michs. 1767; B.A. 1771. Ord. deacon (London) May 21, 1769; priest, Feb. 24, 1771- Ordinary of Newgate prison, 1774-99. Married and had issue. Died Apr. 26, 1799, at Islington. Author, A genuine account of the behaviour and dying words of William Dodd, M.A. (St Paul's Sch. Reg.; St John's Coll. Adm., in. 707; G. Mag., 1799, I. 358; Cambridge Chronicle, Feb. 12, I774-) VILLIERS, CHARLES PELHAM. Adm. Fell.-Com. at St John's, July 6, 1820. [3rd s. of the Hon. George (1776) (and Theresa Parker, only dau. of John, 1st Lord Boringdon). B. Jan. 3, 1802. School, H.E.I.C.S. College, HaUeybury.] Matric. Michs. 1820; B.A. 1824; M.A. 1827. President of the Union, 1822. Adm. at Lincoln's Inn, May 13, 1823- Called to the Bar, May 25, 1827. On the Western Circuit. Secretary to the Master of the Rolls, 1830; Assistant Poor Law Commissioner, 1832. Examiner of witnesses in the Court of Chancery, 1833-52; raised to the rank of an Earl's son, by Royal Warrant, 1839. M.P. for Wolverhampton, 1835-98; and 'Father' of the House. Judge-Advocate General, 1852-8. P.C, 1853. President of the Poor Law Board, 1859-66. A tireless advocate of the repeal of the Com Laws. Cobden (in a letter to Lord John Russell) paid a great tribute to him as his forerunner in the race for reform. J. P. and D.L. for Herts. His statue was erected in Wolverhampton, 1879. Died, unmarried, Jan. 16, 1898. Brother of Thomas H. (1817) and George W. F. (1816). (D.N.B.; Eagle, xx. 208; Law Lists; Inns of Court; Foster, Men at the Bar; Burke, P. and B. ; Who was Who.) 290