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Person · 1722-1756

First son of John Mapletoft, Rector of Byfield, Northamptonshire. Baptised there on 17 November 1722

Admitted as a pensioner at Clare on 7 July 1739
Matriculated in 1740 ; B.A. 1743/4 ; M.A. 1748

Ordained deacon (Norwich) September 1745; priest (Peterborough) 25 September 1748
Chaplain to the East India Company, 1750

Died at Fulta, 1756, a fugitive from Calcutta

Person · 1907-2004

Attended Oundle School, matriculated at Clare in 1925. He studied engineering and was later a member of the Institute of Electrical Engineers.
Awarded CBE and Knight of the Order of St John.
He died on 12 March 2004.

Person · c.1643-1694

School - Strixton, Northamptonshire

Admitted as a sizar at Clare on 16 May 1661; pensioner 1664
B.A. 1664/5; M.A. 1668

Vicar of Stantonbury, Buckinghamshire, 1668-74
Rector of Water Stratford, 1674
Calvinist preacher on the Millennium. 'Enthusiast and poet'
One of the earliest writers of hymns used in congregational worship
Buried at Water Stratford, 22 May 1694

Person · 16 June 1927 – 19 June 2010

Master of Clare College, 1975-1993

Known as Robin

Born in Edinburgh in 1927
Educated at Edinburgh Academy and Corpus Christi College, Oxford
Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford
1965-1975 - Professor of Political Economy at Oxford
1980-1991 - Professor of Political Economy at Cambridge
1975-1993 - Master of Clare College