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Born 1710 in Ipswich the son of Weyman Bouchery
Schools - Canterbury and St. Paul’s, London

Admitted pensioner to Clare College 1728; Matriculated 1729
B.A. 1732/3; M.A. 1736
Fellow 1736-47

Rector of Llanymynech, Shrops 1745-48
Rector of LLansaintfraid-yn-Mechain (Montgomery) 1746-48
Prebendary of St. Asaph (Flintshire), 1746
Chaplain to the Bishop of St Asaph
Vicar of Swaffham 1748-87
Curate of Northolt, Middlesex

Married Anna Jemima Hales at Isleworth
Died 1808 and is buried at Swaffham

Born at Lackford, Suffolk in c.1564, the son of John Borage
School, Bury St Edmunds

Admitted pensioner (age 17) at Caius on 6 November 1581
Matriculated in 1581. Probably afterwards scholar at Clare
Admitted at the Middle Temple, December 1584

Founded a Fellowship at Clare, by will, 1636-7. He made over a rentcharge of £15 a year for the foundation of a Fellowship confined to natives of Norfolk and tenable for five years from the time of taking the MA degree.

A child prodigy, Bor was a recitalist during the 1920s and 1930s. She performed with the Griller Quartet, the Amadeus and the Kantrovich Trio, and was a regular broadcaster for the BBC.

Two of her pianist contemporaries were Eileen Joyce, and Myra Hess, who organised the wartime concerts at the National Gallery. Bor created her own series of lunchtime concerts at London's Royal Exchange.

After World War II she became a piano teacher. Her pupils included Prince Charles and Princess Anne.

Master of Clare College, 1678-1713

Born in Doncaster, Samuel Blyth was first admitted to Clare College as a sizar undergraduate in 1652.
He gained his BA in 1655 and was made a Fellow in 1658, later serving as College Master 1678-1713.
He was a considerable benefactor to the College.

Born on 25 September 1827 in Great Glemham, Suffolk
Son of Captain Edwin Bloomfield
Admitted as pensioner to Pembroke College in 1846 and matriculated in 1846
Migrated to Clare College in 1847
B.A. (13th Wrangler) 1859, M.A. 1853
Made a Fellow in 1850.
Ordained deacon 1853, priest (Ely) 1854
Rector of Guestling, Sussex 1862–1914
Botanist
Died 29 April 1914 at Guestling

Born in 1907 in Bordon Camp, Bordon, Hampshire, the first son of The Very Reverend Harry Blackburne

Educated at Marlborough College
Admitted to Clare College on 15 January 1926 where he studied Modern Languages and Geography

1930 - entered the colonial service and served in Nigeria, Palestine and the Gambia
1943-1947 - served in the West Indies
1947-1950 - Director of colonial information services in London

1950 - returned to the West Indies
1950-1956 - Governor of the Leeward Islands
1957-1962 - Governor of Jamaica. When Jamaica received its independence in August 1962, Blackburne was appointed as the Governor-General; he served in that position for three months till 30 November 1962 when his Jamaican replacement, Clifford Campbell, took office.

He died on 4 November 1980 in Douglas, Isle of Man

Fellow of Clare College 1960-1998
University Lecturer in Geology 1955-1982

Born in Chelsea, Middlesex the son of Edward, of Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury, and of Calstone-Wellington, Wilts

Admitted as a Pensioner to Clare College on 7 July 1822
Matriculated Michaelmas 1823
B.A. (17th Wrangler) 1827; M.A. 1830

Fellow, 1829-36

Of Old Square, Lincoln's Inn, in 1841; without cure.
Minister of the English Congregation at Tours, France, c. 1843-59.