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Basil Brown, matriculated at Clare, 1943 and was a member of the Argus Club; read Natural Sciences; died in July 2002

Born to Maha Vidane Mudaliar Gabriel de Sampayo in Colombo on 10 September 1855

Educated at St Benedict's College (former Kottanchina Seminary) before gaining a Queen's scholarship to study at the Colombo Academy (now Royal College, Colombo)
He excelled in school, winning the Form Prize, Prizes for Latin and Maths, and the Turnour Prize
He won the English University Scholarship to the University of Cambridge and study at Clare graduating in 1881 with a LLB
In later years he would name his mansion at Silversmith Street Clareden after Clare College
1881 - called to the Bar from the Middle Temple

On returning to Ceylon he started his legal practice in Colombo. He also served as a lecturer and examiner at the newly established Ceylon Law College, and was co-editor of the Ceylon Law Reports

In 1903 he was sworn in as a King's Counsel and was appointed as a Commissioner of Assize

In 1915 he was appointed a Puisne Justice and was made a senior Puisne Justice in 1922
He functioned as Acting Chief Justice on several occasions
In 1924 was made Knight Bachelor by the King

A devoted Christian, he was the first President of the Catholic Union of Ceylon. The Pope conferred on him the award of Knight Commander in the Holy Order of St. Gregory the Great.

Arbitrator, barrister and hereditary peer.

School - Charterhouse
Graduated from Clare College in 1961
MA 1968

Inns of Court School of Law
1954-1964 - served in the Royal Naval Reserve, seeing active service 1956-8 and reaching the rank of Lieutenant.

Has worked for over 40 years as an international arbitrator and mediator of commercial disputes
Inherited the title Baron Hacking from his father in 1971.

Robert Grumbold was the Master mason in charge of designing and building the North (hall) range of Old Court. He was related to Thomas Grumbold who was the Master mason who designed and built Clare bridge and who is mentioned in the College building accounts CCAD/7/1/1/1. There is a memorial plaque to Robert Grumbold in the graveyard of St. Boltoph's church.

Matriculated at Clare, 1929. During his time at Clare (1929-1932) he was a member of the Music Society and he kept copies of all the programmes of concerts in which he played. He also kept copies of programmes of various other music concerts in Cambridge that he attended and it is these programmes that were bound together into the volume in this series.

Following his War service he took an LLB at Cornell University but later settled in Los Angeles working in investment banking. In 1975, he and his wife returned to Cambridge where he once again became actively involved in music-making.

Microbiologist, Clare 1961; Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2001 for for his discovery of cyclin and its role in the cell cycle. Filming at Clare College in September 2009 for "Beautiful minds"

Admitted to Clare in 1961 to study Natural Sciences, graduating in 1964 and immediately beginning work in the university Department of Biochemistry

At Clare between 1952-55

Thomas Merton, born Tom 1915-1968 (Clare 1933-34); later became Cistercian (Trappist) monk and Contemplative in America; was the author of many publications

James Plumptree was an undergraduate at Queens' College, Cambridge in 1788 or 1789 and then moved to Clare in 1790, ordained in 1794 and elected as Fellow at Clare in same year; curate of Hinxton, Essex from 1897 and then Vicar of Great Gransden from 1812; married Elizabeth Robinson in 1815.
Died on 23 January 1832, soon after his sixtieth birthday.