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Peter Edgley was at Clare 1945-1948.

Born on 17 April 1889 the son of P. Keen.
School - Charterhouse

Admitted to Clare on 22 July 1908.
Read law and entered Inner Temple but death of his father led to him becoming head of the family firm of granary keepers and lighterman in Rotherhithe.
Became Chairman and President of the Model Railway Club.
Died in 1973.

Obituary in Clare Association Annual, 1973-4, p. 70

Smith was a College servant between 1919 and 1966. He died on 18 November 1967.

Born in 1891 the son of Christopher Bennett (Newspaper Proprietor). Attended Barker College, New South Wales, Australia.

Admitted to Clare College on 30 July 1909.

3rd son of Orlando, banker, of Stamford, Lincolnshire
School - Cheltenham College

Admitted as a pensioner at St John's College, 12 June 1862

Matriculated from Clare College in 1863
Migrated to Clare, 15 April 1863
Scholar, 1863
B.A. 1866; M.A. 1869

Assistant Master at Wakefield School, Yorks., 1866
Ordained Deacon, 1871
Ordained priest (Gloucester and Bristol) 1872
Curate of Stroud, Gloucs., 1871-7
Curate of Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, 1879-84
Vicar of Great Gransden, Hunts., 1884-1914

Author, Lays of Great Gransden; A History of Great Gransden

Died 19 June 1914 at Great Gransden

Master of Clare College, 1713-26

Born in 1666 the son of Thomas Grigg of Middlesex
School - St Paul's School, London

Admitted as a pensioner at Jesus College on 24 September 1684
Matriculated 1685
Rustat scholar
B.A. 1688/9; M.A. 1697
D.D. (Com. Reg.) 1717
Fellow, 1696-1714

Master of Clare College, 1713-26
He was nominated by the Duke of Somerset, the Chancellor as the votes of the society were equally divided

Vice-Chancellor, 1716-7

Ordained priest (Lincoln) 08 June 1707
Vicar of Whittlesford, Cambridgeshire, 1705
Vicar of All Saints, Cambridge, 1707-17
Rector of Trowbridge, Wiltshire, 1717-26
Chaplain to the Duke of Somerset

Died on 9 April 1726

Matriculated at Clare, 1883.

Born in Aberystwyth the son the the revd Joshua
Schools - Leamington College and Llandovery, Carms

Admitted as a pensioner at Trinity College on 29 January 1853
Matriculated at MIchaelmas 1853
B.A. 1857; M.A. 1867

1883 - Became a Fellow of Clare College
1889 - Fellow of the Royal Society

1860 - Appointed Secretary to the British Consul at Rome
1861 - Joined the Geological Survey of England, 1861
1873 - 1917 - Woodwardian Professor of Geology

President of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, 1879-80 and 1889-90
1891 - Lyell medal of the Geological Society
1892 - President of the Philosophical Society

Died 9 June 1917

Matriculated at Clare College in 1944.

A Bursary has been set up at Clare in his memory as the Howard Bursary for scientists with preference for those reading Chemistry.

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.

Matriculated at Clare, 1901, graduated 1904
Member of Clare College Boat Club