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 in Blackheath, the son of J.M. Burnup.
Educated at Malvern College where he captained the school cricket and racquets teams.
Matriculated from Clare College in Michaelmas 1894. B.A. 1898
Cricket ‘blue’, 1896, 1897, 1898 (leading run scorer in 1896 and 1898)
Football ‘blue’ 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898
1894 – 1901 - Played 79 matches for Corinthian FC scoring 28 times. In April 1896, whilst at Cambridge, he was selected to represent England against Scotland.
1896, whilst at Cambridge, he made his Kent County Cricket Club debut and played regularly for the county until 1907. He scored over 1,000 runs in a season for Kent eight times and made 157 first-class appearances for the side. In 1896 he became the first Kent batsman to score a century before lunch in Kent.
He made 102 consecutive County Championship appearances for Kent between 1899 and 1903, becoming the first man to play in over 100 consecutive Championship matches for the county. He captained Kent for one season in 1903. In that year he was named Wisden’s Cricketer of the Year.
Admitted to Clare College in 1936.
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, killed in action and awarded the Victoria Cross.
Alfred Henry Chaytor was born on 28 October 1869 and was the second son of John Clervaux Chaytor and Emma Fearon. School: Durham.
Admitted to Clare on 8 October 1888
Law Tripos Pt I, 1st Class, 1890; Pt II, 1st Class, 1892
B.A. and LL.B. 1892; Chancellor's Medal for English Law, 1892; M.A. 1896.
Fellow, 1894.
Barrister (Inner Temple), 1894.
During the First World War he gained the rank of Captain in the service of the 8th City of London Regiment and was invalided home in 1916.
K.C., 1914.
Retired from the Bar, 1916.
He lived at Clervaux Castle, Croft, Yorkshire, England, and at Iridge Place, Sussex, England.
J.P. for the N. Riding and Sussex.
He married Dorothy Elizabeth Burrell, daughter of Harry Percy Burrell, on 1 August 1899.
He was a skilful salmon fisher and wrote Letters to a Salmon Fisher's Sons; Essays Sporting and Serious; Post War Manners and Fashions, etc.
He died on 12 July 1931 at Croft.
Born on 28 March 1809, son of John of Brickenden Grange, Herts.
Admitted pensioner at Clare, 3 November 1827.
Matriculated Michaelmas 1828.
B.A. 1832; M.A. 1835.
18 October 1837 married Charlotte Cassandra (daughter of Henry Phillpotts, D.D., Bishop of Exeter).
Founder of the Cherry Scholarship, 1836.
Died 10 March 1874.