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Biographical Register, 1851-1900

  • JCCA/JCHR/1/1
  • File
  • 1849-1900 (The dates given here are those of the information covered. The volume was compiled in the early 20C with addtions to c.1960.)
  • Part of College Archives

Alphabetical list of members with brief biographical details (preceded by a note about its composition and guide to abbreviations used); in Freddy Brittain's hand but with later additions by Muriel Brittain. There follow lists of those who matriculated in 1849 or 1859, and of those from before 1849 who were in residence later. The volume also contains: copies of the Statutes of 1841 and 1861; names of incumbents of College livings since 1849; extracts from Cooper's Annals of Cambridge for 1850-56; extracts from the Report of the Royal Commission of 1852; biographies of Jesus men who were Fellows in 1849, ex-Fellows in 1849, and those otherwise especially notable from the second half of the 19C; and finally brief notes about rowing, covering 1849-70. On p. 231 is a pasted-in Who's Who entry for historian Herbert G. Wood, with a note about his death in 1963; at p. 240 are two newscuttings of obituaries for Sir Owen Beasley and Col. B. C. Hartley (both d. 1960). There is a flyleaf contents list.

Brittain, Frederick (1893-1969), Fellow and Keeper of Records of Jesus College

Biographical Register, 1901-1920

  • JCCA/JCHR/1/2
  • File
  • 1901-1920 (The dates given here are those of the information covered. The volume was compiled in the early 20C.)
  • Part of College Archives

Preliminary pages ii-viii contain statisticsof admissions, a list of abbreviations used for authorities cited in entries, and notes about the content of entries. The list that follows runs alphabetically through the whole volume. There are numerous newscuttings and other supplementary notes, some pasted in and others paper-clipped.

Brittain, Frederick (1893-1969), Fellow and Keeper of Records of Jesus College

Biographical Register, 1921-1940

  • JCCA/JCHR/1/3
  • File
  • January 1921-October 1940 (The dates given here are those of the information covered. The volume was compiled in the early 20C.)
  • Part of College Archives

Contains lists arranged by date of admission and then alphabetically within each date. Thus entries for people who arrived at different times of year appear outside the main lists of those who matriculated in October. At the end of the volume (pp. 370-463), are obituary newscuttings and other papers relating to a selection of old members: Sir Morris Sugden; Sir Victor Goddard; Lt-Col. F. J. T. Mew; O.F. Tucker; E.P.H. Drake; Brig. Joe Parker; Mr Henry Barnes (Fellow); Sir William Walker; Major T. Anstey; Henry Snell; Geoffrey Gorer; Brian Melland; Angus Ward; Sir Jack Longland; Lord (Humphrey) Trevelyan; Lord (J. J. Saville) Garner; Bernard Mills; Aubrey Morgan; Edward Schur; P. N. Carpmael; the Rev. Dr Eric Abbott; the Ven. Sidney Harvey-Clark; Geoffrey Salmon; Col. Robert Greenhalgh; Allan B. Swan; Canon Joseph Poole; Dr Morvyn Williams; George F. Raper; Dr Roland D. Holloway; John C. Bane; F.M. G. Stammers; Brig. H. E. C. de Chassiron; Dr Mason Welch Gross; Derek Parker Bowles; Judge Alan Stewart Trapnell; the Rev. Canon J. N. Duckworth; Martin B. Hewitt; Sir David Trench; Terence R. Tiller; William M. Cowley; Bernard van Cutsem; the Rev. Dr Marcus Ward; Victor F. Stiebel; David Campbell (poet); Prof. A. H. Armstrong; H. E. Maude; W.B.B. (Basil)Rees; Edward G. Robey; David E. Fairbairn; Dr Charles Gilbert; Thomas Langton; Esmond Drury; Canon Mark Ruston; Sir Geoffrey Peacock; Alasdair Tainsh; Edward de Sautoy; the Rt Rev. John A. T. Robinson; Basil C. Aldis; Robert N. Jackson; Sir Philip Oppenheimer; General Sir John Sharp; Sir Geoffrey Gilbertson; Terence O. Kelly; Ronald Howard; Sir John Newson-Smith; David Craig; Wing Cdr Innes Westmacott; the Rev. Chandos Morgan; Ray Bevan; Dr Peter D. Mitchell; A. U. Payne; Alan Wyndham Green; Dr Kenneth Lumsden; Sir Norman Costar; J. H. C. Phillips; Owen S. Masefield; Douglas Lamb; Bryan Bevan; the Rev. William Howard Melish; Sir James Cobban; the Rt Rev. Cyril Bowles; Sir Clifford Cornford; Timothy Renold; Ian Robert Menzies; F. P. Wiltshire; Alistair Cooke; Dr Jacob Bronowski; Canon Noel Boston; Greville Poke; Leonard Hancock; Alistair Crombie; Lord (Robert) Lowry; Dennis Curry; Anthony Hordern; F. S. Hasland; Sam Benady; Richard B. Beare; George C. Thew; D. G. James; Major A. L. Symonds; Maurice Sinkin; Claude Pike; J. Noel Duckworth; the Very Rev. Ivan Neill; Canon Francis Longworth-Dames; Alan Burrough; Sir Edgar Beck; Major Stephen Mitchell; Lt-Col. Rex Hamer; Ellis Birk; Tom Lewis; Derek Taunt; Tom Manning.

Brittain, Frederick (1893-1969), Fellow and Keeper of Records of Jesus College

Jesus College Register of Admissions index 1871-1945

  • JCCA/JCHR/1/9
  • File
  • 1871-1945 (These covering dates are those of the information included. A flyleaf inscription indicates that the compiler acquired the volume in 1942; it was presumably completed over the next few years.)
  • Part of College Archives

Index of names of former members of the college marked up with the terms in which they matriculated. Where deaths are noted, the relevant entries have been crossed through. Thus these indexes will have served as a guide to living members of the Jesus College Cambridge Society.

Brittain, Frederick (1893-1969), Fellow and Keeper of Records of Jesus College

Alphabetical List of Members of Jesus CollegeCambridge admitted during the years 1891-1979

The list runs throughout in two columns, one for 1891-1945 (taken from JCHR/1/9) and one for 1946-1979 (first headed by Freddy 1946-196-, but later altered on the title page by Muriel). A note on the title page says it excludes "those admitted before 1946 who were known to have died before this list was begun or during its compilation". There is also a list of abbreviations, and an indication that women's names are written in red. Where deaths are noted, the relevant entries have been crossed through. These covering dates are those of the information included. 1891-1979

Brittain, Frederick (1893-1969), Fellow and Keeper of Records of Jesus College

Notices of fellowships, appointments, obituaries and memorial services

A folder of correspondence and notices regarding fellowships and obituary and memorial services, sent to newspapers and the University Registrar.

Appointments include:

Rev. Rosalind Hunt as Chaplain 1 October 1988

Fellowships include:

Mika Oldham, October 1988

Honorary Fellowships include:

Professor Sir Robert Jennings QC, Jan 1982

Peter Matthias (undated)

Alfred Alistair Cooke, Sir Alan Cottrell, Dec 1986

Samuel Brittain, Sir Peter Drury Gadsden and Sir Hector Laing, May 1998

Obituary and memorial notices include:

Rev. Eric Symes Abbott, Rev. (d. 6 Jun 1983)

Rev. Gardner-Smith (d. 29 May 1985)

William Hoam Thorpe (d. 1986)

Harry Creswick (1988)

Harry Richardson (1988)

Professor Raymond Williams (1988)

Brittain, Frederick (1893-1969), Fellow and Keeper of Records of Jesus College