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Born in Berwick upon Tweed, reputedly the illegitimate son of Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon, Governor of Berwick from 1568. Matriculated as sizar from Christ's College, Cambridge, 1585; graduated BA 1589; made fellow of St John's 1591; proceeded MA 1592. Transferred to Christ's, 1597; proceeded BD 1599; resigned his fellowship 1600. Married Dorothy Coke, sister of John Coke (secretary of state from 1625) and George Coke, a contemporary of Carey's at St John's and later Bishop of Hereford. He was made a prebendary of St Paul's Cathedral in 1601 and acquired a number of ecclesiastical offices over the next few years, including archdeacon of Shropshire from 1606 (resigned 1613) and prebendary of Lincoln from 1607. In 1610 he was appointed to the rectory of Toft, Cambridgeshire, at the instigation of Owen Gwyn, Bursar (later Master) of St John's. In 1610 he was also made Master of Christ's College, appointed by King James I. In 1612 he was appointed Vice-Chancellor of the University. In 1614 he was made Dean of St Paul's. He was nominated as Bishop of Exeter by Owen Gwyn's cousin, John Williams, lord keeper and Bishop of Lincoln, and appointed to the post in 1621.

Born in Shropshire in 1816, Francis France was educated at Shrewsbury School before coming up to St John's College in 1837. He graduated BA (Senior Classic) in 1840 and was admitted to the Fellowship of the College in the same year. He was to remain a Fellow until his death, serving ten years from 1850 as a Tutor, and being elected President in 1854. He was appointed to the Archdeaconry of Ely in 1859 following the death of Rev. C. Hardwick.

France was well liked and respected, and his sudden death at the age of 48 was mourned by Fellows and members of the College alike.

Obituary in The Eagle: Vol 4, Easter 1864, p. 176
Accessible online at: https://documents.joh.cam.ac.uk/public/Eagle/Eagle%20Volumes/1860s/1864/Eagle_1864_Easter.pdf

Son of John Brackenbury of Sellaby near Barnard Castle, County Durham. Went to school at Guisborough, Yorkshire. Admitted to St John's as a pensioner, 1650, aged 16. Graduated BA, 1654/5; MA, 1658. A Fellow of St John's from 1656 until his death. He was admitted to Gray's Inn in 1656 and was licensed to practise medicine in 1662, graduating MD in 1665. His brothers Robert and Henry were also students at St John's. Pierce Brackenbury died in 1692.

Educated at St John's College, where he was made a Fellow in 1520. MA, 1521; BTh, 1531. Senior Bursar at St John's, 1535-1539. Held a benefice in the Diocese of Lincoln. Appointed as Headmaster of Shrewsbury School, 1561-1571. Under his headship, the school was attended by an increased number of sons of the nobility, with pupils from as far away as Buckinghamshire. Philip Sidney was a pupil there during his tenure. On retiring from Shrewsbury, entered the service of Walter Devereux, later 1st Earl of Essex, overseeing Devereux's affairs while he was away and acting as tutor to his son. He also worked for the Crown and was twice sent to Ireland: in 1574 to persuade the Essex to make peace with Turlough Luineach O'Neill, lord of Tír Eoghain, and in 1575 to communicate the Queen's desire that Essex halt his attempts to subdue part of the province of Ulster. After Essex's death in 1576 and the settlement of his affairs, Ashton concentrated on securing the adoption of the ordinances he had written for governing Shrewsbury School, which succeeded in August 1578. He died in Cambridge on 28 August 1578.

Fellow of St. John's College, 1911-1947, and the first Professor of Medieval History at the University of Cambridge, 1937-1942. Editor of the 'English Historical Review', 1925-1938, and author of many books on medieval history. Elected Fellow of the British Academy in 1929. Senior Treasurer of the Committee for the College Mission, c. 1918-1921.

Warden of the Maurice Hostel, Hoxton.

Benians was born in Goudhurst, Kent in 1880. His father was the headmaster of Bethany School in Goudhurst, and it was here that Benians received his schooling. He was admitted to St John's in 1899 and achieved his BA in 1902. He became Lightfoot Scholar in 1903, Allen Scholar in 1903, and achieved his MA as well as being the Adam Smith Prizeman in 1906. He also became a Fellow in 1906, and then in 1911 he was elected to the Albert Kahn Travelling Fellowship. For the period 1913-19, Benians was a Local Adviser to Indian Students. He was appointed Lecturer in History in 1910, became a Tutor in 1918, and Senior Tutor in 1927. In the same year he was made University Lecturer in History, specialising in the history of the British colonies and dependencies, and the United States of America. He was Master of St John's from 1933 until his death in 1952, and served as Vice-Chancellor of the University 1939-41. In 1939 he was awarded an honorary LittD from Trinity College Dublin, before then also becoming an Honorary Fellow in 1947.

Benians married Sylvia Mary Dodd, daughter of J. Thoedore Dodd, at St Giles', Oxford in 1918, and together they had one son and two daughters. He died on 13 February 1952.