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William Jacobson was born on 18 July 1803, the son of William Jacobson, a merchant's clerk, of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, and his wife Judith Clarke. He was educated at Mr Brewers school in Norwich; Homerton (nonconformist) College, London; and Glasgow University 1822-1823. On 3 May 1823 he was admitted commoner of St. Edmund Hall, Oxford. In May 1825 he was elected scholar of Lincoln College (B.A. in 1827), taking a second class in literæ humaniores. He was a private tutor in Ireland until 1829. He then returned to Oxford, obtained the Ellerton theological prize, was elected fellow at Exeter on 30 June, and proceeded M.A. On 6 June 1830 he was ordained deacon, was appointed to the curacy of St. Mary Magdalen, Oxford, and was ordained priest the following year. In 1832 he was appointed vice-principal of Magdalen Hall. In 1839 he became perpetual curate of Iffley, near Oxford, was made public orator of the university in 1842, and was chosen select preacher in 1833, 1842, and 1863, but did not serve on the last occasion. By the advice of Lord John Russell, then prime minister, Jacobson was in 1848 promoted to the regius professorship of divinity at Oxford, which carried with it a canonry of Christ Church, and at that time also the rectory of Ewelme, Oxfordshire. In politics he was a liberal, and he was chairman of Mr. W. E. Gladstone's election committee at Oxford in 1865. On 23 June 1865 he accepted the offer of the see of Chester, and was consecrated on 8 July. Failure of health caused him to resign his bishopric in February 1884. He died on 13 July 1884. His portrait, painted by Richmond, has been engraved. He married, on 23 June 1836, Eleanor Jane, youngest daughter of Dawson Turner. Publications: An edition of Dean Alexander Nowell's Catechismus , with Life, 1835, 1844; an edition of the extant writings of the Patres Apostolici, with title S. Clementis Romani, S. Ignatii ¼ quæ supersunt , &c., 2 vols. 1838, 1840, 1847, 1863; an edition of the Works of Robert Sanderson , bishop of Lincoln, 6 vols., 1854, and a few smaller books, sermons, and charges. He also wrote annotations on the Acts of the Apostles for the Speaker's Commentary . One of Jacobson's sons was W H A Jacobson (d. 1924), entered Guy's Hospital 1869, was Assistant Surgeon at Guy's, 1876-1900 and then Surgeon until 1908.

Richard Jacobs appears to have paid the debts of various inmates of debtors' prisons.

Born in 1887; educated at Charterhouse and Royal Military College, Sandhurst; commissioned, 1905; joined 21 Cavalry (Frontier Force), 1907; served on North West Frontier of India, 1908; Captain, 1914; served in Somaliland, 1914-1920; Staff College, Quetta, 1922; Deputy Assistant Quartermaster General, Army Headquarters, India, 1923; RAF Staff College, Andover, 1924; Army Headquarters, India, 1925; Assistant Secretary, Committee of Imperial Defence, 1926-1930; Lt Col, 1931; Military Secretary to Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Earl of Willingdon, Viceroy of India, 1931-1933; Colonel, 1932; General Staff Officer Grade 1, War Office, 1933-1936; Deputy Secretary, Committee of Imperial Defence, 1936-1938; Secretary, Committee of Imperial Defence, 1938; Maj Gen, 1939;Chief of Staff to Minister of Defence (Rt Hon Sir Winston (Leonard Spencer) Churchill), 1940-1945; Deputy Secretary (Military) to War Cabinet, 1940-1945; Lt Gen, 1942; Gen, 1944; Additional Secretary (Military) to the Cabinet, 1945; Chief of Staff of Viceroy of India (R Adm Louis (Francis Albert Victor Nicholas) Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma), 1947; Chairman of Council, 1951 Festival of Britain, 1948-1951; Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations, 1951-1952; Secretary General, NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), 1952-1957; Vice-Chairman of North Atlantic Council, 1952-1956, Chairman of North Atlantic Council, 1956-1957; publication of The memoirs of General the Lord Ismay (Heinemann, London, 1960); died in 1965.

Born 1872; educated at King's School, Canterbury, Kent, and Royal Military College, Sandhurst;commissioned into The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment), 1892; served with Malakand Field Force, North West Frontier, India, 1897-1898; Second Boer War, South Africa, 1899-1902; Capt, 1902; Brevet Maj, 1902; General Staff Officer 2, War Office, 1910-1912; Maj, 1912; Brevet Lt Col, 1913; Staff College, Quetta, India, 1913-1914; served in World War One, 1914-1918; Deputy Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster General, Meerut Div, BEF (British Expeditionary Force), 1914-1915; General Staff Officer 1, 14 Div, 1915-1916; awarded CMG, 1915; Director of Staff Duties and Training, Army Headquarters, India, 1916-1920; Col, 1917; awarded CSI, 1919; Bde Commander,India, 1920-1923; awarded CB, 1922; Maj Gen, 1923; District Commander, India, 1925-1927; commanded 56 (1 London) Div, Territorial, Army 1927-1931; retired 1931; died 1943.

Born, 1914; educated at Eton College and Balliol College, Oxford; joined RAF, 1936; service with 211 Sqn, UK and Egypt, 1937-1938; on staff, RAF Headquarters, Amman, Transjordan, 1938; service with 14 Sqn, Ismailia, Egypt, 1938; service with 14 Sqn at Port Sudan, Sudan, 1940; made an unauthorised raid on Italian naval base, Massawa, Eritrea, June 1940; service with 113 Sqn, Western Desert, 1940-1941; service with 211 Sqn, Greece, 1941; killed in action, Parymythia, Greece, Apr 1941

Born 1880; educated at Tonbridge School; Royal Military Academy Woolwich, 1898-1899; joined Royal Artillery 1899; served in Second Boer War, South Africa, 1899-1902; served as spy in German South-West Africa, 1902-1904; served in India, 1906; Staff Captain, South Africa, 1908-1909; Brigade Major, South Africa, 1909-1912; student at Staff College Camberley, 1913 - Aug 1914; served on Western Front, World War One, 1914-1918; Staff Captain, France, Aug-Oct 1914; General Staff Officer Grade 3, 6 Infantry Division, Oct 1914 – Feb 1915, Western Front; General Staff Officer, Grade 1, 4 Canadian Division, Mar 1916 – Jan 1918; Colonel Commandant, Small Arms School, Camiers, France, Jan-Mar 1918; Brigadier General Commanding 99 Infantry Brigade, 2 Division, Western Front, Mar-Sep 1918; Chief of General Staff, Allied Expeditionary Force, Russia, Sep-Nov 1918; General Officer Commanding Allied troops, northern Russia, Nov 1918 – Mar 1919; General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Allied troops, Archangel, Russia, Mar-Nov 1919; Chief of Military Mission to supervise the evacuation of Romanian troops from Hungary, Mar-May 1920; service with Allied forces in Izmit, Turkey, Jul-Aug 1920; Commander of north Persia force, Aug 1920 – Feb 1921; attended the Cairo Conference on future British policy in the Middle East, Feb-Apr 1921; injured in a plane crash, Iraq, Apr 1921; Commandant, Staff College Camberley, May 1922 – Apr 1926; Commander, 2 Division, Oct 1926 – Nov 1928; Commander, Meerut District, India, Nov 1928 – May 1931; Lieutenant of the Tower of London, Jun 1931 – Oct 1933; Quartermaster General, India, Oct 1933 – Feb 1936; General Officer Commanding Eastern Command, Apr 1936 – Nov 1938; Governor of Gibraltar, Nov 1938 – Jun 1939; Inspector General of Overseas Forces, Jul-Sep 1939; Chief of the Imperial General Staff, Sep 1939 – May 1940; Commander-in-Chief, Home Forces, May-Jul 1940; retired with the rank of Field Marshal, Aug 1940; created 1st Baron Ironside of Archangel and of Ironside, Jan 1941; farmed in Norfolk; died, 1959.

Publications: Tannenberg: the first thirty days in East Prussia, 1925; Archangel, 1918-1919, 1953; The Ironside Diaries, 1937-1940, 1962; High Road to Command: the diaries of Major General Sir Edmund Ironside, 1920-1922, 1972.

Born 1918; student, RAF College Cranwell, 1936-1938; pupil, School of Army Co-operation, 22 (Army Co-operation) Group, Old Sarum, Salisbury, Wiltshire, 1938; pilot, 20 Sqn, North West Frontier, India, 1939-1940; ADC to Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Air Headquarters, India, 1941; 155 Sqn, Risalpur, North West Frontier, India, 1942; Officer Commanding B Flight, 5 Sqn, Dum Dum, India, 1942; Sqn Ldr, 67 Sqn, Alipore, India, 1942; Commanding Officer, 17 Sqn, Bengal, India, 1942; on staff, 224 Group Headquarters, Chittagong, 1942, India, 1942-1943; Sqn Ldr, 197 Sqn, RAF Tangmere, 1943-1944; Commanding Officer, 486 (New Zealand) Sqn, Fighter Command and Tactical Air Force, 1944; 83 Group, Eindhoven, the Netherlands, 1944-1945; Wg Cdr, 83 Group Headquarters, Germany, 1945; student, RAF Staff College, Bracknell, 1945-1946; Fighter Command Headquarters, 1946-1948; Sqn Ldr, Central Fighter Establishment, West Raynham, 1948; Personal Staff Officer to Commander-in-Chief, Fighter Command Headquarters, 1948-1949; Air Ministry, 1949-1951; RAF Kabrit, Egypt, 1951-1954; Senior Air Staff Officer, British Forces Aden Headquarters, 1954; Fighter Command Headquarters, 1954-1955; Commander, RAF Horsham St Faith, 1955-1958