Herbert John Reynolds and John Thomas Walford

Herbert John Reynolds (d. 1916) was born at Stoke Newington, Middlesex, the son of Samuel Reynolds, surgeon. He attended Eton, before entering King's College, Cambridge, in 1852 (B.A., 1856), where he became a fellow in 1855. He served in the Bengal Civil Service, 1855-1889. He was secretary to the Board of Revenue, 1874-1880; a member of the Governor-General's Legislative Council, 1880-1882 and 1884; vice-chancellor of Calcutta University, 1883-1884; a member of the Bengal Legislative Council, 1881, 1883, 1885 and 1887; a member of the Board of Revenue, 1884; and chairman of the Port Commissioners, Calcutta, 1887. He retired in 1889, and was J.P. for Middlesex, 1891. Reynolds died on 30 November 1916.

John Thomas Walford (1834-1894) was born at Hatfield Peverel, Essex, the son of the Revd William Walford. He attended Eton, before entering King's College, Cambridge, in 1853 (B.A., 1858; M.A. 1861), where he was fellow, 1856-1866. He was admitted to Oxford in 1862. He was assistant master at Lancing, 1859-1860, and at Eton, 1861-1865. In 1866 he joined the Church of Rome. He became assistant master at Edgbaston under Cardinal Newman, and became a Jesuit. He was employed subsequently in Malta, Liverpool, Holywell, North Wales and at Beaumont College, Windsor, and as professor at St Beuno's College, St Asaph. He died at Roehampton, Surrey, on 9 January 1894.

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