Residents of St Anselm Hall 1926 to 1928
Below is a list of men who were residents of St Anselm between 1926 and 1928
Please be aware that this list is a work in progress, based on available sources, and as such may be missing information, including the names of some students.
Whilst we were doing this work we realised that some of the information on the hall honour boards was out of sync with contemporary sources. JCR president dates on this page reflect what is suggested by the contemporary sources.
If you have any information regarding the Slemsman list or would like to contribute to the archive please contact us.
Lindsay Dewar.
Hall Warden. 1922-1928
Lindsay Dewar served as a chaplain to the Armed Forces in World War I and was then the Warden at Bishops College, an Anglican theological college in Cheshunt, Hertfordshire. In 1922, he replaced F.G. Chevassut as the Warden of St Anselm, a post he would retain until 1928. Dewar is particularly notable for overseeing the construction of ‘Dewar Wing’ and for his courtship and eventual marriage of Edith Hudson, a student at nearby Ashburne Hall, an event satirized it in the 1926 Aosta article ‘The book of Bert-Ram.’
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James Russell Andress
1922-1927
JCR President 1926-27
Originally from Crewe, James Andress was one of three sons born to Richard, a pharmacist, and his wife Ethel, who in the 1920s became a local councillor. With his twin William, James attended first Crewe elementary school and then, through a scholarship, Crewe County Secondary School. A further scholarship allowed him to study at Victoria University Manchester, where he obtained first a BSc and then an MA. James was a hall resident throughout his five years of study, and in the 1926-27 session held the position of JCR president. After leaving Manchester, James gained a studentship at Oxford where he took his theological and ordination examinations. He was ordained as a priest in the Church of England in 1929.
George William Brindley
1923-1928
Born at Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent in June 1905, George Brindley, who had two younger brothers, was the son of local school-teacher, John Brindley. Educated first at Newcastle High School, George was in 1923 granted a City-of-Stoke on Trent Major Scholarship which allowed him to study physics at Victoria University Manchester. George probably lived at Slems throughout his period of study, although there is currently little known about his contribution to hall life. In the wider university community, however, George was very successful and achieved a number of awards including the Moseley Price for Physics and the Darbishire Junior Research Fellowship. After completing his time at Manchester, George became an Assistant Lecturer in the Physics department at Leeds University, where he was granted a PhD in 1933.
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Thomas William Byrne
1924-1931
Thomas Byrne was the youngest of the four children of Thomas Byrne, a police sergeant, and his wife Kate, who lived in Blackburn, Lancashire. Born in March 1906, Thomas, along with fellow Anselmian L.C. Hargreaves, attended Blackburn Grammar School, where he gained his Higher School Certificate in 1924. He subsequently attended Victoria University Manchester where he achieved a B.A. with honours in 1927 followed by an additional M.A. In 1931, upon completion of his MA, he was ordained as a priest in the Church of England. Thomas lived in hall until at least 1927 and it is probable that he remained there throughout his university studies.
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John Clarke
?-1926
JCR president 1925-1926
We don’t know much about John’s early life but Aosta 1926 tells that he ‘before dwelt at Wit-Church in the land of Slop’ i.e. Whitchurch in Shropshire. Based on this, it seems probable that the John Clarke who in 1911 lived at Alkington Road, Whitchurch with his father, John, a postman, his mother Sarah and his baby brother George was the one who later attended St Anselm. Given John’s father occupation is it likely that his education, including his time at Manchester, was funded by some form of scholarship or grant.
H. Colstrad
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M.N. Davidson
1926-?
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W.R.E. Day
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H. Goldstraw
1926-?
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Edward Harrison Graham
1924-1927
Edward Graham was the son of Robinson Graham, a cotton weaver best remembered for his active active role in the Burnley Weavers’ Association (a trade union) and his position as MP for Nelson and Colne between 1920 and 1922. Edward attended Burnley Grammar School, where, in 1922, he passed his school certificate with distinctions in History, French and Chemistry. Two years later, he gained the higher school certificate and, along with fellow Anselmian John Whitaker, was granted an Edward Stocks Massey Scholarship by the local council. This allowed Edward to attend Victoria University Manchester where in 1927 he gained a B.A. honours in history. In later life, Edward lived in Ireland where he worked as a teacher.
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L.C. Hargreaves
1924-1927
JCR President 1927-28.
Football Captain 1926-27.
Little is known about L.C. Hargreaves’ early life but he appears to have, alongside fellow Anselmian Thomas Byrne, attended Blackburn Grammar School, where he achieved the Higher School Certificate in 1924. Hargreaves had an active role in hall life, being the captain of the St Anselm Hall Football team from 1926-27 and JCR President in the 1927-28 session.
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Arthur Coulton Hartley
The son of secretary John Hartley and his wife Jane (Jennie), Arthur Hartley was born in St Helen’s, Lancashire, in March 1906 and had one younger sister, Sylvia. Arthur attended the local Grammar School, Cowley Boys School, where he received his higher school certificate in 1925, an achievement which allowed him to attend Victoria University Manchester. Following his time in Manchester, Arthur studied at Balliol College, Oxford, before joining the East India Company in 1929.
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H. Heap
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Arthur Holt
1924-1927
Little is known about Arthur Holt’s early life but he attended Burnley Grammar School, and was able to attend Victoria University Manchester thanks to a combined three-year Stocks Massey Scholarship (worth £25) and Phillips Scholarship (worth £35). In 1927, Arthur gained a B.A. with second class honours in French.
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A. Huntingdon
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Ram Nelli Khosla
Little is known about Ram’s life but he was born around 1905 in India and probably studied engineering at the Victoria University Manchester before returning to India in the summer of 1930. Ram lived in the hall until at least the 1926-27 session but probably later lived elsewhere as he does not appear in subsequent hall photos.
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J. Manckshaw
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I.D.J Moon
I. Moon (his first name remains unknown) arrived at Liverpool from Port Said, Karachi (modern day Pakistan) in September 1924, at the age of 20. His proposed UK address was Altrincham School in Cheshire, where he may have studied before arriving at Victoria University Manchester. Moon studied Medicine and was at the University until at least 1931, although he did not live in hall in later years.
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Arthur Harry Patrick
1923-??
Originally from Nelson, Lancashire, Arthur Patrick was the eldest of four children born to Arthur, a school teacher, and Clara his wife. He attended Nelson Municipal Secondary School before arriving at Manchester and St Anselm Hall in 1923. In later life, Arthur returned to Nelson where he worked as an electrical switchboard operator. A surviving letter written by Arthur in 1952 reads ‘I was very pleased to see the Hall once more, and enjoyed going round with Mr. Smith’
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H. Scott
JCR President 1928-29
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J. Scott
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Arthur E. Sivell
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J. Slater
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F.C. Stott
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P.T. Thornhill
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Reginald Hunt Tootill
??-1927
Originally from Hale, Cheshire, Reginald was the son of Robert Tootill, a pharmaceutical chemist, and Jessie his wife. Following in his father’s footsteps, Reginald studied Medicine at Victoria University Manchester and received a mention in the 1926 ‘Book of Bert-Ram’ viz. ‘Lin-Si… was taken sick at heart with loneliness for he had been a bachelor from birth And he spoke with Physician one Rex-Two-T’l, a man of many spare parts, who had suffered from that sickness beforehand.’ Reginald graduated from Manchester in 1927 with M.B, Ch.B (Bachelor of Medicine & Surgery), L.R.P.C (Licentiate of Royal College of Physicians), and R.S.C (Royal college of surgeons)
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J.S. Warrilow
1926-?
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William Guy Weston
The editor of Aosta 1926 & 1927, William Weston was born in 1907 in Melton Mowbray, Lecistershire, where his father was clerk to a boot manufacturers. He studied History at Manchester, and in 1927 was awarded the Bradford History Scholarship, an award given to third year undergraduate students to assist them in their dissertation research.
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John Latham Whitaker
1924-1927
Born in Burnley in 1905, John Whitaker came from humble beginnings. His father, William, was a cotton taper, meaning he wove cotton tape in one of the local mills. John obtained a place, likely through scholarship, at Burnley Grammar School and passed his school certificate with distinctions in Maths and Physics. On completing his higher school certificate, John was awarded a Edward Stocks Massey Scholarship of £75 per year by the local council, allowing him to study at Victoria University Manchester, where in 1927 he obtained a B.S.c with honours.
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Harry Wildman
1924-1927
Originally from Warrington, Harry grew up in Burnley where his father was the local Inspector of Weights and Measures. With fellow Anselmians Edward Graham and John Whitaker, Harry attended Burnley Grammar School where, in 1922, he passed the school certificate with distinctions in History and Physics. Having completed the Higher School Certificate, Harry attended Victoria University Manchester where he was given the Kay-Shuttleworth Scholarship, a Manchester University award, worth £60, given every three years to a student who had attended Burnley, Sedbergh or Giggleswick Grammar Schools. Harry graduated in 1927 with a B.Sc. degree in chemistry.
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Reginald Arthur Wilkinson
1924-1927
Reginald Arthur Wilkinson, born in Yorkshire in 1901, was the son of a Railway Pass Guard from Harrogate. His eldest brother Marcus, of Queens College Cambridge, was killed on the Western Front in 1917. Reginald himself came to Victoria University Manchester in 1924 to complete a B.Sc in Chemistry. He was able to live at St Anselm thanks to a Scholarship, one of several given each year to assist poorer students. Hall contemporary Arthur Patrick later recalled ‘During his three years he took part in Hall Plays, and one year acted as producer. He was a keen & very good chess player.’ After graduating in 1927 Reginald worked as a colour chemist. He was tragically killed in a car crash at Blackpool on New Year’s day 1934.
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