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Mother of Adolphe Van den Wiele (1803-1843).

6 June 1860 - born at Crayke, in the North Riding of Yorkshire, the eldest son of William Inge, curate of Crayke, and his wife, Susanna. He was educated by his parents until he was thirteen and then won a scholarship to Eton College in 1874. There he met A. C. Benson (later Master of Magdalene College, 1915-1925), who became a lifelong friend, and with whom he was caned for making an indoor bonfire out of blotting paper.

1879-1883 - undergraduate at King's College, Cambridge. He won the Craven, Bell, and Porson scholarships, took a first in both parts of the classical tripos (1882–3), and was senior-chancellor's medallist. Both Inge and Benson were susceptible to bouts of acute depression, which Inge attributed to overwork.

After graduating Inge spent four years teaching at Eton but felt he was not suited to the role. In 1889 he became a fellow of Hertford College, Oxford, where he taught classics and developed an interest in philosophy.

1888 - ordained deacon but religious doubts meant that he did not proceed to the priesthood for four years.

1905 - appointed vicar of All Saints', Ennismore Gardens, in central London. The same year he married Mary Catharine (Kitty) Spooner (1880–1949). Her father was archdeacon of Canterbury, her uncle, William Spooner was warden of New College. This marriage was very successful, and Kitty succeeded in alleviating Inge's depression and in helping him to overcome his shyness.

1907-1911 - Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity and Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge.

1911-1934 - Dean of St Paul's. He hated choral music, found the daily services 'dreary and interminable’, and was often seen reading a book in his stall. As a modernist he was often at odds with his Anglo-Catholic canons. He had been appointed in order to revive the literary eminence which St Paul's had previously enjoyed and in this respect he was a great success. His writings attained their widest readership through his weekly columns in the Evening Standard, which ran, with some interruptions, from 1921 to 1946. These articles were on literary, political, and religious themes.

Between the wars - Inge was one of the most vociferous defenders of the rights of the middle classes. One of his most pressing social concerns was the shortage of domestic servants, which he called 'a matter of national importance'. Inge was also concerned that the working classes were breeding too fast and that unless measures were taken to stop them they would overwhelm the middle classes. His interest in eugenic theory had deepened through his friendship with Sir Francis Galton, and he served on the council of the Eugenics Society.

1920s - was a leading spokesman for the modernist wing of the Church of England, becoming president of the Modern Churchmen's Union (1924–34).

He was made CVO in 1918 and KCVO in 1930. He received a BD and DD from Cambridge in 1909, was an honorary fellow of several Oxford and Cambridge colleges and was elected FBA in 1921.

Inge and his wife Kitty had three sons and two daughters. In 1923 his 11 year old daughter, Paula, died of diabetes. HIs youngest son Richard was an undergraduate at Magdalene, 1934-1937 but was killed in an RAF training flight in 1941.

1934 - he retired to Brightwell Manor near Wallingford. He was not a pacifist but did oppose Britain's entry into the Second World War on the grounds that she had no quarrel with Germany. After the outbreak of war he continued to call for a negotiated peace.

26 February 1954 - he died at Brightwell Manor.

Percy Lubbock was born on 4 June 1879 in London, the fourth child of Frederic Lubbock, merchant banker, and his wife, Catherine. He was educated at Eton College, then at King's College, Cambridge, where he was placed in the first class for the classical tripos in 1901.

After university Lubbock worked for the Board of Education in a post he found 'uncongenial'. In 1906 he was elected Pepys Librarian at Magdalene College. In that year his first book, Elizabeth Barrett Browning in her Letters, was published. In 1908 he gave up his post in order to devote himself to writing, and in 1909 he published Samuel Pepys.

Lubbock contributed regularly to the Times Literary Supplement between 1908 and 1914 and during the First World War worked on behalf of the Red Cross. Henry James was his idol and friend and after James's death in 1916 Lubbock orchestrated the publication of the unfinished works (The Ivory Tower, The Sense of the Past, and The Middle Years), a two-volume collection of letters, and a memoir.

In 1925 he published an edition of A. C. Benson's Diary, commemorating the Eton schoolmaster whose recommendation had secured Lubbock the post of Pepys Librarian.

In 1926 Lubbock married Lady Sybil Marjorie Scott (1879–1943). They lived at Villa Medici in Fiesole, Italy, for the next fourteen years. In the late 1940s Lubbock moved to Lerici on the Gulf of La Spezia and into his much prized Gli Scafari. He was appointed CBE in 1952. He died at Gli Scafari on 2 August 1965 and was buried at Lerici.

Vere Cotton was born on 5 May 1888, son of Charles Calveley Cotton and Kate de la Rue. He was educated at Repton School and Magdalene College (matric. 1907).
He fought in the First World War, where he was mentioned in despatches three times. He was awarded the Croca de Guerra and the Croix de Guerre and gained the rank of Honrary Colonel in the 470 Heavy AA Regiment, Royal Artillery (Territorial Army).
In 1922 he married Elfreda Helen Moore.
He was appointed CBE in 1937.
Between 1942 and 1954 he was Pro-Chancellor of Liverpol University and was Lord Mayor of Liverpool between 1951 and 1952. In 1956 he was the High Sheriff of Lancashire.
He died on 19 November 1970.

Stephen King, born on 11 September 1923 in London. Son of Ernest William King and Janet Paterson Stathers. Educated at St Paul's School. Was admitted pensioner January 1946.
Terms kept: Lent 1946, Easter 1946, Michaelmas 1946, Lent 1947 and Easter 1947. Read Law and was awarded BA in June 1947.
A collection of his rowing photographs was donated to the College by his widow in 2022.

Born in Liverpool and was the son of the late Robert Alexander Bickersteth and Ellen Constance Wilson, of Borwick Lodge, Outgate, Ambleside. Educated at Eton. Admitted as a pensioner at Magdalene College on 7 October 1924. His tutor was A. S. Ramsey.

Made an Honorary Fellow of Magdalene College in 1932.
He visited the College for his admission but continued ill health prevented him from returning. He only returned once and that was as a convalescent during the Long Vacation.

See also:
Archives, F/RK and D/1/7

College Magazine vol. 74 (1936) pp. 208-209
College Magzine vol. 37 (1992-93) pp. 19-24 (J. D. Lewins)
College Magazine vol. 41 (1996-97) p. 53 (J. D. Lewins, ‘Two unpublished letters about his Honorary Fellowship’)

Occasional Paper No.9, 1995 (Lewins, esp pp 25-26 on Strang’s portraits)
Occasional Paper No. 19, 1998 (T. Pinney)
Occasional Paper No. 25
Occasional Paper No. 26 2001 (Lewins)

Ruth Rix was born in Leamington Spa in 1942 and went to school in Gloucestershire, Berkshire and London. Her mother Helga escaped on one of the last Kindertransporte from Vienna in 1939, and her father fled Vienna in 1938. Her early years were spent in emigré circles including many people from the arts.

Ruth studied Art and Theatre Design at Chelsea School of Art and The Central School of Art and Design 1960–63, and Fine Art at Leeds College of Art 1969– 71. From 1972–74 she studied for 2 years at Akademie der Bildenden Kunste in Vienna under Fritz Wotruba, before returning to live in England, in York, East Sussex and finally in Brighton.

Was a member of Magdalene from 1919 - 1922. He went on to become the Chairman of Shell-Mex and BP and for a brief period was Chairman of Governors at Sedburgh School. He was a close personla friend of Fairfax Scott, Frank Salter, and Owen Morshead. HIs son Michael and five other members of his family have attended Magdalene.