RINGROSE—LEMMON. On 1st April, 1954, at Wesley Place, Addingham, David Francis, younger son of Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Ringrose, of New Earswick, York, to Dora Winifred, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. Lemmon, of Addingham, Yorkshire. [1943-47.]
ENGAGEMENTS BLACK—MILLS. The engagement is announced between Victor, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Black, of York, and Betty, only daughter of 'Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Mills, of Harrogate. [1935-41.] MOUNTAIN—NOLAN. The engagement is announced between the Rev. Geoffrey 'Mountain, of 383 Fulwood Road, Sheffield, son of the late Mr. E. Mountain and of Mrs. L. M. Mountain, of Scarborough, and Olive Mary, daughter of Mr. and 'Mrs. H. Nolan, of 38 Norton Lees Lane, Sheffield. [1939-45.] WALL—PENDLE. The engagement is announced between John David Crozier, only son of 'Mr. and 'Mrs. T. J. Wall, of Peterborough, and Audrey Dorothy, elder daughter of the late Mr. F. E. and Mrs. V. Pendle, of Campbeltown, Argyll. [1942-50.] WETHERELL—JOHNSON. The engagement is announced between Paul, the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Wetherell, of Turnham Hall, Cliffe, Selby, and Margaret, the youngest daughter of Mrs. E. 'M. Clayton and the late Mr. L. Johnson, of North Duffield, Selby. [1948-52.]
AN OLD PETERITE JOHN AISLABIE (1670-1742) We are indebted to Mr. F. H. Woodward for drawing our attention to a reference in Vol. 37 of the Yorkshire Archaeological Journal which establishes that John Aislabie, Lord of the 'Manor of Studley Royal, and Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1718 to 1721, was an Old Peterite. Aislabie, it appears, was at St. Peter's during the Headmastership of the Rev. William Tomlinson (1679-1711). It can hardly be claimed that Aislabie's career shed lustre on his old school, since at the time of his fall from power, when the "South Sea Bubble" burst at the close of 1720, he was probably the most execrated man in all England, and his public life ended with his ignominous expulsion from the House of Commons and temporary incarceration in the Tower of London. But though he was a notorious rather than a notable Old Peterite, he was certainly a national figure and his history must be •of interest to us. John Aislabie came of a family of Baltic merchants who by the early 17th century were well-established as substantial citizens of York. His father, George Aislabie, was Registrar of the Episcopal Court of York ,(an office in which his son succeeded him), and his marriage 8
