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PINNOCK, JAMES, son of Thomas Pinnock (adm. 1724, qv); b. 27 Sep 1740; adm. Oct 1750 (Howe's); left 26 Oct 1758; Trinity Hall, Cambridge, adm. 28 Oct 1758, matr. Mich. 1758, but did not graduate; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 27 Mar 1758, called to bar 13 May 1765; Advocate-Gen. , Jamaica Dec 1787; his diary and account book are preserved in the British Library (Add. MSS 33316, 33317), and the latter contains a few references to his attendance at the Anniversary Meetings and at the Play; travelling in Italy with family 1791-2, 1793-4; m. 19 Apr 1772 Elizabeth, sister of George Dehany (qv); d. 6 Apr 1811.

POLLARD, ROBERT BLEMELL, son of Robert Blemell Pollard, Master of St. Margaret’s Hospital, Westminster, and Charity ---; b. 10 Mar 1783; at school 1793; in school list 1795; BB 1795-1801; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. Bishop Williams scholar 20 May 1801; BA 1805; Master of Green Coat School, Tothill Fields, Westminster; subsequently Master of Blemell House School, Knightsbridge (on site later occupied by Brompton Oratory); m. 31 Jul 1806 Frances Crispe, Snodland, Kent; d. 10 Jan 1864.

POPE, EDWARD, son of Ebenezer Pope, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London, and Anna Maria, dau. of Thomas Eves, Clifford, Herefs.; bapt. St. Clement Danes 15 Feb 1794; in school lists 1801; KS (aged 14) 1808; left Christmas 1811; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 8 Apr 1812; migrated to Queen’s Coll., exhibitioner 1815-6, scholar 1816-20; BA 1816; MA 1819; BD and DD 1836; Fellow, Queen’s Coll. 1820-7; ordained; Archdeacon of Jamaica; m. 1st, 10 Jun 1825 Augusta, sister of Charles Richard Bigge (qv); m. 2nd, [?] Mary Jane, dau. of John Campbell, Jamaica; d. Feb 1855.

RICHARDS, FITZHERBERT, third son of Rev. Richard [MT admissions give Richard, TCD admissions give Robert] Richards, Dublin; b. Carrickmacross (TCD admissions); adm. (aged 15) Jan 1744/5 (Ludford's); left 1746; Trinity Coll. Dublin, matr. 9 Jul 1746, aged 17 (described as pupil of “Mr. Folds”); adm. Middle Temple 16 Nov 1748; MP (I) Lisburn 1776 – still 1784; a Commissioner of Barracks (I) (occurs 1781); non-resident owner of a plantation in Jamaica (Hickey, Memoirs, ii, 55-60). [will of Fitzherbert Richards, Marlborough Buildings, Bath, proved PCC 9 Aug 1811] [TCD admissions also give Robert Richards, son of Rev. Richard Richards, b. co. Monaghan, TCD adm. 11 Apr 1743, aged 15, ed. by “Mr. Folds”, so it seems likely that Fitzherbert Richards’s father’s Christian name was Richard, not Robert]

RICKETTS, SIR GEORGE WILLIAM, fourth son of George Crawford Ricketts, Ashford Hall, Ludlow, Shropshire, and Combe, Herefs., barrister, Attorney-Gen., Jamaica, and Frances, dau. of Nicholas Bourke, Speaker, Legislative Assembly, Jamaica; b. 21 Dec 1790 (IGI); adm. 16 Oct 1800; left by May 1803; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 26 Jan 1809, aged 18; adm. Middle Temple 3 Nov 1807, called to bar 27 Nov 1818; Judge of High Court, Madras, from 1825; knighted 23 Mar 1825; d. unm. 15 Jul 1831.

ROSE, GEORGE, second son of Rev. David Rose, Lethnot, Forfarshire, nonjuring clergyman, and his second wife Margaret, dau. of Donald Rose, Westerclunie [check county]; b. 17 Jun 1744; at school under Markham (Diaries and Correspondence of the Right Hon. George Rose, 1860, i, 8-9); entered Royal Navy; served as midshipman in expedition to St. Malo 1758 and in West Indies, twice wounded in action; left navy 1762; Clerk in Record Office of Exchequer; Deputy Chamberlain, Exchequer 20 May 1774 – Feb 1783; Surveyor of Green Wax Moneys 21 Jul 1775; superintended the printing of the Journals and Rolls of the House of Lords; Secretary to the Treasury Jul 1782 – Apr 1783, Dec 1783 – Mar 1801; Clerk of the Pleas, Court of Exchequer Jan 1784 – Feb 1797; MP Launceston 1784 – Jun 1788, Lymington 1 Jul 1788-90, Christchurch from 1790; Clerk of the Parliaments, House of Lords, from Jun 1788; Privy Councillor 13 Jan 1802; Vice-Pres., Board of Trade, and Joint Paymaster-Gen., 7 Jul 1804 – Feb 1806; Vice-Pres., Board of Trade, and Treasurer of the Navy 15 Apr 1807-12; Treasurer of the Navy from 1812; Trustee, British Museum, from 1804; an intimate friend and political follower of William Pitt; of considerable financial ability; author, The Proposed System of Trade with Ireland Explained, 1785, and other publications chiefly on financial subjects; his Diaries and Correspondence were published in 1860; m. 7 Jul 1769 Theodora, dau. of Maj. John Duer, Antigua, West Indies, and Fulham, Middlesex; d. 13 Jan 1818. DNB.

SHARPE, FANE WILLIAM, eldest son of John Sharpe MP, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London, Solicitor to the Treasury, and Olive Cartwright, Holborn; nephew of Gregory Sharpe (qv); b.; adm. (aged 11) Jan 1737/8; KS (Capt. ) 1743; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1747, matr. 26 Jun 1747, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1747 – void by marriage 26 Mar 1752; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 14 Aug 1747; MP Callington from 11 Feb 1756; FRS 5 Jul 1764; FSA 17 Dec 1767; bequeathed £500 for the use of the King’s Scholars elected annually to the Universities; m. 17 Mar 1752 Mary, only child of George Newport, London, merchant; d. 21 Oct 1771.

By his will dated 30 Sep 1771 (proved 8 Nov 1771) he gave to William Markham (adm.1733, qv), formerly Head Master of the School and then Bishop of Chester, and to John Thomas, Dean of Westminster, “the sum of £500 to be by them disposed of [for] the benefit of Westminster School or College as they shall think fit”. The fund was subsequently consolidated with the School Exhibition Fund, and the benefaction was commemorated by an exhibition known as the F.W.Sharpe exhibition.

SKEETE, JOHN BRATHWAITE, eldest son of John Brathwaite Skeete, St. Peter’s, Barbados, West Indies, and Agnes, dau. of Henry Bishop and sister of Hon. William Bishop, President of Barbados; b. 4 Nov 1775; at school under Vincent one year (Adm. Reg. of Sidney Sussex Coll. ); Sidney Sussex Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 14 Jun 1793; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 24 Mar 1795; Chief Justice of Barbados to res. 1830; President of Barbados 1820, 1825, 1827, 1829, 1830, 1832; m. 11 Nov 1799 Mary Bishop; d. before 1862.

THOMSON, SAMUEL WELLS, son of David Thomson, Hanover, Jamaica, “doctor” [probably medical practitioner]; b.; adm.; at school 1791; in school list 1795; Min. Can. 1796; KS 1797; probably Thomson who played cricket v. Eton on Hounslow Heath 25 Jul 1796 and at Lord’s 8 Aug 1799; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1800, matr. 12 Jun 1800, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1800 - void 11 Apr 1808; BA 1804; MA 1811; ordained; d. 30 Apr 1812, aged 30. Buried Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford.

TRELAWNY, EDWARD, fourth son of Sir Jonathan Trelawny, Bart. (qv); bapt. 9 Jul 1699; adm.; QS (Capt. ) 1713; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1717, matr. 27 Jun 1717, Westminster Student 20 Dec 1717 - vacated 11 Jul 1721, when re-entered as gentleman commoner; adm. Inner Temple 2 Jun 1715; MP West Looe 20 Jan 1724 - Dec 1732; a Commissioner for Victualling 21 Oct 1725 – 9 Mar 1732/3; a Commissioner of Customs, Scotland 1732-7; elected MP for both West and East Looe at general election 1734, but disqualified for sitting for either, as being a Commissioner of Customs; Governor of Jamaica 30 Apr 1738 - Sep 1752; an able and efficient administrator; settled the Maroons; Col., 49th Foot, from 25 Dec 1743; took part in expedition against Cartagena 1742 and in capture of Port Louis, San Domingo 1748; returned to England 1753; m. 1st, 6 Nov 1737 Amoretta, dau. of John Crawford (and “niece to Countess of Dartmouth” (GM)); m. 2nd, 2 Feb 1752 Catherine, widow of Robert Penny, Attorney-Gen., Jamaica, and dau. of John Douce, Clarendon, Jamaica; d. 16 Jan 1754. DNB. [Perhaps Lieut., 6th Dragoons 1724-6].