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FITZGERALD-DE ROS, WILLIAM LENNOX LASCELLES, 23RD BARON DE ROS, third son of Lord Henry Fitzgerald MP, and Charlotte, Baroness De Ros, only dau. of Hon. Robert Boyle-Walsingham MP (I); b. 1 Sep 1797; adm. Christmas 1809; KS 1811; said to have passed a night in the Abbey to confront Bradshaw’s ghost, which was supposed to haunt the chamber in the south-west tower and the triforium passage nearby (Stanley, Hist. Mem. of Westminster Abbey, 437, n. 3); elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1815, but went to Ch. Ch. Oxford, matr. 16 Dec 1815, Canoneer Student 1815-24; BA 1819; MA 1822; Cornet and Sub-Lieut., 1st Life Guards 29 Mar 1819; Lieut., 24 Aug 1821; Capt., 23 Oct 1824; Maj., 5 Jun 1827; Lieut. -Col., 8 Sep 1831; Col., 9 Nov 1846; Maj. -Gen., 20 Jun 1854; Lieut. -Gen., 12 Mar 1861; Gen., 10 Nov 1868; Col., 4th Hussars, from 6 Feb 1865; served as Quartermaster - Gen. in Crimean War; a Gentleman Usher Quarterly Waiter to William IV 21 Oct 1836; succeeded brother as 23rd Baron De Ros 29 Mar 1839; took Conservative whip in House of Lords; Captain, Yeomen of the Guard Feb- Dec 1852, Mar 1858 - Jun 1859; Privy Councillor 27 Feb 1852; Lieut. -Governor, Tower of London, from 13 Feb 1852; a Busby Trustee from 16 May 1865; m. 7 Jun 1824 Lady Georgiana Lennox, sister of Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond (qv); d. 6 Jan 1874.

FITZPATRICK, JOHN, 2ND EARL OF UPPER OSSORY (I), elder son of John Fitzpatrick, 1st Earl of Upper Ossory (I) MP, and Lady Evelyn Leveson-Gower, youngest dau. of John Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Gower (qv); b, 2 May 1745; in school list 1754; succ. father as 2nd Earl of Upper Ossory (I) 25 Sep 1758; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. nob. 8 Nov 1760; MA 1762; Grand Tour (Italy) 1763-4; MP Bedfordshire 7 Apr 1767 - 9 Aug 1794; Lord Lieut., Bedfordshire, from 6 Feb 1771; cr. Baron Upper Ossory of Ampthill (GB) 9 Aug 1794; FRS 17 Feb 1780; member Society of Dilettanti 1766; Col., Bedfordshire Militia, from 20 Jan 1771, with rank Col. in the Army 2 Jul 1779; m. 26 Mar 1769 Hon. Anne Liddell, divorced wife of Augustus Henry Fitzroy, 3rd Duke of Grafton KG, Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury, and dau. of Henry Liddell, 1st Baron Ravensworth; d. 1 Feb 1818.

FITZPATRICK, HON. RICHARD, brother of John Fitzpatrick, 2nd Earl of Upper Ossory (qv); b. 24 Jan 1747/8; in school list 1764; Page of Honour to Queen Charlotte Sep 1761 – Sep 1765; according to his old schoolfellow, George O’Brien Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont (qv), “he was a page : and as in those days courts were very frequent, a great part of his time [while at school] was lost in sedan-chairs, and drawing-rooms, and in the necessary preparation of powder and pomatum” (Lord John Russell, Memorials and Correspondence of C. J. Fox, 1853, I, 9); left Christmas 1764; Ensign, 1st Foot Guards 10 Jul 1765; Military Academy, Caen 1767; Grand Tour (before 1770, when elected member Society of Dilettanti); Lieut. and Capt., 13 Sep 1772; served in American war 1777-8; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 23 Jan 1778; Col. in the Army 20 Nov 1782; ADC to George III 16 Nov 1782; ret. 11 Apr 1783; Maj-Gen., 12 Oct 1793; Lieut. -Gen., 1 Jan 1798; Gen., 25 Sep 1803; Col., 11th Foot, 20 Apr 1806 – Feb 1807, 47th Foot from 25 Feb 1807; MP Okehampton 20 Oct 1770-4, Tavistock 1774-1807, Bedfordshire 1807-12, Tavistock from 1812; Chief Secreatary for Ireland Apr - Aug 1782; Privy Councillor (I) 4 May 1782; LLD Trinity Coll. Dublin 18 May 1782; MP (I) Maryborough 1782-3; Secretary at War Apr - Dec 1783; Privy Councillor 14 Apr 1783; again Secretary at War Feb 1806- Mar 1807, combining post with that of Lieut. -Gen. of the Ordnance; intimate friend and political ally of Charles James Fox; one of the authors of The Rolliad; d. 25 Apr 1813. DNB.

FITZROY-SCUDAMORE, CHARLES, natural son of Charles Fitzroy, 2nd Duke of Grafton KG FRS, Lord Lieut. Ireland; b.; adm. (aged 8) Nov 1721; KS 1728; left 1730; Ensign, 1st Foot Guards 30 Oct 1734; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 2 May 1740; Maj., 1 Dec 1747; retired 11 Oct 1748; MP Thetford Feb 1732/3-54, Hereford 1754-68, Heytesbury 1768-74, Thetford 1774 - Mar 1782; Master of Tennis Courts, Royal Household 12 Sep 1727 - Jun 1762; Groom Porter to Kings George II and III 8 May 1743 - Dec 1763; Deputy Cofferer of the Household Jul 1765 - Sep 1769; Cursitor, Court of Chancery (I); Deputy Ranger, Whittlebury Forest, from 1749; his marriage brought him the Scudamore family’s estate at Holme Lacy, Herefordshire, and he assumed additional surname of Scudamore 22 Mar 1749; m. 17 Jul 1748 Hon. Frances Scudamore, divorced wife of Henry Scudamore (formerly Somerset), 3rd Duke of Beaufort (qv), and only dau. of James, 3rd Viscount Scudamore (I) MP; d. 19 Aug 1782.

FITZWILLIAM, HON. CHARLES, third son of William Fitzwilliam, 2nd Baron Fitzwilliam (I), and Jane, dau. of Hugh Perry (alias Hunter), Sheriff and Alderman of London; b.; at school under Busby (Magd. Coll. Camb., admission register); Magdalene Coll. Cambridge, adm. nob. 21 Jan 1663/4, aged 17, matr. 1664; MA 1665; adm. Middle Temple 11 Dec 1661; a Col. of Horse; MP Peterborough 1685-7 and from Jan 1689; d. Sep 1689.

FITZWILLIAM, HON. JOHN, brother of Richard Fitzwilliam, 6th Viscount Fitzwilliam (I) (qv); bap 28 Mar 1714; adm. (aged 10) Sep 1724; in under school list 1726; Page of Honour to George II as Prince of Wales 14 Nov 1726-7 and as King 29 Dec 1727 - Oct 1734; Cornet, Royal Horse Guards 20 Apr 1732; Lieut., 11 Dec 1739; Capt. -Lieut., 25 Dec 1744; Capt., 18 Feb 1745; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 1st Foot Guards 23 Jul 1745; Col., 2nd Foot 12 Nov 1755 – Nov 1760, 2nd Irish Horse (afterwards 5th Dragoon Guards) from 27 Nov 1760; Maj. -Gen., 25 Jun 1759; Lieut. -Gen., 19 Jan 1761; Gen., 19 Mar 1778; Groom of the Bedchamber to Duke of Cumberland 1746 - still 1760; MP New Windsor 1754-68; m. Oct 1751 Barbara, widow of William Cavendish, and dau. of Right Rev. Edward Chandler DD, Bishop of Durham; d. 31 Jul 1789.

FLOOD, JOCELYN, second son of Right Hon. Warden Flood PC (I), Chief Justice of the Court of King’s Bench, Ireland, and Isabella Whiteside; bapt. 15 Jul 1746; adm.; KS (aged 13) 1760; left 1764; Trinity Coll. Dublin, adm. fellow commoner 27 Mar 1764; adm. Middle Temple 2 Feb 1765; MP (I) Callan from Nov 1765 (sic, although then under age [check]); d. unm. 19 May 1767.

FLUDYER, GEORGE, younger son of Sir Samuel Fludyer, Bart. (b. 1705, qv), and his second wife; b. Sep 1761; adm. 17 Jan 1771; left 1777; Grand Tour; MP Chippenham 28 Feb 1783 - 1802, Appleby 23 Jun 1818 - Apr 1819; of Ayston Hall, Rutland; High Sheriff, Rutland 1814; m. 16 Jan 1792 Lady Mary Fane, half-sister of John Fane, 10th Earl of Westmorland (qv); d. 15 Apr 1837.

FLUDYER, SIR SAMUEL BRUDENELL, BART., elder son of Sir Samuel Fludyer, Bart. (b. 1705, qv) and his second wife; b. 8 Oct 1759; succ. father as 2nd baronet 18 Jan 1768; adm. 17 Jan 1771; left 1777; Grand Tour; MP Aldborough 8 Jun 1781 - 4; Lieut. Col., Royal Monmouth and Brecon Militia 1 Jul 1805 (still 1808); m. 5 Oct 1796 his cousin Maria, dau. of Robert Weston; d. 17 Feb 1833.

FLUDYER, SIR SAMUEL, BART., eldest son of Samuel Fludyer, London, clothier, and Elizabeth, dau. of Pierre de Montsallier, of a French Protestant family; b. 1705; at school under Freind (Steward, Anniversary Dinner 1763); entered father’s business, in which he made a large fortune; member, Common Council, City of London, Bassishaw Ward 1734-51; Alderman, City of London, Cheap Ward 26 Jun 1751; member, Company of Tylers and Bricklayers to 1752, when he was translated to the Clothworkers’ Company; Sheriff of London for year 1754-5; knighted 19 Sep 1755; created baronet 14 Nov 1759; Lord Mayor of London for year 1761-2; MP Chippenham from 1754; a Director, Bank of England 1753-5, 1756-8, 1759-62, and from 1763, Deputy Governor from 1766; satirised by Charles Churchill (qv) as “Dulman” in The Ghost, iii, 993-8; m. 1st, Jane Clerke, Westminster; m. 2nd, 2 Sep 1758 Caroline, dau. of Hon. James Brudenell MP; d. 18 Jan 1768. DNB.