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LEVETT, JOHN, son of Theophilus Levett, Lichfield, Staffs., and his first wife Mary, second dau. of John Babington, Packington, Warwicks.; bapt. 17 Jul 1721; adm. (aged 14) Jul 1736 (Taylor's); left 1738; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 23 Feb 1738/9; adm. Middle Temple 21 Feb 1737/8; migrated to Inner Temple 29 Jan1741/2, called to bar 18 Jun 1743; chambers there 5 Feb 1741/2 – 8 May 1753, withdrew from membership Nov 1781; MP Lichfield 1761 – 1 Feb 1762; of Wychnor, Staffs.; d. unm. 22 Nov 1799.

LISTER, NATHANIEL, brother of Thomas Lister (adm. 1736, qv); b. 8 Jan 1725; adm. May 1736 (Armfeild's); carved his name on the Coronation chair in Westminster Abbey; left 1742; Lincoln Coll. Oxford, matr. 14 Jan 1743/4; MP Clitheroe 18 Dec 1761 – Mar 1773; of Armitage Park, near Lichfield, Staffs.; m. Aug 1761 (IGI) Martha, dau. of John Fletcher, Recorder of Lichfield; d. 23 Sep 1793.

JOLLIFFE, JOHN, brother of Thomas Jolliffe (qv); bapt. Corton Hackett, Worcs. 31 Jul 1696 (IGI); at school under Knipe (National Review, Jun 1926, 594); University Coll. Oxford, matr. 21 Oct 1712, aged 15; adm. Middle Temple 9 Aug 1714, Inner Temple 12 Jan 1719/20, chambers there Feb 1719/20 – sold 2 Feb 1747/8; Commissioner of Wine Licences 2 Dec 1720 – 16 Jun 1741; Receiver-Gen., Duchy of Lancaster Aug 1738 – Feb 1752; of Petersfield, Hampshire; MP Petersfield 1741-54, 1761-8; m. 1st, 30 Mar 1731 Catherine, dau. of Robert Michell MP, Petersfield, Hampshire; m. 2nd, 21 Jun 1744 Mary, dau. of Samuel Holden MP, London; d. 1 Feb 1771.

JONES-PARRY, SIR LOVE PARRY, eldest son of Thomas Parry Jones, Llwynon, Denbighshire, and his cousin Margaret, dau. of Love Parry, Penarth, Caernarvonshire; b. 28 Nov 1781; adm.; at school 1791 (Clapham); KS 1796; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1799, but went to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 8 May 1799; BA 1803; MA 1811; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 13 May 1802; assumed additional surname of Parry 28 Nov 1802; Ensign, 81st Foot Apr 1794; Lieut., 15 Oct 1794; Capt., 30 Oct 1794; 86th Foot, half-pay 1795-1803; Maj., 90th Foot 28 Aug 1804; Brevet Lieut. -Col., 4 Jun 1811; Maj., 103rd Foot 5 Sep 1811; Col., 27 May 1825; Maj. -Gen., 10 Jan 1837; Lieut. -Gen., 9 Nov 1846; commanded a brigade on the Canadian frontier 1812-4 and had a horse shot under him at the battle of Lundy’s Lane; MP (Whig) Horsham 20 Jun 1807 – 26 Feb 1808, Caernarvon Boroughs 1835-7; knighted 1835; KH 1836; High Sheriff, Anglesey 1840; chairman, Caernarvonshire QS; m. 1st, 1806 Sophia, only dau. of Robert Stevenson, Binfield, Berks., banker; m. 2nd, 15 Dec 1826 Elizabeth, only dau. of Thomas Caldecott (formerly Reid), Holton Lodge, Lincs.; d. 23 Jan 1853. DNB.

KEPPEL, GEORGE THOMAS, 6TH EARL OF ALBEMARLE, third son of William Keppel, 4th Earl of Albemarle PC, Master of the Horse, Whig politician, and his first wife Hon. Elizabeth Southwell, sister of Edward Southwell-Clifford, 18th Baron De Clifford (qv); b. 13 Jun 1799; adm. 13 Mar 1808 (G); expelled for getting out of Grants after lockers and going to the theatre 20 Mar 1815; Ensign, 14th Foot 4 Apr 1815; 22nd Foot 5 Feb 1818; Lieut., 24th Foot 25 May 1820; 20th Foot 27 Nov 1821; Capt., 62nd Foot 17 Feb 1825; Maj., unattached 20 Mar 1827; Lieut. -Col., 23 Nov 1841; Col. in the Army 20 Jun 1854; Maj. -Gen., 26 Oct 1858; Lieut. -Gen., 31 Mar 1866; Gen., 7 Feb 1874; served at battle of Waterloo; ADC to Marquis of Hastings, Governor-Gen. India, 1821-3; MP (Whig) Norfolk East 1832-4, Lymington 1847-50; Groom in Waiting to Queen Victoria 1838-41; Private Secretary to Lord John Russell (qv) when Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury Jul 1846 – Jul 1847; JP Norfolk, DL 1859; High Sheriff, co. Leitrim 1838; succeded brother as 6th Earl of Albemarle 15 Mar 1841; took Whig/Liberal whip in House of Lords to 1886, afterwards Liberal Unionist; Busby Trustee 26 May 1854; author, Fifty Years of My Life, 1876, in which he refers to his school life and schoolfellows; m. 4 Aug 1831 Susan, third dau. of Sir Coutts Trotter, Bart.; d. 21 Feb 1891. DNB.

KEPPEL, HON. WILLIAM, brother of George Keppel, 3rd Earl of Albemarle (qv); b. 5 Nov 1727; at school under Nicoll (list of noblemen appended to alphabetical admissions of Nicoll’s time, Chapter Muniments); known at school as “Fat Van” (The Hothams, 1918, ii, 5 and 9); Page of Honour to George II 23 Oct 1741 – Jun 1746, Gentleman of Horse 14 Jan 1747-60; Ensign, 2nd Foot Guards 26 Jun 1744; Lieut. and Capt., 25 Jun 1745; Capt. -Lieut., 1st Foot Guards 28 Apr 1751; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 16 Mar 1752; Second Maj., 21 Jul 1760; Col., 56th Foot 17 Dec 1761 – May 1765; Maj. -Gen., 10 Jul 1762; Col., 14th Foot 31 May 1765 – Oct 1775; Lieut. -Gen., 25 May 1772; Commander-in-Chief, Ireland Dec 1773; Col., 12th Light Dragoons, from 18 Oct 1775; ADC to Sir John Ligonier in Flanders; wounded and taken prisoner at battle of Laffeldt 1 Jul 1747; served in expedition against Havana 1762-3; Equerry to George III 23 Dec 1760 – Sep 1767; MP Chichester from 26 Jan 1767; d. unm. 1 Mar 1782.

L’ESTRANGE, SIR GEORGE BURDETT, second son of Henry Piesley L’Estrange, Moystown, King’s Co., Col. King’s Co. Militia, and Grace, dau. of George Burdett MP (I), The Heath House, Queen’s Co.; b. 1796; adm. 6 Feb 1807; left Dec 1810; Ensign, 31st Foot 16 Jan 1812; Lieut., 17 Jun 1813, half-pay 1814; Ensign and Lieut., 3rd Foot Guards 2 Jul 1815, half-pay 11 Jul 1822; served in Peninsular War; attached to household of Lord Lieut. Ireland; Usher at Arms, Order of St. Patrick 1858; knighted at Dublin by Earl of Carlisle as Lord Lieut., 13 Jun 1860; m. 1832 Louisa Vincentia, dau. of Herbert Rawson Stepney, Durrow Abbey, King’s Co.; d. 5 Feb 1878.

HOBART, GEORGE, 3RD EARL OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, elder son of John Hobart, 1st Earl of Buckinghamshire (qv), and his first wife; b. 8 Sep 1731; adm. Mar 1738/9 (Watts'); KS (Capt. ) 1746; left 1750; MP St. Ives 1754-61, Beeralston 1761-80; Secretary to his elder brother John Hobart, 2nd Earl of Buckinghamshire (qv), when Ambassador at St. Petersburg Aug 1762 – Jan 1765; manager of the Italian Opera in London; travelling in Italy 1768; succ. brother as 3rd Earl of Buckinghamshire 3 Aug 1793; member, Society of Dilettanti 1769; m. 22 May 1757 Albinia, eldest dau. of Lord Vere Bertie; d. 14 Oct 1804. DNB.

HOBART, JOHN, 2ND EARL OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, elder son of John Hobart, 1st Earl of Buckinghamshire (qv), and his first wife; b. 17 Aug 1723; adm. Apr 1732; left 1739; Christ’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. nob. 30 Oct 1739, residing Jan 1739/40 – Mich. 1743, matr. 1740; Grand Tour 1745-7 (including Italy); MP Norwich 1747 – 22 Sep 1756; Comptroller of the Household Dec 1755 – Nov 1756; Privy Councillor 27 Jan 1756; succ. father as 2nd Earl of Buckinghamshire 22 Sep 1756; a Lord of the Bedchamber 15 Nov 1756 – 5 Nov 1767; Ambassador to Russia Aug 1762 – Jan 1765; Lord Lieut. of Ireland 18 Dec 1776 – Dec 1780; during his Viceroyalty free trade was granted to Ireland, measures for the relief of Roman Catholics and dissenters were passed, and the Volunteer movement rapidly spread; member, Society of Dilettanti 1746; FRS 3 Feb 1785; DL Norfolk 1745; described by Horace Walpole as “fat, fair, sweet and seen through in a moment”; m. 1st, 14 Jul 1761 Mary Ann, dau. of Lieut. -Gen. Sir Thomas Drury, Bart., MP; m. 2nd, 24 Sep 1770 Caroline, sister of Thomas Conolly (qv); d. 3 Aug 1793. DNB.