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CHICHESTER, HON. JOHN, brother of Arthur Chichester, 1st Marquis of Donegal (qv); b. 26 Dec 1740; adm. Jun 1751 (Grant's); in school list 1754; Trinity Coll. Oxford, matr. 7 Jul 1759; MP (I) Belfast 1761-8, Carrickfergus 1769-76; d. unm. 6 Feb 1783.

CHILD, ROBERT, brother of Francis Child (qv); b.; adm. (aged 8) Feb 1746/7 (Stephens'); in school list 1754; Magdalen Coll. Oxford, matr. 9 Feb 1758, aged 18; member firm Child & Co., bankers, from 1760; MP Wells from 15 Jan 1766; of Osterley Park, Middlesex; FSA 18 Nov 1778; m. 6 Oct 1763 Sarah, dau. of Paul Jodrell, Wraysbury, Middlesex; d. 28 Jul 1782.

CHOLMONDELEY, GEORGE, 2ND EARL OF CHOLMONDELEY, son of Robert Cholmondeley, 1st Viscount Cholmondeley, and Elizabeth, second dau. of George Cradock, Caverswall Castle, Staffs.; b.; at school under Busby (DNB); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 2 Sep 1680; DCL 9 Nov 1695; adm. Inner Temple 1680; Cornet, Independent Troop of Horse, 20 Jun 1685; Capt., Lord Dover’s Regt. of Horse, 1 Sep 1685; Queen Consort’s Regt. of Horse, 1 Jun 1686; Maj., 16 Nov 1687; joined Earl of Devonshire at Nottingham in support of William of Orange, 1688; Lieut. -Col., 1st Troop of Life Guards, at battle of the Boyne, 1690; distinguished himself at battle of Steinkirk, 1692; Col., 1st Troop Horse Guards, 4 Oct 1693 (on its formation); Brig. -Gen. of the Horse, 17 Jan 1697; Maj. -Gen., 9 Mar 1702; Lieut. -Gen. of the Horse, 1 Jan 1703/4; Col., 3rd Troop, Horse Guards, 11 Feb 1714/5; General of the Horse, 1 Mar 1727; MP Newton Mar 1689/90 - Oct 1695; a Groom of the Bedchamber to William III c. Jan 1692 - Mar 1702; created Baron Newborough (I) 15 Mar 1714/5 and Baron Newburgh (GB) 2 Jul 1716; succ. brother as 2nd Earl of Cholmondeley (GB) 18 Jan 1724/5; Lord Lieut., Cheshire, from 7 Apr 1725; Lord Lieut., North Wales, from 7 Apr 1725; Governor of Guernsey from Oct 1732; FRS 9 Jun 1615; reputed author of Verses and a Pastoral, spoken in the Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, 21 May 1683, printed in Examen Poeticum, 1693; m. Anna Elisabeth, dau. of Aelbert van Ruytenburgh, Ghent, Flanders; d. 7 May 1733. DNB.

CLEAVER, EUSEBY, brother of John Cleaver (qv); b. 8 Sep 1745; adm.; KS 1759; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1763, matr. 9 Jun 1763, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1763 – void 10 May 1775 (expiry year of grace as R. Spofforth from 12 May 1774), Tutor 1767-74; BA 1767; MA 1770; BD and DD 1783; DD Trinity Coll. Dublin 1788; tutor to Earl of Egremont at Christ Church 1767; ordained deacon (Oxford) 20 Dec 1772; Rector of Spofforth, Yorks., 9 May 1774-83; Rector of Tillington, Sussex, 13 Mar 1783-9; Rector of Petworth, Sussex, 5 Apr 1783-9; Prebendary of Chichester 21 Feb 1787 – res by May 1789; Chaplain to Marquis of Buckingham when Lord Lieut. Ireland, 1787-9; consecrated Bishop of Cork and Ross 28 Mar 1789, translated to Ferns and Leighlin 13 Jun 1789; suffered heavy losses during rebellion of 1798, having his palace plundered and his library destroyed; Archbishop of Dublin from 25 Aug 1809; m. 2 May 1788 Catherine, dau. of Right Hon. Owen Wynne PC (I) MP (I), Hazlewood, co. Sligo; d. 10 Dec 1819. DNB.

COCKS, THOMAS SOMERS, eldest son of Thomas Somers Cocks (b. 1781, qv); b. 5 Feb 1815; adm. 14 Apr 1828 (Stikeman's); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 9 Jun 1832; MP Reigate 1847-57; banker, firm Cocks Biddulph & Co, Charing Cross, London; DL Lincs., JP (1860) Bucks., JP Middlesex; m. 24 May 1842 Sarah Louisa, dau. of Charles Wynne Griffith-Wynne (qv); d. 30 Aug 1899.

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.

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.

FOLEY, HON. EDWARD, second son of Thomas Foley, 1st Baron Foley (qv); b. 16 Mar 1747; in school list 1764; left Sep 1764; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 27 Oct 1764; MA 1768; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 5 May 1768; MP Droitwich 1768- May 1774, Worcestershire from 30 May 1774; he divorced his first wife for her adultery with Charles Henry Mordaunt, 5th Earl of Peterborough and 3rd Earl of Monmouth (qv); m. 1st, 19 Oct 1778 (divorced 1785) Lady Anne Margaret Coventry, sister of George William Coventry, 7th Earl of Coventry (qv); m. 2nd, 21 Mar 1790 Eliza Maria Foley, dau. of John Hodgetts, Prestwood, Staffs.; d. 22 Jun 1803.

FOLEY, THOMAS, 1ST BARON FOLEY, son of Thomas Foley MP, Stoke Edith, Herefordshire, and his first wife Hester, dau. of Thomas Andrews, St. Mary at Hill, London; b. 8 Aug 1716; adm. Jun 1724; in under school list 1731; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 27 Sep 1732; BA 1735/6; MA 1739; MP Droitwich 1741 - 16 Dec 1747, 1754-68, Herefordshire 1768 - 20 May 1776; succeeded to estates of father 1749 and to estates of his cousin Thomas, 2nd Baron Foley 1766; created Baron Foley 20 May 1776; m. 28 Mar 1740 Hon. Grace Granville, third dau. of George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne; d. 14 Nov 1777.

FREDERICK, SIR JOHN, BART., second son of Sir John Frederick, Bart. (qv); b. 18 Mar 1749/50; adm.; left Jun 1765; Trinity Coll. Oxford, matr. 29 Apr 1767; MP Newport (Cornwall) 30 Dec 1774-80, Christchurch 29 Jan 1781-90, Surrey 7 Nov 1794-1807; succ. father as 5th baronet 9 Apr 1783; of Burwood Park, Walton on Thames, Surrey; m. 15 Oct 1778 Mary, third dau. of Richard Garth, Morden, Surrey; d. 16 Jan 1825.