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FREDERICK, THOMAS, eldest son of Sir Thomas Frederick, EICS Madras, Governor of Fort St. David, India, and subsequently a Director of the South Sea Company, and Ann, dau. of William Moncrieff; b. 25 Oct 1707; adm. Jan 1718/9; left 1720; New Coll. Oxford, matr. 19 Mar 1724/5; MP Shoreham from 1734; d. unm. 24 Aug 1740.

GAGE, HENRY, 3RD VISCOUNT GAGE (I), eldest son of Hon. Thomas Gage (qv); b. 4 Mar 1761; adm. 19 Jan 1770; Lieut., 7th Foot 25 Mar 1777; Capt., 26th Foot 24 Apr 1779; Maj., 93rd Foot 17 Feb 1783; Brevet Lieut. -Col., 1 Mar 1794; Col., 1 Jan 1798; Maj. -Gen., 1 Jan 1805; MP Warwick 1790 - 11 Oct 1791; succ. uncle as 3rd Viscount Gage (I) 11 Oct 1791; m. 12 Jan 1789 his cousin Susannah Maria, only dau. of Lieut. -Gen. William Skinner; d. 29 Jan 1808.

Edwards, Roger Nicholas, Baron Crickhowell, brother of David William Wood Edwards (qv); b. 25 Feb. 1934; adm. Sept. 1947 (B); left July 1952; 2nd Lieut. 1st Batt. Welch Fusileers 1952-4; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1954, BA 1957, MA 1968; Wm Brandts Sons & Co. Ltd., bankers, 1957-76, dir. 1972-6; member of Lloyd’s 1976, dir. A. L. Sturge 1970-6, PA Internat. & Sturge 1977-9; MP (Cons. ) Pembroke 1970-87; Sec. of State for Wales 1979-87; PC 1979; Hon. Fellow Univ. Coll. Cardiff 1985; created Baron Crickhowell 1987; pres. Univ. of Wales at Cardiff 1988-98; chmn. Nat. Rivers Authority 1989-96, Cameron May 1992-4, ITNET 1995-2004; dir. Welsh National Opera 1988-92; pres. Contemporary Art Soc. for Wales 1988-93; pres. SE Wales Arts Assn. and Contemporary Art Soc. for Wales; Hon. LLD Univ. of Glamorgan 2001; member House of Lords EU Sub-Committees 2000-10, Science and Tech. Committee 2007-10, Constitution Committee 2010-5; m. 26 Jan. 1963 Ankaret, d. of William James Healing, co. dir., of Tewkesbury, Gloucs.; d. 17 Mar. 2018.

EGERTON, THOMAS, 1ST EARL OF WILTON, second son of Sir Thomas Grey Egerton, Bart., MP, and Catherine, dau. of Rev. John Copley, Batley, Yorks., Rector of Thornhill and of Wakefield, Yorks.; b. 14 May 1749; succ. father as 7th baronet 7 Aug 1756; at Manchester GS 1757; in school lists 1764; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 11 Feb 1767; MA 1769; MP Lancashire 4 Feb 1772-84; created Baron Grey de Wilton 15 May 1784 and Earl of Wilton 26 Jun 1801; Lieut. -Col. in Army 21 Jul 1779, during service with Royal Lancashire Volunteers, of which he was Lieut-Col. commanding from 5 Oct 1779; travelling in Italy 1785, 1788; m. 12 Sep 1769 Eleanor, second dau. of Sir Ralph Assheton, Bart.; d. 23 Sep 1814.

FAWKES, WALTER RAMSDEN, eldest son of Walter Ramsden Beaumont Fawkes (qv); b. 2 Mar 1769; adm. 5 Feb 1781; left Whitsun 1786; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, [add date admission or matriculation]1786; assumed surname of Fawkes in lieu of Hawksworth 2 Dec 1792, on succeeding to father’s estates; a keen agriculturist and successful breeder of cattle; an active member of the advanced section of the Whig party and prominent in the anti-slave trade movement; MP Yorkshire 1806-7; High Sheriff, Yorkshire 1823; early patron and intimate friend of the painter J. M. W. Turner; part of his famous collection of works by Turner was sold at Christie’s 27 Jun 1890; author, The Chronology of the History of Modern Europe, 1810, and other works; m. 1st, 28 Aug 1794 Maria, dau. of Robert Grimston, Neswick, Yorks.; m. 2nd, 4 Jan 1816 Maria Sophia, widow of Hon. and Rev. Pierce Butler, and dau. of John Vernon, Clontarf Castle, co. Dublin; d. 24 Oct 1825. DNB.

FINCH, DANIEL, 7TH EARL OF WINCHILSEA AND 3RD EARL OF NOTTINGHAM, second son of Daniel Finch, 6th Earl of Winchilsea and 2nd Earl of Nottingham (qv), and his second wife; b. 24 May 1689; styled Lord Finch 1689-1730; at school under Knipe (Steward, Anniversary Dinner 1726/7 and 1761); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 23 Jun 1704, aged 15; Grand Tour 1706-11 (in Italy 1709-11); MP Rutland 1710 - 1 Jan 1729/30; Groom of the Bedchamber to George II when Prince of Wales Sep 1714-6; a Lord of the Treasury 10 Oct 1715 - 29 Feb 1716; Comptroller of the Household 24 May 1725 - May 1730; Privy Councillor 1 Jun 1725; LLD Cambridge 25 Apr 1728; succ. father as 7th Earl of Winchilsea and 3rd Earl of Nottingham 1 Jan 1729/30; First Lord of the Admiralty 16 Mar 1742 - Dec 1744, 5 Apr - 2 Jul 1757; KG 13 Mar 1752; Lord President of the Council 12 Jul 1765 - 30 Jul 1766; DL Rutland 1713; a Busby Trustee from 30 May 1722; gave £100 towards the building of College Dormitory; m. 1st, 28 Dec 1729 Lady Frances Feilding, fifth dau. of Basil Feilding, 4th Earl of Denbigh; m. 2nd, 19 Jan 1737/8 Mary, dau. of Sir Thomas Palmer, Bart., MP; d. 2 Aug 1769.

FINCH, HENEAGE, 3RD EARL OF AYLESFORD, only son of Heneage Finch, 2nd Earl of Aylesford (qv); b. 6 Nov 1715; styled Lord Guernsey 1719-57; adm. May 1728; in school list 1731; University Coll. Oxford, matr. 31 Jul 1732; MA 1735; DCL 1761; MP Leicestershire 20 Dec 1739 - 41, Maidstone 1741-7, 1754 - 29 Jun 1757; succ. father as 3rd Earl of Aylesford 29 Jun 1757; a Busby Trustee from 18 Apr 1758; m. 6 Oct 1750 Lady Charlotte Seymour, youngest dau. of Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset KG PC, Master of the Horse; d. 9 May 1777.

FINCH, HON. JOHN, second son of Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Aylesford (qv); b.; at school under Knipe (Steward, Anniversary Dinner 1728); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 1 Apr 1709, aged 19; adm. Inner Temple 1710, called to bar 5 Feb 1718/9; MP Maidstone from 1722; m. 30 Apr 1726 Elizabeth, dau. of John Savile, Methley, Yorks.; d. 1 Jan 1740.

FINCH, HON. WILLIAM, third son of Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Nottingham (qv); b. 27 Apr 1651; a boarder with Busby for over five years (Busby’s Account Book); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 1 Jun 1666; adm. Inner Temple 23 Nov 1662, called to bar 23 Nov 1673, Bencher 24 Nov 1696, Reader 9 Feb 1696/7; MP Great Bedwyn 1679-81; lic. to m. 17 May 1681 Anne, dau. of Sir William Hoskins, Kt, Oxted, Surrey; d. 26 Feb 1725/6.

DILKE, SIR CHARLES WENTWORTH, BART., only son of Charles Wentworth Dilke, proprietor and editor of The Athenaeum, and Maria Dover, dau. of Edward Walker EICS [check Presidency]; b. 18 Feb 1810; adm. 14 Jun 1819; left Bartholomewtide 1826; Trinity Hall, Cambridge, matr. Mich. 1828; LLB 1834; LLM 1860; took a prominent part in the organisation of the exhibitions of 1851 and 1862; unpaid Commissioner of New York exhibition 1853 and Paris exhibition 1855; created baronet 22 Jan 1862; MP (Liberal) Wallingford 1865-8; Chairman of Council, Society of Arts; he and John Lindley founded The Gardener’s Chronicle 1841; m. 30 Mar 1840 Mary, dau. of Capt. William Chatfield EICS Madras, Chichester, Sussex; d. at St. Petersburg 10 May 1869. DNB.