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BURRELL, SIR WILLIAM, BART., third son of Peter Burrell MP, Beckenham, Kent, Sub-Governor South Sea Co., and Amy, dau. of Hugh Raymond, Saling Park, Essex, and Langley, Kent, dir. South Sea Co.; b. 10 Oct 1732; adm. Jan 1742/3 (Morel's); left 1749; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 30 Jun 1749, matr. 1750; LLB 1755; LLD 1760; adm. advocate, Court of Arches, 13 Sep 1760; advocate, Doctors’ Commons, 3 Nov 1760; practised in Admiralty Court; Chancellor, Diocese of Worcester, from 16 Jul 1764, Diocese of Rochester from Aug 1771; director, South Sea Company, 1763-75, Sun Fire Insurance 1773-95; MP Haslemere 1768 - May 1774; retired from practice at Doctors’ Commons 1774; a Commissioner of Excise 14 May 1774 - 12 Sep 1789; succ. his father-in-law as 2nd baronet 24 Aug 1789; FSA 4 Apr 1754; a painstaking antiquary; his MS collections for a history of Sussex are preserved in the British Library; his MS reports of cases in the Admiralty Court 1766-74 were edited by R. G. Marsden in 1885; m. 13 Apr 1773 Sophia, poetess and dramatist, eldest dau. of Sir Charles Raymond, Bart., banker; d. 20 Jan 1796. DNB.

CAPEL, WILLIAM ANNE HOLLES, 4TH EARL OF ESSEX, only son of William Capel, 3rd Earl of Essex KG, and his second wife Lady Elizabeth Russell, dau. of Wriothesley Russell, 2nd Duke of Bedford KG; b. 7 Oct 1732; adm. Apr 1742 (Morel's); succ. as 4th Earl of Essex 8 Jan 1742/3; left 1749; Grand Tour (France, Italy) 1750-4; a Lord of the Bedchamber 17 Mar 1755- Oct 1760; Master of the Staghounds 5 Jul 1770- 11 Jul 1782, when office abolished; a Lord of the Bedchamber from 23 May 1782; Lord Lieut., Hertfordshire 12 Nov 1764 - 13 Mar 1771, JP Herts from 1765; m. 1st, 1 Aug 1754 Frances, eldest dau. of Sir Charles Hanbury Williams KB MP, diplomat; m. 2nd, 2 Mar 1767 Harriet, dau. of Thomas Bladen (qv); d. 5 Mar 1799.

CARPENTER, THOMAS; b.; adm. (aged 9) Jun 1740 (Morel's); left 1744.

COTTON, SIR ROBERT SALUSBURY, BART. , eldest son of Sir Lynch Salusbury Cotton, Bart. , MP, and Elizabeth Abigail, younger sister of William Cotton (adm. 1733/4, qv); b. ; adm. (aged 9) Mar 1749/50 (as Robert Cotton) (Morel's); in school list 1754; Trinity Hall, Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 11 May 1756; succ. father as 5th baronet 14 Aug 1775; MP Cheshire 1 Mar 1780-96; Maj. , Cheshire Militia 15 Apr 1771; FRS 24 Nov 1774; m. 1767 Frances, dau. of Col. James Russell Stapleton, Bodrhyddan, Flintshire; d. 24 Aug 1809, aged 70.

DAVIES, RICHARD; b.; adm. (aged 14) Jan 1752 (Morel's); in school list 1754.

DEBAT, DANIEL STEPHEN, son of Daniel Debat, Paddington, Middlesex, and Jane, dau. of John Du Commen, Yeoman of the Confectionery to Kings William III, George I and II; bapt. St. James, Paddington, Middlesex 16 Dec 1724 (IGI); adm. (aged 13) May 1738 (Morel's); Min. Can. 1739; left 1741; Queen’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 29 Jan 1741/2, matr. 1742; BA 1745/6; MA 1749; ordained deacon (Lincoln) 5 Jun 1748, priest 18 Dec 1748; Rector of Portishead, Somerset 1752-64; Domestic Chaplain to David Murray, 2nd Earl of Mansfield (qv) 1755; Rector of Christ Church, Bristol, from 1764; d. 6 Apr 1785. .

DIEMAR, GEORGE; b.; adm. Jul 1738 (Morel's); left 1744; a clerk in Secretary of State’s Office Nov 1753 -c. 1755. [perhaps George Augustus Charles, Baron Diemar, Chamberlain of the Elector of Cologne (will proved PCC 28 Apr 1756), who m. 19 Dec 1754 Mary Green (IGI)]

EVELYN, GEORGE RAYMOND, brother of William Evelyn (adm. 1743/4, qv); b.; adm. (aged 10) Apr 1749 (Morel's); left 1751; m. 2 Jan 1766 Lady Jane Elizabeth Leslie, afterwards Countess of Rothes (S), eldest dau. of John Leslie, 8th Earl of Rothes (S); d. 23 Dec 1770.

EVELYN, WILLIAM GLANVILLE, elder son of William Evelyn (afterwards Glanville) MP, Ightham, Kent, a Commissioner of the Revenue (I), and his second wife Bridget, dau. of Hugh Raymond, Saling Hall, Essex; b. 1734; adm. (aged 10) Feb 1743/4 (Morel's); left 1751; High Sheriff, Kent 1757; MP Hythe 1768-1802; m. 2 Aug 1760 Susannah, dau. of Thomas Ba[o ?]rrett, Shoreham, Kent; d. 3 Nov 1813.

FOUNTAINE, (AUGUSTUS) THOMAS, son of Rev. John Fountaine DD, headmaster of a preparatory school at Marylebone, by Jane Anne, sister of William De La Place (qv); b. 13 Mar 1737; adm. (aged 12) Sep 1749 (as Augustus Fountaine) (Morel's); KS (aged 13) 1750 (as Thomas Fountaine); Capt. of the School 1755; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1756, adm. pens. 16 Jun 1756, scholar 6 May 1757, matr. Mich. 1757; BA 1760; MA 1763; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1762, Major Fellow 6 Jul 1763; ordained deacon 17 Aug 1766, priest 31 Aug 1766 (both Winchester); Vicar of Old Windsor, Berks., 1771 (disp. to hold with North Tidworth 1780); Chaplain in Ordinary to George III 1772 (still 1793); Prebendary of Worcester from 20 Apr 1774; Perpetual Curate of Putney, Surrey, 16 Dec 1775-88; Rector of North Tidworth, Wilts., 1780-8; Vicar of Bromsgrove, Worcs., from 2 Oct 1788; Vicar of Tarrington, Herefs., from 21 Jan 1790; m. Elizabeth --- (IGI); d. 4 May 1815.