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GREENHILL, CHARLES; b.; adm. (aged 8) Jan 1739/40 (Preston's); left 1740.

FOLEY, GEORGE; b.; adm. (aged 15) Apr 1746 (Preston's); left 1746. [Possibly George Foley, bapt. Wadworth, Yorks., 14 May 1730, son of Samuel Foley, and Mary --- (IGI)][will George Foley, St. Magnus the Martyr, London, proved PCC 15 Nov 1773]

FLUDYEAR, JOHN; b.; adm. (aged 10) Feb 1740/1 (Preston's); left 1746 (“always Fludyer in sch. lists”).

FLETCHER, ARCHIBALD, son of Andrew Fletcher, Edinburgh [presumably Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton SCJ, Lord Justice Clerk]; b.; adm. (aged 12) Sep 1743 (Preston's); KS 1746; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1750, matr. 20 Jun 1750, but did not live to be adm. as a Westminster Student; buried Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford 25 Jun 1750.

EAST, OLIVER, son of William East, London, and Mary --- (IGI); bapt. St. Clement Danes, London 14 Jun 1737 (IGI); adm. (aged 8) Sep 1745 (Preston's); in school list 1754; Emmanuel Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 17 Apr 1755, matr. Mich 1755.

DURELL, JOHN; b.; adm. (aged 12) Jan 1745/6 (Preston's); in school lists 1746-9.

DOUGLAS, CHARLES, EARL OF DRUMLANRIG, younger son of Charles Douglas, 3rd Duke of Queensberry (S) and 2nd Duke of Dover (GB) PC, Lord Justice General of Scotland, and Lady Catherine Hyde, second dau. of Henry Hyde, 4th Earl of Clarendon; b. 17 Jul 1726; at Winchester Coll. 1734-41; adm. Feb 1741/2 (Preston's); left 1744; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 30 May 1745; MP Dumfriesshire Jul 1747 - 18 Nov 1755; styled Lord Charles Douglas to 1754, becoming Earl of Drumlanrig by courtesy on his elder brother’s death 19 Oct 1754; at Lisbon at date of the great earthquake of 1 Nov 1755; member, Society of Dilettanti 1753; d. unm. 24 Oct 1756.

DAVERS, SIR ROBERT, BART., eldest legitimate son of Sir Jermyn Davers, Bart., M. P., and Margaretta, eldest dau. of Rev. Edward Green, Rector of Drinkstone, Suffolk; b.; succ. as 5th baronet 20 Feb 1742/3; adm. (aged 9) Jun 1745 (Preston's); left 1751; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. nob. 24 Jan 1752, matr. 1752; Grand Tour (Italy) 1756; was in North America 1761-3; killed in a boat by Indians on or near Lake Huron Jun 1763 (and allegedly later eaten by them); unm.

D’ARCY, HYACINTH, fifth son of Hyacinth D’Arcy, Kiltalla, co. Galway, and Catharine, dau. of John D’Arcy, Gorteen, co. Mayo; b.; adm. (aged 17) Mar 1735/6 (Preston's); left 1736; of Cloonbanane, co. Mayo; d. 10 May 1743.

CAREW, THOMAS, son of John Carew (qv); b. 1729, bapt. 4 Oct 1729; adm. (aged 12) Mar 1741/2 (Preston's); left 1745; m. 4 Sept 1758 Priscilla Cantle, d. of Thomas Cantle, Bristol, potter; d. Nov. 1763.