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Barrington, William Keppel, 1793-1867

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  • Person
  • 1793-1867

BARRINGTON, WILLIAM KEPPEL, 6TH VISCOUNT BARRINGTON (I), eldest son of George Barrington, 5th Viscount Barrington (I) (qv); b. 1 Oct 1793; adm. (G) ; KS 1806; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1811, matr. 28 May 1811; BA 1814; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 15 Nov 1814; DL JP co. Durham, High Sheriff 1825-6, also DL JP Berkshire; succeeded father as 6th Viscount Barrington (I) 5 Mar 1829; MP (Conservative) Berkshire 1837-57; Chairman, Great Western Railway Co. 1856-7; a Busby Trustee from 3 Jun 1845; m. 21 Apr 1823 Hon. Jane Elizabeth Liddell, fourth dau. of Thomas Liddell, 1st Baron Ravensworth; d. 9 Feb 1867.

Barry, Nathaniel, ca. 1726-1785

  • GB-2014-WSA-02783
  • Person
  • ca. 1726-1785

BARRY, SIR NATHANIEL, BART., eldest son of Sir Edward Barry, Bart., MD FRS FRCP, President, Royal College of Physicians, Ireland, also MP (I), who practised medicine successively in Dublin and London, and his first wife; b.; adm. (aged 12) Apr 1738 (Preston's); Min. Can. 1739; left 1741; Trinity Coll. Dublin, adm. pens. . 29 Feb 1739/40 (sic), aged 15 (pupil of “Dr. Grey”); BA 1744, MB 1748, MD 1751; entered medical profession; King’s Professor of Surgery and Midwifery, Trinity Coll. Dublin, from 1749; Physician-Gen. to Army, Ireland, jointly with father 17 Mar 1749/50- Mar 1776, afterwards on his own; FRCP (I); succeeded father as 2nd baronet 29 Mar 1776; m. 3 Jan 1758 Catherine, dau. of Walter Jones, Headfort, co. Leitrim; d. 1785.

Barwell, Richard, 1741-1804

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  • Person
  • 1741-1804

BARWELL, RICHARD, brother of William Barwell (qv); b. 8 Oct 1741; adm. Jan 1749/50 (Grant's); in school list 1754; Writer, EICS Bengal 1756; Sub-Accomptant 1763; Resident, Malda, 1766, Rampur Boalia, 1769; member, Supreme Council 1769-75; chief at Dacca, 1772; member of Bengal Council, Calcutta, 20 Oct 1774 - res 3 Mar 1780; a supporter of Warren Hastings (qv) against the party on the Council led by Philip Francis; returned to England 1780 with a substantial fortune; purchased Stansted estate, Sussex 1781; MP Helston 12 Mar 1781-4, St. Ives 1784-90, Winchelsea 1790-6; m. 1st, 13 Sep 1776 Elizabeth Jane (the “reigning beauty” of Calcutta), dau. of Robert Sanderson; m. 2nd, 24 Jun 1785 Catherine, dau. of Nathaniel Coffin, Bristol, formerly Cashier of Customs, Boston, Mass., USA; d. 2 Sep 1804. DNB.

Barwell, William, 1740-?

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  • Person
  • 1740-?

BARWELL, WILLIAM, son of William Barwell, EICS Bengal, Governor of Bengal, a director of the East India Company, and his third wife Elizabeth Pierce, Calcutta; bapt. 13 Oct 1740; adm. (aged 9) Jan 1749/50 (Grant's); in school list 1754.

Battie, ---, ca. 1752-1827

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  • Person
  • ca. 1752-1827

BATTIE, ---; b.; in school lists 1764, 1765, 1767; left 1768. [presumably William Wrightson Battie (afterwards Wrightson), son of John Battie, Sprotborough, Yorks., and Isabella, dau. of William Wrightson, Cusworth, Yorks., bapt. Sprotborough, Yorks., 20 May 1752 (IGI); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 31 Oct 1768, aged 16; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 1771; assumed surname of Wrightson; of Cusworth, Yorks.; MP Aylesbury 1784-90; High Sheriff, Yorkshire 1819; m. 1st, 1 Jan 1781 Barbara, dau. of James Bland, Hurworth, co. Durham; m. 2nd, 20 Jul 1787 Henrietta, dau. of Richard Heber, Marton Hall, Yorks.; d. 26 Dec 1827]

Bayntun, Samuel Adlam, 1804-1833

  • GB-2014-WSA-02893
  • Person
  • 1804-1833

BAYNTUN, SAMUEL ADLAM, eldest son of Rev. Henry Bayntun, Rector of Bromham, Wilts., and Lucy ---; b. 15 Mar 1804; adm. 18 Sep 1817 (Packharness'); left Christmas 1817; Pembroke Coll. Oxford, matr. 15 Jan 1821; BA 1824; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 5 Nov 1825; Cornet, 1st Dragoon Guards, 20 Jul 1826; Cornet and Sub-Lieut., 1st Life Guards, 27 Jul 1828; Lieut., unattached, 7 Jun 1831; 1st Life Guards, 5 Jul 1831; retd. 23 Mar 1832; MP York from 1830; d. 28 Sep 1833.

Beauclerk, Aubrey, 1740-1802

  • GB-2014-WSA-02925
  • Person
  • 1740-1802

BEAUCLERK, AUBREY, 5TH DUKE OF ST. ALBANS, brother of Chambers Beauclerk (qv); b. 3 Jun 1740; adm. Jun 1746 (Hawkins'); in school list 1754; Queen’s Coll. Oxford, matr. 8 Apr 1758; MP Thetford 1761-8, Aldborough 1768-74; abroad in Italy 1778-81; succeeded his father as 2nd Baron Vere 1 Oct 1781 and his cousin as 5th Duke of St. Albans 15 Feb 1787; Hereditary Grand Falconer of England and Hereditary Registrar of the Court of Chancery; m. 4 May 1763 Lady Catherine Ponsonby, dau. of William Ponsonby, 2nd Earl of Bessborough (I) PC PC (I); d. 9 Feb 1802.

Beckford, Julines, ca. 1711-1764

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  • Person
  • ca. 1711-1764

BECKFORD, JULINES, brother of William Beckford (adm. Jan. 1718/9, qv); b.; adm. (aged 7) Jun 1725; in school list 1731; landowner in Jamaica; purchased Iwerne Stepleton estate, Dorset, 1745; High Sheriff, Dorset 1749; MP Salisbury from 1754; m. 17 Jan 1739 Elizabeth, dau. of Solomon Ashley MP, merchant, London and Ashby St. Ledgers, Northants.; d. 27 Nov 1764.

Beckford, Peter, ca. 1739-1811

  • GB-2014-WSA-00278
  • Person
  • ca. 1739-1811

BECKFORD, PETER, only son of Julines Beckford (qv); b.; adm. (aged 8) Jan 1747/8 (Butler's); in school list 1752; New Coll. Oxford, matr. 12 Apr 1757; of Iwerne Stepleton, Dorset; travelling in Italy 1765-6; High Sheriff, Dorset 1780; MP Morpeth 1768-74; a man of many accomplishments, and a famous sportsman; hunted the country subsequently known as the South Dorset; went to live permanently in Italy 1783; author, Thoughts upon Hare and Fox Hunting, 1781, Essays on Hunting, 1781, and Familiar Letters from Italy to a Friend in England, 1805; m. 22 Mar 1773 Hon. Louisa Pitt, dau. of George Pitt, 1st Baron Rivers; d. 18 Feb 1811. DNB.

Beckford, Richard, 1712-1756

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  • Person
  • 1712-1756

BECKFORD, RICHARD, brother of William Beckford (adm. Jan. 1718/9, qv); bapt. 3 Feb 1711/2; adm. (aged 9) Jul 1721; in under school list 1724; Balliol Coll. Oxford, matr. 15 Jan 1727/8; migrated to University Coll.; BA 1731; adm. Middle Temple 17 Jun 1730, called to bar 6 Feb 1735/6; landowner in Jamaica; MP Bristol from 1754; Alderman, City of London (Farringdon Ward Without) from 29 Oct 1754; Prime Warden, Goldsmiths’ Co., 1755; d. unm. at Lyon, France 24 Jan 1756.

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