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BIRCH, THOMAS, son of Rev. Jonathan Birch, Vicar of Bakewell, Derbs., and Elizabeth --- (IGI); bapt. Bakewell, Derbs. 27 Aug 1731; adm. (aged 11) Oct 1742 (Smalridge's), previously at Derby Sch.; left 1742; Hertford Coll. Oxford, matr. 31 May 1750; BA 9 Mar 1754/5; ? adm. Inner Temple 1748/9 [check]. [probably ordained; of Thoresby, Lincs. [check]]

DOUGLAS, JAMES ST. LEGER, brother of John St. Leger Douglas (qv); b.; adm. (aged 9) Jan 1742/3 (Smalridge's); left 1748; Ensign, 3rd Foot Guards 12 Jun 1753; Lieut. and Capt. in Army 3 Sep 1756; Lieut. and Capt., 3rd Foot Guards 5 Jun 1758; Lieut. -Col. in Army 26 Jan 1763; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 3rd Foot Guards 25 Mar 1768; retd. 1773; British Consul in Naples 28 Aug. 1779 until his death; knighted 20 Apr. 1785; d. 6 May 1795.

DOUGLAS, JOHN ST. LEGER, eldest son of John Douglas, St. Kitts, West Indies, and Susanna, widow of Richard Holmes, and dau. of Michael Lambert, Governor of St. Kitts; b.; adm. (aged 10) Jan 1742/3 (Smalridge's); left 1748; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 22 Oct 1748, did not matr.; MP Hindon 1768-74, Weobley from 1774; m. 1st; m. 2nd, 30 Dec 1765 Caroline Otway; d. 23 May 1783. [second wife perhaps a sister of Charles Otway (qv)]

SMALRIDGE, GEORGE, son of Philip Smalridge (qv); b.; adm. (aged 9) Oct 1742 (Smalridge's); Min. Can. 1747; KS 1748; left 1750; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 13 Dec 1750, Canoneer Student 22 Dec 1750 – void 10 Jul 1762 (expiry year of grace as R. Bothal from 31 Jul 1761); BA 1754; ordained deacon 5 Jun 1757, priest 25 Sep 1757 (both Oxford); Rector of Bothal with Shipwash, Northumberland, from 23 Jun 1761; m. 1st, 17 Aug 1761 Mary, sister of Francis Capper (adm. 1742, qv); m. 2nd, 4 Feb 1788 (IGI) Alice, dau. of William Creswell, Creswell, Northumberland; d. 16 Jan 1804.