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ABERCROMBY, ALEXANDER, eldest son of Gen. James Abercromby MP, Glassaugh, Banffshire, and Mary, widow of Capt. George Morison, Haddo, and dau. of William Duff, Dipple, Morayshire; bapt. Fordyce, Banffshire (IGI) 5 Jul 1736; adm. (aged 10) Jan 1747/8 (as Abercrombie) (Hawkins'); in school list 1752 (surname mostly given as Abercromby in school lists); Capt., 52nd Foot 29 Dec 1755; d. 6 May 1756. [Not the individual of this name apprenticed to John Syme, Writer to the Signet, 18 Jun 1755, as suggested by Russell Barker and Stenning]

AINSLIE, SIR PHILIP, eldest son of George Ainslie, Bordeaux, France, merchant, and Jane, dau. of Sir Philip Anstruther, Bart., Anstrutherfield, Fife; b.; adm. (aged 13) Sep 1742 (Hawkins'); subsequently boarded with a Ms Douglas; left 1745; Adjt. and Sub-Lieut., 2nd Troop Horse Grenadier Guards 23 Mar 1754; Guidon and Capt. 7 Feb 1759; Lieut. and Capt. 17 Jan 1763; Maj. 24 Jun 1768; Brevet Lieut. -Col. 11 Sep 1775; Lieut. -Col., 4th Horse (Ireland) 12 Dec 1777, still 1781; knighted 25 Feb 1778; of Pilton, Midlothian; m. 1771 Hon. Elizabeth Gray, dau. of John, 11th Baron Gray (S); d. 19 May 1802.

ALLEYNE, JOHN, brother of Abel Alleyne (qv); b.; adm. (aged 16) Jul 1749 (Hawkins'); in school list 1752; m. Elizabeth Ferguson.

ALSTON, SIR ROWLAND, BART., brother of Sir Thomas Alston, Bart. (qv); b.; adm. (aged 8) Jan. 1735/6 (Hawkins'); left 1743; Clare Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 28 Sep 1743, matr. 1743; Ensign, 1st Foot Guards 11 Apr 1745; Lieut. and Capt. 26 Feb 1748; Capt. and Lieut. -Col. 2 May 1758; retd. 30 Jul 1762, after reprimand by court martial; succeeded his brother Thomas as 6th baronet 18 Jul 1774; of Odell, Beds.; High Sheriff Bedfordshire 1779; m. 2 Oct 1753 Gertrude, dau. of Rev. Thomas Durnford, Rector of Rockbourne and Whitsbury, Hampshire [DD ?] [sister of Stillingfleet Durnford, Tower of London]; d. 29 Jun 1791.

ALSTON, SIR THOMAS, BART., elder son of Sir Rowland Alston, Bart., MP, Odell, Beds., and Elizabeth, dau. of Capt. Thomas Reynes; b.; adm. (aged 11) Jan 1735/6 (Hawkins'); left 1739; Queen’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 21 Apr 1740; Ensign, 1st Foot Guards 16 Apr 1741; Lieut. and Capt. 23 Apr 1743; retd. 11 Apr 1745; MP Bedfordshire 1747-61; intermittently insane from 1750s; succ. as 5th baronet 2 Jan 1759; of Odell, Beds.; m. 30 Aug 1750 Catherine, dau. of Rev. Thomas Davies Bovey, Longstowe, Cambridgeshire; d. 18 Jul 1774.

ASHBURNHAM, JOHN, 2ND EARL OF ASHBURNHAM, only son of John Ashburnham, 1st Earl of Ashburnham, Captain Yeomen of the Guard, and his third wife Lady Jemima Grey, second dau. of Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Kent KG; b. 30 Oct 1724; adm. Jun 1736 (Hawkins'); left 1741; Clare Coll. Cambridge, adm. nob. 28 May 1741, matr. 1741; LLD 1749; succ. as 2nd Earl of Ashburnham 10 Mar 1736/7; Grand Tour (in Italy 1745); a Lord of the Bedchamber 18 Mar 1748- Nov 1762; Keeper of Hyde Park and of St. James’s Park 1753- Nov 1762; Lord Lieut., Sussex 18 Mar 1754 - 20 Sep 1757; Master of the Great Wardrobe 23 Jul 1765- Nov 1775; Privy Councillor 12 Jul 1765; First Lord of the Bedchamber and Groom of the Stole 10 Nov 1775- May 1782; member Society of Dilettanti 1745; m. 28 Jun 1756 Elizabeth, dau. of John Crowley MP, Alderman of London, of Barking, Suffolk; d. 8 Apr 1812.

BARNES, GEORGE, son of Henry Barnes, Hampstead, Middlesex, Secondary and Clerk of Errors, Court of Common Pleas, and Anne, dau. of George Salt, Betley, Staffs.; b. 27 May 1728; adm. Jan 1743/4 (Hawkins'); left 1745; Oriel Coll. Oxford, matr. 22 Mar 1744/5; adm. Inner Temple 7 Oct 1746, called to bar 19 Jun 1751; living 2 May 1761; practised in West Indies, where he died.

BARNES, RALPH, brother of George Barnes (adm. 1743/4, qv); b. 4 Nov 1731 (IGI); adm. (aged 13) Sep 1744 (Hawkins'); KS 1745; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1749, matr. 26 May 1749, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1749 - 15 Nov 1751 (expelled); severely punished by the Dean and Chapter for his complicity with Richard James (qv) in the celebration of the Pretender’s birthday 10 Jun 1750, and expelled from Studentship “for notorious riot and assault” 1751; migrated to St. Edmund Hall; BA 1757; MA 1760; ordained to curacy of Blithfield, Staffs.; Vicar of St. Merryn, Cornwall 13 Apr 1765-76; Vicar of Newlyn, Cornwall, 23 Apr 1766-76; Vicar of St. Martin by Looe, Cornwall; Prebendary of Exeter from 6 Apr 1769, Canon Residentiary from 1772; Archdeacon of Totnes from 16 Aug 1775; Vicar of Harberton, Devon, from 19 Jun 1776; Vicar of Upper Ottery, Devon, 1780 (dispensation to hold with Harberton, 1780) [no longer 1814]; Rector of Bratton Clovelly, Devon, 1793 (dispensation to hold with Harberton, 1793) [no longer 1816]; Vicar of Heavitree, Devon, from 8 Jun 1807; m. 1770 Anne, dau. of Rev. Theophilus Blackall, Chancellor of Exeter Cathedral; d. 20 May 1820.

BATESON, ROBERT, son of Robert Devereux Bateson, Bourton-on-the-Hill, Gloucs., and Anne, second dau. of Allan Cliffe, Mathon, Worcs.; b.; adm. (aged 16) Oct 1749 (Hawkins'); left 1752; University Coll. Oxford, matr. 12 May 1752; migrated to St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 25 Nov 1754, matr. Mich. 1754; BA 1758; d. 5 Feb 1779.

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.