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DELAVAL, EDWARD HUSSEY, brother of Sir Francis Blake Delaval (qv); bapt. 12 Jun 1729; adm. (aged 8) Apr 1738 (Hutton's); left 1748; Pembroke Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 4 Jul 1747, matr. 1748; BA 1750/1; MA 1754; Fellow of Pembroke Coll. 1751; contested Newcastle 1754; studied chemistry and experimental philosophy; FRS 6 Dec 1759, Copley Medal 1766; member, Royal Societies of Göttingen and Uppsala, and of Institute of Bologna; inherited Seaton Delaval estate, Northumberland, on death of his elder brother John Hussey Delaval, Baron Delaval (qv), in 1808; author, The Cause of Changes in Opaque and Coloured Bodies, 1777, and of various papers published in Philosophical Transactions; m. 22 Dec 1808 Sarah, dau. of George Scott, Methley, Yorks.; d. 14 Aug 1814. Buried in nave, Westminster Abbey. DNB.

ATTERBURY, FRANCIS, son of Osborne Atterbury (qv); b. 15 Jun 1734; adm. Jan 1749/50 (Hutton's); KS 1750; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1755, matr. 28 May 1755, Westminster Student 5 Jan 1756 - 1 Oct 1770 (void, on expiry year of grace as P Cloyne), Tutor 1764-9, Junior Censor 1763, Senior Censor 1764-8; BA 1759; MA 1763; DCL 1768; Proctor 1767; rebuked before the Chapter of Christ Church by William Markham (qv) for a speech delivered by him as Senior Censor in Christ Church Hall 12 Dec 1768 (Thompson, Christ Church, 162-3); ordained; Prebendary of Cloyne 3 Oct 1769 - Dec 1770, Precentor of Cloyne from 1 Dec 1770; various incumbencies in Co. Cork 1769-77; Vicar of Clonmel and Templerobin, Co. Cork, from 1777; m. 1st, 21 Jan 1771 Mary, sister of Robert Berkeley (qv); m. 2nd, 23 Jan 1800 Anne Arabella Ingram, widow; d. 22 Jan 1822.

BRADY, THOMAS, son of Samuel Brady, Physician to the Garrison at Portsmouth, Hampshire, and Ann Coleby (IGI); bapt. St. Thomas, Portsmouth 1 Jun 1727 (IGI); adm. (aged 12) Jun 1739 (Hutton's); KS 1741; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1745, matr. 12 Jun 1745, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1745-53 (void, having been punished for negligence, irregularity and notorious prevarication 19 Jun 1750); BA 1749; MA 1753.

BULLER, WILLIAM, youngest son of John Francis Buller MP, Morval, Cornwall, and Rebecca, third dau. of Sir Jonathan Trelawny, Bart. (qv); bap 9 Aug 1735; adm. (aged 8) Sep 1743 (Hutton's); in school list 1752; Oriel Coll. Oxford, matr. 10 Apr 1753; BA 1757; MA 1759; migrated to Christ Church; BD and DD 1781; ordained deacon 2 Mar 1760, priest 1 Jun 1760 (both Winchester); Prebendary of Winchester 29 Aug 1763- Dec 1792; Rector of Wonston, Hants., from 1766; Rector of North Waltham, Hants., 1766-8; Rector of Houghton, Hants., 1768-76; Deputy Clerk of the Closet (occurs 1769-83); Canon of Windsor, 24 Dec 1773- Mar 1784; Rector of Alresford, Hants., from May 1776; Prebendary of Exeter 13 Mar 1784-90; Dean of Exeter 27 Mar 1784-90; Dean of Canterbury, 19 Jun 1790 - Dec 1792; Archdeacon of Exeter from Nov 1792; Bishop of Exeter, cons. 2 Dec 1792; FSA 18 Nov 1790; m. 19 Apr 1762 Anne, dau. of Right Rev. John Thomas DD, Bishop of Winchester; d. 12 Dec 1796.

DOD, PEIRCE, elder son of Peirce Dod MD FRCP, Red Lion Square, Holborn, Physician to St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, and Elizabeth, dau. of Abraham Chambers, St. Dunstan in the West, London, banker and goldsmith; bapt. St. Clement Danes 14 Aug 1734 (IGI); adm. (aged 13) Jan 1748/9 (Hutton's); in school list 1752; University Coll. Oxford, matr. 7 Apr 1753; BA 1756; migrated to Corpus Christi Coll. Cambridge; MA 1762; ordained; Vicar of Godmersham, Kent 19 Jun 1772-8; Vicar of West Kington, Wilts., 1778-9; d. 7 Oct 1797.

DUMMER, THOMAS, only son of Thomas Lee Dummer (qv); b.; adm. (aged 9) May 1749 (Hutton's); in school list 1754; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 8 Sep 1760; MP Newport (Isle of Wight) 26 Dec 1765-8, Yarmouth (Isle of Wight) 19 Jan 1769-74, Downton 1774 - 14 Feb 1775, Wendover 14 Mar 1775-80, Lymington from 1780; of Cranbury Park, Hampshire; FRS 27 May 1773; m. 5 Jun 1766 Harriott, dau. of Sir Cecil Bisshop, Bart., MP; d. 3 Jun 1781.

FRODSHAM, BRIDGE, son of Rev. Robert Frodsham BCL, Vicar of Rostherne, Cheshire, and Catherine ---; bapt. 28 Sep 1733; adm. (aged 12) Jan 1745/6 (Hutton's); KS 1746; ran away from school, but returned and was readm. into College 1748; ran away a second time in 1748, and joined an acting company at Leicester; subsequently joined a company at York, where he became the idol of the local theatre-going public; his Hamlet was considered by Tate Wilkinson as unequalled except by Garrick and Barry; m. Isabella ---, actress; d. 21 Oct 1768. DNB.

FURYE, PEREGRINE, son of Peregrine Furye, Cashier to Paymaster-Gen. of the Forces, and Secretary of Chelsea Hospital, and Jane Noell; b.; adm. (aged 12) Jan 1742/3 (Hutton's); KS 1744; Capt. of the School 1748; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1749, adm. pens. 25 May 1749, scholar 11 May 1750, matr. 1750; [ presumably Capt. -Lieut., 36th Foot 9 Mar 1757, still Army List 1760, not 1761 ]; a Gentleman of the Privy Chamber from 1779; d. Jan 1792.

GARDEN, JAMES, son of Peter Garden, London [but matr. as son of George Garden, St. Andrew’s, Holborn]; b.; adm. (aged 12) Jun 1746 (Hutton's); KS (Capt. ) 1750; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1754, matr. 18 Jun 1754, Westminster Student from 24 Dec 1754; d. 1758.