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BONFOY, NICHOLAS, son of Nicholas Bonfoy, Abbots Ripton, Hunts., and Elizabeth, dau. of William Hale, King’s Walden, Herts.; b.; adm. (aged 7) Mar 1714/5; in under school list 1720; Pembroke Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 15 Sep 1725, matr. 1725; adm. Gray’s Inn 14 Mar 1723/4; Second Secretary to 3rd Duke of Devonshire when Lord Lieut. Ireland Apr 1737 - Jan 1745, and to Marquis of Hartington (4th Duke of Devonshire) when holding same post Apr 1755 - Jan 1757; Deputy Secretary to 4th Duke of Devonshire when Lord Chamberlain, Dec 1761- c. 1762; Serjeant at Arms, House of Commons, from 12 Oct 1762; d. 12 Oct 1775.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.