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.

COMPTON, CHARLES, 7TH EARL OF NORTHAMPTON, eldest son of Hon. Charles Compton, HBM Consul and Envoy Extraordinary, Lisbon, and Mary, dau. of Sir Berkeley Lucy, Bart.; b. 22 Jul 1737; adm. May 1746 (Butler's); in school list 1754; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 4 Jan 1755; DCL 3 Jul 1759; Grand Tour (Italy) 1757-9; succ. uncle as 7th Earl of Northampton 6 Dec 1758; carried Queen’s ivory rod with dove at Coronation 22 Sep 1761; Ambassador to Venice 26 Aug 1762 - Jun 1763; m. 13 Sep 1759 Lady Anne Somerset, eldest dau. of Charles Somerset, 4th Duke of Beaufort (qv); d. at Lyon, France, 18 Oct 1763.

COMPTON, SPENCER, 8TH EARL OF NORTHAMPTON, brother of Charles Compton, 7th Earl of Northampton (qv); b. 5 Aug 1738; adm. May 1746 (Butler's); in school list 1754; Ensign, 2nd Foot Guards, 21 Jan 1756; Capt., 31st (afterwards 70th) Foot, 2 Sep 1757; 50th Foot, 4 Sep 1760, sold out 1761; Groom of the Bedchamber 25 Nov 1760 - 18 Oct 1763; MP Northampton 1761 - 18 Oct 1763; succ. brother as 8th Earl of Northampton 18 Oct 1763; Lord Lieut., Northamptonshire, from 6 Jul 1771; went to live in Switzerland in 1770s; m. 1st, 1758 Jane, dau. of Henry Lawton, Northampton; m. 2nd, 16 May 1769 Anne Hougham; d. at Bern, Switzerland, 7 Apr 1796.

GROSVENOR, THOMAS, younger son of Sir Robert Grosvenor, Bart., MP, and Jane, only surviving child of Thomas Warre, Shepton Beauchamp and Swell Court, Somerset; bapt. St. John, Smith Square, Westminster 25 Mar 1734 (IGI); adm. (aged 15) May 1749 (Butler's); left 1751; Oriel Coll. Oxford, matr. 27 Jun 1751; MA 1754; adm. Inner Temple 11 Sep 1750; MP Chester from 10 Dec 1755; of Swell Court, Somerset; m. 21 Sep 1759 Deborah, sister of Stephen Skynner (qv); d. 12 Feb 1795.

SMITH, JOHN; b.; adm. (aged 13) Oct 1749 (Butler's)