PATTON, PAUL; son of Paul Patton, Flintshire; brother of Thomas Patton (qv); b. 4 May 1727; adm. (aged 13) Sep 1740; left 1744; Trinity Hall, Cambridge; matriculated 1746; Lincoln's Inn; called to the Bar 1749; squire of Plas Gwyn; sheriff of Flintshire 1770; sheriff of Anglesea 1771; m. 1 March 1756 Jane, dau of William Jones, Plas Gwyn, Anglesea; d. 24 May 1797. [Name formalised later as PANTON, PAUL].

PATTON, THOMAS; son of Paul Patton, Flintshire; brother of Paul Patton (qv); b.; adm. (aged 12) Sep 1740; left 1744; merchant for British Factory in Leghorn (Livorno); m. Margaret, dau. of Sir James Douglas, British Consul in Naples; d. 1796. [Name formalised later as PANTON, THOMAS].

RUSSELL, FRANCIS, MARQUIS OF TAVISTOCK, second son of John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford, and his second wife Lady Gertrude Leveson Gower, eldest dau. of John Leveson Gower, 1st Earl Gower (qv); b. 26 Sep 1739; adm. Jun 1749 (Hawkins'); in school list 1754; still at school 6 March 1757 (account for his board with Mrs Hawkins for three months ending that date, Woburn MSS, printed Elizabethan xxi, 261); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 17 Apr 1757, aged 17; MA 1759; MP (I) Armagh 1759-60; Grand Tour (Italy) 1761-2; MP Bedfordshire from 1761; member, Society of Dilettanti 1763; m. 7 Jun 1764 Lady Elizabeth Keppel, sister of George Keppel, 3rd Earl of Albemarle (qv); d. from effects of a fall from his horse when out hunting 22 Mar 1767.

SACKVILLE, JOHN FREDERICK, 3RD DUKE OF DORSET, only son of Lord John Philip Sackville (qv); b. 24 Mar 1745; adm. (Hawkins'); in school list 1754; MP Kent 1768 – 5 Jan 1769; succ. uncle as 3rd Duke of Dorset 5 Jan 1769; Lord Lieut., Kent 27 Jan 1769 – 30 Jun 1797; Grand Tour (Italy) 1770-1; member, Society of Dilettanti 1776; Captain, Yeomen of the Guard 11 Feb 1782 – 3 Apr 1783; Privy Councillor 11 Feb 1782; Ambassador to Paris 26 Dec 1783 – 8 Aug 1789; KG 9 Apr 1788; Lord Steward of the Household 7 Oct 1789 – 20 Feb 1799; Col. West Kent Militia 13 Apr 1778, with rank of Col. in the Army 2 Jul 1779; a member of the Hambledon and White Conduit cricket clubs; member of committee which revised the laws of cricket at the Star and Garter Hotel, Pall Mall, 25 Feb 1774, and also of the committee which drew up the original rules of the Marylebone Club; played cricket for Kent 1777-83, and allowed public use of his Vyne Ground at Sevenoaks; m. 4 Jan 1790 Arabella Diana, dau. of Sir Charles Cope, Bart.; d. 19 Jul 1799. DNB.

PERRYN, SIR RICHARD, son of Benjamin Perryn, Flint, Flintshire, merchant, and Jane, eldest dau. of Richard Adams, Town Clerk of Chester; b. 9 Aug 1723; ed Ruthin GS; adm. (aged 16) Oct 1739 (Hawkins'); left 1741; Queen’s Coll. Oxford, matr. 13 Mar 1740/1; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 6 Nov 1740; migrated to Inner Temple 27 Apr 1746, called to bar 3 Jul 1747, Bencher 1771; built up an extensive practice at the Chancery Bar; KC Duchy of Lancaster 23 Mar 1766 – Apr 1766; Vice-Chamberlain, Chester 1770; KC 1770; knighted 6 Apr 1776; Baron of the Exchequer and Serjeant-at-Law 26 Apr 1776 to retirement autumn 1799; m. 30 Nov 1752 Mary, eldest dau. of Henry Browne, Skelbrooke, Yorks.; d. 2 Jan 1803. DNB.

WILLIAMS, PHILIP, second son of Llewellyn Williams, Duffryn Clydach, Glamorgan, and Middle Temple, London, barrister, and Jane, dau. of Edward Turbervill, Ewenny Abbey, Glamorgan; b.; adm. (aged 11) Apr 1743 (Hawkins'); Min. Can. 1747; left 1747; adm. Middle Temple 27 May 1747; m. Catherine, dau. of Anthony Maddocks, Cefn Ydfa, Glamorgan; buried Llangattock, Breconshire 4 Sep 1772.

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.

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.

BERESFORD, CHRISTOPHER, only son of William Beresford, Leadenham, Lincs., and Jane, only child of John Tyringham, Nether Winchenden, Bucks.; bapt. St. Peter at Gowts, Lincoln 17 Feb 1724/5; adm. (aged 11) Jul 1736 (Hawkins'); left 1740; d. 23 Mar 1740/1.