ROBINSON, THOMAS, 2ND BARON GRANTHAM, elder son of Thomas Robinson, 1st Baron Grantham (qv); b. 30 Nov 1738; adm. Mar 1749/50 (Hawkins'); in school list 1754; Christ’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 21 Feb 1755; MA 1757; Grand Tour (Italy) 1759-61; MP Christchurch 1761 – 30 Sep 1770; a Commissioner of Trade 11 Oct 1766 – Feb 1770; Vice-Chamberlain of the Household 13 Feb 1770 – Feb 1771; Privy Councillor 26 Feb 1770; succ. father as 2nd Baron Grantham 30 Sep 1770; Ambassador at Madrid May 1771- Jul 1779; First Commissioner of Trade 9 Dec 1780 – Jun 1782; Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Jul 1782 – Apr 1783; member, Committee of Privy Council on Trade, from 5 Mar 1784; FSA 17 Mar 1763; member, Society of Dilettanti 1763; m. 17 Aug 1780 Lady Jemima Grey Yorke, younger dau. of Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke; d. 20 Jul 1786. DNB.

FREIND, ROBERT, eldest son of William Freind (KS 1727, qv); b.; adm. (aged 10) Oct 1750 (Hawkins'); in school list 1754; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 9 Jul 1756, aged 16, Canoneer Student 9 Jul 1756-67, Tutor 1764, Faculty Student 28 Mar 1767 - void by marriage 22 Jun 1776; BA 1760; MA 1763; adm. Inner Temple 2 Feb 1767, called to bar 23 Nov 1770; of Hitcham House, Bucks.; m.; d. 23 Jan 1780.

FOLLIOTT, JOHN, second son of Capt. John Folliott, The Royal Hospital, Dublin, Ireland; b.; adm. (aged 11) Jul 1743 (Hawkins'); left 1751; Trinity Coll. Oxford, matr. 2 May 1751; BA 1755; MA 1762; adm. Inner Temple 9 Nov 1762; of Lickhill, Worcs.; d. unm. Jan 1814.

CONOLLY, THOMAS, only son of Right Hon. William Conolly PC (I) MP MP (I), Castletown, Ireland, and Stretton Hall, Staffs., and Lady Anne Wentworth, eldest dau. of Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford; b.; adm. (aged 12) Jan 1749/50 (Hawkins'); in school list 1754; Grand Tour (Italy) 1758; MP Malmesbury 21 Mar 1759-68, Chichester 1768-80; MP (I) Co. Londonderry 1761-1800; Privy Councillor (I) Jul 1761; a leader of the revolt in the Irish House of Commons against the ministry in 1788, but a warm supporter of the Union; m. 30 Dec 1758 Lady Louisa Augusta Lennox, sister of Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond (qv); d. 27 Apr 1803. DNB.

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.

WENMAN, PHILIP, 7th VISCOUNT WENMAN (I), eldest son of Philip Wenman, 6th Viscount Wenman (I), and Sophia, eldest dau. of James Herbert MP, Tythrop, Oxfordshire; b. 18 Apr 1742; adm. Jan 1752 (Hawkins'); Oriel Coll. Oxford, matr. 1 Feb 1760; MA 1762; DCL 7 Jul 1773; succ. father as 7th Viscount Wenman (I) 16 Aug 1760; MP Oxfordshire 1768-96; m. 7 Jul 1766 Lady Eleanor Bertie, sister of Willoughby Bertie, 4th Earl of Abingdon (qv); d. 26 Mar 1800.

TRELAWNY, CHARLES, only son of Sir Harry Trelawny, Bart., and Laetitia, eldest dau. of Sir Jonathan Trelawny, Bart. (qv); b. 25 Feb 1720; adm. Oct 1735 (Hawkins'); a panel of needlework executed by his mother in 1737 in memory of her son “who died of the smallpox in the 16 year of his age in the 6 Form at Westminster School” was sold at Sotheby’s 15 Apr 1921; d. 26 Nov 1736.

COOTE, CHARLES HENRY, 7TH EARL OF MOUNTRATH (I), only son of Algernon Coote, 6th Earl of Mountrath PC (I) MP, and Lady Diana Newport, sister of Henry Newport, 3rd Earl of Bradford (qv); b.; adm. (aged 11) Sep 1735 (Hawkins'); left 1738; styled Viscount Castle Coote to 1744; Grand Tour (Italy) 1742-5; succ. father as 7th Earl of Mountrath (I) 27 Aug 1744; took seat in Irish House of Lords 19 Dec 1753; Privy Councillor (I) Jul 1761; created Baron Castle Coote (I), with a special remainder, 31 Jul 1800; d. unm. 1 Mar 1802.

WILLIAMSON, SIR ADAM, only son of Lieut. -Gen. George Williamson, Royal Artillery, and Jane, dau. of Capt. Robert Pedley; b.; adm. (aged 10) Oct 1744 (Hawkins'); Cadet Gunnner, Royal Artillery 1 Jan 1748; RMA Woolwich 1750; Practitioner Engineer 1 Jan 1753; Ensign, 6th Foot 14 Oct 1755; Lieut., 5th Foot 25 Sep 1757; Engineer Extraordinary and Capt. -Lieut., 4 Jan 1758; Capt., 40th Foot 21 Apr 1760; Maj., 61st Foot 16 Aug 1770; Engineer in Ordinary and Capt., 4 Dec 1770; Lieut. -Col. in Army 12 Sep 1775; 18th Foot 9 Dec 1775; Col., 15 Feb 1782; Major-Gen., 28 Apr 1790; Col., 47th Foot 16 Jul 1790 – Mar 1794, 72nd Foot (Highlanders) from 19 Mar 1794; Lieut. -Gen., 26 Jan 1797; nominated KB 18 Nov 1794, invested 21 Apr 1795; served in Braddock’s expedition to Virginia 1755, wounded at battle of Du Quesne; took part in Canadian campaign during Seven Years’ War, being wounded at Montmorency during siege of Quebec Aug 1759; accompanied expedition to West Indies 1761-3; present at battle of Bunkers Hill Jun 1775; Deputy Adjutant-Gen., Forces in South Britain 23 Dec 1778; Lieut. -Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Jamaica 1790- Oct 1794; established British protectorate at St. Domingo Sep 1793; appointed Governor of St. Domingo 24 Oct 1794, but owing to losses caused by yellow fever and desultory fighting was compelled to evacuate the island; returned to England 1798; m. 10 Aug 1771 (IGI) Anne, dau. of Thomas Jones, Comptroller of Artillery, Woolwich; d. from effects of a fall 21 Oct 1798. DNB.

MOSTYN, THOMAS, youngest son of Sir Thomas Mostyn, Bart. (adm. 1716, qv); b. 6 Nov 1737; adm. (aged 9) Apr 1747 (Hawkins'); KS (Capt. ) 1751; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1755, matr. 28 May 1755, Westminster Student 5 Jan 1756 – void 12 Mar 1772 (expiry year of grace as R. Llanycil from 21 Mar 1771); BA 1759; MA 1762; ordained deacon 6 Jun 1762, priest 29 Jun 1763 (both Oxford); Rector of Llanycil, Merioneth 1771-82; Rector of Christleton, Cheshire, from 5 May 1775; Vicar of Northenden, Cheshire, from 13 Apr 1782; Prebendary of St. Asaph 25 Feb 1773 – 6; Prebendary of Chester from 14 May 1776; d. 5 Dec 1808.