CAVENDISH-BENTINCK, GEORGE AUGUSTUS FREDERICK, only son of Lord Frederick Cavendish-Bentinck (qv); b. 8 Jul 1821; adm. 26 May 1834 (boarded with Mr Hodgson); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 2 Mar 1839; MA 1844; Ensign and Lieut., 1st Foot Guards, 28 Jul 1840; retd. 21 May 1841; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 5 Apr 1842, called to bar 29 Jan 1846; equity draughtsman and conveyancer; MP (Cons) Taunton 1859-65, Whitehaven from 1865; Parliamentary Secretary, Board of Trade, 1874-5; Judge Advocate-General, 1875-80; Privy Councillor 27 Nov 1875; a well-known connoisseur; Trustee of the British Museum from 1871; Hon ARIBA 1878; his pictures and objets d’art were sold at Christies in 1891 (9 day sale); JP Cumberland, Dorset; author, Fact against Sensation : Speeches on Merchant Shipping Legislation, 1875; m. 14 Aug 1850 Prudence Penelope, fourth dau. of Charles Powell Leslie MP, Glasslough, co. Monaghan, Col. Monaghan Militia; d. 9 Apr 1891.

CAVENDISH-BENTINCK, LORD (WILLIAM) CHARLES (AUGUSTUS), third son of William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland (qv); b. May 1780; adm. 29 Jun 1795 (Clapham); in school list 1795, sixth form list 1796; Ensign, 2nd Foot Guards, 20 Jan 1796; Lieut., 44th Foot, 28 Feb 1798; Capt., 29th Foot, 10 May 1798; Maj., 3rd West India Regt., 17 Jul 1802; Lieut. -Col., 38th Foot, 24 Jul 1802; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 1st Foot Guards, 17 Sep 1802, retd. 3 Apr 1811; MP Ashburton 1807-12; Treasurer of the Household from 29 Jul 1812; Privy Councillor 13 Aug 1812; m. 1st, 21 Sep 1808 Georgiana Augusta Frederica Seymour, illegitimate dau. of Mrs Grace Dalrymple Elliott (her father may have been the Prince of Wales (George IV)); m. 2nd, 23 Jul 1816 Anne, divorced wife of Sir William Abdy, Bart., MP, and illegitimate dau. of Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley KG KP PC; d. 28 Apr 1826.

CAVENDISH-BENTINCK, WILLIAM HENRY, 3RD DUKE OF PORTLAND, elder son of William Bentinck, 2nd Duke of Portland, and Lady Margaret Cavendish Harley, only dau. of Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford (qv); b. 14 Apr 1738; styled Marquis of Titchfield to 1762; adm. May 1747 (Watts'); left Dec 1754; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 4 Mar 1755; MA 1 Feb 1757; DCL 7 Oct 1792; LLD Tinity Coll. Dublin 18 May 1782; assumed additional surname of Cavendish 1755; MP Weobley 1761 - 1 May 1762; succ. father as 3rd Duke of Portland 1 May 1762; Lord Chamberlain 15 Jul 1765 - 26 Nov 1766; Privy Councillor 10 Jul 1765; Lord Lieut., Ireland, 10 Apr - 15 Sep 1782; Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury 21 Apr - 19 Dec 1783; although previously a committed Whig politician, he became alarmed by the French Revolution and joined William Pitt’s government in 1794; Secretary of State for Home Affairs, 11 Jul 1794 - 30 Jul 1801, Lord President of the Council 30 Jul 1801 - 14 Jan 1805; KG 16 Jul 1801; Prime Ministry and First Lord of the Treasury 31 Mar 1807 - 28 Sep 1809, when he resigned through ill-health; Chancellor of Oxford University from 27 Sep 1792; Lord Lieut., Nottinghamshire, from 19 Jun 1795; FRS 5 Jun 1766; a Busby Trustee from 14 Mar 1765; m. 8 Nov 1766 Lady Dorothy Cavendish, only dau. of William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire PC KG; d. 30 Oct 1809. DNB.

CECIL, HON. ALGERNON, fifth son of William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Salisbury (qv); b.; adm.; KS (Capt. ) 1641; among the Steward’s accounts at Hatfield for the year 1640-1 are payments “to Mr Busby for diet for the two gentlemen [William and Algernon Cecil] at the rate of £60 per ann., and their servant at £15 per ann. ”, for “potation money” at Easter 5s., and on “Mr Algernon’s admittance to be a King’s Scholar” £3. 15s. 9d.; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 28 Apr 1645, MA 1644 (check); MP Old Sarum 1660, but his election was disputed and he did not take his seat; m. Dorothy, dau. of Sandford Nevile, Chevet, Yorks.; d. Nov. 1676.

CHAPLIN, JOHN, elder son of Thomas Chaplin, Blankney, Lincs., and Diana, dau. of Andrew Archer MP, Umberslade, Warwicks., and sister of Thomas, 1st Baron Archer; b.; adm. (aged 15) Feb 1743/4 (Ludford's); left 1745; Grand Tour [since member Soc Dil]; of Blankney, Lincs.; MP Lincoln 1754-61, Stamford from 1761; member, Society of Dilettanti, 1750; m. 24 May 1757 Lady Elizabeth Cecil, fifth dau. of Brownlow Cecil, 8th Earl of Exeter; d. 31 May 1764.

CHETWYND, WILLIAM RICHARD, 3RD VISCOUNT CHETWYND (I), brother of Walter Chetwynd, 1st Viscount Chetwynd (qv); b.; adm.; KS 1699; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1703, matr. 8 Jun 1703, aged 19, Westminster Student 20 Dec 1703 - void 1715; adm. Middle Temple 8 Dec 1707, called to bar 7 May 1714; secretary to elder brother John when Envoy at Turin 1705-6, 1706-13; British Resident, Genoa, Jun 1708 - Mar 1711, Envoy Extraordinary there Mar 1711 - Feb 1713; MP Stafford 1715-22, Plymouth 1722-7, Stafford from 1734; a Lord of the Admiralty, 16 Apr 1717 - Aug 1727; Master of the Mint 29 Dec 1744 - 3 Jun 1769; succ. his brother as 3rd Viscount Chetwynd (I) 21 Jun 1767; m. 1715 Honora, dau. of William Baker, Consul at Algiers; d. 3 Apr 1770. DNB.

CHETWYND, WILLIAM, 4TH VISCOUNT CHETWYND (I), eldest son of William Richard Chetwynd, 3rd Viscount Chetwynd (qv); b. 25 Nov 1721; adm. Mar 1727/8; KS 1733; left 1737; Hart Hall, Oxford, matr. 2 Dec 1737; [perhaps William Richard Chetwynd who was an Under-Secretary of State Dec 1744- Apr 1748]; MP Stockbridge 1747-54; Equerry to George II 24 May 1758- Oct 1760; succ. father as 4th Viscount Chetwynd (I) 3 Apr 1770; disinherited by father; m. 19 Nov 1751 Susannah, youngest dau. of Sir Jonathan Cope, Bart, MP; d. 12 Nov 1791.

CHICHESTER, ARTHUR, 1ST MARQUIS OF DONEGAL (I), eldest son of Hon. John Chichester MP (I), Abinger, Surrey, and Elizabeth, sister of Sir Edward Newdigate, Bart. (qv); b. 13 Jun 1739; adm. Jun 1748 (Grant's); in school list 1754; succ. uncle as 5th Earl of Donegal (I) 30 Sep 1757; Trinity Coll. Oxford, matr. 25 Nov 1757; MA 1759; DCL 7 Jul 1763; Privy Councillor (I) 15 Sep 1768; of Fisherwick Park, Staffs.; MP Malmesbury 1768-74; created Baron Fisherwick (GB) 3 Jul 1790 and Marquis of Donegal (I) 27 Jun 1791; m. 1st, 16 Nov 1761 Lady Anne Hamilton, dau. of James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Hamilton (S) KT; m. 2nd, 25 Oct 1788 Charlotte, widow of Thomas Moore, Barne, co. Tipperary, and dau. of Conway Spencer, Tremary, co. Down; m. 3rd, 12 Oct 1790 Barbara, dau. of Rev. Luke Godfrey LLD, Rector of Midleton, co. Cork; d. 5 Jan 1799.

CHICHESTER, HON. JOHN, brother of Arthur Chichester, 1st Marquis of Donegal (qv); b. 26 Dec 1740; adm. Jun 1751 (Grant's); in school list 1754; Trinity Coll. Oxford, matr. 7 Jul 1759; MP (I) Belfast 1761-8, Carrickfergus 1769-76; d. unm. 6 Feb 1783.

CHILD, FRANCIS, son of Samuel Child MP, Osterley, Middlesex, banker, and Agatha, dau. of Mileson Edgar; b.; adm. (aged 8) Feb 1743/4 (Stephens'); in school list 1752; Magdalen Coll. Oxford, matr. 4 Jul 1753; MA 1757; DCL 8 Jul 1763; member firm Child & Co., bankers, Temple Bar, Fleet Street, London; MP Bishop’s Castle from 1761; d. 23 Sep 1763.