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.

FANE, JOHN, 9TH EARL OF WESTMORLAND, elder son of Thomas Fane, 8th Earl of Westmorland, previously an attorney in Bristol, and Elizabeth, widow of Samuel Kentish, Clerk in Chancery, and dau. of William Swymmer, Bristol, merchant; b. 5 May 1728; adm. Oct 1739 (Watts'); left 1745; adm. Middle Temple 9 Feb 1741/2; a Supernumary Clerk, Treasury, 26 Jun 1746-8, Under Clerk 3 May 1748 - res 7 Dec 1757; a Commissioner of Taxes 14 Apr 1756 – 2 Feb 1763; MP Lyme Regis 1 Dec 1762 - 12 Nov 1771; LLD Cambridge 3 Jul 1769; succ. father as 9th Earl of Westmorland 12 Nov 1771; DL Somerset 1761; m. 1st, 26 Mar 1758 Augusta, dau. of Lord Montagu Bertie (qv); m. 2nd, 28 May 1767 Lady Susan Gordon, dau. of Cosmo Gordon, 3rd Duke of Gordon; d. 26 Apr 1774. DNB.

COCKMAN, NEWELL, second son of Thomas Cockman, Mark Lane, London, and Mary Newell; bapt. St. Mary, St. Marylebone Road 29 Jul 1725; adm. (aged 14) Nov 1739 (Bourne's); left 1741; apprenticed to James Momsey, Cheapside, London, attorney, 9 Apr 1742; adm. attorney, Common Pleas, 29 Nov 1750; m. 1747 Margaret Robinson; d. 8 Jun 1766.

WHELER, THEOPHILUS, elder son of Rev. Granville Wheler, Rector of Otterden, Kent, and his first wife Lady Catherine Maria Hastings, fourth dau. of Theophilus Hastings, 7th Earl of Huntingdon; b. 7 Apr 1725; adm. (aged 14) Jan 1739/40 (Bourne;s); Christ’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 11 Jan 1741/2, matr. 1742; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 22 Jan 1742/3; d. unm. Dec 1743.

HICKMAN, SIR NEVILE GEORGE, BART., only surviving son of Sir Nevile Hickman, Bart., and Frances, dau. of Edward Hall; bapt. Gainsborough, Lincs. 8 Oct 1725 (IGI); succ. father as 5th baronet 11 Jun 1733; adm. (aged 14) Jan 1739/40 (Hutton's); left 1742; a Gentleman of the Privy Chamber from 1774; m. 13 Sep 1746 Frances Elizabeth, dau. of Christopher Tower MP, Huntsmore Park, Bucks.; d. Mar 1781.

HESKETH, SIR THOMAS, BART., son of Thomas Hesketh MP, Rufford, Lancs., and Martha, only dau. of James St. Amand, St. Paul’s, Covent Garden, apothecary; b. 21 Jan 1726/7; adm. Jan 1739/40 (Preston's); left 1743; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 29 Oct 1743; created baronet 5 May 1761; travelling in Italy 1769-72; his wife was the first cousin and favourite correspondent of William Cowper (adm. 1742, qv); m. 5 Sep 1751 Harriet, dau. of Ashley Cowper, Clerk of the Parliaments; d. 4 Mar 1778.

JUXON, SIR ROBERT, BART., brother of Sir Thomas Hesketh, Bart. (qv); b. 23 Apr 1728; adm. Jan 1739/40 (Preston's); left 1745; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 3 May 1745; a wine merchant at Bristol; succeded his brother as 2nd baronet 4 Mar 1778; assumed surname of Juxon in lieu of Hesketh 2 Jun 1792; m. 19 Apr 1748 Sarah, dau. of William Plumbe, Wavertree, Lancs.; d. 30 Dec 1796.

GREENHILL, CHARLES; b.; adm. (aged 8) Jan 1739/40 (Preston's); left 1740.

OTWAY, FRANCIS, eldest son of Lieut. -Col. Francis Otway, St. Martin’s in the Fields, and Smarden, Kent, and Anne Taylor, St. Anne, Soho; bapt. St. Anne’s, Soho 15 Oct 1730 (IGI); adm. (aged 9) 1739/40 (Hawkins'); left 1748; adm. Inner Temple 23 Jun 1748, called to bar 4 Jul 1753, tenant chambers there from 1 May 1751; of Riverhill, Sevenoaks, Kent; a letter addressed to him at school by his uncle and godfather William Byrd, Westover, Virginia, is printed Virginia Magazine of History and Biography xxxviii, 28; m. Sarah, dau. of Richard Rowdon Baynham, London, and Riverhill, Sevenoaks, Kent, apothecary; buried St. Marylebone, London 22 Mar 1773.

VANE, HON. FREDERICK, brother of Henry Vane, 2nd Earl of Darlington (qv); b. 26 Jun 1732; adm. Jan 1739/40 (Watts'); KS 1746; still at school 1749; Pembroke Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 30 Jan 1749/50, matr. 1750; reprimanded by Vice-Chancellor for interfering with Senior Proctor in exercise of his duties on the occasion of the Westminster club dinner, presided over by Thomas Francklin (qv), 17 Nov 1750; MP co. Durham 1761-74; Deputy Treasurer, Chelsea Hospital; of Sellaby, co. Durham; m. 1st, 15 Jun 1758 Henrietta, sister of Sir William Meredith, Bart. (qv); m. 2nd, 1796 Jane, dau. of Arthur Lysaght, and niece of John Lysaght, 1st Baron Lisle (I); d. 28 Apr 1801.