WILLES, SIR FRANCIS, brother of Edward Willes (adm. 1730/1, qv); b. 30 May 1735; adm. May 1744 (Peirson's); left 1748; Decipherer, Foreign Office c. 1758 – c. 1807, salary commencing 5 Apr 1763; Under Secretary of State, Southern Dept., Oct 1772 – Nov 1775; knighted 11 Aug 1784; of Cockenhtach and Ippolits, Herts., and of Hampstead, Middlesex; m. 6 Aug 1788 [or 1778 ?] Mary, eldest dau. of Hon. George Clinton, Governor of New York; d. 30 Oct 1827. Buried North Ambulatory, Westminster Abbey.
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6 People & Organisations results for Peirson's
MORGAN, CHARLES; b.; adm. (aged 13) 1746 (Peirson's); left 1750. [Possibly Charles Morgan, son of Charles Morgan, Llandovery, Carmarthenshire; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 29 Jun 1750, aged 17, Canoneer Student from 22 Dec 1750, Tutor 1756-8; BA 1754; MA 1757; ordained; Prebendary of Durham from 19 Feb 1762; Rector of Haughton-le-Skerne, co. Durham, from 23 May 1764; d. 26 Jun 1764].
LEWIS, ROWLAND, brother of Charles Lewis (qv); b. 11 Nov 1727; adm. (aged 16) Sep 1743 (Peirson's); St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 1 Jul 1745, matr. 1746; BA 1749/50; ordained deacon (Rochester) 1 Apr 1750, priest (Lichfield for Chichester) 22 Dec 1751; Curate, Westerham, Kent; Perpetual Curate of Wivelsfield, Sussex, 25 Dec 1751-72; Rector of Perivale, Middlesex, from 10 Jun 1752; m. 18 Dec 1761 Mary, elder dau. of Benjamin Comber MD, Lewes, Sussex; d. 19 Mar 1783.
LEWIS, MARMADUKE, brother of Charles Lewis (qv); b. 6 Oct 1729; adm. (aged 12) Mar 1742/3 (Peirson); KS 1744; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1748, matr. 14 Jun 1748, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1748 – 11 Dec 1760 (expiry year of grace as V. East Garston from 14 Dec 1759); ordained deacon 24 May 1752, priest 10 Mar 1754 (both Oxford); Chaplain, Royal Navy 1755; Vicar of East Garston, Berks., Dec 1759; Rector of Lullingstone, Kent, from 1772; m.; d. 21 Jun 1806.
GLASSE, SAMUEL, second son of Rev. Richard Glasse, Vicar of Purton, Wilts., and Elizabeth, dau. of Rev. Samuel Arnold, Rector of Nettleton, Wilts.; bapt. 18 Jun 1734; adm. (aged 13) Jun 1748 (Peirson's); KS (Capt. ) 1749; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1752, matr. 4 Jun 1752, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1752 - void by marriage 3 Aug 1757, readm. as fellow commoner 4 Aug 1757; BA 1756; MA 1759; BD and DD 1769; ordained priest (Canterbury) 24 Sep 1758; Chaplain in Ordinary to George III 1772 - still 1793; Rector of Hanwell, Middlesex 16 Aug 1780-5; Vicar of Epsom, Surrey 13 Nov 1782-5; Vicar of Wanstead, Essex 1786; Prebendary of Wells from 15 Apr 1791; Prebendary of St. Paul’s from 29 Nov 1797; FRS 5 Jul 1764; a popular and eloquent preacher; JP Middlesex; author, The Piety Wisdom and Policy of promoting Sunday Schools, 1786, and other works; m. 28 Jul 1757 Hannah, dau. of Giles Clutterbuck, Mill End, Eastington, Gloucs.; d. 27 Apr 1812. DNB.
BENETT, THOMAS, second son of Thomas Benett, Norton Bavant, Wilts., Joint Registrar, Prerogative Court of Canterbury, and Etheldreda, dau. of Most Rev. William Wake DD, Archbishop of Canterbury; b.; adm. (aged 15) Apr 1744 (Peirson's); left 1747; Wadham Coll. Oxford, fellow commoner, matr. 4 Jun 1747; adm. Middle Temple 2 Apr 1747; ? adm. Inner Temple from Middle Temple year 1752/3 (as Bennett), called to bar 13 Jun 1755, sold chambers in Inner Temple 29 May 1767; of Pythouse and Norton Bavant, Wilts.; High Sheriff, Wiltshire 1758; m. 1st, 7 Jun 1766 (IGI), Frances, dau. of Rev. Richard Reynolds, Little Paxton, Hunts.; m. 2nd, 3 Jan 1771 (IGI), Catherine, dau. of John Darell, York Street, St. James’s, London; d. 16 May 1797.