CAVENDISH-BENTINCK, LORD WILLIAM, second son of William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland (qv); b. 14 Sep 1774; at school under Vincent (Steward, Anniversary Dinner 1798, 1809); Ensign, 2nd Foot Guards, 21 Jan 1791; Capt., 2nd Light Dragoons, 1 Aug 1792; 11th Light Dragoons, 20 Feb 1793; Maj., 28th Foot, 21 Feb 1794; Lieut. -Col., 24th Light Dragoons, 20 Mar 1794; ADC to King George III and Brevet Col., 1 Jan 1798; Major-Gen., 1 Jan 1805; Col., 20th Light Dragoons, 4 Jan 1810 – Jan 1813 [check]; Lieut. -Gen., 4 Jun 1811; Col., 11th Light Dragoons, from 27 Jan 1813; Gen., 27 May 1825; served on Duke of York’s staff in the Netherlands 1794, with Marshal Suvorov’s army in Northern Italy 1799, and subsequently with Austrian forces until 1801; MP Camelford 19 Mar 1796-96, Nottinghamshire 1796 - Apr 1803; Governor of Madras, 17 Nov 1802, arriving in India 30 Aug 1803 and holding post until 11 Sep 1807; recalled by Directors of East India Co. following mutiny at Vellore, for which he was held mainly responsible; on staff of Sir Henry Burrard in Portugal, Aug 1808; commanded a brigade at battle of Corunna; Envoy Extraordinary to Court of Sicily, and Commander-in-Chief of British Forces there, 1811-4, conducting expeditions against enemy forces on east coast of Spain and at Genoa; MP Nottinghamshire 1812 - 12 Mar 1814, 8 Jul 1816-26, King’s Lynn 1826 - Jan 1828; KB 1 Feb 1813; GCB 2 Jan 1815; GCH 1817; Governor-General of Bengal 4 Jul 1827 - Nov 1834, also Commander-in-Chief 16 May 1833; Privy Councillor 17 Aug 1827; Governor-General of India 14 Nov 1834 - 20 Mar 1835; the first British statesman who adopted the policy of governing India in the interests of the people of that country; MP (Whig) Glasgow from 17 Feb 1836; Clerk of the Pipe in the Exchequer Oct 1783 - Oct 1833 (office abolished); m. 19 Feb 1803 Lady Mary Acheson, second dau. of Arthur Acheson, 1st Earl of Gosford (I); d. at Paris 17 Jun 1839. DNB.
CAVENDISH-BENTINCK, (WILLIAM GEORGE) FREDERICK (AUGUSTUS), second son of George Augustus Frederick Cavendish-Bentinck (qv); b. 26 Aug 1856; adm. 22 Jun 1867 (James'); left Dec 1869; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 28 Feb 1874; BA 1878; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 12 Nov 1875, called to bar 25 Jun 1879; Western Circuit; contested (Cons) Carlisle 1886; Secretary to Royal Commission on Education Acts 1886-8; manager of Lady Howard de Walden’s London estate; JP Dorset; FSA 4 Mar 1897; a Trustee of the British Museum; m. 8 Aug 1887 Ruth Mary, natural dau. of Ferdinand St. Maur, Earl St. Maur; d. 13 Nov 1948.
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.
CAVENDISH-BENTINCK-SCOTT, WILLIAM HENRY, 4TH DUKE OF PORTLAND, eldest son of William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland (qv); b. 24 Jun 1768; styled Marquis of Titchfield to 1809; adm. 16 Jun 1783; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 25 Jan 1785; DCL 1793; MP Petersfield 29 Dec 1790 - Apr 1791, Buckinghamshire 18 Apr 1791 - Oct 1809; Lord Lieut., Middlesex 6 Aug 1794 - 29 Dec 1841; assumed additional surname of Scott 5 Sep 1795 [check order of surnames]; a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury 31 Mar - Sep 1807; succ. father as 4th Duke of Portland 30 Oct 1809; he took no active part in politics between his father’s death in 1809 and 1827, when he was asked to join the administration being formed by his wife’s brother-in-law George Canning; Lord Privy Seal 30 Apr - Aug 1827, Lord President of the Council 17 Aug 1827 - 26 Jan 1828; Privy Councillor 30 Apr 1827 (an original member of Judicial Committee of Privy Council 14 Aug 1833); m. 4 Aug 1795 Henrietta, eldest dau. of Maj. -Gen. John Scott MP, Balcomie, Fife; d. 27 Mar 1854.
CAVERLY, ---; b.; in under school list 1715.
Caw, John Morrison, son of Capt. Alec Ruan Caw, Fleet Surgeon RAN, and Lily, d. of Col. Sir John Hewat MB CM, med. practitioner, of Cape Town; b. 17 Mar. 1919; adm. Sept. 1932 (R); left Apr. 1933; Assoc. Camborne Sch. of Mines 1939; RE 1941-5 (Maj.), Bengal Sappers and Miners; gold mining engineer Champion Reef Gold Mine, S. India; m. 18 Nov. 1943 Ann Cyprienne, d. of Albert John McKee of Thornford, Dorset; d. 20 Sept. 1990.
Gawthorne, Peter Patrick, son of Peter Alfred Gawthorne, actor and playwright, and Ethel Marie, d. of George Siddle of Penshurst, Kent; b. 15 July 1919; adm. Sept. 1932 (H); left July 1938; BNC Oxf., matric. 1938; HM Colonial Service Tanganyika 1940; E. African Artillery 1940 (Capt.); asst DO Tanganyika 1942, DO 1950; District Commr 1954, dep. Provincial Commr 1958; Principal Asst Sec. Min. of Local Govt & Housing 1959, retd 1963; Public Notary (Gloucs) 1968; adm. a solicitor Dec. 1969; m. 6 Feb. 1943 Jane Margaret, d. of Lieut-Col. Erling Knapp DSO, of Makonikop, Rusaki, S. Rhodesia; d. 15 July 1991.
Cazeaux, Edward Maximilian, son of Edward R. Cazeaux, of Bromley, Kent; b. Jan. 3, 1901; adm. Jan. 14, 1915 (H); left 1919.
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.