Raikes, Sir Henry Victor Alpin Mackinnon, only son of Henry St. John Digby Raikes, K.C., C.B.E., of Pimlico, by Annie Lucinda, daughter of Major-Gen. Daniel Henry Mackinnon, of Warwick Square, London; b. Jan. 19, 1901; adm. Sept. 24, 1914 (R); left July 1919; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1919; B.A. 1922; called to the bar at the Inner Temple July 2, 1924; M.P. South-East Essex 1931-45; M.P. Wavertree Division of Liverpool 1945-57; Flight Lieut. (Legal Branch) R.A.F.V.R. May 29, 1940; resigned June 1, 1942; K.B.E. Jan. 1, 1953; m. Aug. 10, 1940, Audrey Elizabeth, only daughter of A. P. Wilson, of Repton, co. Derby; d. 13 Apr. 1986.
PUREFOY-JERVOISE, GEORGE, son of Rev. George Huddlestone Jervoise Purefoy (afterwards Purefoy-Jervoise), Herriard Park, Hampshire, Rector of Shalston, Bucks., and Mary, second dau. of Rev. Wright Hawes, Rector of Shalston, Bucks.; nephew of Tristram Huddlestone Jervoise (qv); b. 10 Apr 1770; adm. 12 Jun 1781; left Aug 1786; Corpus Christi Coll. Oxford, matr. 5 Nov 1787; BA 1791; MA 1794; assumed additional surname of Jervoise 17 Jul 1792; MP Salisbury 17 Feb 1813-8, Hampshire 1820-6; High Sheriff, Hampshire 1830; lic. to m. 1st, 7 Apr 1799 Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Hall, Preston Candover, Hampshire; m. 2nd, 18 Apr 1837 Anna Maria Selina, eldest dau. of Wadham Locke MP, Rowde Ford, Wilts.; d. 1 Dec 1847.
PULTENEY, WILLIAM, 1ST EARL OF BATH, son of Col. William Pulteney, Misterton, Leics., and his first wife Mary Floyd; nephew of John Pulteney (qv); b. 22 Mar 1684; adm.; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 31 Oct 1700; Grand Tour (Italy) 1704-5; MP Hedon 1705-34, Middlesex 1734 – 14 Jul 1742; Secretary at War 25 Sep 1714 – 11 Apr 1717; one of the committee of secrecy concerning the peace negotiations Apr 1715; Privy Councillor 16 Jul 1716; one of the “three grand allies”; declined peerage in lieu of office 1721; Cofferer of the Household 28 May 1723 – Apr 1725, dismissed after quarrel with Walpole; alled himself with Bolingbroke and wrote for The Craftsman; joined Wyndham and became a “patriot”; author of pamphlet On the State of the National Debt, 1727; quarrelled with John Hervey, Lord Hervey (qv), with whom he fought a duel in Green Park 25 Jan 1731; leader of the parliamentary opposition to Walpole; struck off the Privy Council 1 Jul 1731; refused to form a ministry on Walpole’s downfall, but entered Lord Wilmington’s Cabinet without office and was readm. to Privy Council 20 Feb 1742; created Earl of Bath 14 Jul 1742; his acceptance of a peerage diminished his political significance; lampooned by Sir Charles Hanbury Williams in a series of odes; endeavoured to form an administration at George II’s request, and accepte post of First Lord of the Treasury 10 Feb 1746, but his short-lived ministry only lasted two days, and he never held political office again; Lord Lieut., Yorkshire East Riding 7 Dec 1721 – 15 Jul 1728, Shropshire from 13 Jul 1761; a brilliant parliamentary orator and great debater; a scholar and a versatile and witty writer; gave £50 towards the New Dormitory; m. 27 Dec 1714 Anna Maria, dau. of John Gumley MP, Isleworth, Middlesex, Commissary-Gen. to the Army; d. 7 Jul 1764. Buried Islip Chapel, Westminster Abbey. DNB.
PULTENEY, WILLIAM, VISCOUNT PULTENEY, only son of William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath (qv); bapt. 9 Jan 1731; adm. (aged 9) Apr 1740; left 1747; Grand Tour 1748-51; MP Old Sarum 1754-61, Westminster from 1761; Lieut. -Col., 85th Foot 1759; Lord of Bedchamber to George III from 21 Mar 1761; ADC to King from 16 Jan 1763; d. unm. at Madrid, Spain 12 Feb 1763. Buried Islip Chapel, Westminster Abbey.
PULTENEY, JOHN, youngest son of Sir William Pulteney, Kt, MP, Westminster, and Grace, youngest dau. of Sir John Corbet, Bart., Stoke, Shropshire; b.; at school under Busby (Wood, Athenae Oxon., iv, 662); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. (check ) 1677; Under Secretary, Secretary of State’s Office Sep 1689 – Mar 1692; Second Secretary to Lords Justices of Ireland Oct – Dec 1690; acting Clerk of Privy Council (I) 1690-1, Clerk of Privy Council (I) from 1691; Secretary to Lord Lieut. Ireland Sep 1692 – Jul 1693; MP (I) Co. Wexford 1692-3; Secretary to Master-Gen. of Ordnance 1693-1702; Clerk of Deliveries, Ordnance 15 Feb 1701- Jun 1703; MP Hastings 1695-1710; a Commissioner of Trade Apr 1707 – Jun 1711; a Commissioner of Customs 1714-22; Surveyor-Gen. of Crown Lands from 1722; m. Lucy, second dau. of Thomas Colwell, Alderman of London; d. 23 May 1726.
PULTENEY, HARRY, brother of William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath (qv); b. 14 Feb 1686; at school under Knipe (Steward, Anniversary Dinner 1757); Ensign, 1st Foot Guards 25 Mar 1704; Lieut. and Capt., 23 Feb 1709; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 2nd Foot Guards 22 Jul 1715; Second Maj. and Col., 3 Aug 1733; First Maj., 30 Oct 1734; Col., 13th Foot, 5 Apr 1739 – Jun 1766; Brigadier-Gen., 18 Feb 1742; Major-Gen., 3 Jul 1743; Lieut. -Gen., 8 Aug 1747; Gen., 22 Feb 1765; Equerry to George I and George II 20 Nov 1714 – res by 3 Nov 1743; MP Hedon 5 Nov 1722-34, 24 Nov 1739-41, Kingston-upon-Hull 2 May 1744-7; Governor of Hull 1739 - Jun 1766; served in Flanders 1742; inherited estates of his elder brother Lord Bath 1764; d. 26 Oct 1767.
PULTENEY, DANIEL, eldest son of John Pulteney (at school under Busby, qv); bapt. St. Martin’s in the Fields 26 Sep 1682 (IGI); at school under Knipe (Steward, Anniversary Dinner 1727/8); Christ Church, Oxford, fellow commoner, matr. 15 Jul 1699, aged 15 (sic); Grand Tour (Netherlands, Germany) 1704-6; Envoy to Denmark 1706-15; a Commissioner of Trade Jul 1717 – Oct 1721; MP Tregony 23 Mar – 10 Oct 1721, Hedon 7 Nov 1721-2, Preston from 1722; a Lord of the Admiralty 10 Oct 1721 – Jun 1725; Clerk of the Privy Council (I) from 1726; an implacable opponent of Sir Robert Walpole; his failure to overthrow Walpole so preyed upon his spirits that it “threw him into an irregularity of drinking that occasioned his death” (Coxe, Walpole, ii, 558-60); gave £50 towards the New Dormitory; m. 26 Dec 1717 Margaret Deering, dau. of Benjamin Tichborne, Tichborne, Hampshire; d. 7 Sep 1731. Buried St. James’s, Westminster, but remains subsequently transferred to South Cloister, Westminster Abbey. DNB.
PRYSE, THOMAS, son of John Pryse, Glanseryn, Montgomeryshire, and Mary, widow of Thomas Davies, Penboyr, and dau. of David Lewis, Dolhaidd, Carmarthenshire; b.; adm. (aged 8) Oct 1724; in under school list 1728; Oriel Coll. Oxford, matr. 9 Jun 1732; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 21 Jun 1732; MP Cardigan from 1741; of Gogerddan, Cardiganshire; m. Maria Charlotte, dau. of Rowland Pugh MD, Mathafarn, Montgomeryshire; d. 21 May 1745.
PRYSE, JOHN PUGH, only son of Thomas Pryse (qv); b.; at school under Markham (Steward, Anniversary Dinner 1769); Oriel Coll. Oxford, matr. 16 Jun 1756, aged 17; MP Cardiganshire 1761-8, Merioneth from 1768; adm. Middle Temple 13 Nov 1769; d. unm. 13 Jan 1774.
PROBY, JOHN, 1ST BARON CARYSFORT (I), eldest son of John Proby MP, Elton, Hunts., and Hon. Jane Leveson-Gower, sister of John Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Gower (qv); b. 25 Nov 1720; adm. Jan 1735/6 (Edwards'); Jesus Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 15 Dec 1737, scholar 1738, matr. 1738; BA 1741/2; MA 1742; adm. Inner Temple 1 Feb 1739/40; MP Stamford 1747-54, Huntingdonshire 1754-68; created Baron Carysfort (I) 23 Jan 1752; Privy Councillor (I) 4 Aug 1758; a Lord of the Admiralty Apr – Jul 1757, Jan 1763 – Aug 1765; KB 23 Mar 1761; Grand Master, Grand Lodge of England (Freemasons) 1752-3; m. 27 Aug 1750 Hon. Elizabeth Allen, elder dau. of John Allen, 2nd Viscount Allen (I); d. at Lille, France 18 Oct 1772. DNB.