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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.

FALCONER, THOMAS, son of William Falconer, Inner Temple, barrister, Recorder of Chester, and Elizabeth, dau. of Randle Wilbraham, Townsend, Nantwich, Cheshire; b. 7 Jan 1736 (bapt. St. John’s, Chester 11 Aug 1736 (IGI)); adm. (aged 14) Oct 1750 (Watts'); left 1751; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 12 Mar 1754; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 24 Aug 1754, called to bar 20 Jun 1760; suffered from bad health and spent a life of studious retirement at Chester; called by Miss Seward the “Maecenas” of Chester; left materials for an edition of Strabo; author, Chronological Tables, 1796, and other works; d. unm. 4 Sep 1792. DNB.

FALCONER, JAMES, son of James Falconer, Chester, Cheshire, Lieut., Royal Navy, and Elizabeth, dau. of William Inge, Thorpe Constantine, Staffs.; b. 18 Feb 1738; adm. (aged 12) Oct 1750 (Watts'); left 1754; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 31 Oct 1754; BA 1758; MA 1761; migrated to Oriel Coll. Oxford; BD and DD 1772; ordained; Rector of Thorpe and Vicar of Lullington, Derbs.; Prebendary of Lichfield from 22 Nov 1777; Archdeacon of Derby from 10 Feb 1795; m. 26 Sep 1761 (IGI) Mary, dau. of Thomas Hall, Hermitage, Cheshire; d. 27 Apr 1809.

ELLIS, THOMAS, son of John Ellis, Glanywern, Llandrillo-yn-Rhos, Denbighshire; b.; adm. Jul 1752 (in school list 1752 as Ellis, Christian name not stated) (Watts'); KS (aged 15) 1753; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1757, adm. pens. 15 Jun 1757, matr. Mich. 1757; d. 12 Mar 1759. Buried Trinity Coll. Chapel.

DIGBY, HON. WILLIAM, brother of Edward Digby, 6th Baron Digby (qv); b. 21 Jan 1733/4; adm. Mar 1744/5 (Watts'); KS (Capt. ) 1748; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1752, matr. 4 Jun 1752, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1752 - void 2 Apr 1761, expiry year of grace as R. Kilmington; BA 1756; MA 1759; DCL 1765; ordained deacon 28 Sep 1759, priest 2 Mar 1760 (both Oxford); Rector of Kilmington, Somerset, 26 Apr 1760; Vicar of Coleshill, Warwicks., from 1763; Rector of Sheldon, Warwicks., from 1766; Chaplain in Ordinary to King George III 1761 -c. 1770; Prebendary of Exeter 17 Apr 1762-79; Canon of Christ Church, Oxford 23 Jul 1765-9; Dean of Worcester 29 Aug 1769 - res by Jan 1778; Master of St. Oswald’s Hospital, Worcester 1770-8; Dean of Durham from 18 Sep 1777; m. 14 Apr 1766 Charlotte Lepel, dau. of Joseph Cox, Stanford, Berks.; d. 18 Sep 1788.

DIGBY, HON. STEPHEN, brother of Edward Digby, 6th Baron Digby (qv); b. 10 May 1742; adm. Jan 1752 (Watts'); in school list 1754; Cornet, 6th Dragoons 7 Feb 1759; Capt., Vaughan’s Foot Regt. 11 Jan 1760; 24th Foot, 7 Aug 1760; Maj., 45th Foot 25 Jul 1771; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 1st Foot Guards 2 Jun 1774; retd. 31 Dec 1778; Groom of Bedchamber to Prince of Wales 1780-2; Vice-Chamberlain to Queen Charlotte 1782 - Nov 1792; Master of St. Katherine’s Hospital by the Tower, London, from 1788; Deputy Ranger, Richmond Park, from 1792; m. 1st, 1 Oct 1771 Lady Lucy Strangways Fox, youngest dau. of Stephen Fox, 1st Earl of Ilchester; m. 2nd, 6 Jan 1790 Hon. Charlotte Margaret Gunning, Maid of Honour to Queen Charlotte, eldest dau. of Sir Robert Gunning, Bart., KB, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, St. Petersburg; d. 30 May 1800.

DIGBY, HENRY, 1ST EARL DIGBY, brother of Edward Digby, 6th Baron Digby (qv); b.; adm. (aged 7) Feb 1738/9 (Watts'); readm. Sep 1743 (Watts'); left 1748; a clerk in Secretary of State’s Office May 1749 - c. 1750; Secretary to Sir Charles Hanbury Williams on diplomatic missions in Germany and Poland 1750-; Under-Secretary of State Nov 1755-Nov 1756; MP Ludgershall 21 Nov 1755-61, Wells 1761-19 Aug 1765; succ. brother as 7th Baron Digby (I) 30 Nov 1757; a Lord of the Admiralty Apr 1763 - Jul 1765; created Baron Digby of Sherborne (GB) 19 Aug 1765; Lord Lieut. Dorset from 21 Jun 1771; created Earl Digby (GB) 1 Nov 1790; m. 1st, 5 Sep 1763 Elizabeth, dau. of Hon. Charles Feilding; m. 2nd, 10 Nov 1770 Mary, dau. of John Knowler, Recorder of Canterbury; d. 25 Sep 1793.

DIGBY, EDWARD, 6TH BARON DIGBY (I), eldest son of Hon. Edward Digby MP, and Charlotte, only surviving dau. of Right Hon. Sir Stephen Fox, Kt., PC MP; b. 5 Jul 1730; adm. Feb 1738/9 (Watts'); Magdalen Coll. Oxford, matr. 20 May 1747; Grand Tour (Italy, Germany) 1748-50; MP Malmesbury 13 Jun 1751-4, Wells from 1754; succ. grandfather as 6th Baron Digby (I) 29 Nov 1752; Groom of the Bedchamber to George III when Prince of Wales 1751-3; d. unm. 30 Nov 1757.

DERING, SIR EDWARD, BART. , elder son of Sir Edward Dering, Bart. (adm. 1719, qv), and his first wife; b. 28 Sep 1732; adm. Jan 1743/4 (Watts'); left 1749; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 15 Mar 1750/1; Grand Tour (Italy) 1758-9; succ. father as 6th baronet 15 Apr 1762; MP New Romney 1761-Feb 1770, 1774-Jan 1787; member, Society of Dilettanti 1761; m. 1st, 8 May 1755 Selina, third dau. of Sir Robert Furnese, Bart. , MP; m. 2nd, 1 Jan 1765 Deborah, only dau. of John Winchester, Nethersole, Kent, formerly a surgeon in London; d. 8 Dec 1798.

DAVIES, JOHN, son of John Davies, Brentwood, Essex; b.; adm. (aged 8) Jan 1752 (Watts'); KS 1757; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1761, adm. pens. 21 May 1761, scholar 30 Apr 1762, matr. Easter 1762; BA 1765; MA 1768; BD 1790; Minor Fellow, Trin. Coll. 2 Oct 1766, Major Fellow from 6 Jul 1768, college offices held including those of Junior Bursar 1782-90 and Vice-Master 1797-1805; Librarian, Cambridge Univ. from 1783; ordained priest (Peterborough) 1772; Vicar of Shudy Camps, Cambs., 1784-96; Vicar of Flintham, Notts., 1785; Rector of Orwell, Cambs., from 1804; d. unm. 1 Feb 1817.