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BUNBURY, SIR THOMAS CHARLES, BART., eldest son of Sir William Bunbury, Bart. (qv); b. May 1740; adm. Apr 1751 (Watts'); in school list 1754; St. Catherine’s Hall, Cambridge, adm. 17 Apr 1756, matr. Mich. 1757; MA 1765; Grand Tour (Italy) 1760-1; MP Suffolk 1761-84, 1790-1812; Secretary to Embassy, Paris, Aug 1763 - May 1765, and Chief Secretary to Lord Lieut. Ireland, Jun-Aug 1765, but did not perform duties of either post; succ. father as 6th baronet, 11 Jun 1764; High Sheriff, Suffolk 1788; a well-known owner of racehorses, including Diomed, winner of the first Derby, 1780, Eleanor, winner of the Oaks and Derby, 1801, and Smolensko, winner of the Two Thousand Guineas and Derby, 1813; m. 1st, 2 Jun 1762 (div. 1776) Lady Sarah Lennox, sister of Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond and Lennox (qv); m. 2nd, 21 Nov 1805 Margaret Cocksedge; d. 31 Mar 1821.

BRUCE, WILLIAM, son of Antony Bruce, Westminster; b.; adm. (aged 11) Apr 1738 (Watts'); Min. Can. 1742; left 1742.

BRIDGWATER, THOMAS, eldest son of Edward Bridgwater, Nevis, West Indies, Treasurer of Nevis, and Sarah ---; bapt. 8 Aug 1730; adm. (aged 14) Jun 1744 (as Bridgewater) (Watts'); left 1748; adm. Middle Temple 25 Oct 1752, called to bar 26 Nov 1756; m. 10 May 1764 Mary, sister of Edward Paris, Nevis, West Indies.

BOEHM, ROGER, son of Edmund Boehm, St. Antholin’s, London, merchant, and Martha, dau. of Sir Roger Hudson, Kt, director South Sea Co.; bapt. St. Antholin, Budge Row, London 15 Sep 1737; adm. (aged 14) Jan 1752 (Watts'); in school list 1754; one of the Assistants of the Russia Company; director, Bank of England, from 1769; of Sunbury Place, Middlesex; d. 17 Jul 1803.

BAYLY, ROBERT, second son of John Bayly, Gowran, co. Kilkenny, and Susannah Strettell, Ballytore [check county : Ballitore, co. Kildare ?]; b.; adm. (aged 14) Jun 1740 (Watts'); Min. Can. 1741; adm. Middle Temple 21 Nov 1741.

BARWELL, STEPHEN; b.; adm. (aged 11) Feb 1745/6 (Watts'); left 1751.

BAGOT, WILLIAM, 1st BARON BAGOT, second son of Sir Walter Wagstaffe Bagot, Bart., MP, Blithfield, Staffs., and Lady Barbara Legge, eldest dau. of William Legge, 1st Earl of Dartmouth (qv); b. 28 Feb 1728; adm. from Repton Sch. Feb 1738/9 (Watts'); left 1746; Magdalen Coll. Oxford, matr. 28 Feb 1746/7; MA 1749; DCL 1754; Grand Tour (France, Italy) 1750-2; MP Staffordshire 1754-80; succeeded his father as 6th baronet 28 Jan 1768; created Baron Bagot (GB) 17 Oct 1780; of Blithfield, Staffs.; m. 20 Aug 1760 Hon. Elizabeth Louisa St. John, only surviving dau. of John St. John, 2nd Viscount St. John; d. 22 Oct 1798.

BAGOT, WALTER, brother of William Bagot, 1st Baron Bagot (qv); b. 2 Nov 1731; adm. Feb 1739/40 (Watts'); KS 1746; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1750, matr. 20 Jun 1750, Westminster Student 15 Dec 1750 - 29 Jul 1758 (void, expiry year of grace as R. Leigh); BA 1754; MA 1757; ordained deacon (Oxford) 5 Jun 1757; Rector of Leigh, Staffs., from 1757; Rector of Blithfield, Staffs., from 29 Jan 1759; Prebendary of St. Asaph from 10 May 1796; a correspondent of William Cowper (qv), with whom he was “much intimate” at school (Southey, Cowper, v, 185); m. 1st, 1 Sep 1773 Anne, dau. of William Swinnerton, barrister, Vice-Chancellor Duchy of Lancaster, of Butterton, Staffs.; m. 2nd, 28 Apr 1789 Mary Ward, Blithfield, Staffs.; d. 10 Jul 1806.

BAGOT, LEWIS, brother of William Bagot, 1st Baron Bagot (qv); b. 1 Jan 1740/1; adm. Apr 1748 (Watts'); in school list 1754; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 8 Mar 1757, commoner 1757-8, Canoneer Student 4 Jan 1758 - 6 Jun 1768 (void, expiry year of grace as R. Jevington), tutor 1763; BA 1760; MA 1764; DCL 1772; ordained deacon 2 Jun 1765, priest 22 Jun 1766 (both Oxford); Rector of Jevington, Sussex 26 May 1767-80 (year of grace as from 23 Jun 1767); Rector of Rye, Sussex 10 Jun 1768-81; Canon of Christ Church, Oxford Aug 1771 - Jan 1777, Dean 25 Jan 1777-83; consecrated Bishop of Bristol 7 Apr 1782; translated to Norwich 15 May 1783 and to St. Asaph 26 Mar 1790; author, Warburtonian lectures on Prophecies, 1780; m. 7 Oct 1771 Mary, second dau. of Hon. Edward Hay (qv); d. 4 Jun 1802. DNB.

BAGNALL, THOMAS, son of William Bagnall, London; b.; adm. Oct 1752 (Watts'); KS (aged 14) 1753. [note Thomas Bagnall, Surgeon EICS Bengal, will proved PCC 19 Apr 1771]