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BURRELL, SIR WILLIAM, BART., third son of Peter Burrell MP, Beckenham, Kent, Sub-Governor South Sea Co., and Amy, dau. of Hugh Raymond, Saling Park, Essex, and Langley, Kent, dir. South Sea Co.; b. 10 Oct 1732; adm. Jan 1742/3 (Morel's); left 1749; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 30 Jun 1749, matr. 1750; LLB 1755; LLD 1760; adm. advocate, Court of Arches, 13 Sep 1760; advocate, Doctors’ Commons, 3 Nov 1760; practised in Admiralty Court; Chancellor, Diocese of Worcester, from 16 Jul 1764, Diocese of Rochester from Aug 1771; director, South Sea Company, 1763-75, Sun Fire Insurance 1773-95; MP Haslemere 1768 - May 1774; retired from practice at Doctors’ Commons 1774; a Commissioner of Excise 14 May 1774 - 12 Sep 1789; succ. his father-in-law as 2nd baronet 24 Aug 1789; FSA 4 Apr 1754; a painstaking antiquary; his MS collections for a history of Sussex are preserved in the British Library; his MS reports of cases in the Admiralty Court 1766-74 were edited by R. G. Marsden in 1885; m. 13 Apr 1773 Sophia, poetess and dramatist, eldest dau. of Sir Charles Raymond, Bart., banker; d. 20 Jan 1796. DNB.

BENTINCK, LORD EDWARD CHARLES CAVENDISH, brother of William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland (qv); b. 3 Mar 1744; in school list 1754; a boarder at Mrs Morel’s house, where he “occupied as many as two or three rooms” (Bentham, Works, x, 27); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 7 Nov 1761; Grand Tour (France, Netherlands, Gemany) 1764-6; MP Lewes 23 Dec 1766-8, Carlisle 1768-74, Nottinghamshire 11 Jan 1775-96, Clitheroe 1796-1802; m. 23 Dec 1782 Elizabeth, eldest dau. of Richard Cumberland (qv); d. at Brussels 8 Oct 1819.

BENNETT, RICHARD HENRY ALEXANDER, only son of Bennett Alexander Bennett (qv); stepson of Richard Bull (qv); b.; adm. (aged 9) Jun 1752 (Morel's); in school list 1754; MP Newport (Cornwall) 12 Feb 1770-4; of North Court, Shorwell, Isle of Wight; FSA 20 Jun 1765; FRS 10 Dec 1767; m. 20 Jan 1766 Elizabeth Amelia, eldest dau. of Peter Burrell MP, Beckenham, Kent, Surveyor-Gen. of Crown Lands, and sister of Peter Burrell, 1st Baron Gwydir; d. 14 Mar 1814.