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OLIVER, WILLIAM, son of William Oliver MD FRS, Queen Square, Bath, Somerset, inventor of the “Bath Oliver” biscuit, and Elizabeth --- (IGI); bapt. Bath Abbey 20 Jan 1730/1; adm. Jun 1741 (Levett's); KS 1745; still at school 1748; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 20 Jan 1748/9, aged 18, Canoneer Student 22 Dec 1749 – expulsion “for notorious riot and assault” 15 Nov 1751, having previously been rusticated for a year for neglecting duties and for violence 19 Jun 1750; Leyden Univ., adm. 21 Sep 1753; Padua Univ. 1755; practiced as a physician in Bath and Exeter; the friend of Warren Hastings (qv), who declared that “Distance of Time or Place never erases from the mind of an Old Westminster that early Friendship which always participates of the Success we meet with in Life” (Letters of Warren Hastings to his Wife, 1905, 456); m. 7 Feb 1775 Elizabeth, dau. of Henry Jenkins, Kingston-upon-Thames, London; will proved 20 Aug 1801.

SHAFTO, THOMAS GOODFELLOW, brother of Robert Shafto (qv); b.; adm. (aged 10) Jan 1746/7 (Levett's); in school list 1754; University Coll. Oxford, matr. 27 Feb 1755; BA 1758; MA 1763; BD and DD 1783; ordained deacon (Durham) 7 Sep 1760; Rector of Brancepeth, co. Durham from 1760; Canon of Christ Church, Oxford, from 27 Jun 1783; d. unm. 17 Oct 1799.

SPARHAUKE, EDWARD, brother of Lawndey Sparhauke (qv); bapt. Baldock, Herts., 14 Jun 1739; adm. (aged 8) Apr 1748 (Levett's); in school list 1754; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 7 Mar 1757, matr. 1757; d. 31 Jul 1778.

SPARHAUKE, LAWNDEY, eldest son of William Sparhauke, Baldock, Herts., and Margaret Lawndey (or Lowray ?), St. Andrew’s, Holborn; bapt. Baldock, Herts., 12 Mar 1733; adm. (aged 11) Apr 1744 (Levett's); left 1749; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 28 Oct 1752; d. 29 Aug 1770.

TREBECK, JAMES, son of Rev. Andrew Trebeck DD, Rector of St. George’s, Hanover Square, London, and Mary, dau. of Hadesley Greene, Shelley Hall, Essex; b.; adm. (aged 12) May 1741 (Levett's); KS 1742; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1746, matr. 6 Jun 1746, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1746 - void 1753 (expiry year of grace as R. Shelley from 3 Mar 1753); BA 1750; MA 1753; ordained; Rector of Shelley, Essex 1752-68; Rector of Hutton, Essex 24 Dec 1762-81; Rector of St. Michael’s, Queenhithe, London, from 9 Dec 1768; Vicar of Chiswick, Middlesex, from 30 Mar 1781; Chaplain in Ordinary to George III from 1782 (still 1793); m. 26 Jan 1762 Mary Davies, Harwich, Essex; d. 1 Jul 1808.

VERNON, JAMES, son of Edward Vernon (adm. 1692, qv); b. 6 Nov 1730; adm. (aged 10) May 1741 (Levett's); left 1748; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 5 Jan 1749/50, but did not matr.; reprimanded by the Vice-Chancellor for interfering with the Senior Proctor in the exercise of his duties on the occasion of the Westminster Club dinner at which Thomas Francklin (qv) presided, 17 Nov 1750; d. 25 Jul 1753, on his return from the south of France.

WALTER, JOHN, son of Abel Walter (qv); bapt. Godalming, Surrey 26 Oct 1733 (IGI); adm. (aged 8) Apr 1742 (Levett's); left 1749; of Farley Hill, Swallowfield, Berks.; High Sheriff, Berkshire 1764; m. 17 Nov 1757 Newton, only child of Alexander Walker, Farley Hill, Berks., and Mount Wilton plantation, Barbados, West Indies; d. 1811.

WALTER, NEVILL, son of Abel Walter (qv); b. 17 Apr 1737; adm. (aged 7) Jan 1744/5 (Levett's); in school list 1754 [sic, check]; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 24 May 1753; BCL 1784; ordained deacon (Peterborough) 2 Mar 1760, priest (Canterbury) 1761; Curate, Bisley, Surrey 1760; Rector of Llanveryn, Monmouthshire 1761-5; Rector of Bergh Apton, Norfolk, from 1769; m. Rachel, dau. of Hon. George Hamilton; d. 24 Oct 1802.