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BURTON, FRANCIS, son of Col. Francis Burton, St. George’s, Westminster, and his second wife Mary, dau. of William Laremer, Knightsbridge; b. May 1744; at school under Markham (Steward, Anniversary Dinner, 1779); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 9 Dec 1760, aged 16, Canoneer Student 27 Jun 1763- Jun 76, Faculty Student 22 Jun 1776 - void 15 Jan 1788, on marriage; BA 1764; MA 1767; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 4 May 1761, called to bar 10 Feb 1768, Bencher 12 Feb 1778, Treasurer 1792; KC 18 Jan 1778; Recorder of Woodstock 1780-1802; Puisne Judge, Chester, 5 Jul 1788 - Mar 1817; Recorder of Oxford 26 May 1797 - Jul 1801; MP Heytesbury 4 Dec 1780-4, Woodstock 1784-90, Oxford 1790-1812; a respected member of House of Commons; became blind some years before his death; founded a prize for Town Boys 1825; m. 1 Jan 1788 Catherine, eldest dau. of Nicholas Halhead, Woodstock, Oxfordshire; d. 28 Nov 1832.

On 15 Jun 1825 he gave to the Dean and Chapter of Westminster a Thames and Isis Navigation Bond for £100, the interest on which was to be used “for the purpose of purchasing annually a few books to be presented by the Head Master for the time being as tokens of merit to such of his scholars not on the Royal Foundation, as he may deem most deserving, and at such times and in such manner as he may think fit”. This security was never changed by the Chapter, and finally became valueless. The interest, which was continually dropping, was allowed to accumulate for a number of years, and the amount thus obtained was invested on 27 Feb 1855 in the purchase of £100 Consols.

BUTLER, ---; b.; in school list 1754 (Chapter Muniments 12970); probably “Mr Butler, son to Lord Mountgarret”, who was in Mrs Hawkins’s boarding house in 1757. [If so, one of the sons of Edmund Butler, 10th Viscount Mountgarret (I), and Charlotte, second dau. of Sir Simon Bradstreet, Bart., and perhaps therefore the eldest son, Edmund Butler, 11th Viscount Mountgarret (I), b. 27 Jul 1745; MP (I) Co. Kilkenny 1776 – 9 Feb 1779; succ. father as 11th Viscount Mountgarret (I) 9 Feb 1779; m. 7 Oct 1778 Lady Henrietta Butler, second dau. of Somerset Hamilton Butler, 1st Earl of Carrick (I) (qv); d. 16 Jul 1793. ]

BYDE, THOMAS PLUMER, son of Thomas Byde, Ware Park, Herts., and his second wife Catherine, dau. of John Plumer, Blakesware, Herts.; bapt. St. Andrew, Holborn 31 Aug 1720 (IGI); adm. (aged 14) Apr 1735; left 1737; Pembroke Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 30 Jan 1737/8, matr. 1738; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 15 Mar 1739/40, and to Gray’s Inn 2 Feb 1746/7; of Ware Park, Herts.; DL Hertfordshire 1745, JP 1742-78; MP Hertfordshire 1761-8; bankrupt, May 1779; m. 16 Sep 1749 Eleanor, dau. of Andrew Hope, Norton Folgate, London, brewer; d. at Naples 26 May 1789, where he had been living since 1786.

Byers, Charles Frank, Baron Byers, son of Charles Cecil Byers, dir. United Molasses Ltd, of Potters Bar, Middx, and Florence May, d. of James Fairclough of Northenden, Cheshire; b. 24 July 1915; adm. Apr. 1929 (H); left July 1934; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1934, ran against Cambridge in the relay races 1935, in the Univ. Sports 1936-7; BA 1938, MA 1946; RA 1940-5 (Lieut-Col.); GSOI Eighth Army; despatches Feb. 1943, July 1944 and May 1945; OBE (Middle East) Jan. 1944; Chevalier Legion d'Honneur, Croix de Guerre (palmes); MP (L) N. Dorset 1945-50; Lib. Chief Whip 1946-50; exec. dir. RTZ Corpn 1951-73; Vice-Pres. Liberal Party 1954-65, Chair­man 1965-7; created Baron Byers (Life Peer) 1964; FBIM 1965; Lib. Leader House of Lords 1967-84; PC 1972; DL (Surrey) 1974; m. 1939 Joan Elizabeth, d. of William Oliver of Golders Green; d. 6 Feb. 1984.

BYNG, GEORGE, eldest son of George Byng (adm. 1742/3, qv); b. 17 May 1764; adm. 2 May 1773; left Aug 1780; Lieut. in Army 17 Nov 1780; Lieut., 49th Foot, 27 Mar 1781; Capt., 103rd Foot 24 Aug 1782; half-pay 1783; MP Newport (IOW) 28 Jan 1790-90, Middlesex from 1790; Father of the House of Commons from 1832; a staunch and highly respected Whig politician; his uninterrupted representation of Middlesex for fifty years was celebrated by a public dinner at Drury Lane Theatre, 10 Mar 1840; m. 26 Jun 1797 Harriet, eighth dau. of Sir William Montgomery, Bart., MP (I); d. 10 Jan 1847.

BYNG, GEORGE, eldest son of Hon. Robert Byng MP, Commissioner of the Navy, subsequently Governor of Barbados, and Elizabeth, dau. of Jonathan Forward, St. Mary at Hill, London, contractor of transports; b.; adm. (aged 7) Mar 1742/3 (Watts'); KS 1749; elected to Trin. Coll. Camb. 1753, but was never adm.; Ensign, 24th Foot, 1753; Lieut., 1756; Capt., 83rd Foot, 21 Oct 1758; 24th Foot, 1760; Maj., commanding 99th Foot, 1761; left Army 1773 (?); adm. Gray’s Inn 2 Jul 1765; MP Wigan 1768-80, Middlesex 1780-4; an active Whig politician; of Wrotham Park, South Mimms, Middlesex; m. 5 Mar 1761 Anne, sister of Thomas Conolly (qv); d. 27 Oct 1789.

BYNG, JOHN, 1ST EARL OF STRAFFORD, fourth son of George Byng (adm. 1742/3, qv); b. 1772; adm. 20 Sep 1786; Ensign, 33rd Foot, 30 Sep 1793; Lieut., 1 Dec 1793; Capt., 24 May 1794; Maj., 60th Foot, 28 Dec 1799; Lieut. -Col., 29th Foot, 14 Mar 1800; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 3rd Foot Guards, 4 Aug 1804; Col. in the Army 25 Jul 1810; Brig. -Gen. in Sep 1811; Maj. -Gen., 4 Jun 1813; Col., 2nd West India Regt., 26 Jul 1822 – Jan 1828; Lieut. -Gen., 27 May 1825; Col., 29th Foot, 23 Jan 1828 – Aug 1850; Gen., 23 Nov 1841; Col., 2nd Foot Guards, from 15 Aug 1850; Field-Marshal, 2 Oct 1855; served in Flanders 1793-5, Ireland 1798, on the Copenhagen expedition 1807, the Walcheren expedition 1809, the Peninsular War, and at Waterloo, where he commanded the 2nd Brigade, 1st Guards Division; twice received thanks for his services from both Houses of Parliament; KCB 12 Apr 1815; GCH 1826; Commander-in-Chief, Ireland, 1828-31; PC (I) 15 Jul 1828; GCB 20 Jul 1831; MP (Whig) Poole 1831 - May 1835; created Baron Strafford 12 May 1835; acted as Whig whip in House of Lords c. 1835 - Nov 1850; created Earl of Strafford 18 Sep 1847; m. 1st, 14 Jun 1804 Mary Stevens, eldest dau. of Peter Mackenzie, Grove House, Twickenham, Middlesex; m. 2nd, 9 May 1808 Mary Anne, second dau. of Sir Walter James, Bart.; d. 3 Jun 1860. DNB.

CABBELL, BENJAMIN BOND, fourth son of George Cabbell, Wigmore Street, Cavendish Square, apothecary, and Mary, dau. of Thomas Bliss, and niece of Rev. Nathaniel Bliss FRS, Astronomer Royal; b.; at school under Vincent (Steward, Anniversary Dinner, 1852); Oriel Coll. Oxford, matr. 19 Jun 1800; migr. to Exeter Coll. 25 Feb 1801, resided to 1803; adm. Middle Temple 4 Apr 1803, called to bar 9 Feb 1816, Bencher 13 Jun 1850, Reader Lent 1853; FRS 19 Jan 1837; MP (Cons) St. Albans Aug 1846-7, Boston 1847-57; of Cromer Hall, Norfolk; DL JP Middlesex, JP Norfolk, High Sheriff 1854; Provincial Grand Master, Freemasons, Norfolk; a well-known patron of art; d. 9 Dec 1874, aged 93. DNB.

CADOGAN, HON. FREDERICK WILLIAM, youngest son of George Cadogan, 3rd Earl Cadogan CB, Admiral Royal Navy, and Louisa Honoria, dau. of Joseph Blake, Ardfry, co. Galway; b. 16 Dec 1821; adm. 1 Feb 1836 (boarded with Mr Hodgson); Oriel Coll. Oxford, matr. 3 Dec 1840; adm. Inner Temple 11 Nov 1841, called to bar 11 Jun 1847; MP Cricklade (Liberal) 1868-74; DL JP Middlesex; m. 29 Nov 1851 Lady Adelaide Paget, dau. of Henry William Paget, 1st Marquis of Anglesey (qv); d. 30 Nov 1904.

CADOGAN, WILLIAM, 1ST EARL CADOGAN, eldest son of Henry Cadogan, Liscarton, co. Meath, barrister, and Bridget, dau. of Sir Hardress Waller, Kt. ; b. ; at school under Busby (Al. Dub. ); Trinity Coll. Dublin, adm. pens. 28 Mar 1686/7, aged 15; said to have fought in William III’s army at the battle of the Boyne, Jul 1690; Capt. , 19th Foot, 4 Mar 1694; Maj. , 6th Dragoons, 1 Aug 1698; Brevet Col. of Foot, 1 Jun 1701; Quarter Master General of British Army in Flanders and Germany under Duke of Marlborough, 1 Jul 1701 - 22 Dec 1712; Col. , 6th Horse (“Cadogan’s Horse”), 2 Mar 1703 - 20 Dec 1712; Brig. -Gen. , 25 Aug 1704; Maj. -Gen. , 1 Jan 1707; Lieut. -Gen. , 1 Jan 1709 - Dec 1712; present at battles of Blenheim, Ramillies, Oudenarde and Malplaquet; dangerously wounded at siege of Mons, but returned to take part in siege of Douai and capture of Bouchain; served as QMG under Duke of Ormonde in campaign of 1712, but subsequently retired to Netherlands, and, sharing Marlborough’s unpopularity, was ejected from all his offices and employments in Dec 1712; MP Woodstock 1705 - 16 Mar 1714, 24 Mar 1714- 21 Jun 1716; Special Envoy to Hanover and Vienna, 1706; Lieut. of the Tower of London, 2 Jan 1707 - 11 Jan 1712; Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to The Hague and Brussels, Nov 1707 - Jan 1711; reinstated as Lieut. -Gen. Aug 1714 on accession of George I; Master of the Robes from 1 Aug 1714 (formal date of appointment 12 Oct 1714); Col. , 2nd Foot Guards 15 Oct 1714 – Jun 1722; Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to The Hague, 22 Oct 1714 - Nov 1721 (with gaps); Governor of the Isle of Wight, 16 Sep 1715; served in Scotland during Jacobite rebellion of 1715-6, initially as second-in-command to Duke of Argyll, in chief command 15 Feb - 12 May 1716; KT 29 Jun 1716; cr. Baron Cadogan, 30 Jun 1716; signed treaty of defensive alliance between Great Britain, France and Holland as Ambassador Extraordinary at The Hague, 15 Sep 1716; PC 17 Mar 1717; General of all the Foot, 12 Jul 1717; cr. Earl Cadogan 7 Apr 1718; Commander-in-Chief of the Forces and Col. 1st Foot Guards from 18 Jun 1722; Master-Gen. of the Ordnance, 30 Jun 1722 – Jun 1725; a Lord Justice of Great Britain during George I’s absence in Hannover 3 Jun - 28 Dec 1723; as a diplomatist Cadogan was somewhat rough and rash, but as a soldier he must be ranked as one of the ablest staff officers the British Army has produced; m. 1704 [check] Margaretha Cecilia, dau. of Jan Munter, Heer van Zanen en Raaphorst, Counsellor of the Court of Holland; d. 17 Jul 1726; buried in Duke of Ormonde’s vault in Henry VII’s Chapel, Westminster Abbey. DNB.