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CALVERLEY-BLACKETT, SIR WALTER, BART., only son of Sir Walter Calverley, Bart., and Julia, eldest dau. of Sir William Blackett, Bart., MP; b. 18 Dec 1707; adm. Oct 1717; in under school list 1720; Balliol Coll. Oxford, matr. 28 Feb 1723/4; assumed additional surname of Blackett on his marriage in 1729; Alderman, Newcastle upon Tyne, from 1729, Mayor 1735, 1748, 1756, 1764, 1771; High Sheriff of Northumberland 1731/2; MP Newcastle upon Tyne from 1734; succ. father as 2nd baronet 15 Oct 1749; m. 29 Sep 1729 Elizabeth Orde, natural dau. and devisee of Sir William Blackett, Bart.; d. 14 Feb 1777.

CAMPBELL, LORD FREDERICK, third son of John Campbell, 4th Duke of Argyll (S) KT, Gen. in the Army, and Hon. Mary Bellenden, Maid of Honour to Caroline, Princess of Wales, third dau. of John Bellenden, 2nd Baron Bellenden (S); b.; adm. (aged 13) Feb 1742/3; left 1746; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 31 May 1747; BCL 1753; adm. Middle Temple 19 Jan 1750/1, called to bar 24 Jan 1754, Bencher 1789, Lent Reader 1796, Treasurer 1803; MP Glasgow Burghs 1761-80, Argyllshire 1780 - Oct 1799; Privy Councillor 29 May 1765; Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal (S), 8 Jun 1765; Chief Secretary to Lord Lieut. Ireland (Viscount Townshend), Aug 1767 - Dec 1768; Privy Councillor (I) 14 Aug 1767; MP (I) Thomastown 1767-8, St. Canice 1768-76; Lord Clerk Register (S) from Nov 1768; member, Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Foreign Plantations, 23 Aug 1786; Vice-Treasurer of Ireland, 20 Jul 1787-93; member, Board of Control, 20 Mar 1790 - Jun 1793; FSA 15 Nov 1792; FRS 7 Nov 1793; m. 28 Mar 1769 Mary, widow of Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers (qv), and sister of Sir William Meredith, Bart. (qv); d. 8 Jun 1816. DNB.

CAPEL-CONINGSBY, GEORGE, 5TH EARL OF ESSEX, only son of William Anne Holles Capel, 4th Earl of Essex (qv), and his first wife; b. 14 Nov 1757; adm. 21 Jan 1766; left Dec 1774; Corpus Christi Coll. Cambridge; MA 1777; MP Westminster 20 Apr 1779-80, Lostwithiel 4 Jun 1781-4, Okehampton 27 Apr 1785-90, Radnor Boroughs 21 May 1794 - 4 Mar 1799; assumed surname of Coningsby in addition to that of Capel on the death of his grandmother Frances, Countess Coningsby, in 1782; travelling in Italy 1791-2; succ. as 5th Earl of Essex 4 Mar 1799; Lord Lieut., Herefordshire, 20 Mar 1802 - 28 Oct 1817; Recorder of Leominster 1802-5; DCL Oxford 3 Jul 1810; FSA by 1831; a friend of the Prince Regent and one of the leading men of fashion at the end of the 18th century; m. 1st, 6 Jun 1786 Sarah, widow of Edward Stephenson EICS [check Presidency : Bengal ?], and dau. of Henry Bazett, EICS St. Helena; m. 2nd, 19 Apr 1838, Catherine Stephens, vocalist and actress, dau. of Edward Stephens, Park Street, Grosvenor Square, London, carver and gilder; d. 23 Apr 1839.

CARLETON, DUDLEY, 1ST VISCOUNT DORCHESTER, son of Anthony Carleton, Brightwell Baldwin, Oxfordshire, and his second wife Jocosa, dau. of John Goodwin, Winchington, Bucks.; b. 10 Mar 1573/4; adm.; QS ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1591, matr. 11 Feb 1591/2, Westminster Student to 1607; BA 1595; MA 1600 (incorp. Camb. 1626); DCL 31 Aug 1636; Secretary to Sir Thomas Parry, Ambassador to Paris, 1602; MP St. Mawes Mar 1603/4 - Feb 1610/1, Hastings Jan 1625/6 - May 1626; ? adm. Grays Inn 21 Feb 1604/5; Secretary to Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland; suspected of complicity in the Gunpowder Plot, but succeeded in clearing himself while under arrest; Ambassador to Venice 1610-5, The Hague 1616-25; knighted Sep1610; Vice-Chamberlain of the Household 1625-6; Privy Councillor 1626; Envoy to Paris 1626, The Hague 1626-8; created Baron Carleton 22 May 1626 and Viscount Dorchester 25 Jul 1628; Secretary of State from 18 Dec 1628; the most sagacious and successful British diplomat of his day; m. 1st, Nov 1607 Anne, dau. of George Gerrard, Dorney, Bucks., and step-dau. of Sir Henry Savile (founder of Savilian Professorship at Oxford); m. 2nd, 1630 Anne, widow of Paul Bayning, 1st Viscount Bayning, and dau. of Sir Henry Glemham, Little Glemham, Suffolk; d. 15 Feb 1631/2. Buried Westminster Abbey, monument in St. Paul’s Chapel. DNB.

CARPENTER, GEORGE, 2ND OF TYRCONNEL (I), eldest son of George Carpenter, 1st Earl of Tyrconnel (I) MP, and Frances, dau. of Sir Robert Clifton, Bart., KB MP; b. 30 Jun 1750; succ. father as 2nd Earl of Tyrconnel (I) 9 Mar 1762; in school lists 1764, 1765; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 9 Feb 1767; MP Scarborough 28 Jul 1772-96, Berwick on Tweed 1796-1802; of Homme House, Herefordshire; m. 1st, 9 Jul 1772 (div. 1777) Frances, eldest dau. of John Manners, Marquis of Granby PC MP, Lieut. -Gen. in the Army; m. 2nd, 3 Jun 1780 Hon. Sarah Hussey Delaval, sixth dau. of John Hussey Delaval, 1st Baron Delaval (qv); d. 15 Apr 1805.

Carr, Leonard Robert, Baron Carr of Hadley, brother of Ralph William Dale Carr (qv); b. 11 Nov. 1916; adm. Sept. 1930 (G); left July 1935; Caius Coll. Camb., matric. 1935, BA 1938; MA 1942; FIM 1957; John Dale Ltd, 1938-63, dir. 1948-55, chairman 1958-63; MP (C) Mitcham 1950 to Feb. 1974, Carshalton Feb. 1974 to Dec. 197 5; PPS to the Foreign Secretary 1951-5, to the Prime Minister Apr.-Dec. 1955; Party Sec. Min. of Labour and Nat. Service 1955-8; Sec. for Technical Co-operation 1963-4; PC 1963; Sec. of State for Employment 1970-2; Lord Pres. of the Council and Leader House of Commons Apr.-Nov. 1972; Home Secretary 1972-4; dir. Prudential Assurance Co. 1976-85, chairman 1980-5; also chairman of many other industrial companies and bodies; cr. Baron Carr of Hadley (Life Peer) 197 5; Council CBI 1976-87; Pres. Surrey County Cricket Club 1985-6; a Busby Trustee 1971-; a Governor of the school 1978- 90; pres. Elizabethan Club 1985-8; m. 6 July 1943 Joan Kathleen, d. of Edward Wing Twining MRCP of Manchester; 17 Feb. 2012

CARTER, THOMAS, eldest son of Thomas Richard Carter (qv); b.; adm. 1 Jun 1774; KS 1775; convicted with four other Westminster boys at Middlesex Quarter Sessions, 21 May 1779, of a gross assault on a man in Dean’s Yard (Annual Register, 1779, 213); elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1779, matr. 3 Jun 1779, aged 18, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1779 - Nov 1790, Faculty Student 10 Nov 1790 - void on marriage 25 Nov 1791; BA 1783; MA 1786; adm. Middle Temple 5 Jun 1780, called to bar 9 Feb 1787; [? also adm. Inner Temple, year 1785/6]; private secretary to William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland (qv), when Home Secretary, 5 Jan 1795 - 6 Aug 1798; MP Tamworth 1796-1802, Callington 1807 - Apr 1810; High Sheriff, Northamptonshire 1806; m. Nov 1791 Glencairn, dau. of Walter Campbell, Shawfield, Lanarkshire, and Islay, Argyllshire; d. 10 Jun 1835.

CARTERET, ROBERT, 3RD EARL GRANVILLE, only surviving son of John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville (qv), and his first wife; b. 21 Sep 1721; adm. Sep 1731; left 1738; St. John’s Coll. Oxford, matr. 4 Jul 1738; MA 1742; MP Yarmouth (Isle of Wight) 14 Dec 1744-7; mental instability was already evident while he was a MP; succ. father as 3rd Earl Granville 2 Jan 1763, but did not take seat in House of Lords; m. Elizabeth --- (said to have been French); d. 13 Feb 1776.

CARY, HON. LUCIUS FERDINAND, MASTER OF FALKLAND, eldest son of Lucius Charles Cary, 7th Viscount Falkland (S), and his first wife Jane, widow of James Fitzgerald Villiers, Viscount Villiers (qv), and dau. of Richard Butler, London, conveyancer; b.; adm. (aged 11) Jul 1747 (Levett's); in school life 1752; Ensign, 2nd Foot Guards, 23 Dec 1752; Capt. -Lieut., 14th Foot, 14 Oct 1755; Capt., 26 Dec 1755; Maj., 74th Foot, 8 Feb 1762; half-pay 1763; Maj., 60th Foot, 4 Apr 1765 - May 1768; half-pay, 1768-79; Brevet Lieut. -Col., 25 May 1772; Lieut. -Col. commandant, 89th Foot, 18 Oct 1779; commanding British Forces in Tobago, West Indies, 1779-80; MP Bridport from 1774; m. at Gibraltar 28 Nov 1757 Anne, dau. of Col. Alexander Leith; d. in Tobago, 20 Aug 1780.

CAULFIELD, HON. THOMAS, seventh son of William Caulfield, 2nd Baron Charlemont (I), Master-Gen. of the Ordnance (I), and Mary, dau. of Sir John King, Kt. , Boyle Abbey, co. Roscommon; b. ; at school under Busby (Adm. Reg. , Magd. Coll. Camb. ); a letter from his aunt Dorothy, widow of Arthur Moore, Dunmoghan, co. Louth, apparently written in 1644, asks for Hartlib’s help on behalf of her nephew at “an ellection of some scollers at Westminster” (Hartlib MSS in possession of Lord Delamere, as quoted H. G. Turnbull, Hartlib, Dury and Comenius, 1947, 247, note); Magdalene Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 6 Jun 1645, aged 14, matr. 1645; a Master in Chancery (I), 29 Mar 1655, continued in office 26 Feb 1660; MP (I) Charlemont 1661-5; attainted and estate sequestered 1689; m. 1657 Hon. Anne Moore, dau. of Charles Moore, 2nd Viscount Moore (I); d. 1690.