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NOWELL, LAURENCE, son of Alexander Nowell, Read Hall, Whalley, Lancs., and Grace, dau. of Rafe Catherall, Mitton, Lancs.; a kinsman of Alexander Nowell, Head Master; b. c. 1531 (aged 19 at 12 Apr 1550); adm.; KS; left 1549 (Chapter Muniments); Christ Church, Oxford, residing 1550-3, Student in 1552-3 (name in college buttery books to 24 Dec 1554); BA 1552; studying and travelling in France and Flanders 1553-4; tutor to “Mr. Harringeton’s sons” (perhaps sons of Sir James Harington, Exton, Rutland) in France and at Padua, Italy, before Dec 1558; probably the individual of this name who was MP Knaresborough Jan – May 1559; joined household of William Cecil c. 1562; a pioneer cartographer and one of the earliest scholars to take a serious interest in manuscripts of the Anglo-Saxon period; left England 25 Mar 1567; subsequent travels on the European continent took him to Paris, Venice, Padua, Vienna, Basel, Leipzig (by Aug 1569) and Freiburg im Breisgau (Oct 1569); not subsequently heard of; his chattels in England had been left by him in the possession of his close friend and fellow antiquary William Lambarde, who was asked to hand them over to Nowell’s family in a complaint filed in the Court of Requests in 1571; his Vocabularium Saxonicum, surviving in manuscript, was first published in 1952; William Camden describes him as “vir rara doctrina insignis, & qui Saxonicam maiorum nostrorum linguam … primus nostra aetate resuscitavit”; for his career and scholarly achievement see Carl T. Berkhout, “Laurence Nowell (1530 – ca. 1570)”, in Helen Damico (and others) (ed), Medieval scholarship, Biographical, Studies on the Formation of a Discipline, New York, 1998.

ONSLOW, GEORGE, 1ST EARL OF ONSLOW, only son of Right Hon. Arthur Onslow PC MP, Imber Court, Surrey, Speaker of the House of Commons, and Anne, dau. of John Bridges, Thames Ditton, Surrey; b. 13 Sep 1731; adm. Sep 1739 (Morel's); Peterhouse, Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 12 May 1749; MA 1766; DCL Oxford 8 Jul 1773; adm. Middle Temple 14 Nov 1739; MP Rye 1754-61, Surrey 1761-74; a Lord of the Treasury Jul 1765 – Nov 1777; Privy Councillor 23 Dec 1767; a strong opponent of election of John Wilkes 1769; awarded damages in his action for libel against John Horne Tooke (qv) 1 Aug 1770; took active part in excluding strangers from gallery of House of Commons and in calling the printers to the bar of the House for publishing the debates 1771; created Baron Cranley 20 May 1776; succ. cousin as 4th Baron Onslow 8 Oct 1776; Lord Lieut., Surrey, from 20 Nov 1776; Comptroller of the Household 1 Dec 1777 – Dec 1779, Treasurer of the Household Dec 1779 – Sep 1780; a Lord of the Bedchamber from 15 Sep 1780; created Earl of Onslow 19 Jun 1801; m. Jun 1753 Henrietta, sister of Sir John Shelley, Bart. (qv); d. 17 May 1814. DNB.

OSBORN, SIR GEORGE, BART., elder son of Sir Danvers Osborn, Bart. (qv); b. 10 May 1742; adm. Apr 1750 (Hawkins'); succ. father as 4th baronet 12 Oct 1753; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 12 Oct 1759, but did not matr.; LLD 1769; Ensign, 24th Foot 1759; Capt., 16th Dragoons 20 Dec 1759; served in expedition to Belleisle 1761; ADC to his uncle Earl of Halifax, Lord Lieut. Ireland 1761; Maj., 18th Foot 13 Feb 1762; Brevet Lieut. -Col., 31 Mar 1763; Deputy Quartermaster-Gen., Ireland 1763; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 3rd Foot Guards 9 Nov 1765; Brevet Col. and 2nd Maj., 3rd Foot Guards 7 Aug 1777; Lieut. -Col., 25 Mar 1782; Major-Gen., 19 Feb 1779; Col., 73rd Foot 18 Apr 1785 – Aug 1786, 40th Foot from 11 Aug 1786; Lieut. -Gen., 28 Sep 1787; Gen., 26 Jan 1797; served in American War as Muster Master and Inspector-Gen. of German troops employed in service of Great Britain; MP Northampton 1768 – 14 Feb 1769, Bossinney 24 Apr 1769-74, Penryn 1774-80, Horsham 30 Nov 1780-4; a Groom of the Bedchamber 16 May 1770 – Mar 1812; Busby Trustee 18 May 1802; m. 1st, 6 Apr 1771 Elizabeth, dau. of John Banister, St. George’s, Hanover Square, London; m. 2nd, 22 Aug 1788 Lady Mary Finch, dau. of Daniel Finch, 7th Earl of Winchilsea and 3rd Earl of Nottingham (qv), and his second wife; d. 29 Jun 1818.

OSBORN, SIR JOHN, BART., only son of Sir George Osborn, Bart. (qv), and his first wife; b. 3 Dec 1772; adm. 2 May 1781 (G); in school list 1786; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 22 Apr 1790; BA 1793; MA 1814; DCL 1834; MP Bedfordshire 15 Sep 1794-1807, Cockermouth 12 Jul 1807 – Jun 1808, Queenborough 1812-8, Wigtown Burghs 21 Mar 1821 – Jan 1824; a Lord of the Admiralty 1811 – Feb 1824; succ. father as 5th baronet 29 Jun 1818; a Commissioner for Auditing the Public Accounts from 26 Jan 1824; Col., Bedfordshire Militia 12 Jan 1805 (still 1820); m. 14 Sep 1809 Frederica Louisa, illegitimate dau. of Sir Charles Davers, Bart., MP; d. 28 Aug 1848.

PACKER, JOHN, son of Thomas Packer, Twickenham, Middlesex, Clerk of the Privy Seal, and Margaret Mauntlow; b. 12 Nov 1572; adm.; QS; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1589, adm. scholar 1590; BA 1593/4; Grand Tour (France); Secretary to Sir Henry Nevill, Ambassador in Paris; Envoy to Denmark 1610; Secretary to Earl of Somerset 1612, and subsequently to Sir George Villiers (1st Duke of Buckingham); Prothonotary of the Chancery, jointly with Francis Godolphin 13 Mar 1614; Clerk of Privy Seal 6 Sep 1618 – suspended by 13 Nov 1643 (holding post under reversionary grant dated 11 Jul 1604); a favourite at Court, and “was offered many times to be made Secretary of State, but always refused it” (HMC 10th report, pt. vi, 174); purchased manor of Groombridge, Speldhurst, Kent, and rebuilt Groombridge Chapel in gratitude for the safe return from Spain of Charles, Prince of Wales; MP West Looe 1628-9; a Commissioner for enquiring into abuses of the Fleet Prison 1635; declined to loan money to Charles I 1640, and thenceforth an ally of the parliamentary opposition; a Visitor of the University of Oxford 1 May 1647; a liberal benefactor to religious and charitable causes; a collection of letters and state papers formed by Packer was calendared HMC 2nd Report, 49-63, when in the possession of J. B. Fortescue, and a selection of them was edited for the Camden Society by S. R. Gardiner under the title The Fortescue Papers; a book of Greek and Latin verses composed by Packer when at Cambridge is Lansdowne MS 693 in the British Library; lic. to m. 3 Jul 1613 Philippa, sister of John Mylles (qv); d. 9 Feb 1648/9. DNB.

PAGET, HON. SIR ARTHUR, brother of Henry William Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey (qv); b. 15 Jan 1771; adm. 10 Apr 1780; KS 1783; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1787, matr. 8 Jun 1787, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1787 – void by absence 22 Dec 1792 (not having resided since 1790); Secretary to Embassy, St. Petersburg 1791-4; MP Anglesey 22 Nov 1794-1807; Envoy Extraordinary to Berlin 1794, to Elector Palatine 1798-9, to Naples 1800-1 and to Vienna 1801-5; Privy Councillor 4 Jan 1804; Ambassador to Constantinople Jun – Oct 1807; KB 21 May 1804; GCB 2 Jan 1815; m. 16 Feb 1809 Lady Augusta Fane, divorced wife of John Parker, 2nd Baron Boringdon (afterwards 1st Earl of Morley), and second dau. of John Fane, 10th Earl of Westmorland (qv); d. 26 Jul 1840. DNB.

PAGET, HENRY WILLIAM GEORGE, 3rd MARQUIS OF ANGLESEY, only son of Henry Paget, 2nd Marquis of Anglesey (qv), and his first wife; b. 9 Dec 1821; adm. 7 Jun 1836 (boarded with Mr Hodgson); left Jul 1837; Ensign and Lieut., 1st Foot Guards 21 May 1841; retd. 23 May 1845; MP (Whig) South Staffordshire Feb 1854-7; styled Earl of Uxbridge 1854-69; succ. father as 3rd Marquis of Anglesey 6 Feb 1869; took Liberal whip, House of Lords; DL Staffordshire 1851; m. 7 Jun 1845 Sophia, dau. of James Eversfield, Denne Park, Sussex; d. 30 Jan 1880.

PAGET, LORD CLARENCE EDWARD, eldest son of Henry William Paget, 2nd Marquis of Anglesey (qv), and his second wife; b. 17 Jun 1811; adm. 22 Jun 1821 (G); one of the Royal pages at the Coronation of George IV 19 Jul 1821; left Whitsun 1823; entered Royal Navy as ship boy on HMS Naiad 29 May 1823; Lieut., 14 May 1831; Cdr., 25 Sep 1834; Post Capt., 26 Mar 1839; Rear-Adm., 11 Feb 1858; Vice-Adm., 24 Apr 1865; Adm., 1 Apr 1870; served at battle of Navarino 1827 and in the Baltic and Black Sea 1854-6; Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean 1866-9; retired list 1876; MP (Whig/Liberal) Sandwich 1847-52, 1857- May 1866; Secretary to the Admiralty 1859-66; Privy Councillor 6 May 1866; KCB 2 Jun 1869; GCB 29 May 1886; JP Anglesey 1858, also DL Anglesey; in his Autobiography and Journals, ed. Otway, 1896, 3-7, Lord Clarence relates his experiences as a fag at the School and gives an account of the “Shoes and Candlesticks” rebellion; m. 7 Apr 1852 Martha Stuart, youngest dau. of Adm. Sir Robert Waller Otway, Bart., GCB; d. 22 Mar 1895. DNB.

PELHAM, THOMAS, 1st EARL OF CHICHESTER, only surviving son of Thomas Pelham MP, Stanmer, Sussex, previously a merchant at Constantinople, and Annetta, dau. of Thomas Bridges, Constantinople; b. 28 Feb 1727/8; adm. Jun 1740 (Bourne's); carved his name on the Coronation Chair in the Abbey; Clare Hall, Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 24 May 1745; Grand Tour (Italy) 1749-50; MP Rye 13 Dec 1749-54, Sussex 1754 – 17 Nov 1768; a Commissioner of Trade 6 Apr 1754 – Mar 1761; a Lord of the Admiralty 21 Mar 1761 – Dec 1762; Comptroller of the Household 17 Jul 1765 – Mar 1774; Privy Councillor 6 Sep 1765; succ. cousin Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle (qv), as 2nd Baron Pelham of Stanmer 17 Nov 1768; Chief Justice in Eyre, North of Trent 15 Mar 1774 – 27 Nov 1775; Master of the Great Wardrobe 10 Nov 1775 – 11 Jul 1782 (post abolished); Surveyor-Gen. of Customs, London, from 1773; created Earl of Chichester 23 Jun 1801; m. 11 Jun 1754 Anne, dau. of Frederick Meinhardt Frankland MP, Commissioner of Excise; d. 8 Jan 1805. DNB.

PEMBERTON, CHRISTOPHER ROBERT, second son of Christopher Robert Pemberton MD FRCP FRS, Newton, Cambs., Physician Extraordinary to George IV, and his second wife Eleanor, only dau. of James Hamilton, Woodbrook, co. Tyrone; b. 28 Jan 1801; adm. Mich. 1813; KS 1814; Capt. of the School 1818; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1819, matr. 21 May 1819, Westminster Student (still 1829); BA 1824; MA 1826; Junior Clerk, Treasury Jan 1821 – Aug 1826, Assistant Clerk of Revenue Aug 1826 – Oct 1834, Assistant Clerk Oct 1834 - Mar 1850; Private Secretary to Secretary of Treasury Aug 1824 – Sep 1827, Feb 1828 – Nov 1830, and to Right Hon. Henry Goulburn MP when Chancellor of the Exchequer Sep 1841- Jul 1846; DL JP Cambridgeshire, High Sheriff 1859; m. 13 Jun 1829 Henrietta, eldest dau. of Nathaniel William Peach, Ketteringham Hall, Norfolk; d. 26 Jun 1884.