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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.

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.

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.

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.

BURRELL, SIR PERCY, BART., second son of Sir Charles Merrik Burrell, Bart. (qv); b. 10 Feb 1812; adm. (G) 11 Jul 1825; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 8 Jul 1830; succ. his father as 4th baronet, 4 Jan 1862; MP (Cons) New Shoreham from Feb 1862; DL JP Sussex; m. 26 Aug 1856 Henrietta Katherine, dau. of Vice-Adm. Sir George Richard Brooke-Pechell, Bart., RN MP; d. 19 Jul 1876.

BURKE, WILLIAM, eldest son of John Burke (or Bourke), Middle Temple and St. James’s, London, and his first wife Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Burke, London, vintner; b.; adm. (aged 13) Sep 1742 (Durand's); KS 1743; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1747, matr. 26 Jun 1747, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1747 - 26 Jun 1761 (void), leave of absence on appt. as Secretary, Guadeloupe, 25 Aug 1759; BCL 1755; adm. Middle Temple 26 May 1750, called to bar 28 Nov 1755; Secretary and Registrar, Guadeloupe, 1759-63; Under-Secretary of State, Jul 1765 - Feb 1767; MP Great Bedwyn 16 Jun 1766-8, 29 May 1768-74; lost substantial sums of money in speculations on the Stock Exchange, 1769; in India 1777-8, becoming agent for Rajah of Tanjore; again in India 1780-93, initially at Madras, subsequently at Calcutta; Deputy Paymaster of the Forces, East Indies, 1782-93; present at OWW dinner at Calcutta 1783 (Hickey, Memoirs, iii, 245-6); figures in Goldsmith’s Retaliation; lived on intimate terms with his distant kinsman Edmund Burke, with whom he wrote An Account of the European Settlements in America, 1757; author of two pamphlets on the peace negotiations, 1759 and 1761; d. Mar 1798. DNB.

BUNBURY, SIR THOMAS CHARLES, BART., eldest son of Sir William Bunbury, Bart. (qv); b. May 1740; adm. Apr 1751 (Watts'); in school list 1754; St. Catherine’s Hall, Cambridge, adm. 17 Apr 1756, matr. Mich. 1757; MA 1765; Grand Tour (Italy) 1760-1; MP Suffolk 1761-84, 1790-1812; Secretary to Embassy, Paris, Aug 1763 - May 1765, and Chief Secretary to Lord Lieut. Ireland, Jun-Aug 1765, but did not perform duties of either post; succ. father as 6th baronet, 11 Jun 1764; High Sheriff, Suffolk 1788; a well-known owner of racehorses, including Diomed, winner of the first Derby, 1780, Eleanor, winner of the Oaks and Derby, 1801, and Smolensko, winner of the Two Thousand Guineas and Derby, 1813; m. 1st, 2 Jun 1762 (div. 1776) Lady Sarah Lennox, sister of Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond and Lennox (qv); m. 2nd, 21 Nov 1805 Margaret Cocksedge; d. 31 Mar 1821.

BULLER, SIR ANTHONY, brother of John Francis Buller (qv); b. 26 Jul 1780; adm. 29 Feb 1788; KS 1794; played cricket against Eton 25 Jul 1796; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 21 Jul 1797, called to bar 12 May 1803; MP West Looe 1812 - Mar 1816; Puisne Judge, Supreme Court, Madras, 6 Sep 1815, transferred to Bengal 10 Apr 1816; knighted 23 Apr 1816; retd. 1 Jan 1827; again MP West Looe 1831-2; of Pound, Devon; m. 4 Feb 1805 his cousin Isabella Jane, sister of William Lemon (qv); d. 27 Jun 1866.

BUCKNILL, SIR THOMAS TOWNSEND, second son of Sir John Charles Bucknill, Kt., MD FRS FRCP, Bournemouth, Hants., one of the Lord Chancellor’s Visitors in Lunacy, and Mary Anne, only child of Thomas Townsend, Hillmorton Hall, Rugby, Warwicks.; b. 18 Apr 1845; adm. 29 Jan 1858 (James'); left Christmas 1858; went to Geneva; adm. Inner Temple 11 Nov 1865, called to bar 17 Nov 1868, Bencher 20 Nov 1891; Western Circuit and Admiralty Court; QC 1885; Recorder of Exeter 1885-99; Alderman, Surrey County Council, 1889-92; MP (Cons) Mid Surrey 1892 - Jan 1899; Judge of Queen’s Bench Division, High Court, Jan 1899 - Feb 1914, when he retired owing to ill health; knighted 14 Jan 1899; Privy Councillor 1914; JP (1904) Surrey; Busby Trustee 19 Jun 1894-1908; ed., Abbott on Shipping, and other legal works; m. 21 Dec 1878 Annie Bell, second dau. of Henry Bell Ford, Clifton, Gloucs.; d. 4 Oct 1915.

BRYDGES, JAMES, 3RD DUKE OF CHANDOS, only son of Henry Brydges, 2nd Duke of Chandos (qv); b. 27 Dec 1731; adm. Jun 1742 (Hawkins'); left 1749; MP Winchester 1754-61, Radnorshire 1761-8; DCL Oxford 1 Oct 1755; a Lord of the Bedchamber 25 Nov 1760 - Jul 1764; Lord Lieut. Hampshire 15 Jun 1763- 20 Aug 1764, 6 Feb 1771- 10 May 1780; succ. father as 3rd Duke of Chandos 28 Nov 1771; Privy Councillor 12 May 1775; Lord Steward of the Household from 26 Dec 1783; DCL Oxford 1 Oct 1755; m. 1st, 22 Mar 1753 Margaret, dau. of John Nicoll, Southgate, Middlesex; m. 2nd, 20 Jun 1777 Anne Eliza, widow of Roger Hope Elletson, and dau. of Richard Gamon, Datchworthbury, Herts.; d. 29 Sep 1789.