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BOYLE, HENRY, 1ST EARL OF SHANNON (I), second son of Lieut. -Col. Hon. Henry Boyle, and Lady Mary O’Brien, d. of Murrough O’Brien, 1st Earl of Inchiquin (I); b.; adm.; QS 1702; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 5 Mar 1704/5, aged 18; of Castle Martyr, co. Cork; MP (I) Midleton 1707-13, Kilmallock 1713-4, co. Cork 1715-56; successfully resisted the attempt of the government in 1729 to obtain a vote for a continuation of supplies to the Crown for twenty-one years; Privy Councillor (I) 13 Apr 1733; Chancellor of the Exchequer (I) 19 Nov 1733 - Nov 1735, 1739-54, 1755-6; opposed the government proposal for appropriating the Irish surplus, 1753; Speaker of the Irish House of Commons 4 Oct 1733 - 31 Mar 1756; LLD Trinity Coll. Dublin 1735; the parliamentary leader of the Whig party in Ireland; styled by Walpole “the King of the Irish Commons”; acted no less than fifteen times as a Lord Justice in the absence of the Lord Lieutenant; on resigning the Speakership he was granted a government pension and created Earl of Shannon (I) 7 Apr 1756; m. 1st, 1715, Catherine, dau. of Chidley Coote, Kilmallock, co. Limerick; m. 2nd, Sep 1726 Lady Henrietta Boyle, dau. of Charles Boyle, 3rd Earl of Cork (I) and 2nd Earl of Burlington; d. at Dublin 28 Dec 1764. DNB.

BOYLE, HAMILTON, 6TH EARL OF CORK AND ORRERY (I), younger son of John Boyle, 5th Earl of Cork and Orrery (qv), and his first wife; b. 3 Feb 1729/30; adm. Jul 1741; KS (Capt. ) 1744; Capt. of the School 1747; played the part of Ignoramus in the play of 1747 with great success (The Orrery Papers, 1903, ii, 9, 11, 13); elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1748, matr. 14 Jun 1748, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1748 - Dec 1762, Faculty Student from 10 Dec 1762; BCL 15 May 1755; DCL 6 Jul 1763; High Steward, Oxford Univ., from 1762; adm. Inner Temple 19 Nov 1748; MP (I) Charleville 1759-60; MP Warwick 1761 - 23 Nov 1762; succ. his father as 6th Earl of Cork and Orrery 23 Nov 1762; d. unm. 17 Jan 1764.

BOYLE, CHARLES, VISCOUNT DUNGARVAN, elder son of John Boyle, 5th Earl of Cork and Orrery (qv), and his first wife; b. 27 Jan 1729; adm. Apr 1738 (Taylor's); his progress at school is frequently mentioned in the Orrery Papers, 1903, i, 244-5, seq.; in school list 1744; St. Mary Hall, Oxford, matr. 23 May 1745; MP (I) Co. Cork from 1756; m. 18 May 1753 Susanna, dau. of Henry Hoare (under school list 1715, qv); d. 16 Sep 1759.

BOOTH, ROBERT, son of Hon. and Very Rev. Robert Booth DD, Dean of Bristol, and his second wife Mary, sister of Charles Hales (qv); b.; adm.; QS (aged 15) 1712; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1716, matr. 8 Jun 1716, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1716 - 1 Jul 1729 (void); BA 1720; MA 1723; adm. Middle Temple 20 Jun 1716, called to bar 7 May 1725; MP Bodmin from 1727; d. 25 Jan 1732/3.

BLADEN, MARTIN, son of Nathaniel Bladen, Bolton Percy, Yorks., and Isabella, dau. of Sir William Fairfax, Kt., Steeton, Yorks.; b.; adm.; KS 1695; left 1697; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 17 Apr 1697, aged 16, matr. 1697; adm. Inner Temple, 23 Mar 1696/7; Ensign, Col. T. Fairfax’s Regt. of Foot, 12 Dec 1697; Ensign of a company added to this Regt. in Ireland, 1 Mar 1702; Capt., Sir Charles Hotham’s new Regt. of Foot, 25 Mar 1705; served in Low Countries and Spain; ADC to Lord Galway; attained rank of Brevet Col.; Col. of a British Regt. raised in Spain, 26 Oct 1709; sold out 26 Jun 1710; Comptroller of the Mint, 23 Dec 1714-27; MP Stockbridge 1715-34, Maldon 1734-41, Portsmouth from 1741; Joint Secretary to Lord Justices of Ireland and to Lord Lieut. of Ireland Sep 1715 - Apr 1717; MP (I) Bandon Bridge 1715-27; Privy Councillor (I) 1 Nov 1715; director, Royal African Company, 1717-26; a Commissioner of Trade and Plantations from 13 Jul 1717; Joint Commissioner to Court of France for settling plantation boundaries in America, 1719-20; First Commissioner and Plenipotentiary to the Conference for settling commerce at Antwerp, Jun 1732 - Feb 1742; one of Sir Robert Walpole’s steadiest supporters in the House of Commons; author of Solon (a tragi-comedy), 1705, and of an English translation of Caesar’s Commentaries, 1712; m. 1st, Mary, dau. of Col. --- Gibbs; m. 2nd, 29 Mar 1728 Frances, widow of John Foche, Aldborough Hatch, Essex, and niece of Col. Joseph Jory, West India merchant; d. 15 Feb 1745/6. DNB.

BERTIE, HON. PEREGRINE FRANCIS, brother of Willoughby Bertie, 4th Earl of Abingdon (qv); b. 13 Mar 1741; adm. (aged 9) Sep 1750 (Porten's); in school list 1754; entered Royal Navy; Lieut., 17 Dec 1759; Cdr., 1 Jan 1762; Capt., 6 Nov 1762, commanding HMS Shannon; travelling in Italy 1765; MP Oxford from 1774; m. 7 May 1790 Elizabeth, dau. of William Hutchins, Yattendon, Berks.; d. 20 Aug 1790.

BERTIE, BROWNLOW, 5TH DUKE OF ANCASTER AND KESTEVEN, brother of Peregrine Bertie, 3rd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven (qv); b. 1 May 1729; adm. Sep 1743 (Ludford's); left 1746; MP Lincolnshire 1761- 8 Jul 1779; succ. his nephew as 5th Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven 8 Jul 1779; Lord Lieut., Lincolnshire, from 9 Aug 1779; m. 1st, 6 Nov 1762 Harriet, only dau. of George Morton Pitt MP, Twickenham, Middlesex, previously EICS Madras, Governor of Fort St. George; m. 2nd, 2 Jan 1769 Mary Anne, youngest dau. of Maj. Peter Layard, Sutton Friars, Canterbury, Kent; d. 8 Feb 1809.

BERKELEY, HON. GEORGE, brother of Charles Berkeley, Viscount Dursley (qv); b. 24 Feb 1691/2; adm.; QS (Capt., aged 15) 1708; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1711, adm. pens. 31 May 1711, scholar 15 May 1712, readm. nob. 10 Feb 1713; MA 1713; adm. Inner Temple 1 Aug 1707; Clerk of the Privy Council 1716-26; MP Dover 20 Dec 1720-34, Hedon 1734-41, and from 4 Mar 1742; Master, Hospital of St. Katherine’s by the Tower, London, from 28 May 1738; m. 1 Jul 1735 [or 26 Jun ?] Henrietta, widow of Charles Howard, 9th Earl of Suffolk, and sister of John Hobart, 1st Earl of Buckinghamshire (qv); d. 29 Oct 1746. DNB.

BENTINCK, LORD EDWARD CHARLES CAVENDISH, brother of William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland (qv); b. 3 Mar 1744; in school list 1754; a boarder at Mrs Morel’s house, where he “occupied as many as two or three rooms” (Bentham, Works, x, 27); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 7 Nov 1761; Grand Tour (France, Netherlands, Gemany) 1764-6; MP Lewes 23 Dec 1766-8, Carlisle 1768-74, Nottinghamshire 11 Jan 1775-96, Clitheroe 1796-1802; m. 23 Dec 1782 Elizabeth, eldest dau. of Richard Cumberland (qv); d. at Brussels 8 Oct 1819.

BENNETT, RICHARD HENRY ALEXANDER, only son of Bennett Alexander Bennett (qv); stepson of Richard Bull (qv); b.; adm. (aged 9) Jun 1752 (Morel's); in school list 1754; MP Newport (Cornwall) 12 Feb 1770-4; of North Court, Shorwell, Isle of Wight; FSA 20 Jun 1765; FRS 10 Dec 1767; m. 20 Jan 1766 Elizabeth Amelia, eldest dau. of Peter Burrell MP, Beckenham, Kent, Surveyor-Gen. of Crown Lands, and sister of Peter Burrell, 1st Baron Gwydir; d. 14 Mar 1814.