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GAGE, WILLIAM HALL, 2ND VISCOUNT GAGE (I), son of Thomas Gage, 1st Viscount Gage (I) MP FRS, and his first wife Benedicta Maria Theresa, only dau. of Henry Benedict Hall, High Meadow, Gloucs.; b. 1 Jan 1718; adm. Jan 1727/8; left 1735; Grand Tour (Italy) 1739-40; Equerry to Frederick, Prince of Wales 29 Oct 1742-51; MP Seaford 9 May 1744-7, 1754-80; succ. father as 2nd Viscount Gage (I) 21 Dec 1754; Paymaster of the Pensions 22 Dec 1755 – Jun 1763, 27 Jul 1765 - Mar 1782 (when post was abolished); created Baron Gage (GB) 17 Oct 1780 and, with remainder, 1 Nov 1790; member Society of Dilettanti 1740/1; m. 3 Feb 1757 Elizabeth, dau. of Samuel Gideon, Stepney, Middlesex, financier, and sister of Sampson Gideon, 1st Baron Eardley (I); d. 11 Oct 1791.

GORDON-LENNOX, CHARLES, 5th DUKE OF RICHMOND AND GORDON, eldest son of Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond and Lennox KG PC, Lord Lieut. Ireland and Governor-General of Canada, Gen. in the Army, and Lady Charlotte Gordon, eldest dau. of Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon KT; grandson of Lord George Henry Lennox (qv); b. 3 Aug 1791; styled Earl of March 1806-19; adm. (Glover); left 1809; Trinity Coll. Dublin, adm. nob. 28 Oct 1809; BA 1813; Ensign, 8th Garrison Battalion 8 Jun 1809; Lieut., 13th Light Dragoons 21 Jun 1810; Capt., 92nd Foot 9 Jul 1812; 52nd Foot 8 Apr 1813; Brevet Maj., 15 Jun 1815; Brevet Lieut. -Col., 25 Jul 1816; half-pay 25 Jul 1816; ADC and Assistant Military Secretary to Duke of Wellington in Peninsular War 1810-4; wounded at Orthes; ADC to Prince of Orange at battle of Waterloo; MP Chichester 1812 – 28 Aug 1819; succ. father as 5th Duke of Richmond and Lennox 28 Aug 1819; as MP and peer a supporter of Tory governments to 1828, but opposed Catholic Emancipation and went into opposition after the passage of the Catholic Emancipation Bill in 1829; KG 13 May 1829; offered and accepted Cabinet office in the incoming Whig government Nov 1830; Postmaster-General Nov 1830 – May 1834; Privy Councillor 22 Nov 1830; resigned office over Whig government’s Irish Church policy May 1834, moving to cross-benches in House of Lords; inherited Scottish estates of his cousin 5th Duke of Gordon 1836, assuming additional surname of Gordon before Lennox, 9 Aug 1836; became a vocal advocate of agricultural protection in the 1840s, strongly opposing Sir Robert Peel’s repeal of the corn laws; Col., Sussex Militia, from 4 Dec 1819; Extra ADC to William IV 9 May 1832; Lord Lieut. of Sussex from 19 Jun 1835; Chancellor, Marischall College, Aberdeen, from 1836; FRS 2 Apr 1840; President, Royal Agricultural Society, from 1845; DL Banffshire 1846; Steward, Jockey Club 1831; horses of his won the Oaks 1827, 1845, and the One Thousand Guineas 1845; Provincial Grand Master of Freemasons, Sussex, from 1823; several details of his school life, including his fight with an overgrown bully, will be found in a Memoir of him published in 1862; Busby Trustee from 19 May 1827; m. 10 Apr 1817 Lady Caroline Paget, eldest dau. of Henry William Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey (qv); d. 21 Oct 1860. DNB.

GORGES, HAMILTON, brother of Richard Gorges (adm. 1721, qv); b.; adm. (aged 10) Sep 1721; left 1728; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 14 Jun 1728; MA 1732; of Catherine’s Grove, co. Dublin; MP (I) Coleraine 1757-60, Swords 1761-9; High Sheriff Meath 1770, Tyrone 1771; m. 27 Apr 1734 Catherine, dau. of John Keatinge; d. 8 Apr 1756.

FINCH, HENEAGE, 2ND EARL OF AYLESFORD, eldest son of Heneage, 1st Earl of Aylesford (qv); bapt. Albury, Surrey 27 Aug 1683 (IGI); at school under Knipe (Steward, Anniversary Dinner 1729); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 27 Jun 1700, aged 17; MP Maidstone 3 Nov 1704- 5, 1710 - 22 Jul 1719; Master of the Jewel House 8 Jun 1711 - Feb 1716; styled Lord Guernsey 1714-9; succ. father as 2nd Earl of Aylesford 22 Jul 1719; a Busby Trustee from 28 Jan 1719/20; gave £50 towards building of College Dormitory; m. 9 Dec 1712 Mary, dau. of Sir Clement Fisher, Bart.; d. 29 Jun 1757.

FITZPATRICK, JOHN, 2ND EARL OF UPPER OSSORY (I), elder son of John Fitzpatrick, 1st Earl of Upper Ossory (I) MP, and Lady Evelyn Leveson-Gower, youngest dau. of John Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Gower (qv); b, 2 May 1745; in school list 1754; succ. father as 2nd Earl of Upper Ossory (I) 25 Sep 1758; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. nob. 8 Nov 1760; MA 1762; Grand Tour (Italy) 1763-4; MP Bedfordshire 7 Apr 1767 - 9 Aug 1794; Lord Lieut., Bedfordshire, from 6 Feb 1771; cr. Baron Upper Ossory of Ampthill (GB) 9 Aug 1794; FRS 17 Feb 1780; member Society of Dilettanti 1766; Col., Bedfordshire Militia, from 20 Jan 1771, with rank Col. in the Army 2 Jul 1779; m. 26 Mar 1769 Hon. Anne Liddell, divorced wife of Augustus Henry Fitzroy, 3rd Duke of Grafton KG, Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury, and dau. of Henry Liddell, 1st Baron Ravensworth; d. 1 Feb 1818.

FITZROY-SCUDAMORE, CHARLES, natural son of Charles Fitzroy, 2nd Duke of Grafton KG FRS, Lord Lieut. Ireland; b.; adm. (aged 8) Nov 1721; KS 1728; left 1730; Ensign, 1st Foot Guards 30 Oct 1734; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 2 May 1740; Maj., 1 Dec 1747; retired 11 Oct 1748; MP Thetford Feb 1732/3-54, Hereford 1754-68, Heytesbury 1768-74, Thetford 1774 - Mar 1782; Master of Tennis Courts, Royal Household 12 Sep 1727 - Jun 1762; Groom Porter to Kings George II and III 8 May 1743 - Dec 1763; Deputy Cofferer of the Household Jul 1765 - Sep 1769; Cursitor, Court of Chancery (I); Deputy Ranger, Whittlebury Forest, from 1749; his marriage brought him the Scudamore family’s estate at Holme Lacy, Herefordshire, and he assumed additional surname of Scudamore 22 Mar 1749; m. 17 Jul 1748 Hon. Frances Scudamore, divorced wife of Henry Scudamore (formerly Somerset), 3rd Duke of Beaufort (qv), and only dau. of James, 3rd Viscount Scudamore (I) MP; d. 19 Aug 1782.

FLUDYER, SIR SAMUEL BRUDENELL, BART., elder son of Sir Samuel Fludyer, Bart. (b. 1705, qv) and his second wife; b. 8 Oct 1759; succ. father as 2nd baronet 18 Jan 1768; adm. 17 Jan 1771; left 1777; Grand Tour; MP Aldborough 8 Jun 1781 - 4; Lieut. Col., Royal Monmouth and Brecon Militia 1 Jul 1805 (still 1808); m. 5 Oct 1796 his cousin Maria, dau. of Robert Weston; d. 17 Feb 1833.

FORD, SIR RICHARD, brother of Thomas Ford (qv); b.; adm. 3 Jun 1765; left Christmas 1774; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 13 Nov 1777, called to bar 18 Nov 1782; formed a connection with Dorothy Bland (the actress Mrs Jordan), which lasted until she became the mistress of the future King William IV; MP East Grinstead 27 Feb 1789-90, Appleby 1790 - May 1791; Police Magistrate at Shadwell 1792-6, Bow Street from 1797, Chief Magistrate from 1800; knighted 16 Dec 1801; originator of the Bow Street Horse Patrol 1805; member, board of management, Drury Lane Theatre 1802; m. Marianne, dau. of Benjamin Booth, The Adelphi, Westminster; d. 3 May 1806, aged 47.

FOX-STRANGWAYS, HON. JOHN GEORGE CHARLES, brother of William Thomas Horner Fox-Strangways, 4th Earl of Ilchester (qv); b. 6 Feb 1803; adm. 22 May 1815 (Best's); KS 1817; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1821, adm. pens. 9 Jun 1821 (sic), but went to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 8 Jun 1821 (sic); BA 1824; a Clerk, Foreign Office; Gentleman Usher Daily Waiter to Queen Adelaide 23 Jul 1830-7; MP (Whig) Calne Sep 1836-7, Dorset 1837-41; m. 19 Feb 1844 Amelia, third dau. of Edward Marjoribanks, Greenlands, Bucks., banker; d. 8 Sep 1859.

HOSKYNS, SIR JOHN, BART., eldest son of Sir John Bennet Hoskyns, Bart., barrister, Bencher Middle Temple, and his first wife Anne, dau. of Sir John Bingley, Kt, Templecombe, Somerset, Auditor of the Exchequer; grandson of John Hoskyns (qv); b. 23 Jul 1634; at school under Busby (British Library, Sloane MSS 4222, f. 208); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 9 Dec 1650; adm. Middle Temple 7 Jul 1647, called to bar 25 Nov 1653, Bencher 10 Nov 1671; knighted 24 Jan 1675/6; a Master in Chancery from 1676; succ. father as 2nd baronet 10 Feb 1679/80; MP Herefordshire Mar 1684/5 – Jul 1687; FRS 20 May 1663 (an original Fellow), President 30 Nov 1682 – 30 Nov 1683; a friend of the antiquary John Aubrey, Lord Keeper Guilford and Sir Christopher Wren (qv); m. 29 Aug 1671 Jane, dau. of Sir Gabriel Lowe, Kt, Newark Park, Ozleworth, Gloucs.; d. 12 Sep 1705. DNB.