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STONE, ANDREW, elder son of Andrew Stone, Lombard Street, London, goldsmith, and Anne Holbrooke; b. 4 Feb 1702/3; adm. Feb 1714/5; KS 1717; Capt. of the School 1721; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1722, matr. 6 Jun 1722, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1722 – void 26 Jun 1735; BA 1726; MA 1728 (incorp. Cambridge 1749); Private Secretary to Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle (qv), 1732-4; Under-Secretary of State Jul 1734 – Apr 1751; Collector of State Papers May 1739 – Jun 1741, Keeper of State Papers from May 1741; MP Hastings 1741-61; a Commissioner of Trade Nov 1749 – Oct 1761; Sub-Governor to Prince George (the future George III) 1751-6, Secretary to Prince George as Prince of Wales 1756-60; charged before the Privy Council in Feb 1753, with William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield (qv), and James Johnson (qv), with having toasted the Pretender, but retained the confidence of the Court; Treasurer to Queen Charlotte from 2 Nov 1761; a valued confidant of the Pelham brothers, and for more than thirty years “no man was more completely behing the scenes of the political stage”; Busby Trustee 13 Apr 1752; m. 7 Jul 1743 Hannah, dau. of Stephen Mauvillain, Tooting and Morden, Surrey; d. 16 Dec 1773. Buried North Aisle, Westminster Abbey.

STOTE, BERTRAM, son of Sir Richard Stote, Kt, Jesmond Hall, Northumberland, Serjeant-at-Law, and Margaret, dau. of Henry Holmes, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, merchant; bapt. 8 Feb 1674/5; adm.; KS 1688; left 1693; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 17 Jun 1693, aged 17, matr. 1693; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 27 may 1691; member, Merchant Adventurers’ Co., Newcastle upon Tyne 3 Jan 1700; MP Northumberland 1702-5; inherited Whitchester estate on death of his uncle Henry Holmes in 1706; unm.; buried St. Nicholas, Newcastle upon Tyne 22 Jul 1707.

STRACHEY, SIR HENRY, BART., eldest surviving son of Henry Strachey, Sutton Court, Somerset, and his first wife Helen, dau. of Robert Clerk, Listonfield, Midlothian, physician; b. 23 May 1737; adm. Jun 1750; Clerk, War Office, to 1764; Private Secretary to Lord Clive in India 1764-6 and in England to 1774; MP Pontefract 5 Dec 1768-74, Bishop’s Castle 1774 – Jun 1778, Saltash 1 Oct 1778-80, Bishop’s Castle 1780-1802, East Grinstead 1802-7; Secretary to Commission for restoring peace in America 1774-8; Clerk of Deliveries of Ordnance 20 Jun 1778 – Oct 1780, Principal Storekeeper of Ordnance 16 Oct 1780 – May 1782; Joint Secretary of the Treasury 29 Mar – 15 Jul 1782; Joint Under-Secretary of State, Home Department Jul 1782 - Apr 1783; Principal Storekeeper of Ordnance 12 Apr 1783 – Mar 1784; assisted King’s Commissioners in negotiations for peace with the American Colonies in Paris 1783; Master of the Household from 16 Jul 1794; created baronet 15 Jun 1801; m. 23 May 1770 Jane, widow of Capt. Thomas Latham, Royal Navy, and dau. of John Kelsall, Greenwich, Kent; d. 1 Jan 1810. DNB.

STUART, SIR SIMEON, BART., son of Sir Simeon Stuart, Bart., MP, and Elizabeth, only dau. of Sir Richard Dereham, Bart.; bapt. Hartley Maudit, Hampshire 1 Nov 1720 (IGI); adm. (aged 13) Jul 1734; left 1737; MP Hampshire from 1761; succ. father as 3rd baronet 11 Aug 1761; Chamberlain, Tally Court of the Exchequer, from 12 Dec 1761; m. 4 Oct 1761 (IGI) Anna, dau. of Lieut. -Col. --- Hooke, [? Regt. ], Governor of Minorca; d. 19 Nov 1779.

SUTTON, SIR RICHARD, BART., brother of John Sutton (adm. 1740/1, qv); b. 31 Jul 1733; adm. Jan 1743/4 (Morel's); the friend of William Cowper (adm. 1742, qv), with whom he read through the Iliad and the Odyssey when at school (Southey, Cowper, i, 106); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens, 25 Jan 1749/50, scholar 11 may 1750, readm. as fellow commoner 11 Nov 1751, matr. 1750; MA 1753; when he went up to Trinity Coll. Warburton introduced him by letter to Hurd as “a perfect boy, in the simplicity of his manners, but of surprizing acquirements. Besides his knowledge of the ancient languages he speaks and writes Spanish and French with great exactness, understands Italian, and is now learning High Dutch” (Nichols, Literary Anecdotes, v, 542, note); probably Grand Tour (at Capua with brother John in 1753 ?); adm. Middle Temple 21 Aug 1754; migr. to Inner Temple 9 Feb 1759, called to bar 29 Jun 1759, sold chambers there 12 Jun 1782; Counsel to Board of Ordnance; Under-Secretary of State Aug 1766 – Sep 1772; a Commissioner of the Privy Seal Feb – Mar 1768; MP St. Albans 1768-80, Sandwich 1780-4, Boroughbridge 1784-96; succeeded brother to Norwood Park estate, Notts., 1772; created baronet 14 Oct 1772; a Lord of the Treasury 6 Sep 1780 – Mar 1782; m. 1st, 28 Jun 1765 Susanna, eldest dau. of Philip Champion de Crespigny, Proctor, Court of Arches; m. 2nd, 7 Feb 1767 Anne, dau. of William Peers Williams, Cadhay, Devon; m. 3rd, 8 Apr 1793 Margaret, dau. of John Porter, Wandsworth, Surrey; d. 10 Jan 1802.

SYKES, SIR MARK MASTERMAN, BART., eldest son of Sir Christopher Sykes, Bart., MP, and Elizabeth, dau. of William Tatton, Wythenshawe, Cheshire; b. 20 Aug 1771; adm. 7 Jun 1784; left Aug 1785; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 10 May 1788; High Sheriff, Yorkshire 1795; assumed additional name of Masterman 27 Sep 1796; succ. father as 3rd baronet 17 Sep 1801; MP York 1807-20; Master, Holderness Hunt, and Lord Middleton’s Hounds; a well-known book collector; his library and collections of pictures, prints, bronzes, coins and medals were sold by auction in 1824; FSA 6 Jun 1793; m. 1st, 11 Nov 1795 Henrietta, dau. of Henry Masterman, Settrington, Yorks.; m. 2nd, 2 Aug 1814 Mary Elizabeth, dau. of William Egerton (formerly Tatton) MP, and sister of Wilbraham Egerton, Tatton Park, Cheshire; d. 16 Feb 1823. DNB.

TALBOT, JOHN, eldest son of John Ivory Talbot MP, Lacock Abbey, Wilts., and Hon. Mary Mansel, sister of Bussy Mansel, 3rd Baron Mansel (qv); b.; adm. (aged 8) Jun 1726; in school lists 1731-4; Oriel Coll. Oxford, matr. 5 Feb 1734/5; MP Marlborough 1747-54; m. 19 Dec 1742 Elizabeth, dau. of James Stone, Badbury Manor, Wilts., and New Inn, London; d. 1778 (will proved PCC 26 Jun 1778).

TAYLOR, MICHAEL ANGELO, only son of Sir Robert Taylor, Kt, Spring Gardens, Charing Cross, London, architect, and Elizabeth --- (IGI); bapt. St. Martin’s in the Fields 13 Jul 1757 (IGI); adm. 13 Jan 1766; Corpus Christi Coll. Oxford, matr. 21 Oct 1774, aged 17; BA 1778; MA (from St. Johnís Coll. ) 1781; adm. Inner Temple 19 Jan 1769; migr. to Lincoln’s Inn 30 Nov 1770, called to bar 12 Nov 1774; Recorder of Poole 1784; MP Poole 1784-90, Heytesbury 22 Dec 1790 - Feb 1791, Poole 25 Feb 1791-6, Albeburgh 1796 ñ Mar 1800, Durham 17 Mar 1800-2, Rye 1806-7, Ilchester 1807-12, Poole 1812-8, Durham 1818-31, Sudbury from 1832; Privy Councillor 23 Feb 1831; entered House of Commons as a supporter of Pitt, but soon became a convinced and active Whig politician; one of managers of impeachment of Warren Hastings (qv); drew attention to delays in Chancery and to the defective paving and lighting of London streets; the Metropolitan Paving Act, 1817, was long remembered as “Michael Angelo Taylor’s Act”; FSA 26 Mar 1789; m. 7 Aug 1789 Frances Anne, dau. of Rev. Sir Harry Vane, Bart., Prebendary of Durham; d. 16 Jul 1834. DNB.

TEMPEST, JOHN, only son of John Tempest MP, Wynyard, co. Durham, and Frances, eldest dau. of Richard Shuttleworth MP, Gawthorpe, Lancs.; b.; adm. (aged 8) Jan 1749/50 (Watts'); in school list 1754; Emmanuel Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 21 Oct 1758; MP Durham from 1768; m. 25 May 1767 Anne, dau. of Joseph Townsend MP, Honington, Warwickshire; d. 13 Aug 1794.

TEMPLER, GEORGE, brother of John Templer (qv); b.; adm. 10 Oct 1768; KS (aged 15) 1770; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 1770 [check]; Writer, EICS Bengal 1773; Assistant Deputy Commissary-General 1774; Factor and Contractor for Elephants 1779; Commissioner for regulating the Price of Grain 1783; Senior Merchant 1784; returned to England 1785; partner, firm Edwards Smith Templer & Co., bankers, London, until the firm’s failure in 1817; MP Honiton 1790-6; returned to India 13 May 1817; Commercial Resident, Jangipur, from 1818; one of donors of Warren Hastings Cup; m. 5 Mar 1781 Jane, eldest dau. of Henry Paul, West Monckton, Somerset; d. in India 5 Jul 1819.