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CLIVE, HENRY, third son of George Clive MP, Whitfield, Herefs., and Arlington Street, Westminster, and Sydney, dau. of Thomas Bolton, Knock, co. Louth; b.; at school 1791 (Clapham); still at school 1794; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 3 Feb 1795, aged 17; BA 1798; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 13 Nov 1794, called to bar 29 Jan 1802; Oxford circuit; MP Ludlow 1807-18, Montgomery 1818-32; Under-Secretary of State, Home Office Apr 1818 - Jan 1822; m. 27 Nov 1809 Charlotte Jane, sister of John Buller (qv); d. 16 Mar 1848.

CLAVERING, HENRY MORDAUNT, second son of Maj. -Gen. Sir John Clavering KB, Commander-in-Chief, Bengal, and his first wife Lady Diana West, dau. of John West, 1st Earl De La Warr KB, General in the Army; b. 16 Dec 1766; adm. 20 Sep 1779 (Clapham); University Coll. Oxford, matr. 15 Jun 1782; Grand Tour (Italy) 1789-90; Ensign, Capt. O’Connor’s Independent Co., 7 Feb 1794; Lieut., Capt. Wolfe’s Independent Co., 12 Feb 1794; Capt., 13 Feb 1794; Maj., 98th Foot, 30 Jul 1794; Lieut. -Col., Argyll Fencibles, 19 Aug 1795; Brevet Col., 29 Apr 1802; Brig. -Gen. (local rank in S. America) 22 Apr 1807; retd., 11 Nov 1824; some interesting extracts from his letters to his old schoolfellow John Benn (qv), relating to their school-days, are printed in Elizabethan xi, 175-6, 185-7; m. 1st, 5 Feb 1788 Lady Augusta Campbell, elder dau. of John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll (S), Field-Marshal in the Army; m. 2nd, ---; d. 18 May 1850.

CHETHAM, ---; adm. 9 Jan 1792 (Clapham); at school Midsummer 1792.

CAVENDISH-BENTINCK, LORD (WILLIAM) CHARLES (AUGUSTUS), third son of William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland (qv); b. May 1780; adm. 29 Jun 1795 (Clapham); in school list 1795, sixth form list 1796; Ensign, 2nd Foot Guards, 20 Jan 1796; Lieut., 44th Foot, 28 Feb 1798; Capt., 29th Foot, 10 May 1798; Maj., 3rd West India Regt., 17 Jul 1802; Lieut. -Col., 38th Foot, 24 Jul 1802; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 1st Foot Guards, 17 Sep 1802, retd. 3 Apr 1811; MP Ashburton 1807-12; Treasurer of the Household from 29 Jul 1812; Privy Councillor 13 Aug 1812; m. 1st, 21 Sep 1808 Georgiana Augusta Frederica Seymour, illegitimate dau. of Mrs Grace Dalrymple Elliott (her father may have been the Prince of Wales (George IV)); m. 2nd, 23 Jul 1816 Anne, divorced wife of Sir William Abdy, Bart., MP, and illegitimate dau. of Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley KG KP PC; d. 28 Apr 1826.

CARTER, EDWARD, only son of Edward Carter, Horsham, Sussex, and Harriet, dau. of John Clater Aldridge, Horsham, Sussex; bapt. Horsham 7 Feb 1785; adm. 13 Jan 1796 (Clapham); Min. Can. (aged 13) 1798; in school list 1801; Trinity Hall, Cambridge, adm. pens. 27 Feb 1799, matr. Mich. 1802, scholar 1803; LLB 1805; adm. Inner Temple 8 Nov 1806; [perhaps adm. proctor, Court of Arches, but not in Law List, 1822]; a brewer at Portsmouth, Hampshire; five times Mayor of Portsmouth prior to the Municipal Corporations Act, and first mayor of the reformed corporation; m. 19 Aug 1809 his first cousin Mary, dau. of Sir John Carter, Kt, Mayor of Portsmouth; d. 12 Aug 1850.

CARD, HENRY, son of John Card, Egham, Surrey, and Mary --- (IGI); b. 6 May 1779; adm. 10 Sep 1792 (Clapham); in sixth form list 1796; Pembroke Coll. Oxford, matr. 10 May 1796; BA 1800; MA 1805; BD and DD 1823; ordained deacon (Winchester, lit. dim. from Hereford) 24 May 1812; Vicar of Wolferton and Rector of Upper Sapey, Herefs., 1 Jun 1812; Vicar of Great Malvern, Worcs., from 27 Jun 1815; Vicar of Donington, Herefs., 1 Jun 1832; FRS 2 Mar 1820; FSA 1821; author, The Reign of Charlemagne, 1807, and other works; m. 1st, 16 Sep 1799 Mary Anne, dau. of Philip Buckley, The Lawn, South Lambeth, Surrey; m. 2nd, 6 Jun 1806 Christian, second dau. of Joseph Fletcher, Great George Square, Liverpool; d. from the effects of an accident 4 Aug 1844. DNB.

BOYD, SIR JOHN, BART., elder son of Sir John Boyd, Bart., MP, Danson Park, Kent, and Margaret, fifth dau. of Hon. Thomas Harley (qv); b. 5 Jun 1786; adm. 19 Sep 1797 (Clapham); in school list 1801; succ. father as 3rd baronet, 30 May 1815; m. 22 Sep 1818 Harriet, second dau. of Hugh Boyd, Ballycastle, co. Antrim; d. at Boulogne 19 Jan 1855.

BENTINCK, WILLIAM; b.; adm. Jan 1803 (Clapham); in school list May 1803, Oct 1803; left 1805. [Presumably William Frederik Christiaan Bentinck, Graf von Bentinck, second son of Jan Carel Bentinck, Graf von Bentinck, and Lady Jemima Ellen de Reede de Ginkell, eldest dau. of Frederick de Ginkell, 6th Earl of Athlone; b. 15 Nov 1787; Chamberlain to King of Holland; m. 16 Apr 1841 Countess Pauline Albertine, second dau., of Frederick Francis, Graf von Münnich; d. 8 Jun 1855. No other William Bentinck among the descendants of the 1st Earl of Portland seems to have been of the right age to have been at the school between 1803 and 1805]

BENTINCK, WILLIAM HENRY EDWARD, elder son of Lord Edward Charles Cavendish Bentinck (qv); b. 2 Feb 1784; adm. 3 Jul 1794 (Clapham); in school lists 1795, 1797, 1801; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 4 Feb 1802, Canoneer Student; BA 1805; MA 1808; private secretary to his uncle, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland (qv), when Prime Minister; ordained priest 7 Feb 1808 (York); Rector of Sigglesthorne, Yorks., 21 Mar 1808 (still 1829); Canon Residentiary of Westminster 7 Oct 1809- Oct 1864; instrumental in getting the knee-breeches which used to be worn by the KSS abolished in 1843; built and endowed at his own cost Holy Trinity, Bessborough Gardens, completed 1852; Clerk of Signet (sinecure) 11 Dec 1802 - 7 Aug 1851, when office abolished; m. 19 Jul 1814 Frances, dau. of Ven. Thomas Constable, Rector of Sigglesthorne, Yorks., and Archdeacon Yorkshire East Riding; d. 29 Sep 1868.

BELCHES (or BELSHES), ALEXANDER HEPBURN MURRAY, son of Col. John Hepburn Belches, Invermay, Forteviot, Perthshire; b. 26 Jun 1778 (IGI); adm. 20 Jun 1791 (Clapham), having previously been at the High School, Edinburgh, with Hon. George Murray (qv) (letter of 22 Jun 1791 from William Vincent (qv) to Alexander Adam, printed W. Steven, History of the High School of Edinburgh, 1849, 136); still at school Christmas 1794; Cornet, 3rd Dragoon Guards 3 May 1797; Lieut., 11 Jan 1800; Capt. in Army 10 Jul 1801; Capt., 3rd Dragoon Guards 3 Dec 1802; Maj., 15th Light Dragoons 31 Aug 1809; still in Army List 1812 (not 1813); of Invermay, Perthshire; living 1826.