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MURRAY, HON. DAVID HENRY, third son of David William Murray, 2nd Earl of Mansfield (qv); b. 9 Feb 1811; adm. 18 Mar 1822 (Stelfox's); Min. Can. 1825; left 1825; Ensign, unattached 20 Mar 1827; 42nd Foot 26 Apr 1828; Lieut., 7th Foot 9 Nov 1830; 60th Foot 23 Nov 1832; Capt., half-pay, unattached 15 May 1835; 25th Foot 24 Jul 1835; Lieut. and Capt., 3rd Foot Guards 23 Mar 1838; Brevet Maj., 9 Nov 1846; retd. 4 Feb 1848; m. 5 Nov 1840 Margaret Grant, Baroness Gray (S), eldest dau. of John Grant, Kilgraston, Perthshire; d. 5 Sep 1862.

PACK, JOHN CHRISTOPHER, eldest son of Richard Pack, Flore Hall, Northants, and Mary Freeman (IGI); b. 22 Jul 1807; adm. 19 Jan 1821 (Stelfox's); left Bartholomewtide 1823; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 7 Dec 1825; BA 1829; adm. Middle Temple 23 Feb 1825; d. 17 Feb 1879.

PEARSON, CHARLES JAMES, brother of George Pearson (qv); b. 31 Oct 1814; adm. 17 Jun 1829 (Stelfox's); left Christmas 1831; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 5 Jun 1834; BA 1838; MA 1842; ordained deacon 19 Jul 1840, priest 25 Jul 1841 (both Ripon); Curate, St. Thomas, Birmingham, and later of Easebourne, Sussex; m. 8 Nov 1845 Mary Charlotte, eldest dau. of Rev. James Hoare Christopher Moor, Vicar of Clifton upon Dunsmore, Warwicks.; d. 10 Jun 1881.

PEARSON, GEORGE, third son of John Pearson, Tettenhall Wood, Staffs., barrister, Advocate-Gen., Bengal, and Jane Elizabeth Matilda, eldest dau. of Lieut. -Col. George Philip Hooke, 17th Foot; b. 28 Apr 1813; adm. 17 Jun 1829 (Stelfox's); left Christmas 1831; Ensign, 9th Foot 24 Apr 1838; d. at Hazaribagh, Bengal 11 Jan 1839.

PEEL, EDMUND YATES, brother of William Accrington Peel (qv); b. 10 Apr 1817; adm. 28 Sep 1827 (Stelfox's); Ensign, 33rd Foot 18 Mar 1836; Lieut., unattached, half-pay 17 Jul 1840; 54th Foot 26 Aug 1841; 11th Light Dragoons (Hussars) 25 Nov 1842; Capt., 3 Nov 1846; Maj., 20 Jun 1854; Brevet Lieut. -Col., 12 Dec 1854; half-pay 22 Jun 1858; served in Crimean War; d. unm. 25 Mar 1885.

PEEL, WILLIAM ACCRINGTON, eldest son of Jonathan Peel, Culham, Oxfordshire, and Eliza, dau. of William Tubb, Oxford; b. 2 Mar 1816; adm. 28 Sep 1827 (Stelfox's); emigrated to South Africa; of Meyer’s Hock, Upper Umlazi, Natal; m. 14 Dec 1841 (IGI) Anna, dau. of Major Leaviss; d. 1 Feb 1881.

PETTY-FITZMAURICE, HENRY, 4TH MARQUIS OF LANSDOWNE, younger son of Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquis of Lansdowne (qv); b. 5 Jan 1816; adm. 30 Jun 1826 (recorded as Packharness', likely Stelfox's); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 16 Dec 1833, fellow commoner 29 Jan 1834, matr. Mich. 1834; styled Earl of Shelburne 1836-63; MP (Whig) Calne 1837 – 14 Jul 1856; a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury 24 Dec 1847 – Aug 1848; Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs 5 Jul 1856 – 26 Feb 1858; called up to House of Lords in father’s barony as Baron Wycombe 14 Jul 1856; Chairman, Great Western Railway 1859-63; succ. father as 4th Marquis of Lansdowne 31 Jan 1863; KG 10 Oct 1864; DL Wiltshire 1840; m. 1st, 18 Aug 1840 Lady Georgiana Herbert, fifth dau. of George Herbert, 11th Earl of Pembroke; m. 2nd, 1 Nov 1843 Hon. Emily Jane Mercer Elphinstone de Flahault (Baroness Nairne), eldest dau. of Auguste Charles Joseph Flahaut de la Billarderie, Comte de Flahault, French Ambassador in Vienna and London; d. 5 Jul 1866. DNB.

PIGOTT, WILLIAM HENRY, brother of John Dryden Corbet (qv); b. 14 Aug 1809; adm. 4 May 1821 (Stelfox's); Cadet, EICS Madras 1825; Ensign, 46th Native Infantry 8 Jan 1826; Lieut., 11 May 1828; d. at Bombay 16 Dec 1837.

RANDOLPH, EDWARD JOHN, eldest son of Thomas Randolph (KS 1801, qv); b. 17 Apr 1814; adm. 29 Mar 1826 (Stelfox's); KS 1828; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1832, matr. 7 Jun 1832, Westminster Student 1832-44; BA 1836; MA 1838; ordained deacon 21 May 1837, priest 10 Jun 1838 (both York); Curate, Eastry, Kent 1837-9; Perpetual Curate of Wigginton, Herts., 13 Jul 1839-41; Curate, Tring, Herts., 1841-5; Rector of Dunnington, Yorks., from 1845; Prebendary of York 1 Feb 1848 – Aug 1896, Chancellor 1896-7; Proctor for Dean and Chapter of York from 1874; JP Hertfordshire; m. 5 Jul 1843 Catherine, youngest dau. of Sir George Rich, Kt, Chamberlain of the Household to 1st Marquis Wellesley when Lord Lieut. Ireland; d. 9 Dec 1898.

RANDOLPH, SIR GEORGE GRANVILLE, son of Thomas Randolph (KS 1801, qv); b. 27 Jan 1819; adm. 17 Jun 1829 (Stelfox's); left Nov 1830; Naval Coll., Portsmouth, gold medallist; 1st cl. Volunteer 7 Dec 1830; Sub-Lieut., 1837; Lieut., 27 Jun 1838; Conmmander 9 Nov 1846; Capt., 18 Nov 1854; Rear-Adm., 24 Apr 1872; Vice-Adm., 16 Sep 1877; retd. 26 Jul 1881; Adm., retired list 8 Jul 1884; took part in destruction of Malloodoo, a piratical stronghold in Borneo 19 Aug 1845; served in Black Sea during Crimean War 1854-6; Commodore, Cape of Good Hope Sep 1867 – Mar 1869; in command Detached Squadron Dec 1873 – Jun 1875; CB 2 Jun 1869; KCB 22 Jun 1897; author, The Rule of the Road at Sea, 1867, Problems in Naval Tactics, 1879; m. 1st, 4 Feb 1851 Eleanor Harriet, eldest dau. of Rev. Joseph Arkwright, Vicar of Latton, Essex; m. 2nd, 7 Oct 1884 Frances Charlotta, only dau. of John Christopher Mansel, Cosgrove, Northants; d. 16 May 1907. DNB.