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ALLEN, JOHN HENSLEIGH, elder son of John Bartlett Allen, Cresselly, Pembs., and his first wife Elizabeth, dau. of John Hensleigh, Pant-teg, Pembs., attorney; b. 29 Aug 1769; adm. 31 May 1779; KS 1784; one of the contributors to the Trifler, 1788-9; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1789, adm. pens. 10 Jun 1789, scholar 23 Apr 1790, matr. Mich. 1789; BA 1793; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 15 Jun 1789, called to bar 22 Jun 1797; Oxford and South Wales circuit; of Cresselly, Pembs.; High Sheriff Pembrokeshire 1808; MP Pembroke 1818-26; Chairman, Pembrokeshire Quarter Sessions; DL JP Pembrokeshire; m. 12 Nov 1812 Gertrude, youngest dau. of Lord Robert Seymour MP; d. 12 Apr 1843.

ALSTON, SIR THOMAS, BART., elder son of Sir Rowland Alston, Bart., MP, Odell, Beds., and Elizabeth, dau. of Capt. Thomas Reynes; b.; adm. (aged 11) Jan 1735/6 (Hawkins'); left 1739; Queen’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 21 Apr 1740; Ensign, 1st Foot Guards 16 Apr 1741; Lieut. and Capt. 23 Apr 1743; retd. 11 Apr 1745; MP Bedfordshire 1747-61; intermittently insane from 1750s; succ. as 5th baronet 2 Jan 1759; of Odell, Beds.; m. 30 Aug 1750 Catherine, dau. of Rev. Thomas Davies Bovey, Longstowe, Cambridgeshire; d. 18 Jul 1774.

AMHERST, WILLIAM PITT, 2ND EARL AMHERST, son of William Pitt Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst (qv) and his first wife; b. 3 Sep 1805; adm. 1 Apr 1818 (Packharness'); KS 1820; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1824, matr. 28 May 1824, Westminster Student; BA 1828; styled Viscount Holmesdale 1826-57; MP East Grinstead Feb 1829-32; succ. his father as 2nd Earl Amherst 13 Mar 1857; Busby Trustee 18 May 1869; DL JP Kent; m. 12 Jul 1834 Gertrude, sixth dau. of Hon. and Right Rev. Hugh Percy DD, Bishop of Carlisle; d. 26 Mar 1886.

AMYAND, CLAUDIUS, eldest son of Claudius Amyand FRS, Serjeant-Surgeon to George II, and Mary, dau. of Daniel Rabache, St. Peter le Poer, London; b. 25 Aug 1718; adm. Jun 1726; KS 1732; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1736, matr. 25 Jun 1736, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1736 - res 26 Jun 1744; BA 1740; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 23 Jan 1733/4, called to bar 2 Jul 1742; Keeper of the King’s Libraries from 8 Nov 1745; “1749, Oct. 5, Whitehall. Treasury order for payment to Claudius Amyand, Keeper of his Majesty’s Libraries of £50 as half a year’s allowance for house rent or accommodation of the Libraries, and which allowance is to be continued until he shall be provided with the like accommodations when the said Libraries, which are now lying in the old Dormitory at Westminster, shall be removed from thence” (HMC Laing, ii, 402); MP Tregony 1747-54, Sandwich 1754 - 11 Dec 1756; Under-Secretary of State, Southern Department Apr 1750 - Nov 1756; a Commissioner of Customs Dec 1756-65; Receiver-General of the Land Tax for Middlesex from 1765; m. 26 Nov 1761 Frances, widow of George Compton, 6th Earl of Northampton, and dau. of Rev. Thomas Payne, Vicar of Holme Lacy, Herefs.; d. 1 Apr 1774.

AMYAND, SIR GEORGE, BART., brother of Claudius Amyand (qv); b. 26 Sep 1720; adm. Feb 1728/9; left 1735; apprenticed to John Seale 26 May 1736; a London merchant and banker; MP Barnstaple from 1754; one of the assistants of the Russia Company 1756; a Director of the East India Company 1760, 1763-4; created a baronet 4 Aug 1764; m. 9 Apr 1746 Anna Maria, dau. of John Abraham Korten, merchant, Hamburg; d. 16 Aug 1766.

ANNESLEY, JAMES, 2ND EARL OF ANGLESEY, son of Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey PC, Lord Privy Seal, and Elizabeth, dau. of Sir James Altham, Kt, Oxhey, Herts., Baron of the Exchequer; nephew of Hon. George Annesley (qv); b.; at school 1658-60 (Busby’s Account Book); left Dec 1661; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 4 Dec 1661, aged 16; Capt. of Horse, Ireland 1663-70; FRS 20 May 1663-82; MP (I) Co. Waterford 1666; JP Hampshire and Surrey 1674-81, DL Hampshire 1680-1; Col. Militia Foot, Hampshire, c. 1675-81; Custos Rotulorum, Hampshire 1676-81; MP Winchester Feb 1679-81; succ. his father as 2nd Earl of Anglesey 6 Apr 1686; joined the Bishops in their celebrated petition to James II 17 Nov 1688; m. 1669 Lady Elizabeth Manners, fourth dau. of John Manners, 8th Earl of Rutland; d. 1 Apr 1690.

ANNESLEY, WILLIAM, 1ST VISCOUNT GLERAWLY (I), brother of Francis Annesley (QS 1714, qv); b.; adm. (aged 12) Jan 1720/1; adm. Inner Temple 12 Feb 1721/2, called to bar 3 Jul 1731, sold tenancy of chambers there Jun 1741; called to bar, King’s Inns, Dublin 1738; MP (I) Midleton 1741-58 [check]; inherited father’s estate of Castlewellan, Co. Down 1750; created Baron Annesley (I) 20 Sep 1758; created Viscount Glerawly (I) 14 Nov 1766; m. 16 Aug 1738 Lady Anne Beresford, eldest dau. of Marcus Beresford, 1st Earl of Tyrone (I); d. 12 Sep 1770.

ARBUTHNOT, CHARLES GEORGE JAMES, eldest son of Charles Arbuthnot (adm. 1780, qv) and his first wife; b. at sea on board frigate HMS Juno 1801; adm. 9 Sep 1811; in school list Apr 1815; Page of Honour to Prince Regent 13 Mar 1812 - Jan 1817; Ensign and Lieut., 1st Foot Guards 26 Dec 1816; Lieut., 11th Light Dragoons 3 Dec 1818; Capt., 28th Foot 16 Mar 1820; Maj., half pay, unattached 3 Jul 1823; 63rd Foot 26 Feb 1824; Lieut. -Col., half pay, unattached 1 Oct 1825; 72nd Foot 25 Sep 1826; 90th Foot 17 May 1831; Col. in the Army 28 Jun 1838; Maj. -Gen. 11 Nov 1851; Lieut. -Gen. 13 Mar 1858; Gen. 25 Nov 1864; Col., 91st Foot 4 Jul 1864; Col., 72nd Foot 27 Aug 1870; MP Tregony 1831 - Feb 1832; of Woodford House, Thrapstone, Northamptonshire; JP Northamptonshire; m. 14 Aug 1833 Hon. Charlotte Eliza Vivian, dau. of Richard, 1st Baron Vivian GCB GCH, Lieut. -Gen. in the Army; d. 21 Oct 1870.

ARBUTHNOT, CHARLES, brother of George Arbuthnot (adm. 1774, qv); b. Mar 1767; adm. 13 Jan 1780; left 1784; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 11 Jun 1784; BA 1788; DCL 1834; brought up by his great-uncle Andrew Stone (qv); Grand Tour 1788-9; precis writer, Foreign Office Sep 1793 - Mar 1795; MP East Looe 27 Mar 1795 - 1796; Secretary to Embassy, Sweden 1795-9, chargé d’affaires Jul 1795 - Jan 1797; on extraordinary mission to Wurttemberg Feb - May 1798; Consul-General, Portugal 1800-1; Envoy Extraordinary to Sweden Sep 1802 - Oct 1803; Under-Secretary, Foreign Office Nov 1803 - Jun 1804; Ambassador Extraordinary at Constantinople 1804-7; Privy Councillor 27 Jun 1804; MP Eye 18 Apr 1809 - 1812, Orford 1812-8, St. Germans 1818 - Jun 1827, St. Ives 10 Jun 1828 - 1830, Ashburton 1830 - Feb 1831; Joint Secretary to the Treasury Apr 1809- Feb 1823, managing parliamentary business and patronage; First Commissioner of Woods and Forests Feb 1823- Apr 1827, Feb - Jun 1828; Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Jun 1828- Nov 1830; the Duke of Wellington’s partiality for his second wife drew him into the Duke’s inner circle of friends, and after his wife’s death he took up residence with the Duke as his confidential friend and adviser m. 1st, 23 Feb 1799 Marcia Mary Ann, dau. of William Clapcott Lisle, Upwey, Dorset; m. 2nd, 31 Jan 1814 Harriet, third dau. of Hon. Henry Fane MP, Fulbeck, Lincs.; d. 18 Aug 1850. DNB.

ARMITAGE, ROBERT, eldest son of William James Armitage, Farnley Lodge, Leeds, and Emily, dau. of William Nicholson Nicholson, Roundhay Park, Leeds, and sister of William Gustavus Nicholson, 1st Baron Nicholson GCB, Field Marshal in the Army; b. 22 Feb 1866; adm. 22 Jan 1880 (G); left Nov 1883; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 23 May 1884, matr. Mich. 1884; BA 1888; adm. Inner Temple 12 Jan 1887, called to bar 1 Nov 1889, but did not practise; entered family firm; chairman Farnley Iron Co. Ltd, Brown Bayleys Steel Works Ltd, and other companies; Lord Mayor of Leeds 1904-5; MP (Liberal/Coalition Liberal) Leeds Central 1906-22; m. 1st, 8 Jan 1891 Caroline Katharine, dau. of Dudley Henry Ryder, Westbrook Hay, Hemel Hempstead, Herts.; m. 2nd, 24 Jul 1936, Mary Dorothea, widow of Rev. Edward Bacheler Russell, Vicar of Leyton, Essex, and dau. of Robert Barclay, Hoddesdon, Herts., banker; d. 10 Feb 1944.