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BECKFORD, WILLIAM, second son of Peter Beckford, West Indian planter, Speaker of the Jamaica Assembly, and Bathsheba, dau. of Col. Julines Hering, Paul Island, Jamaica; bapt. 19 Dec 1709; adm. (aged 9) Jan 1718/9; Balliol Coll. Oxford, matr. 17 Dec 1725; BA 1729; MA 1732; Leiden Univ. 1731; a medical student in Leiden and Paris to 1735; succeeded brother in Jamaican estates 1737; settled in England 1744; purchased Fonthill Abbey estate, Wiltshire, 1745; a West India merchant in London; Alderman, City of London (Bishopsgate Ward) from 25 Jun 1752, Sheriff of London 1755-6, Lord Mayor 1762-3, 1769-70; Master, Ironmongers’ Co., 1753; MP Shaftesbury 8 Dec 1747-54, City of London from 1754; a Tory on his entry to politics, but from 1756 onwards a staunch supporter of William Pitt; gave his backing to John Wilkes; his famous impromptu speech to King George III on the misdeeds of his ministers, 23 May 1770, was subsequently inscribed on the monument erected to his memory in Guildhall; laid the foundation stone of the new Newgate Prison 31 May 1770; m. 8 Jun 1756 Maria, widow of Francis Marsh, Jamaica, and sister of John Hamilton (qv); d. while Lord Mayor 21 Jun 1770. DNB.

BECKFORD, WILLIAM, illegitimate son of Richard Beckford (qv), and Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Hay, Secretary for Jamaica; b. Jamaica 24 Sep 1744; at school under Markham (The Monthly Mirror, vii, 259); Balliol Coll. Oxford, matr. 17 Mar 1762; MA 6 Apr 1765; Grand Tour (Italy) 1770-1; of Somerley Hall, Suffolk; settled on his estates in Jamaica 1774; returned to England 1787; in Fleet Prison as a debtor 1790-2; author, A Descriptive Account of the Island of Jamaica, 1790, and other works; a contributor to literary magazines; a man of varied attainments; characterised as “Benevolus” in A Short Journey to the West Indies, 1790; m. 13 Apr 1773 his mother’s niece, Charlotte, dau. of Thomas Hay; d. 5 Feb 1799. DNB.

BLAIR, CHARLES, brother of Henry Charles Blair (qv); b. 12 Nov. 1776; adm. 18 Jun. 1787; officer, 4th Dragoon Guards; collector of customs, Cape of Good Hope, 1808-c.1826; m. 1796 Miss Dawson; great-grandfather of Eric Blair (George Orwell); d. 30 Sept. 1854.

CAMPBELL, ALEXANDER, only son of Colin Campbell, The Copse Estate, Hanover, Jamaica; b. c. 1771; adm. 16 Feb 1784; in school list 1786; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 30 Dec 1788, called to bar 14 May 1794; in Paris at outbreak of French Revolution, and assisted refugees to escape to England; resident in Jamaica 1795-1832; proprietor of Copse estate; assistant judge, Hanover, Jamaica, 1804-32; returned to England and settled at Tunbridge Wells; m.; d. 11 Feb 1858.

CLARKE, MAYNARD; b.; adm. (aged 12) Jan 1729/30; apprenticed to Joseph Norton, attorney, St. Ann’s, Westminster, 22 Sep 1735; reapprenticed to James Francis, Castle Yard, London, 31 May 1744; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 22 Oct 1735, called to bar 31 May 1756, having waived his first admission and taking his “standing as from five years last past” (Black Book, xiii, 266). [presumably Maynard Clarke who m. 9 Mar 1757 Elizabeth Thompson (IGI)][will of Maynard Clarke, St. Andrew, Surrey county, Jamaica, proved PCC 8 Dec 1759]

CUSSANS, THOMAS, son of Thomas Cussans, Amity Hall, Jamaica, and Mary ---; b.; adm. (aged 13) Apr 1752 (Fox's); in school list 1754; Trinity Coll. Oxford, matr. 29 May 1755; adm. Middle Temple 20 May 1755; m. 21 Mar 1775 Catherine, dau. of Adm. Francis Holburne, Ditton, Surrey; d. 3 Jul 1796, aged 58.

DALZELL, ROBERT, illegitimate son of Gibson Dalzell, Tidmarsh, Berks., director Sun Fire Office, and Susanna, previous mistress of Peter Caillard, Jamaican planter, and dau. of John Augier, Jamaican planter; b. 11 Oct 1742, Jamaica; at school in 1758 (information from Miss Dalzell, St. Alban’s Priory, Wallingford); Christ Church, Oxford, matr 6 Apr 1761, aged 18; of Tidmarsh Manor and of Wallingford, Berks.; m. 16 Dec 1762 Jane, dau. of John Dodd MP, Swallowfield, Berks.; d. 16 Jun 1821.

DEHANY, GEORGE, only son of George Dehany, Jamaica, and Mary, dau. of Matthew Gregory MD, Jamaica, and nephew of Philip Dehany (qv); b. 17 Oct 1760; adm. 28 Sep 1770; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 14 Sep 1778, but did not matr.; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 7 Oct 1779, called to bar 16 Nov 1784; member Marylebone and Hambledon Cricket Clubs, and played in many of the great matches of the day; played for OWW against Old Etonians at Lord’s 13-14 May 1793; m. 15 Aug 1786 Sarah, widow of Matthew Byndloss, Jamaica, and dau. of --- Jones; d. 1807.

DEHANY, PHILIP, son of David Dehany, Bristol, and of Hanover parish, Jamaica, merchant, and Mary, dau. of Matthew Gregory; b.; adm. (aged 9) Jun 1743 (Hart's); left 1752; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 3 Jul 1752, matr. 1753; one of the committee which revised the laws of cricket at the Star and Garter Hotel, Pall Mall 25 Feb 1774; MP St. Ives 26 Dec 1778-80; purchased Hayes Place estate, Kent 1797; buried Hayes, Kent 6 Nov 1809.

FULLER, AUGUSTUS ELIOTT, eldest son of John Trayton Fuller, Ashdown Park, Sussex, and his second wife Hon. Anne Eliott, only dau. of George Augustus Eliott, 1st Baron Heathfield KB, Lieut. -Gen. in the Army and Governor of Gibraltar; b. 7 May 1777; in school list 1795 and sixth form list 1796; St. John’s Coll. Camb., adm. fellow commoner 2 May 1796; MP (Conservative) East Sussex 1841-57; of Rosehill, Brightling, and of Ashdown Park, Sussex; DL JP Sussex; m. 5 Sep 1801 Clara, eldest dau. of Owen Putland Meyrick (qv); d. 5 Aug 1857.