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BUNBURY, SIR THOMAS CHARLES, BART., eldest son of Sir William Bunbury, Bart. (qv); b. May 1740; adm. Apr 1751 (Watts'); in school list 1754; St. Catherine’s Hall, Cambridge, adm. 17 Apr 1756, matr. Mich. 1757; MA 1765; Grand Tour (Italy) 1760-1; MP Suffolk 1761-84, 1790-1812; Secretary to Embassy, Paris, Aug 1763 - May 1765, and Chief Secretary to Lord Lieut. Ireland, Jun-Aug 1765, but did not perform duties of either post; succ. father as 6th baronet, 11 Jun 1764; High Sheriff, Suffolk 1788; a well-known owner of racehorses, including Diomed, winner of the first Derby, 1780, Eleanor, winner of the Oaks and Derby, 1801, and Smolensko, winner of the Two Thousand Guineas and Derby, 1813; m. 1st, 2 Jun 1762 (div. 1776) Lady Sarah Lennox, sister of Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond and Lennox (qv); m. 2nd, 21 Nov 1805 Margaret Cocksedge; d. 31 Mar 1821.

BYNG, GEORGE, eldest son of Hon. Robert Byng MP, Commissioner of the Navy, subsequently Governor of Barbados, and Elizabeth, dau. of Jonathan Forward, St. Mary at Hill, London, contractor of transports; b.; adm. (aged 7) Mar 1742/3 (Watts'); KS 1749; elected to Trin. Coll. Camb. 1753, but was never adm.; Ensign, 24th Foot, 1753; Lieut., 1756; Capt., 83rd Foot, 21 Oct 1758; 24th Foot, 1760; Maj., commanding 99th Foot, 1761; left Army 1773 (?); adm. Gray’s Inn 2 Jul 1765; MP Wigan 1768-80, Middlesex 1780-4; an active Whig politician; of Wrotham Park, South Mimms, Middlesex; m. 5 Mar 1761 Anne, sister of Thomas Conolly (qv); d. 27 Oct 1789.

CAVENDISH-BENTINCK, WILLIAM HENRY, 3RD DUKE OF PORTLAND, elder son of William Bentinck, 2nd Duke of Portland, and Lady Margaret Cavendish Harley, only dau. of Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford (qv); b. 14 Apr 1738; styled Marquis of Titchfield to 1762; adm. May 1747 (Watts'); left Dec 1754; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 4 Mar 1755; MA 1 Feb 1757; DCL 7 Oct 1792; LLD Tinity Coll. Dublin 18 May 1782; assumed additional surname of Cavendish 1755; MP Weobley 1761 - 1 May 1762; succ. father as 3rd Duke of Portland 1 May 1762; Lord Chamberlain 15 Jul 1765 - 26 Nov 1766; Privy Councillor 10 Jul 1765; Lord Lieut., Ireland, 10 Apr - 15 Sep 1782; Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury 21 Apr - 19 Dec 1783; although previously a committed Whig politician, he became alarmed by the French Revolution and joined William Pitt’s government in 1794; Secretary of State for Home Affairs, 11 Jul 1794 - 30 Jul 1801, Lord President of the Council 30 Jul 1801 - 14 Jan 1805; KG 16 Jul 1801; Prime Ministry and First Lord of the Treasury 31 Mar 1807 - 28 Sep 1809, when he resigned through ill-health; Chancellor of Oxford University from 27 Sep 1792; Lord Lieut., Nottinghamshire, from 19 Jun 1795; FRS 5 Jun 1766; a Busby Trustee from 14 Mar 1765; m. 8 Nov 1766 Lady Dorothy Cavendish, only dau. of William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire PC KG; d. 30 Oct 1809. DNB.

CHESTER, ANTHONY, younger son of Sir John Chester, Bart., Chicheley, Bucks., and Frances, dau. of Sir Edward Bagot, Bart., Blithfield, Staffs.; bapt 25 Sep 1732; adm. (aged 11) Jul 1745 (Watts'); left 1747; applied for writership in EIC 1749; entered Royal Navy; Lieut., HMS Vigilant [but not in Syrett & DiNardo]; d. unm. 1752.

COMYN, EDWARD, son of Stephen Comyn, barrister, Bencher Inner Temple, Clerk to Dean and Chapter of St. Paul’s, and Elizabeth, only child of Edward Tay, All Hallows, Honey Lane, London, and Frierning, Essex, citizen and draper; b.; adm. (aged 10) Jun 1748 (Watts'); in school list 1754; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 6 Nov 1755. scholar 14 May 1756, matr. 1756; adm. Inner Temple 1 Dec 1752, called to bar 25 Nov 1757; d. 3 Jan 1760.

CRANSTON, JOHN, son of William Cranston, Johnson’s Court, Fleet Street, London, solicitor, and his first wife Mary Swaysland; bapt. St. Bride’s, Fleet Street 3 Dec 1736 (IGI); adm. (aged 14) Jan 1750/1 (Watts'); in school list 1752; adm. solicitor 30 Nov 1759; practised in London; retired after a few years to East Grinstead, Sussex, where he built East Court and in 1767 became Assist. Warden, Sackville College; m. 8 Nov 1759 (IGI) Catherine Green, East Court, East Grinstead, Sussex; d. 26 Mar 1781.

CROOKE, JOHN, brother of Samuel Crooke (qv); b.; adm. (aged 9) Oct 1752 (Watts'); Min. Can. 1756; KS 1757; living 1764.

CROOKE, SAMUEL, eldest son of Samuel Crooke, New House, Boxford, Suffolk, and St. Kitts, West Indies, and Sarah Milward, widow; nephew of Michael Crooke (qv); b.; adm. (aged 11) Oct 1752 (Watts'); in school list 1754; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 10 Mar 1757, matr. Easter 1757; adm. Middle Temple 24 Jan 1760; m. 31 Mar 1772 Mary Duport.

CURZON, ASSHETON, 1ST VISCOUNT CURZON, brother of Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Baron Scarsdale (qv); b. 2 Feb 1729/30; adm. Mar 1739/40 (Watts'); left 1746; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 6 Feb 1746/7; DCL 2 Jul 1754; MP Clitheroe 1754-80, 27 Feb 1792 - 13 Aug 1794; created Baron Curzon 13 Aug 1794 and Viscount Curzon 27 Feb 1802; DL Staffordshire 1796; m. 1st, 21 Feb 1756 Esther, dau. of William Hanmer, Hanmer, Flintshire; m. 2nd, 6 Feb 1766, Dorothy, sister of Thomas Grosvenor (adm. 1749, qv); m. 3rd, 17 Apr 1777 Anna Margaretta, widow of Barlow Trecothick MP, Alderman of London, and sister of Sir William Meredith, Bart. (qv); d. 21 Mar 1820.

CURZON, NATHANIEL, 1ST BARON SCARSDALE, second son of Sir Nathaniel Curzon, Bart., MP, and Mary, dau. of Sir Richard Assheton, Bart., MP; b. 23 Dec 1726; adm. (aged 13) Mar 1739/40 (Watts'); carved his name on the Coronation Chair in the Abbey; left 1744; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 14 Feb 1744/5; DCL 14 Apr 1749; Grand Tour; MP Clitheroe 2 Feb 1748-54, Derbyshire 1754-61; succeeded father as 5th baronet 18 Nov 1758; created Baron Scarsdale 9 Apr 1761; Chairman of Committees, House of Lords; m. 27 Oct 1750 Lady Caroline Colyear, eldest dau. of Charles Colyear, 2nd Earl of Portmore (S) KT; d. 5 Dec 1804. DNB Missing Persons.