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Flood, Jocelyn, 1746-1767

  • GB-2014-WSA-07227
  • Person
  • 1746-1767

FLOOD, JOCELYN, second son of Right Hon. Warden Flood PC (I), Chief Justice of the Court of King’s Bench, Ireland, and Isabella Whiteside; bapt. 15 Jul 1746; adm.; KS (aged 13) 1760; left 1764; Trinity Coll. Dublin, adm. fellow commoner 27 Mar 1764; adm. Middle Temple 2 Feb 1765; MP (I) Callan from Nov 1765 (sic, although then under age [check]); d. unm. 19 May 1767.

Pemberton, Christopher Robert, 1801-1884

  • GB-2014-WSA-13701
  • Person
  • 1801-1884

PEMBERTON, CHRISTOPHER ROBERT, second son of Christopher Robert Pemberton MD FRCP FRS, Newton, Cambs., Physician Extraordinary to George IV, and his second wife Eleanor, only dau. of James Hamilton, Woodbrook, co. Tyrone; b. 28 Jan 1801; adm. Mich. 1813; KS 1814; Capt. of the School 1818; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1819, matr. 21 May 1819, Westminster Student (still 1829); BA 1824; MA 1826; Junior Clerk, Treasury Jan 1821 – Aug 1826, Assistant Clerk of Revenue Aug 1826 – Oct 1834, Assistant Clerk Oct 1834 - Mar 1850; Private Secretary to Secretary of Treasury Aug 1824 – Sep 1827, Feb 1828 – Nov 1830, and to Right Hon. Henry Goulburn MP when Chancellor of the Exchequer Sep 1841- Jul 1846; DL JP Cambridgeshire, High Sheriff 1859; m. 13 Jun 1829 Henrietta, eldest dau. of Nathaniel William Peach, Ketteringham Hall, Norfolk; d. 26 Jun 1884.

Pomeroy, Arthur, d. 1709

  • GB-2014-WSA-14082
  • Person
  • d. 1709

POMEROY, ARTHUR, son of John Pomeroy, Devon; b.; adm.; in school lists 1656; KS ; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1657, matr. 22 May 1657, scholar 1658, matr. Mich. 1660; 10th in “ordo” 1660/1; BA 1660/1; MA 1664; DD 1676; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1661 – c. 1674; ordained; Chaplain to Earl of Essex, Lord Lieut. Ireland; Dean of Cork from 11 Feb 1672/3; Treasurer of Cloyne from 5 May 1673; Prebendary of Limerick 1 Oct 1674-8; m. Elizabeth, dau. of Sir Richard Osborne, Bart. MP (I), Ballintayler, co. Waterford; d. 1709/10.

Popham, Stephen, 1745-1795

  • GB-2014-WSA-14115
  • Person
  • 1745-1795

POPHAM, STEPHEN, fourth son of Joseph Popham, HBM Consul Tetuan, Morocco, and his first wife Mary Riggs, Waterford; b. 5 Jul 1745; adm.; KS 1759; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1763, scholar 25 Jun 1764, matr. 1764; 4th Wrangler 1767; BA 1767; MA 1774; adm. Middle Temple 14 Apr 1762, Lincoln’s Inn 28 Nov 1772; attorney; MP (I) Castlebar 1776-83; went out to India as Secretary to Sir John Day, Advocate-Gen. Bengal, 1777; arrived Madras Feb 1778, and after a quarrel with Day went into practice at Madras as an attorney; Joint Solicitor to EI Company at Madras from 14 Jun 1782; m. 1st, at Paris 5 Apr 1768 (divorced 14 Jun 1774) Ann Yate Whiteside; m. 2nd, 16 Nov 1774 Anna, dau. of Sir William Thomas, Bart.; d. at Conjeeveram, Madras 13 Jun 1795, as a result of a fall from his curricle.

Portlock, Benjamin, d. 1740

  • GB-2014-WSA-14129
  • Person
  • d. 1740

PORTLOCK, BENJAMIN; b.; adm.; KS 1677; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1682, adm. pens. 28 Jun 1682, scholar 9 May 1683; 6th in “ordo” 1685/6; BA 1685/6; MA 1689 (incorp. Oxford 9 Nov 1695); DCL Oxford 18 May 1702; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 12 Sep 1687, Major Fellow 6 Jul 1689 – c. 1698; Second Secretary to Duke of Ormonde, Lord Lieut. Ireland, Feb 1703 – Apr 1707; MP (I) Innistioge 1703-13; Taster of Wines (I) 1705-13; adm. King’s Inns, Dublin 18 Nov 1703; of Clapham, Surrey; left by his will mourning rings to Robert Friend (qv) and John Nicholl (qv); lic. to m. 29 Feb 1711/2 Elizabeth, dau. of Edward Bate, Maids Moreton, Bucks.; d. 6 Sep 1740.

Ram, George, ca. 1676-1725

  • GB-2014-WSA-14402
  • Person
  • ca. 1676-1725

RAM, GEORGE, third son of Sir Abel Ram, Kt, Ramsfort and Clonatin, co. Wexford, Lord Mayor of Dublin, and Eleanor, dau. of Stephen Palmer, Dublin; b.; adm.; KS (aged 11) 1687; Emmanuel Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 7 Aug 1688, matr. 1691; MA Dublin 1695; LLD 1718; High Sheriff, co. Wexford 1710; MP (I) Newborough from 1713; buried St. Werburgh’s, Dublin 22 Oct 1725.

Shiel, James, ca. 1723-1792

  • GB-2014-WSA-15614
  • Person
  • ca. 1723-1792

SHIEL, JAMES, son of William Shiel, Dublin; b.; adm. (aged 13) May 1736; KS 1737; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1741, matr. 30 May 1741, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1741 – void 3 Jul 1754; degree deferred for a year, put six places down on list and made to beg pardon on his knees in Hall for riotous behaviour 17 May 1743, restored to roll and allowed to take degree 24 Dec 1743; grace for BA 1745, for MA 1749; BCL 18 Mar 1748/9; LLD Dublin 1768; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 8 Oct 1741, King’s Inns, Dublin 1746; called to Irish bar; KC (I) (occurs 1774); a Commissioner of Appeals (I) 1763-75; Master in Chancery (I) [check]; Admiralty Advocate (I) (occurs 1774, 1781); MP (I) Dundalk (occurs 1774-6); [Sheriff, City of Dublin 1772, Alderman 1773, Lord Mayor 1784-5, but this may have been a different James Shiel]; m.; d. 10 Jul 1792.

Stewart, Richard, ca. 1677-1728

  • GB-2014-WSA-16321
  • Person
  • ca. 1677-1728

STEWART, HON. RICHARD, third son of William Stewart, 1st Viscount Mountjoy (I), Master-Gen. of the Ordnance (I), and Hon. Mary Coote, dau. of Richard Coote, 1st Baron Coloony (I) [check]; b.; adm.; KS 1692; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1695, matr. 2 Jul 1695, aged 18, Westminster Student 30 Dec 1695 – void 1709; BA (Christ Church Act Book) 1699; LLD Trinity Coll. Dublin 1714; MP (I) Co. Tyrone 1702-14, Strabane 1715-27, Co. Tyrone from 1727; Capt. of the Battleaxe Guards (I); d. unm. 4 Aug 1728.

Wickham, Henry Lewis, 1789-1864

  • GB-2014-WSA-18108
  • Person
  • 1789-1864

WICKHAM, HENRY LEWIS, only son of Right Hon. William Wickham PC DCL MP, Bingley, Yorkshire, politician and administrator, Chief Secretary for Ireland, and Eléonore Madeleine, dau. of Louis Bertrand, Professor of Mathematics, Geneva Univ.; b. 19 May 1789; adm. 29 Mar 1799; in school list 1801; KS 1803; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1807, matr. 13 May 1807, Westminster Student; BA 1811; MA 1813; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 30 Apr 1811, called to bar 13 may 1817; Receiver-Gen., Gibraltar; Private Secretary to Viscount Althorp MP when Chancellor of the Exchequer Dec 1830 – Jun 1833; a Commissioner of Excise Dept. Inquiry 1833; a Commissioner for the French Claims 1838; Chairman, Board of Stamps and Taxes 1838-48; Busby Trustee 16 Jun 1846; joint author with his cousin John Antony Cramer (qv) of Dissertation on the Passage of Hannibal over the Alps; m. 19 Jun 1830 Lucy, youngest dau. of William Markham (adm. 1767, qv); d. 27 Oct 1864. DNB.

Mitchell, John, 1781-1827

  • GB-2014-WSA-12379
  • Person
  • 1781-1827

MITCHELL, JOHN, son of David Mitchell, Carshalton House, Surrey, and Jamaica, West Indies, plantation owner, and Anne Hewitt Smith; b. Jamaica 1781; adm.; in school list 1795; KS 1796; probably Mitchell who played cricket v. Eton at Lords’s 8 Aug 1799; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 5 Feb 1800; BA 1804; MA 1808; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 1803, called to bar 1808; MP Kingston upon Hull 1818-26; of Doune Lodge, Perthshire; m. 11 Sep 1824 Eliza, eldest dau. of John Elliott, Pimlico Lodge, Westminster, porter brewer; d. 24 Jun 1827 [ or 29 Aug 1859 ?].

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