HARCOURT, GEORGE SIMON, 2ND EARL HARCOURT, elder son of Simon Harcourt, 1st Earl Harcourt (qv); b. 1 Aug 1736; adm. May 1746 (Ludford's); left 1748; styled Viscount Nuneham 1749-77; Grand Tour (Germany, Italy) 1754-6; MP St. Albans 1761-8; Page of Honour to George III at his coronation 22 Sep 1761; succ. father as 2nd Earl Harcourt 16 Sep 1777; DCL Oxford Univ. 31 Aug 1786; Master of the Horse to Queen Charlotte from 9 Mar 1790; FSA 27 Feb 1766; DL Oxfordshire 1762; m. 26 Sep 1765 his first cousin Hon. Elizabeth Venables-Vernon, Lady of Bedchamber to Queen Charlotte, sister of George Venables-Vernon, 2nd Baron Vernon (qv); d. 20 Apr 1809.
ELLIOT, WILLIAM; b.; adm. (aged 16) Apr 1743 (Ludford's); left 1744; evidently “Elliot” referred to in a letter of condolence on the death of Archibald Hamilton (qv) written by Sir Charles Hotham, Bart. (qv), to Frederick Hamilton (qv), 5 Jun 1744, so not improbably of the same social class as they were.
DYKE, SIR JOHN DIXON, BART., brother of Thomas Dyke (qv); b. 23 Nov 1732; adm. May 1744 (Ludford's); left 1747; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 6 Mar 1749/50; succ. father as 3rd baronet 20 Aug 1756; m. 3 May 1756 Philadelphia Payne, dau. of George Horne, East Grinstead, Sussex; d. 6 Sep 1810.
DAVIE, WILLIAM, brother of Sir John Davie, Bart. (qv); b.; adm. (aged 13) Feb 1746/7 (Ludford's); left 1749; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 1 Jun 1753; BA 1757; MA 1760; ordained; Vicar of Exminster, Devon, from 8 Jan 1759; Vicar of Wolborough, Devon, from 1760; Rector of Tedburn St. Mary, Devon, from 1767; buried Exminster 14 Feb 1778.
DAVIE, SIR JOHN, BART., elder son of Sir John Davie, Bart., and Elizabeth, dau. of John Acland, Killerton, Devon; bap 4 Aug 1731; succ. as 7th baronet Aug 1737; adm. (aged 15) Feb 1746/7 (Ludford's); left 1749; Magdalen Coll. Oxford, matr. 9 Apr 1750; MA 21 Nov 1754; High Sheriff, Devon 1761; m. 7 Jul 1763 Catharine, dau. of John Stokes, Rill, Devon; d. 18 Sep 1792.
CUMBERLAND, RICHARD, only son of Denison Cumberland (qv); b. 19 Feb 1732; adm. from Bury St. Edmunds Sch. Jan 1745/6 (Ludford's); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 11 Jun 1747, scholar 1748, matr. 1748; 6th Wrangler 1750/1; BA 1750/1; MA 1754; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1752, Major Fellow 1753; private secretary to George, 2nd Earl of Halifax c. 1754-65; Crown Agent for Nova Scotia c. 1758 - ?; held post of Ulster Secretary Apr 1761 - Apr 1763 during Halifax’s term of office as Lord Lieut. Ireland; Solicitor and Clerk of Reports, Board of Trade 31 May 1765 - Jan 1776, Secretary to Board of Trade 23 Jan 1776 - 2 May 1782, when post abolished; on unsuccessful secret mission to Spain Jun 1780 - Apr 1781, seeking to secure a separate peace with that country; after the abolition of his government appointment he settled in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, holding a commission in local volunteers during Napoleonic Wars; author of numerous comedies, tragedies, translations and novels; his most successful play, The West Indian, was produced by Garrick in 1771 and ran for twenty-eight nights; described by Goldsmith in his Retaliation as “the Terence of England” and caricatured by Sheridan as Sir Fretful Plagiary in The Critic (see Lord Broughton, Recollections of a Long Life, i, 138); wrote with Sir John Bland Burges (qv) an epic called the Exodiad, 1808; author, The Observer, almost the last imitation of The Spectator; his Memoirs, published in 1807, contain several interesting references to the School and to his contemporaries there; m. 19 Feb 1759 Elizabeth, only dau. of George Ridge, Kilmeston, Hants.; d. 7 May 1811. Buried in Poets’ Corner, Westminster Abbey. DNB.
CHAPLIN, JOHN, elder son of Thomas Chaplin, Blankney, Lincs., and Diana, dau. of Andrew Archer MP, Umberslade, Warwicks., and sister of Thomas, 1st Baron Archer; b.; adm. (aged 15) Feb 1743/4 (Ludford's); left 1745; Grand Tour [since member Soc Dil]; of Blankney, Lincs.; MP Lincoln 1754-61, Stamford from 1761; member, Society of Dilettanti, 1750; m. 24 May 1757 Lady Elizabeth Cecil, fifth dau. of Brownlow Cecil, 8th Earl of Exeter; d. 31 May 1764.
CHAPLIN, CHARLES, brother of John Chaplin (qv); b. 27 Jul 1730; adm. Feb 1743/4 (Ludford's); left 1748; Clare Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 24 Oct 1748, matr. 1748; of Blankney, Lincs.; m. 14 Apr 1755 Elizabeth Thoroton, Screveton, Notts.
BERTIE, BROWNLOW, 5TH DUKE OF ANCASTER AND KESTEVEN, brother of Peregrine Bertie, 3rd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven (qv); b. 1 May 1729; adm. Sep 1743 (Ludford's); left 1746; MP Lincolnshire 1761- 8 Jul 1779; succ. his nephew as 5th Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven 8 Jul 1779; Lord Lieut., Lincolnshire, from 9 Aug 1779; m. 1st, 6 Nov 1762 Harriet, only dau. of George Morton Pitt MP, Twickenham, Middlesex, previously EICS Madras, Governor of Fort St. George; m. 2nd, 2 Jan 1769 Mary Anne, youngest dau. of Maj. Peter Layard, Sutton Friars, Canterbury, Kent; d. 8 Feb 1809.
BANKS, SAVAGE; b.; adm. (aged 8) Jan 1744/5 (Ludford's); in school list 1752. [Doubtless brother of, or close kin to, Collingwood Banks, adm. same month]