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BYAM, SAMUEL, son of Maj. Samuel Byam, Antigua, and Elizabeth Anne, dau. of George Clarke, Clarke’s Hill, Antigua; half-brother of Thomas Warner (qv); b.; adm. (aged 9) Jun 1721; left 1729; Queen’s Coll. Oxford, matr. 18 Jun 1729; of parish St. Andrew’s, Holborn, on marriage; m. 9 Dec 1735 Grace, dau. of Col. Edward Warner, Eltham, Kent, sometime member Council of Antigua; d. in Antigua 13 Jan 1738.

BYNG, JOHN, 5TH VISCOUNT TORRINGTON, brother of George Byng, 4th Viscount Torrington (qv); b. 11 Oct 1742; at school under Markham (list of noblemen educated at the School preserved in Chapter Muniments); Page of Honour to King George II 25 Jan 1753 - Mar 1760; Cornet, Royal Horse Guards, 11 Jan 1760; Capt., 58th Foot, 29 Feb 1762; Lieut. and Capt., 1st Foot Guards, 11 Aug 1762; Capt. -Lieut., 19 Feb 1776; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 26 Apr 1776; retd. 18 May 1780; a Commissioner of Stamps, 1 Jun 1782-99; succeeded his brother as 5th Viscount Torrington 14 Dec 1812; his travel diaries for the years 1781-94 have been published as The Torrington Diaries, 4 vols.; m. 16 Mar 1767 Bridget, dau. of Commodore Arthur Forrest, Royal Navy, sometime Commander in Chief, Jamaica station; d. 1 Jan 1813. DNB Missing Persons.

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]

COTTON, STAPLETON, 1ST VISCOUNT COMBERMERE, second son of Sir Robert Salusbury Cotton, Bart. (qv); b. 14 Nov 1773; adm. 28 Jan 1785; at school four years; 2nd Lieut., 23rd Foot, 26 Feb 1790; 1st Lieut., 13 Apr 1791; Capt., 6th Dragoon Guards, 28 Feb 1793; Maj., 59th Foot, 1794; Lieut. -Col., 25th Light Dragoons, 9 Mar 1794; Brevet Col., 1 Jan 1800; Lieut. -Col., 16th Light Dragoons, 14 Feb 1800; served in Flanders 1793-4, at Cape Town 1795, in campaign against Tippoo Sahib 1799, and in Dublin during Emmett’s insurrection 1800; Brig. -Gen., 11 Feb 1804; Maj. -Gen., 30 Oct 1805; commanded allied cavalry during part of Peninsular War; wounded at Salamanca 1812; Lieut. -Gen., 1 Jan 1812; Col., 20th Light Dragoons, 27 Jan 1813 – Jan 1821 [check]; took part in Pyrenees Campaign, 1813-4; commanded allied cavalry in France, 1815-6; Governor of Barbados 1816-20; Col., 3rd Dragoons, 25 Jan 1821 – Sep 1828; Commander-in-Chief, Ireland, 1822-5; Gen., 27 May 1825; Commander-in-Chief, East Indies, 9 Feb 1825 - 1 Jan 1830; captured city of Bhurtpore, 28 Jan 1826; Col., 1st Life Guards, from 16 Sep 1829; Constable of the Tower (and Lord Lieut., Tower Hamlets) from 11 Oct 1852; Field-Marshal, 2 Oct 1855; MP Newark 1806 - 17 May 1814; succ. father as 6th baronet 24 Aug 1809; KB 21 Aug 1812; created Baron Combermere 17 May 1814, with annuity of £2000 p. a. for two generations; GCB 2 Jan 1815; GCH 1817; Governor of Sheerness 25 Jan 1821 – still 1829; Privy Councillor (I) 21 Nov 1822; created Viscount Combermere 8 Feb 1827; DCL Oxford Univ. 23 Jun 1830; Privy Councillor 16 Dec 1834; KCSI 19 Aug 1861; m. 1st, 1 Jan 1801 Lady Anne Maria Pelham-Clinton, eldest dau. of Thomas Pelham-Clinton, 3rd Duke of Newcastle, Major-Gen. in the Army; m. 2nd, 22 Jun 1814 Caroline, second dau. of Capt. William Fulke Greville RN; m. 3rd, 2 Oct 1838 Mary Woolley, dau. of Thomas Gibbings MD, Gibbings Grove, co. Cork; d. 21 Feb 1865. DNB.

CRANSTOUN, JAMES EDMUND, 9TH BARON CRANSTOUN (S), son of Hon. Charles Cranstoun, Creeling Castle, Midlothian, and Elizabeth Turner, Worcestershire, and nephew of Hon. George Cranstoun (qv); b.; succ. his uncle James as 9th Baron Cranstoun (S) 22 Sep 1796; at school 1796; in school lists 1797, 1801; played cricket against Eton at Lords’ 31 Jul 1801; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 23 Oct 1802, aged 18; m. 25 Aug 1807 Anne Linnington, eldest dau. of John Macnamara, St. Kitts, West Indies; d. at St. Kitts 5 Sep 1818.

CREWE, RICHARD, brother of John Crewe, 1st Baron Crewe (qv); b. 27 Sep 1749; adm. Manchester GS 1757; at school under Markham (The World, 24 Feb 1787, 3); Ensign, 1st Foot Guards 4 Mar 1767; Capt., 17th Dragoons 11 Jul 1769; Maj., 25 Feb 1776; retd. 3 Jun 1778; m. in Jamaica 1780 Milborough, dau. of Samuel Alpress, Jamaica; d. 17 Jun 1814.

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.

DALLAS, ROBERT WILLIAM, only son of Right Hon. Sir Robert Dallas PC, Lord Chief Justice Common Pleas, and his first wife Charlotte, dau. of Lieut. -Col. Alexander Jardine, Consul-Gen. Corunna; b. 18 Jun 1789; at school 1800; in school list 1801; Min. Can. 1804; left 1807; Ensign, 9th Foot 1 Sep 1808; Lieut., 13 Oct 1811; Capt., York Chasseurs 15 Mar 1815; 9th Foot 15 May 1817; half-pay, 14th Foot 21 May 1818; retd. as Maj., 1st West India Regt. 9 Apr 1847; m. 9 Mar 1818 [or May ?] Lucy, eldest dau. of Henry Davidson DL, Tulloch Castle, Ross-shire; d. 11 Sep 1849.

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.