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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, 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 ?].

DEWAR, DAVID ALBEMARLE BERTIE, brother of George Edward Matthew Dewar (qv); b. 3 Jul 1794; adm. 7 Apr 1802 (Clapham); left 1802; went to Harrow Sch.; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 9 Jul 1812, fellow commoner 7 Nov 1812, matr. 1812; of Doles Hall, Andover, Hampshire; m. 12 May 1821 Ann Louisa, eldest dau. of Richard Magenis MP [perhaps OW, qv], Grosvenor Place, London, Lieut. -Col. Fermanagh Militia; d. 25 Nov 1859.

AGAR-ELLIS, HENRY WELBORE, 2ND VISCOUNT CLIFDEN (I), eldest son of James Agar, 1st Viscount Clifden (qv); b. 22 Jan 1761; adm. 12 Jun 1770; KS (Capt. ) 1774; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1778, matr. 19 Jun 1778; BA 1782; Grand Tour (Italy) 1783; MP (I) Co. Kilkenny 1783-9; Recorder of Gowran 1783; Clerk of the Privy Council, Ireland 1785-1817; succ. as 2nd Viscount Clifden (I) 1 Jan 1789; MP Heytesbury 28 May 1793 - 2 Feb 1802, when he succeeded his great-uncle Welbore Ellis (qv) as 2nd Baron Mendip (GB); assumed additional surname of Ellis 4 Feb 1804; supported Whig party in House of Lords; FSA (by 1831); m. 10 Mar 1792 Lady Caroline Spencer Churchill, eldest dau. of George Spencer Churchill, 4th Duke of Marlborough KG PC, Lord President of the Council; d. 13 Jul 1836.

BERKELEY, HON. GEORGE, brother of Charles Berkeley, Viscount Dursley (qv); b. 24 Feb 1691/2; adm.; QS (Capt., aged 15) 1708; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1711, adm. pens. 31 May 1711, scholar 15 May 1712, readm. nob. 10 Feb 1713; MA 1713; adm. Inner Temple 1 Aug 1707; Clerk of the Privy Council 1716-26; MP Dover 20 Dec 1720-34, Hedon 1734-41, and from 4 Mar 1742; Master, Hospital of St. Katherine’s by the Tower, London, from 28 May 1738; m. 1 Jul 1735 [or 26 Jun ?] Henrietta, widow of Charles Howard, 9th Earl of Suffolk, and sister of John Hobart, 1st Earl of Buckinghamshire (qv); d. 29 Oct 1746. DNB.

BOYLE, HAMILTON, 6TH EARL OF CORK AND ORRERY (I), younger son of John Boyle, 5th Earl of Cork and Orrery (qv), and his first wife; b. 3 Feb 1729/30; adm. Jul 1741; KS (Capt. ) 1744; Capt. of the School 1747; played the part of Ignoramus in the play of 1747 with great success (The Orrery Papers, 1903, ii, 9, 11, 13); elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1748, matr. 14 Jun 1748, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1748 - Dec 1762, Faculty Student from 10 Dec 1762; BCL 15 May 1755; DCL 6 Jul 1763; High Steward, Oxford Univ., from 1762; adm. Inner Temple 19 Nov 1748; MP (I) Charleville 1759-60; MP Warwick 1761 - 23 Nov 1762; succ. his father as 6th Earl of Cork and Orrery 23 Nov 1762; d. unm. 17 Jan 1764.

BROMLEY, WILLIAM, son of Right Hon. William Bromley PC MP, Baginton, Warwicks., Speaker of the House of Commons, subsequently Secretary of State, Northern Dept., and his fourth wife Elizabeth, dau. of Ralph Stawell, 1st Baron Stawell; half-brother of Thomas Bromley (qv); b. 11 Jan 1699; adm.; QS (aged 15) 1714; left 1716; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 27 Feb 1716/7; DCL (from Oriel Coll. ) 19 May 1732; Grand Tour (Italy) 1722-3; of Baginton, Warwicks.; a Tory politician; MP Fowey 15 Mar 1725-7, Warwick 1727- 25 Feb 1734-5, Oxford University from 9 Feb 1736/7; moved repeal of Septennial Act, 13 Mar 1734; m. 2 Jul 1724 Lucy, dau. of Clement Throckmorton, Haseley, Warwicks., physician; d. 12 Mar 1736/7. DNB.

BROOKE-PECHELL, SIR THOMAS, BART., eldest son of Lieut. -Col. Sir Paul Pechell, Bart., and Mary, only surviving child of Thomas Brooke, Pagglesham Hall, Essex; b. 23 Jan 1753; adm. 17 Jan 1765; KS 1767; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1771, matr. 30 May 1771, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1771 - void 30 Jun 1781; BA 1775; MA 1779; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 1772 [check]; Sub-Lieut., 2nd Horse Grenadier Guards, 3 Dec 1783; Guidon and Capt., 1 May 1788; Brevet Maj., 3 May 1796; Brevet Lieut. -Col., 29 Apr 1802; Brevet Col., 4 Jun 1811; Maj. -Gen., 4 Jun 1814; succ. father as 2nd baronet 13 Jan 1800; assumed additional surname of Brooke 22 Nov 1800 [or 1801, check]; Gentleman Usher Quarterly Waiter to Queen Charlotte 1786 – Apr 1795, Gentleman Usher Daily Waiter to Queen Charlotte Apr 1795 – May 1805, and Gentleman Usher of the Privy Chamber to Queen Charlotte May 1805 – 1818; MP Downton 26 Apr 1813-8, and from 22 Feb 1819; m. 26 Apr 1783 Charlotte, sister of Henry Mordaunt Clavering (qv); d. 17 Jun 1826.

BRUCE, HON. JAMES, brother of Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin and 11th Earl of Kincardine (S) (qv); b. 23 Mar 1769; adm. 5 Oct 1778; KS (Capt. ) 1782; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1786, matr. 14 Jun 1786, Westminster Student from 23 Dec 1786; BA 1790; MA 1793; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 9 Oct 1790; chargé d’affaires, Brussels, 1793-4; MP Marlborough 1796 - Nov 1797; précis writer, Foreign Office, from Oct 1797; drowned in the river Don, near Barneby Down, while attempting to ford it on horseback, 10 Jul 1798.

BULLER, SIR ANTHONY, brother of John Francis Buller (qv); b. 26 Jul 1780; adm. 29 Feb 1788; KS 1794; played cricket against Eton 25 Jul 1796; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 21 Jul 1797, called to bar 12 May 1803; MP West Looe 1812 - Mar 1816; Puisne Judge, Supreme Court, Madras, 6 Sep 1815, transferred to Bengal 10 Apr 1816; knighted 23 Apr 1816; retd. 1 Jan 1827; again MP West Looe 1831-2; of Pound, Devon; m. 4 Feb 1805 his cousin Isabella Jane, sister of William Lemon (qv); d. 27 Jun 1866.