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ASSHETON, RICHARD, younger brother of Ralph Assheton (qv); b. 19 Aug 1727; adm. (aged 13) May 1741 (Watts'); carved his name on the Coronation Chair in the Abbey; left 1745; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 24 Nov 1744; BA 1748; MA 1751; BD and DD 1782; Fellow of Brasenose Coll. 5 Jun 1749 - 31 May 1757; ordained deacon 10 Mar 1754, priest 7 Jun 1754 (both Oxford); Rector of Middleton, Lancs. Apr 1757; Rector of Radcliffe, Lancs, . 1757; Warden of Manchester Collegiate Church from 2 Mar 1782; m. 1757 Mary, younger dau. of William Hulls, of Freelands, Kent, and Popes, Herts.; d. 6 Jun 1800.

FLEMING, SCROPE JOSEPH, brother of Gilbert Fane Fleming (qv); b.; adm. (aged 10) Jun 1741 (Watts'); left 1742.

FLEMING, GILBERT FANE, elder son of Gilbert Fleming, Lieut. -Gov. St. Kitts, West Indies, and Lieut. -Gen. Leeward Islands, and his first wife Katherine ---; bapt. 27 Aug 1727; adm. (aged 13) Jun 1741 (Watts'); KS (Capt. ) 1742; still at school 1744; inherited father’s extensive estates in West Indies in 1762; m. 14 Jan 1754 Lady Camilla Bennet, dau. of Charles Bennet, 2nd Earl of Tankerville; d. 26 Dec 1776.

ROBINSON, WILLIAM, brother of Matthew Robinson-Morris, 2nd Baron Rokeby (I); bapt. St. Michael’s, Cambridge 15 Nov 1727 (IGI); adm. (aged 14) Jan 1742/3 (Watts'); St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 14 Feb 1746/7, matr. 1748; BA 1750/1; MA 1754; Fellow, St. John’s Coll. 17 Mar 1752-60; ordained deacon 24 Mar 1754 (Chester), priest 13 Jun 1756 (Chester for London); Curate, Kensington, Middlesex; Rector of Denton, Kent 20 Nov 1764-85; Rector of Burghfield, Berks., 19 Dec 1767-1800; travelled in Italy; inherited part of family estates in Kent, Yorkshire and Cambridgeshire on the death of his elder brother Lord Rokeby in Nov 1800; a friend and correspondent of Thomas Gray, the poet; the correspondence of Mrs Montagu with Robinson’s wife forms the chief part of Dr. Doran’s Lady of the Last Century; m. Jul 1760 Mary, only surviving dau. of Adam Richardson, Kensington, Middlesex; d. 8 Dec 1803. DNB.

ROBINSON, JOHN, brother of Matthew Robinson-Morris, 2nd Baron Rokeby (I) (qv); bapt. St. Michael, Cambridge 10 Feb 1729 (IGI); adm. (aged 13) Jan 1742/3 (Watts'); left 1747; Trinity Hall, Cambridge, adm. pens. 29 Jan 1746/7, scholar 1747, matr. 1747; [check degree, if any]; Fellow, Trinity Hall 19 Jun 1750; adm. Middle Temple 12 Feb 1745/6; d. unm. 1800.

WINGFIELD, ROWLAND, elder son of Borlase Wingfield, Preston, Shropshire, and Ellen, sister of Sir Rowland Hill, Bart.; b.; adm. Shrewsbury Sch. 1737; adm. (aged 15) Jan 1742/3 (Watts'); left 1746; Oriel Coll. Oxford, matr. 10 Oct 1746; adm. Inner Temple 31 Oct 1749 (delivered up bond 22 Apr 1755); of Onslow, Shropshire; High Sheriff, Shropshire 1753; m. 23 Jun 1764 Mary, sister of William Bagot, 1st Baron Bagot (qv); d. 10 Aug 1818.

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.

HARLEY, HON. WILLIAM, fifth son of Edward Harley, 3rd Earl of Oxford (qv); b. 30 May 1733; adm. Apr 1743 (Watts'); left 1749; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 23 Dec 1749, Canoneer Student 22 Dec 1749 – void 20 Jun 1758, expiry year of grace as R. Everley; BA 1753; MA 1756; ordained; Rector of Everley, Wiltshire, from 2 Jul 1757; Vicar of Uffington, Berks., 29 Oct 1763- Jan 1769; Vicar of Old Sodbury, Gloucs., from Jan 1769; Prebendary of York from 10 Feb 1762 and of Worcester from 15 Dec 1764; d. 8 Jul 1769.

RICHARDSON, ROBERT, only son of William Richardson (b. 1698, qv); bapt. All Hallows, Bread Street, London Apr 1731 (IGI); adm. (aged 12) Jun 1743 (Watts'); left 1745; Emmanuel Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 26 Sep 1745; 14th Wrangler 1749/50; BA 1749/50; MA 1753 (incorp. Oxford 3 Jul 1754); DD 1766; Fellow, Emmanuel Coll. 1755; ordained deacon 22 Sep 1754, priest 25 May 1755 (both Lincoln); Chaplain to Sir Joseph Yorke, British Minister at The Hague; Rector of Wallington, Herts., from 1759; Prebendary of Lincoln from 12 Mar 1760; Rector of Adstock, Bucks., 1771 (disp. to hold with Wallington); Rector of All Hallows the Great, London 1 Nov 1776-8; Rector of St. Anne’s, Soho, from 13 Aug 1778; FRS 25 Feb 1779; FSA 6 May 1779; drew up a précis of the documents in the Douglas peerage case, printed for distribution and put into the hands of counsel; d. 27 Sep 1781. DNB.

DIGBY, HENRY, 1ST EARL DIGBY, brother of Edward Digby, 6th Baron Digby (qv); b.; adm. (aged 7) Feb 1738/9 (Watts'); readm. Sep 1743 (Watts'); left 1748; a clerk in Secretary of State’s Office May 1749 - c. 1750; Secretary to Sir Charles Hanbury Williams on diplomatic missions in Germany and Poland 1750-; Under-Secretary of State Nov 1755-Nov 1756; MP Ludgershall 21 Nov 1755-61, Wells 1761-19 Aug 1765; succ. brother as 7th Baron Digby (I) 30 Nov 1757; a Lord of the Admiralty Apr 1763 - Jul 1765; created Baron Digby of Sherborne (GB) 19 Aug 1765; Lord Lieut. Dorset from 21 Jun 1771; created Earl Digby (GB) 1 Nov 1790; m. 1st, 5 Sep 1763 Elizabeth, dau. of Hon. Charles Feilding; m. 2nd, 10 Nov 1770 Mary, dau. of John Knowler, Recorder of Canterbury; d. 25 Sep 1793.