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CADOGAN, CHARLES HENRY SLOANE, 2nd EARL CADOGAN, eldest son of Charles Cadogan, 1st Earl Cadogan, Master of the Mint, and his first wife Hon.Frances Bromley, daughter of Henry Bromley, 1st Baron Montfort ; great-nephew of William Cadogan, 1st Earl Cadogan (qv) ; b. 29 Nov 1749 ; at school under Markham (he writes, in a letter of 20 Mar 1789 (House of Lords Record Office) to his brother Hon.William Bromley Cadogan (qv), in reference to deficiencies in his education, that “I now wish that I had remained longer with you at Westminster”) ; Ensign, 3rd Foot Guards 1762 ; Lieut., 31 May 1769 ; Capt. (by 1770) ; 61st Foot, 18 Jun 1778 - Jul 1780 ; contested Cambridge 1774 ; by the autumn of 1775 his friend Rev.William Cole records that Cadogan had “fallen ill of a malady [incipient mental problems ?] of which there was no great prospect of his getting the better of” ; Grand Tour 1783-90 (France, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Egypt, Poland) ; declared lunatic 2 Feb 1800, it being found that he had been out of his mind since 1 Jan 1793 ; styled Viscount Chelsea 1800-7 ; succ. father as 2nd Earl Cadogan 3 Apr 1807 ; did not take seat in House of Lords ; d.unm. 23 Dec 1832.

CADOGAN, HON. EDWARD, brother of Hon. William Bromley Cadogan (qv); b. 12 Dec 1758; adm. 1 Jul 1772; KS 1773; Lieut., 7th Foot, 24 Nov 1775; Capt., 61st Foot, 18 Jun 1778; d. unm. of fever at St. Lucia, West Indies 1779.

CADOGAN, HON. FREDERICK WILLIAM, youngest son of George Cadogan, 3rd Earl Cadogan CB, Admiral Royal Navy, and Louisa Honoria, dau. of Joseph Blake, Ardfry, co. Galway; b. 16 Dec 1821; adm. 1 Feb 1836 (boarded with Mr Hodgson); Oriel Coll. Oxford, matr. 3 Dec 1840; adm. Inner Temple 11 Nov 1841, called to bar 11 Jun 1847; MP Cricklade (Liberal) 1868-74; DL JP Middlesex; m. 29 Nov 1851 Lady Adelaide Paget, dau. of Henry William Paget, 1st Marquis of Anglesey (qv); d. 30 Nov 1904.

CADOGAN, HON. HENRY, son of Charles Sloane Cadogan, 1st Earl Cadogan, and his second wife Mary, dau. of Charles Churchill (adm. 1730, qv); half-brother of Hon. William Bromley Cadogan (qv); b. 26 Feb 1780; at Charterhouse Sch. 1788-90; at school under Vincent; Ensign, 18th Foot, 9 Aug 1797; Lieut. , 1798; Capt. , 60th Foot, 1799; Lieut. and Capt. , 2nd Foot Guards, 9 Dec 1799; Maj. , 53rd Foot, 8 Dec 1804; Lieut. -Col. , 18th Foot, 22 Aug 1805; Lieut. -Col. , 71st Foot, 7 Jan. 1808; ADC to Sir Arthur Wellesley (Duke of Wellington) in early stages of Peninsular War; commanded 71st Foot in Portugal and Spain 1810-3; killed at battle of Vittoria 21 Jun 1813. DNB.

CADOGAN, HON. WILLIAM BROMLEY, second son of Charles Sloane Cadogan, 1st Earl Cadogan, and his first wife Hon. Frances Bromley, dau. of Henry Bromley, 1st Baron Montfort; great-nephew of William Cadogan, 1st Earl Cadogan (qv); b. 22 Jan 1750/1; adm. 7 Jul 1757; KS 1763; Capt. of the School 1768; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1769, matr. 24 May 1769, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1769 - res. 11 Dec 1775 (year of grace for St. Giles’s, Reading, from 30 Jan 1775); BA 1773; MA 1776; ordained deacon (Oxford) 29 May 1774; Vicar of St. Giles’s, Reading, Berks., from 1774; Vicar of St. Luke’s, Chelsea, from 27 May 1775; an earnest man of extreme Calvinist opinions; m. 4 Dec 1782 Jane, widow of Capt. --- Bradshaw, 78th Foot, and dau. of Thomas Graham, Ballagan, Stirlingshire; d. 18 Jan 1797.

CADOGAN, WILLIAM, 1ST EARL CADOGAN, eldest son of Henry Cadogan, Liscarton, co. Meath, barrister, and Bridget, dau. of Sir Hardress Waller, Kt. ; b. ; at school under Busby (Al. Dub. ); Trinity Coll. Dublin, adm. pens. 28 Mar 1686/7, aged 15; said to have fought in William III’s army at the battle of the Boyne, Jul 1690; Capt. , 19th Foot, 4 Mar 1694; Maj. , 6th Dragoons, 1 Aug 1698; Brevet Col. of Foot, 1 Jun 1701; Quarter Master General of British Army in Flanders and Germany under Duke of Marlborough, 1 Jul 1701 - 22 Dec 1712; Col. , 6th Horse (“Cadogan’s Horse”), 2 Mar 1703 - 20 Dec 1712; Brig. -Gen. , 25 Aug 1704; Maj. -Gen. , 1 Jan 1707; Lieut. -Gen. , 1 Jan 1709 - Dec 1712; present at battles of Blenheim, Ramillies, Oudenarde and Malplaquet; dangerously wounded at siege of Mons, but returned to take part in siege of Douai and capture of Bouchain; served as QMG under Duke of Ormonde in campaign of 1712, but subsequently retired to Netherlands, and, sharing Marlborough’s unpopularity, was ejected from all his offices and employments in Dec 1712; MP Woodstock 1705 - 16 Mar 1714, 24 Mar 1714- 21 Jun 1716; Special Envoy to Hanover and Vienna, 1706; Lieut. of the Tower of London, 2 Jan 1707 - 11 Jan 1712; Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to The Hague and Brussels, Nov 1707 - Jan 1711; reinstated as Lieut. -Gen. Aug 1714 on accession of George I; Master of the Robes from 1 Aug 1714 (formal date of appointment 12 Oct 1714); Col. , 2nd Foot Guards 15 Oct 1714 – Jun 1722; Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to The Hague, 22 Oct 1714 - Nov 1721 (with gaps); Governor of the Isle of Wight, 16 Sep 1715; served in Scotland during Jacobite rebellion of 1715-6, initially as second-in-command to Duke of Argyll, in chief command 15 Feb - 12 May 1716; KT 29 Jun 1716; cr. Baron Cadogan, 30 Jun 1716; signed treaty of defensive alliance between Great Britain, France and Holland as Ambassador Extraordinary at The Hague, 15 Sep 1716; PC 17 Mar 1717; General of all the Foot, 12 Jul 1717; cr. Earl Cadogan 7 Apr 1718; Commander-in-Chief of the Forces and Col. 1st Foot Guards from 18 Jun 1722; Master-Gen. of the Ordnance, 30 Jun 1722 – Jun 1725; a Lord Justice of Great Britain during George I’s absence in Hannover 3 Jun - 28 Dec 1723; as a diplomatist Cadogan was somewhat rough and rash, but as a soldier he must be ranked as one of the ablest staff officers the British Army has produced; m. 1704 [check] Margaretha Cecilia, dau. of Jan Munter, Heer van Zanen en Raaphorst, Counsellor of the Court of Holland; d. 17 Jul 1726; buried in Duke of Ormonde’s vault in Henry VII’s Chapel, Westminster Abbey. DNB.

CADWELL, ---; b.; in school lists 1656.

CAESAR, JULIUS, second son of Charles Adelmare Caesar MP, Bennington Place, Herts., and Mary, second dau. of Ralph Freman MP, Aspenden Hall, Herts.; b.; adm. (aged 14) Jun 1718; Trinity Hall, Cambridge, matr. Jul 1722, adm. scholar 13 Jan 1723/4; Ensign, 2nd Foot Guards, 18 Jan 1730/1; Lieut. and Capt., 24 May 1739; Capt. -Lieut., 27 May 1745; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 17 Sep 1746; Second Maj., 12 May 1753; First Maj., 25 Dec 1755; Lieut. -Col., 12 Apr 1762; Brevet Col., 12 May 1753; Maj. -Gen., 24 Jun 1759; wounded at battle of Fontenoy 11 May 1745; d. in Germany 7 Aug 1762, from the effects of a fall from his horse.