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CLENCH, THOMAS, son of John Clench, Creeting, Suffolk, a Judge of the King’s Bench, and Catherine, dau. of Thomas Almot, Creeting, Suffolk; bapt. 22 Feb 1567/8; at school (aged 13) 2 Jul 1582 (Chapter Muniments 43050); adm. Lincoln’s Inn 1 Oct 1586, called to bar 9 Jun 1594; of Holbrook, Suffolk; High Sheriff, Suffolk, 1616; MP Suffolk Dec 1620 - Feb 1621/2; m. 1st, Margery, dau. of John Barker, Ipswich, Suffolk; m. 2nd, Elizabeth, widow of Henry Wingfield, Crowfield, Suffolk, and dau. of Thomas Risby, Lavenham, Suffolk; m. 3rd, Ann, widow of Sir Anthony Wingfield, Kt., Hoo, Suffolk, and dau. of William Birde, London; buried 10 Nov 1624.

Colborne, Nicholas William Ridley, Baron Colborne, brother of Sir Matthew White Ridley, Bart. (b. 1778, qv); b. 14 Apr 1779; in sixth form list 1796; probably the Ridley who played cricket v. Eton on Hounslow Heath 25 Jul 1796; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 26 Oct 1796; BA 1800; adm. Gray’s Inn 12 Dec 1795, withdrew from Inn 26 Apr 1809 without having been called to bar; assumed additional surname and arms of Colborne 21 Jun 1803; MP Bletchingley 8 May 1805-6, Malmesbury 1806-7, Appleby 20 Jul 1807 – 1812, Thetford 1818-26, Horsham 8 Feb 1827-32, Wells 5 May 1834-7; created Baron Colborne 15 May 1839; a loyal supporter of the Whig party in House of Commons and House of Lords; member, Fine Arts Commission 1841, Metropolitan Improvements Commission 1842; Busby Trustee 13 May 1851; m. 14 Jun 1808 Charlotte, eldest dau. of Thomas Steele (qv); d. 3 May 1854.

COTTER, ROGERSON, brother of Sir James Laurence Cotter, Bart. (qv); b.; adm.; KS (aged 12) 1762; Capt. of the School 1766; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1767, adm. pens. 17 Jun 1767, scholar 29 Apr 1768, matr. Mich. 1767; BA and 10th Wrangler 1771; MA 1774; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1771, Major Fellow 4 Jul 1774; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 2 Aug 1766; called to Irish bar (King’s Inns) Trin. 1773; MP (I) Charleville 1783-97, 1798-1800; m. Sep 1794 Jane, widow of William Grady, and dau. of Richard Harrold, Limerick; d. 19 Feb 1830.

COTTON, SIR JOHN HYNDE, BART., only surviving son of Sir John Cotton, Bart., Madingley Hall, Cambs., and Elizabeth, dau. and coheiress of Sir Joseph Sheldon, Kt, Lord Mayor of London; b.; at school under Knipe (nominated Steward of Anniversary Dinner for 1752, although he died before dinner took place); Emmanuel Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 29 Sep 1701; MP Cambridge 1708-22, Cambridgeshire 1722-7, Cambridge 1727-41, Marlborough from 1741; succ. father as 3rd baronet 20 Jan 1712/3; a Commissioner of Trade and Plantations 7 Jul 1712 – 13 Dec 1714; Treasurer of the Chamber 24 Dec 1744 – May 1746; a prominent Tory politician; m. 1st, 21 May 1714 Lettice, dau. of Sir Ambrose Crowley Kt MP, Greenwich, Kent, Sheriff of London; m. 2nd, Margaret, widow of Samuel Trefusis MP, Trefusis, Cornwall, and third dau. of James Craggs MP, Postmaster-General; d. 4 Feb 1752, aged 63. DNB.

DOUGLAS, HON. FREDERICK SYLVESTER NORTH, only son of Sylvester Douglas, 1st Baron Glenbervie PC KC FRS FSA, and Hon. Catherine Anne North, eldest dau. of Frederick North, Lord North PC KG MP (afterwards 2nd Earl of Guilford), Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury; b. 8 Feb 1791; adm. 4 [or 5] Mar 1801; left 1805; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 24 Oct 1806, Canoneer Student; 1st cl. Classics 1809; BA and MA 1813; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 1 Dec 1807; MP Banbury from 1812; FRS 1 May 1817; author, An essay on certain points of resemblance between the Ancient and Modern Greeks, 1813; m. 19 Jul 1819 Harriet, eldest dau. of William Wrightson MP, Cusworth, Yorkshire; d. 21 Oct 1819. DNB.

DOYLE, SIR CHARLES WILLIAM, eldest son of William Doyle KC (I), Bramblestown, co. Kilkenny, a Master in Chancery (I), and his second wife Cecilia, dau. of Gen. --- Salvini, Austrian Army; b. (Dublin); adm.; at school 1791; Min. Can. (aged 14) 1792; Ensign, 105th Foot 28 Apr 1783, half-pay 1783; Lieut., Capt. Grey’s Independent Co. Foot, 12 Feb 1793; Capt. Hardy’s Independent Co. Foot, 7 Mar 1793; 91st Foot, 30 Oct 1793; Capt. -Lieut., 108th Foot 21 Jun 1794; 87th Foot, 3 Sep 1795; Capt., 1 Aug 1798; Maj., 61st Foot 9 Jul 1803; Lieut. -Col., 87th Foot 22 Aug 1805; Col., 4 Jun 1813; half-pay, 84th Foot 25 Dec 1818; Maj. -Gen., 12 Aug 1819; Lieut. -Gen., 10 Jan 1837; served in Netherlands 1793, wounded at siege of Valenciennes and battle of Lannoy; in West Indies 1796-8; on Abercromby’s expedition to Egypt, wounded 21 Mar 1801; sent by British government to help insurgents in Spain, with local ranks of Brig. and Maj-Gen.; wounded at battle of Col de Balaguer and in defence of Tarragona; made Lieut. -Gen. in Spanish Army for his brilliant services in Catalonia; Director and Inspector-General of Military Instruction, Cadiz 1811-4; knighted 1815; CB 3 Feb 1817; KCH 1821; GCH 1837; m. 1st, 15 May 1802 Sophia Cramer, dau. of Sir John Coghill, Bart., MP (I); m. 2nd, 1828 Sophia, widow of William Stair; d. at Paris 25 Oct 1842. DNB.

FEILDE, PAUL, brother of William Feilde (qv); bapt. 6 Oct 1711; adm. (aged 10) Jun 1722; in school list 1727/8; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 3 Jun 1724, called to bar 27 Oct 1737; a Judge of Sheriff Court for London and Middlesex (occurs 1760-74); Recorder of Hertford from 1762; MP Hertford 15 Jan 1770-80; JP Hertfordshire (occurs 1774-5); m. 12 Feb 1763 Jane, only dau. of John Wowen, Hackney, Middlesex, sugar refiner; d. 3 Feb 1783.

FINCH, FRANCIS, fifth son of Sir Moyle Finch, Bart., MP, Eastwell, Kent, and Elizabeth, Countess of Winchilsea, only dau. of Right Hon. Sir Thomas Heneage PC, Kt, Copthall, Essex, Vice-Chamberlain of the Household to Queen Elizabeth; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1611, adm. scholar 25 Apr 1612, matr. Easter 1612; BA 1615/6; MA 1629; MP Eye Feb 1623/4 - Mar 1628/9; m. Anne, only child of Michael Barker, Bildeston, Suffolk; d. c. Jan 1657/8 (will dated 14 Dec 1657, proved PCC 18 Jan 1657/8, he of Kensington, Middlesex).

FITZGERALD-DE ROS, WILLIAM LENNOX LASCELLES, 23RD BARON DE ROS, third son of Lord Henry Fitzgerald MP, and Charlotte, Baroness De Ros, only dau. of Hon. Robert Boyle-Walsingham MP (I); b. 1 Sep 1797; adm. Christmas 1809; KS 1811; said to have passed a night in the Abbey to confront Bradshaw’s ghost, which was supposed to haunt the chamber in the south-west tower and the triforium passage nearby (Stanley, Hist. Mem. of Westminster Abbey, 437, n. 3); elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1815, but went to Ch. Ch. Oxford, matr. 16 Dec 1815, Canoneer Student 1815-24; BA 1819; MA 1822; Cornet and Sub-Lieut., 1st Life Guards 29 Mar 1819; Lieut., 24 Aug 1821; Capt., 23 Oct 1824; Maj., 5 Jun 1827; Lieut. -Col., 8 Sep 1831; Col., 9 Nov 1846; Maj. -Gen., 20 Jun 1854; Lieut. -Gen., 12 Mar 1861; Gen., 10 Nov 1868; Col., 4th Hussars, from 6 Feb 1865; served as Quartermaster - Gen. in Crimean War; a Gentleman Usher Quarterly Waiter to William IV 21 Oct 1836; succeeded brother as 23rd Baron De Ros 29 Mar 1839; took Conservative whip in House of Lords; Captain, Yeomen of the Guard Feb- Dec 1852, Mar 1858 - Jun 1859; Privy Councillor 27 Feb 1852; Lieut. -Governor, Tower of London, from 13 Feb 1852; a Busby Trustee from 16 May 1865; m. 7 Jun 1824 Lady Georgiana Lennox, sister of Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond (qv); d. 6 Jan 1874.

FLOOD, JOCELYN, second son of Right Hon. Warden Flood PC (I), Chief Justice of the Court of King’s Bench, Ireland, and Isabella Whiteside; bapt. 15 Jul 1746; adm.; KS (aged 13) 1760; left 1764; Trinity Coll. Dublin, adm. fellow commoner 27 Mar 1764; adm. Middle Temple 2 Feb 1765; MP (I) Callan from Nov 1765 (sic, although then under age [check]); d. unm. 19 May 1767.