BLAIR, CHARLES, brother of Henry Charles Blair (qv); b. 12 Nov. 1776; adm. 18 Jun. 1787; officer, 4th Dragoon Guards; collector of customs, Cape of Good Hope, 1808-c.1826; m. 1796 Miss Dawson; great-grandfather of Eric Blair (George Orwell); d. 30 Sept. 1854.
BECKFORD, WILLIAM, illegitimate son of Richard Beckford (qv), and Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Hay, Secretary for Jamaica; b. Jamaica 24 Sep 1744; at school under Markham (The Monthly Mirror, vii, 259); Balliol Coll. Oxford, matr. 17 Mar 1762; MA 6 Apr 1765; Grand Tour (Italy) 1770-1; of Somerley Hall, Suffolk; settled on his estates in Jamaica 1774; returned to England 1787; in Fleet Prison as a debtor 1790-2; author, A Descriptive Account of the Island of Jamaica, 1790, and other works; a contributor to literary magazines; a man of varied attainments; characterised as “Benevolus” in A Short Journey to the West Indies, 1790; m. 13 Apr 1773 his mother’s niece, Charlotte, dau. of Thomas Hay; d. 5 Feb 1799. DNB.
BECKFORD, WILLIAM, second son of Peter Beckford, West Indian planter, Speaker of the Jamaica Assembly, and Bathsheba, dau. of Col. Julines Hering, Paul Island, Jamaica; bapt. 19 Dec 1709; adm. (aged 9) Jan 1718/9; Balliol Coll. Oxford, matr. 17 Dec 1725; BA 1729; MA 1732; Leiden Univ. 1731; a medical student in Leiden and Paris to 1735; succeeded brother in Jamaican estates 1737; settled in England 1744; purchased Fonthill Abbey estate, Wiltshire, 1745; a West India merchant in London; Alderman, City of London (Bishopsgate Ward) from 25 Jun 1752, Sheriff of London 1755-6, Lord Mayor 1762-3, 1769-70; Master, Ironmongers’ Co., 1753; MP Shaftesbury 8 Dec 1747-54, City of London from 1754; a Tory on his entry to politics, but from 1756 onwards a staunch supporter of William Pitt; gave his backing to John Wilkes; his famous impromptu speech to King George III on the misdeeds of his ministers, 23 May 1770, was subsequently inscribed on the monument erected to his memory in Guildhall; laid the foundation stone of the new Newgate Prison 31 May 1770; m. 8 Jun 1756 Maria, widow of Francis Marsh, Jamaica, and sister of John Hamilton (qv); d. while Lord Mayor 21 Jun 1770. DNB.
Beckford, Julines, ca. 1711-1764
BECKFORD, JULINES, brother of William Beckford (adm. Jan. 1718/9, qv); b.; adm. (aged 7) Jun 1725; in school list 1731; landowner in Jamaica; purchased Iwerne Stepleton estate, Dorset, 1745; High Sheriff, Dorset 1749; MP Salisbury from 1754; m. 17 Jan 1739 Elizabeth, dau. of Solomon Ashley MP, merchant, London and Ashby St. Ledgers, Northants.; d. 27 Nov 1764.
BECKFORD, BALLARD, son of Thomas Beckford, Spanish Town, Jamaica, and his first wife Mary Tolderby; bapt. 28 Jul 1709; adm. (aged 11) Jan 1720/1; in under school list 1723; St. John’s Coll. Oxford, matr. 27 Oct 1726; m. Ann, dau. of John Clark, Governor of New York; d. in Jamaica 23 May 1760.
Bayly, Charles Nathaniel, 1777-1853
BAYLY, CHARLES NATHANIEL, son of Nathaniel Bayly MP, of Jamaica and of Hanwell, Middlesex, and his second wife Sophia Magdalena Lamack, Clapham, Surrey; b. 9 Apr 1777; adm. 15 Mar 1786; KS 1790; elected to Trin. Coll. Camb. 1794, adm. pens. 17 Jun 1794, aged 17, but not adm. scholar in consequence of his refusal to take statutory oath, matr. Lent 1796; BA 1798; adm. Inner Temple 26 Jun 1792, called to bar 23 Nov 1798; m. 12 Sep 1799 Lady Sarah Villiers, fifth dau. of George Villiers, 4th Earl of Jersey PC; d. 14 Dec 1853.
BARNETT, WILLIAM, son of William Barnett, Arcadia Plantation, Trelawny, Jamaica, member of Council for Jamaica, by ---, dau. of --- Wooling, Jamaica; b.; adm. 16 Jun 1777; left 1782; a West Indies planter; later resident at Missenden Abbey, Bucks.; m. 1st, ---; m. 2nd, 13 Apr 1796 Elizabeth Katherine, second dau. of William Markham (adm. 1733, qv).
Aikenhead, John Lawrence, d. 1780
AIKENHEAD, JOHN LAWRENCE, only son of William Aikenhead, St. Thomas in the Vale, Jamaica; b.; adm. (aged 10) Jun 1745; left 1752; Trinity Coll. Oxford, matr. 14 May 1752, aged 17; BCL 1759; DCL 8 Jul 1773; adm. Middle Temple 8 May 1752, called to bar 24 Nov 1758; d. 1780 (will proved PCC 30 Mar 1780, as of Grosvenor Place]
Pollard, Robert Blemell, 1783-1864
POLLARD, ROBERT BLEMELL, son of Robert Blemell Pollard, Master of St. Margaret’s Hospital, Westminster, and Charity ---; b. 10 Mar 1783; at school 1793; in school list 1795; BB 1795-1801; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. Bishop Williams scholar 20 May 1801; BA 1805; Master of Green Coat School, Tothill Fields, Westminster; subsequently Master of Blemell House School, Knightsbridge (on site later occupied by Brompton Oratory); m. 31 Jul 1806 Frances Crispe, Snodland, Kent; d. 10 Jan 1864.
PINNOCK, JAMES, son of Thomas Pinnock (adm. 1724, qv); b. 27 Sep 1740; adm. Oct 1750 (Howe's); left 26 Oct 1758; Trinity Hall, Cambridge, adm. 28 Oct 1758, matr. Mich. 1758, but did not graduate; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 27 Mar 1758, called to bar 13 May 1765; Advocate-Gen. , Jamaica Dec 1787; his diary and account book are preserved in the British Library (Add. MSS 33316, 33317), and the latter contains a few references to his attendance at the Anniversary Meetings and at the Play; travelling in Italy with family 1791-2, 1793-4; m. 19 Apr 1772 Elizabeth, sister of George Dehany (qv); d. 6 Apr 1811.