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STANHOPE, JOHN SPENCER, second son of Walter Spencer Stanhope MP, Cannon Hall, near Barnsley, Yorks., and Mary Winifred, dau. of Thomas Babington Pulleine, Carleton Hall, Richmond, Yorks.; b. 27 May 1787; adm. 8 Apr 1799 (Clapham); in school lists 1801, 1803; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 24 Oct 1804; he and his brother Edward were detained in France during the Napoleonic Wars, but obtained their freedom by undertaking to conduct archaeological researches in Greece, where they spent the year 1814; FRS 27 Jun 1816; DL JP Yorkshire; author, Topography illustrative of the Battle of Plataea, 1817, and other works; m. 5 Dec 1822 Lady Elizabeth Wilhelmina Coke, third dau. of Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester; d. 7 Nov 1873.

SOMERSET, LORD JOHN THOMAS HENRY, son of Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort (qv); b. 30 Aug 1787; adm. 1 Feb 1802 (Clapham); in school list 1803; Cornet, 7th Light Dragoons 4 Aug 1804; Lieut., 14 Aug 1805; Capt., Apr 1806; 4th Garrison Battn., 15 Apr 1808; 23rd Light Dragoons 19 May 1808; 23rd Foot 22 Jul 1813; half-pay 1814; Brevet Maj., Jun 1815; Major Watteville’s Regt., 18 Jun 1815; half-pay 25 Jul 1816; Brevet Lieut. -Col., 19 Jul 1821; Lieut. -Col., unattached, half-pay 16 Jul 1830; Brevet Col., 10 Jan 1837; served in Peninsular War and at battle of Waterloo, where he was ADC to Prince of Orange; m. 4 Dec 1814 Lady Catherine Annesley, third dau. of Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Mountnorris (I); d. 3 Oct 1846.

SMITH, ---; b.; adm. 9 Jan 1792 (Clapham); left 1794.

SHELLEY, ROBERT; b.; adm. 4 Sep 1796 (Clapham); left 1796.

SEDLEY, CHARLES HENRY, son of Henry Venables-Vernon, 3rd Baron Vernon (qv); b. 5 May 1792; adm. 7 Oct 1802 (Clapham); in school list 1803; d. at school 2 May 1804. Buried South Cloister, Westminster Abbey.

RUSSELL, CLAUD, son of Claud Russell, Binfield Manor House, Berks., EICS Madras, member of Council, Madras, and Leonora, natural dau. of George Pigot, 1st Baron Pigot (I) MP, EICS Madras, Governor of Madras; b. 7 May 1779; adm. 16 Jan 1793 (Clapham); Min. Can. 1793; Writer, EICS Bengal 26 Sep 1795; arrived in India 27 Feb 1797; Assistant to Persian Translator; Senior Assistant to Persian Secretary 1801; Secretary to Lieut. -Gov. in Ceded Districts 1802; Collector, Alighar 1804; Judge and Magistrate, Kanpur 1807; Second Judge, Provincial Court of Appeal, Benares 1817; m. 12 Mar 1810 Charlotte, third dau. of Robert Grant, EICS Bengal; d. at Benares 5 May 1817.

RUSSELL, SIR JOHN, BART., elder son of Sir John Russell, Bart. (qv); b. 6 May 1777; succ. father as 9th baronet 7 Aug 1783; adm. 30 Jun 1791 (Clapham); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 29 Oct 1795; d. unm. 11 Jun 1802.

ROSS, PETER; b.; at school 1791 (Clapham); left Easter 1794.

ROSS, HENRY JOHN; b.; adm. 1 Jul 1800 (Clapham); left Bartholomewtide 1800. [Perhaps Henry John Ross, son of William Sutherland Ross, St. Clement Danes, London, and Hannah Margaretta Owen; b. 30 Aug 1787; d. 1830 (IGI)] [note will Henry Ross, St. James, Clerkenwell, proved PCC 3 Feb 1830]

ROLLESTON, JOHN HENRY; b.; adm. 11 Jan 1796 (Clapham); in school list 1797; left Easter 1797. [Possibly John Rolleston, son of Christopher Rolleston, Watnall, Notts., and Anne, dau. of Capt. --- Nicholas, Royal Navy; b. 22 Feb 1787; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 24 Jan 1805, aged 17; BA 1808; MA 1814; ordained deacon 25 Mar 1810, priest 21 Jul 1811 (both York); Vicar of Annesley, Notts., 1811-48; Vicar of Burton Joyce, Notts., from 1822; m. Elizabeth ---; d. 17 Nov 1862]