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ALLEN, JOHN HENSLEIGH, elder son of John Bartlett Allen, Cresselly, Pembs., and his first wife Elizabeth, dau. of John Hensleigh, Pant-teg, Pembs., attorney; b. 29 Aug 1769; adm. 31 May 1779; KS 1784; one of the contributors to the Trifler, 1788-9; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1789, adm. pens. 10 Jun 1789, scholar 23 Apr 1790, matr. Mich. 1789; BA 1793; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 15 Jun 1789, called to bar 22 Jun 1797; Oxford and South Wales circuit; of Cresselly, Pembs.; High Sheriff Pembrokeshire 1808; MP Pembroke 1818-26; Chairman, Pembrokeshire Quarter Sessions; DL JP Pembrokeshire; m. 12 Nov 1812 Gertrude, youngest dau. of Lord Robert Seymour MP; d. 12 Apr 1843.

CARTER, THOMAS, eldest son of Thomas Richard Carter (qv); b.; adm. 1 Jun 1774; KS 1775; convicted with four other Westminster boys at Middlesex Quarter Sessions, 21 May 1779, of a gross assault on a man in Dean’s Yard (Annual Register, 1779, 213); elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1779, matr. 3 Jun 1779, aged 18, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1779 - Nov 1790, Faculty Student 10 Nov 1790 - void on marriage 25 Nov 1791; BA 1783; MA 1786; adm. Middle Temple 5 Jun 1780, called to bar 9 Feb 1787; [? also adm. Inner Temple, year 1785/6]; private secretary to William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland (qv), when Home Secretary, 5 Jan 1795 - 6 Aug 1798; MP Tamworth 1796-1802, Callington 1807 - Apr 1810; High Sheriff, Northamptonshire 1806; m. Nov 1791 Glencairn, dau. of Walter Campbell, Shawfield, Lanarkshire, and Islay, Argyllshire; d. 10 Jun 1835.

CAVENDISH-BENTINCK, LORD (WILLIAM) CHARLES (AUGUSTUS), third son of William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland (qv); b. May 1780; adm. 29 Jun 1795 (Clapham); in school list 1795, sixth form list 1796; Ensign, 2nd Foot Guards, 20 Jan 1796; Lieut., 44th Foot, 28 Feb 1798; Capt., 29th Foot, 10 May 1798; Maj., 3rd West India Regt., 17 Jul 1802; Lieut. -Col., 38th Foot, 24 Jul 1802; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 1st Foot Guards, 17 Sep 1802, retd. 3 Apr 1811; MP Ashburton 1807-12; Treasurer of the Household from 29 Jul 1812; Privy Councillor 13 Aug 1812; m. 1st, 21 Sep 1808 Georgiana Augusta Frederica Seymour, illegitimate dau. of Mrs Grace Dalrymple Elliott (her father may have been the Prince of Wales (George IV)); m. 2nd, 23 Jul 1816 Anne, divorced wife of Sir William Abdy, Bart., MP, and illegitimate dau. of Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley KG KP PC; d. 28 Apr 1826.

CHETWYND, WILLIAM, 4TH VISCOUNT CHETWYND (I), eldest son of William Richard Chetwynd, 3rd Viscount Chetwynd (qv); b. 25 Nov 1721; adm. Mar 1727/8; KS 1733; left 1737; Hart Hall, Oxford, matr. 2 Dec 1737; [perhaps William Richard Chetwynd who was an Under-Secretary of State Dec 1744- Apr 1748]; MP Stockbridge 1747-54; Equerry to George II 24 May 1758- Oct 1760; succ. father as 4th Viscount Chetwynd (I) 3 Apr 1770; disinherited by father; m. 19 Nov 1751 Susannah, youngest dau. of Sir Jonathan Cope, Bart, MP; d. 12 Nov 1791.

CHETWYND, WILLIAM RICHARD, 3RD VISCOUNT CHETWYND (I), brother of Walter Chetwynd, 1st Viscount Chetwynd (qv); b.; adm.; KS 1699; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1703, matr. 8 Jun 1703, aged 19, Westminster Student 20 Dec 1703 - void 1715; adm. Middle Temple 8 Dec 1707, called to bar 7 May 1714; secretary to elder brother John when Envoy at Turin 1705-6, 1706-13; British Resident, Genoa, Jun 1708 - Mar 1711, Envoy Extraordinary there Mar 1711 - Feb 1713; MP Stafford 1715-22, Plymouth 1722-7, Stafford from 1734; a Lord of the Admiralty, 16 Apr 1717 - Aug 1727; Master of the Mint 29 Dec 1744 - 3 Jun 1769; succ. his brother as 3rd Viscount Chetwynd (I) 21 Jun 1767; m. 1715 Honora, dau. of William Baker, Consul at Algiers; d. 3 Apr 1770. DNB.

CONDUITT, JOHN, son of Leonard Conduitt, St. Paul’s, Covent Garden, London, and Sarah ---; bapt. St. Paul’s, Covent Garden 8 Mar 1687/8; adm.; KS 1701; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1705, adm. pens. 7 Jun 1705, scholar 12 Apr 1706, matr. 1705/6; Judge Advocate with British Forces in Portugal, 1711; Capt., Brigadier Hunt Withers’ Regiment of Dragoons, 23 Mar 1712, half-pay 1713; Commissary of Stores and Provisions, Gibraltar, 6 Apr 1713, still Deputy Paymaster at Gibraltar in 1717-8; his marriage to Sir Isaac Newton’s stepniece in 1717 brought him into Newton’s circle of intimates; FRS 1 Dec 1718; purchased Cranbury Park estate, Hampshire, 1720; MP Whitchurch 26 Jun 1721- 3 Apr 1735, Southampton from 3 Apr 1735; assisting Sir Isaac Newton with his duties as Master of the Mint by Jun 1726; Master of the Mint from Apr 1727; author, Observations on the present state of our gold and silver coins, 1774 (compiled 1730); m. 26 Aug 1717 Catherine, second dau. of Robert Barton, Brigstock, Northants.; d. 23 May 1737. Buried in Nave, Westminster Abbey (monument at west end of nave). DNB.

CORBETT, THOMAS, eldest son of William Corbett, Nanteos, Cardiganshire, and Middle Temple, London, and Eleanor, dau. of Col. John Jones, Nanteos, Cardiganshire; b.; adm.; KS (Capt. ) 1701; joined Royal Navy as ordinary seaman 23 Mar 1703/4; acted initially as clerk, from 14 Dec 1704, and then as secretary, Sep 1705-9, 1711, to Adm. Sir George Byng (afterwards 1st Viscount Torrington); Judge-Advocate and Deputy Treasurer of the Fleet [check]; a clerk in the Admiralty 17 Jan 1715-23; again secretary to Byng when in command of British fleet in Sicilian waters 1718-20 [check]; Secretary to Greenwich Hospital 1716-36; Chief Clerk, Admiralty, 15 Mar 1723-8, Deputy Secretary 27 Jul 1728-41; Secretary to Admiralty from 29 Apr 1741; MP Saltash from 6 Feb 1733/4; m. 31 Jan 1740/1 Mary Lloyd, Duke Street, London; d. 30 Apr 1751. DNB.

COXE, RICHARD HIPPISLEY, son of John Hippisley Coxe, Stoneaston, Somerset, and Mary, dau. of Stephen Northleigh MP, Peamore, Devon; b. 22 Sep 1742; adm.; KS (aged 13) 1754; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1759, matr. 19 Jun 1759, Westminster Student 5 Jan 1760 - 2 Jul 1763, res.; BA 1763; MP Somerset 1768-84; Col., Somerset Militia 24 Oct 1778, with rank Col. in Army 2 Jul 1779; d. unm. 26 Aug 1786.

CURTEIS, HERBERT BARRETT, eldest son of Edward Jeremiah Curteis (qv); b. 19 Jun 1793; adm. 1805; KS 1807; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1812, matr. 9 May 1812, Westminster Student; BA 1815; MA 1820; MP Sussex 1830-2, East Sussex 1832-7, Rye from 1841; m. 29 Jun 1821 his cousin Caroline Sarah, sister of Robert Curteis Mascall (qv); d. 13 Dec 1847.

DOLBEN, SIR GILBERT, BART., eldest son of John Dolben (elected Oxford 1640, qv); b. 16 Nov 1658; adm.; KS 1671; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1674, matr. 18 Jul 1674, aged 15, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1674 - void 1679; adm. Inner Temple, called to bar 28 Nov 1680, Bencher 1706, Treasurer 1721; MP Ripon Mar 1684/5 - Jul 1687, Peterborough Jan 1688/9 - Jul 1698, Jan 1700/1 - Sep 1710, Yarmouth (Isle of Wight) Oct 1710 - Jan 1714/5; Puisne Judge, Court of Common Pleas, Ireland 24 Jun 1701-20; created baronet 1 Apr 1704; in the debate on the Aylesbury case in Jan 1704 Dolben maintained the exclusive jurisdiction of the House of Commons in election questions; mentioned by John Dryden (qv) in the postscript to his translation of the Aeneid; m. Anne, dau. of Tanfield Mulso, Finedon, Northants.; d. 22 Oct 1722. DNB.