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FANE, JOHN, 9TH EARL OF WESTMORLAND, elder son of Thomas Fane, 8th Earl of Westmorland, previously an attorney in Bristol, and Elizabeth, widow of Samuel Kentish, Clerk in Chancery, and dau. of William Swymmer, Bristol, merchant; b. 5 May 1728; adm. Oct 1739 (Watts'); left 1745; adm. Middle Temple 9 Feb 1741/2; a Supernumary Clerk, Treasury, 26 Jun 1746-8, Under Clerk 3 May 1748 - res 7 Dec 1757; a Commissioner of Taxes 14 Apr 1756 – 2 Feb 1763; MP Lyme Regis 1 Dec 1762 - 12 Nov 1771; LLD Cambridge 3 Jul 1769; succ. father as 9th Earl of Westmorland 12 Nov 1771; DL Somerset 1761; m. 1st, 26 Mar 1758 Augusta, dau. of Lord Montagu Bertie (qv); m. 2nd, 28 May 1767 Lady Susan Gordon, dau. of Cosmo Gordon, 3rd Duke of Gordon; d. 26 Apr 1774. DNB.

FLEMING, GILBERT FANE, elder son of Gilbert Fleming, Lieut. -Gov. St. Kitts, West Indies, and Lieut. -Gen. Leeward Islands, and his first wife Katherine ---; bapt. 27 Aug 1727; adm. (aged 13) Jun 1741 (Watts'); KS (Capt. ) 1742; still at school 1744; inherited father’s extensive estates in West Indies in 1762; m. 14 Jan 1754 Lady Camilla Bennet, dau. of Charles Bennet, 2nd Earl of Tankerville; d. 26 Dec 1776.

FLEMING, SCROPE JOSEPH, brother of Gilbert Fane Fleming (qv); b.; adm. (aged 10) Jun 1741 (Watts'); left 1742.

FREWIN, PETER, son of Richard Frewin (qv), and his third wife; bapt. 26 Dec 1735; adm. (aged 9) Apr 1745 (Watts'); left 1747; d. 20 Feb 1748.

FULLER, HENRY, eldest son of Thomas Fuller, Jamaica, and Mary, dau. of Thomas Price, Worthy Hall, St. John’s, Jamaica; b. 27 Feb 1724 in St Catherine, Jamaica; adm. May 1739 (Watts'); left 1743; Queen’s Coll. Oxford, matr. 22 Apr 1743, aged 18; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 3 Apr 1745; of St. Dorothy, Jamaica; d. c. 1773.

GORGES-MEREDYTH, SIR RICHARD, BART., only son of Hamilton Gorges (qv); b. 7 May 1735; adm. Jan 1745/6 (Watts'); left 1748; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 11 Jul 1752; MA 1756; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 12 Nov 1756; MP (I) Enniskillen 1768-76, Naas 1787-90; assumed additional surname of Meredyth 15 Apr 1775; created baronet 5 Sep 1787; m. 2 Mar 1775 Mary, dau. of Arthur Francis Meredyth, Dollardstown, co. Meath; d. Sep 1821.

HARLEY, HON. WILLIAM, fifth son of Edward Harley, 3rd Earl of Oxford (qv); b. 30 May 1733; adm. Apr 1743 (Watts'); left 1749; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 23 Dec 1749, Canoneer Student 22 Dec 1749 – void 20 Jun 1758, expiry year of grace as R. Everley; BA 1753; MA 1756; ordained; Rector of Everley, Wiltshire, from 2 Jul 1757; Vicar of Uffington, Berks., 29 Oct 1763- Jan 1769; Vicar of Old Sodbury, Gloucs., from Jan 1769; Prebendary of York from 10 Feb 1762 and of Worcester from 15 Dec 1764; d. 8 Jul 1769.

HEBER, RICHARD, eldest son of Thomas Heber, Marton, Yorks., and Elizabeth, dau. of John Atherton, Atherton, Lancs.; b.; adm. (aged 16) Jul 1744 (Watts'); left 1746; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 3 Jul 1746; succeeded to Marton estate on death of father 1752 and to Hodnet estate, Shropshire, on death of mother 1753; m. 25 Nov 1756 Elizabeth, dau. of Arthur Barnardiston, Brightwell, Suffolk; d. 22 Jul 1766.

HOBART, GEORGE, 3RD EARL OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, elder son of John Hobart, 1st Earl of Buckinghamshire (qv), and his first wife; b. 8 Sep 1731; adm. Mar 1738/9 (Watts'); KS (Capt. ) 1746; left 1750; MP St. Ives 1754-61, Beeralston 1761-80; Secretary to his elder brother John Hobart, 2nd Earl of Buckinghamshire (qv), when Ambassador at St. Petersburg Aug 1762 – Jan 1765; manager of the Italian Opera in London; travelling in Italy 1768; succ. brother as 3rd Earl of Buckinghamshire 3 Aug 1793; member, Society of Dilettanti 1769; m. 22 May 1757 Albinia, eldest dau. of Lord Vere Bertie; d. 14 Oct 1804. DNB.

HOWARD, RICHARD, brother of William Bagot, 1st Baron Bagot (qv); b. 13 Nov 1733; adm. Jun 1740 (Watts'); Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 24 Oct 1750; migrated to All Souls Coll., Oxford; BCL 1757; DCL 1764; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 13 Jun 1751, called to bar 30 May 1758; Secretary to Embassy, Venice May 1761 – Jun 1763; a Commissioner of Excise 1765-74; Receiver-General of Land Tax, Middlesex, from 1764; assumed surname of Howard in lieu of Bagot 29 Apr 1783; obtained by his marriage the Howard family estates at Ashtead, Surrey, Elford, Staffs., and Levens Hall, Westmorland; m. 20 Mar 1783 Hon. Frances Howard, only dau. of William Howard, Viscount Andover MP, and sister of Henry Bowes Howard, 12th Earl of Suffolk and 5th Earl of Berkshire; d. 12 Nov 1818.