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FOLEY, ---; b.; in school lists 1764, 1765, 1767. [Perhaps Hon. Andrew Foley, son of Thomas Foley, 1st Baron Foley (qv), b. c. 1749; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 13 Jun 1768, aged 19; MA 7 Dec 1771; MP Droitwich from 1774; m. 7 May 1773 his cousin Elizabeth, dau. of Boulter Tomlinson; d. 28 Jul 1818]. [Whitmore thought so also]

FORSTER, SIR HUMPHREY, BART., eldest son of William Forster, and Elizabeth, dau. of Sir John Tyrrell, Heron, Essex; nephew of Charles Forster (qv); bapt. St. Margaret, Westminster 30 Dec 1650 (IGI); adm.; left Sep 1663 (Busby’s Account Book); a boarder; MP Berkshire 5 Mar 1677-9, 1685-7, 1690 - Nov 1701; High Sheriff, Berkshire 1704; m. 26 Nov 1672 Judith, dau. of Sir Humphrey Winch, Bart.; buried Aldermarston, Berks., 19 Dec 1711.

FORESTER, CECIL, second son of William Forester MP, Dothill, Shropshire, and Catherine. only child of William Brooke, Clerkenwell, London; b.; adm. (aged 12) Apr 1733; left 1737; Cornet, 4th Dragoons 16 Jul 1739; Capt., 47th Foot 17 Mar 1743/4; Maj., 46th Foot 24 Feb 1748; Lieut. -Col., 24 Jan 1752; 11th Foot, 30 Dec 1755; retd. 5 May 1760; MP Wenlock 1761-8; of Ross Hall, near Shrewsbury, Shropshire; m. 14 Apr 1761 (IGI) Anne, dau. of Robert Townshend, Christleton, Cheshire, Recorder of Chester; d. 22 Aug 1774.

GORE, JOHN; b.; adm. (aged 7) Jan 1728/9; left 1732. [Perhaps John Gore, son of Wllliam Gore, and Mary ---, bapt. St. Andrew Holborn 10 Feb 1720 (IGI)]. [Note John Gore, second son of William Gore MP, Tring, Herts., director Bank of England and South Sea Co., and Lady Mary Compton, dau. of George Compton, 4th Earl of Northampton (they m. May 1709); b.; Cornet, 11th Dragoons 1739; Capt., 9th Marines 1741; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 3rd Foot Guards 1750; 2nd Maj. 1759, 1st Maj. 1760, Lieut. -Col. 1761-8; Col. in Army 1759; Major-Gen. 1762; Col., 61st Foot 1768-73, 6th Foot from 1773; Lieut. -Gen. 1772; MP Cricklade 1747-54; m. Ann, dau. of Sir Emmanuel Moore Bart., MP (I), Rosscarbery, co. Cork; d. 12 Nov 1773]

GORGES, HAMILTON, brother of Richard Gorges (adm. 1721, qv); b.; adm. (aged 10) Sep 1721; left 1728; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 14 Jun 1728; MA 1732; of Catherine’s Grove, co. Dublin; MP (I) Coleraine 1757-60, Swords 1761-9; High Sheriff Meath 1770, Tyrone 1771; m. 27 Apr 1734 Catherine, dau. of John Keatinge; d. 8 Apr 1756.

GORGES, RICHARD, elder son of Lieut. -Gen. Richard Hamilton Gorges MP (I), Kilbrew, co. Meath, and his first wife Hon. Nicola Sophia Hamilton, widow of Sir Tristram Beresford, Bart., and youngest dau. of Hugh Hamilton, 1st Baron Hamilton of Glenawley (I), Col. in Swedish army; b.; adm. (aged 13) Sep 1721; left 1721; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 20 Mar 1724/5; of Kilbrew, co. Meath; MP (I) Aughter, also MP (I) Enniskillen; m. 1727 [check] Elizabeth, dau. of John Fielding, Governor of Jamaica; d. 1778.

GRAHAM (or GRAHME), RICHARD, 1ST VISCOUNT PRESTON (S), eldest son of Sir George Graham, Bart., Netherby, Cumberland and Norton Conyers, Yorkshire, and Lady Mary Johnstone, second dau. of James Johnstone, 1st Earl of Hartfell (S); b. 24 Sep 1648; succ. father as 3rd baronet 19 Mar 1657/8; at school 1660-4 (as Richard Grimes) (Busby’s account book); a boarder; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 20 Jun 1664; MA 4 Feb 1666/7; adm. Inner Temple 1664; MP Cockermouth Jun 1675-81, Cumberland 1685-7; although a Protestant, was a zealous advocate of the right of the Duke of York (James II) to the succession; created Viscount Preston (S) 12 May 1681; Envoy Extraordinary to France 1682-5; he and Lord Middleton managed the House of Commons for James II; Privy Councillor 21 Oct 1685; Master of the Great Wardrobe 11 Dec 1685 – 11 Dec 1688; Lord Lieut., Cumberland and Westmorland 29 Aug 1687 – 8 Apr 1689; Secretary of State Oct - Dec 1688; one of the Council of Five left by James II in London Nov 1688; created an English baron by James II at St. Germain 21 Jan 1689, but his claim was subsequently disallowed by the House of Lords; arrested and sent to the Tower for planning the restoration of James II 1689; rearrested while carrying treasonable papers on board a smack bound for Calais 1 Jan 1691; sentenced to death at the Old Bailey 19 Jan 1691, but pardoned after making confessions implicating William Penn and others; committed to Newgate for refusing to give evidence at a trial Aug 1691, but soon released on bail; retired to his Yorkshire estate and revised his translation of Boethius, published posthumously; m. 2 Aug 1670 Lady Anne Howard, second dau. of Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle; d. 22 Dec 1695. DNB.

GRAHAM, SIR JAMES ROBERT GEORGE, BART., eldest son of Sir James Graham, Bart. MP, Netherby, Cumberland, and Lady Catherine Stewart, sister of George Stewart, 8th Earl of Galloway (S) (qv); grandson of Robert Graham (qv); b. 1 Jun 1792; adm.; left 1809; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 8 Jun 1810; continental tour 1812-5; MP Hull 1818-20, St. Ives 1820 – Mar 1821, Carlisle 1826- Jan 1829, Cumberland 16 Jan 1829-32, East Cumberland 1832-7, Pembroke District 30 Feb 1838-41, Dorchester 1841-7, Ripon 1847-52, Carlisle from 1852; succ. father as 2nd baronet 13 Apr 1824; First Lord of the Admiralty 25 Nov 1830 – Jun 1834, when he resigned owing to his opposition to the Whig government’s policy on the Irish Church; Privy Councillor 22 Nov 1830; Home Secretary 6 Sep 1841 – Jul 1846; First Lord of the Admiralty 30 Dec 1852 – Mar 1855; FRS 22 Dec 1831; LLD Cambridge 1835; Rector, Glasgow University 1838-40; GCB 15 Apr 1854; DL JP Cumberland; as a politician sat as a Whig in House of Commons to 1834; one of the committee of four which prepared the first Reform Bill 1830; after a short period of independence, crossed the floor of the house to join Conservatives Jun 1835; followed Sir Robert Peel in 1846 and his subsequent political career was initially as a Peelite, then as a Liberal; a highly unpopular Home Secretary, and his tampering with the letters of foreign refugees in 1844 caused general indignation; author, Corn and Currency 1826; m. 8 Jul 1819 Fanny, youngest dau. of Col. James Callander (afterwards Campbell), Craigforth, Stirlingshire; d. 25 Oct 1861. DNB.

GWYN, ---; b.; in under school lists 1715-8; left 1718. [Whitmore believed that this was“no doubt” Francis Gwyn, an elder brother of John Gwyn (qv); but although Francis Gwyn could certainly have been educated at the School, it seems unlikely that he is identifiable as the Gwyn who appears in under school lists 1715-8, for John Gwyn’s elder brother Francis Gwyn was already aged 18 when he matr. Christ Church, Oxford, 4 Jun 1717, so he can hardly still have been in the Under School in 1717-8. He was Fellow, All Souls Coll. 1721-4; BA 21 Feb 1721/2; MA 1727; adm. Middle Temple 3 Mar 1717/8, called to the bar 12 May 1727; of Llansannor, Glamorganshire, and Ford Abbey, Dorset (properties inherited from elder brother Edward Prideaux Gwyn in 1736); MP Wells 1741-54; m. 1st, May 1737 Lora, dau. of George Pitt, Strathfieldsaye, Hampshire; m. 2nd, 19 Dec 1751 Frances, dau. of Matthew Combe MD, Winchester; d. 17 Nov 1777] [Perhaps therefore the OW was Edmund Gwyn, an intervening brother, who was Lieut., Royal Navy, 11 Apr 1727, and d. 10 Jun 1733]

HAMILTON, JAMES, 6TH EARL OF ABERCORN (S), son of Col. James Hamilton, Groom of the Bedchamber to Charles II, and Elizabeth, sister of Francis Culpepper (qv); b.; at school under Busby; his son, Hon. Charles Hamilton (qv), informed Horace Walpole in a letter dated 31 Jan 1784 that Charles II made Hamilton a Groom of the Bedchamber “though but 17 years old, just come from Westminster School” on the death of his father, who had been mortally wounded at the battle of Southwold Bay 28 May 1673, but Hamilton was not 17 until c. 1678 and the actual dates of Hamilton’s tenure of this post were 18 Apr 1680 – 6 Feb 1685; commanded a regt. of horse under James II, but sided with William III; went to Ireland Feb 1688/9 to take part in defence of Londonderry; MP (I) Co. Tyrone 1692-5; succ. cousin as 6th Earl of Abercorn (S) Jun 1701 [check]; created Viscount Strabane (I) 2 Sep 1703; Privy Councillor (I) (by Apr 1711); lic. to m. 24 Jan 1683/4 Elizabeth, only child of Sir Robert Reading, Bart. (qv); d. 28 Nov 1734, aged 73. Buried in Duke of Ormonde’s vault, Westminster Abbey. DNB.