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DEBAT, DANIEL STEPHEN, son of Daniel Debat, Paddington, Middlesex, and Jane, dau. of John Du Commen, Yeoman of the Confectionery to Kings William III, George I and II; bapt. St. James, Paddington, Middlesex 16 Dec 1724 (IGI); adm. (aged 13) May 1738 (Morel's); Min. Can. 1739; left 1741; Queen’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 29 Jan 1741/2, matr. 1742; BA 1745/6; MA 1749; ordained deacon (Lincoln) 5 Jun 1748, priest 18 Dec 1748; Rector of Portishead, Somerset 1752-64; Domestic Chaplain to David Murray, 2nd Earl of Mansfield (qv) 1755; Rector of Christ Church, Bristol, from 1764; d. 6 Apr 1785. .

DAVIES, RICHARD; b.; adm. (aged 14) Jan 1752 (Morel's); in school list 1754.

COTTON, SIR ROBERT SALUSBURY, BART. , eldest son of Sir Lynch Salusbury Cotton, Bart. , MP, and Elizabeth Abigail, younger sister of William Cotton (adm. 1733/4, qv); b. ; adm. (aged 9) Mar 1749/50 (as Robert Cotton) (Morel's); in school list 1754; Trinity Hall, Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 11 May 1756; succ. father as 5th baronet 14 Aug 1775; MP Cheshire 1 Mar 1780-96; Maj. , Cheshire Militia 15 Apr 1771; FRS 24 Nov 1774; m. 1767 Frances, dau. of Col. James Russell Stapleton, Bodrhyddan, Flintshire; d. 24 Aug 1809, aged 70.

CARPENTER, THOMAS; b.; adm. (aged 9) Jun 1740 (Morel's); left 1744.

CAPEL, WILLIAM ANNE HOLLES, 4TH EARL OF ESSEX, only son of William Capel, 3rd Earl of Essex KG, and his second wife Lady Elizabeth Russell, dau. of Wriothesley Russell, 2nd Duke of Bedford KG; b. 7 Oct 1732; adm. Apr 1742 (Morel's); succ. as 4th Earl of Essex 8 Jan 1742/3; left 1749; Grand Tour (France, Italy) 1750-4; a Lord of the Bedchamber 17 Mar 1755- Oct 1760; Master of the Staghounds 5 Jul 1770- 11 Jul 1782, when office abolished; a Lord of the Bedchamber from 23 May 1782; Lord Lieut., Hertfordshire 12 Nov 1764 - 13 Mar 1771, JP Herts from 1765; m. 1st, 1 Aug 1754 Frances, eldest dau. of Sir Charles Hanbury Williams KB MP, diplomat; m. 2nd, 2 Mar 1767 Harriet, dau. of Thomas Bladen (qv); d. 5 Mar 1799.

BURRELL, SIR WILLIAM, BART., third son of Peter Burrell MP, Beckenham, Kent, Sub-Governor South Sea Co., and Amy, dau. of Hugh Raymond, Saling Park, Essex, and Langley, Kent, dir. South Sea Co.; b. 10 Oct 1732; adm. Jan 1742/3 (Morel's); left 1749; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 30 Jun 1749, matr. 1750; LLB 1755; LLD 1760; adm. advocate, Court of Arches, 13 Sep 1760; advocate, Doctors’ Commons, 3 Nov 1760; practised in Admiralty Court; Chancellor, Diocese of Worcester, from 16 Jul 1764, Diocese of Rochester from Aug 1771; director, South Sea Company, 1763-75, Sun Fire Insurance 1773-95; MP Haslemere 1768 - May 1774; retired from practice at Doctors’ Commons 1774; a Commissioner of Excise 14 May 1774 - 12 Sep 1789; succ. his father-in-law as 2nd baronet 24 Aug 1789; FSA 4 Apr 1754; a painstaking antiquary; his MS collections for a history of Sussex are preserved in the British Library; his MS reports of cases in the Admiralty Court 1766-74 were edited by R. G. Marsden in 1885; m. 13 Apr 1773 Sophia, poetess and dramatist, eldest dau. of Sir Charles Raymond, Bart., banker; d. 20 Jan 1796. DNB.

BOWEN, WILLIAM; b.; adm. (aged 9) Apr 1741 (Morel's); left 1747; ? adm. Inner Temple year 1748/9 (check).

BOOTH, GEORGE, son of Nathaniel Booth, 4th Baron Delamer (qv); b. 1 Mar 1744/5; adm. (aged 7) Jun 1752 (Morel's); in school list 1754; d. 3 Sep 1757.

BOEHM, CLEMENT, only son of Charles Boehm, Serjeant’s Inn, Fleet Street, London, a director of the Bank of England, and Jane, dau. of Richard Du Cane MP, Coggeshall, Essex, director Bank of England; b. 11 Aug 1733; adm. (aged 13) Oct 1747 (Morel's); left 1750; Clare Coll. Cambridge, adm. 25 Mar. 1750, matr. 1750/1; an eccentric character; travelled extensively in Europe, principally on foot, and visited America; d. unm. 9 Jul 1804.

BLIZARD, JEREMIAH, elder son of Stephen Blizard (qv); bapt. St. George, Antigua 2 Mar 1734; adm. (aged 13) Jan 1747/8 (Morel's); left 1751; Peterhouse, Cambridge, adm. pens. 27 Sep 1751; adm. Gray’s Inn 28 Mar 1753; returned to Antigua, where he became a member of the Assembly; m. 1st, 17 Jul 1759 (IGI) Ann, dau. of Col. John Gunthorpe, a member of the Council of Antigua; m. 2nd, Mary ---; d. in the lifetime of his father.