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BARWELL, STEPHEN; b.; adm. (aged 11) Feb 1745/6 (Watts'); left 1751.

WALL, THOMAS; b.; adm. (aged 13) Jul 1746 (Watts'); left 1747.

MONCK, JOHN, son of William Monck, Cecil Street, London, Bencher Middle Temple, barrister, and Dorothy, dau. of Thomas Bligh MP (I), Rathmore, co. Meath, and sister of John Bligh, 1st Earl of Darnley (I); b.; adm. (aged 11) Jan 1746/7 (Watts'); KS 1750; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1754, matr. 18 Jun 1754, Westminster Student 13 Jun 1755 – Mar 1764, Faculty Student 28 Mar 1764 – void by marriage 28 Mar 1767; BCL 1761; adm. Middle Temple 21 Jul 1749, called to bar 2 Jul 1756; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 4 May 1758; travelling in Italy 1763-4; lived at Bath for many years; m. (settlement 14 Feb 1767) Emily, a widow, dau. of Samuel Snee, Bloomsbury Square, London; d. 12 Nov 1809.

SNEYD, WILLIAM HEDGES, eldest son of William Sneyd, Bishton, Staffs., and Susanna, dau. of John Edmonds, Hendon Place, Middlesex, merchant; b. 24 Sep 1730; adm. Feb 1746/7 (Watts'); Magdalen Coll. Oxford, matr. 18 Feb 1748/9; MA 10 Mar 1752; Grand Tour (Italy); d. unm. 28 Dec1757 (will proved PCC 6 Mar 1758, as of Rome, Italy).

CAVENDISH-BENTINCK, WILLIAM HENRY, 3RD DUKE OF PORTLAND, elder son of William Bentinck, 2nd Duke of Portland, and Lady Margaret Cavendish Harley, only dau. of Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford (qv); b. 14 Apr 1738; styled Marquis of Titchfield to 1762; adm. May 1747 (Watts'); left Dec 1754; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 4 Mar 1755; MA 1 Feb 1757; DCL 7 Oct 1792; LLD Tinity Coll. Dublin 18 May 1782; assumed additional surname of Cavendish 1755; MP Weobley 1761 - 1 May 1762; succ. father as 3rd Duke of Portland 1 May 1762; Lord Chamberlain 15 Jul 1765 - 26 Nov 1766; Privy Councillor 10 Jul 1765; Lord Lieut., Ireland, 10 Apr - 15 Sep 1782; Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury 21 Apr - 19 Dec 1783; although previously a committed Whig politician, he became alarmed by the French Revolution and joined William Pitt’s government in 1794; Secretary of State for Home Affairs, 11 Jul 1794 - 30 Jul 1801, Lord President of the Council 30 Jul 1801 - 14 Jan 1805; KG 16 Jul 1801; Prime Ministry and First Lord of the Treasury 31 Mar 1807 - 28 Sep 1809, when he resigned through ill-health; Chancellor of Oxford University from 27 Sep 1792; Lord Lieut., Nottinghamshire, from 19 Jun 1795; FRS 5 Jun 1766; a Busby Trustee from 14 Mar 1765; m. 8 Nov 1766 Lady Dorothy Cavendish, only dau. of William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire PC KG; d. 30 Oct 1809. DNB.

DAVENPORT, SIR THOMAS, brother of Davies Davenport (qv); b. 14 Jan 1733/4; adm. Apr 1748 (Watts'); left 1750; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 14 Jan 1750/1; adm. Inner Temple year 1752/3, called to bar 5 Jul 1764; MP Newton (Lancashire) from 1780; Solicitor-General to Queen Charlotte 1781-2; Serjeant-at-law 25 Jun 1783; knighted 27 Jun 1783; m. c. Sep 1770 Jane, dau. of Robert Seel, Liverpool, merchant; d. at York while on circuit 25 Mar 1786.

PEYTO-VERNEY, JOHN, 14th BARON WILLOUGHBY DE BROKE, son of Right Hon. John Verney PC MP, Master of the Rolls, and Abigail, only dau. of Edward Harley (at school under Busby, qv); b. 4 Aug 1738; adm. Apr 1748 (Watts'); succ. uncle as 14th Baron Willoughby de Broke 11 Aug 1752; in school list 1754; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 29 May 1755; MA 28 Jun 1758; DCL 3 Jul 1759; a Lord of the Bedchamber to George III 1 Jan 1763 – Mar 1812; assumed surname of Peyto before that of Verney c. 1772; m. 8 Oct 1761 Lady Louisa North, eldest dau. of Francis North, 1st Earl of Guilford; d. 15 Feb 1816.

BAGOT, LEWIS, brother of William Bagot, 1st Baron Bagot (qv); b. 1 Jan 1740/1; adm. Apr 1748 (Watts'); in school list 1754; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 8 Mar 1757, commoner 1757-8, Canoneer Student 4 Jan 1758 - 6 Jun 1768 (void, expiry year of grace as R. Jevington), tutor 1763; BA 1760; MA 1764; DCL 1772; ordained deacon 2 Jun 1765, priest 22 Jun 1766 (both Oxford); Rector of Jevington, Sussex 26 May 1767-80 (year of grace as from 23 Jun 1767); Rector of Rye, Sussex 10 Jun 1768-81; Canon of Christ Church, Oxford Aug 1771 - Jan 1777, Dean 25 Jan 1777-83; consecrated Bishop of Bristol 7 Apr 1782; translated to Norwich 15 May 1783 and to St. Asaph 26 Mar 1790; author, Warburtonian lectures on Prophecies, 1780; m. 7 Oct 1771 Mary, second dau. of Hon. Edward Hay (qv); d. 4 Jun 1802. DNB.

SNEYD, JOHN, brother of William Hedges Sneyd (qv); b. 11 Jul 1734; adm. Jun 1748 (Watts'); left 1752; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 25 Jun 1752; BA 1756; adm. Middle Temple 27 Nov 1747; of Belmont, Staffs.; High Sheriff Staffordshire 1770 [or 1763 – check]; m. 1st, 7 Aug 1762 Penelope, eldest dau. of Thomas Kynnersley, Loxley, Staffs.; m. 2nd, 22 Apr 1777 Dorothy, dau. of Thomas Kirby, Leicester; m. 3rd. 1794 Mary, dau. of Joseph Adey, Lichfield, Staffs., Town Clerk of Lichfield; d. 8 Nov 1809.

COMYN, EDWARD, son of Stephen Comyn, barrister, Bencher Inner Temple, Clerk to Dean and Chapter of St. Paul’s, and Elizabeth, only child of Edward Tay, All Hallows, Honey Lane, London, and Frierning, Essex, citizen and draper; b.; adm. (aged 10) Jun 1748 (Watts'); in school list 1754; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 6 Nov 1755. scholar 14 May 1756, matr. 1756; adm. Inner Temple 1 Dec 1752, called to bar 25 Nov 1757; d. 3 Jan 1760.