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HARCOURT-VERNON, GRANVILLE, seventh son of Hon. Edward Harcourt (qv); b. 26 Jul 1792; adm. Bartholomewtide 1804; KS (Capt. ) 1805; Capt. of the School 1809; spoke the Prologue to the Phormio in 1809, when the new scenes given by William Carey (qv) were first used; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1810, matr. 8 Jun 1810, Westminster Student; 1st cl. Classics and 1st cl. Mathematics 1813; BA 1814; MA 1816; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 5 Dec 1811, called to bar 12 May 1817; Chancellor, Diocese of York 1818-68; MP Aldborough 4 May 1815-20, East Retford 1831-47; assumed surname of Harcourt-Vernon in lieu of Venables-Vernon; of Grove Park, Notts.; m. 1st, 22 Feb 1814 Frances Julia, dau. of Anthony Hardolph Eyre MP, Grove Park, Notts.; m. 2nd, 22 Nov 1845 Hon. Pyne Jesse Brand, widow of John Henry Cotterell, and dau. of Henry Otway Brand, 22nd Baron Dacre CB, Lieut. -Gen. in Army, Col. 31st Foot; d. 8 Dec 1879.

HARVEY, ELIAB, second son of William Harvey MP, Chigwell, Essex, and Mary, dau. of Ralph Williamson, Berwick, Northumberland; b. 23 May 1716; adm. Jan 1723/4; Min. Can. 1729; KS 1730; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1734, adm. pens. 17 Jun 1734, scholar 2 May 1735; 4th in “ordo” 1737/8; BA 1737/8; MA 1741; Minor Fellow, Trin. Coll. 2 Oct 1740, Major Fellow 9 Jul 1741; adm. Inner Temple 5 May 1733, called to bar 12 Jun 1741, Bencher 1758, Treasurer 1767; tenant chambers, Inner Temple, from 1741; KC 29 Mar 1758; MP Dunwich 1761-8; FRS 29 Mar 1764; m. 20 Nov 1756 Mary, dau. of Richard Benyon, Gildea Hall, Essex, Governor of Bengal; d. 23 Oct 1769.

HEATHCOTE, RICHARD EDENSOR, eldest son of Sir John Edensor Heathcote, Kt, Longton Hall, Staffordshire, and Anne, eldest dau. of Sir Nigel Gresley, Bart.; b. 25 Oct 1780; adm.; KS 1796; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 8 May 1799, Canoneer Student 24 Dec 1802 – void by marriage 11 Nov 1808; BA 1803; MA 1805; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 12 May 1802; MP Coventry 1826-30, Stoke upon Trent 1835 – Feb 1836; m. 1st, 15 Sep 1808 his cousin Emma Sophia, dau. of Sir Nigel Bowyer Gresley, Bart.; m. 2nd, 13 Dec 1815 Lady Elizabeth Keith Lindsay, younger dau. of Alexander Lindsay, 6th Earl of Balcarres (S), Gen. in Army; d. at Geneva, Switzerland 10 Dec 1850.

HOWARD, HON. FULKE GREVILLE, second son of Clotworthy Upton, 1st Baron Templetown (I), and Elizabeth, dau. of Shuckburgh Boughton, Poston Court, Herefs.; b. 3 Apr 1773; adm. 13 Jun 1786; KS 1787; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1791, but went to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 7 Jun 1791; Ensign, 1st Foot Guards 28 Apr 1793; Lieut. and Capt., 15 Oct 1794; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 16 Apr 1804; Lieut. -Col., 7th West India Regt. 21 May 1807; 9th Garrison Battn., half-pay 16 Jul 1807; Brevet Col., 4 Jun 1813; retd. 1825; served in Netherlands; ADC to Duke of York; MP Castle Rising 29 Jan 1808-32; assumed surname of Howard in lieu of Upton 6 Aug 1807; his marriage eventually brought him the estates of Richard Howard (qv); m. 7 Jul 1807 Mary, only surviving child of Richard Howard (qv); d. 4 Mar 1846.

JONES-PARRY, SIR LOVE PARRY, eldest son of Thomas Parry Jones, Llwynon, Denbighshire, and his cousin Margaret, dau. of Love Parry, Penarth, Caernarvonshire; b. 28 Nov 1781; adm.; at school 1791 (Clapham); KS 1796; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1799, but went to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 8 May 1799; BA 1803; MA 1811; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 13 May 1802; assumed additional surname of Parry 28 Nov 1802; Ensign, 81st Foot Apr 1794; Lieut., 15 Oct 1794; Capt., 30 Oct 1794; 86th Foot, half-pay 1795-1803; Maj., 90th Foot 28 Aug 1804; Brevet Lieut. -Col., 4 Jun 1811; Maj., 103rd Foot 5 Sep 1811; Col., 27 May 1825; Maj. -Gen., 10 Jan 1837; Lieut. -Gen., 9 Nov 1846; commanded a brigade on the Canadian frontier 1812-4 and had a horse shot under him at the battle of Lundy’s Lane; MP (Whig) Horsham 20 Jun 1807 – 26 Feb 1808, Caernarvon Boroughs 1835-7; knighted 1835; KH 1836; High Sheriff, Anglesey 1840; chairman, Caernarvonshire QS; m. 1st, 1806 Sophia, only dau. of Robert Stevenson, Binfield, Berks., banker; m. 2nd, 15 Dec 1826 Elizabeth, only dau. of Thomas Caldecott (formerly Reid), Holton Lodge, Lincs.; d. 23 Jan 1853. DNB.

LEGH, PETER, brother of Fleetwood Legh (qv); b. 6 Jan 1707/8; adm. Oct 1721; KS 1724; left 1727; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 7 Oct 1727, matr. 1727; inherited estates of his uncle Peter Legh at Lyme, Cheshire, and Newton, Lancs., 1744; MP Newton 15 Dec 1743-74; m. 20 Dec 1737 Martha, dau. of Thomas Benett, Salthrop, Wilts.; d. 20 May 1792.

LEWIS, ERASMUS, son of Rev. George Lewis, Vicar of Abergwili, Carmarthenshire, and Margaret, dau. of Sir Thomas Stepney, Kt; bap 29 Apr 1671; adm.; KS 1686; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1690, adm. pens. 28 Jun 1690, aged 18, scholar 24 May 1691; BA 1693/4; Master of Free School, Sevenoaks, Kent 1696/7; travelled on Continent; Secretary to Earl of Manchester, Ambassador at Paris 1701; Chief Clerk, Secretary of State’s Office Jan – May 1702, Under-Secretary May 1704 – Sep 1714; Secretary to Embassy, Brussels, in 1708; MP Lostwithiel 1713-5; lost his official post when Whigs came into power 1714; subsequently employed as Steward to his former political patron Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford; friend of Swift, Pope, Gay, Arbuthnot and Matthew Prior (qv); m. 1 Oct 1724 Anne, widow of Thomas Bateman, St. Martin’s in the Fields, London (and stepmother of Edmund Bateman (qv)), and dau. of --- Jennings; d. 10 Jan 1754. Buried East Cloister, Westminster Abbey. DNB.

LUTWYCHE, THOMAS, son of Edward Lutwyche, Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, and Anne, dau. of Sir Timothy Turnour, Kt, Bold, Aston Botterell, Shropshire, Serjeant-at-law; bapt. 21 Sep 1674; adm.; KS 1688; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1692, matr. 4 Jul 1692, but never adm. as Westminster Student; adm. Inner Temple, called to bar 28 Nov 1697, Bencher 12 Nov 1710, Treasurer 1722; QC c. 1710; MP Appleby 1710-22, Callington 1722-7, Amersham from Feb 1727/8; an able lawyer and Tory politician; of Lutwich, Rushbury, Shropshire; Busby Trustee 11 Mar 1728/9; his reports of cases in the Queen’s Bench, temp. Queen Anne, were published as part xi of Modern Reports, 1781; m. Elizabeth, dau. of William Bagnall, Bretforton, Worcs.; d. 13 Nov 1734. DNB.

LYNDE (or LINDE), SIR HUMPHREY, son of Cuthbert Lynde, Westminster, citizen and grocer, and Margery Baylie; bapt. 27 Aug 1579; adm.; QS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1596, matr. 14 Jan 1596/7, Westminster Stufdent to 1601; BA 1600; adm. Middle Temple 12 Jun 1601; of Cobham, Surrey; knighted 29 Oct 1613; MP Breconshire Feb – Jun 1626; a puritan controversialist, being “a severe enemy to the ponteficians as well in his common discourse, as in his writings” (Wood, Ath. Oxon., ii, dci); author, Via Tuta, the safe way to the true, antient, and Catholic faith, now professed in the Church of England, 1628, and other works; d. 8 Jun 1636. DNB.

MACDONALD, SIR ARCHIBALD, BART., son of Sir Alexander Macdonald, Bart., and his second wife Lady Margaret Montgomerie, dau. of Alexander Montgomerie, 9th Earl of Eglinton (S); b. 13 Jul 1747; adm.; KS 1760; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1764, matr. 30 Jun 1764, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1764 – Dec 1776, Faculty Student 7 Dec 1776 – res 23 Dec 1777; BA 1768; MA 1772; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 13 Nov 1765, called to bar 24 Nov 1770, Bencher 12 Feb 1778, Treasurer 1789; patent of precedence at Bar 22 Jan 1778; Second Justice of Carmarthen 1780-4; Solicitor-Gen., 7 Apr 1784 – Jun 1788; knighted 27 Jun 1788; Attorney-Gen., 28 Jun 1788 – Feb 1793; MP Hindon 9 Feb 1777-80, Newcastle-under-Lyme 1780 – Feb 1793; Serjeant-at-law 12 Feb 1793; Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer 12 Feb 1793 – Nov 1813; Privy Councillor 15 Feb 1793; created baronet 27 Nov 1813; FSA 19 Dec 1788; Busby Trustee 21 May 1808; noted for his agreeable manners and conversational talents; m. 26 Dec 1777 Lady Louisa Leveson Gower, eldest dau. of Granville Leveson Gower, 1st Marquis of Stafford (qv), and his second wife; d. 18 May 1826. DNB.