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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.

MACDONALD, SIR JAMES, BART., eldest son of Sir Archibald Macdonald, Bart. (qv); b. 14 Feb 1784; at school 1796; KS 1797; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1801, matr. 15 May 1801, Westminster Student; BA 1805; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 23 Aug 1804; MP Kirkwall 26 Jun 1805-6, Newcastle-under-Lyme 1806-12, Sutherland 1812 – Feb 1816, Calne 23 Feb 1816-31, Hampshire 1831 – Jun 1832; a prominent member of Whig party in House of Commons; succ. father as 2nd baronet 18 May 1826; Commissioner, Board of Control 1827-8, 1830-2; High Commissioner, Ionian Islands, from 2 Jun 1832; m. 1st, 5 Sep 1805 Elizabeth, dau. of John Sparrow, Bishton, Staffs.; m. 2nd, 10 Aug 1819 Lady Sophia Keppel, sister of George Thomas Keppel, 6th Earl of Albemarle (qv); m. 3rd, 20 Apr 1826 Anne Charlotte, dau. of Rev. John Savile Ogle, Kirkley Hall, Northumberland; d. 29 Jun 1832.

MARKHAM, OSBORNE, son of William Markham (adm. 1733, qv); b. 27 May 1769; adm. 30 Mar 1778; KS (Capt. ) 1783; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1787, matr. 8 Jun 1787, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1787 – Feb 1797, Faculty Student 2 Feb 1797 – Jun 1806; BA 1791; MA 1794; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 7 Jun 1790, called to bar 2 Jul 1794; Chancellor, Diocese of York 1795-1818; a Commissioner of Bankrupts 1796-1804; Commissioner of the Navy 24 Aug 1803 – May 1805; MP Calne 17 Feb 1806 – Mar 1807; Commissioner of Barracks Apr 1807-16, Comptroller from 1816; m. 1st, 10 Jun 1806 Lady Mary Thynne, dau. of Thomas Thynne, 1st Marquis of Bath KG PC; m. 2nd, 28 Jun 1821 Martha Honora Georgina, dau. of Capt. William Henry Jervis Ricketts, Royal Navy; d. 22 Oct 1827.

MORDAUNT, HON. HARRY, brother of Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of Peterborough and 1st Earl of Monmouth (qv); b. 29 Mar 1663; adm.; KS (Capt. ) 1676; tried at the Old Bailey 15 Oct 1679, with David Jones and John Osbaldeston (qvv), for murder of a bailiff, but acquitted (Elizabethan xviii, 83); elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1680, matr. 17 Dec 1680, Westminster Student 18 Dec 1680 – void 1687; BA 1684; Lieut. of a corps of Christ Church and other men who trained privately in Peckwater Quadrangle during the panic caused by Monmouth’s rebellion (Wood, Ath. Oxon., i, cii-ciii); adm. Middle Temple 12 Feb 1673/4; Col. of a Regt. of Foot 25 Apr 1694; Commander in Chief, Guernsey 1 Apr 1697; Treasurer of the Ordnance 8 Jun 1699 – Jun 1702, 28 May 1705 – Jun 1712, and from 2 Dec 1714; Brig. -Gen., 29 Aug 1704; Maj. -Gen., 1 Jan 1706; Lieut. -Gen., 1 Jan 1709; MP Brackley Jan 1691/2-8, Jan 1700/1-2, 1705-8, Richmond from 1708; m. 1st, Margaret, natural dau. of Sir Thomas Spencer, Bart.; m. 2nd, Penelope, dau. of William Tipping, Ewelme, Oxfordshire; d. 4 Jan 1719/20 (M. I. Dauntsey, Wilts. ).

MORGAN, SIR CHARLES, BART., elder son of King Gould, Westminster, Deputy Judge Advocate Gen., and Elizabeth, dau. of Charles Shaw, Besthorpe, Norfolk; b. 25 Apr 1726; adm. Sep 1735; KS 1739; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1743, matr. 1 Jun 1743, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1743 – Feb 1753, Faculty Student 1 Feb 1753 – res 22 Dec 1757; BA 1747; MA 1750; DCL 8 Jul 1773; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 11 Jan 1742/3, called to bar 20 Nov 1750; Deputy Judge Advocate Gen. 1754-69, Judge Advocate Gen. 1769 – res Feb 1806; Chancellor, Diocese of Salisbury 1772-99; MP Brecon Apr 1778 – Jun 1787, Breconshire Jun 1787-1806; knighted 5 May 1779; created baronet 15 Nov 1792; assumed surname of Morgan in lieu of Gould 16 Nov 1792, on his wife inheriting estates of Morgan family in South Wales; Privy Councillor 22 Sep 1802; m. 18 Feb 1758 Jane, eldest dau. of Thomas Morgan MP, Ruperra, Glamorgan, Lord Lieut., Monmouthshire and Breconshire; d. 7 Dec 1806. DNB.