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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.

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.

KENDALL, JAMES, brother of Thomas Kendall (qv); b. 1647; adm. 10 Jul 1658; KS (aged 13) 1661; adm. Middle Temple 27 Apr 1666, Lincoln’s Inn 28 Nov 1666; MP West Looe Apr 1685 – Feb 1689/90, 1695-1702, Lostwithiel 17 Jan 1706 and from 17 Jan 1708; Governor of Barbados 1690-4; a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty 24 Feb 1696- Jun 1699; d. 10 Jul 1708. Buried North Aisle, Westminster Abbey.

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.

JEPHSON, WILLIAM, second son of William Jephson, Froyle, Hampshire; b.; at school in 1657; KS 1663; adm. Middle Temple 8 May 1665, called to bar 9 May 1673; MP East Grinstead Oct 1679 – Jan 1681, Chipping Wycombe from 1689; Private Secretary to William III Nov 1688-Jul 1689; Secretary to the Treasury from Apr 1689; m. c. 1674 Mary, dau. of William Lewis MP, The Van, Glamorgan; d. 7 Jun 1691.

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.

HOBART, GEORGE, 3RD EARL OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, elder son of John Hobart, 1st Earl of Buckinghamshire (qv), and his first wife; b. 8 Sep 1731; adm. Mar 1738/9 (Watts'); KS (Capt. ) 1746; left 1750; MP St. Ives 1754-61, Beeralston 1761-80; Secretary to his elder brother John Hobart, 2nd Earl of Buckinghamshire (qv), when Ambassador at St. Petersburg Aug 1762 – Jan 1765; manager of the Italian Opera in London; travelling in Italy 1768; succ. brother as 3rd Earl of Buckinghamshire 3 Aug 1793; member, Society of Dilettanti 1769; m. 22 May 1757 Albinia, eldest dau. of Lord Vere Bertie; d. 14 Oct 1804. DNB.

HERBERT, HON. WILLIAM, brother of Philip Herbert, 5th Earl of Pembroke and 2nd Earl of Montgomery (qv); bapt. St. Andrew, Enfield, Middlesex 28 May 1622 (IGI); at school under Osbaldeston; a contributor to the congratulatory verses written by the KSS in 1633 for Charles I on his return from Scotland and on the birth of the Duke of York (British Library, Royal MSS); Exeter Coll. Oxford, matr. 29 Jul 1635, aged 13; MA 1636; MP Monmouthshire Oct 1640 – 16 Sep 1642; d. unm.

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.

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.