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WILSON, WILLIAM; b.; adm. (aged 15) Feb 1750/1 (Watts').

BUNBURY, SIR THOMAS CHARLES, BART., eldest son of Sir William Bunbury, Bart. (qv); b. May 1740; adm. Apr 1751 (Watts'); in school list 1754; St. Catherine’s Hall, Cambridge, adm. 17 Apr 1756, matr. Mich. 1757; MA 1765; Grand Tour (Italy) 1760-1; MP Suffolk 1761-84, 1790-1812; Secretary to Embassy, Paris, Aug 1763 - May 1765, and Chief Secretary to Lord Lieut. Ireland, Jun-Aug 1765, but did not perform duties of either post; succ. father as 6th baronet, 11 Jun 1764; High Sheriff, Suffolk 1788; a well-known owner of racehorses, including Diomed, winner of the first Derby, 1780, Eleanor, winner of the Oaks and Derby, 1801, and Smolensko, winner of the Two Thousand Guineas and Derby, 1813; m. 1st, 2 Jun 1762 (div. 1776) Lady Sarah Lennox, sister of Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond and Lennox (qv); m. 2nd, 21 Nov 1805 Margaret Cocksedge; d. 31 Mar 1821.

WARREN, ERASMUS, only son of Rev. Robert Langhorne Warren, Vicar of Dedham, Essex, and Perpetual Curate of St. Mary’s, Hampstead, Middlesex, and ---, sister of Sir William Bunbury, Bart. (qv); b.; adm. (aged 11) Jun 1751 (Watts'); KS 1755; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1759, adm. pens. 14 Jun 1759, scholar 2 May 1760, matr. 1760; BA 1763; MA 1766; ordained deacon 19 Sep 1762, priest 18 Mar 1764 (both London); Perpetual Curate of St. Mary’s, Hampstead, Middlesex, from 1762; Rector of Bromley Magna, Essex Feb 1767; m. 14 Feb 1764 Ann Carbonnel, Crutched Friars, London; d. 30 Nov 1806.

LEIGH, EDWARD, 5TH BARON LEIGH, third son of Thomas Leigh, 4th Baron Leigh, and his first wife Maria Rebecca, dau. of John Craven, Whitley, Warwicks., and sister of William Craven, 5th Baron Craven; b. 1 Mar 1742; succ. father as 5th Baron Leigh 30 Nov 1749; adm. Jun 1751 (Watts'); left 1761; Oriel Coll. Oxford, matr. 14 Jul 1761; MA 13 Feb 1764; DCL 29 Apr 1767; High Steward, Oxford Univ. 1767; took seat, House of Lords 15 Mar 1764; found a lunatic 7 Aug 1774; d. unm. 26 May 1786.

BOEHM, ROGER, son of Edmund Boehm, St. Antholin’s, London, merchant, and Martha, dau. of Sir Roger Hudson, Kt, director South Sea Co.; bapt. St. Antholin, Budge Row, London 15 Sep 1737; adm. (aged 14) Jan 1752 (Watts'); in school list 1754; one of the Assistants of the Russia Company; director, Bank of England, from 1769; of Sunbury Place, Middlesex; d. 17 Jul 1803.

DAVIES, JOHN, son of John Davies, Brentwood, Essex; b.; adm. (aged 8) Jan 1752 (Watts'); KS 1757; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1761, adm. pens. 21 May 1761, scholar 30 Apr 1762, matr. Easter 1762; BA 1765; MA 1768; BD 1790; Minor Fellow, Trin. Coll. 2 Oct 1766, Major Fellow from 6 Jul 1768, college offices held including those of Junior Bursar 1782-90 and Vice-Master 1797-1805; Librarian, Cambridge Univ. from 1783; ordained priest (Peterborough) 1772; Vicar of Shudy Camps, Cambs., 1784-96; Vicar of Flintham, Notts., 1785; Rector of Orwell, Cambs., from 1804; d. unm. 1 Feb 1817.

DIGBY, HON. STEPHEN, brother of Edward Digby, 6th Baron Digby (qv); b. 10 May 1742; adm. Jan 1752 (Watts'); in school list 1754; Cornet, 6th Dragoons 7 Feb 1759; Capt., Vaughan’s Foot Regt. 11 Jan 1760; 24th Foot, 7 Aug 1760; Maj., 45th Foot 25 Jul 1771; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 1st Foot Guards 2 Jun 1774; retd. 31 Dec 1778; Groom of Bedchamber to Prince of Wales 1780-2; Vice-Chamberlain to Queen Charlotte 1782 - Nov 1792; Master of St. Katherine’s Hospital by the Tower, London, from 1788; Deputy Ranger, Richmond Park, from 1792; m. 1st, 1 Oct 1771 Lady Lucy Strangways Fox, youngest dau. of Stephen Fox, 1st Earl of Ilchester; m. 2nd, 6 Jan 1790 Hon. Charlotte Margaret Gunning, Maid of Honour to Queen Charlotte, eldest dau. of Sir Robert Gunning, Bart., KB, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, St. Petersburg; d. 30 May 1800.

ELLIS, THOMAS, son of John Ellis, Glanywern, Llandrillo-yn-Rhos, Denbighshire; b.; adm. Jul 1752 (in school list 1752 as Ellis, Christian name not stated) (Watts'); KS (aged 15) 1753; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1757, adm. pens. 15 Jun 1757, matr. Mich. 1757; d. 12 Mar 1759. Buried Trinity Coll. Chapel.

BAGNALL, THOMAS, son of William Bagnall, London; b.; adm. Oct 1752 (Watts'); KS (aged 14) 1753. [note Thomas Bagnall, Surgeon EICS Bengal, will proved PCC 19 Apr 1771]

CROOKE, SAMUEL, eldest son of Samuel Crooke, New House, Boxford, Suffolk, and St. Kitts, West Indies, and Sarah Milward, widow; nephew of Michael Crooke (qv); b.; adm. (aged 11) Oct 1752 (Watts'); in school list 1754; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 10 Mar 1757, matr. Easter 1757; adm. Middle Temple 24 Jan 1760; m. 31 Mar 1772 Mary Duport.