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MORGAN, SIR CHARLES, eldest son of Sir Charles Morgan, Bart. (qv); b. 4 Feb 1760; adm. 1 Feb 1771; KS 1774; Ensign, 2nd Foot Guards 21 Nov 1777; Lieut. and Capt., 22 Mar 1781; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 14 May 1790; retd. 4 Dec 1792; served in American war, and taken prisoner at Yorktown; MP Brecon Dec 1787-96, Monmouthshire 1796-1831; assumed surname and arms of Morgan in lieu of Gould 20 Nov 1792; succ. father as 2nd baronet 6 Dec 1806; DCL Oxford 13 Jun 1834; “a staunch supporter of the agricultural interest of Monmouthshire”; m. 6 Apr 1791 Mary Magdalene, only child of Capt. George Stoney, Royal Navy; d. 5 Dec 1846.

MOSTYN, JOHN, brother of Sir Thomas Mostyn, Bart. (adm. 1716, qv); b.; adm. (aged 13) Jun 1722; KS 1723; Capt. of the School 1727; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1728, matr. Jun 1728, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1728 – deprived 10 Dec 1734 (absence); Ensign, 16th Foot 29 Feb 1732; Capt., 6 Nov 1736; Capt. -Lieut., 2nd Foot Guards 2 Sep 1742; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 2 Apr 1743; wounded at battle of Fontenoy 1745; Brevet Col. and ADC to George II 3 Dec 1747 (listed as ADC, Chamberlayne 1748); Col., 7th Foot (Royal Fusiliers) 26 Jan 1751 – Jul 1754, 13th Dragoons 8 Jul 1754 – Oct 1758; Maj. -Gen., 8 Jul 1757; Col., 5th Dragoons 18 Oct 1758 – Aug 1760; Lieut. -Gen., 8 Apr 1759; Col., 7th Dragoons 18 Aug 1760 – May 1763, 1st Dragoon Guards, from 13 May 1763; Gen., 25 May 1772; MP Malton 30 Dec 1741-68; Groom of the Bedchamber from 20 Jan 1746; Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Minorca, from 2 Mar 1768; defendant in 1773 in an action successfully brought by Anthony Fabrigas, who he had banished from the island (Howell, State Trials, xx, 81-238); d. 13 Feb 1779. DNB.

MOYSEY, ABEL, son of Abel Moysey MD, Bath, and Hinton Charterhouse, Somerset, medical practitioner, and Elizabeth, dau. of Rev. John Fortrie, Vicar of Washington, Sussex; b. 23 Aug 1743; adm.; KS (Capt., aged 12) 1756; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1760, matr. 9 Jun 1760, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1760 – void 25 Jun 1774; BA 1764; MA 1767; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 2 Feb 1758, called to bar 31 Mar 1767, Bencher 18 Jun 1802, Treasurer 1811; a Commissioner of Bankrupts 1771-4; Second Justice of Brecon 1777-1819; Deputy to King’s Remembrancer, Exchequer 16 Jun 1795-1824; one of the four Registrars of Deeds, Middlesex 1796-1813; MP Bath 1774-90; m. 26 Dec 1774 Charlotte, fourth dau. of Sir Richard Warwick Bampfylde, Bart. MP; d. 3 Jul 1831.

MYLLES, JOHN, fourth son of Francis Mylles, Bitterne, Hampshire, Clerk of the Privy Seal, and Alice, dau. of Richard James, Newport, Isle of Wight; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1620, matr. 12 Oct 1621, aged 17, Westminster Student to 1644; BA 6 Feb 1623/4; MA 1626; BCL 1631; DCL 5 Jan 1648/9; adm. Middle Temple 19 Mar 1640/1; Judge Advocate-Gen. of Parliamentary Army 1644-51 and Jan – Dec 1660; one of Parliamentary Commissioners for surrender of Oxford 1646; a Parliamentary Visitor of University of Oxford 1 May 1647; one of the twenty Delegates appointed by the Proctors 19 May 1648; Canon of Christ Church (although not in holy orders) 12 Apr 1648 – ejection Jan 1650/1, for refusing to take the Engagement; restored to Canonry by Parliament 13 Mar 1659/60, but deprived by King’s Delegates Jul 1660; advocate, Doctors’ Commons 3 Jul 1650; MP Oxford University 1659-60; Chancellor, Diocese of Norwich, from 1661; d. Mar 1676.

NORRIS, SIR WILLIAM, BART., second son of Thomas Norris MP, Speke, Lancashire, and Catherine, dau. of Sir Henry Garroway, Kt, Lord Mayor of London; b.; adm.; KS in 1672; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1675, adm. pens. 25 Jun 1675, scholar 1676; BA 1678/9; MA 1682; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1681 – c. 1690, Tutor 1687; took part in struggle with James II against the admission of Roman Catholics to Cambridge Univ. 1687; MP Liverpool 1695 – Nov 1701; a Commissioner of Public Accounts 1697; created baronet 3 Dec 1698; sent out to India as King’s Commissioner to obtain trading privileges from the Mogul Emperor for the New General Society (otherwise English Company); landed at Masulipatam Sep 1699, but was not able to secure an audience with the Emperor Aurungzeb until 28 Apr 1701; after repeated interviews Norris left the Mogul camp in Nov 1701 without having achieved the objects of his mission; was forcibly detained for two months at Burhampuri, and not allowed to proceed until Feb 1701/2; sailed for England in ship Scipio 5 May 1702; lic. to m. 13 Dec 1689 Elizabeth, widow of Nicholas Pollexfen and of Isaac Meynell, both of London, and dau. of Robert Reade, Cheshunt, Herts.; d. 10 Oct 1702 on voyage back from India, and was buried at sea. DNB.

PACKER, JOHN, son of Thomas Packer, Twickenham, Middlesex, Clerk of the Privy Seal, and Margaret Mauntlow; b. 12 Nov 1572; adm.; QS; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1589, adm. scholar 1590; BA 1593/4; Grand Tour (France); Secretary to Sir Henry Nevill, Ambassador in Paris; Envoy to Denmark 1610; Secretary to Earl of Somerset 1612, and subsequently to Sir George Villiers (1st Duke of Buckingham); Prothonotary of the Chancery, jointly with Francis Godolphin 13 Mar 1614; Clerk of Privy Seal 6 Sep 1618 – suspended by 13 Nov 1643 (holding post under reversionary grant dated 11 Jul 1604); a favourite at Court, and “was offered many times to be made Secretary of State, but always refused it” (HMC 10th report, pt. vi, 174); purchased manor of Groombridge, Speldhurst, Kent, and rebuilt Groombridge Chapel in gratitude for the safe return from Spain of Charles, Prince of Wales; MP West Looe 1628-9; a Commissioner for enquiring into abuses of the Fleet Prison 1635; declined to loan money to Charles I 1640, and thenceforth an ally of the parliamentary opposition; a Visitor of the University of Oxford 1 May 1647; a liberal benefactor to religious and charitable causes; a collection of letters and state papers formed by Packer was calendared HMC 2nd Report, 49-63, when in the possession of J. B. Fortescue, and a selection of them was edited for the Camden Society by S. R. Gardiner under the title The Fortescue Papers; a book of Greek and Latin verses composed by Packer when at Cambridge is Lansdowne MS 693 in the British Library; lic. to m. 3 Jul 1613 Philippa, sister of John Mylles (qv); d. 9 Feb 1648/9. DNB.

PAGET, HON. SIR ARTHUR, brother of Henry William Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey (qv); b. 15 Jan 1771; adm. 10 Apr 1780; KS 1783; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1787, matr. 8 Jun 1787, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1787 – void by absence 22 Dec 1792 (not having resided since 1790); Secretary to Embassy, St. Petersburg 1791-4; MP Anglesey 22 Nov 1794-1807; Envoy Extraordinary to Berlin 1794, to Elector Palatine 1798-9, to Naples 1800-1 and to Vienna 1801-5; Privy Councillor 4 Jan 1804; Ambassador to Constantinople Jun – Oct 1807; KB 21 May 1804; GCB 2 Jan 1815; m. 16 Feb 1809 Lady Augusta Fane, divorced wife of John Parker, 2nd Baron Boringdon (afterwards 1st Earl of Morley), and second dau. of John Fane, 10th Earl of Westmorland (qv); d. 26 Jul 1840. DNB.

PHELIPS, EDWARD, son of Edward Phelips (qv); b. 29 Apr 1753; adm.; KS (aged 13) 1766; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1770, matr. 15 Jun 1770, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1770 – void 16 Apr 1778; BA 1774; adm. Middle Temple 14 May 1770, called to bar 3 Jul 1778; MP Somerset from 1784; of Montacute, Somerset; m. 22 Dec 1784 Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Lockyer MP, Maperton, Devon; d. 4 Aug 1792.

PHILLIMORE, JOSEPH, eldest son of Joseph Phillimore (in school list 1764, qv); b. 14 Sep 1775; adm.; in school list Dec 1788; KS 1789; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1793, matr. 30 May 1793, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1793 – void 28 Jun 1805; Chancellor’s Prize for English Essay 1798; BA 1797; BCL 1800; DCL 1804; adm. advocate, Doctors’ Commons 21 Nov 1804; practised with success in Ecclesiastical and Admiralty Courts; Regius Prof. of Civil Law, Oxford University, from 1809, also Chancellor, Diocese of Oxford, from 1809, and Prebendary of Salisbury, although a layman, from 12 Dec 1809; Judge of Cinque Ports from 1809; MP St. Mawes 17 Mar 1817-26, Yarmouth (Isle of Wight) 1826-30; Commissioner, Board of Control 8 Feb 1822 – Jan 1828; Admiralty Advocate from 25 Oct 1834; Chancellor, Diocese of Worcester, from 6 Nov 1834, and Dioces of Bristol from 1842; LLD Cambridge 1834; FRS 13 Feb 1840; Busby Trustee 23 May 1840; author, Reports of Ecclesiastical Cases, 1809-21, 1832-3; m. 19 Mar 1807 Elizabeth, third dau. of Walter Bagot (adm. 1739/40, qv) and his first wife; d. 24 Jan 1855. DNB.

RICKETTS, CHARLES MILNER, second son of George Poyntz Ricketts, Governor of Barbados, and Sophia, dau. of William Watts, EICS Bengal, Governor of Fort William; b. 21 Apr 1776; adm. 3 Apr 1788; KS 1790; Writer, EICS Bengal 1791; arrived in India 25 Jul 1792; Assistant to Resident, Rangpur 2 Nov 1792; Sub-Export Warehouse Keeper 1799; Secretary, Board of Trade, Salt and Opium Dept., 1804; Director, Bank of Bengal 18 Jan 1811; Private Secretary to Governor-Gen. 1813, 1817; Chief Secretary to Government 13 Oct 1815; Member, Supreme Council, and President, Board of Trade, 12 Dec 1817 – 23 Jan 1819, res.; MP Dartmouth 4 Jan 1820 – Mar 1822; FRS 23 Mar 1820; Consul-General, Lima 1827-9; m. 8 Mar 1800 Ellen Theresa, widow of Sackville Marcus Taylor, EICS Bengal, and dau. of Miles Prendergast, co. Galway; d. 7 Sep 1867.