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CAPEL-CONINGSBY, GEORGE, 5TH EARL OF ESSEX, only son of William Anne Holles Capel, 4th Earl of Essex (qv), and his first wife; b. 14 Nov 1757; adm. 21 Jan 1766; left Dec 1774; Corpus Christi Coll. Cambridge; MA 1777; MP Westminster 20 Apr 1779-80, Lostwithiel 4 Jun 1781-4, Okehampton 27 Apr 1785-90, Radnor Boroughs 21 May 1794 - 4 Mar 1799; assumed surname of Coningsby in addition to that of Capel on the death of his grandmother Frances, Countess Coningsby, in 1782; travelling in Italy 1791-2; succ. as 5th Earl of Essex 4 Mar 1799; Lord Lieut., Herefordshire, 20 Mar 1802 - 28 Oct 1817; Recorder of Leominster 1802-5; DCL Oxford 3 Jul 1810; FSA by 1831; a friend of the Prince Regent and one of the leading men of fashion at the end of the 18th century; m. 1st, 6 Jun 1786 Sarah, widow of Edward Stephenson EICS [check Presidency : Bengal ?], and dau. of Henry Bazett, EICS St. Helena; m. 2nd, 19 Apr 1838, Catherine Stephens, vocalist and actress, dau. of Edward Stephens, Park Street, Grosvenor Square, London, carver and gilder; d. 23 Apr 1839.

CAMPBELL, LORD FREDERICK, third son of John Campbell, 4th Duke of Argyll (S) KT, Gen. in the Army, and Hon. Mary Bellenden, Maid of Honour to Caroline, Princess of Wales, third dau. of John Bellenden, 2nd Baron Bellenden (S); b.; adm. (aged 13) Feb 1742/3; left 1746; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 31 May 1747; BCL 1753; adm. Middle Temple 19 Jan 1750/1, called to bar 24 Jan 1754, Bencher 1789, Lent Reader 1796, Treasurer 1803; MP Glasgow Burghs 1761-80, Argyllshire 1780 - Oct 1799; Privy Councillor 29 May 1765; Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal (S), 8 Jun 1765; Chief Secretary to Lord Lieut. Ireland (Viscount Townshend), Aug 1767 - Dec 1768; Privy Councillor (I) 14 Aug 1767; MP (I) Thomastown 1767-8, St. Canice 1768-76; Lord Clerk Register (S) from Nov 1768; member, Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Foreign Plantations, 23 Aug 1786; Vice-Treasurer of Ireland, 20 Jul 1787-93; member, Board of Control, 20 Mar 1790 - Jun 1793; FSA 15 Nov 1792; FRS 7 Nov 1793; m. 28 Mar 1769 Mary, widow of Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers (qv), and sister of Sir William Meredith, Bart. (qv); d. 8 Jun 1816. DNB.

BYNG, GEORGE, eldest son of George Byng (adm. 1742/3, qv); b. 17 May 1764; adm. 2 May 1773; left Aug 1780; Lieut. in Army 17 Nov 1780; Lieut., 49th Foot, 27 Mar 1781; Capt., 103rd Foot 24 Aug 1782; half-pay 1783; MP Newport (IOW) 28 Jan 1790-90, Middlesex from 1790; Father of the House of Commons from 1832; a staunch and highly respected Whig politician; his uninterrupted representation of Middlesex for fifty years was celebrated by a public dinner at Drury Lane Theatre, 10 Mar 1840; m. 26 Jun 1797 Harriet, eighth dau. of Sir William Montgomery, Bart., MP (I); d. 10 Jan 1847.

BURRELL, SIR CHARLES MERRIK, BART., eldest son of Sir William Burrell, Bart. (qv); b. 21 May 1774; adm. 20 Jan 1785; still at school 1791; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 26 May 1791, matr. Mich. 1791; BA 1795; succ. as 3rd baronet 20 Jan 1796; of Knepp Castle, West Grinstead, Sussex; MP New Shoreham from 1806; “father” of the House of Commons from 1850; DL JP Sussex; introduced the white, or Belgian, carrot, and made many valuable experiments in feeding and fattening cattle; m. 8 Aug 1808 Frances Wyndham Ilive, natural dau. of George Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont (qv); d. 4 Jan 1862.

BURRELL, WALTER, third son of Sir William Burrell, Bart. (qv); b. 15 Apr 1777; adm. 20 Jan 1785; at school 1792; of West Grinstead Park, Sussex; MP Sussex from 1812; m. 21 Jul 1825 Helena Anne, widow of Charles Chisholme of Chisholme, Inverness-shire, and dau. of Alexander Ellice, London, merchant; d. 7 Apr 1831.

BUNBURY, SIR HENRY EDWARD, BART., son of Henry William Bunbury (qv); b. 4 May 1778; in school list Christmas 1788 (see also Memoirs and Remains of Sir H. E. Bunbury, Bart., 1868); spoke the prologue to Townley’s High Life below Stairs, acted by the Town Boys, Dec. 1789 (Annual Register, 1790, Appendix, 134-5); Page of Honour to Queen Charlotte c. 1787 – Jan 1795; Ensign, 2nd Foot Guards, 14 Jan 1795; Capt., 16th Light Dragoons 16 Aug 1797; Maj., 9th West India Regt., 11 Mar 1802; Lieut. -Col. in the Army, and Assist. QMG 31 Dec 1803; Lieut. -Col., Newfoundland Fencibles, 28 Mar 1805; Brevet Col., 1 Jan 1812; Maj. -Gen., 4 Jun 1814; Lieut. -Gen., 22 Jul 1830; served on Duke of York’s staff on expedition to Netherlands, 1799; QMG to Sir James Craig’s Expeditionary Force in Southern Italy and Sicily, 1805; Chief of Staff to Sir John Stuart (qv) at battle of Maida, 1806; Under-Secretary of State, War and the Colonies, 2 Nov 1809 - 5 Jul 1816; KCB 2 Jan 1815; succ. his uncle as 7th baronet, 31 Mar 1821; High Sheriff, Suffolk, 1825-6; MP Suffolk 1830-2; Vice-Lieut., Suffolk; a pioneer of the volunteer movement; FSA (by 1831); member, Society of Dilettanti, 1830; author, Correspondence of Sir Thomas Hanmer, Bart., 1838, and other works; m. 1st, 4 Apr 1807 Louisa Emilia, dau. of Gen. Hon. Henry Edward Fox; m. 2nd, 22 Sep 1830 Emily Louisa, dau. of Col. Hon. George Napier; d. 13 Apr 1860. DNB.

BULLER, JAMES, brother of John Francis Buller (qv); b. 9 Nov 1772; adm. 20 Feb 1788; adm. Inner Temple 29 Jan 1790, called to bar 1795; a Commissioner of Bankrupts c. 1797-1807 (occurs in annual lists 1799-1809); MP West Looe 1802 - Jan 1805, 1806 - Jan 1812; a Lord of the Admiralty 6 Apr 1807 - Mar 1812; Clerk Extraordinary, Privy Council 13 Mar 1782 – 1811, Clerk in Ordinary, Privy Council, from 19 Aug 1811; m. 23 Jun 1795 Mary, sister of John Templer (qv); d. 14 Nov 1830.

BULLER, SIR ANTHONY, brother of John Francis Buller (qv); b. 26 Jul 1780; adm. 29 Feb 1788; KS 1794; played cricket against Eton 25 Jul 1796; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 21 Jul 1797, called to bar 12 May 1803; MP West Looe 1812 - Mar 1816; Puisne Judge, Supreme Court, Madras, 6 Sep 1815, transferred to Bengal 10 Apr 1816; knighted 23 Apr 1816; retd. 1 Jan 1827; again MP West Looe 1831-2; of Pound, Devon; m. 4 Feb 1805 his cousin Isabella Jane, sister of William Lemon (qv); d. 27 Jun 1866.

BULLER, CHARLES, brother of John Francis Buller (qv); b. 3 May 1774; adm. 20 Feb 1788; Writer, EICS Bengal, 24 Jun 1791; arrived in India 4 Aug 1791; Assistant to Persian and Bengali Translator, Board of Revenue, 26 Aug 1791; Registrar to Judge of Patna, 1793; Persian and Bengali Translator, Board of Revenue, 1794; Factor and Sub-Secretary, Board of Revenue, 1797; Junior Merchant and Secretary, Board of Revenue, 1 Apr 1801; Third Member, Board of Revenue, 1 Jan 1807; Senior Merchant, 1807; Commissioner, Cuttack, 1808; in England 1811-6; MP West Looe 1812 - Mar 1816; Supernumary Member, Board of Revenue, Bengal, 15 Nov 1816; Senior Member, Board of Commissioners, Bihar and Benares, 24 Dec 1818; returned home 9 Feb 1821; resigned from EICS 1826; MP West Looe 1826- Feb 1830; m. 26 Aug 1805 Barbara Isabella, dau. of Maj. -Gen. William Kirkpatrick, EICS Bengal; d. 17 May 1848.

BULKELEY, JAMES, 6TH VISCOUNT BULKELEY (I), brother of Richard Bulkeley, 5th Viscount Bulkeley (I) (qv); b. 2 Mar 1716/7; adm. Jan 1724/5; left 1728; Oriel Coll. Oxford, matr. 30 Apr 1735; succ. his brother as 6th Viscount Bulkeley (I) 15 Mar 1738/9; Constable of Beaumaris Castle and Chamberlain of North Wales; MP Beaumaris from 20 Apr 1739; m. 5 Aug 1749 Emma, dau. of Thomas Rowlands, Nant, Caernarvonshire; d. 24 May 1752.