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Bland, John, ca. 1722-1755

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  • ca. 1722-1755

BLAND, SIR JOHN, BART., elder son of Sir John Bland, Bart., MP, Kippax Park, Yorks., and Hulme Hall, Lancs., and Lady Frances Finch, fifth dau. of Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Aylesford (qv); b.; adm. (aged 13) Jun 1735; left 1739; St. John’s Coll. Oxford, matr. 28 Jan 1739/40; succ. as 6th baronet 14 Apr 1743; MP Ludgershall from 1754; committted suicide at Clermont-sur-Beauvoisis, France, 3 Sep 1755. [possibly Cornet, 13th Dragoons 12 Aug 1741]

Vane, Henry, ca. 1727-1792

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  • ca. 1727-1792

VANE, HENRY, 2ND EARL OF DARLINGTON, eldest son of Henry Vane, 1st Earl of Darlington, and Lady Grace Fitzroy, third dau. of Charles Fitzroy, 1st Duke of Cleveland; nephew of Hon. Randyll Vane (qv); b.; adm. (aged 9) Jun 1736 (Lloyd's); left 1744; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 28 May 1744; MA Cambridge 30 Jul 1748/9; Ensign, 1st Foot Guards 11 Apr 1745; Lieut. and Capt., 22 Feb 1746/7; 2nd Foot Guards 6 Feb 1749/50; ret. May 1758; Col. Durham Militia 26 Oct 1759, with rank of Col. in the Army during service 2 Jul 1779; MP Downton 24 Nov 1749 ñ Apr 1753, Co. Durham 11 May 1753 ñ 6 Mar 1758; succ. father as 2nd Earl of Darlington 6 Mar 1758; Lord Lieut., Co. Durham, from 11 Jul 1758; Master of the Jewel Office 29 Jan 1763 ñ 11 Jul 1782 (office abolished); Governor of Carlisle from Aug 1763; m. 19 Mar 1757 Margaret, dau. of Robert Lowther, Governor of Barbados, and sister of James Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale; d. 8 Sep 1792.

Levett, John, 1721-1799

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  • 1721-1799

LEVETT, JOHN, son of Theophilus Levett, Lichfield, Staffs., and his first wife Mary, second dau. of John Babington, Packington, Warwicks.; bapt. 17 Jul 1721; adm. (aged 14) Jul 1736 (Taylor's); left 1738; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 23 Feb 1738/9; adm. Middle Temple 21 Feb 1737/8; migrated to Inner Temple 29 Jan1741/2, called to bar 18 Jun 1743; chambers there 5 Feb 1741/2 – 8 May 1753, withdrew from membership Nov 1781; MP Lichfield 1761 – 1 Feb 1762; of Wychnor, Staffs.; d. unm. 22 Nov 1799.

Duncombe, Henry, 1728-1818

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  • 1728-1818

DUNCOMBE, HENRY, brother of Thomas Duncombe (qv); bapt. Helmsley, Yorks. 23 Jan 1728 (IGI); adm. (aged 8) Jan 1736/7 (Wynniate's); left 1745; Lincoln Coll. Oxford, matr. 28 Oct 1745; adm. Middle Temple 6 Apr 1747; probably “Henrique Documbe” recorded as visiting Capua, Italy, in Jan 1753; of Copgrove, Yorkshire; MP Yorkshire 1780-96; d. 10 Apr 1818.

Ingram, Charles, 1726-1778

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  • 1726-1778

INGRAM, CHARLES, 9th VISCOUNT IRVINE (S), seventh son of Hon. Charles Ingram MP, Adjutant-Gen. of the Forces, and Elizabeth, widow of Francis Brace, Biddenham, Bucks., and dau. of Charles Scarburgh, Windsor, Berks., Clerk of the Board of Green Cloth; b. 19 Mar 1726/7; adm. Jan. 1736/7 (Bourne's); left 1743; MP Horsham 1747 – 14 Apr 1763; Groom of the Bedchamber to George III as Prince of Wales 1756-60; succeeded uncle as 9th Viscount Irvine (S) 14 Apr 1763; a Scottish Representative Peer from 1768; lic. to m. 28 Jun 1758 Frances Gibson, commonly called Shepheard, Scotland Yard, Whitehall, natural dau. of Samuel Shepheard MP, Exning, Suffolk; d. 19 Jun 1778.

Bromley, William Throckmorton, ca. 1727-1769

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  • ca. 1727-1769

BROMLEY, WILLIAM THROCKMORTON, elder son of William Bromley (qv); b.; adm. (aged 10) Apr 1737 (Playford's); left 1744; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 16 Jun 1744; of Baginton, Warwicks.; MP Warwickshire from 6 Feb 1765; m. May 1756 Bridget, eldest dau. of Richard Davenport, Davenport and Calveley, Cheshire; d. 4 Mar 1769.

Morris-Jones, Thomas, 1720-1769

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  • 1720-1769

MORRIS-JONES, THOMAS, only son of William Morris-Jones, Moneyglass House, Toomebridge, co. Antrim, and Anne, dau. of Capt. William Dobbyn, Duneane House, Toome; b. 22 Nov 1720; adm. May 1737 (Taylor's); left 1741; Capt., Dragoons 30 Sep 1743; m. 7 Jun 1740 Elizabeth, dau. of Robert Cope MP (I), Loughgall, co. Armagh; d. 12 Apr 1769.

Boyle, Charles, 1729-1759

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  • 1729-1759

BOYLE, CHARLES, VISCOUNT DUNGARVAN, elder son of John Boyle, 5th Earl of Cork and Orrery (qv), and his first wife; b. 27 Jan 1729; adm. Apr 1738 (Taylor's); his progress at school is frequently mentioned in the Orrery Papers, 1903, i, 244-5, seq.; in school list 1744; St. Mary Hall, Oxford, matr. 23 May 1745; MP (I) Co. Cork from 1756; m. 18 May 1753 Susanna, dau. of Henry Hoare (under school list 1715, qv); d. 16 Sep 1759.

Barry, Nathaniel, ca. 1726-1785

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  • ca. 1726-1785

BARRY, SIR NATHANIEL, BART., eldest son of Sir Edward Barry, Bart., MD FRS FRCP, President, Royal College of Physicians, Ireland, also MP (I), who practised medicine successively in Dublin and London, and his first wife; b.; adm. (aged 12) Apr 1738 (Preston's); Min. Can. 1739; left 1741; Trinity Coll. Dublin, adm. pens. . 29 Feb 1739/40 (sic), aged 15 (pupil of “Dr. Grey”); BA 1744, MB 1748, MD 1751; entered medical profession; King’s Professor of Surgery and Midwifery, Trinity Coll. Dublin, from 1749; Physician-Gen. to Army, Ireland, jointly with father 17 Mar 1749/50- Mar 1776, afterwards on his own; FRCP (I); succeeded father as 2nd baronet 29 Mar 1776; m. 3 Jan 1758 Catherine, dau. of Walter Jones, Headfort, co. Leitrim; d. 1785.

Morgan, William, 1725-1763

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  • 1725-1763

MORGAN, WILLIAM, elder son of Sir William Morgan KB MP, Tredegar, Monmouthshire, and Lady Rachel Cavendish, elder dau. of William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire (qv); b. 28 Mar 1725; adm. Jun 1738 (Watts'); left 1742; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 9 Jun 1743; MP Monmouthshire from 1747; d. unm. 16 Jul 1763.

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