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SKYNNER, THOMAS, brother of Sir John Skynner (qv); b.; adm. (aged 11) Jan 1738/9 (Bainbrigg's); KS 1742; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1746, matr. 6 Jun 1746, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1746 – void 8 Jun 1775 (expiry year of grace as R. Bratton Clovelly from 17 Jun 1774), Tutor 1753-63, Junior Censor 1760-2; BA 1750; MA 1753; DCL 1772; ordained deacon 24 May 1752, priest 17 Jun 1753 (both Oxford); Curate, Drayton, Oxfordshire 1759; Prebendary of Exeter from 9 Jan 1769, Archdeacon of Totnes 10 Mar 1772-5, Precentor of Exeter from 8 Jun 1775; Rector of Bratton Clovelly, Devon, from 1774; Vicar of Pinhoe, Devon, from 25 Jan 1781; m. 18 Apr 1785 Martha Stooke, The Close, Exeter; d. 7 Aug 1789.

SOMERVILLE, JAMES, 13TH BARON SOMERVILLE (S), eldest son of James Somerville, 12th Baron Somerville (S), and his first wife Anne, widow of Edward Rolt MP, Sacombe Park, Herts., and only dau. of Henry Bayntun MP, Spye Park, Chittoe, Wilts.; b. 22 Jun 1727; adm. Jun 1742 (Bainbrigg's); left Christmas 1743; Cornet, 2nd Dragoon Guards 9 Sep 1743; 2nd Lieut., Marines 31 Aug 1744; half-pay 25 Dec 1748; Capt., 2nd Dragoon Guards 26 Jan 1750/1; Maj., 31 Dec 1761; retd. 17 Aug 1763; served at battles of Preston Pans, Falkirk and Culloden; succ. father as 13th Baron Somerville (S) 14 Dec 1765; a Representative Peer for Scotland from 7 Aug 1793; d. unm. 19 Apr 1796.

TILLIE, JAMES, son of James Tillie (formerly Woolley), Pentillie Castle, Pillaton, Cornwall, and Esther (Belsire ? (IGI)); bapt. Pillaton, Cornwall 26 Dec 1722 (IGI); adm. (aged 16) Oct 1739 (Bainbrigg's); left 1740; Exeter Coll. Oxford, matr. 28 Jun 1740; m. 2 Feb 1750/1 Mary Buckhurst, Fulham, Middlesex; d. 17 Apr 1772.

TROLLOPE, JOHN, son of Henry Trollope, London, merchant, and Elizabeth, dau. of John Barne, London, merchant; b. 1 Aug 1729; adm. Apr 1739 (Bainbrigg's); left 1747; Magdalen Coll. Oxford, matr. 28 Jul 1747; BA 1751; MA 1754; ordained; Vicar of Hartford and Rector of Sawtry St. Andrew, Hunts.; Rector of Little Marcle, Herefs., from 26 Jan 1766; m. 1st, by 1756, Anne Guyon, Dines Hall, Essex; m. 2nd, 1 Jan 1761 Catherine, dau. of Rev. Martin Annesley DD, Vicar of Bucklebury, Berks.; d. 10 Jul 1794.

GLASSE, JOHN, son of John Glasse, Carey Street, Lincoln’s Inn, London; b.; adm. (aged 12) Jan 1741/2 (Bainbrigg's); left 1744; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 20 Nov 1746; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 27 Mar 1749, matr. 1750; author, A Funeral Eclogue on the Death of the Prince of Wales, 1751, and Poems on several Occasions, 1763.

PECKHAM, JOHN, son of William Peckham, Chichester, Sussex, apothecary, and his second wife Mary Scutt, Petworth, Sussex; bapt. 5 Feb 1726/7; adm. (aged 11) Jul 1739 (Maskelyne's); of Nyton, Sussex; m. 11 Nov 1775 Elizabeth, dau. of Woodroff Drinkwater, Chichester; d. 9 Feb 1782.

PARKER, JAMES; b.; adm. (aged 15) May 1738 (Majendie's); left 1740.

HYDE, FREDERICK; b.; adm. (aged 9) Jul 1736 (Majendie's); left 1738. [Perhaps Frederick Hyde, Lieut. Royal Navy 3 Feb 1744, Cdr. 5 Mar 1746, Capt. 11 Nov 1746, d. 21 May 1763].

CROOKE, MICHAEL, son of Samuel Crooke, St. Kitts, West Indies, and Mary ---; b.; adm. (aged 15) Jun 1736 (Majendie's); left 1736.

BYRON, HON. GEORGE, brother of William Byron, 5th Baron Byron (qv); b. 22 Apr 1730; adm. Sep 1739 (Majendie's); left 1746; Ensign, 19th Foot, 27 Nov 1746; Cornet, Duke of Cumberland’s Dragoons, 21 Sep 1747; Lieut., 14th Foot, 22 May 1749; Lieut. and Capt., 1st Foot Guards, 18 Jun 1753; retd. on half-pay in Jordan’s 8th Marines, 30 Dec 1755; m. 26 Oct 1754 Frances, dau. of Elton Levett, Nottingham, surgeon; d. 6 May 1789.