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PERCEVAL, SIR JOHN, BART., eldest son of Sir Philip Perceval, Kt, co. Cork, and Catharine, dau. of Arthur Usher; b. 7 Sep 1629; at school under Busby (HMC Egmont ii, 15); Magdalene Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 14 Jan 1645/6, matr. 1646; BA 1648/9; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 26 Nov 1649, King’s Inns, Dublin 23 Nov 1657; knighted 22 Jul 1658; Clerk of the Crown of the Court of Upper Bench (I), Prothonotary of the Common Pleas (I) and Counsellor of Munster 7 May 1660; created baronet 9 Sep 1661; MP (I) Cork 1661-5; Register of the Court of Claims and Court of Wards (I) 1 Aug 1662; Privy Councillor (I); m. 14 Feb 1655/6 Catharine, dau. of Robert Southwell, Kinsale, co. Cork; d. 1 Nov 1665.

PERCEVAL, PHILIP, brother of John Perceval, 1st Earl of Egmont (qv); b. 13 Nov 1686; at school under Knipe (HMC Egmont ii, 193); left 17 May 1700; Corpus Christi Coll. Oxford, matr. 9 Mar 1702/3; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 10 May 1703; Customer, Port of Dublin, from 19 Feb 1711; MP (I) Askeaton in Nov 1713; Director and Supervisor of the State Music (I) to George I and George II; m. 12 Jun 1712 Martha, widow of Nehemiah Donellan, Chief Baron of the Exchequer (I), and dau. of Christopher Usher, Dublin; d. 26 Apr 1748.

POMEROY, ARTHUR, son of John Pomeroy, Devon; b.; adm.; in school lists 1656; KS ; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1657, matr. 22 May 1657, scholar 1658, matr. Mich. 1660; 10th in “ordo” 1660/1; BA 1660/1; MA 1664; DD 1676; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1661 – c. 1674; ordained; Chaplain to Earl of Essex, Lord Lieut. Ireland; Dean of Cork from 11 Feb 1672/3; Treasurer of Cloyne from 5 May 1673; Prebendary of Limerick 1 Oct 1674-8; m. Elizabeth, dau. of Sir Richard Osborne, Bart. MP (I), Ballintayler, co. Waterford; d. 1709/10.

POPHAM, STEPHEN, fourth son of Joseph Popham, HBM Consul Tetuan, Morocco, and his first wife Mary Riggs, Waterford; b. 5 Jul 1745; adm.; KS 1759; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1763, scholar 25 Jun 1764, matr. 1764; 4th Wrangler 1767; BA 1767; MA 1774; adm. Middle Temple 14 Apr 1762, Lincoln’s Inn 28 Nov 1772; attorney; MP (I) Castlebar 1776-83; went out to India as Secretary to Sir John Day, Advocate-Gen. Bengal, 1777; arrived Madras Feb 1778, and after a quarrel with Day went into practice at Madras as an attorney; Joint Solicitor to EI Company at Madras from 14 Jun 1782; m. 1st, at Paris 5 Apr 1768 (divorced 14 Jun 1774) Ann Yate Whiteside; m. 2nd, 16 Nov 1774 Anna, dau. of Sir William Thomas, Bart.; d. at Conjeeveram, Madras 13 Jun 1795, as a result of a fall from his curricle.

PORTLOCK, BENJAMIN; b.; adm.; KS 1677; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1682, adm. pens. 28 Jun 1682, scholar 9 May 1683; 6th in “ordo” 1685/6; BA 1685/6; MA 1689 (incorp. Oxford 9 Nov 1695); DCL Oxford 18 May 1702; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 12 Sep 1687, Major Fellow 6 Jul 1689 – c. 1698; Second Secretary to Duke of Ormonde, Lord Lieut. Ireland, Feb 1703 – Apr 1707; MP (I) Innistioge 1703-13; Taster of Wines (I) 1705-13; adm. King’s Inns, Dublin 18 Nov 1703; of Clapham, Surrey; left by his will mourning rings to Robert Friend (qv) and John Nicholl (qv); lic. to m. 29 Feb 1711/2 Elizabeth, dau. of Edward Bate, Maids Moreton, Bucks.; d. 6 Sep 1740.

RAM, GEORGE, third son of Sir Abel Ram, Kt, Ramsfort and Clonatin, co. Wexford, Lord Mayor of Dublin, and Eleanor, dau. of Stephen Palmer, Dublin; b.; adm.; KS (aged 11) 1687; Emmanuel Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 7 Aug 1688, matr. 1691; MA Dublin 1695; LLD 1718; High Sheriff, co. Wexford 1710; MP (I) Newborough from 1713; buried St. Werburgh’s, Dublin 22 Oct 1725.

READING, SIR ROBERT, BART., son of John Reading, London; b.; at school (aged 14) in 1655 (Chapter Muniments 43112); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 28 Mar 1655; BA 1658; adm. Inner Temple 1659; MP (I) Ratoath Mar 1662-6; created baronet 27 Aug 1675; FRS; is frequently mentioned in the diary of Robert Hooke (qv); m. c. 1662 Jane, widow of Charles Coote, 1st Earl of Mountrath (I) PC (I), President of Connaught, and dau. of Sir Robert Hannay, Bart.; buried Newark, Notts., 25 Mar 1689. [Presumably Robert Reading, son of John Reading and Dorothy ---, bapt. St. Ann, Blackfriars, London 5 Jul 1639 (IGI)].

SALISBURY, WILLIAM, third son of John Salisbury, Rug, Merionethshire, and Elizabeth, dau. of Sir John Salisbury, Llewenny; b.; at school 1597; Oriel Coll. Oxford, matr. 19 Oct 1599; inherited family estates at Rug, Merionethshire, and Bachumbrydd, Denbighshire, in 1607; MP Merioneth 1620-2; raised regiment for King at outbreak of Civil War; his regiment formed the infantry reserve at battle of Edgehill Oct 1642 and forced the parliamentary barricades at Brentford; Governor of Denbigh Castle 1643-6, successfully defending in Nov 1643, and surrendering it on 27 Oct 1646, by when it was the last royalist outpost in North Wales; pardoned by Parliament 8 Aug 1648; m. Dorothy, dau. of Owain Vaughan; d. c. 1659. DNB.

SCOTT, DAVID; b.; adm. (aged 12) May 1733; left 1737 [Perhaps David Scott, son of David Scott MP, Scotstarvit, Fifeshire, and Lucy, dau. of Sir Robert Gordon, Bart., MP (S), bapt. Crail, Fifeshire 12 Oct 1720 (IGI); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 13 Dec 1737; the identification is plausible, for this David Scott was a cousin of William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield (qv), and a Westminster and Christ Church education for him would have been appropriate]. [living 1775]

SEBRIGHT, SIR JOHN SAUNDERS, BART., eldest son of Sir John Saunders Sebright, Bart. (qv); b. 23 May 1767; adm. 4 Feb 1778; Ensign, 1st Foot Guards 6 Apr 1785; Lieut. and Capt., 11 Jul 1792; retd. 3 Oct 1794; succ. father as 7th baronet 23 Feb 1794; JP Hertfordshire, High Sheriff 1797-8; MP Hertfordshire 1807-34; urged the amendment of the game laws, to which he attributed increased rural crime; protested against monopolies of all kinds; seconded Lord John Russell’s motion for leave to bring in the first Reform Bill 1 Mar 1831; a practical agriculturalist and breeder of domestic animals, including the “Sebright bantam”; author, The Art of Improving the Breeds of Domestic Animals, 1809, Observations on Hawking, 1826, and Observations upon the Instinct of Animals, 1836; m. 6 Aug 1793 Harriet, only dau. of Richard Croftes MP, West Harling, Norfolk; d. 15 Apr 1846. DNB.