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AMYAND, THOMAS HANS, brother of Claudius Amyand (qv); bapt. St. Anne, Soho 15 May 1728 (IGI); adm. (aged 8) Feb 1736/7 (Majendie's); Min. Can. 1743; left 1745; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 17 Mar 1745/6; BA 1749; MA 1752; ordained; Rector of Hambleden, Bucks. 23 May 1753-60; Rector of Fawley, Bucks., from 29 Apr 1758; m. 17 Aug 1758 Frances, third dau. of Thomas Ryder, director, EI Company; d. 1762 (will proved PCC 22 Jun 1762).

WHITE, WILLIAM; b.; adm. (aged 12) Jun 1740 (Majendie's); left 1745.

LEVETT, RICHARD, son of Rev. Richard Levett, Rector of Blithfield, Staffs., and Catherine, dau. of Charles Walcot, Walcot, Shropshire; bapt. Blithfield, Staffs. 19 Sep 1730 (IGI); adm. (aged 9) Jun 1740 (Ludford's); KS 1745; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1749, matr. 26 May 1749, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1749 – void by marriage 18 Jun 1763, Tutor 1763; BA 1753; MA 1756; ordained deacon 13 Jun 1756, priest 5 Jun 1757 (both Oxford); Vicar of West Wycombe, Bucks., from 15 Nov 1765; Vicar of Halton, Bucks., from 18 Dec 1765; m. 1st, 9 Jun 1763 Anne, sister of John Levett (qv); m. 2nd, 19 Sep 1771 Lucy, dau. of Edward Byrd, Field and Brocton, Staffs.; d. Jan 1805.

SIMSON, WILLIAM; b.; adm. (aged 16) May 1736 (Desaguliers'); left 1738.

OSBORNE, THOMAS, MARQUIS OF CARMARTHEN, elder son of Thomas Osborne, 4th Duke of Leeds (qv); b. 5 Oct 1747; adm. (Morel's); at school under Markham (Bentham, Works x, 31); a friend and contemporary of Jeremy Bentham (qv), who greeted his recovery from illness with a copy of fourteen Latin couplets (Elizabethan xiv, 29); d. at school of smallpox 15 Aug 1761.

MANNERS, ---, a younger brother of John Manners (qv); b.; at school in 1757 (“at Mrs Hawkins”) (Chapter Muniments 12970).

BENTINCK, LORD EDWARD CHARLES CAVENDISH, brother of William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland (qv); b. 3 Mar 1744; in school list 1754; a boarder at Mrs Morel’s house, where he “occupied as many as two or three rooms” (Bentham, Works, x, 27); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 7 Nov 1761; Grand Tour (France, Netherlands, Gemany) 1764-6; MP Lewes 23 Dec 1766-8, Carlisle 1768-74, Nottinghamshire 11 Jan 1775-96, Clitheroe 1796-1802; m. 23 Dec 1782 Elizabeth, eldest dau. of Richard Cumberland (qv); d. at Brussels 8 Oct 1819.

SACKVILLE, JOHN FREDERICK, 3RD DUKE OF DORSET, only son of Lord John Philip Sackville (qv); b. 24 Mar 1745; adm. (Hawkins'); in school list 1754; MP Kent 1768 – 5 Jan 1769; succ. uncle as 3rd Duke of Dorset 5 Jan 1769; Lord Lieut., Kent 27 Jan 1769 – 30 Jun 1797; Grand Tour (Italy) 1770-1; member, Society of Dilettanti 1776; Captain, Yeomen of the Guard 11 Feb 1782 – 3 Apr 1783; Privy Councillor 11 Feb 1782; Ambassador to Paris 26 Dec 1783 – 8 Aug 1789; KG 9 Apr 1788; Lord Steward of the Household 7 Oct 1789 – 20 Feb 1799; Col. West Kent Militia 13 Apr 1778, with rank of Col. in the Army 2 Jul 1779; a member of the Hambledon and White Conduit cricket clubs; member of committee which revised the laws of cricket at the Star and Garter Hotel, Pall Mall, 25 Feb 1774, and also of the committee which drew up the original rules of the Marylebone Club; played cricket for Kent 1777-83, and allowed public use of his Vyne Ground at Sevenoaks; m. 4 Jan 1790 Arabella Diana, dau. of Sir Charles Cope, Bart.; d. 19 Jul 1799. DNB.

HASTINGS, HON. HENRY, brother of Francis Hastings, 10th Earl of Huntingdon (qv); b. 12 Dec 1739; in school list 1754; a boarder (Burges') in 1757; d. unm. 13 Sep 1758.

BEAUCLERK, AUBREY, 5TH DUKE OF ST. ALBANS, brother of Chambers Beauclerk (qv); b. 3 Jun 1740; adm. Jun 1746 (Hawkins'); in school list 1754; Queen’s Coll. Oxford, matr. 8 Apr 1758; MP Thetford 1761-8, Aldborough 1768-74; abroad in Italy 1778-81; succeeded his father as 2nd Baron Vere 1 Oct 1781 and his cousin as 5th Duke of St. Albans 15 Feb 1787; Hereditary Grand Falconer of England and Hereditary Registrar of the Court of Chancery; m. 4 May 1763 Lady Catherine Ponsonby, dau. of William Ponsonby, 2nd Earl of Bessborough (I) PC PC (I); d. 9 Feb 1802.