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EMILY, EDWARD, brother of Charles Emily (qv); bapt. St. Paul, Covent Garden 16 Sep 1739; adm. (aged 7) Sep 1746 (Jackson's); KS 1754; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1758, adm. pens. 24 May 1758, scholar 11 May 1759, matr. Mich. 1758; BA 1762; MA 1765; inherited family estates 1762; ordained deacon (Winchester) 17 Jun 1764, priest 15 Feb 1766; Curate, Abingworth, Sussex 1764; Vicar of Chesham, Bucks., 3 Jul 1767; Rector of Wilden, Beds., 1779-81; Dean of Derry 21 Jun 1781- Feb 1783; Prebendary of Salisbury from 9 Dec 1782; Master of the Hospital of St. Nicholas, East Harnham, Wilts.; Vicar of Gillingham, Dorset, and Rector of Bishops Lavington, Wilts., from 1783; d. 20 Jun 1792.

EMILY, CHARLES, elder son of Edward Emily, Woking and West Clandon, Surrey, Treasurer of Society of New Inn, and Joyce ---; bapt. St. Paul, Covent Garden 16 Dec 1733; adm. Jan 1746/7; KS (aged 14) 1748; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1752, adm. pens. 27 May 1752, scholar 18 May 1753, matr. Mich. 1752; BA 1756; MA 1759; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 3 Oct 1757, Major Fellow 4 Jul 1759; inherited family estates in Surrey on death of father 1760; Maj., Surrey Militia; d. 5 Jul 1762.

GARDEN, JAMES, son of Peter Garden, London [but matr. as son of George Garden, St. Andrew’s, Holborn]; b.; adm. (aged 12) Jun 1746 (Hutton's); KS (Capt. ) 1750; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1754, matr. 18 Jun 1754, Westminster Student from 24 Dec 1754; d. 1758.

MACGUIRE, THOMAS, seventh son of William MacGuire, Dublin and London, and Elizabeth, elder sister of Francis Annesley (QS 1714, qv); b. 1 Apr 1733; adm. (aged 10) Oct 1743 (Ludford's); KS 1748; adm. Gray’s Inn 14 Nov 1754; Attorney-Gen., North Carolina 23 May 1767; Judge of Vice-Admiralty Court, North Carolina; member for Brunswick Co., House of Assembly, North Carolina; member HM Council, North Carolina 1774-; taken prisoner and his house plundered by American forces in 1781, but soon afterwards released and returned to England on conclusion of peace; d. 27 May 1803.

WILLAUME, EDWARD, eldest son of David Willaume, Tingrith, Beds., and Elizabeth, dau. of Charles Dymoke, Ampthill, Beds.; bapt. Tingrith, Beds. 7 Oct 1736; adm. (aged 9) Feb 1745/6 (Gibson's); KS 1750; Capt. of the School 1754; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1755, adm. pens. 28 May 1755, scholar 14 May 1756, matr. 1756; BA 1759; MA 1770; adm. Middle Temple 7 Jul 1753; ordained priest (Winchester) Dec 1760; Rector of Cranley, Surrey 23 Dec 1760-4; Rector of Great Holland, Essex 1770; Rector of Bow Brickhill, Bucks., 1 Jun 1782 – Mar 1783; Rector of Tingrith, Beds., from May 1782; Prebendary of Lincoln from 11 May 1782; m. 11 Mar 1776 Essex, dau. of Charles Blackwell, The Strand, London; d. 13 Oct 1787.

SAWELL, THOMAS, son of Robert Sawell, Woburn, Beds., schoolmaster; b.; adm. (aged 12) Feb 1745/6 (Gibson's); KS 1749; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1753, adm. pens. 20 Jun 1753, scholar 3 May 1754; BA 1757; MA 1770; usher at his father’s school at Apsley, Beds.; ordained; Rector of Wavendon, Bucks., 2 Apr 1768, but resigned same year; Rector of Battlesden with Potsgrove, Beds., from 2 Jul 1775; Rector of Milbrooke, Beds. (disp. to hold with Battlesden 1775); lic. to m. 25 Oct 1775 Fanny Davies, St. Giles in the Fields, London; d. 6 Aug 1784.

FRODSHAM, BRIDGE, son of Rev. Robert Frodsham BCL, Vicar of Rostherne, Cheshire, and Catherine ---; bapt. 28 Sep 1733; adm. (aged 12) Jan 1745/6 (Hutton's); KS 1746; ran away from school, but returned and was readm. into College 1748; ran away a second time in 1748, and joined an acting company at Leicester; subsequently joined a company at York, where he became the idol of the local theatre-going public; his Hamlet was considered by Tate Wilkinson as unequalled except by Garrick and Barry; m. Isabella ---, actress; d. 21 Oct 1768. DNB.

TUACH, JOHN, son of Roger Tuach (qv), and his first wife; bapt. Rickmansworth, Herts. 23 Nov 1732 (IGI); adm. (aged 12) Apr 1745 (Clarke's); KS 1749; left 1751 [sic, check]; Balliol Coll. Oxford, matr. 3 Jan 1749/50; BA 1753; MA 1756; ordained deacon (Oxford) 1 Jun 1760, priest (Salisbury) 22 Sep 1771; Curate, Heckfield, Hampshire, Lydiard Tregose, Wilts., Stanford Dingley, Berks.; Rector of Hartley Mauditt, Hampshire, from May 1787; d. Apr 1816.

DIGBY, HON. WILLIAM, brother of Edward Digby, 6th Baron Digby (qv); b. 21 Jan 1733/4; adm. Mar 1744/5 (Watts'); KS (Capt. ) 1748; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1752, matr. 4 Jun 1752, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1752 - void 2 Apr 1761, expiry year of grace as R. Kilmington; BA 1756; MA 1759; DCL 1765; ordained deacon 28 Sep 1759, priest 2 Mar 1760 (both Oxford); Rector of Kilmington, Somerset, 26 Apr 1760; Vicar of Coleshill, Warwicks., from 1763; Rector of Sheldon, Warwicks., from 1766; Chaplain in Ordinary to King George III 1761 -c. 1770; Prebendary of Exeter 17 Apr 1762-79; Canon of Christ Church, Oxford 23 Jul 1765-9; Dean of Worcester 29 Aug 1769 - res by Jan 1778; Master of St. Oswald’s Hospital, Worcester 1770-8; Dean of Durham from 18 Sep 1777; m. 14 Apr 1766 Charlotte Lepel, dau. of Joseph Cox, Stanford, Berks.; d. 18 Sep 1788.

SHIPTON, DANIEL, son of John Shipton, Watford, Herts., leather dresser, and Elizabeth --- (IGI); bapt. Watford, Herts. 28 Aug 1731 (IGI); adm. (aged 13) Jan 1744/5 (Preston's); KS 1747; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1751, matr. 5 Jun 1751, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1752 (sic, having been suspended from admission for one year for riot 15 Nov 1751) – void 21 Mar 1766 (expiry year of grace as V. Willen); ordained deacon (Oxford) 21 Sep 1755; Vicar of Willen, Bucks., from 14 Jan 1765; Rector of Wavendon, Bucks., from 17 Apr 1796 [or 1768 – check]; m. 1st, ---; m. 2nd, 29 Dec 1768 Temperance, dau. of Rev. Arthur Bedford, Vicar of Sharnbrook, Beds.; d. 7 Sep 1805.