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ROSS, DAVID, son of Alexander Ross, Gray’s Inn, London, previously Writer to the Signet, Edinburgh; b. 1 May 1728; adm. Jun 1739 (Hawkins'); Min. Can. 1743; left 1743; went on the stage; actor at the Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin 1749-51, Drury Lane 1754-6, Covent Garden 1757-67; patentee and manager of the theatre at Edinburgh, which he opened 9 Dec 1767 with the play The Earl of Essex, the first play legally performed in Scotland; reappeared at Covent Garden 10 Oct 1770; made his last appearance in the season 1777-8; his best parts as an actor were Castalio, Essex, Young Knowell, and George Barnwell; a close friend of James Boswell, who was chief mourner at his funeral (Letters of Boswell to Temple, 273); said to have married the celebrated Fanny Murray (John Taylor, Records of My Life, 1832, i, 362-6); d. 15 Sep 1790. DNB.

BRADY, THOMAS, son of Samuel Brady, Physician to the Garrison at Portsmouth, Hampshire, and Ann Coleby (IGI); bapt. St. Thomas, Portsmouth 1 Jun 1727 (IGI); adm. (aged 12) Jun 1739 (Hutton's); KS 1741; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1745, matr. 12 Jun 1745, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1745-53 (void, having been punished for negligence, irregularity and notorious prevarication 19 Jun 1750); BA 1749; MA 1753.

FULLERTON, JOHN, eldest son of John Fullerton, London, and his second wife Judith, dau. of John Weston MP, Ockham, Surrey; b. 12 Jun 1731; adm. Jun 1739 (Taylor's); KS (aged 14) 1745; still at school 1748; Emmanuel Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 11 Jan 1748/9; LLB 1755; ordained deacon (Winchester) 26 Apr 1755, priest (Bangor for Winchester) 27 Jul 1755; Vicar of Cobham, Surrey 18 Oct 1755-70; Rector of West Horsley, Surrey 25 May 1758-70; Rector of All Cannings, Wilts., from 12 Jun 1770; m. 16 Feb 1771 Rebecca, dau. of John Garth MP, Recorder of Devizes; d. 25 May 1800.

FORBES, DAVID; b.; adm. (aged 13) Jun 1739 (Hawkins'); left 1739.

COXETER, CHARLES, son of Thomas Coxeter, London; b.; adm. (aged 11) Jun 1739 (Hawkins'); KS 1743; buried Bampton, Oxfordshire 26 Feb 1746. [mother perhaps Elizabeth White (IGI)]

SNOW, JOHN; b.; adm. (aged 8) Jun 1739 (Bourne's); left 1747.

MILLS, SIMON, son of William Mills, Leek, Staffs., and Dorothy, dau. of Thomas James Hippesley, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffs.; b.; adm. (aged 11) Jul 1739 (Watts'); left 1745; Oriel Coll. Oxford, matr. 1 Apr 1745; BA 1748; MA 1751; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 4 Mar 1747/8; ordained deacon (Oxford) 2 Jun 1751; Vicar of Goostrey, Cheshire 16 Sep 1754-9; Vicar of Leek, Staffs., from 1758; Rector of Norbury, Derbs. (disp. to hold with Leek 1759); m. 1st, 12 Jul 1751 Elizabeth, only dau. of Rev. Hugh Mee, Vicar of Sandbach, Cheshire; m. 2nd, 17 May 1770 Mary, second dau. of William Furnivall, Bechton, Cheshire; d. 18 Jun 1785.

JENNINGS, JOHN; b.; adm. (aged 12) Jul 1739 (Deane's); left 1742.

ONSLOW, GEORGE, 1ST EARL OF ONSLOW, only son of Right Hon. Arthur Onslow PC MP, Imber Court, Surrey, Speaker of the House of Commons, and Anne, dau. of John Bridges, Thames Ditton, Surrey; b. 13 Sep 1731; adm. Sep 1739 (Morel's); Peterhouse, Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 12 May 1749; MA 1766; DCL Oxford 8 Jul 1773; adm. Middle Temple 14 Nov 1739; MP Rye 1754-61, Surrey 1761-74; a Lord of the Treasury Jul 1765 – Nov 1777; Privy Councillor 23 Dec 1767; a strong opponent of election of John Wilkes 1769; awarded damages in his action for libel against John Horne Tooke (qv) 1 Aug 1770; took active part in excluding strangers from gallery of House of Commons and in calling the printers to the bar of the House for publishing the debates 1771; created Baron Cranley 20 May 1776; succ. cousin as 4th Baron Onslow 8 Oct 1776; Lord Lieut., Surrey, from 20 Nov 1776; Comptroller of the Household 1 Dec 1777 – Dec 1779, Treasurer of the Household Dec 1779 – Sep 1780; a Lord of the Bedchamber from 15 Sep 1780; created Earl of Onslow 19 Jun 1801; m. Jun 1753 Henrietta, sister of Sir John Shelley, Bart. (qv); d. 17 May 1814. DNB.

FREEMAN, JOHN; b.; adm. (aged 13) Sep 1739 (Hawkins'); left 1739.