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HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM, brother of Archibald Hamilton (adm. 1737, qv); b. 13 Dec 1730; adm. Jan 1739/40 (Heath's); left 1746; Ensign, 3rd Foot Guards 27 Jan 1747; Lieut. and Capt., 8 Jun 1753; retd. 1757; Equerry to George III 1760 – 7 Nov 1782; MP Midhurst Mar 1761 – Aug 1764; Envoy Extraordinary at Naples 1764-7, Minister Plenipotentiary there 1767- Apr 1800; KB 15 Jan 1772; Privy Councillor 8 Jun 1791; sold a collection of Greek vases and antiquities to British Museum 1772, and another collection to Thomas Hope of Deepdene 1801; purchased the Warwick Vase from Gavin Hamilton and the Portland Vase from James Byres; entertained Nelson at Naples after the Battle of the Nile 1798; accompanied the Neapolitan Court to Palermo Dec 1798; FRS 6 Nov 1766, Copley Medal 1770; FSA 6 Feb 1772; Society of Dilettanti 1777; DCL Oxford 30 Jul 1802; author, Campi Phlegraei, 1776; m. 1st, 25 Jan 1758 Catherine, eldest dau. of Hugh Barlow, Lawrenny Hall, Pembs.; m. 2nd, 6 Sep 1791 Emma Hart (DNB), dau. of Henry Lyon, Neston, Cheshire, blacksmith; d. 6 Apr 1803. DNB.

HAMILTON, FREDERICK, brother of Archibald Hamilton (adm. 1737, qv); b.; adm. (aged 11) Jan 1739/40 (Heath's); left 1746; Clare Hall, Cambridge, adm. pens. 29 May 1746, fellow commoner 20 Oct 1748; MA 1749; ordained deacon (London) 24 May 1752, priest (Peterborough) 14 Jan 1753; Vicar of Wellingborough, Northants., 20 Jan 1753-6; Archdeacon of Raphoe 1757-72; [? the Frederick Hamilton who was a Chaplain to George III in 1762-4 ?]; Rector of Stanton, Suffolk, from 1790; m. St. Mary, Dublin (IGI), 11 Jun 1757 Rachael Daniel [probably dau. of Rev. Thomas Daniell (sic), Londonderry, Ireland]; d. 19 Feb 1811.

DAVIS, HENRY; b.; adm. (aged 15) Jan 1739/40 (Taylor's); left 1741.

HOPTON, RALPH COPE, brother of Edward Cope Hopton (qv); b.; adm. (aged 14) Jan 1739/40 (Taylor's); left 1742; Oriel Coll. Oxford, matr. 6 Nov 1742; BA 1746; migrated to All Souls Coll. Oxford; BCL 1751; ordained; Vicar of Bishop’s Frome, Herefs., from 7 Aug 1750; Prebendary of Hereford from 25 May 1762; Rector of Moccas, Herefs., from 8 Jan 1770; m. 1st, Anna Maria Huxley [probably dau. of William Huxley (IGI)]; m. 2nd 1794 Mary, widow of Rev. Benjamin Biddulph, Burghill, Herefs., and dau. of Edward Poole (qv); d. 13 Jun 1797.

HARINGTON, SIR JAMES, BART., elder son of Sir James Harington, Bart. (qv), and his first wife; b. 6 Aug 1726; adm. Jan 1739/40 (Playford's); left 1746; succ. father as 7th baronet 24 Jan 1782; m. Anna, dau. of James Ashenhurst, Park Hall, Staffs.; d. 17 Jan 1793.

WRIGHT, PEREGRINE; b.; adm. (aged 9) Feb 1739/40 (Hawkins'); left 1747.

TRELAWNY, DARELL, only son of John Crabb, Plymouth, Devon, and Frances, younger dau. of Henry Darell, Trewornan, Cornwall; b.; adm. (aged 17) Feb 1739/40 (Russel's); left 1741; University Coll. Oxford, matr. 21 Mar 1740/1; assumed surname of Trelawny under provisions of a royal warrant dated 12 Jan 1768; inherited Coldrenick estate, Cornwall in 1776, under the provisions of the will of his cousin Charles Trelawny (adm. 1715, qv); High Sheriff, Cornwall 1780; m. 4 Sep 1760 (IGI) Dorothea Maria, dau. of Francis Gregor, Trewarthenick, Cornwall; d. 24 Aug 1795.

POLE, GERMAN, son of German Pole, Conduit Street, London, and his second wife Mary, dau. of Robert Gayer, Stoke Poges, Bucks.; b.; adm. (aged 11) Mar 1739/40 (Hutton's); St. Mary Hall, Oxford, matr. 11 Feb 1747; d. unm. 17 Mar 1765.

WILLIAMS, RICHARD; b.; adm. (aged 9) Mar 1739/40 (Watts'); left 1740.

CURZON, ASSHETON, 1ST VISCOUNT CURZON, brother of Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Baron Scarsdale (qv); b. 2 Feb 1729/30; adm. Mar 1739/40 (Watts'); left 1746; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 6 Feb 1746/7; DCL 2 Jul 1754; MP Clitheroe 1754-80, 27 Feb 1792 - 13 Aug 1794; created Baron Curzon 13 Aug 1794 and Viscount Curzon 27 Feb 1802; DL Staffordshire 1796; m. 1st, 21 Feb 1756 Esther, dau. of William Hanmer, Hanmer, Flintshire; m. 2nd, 6 Feb 1766, Dorothy, sister of Thomas Grosvenor (adm. 1749, qv); m. 3rd, 17 Apr 1777 Anna Margaretta, widow of Barlow Trecothick MP, Alderman of London, and sister of Sir William Meredith, Bart. (qv); d. 21 Mar 1820.