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HOWARD, RICHARD, brother of William Bagot, 1st Baron Bagot (qv); b. 13 Nov 1733; adm. Jun 1740 (Watts'); Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 24 Oct 1750; migrated to All Souls Coll., Oxford; BCL 1757; DCL 1764; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 13 Jun 1751, called to bar 30 May 1758; Secretary to Embassy, Venice May 1761 – Jun 1763; a Commissioner of Excise 1765-74; Receiver-General of Land Tax, Middlesex, from 1764; assumed surname of Howard in lieu of Bagot 29 Apr 1783; obtained by his marriage the Howard family estates at Ashtead, Surrey, Elford, Staffs., and Levens Hall, Westmorland; m. 20 Mar 1783 Hon. Frances Howard, only dau. of William Howard, Viscount Andover MP, and sister of Henry Bowes Howard, 12th Earl of Suffolk and 5th Earl of Berkshire; d. 12 Nov 1818.

SHAFTO, ROBERT, son of John Shafto MP, Whitworth, co. Durham, and Mary, dau. of Thomas Jackson, Nunnington, Yorks.; b.; adm. (aged 8) Jun 1740 (Greet's); left 1749; Balliol Coll. Oxford, matr. 10 Nov 1749; High Sheriff, Northumberland 1754; MP Co. Durham 9 Dec 1760-8, Downton 21 Feb 1780-4, 19 Jul 1784-90; his wife had inherited an electoral interest at Downton from her father in 1779; m. 1st, 18 Apr 1774 Anne, dau. of Thomas Duncombe (qv) and his first wife; m. 2nd, 1 Jun 1788 Mary Nelson; d. 24 Nov 1797.

CARPENTER, THOMAS; b.; adm. (aged 9) Jun 1740 (Morel's); left 1744.

TURNER, EXUPERIUS, son of William Turner, Derby, attorney, and Dorothy, dau. of William Hodgkinson, Derby; bapt. All Saints, Derby 16 Feb 1724 (IGI); adm. (aged 15) Jun 1740 (Hutton's); left 1742; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 22 Dec 1742, fellow commoner 3 Mar 1742/3, matr. 1743; adm. Inner Temple 7 Apr 1742, called to bar 24 Jun 1748; practising as barrister in West Indies at 1 May 1755; Leyden Univ., adm. 2 Nov 1757; m. 1st, 10 Feb 1749 Ann Allsebrook; m. 2nd, 23 May 1751 (divorced by Act of Parliament 1760) Elizabeth Louisa, dau. of George Minshull, Ipswich, Suffolk.

BAYLY, ROBERT, second son of John Bayly, Gowran, co. Kilkenny, and Susannah Strettell, Ballytore [check county : Ballitore, co. Kildare ?]; b.; adm. (aged 14) Jun 1740 (Watts'); Min. Can. 1741; adm. Middle Temple 21 Nov 1741.

STAPYLTON, CHRISTOPHER, brother of Sir Miles Stapylton, Bart. (qv); bapt. Myton, Yorks. 10 Jun 1727 (IGI); adm. (aged 13) Jun 1740 (Bourne's); KS 1741; d. at school, and buried Merton, Surrey 24 May 1743.

BOULTON, HENRY, only son of Henry Boulton, Stixwould, Lincs., and Alice, dau. of James Bolton, Moulton, Lincs.; b.; adm. (aged 13) Jun 1740 (Taylor's); left 1745; Emmanuel Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 12 Nov 1746; a Clerk to Clerks, Board of Green Cloth Aug 1765 - Jul 82, Assistant Clerk of the Household Jul - Oct 1782; of Moulton, Lincs., and Great Oxenden, Northants.; JP Rutland, Lincolnshire; m. 1st, Susannah, widow of John Beridge, Algarkirk, Lincs., and dau. of Robert Butler, Spalding, Lincs.; m. 2nd, Sarah, dau. of Thomas Buckworth, Spalding, Lincs.; m. 3rd, 9 Feb 1756 Mary, dau. of Darcy Preston, Askham Bryan, Yorks.; d. 10 Dec 1788.

PELHAM, THOMAS, 1st EARL OF CHICHESTER, only surviving son of Thomas Pelham MP, Stanmer, Sussex, previously a merchant at Constantinople, and Annetta, dau. of Thomas Bridges, Constantinople; b. 28 Feb 1727/8; adm. Jun 1740 (Bourne's); carved his name on the Coronation Chair in the Abbey; Clare Hall, Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 24 May 1745; Grand Tour (Italy) 1749-50; MP Rye 13 Dec 1749-54, Sussex 1754 – 17 Nov 1768; a Commissioner of Trade 6 Apr 1754 – Mar 1761; a Lord of the Admiralty 21 Mar 1761 – Dec 1762; Comptroller of the Household 17 Jul 1765 – Mar 1774; Privy Councillor 6 Sep 1765; succ. cousin Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle (qv), as 2nd Baron Pelham of Stanmer 17 Nov 1768; Chief Justice in Eyre, North of Trent 15 Mar 1774 – 27 Nov 1775; Master of the Great Wardrobe 10 Nov 1775 – 11 Jul 1782 (post abolished); Surveyor-Gen. of Customs, London, from 1773; created Earl of Chichester 23 Jun 1801; m. 11 Jun 1754 Anne, dau. of Frederick Meinhardt Frankland MP, Commissioner of Excise; d. 8 Jan 1805. DNB.

HASTINGS, HON. GEORGE, brother of Francis Hastings, 10th Earl of Huntingdon (qv); b. 29 Mar 1730; adm. Jun 1740 (Bourne's); d. 20 Dec 1743. Buried North Transept, Westminster Abbey.

EDWARDS, HUGH, son of Rice Edwards, Brecon, and Ann, dau. of Meredith James, Town Clerk of Brecon; b. 26 Mar 1723; adm. (aged 16) Jun 1740 (Bourne's); left 1741; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 14 May 1741; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 19 Jun 1740; d. 1749.