DEHANY, PHILIP, son of David Dehany, Bristol, and of Hanover parish, Jamaica, merchant, and Mary, dau. of Matthew Gregory; b.; adm. (aged 9) Jun 1743 (Hart's); left 1752; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 3 Jul 1752, matr. 1753; one of the committee which revised the laws of cricket at the Star and Garter Hotel, Pall Mall 25 Feb 1774; MP St. Ives 26 Dec 1778-80; purchased Hayes Place estate, Kent 1797; buried Hayes, Kent 6 Nov 1809.
WALTER, JOHN, son of Abel Walter (qv); bapt. Godalming, Surrey 26 Oct 1733 (IGI); adm. (aged 8) Apr 1742 (Levett's); left 1749; of Farley Hill, Swallowfield, Berks.; High Sheriff, Berkshire 1764; m. 17 Nov 1757 Newton, only child of Alexander Walker, Farley Hill, Berks., and Mount Wilton plantation, Barbados, West Indies; d. 1811.
Abbot, Charles, Baron Colchester, 1757-1829
ABBOT, CHARLES, 1ST BARON COLCHESTER, younger brother of John Farr Abbot (qv); b. 14 Oct 1757; adm. Mar 1763; KS (Capt) 1770; both “acted and looked Thais extremely well in the Eunuchus” of 1772 (Random Recollections of George Colman the Younger, 1830, i, 74); Captain of the School 1774; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1775, matr. 14 June 1775, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1775 - 20 Oct 1783, Faculty Student 20 Oct 1783 - res 17 Dec 1796; Chancellor’s Prize for Latin Verse 1777; Vinerian Scholar 1781, Fellow 1786-92; BCL 1783; DCL 1793; Geneva Univ. 1778-9; adm. Middle Temple 14 Oct 1768, called to bar 9 May 1783, Bencher 12 Feb 1802; in brother’s chambers at 11 Kings Bench Walk, Temple, Nov 1779; adm. Inner Temple 25 Nov 1784 and 29 Apr 1785, tenant of chambers there Nov 1784 - May 1788; adm Lincoln’s Inn 26 May 1785; FSA 13 Dec 1792; FRS 14 Feb 1793; Clerk of the Rules, Court of King’s Bench 1794-1801; MP Helston 19 Jun 1795-1802, Woodstock 1802-6, Oxford University 1806-Jun 1817; made his parliamentary reputation as chairman, Select Committee on Finance 1797-8; introduced first Census Act into House of Commons Dec 1800; Chief Secretary for Ireland Feb 1801-Feb 1802, also Secretary of State for Ireland Jun 1801 - Feb 1802; Privy Councillor 21 May 1801; Recorder of Oxford May 1801-Oct 1806; Keeper of Privy Seal (I) from May 1801; hon. LLD Trinity Coll. Dublin 6 Jun 1801; elected Speaker of the House of Commons 10 Feb 1802; resigned on account of ill-health 28 May 1817; cr. Baron Colchester 3 Jun 1817; travelled on European Continent 1819-22; on return took active part in politics until death; a Busby Trustee from 18 May 1802; his Diary and Correspondence were published by his son Charles Abbot, 2nd Baron Colchester (qv), in 1861; m. 29 Dec 1796 Elizabeth, eldest dau. of Sir Philip Gibbes, Bart., Spring Head, Barbados, West Indies; d. 8 May 1829; buried in North Transept, Westminster Abbey. Arms up School. DNB.
Erle-Drax-Grosvenor, Richard, 1762-1819
ERLE-DRAX-GROSVENOR, RICHARD, son of Thomas Grosvenor (adm. 1749, qv); b. 5 Oct 1762; adm. 29 Nov 1773; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 30 Oct 1779; MP East Looe 4 Sep 1786 - Apr 1788, Clitheroe 15 Sep 1794-6, Chester 15 Dec 1802-7, New Romney from 18 Jun 1818; assumed additional surnames of Erle-Drax on marriage; High Sheriff, Dorset 1800; m. 11 Mar 1788 Sarah Frances, dau. of Edward Drax MP, Charborough Park, Dorset; d. 8 Feb 1819.
Jordan, Gibbes Walker, 1800-1856
JORDAN, GIBBES WALKER, son of Gibbes Walker Jordan FRS, Portland Place, London, barrister, Bencher Inner Temple and Colonial Agent for Barbados, and Amy North (IGI); bapt. St. Pancras Old Church 11 Sep 1800 (IGI); adm. 26 Mar 1813; in school list Feb 1816; Pembroke Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 23 Oct 1813, matr. Mich. 1819; BA 1823; ordained; Rector of Waterstock, Oxfordshire from 29 Mar 1827; m. 23 Jun 1825 Charlotte Penelope, younger dau. of Rev. Bartholomew Lutley Sclater, Hoddington House, near Odiham, Hampshire; d. 13 Jun 1856, aged 56.
Fitzherbert, William, Sir, 1748-1791
Fitzherbert, Sir William, Bart., son of William Fitzherbert, M.P., of Tissington, co. Derby, a Commissioner of Trade and Plantations, by Mary, eldest daughter of Littleton Poynta Meynell, of Bradley, in the same co.; b. May 27, 1748; in school lists 1764; left Christmas 1764; St. John's Coll. Camb. (adm. fellow commoner Feb. 19, 1765); M.A. 1770; adm. to Lincoln's Inn June 14, 1773, called to the bar June 24, 1776; Recorder of Derby; a Gent. Usher to George III; created a baronet Jan. 22, 1784; author of A Dialogue on the Revenue Laws, and of a collection of moral Maxims; m. 14 Oct. 1777, Sarah, only daughter of William Perrin, of Jamaica; d. 30 July 1791 (see DNB)
Erle-Drax-Grosvenor, Richard Edward, 1797-1828
ERLE-DRAX-GROSVENOR, RICHARD EDWARD, only son of Richard Erle-Drax-Grosvenor (qv); b. Mar 1797; adm. 14 Jun 1809; left 1810; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 12 May 1815, aged 18; MP New Romney 22 Feb 1819-26; d. 13 Aug 1828.
WALTER, ABEL, eldest son of John Walter MP, Woking, Surrey, and Lucy, dau. of Col. Abel Alleyne, Speaker of Assembly, Barbados, West Indies; b.; adm. (aged 14) Nov 1715; in under school list 1717; of Baddesley, Hampshire; lic. to m. 23 Jan 1729 Hon. Jane Nevill, dau. of George Nevill, 11th Baron Abergavenny; buried Bath Abbey 15 Oct 1767.
Trent, John Constantine, 1793-1846
TRENT, JOHN CONSTANTINE, son of John Trent (qv); b. 8 Aug 1793; adm. Christmas 1807; left 1807; Queen’s Coll. Oxford, matr. 5 May 1813; Cornet, Royal Horse Guards 16 Nov 1815; Lieut, 22 Jun 1820; Capt., 2 Aug 1826; Brevet Maj., 23 Nov 1841; of Ovens Mouth, Barbados; m. 1834 Frances Sophia, second dau. of Edward Swainston-Strangwayes, Alne Hall, Yorks.; d. 15 Dec 1846.
TRENT, JOHN, son of John Trent, Westminster, and Mary, dau. of Constantine Phipps, St. Kitts, West Indies; b.; adm. 29 Mar 1780; in school lists 1786; Queen’s Coll. Oxford, matr. 31 Aug 1787, aged 16; BA 1791; DCL 1793; of Dillington House, Ilminster, Somerset; m. 14 Dec 1792 Elizabeth, dau. of Constantine Phipps; d. 6 Aug 1796.