BROOKE, ROBERT; b. ; adm. ; KS 1633. [Note Robert Brooke, of Suffolk, St. Catherine’s Coll. Cambridge, matr. fellow commoner Mich. 1637. Possibly Sir Robert Brooke, knighted 1660, MP Aldeburgh 1660-1, d. 25 Feb 1693/4]
BULLER, JOHN, eldest son of John Buller MP, East Looe, Cornwall, and his first wife Mary, daughter of Sir John St. Aubyn, Bart. , MP; nephew of William Buller (adm. 1743, qv); b. ; adm. ? (Memoirs of William Hickey, iii, 245-6, recording his attendance at OWW dinner at Calcutta 1783, but the fact of his having been at Westminster is not otherwise substantiated and he may have been at Eton); Writer, EICS Bengal, 7 Mar 1777; arrived in India 3 Jul 1778; Assistant to Collector, Chittagong, 1778; Factor, 1782; Senior Merchant, 1788; Collector, Tripura, to 1792; member, Board of Revenue, 1792, Senior Member 1801-2; MP East Looe 1796 - May 1799, but remained in India and did not take his seat in House of Commons; returned to England 1802; MP East Looe 1802-7; m. 1st, 7 Sep 1795 (div. 1799) Catherine Eliza, dau. of Thomas Wiggins; m. 2nd, 11 Dec 1805 Augusta Eliza, dau. of John Nixon, La Bergerie, Queens Co. , Ireland; d. 3 May 1807, in 47th year]
CADOGAN, WILLIAM, 1ST EARL CADOGAN, eldest son of Henry Cadogan, Liscarton, co. Meath, barrister, and Bridget, dau. of Sir Hardress Waller, Kt. ; b. ; at school under Busby (Al. Dub. ); Trinity Coll. Dublin, adm. pens. 28 Mar 1686/7, aged 15; said to have fought in William III’s army at the battle of the Boyne, Jul 1690; Capt. , 19th Foot, 4 Mar 1694; Maj. , 6th Dragoons, 1 Aug 1698; Brevet Col. of Foot, 1 Jun 1701; Quarter Master General of British Army in Flanders and Germany under Duke of Marlborough, 1 Jul 1701 - 22 Dec 1712; Col. , 6th Horse (“Cadogan’s Horse”), 2 Mar 1703 - 20 Dec 1712; Brig. -Gen. , 25 Aug 1704; Maj. -Gen. , 1 Jan 1707; Lieut. -Gen. , 1 Jan 1709 - Dec 1712; present at battles of Blenheim, Ramillies, Oudenarde and Malplaquet; dangerously wounded at siege of Mons, but returned to take part in siege of Douai and capture of Bouchain; served as QMG under Duke of Ormonde in campaign of 1712, but subsequently retired to Netherlands, and, sharing Marlborough’s unpopularity, was ejected from all his offices and employments in Dec 1712; MP Woodstock 1705 - 16 Mar 1714, 24 Mar 1714- 21 Jun 1716; Special Envoy to Hanover and Vienna, 1706; Lieut. of the Tower of London, 2 Jan 1707 - 11 Jan 1712; Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to The Hague and Brussels, Nov 1707 - Jan 1711; reinstated as Lieut. -Gen. Aug 1714 on accession of George I; Master of the Robes from 1 Aug 1714 (formal date of appointment 12 Oct 1714); Col. , 2nd Foot Guards 15 Oct 1714 – Jun 1722; Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to The Hague, 22 Oct 1714 - Nov 1721 (with gaps); Governor of the Isle of Wight, 16 Sep 1715; served in Scotland during Jacobite rebellion of 1715-6, initially as second-in-command to Duke of Argyll, in chief command 15 Feb - 12 May 1716; KT 29 Jun 1716; cr. Baron Cadogan, 30 Jun 1716; signed treaty of defensive alliance between Great Britain, France and Holland as Ambassador Extraordinary at The Hague, 15 Sep 1716; PC 17 Mar 1717; General of all the Foot, 12 Jul 1717; cr. Earl Cadogan 7 Apr 1718; Commander-in-Chief of the Forces and Col. 1st Foot Guards from 18 Jun 1722; Master-Gen. of the Ordnance, 30 Jun 1722 – Jun 1725; a Lord Justice of Great Britain during George I’s absence in Hannover 3 Jun - 28 Dec 1723; as a diplomatist Cadogan was somewhat rough and rash, but as a soldier he must be ranked as one of the ablest staff officers the British Army has produced; m. 1704 [check] Margaretha Cecilia, dau. of Jan Munter, Heer van Zanen en Raaphorst, Counsellor of the Court of Holland; d. 17 Jul 1726; buried in Duke of Ormonde’s vault in Henry VII’s Chapel, Westminster Abbey. DNB.
ABERCROMBY, JAMES, third son of Alexander Abercromby MP, Tullibody, Clackmannanshire, and Mary, dau. of Alexander Duff, Braco, Banffshire; bapt. Alloa, Clackmannanshire 24 Aug 1708; adm. (aged 13) Jan 1719/20; in under school list 1721; Leyden Univ. 1724-5; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 29 Jan 1725/6, called to bar 2 May 1738; resident in South Carolina 1730-44; Attorney-General, South Carolina 30 Nov 1730-45; agent, North Carolina 1748-57; agent, North Carolina Assembly 1758-60; agent, Virginia 1745-61; agent, Virginia government and council 1761-74; deputy auditor-general for plantations 1757-65; purchased Brucefield estate, Clackmannan, c. 1758-9; MP Clackmannanshire 1761-8; dead by Nov. 1775 (will proved PCC 20 Dec 1775). [Perhaps kin to William Duff, adm. Jan. 1719/20 (qv), same month]
Caulfield, Hon. Thomas, d. 1690
CAULFIELD, HON. THOMAS, seventh son of William Caulfield, 2nd Baron Charlemont (I), Master-Gen. of the Ordnance (I), and Mary, dau. of Sir John King, Kt. , Boyle Abbey, co. Roscommon; b. ; at school under Busby (Adm. Reg. , Magd. Coll. Camb. ); a letter from his aunt Dorothy, widow of Arthur Moore, Dunmoghan, co. Louth, apparently written in 1644, asks for Hartlib’s help on behalf of her nephew at “an ellection of some scollers at Westminster” (Hartlib MSS in possession of Lord Delamere, as quoted H. G. Turnbull, Hartlib, Dury and Comenius, 1947, 247, note); Magdalene Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 6 Jun 1645, aged 14, matr. 1645; a Master in Chancery (I), 29 Mar 1655, continued in office 26 Feb 1660; MP (I) Charlemont 1661-5; attainted and estate sequestered 1689; m. 1657 Hon. Anne Moore, dau. of Charles Moore, 2nd Viscount Moore (I); d. 1690.
COLLEY, HENRY, eldest son of Dudley Colley, Castle Carbery, co. Kildare, Ireland, and his first wife Anne, dau. of Henry Warren, Grangebegg, co. Kildare, Ireland; b. ; at school under Busby (Alum. Dub. ); Trinity Coll. Dublin, adm. fellow commoner 13 Jan 1662/3, aged 15; MP (I) Co. Kildare 1698-9; m. 1st, 1674 Mary, only dau. of Sir William Usher, Kt. , Dublin; m. 2nd, Aug 1694, Sarah, dau. of John Boswell, Kilcorey, co. Wicklow, Ireland; d. Jun 1719.
Cotton, Sir Robert Salusbury, d. 1809
COTTON, SIR ROBERT SALUSBURY, BART. , eldest son of Sir Lynch Salusbury Cotton, Bart. , MP, and Elizabeth Abigail, younger sister of William Cotton (adm. 1733/4, qv); b. ; adm. (aged 9) Mar 1749/50 (as Robert Cotton) (Morel's); in school list 1754; Trinity Hall, Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 11 May 1756; succ. father as 5th baronet 14 Aug 1775; MP Cheshire 1 Mar 1780-96; Maj. , Cheshire Militia 15 Apr 1771; FRS 24 Nov 1774; m. 1767 Frances, dau. of Col. James Russell Stapleton, Bodrhyddan, Flintshire; d. 24 Aug 1809, aged 70.
Courtenay, Hon. Thomas Peregrine, 1782-1841
COURTENAY, HON. THOMAS PEREGRINE, younger son of Henry Reginald Courtenay (adm. 1751, qv); b. 31 May 1782; adm. ; KS 1796; a Junior Clerk, Treasury, 23 May 1799-1802; Cashier of the Stationery Office, 13 Jul 1802; Principal Registrar under Land Tax Redemption Acts 1806-13; Deputy Paymaster-General of the Forces 1807-11; MP Totnes 22 Oct 1811-32; Secretary to Board of Control 20 Aug 1812-28; Vice-President, Board of Trade, 30 May 1828 -Nov 1830; Privy Councillor 30 May 1828; member, Board of Control, 31 Jul 1828 - Nov 1830; author, Memoir of the Life and Works of Sir William Temple, Bart. , 1836, and other works; m. 5 Apr 1805 Anne, dau. of Mayow Wynell-Mayow, Sydenham, Kent; drowned while bathing in sea near Torquay, Devon, 8 Jul 1841. DNB.
COURTENAY, WILLIAM, 10TH EARL OF DEVON, elder son of Henry Reginald Courtenay (adm. 1751, qv); b. 19 Jun 1777; adm. ; in school list Dec 1788; KS 1790; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1794, matr. 18 Jun 1794, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1794 - 15 Dec 1804, void by marriage; BA 1798; MA 1801; DCL 1837; patentee of the Subpoena Office in Court of Chancery 1784-1852, when office abolished; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 3 Dec 1793, Tancred Law Scholar, called to bar 11 Jun 1799; a Commissioner of Bankrupts (appears in annual lists 1801-17); Recorder of Exeter 1814; a Master in Chancery 30 Jul 1817 - 23 Mar 1826; MP Exeter 1812 - Jan 1826; Clerk Assistant, House of Lords 8 Feb 1826 - 26 May 1835; succ. cousin as 10th Earl of Devon 26 May 1835; High Steward, University of Oxford, from 1838; an Ecclesiastical Commissioner 21 Jan 1842 - Aug 1850; Busby Trustee 26 May 1826; m. 1st, 29 Nov 1804 Lady Harriet Leslie, dau. of Sir Lucas Pepys, Bart. , MD FRS FRCP, by the Countess of Rothes; m. 2nd, 30 Jan 1849 Elizabeth Ruth, dau. of Rev. John Middleton Scott, Ballygrannon, co. Wicklow; d. 19 Mar 1859.
DERING, SIR EDWARD, BART. , elder son of Sir Edward Dering, Bart. (adm. 1719, qv), and his first wife; b. 28 Sep 1732; adm. Jan 1743/4 (Watts'); left 1749; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 15 Mar 1750/1; Grand Tour (Italy) 1758-9; succ. father as 6th baronet 15 Apr 1762; MP New Romney 1761-Feb 1770, 1774-Jan 1787; member, Society of Dilettanti 1761; m. 1st, 8 May 1755 Selina, third dau. of Sir Robert Furnese, Bart. , MP; m. 2nd, 1 Jan 1765 Deborah, only dau. of John Winchester, Nethersole, Kent, formerly a surgeon in London; d. 8 Dec 1798.