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DOWDESWELL, JOHN EDMUND, son of William Dowdeswell (adm. 1730, qv); b. 3 Mar 1772; adm. 14 Jun 1779; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 29 Apr 1789, Canoneer Student 23 Dec 1792 - void by marriage 17 Sep 1800; BA 1793; MA 1795; adm. Inner Temple year 1793/4, called to bar 6 May 1796, Bencher 1834, Treasurer 1842; Recorder of Tewkesbury 1798-1833; a Commissioner of Bankrupts 1806-20 (occurs in annual lists 1807-21); a Master in Chancery 8 Feb 1820-50; MP Tewkesbury 1812-32; inherited Pull Court estate 1828; m. 4 Sep 1800 Caroline, dau. of Charles G. Brietzcke, a Senior Clerk in the Treasury; d. 11 Nov 1851.

DOWDESWELL, WILLIAM, son of William Dowdeswell (adm. 1730, qv); b. 27 Feb 1760; adm. 19 Jan 1770; in school lists 1775; adm. Inner Temple year 1779/80; Ensign, 1st Foot Guards 6 May 1780; Lieut. and Capt. 4 May 1785; Capt. and Lieut. -Col. , 8 Feb 1794; Col. (brevet) 25 Jun 1797; Lieut. -Col, 60th Foot 18 Jan 1798; 86th Foot, 24 Feb 1803; Major-Gen. , 25 Sep 1803; Lieut. -Gen. , 25 Jul 1810; Gen. , 19 Jul 1821; MP Tewkesbury 19 Mar 1792 - Nov 1797; served in Netherlands 1793; Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Bahama Islands 1797-1801; went out to Madras 1802 as private secretary to Lord William Cavendish-Bentinck (qv); served in Mahratta War 1804-5; Commander-in-Chief, India 1807, but soon afterwards compelled to return to England on health grounds; retired from active service 1811 on inheriting Pull Court estate; a famous collector of engravings and one of the first to make a speciality of grangerising; FSA 24 Dec 1795; d. unm. 1 Dec 1828. DNB.

DRAKE, WILLIAM, son of William Drake (adm. 1738, qv); b. 3 Dec 1747; in school list 1764; left May 1765 (Porten); Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 20 Jun 1765; MA 13 Apr 1768; DCL 8 Jul 1773; Grand Tour (Italy) 1768-9; MP Amersham from 1768; m. 1st, 19 Feb 1778 Mary, only dau. of William Hussey MP, Salisbury, Wilts. ; m. 2nd, 20 Aug 1781 Rachel Elizabeth, only surviving dau. of Jeremiah Ives, Norwich, merchant; d. 18 May 1795.

DRAKE-GARRARD, CHARLES, fourth son of William Drake (adm. 1738, qv); bap 23 Dec 1755; adm. 15 Jun 1767 (Porten/Ottey); Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 17 May 1774, aged 18; assumed additional surname of Garrard on succeeding to the estate of Lamer Park, Hertfordshire, on the death of his cousin Sir Benet Garrard, Bart. , in 1767; MP Amersham 1796 - Jan 1805; m. 8 Jun 1790 Anne, sister of Barne Barne (qv); d. 27 Jul 1817.

FANSHAWE, CHARLES, 4TH VISCOUNT FANSHAWE (I), third son of Thomas Fanshawe, 1st Viscount Fanshawe (I), Ware Park, Hertfordshire, and his second wife Elizabeth, fourth dau. of Sir William Cokayne Kt. , Lord Mayor of London; b. 6 Feb 1642/3; at school 1657-60 (Busby’s Account Book); Christ’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 26 Apr 1663, aged 17, matr. 3 Aug 1663; MA 1665; the royal mandate for his election to a Fellowship, dated 8 Feb 1666 [check if 1665/6 or 1666/7], was disregarded by his college; adm. Inner Temple 17 Mar 1663/4; a Commissioner of Appeals in Excise 17 Aug 1677 – 20 May 1689; Capt. , Arlington’s Foot 17 Feb 1677/8; Envoy Extraordinary to Portugal 1680-4; King’s Remembrancer of the Exchequer 1687-9; succ. his nephew as 4th Viscount Fanshawe (I) 10 Oct 1687; MP Mitchell Jan 1688/9 - Sep 1689; refused to take oath of allegiance to William III; expelled from House of Commons and committed to Tower of London; d. unm. 28 Mar 1710.

FINCH-HATTON, GEORGE, eldest son of Hon. Edward Finch (afterwards Finch-Hatton) MP, diplomat and courtier, and Elizabeth, dau. of Sir Thomas Palmer, Bart. , MP; grandson of Daniel Finch, 6th Earl of Winchilsea and 3rd Earl of Nottingham (qv); b. 30 Jun 1747; at school under Markham (J. Peile, Biog. Reg. Christ’s Coll. Camb. , ii, 278); Christ’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 8 May 1764, matr. Lent 1765; MA 1768; assumed additional surname of Hatton after that of Finch 1764; of Eastwell Park, Kent, and Kirby Hall, Northants. ; MP Rochester 18 Sep 1772-84; FRS 7 Dec 1775; m. 10 Dec 1785 Lady Elizabeth Mary Murray, second dau. of David Murray, 2nd Earl of Mansfield (qv); d. 17 Feb 1823.

GRANT, SIR JAMES, BART. , only son of Sir Ludovick Grant, Bart. , MP, advocate, and his second wife Lady Margaret Ogilvie, elder dau. of James Ogilvie, 5th Earl of Findlater and 2nd Earl of Seafield (S); b. 19 May 1738; in school lists 1747-52; Christ’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 13 Jan 1756, matr. Easter 1756; MA 1757; Grand Tour (Italy, Switzerland, Germany) 1758-60; MP Elgin District 1761-8, Banffshire 1790 – Jun 1795; succ. father as 8th baronet and as chief of clan Grant 18 Mar 1773; an original office-bearer on foundation Highland Society 1784; raised 1st Strathspey Fencible Infantry 1793, and 97th Foot 1794, both of which he commanded to 1802, with rank of Col. in Army, 1 Mar 1793; Lord Lieut. , Inverness-shire 1794-1809; Cashier of the Excise, Scotland, from 1795; m. 4 Jan 1763 Jean, only dau. of Alexander Duff, Hatton, Aberdeenshire; d. 18 Feb 1811. DNB.

HANMER, THOMAS, eldest son of William Hanmer, Fenns Hall, Flintshire, and Esther, dau. of John Jennens, Birmingham, Warwickshire; bapt. 12 Nov 1702; in under school lists 1715,1716; St. Catherine’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 25 Apr 1720, matr. 1720; BA 1723/4; MA 1729 (incorp. Oxford 26 Jun 1731); Grand Tour (Italy) 1726-8; MP Castle Rising from 1734; m. 9 Apr 1733 Lady Catherine Perceval, dau. of John Perceval, 1st Earl of Egmont (I) (qv); d. 1 Apr 1737.

HARVEY, EDWARD, brother of Eliab Harvey (adm. Jan 1723/4, qv); b. 1 Aug 1718; adm. (aged 8) Jan 1726/7; left 1735; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 24 May 1736; Cornet, 10th Dragoons 19 Mar 1740/1; Lieut. , 31 Aug 1744; Capt. , 7th Dragoons 6 Feb 1747; Maj. , 8 Mar 1751; Lieut. -Col. , 6th Dragoons 25 May 1754; Equerry to George III 1760; Col. in the Army 2 Dec 1760; Maj. -Gen. , 10 Jul 1762; Adjutant-General 1763-72; Col. , 12th Dragoons 17 Mar 1763 – Sep 1764, Carabineers 28 Sep 1764 – Oct 1775, 6th Dragoons from 18 Oct 1775; Lieut. -Gen. 25 May 1772; Governor of Portsmouth 1773-7; served with distinction in Seven Years War; wounded at Wetter and Kloster Kampen; MP Gatton 5 Dec 1761-8, Harwich from 1768; described by Horace Walpole as “the King’s confidential tool for the Army” (Journal of the Reign of George III 1771-83, ed. Doran, I, 179); m. ; d. 27 Mar 1778.

ADAIR, SIR ROBERT, only son of Robert Adair, Stratford Place, Marylebone, London, Serjeant-Surgeon to George III and Surgeon-Gen. to the Forces, and Lady Caroline Keppel, sister of George Keppel, 3rd Earl of Albemarle (qv); b. 24 May 1763; adm. 7 Jul 1773; left 1778; Göttingen Univ; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 16 Feb 1780, called to bar 27 Apr 1785; MP Appleby 18 Jun 1799-1802, Camelford 1802-12; Minister Plenipotentiary to Austria 7 May 1806-8 and to Turkey 5 Jul 1808, Ambassador Extraordinary Apr 1809-10; on special mission to Belgium 3 Aug 1831-5, and Prussia 28 Jul 1835-6; Privy Councillor 23 Jul 1828; GCB 3 Aug 1831; a consistent Whig and intimate friend of Charles James Fox; author, Historical Memoir of a Mission to the Court of Vienna in 1806, with a selection of dispatches, 1844, and other works; m. 27 Jul 1805 Gabrielle Angélique, dau. of Charles Joseph, Marquis de L’Escuyer, Seigneur de Hagnicourt, Maréchal de Camp in the French army; d. 3 Oct 1855. DNB.