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RANDOLPH, JOHN, eldest son of John Honywood Randolph (qv); b. 15 May 1821; adm. 10 Apr 1833 (Stelfox's); KS 1835; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1839, adm. pens. 24 May 1839, but went to Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 13 Jun 1839; played cricket for Oxford v. Cambridge 1843; BA 1843; MA 1847; ordained deacon 1845, priest 1846 (both Chichester); Curate, Bradwell, Bucks., 1850-66; Rector of Sanderstead, Surrey, from 1866; played cricket for Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire and MCC, and Auditor, MCC 1875-81; m. 29 Apr 1851 Harriet, youngest dau. of John Thomas Bell, Gloucester Place, Hyde Park, London; d. 11 Jul 1881.

JAMES, WALTER CHARLES, 1ST BARON NORTHBOURNE, only son of John James, HBM Minister Plenipotentiary to the Netherlands, and Lady Emily Jane Stewart, dau. of Robert Stewart, 1st Marquis of Londonderry; b. 3 Jun 1816; adm. 24 May 1826 (recorded as Packharness', likely Stelfox's); succ. grandfather as 2nd baronet 8 Oct 1829; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 23 May 1833; BA 1836; MA 1840; MP (Cons) Kingston upon Hull 1837-47; DL JP Kent, High Sheriff 1855; created Baron Northbourne 5 Nov 1884; took Liberal whip in House of Lords; Trustee, National Gallery; a personal friend and political follower of Gladstone; m. 17 Apr 1841 Sarah Catherine, youngest dau. of Cuthbert Ellison MP, Hebburn Hall, Durham; d. 4 Feb 1893.

PETTY-FITZMAURICE, HENRY, 4TH MARQUIS OF LANSDOWNE, younger son of Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquis of Lansdowne (qv); b. 5 Jan 1816; adm. 30 Jun 1826 (recorded as Packharness', likely Stelfox's); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 16 Dec 1833, fellow commoner 29 Jan 1834, matr. Mich. 1834; styled Earl of Shelburne 1836-63; MP (Whig) Calne 1837 – 14 Jul 1856; a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury 24 Dec 1847 – Aug 1848; Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs 5 Jul 1856 – 26 Feb 1858; called up to House of Lords in father’s barony as Baron Wycombe 14 Jul 1856; Chairman, Great Western Railway 1859-63; succ. father as 4th Marquis of Lansdowne 31 Jan 1863; KG 10 Oct 1864; DL Wiltshire 1840; m. 1st, 18 Aug 1840 Lady Georgiana Herbert, fifth dau. of George Herbert, 11th Earl of Pembroke; m. 2nd, 1 Nov 1843 Hon. Emily Jane Mercer Elphinstone de Flahault (Baroness Nairne), eldest dau. of Auguste Charles Joseph Flahaut de la Billarderie, Comte de Flahault, French Ambassador in Vienna and London; d. 5 Jul 1866. DNB.