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MONCKTON-ARUNDELL, WILLIAM, 2ND VISCOUNT GALWAY (I), eldest son of John Monckton, 1st Viscount Galway (I) MP, and his first wife Lady Elizabeth Manners, dau. of John Manners, 2nd Duke of Rutland KG; nephew of Robert Monckton (Min. Can. 1714, qv); b.; adm. (aged 12) Sep 1737; MP Pontefract 1747 – Dec 1748, Thirsk 1 Apr 1749-54, Pontefract from 1754; MA Cambridge 1749; Receiver-Gen. of Crown Rents, Yorkshire and co. Durham, Dec 1748; succ. father as 2nd Viscount Galway (I) 15 Jul 1751; Master of the Royal Staghounds 2 Aug 1765 – Jul 1770; assumed additional surname and arms of Arundell 22 Dec 1769; m. 12 Aug 1747 Elizabeth, dau. of Joseph Da Costa Villa Real; d. 18 Nov 1772.

MONTAGU, WILLIAM; b.; at school 30 May 1666 (Busby’s Account Book). [Perhaps William Montagu, eldest son of Hon. William Montagu MP, Chief Baron of the Exchequer, and his second wife Mary, dau. of Sir John Aubrey, Bart., Llantrithyd, Glamorgan; b. 13 Oct 1652; adm. Middle Temple 1666 [check]; of Woodcote, Epsom, Surrey, and Baynards, Ewhurst, Surrey; MP Midhurst Mar 1681 (unseated for bribery), Stockbridge 26 Sep – 15 Nov 1689 and from 1690; imprisoned for debt for failure to pay huge sum in damages for eloping with the wife of John Lewknor MP; d. in prison 2 Apr 1691].

MURRAY-PULTENEY, SIR JAMES, BART., only son of Sir Robert Murray, Bart., Receiver-Gen. of Customs (S), and his first wife Hon. Janet Murray, fourth dau. of Alexander Murray, 4th Baron Elibank (S); b. c. 1755; at school under Markham [although no source cited by Russell Barker & Stenning]; entered army as Lieut., 105th Foot 25 Dec 1762; half-pay 1763; 19th Foot 2 Mar 1770; Capt., 57th Foot 30 Apr 1771; Maj., 4th Foot 31 Jan 1778; Brevet Lieut. -Col., 6 Feb 1780; Lieut. -Col., 94th Foot 2 Mar 1780; half-pay 1783; Col. and ADC to George III 18 Nov 1789; Major-Gen., 20 Dec 1793; Col., 18th Foot, from 26 Feb 1794; Lieut. -Gen., 26 Jun 1799; Gen., 25 Apr 1808; succ. father as 7th baronet 21 Sep 1771; served in America 1775-7, West Indies 1778-80; Adjutant-Gen. to Duke of York in Flanders 1793-4; accompanied Abercromby to Netherlands 1799, wounded; commanded unsuccessful expedition against Ferrol Aug 1800; second in command to Abercromby in demonstration against Cadiz Oct 1800; MP Weymouth and Melcombe Regis from 1790; assumed additional surname of Pulteney 22 Jul 1794, on eve of marriage; Secretary at War 30 Mar 1807 – Jun 1809; Privy Councillor 30 Mar 1807; m. 23 Jul 1794 Henrietta Laura, Countess of Bath, only dau. of Sir William Johnstone (afterwards Pulteney), Bart., MP; d. 26 Apr 1811, from effects of the busting of his powder flask when shooting. DNB.

NEDHAM, WILLIAM, son of William Dandy Nedham (qv), and his second wife; b. 18 Mar 1770; adm. 12 Jan 1778; in school lists 1781; Ensign, 37th Foot 27 May 1786, retd. 26 Aug 1786; Lieut., 17th Foot 10 Sep 1788; Capt., 15 Jul 1794; Capt., 9th Light Dragoons 1 Jan 1798; Maj., 14 Jul 1800; Lieut. -Col., 12th bn. Reserve 28 Aug 1804; Brevet Col., 4 Jun 1813; half-pay 24 Sep 1817; Major-Gen., 12 Aug 1819; Col., 4th Royal Veteran Bn., 1 Nov 1819; retd. 1842; MP (I) Athenry 1798-1800; m. 1st, 4 Oct 1792 (IGI) Lucinda, widow of Capt. William Campbell Skinner (IGI), Royal Engineers, and dau. of George Strode, Wookey, Somerset; m. 2nd, 13 Aug 1810 Marianne, second dau. of Rev. Aaron Abraham Baker DCL, Rector of Marksbury, Somerset; d. 13 Feb 1844.

NOEL, W.; b.; in school list May 1803; left 1803. [Perhaps Hon. William Middleton Noel, an elder brother of Hon. Leland Noel (qv), b. 2 May 1789; MP Rutland 1838-40; Col., Rutland Militia 1839; m. 20 May 1817 Anne, dau. of Joseph Yates, Clanna Falls, Gloucs.; d. 20 Jan 1859]

OSBORN, SIR DANVERS, BART., fourth son of John Osborn, and Hon. Sarah Byng, only surviving dau. of George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington; nephew of Thomas Osborn (qv); b. 17 Nov 1715; succ. grandfather as 3rd baronet 28 Apr 1720; adm. Jan 1722/3; in under school list 1728; Trinity Hall, Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 30 Mar 1732, matr. 1732; raised a troop against the Young Pretender 1745; MP Bedfordshire 1747-53; Capt., Independent Co. Foot 25 Jul 1753; appointed Governor of New York summer 1753; sailed from Portsmouth 22 Aug 1753; arrived in New York 6 Oct 1753; m. 25 Sep 1740 Lady Mary Montagu, third dau. of George Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax; committed suicide at New York 12 Oct 1753.

PAGET, HON. WILLIAM, brother of Henry William Paget, 1st Marquis of Anglesey (qv); b. 22 Dec 1769; adm. 23 Jun 1779; in school lists 1781; Midshipman, Royal Navy 1783; Lieut.; Cdr., 19 Nov 1790; Post Capt., 7 Feb 1793; commanding HMS Romney 1793-4; captured French frigate La Sibylle at Miconi Bay 17 Jun 1794; MP Anglesey from 1790; d. at sea 15 Sep 1794.

PAGET, LORD WILLIAM, second son of Henry William Paget, 1st Marquis of Anglesey (qv), and his first wife; b. 1 Mar 1803; adm. 24 Sep 1813; left Christmas 1816; 1st class Volunteer, Royal Navy 1 Apr 1817; Lieut., 18 Apr 1823; Cdr., 20 Apr 1825; Capt., 18 Oct 1826; retd. 1833; served with British Legion in Spain as Lieut. -Col., 7th Light Infantry 1 Nov 1835; Brevet Col., 20 Feb 1836; Lieut. -Col., 2nd Lancers May 1836; MP Carnarvon 1826-30, (Whig) Andover 1841-7; m. 22 Jan 1827 Frances, only dau. of Lieut. -Gen. Francis, Baron de Rottenburgh KCH; d. at Boulogne 17 May 1873.

PAKENHAM, EDWARD MICHAEL, 2ND BARON LONGFORD (I), eldest son of Thomas Pakenham, 1st Baron Longford (I), and Elizabeth, Countess of Longford (I), dau. of Michael Cuffe MP (I), Ballinrobe, co. Mayo; b. 1 Apr 1743; at school under Markham (Steward, Anniversary Dinner 1780); “substance” to Jeremy Bentham; entered Royal Navy; Lieut., 12 Aug 1761; Cdr., 29 May 1765; Post Capt., 31 May 1766; MP (I) Co. Longford 1765 – 20 Apr 1766; succ. father as 2nd Baron Longford (I) 20 Apr 1766; Privy Councillor (I) 27 May 1777; m. 25 Jun 1768 Catherine, second dau. of Right Hon. Hercules Langford Rowley PC (I) MP (I), Summer Hill, Meath; d. 3 Jun 1792.

PEMBERTON, CHRISTOPHER ROBERT, second son of Christopher Robert Pemberton MD FRCP FRS, Newton, Cambs., Physician Extraordinary to George IV, and his second wife Eleanor, only dau. of James Hamilton, Woodbrook, co. Tyrone; b. 28 Jan 1801; adm. Mich. 1813; KS 1814; Capt. of the School 1818; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1819, matr. 21 May 1819, Westminster Student (still 1829); BA 1824; MA 1826; Junior Clerk, Treasury Jan 1821 – Aug 1826, Assistant Clerk of Revenue Aug 1826 – Oct 1834, Assistant Clerk Oct 1834 - Mar 1850; Private Secretary to Secretary of Treasury Aug 1824 – Sep 1827, Feb 1828 – Nov 1830, and to Right Hon. Henry Goulburn MP when Chancellor of the Exchequer Sep 1841- Jul 1846; DL JP Cambridgeshire, High Sheriff 1859; m. 13 Jun 1829 Henrietta, eldest dau. of Nathaniel William Peach, Ketteringham Hall, Norfolk; d. 26 Jun 1884.