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WODEHOUSE, JOHN, 1st BARON WODEHOUSE, son of Sir Armine Wodehouse, Bart., MP, and Letitia, eldest dau. of Sir Edmund Bacon, Bart., MP; b. 4 Apr 1741; adm. Oct 1748 (Watts'); Min. Can. 1754; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 6 Feb 1758; Grand Tour (Italy) 1763-4; Col. East Norfolk Militia 7 Jun 1774, witth rank of Col. in Army 2 Jul 1779; succ. as 6th baronet 2 May 1777; . of Kimberley, Norfolk; MP Norfolk 1784 – 26 Oct 1797; created Baron Wodehouse 26 Oct 1797; m. 30 Mar 1769 Sophia, only dau. of Hon. Charles Berkeley, Bruton Abbey, Somerset; d. 29 May 1834.

WALCOT, CHARLES, son of John Walcot MP, Walcot, Shropshire, and Mary, dau. of Sir Francis Dashwood, Bart., MP; bapt. 22 Mar 1738; adm. (aged 9) Oct 1748 (Grant's); in school list 1754; Magdalen Coll. Oxford, matr. 6 Mar 1756; MP Weymouth 30 Apr 1763-8; Clerk to Accountant-General, Post Office (occurs 1774-83); Controller of Penny Post, Post Office; of Bitterley Court, Shropshire; High Sheriff, Shropshire 1782; m. 17 Jul 1764 his cousin Anne, sister of Richard Levett (adm. 1740, qv); buried Bitterley, Shropshire 27 Sep 1799.

MACKWORTH, SIR HERBERT, BART., son of Herbert Evans Mackworth (at school under Knipe, qv); b. 1 Jan 1736/7; adm. Oct 1748 (Watts'); in school list 1752; Magdalen Coll. Oxford, matr. 15 Dec 1753; BA 1757; MA 1760; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 18 Mar 1754, called to bar 27 Jun 1759; MP Cardiff 2 Jan 1766-90; created baronet 16 Sep 1776; Col. Glamorgan Militia 31 Jul 1780, with rank of Col. in Army 19 Aug 1780; FSA 10 Nov 1774; FRS 9 Jan 1777; m. 13 May 1761 Eliza, dau. of Robert Trefusis (qv); d. 25 Oct 1791.

LAWLEY, SIR ROBERT, BART., only son of Sir Robert Lawley, Bart., and Elizabeth, eldest dau. of Sir Lambert Blackwell, Bart., MP; bap 22 Mar 1735/6; adm. Sep 1748 (Watts'); in school list 1752; Emmanuel Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 5 Apr 1753; succ. father as 5th baronet 28 Nov 1779; MP Warwickshire from 1780; of Canwell Priory, Staffs.; m. 11 Aug 1764 Jane, only dau. of Beilby Thompson, Escrick, Yorks.; d. 1 Mar 1793.

CHICHESTER, ARTHUR, 1ST MARQUIS OF DONEGAL (I), eldest son of Hon. John Chichester MP (I), Abinger, Surrey, and Elizabeth, sister of Sir Edward Newdigate, Bart. (qv); b. 13 Jun 1739; adm. Jun 1748 (Grant's); in school list 1754; succ. uncle as 5th Earl of Donegal (I) 30 Sep 1757; Trinity Coll. Oxford, matr. 25 Nov 1757; MA 1759; DCL 7 Jul 1763; Privy Councillor (I) 15 Sep 1768; of Fisherwick Park, Staffs.; MP Malmesbury 1768-74; created Baron Fisherwick (GB) 3 Jul 1790 and Marquis of Donegal (I) 27 Jun 1791; m. 1st, 16 Nov 1761 Lady Anne Hamilton, dau. of James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Hamilton (S) KT; m. 2nd, 25 Oct 1788 Charlotte, widow of Thomas Moore, Barne, co. Tipperary, and dau. of Conway Spencer, Tremary, co. Down; m. 3rd, 12 Oct 1790 Barbara, dau. of Rev. Luke Godfrey LLD, Rector of Midleton, co. Cork; d. 5 Jan 1799.

DAVENPORT, SIR THOMAS, brother of Davies Davenport (qv); b. 14 Jan 1733/4; adm. Apr 1748 (Watts'); left 1750; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 14 Jan 1750/1; adm. Inner Temple year 1752/3, called to bar 5 Jul 1764; MP Newton (Lancashire) from 1780; Solicitor-General to Queen Charlotte 1781-2; Serjeant-at-law 25 Jun 1783; knighted 27 Jun 1783; m. c. Sep 1770 Jane, dau. of Robert Seel, Liverpool, merchant; d. at York while on circuit 25 Mar 1786.

BECKFORD, PETER, only son of Julines Beckford (qv); b.; adm. (aged 8) Jan 1747/8 (Butler's); in school list 1752; New Coll. Oxford, matr. 12 Apr 1757; of Iwerne Stepleton, Dorset; travelling in Italy 1765-6; High Sheriff, Dorset 1780; MP Morpeth 1768-74; a man of many accomplishments, and a famous sportsman; hunted the country subsequently known as the South Dorset; went to live permanently in Italy 1783; author, Thoughts upon Hare and Fox Hunting, 1781, Essays on Hunting, 1781, and Familiar Letters from Italy to a Friend in England, 1805; m. 22 Mar 1773 Hon. Louisa Pitt, dau. of George Pitt, 1st Baron Rivers; d. 18 Feb 1811. DNB.

GIBBON, EDWARD, only son of Edward Gibbon (qv), and his first wife; b. 27 Apr 1737; adm. Jan 1747/8 (Porten's); left Aug 1750, on account of ill-health; Magdalen Coll. Oxford, adm. fellow commoner 3 Apr 1752; received into Roman Catholic church 8 Jun 1752, but returned to Protestantism at Lausanne, Switzerland, in 1753; became attached to Susanne Curchod (afterwards Mme Necker), but at his father’s wish the engagement was broken off; adm. to Academy, Lausanne 1 Dec 1756; officer in Hampshire Militia 12 Jun 1759-70; author, Essai sur l’Etude de la Litterature, 1761; met John Baker Holroyd (afterwards Lord Sheffield) at Lausanne 1764; in Italy 1764-5; the idea of writing on the decline and fall of the Roman Empire first occurred to him when in Rome on 15 Oct 1764; author, Mémoires Littéraires de la Grande Bretagne, 1767-8, jointly with his Swiss friend Deyverdun; author, Critical Observations on the Sixth Book of the Aeneid, 1770, attacking Warburton; settled in London 1772; elected to The Club 1774; MP Liskeard 1774-80, Lymington 25 Jun 1781-4; a Commissioner for Trade and Foreign Plantations 6 Jul 1779 - Jun 1782; Professor of Ancient History, Royal Academy, from 1787; FSA 20 Nov 1788, FRS 27 Nov 1788; author, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 1776-87, 4 vols.; defended the chapters on Christianity in a Vindication, 1779; retired to Lausanne 1783; his Miscellaneous Works, edited by his friend Lord Sheffield, and including his Memoirs of My Life and Writings, were published in 1796; d. unm. 16 Jan 1794. DNB.

SOUTHWELL, EDWARD, 20TH BARON DE CLIFFORD, only son of Edward Southwell (qv); b. 6 Jun 1738; adm. Jan 1747/8 (Lloyd's); in school list 1751; Pembroke Coll. Cambridge, adm. 23 Oct 1754, matr. Mich. 1755; Grand Tour (Italy) 1759-60; MP Bridgewater 1761 – Nov 1763 Gloucestershire 23 Nov 1763 – Apr 1776; took seat House of Lords as 20th Baron de Clifford 24 Apr 1776, abeyance of Barony of De Clifford having been terminated in his favour; of Kings Weston, Gloucs.; m. 29 Aug 1765 Sophia (afterwards Governess to Princess Charlotte of Wales), third dau. of Samuel Campbell, Mount Campbell, co. Leitrim, Ireland; d. at Avignon, France 1 Nov 1777 (M. I. Henbury, Gloucs. ).

TOWNSHEND, RICHARD, eldest son of Richard Townshend, Castle Townshend, co. Cork, and his second wife Elizabeth, only dau. of Henry Becher, Creagh [check county]; b.; adm. (aged 16) Nov 1747 (Hart's); left 1749; High Sheriff, co. Cork 1753; MP (I) Co. Cork from 1759; a Commissioner of Excise (I) from 22 Jan 1773, and of Revenue (I) from 25 Dec 1773; m. 1752 Elizabeth, only dau. of John Fitzgerald, 15th Knight of Kerry; d. 23 Dec 1783.