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CARY, HON. LUCIUS FERDINAND, MASTER OF FALKLAND, eldest son of Lucius Charles Cary, 7th Viscount Falkland (S), and his first wife Jane, widow of James Fitzgerald Villiers, Viscount Villiers (qv), and dau. of Richard Butler, London, conveyancer; b.; adm. (aged 11) Jul 1747 (Levett's); in school life 1752; Ensign, 2nd Foot Guards, 23 Dec 1752; Capt. -Lieut., 14th Foot, 14 Oct 1755; Capt., 26 Dec 1755; Maj., 74th Foot, 8 Feb 1762; half-pay 1763; Maj., 60th Foot, 4 Apr 1765 - May 1768; half-pay, 1768-79; Brevet Lieut. -Col., 25 May 1772; Lieut. -Col. commandant, 89th Foot, 18 Oct 1779; commanding British Forces in Tobago, West Indies, 1779-80; MP Bridport from 1774; m. at Gibraltar 28 Nov 1757 Anne, dau. of Col. Alexander Leith; d. in Tobago, 20 Aug 1780.

HAY, THOMAS, eldest son of William Hay MP, Glyndebourne, Sussex, and Elizabeth, second d. of Thomas Pelham MP, Catsfield Place, Sussex; b. 3 Jul 1734; adm. Jun 1747 (Morel's); left 1751; Cornet, 9th Dragoons 19 Jun 1751; Lieut., 7th Dragoons 25 Dec 1755; Capt., 14 Mar 1757; Maj., 14 Oct 1761; Lieut. -Col., 14 Jun 1765; Brevet Col., 21 May 1762; unattached list 27 Feb 1771; Deputy Adjutant-Gen. in Germany; MP Lewes 1768-80; d. 9 Feb 1786.

CAVENDISH-BENTINCK, WILLIAM HENRY, 3RD DUKE OF PORTLAND, elder son of William Bentinck, 2nd Duke of Portland, and Lady Margaret Cavendish Harley, only dau. of Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford (qv); b. 14 Apr 1738; styled Marquis of Titchfield to 1762; adm. May 1747 (Watts'); left Dec 1754; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 4 Mar 1755; MA 1 Feb 1757; DCL 7 Oct 1792; LLD Tinity Coll. Dublin 18 May 1782; assumed additional surname of Cavendish 1755; MP Weobley 1761 - 1 May 1762; succ. father as 3rd Duke of Portland 1 May 1762; Lord Chamberlain 15 Jul 1765 - 26 Nov 1766; Privy Councillor 10 Jul 1765; Lord Lieut., Ireland, 10 Apr - 15 Sep 1782; Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury 21 Apr - 19 Dec 1783; although previously a committed Whig politician, he became alarmed by the French Revolution and joined William Pitt’s government in 1794; Secretary of State for Home Affairs, 11 Jul 1794 - 30 Jul 1801, Lord President of the Council 30 Jul 1801 - 14 Jan 1805; KG 16 Jul 1801; Prime Ministry and First Lord of the Treasury 31 Mar 1807 - 28 Sep 1809, when he resigned through ill-health; Chancellor of Oxford University from 27 Sep 1792; Lord Lieut., Nottinghamshire, from 19 Jun 1795; FRS 5 Jun 1766; a Busby Trustee from 14 Mar 1765; m. 8 Nov 1766 Lady Dorothy Cavendish, only dau. of William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire PC KG; d. 30 Oct 1809. DNB.

CHILD, ROBERT, brother of Francis Child (qv); b.; adm. (aged 8) Feb 1746/7 (Stephens'); in school list 1754; Magdalen Coll. Oxford, matr. 9 Feb 1758, aged 18; member firm Child & Co., bankers, from 1760; MP Wells from 15 Jan 1766; of Osterley Park, Middlesex; FSA 18 Nov 1778; m. 6 Oct 1763 Sarah, dau. of Paul Jodrell, Wraysbury, Middlesex; d. 28 Jul 1782.

BROWN, PETER; b.; adm. (aged 16) Feb 1746/7 (Gibson's); left 1748. [Probably Peter Browne-Kelly, 2nd Earl of Altamont (I), son of John Browne, 1st Earl of Altamont (I), and Anne, eldest surviving dau. of Sir Arthur Gore, Bart.; b.; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 26 Oct 1748, aged 17; assumed surname of Kelly on his marriage; MP (I) Co. Mayo [check]; succ. father as 2nd Earl of Altamont (I) 4 Jul 1776; m. 16 Apr 1752 Elizabeth, only dau. of Denis Kelly, Lisduffe, co. Galway, Ireland, Chief Justice of Jamaica; d. 28 Dec 1780] [Whitmore also thinks so]

COMPTON, SPENCER, 8TH EARL OF NORTHAMPTON, brother of Charles Compton, 7th Earl of Northampton (qv); b. 5 Aug 1738; adm. May 1746 (Butler's); in school list 1754; Ensign, 2nd Foot Guards, 21 Jan 1756; Capt., 31st (afterwards 70th) Foot, 2 Sep 1757; 50th Foot, 4 Sep 1760, sold out 1761; Groom of the Bedchamber 25 Nov 1760 - 18 Oct 1763; MP Northampton 1761 - 18 Oct 1763; succ. brother as 8th Earl of Northampton 18 Oct 1763; Lord Lieut., Northamptonshire, from 6 Jul 1771; went to live in Switzerland in 1770s; m. 1st, 1758 Jane, dau. of Henry Lawton, Northampton; m. 2nd, 16 May 1769 Anne Hougham; d. at Bern, Switzerland, 7 Apr 1796.

HARCOURT, GEORGE SIMON, 2ND EARL HARCOURT, elder son of Simon Harcourt, 1st Earl Harcourt (qv); b. 1 Aug 1736; adm. May 1746 (Ludford's); left 1748; styled Viscount Nuneham 1749-77; Grand Tour (Germany, Italy) 1754-6; MP St. Albans 1761-8; Page of Honour to George III at his coronation 22 Sep 1761; succ. father as 2nd Earl Harcourt 16 Sep 1777; DCL Oxford Univ. 31 Aug 1786; Master of the Horse to Queen Charlotte from 9 Mar 1790; FSA 27 Feb 1766; DL Oxfordshire 1762; m. 26 Sep 1765 his first cousin Hon. Elizabeth Venables-Vernon, Lady of Bedchamber to Queen Charlotte, sister of George Venables-Vernon, 2nd Baron Vernon (qv); d. 20 Apr 1809.

GORGES-MEREDYTH, SIR RICHARD, BART., only son of Hamilton Gorges (qv); b. 7 May 1735; adm. Jan 1745/6 (Watts'); left 1748; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 11 Jul 1752; MA 1756; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 12 Nov 1756; MP (I) Enniskillen 1768-76, Naas 1787-90; assumed additional surname of Meredyth 15 Apr 1775; created baronet 5 Sep 1787; m. 2 Mar 1775 Mary, dau. of Arthur Francis Meredyth, Dollardstown, co. Meath; d. Sep 1821.

PRICE, CHASE, fourth son of John Price, Knighton, Radnorshire, and his second wife Elizabeth, dau. of William Chase; b.; adm. (aged 13) May 1745 (Watts'); left 1749; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 24 May 1749; adm. Inner Temple 15 Oct 1751, called to bar 10 Feb 1757; MP Leominster 1 Dec 1759 – Mar 1767, Radnorshire from 1768; m. 21 Mar 1766 Sarah, sister of William Evelyn (adm. 1743/4, qv); d. 28 Jun 1777.

WRAY, SIR CECIL, BART., eldest son of Sir John Wray, Bart., and Frances, dau. of Fairfax Norcliffe, Langton, Yorks.; b. 3 Sep 1734; adm. Apr 1745 (Smalwell's); left 1749; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 1749, matr. 1749; succ. as 13th baronet 26 Jan 1752; Cornet, 1st Dragoons 26 Dec 1755 – 20 Dec 1757; of Fillingham, Lincs.; MP East Retford 1768-80, Westminster 12 Jun 1782-4; a strenuous opponent of the American War; denounced the Fox-North coalition, and opposed Fox’s East India Bill; unsuccessfully contested Westminster against Hood and Fox at the general election of 1784; satirised in The Rolliad and caricatured by Rowlandson and Gillray; m. Esther, dau. of James Summers, Fillingham, Lincs.; d. 10 Jan 1805. DNB.