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, 1736-1809
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, Richard, 1735-1821
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.
MOSTYN, SIR ROGER, BART., elder son of Sir Thomas Mostyn, Bart. (adm. 1716, qv); b. 13 Nov 1734; adm. Apr 1745 (Hawkins'); left 1751; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 19 Jun 1751; succ. father as 5th baronet 24 Mar 1758; Grand Tour (Italy) 1763; MP Flintshire from 26 Apr 1758; Lord Lieut., Flintshire, from 1761; Col., Flintshire Militia (occurs 1774); m. 19 May 1766 Margaret, dau. of Rev. Hugh Wynne LLD, Prebendary of Salisbury; d. 26 Jul 1796.
Richards, Fitzherbert, ca. 1730-1811
RICHARDS, FITZHERBERT, third son of Rev. Richard [MT admissions give Richard, TCD admissions give Robert] Richards, Dublin; b. Carrickmacross (TCD admissions); adm. (aged 15) Jan 1744/5 (Ludford's); left 1746; Trinity Coll. Dublin, matr. 9 Jul 1746, aged 17 (described as pupil of “Mr. Folds”); adm. Middle Temple 16 Nov 1748; MP (I) Lisburn 1776 – still 1784; a Commissioner of Barracks (I) (occurs 1781); non-resident owner of a plantation in Jamaica (Hickey, Memoirs, ii, 55-60). [will of Fitzherbert Richards, Marlborough Buildings, Bath, proved PCC 9 Aug 1811] [TCD admissions also give Robert Richards, son of Rev. Richard Richards, b. co. Monaghan, TCD adm. 11 Apr 1743, aged 15, ed. by “Mr. Folds”, so it seems likely that Fitzherbert Richards’s father’s Christian name was Richard, not Robert]
SHELLEY, SIR JOHN, BART., only son of Sir John Shelley, Bart. MP, and his second wife Hon. Margaret Pelham, sister of Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle (qv); b.; adm. Jan 1744/5 (Morel's); left 1748; Peterhouse, Cambridge, adm. pens. 17 Sep 1748, matr. 1748; MP East Retford 24 Dec 1751-68, Newark 1768-74, New Shoreham 1774-80; Keeper of the Records, Tower of London, from 1755; Clerk of the Pipe, Exchequer, from 19 Jan 1758; Treasurer of the Household 20 Nov 1766 – Jun 1777; Privy Councillor 3 Dec 1766; succ. father as 5th baronet 6 Sep 1771; m. 1st, 27 Aug 1769 Wilhelmina, dau. of John Newnham, Maresfield Park, Sussex; m. 2nd, 14 Feb 1775 Elizabeth, dau. of Edward Woodcock, Lincoln’s Inn; d. 16 Sep 1783, aged 52.