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NIGHTINGALE, WASHINGTON GASCOIGNE, eldest son of Joseph Gascoigne Nightingale MP, Enfield, Middlesex, and Lady Elizabeth Shirley, eldest dau. of Washington Shirley, 2nd Earl Ferrers; b.; adm. (aged 8) Apr 1736 (Bourne's); left 1741; Cornet, 4th Dragoons 2 Feb 1747; Grand Tour (Italy) 1751; in accordance with the terms of his will the well-known monument to his parents by Roubiliac was erected in St. Michael’s Chapel in Westminster Abbey; d. unm. 23 Jan 1754.

D’ARCY, HYACINTH, fifth son of Hyacinth D’Arcy, Kiltalla, co. Galway, and Catharine, dau. of John D’Arcy, Gorteen, co. Mayo; b.; adm. (aged 17) Mar 1735/6 (Preston's); left 1736; of Cloonbanane, co. Mayo; d. 10 May 1743.

CHAWORTH, WILLIAM, brother of Patricius Chaworth (qv); b.; adm. (aged 9) Feb 1735/6 (Wynniate's); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 27 Mar 1745, matr. 1745; of Annesley, Notts.; quarrelled with his cousin William Byron, 5th Baron Byron (qv), on the subject of game preserving, at a dinner of Nottinghamshire gentlemen held at the Star and Garter Tavern, Pall Mall, 26 Jan 1765, and was mortally wounded by him in a duel, without seconds, in a back room of the tavern; d. unm. 27 Jan 1765.

CHAWORTH, PATRICIUS, son of Patricius Chaworth MP, Annesley, Notts., and Ann, dau. of William Levinz MP, Grove, Notts.; bapt. Grove, Notts. 12 Feb 1724 (IGI); adm. (aged 11) Feb 1735/6 (Wynniate's); d. Jan 1737.

BICKERTON, HENRY, son of Capt. Henry Bickerton, Bridgnorth, Shropshire, and Mary Dowdal, Carrickfergus, Co. Antrim; b.; adm. (aged 12) Feb 1735/6 (Philips'); KS 1739. [note will Henry Bickerton, Lieut. Dragoons, Bridgnorth, Shropshire, proved PCC 17 Feb 1746]

FAILLTEAU, FRANCIS; b.; adm. (aged 12) Feb 1735/6 (as Feuillteau) (Russel's); in school list 1736. [Surname was probably Feuilleteau] [perhaps a son of Francis Fuilleteau (sic), who m. 13 Jun 1714 Elizabeth Streat (IGI)]

BACON, SIR EDMUND, BART., son of Sir Edmund Bacon, Bart., MP, Gillingham, Norfolk, and Susan, dau. of Sir Isaac Rebow, Kt., MP; b. 7 Aug 1725; adm. Feb 1735/6 (Armfeild's); left 1743; succ. his father as 6th baronet 2 Oct 1738; Gonville and Caius Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 21 Oct 1743, matr. 1743; MA 1746; Junior Fellow, Gonville and Caius Coll. from Michaelmas 1746; a Gentleman Usher Daily Waiter to George II from 7 Sep 1747; d. unm. 6 Apr 1750.

ASSHETON, RALPH, elder son of Ralph Assheton, Downham, near Clitheroe, Lancs., and Mary, dau. of Thomas Lister MP, Gisburn Park, Yorks.; b. 25 Jan 1719; adm. Feb 1735/6 (Armfeild's); carved his name on the Coronation Chair in the Abbey; Balliol Coll. Oxford, matr. 11 Aug 1738; of Downham, Lancs.; m. 8 Aug 1752 Rebecca, elder dau. of William Hulls, of Freelands, Kent, and Popes, Herts.; d. 27 Dec 1758.

CODRINGTON, SIR WILLIAM, BART., eldest son of Sir William Codrington, Bart., MP, and Elizabeth, dau. of William Bethell, Swinton and Ellerton, Yorks.; b. 26 Oct 1719; adm. Jan 1735/6 (Hawkins'); left 1737 (sic); University Coll. Oxford, matr. 14 Dec 1736; succ. as 2nd baronet 17 Dec 1738; Grand Tour (in Italy 1742); of Dodington, Gloucs.; Lieut. -Col., South Gloucestershire Militia (occurs as such 1774); [?Gentleman of Privy Chamber to King George II (check)]; MP Beverley 1747-61, Tewkesbury from 1761; m. 22 Feb 1735/6 Anne Acton, Fulham, Middlesex; d. 11 Mar 1792.

PROBY, JOHN, 1ST BARON CARYSFORT (I), eldest son of John Proby MP, Elton, Hunts., and Hon. Jane Leveson-Gower, sister of John Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Gower (qv); b. 25 Nov 1720; adm. Jan 1735/6 (Edwards'); Jesus Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 15 Dec 1737, scholar 1738, matr. 1738; BA 1741/2; MA 1742; adm. Inner Temple 1 Feb 1739/40; MP Stamford 1747-54, Huntingdonshire 1754-68; created Baron Carysfort (I) 23 Jan 1752; Privy Councillor (I) 4 Aug 1758; a Lord of the Admiralty Apr – Jul 1757, Jan 1763 – Aug 1765; KB 23 Mar 1761; Grand Master, Grand Lodge of England (Freemasons) 1752-3; m. 27 Aug 1750 Hon. Elizabeth Allen, elder dau. of John Allen, 2nd Viscount Allen (I); d. at Lille, France 18 Oct 1772. DNB.