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A BECKETT, THOMAS TURNER, brother of Sir William à Beckett (qv); b. 13 Sep 1808; adm. 10 Jul 1818 (Packharness'); articled to his father 1824-9; adm. solicitor 1829, practising in Golden Square, London 1829-50; emigrated to Australia 1850; practised as a solicitor in Melbourne from Jan 1851; Registrar, Diocese of Melbourne 1854-87; nominated member, legislative council, Victoria 14 Jul 1852-6; elected member for Central Province 1858-78; Minister without Portfolio, Victoria Nov 1860- Nov 1861; member, Executive Council, sworn 7 Jan 1861; Commissioner for Trade and Customs, Victoria Apr 1870- Jan 1871; author, Remarks on the present state of the law of debtor and creditor, 1844, and other works; m. Eliza Stuckey; d. at Brighton, near Melbourne, Australia 1 Jul 1892.

A BECKETT, SIR WILLIAM, eldest son of William à Beckett, Golden Square, London, attorney, and Sarah Abbott, St. George’s, Hanover Square [dau. of William Abbott, witness at her wedding ?]; b. 2 Jul 1806; adm. 22 Jan 1816 (Packharness'); adm. Lincoln’s Inn 15 Nov 1822, called to bar 30 Jun 1829; emigrated to New South Wales 1837; acting Solicitor-General, New South Wales Mar 1841, confirmed Mar 1843; acting Judge of Supreme Court, New South Wales Jul 1844-5; Judge of Supreme Court for district of Port Phillip (Melbourne) Feb 1846 - Jan 1852; Chief Justice of Victoria 24 Jan 1852; knighted by patent 19 Nov 1852; retd. 1857; returned to England 1863; helped to found the Melbourne Punch; wrote a great number of the biographies in The Georgian Era, 1832-4; author, Outer Harness, 1854, and other works; m. 1st, 1 Oct 1832 Emily, dau. of Edward Hayley, London; m. 2nd, at Port Philip, Australia, 30 Oct 1849 Matilda, sister of his deceased wife; d. 27 Jun 1869. DNB.

ABBOT, HON. PHILIP HENRY, second son of Charles Abbot, 1st Baron Colchester (qv); b. 10 Jun 1802; adm 5 Feb 1817 (Packharness'); left 12 Jul 1817; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 22 Dec 1818, Canoneer Student [check], Faculty Student 1827-9; Vinerian Scholar 17 Feb 1821, Fellow 1828; 1st cl. Classics and 1st cl. Mathematics 1822; BA 1822; MA 1825; BCL 1828; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 5 Jun 1822, called to bar 2 May 1826; Recorder of Monmouth; m. 31 Dec 1829 Frances Cecil, third dau. of Very Rev. Charles Talbot DD, Dean of Salisbury; d. 8 Jan 1835.

AMHERST, HON. FREDERICK CAMPBELL, son of William Pitt Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst (qv), and his first wife; b. 10 Mar 1807; adm. 1 Apr 1818 (Packharness'); left Whitsun 1824; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 28 May 1824; 1st cl. Classics 1827; BA 1828; d. unm. 12 Oct 1829.

AMHERST, WILLIAM PITT, 2ND EARL AMHERST, son of William Pitt Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst (qv) and his first wife; b. 3 Sep 1805; adm. 1 Apr 1818 (Packharness'); KS 1820; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1824, matr. 28 May 1824, Westminster Student; BA 1828; styled Viscount Holmesdale 1826-57; MP East Grinstead Feb 1829-32; succ. his father as 2nd Earl Amherst 13 Mar 1857; Busby Trustee 18 May 1869; DL JP Kent; m. 12 Jul 1834 Gertrude, sixth dau. of Hon. and Right Rev. Hugh Percy DD, Bishop of Carlisle; d. 26 Mar 1886.

ARBUTHNOT, GEORGE, son of Lieut. -Gen. Sir Robert Arbuthnot KCB, and his first wife Susan, only child of Col. William Vesey, Farmhill, Co. Mayo; b. 20 Nov 1802; adm. 16 Sep 1816 (Packharness'); left 1820; Junior Clerk, Treasury 18 Jul 1820 -32; Assistant Clerk 12 Oct 1832-50; Senior Clerk 22 Mar - 12 Nov 1850; Private Secretary to successive Parliamentary Secretaries to Treasury Mar 1823 - Feb 1838, to Assistant Secretary of Treasury Feb 1838 - Feb 1843, to Sir Robert Peel as Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury Feb 1843 - Jul 1846, and to Sir Charles Wood as Chancellor of the Exchequer Jul 1846 - Feb 1850; Auditor of the Civil List from 12 Nov 1850; Secretary to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners; m. 1st, 29 Apr 1829 Augusta Amelia Adolphina, youngest dau. of Christopher Papendiek, Kew, Surrey; m. 2nd, 28 Sep 1857 Louisa Anne, second dau. of Lieut. -Gen. Sir Richard Jones KCB; d. 28 Jul 1865. DNB.

ARBUTHNOT, HENRY, second son of Charles Arbuthnot (adm. 1780, qv), and his first wife; b. 18 Oct 1803; adm. 10 Jan 1815 (Packharness'); left 1820; Oriel Coll. Oxford, matr. 13 Dec 1821; Cornet, Royal Horse Guards 22 Jun 1820, retd. 14 Oct 1824; a Commissioner for Auditing the Public Accounts 7 Dec 1826 – May 1865; m. 30 Apr 1830 Lady Charlotte Rachel Scott, dau. of Thomas Scott, 2nd Earl of Clonmell (I); d. 24 Jun 1875.

BAILEY, JOHN HOPKINS, son of John Bailey, Harwich, Essex; b. 1 Oct 1806; adm. 5 Feb 1819 (Packharness'); KS 1821; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1825, adm. pens. 3 Jun 1825, scholar 1826, matr. Mich. 1825; BA 1829; MA 1834; ordained deacon (London) 14 Jun 1835, priest 18 Dec 1836; Perpetual Curate of Billericay, Essex, 1844-59; Vicar of White Notley, Essex, from 1859; d. 13 Nov 1871.

BAYNTUN, SAMUEL ADLAM, eldest son of Rev. Henry Bayntun, Rector of Bromham, Wilts., and Lucy ---; b. 15 Mar 1804; adm. 18 Sep 1817 (Packharness'); left Christmas 1817; Pembroke Coll. Oxford, matr. 15 Jan 1821; BA 1824; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 5 Nov 1825; Cornet, 1st Dragoon Guards, 20 Jul 1826; Cornet and Sub-Lieut., 1st Life Guards, 27 Jul 1828; Lieut., unattached, 7 Jun 1831; 1st Life Guards, 5 Jul 1831; retd. 23 Mar 1832; MP York from 1830; d. 28 Sep 1833.

BAYNTUN, WILLIAM HENRY, brother of Samuel Adlam Bayntun (qv) (IGI); b. 13 Feb 1805; adm. 18 Sep 1817 (Packharness'); left Christmas 1817; d. 12 Aug 1849. [Doubtless Ensign, 89th Foot 15 May 1827, Lieut. 4 Dec 1832]