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HUNT, SIR FREDERICK SEAGER, BART., eldest son of James Edward Hunt, Clapham Common, Surrey, railway contractor, and Eliza, sister of Thomas Whittaker Seager (qv); b. 27 Apr 1838; adm. 22 Sep 1848 (G); left 1853; went out to India, where he remained until 1859; succeeded to business of Seager Evans & Co, distillers, Millbank, on death of grandfather; chairman, Earle’s Shipbuilding Co.; contested (Cons) Marylebone 1880; MP (Cons) Marylebone West 1885-95, Maidstone 1895-8; created baronet 13 Oct 1892; DL co. London; m. 29 Oct 1867 his cousin Alice Harriet, dau. of Alfred Hunt, Hannover, Germany; d. 21 Jan 1904.

OSBORN, SIR JOHN, BART., only son of Sir George Osborn, Bart. (qv), and his first wife; b. 3 Dec 1772; adm. 2 May 1781 (G); in school list 1786; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 22 Apr 1790; BA 1793; MA 1814; DCL 1834; MP Bedfordshire 15 Sep 1794-1807, Cockermouth 12 Jul 1807 – Jun 1808, Queenborough 1812-8, Wigtown Burghs 21 Mar 1821 – Jan 1824; a Lord of the Admiralty 1811 – Feb 1824; succ. father as 5th baronet 29 Jun 1818; a Commissioner for Auditing the Public Accounts from 26 Jan 1824; Col., Bedfordshire Militia 12 Jan 1805 (still 1820); m. 14 Sep 1809 Frederica Louisa, illegitimate dau. of Sir Charles Davers, Bart., MP; d. 28 Aug 1848.

RUSSELL, FRANCIS, 7TH DUKE OF BEDFORD, eldest son of John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford (qv), and his first wife; b. 13 May 1788; adm. (G); in school lists 1801, 1803; styled Marquis of Tavistock 1802-39; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. nob. 10 Feb 1807; MA 1808; MP Peterborough 14 Mar 1809-12, Bedfordshire 1812-32; a prominent member of Whig party in House of Commons; summoned to House of Lords as Baron Howland of Streatham 15 Jan 1833; succ. father as 7th Duke of Bedford 20 Oct 1839; took Whig/Liberal whip in House of Lords; Privy Councillor 6 Jul 1846; KG 26 Mar 1847; Lord Lieut., Bedfordshire, from 7 Dec 1859; Busby Trustee 1 May 1847; m. 8 Aug 1808 Lady Anna Maria Stanhope, eldest dau. of Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl of Harrington PC GCH, Gen. in the Army; d. 14 Oct 1861.

JERVIS, SIR JOHN, third son of Thomas Jervis QC MP, Second Justice of Chester, and Mary Ann, eldest dau. of Oliver Dixon, Red Hill, Old Swinford, Worcs., barrister, Bencher Gray’s Inn; b. 12 Jan 1802; adm. 18 Sep 1815 (G); left 3 Dec 1818; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 4 Feb 1819, matr. 13 Nov 1819; adm. Middle Temple 12 Jan 1819, called to bar 6 Feb 1824, Bencher 21 Apr 1837, Treasurer 1846; member, Oxford and Chester circuits; patent of precedence 1837; MP (Whig) Chester 1832 – Jul 1850; Solicitor-Gen., 4-7 Jul 1846, Attorney-Gen., 7 Jul 1846 – Jul 1850; knighted 1 Aug 1846; President of Commission for enquiring into systems of pleading in the Common Law Courts 13 May 1850; Chief Justice of the Common Pleas (and Serjeant-at-Law) from 16 Jul 1850; Privy Councillor 14 Aug 1850; as Attorney-Gen. introduced the 1846 Acts relating to Justices of the Peace, known by his name; one of orinators of, and contributor to, The Jurist; joint editor of two sets of Exchequer Reports; author, Practical Treatise on the Office and Duties of Coroners, 1829, and other works; m. 3 Nov 1823 Catherine Jane, sister of Walter Garcia Mundell (qv); d. 1 Nov 1856. DNB.

KEPPEL, GEORGE THOMAS, 6TH EARL OF ALBEMARLE, third son of William Keppel, 4th Earl of Albemarle PC, Master of the Horse, Whig politician, and his first wife Hon. Elizabeth Southwell, sister of Edward Southwell-Clifford, 18th Baron De Clifford (qv); b. 13 Jun 1799; adm. 13 Mar 1808 (G); expelled for getting out of Grants after lockers and going to the theatre 20 Mar 1815; Ensign, 14th Foot 4 Apr 1815; 22nd Foot 5 Feb 1818; Lieut., 24th Foot 25 May 1820; 20th Foot 27 Nov 1821; Capt., 62nd Foot 17 Feb 1825; Maj., unattached 20 Mar 1827; Lieut. -Col., 23 Nov 1841; Col. in the Army 20 Jun 1854; Maj. -Gen., 26 Oct 1858; Lieut. -Gen., 31 Mar 1866; Gen., 7 Feb 1874; served at battle of Waterloo; ADC to Marquis of Hastings, Governor-Gen. India, 1821-3; MP (Whig) Norfolk East 1832-4, Lymington 1847-50; Groom in Waiting to Queen Victoria 1838-41; Private Secretary to Lord John Russell (qv) when Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury Jul 1846 – Jul 1847; JP Norfolk, DL 1859; High Sheriff, co. Leitrim 1838; succeded brother as 6th Earl of Albemarle 15 Mar 1841; took Whig/Liberal whip in House of Lords to 1886, afterwards Liberal Unionist; Busby Trustee 26 May 1854; author, Fifty Years of My Life, 1876, in which he refers to his school life and schoolfellows; m. 4 Aug 1831 Susan, third dau. of Sir Coutts Trotter, Bart.; d. 21 Feb 1891. DNB.

PETTY-FITZMAURICE, WILLIAM THOMAS, EARL OF KERRY, elder son of Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquis of Lansdowne (qv); b. 24 Mar 1811; adm. 5 Jun 1822 (G); left Whitsun 1827; MP (Whig) Calne from 1832; m. 18 Mar 1834 Lady Augusta Lavinia Priscilla Ponsonby, second dau. of John William Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough PC, Lord Lieut. Ireland; d. 21 Jul 1836.

RUSSELL, LORD CHARLES JAMES FOX, third son of John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford (qv), and his second wife; b. 10 Feb 1807; adm. 21 May 1818 (G); Edinburgh Univ.; page at coronation of George IV 1821; Ensign, unattached, half-pay 8 May 1823; Lieut., 2 Aug 1826; Capt., 23 Mar 1827; 52nd Foot, 31 May 1827; Maj., unattached, half-pay 11 Oct 1833; Brevet Lieut. -Col., 9 Nov 1846; retd., 21 Jan 1848; MP (Whig) Bedfordshire 1832-41, Mar-Jul 1847; Serjeant at Arms, House of Commons 1848-75; Dl Bedfordshire, JP Bedfordshire 1834; President, Marylebone Cricket Club 1835; m. 2 Apr 1834 Isabella Clarissa, dau. of William Griffith Davies, Penylan, Carmarthenshire; d. 29 Jun 1894.

RIDLEY-COLBORNE, HON. WILLIAM NICHOLAS, only son of Nicholas William Ridley-Colborne, 1st Baron Colborne (qv); b. 24 Jul 1814; adm. 18 Jun 1827 (G); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 7 Jun 1832; BA 1836; MP (Whig) Richmond from 1841; d. unm. 23 Mar 1846.

SALUSBURY-TRELAWNY, SIR JOHN, BART., second son of Sir William Lewis Salusbury-Trelawny, Bart. (qv); b. 2 Jun 1816; adm. 17 Jun 1824 (G); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 9 May 1835; BA 1839; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 20 Nov 1837; migrated to Middle Temple 1 May 1841, called to bar 5 Nov 1841; MP (Whig/Liberal) Tavistock Mar 1843-52, 1857-65, East Cornwall 1868-74; succ. father as 9th baronet 15 Nov 1856; Deputy Warden of the Stannaries 15 May 1869; DL Cornwall 1840; m. 1st, 25 Jan 1842 Harriet Jane, eldest dau. of John Hearle Tremayne MP, Heligan, Cornwall; m. 2nd, 19 May 1881 Harriet Jacqueline, widow of Edward George Walpole Keppel (qv), and youngest dau. of Sir Anthony Buller (qv); d. 4 Aug 1885.

PAGET, LORD CLARENCE EDWARD, eldest son of Henry William Paget, 2nd Marquis of Anglesey (qv), and his second wife; b. 17 Jun 1811; adm. 22 Jun 1821 (G); one of the Royal pages at the Coronation of George IV 19 Jul 1821; left Whitsun 1823; entered Royal Navy as ship boy on HMS Naiad 29 May 1823; Lieut., 14 May 1831; Cdr., 25 Sep 1834; Post Capt., 26 Mar 1839; Rear-Adm., 11 Feb 1858; Vice-Adm., 24 Apr 1865; Adm., 1 Apr 1870; served at battle of Navarino 1827 and in the Baltic and Black Sea 1854-6; Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean 1866-9; retired list 1876; MP (Whig/Liberal) Sandwich 1847-52, 1857- May 1866; Secretary to the Admiralty 1859-66; Privy Councillor 6 May 1866; KCB 2 Jun 1869; GCB 29 May 1886; JP Anglesey 1858, also DL Anglesey; in his Autobiography and Journals, ed. Otway, 1896, 3-7, Lord Clarence relates his experiences as a fag at the School and gives an account of the “Shoes and Candlesticks” rebellion; m. 7 Apr 1852 Martha Stuart, youngest dau. of Adm. Sir Robert Waller Otway, Bart., GCB; d. 22 Mar 1895. DNB.