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WILLIAMS, PHILIP, brother of Penry Williams (adm. 1727, qv); b.; adm. (aged 11) Jul 1735 (Preston's); left 1737.

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.

SHIRLEY, ROBERT, 6TH EARL FERRERS, brother of Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers (qv); b. 10 Jul 1723; adm. May 1736 (Preston's); left 1742; succ. brother as 6th Earl Ferrers 1 Oct 1778; m. 26 Dec 1754 Catharine, dau. of Rowland Cotton, Etwall, Derbs.; d. 18 Apr 1787.

SHIRLEY, HON. WALTER, brother of Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers (qv); b. 23 Sep 1725; adm. May 1736 (Preston's); left 1740; University Coll . Oxford, matr. 30 Jun 1742; BA 1746; adm. Inner Temple 2 Dec 1749; ordained; Rector of Loughrea, co. Galway; a friend of the Wesleys and of Whitfield; a constant speaker at English and Irish revivalist meetings, and frequently in conflict with his bishop and fellow clergy; Chaplain to his cousin, the Countess of Huntingdon; took an active part with Augustus Montagu Toplady (qv) on the Calvinist side in the famous Methodist controversy on justification by faith; assisted the Countess of Huntingdon in revising the hymns used in her chapels 1774; author, Gospel Repentance, 1760, and of several well-known hymns; m. 27 Aug 1766 Henrietta Maria, dau. of John Phillips, Swords, co. Dublin; d. 7 Apr 1786. DNB.

ALLEN, WILLIAM, son of William Allen, Hubberston, Pembs.; b.; adm. (aged 13) Jul 1736 (Preston's); left 1739; Jesus Coll. Oxford, matr. 13 Nov 1739, aged 16.

BUTTS, ROBERT, son of Right Rev. Robert Butts DD, Bishop of Ely, and his first wife Elizabeth, sister of Robert Eyton, Shropshire; b.; adm. (aged 13) Jan 1736/7 (Preston's); left 1740; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. 28 Jan 1740/1, scholar 10 Apr 1741; BA 1745; MA 1747; ordained deacon 28 Oct 1746, priest 2 Nov 1746 (both Ely); Rector of Bluntisham, Hunts, from 1746; Vicar of Glemsford, Suffolk, 1746 (dispensation to hold with Bluntisham, 1746/7); m. 20 Apr 1747 Jane, dau. of Ven. Reuben Clerke DD, Archdeacon of Essex; d. 30 Nov 1768.

BIDDULPH, EDWARD, second son of Edward Biddulph, Sutton Coldfield, Warwicks., and his cousin Anne, dau. of Edward Birch, Leacroft, Staffs.; bapt. Sutton Coldfield, Warwicks. 11 Jul 1723; adm. (aged 14) Apr 1738 (Preston's); left 1739; adm. Middle Temple 7 Jun 1737; adm. solicitor 29 Nov 1746; adm. Clements’ Inn 22 Feb 1748/9; m. 14 Sep 1753 Sarah Barton (IGI); buried Walsall, Staffs. 6 Apr 1778 (IGI).

MAY, ARTHUR, second son of Thomas May, Lisbon, wine merchant, and Margaret, dau. of Arthur Stert MP, Membland, Devon; b. 4 Apr 1727; adm. (aged 11) Apr 1738 (Preston's); d. 12 Apr 1739.

MAY, JOSEPH, brother of Arthur May (qv); b. 16 Feb 1729/30; adm. (aged 8) Apr 1738 (Preston's); left 1745; a wine merchant at Lisbon; returned to England 1775; of Hale House, Hampshire; m. 18 Jul 1764 Mary, dau. of John Coppendale, Lisbon, wine merchant; d. 31 Oct 1796.

BARRY, SIR NATHANIEL, BART., eldest son of Sir Edward Barry, Bart., MD FRS FRCP, President, Royal College of Physicians, Ireland, also MP (I), who practised medicine successively in Dublin and London, and his first wife; b.; adm. (aged 12) Apr 1738 (Preston's); Min. Can. 1739; left 1741; Trinity Coll. Dublin, adm. pens. . 29 Feb 1739/40 (sic), aged 15 (pupil of “Dr. Grey”); BA 1744, MB 1748, MD 1751; entered medical profession; King’s Professor of Surgery and Midwifery, Trinity Coll. Dublin, from 1749; Physician-Gen. to Army, Ireland, jointly with father 17 Mar 1749/50- Mar 1776, afterwards on his own; FRCP (I); succeeded father as 2nd baronet 29 Mar 1776; m. 3 Jan 1758 Catherine, dau. of Walter Jones, Headfort, co. Leitrim; d. 1785.