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COOTE, CHARLES HENRY, 7TH EARL OF MOUNTRATH (I), only son of Algernon Coote, 6th Earl of Mountrath PC (I) MP, and Lady Diana Newport, sister of Henry Newport, 3rd Earl of Bradford (qv); b.; adm. (aged 11) Sep 1735 (Hawkins'); left 1738; styled Viscount Castle Coote to 1744; Grand Tour (Italy) 1742-5; succ. father as 7th Earl of Mountrath (I) 27 Aug 1744; took seat in Irish House of Lords 19 Dec 1753; Privy Councillor (I) Jul 1761; created Baron Castle Coote (I), with a special remainder, 31 Jul 1800; d. unm. 1 Mar 1802.

TRELAWNY, CHARLES, only son of Sir Harry Trelawny, Bart., and Laetitia, eldest dau. of Sir Jonathan Trelawny, Bart. (qv); b. 25 Feb 1720; adm. Oct 1735 (Hawkins'); a panel of needlework executed by his mother in 1737 in memory of her son “who died of the smallpox in the 16 year of his age in the 6 Form at Westminster School” was sold at Sotheby’s 15 Apr 1921; d. 26 Nov 1736.

ALSTON, SIR ROWLAND, BART., brother of Sir Thomas Alston, Bart. (qv); b.; adm. (aged 8) Jan. 1735/6 (Hawkins'); left 1743; Clare Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 28 Sep 1743, matr. 1743; Ensign, 1st Foot Guards 11 Apr 1745; Lieut. and Capt. 26 Feb 1748; Capt. and Lieut. -Col. 2 May 1758; retd. 30 Jul 1762, after reprimand by court martial; succeeded his brother Thomas as 6th baronet 18 Jul 1774; of Odell, Beds.; High Sheriff Bedfordshire 1779; m. 2 Oct 1753 Gertrude, dau. of Rev. Thomas Durnford, Rector of Rockbourne and Whitsbury, Hampshire [DD ?] [sister of Stillingfleet Durnford, Tower of London]; d. 29 Jun 1791.

ALSTON, SIR THOMAS, BART., elder son of Sir Rowland Alston, Bart., MP, Odell, Beds., and Elizabeth, dau. of Capt. Thomas Reynes; b.; adm. (aged 11) Jan 1735/6 (Hawkins'); left 1739; Queen’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 21 Apr 1740; Ensign, 1st Foot Guards 16 Apr 1741; Lieut. and Capt. 23 Apr 1743; retd. 11 Apr 1745; MP Bedfordshire 1747-61; intermittently insane from 1750s; succ. as 5th baronet 2 Jan 1759; of Odell, Beds.; m. 30 Aug 1750 Catherine, dau. of Rev. Thomas Davies Bovey, Longstowe, Cambridgeshire; d. 18 Jul 1774.

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.

BLAND, SIR HUNGERFORD, BART., brother of Sir John Bland, Bart. (qv); bap 7 Sep 1726; adm. (aged 9) Jun 1736 (Hawkins'); left 1740; adm. Inner Temple 18 Jul 1746; Cornet, Royal Horse Guards, 5 Apr 1748; Lieut., 27 Aug 1753; succ. his brother as 7th baronet 3 Sep 1755; d. unm. 16 Oct 1756.

BLAND, EDWARD, brother of Sir John Bland, Bart. (qv); bapt. 14 Oct 1727; adm. (aged 8) Jun 1736 (Hawkins'); left 1744.

ASHBURNHAM, JOHN, 2ND EARL OF ASHBURNHAM, only son of John Ashburnham, 1st Earl of Ashburnham, Captain Yeomen of the Guard, and his third wife Lady Jemima Grey, second dau. of Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Kent KG; b. 30 Oct 1724; adm. Jun 1736 (Hawkins'); left 1741; Clare Coll. Cambridge, adm. nob. 28 May 1741, matr. 1741; LLD 1749; succ. as 2nd Earl of Ashburnham 10 Mar 1736/7; Grand Tour (in Italy 1745); a Lord of the Bedchamber 18 Mar 1748- Nov 1762; Keeper of Hyde Park and of St. James’s Park 1753- Nov 1762; Lord Lieut., Sussex 18 Mar 1754 - 20 Sep 1757; Master of the Great Wardrobe 23 Jul 1765- Nov 1775; Privy Councillor 12 Jul 1765; First Lord of the Bedchamber and Groom of the Stole 10 Nov 1775- May 1782; member Society of Dilettanti 1745; m. 28 Jun 1756 Elizabeth, dau. of John Crowley MP, Alderman of London, of Barking, Suffolk; d. 8 Apr 1812.

BERESFORD, CHRISTOPHER, only son of William Beresford, Leadenham, Lincs., and Jane, only child of John Tyringham, Nether Winchenden, Bucks.; bapt. St. Peter at Gowts, Lincoln 17 Feb 1724/5; adm. (aged 11) Jul 1736 (Hawkins'); left 1740; d. 23 Mar 1740/1.

MADAN, MARTIN, elder son of Lieut. -Col. Martin Madan MP, Hertingfordbury, Herts., Equerry and Groom of the Bedchamber to Frederick, Prince of Wales, and Judith, dau. of Spencer Cowper (at school under Busby, qv); b.; adm. (aged 11) Oct 1736 (Hawkins'); left 1742; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 9 Feb 1742/3, Canoneer Student 28 Jun 1743 – void 22 Dec 1750; BA 1746; adm. Inner Temple 22 Dec 1741, called to bar 5 Feb 1747/8, left Inner Temple Jun 1757; ordained deacon (Winchester) Jun 1757; Curate, St. Saviour’s, Southwark 1757; Chaplain to The Lock Hospital, Hyde Park, London c. 1761 – c. 1780; closely associated with the Countess of Huntingdon; corresponded with John Wesley; travelled the country as a Calvinistic Methodist; author, Collection of psalms and Hymns, 1760, and Thelyphthora, 1780, in which he advocated polygamy; the ensuing controversy led him to resign from his hospital chaplaincy and retire to Epsom, Surrey; author numerous other works, some of which appeared anonymously; m. 21 Dec 1751 Jane, dau. of Sir Bernard Hale, Baron of the Exchequer (I); d. 2 May 1790. DNB.