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BRUCE, WILLIAM, son of Antony Bruce, Westminster; b.; adm. (aged 11) Apr 1738 (Watts'); Min. Can. 1742; left 1742.

LEWIS, CRAVEN, son of Thomas Lewis MP, St. Pierre, Monmouthshire, and his first wife Jane Rachel Becher, Hawberry [check], Gloucs.; bapt. St. Pierre 1 Aug 1729 (IGI); adm. (aged 8) Apr 1738 (Watts'); left 1744; Cornet, 4th Dragoons 17 Nov 1746; m. 14 Oct 1752 Mary Langford, St. Clement Danes, London; living 1755.

MORGAN, WILLIAM, elder son of Sir William Morgan KB MP, Tredegar, Monmouthshire, and Lady Rachel Cavendish, elder dau. of William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire (qv); b. 28 Mar 1725; adm. Jun 1738 (Watts'); left 1742; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 9 Jun 1743; MP Monmouthshire from 1747; d. unm. 16 Jul 1763.

MORGAN, EDWARD, brother of William Morgan (adm. 1738, qv); b.; adm. (aged 10) Jun 1738 (Watts'); d. 7 Feb 1743.

DIGBY, EDWARD, 6TH BARON DIGBY (I), eldest son of Hon. Edward Digby MP, and Charlotte, only surviving dau. of Right Hon. Sir Stephen Fox, Kt., PC MP; b. 5 Jul 1730; adm. Feb 1738/9 (Watts'); Magdalen Coll. Oxford, matr. 20 May 1747; Grand Tour (Italy, Germany) 1748-50; MP Malmesbury 13 Jun 1751-4, Wells from 1754; succ. grandfather as 6th Baron Digby (I) 29 Nov 1752; Groom of the Bedchamber to George III when Prince of Wales 1751-3; d. unm. 30 Nov 1757.

BAGOT, WALTER, brother of William Bagot, 1st Baron Bagot (qv); b. 2 Nov 1731; adm. Feb 1739/40 (Watts'); KS 1746; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1750, matr. 20 Jun 1750, Westminster Student 15 Dec 1750 - 29 Jul 1758 (void, expiry year of grace as R. Leigh); BA 1754; MA 1757; ordained deacon (Oxford) 5 Jun 1757; Rector of Leigh, Staffs., from 1757; Rector of Blithfield, Staffs., from 29 Jan 1759; Prebendary of St. Asaph from 10 May 1796; a correspondent of William Cowper (qv), with whom he was “much intimate” at school (Southey, Cowper, v, 185); m. 1st, 1 Sep 1773 Anne, dau. of William Swinnerton, barrister, Vice-Chancellor Duchy of Lancaster, of Butterton, Staffs.; m. 2nd, 28 Apr 1789 Mary Ward, Blithfield, Staffs.; d. 10 Jul 1806.

BAGOT, WILLIAM, 1st BARON BAGOT, second son of Sir Walter Wagstaffe Bagot, Bart., MP, Blithfield, Staffs., and Lady Barbara Legge, eldest dau. of William Legge, 1st Earl of Dartmouth (qv); b. 28 Feb 1728; adm. from Repton Sch. Feb 1738/9 (Watts'); left 1746; Magdalen Coll. Oxford, matr. 28 Feb 1746/7; MA 1749; DCL 1754; Grand Tour (France, Italy) 1750-2; MP Staffordshire 1754-80; succeeded his father as 6th baronet 28 Jan 1768; created Baron Bagot (GB) 17 Oct 1780; of Blithfield, Staffs.; m. 20 Aug 1760 Hon. Elizabeth Louisa St. John, only surviving dau. of John St. John, 2nd Viscount St. John; d. 22 Oct 1798.

WALLER, WILLIAM, son of Charles Waller, Lincoln’s Inn, barrister; b.; adm. (aged 10) Feb 1738/9 (Watts'); KS 1744; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1748, adm. pens. 13 Jun 1748, scholar 14 Apr 1749, matr. 1748; BA 1752; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 8 Jul 1748, called to bar 20 Nov 1754, Bencher 14 Dec 1782; Commissioner, Stamp Office 1776-83; one of Warren Hastings’s attorneys or trustees in England; of Chesterton, Hunts.; m. Elizabeth, dau. of Eldred Lancelot Lee, Coton Hall, Alveley, Shropshire, barrister, Bencher Lincoln’s Inn; d. 13 Dec 1786. [mother perhaps Elizabeth Waldron (IGI)]

HOBART, GEORGE, 3RD EARL OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, elder son of John Hobart, 1st Earl of Buckinghamshire (qv), and his first wife; b. 8 Sep 1731; adm. Mar 1738/9 (Watts'); KS (Capt. ) 1746; left 1750; MP St. Ives 1754-61, Beeralston 1761-80; Secretary to his elder brother John Hobart, 2nd Earl of Buckinghamshire (qv), when Ambassador at St. Petersburg Aug 1762 – Jan 1765; manager of the Italian Opera in London; travelling in Italy 1768; succ. brother as 3rd Earl of Buckinghamshire 3 Aug 1793; member, Society of Dilettanti 1769; m. 22 May 1757 Albinia, eldest dau. of Lord Vere Bertie; d. 14 Oct 1804. DNB.

WEBLEY, EDWARD, son of Henry Webley, Tidenham, Gloucs.; b. 22 Apr 1723 (IGI); adm. (aged 15) May 1739 (Watts'); Pembroke Coll. Oxford, matr. 4 Nov 1741; migr. to Jesus Coll., adm. pens. 31 Oct 1743, scholar 1743, matr. 1743; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 26 Nov 1745, called to bar 28 Jun 1750; Chief Justice of Jamaica; member of Assembly, Jamaica; m. Mary Ashton; d. in Jamaica 20 Oct 1777.