VERNON, JAMES, son of Edward Vernon (adm. 1692, qv); b. 6 Nov 1730; adm. (aged 10) May 1741 (Levett's); left 1748; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 5 Jan 1749/50, but did not matr.; reprimanded by the Vice-Chancellor for interfering with the Senior Proctor in the exercise of his duties on the occasion of the Westminster Club dinner at which Thomas Francklin (qv) presided, 17 Nov 1750; d. 25 Jul 1753, on his return from the south of France.
TREBECK, JAMES, son of Rev. Andrew Trebeck DD, Rector of St. George’s, Hanover Square, London, and Mary, dau. of Hadesley Greene, Shelley Hall, Essex; b.; adm. (aged 12) May 1741 (Levett's); KS 1742; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1746, matr. 6 Jun 1746, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1746 - void 1753 (expiry year of grace as R. Shelley from 3 Mar 1753); BA 1750; MA 1753; ordained; Rector of Shelley, Essex 1752-68; Rector of Hutton, Essex 24 Dec 1762-81; Rector of St. Michael’s, Queenhithe, London, from 9 Dec 1768; Vicar of Chiswick, Middlesex, from 30 Mar 1781; Chaplain in Ordinary to George III from 1782 (still 1793); m. 26 Jan 1762 Mary Davies, Harwich, Essex; d. 1 Jul 1808.
OLIVER, WILLIAM, son of William Oliver MD FRS, Queen Square, Bath, Somerset, inventor of the “Bath Oliver” biscuit, and Elizabeth --- (IGI); bapt. Bath Abbey 20 Jan 1730/1; adm. Jun 1741 (Levett's); KS 1745; still at school 1748; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 20 Jan 1748/9, aged 18, Canoneer Student 22 Dec 1749 – expulsion “for notorious riot and assault” 15 Nov 1751, having previously been rusticated for a year for neglecting duties and for violence 19 Jun 1750; Leyden Univ., adm. 21 Sep 1753; Padua Univ. 1755; practiced as a physician in Bath and Exeter; the friend of Warren Hastings (qv), who declared that “Distance of Time or Place never erases from the mind of an Old Westminster that early Friendship which always participates of the Success we meet with in Life” (Letters of Warren Hastings to his Wife, 1905, 456); m. 7 Feb 1775 Elizabeth, dau. of Henry Jenkins, Kingston-upon-Thames, London; will proved 20 Aug 1801.
WALTER, JOHN, son of Abel Walter (qv); bapt. Godalming, Surrey 26 Oct 1733 (IGI); adm. (aged 8) Apr 1742 (Levett's); left 1749; of Farley Hill, Swallowfield, Berks.; High Sheriff, Berkshire 1764; m. 17 Nov 1757 Newton, only child of Alexander Walker, Farley Hill, Berks., and Mount Wilton plantation, Barbados, West Indies; d. 1811.
SPARHAUKE, LAWNDEY, eldest son of William Sparhauke, Baldock, Herts., and Margaret Lawndey (or Lowray ?), St. Andrew’s, Holborn; bapt. Baldock, Herts., 12 Mar 1733; adm. (aged 11) Apr 1744 (Levett's); left 1749; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 28 Oct 1752; d. 29 Aug 1770.
Borlase, John Pendarves, ca. 1731-1754
BORLASE, JOHN PENDARVES, son of Rev. Walter Borlase LLD, Vicar of Madron, Cornwall, and Prebendary of Exeter, and Margaret, only dau. of Rev. Henry Pendarves, Vicar of Paul, Cornwall; b.; adm. (aged 13) Oct 1744 (Levett's); KS 1745; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1750, matr. 20 Jun 1750, Westminster Student from 15 Dec 1750; BA 1754; d. 26 May 1754; buried in Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford.
WALTER, NEVILL, son of Abel Walter (qv); b. 17 Apr 1737; adm. (aged 7) Jan 1744/5 (Levett's); in school list 1754 [sic, check]; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 24 May 1753; BCL 1784; ordained deacon (Peterborough) 2 Mar 1760, priest (Canterbury) 1761; Curate, Bisley, Surrey 1760; Rector of Llanveryn, Monmouthshire 1761-5; Rector of Bergh Apton, Norfolk, from 1769; m. Rachel, dau. of Hon. George Hamilton; d. 24 Oct 1802.
HEARLE, FRANCIS, son of John Hearle, St. Gluvias, Cornwall, and Mary --- (IGI); bapt. St. Gluvias, Cornwall 21 Aug 1731 (IGI); adm. (aged 14) Sep 1745 (Levett's); Min. Can. 1746; left 1748; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 26 May 1749.
MILSOM, JAMES, son of Daniel Milsom, Bath, Somerset; bapt. 15 Oct 1731; adm. (aged 13) Jan 1745/6 (Levett's); Min. Can. 1746; Queen’s Coll. Oxford, matr. 6 Apr 1747; BA 1750; d. 1752.
Lennox, Charles, 3rd Duke of Richmond and Lennox, 1735-1806
LENNOX, CHARLES, 3RD DUKE OF RICHMOND AND LENNOX, third son of Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond and Lennox KG KB PC, Lieut. -Gen. in the Army, and Lady Sarah Cadogan, elder dau. of William Cadogan, 1st Earl Cadogan (qv); b. 22 Feb 1735; styled Earl of March 1735-50; adm. Apr 1746 (Levett's); his schoolfellow William Cowper (qv) relates seeing him set fire to Vinny Bourne’s “greasy locks and box his ears to put it out again” (Southey, Cowper, iv, 98); left 1750; succeeded father as 3rd Duke of Richmond and Lennox 8 Aug 1750; Leyden Univ. 28 Oct 1753; Grand Tour (Italy) 1755; Ensign, 2nd Foot Guards 16 Dec 1751; Capt., 29th Foot 18 Jun 1753; Lieut. -Col., 33rd Foot 7 Jun 1756; Col., 72nd Foot 9 May 1758-63; distinguished himself at battle of Minden 1 Aug 1759; Maj. -Gen., 9 Mar 1761; Lieut. -Gen., 30 Apr 1770; Gen., 20 Nov 1782; Col., Royal Horse Guards, from 15 Jul 1795; Field Marshal 30 Jul 1796; a Lord of the Bedchamber 25 Nov – 8 Dec 1760; Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Paris Aug 1765 – May 1766; Privy Councillor 23 Oct 1765; Secretary of State, Southern Dept., 23 May 1766 – Aug 1767; an opponent of ministerial policy on American colonies; urged removal of Irish grievances; insisted upon reform of Civil List; his Reform Bill, proposing annual parliaments, manhood suffrage and electoral districts, was rejected by House of Lords without a division 3 Jun 1780; Master-Gen. of the Ordnance (with a seat in the Cabinet) 30 Mar 1782 – 3 Apr 1783, 27 Dec 1783 – Feb 1795; KG 19 Apr 1782; became a zealous courtier and opponent of reform; FRS 11 Dec 1755; FSA 6 Jun 1793; Society of Dilettanti 1765; Lord Lieut., Sussex, from 23 Nov 1763; DL Tower Hamlets 1784; a patron of the fine arts; engaged Cipriani and Wilson to teach at a school for the study of painting and sculpture founded by him in the garden of Richmond House, Whitehall; formed a collection of casts for this purpose; his Letter on the Subjecy of a Parliamentary Reform, 1783, passed through numerous editions; m. 1 Apr 1757 Lady Mary Bruce, only child of Charles Bruce, 3rd Earl of Ailesbury and 4th Earl of Elgin; d. 29 Dec 1806. DNB.