PECHELL, THOMAS BROOKE, eldest son of Sir Thomas Brooke-Pechell, Bart. (qv); b. Jul 1784; adm. 23 Jan 1794 (Clapham); in school list 1795; left 1797; d. 25 Aug 1799.

PEIRSE, RICHARD WILLIAM CHRISTOPHER, eldest son of Richard William Peirse, Thimbleby Lodge, Yorks., and Elizabeth, dau. of Christopher Fawcett, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland; b. 28 Jun 1781; adm. 22 Sep 1795 (Clapham); in school list 1797; of Thimbleby Lodge, Yorks. (sold by him 1817); m. 29 Aug 1803 Maria, dau. of Rev. Richard Clarke, Bedale, Yorks.; d. 18 Dec 1844. [Whitmore, thus, although it is not clear quite why he was confident that the individual at school 1795-7 had these Christian names]

PETTY-FITZMAURICE, HENRY, 3RD MARQUIS OF LANSDOWNE, only son of William Petty, 1st Marquis of Lansdowne KG PC, Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury, and his second wife Lady Louisa Fitzpatrick, sister of John Fitzpatrick, 2nd Earl of Upper Ossory (I) (qv); grandson of John Petty, 1st Earl of Shelburne (qv); b. 2 Jul 1780; at school 1789; up Clapham’s; in school list 1795; still at school 1796; Edinburgh Univ.; Trinity Coll. Oxford, adm. nob. 26 Oct 1798; MA 1801; Hon. LLD 1811; styled Lord Henry Petty to 1809; MP Calne 1802 – Jan 1806, Cambridge Univ. 7 Feb 1806-7, Camelford 1807 – 15 Nov 1809; took Whig whip in House of Commons; Chancellor of the Exchequer 10 Feb 1806 – 31 Mar 1807; Privy Councillor 5 Feb 1806; succeeded half-brother as 3rd Marquis of Lansdowne 15 Nov 1809, and cousin as Earl of Kerry (I) 4 Jul 1818; an active member of the Whig opposition in the House of Lords 1809-27, acting as its de facto leader 1823-7; supported the abolition of the slave trade and the removal of Roman Catholic and Jewish disabilities; led the main body of the Whig Party into coalition in Apr 1827 with the liberal wing of the Tory Party, headed by George Canning, serving in Canning’s cabinet as Minister without Portfolio Apr – Jul 1827 and as Secretary of State for Home Affairs in Canning and Goderich administrations 16 Jul 1827 – Jan 1828; Lord President of the Council in Whig administrations 22 Nov 1830 – Nov 1834, 18 Apr 1835 – Sep 1841 and 6 Jul 1846 – Feb 1852; led Whig peers in House of Lords 1843-55; declined to form government on Lord Derby’s resignation Dec 1852; member of cabinet in Aberdeen and Palmerston administrations Dec 1852 – Feb 1858, without holding any official position; refused offer of a dukedom Sep 1857; Lord Lieut., Wiltshire, from 23 Nov 1827; one of original members of Judicial Committee of Privy Council 14 Aug 1833; KG 5 Feb 1836; FRS 4 Apr 1811; member, Society of Dilettanti 1815; Busby Trustee 18 May 1813; a man of wide social influence and moderate political views; m. 30 Mar 1808 Lady Louisa Emma Fox-Strangways, sister of William Thomas Horner Fox-Strangways, 4th Earl of Ilchester (qv); d. 31 Jan 1863, from the effects of a fall. Memorial bust, Westminster Abbey. DNB.

PIGOTT, ---; b.; at school 1791, 1792 (Clapham).

PITT, THOMAS, brother of William Henry Pitt (qv); bapt. St. Mary, St. Marylebone Road 16 Jul 1792 (IGI); adm. 24 Jan 1801 (Clapham); in school list 1801; left 1807; d. unm. 1863.

PLOWDEN, RICHARD CHICHELEY, second son of Richard Chicheley Plowden, EICS Bengal, director East India Company, and Sophia Elizabeth, dau. of George Augustus Prosser, Portsea, Hampshire; b. 19 Aug 1782; adm. 24 May 1796 (Clapham); in school list 1797; EICS Bengal; m. 22 Aug 1803 Sophia Span, dau. of Richard Fleming, Commissioner, Court of Requests, Calcutta; d. at Cape of Good Hope 15 Jul 1825.

PYKE, GEORGE, son of John Pyke, Suffolk; b.; adm. 9 Jan 1792 (Clapham); left Whitsuntide 1795; Christ’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 2 Jul 1796; migrated to Gonville and Caius Coll., adm. pens. 30 Apr 1799, aged 22, scholar Mich. 1799 – Mich. 1801, Tancred student 1801; MB 1801; ordained priest 21 Dec 1817; Vicar of Wickhambrook, Suffolk, from 19 Sep 1823; m. 30 Oct 1805 (IGI) Mary, dau. of Aubone Surtees; d. 23 Dec 1827, aged 50.

RAYNES, EDWARD, son of Ven. Edward Robert Raynes, Archdeacon of Lewes, and Harriot, dau. of Rev. Thomas Porter, Rector of East Hoathley and Ripe, Sussex; grandson of Edward Raynes (qv); bapt. 27 Apr 1785; adm. 10, Sep 1798 (Clapham); in school list 1801, May 1803; left 1803; Jesus Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 28 Mar 1803; BA 1807; MA 1810; ordained; Senior Chaplain, Garrison Church, Portsmouth; of Belmont, East Hoathley, Sussex; m. 7 Nov 1826 Mary, only dau. of Edward Fuller, Hooe, Sussex; d. 6 Aug 1838.

RICE, HON. EDWARD, brother of George Talbot Rice, 3rd Baron Dinevor (qv); b. 19 Nov 1776; in school list Dec 1788; up Clapham’s; left Easter 1794; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 16 May 1794; BA 1798; MA 1802; BD and DD 1820; Fellow of All Souls Coll. 1798; ordained; Precentor of York from 7 May 1802; Vicar of Sutton in the Forest, Yorks., 29 Dec 1803; Vicar of Great Rissington, Gloucs., and Great Barrington, Gloucs., 29 Sep 1810-56; Prebendary of Worcester 19 Sep 1815 – Jan 1826; Rector of Oddington, Gloucs., from 12 Jul 1820; Dean of Gloucester from 19 Jan 1826; m. 9 Jul 1800 Charlotte, second dau. of Gen. Francis Lascelles; d. 15 Aug 1862.

RODNEY, SPENCER, 5TH BARON RODNEY, brother of Thomas James Rodney-Harley, 4th Baron Rodney (qv); b. 30 Apr 1785; at school about Lady Day 1799; entered up Clapham’s 14 Jun 1799; in school lists 1801, May 1803; left 1803; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 20 Dec 1803; BA 1807; MA 1811; Fellow of All Souls Coll. Oxford 1807-44; ordained; Rector of Wonastow, Monmouthshire 18 Mar 1812; Rector of Luddenham, Kent 21 Mar 1812-3; Rector of Kenchester, Herefs., 7 Apr 1813-33; Rector of Elmley, Kent 1805 [check]-18, and from 1843; Vicar of New Romney, Kent 22 Mar 1821-33; Rector of Chelsfield, Kent 17 May 1833; succ. brother as 5th Baron Rodney 30 Oct 1843; d. unm. 15 May 1846.