BURKE, WILLIAM, eldest son of John Burke (or Bourke), Middle Temple and St. James’s, London, and his first wife Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Burke, London, vintner; b.; adm. (aged 13) Sep 1742 (Durand's); KS 1743; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1747, matr. 26 Jun 1747, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1747 - 26 Jun 1761 (void), leave of absence on appt. as Secretary, Guadeloupe, 25 Aug 1759; BCL 1755; adm. Middle Temple 26 May 1750, called to bar 28 Nov 1755; Secretary and Registrar, Guadeloupe, 1759-63; Under-Secretary of State, Jul 1765 - Feb 1767; MP Great Bedwyn 16 Jun 1766-8, 29 May 1768-74; lost substantial sums of money in speculations on the Stock Exchange, 1769; in India 1777-8, becoming agent for Rajah of Tanjore; again in India 1780-93, initially at Madras, subsequently at Calcutta; Deputy Paymaster of the Forces, East Indies, 1782-93; present at OWW dinner at Calcutta 1783 (Hickey, Memoirs, iii, 245-6); figures in Goldsmith’s Retaliation; lived on intimate terms with his distant kinsman Edmund Burke, with whom he wrote An Account of the European Settlements in America, 1757; author of two pamphlets on the peace negotiations, 1759 and 1761; d. Mar 1798. DNB.

BRODRICK, LAURENCE, only surviving son of Rev. Laurence Brodrick DD, Rector of Mixbury, Oxfordshire, Chaplain to House of Commons and Prebendary of Westminster, and Anne Humphrys; bapt. 11 Oct 1715; adm.; in school list 1729; KS (aged 14) 1730; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1735, matr. 9 Jun 1735, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1735 - res 26 Mar 1746; BA 1739; MA 1742; adm. Middle Temple 26 Oct 1733; ordained; Rector of Callan, co. Kilkenny, 15 Jul 1745; Treasurer of Lismore, 16 Aug 1745-78; Vicar of Derragarth and Ballybeacon, 16 Aug 1745; Vicar of Tubrid; Rector of Stradbally, 1774; m. (settlement dated 21 Apr 1748) his cousin Jane, youngest dau. of Right Hon. St. John Brodrick PC (I) MP MP (I); d. Apr 1786.

CARLETON, DUDLEY, 1ST VISCOUNT DORCHESTER, son of Anthony Carleton, Brightwell Baldwin, Oxfordshire, and his second wife Jocosa, dau. of John Goodwin, Winchington, Bucks.; b. 10 Mar 1573/4; adm.; QS ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1591, matr. 11 Feb 1591/2, Westminster Student to 1607; BA 1595; MA 1600 (incorp. Camb. 1626); DCL 31 Aug 1636; Secretary to Sir Thomas Parry, Ambassador to Paris, 1602; MP St. Mawes Mar 1603/4 - Feb 1610/1, Hastings Jan 1625/6 - May 1626; ? adm. Grays Inn 21 Feb 1604/5; Secretary to Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland; suspected of complicity in the Gunpowder Plot, but succeeded in clearing himself while under arrest; Ambassador to Venice 1610-5, The Hague 1616-25; knighted Sep1610; Vice-Chamberlain of the Household 1625-6; Privy Councillor 1626; Envoy to Paris 1626, The Hague 1626-8; created Baron Carleton 22 May 1626 and Viscount Dorchester 25 Jul 1628; Secretary of State from 18 Dec 1628; the most sagacious and successful British diplomat of his day; m. 1st, Nov 1607 Anne, dau. of George Gerrard, Dorney, Bucks., and step-dau. of Sir Henry Savile (founder of Savilian Professorship at Oxford); m. 2nd, 1630 Anne, widow of Paul Bayning, 1st Viscount Bayning, and dau. of Sir Henry Glemham, Little Glemham, Suffolk; d. 15 Feb 1631/2. Buried Westminster Abbey, monument in St. Paul’s Chapel. DNB.

AUBREY, SIR JOHN, BART., eldest son of Sir Thomas Aubrey, Bart., and Martha, sister of Thomas Richard Carter (qv); b. 4 Jul 1739; adm. May 1752 (Hart's); KS 1754; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1758, matr. 24 May 1758, but not adm. as Westminster Student; DCL 8 Jul 1763; Grand Tour (Italy) 1764-5; MP Wallingford 1768-74, Aylesbury 1774-80, Wallingford 1780-4, Buckinghamshire 1784-90, Clitheroe 1790-6, Aldeburgh 1796-1812, Steyning 1812-20, Horsham from 1820; a Lord of the Admiralty Jul 1782 - Apr 1783; a Lord of the Treasury Dec 1783 - Apr 1789; succ. father as 6th baronet 4 Sep 1786; of Boarstall and Dorton, Bucks.; “father” of the House of Commons; m. 1st, 9 Mar 1771 Mary, dau. of Sir James Colebrooke, Bart., MP; m. 2nd, 26 May 1783 his cousin Martha Catherine, dau. of George Richard Carter, Chilton, Bucks.; d. 14 Mar 1826.

HARVEY, ELIAB, second son of William Harvey MP, Chigwell, Essex, and Mary, dau. of Ralph Williamson, Berwick, Northumberland; b. 23 May 1716; adm. Jan 1723/4; Min. Can. 1729; KS 1730; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1734, adm. pens. 17 Jun 1734, scholar 2 May 1735; 4th in “ordo” 1737/8; BA 1737/8; MA 1741; Minor Fellow, Trin. Coll. 2 Oct 1740, Major Fellow 9 Jul 1741; adm. Inner Temple 5 May 1733, called to bar 12 Jun 1741, Bencher 1758, Treasurer 1767; tenant chambers, Inner Temple, from 1741; KC 29 Mar 1758; MP Dunwich 1761-8; FRS 29 Mar 1764; m. 20 Nov 1756 Mary, dau. of Richard Benyon, Gildea Hall, Essex, Governor of Bengal; d. 23 Oct 1769.

HEATHCOTE, RICHARD EDENSOR, eldest son of Sir John Edensor Heathcote, Kt, Longton Hall, Staffordshire, and Anne, eldest dau. of Sir Nigel Gresley, Bart.; b. 25 Oct 1780; adm.; KS 1796; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 8 May 1799, Canoneer Student 24 Dec 1802 – void by marriage 11 Nov 1808; BA 1803; MA 1805; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 12 May 1802; MP Coventry 1826-30, Stoke upon Trent 1835 – Feb 1836; m. 1st, 15 Sep 1808 his cousin Emma Sophia, dau. of Sir Nigel Bowyer Gresley, Bart.; m. 2nd, 13 Dec 1815 Lady Elizabeth Keith Lindsay, younger dau. of Alexander Lindsay, 6th Earl of Balcarres (S), Gen. in Army; d. at Geneva, Switzerland 10 Dec 1850.

HERBERT, HON. WILLIAM, brother of Philip Herbert, 5th Earl of Pembroke and 2nd Earl of Montgomery (qv); bapt. St. Andrew, Enfield, Middlesex 28 May 1622 (IGI); at school under Osbaldeston; a contributor to the congratulatory verses written by the KSS in 1633 for Charles I on his return from Scotland and on the birth of the Duke of York (British Library, Royal MSS); Exeter Coll. Oxford, matr. 29 Jul 1635, aged 13; MA 1636; MP Monmouthshire Oct 1640 – 16 Sep 1642; d. unm.

GODOLPHIN, SIR WILLIAM, brother of Francis Godolphin (qv); bap 2 Feb 1634/5; adm.; Min. Can. (aged 13) 1648; KS 1650; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1651, matr. 21 Jun 1651, Westminster Student; MA 14 Jan 1660/1; DCL 28 Sep 1663; Under-Secretary, Secretary of State’s Office Oct 1662 – Dec 1665; FRS 2 Nov 1664; MP Camelford 17 Oct 1665-79; Secretary to Earl of Sandwich, Ambassador in Spain Dec 1665; employed in negotiations at Madrid in 1666-7 which led to a commercial treaty with Spain; knighted 28 Aug 1668; Envoy Extraordinary to Spain, 1669-71; Ambassador at Madrid 1671- Nov 1678; recalled under suspicion of having become a Roman Catholic, but preferred to remain in Spain and soon afterwards openly professed himself a Catholic; his “notarial act”, providing for a posthumous will by the Procurator-General of the Jesuits and others, was declared null and void by Act of Parliament 1698; d. at Madrid, Spain 11 Jul 1696. DNB.

GOWER, GRANVILLE LEVESON, 1ST MARQUIS OF STAFFORD, third son of John Leveson Gower, 1st Earl Gower (qv), and his first wife; b. 4 Aug 1721; adm. Sep 1731; KS 1736; left 1740; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 30 Apr 1740; MP Bishops Castle 6 Dec 1744-7, Westminster 1747-54, Lichfield 15 Apr – 25 Dec 1754; a Lord of the Admiralty 18 Nov 1749 – Jun 1751; styled Viscount Trentham 1746-54; succ. father as 2nd Earl Gower 25 Dec 1754; Lord Lieut., Staffordshire 22 Jan 1755 – Oct 1799; Lord Privy Seal 22 Nov 1755 – Jun 1757; Privy Councillor 22 Dec 1755; Master of the Horse 1 Jul 1757 – Nov 1760; Master of the Great Wardrobe 27 Nov 1760 – Apr 1763; Lord Chamberlain Apr 1763 – Jul 1765; Lord President of the Council 23 Dec 1767 – Nov 1779, 19 Dec 1783 – Nov 1784; KG 11 Feb 1771; Lord Privy Seal 24 Nov 1784 – Jul 1794; cr. Marquis of Stafford 1 Mar 1786; FSA 29 Apr 1784; a Busby Trustee from 27 Mar 1770; m. 1st, 23 Dec 1744 Elizabeth, dau. of Nicholas Fazakerly, Prescot, Lancs.; m. 2nd, 28 Mar 1748 Lady Louisa Egerton, eldest dau. of Scroope Egerton, 1st Duke of Bridgewater; m. 3rd, 25 May 1768 Lady Susannah Stewart, second dau. of Alexander Stewart, 6th Earl of Galloway (S); d. 26 Oct 1803. DNB.

CURTEIS, HERBERT BARRETT, eldest son of Edward Jeremiah Curteis (qv); b. 19 Jun 1793; adm. 1805; KS 1807; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1812, matr. 9 May 1812, Westminster Student; BA 1815; MA 1820; MP Sussex 1830-2, East Sussex 1832-7, Rye from 1841; m. 29 Jun 1821 his cousin Caroline Sarah, sister of Robert Curteis Mascall (qv); d. 13 Dec 1847.