BERNERS, CHARLES, son of William Berners (adm. 1722/3, qv); b.; adm. (aged 12) Mar 1746/7 (Levett's); left 1752; Oriel Coll. Oxford, matr. 4 Jul 1752; MA 1756; DCL 22 Jun 1814; of Woolverstone Park, Ipswich, Suffolk; [? Gentleman of Privy Chamber, appointed 1782 ?]; m. 11 Jun 1765 Katherine, dau. of John Laroche MP, Egham, Surrey; d. 7 May 1815, aged 80.

BERNERS, HENRY, brother of Charles Berners (adm. 1746/7, qv); b.; adm. (aged 10) Mar 1746/7 (Levett's); left 1754; Ch. Ch. Oxford, matr. 25 May 1754; BCL 1761; ordained; Rector of Hambleden, Bucks., from 11 Jun 1760; m. Elizabeth Weston; d. 4 Apr 1800.

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.

CARY, HON. LUCIUS FERDINAND, MASTER OF FALKLAND, eldest son of Lucius Charles Cary, 7th Viscount Falkland (S), and his first wife Jane, widow of James Fitzgerald Villiers, Viscount Villiers (qv), and dau. of Richard Butler, London, conveyancer; b.; adm. (aged 11) Jul 1747 (Levett's); in school life 1752; Ensign, 2nd Foot Guards, 23 Dec 1752; Capt. -Lieut., 14th Foot, 14 Oct 1755; Capt., 26 Dec 1755; Maj., 74th Foot, 8 Feb 1762; half-pay 1763; Maj., 60th Foot, 4 Apr 1765 - May 1768; half-pay, 1768-79; Brevet Lieut. -Col., 25 May 1772; Lieut. -Col. commandant, 89th Foot, 18 Oct 1779; commanding British Forces in Tobago, West Indies, 1779-80; MP Bridport from 1774; m. at Gibraltar 28 Nov 1757 Anne, dau. of Col. Alexander Leith; d. in Tobago, 20 Aug 1780.

CLEAVER, JOHN, son of Rev. William Cleaver, Twyford, Bucks., Master of Buckingham School, and Martha, dau. of Rev. John Lettice, Vicar of Bozeat, Northants.; b. (Banbury, Oxfordshire); adm. (aged 13) Nov 1749 (Levett's); KS 1750; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1754, matr. 18 Jun 1754, Westminster Student from 27 Feb 1755, Catechist 1767, Junior Censor 1772, Librarian 1775; BA 1758; MA 1761; leave of absence from Ch. Ch. to be private tutor at Westminster Sch. 1760; ordained; Chaplain in Ordinary to George III from 1770; Curate, Cowley, Oxfordshire, 1773; Vicar of Frodsham, Cheshire, from 19 Oct 1774; Prebendary of Chester from 25 Apr 1775; d. unm. 24 Apr 1776.

GUNNING, JOHN, son of John Gunning, Castle Coote, co. Roscommon, and Hon. Bridget Bourke, dau. of Theobald Bourke, 6th Viscount Mayo (I); b.; adm. (aged 10) Jun 1751 (Levett's); in school list 1754; Ensign, 25th Foot 20 Dec 1757; Lieut., 50th Foot 5 Apr 1759; Capt., 92nd Foot 22 Jan 1760; 43rd Foot 30 Sep 1768; Brevet Lieut. -Col., 23 Jan 1775; Lieut. -Col., 82nd Foot 22 Dec 1777; Col., 15 Jun 1781; Col., 65th Foot, from 28 Jan 1788; Maj. -Gen., 28 Sep 1787; served in North America; m. 8 Aug 1768 Susannah Minifie, Fairworth, Somerset, novelist (DNB); d. at Naples 2 Sep 1797, having eloped there by 1792 with Mrs Rebecca Duberly.

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.

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.

LENNOX, LORD GEORGE HENRY, brother of Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond and Lennox (qv); b. 29 Nov 1737; adm. Jan 1748/9 (Levett's); left 1750; Leyden Univ., adm. 6 Feb 1754; Grand Tour (Italy) 1755; Ensign, 2nd Foot Guards 17 Dec 1751; Capt., 25th Foot 23 Mar 1756; Lieut. -Col., 33rd Foot 8 May 1758; Brevet Col. and ADC to George III 20 Feb 1762; Col., 25th Foot, from 29 Dec 1762; Maj. -Gen., 25 May 1772; Lieut. -Gen., 29 Aug 1777; Gen., 12 Oct 1793; served in Germany 1757, 1760-1, and on expedition to French coast 1758; Brig. with forces in Portugal 1763; his quarrel with Gen. John Mostyn (adm. 1722, qv), Governor of Minorca, gave rise to the celebrated case of Fabrigas v. Mostyn (Howell, State Trials, xx, 81-238); MP Chichester 1761 – Jan 1767, Sussex 3 Feb 1767-90; Secretary to Embassy, Paris Aug 1765 – Jul 1766, Minister Plenipotentiary there Jul – Oct 1766; Privy Councillor 9 Feb 1784; Constable, Tower of London (and Lord Lieut., Tower Hamlets) 10 Feb – Nov 1784; Governor of Plymouth from 30 Oct 1784; m. 25 Dec 1758 Lady Louisa Ker, eldest dau. of William Ker, 4th Marquis of Lothian (S) KT, Gen. in the Army; d. 22 Mar 1805. DNB.

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.