ANNESLEY, FRANCIS, son of Francis Annesley (qv) and his second wife; b.; adm. (aged 13) Jan 1746/7 (Ludford's); left 1751; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 13 Sep 1751; BCL 1758; adm. Inner Temple 30 Mar 1753; ordained deacon 5 Jun 1757, priest 1 Jun 1760 (both Oxford); Rector of Chedzoy, Somerset; FSA 1 Feb 1759; m. 6 Nov 1760 (IGI) Mary, dau. of John Walker, Bicester, Oxfordshire; d. 28 Feb 1811.

ANNESLEY, JAMES, son of Francis Annesley (QS 1714, qv), and his second wife; b.; adm. (aged 10) Jan 1746/7 (Ludford's); left 1751; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 30 May 1753; buried Bletchingdon, Oxfordshire 9 Dec 1777.

BANKS, COLLINGWOOD, elder son of Joseph Banks MP, Revesby Abbey, Lincs., and his second wife Catherine, widow of Newcomen Wallis, Lincoln, and dau. of --- Collingwood; half-brother of William Banks (qv); b.; adm. (aged 10) Jan 1744/5 (Ludford's); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 4 Nov 1751; adm. Middle Temple 2 Nov 1753; buried Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford 29 Jan 1755.

BANKS, SAVAGE; b.; adm. (aged 8) Jan 1744/5 (Ludford's); in school list 1752. [Doubtless brother of, or close kin to, Collingwood Banks, adm. same month]

BERTIE, BROWNLOW, 5TH DUKE OF ANCASTER AND KESTEVEN, brother of Peregrine Bertie, 3rd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven (qv); b. 1 May 1729; adm. Sep 1743 (Ludford's); left 1746; MP Lincolnshire 1761- 8 Jul 1779; succ. his nephew as 5th Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven 8 Jul 1779; Lord Lieut., Lincolnshire, from 9 Aug 1779; m. 1st, 6 Nov 1762 Harriet, only dau. of George Morton Pitt MP, Twickenham, Middlesex, previously EICS Madras, Governor of Fort St. George; m. 2nd, 2 Jan 1769 Mary Anne, youngest dau. of Maj. Peter Layard, Sutton Friars, Canterbury, Kent; d. 8 Feb 1809.

CHAPLIN, CHARLES, brother of John Chaplin (qv); b. 27 Jul 1730; adm. Feb 1743/4 (Ludford's); left 1748; Clare Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 24 Oct 1748, matr. 1748; of Blankney, Lincs.; m. 14 Apr 1755 Elizabeth Thoroton, Screveton, Notts.

CHAPLIN, JOHN, elder son of Thomas Chaplin, Blankney, Lincs., and Diana, dau. of Andrew Archer MP, Umberslade, Warwicks., and sister of Thomas, 1st Baron Archer; b.; adm. (aged 15) Feb 1743/4 (Ludford's); left 1745; Grand Tour [since member Soc Dil]; of Blankney, Lincs.; MP Lincoln 1754-61, Stamford from 1761; member, Society of Dilettanti, 1750; m. 24 May 1757 Lady Elizabeth Cecil, fifth dau. of Brownlow Cecil, 8th Earl of Exeter; d. 31 May 1764.

CUMBERLAND, RICHARD, only son of Denison Cumberland (qv); b. 19 Feb 1732; adm. from Bury St. Edmunds Sch. Jan 1745/6 (Ludford's); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 11 Jun 1747, scholar 1748, matr. 1748; 6th Wrangler 1750/1; BA 1750/1; MA 1754; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1752, Major Fellow 1753; private secretary to George, 2nd Earl of Halifax c. 1754-65; Crown Agent for Nova Scotia c. 1758 - ?; held post of Ulster Secretary Apr 1761 - Apr 1763 during Halifax’s term of office as Lord Lieut. Ireland; Solicitor and Clerk of Reports, Board of Trade 31 May 1765 - Jan 1776, Secretary to Board of Trade 23 Jan 1776 - 2 May 1782, when post abolished; on unsuccessful secret mission to Spain Jun 1780 - Apr 1781, seeking to secure a separate peace with that country; after the abolition of his government appointment he settled in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, holding a commission in local volunteers during Napoleonic Wars; author of numerous comedies, tragedies, translations and novels; his most successful play, The West Indian, was produced by Garrick in 1771 and ran for twenty-eight nights; described by Goldsmith in his Retaliation as “the Terence of England” and caricatured by Sheridan as Sir Fretful Plagiary in The Critic (see Lord Broughton, Recollections of a Long Life, i, 138); wrote with Sir John Bland Burges (qv) an epic called the Exodiad, 1808; author, The Observer, almost the last imitation of The Spectator; his Memoirs, published in 1807, contain several interesting references to the School and to his contemporaries there; m. 19 Feb 1759 Elizabeth, only dau. of George Ridge, Kilmeston, Hants.; d. 7 May 1811. Buried in Poets’ Corner, Westminster Abbey. DNB.

DAVIE, SIR JOHN, BART., elder son of Sir John Davie, Bart., and Elizabeth, dau. of John Acland, Killerton, Devon; bap 4 Aug 1731; succ. as 7th baronet Aug 1737; adm. (aged 15) Feb 1746/7 (Ludford's); left 1749; Magdalen Coll. Oxford, matr. 9 Apr 1750; MA 21 Nov 1754; High Sheriff, Devon 1761; m. 7 Jul 1763 Catharine, dau. of John Stokes, Rill, Devon; d. 18 Sep 1792.

DAVIE, WILLIAM, brother of Sir John Davie, Bart. (qv); b.; adm. (aged 13) Feb 1746/7 (Ludford's); left 1749; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 1 Jun 1753; BA 1757; MA 1760; ordained; Vicar of Exminster, Devon, from 8 Jan 1759; Vicar of Wolborough, Devon, from 1760; Rector of Tedburn St. Mary, Devon, from 1767; buried Exminster 14 Feb 1778.