GIBBON, EDWARD, only son of Edward Gibbon (qv), and his first wife; b. 27 Apr 1737; adm. Jan 1747/8 (Porten's); left Aug 1750, on account of ill-health; Magdalen Coll. Oxford, adm. fellow commoner 3 Apr 1752; received into Roman Catholic church 8 Jun 1752, but returned to Protestantism at Lausanne, Switzerland, in 1753; became attached to Susanne Curchod (afterwards Mme Necker), but at his father’s wish the engagement was broken off; adm. to Academy, Lausanne 1 Dec 1756; officer in Hampshire Militia 12 Jun 1759-70; author, Essai sur l’Etude de la Litterature, 1761; met John Baker Holroyd (afterwards Lord Sheffield) at Lausanne 1764; in Italy 1764-5; the idea of writing on the decline and fall of the Roman Empire first occurred to him when in Rome on 15 Oct 1764; author, Mémoires Littéraires de la Grande Bretagne, 1767-8, jointly with his Swiss friend Deyverdun; author, Critical Observations on the Sixth Book of the Aeneid, 1770, attacking Warburton; settled in London 1772; elected to The Club 1774; MP Liskeard 1774-80, Lymington 25 Jun 1781-4; a Commissioner for Trade and Foreign Plantations 6 Jul 1779 - Jun 1782; Professor of Ancient History, Royal Academy, from 1787; FSA 20 Nov 1788, FRS 27 Nov 1788; author, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 1776-87, 4 vols.; defended the chapters on Christianity in a Vindication, 1779; retired to Lausanne 1783; his Miscellaneous Works, edited by his friend Lord Sheffield, and including his Memoirs of My Life and Writings, were published in 1796; d. unm. 16 Jan 1794. DNB.

GAMBIER, ROBERT, brother of John Gambier (adm. 1735, qv); b. 22 Dec 1736; adm. Mar 1747/8 (Porten's); left 1749; Writer, EICS Bombay 1753; Senior Merchant and Second in Council, Surat 1768; member, Council of Governor of Bombay 1776; First in Council, Broach 1780; d. 25 Jun 1787.

HARENC, BENJAMIN, only son of Roger Harenc, Foots Cray Place, Kent, and Susanna, dau. of Daniel Hays, Wimbledon, Surrey; b.; adm. (aged 14) Jun 1748 (Porten's); in school list 1752; High Sheriff, Kent 1777; m. 1771 Sarah, dau. of Salusbury Cade (QS 1709, qv); d. 15 Apr 1812.

COURTENAY, WILLIAM, eldest son of Henry Reginald Courtenay (adm. 1724/5, qv); b. 9 Sep 1738; adm. Jun 1748 (Porten's); KS 1752; Capt. of the School 1756; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1757, matr. 8 Jun 1757, Westminster Student 5 Jan 1758 - 8 Nov 1760, void on election to Fellowship All Souls; BA 1761; MA 1774; Fellow, All Souls Coll., 1760; adm. Middle Temple 30 Dec 1761; ordained deacon 29 May 1774, priest 24 Jun 1774 (both Winchester); Rector of Kenn, Devon, 29 Jun 1774; Rector of Little Hempston, Devon, 1777; patentee of the Subpoena Office in Court of Chancery from 26 May 1778; m. 31 Dec 1764 Anne, dau. of John Downes, Otterbury, Hampshire; d. 27 Nov 1783.

HEATH, JOHN, son of Thomas Heath, Alderman of Exeter, and his first wife Ann Pyne, Exeter; b.; adm. (aged 12) Jul 1748 (Porten's); KS 1749; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1754, matr. 18 Jun 1754, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1754 – Nov 1764, Faculty Student 2 Nov 1764 – 12 Jul 1781; BA 1758; MA 1762; adm. Inner Temple May 1759, called to bar 25 Jun 1762; Serjeant at Law 17 May 1775; Recorder of Exeter 25 Sep 1779 – Jul 1780; a Judge of the Common Pleas from 19 Jul 1780; refused knighthood, preferring to remain “plain John Heath”; d. unm. 16 Jan 1816. DNB.

SNELL, POWELL, eldest son of Powell Snell (adm. Feb. 1725/6, qv), and his first wife; bapt. Guiting Power, Gloucs. 16 Mar 1737 (IGI); adm. (aged 10) Sep 1748 (Porten's); in school list 1754; Balliol Coll. Oxford, matr. 19 Jun 1755; MA 1759; adm. Inner Temple 28 Feb 1759, left 19 Nov 1764; migr. to Middle Temple, adm. 22 Nov 1764, called to bar 8 Feb 1765; JP Gloucestershire, Worcestershire; FSA 12 Jun 1777; m. 31 May 1768 Mary, dau. of Thomas Phillipps, Eaton Bishop, Herefs., barrister; d. 8 Apr 1804.

BYNG, GEORGE, 4TH VISCOUNT TORRINGTON, elder son of George Byng, 3rd Viscount Torrington, Major-Gen. in the Army, and Elizabeth, dau. of Lionel Daniel; b.; adm. (aged 8) May 1749 (Porten's); in school list 1754; succ. father as 4th Viscount Torrington, 17 Apr 1750; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. nob. 28 Oct 1757, matr. 1757; MA 1759; Grand Tour (Italy) 1760-1; Minister Plenipotentiary at Brussels, 31 Jul 1782 - Jun 1792; m. 10 Jul 1765 Lady Lucy Boyle, only dau. of John Boyle, 5th Earl of Cork and 5th Earl of Orrery (qv); d. 14 Dec 1812.

FARREL, GEORGE; b.; adm. (aged 12) Jun 1749 (Porten's); in school list 1752.

COOKES, THOMAS, son of Henry Cookes, Leytonstone, Essex, and Jane, dau. of Robert Magraith, Loughlougher Castle, co. Tipperary; b. 2 Apr 1735; adm. Jun 1749 (Porten's); in school list 1752 (as Cooke); Worcester Coll. Oxford, matr. 15 Jun 1754; ordained deacon 1776 (Canterbury) to curacy Swalecliffe, Kent, priest 1777 (lit. dim. from Caterbury); Rector of Notgrove, Gloucs.; m. 14 Feb 1765 Anne, only dau. of John Denham, Welling, Kent; d. 1 Dec 1809.

MILLES, RICHARD, son of Christopher Milles, Nackington, Kent, and Mary, dau. of Richard Warner, North Elmham, Norfolk; b.; adm. (aged 13) Jun 1749 (Porten's); in school list 1752; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 27 Oct 1753; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 23 May 1753; MP Canterbury 1761-80; m. 9 Oct 1765 Mary Elizabeth, only dau. of Rev. Thomas Tanner DD, Prebendary of Canterbury; d. 14 Sep 1820.