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48 People & Organisations results for Preston's

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Davers, Robert, ca. 1736-1763

  • GB-2014-WSA-05826
  • Person
  • ca. 1736-1763

DAVERS, SIR ROBERT, BART., eldest legitimate son of Sir Jermyn Davers, Bart., M. P., and Margaretta, eldest dau. of Rev. Edward Green, Rector of Drinkstone, Suffolk; b.; succ. as 5th baronet 20 Feb 1742/3; adm. (aged 9) Jun 1745 (Preston's); left 1751; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. nob. 24 Jan 1752, matr. 1752; Grand Tour (Italy) 1756; was in North America 1761-3; killed in a boat by Indians on or near Lake Huron Jun 1763 (and allegedly later eaten by them); unm.

Douglas, Charles, 1726-1756

  • GB-2014-WSA-06305
  • Person
  • 1726-1756

DOUGLAS, CHARLES, EARL OF DRUMLANRIG, younger son of Charles Douglas, 3rd Duke of Queensberry (S) and 2nd Duke of Dover (GB) PC, Lord Justice General of Scotland, and Lady Catherine Hyde, second dau. of Henry Hyde, 4th Earl of Clarendon; b. 17 Jul 1726; at Winchester Coll. 1734-41; adm. Feb 1741/2 (Preston's); left 1744; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 30 May 1745; MP Dumfriesshire Jul 1747 - 18 Nov 1755; styled Lord Charles Douglas to 1754, becoming Earl of Drumlanrig by courtesy on his elder brother’s death 19 Oct 1754; at Lisbon at date of the great earthquake of 1 Nov 1755; member, Society of Dilettanti 1753; d. unm. 24 Oct 1756.

Durell, John, ca. 1733-?

  • GB-2014-WSA-06518
  • Person
  • ca. 1733-?

DURELL, JOHN; b.; adm. (aged 12) Jan 1745/6 (Preston's); in school lists 1746-9.

East, Oliver, 1737-?

  • GB-2014-WSA-06593
  • Person
  • 1737-?

EAST, OLIVER, son of William East, London, and Mary --- (IGI); bapt. St. Clement Danes, London 14 Jun 1737 (IGI); adm. (aged 8) Sep 1745 (Preston's); in school list 1754; Emmanuel Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 17 Apr 1755, matr. Mich 1755.

Fletcher, Archibald, ca. 1731-1750

  • GB-2014-WSA-07212
  • Person
  • ca. 1731-1750

FLETCHER, ARCHIBALD, son of Andrew Fletcher, Edinburgh [presumably Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton SCJ, Lord Justice Clerk]; b.; adm. (aged 12) Sep 1743 (Preston's); KS 1746; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1750, matr. 20 Jun 1750, but did not live to be adm. as a Westminster Student; buried Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford 25 Jun 1750.

Fludyear, John, ca. 1730-?

  • GB-2014-WSA-07235
  • Person
  • ca. 1730-?

FLUDYEAR, JOHN; b.; adm. (aged 10) Feb 1740/1 (Preston's); left 1746 (“always Fludyer in sch. lists”).

Foley, George, ca. 1731-1773

  • GB-2014-WSA-07251
  • Person
  • ca. 1731-1773

FOLEY, GEORGE; b.; adm. (aged 15) Apr 1746 (Preston's); left 1746. [Possibly George Foley, bapt. Wadworth, Yorks., 14 May 1730, son of Samuel Foley, and Mary --- (IGI)][will George Foley, St. Magnus the Martyr, London, proved PCC 15 Nov 1773]

Greenhill, Charles, ca. 1731-?

  • GB-2014-WSA-08205
  • Person
  • ca. 1731-?

GREENHILL, CHARLES; b.; adm. (aged 8) Jan 1739/40 (Preston's); left 1740.

Greenhill, John Russell, 1729-1813

  • GB-2014-WSA-08207
  • Person
  • 1729-1813

GREENHILL, JOHN RUSSELL, son of Samuel Greenhill EICS [check Presidency], Swincombe, Oxfordshire, and Elizabeth, dau. of John Russell, EICS Bengal, Governor of Fort William; bapt. Calcutta 11 Dec 1729; adm. (aged 8) Apr 1738 (Preston's); left 1746; Trinity Coll. Oxford, matr. 6 Jun 1746; BCL 1754; DCL 1759; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 21 Nov 1747; ordained deacon 9 Jun 1754, priest 25 May 1755 (both Oxford); Rector of Cottisford and Fringford, Oxfordshire, from 25 Nov 1756; Rector of Marsh Gibbon, Bucks., from 15 Dec 1779; inherited Chequers Court estate, Ellesborough, Bucks., on death of cousin Mary Russell in Jun 1813; his diary for 1780-7 is in Bodleian Library, Oxford; m. 5 Jul 1753 Elizabeth, only child of Matthew Noble, Sunderland, co. Durham; d. 20 Dec 1813.

Grimston, John, ca. 1726-1780

  • GB-2014-WSA-08320
  • Person
  • ca. 1726-1780

GRIMSTON, JOHN; b.; adm. (aged 16) Apr 1742 (Preston's); left 1744. [Probably John Grimston, only surviving son of Thomas Grimston, Grimston Garth, Yorks., and Jane, dau. of John Close, Richmond, Yorks., adm. Middle Temple 31 May 1745, although Burke LG gives this John Grimston’s date of birth as 17 Feb 1724/5. He was of Grimston Garth, Yorks.; m. 12 Mar 1753 Jane, youngest dau. of Sir Thomas Legard, Bart., Ganton; d. 21 Jun 1780].

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