CECIL, HON. ALGERNON, fifth son of William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Salisbury (qv); b.; adm.; KS (Capt. ) 1641; among the Steward’s accounts at Hatfield for the year 1640-1 are payments “to Mr Busby for diet for the two gentlemen [William and Algernon Cecil] at the rate of £60 per ann., and their servant at £15 per ann. ”, for “potation money” at Easter 5s., and on “Mr Algernon’s admittance to be a King’s Scholar” £3. 15s. 9d.; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 28 Apr 1645, MA 1644 (check); MP Old Sarum 1660, but his election was disputed and he did not take his seat; m. Dorothy, dau. of Sandford Nevile, Chevet, Yorks.; d. Nov. 1676.

BROMLEY, WILLIAM, son of Right Hon. William Bromley PC MP, Baginton, Warwicks., Speaker of the House of Commons, subsequently Secretary of State, Northern Dept., and his fourth wife Elizabeth, dau. of Ralph Stawell, 1st Baron Stawell; half-brother of Thomas Bromley (qv); b. 11 Jan 1699; adm.; QS (aged 15) 1714; left 1716; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 27 Feb 1716/7; DCL (from Oriel Coll. ) 19 May 1732; Grand Tour (Italy) 1722-3; of Baginton, Warwicks.; a Tory politician; MP Fowey 15 Mar 1725-7, Warwick 1727- 25 Feb 1734-5, Oxford University from 9 Feb 1736/7; moved repeal of Septennial Act, 13 Mar 1734; m. 2 Jul 1724 Lucy, dau. of Clement Throckmorton, Haseley, Warwicks., physician; d. 12 Mar 1736/7. DNB.

BROOKE-PECHELL, SIR THOMAS, BART., eldest son of Lieut. -Col. Sir Paul Pechell, Bart., and Mary, only surviving child of Thomas Brooke, Pagglesham Hall, Essex; b. 23 Jan 1753; adm. 17 Jan 1765; KS 1767; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1771, matr. 30 May 1771, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1771 - void 30 Jun 1781; BA 1775; MA 1779; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 1772 [check]; Sub-Lieut., 2nd Horse Grenadier Guards, 3 Dec 1783; Guidon and Capt., 1 May 1788; Brevet Maj., 3 May 1796; Brevet Lieut. -Col., 29 Apr 1802; Brevet Col., 4 Jun 1811; Maj. -Gen., 4 Jun 1814; succ. father as 2nd baronet 13 Jan 1800; assumed additional surname of Brooke 22 Nov 1800 [or 1801, check]; Gentleman Usher Quarterly Waiter to Queen Charlotte 1786 – Apr 1795, Gentleman Usher Daily Waiter to Queen Charlotte Apr 1795 – May 1805, and Gentleman Usher of the Privy Chamber to Queen Charlotte May 1805 – 1818; MP Downton 26 Apr 1813-8, and from 22 Feb 1819; m. 26 Apr 1783 Charlotte, sister of Henry Mordaunt Clavering (qv); d. 17 Jun 1826.

COURTENAY, EDWIN BALDWIN, 12TH EARL OF DEVON, third son of William Reginald Courtenay, 11th Earl of Devon (qv); b. 7 May 1836; adm. 4 Oct 1848 (Rigaud's); QS 1850; left 1851; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 18 Oct 1854; MP (Cons) Exeter Aug 1864-8, East Devon 1868 - Mar 1870; joined Roman Catholic church 1870; DL Devon, JP (1858) Devon; succ. father as 12th Earl of Devon 18 Nov 1888; d. unm. 15 Jan 1891.

COXE, RICHARD HIPPISLEY, son of John Hippisley Coxe, Stoneaston, Somerset, and Mary, dau. of Stephen Northleigh MP, Peamore, Devon; b. 22 Sep 1742; adm.; KS (aged 13) 1754; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1759, matr. 19 Jun 1759, Westminster Student 5 Jan 1760 - 2 Jul 1763, res.; BA 1763; MP Somerset 1768-84; Col., Somerset Militia 24 Oct 1778, with rank Col. in Army 2 Jul 1779; d. unm. 26 Aug 1786.

FITZGERALD-DE ROS, WILLIAM LENNOX LASCELLES, 23RD BARON DE ROS, third son of Lord Henry Fitzgerald MP, and Charlotte, Baroness De Ros, only dau. of Hon. Robert Boyle-Walsingham MP (I); b. 1 Sep 1797; adm. Christmas 1809; KS 1811; said to have passed a night in the Abbey to confront Bradshaw’s ghost, which was supposed to haunt the chamber in the south-west tower and the triforium passage nearby (Stanley, Hist. Mem. of Westminster Abbey, 437, n. 3); elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1815, but went to Ch. Ch. Oxford, matr. 16 Dec 1815, Canoneer Student 1815-24; BA 1819; MA 1822; Cornet and Sub-Lieut., 1st Life Guards 29 Mar 1819; Lieut., 24 Aug 1821; Capt., 23 Oct 1824; Maj., 5 Jun 1827; Lieut. -Col., 8 Sep 1831; Col., 9 Nov 1846; Maj. -Gen., 20 Jun 1854; Lieut. -Gen., 12 Mar 1861; Gen., 10 Nov 1868; Col., 4th Hussars, from 6 Feb 1865; served as Quartermaster - Gen. in Crimean War; a Gentleman Usher Quarterly Waiter to William IV 21 Oct 1836; succeeded brother as 23rd Baron De Ros 29 Mar 1839; took Conservative whip in House of Lords; Captain, Yeomen of the Guard Feb- Dec 1852, Mar 1858 - Jun 1859; Privy Councillor 27 Feb 1852; Lieut. -Governor, Tower of London, from 13 Feb 1852; a Busby Trustee from 16 May 1865; m. 7 Jun 1824 Lady Georgiana Lennox, sister of Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond (qv); d. 6 Jan 1874.

HARRISON, HENRY, second son of Henry Harrison, Holywood House, Holywood, co. Down, and Letitia, dau. of Robert James Tennent MP, Rush Park, Belfast; stepson of Hartley Withers (qv); b. 17 Dec 1867; adm. 9 May 1881 ( R), exhibitioner; QS 8 Jun 1882; left Jul 1886; Balliol Coll. Oxford, matr. 20 Jan 1887; MP (Irish Nationalist) Mid Tipperary 1890-2; known in House of Commons as “Parnell’s stripling”; served 1914-18 war; 2nd Lieut., 3rd batt., Royal Irish Regt.; Lieut., 9 Aug 1916; MC 11 Dec 1916, bar 18 Feb 1918; OBE 8 Jan 1919; Secretary, Irish Dominion League 1920-1; Dublin correspondent, The Economist 1922-7; editor, Irish Truth (weekly) 1924-7; author, Parnell Vindicated : the Lifting of the Veil, 1931, Parnell, Joseph Chamberlain and Mr Garvin, 1938, Parnell, Joseph Chamberlain and The Times 1953; hon. LLD Dublin 1953; m. 21 Jan 1895 Maie, dau. of J. C. Byrne, New York, USA; d. 20 Feb 1954. DNB.

GOWER, HON. RICHARD LEVESON, fourth son of John Leveson Gower, 1st Earl Gower (qv), and his first wife; b. 30 Apr 1726; adm. Sep 1735 (Edwards'); KS (Capt. ) 1739; Capt. of the School 1743; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1744, matr. 28 May 1744, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1744 – void 30 Jun 1750; MP Lichfield from 1747; joint Secretary with Edward Wortley Montagu (qv) to Plenipotentiaries at Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle 1748; Under-Secretary of State 1749-51; d. unm. 19 Oct 1753.

JEPHSON, WILLIAM, second son of William Jephson, Froyle, Hampshire; b.; at school in 1657; KS 1663; adm. Middle Temple 8 May 1665, called to bar 9 May 1673; MP East Grinstead Oct 1679 – Jan 1681, Chipping Wycombe from 1689; Private Secretary to William III Nov 1688-Jul 1689; Secretary to the Treasury from Apr 1689; m. c. 1674 Mary, dau. of William Lewis MP, The Van, Glamorgan; d. 7 Jun 1691.

HACKET, SIR ANDREW, eldest son of John Hacket (elected to Camb. 1608, qv), and his first wife; b.; adm.; KS 1642; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1645, adm. pens. 30 Jun 1645, scholar 1645, matr. Easter 1646; 9th in “ordo” 1648/9; BA 1648/9; MA 1652; adm. Gray’s Inn 24 Jan 1652/3, called to bar 11 Nov 1659; a Master in Chancery 10 Dec 1670 – 28 Jun 1680; knighted 16 Jan 1670/1; MP Tamworth 1679-81; of Moxhull Hall, Warwickshire; High Sheriff, Warwickshire 1684-5; m. 1st, Mary, dau. of Right Rev. Joseph Henshaw DD, Bishop of Peterborough; m. 2nd, 19 Apr 1664 (IGI) Mary, eldest dau. of John Lisle, Moxhull, Warwicks.; d. 19 Mar 1709/10.