WATSON, LEWIS, 1ST BARON SONDES, brother of John Monson, 2nd Baron Monson (qv); b. 28 Nov 1728; adm. Apr 1737 (as Lewis Monson); (Taylor's); left 1745; assumed surname of Watson in lieu of Monson on inheriting estates in Northamptonshire and Kent of his cousin Thomas Watson, 3rd Earl of Rockingham 26 Feb 1745/6; Grand Tour (Italy, Germany) 1749-50; MP Boroughbridge 23 Apr 1750-4, Kent 1754 – 20 May 1760; Joint Auditor of the Imprest Feb 1754 – Jul 1785, when post abolished; created Baron Sondes 20 May 1760; DL Kent 1746, Northamptonshire 1756 and 1792; member, Society of Dilettanti 1751; m. 12 Oct 1752 Frances, second dau. of Hon. Henry Pelham (b. 1696, qv); d. 30 Mar 1795.

SHERARD, HON. PHILIP, fifth son of Philip Sherard, 2nd Earl of Harborough, and Anne, only dau. of Nicholas Pedley; b. 1 Mar 1726/7; adm. Jan 1738/9 (Taylor's); Ensign and Lieut., 1st Foot Guards 6 Apr 1743; Lieut. and Capt., 29 Nov 1745; Capt. -Lieut., 24 Mar 1755; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 24 Mar 1755; 3rd Maj., 12 Jun 1765; 2nd Maj., 9 May 1768; 1st Maj., 10 Nov 1770; Lieut. -Col., 8 Aug 1775; Major-Gen., 30 Apr 1770; Col., 69th Foot, from 1 Sep 1775; Lieut. -Gen., 29 Aug 1777; d. 14 Sep 1790.

MORRIS-JONES, THOMAS, only son of William Morris-Jones, Moneyglass House, Toomebridge, co. Antrim, and Anne, dau. of Capt. William Dobbyn, Duneane House, Toome; b. 22 Nov 1720; adm. May 1737 (Taylor's); left 1741; Capt., Dragoons 30 Sep 1743; m. 7 Jun 1740 Elizabeth, dau. of Robert Cope MP (I), Loughgall, co. Armagh; d. 12 Apr 1769.

MONSON, JOHN, 2ND BARON MONSON, eldest surviving son of John Monson, 1st Baron Monson PC KB, President, Board of Trade, and Lady Margaret Watson, youngest dau. of Lewis Watson, 1ST Earl of Rockingham; b. 23 Jul 1727; adm. Apr 1737 (Taylor's); succ. father as 2nd Baron Monson 18 Jul 1748; LLD Cambridge 1749; Chief Justice in Eyre, South of the Trent 5 Nov 1765 – 27 Nov 1766; m. 23 Jun 1752 Theodosia, dau. of John Maddison, Stamford, Lincs.; d. 23 Jul 1774. DNB.

MONSON, HENRY; b.; adm. (aged 8) Apr 1737 (Taylor's). [Presumably a brother of, or close kin to, John Monson, 2nd Baron Monson (qv), adm. same month].

MONSON, HON. GEORGE, brother of John Monson, 2nd Baron Monson (qv); b. 18 Apr 1730; adm. Jun 1738 (Taylor's); left 1747; Ensign, 1st Foot Guards 20 Nov 1750; Lieut. and Capt., 22 Dec 1753; Maj., Draper’s Regt. (64th, afterwards 79th, Foot), 18 Nov 1757; went to India with his regiment 1758; wounded at siege of Pondicherry 1760; Brevet Lieut. -Col., 29 Sep 1760; Lieut. -Col. commandant, 96th Foot 20 Jan 1761; distinguished himself at capture of Manila 1762; Brig. -Gen. in East Indies 7 Jul 1763; returned to England at Peace of Paris; Col. and ADC to George III 30 Nov 1769; Col., 50th Foot, from 1 Sep 1775; MP Lincoln 1754-68; Groom of Bedchamber to George III as Prince of Wales 1756-60; appointed member, Supreme Council of Bengal, under Regulating Act of 1773; arrived in Calcutta 19 Oct 1774; opposed policy of Warren Hastings (qv); resigned owing to ill-health Sep 1776; gazetted Lieut. -Gen. (sic, check) 4 Mar 1777, before news of his death reached England; m. 1757 Lady Anne Vane, formerly wife of Hon. Charles Hope Weir, and sister of Henry Vane, 2nd Earl of Darlington (qv); d. in India 25 Sep 1776. DNB.

LEVETT, JOHN, son of Theophilus Levett, Lichfield, Staffs., and his first wife Mary, second dau. of John Babington, Packington, Warwicks.; bapt. 17 Jul 1721; adm. (aged 14) Jul 1736 (Taylor's); left 1738; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 23 Feb 1738/9; adm. Middle Temple 21 Feb 1737/8; migrated to Inner Temple 29 Jan1741/2, called to bar 18 Jun 1743; chambers there 5 Feb 1741/2 – 8 May 1753, withdrew from membership Nov 1781; MP Lichfield 1761 – 1 Feb 1762; of Wychnor, Staffs.; d. unm. 22 Nov 1799.

HOPTON, RALPH COPE, brother of Edward Cope Hopton (qv); b.; adm. (aged 14) Jan 1739/40 (Taylor's); left 1742; Oriel Coll. Oxford, matr. 6 Nov 1742; BA 1746; migrated to All Souls Coll. Oxford; BCL 1751; ordained; Vicar of Bishop’s Frome, Herefs., from 7 Aug 1750; Prebendary of Hereford from 25 May 1762; Rector of Moccas, Herefs., from 8 Jan 1770; m. 1st, Anna Maria Huxley [probably dau. of William Huxley (IGI)]; m. 2nd 1794 Mary, widow of Rev. Benjamin Biddulph, Burghill, Herefs., and dau. of Edward Poole (qv); d. 13 Jun 1797.

GREGORY, WILLIAM COPE, eldest son of William Gregory, How Caple, Herefs., and Wessington Court, Woolhope, Herefs., and Susan, eldest dau. of William Brydges, Serjeant at Law; b. 1721; adm. (aged 15) Oct 1736 (Taylor's); left 1739; Balliol Coll. Oxford, matr. 30 Jun 1739; of How Caple and Wessington, Herefs.; High Sheriff, Herefs. 1758; m. 1st, 3 Nov 1750 Beatrice, dau. of Samuel Smith, Ruckley, Shropshire; m. 2nd, Dec 1761 Jane, dau. of Rev. Edward Stillingfleet, Rector of Hartlebury, Worcs.; d. 10 Feb 1789.

FULLERTON, JOHN, eldest son of John Fullerton, London, and his second wife Judith, dau. of John Weston MP, Ockham, Surrey; b. 12 Jun 1731; adm. Jun 1739 (Taylor's); KS (aged 14) 1745; still at school 1748; Emmanuel Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 11 Jan 1748/9; LLB 1755; ordained deacon (Winchester) 26 Apr 1755, priest (Bangor for Winchester) 27 Jul 1755; Vicar of Cobham, Surrey 18 Oct 1755-70; Rector of West Horsley, Surrey 25 May 1758-70; Rector of All Cannings, Wilts., from 12 Jun 1770; m. 16 Feb 1771 Rebecca, dau. of John Garth MP, Recorder of Devizes; d. 25 May 1800.