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     Richard Grenville was born on 8 August 1612.² He was the son of Richard Grenville and Frances Saunders.³ He married, secondly, Eleanor Tyrrell, daughter of Sir Timothy Tyrrell.¹ He married, firstly, Anne Borlase, daughter of Sir William Borlase and Amy Popham, on 9 February 1633/34.² He died on 10 January 1665 at age 52.²
     He held the office of High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire in 1636.¹ He held the office of High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire in 1642.¹ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Buckinghamshire in 1654.¹ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Buckinghamshire in 1656.¹ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Buckinghamshire in 1658.¹ He lived at Wooton under Barnwood, Buckinghamshire, England^G.¹

     Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont was born on 19 August 1710.³ He was the son of Sir William Wyndham, 3rd Bt. and Lady Catherine Seymour.⁴ He married Hon. Alicia Maria Carpenter, daughter of George Carpenter, 2nd Baron Carpenter of Killaghy and Elizabeth Petty, on 12 March 1750/51.³ He died on 21 August 1763 at age 53.³
     He was educated at Westminster School, Westminster, London, England^G.³ He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England^G.³ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) (Tory) for Bridgwater between 1735 and 1751.³ He succeeded as the 4th Baronet Wyndham, of Orchard Windham, co. Somerset [E., 1661] on 17 June 1740.³ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Appleby between 1741 and 1747.³ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Taunton between 1747 and 1750.³ He succeeded as the 2nd Earl of Egremont, co. Cumberland [G.B., 1749] on 7 February 1749/50.³ He succeeded as the 2nd Baron Cockermouth, co. Cumberland [G.B., 1749] on 7 February 1749/50.³ He held the office of Lord-Lieutenant of Cumberland between 1751 and 1759.³ He held the office of Custos Rotulorum of Cumberland between 1751 and 1763.³ He held the office of Vice-Admiral of Cumberland between 1755 and 1763.³ He was appointed Privy Counsellor (P.C.) in 1761.³ He held the office of Secretary of State, Southern Department between 1761 and 1763, as which he strove, though clumsily, to extract maximum concessions from France when making peace at the end of the Seven Years War.³ He held the office of Lord-Lieutenant of Sussex from 1762 to 1763.³

     Thomas Pitt, 2nd Lord Camelford, Baron of Boconnoc was born on 19 February 1775.¹ He was the son of Thomas Pitt, 1st Lord Camelford, Baron of Boconnoc and Anne Wilkinson.¹ He was baptised on 20 February 1775 at Boconnoc, Cornwall, England^G.¹ He died on 10 March 1804 at age 29 at Little Holland House, Kensington, London, England^G, from wounds received in a duel three days earlier against a Captain Thomas Best.¹ He was buried on 17 March 1804 at St. Anne's Church, Soho, London, England^G.¹ His will was proven (by probate) in August 1804.¹
     He was educated at Berne, Switzerland^G.¹ He was educated at Charterhouse School, Godalming, Surrey, England^G.¹ He succeeded as the 2nd Lord Camelford, Baron of Boconnoc, Cornwall [G.B., 1784] on 19 January 1793.¹ In 1795 he was found guilty of wilfull murder by a Barbados jury, for killing a man who resisted his press gang.¹ He gained the rank of Commander in 1797 in the Royal Navy.¹
     On his death, his barony became extinct.¹ Lord rosebery wrote that 'his was a turbulent, rakehelly, demented existence. He revived in his person all the pranks and outrage of the Mohawks. Bull terriers, bludgeons, fighting of all kinds were associated with him; riots of all kinds were as the breath of his nostrils.¹'

     Thomas Pitt, 1st Lord Camelford, Baron of Boconnoc was born on 3 March 1736/37 at Boconnoc, Cornwall, England^G.² He was the son of Thomas Pitt and Christian Lyttelton.² He married Anne Wilkinson, daughter of Pinckney Wilkinson, on 29 July 1771 at Knightsbridge, London, England^G.² He died on 19 January 1793 at age 55 at Florence, Italy^G.² His will was proven (by probate) in February 1793.²
     He graduated from Clare Hall, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England^G, in 1759 with a Master of Arts (M.A.)² He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Old Sarum between 1761 and 1763.² He held the office of Lord of the Admiralty between April 1763 and 1765.² He was Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Okehampton between 1768 and 1774.² He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Old Sarum between 1774 and 1783.² He was created 1st Lord Camelford, Baron of Boconnoc, Cornwall [Great Britain] on 5 January 1784. He was appointed Fellow, Society of Antiquaries (F.S.A.) on 29 April 1784.²
     Lord Rosebery called him 'a man of high honour, character, and charm.²'

     James Smyth lived at Annables Manor House, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, England.¹

     Joseph Banks lived at Revesby Abbey, Lincolnshire, England^G.¹

     Moses Berenger married Penelope Temple, daughter of Sir Richard Temple, 3rd Bt. and Mary Knapp.¹

     Hon. Henry Drummond was born on 7 February 1730.² He was the son of William Drummond, 4th Viscount Strathallan and Hon. Margaret Nairne Murray.³ He was baptised on 9 February 1730 at Episcopal Church, Muthill, Perthshire, Scotland.² He married Elizabeth Compton, daughter of Hon. Charles Compton and Mary Lucy, on 21 March 1761.⁴ He died in 1795.⁴
     He was partner of Drummond's Bank.⁴ He lived at The Grange, Hampshire, England^G.⁴

     Lt.-Gen. Hon. Vere Poulett was born in 1761.² He was the son of Vere Poulett, 3rd Earl Poulett and Mary Butt.² He married Anne Lucy Beecher.² He died on 15 March 1812.²
     He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Bridgwater.²

     William Gore-Langton was born on 27 September 1787.² He was the son of Colonel William Gore-Langton and Bridget Langton.¹ He married Jacintha Frances Dorothea Collins, daughter of Henry Powell Collins and Dorothea Lethbridge, on 21 February 1822.¹ He died on 3 October 1828 at age 41.²
     He lived at Combe Hay, Somerset, England^G.²