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College, Marlow; served in the 95th regiment in Peninsula, and severely wounded, as lieutenant, at Waterloo. App. vice consol at Guatemala, 1825; consul at Puerto Cabello 1828; arbitrator at Havana to British and Spanish Court of Justice for abolition of Slave Trade, 1835; and commissioner of arbitration to Mixed British and Netherlands Court of Commission at Surinam, for the same purpose, 1841; granted superannuation allowance on abolition of latter office in 1849; M.P. for Dartmouth, May to July 1859; director of United Kingdom Telegraph Company (_Arthur's and Boodle's Clubs_).

15. RAY, Edmund Barker, Esq.

(_Conservative Club_).

16. EATON, Henry William, Esq.

Silk broker (33, _Old Broad-street_, E.C.)

18. HIBBERT, William Tetlow, Esq.

Director of Colonial Bank, and of the Royal Exchange a.s.sur. Corporation (_Union Club_; _Hare Hill_, _Alderley_, _Ches.h.i.+re_).

19. TRAFFORD SOUTHWELL, Miss (Margaret Elizabeth),

Eld. dau. of late Sigismund Trafford, Esq., of Norwich, and of Wroxham Hall, co. Norfolk, by Margaret, eld. dau., and co-heir of James Crowe, Esq., of Norwich. a.s.sumed additional surname of Southwell in 1849, in compliance with the testamentary injunction of her aunt, Mrs. Jane Baker, of Portland-place, and of Orsett Hall, Ess.e.x.

20. ALDRIDGE, John, Esq.

M.A. Christ Church, Oxford, 1826; c. to the bar, Middle Temple, 1830.

Western Circuit (_Oxford and Cambridge Club_; _Inner Temple Hall Staircase_; _Inholmes_, _Hungerford_).

21. CRESSWELL, The Rt. Hon. Sir Cresswell,

4th son of Francis Easterby, Esq., of Blackheath, who a.s.sumed the name of Cresswell, instead of his patronymic, having married Frances Dorothea, co-heir of John Cresswell, Esq., of Cresswell, co. Northumberland. B.

1794; B.A. Emmanuel Coll. Cambridge, 1814; M.A. 1818; c. to the bar, Middle Temple, 1819; King's Council 1834; M.P. (Conservative) for Liverpool, 183742; led northern circuit for many years; app. a judge of Court of Common Pleas, and knighted, 1842; privy councillor, and first Judge of New Court of Probate and Divorce, 1858 (_Athenaeum and United University Clubs_; _Doctors'-commons_).

23. BARING, Hon. Louisa, BARING, Hon. Lydia Emily,

3rd and 4th daus. of first Lord Ashburton, for some time president of Board of Trade, and Master of the Mint, by Annie Louisa, eld. dau. of the Hon. William Bingham, senator of United States. Sisters of present Lord Ashburton, and of Dowager Marchioness of Bath (_West Hill_, _near Tichfield_, _Hants_).

24. HUBBARD, John Gellibrand, Esq., M.P., F.R.G.S.

Eld. s. of late John Hubbard, Esq. of Stratford Grove, Ess.e.x, by Marianna, dau. of John Morgan, Esq.; b. 1805; m. 1837, Hon. Maria Margaret Napier, sister of the present Lord Napier, H.M. minister at the Hague. Head of the eminent firm of John Hubbard and Co. Russia merchants, of Birchin-lane; a director (formerly governor) of Bank of England; director of Guardian a.s.surance Company; M.P. (conservative) for Buckingham, since 1859; chairman of "Public Works," and "Exchequer Loan"

committees; J.P. for Buckinghams.h.i.+re; dep.-lieut. for London. Author of numerous able pamphlets on finance and commerce (_Athenaeum Club_; 19, _Birchin-lane_, E.C.; _Addington Manor_, _Winslow_, _Bucks_).

25. GURNEY, Samuel, Esq., M.P., F.R.G.S.

2nd s. of late Samuel Gurney, Esq. of Upton, Ess.e.x, by Elisabeth, dau. of James Sheppard, Esq.; b. 1816; first cousin of John Henry Gurney, Esq., M.P. for Lynn Regis; m. 1837, Ellen, dau. of Wm. Reynolds, Esq. of Carshalton, Surrey. Partner in firm of Overend, Gurney, and Co., bankers and money-dealers. M.P. (liberal) for Penryn and Falmouth since 1857.

J.P. for Surrey; director of Atlantic, Mediterranean Extension, and Submarine Telegraph Companies (_Reform_ and _City Clubs_; _Lombard-street_; _Carshalton_, _Surrey_).

27. HOGHTON, Sir Henry Bold, Bart.

S. of late Sir Henry Philip Hoghton, Bart., by Susannah, only dau. and heir of Peter Brooke, Esq., of Astley Hall, and widow of T. T. Parker, Esq. B. 1799. Suc. his father as 8th bart. 1835; m. 1st, 1820, Dorothea, dau. and heiress of late Peter Patten Bold, Esq., of Bold, Lancas.h.i.+re; 2ndly, 1847, Harriet Sarah, dau. of J. Smith, Esq. of Norwich. J.P. and dep.-lieut. for Lancas.h.i.+re; high sheriff, 1829.

Formerly lieut.-col. of Lancas.h.i.+re Militia; which post he resigned in 1842 (_Carlton and Conservative Clubs_; _Hoghton Tower_, _near Blackburn_, _Lancas.h.i.+re_).

28. GROSVENOR, Earl, (Grosvenor), M.P.

Eld. s. of present Marquis of Westminster, K.G., by youngest dau. of 1st Duke of Sutherland, K.G. B. 1825, at Eaton Hall, Chester; m. 1852, his cousin, Lady Constance Gertrude, 5th dau. of 2nd and sister of present Duke of Sutherland, and has three sons and two daus.; Capt. Ches.h.i.+re Yeomanry Cavalry, 1847; Lieut.-Col. Queen's Westminster Rifles, 1860; lieut.-col.-commandant of same corps, 1801. M.P. (liberal) for Chester since 1847. J.P. for Ches.h.i.+re and Chester (_Brooke's_, _White's_, _and Travellers' Clubs_; _Calveley Hall_, _Ches.h.i.+re_).

29. BLACKBURN, Joshua, Esq.

(_Reform Club_; _Brockwell_, _Dulwich_, _Surrey_).

30. DUCIE, 3rd Earl of, (Moreton) F.R.S. F.R.G.S.,

Eld. s. of 2nd Earl, by Elizabeth, eld. dau. of 2nd Lord Sherborne. B.

1827; m. 1849, Julia, dau. of James Haughton Langston, Esq., M.P., of Sarsden House, co. Oxford; M.P. (liberal) for Stroud, 18523; then called to Upper House by death of his father. Dep.-lieut. of Gloucesters.h.i.+re, 1851; Lord-lieut. and custos-robulorum of same county, 1857; capt. of the Yeomen of the Guard, 1859; (_Brooke's and Travellers' Clubs_, _Totworth-court_, _Wootton-under-edge_, _and Spring Park_, _county Glo'ster_).

31. BEVAN, Robert Cooper Lee, Esq.

Eld. s. of late Daniel Bevan, Esq. of Belmont, Herts, and Fosbury House, Berks, by Favell Bourke, dau. of Robert Cooper Lee, Esq. of Bedford-square. B. at Walthamstow, Ess.e.x, 1809; m. 1st, 1836, Lady Agneta Elizabeth Yorke, sister of present Earl of Hardwicke; and 2ndly, 1849, Emma Frances, eld. dau. of Right Rev. Dr. Shuttleworth, late Bishop of Chichester. Has six children by 1st, and three by 2nd marriage.

Educ. at Harrow, and Trinity College, Oxford. Banker, of firm of Barclay, Bevan, Tritton, and Co. (_Union and National Clubs_; 54, _Lombard-street_, E.C.; _Trent Park_, _East Barnet_; _Fosbury House_, _Hungerford_, _Berks.h.i.+re_).

33. SOMERS, 3rd Earl of, (Somers-c.o.c.ks) F.R.G.S.

Eld, s. of 2nd Earl (who died 1852), by youngest dau. of 3d Earl of Hardwicke, K.G. B. 1819; m. 1850, Virginia, dau. of late James Pattle, Esq. Bengal Civil Service. B.A. Christ Church, Oxford, 1840; M.P.

(Conservative) for Reigate, 18417; Lord in Waiting to the Queen, 18537; J.P. and dep.-lieut. for Herefords.h.i.+re and Surrey; Capt. 3rd Herefords.h.i.+re Volunteers, 1860 (_Carlton and Travellers' Clubs_; _Eastnor Castle_, _Ledbury_, _Herefords.h.i.+re_; _Priory_, _Reigate_).