Person Page - 1890

     Richard Grenville married, firstly, Anne Borlase, daughter of Sir William Borlase. He married, secondly, Eleanor Tirrel, daughter of Sir Timothy Tirrel.¹ He died in 1665.¹
     Richard Grenville 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.¹

     Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont was born on 19 August 1710.⁴ He was the son of Sir William Wyndham, 3rd Bt. and Catherine Seymour.³ He married Hon. Alicia Maria Carpenter, daughter of George Carpenter, 2nd Baron Carpenter of Killaghy and Elizabeth Petty, on 12 March 1750.⁴ He died on 21 August 1763 at age 53.⁴
     Dept 1761 Sec of State S –63 (as which strove, though clumsily, to extract maximum concessions from France when making peace at the end of the Seven Years War), Ld-Lt Cumberland 1751–59 and Sussex 1762–63, custos rotulorum Cumberland 1751–63, V-Adml Cumberl.⁴ He was educated Westminster and Ch Ch Oxford.⁴ He gained the title of 4th Baronet Wyndham. He gained the title of 2nd Earl of Egremont. He was Member of Parliament (M.P.) (Tory) Bridgwater , Appleby (Tory to 1743, Whig thereafter) 1741–47 and Taunton 1747–50 in 1735.⁴ In 1761 see also POLWARTH, L), Lady Bedchamber to QUEEN CHARLOTTE (GEORGE III's w), dau of 2nd Baron Carpenter of Killaghy and sister of 1st Earl of Tyrconnel of the cr.⁴ He was Privy Counsellor (P.C.) in 1761.⁴

     Thomas Pitt, 2nd Lord Camelford, Baron of Boconnoc was born on 19 February 1775.¹ He was baptised on 20 February 1775 at Boconnoc, Cornwall, England.¹ He was the son of Thomas Pitt, 1st Lord Camelford, Baron of Boconnoc and Anne Wilkinson.¹ He died on 10 March 1804 at age 29 at Little Holland House, Kensington, London, England, 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.¹ His will was probated in August 1804.¹
     Thomas Pitt, 2nd Lord Camelford, Baron of Boconnoc was educated at Berne, Switzerland.¹ He was educated at Charterhouse School, Godalming, Surrey, England.¹ He succeeded to the title of 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 service of 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.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.² He died on 19 January 1793 at age 55 at Florence, Italy.² His will was probated in February 1793.²
     Thomas Pitt, 1st Lord Camelford, Baron of Boconnoc graduated from Clare Hall, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, 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 invested as a 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, Hertfordshire, England.¹

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

     
     Thomas Chambers lived at Hanworth, Middlesex, England.¹

     Hon. Henry Drummond was the son of William Drummond, 4th Viscount Strathallan and Hon. Margaret Nairne Murray. He married Elizabeth Compton, daughter of Hon. Charles Compton and Mary Lucy, on 21 March 1761. He died in 1795.
     Hon. Henry Drummond lived at The Grange, Hampshire, England.

     Lt.-Gen. Hon. Vere Poulett was born in 1761. He was the son of Vere Poulett, 3rd Earl Poulett and Maru Butt. He died on 15 March 1812.

     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
     William Gore-Langton lived at Combe Hay, Somerset, England.²