b. 2 May 1703, o.s. of Richard West of Priors Marston, Warws. by his w. Mary Russell of Strensham, Worcs. educ. Balliol, Oxf. 1719; I. Temple 1721, called 1728. m. 15 Aug. 1738, Sarah, da. of Sir Thomas Steavens, timber merchant, of Eltham, Kent, and h. of her bro. Thomas, 1s. 2da. His da. Sarah; Andrew Archer 1761.
Offices Held
Sec. to chancellor of the Exchequer Dec. 1743 – May 1752; jt. sec. to Treasury May 1746 – Nov. 1756, July 1757 – May 1762; recorder, Poole 1746 – d., St. Albans Apr. 1758 – July 1760; high steward, St. Albans 1759 – d.; bencher I Temple 1761, reader May-Nov. 1767, treasurer 1767–8.
F.S.A. 1726, vice-president 1750 – d.; F.R.S. 1727, treasurer 1736 – 68, president 1768 – d.
b. 1742, o.s. of James West.educ. Harrow c.1759; Glasgow Univ. 1760, Grand Tour (Holland, France, Italy) 1763. m. 3 Feb. 1774, Sarah, da. of Christopher Wren of Wroxall Abbey, Warws., issue. suc. fa. 2 July 1772.
b. c. 1699, s. of Herbert Rudhale Westfaling, M.P., of Rudhale, Herefs. by Anne, da. and h. of Charles Chappell of Battersea. educ. Merton, Oxf. 1717; L. Inn 1717. suc. fa. 1743.
b. 26 May 1743, 1st s. of Robert Whalley, M.D., of Clerk Hill, Lancs. and St. Giles, Oxford, by Grace, da. and h. of Rev. Bernard Gardiner, warden of All Souls. educ. Oriel, Oxf. 1760. m. 7 July 1787, Martha, da. of Rev. Benjamin Newcombe, dean of Rochester, s.p. suc. fa. 2 Apr. 1769; and under the will of his mother’s cos. Sir William Gardiner, 3rd Bt., to Roche Court, 1779 and took add. name of Gardiner; and under the will of another cos. of his mother, Miss Barbara Smythe, to Arncott Manor, Cuddesdon 1787 and took add. name of Smythe; cr. Bt. 14 Jan. 1783.