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BUCKNALL, Ralph (d. c.1711), of Buriton, Hants, and St. Giles-in-the Fields, Mdx.

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Bro. of Sir William Bucknall†, uncle of Sir John Bucknall*. m. (1) bef. 1664, 1da.; (2) lic. 30 Apr. 1670, Elizabeth, da. of John Birch I* of Whitbourne, Herefs., ?1s. d.v.p. ?3da. Mar. Lic. Fac. Off. (Harl. Soc. xxiv), 172; London Mar. Lics. ed. Foster, 210; PCC 21 Young.
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Jt. farmer of revenue [I] 1668–75.

Bro. Brewers’ Co. 1672; gov. co. for carrying on manufacture of linen and paper in Jersey and Guernsey 1691, Saltpetre makers’ co. 1692; cttee. R. Fishery Co. [I] 1691; asst. Miners Adventurers’ Co. 1693; commr. taking subscriptions to land bank 1696. Guildhall Lib. ms 5445/21, p. 197; CSP Dom. 1690–1, p. 474; 1691–2, pp. 3–4, 249; 1693, p. 207.

Main residences: Buriton, Hants.; St. Giles-in-the Fields, Mdx.
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BUCKNALL, Sir John (1658-1713), of Oxhey Place, Watford, Herts. and Bloomsbury Square, St. Giles-in-the-Fields, Mdx.

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bap. 30 Jan. 1658, 1st s. of Sir William Bucknall† of Oxhey Place by Sarah, da. of Thomas Chits, Woodmonger, of St. Michael, Queenhithe, London; nephew of Ralph Bucknall*. m. (1) 9 Feb. 1686, Elizabeth, da. of Thomas Graham of St. Peter-le-Poer, London, 1s. 2da. (1 d.v.p.); (2) 1 Oct. 1694 (with £13,500), Mary, da. of Sir John Reade, 1st Bt., of Brockett Hall, Herts. suc. fa. 1676; Kntd. 23 Feb. 1686.
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Sheriff, Herts. 1692–3.

Commr. taking subscriptions to Bank 1694; gov. York Buildings Waterworks Co. 1700. Post Boy, 29 Nov.–2 Dec. 1701; IGI, London; J. R. Woodhead, Rulers of London (London and Mdx. Arch. Soc.), 40; Westminster Abbey (Harl. Soc. Reg. x), 26; Le Neve’s Knights (Harl Soc. viii), 241.

Main residences: Oxhey Place, Watford, Herts.; Bloomsbury Square, St. Giles-in-the-Fields, Mdx.
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BUCKINGHAM, Owen (1674-1720), of Moulsford, Berks. and the Gatehouse, Reading Abbey

Family and Education
b. 16 Dec. 1674, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Sir Owen Buckingham* by 1st w. educ. travelled abroad (Austria, Italy), Padua Univ. 1706. unm. suc. fa. 20 Mar. 1713. Hearne Colls. vi. 277; Genealogists’ Mag. xiv. 151–2; S. Spens, George Stepney, 257.
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Member, Russia Co. 1698. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. n.s. li. 105.

Gent. of privy chamber 1714–d.; commr. victualling 1717–d. N. Carlisle, Gent. Privy Chamber, 223; Navy Recs. Soc. lxx. 497.

Main residences: Moulsford, Berks.; the Gatehouse, Reading Abbey.
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BUCKINGHAM, Sir Owen (c.1649-1713), of Bread Street, London and Erleigh Court, Earley, Berks.

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b. c. 1649, 2nd s. of George Buckingham of Stanwell, Mdx., prob. by his 3rd w. Anne. m. (1) bef. 1673, Elizabeth (d. 1680), 3s. (2 d.v.p.) 2da.; (2) 10 Nov. 1681, aged 32, Mary (d. 1687), da. of Nathaniel Maxy, Vintner, wid. of Henry Warner (d. 1680), merchant, 2s. d.v.p. 3da. d.v.p. ; (3) 10 July 1690, Hannah (d. 1691), da. of Peter de Lannoy of St. Olave and St. Saviour’s, Southwark, wid. of John Curtis (d. 1688), grocer, of All Hallows, Bread Street, London, s.p.; (4) 21 Nov. 1693, Mary (d. 1694), da. and h. of Richard Franklin of New Windsor, Berks., s.p.; (5) 4 Feb. 1702, Dorothy (d. 1704), da. of Henry Cornish, Haberdasher, of London, and alderman of London 1680–3, sis. of Henry Cornish*, and wid. of Joseph Ashurst, Merchant Taylor, of London, s.p.; (6) 10 Jan. 1706, Frances (d. 1720), da. of Thomas Manley of St. Margaret’s next Rochester, Kent, and wid. of one Buckley, E. India capt., s.p. Kntd. 14 Oct. 1695. Genealogists’ Mag. xiv. 146–56; St. Mildred, Bread Street (Harl. Soc. Reg. xlii), 65, 68–69, 71; Lipscomb, Bucks. iv. 491–2; Folger Shakespeare Lib. Newdigate newsletter 12 Jan. 1706.
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Livery, Butchers’ Co. by 1680–5, 1687–92, Salters’ Co. 1692–d.; common councilman, London 1689–90, 1691–6, alderman 1696–d., sheriff 1695–6, ld. mayor 1704–5; col. trained bands 1697–1702, 1707–10; freeman, Reading 1698; vice-pres. Hon. Artillery Co. 1708–11. Guildhall Lib. mss 6441/6–9; J. S. Watson, Hist. Salters’ Co. 100; Beaven, Aldermen, ii. 119; J. R. Woodhead, Rulers of London (London and Mdx. Arch. Soc.), 40; Luttrell, Brief Relation, v. 193; vi. 186; Berks. RO, Reading corp. diary, 24 June 1698.

Commr. taking subscriptions to land bank 1696, New E.I. Co. loan 1698; trustee, receiving loan to Emperor 1706. CJ, xii. 508; Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. n.s. li. 34–35; Boyer, Anne Annals, iv. 126.

Main residences: Bread Street, London; and Erleigh Court, Earley, Berks.
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BUBB, Jeremiah (d. 1692), of Foy, Herefs. and Carlisle, Cumb.

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m. (1) lic. 14 May 1677, Mary (d. 1689), da. and h. of George Abrahall, vicar of Foy, and wid. of Paul Abrahall of Ingestone, Herefs., 1s. d.v.p. 2da.; (2) by 1691, Alicia (d. 1721), da. of John Doddington of Doddington, Som., 1s. J. Carswell, Old Cause, 138; C. J. Robinson, Mansions and Manors of Herefs. 125; J. H. Matthews, Hundred of Wormelow, i. 122.
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Gent. usher by 1677–d. LS 13/231/6; Bodl. Carte 76, f. 63.

Capt. regt. of Henry Cornewall* (later 9 Ft.) 1685–9; lt. gov. Carlisle 1689, gov. 1689–d. SP 44/165/165, 408.

Freeman, Carlisle 1689.

Main residences: Foy, Herefs.; Carlisle, Cumb.
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BRYDGES, Hon. James (1674-1744).

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b. 6 Jan. 1674, 4th but 1st surv. s. of James Brydges, 8th Baron Chandos of Sudeley, by Elizabeth, da. and coh. of Sir Henry Barnard (d. 1680), Mercer and Turkey merchant, of St. Dunstan-in-the-East, London and Bridgnorth, Salop, alderman of London 1661. educ. Westminster 1686; New Coll. Oxf. 1690–2; Wolfenbüttel acad. 1692–4; I. Temple 1710. m. (1) 27 Feb. 1696, Mary (d. 15 Dec. 1712), da. of Sir Thomas Lake† of Canons Park, Edgware, Mdx., bro. of Warwick Lake*, 6s. (5 d.v.p.) 3da. d.v.p. ; (2) 4 Aug. 1713, his 2nd cos. Cassandra (d. 1735), da. of Francis Willoughby of Wollaton, Notts. and Middleton, Warws., sis. of Sir Thomas Willoughby, 2nd Bt.*, s.p.; (3) 18 Apr. 1736, Lydia Catherine, da. of John van Hattem of St. Swithin’s, London and wid. of Sir Thomas Davall II*, s.p. suc. fa. as 9th Baron Chandos 16 Oct. 1714; cr. Earl of Carnarvon 19 Oct. 1714, Duke of Chandos 29 Apr. 1719. J. R. Woodhead, Rulers of London (London and Mdx. Arch. Soc.), 24; Rec. Old Westminsters, i. 134; CSP Dom. 1691–2, p. 184; Lipscomb, Bucks. ii. 77; Lysons, Environs of London (1792–6), iii. 414; Mar. Lic. Vicar-Gen. (Harl. Soc. xxx), 155; VCH Essex, viii. 43, 45, 50; Morant, Essex, i. 492; The Gen. xxxi. 238.
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Freeman, Ludlow 1697, Old E.I. Co. 1700; commr. taking subscriptions to S. Sea Co. 1711; gov. Levant Co. 1718–36, Charterhouse by 1721–d., Foundling Hosp. 1739; ld. lt. Herefs. and Rad. 1721–d.; steward of crown manors, Rad. 1721; chancellor, St. Andrews Univ. 1724–d.; ranger, Enfield chase 1737–d. Salop RO, Ludlow bor. recs. adm. of freemen; Pittis, Present Parl. 348; Al. Carth. 84, 118; Nichols and Wray, Foundling Hosp. 345; Hearne Colls. vii. 309; Somerville, Duchy of Lancaster Official Lists, 209–10.

Commr. public accts. 1702–3; member, council of ld. high adm. 1703– Apr. 1705; paymaster of forces abroad Apr. 1705–13; jt. clerk of hanaper (in reversion) Nov. 1714; PC 11 Nov. 1721. Cal. Treas. Bks. xx. 236.

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Unless otherwise stated, this biography is based on C. H. C, and M. I. Baker, James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos.

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BRYDGES (BRIDGES), George Rodney (aft.1649-1714), of Avington, Hants.

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b. aft. 1649, at least 3rd but 2nd surv. s. of Sir Thomas Bridges (d. 1707) of Keynsham, Som. by Anne, da. and coh. of Sir Edward Rodney† of Stoke Rodney, Som. m. 1677, Lady Anna Maria Brudenell (d. 1702), da. of Robert, 2nd Earl of Cardigan, and wid. of Francis Talbot, 11th Earl of Shrewsbury, 1s. Vernon–Shrewsbury Letters, i. 45, 49, 58, 64, 81, 113, 137, 143, 452–3; HMC Buccleuch, ii. 422, 429–30, 434–5, 438–9, 441–2; J. Oldmixon, Hist. Eng. (1735), 152; Cobbett, Parlty. Hist. v. 1014, 1032, 1051, 1055; Shrewsbury Corresp. 528–9; CSP Dom. 1697, pp. 74, 119; Cal. Treas. Bks. xii. 123.
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Capt. Duke of York’s indep. coy. 1673–aft.1675; groom of bedchamber 1678–85. CSP Dom. 1672–3, p. 587; 1675–6, p. 407; 1678, pp. 301, 336; Jan.–June 1683, p. 293; Cal. Treas. Bks. vii. 908; viii. 222.

Freeman, Portsmouth 1675, Winchester by 1701, Lymington 1701. R. East, Portsmouth Recs. 361; Hants RO, Winchester bor. recs. ordnance bk. 7, f. 166; E. King, Old Times Revisited, 192.

Main residence: Avington, Hants.
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BRYDGES, George Rodney (aft. 1649-1714)

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BRYDGES (BRIDGES), George (1678-1751), of Avington, Hants.

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b. July 1678, o. s. of George Rodney Brydges (Bridges)*. educ. ?Winchester 1686–91; ?travelled abroad (Holland) 1696. m. lic. 2 Dec. 1712, Anne, da. and coh. of Sir Joseph Woolfe (d. 1711), Mercer, of Hackney, Mdx., sheriff of London 1703–4 and alderman 1705–d., s.p. suc. fa. 1714; uncle Harry Brydges at Keynsham, Som. 1728. HMC Bath, iii. 167; Winchester Long Rolls 1653–1721 ed. Holgate, 53, 56, 58, 61, 63, 65–66; CSP Dom. 1696, pp. 43, 53; Fac. Off. Mar. Lic. (Index Lib. xxxiii), 275; Beaven, Aldermen, ii. 120; PCC 223 Young; GEC Baronetage, i. 132; St. Helen’s Bishopsgate (Harl. Soc. Reg. xxxi), 57, 354; Lysons, Environs (1792–6), iii. 287, 299.
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Freeman, Lymington 1701, Winchester 1701, Portsmouth 1710. E. King, Old Times Revisited, 192; Hants RO, Winchester bor. recs. ordnance bk. 7, f. 174; R. East, Portsmouth Recs. 376.

Master keeper of south bailiwick, New Forest by 1704–aft.1720. Cal. Treas. Bks. xix. 440; Cal. Treas. Pprs. 1720–8, p. 36.

Main residence: Avington, Hants.
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BRUERE, George (aft.1673-1743), of Covent Garden, Westminster, and Great Marlow, Bucks.

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b. aft. 1673, 1st s. of George Bruere alias Brewer of M. Temple, London, dep. auditor of the excise, by Mary, da. of Alexander Weld of Wildbury Hill, Herts. m. bef. 1701, Frediswede (d. 1740), da. of Sir William Goulston† of Whitechapel, Mdx. and Fairfield, Kent, 4s. (1 d.v.p.) 1 da., 6 o. ch. suc. fa. 1713. Mar. Lic. Vicar-Gen. (Harl. Soc. xxiii), 215; Misc. Gen. et Her. n.s. i. 213; i. 326–7; Cal. Treas. Bks. xxix. 649.
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Main residences: Covent Garden, Westminster; Great Marlow, Bucks.
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BRUDENELL, Hon. James (c.1687-1746), of Luffenham, Rutland

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b. c. 1687, 2nd s. of Francis Brudenell, Ld. Brudenell (1st s. d.v.p. of Robert Brudenell, 2nd Earl of Cardigan), by Lady Frances, da. of Thomas Savile†, 1st Earl of Sussex. educ. travelled abroad (Italy) 1703–6; Padua 1704. m. Mar. 1725, Susan, da. of Bartholomew Burton of Ashwell, Rutland, sis. of William† and Bartholomew Burton†, 2s. 2da. J. Wake, Brudenells of Deene, 189–90; Hearne Colls. viii. 348.
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Master of jewel office 1716–30; ld. of trade 1730–d. groom of bedchamber 1733–d.

Recorder, Chichester 1730–d.

Main residence: Luffenham, Rutland.
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