[16] Lord Archibald’s father succeeded his nephew in August 1799, as ninth Duke of Hamilton, and sixth Duke of Brandon.
[17] Thomas Chaplin, of Riseholme, Lincolnshire, second son of Charles Chaplin and Elizabeth Thornton. He married Elizabeth, Sir Godfrey Webster’s sister, and was appointed guardian to the Webster children after Sir Godfrey’s death.
[18] He did not obtain this post, but was appointed Advocate-General in Bengal, through Lord Lansdown’s influence, in 1803.
[19] Sherborne.
[20] A yellow and white spaniel.
[21] Lord Henry Spencer.
[22] Colonel the Hon. Thomas Onslow (1755–1827), eldest son of George Lord Onslow, who was created Earl of Onslow in 1801. He sat in Parliament for Rye from 1775 to 1784, and for Guildford from 1784 till 1806. He succeeded his father as second Earl in 1814.
[23] Sir John Frederick, of Burwood Park, Surrey, fifth Baronet (1749–1825); for some years M.P. for Surrey.
[24] Lieut.-Colonel George Montagu (1751–1815), son of James Montagu, of Lackham, Wilts, a connection of the Earls of Manchester. He served in the American war, and commanded the Wiltshire Militia for many years. He was an authority on natural history, and published an Ornithological History of British Birds in 1802. His collection of birds was purchased by the British Museum.
[25] Edward Adolphus, eleventh Duke of Somerset (1775–1855) eldest son of Webb, tenth Duke of Somerset, and Anna Maria, daughter of John Bonnel, Esq., of Stanton Harcourt, Oxford. He succeeded his father in 1793, and married, first, in 1800, Charlotte, daughter of Archibald, ninth Duke of Hamilton. His wife died in 1827, after a long illness. He married, secondly, in 1836, Margaret, daughter of Sir Michael Shaw Stewart, Bart. The Duke of Somerset’s Devonshire residence was Berry Pomeroy, near Totnes.