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Notable 18th Century Obits and Appointments Across Gentry
Sir William Saunderon marries Mrs Bignel relation of the Lord Viscount Falmouth. Lady Gerrard dies of smallpox after inoculation by the Marquess of Brackley. Col Floyer and Dr Tanner die. David Polhill reelected MP for Rochester. Thomas Clutterbuck marries a sister of the Earl of Dyfart. Lord Polwarth marries Miss Weston. Rawlins the wine-merchant weds the Countess Dowager of Winchelsea. Tomas Fones dies aged about 23. Wicchcomb Packer chosen Knight of the Shire for Berkshire. William Stuart becomes MP for the Burghs of Air, Irwin. Serjeant Urlin named Deputy-Recorder of London. Thomas Williams appointed to royal office.
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William Saunderon
Bignel
Falmouth
Gerrard
Charles Gerrard
Bart
Harrow On the Hill
Middlesex
Marquess of
Brackley
Duke of Bridgewater
Tower
Thomas Clutterbuck
Ireland
Earl of Dyfart
Lord Polwarth
Earl of Marchmont
Weston
Bishop/gate-freet
Rawlins
Stratton-Grounds
Westminster
Winchelsea
Tomas Fones
Wicchcomb Packer
County of
Berks
Robert Packer
William Stuart
Air
Irwin
Walter Chetwynd
Barbadoes
Serjeant
Urlin
William Thomson
City of London
Raby
Thomas Williams