People mentioned in correspondence beginning with the letter "B"

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• Baptist Noel  (b. May 23, 1708 - d. March 21, 1751)
  Also known as:

  • 4th Earl of Gainsborough
• Barbara Blackett (née Villiers) (b. 1707 - d. 1761)
• Barbara Montagu  (b. 1722 - d. Aug. 19, 1765)
• Barbara Palmer Villiers (née nee) (b. Nov. 27, 1640 - d. Oct. 9, 1709)
• Baron Stanley of Bickerstaffe  (b. April 21, 1775 - d. June 30, 1851)
  Also known as:

  • Earl of Derby
  • Edward Stanley
• Baron de Brède  (b. Jan. 18, 1689 - d. Feb. 10, 1755)
  Also known as:

  • Baron de Montesquieu
  • Charles-Louis de Secondat
• Baron de Castille  (b. 1747 - d. 1826)
  Also known as:

  • Gabriel Joseph de Froment
• Baron Coote  (b. April 6, 1738 - d. Oct. 20, 1800)
• Baron D'Holbach  (b. Dec. 8, 1723 - d. Jan. 21, 1789)
  Also known as:

  • Paul Henri Thiry
• Baron Dartrey  (b. Feb. 25, 1725 - d. March 1, 1813)
  Also known as:

  • 1st Viscount Cremorne
  • Thomas Dawson
• Baron Douglas  (b. Dec. 16, 1724 - d. Dec. 23, 1810)
  Also known as:

  • Lord Douglas
  • Lord March
  • Earl of March
  • Old Q
  • 4th Duke of Queensberry
• Baron Foley Foley  (b. June 24, 1742 - d. July 2, 1793)
  Also known as:

  • Lord Foley Foley
• Baron Brooke Greville  (b. 1694 - d. July 28, 1727)
• Baron Harrowby  (b. July 3, 1735 - d. June 20, 1803)
  Also known as:

  • Nathaniel Ryder
• Baron Limerick  (b. June 18, 1662 - d. Sept. 9, 1730)
  Also known as:

  • Charles FitzRoy
  • 1st Duke Southampton (née  of)
  • Earl Southampton (née  of)
• Baron Loughborough  (b. Feb. 13, 1733 - d. Jan. 2, 1805)
  Also known as:

  • 1st Earl of Rosslyn
  • Alexander Wedderburn
• Baron Melcombe  (b. 1691 - d. July 28, 1762)
  Also known as:

  • George Bubb
  • George Bubb Doddington
  • Lord Melcombe
• Baron de Montesquieu  (b. Jan. 18, 1689 - d. Feb. 10, 1755)
  Also known as:

  • Baron de Brède
  • Charles-Louis de Secondat
• Baron Nugent  (b. 1709 - d. Oct. 13, 1788)
  Also known as:

  • Viscount Clare
• Baron Schutz  (b. 1689 - d. Unknown)
  Also known as:

  • Augustus Schutz
• Baroness Ashburton  (b. July 21, 1744 - d. Feb. 23, 1809)
  Also known as:

  • Elizabeth Baring
• Baroness Carysfort  (b. 1722 - d. March 18, 1783)
  Also known as:

  • Lady Carysfort
  • The Hon. Mrs. John Proby
  • Elizabeth Proby (née  Allen)
• Baroness Southwell of Castle Mattress  (b. Unknown - d. Aug. 17, 1766)
  Also known as:

  • Mary Coke
  • Lady Southell
  • Lady Southwell
  • Mary Southwell (née  Coke)
• Baroness Craven  (b. Dec. 17, 1750 - d. Jan. 13, 1828)
  Also known as:

  • Elizabeth, Princess Berkeley
  • Lady Elizabeth Berkeley
  • Elizabeth Craven
• Baroness Lucas of Crudwell  (b. July 6, 1701 - d. Feb. 19, 1785)
  Also known as:

  • Countess Gower
  • Baroness Gower of Sittenham
• Baroness Hamilton of Hameldon  (b. Dec. 7, 1733 - d. Dec. 20, 1790)
  Also known as:

  • Elizabeth, Duchess of Argyll
  • Elizabeth Campbell (née  Gunning)
  • Elizabeth Hamilton
• Baroness Gower of Sittenham  (b. July 6, 1701 - d. Feb. 19, 1785)
  Also known as:

  • Baroness Lucas of Crudwell
  • Countess Gower
• Baroness Stawell  (b. Jan. 27, 1726 - d. July 29, 1780)
  Also known as:

  • Mary Bilson-Legge (née  Stawell)
  • Mary Hill (née  Stawell)
  • Mary Countess of Hillsborough
• Beau Brummell  (b. June 7, 1778 - d. May 30, 1840)
  Also known as:

  • George Bryan Brummell
  • Beau Brummell
  • George Bryan Brummell
• Beau Brummell  (b. June 7, 1778 - d. May 30, 1840)
  Also known as:

  • George Bryan Brummell
  • George Bryan Brummell
  • Beau Brummell
• Beau Nash  (b. Oct. 18, 1674 - d. Feb. 3, 1762)
  Also known as:

  • Richard Naish
• Beilby Porteus  (b. May 8, 1731 - d. May 14, 1809)
  Also known as:

  • Bishop of Chester
  • Bishop of London
• Benedetto Giacomo Marcello  (b. July 31, 1686 - d. July 23, 1739)
• Benito Jeronimo Feijoo  (b. Oct. 8, 1676 - d. Sept. 26, 1764)
• Benjamin Franklin  (b. Jan. 17, 1706 - d. April 17, 1790)
• Benjamin Heath  (b. April 10, 1704 - d. Sept. 13, 1766)
  Also known as:

  • Mr Heath
• Benjamin Stillingfleet  (b. 1702 - d. Dec. 15, 1771)
• Bethia D'Aeth  (b. Sept. 28, 1718 - d. 1797)
• Betty Anne Wedderburn (née Dawson) (b. 1752 - d. Feb. 5, 1781)
• Bishop of Asaph  (b. 1713 - d. Dec. 6, 1788)
  Also known as:

  • Bishop of Llandaff
  • Jonathan Shipley
• Bishop Bath and Wells (née of) (b. Jan. 3, 1711 - d. April 13, 1802)
• Bishop of Carlisle  (b. 1714 - d. Dec. 22, 1768)
  Also known as:

  • Dean of Exeter
  • Charles Lyttelton
• Bishop of Chester  (b. May 8, 1731 - d. May 14, 1809)
  Also known as:

  • Bishop of London
  • Beilby Porteus
• Bishop of Chester  (b. Sept. 12, 1671 - d. April 30, 1724)
  Also known as:

  • Archbishop of York
• Bishop of Chester  (b. May 10, 1662 - d. Nov. 24, 1725)
• Bishop of Connor  (b. 1665 - d. Sept. 4, 1720)
  Also known as:

  • Bishop of Down
  • Edward Smyth
  • Reverend Smyth
• Bishop of Down  (b. 1665 - d. Sept. 4, 1720)
  Also known as:

  • Bishop of Connor
  • Edward Smyth
  • Reverend Smyth
• Bishop of Exeter  (b. 1719 - d. Aug. 14, 1792)
  Also known as:

  • John Ross
• Bishop of Killaloe and Kilfenora  (b. 1726 - d. June 7, 1806)
  Also known as:

  • Archdeacon of Derry
  • Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe
  • Vicar of Maghera
• Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe  (b. 1726 - d. June 7, 1806)
  Also known as:

  • Archdeacon of Derry
  • Bishop of Killaloe and Kilfenora
  • Vicar of Maghera
• Bishop of Llandaff  (b. 1713 - d. Dec. 6, 1788)
  Also known as:

  • Bishop of Asaph
  • Jonathan Shipley
• Bishop of Llandaff  (b. May 26, 1734 - d. March 25, 1826)
  Also known as:

  • Shute Barrington
• Bishop of London 
  Also known as:

  • Robert Lowth
• Bishop of London  (b. May 8, 1731 - d. May 14, 1809)
  Also known as:

  • Bishop of Chester
  • Beilby Porteus
• Bishop of London  (b. July 3, 1728 - d. March 3, 1792)
  Also known as:

  • Robert Adam
• Bishop of Oxford  (b. Nov. 27, 1710 - d. Nov. 3, 1787)
• Bishop of Rochester  (b. Oct. 14, 1712 - d. Aug. 22, 1793)
  Also known as:

  • John Thomas
• Bobby Shafto  (b. 1732 - d. Nov. 24, 1797)
  Also known as:

  • Robert Shafto
  • Robert Shaftoe
• Bonnie Prince Charlie  (b. Dec. 31, 1720 - d. Jan. 30, 1788)
  Also known as:

  • Charles Edward Stuart
• Bridget Evelyn-Glanville (née Raymond) (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
• Brook Bridges  (b. 1709 - d. 1733)
  Also known as:

  • 2nd Baronet Bridges
• Brook William Bridges  (b. Sept. 17, 1733 - d. Sept. 4, 1791)
• Brownlow Cecil  (b. Aug. 4, 1701 - d. Nov. 3, 1754)
  Also known as:

  • 8th Earl Exeter

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