Arthur Young FRS was an English agriculturist. Not himself successful as a farmer,he built on connections and activities as a publicist a substantial reputation as an expert on agricultural improvement. After the French Revolution of 1789,his views on its politics carried weight as an informed observer,and he became an important opponent of British reformers.
General Charles Lennox,4th Duke of Richmond,4th Duke of Lennox,4th Duke of Aubigny,was a British peer,soldier,politician and Governor-General of British North America.
Frederick William Hervey,1st Marquess of Bristol,styled Lord Hervey between 1796 and 1803 and known as The Earl of Bristol between 1803 and 1826,was a British peer.
Henry Somerset,5th Duke of Beaufort was an English courtier and politician. Styled the Marquess of Worcester from 1746,at his father's death on 28 October 1756,he succeeded him as 5th Duke of Beaufort,7th Marquess of Worcester,11th Earl of Worcester,and 13th Baron Herbert.
Hambledon is a small village and civil parish in the county of Hampshire in England,situated about 10 miles (16 km) north of Portsmouth within the South Downs National Park.
Henry Bouverie William Brand,1st Viscount Hampden,was a British Liberal politician. He served as Speaker of the House of Commons from 1872 to 1884.
John Frederick Sackville,3rd Duke of Dorset,KG was the only son of Lord John Philip Sackville,second son of Lionel Sackville,1st Duke of Dorset. His mother was the former Lady Frances Leveson-Gower. He succeeded to the dukedom in 1769 on the death of his uncle,Charles Sackville,2nd Duke of Dorset. He was the British Ambassador to France from 1784 and returned to England in August 1789 following the escalation of the French Revolution.
George Spencer-Churchill,6th Duke of Marlborough,styled Earl of Sunderland until 1817 and Marquess of Blandford between 1817 and 1840,was a British nobleman,politician,and peer. The great-grandfather of Sir Winston Churchill,he served as Lord-Lieutenant of Oxfordshire between 1842 and 1857.
The Hambledon Club was a social club that is famous for its organisation of 18th century cricket matches. By the late 1770s it was the foremost cricket club in England.
Francis Charles Seymour-Conway,3rd Marquess of Hertford,,styled Viscount Beauchamp between 1793 and 1794 and Earl of Yarmouth between 1794 and 1822,of Ragley Hall in Warwickshire and of Sudbourne Hall in Suffolk,was a British Tory politician and art collector.
Charles William Henry Montagu-Scott,4th Duke of Buccleuch and 6th Duke of Queensberry,KT,styled Earl of Dalkeith until 1812,was a British landowner,amateur cricketer and Tory politician.
General John Thomas de Burgh,13th and 1st Earl of Clanricarde PC (Ire),styled The Honourable until 1797,was an Irish peer and soldier who was Governor of County Galway (1798–1808) and a member of the Privy Council of Ireland (1801).
Henry Strutt,2nd Baron Belper,,styled The Honourable Henry Strutt between 1856 and 1880,was a British businessman,courtier and politician. Initially a Liberal,he left the party over Irish Home Rule and later held office as Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms from 1895 to 1905 in the Unionist administrations headed by Lord Salisbury and Arthur Balfour.
William Hay,17th Earl of Erroll,known as Lord Hay until 1778,was a Scottish peer.
William Thomas Le Poer Trench,3rd Earl of Clancarty,2nd Marquess of Heusden,styled Viscount Dunlo between 1805 and 1837,was an Irish peer,as well a nobleman in the Dutch nobility. He was educated at St John's College,Cambridge.
Sir Thomas Edward Winnington was an English Whig and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1807 and 1837.
Robert Brudenell,6th Earl of Cardigan was an English peer and Member of Parliament.
Rice Richard Clayton,sometimes Richard Rice Clayton,was a British Conservative politician.
Sir Arthur Ingram Aston was an English diplomat.
