William North, 6th Baron North and 2nd Lord Grey ( 1678 - 1734 )

Birth: Caldecot, Cambridgeshire (22 December 1678) Death: Madrid, Spain (31 October 1734) Profession: Soldier Education: Magdalen College, Cambridge (matriculated 1691); Foubert's Military Academy (entered 1694) Career: Having got into debt as a minor, on the advice of his uncle he travelled abroad until he attained his majority (1696-1699); Captain in the Foot Guards (1702); Colonel of the 10th Foot (1703-1715); served at the Battle of Blenheim, where his right hand was shot off (1704); Brigadier General (1705); Governor of Sheerness (1705); Major General (1709); Lieutenant General (1710); Privy Councillor (1711-1714); Governor of Portsmouth (1711-1714); Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire (1711-1715); hypothetically created Earl North by the Old Pretender (1722); imprisoned in the Tower of London on a charge of high treason on suspicion of complicity in Atterbury's plot (1722); escaped to the Isle of Wight but was recaptured and released on bail of £20,000 (1723); went to Paris and then to Spain; became a Roman Catholic, thereby losing the friendship of Atterbury (1728) Membership: Fellow Election Date: 30/06/1720 Proposers: George Moult.