William Coxe was an English historian and priest who served as a travelling companion and tutor to nobility from 1771 to 1786. He wrote numerous historical works and travel chronicles. Ordained a deacon in 1771, he served as a rector and then archdeacon of Bemerton near Salisbury from 1786 until his death.

General George Augustus Herbert, 11th Earl of Pembroke and 8th Earl of Montgomery KG PC was an English peer, army officer, and politician.