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GENEALOGY  COLLECTION 


ALLEN  COUNTY  PUBLIC  LIBRARY 


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COLLI  NS'S 

i^eerage  of  Cnglanb: 

GENEALOGICAL, 
BIOGRAPHICAL,  AND  HISTORICAL. 

GREATLY   AUGMENTED, 

I 

AND    CONTINUED    TO    THE    PRESENT    TIME, 


BY 


SIR   EGERTON  BRYDGES,    K.  J. 


IN  NINE  VOLUMES. 
VOL.  VIII. 


LONDON: 

rninted  for  f.  c.  and  j.  rivington,  otridge  and  son, 
j.  nichols  and  co.  t.  payne,  wilkie  and  robinson,  j. 
Walker,  clarke  and  sons,  w.  lowndes,  r.lea,  j,  cuthell, 
longman,  hukst,  rees,  okme,  and  co.  white,  cochrane, 
and  co.  c.  law,  cadell  and  davies,  j.  ilooth,  crosby 
and  co,  j.  murray,  j.  mawman,  j.  booker,  r.  scholey, 
j.  hatchard,  r.  baldwin,  cradock  and  joy,  j.  faulder, 
gale,  curtis  and  co.  johnson  and  co.  and  g.  robinson. 

1812. 


T,  r.ensley,  Priuter, 
Bolt  Court,  Fleet  Street,  London. 


CONTENTS  OF  VOL.  VIII. 


, KARONS  FROM  THE  COMMENCEMENT  OF  MR.  PITT'S 

^^       MINISTRY  IN  1784,  TO  THE  CONCLUSION  OF  THE 
^     EIGHTEENTH  CENTURY.      ^  ^   ^  ^^  ^ 

/■^^  Page 

Carteret,  Lord  Carteret 1 

<3  Eliot,  Lord  Eliot 3 

V)  Bulkeley,  Lord  Bulkeley S 

Cocks,  Lord  Somers 19 

ry  Parker,  Lord  Boringdoji 28 

\     Hill,  Lord  Berwick 33 

,    Button,  Lord  Shei-horne - Sp 

1    Gordon,  Lord  Gordon 50 

Scot,  Lord  Montagu  of  Boughton 5/ 

' -'  Douglas,  Lord  Douglas  of  Amhreslury ,  (since  extinctj 58 

Beresford,  Lord  Tyrone 74 

^    Boyle,  Lord  Carlton 101 

't   Harbord,  Lord  Suffield 107 

'\    Carleton,  Lord  Dorchester 109 

S   Eliott,  Lord  Heathfield 119 

'^  Kenyon,  Lord  Kenyon •  •  127 

' —  Curzon,  Baroness  Howe •    •  •  1 33 

Neville,  Lord  Braylrooke 153 

Amherst,  Lord  Amherst l6l 

Chichester,  Lord  Fisherwick 177 

Grimston,  Lord  Verulam 20^ 

Douglas,  Lord  Douglas  of  Douglas 227 

Gage,  Lord  Gage 249 

Douglas,  Lord  Douglas  of  Lochleven 271 

Th(Urlow,  Lord  Thurlow 284 

Eden,  Lord  Aukland 287 

Fitzpatrick,  Lord  Upper  Ossory 293 

Phipps,  Lord  Mulgrave 311 

Lyttelton,  Lord  Lyttelton 310 


2  PEERA.GE  OF  ENGLAND. 

Title.  Henry-Frederick  Carteret,  Baron  Carteret,  of  Hawncs, 
in  the  county  of  Bedford. 

Creation.  Baron  Carteret,  of  Hawnes,  in  the  county  of  Bed- 
ford, January  2C)th,  1784,  24  George  III. 

Arms.  Quarterly,  first  and  fourth  Gules,  three  clarions,  or 
claricords.  Or,  for  Granville;  second  and  third.  Gules,  four  fusils 
conjoined  in  fess.  Argent. 

Crest.  Above  a  wreath  a  mount,  thereon  a  squirrel  sejant, 
cracking  a  nut,  all  proper. 

Supporters.    Two  winged  stags.  Gules,  attired,  Or. 

Motto.    Loyal  devoir. 

Chief  Seat; 


LORD  ELIOT. 


ELIOT,  LORD  ELIOT. 

This  family  flourished  for  eight  or  ten  generations  in  Devonshire, 
before  they  transplanted  themselves  rnto  Cornwall,  and  had 
matched  into  several  considerable  families  in  that  county;  as  the 
Sigdens,  Cotlands,  Bonviles,  Sumasters,  Fitz,  Careswells,  &c. 
Anno  1433,  Walter  Eliot  was  returned  among  the  gentry  of 
Devonshire. 

And  to  this  fanoily,  as  it  should  seem  by  the  arms,  was  allied, 
Sir  IliCHARD  Eliot,  made  by  King  Hen.  VIII.  one  of  the  Justices 
of  the  King's  Bench,  who  by  his  will,  dated  1520,  bequeathed  his 
body  to  be  buried  in  the  cathedral  of  Salisbury,^  of  which  church 
Robert  Eliot  died  Sub-dean,  anno  1502,'' 

The  pedigree  entered  in  the  visitation  of  Cornwall,  made  in 
1620,*^  commences  with 

John  Eliot,  who  by  his  wife,  Jane,  daughter  of  John  Bonvile, 
of  Shute,  in  com.  Devon,  was  father  to 

Edward  Eliot,  of  Cutland,  in  that  county,  who  married  Alice, 
daughter  of  Robert  Guye,  of  Kingsbridge,  and  had  issue  two 
sons; 

First,  John  Eliot,  nf  St.  Germains,  in  Cornwall,  whose  first 
wife  was  Grace,  daughter  of  John  Fitz,  of  Tavestock,  in  Devon- 
shire j  and  his  second,  Mary,  daughter  of  John  Bruin,  of  Pli- 
raouth. 

Second,  Thomas  Eliot,  married  to  Joan,  daughter  of  John 
Norbrooke,  of  Exeter,  by  whom  he  had  issue  four  sons;  First, 
Richard.  Second,  Hugh.  Third,  Walter.  And,  Fourth,  Ed- 
ward.    Also  an  only  daughter,  Alice. 


a  Willis's  Notitia  Parliamentaiia,  Vol.  II.  p.  144. 

*  Antiquities  of  Salisbury,  p.  307.  <=  C.  I,  in  Coll.  Arm. 


4  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

Richard  Eliot,  the  eldest  son  and  heir  of  Thomas,  purchased 
the  site,  &c.  of  the  priory  of  St.  Germain's,  to  which  he  gave  the 
name  of  Port  Eliot/  where  he  lived  with  great  hospitality,= 
He  was  buried  in  St.  Germain's  church,  June  24th,  1609,  leaving 
by  his  wife,  Bridget,  daughter  and  coheir  of  Nicholas  Carswell, 
of  Hache,  an  only  son. 

Sir  John  Eliot," Knt.  born  and  baptized  at  St.  Germain's,  April 
20th,  1500;  who  became  a  gentleman  commoner  of  Exeter  Col- 
lege, Oxford,  in  1607,  where  he  continued  two  or  three  years, 
and  then  removed  to  the  inns  of  courtj  and  May  10th,  16I8,  re- 
ceived the  honour  of  knighthood  from  King  James  I.  was  elected 
representative  for  the  borough  of  Newport,  in  Cornwall,  to  the 
last  parliament  of  that  reign,  and  was  re-elected  to  the  first  par- 
liament of  King  Charles  I.  which  being  soon  dissolved,  he  was 
chosen  for  St.  Germain's  to  the  ensuing  parliament,  and  in  3  Car.  I. 
was  Knight  of  the  shire  for  Cornwall, 

Sir  John  being  a  great  opposer  of  the  court,  was  appointed  by 
the  House  of  Commons  one  of  the  managers  of  the  impeachment 
of  the  Duke  of  Buckingham,  for  which  he,  with  .Sir  Dudley 
Diggcs,  the  other  manager,  were  committed  prisoners  to  the 
Tower,  but  were  soon  after  releasedj  on  March  1st,  162S,  Sir 
John  Eliot,  and  other  members  of  the  House  of  Commons,  were 
committed  close  prisoners  to  the  Tower,  for  refusing  to  answer 
before  the  Privy  Council  for  what  was  said  or  done  in  the  Parlia- 
ment j  and  on  May  29th  following,  an  information  was  exhibited 
against  them  in  the  Star  Chamber,  for  their  undutiful  speeches  in 
the  late  Parliament  j  in  Michaelmas  term  following,  upon  an  infor- 
mation in  the  King's  Bench,  they  pleaded  to  the  jurisdiction  of  the 
court,  but  were  over-ruled,  and  afterwards  adjudged  to  be  impri- 
soned during  the  King's  pleasure,  to  give  security  for  their  good 
behaviour;  and  Sir  John  Eliot  was  also  fined  two  thousand  pounds: 
they  were  afterwards  offered  to  be  released  on  their  making  sub- 
mission, which  they  refused,  and  Sir  John  Eliot  died  in  the  Tower, 
and  was  buried  in  the  chapel  there. 

By  the  inquisition  taken  after  his  death,  it  appears  that  he  died 
November  27th,  8  Car.  I,  1032,  leaving  John,  his  son  and  heir, 
then  twenty  years  and  forty  days  old.^  Sir  John  married  Redi- 
gund,  daughter  and  coheir  to  Richard  Gedy,  Esq.  by  whom  he 
had  several  sons  and  two  daughters]    the  eldest  of  which  was 

^  Not.  Pari,  praedict.  e  Carew's  Survey  of  Cornwall,  p.  109. 

*  Inquis.  post  Mort.  in  Cur.  Ward. 


LORD  ELIOT.  S 

Elizabeth,  wife  to  Colonel  Nathaniel  Fiennesj  second  son  of  Wil- 
liam, the  first  Viscount  Say  and  Sele.s 

Nicholas>  his  Jourth  son,  was  ancestor  to  the  present  Peer. 

John,  the  eldest  son  and  heir,  was  baptized  at  Port  Eliot, 
October  ISth,  16"12.  He  represented  the  borough  of  St.  Germain's 
in  15  Car.  L  and  the  two  first  Parliaments  of  Car.  IL  and  was 
buried  near  his  grandfather,  in  the  south  ayle,  or  nave,  of  St. 
Germain's  church,  March  25th,  l685,  leaving  an  only  son  and 
heir, 

Daniel  Eliot,  who  represented  the  borough  of  St.  Germain's 
in  several  parliaments,  and  was  buried  among  his  ancestors,  Oc- 
tober 2Sth,  1/02,  leaving  an  only  child,  Catharine,  married  ia 
I/O/,  to  the  learned  antiquary,  Browne  Willis  of  Whaddon  Hall, 
in  Buckinghamshire,  Esq.''  By  his  will  he  bequeathed  his  estate, 
in  order  to  keep  up  the  name  of  his  family,  to  Edward  Eliot, 
grandson  to  Nicholas  Eliot,  fourth  son  of  Sir  John  Eliot  above- 
mentioned.' 

Which  Edward  Eliot,  Esq.  (grandson  to  Nicholas  Eliot  be- 
forementioned),  represented  St.  Germains  in  Parliament,  from  1^05 
to  1714,  was  elected  for  Lest vvithel  in  17I8,  was  appointed  one 
of  the  commissioners  of  the  Excise  in  172O,  and  chosen  for  Les- 
kard  in  September  1722,  but  died  the  same  year  without  issue, 
and  was  succeeded  by  his  brother, 

Richard  Eliot,  of  Port  Eliot,  Esq.  who  was  elected  to  par- 
liament for  St.  Germain's  in  1/33,  for  Leskard  in  1741,  and  again 
for  St.  Germain's  in  1747j  he  was  also  Auditor  and  Receiver- 
general  to  the  Prince  of  Wales,  and  died  November  ipth,  1748, 
aged  about  fifty-three,  and  was  buried  at  St.  Germain's.  He  mar- 
ried March  4th,  1726,  Harriot,  natural  daughter  of  the  Right 
Honourable  James  Craggs,  Esq.  Secretary  of  State  in  the  reign 
of  King  George  I,  and  by  her  (who  was  re-married  November 
14th,  1749,  to  the  Honourable  John  Hamilton,''  brother  to  James, 
Earl  of  Abercorn),  had  issue  three  sons  and  six  daughters.  The 
jons  were. 

First,  Edward,  first  Lord  Eliot. 

Second,  Richard,  who  entered  into  the  royal  navy,  and  died 
under  age. 

S  See  Vol.  VII.  art.  Say  and  Sele.' 
h  She  died,  October  14th,  1724,  aged  thirty-.'bur,  and  was  burled  at  BleachJey. 

i  Not.  Parliam.  praedict. 
^  By  whom  she  was  mother  of  the  present  Marquis  of  Abercorn.     See  Vol.  II. 
P-  534- 


6  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

Third,  John,  who  was  a  Captain  in  the  navy,  and  died  Gover- 
nor of  West  Florida,  unmarried. 

Anne,  the  eldest  daughter,  married  Hugh  Bonfoy,  Captain  in 
the  navy. 

Harriot,  the  second  daughter,  married  Pendock  Neale,  of 
Tollerton,  in  Nottinghamshire,  and  died  without  issue  17765 
Augusta  and  Hester,  the  third  and  fourth  daughters,  died  infants; 
Elizabeth,  fifth  daughter,  was  wife  to  Sir  Charles  Cocks,  of  Dum- 
bleton,  in  Gloucestershire,  Baronet,  afterwards  Lord  Somers,  and 
died  1771  j  3nd  Catharine,  the  youngest  daughter,  is  unmarried.^ 

Edward,  first  Lold  Eliot,  born  July  8th,  1727,  W'as  on 
his  father's  death  chosen  representative  for  the  borough  of  St. 
Germain's,  and  constantly  sat  in  Parliament,  either  for  the  county 
of  Cornwall,  or  some  borough  therein,  till  his  advancement  to  the 
peerage  by  patent,  dated  January  30th,  1784-,  whereby  he  was 
created  Baron  Eliot,  of  St.  Germain's,  in  Cornwall,  and  to  the 
heirs -male  of  his  body;  his  Lordship  is  also  Receiver-general  of 
the  Duchy  of  Cornwall. 

His  Lordship  was  married  September  25th,  1/56,  to  Catherine, 
sole  daughter  and  heir  of  Edward  Ellison,  of  South  Weald,  in 
Essex,  Esq.  (by  a  daughter  of  Edward  Gibbon,  Esq.  a  South-Sea 
Director,'  and  grandfather  of  the  late  historian),  by  whom  he  had 
issue  four  sons. 

First,  Edward,  died  an  infant. 

Second,  Edward-James,  born  July  1758,  elected  M.  P.  for  St. 
Germain's  1780;  and  for  Leskard,  1784,  1790,  1796;  made  a  Lord 
of  the  Treasury,  July  13th,  1782;  and  again  December  17th,  1783, 
which  appointment  he  held  till  1793.'"  He  died  during  his  father's 
life,  in  September  1797>  having  married  Lady  Harriot  Pitt,  daugh- 
ter of  William,  first  Earl  of  Chatham,  and  by  her  (who  died  Sep- 
tember 25th,  1786),  had  issue  a  daughter,  born  September  20tb, 
1786,  who  married  Lieut. -Colonel  Pringle  of  the  Foot-guards. 

Third,  John,  present  Peer. 

Fourth,  William,  born  April  1st,  1766,  married,  first.  Lady 
Georgina-Augusta  Levcson  Gower,  daughter  of  Granville,  first 
Marquis  of  Stafford  (by  Lady  Susan  Stewart),  Avho  died  in  1806; 
and,  secondly,  February  13th,  I8O9,  Letitia,  eldest  daughter  of  Sir 
W.  P.  A.  A'Court,  Bart,  who  died  in  child-bed  in  January  1810, 
of  twins,  who  died.     In  1798,  he  was  Envoy  to  the  States  Gene- 

1  See  Gent.  Mag.   1797,  Part  II.  for  pedigree  of  Gibbon. 
"'  In  1794  he  accepted  a  Troop  in  the  Cornwall  Fencible  Cavalry. 


LORD  ELIOT.  7 

ral;  and  in   l/Q^^  Envoy  Extraordinary  and  Plenipotentiary  to 
Bavaria;  and  has  lately  been  appointed  a  Lord  of  the  Treasury. 

His  Lordship,  in  17^9>  assumed  the  name  and  arms  of  Craggs^ 
and  dying  February  28th,  1804,  was  succeeded  by  his  eldest  sur- 
viving son, 

John,  present  and  second  Lord  Eliot,  who  was  born  Sep- 
tember 2Sth,  1761 ;  and  married,  September  8th,  I79O,  his  rela- 
tion, Caroline  Yorke,  sister  to  the  present  Earl  of  Hardwickej 
but  has  no  issue. 

His  Lordship,  while  a  younger  son,  was  brought  up  to  the  Bar  j 
and  while  a  Commoner,  represented  in  parliament  Leskard,  and 
St.  Germain's. 

Title.  John  Eliot,  Baron  Eliot,  of  St.  Germain's,  in  the 
county  of  Cornwall. 

Creation.     Baron  Eliot,  January  30th,  1/84,  24  George  IIL 

Arms.  Argent  a  fess.  Gules,  between  two  bars  gemelles  wavy. 
Azure,  Eliot;  but  at  present  uses  the  arms  of  Craggs. 

Crest,  On  a  wreath  an  elephant's  head  coupt  Argent,  collared 
Gules. 

Supporters.  Two  eagles  reguardant,  with  wings  expanded, 
proper,  and  charged  on  their  breasts  with  an  ermine  spot. 

Motto.       OCCURRENT    NUBES. 

Chief  Seat.  Port  Eliot,  in  Cornwall,  which  was  formerly  the 
Priory  of  St.  Germains. 


8 


PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 


BULKCLEY,  LORD  BULKELEY. 

This  ancient  and  noble  family,  as  appears  by  a  curious  illumi- 
nated pedigree  in  his  Lordship's  possession,  is  descended  from 

Robert  Bulkeley,  Esq.  Lord  of  the  manor  of  Bulkeley,  in 
the  county  Palatine  of  Chester,  in  the  reign  of  King  John,  and 
was  succeeded  therein  by  his  son 

William,  who  had  five  sonsj 

First,  Robert. 

Second,  Willock,  of  Petty  Hall,  in  Cheshire,  whose  son,  Ri- 
chard, married  Mary,  daughter  of  Hugh  Venables,  Baron  of  Kin- 
derton,  and  had  an  only  son  of  his  own  name. 

Third,  Roger,  of  Orton  Madock,  in  Cheshire. 

Fourth,  Ralph,  seated  at  Rudal  Heath,  in  the  same  county, 
but  died  issueless. 

Fifth,  David,  from  whom  the  Bulkeleys  of  Bickerton,  in 
Cheshire  descended. 

Robert  Bulkeley,  of  Bulkeley,  Esq.  the  eldest  son,  married  a 
daughter  of  Thomas  Butler,  Baron  of  Warrington,  in  Cheshire, 
by  whom  he  had  two  sons. 

First,  William,  his  heir. 

Second,  Peter,  ancestor  to  the  Bulkeleys,  of  Wore,  in  Shrop- 
shire j  and  Broxton,  in  Cheshire. 

Also  four  daughters  5  viz.  Alice,  married  to Weaver; 

Maud,  to  ■ Hampton;  Janet,  to  John  Larkton;  and  Mar- 
garet, to  Griffith  Vichan  ap  Jer  Griffith  ap  Jerworth  Goch. 

William,  the  eldest  son  and  heir  of  Robert,  was  living  at 
Bulhley,  in  the  year  1302,  and  was  twice  married :  first,  to  Maud, 
daughter  to  Sir  John  Davenport,  Knt.  j  secondly,  to  Alice,  daugh- 
ter 6r  Vrian(or  JSryan)  St.  Piere. 


LORD  BULKELEY.  g 

By  the  latter  wife,  he  had  one  son,  Richard,  to  whom  he  gave 
the  manor  of  Prestland,  in  Cheshire,  wheretipon  he  assumed  that 
surname,  which  his  descendants  continued  to  use. 

The  issue  by  tbejormer  venter  were,  five  sons. 

First,  William,  living  at  Bulkeley  in  1314;  but  his  line  ter- 
minated in  a  granddaughter,  Alice^  wife  of  Thomas  Holford,  of 
Holford,  in  Cheshire,  Esq. 

Second,  Robert,  ofivhom  presently. 

Third,  Roger,  to  whom  his  father  gave  the  manor  of  Nor- 
bury,  in  Cheshire,  which  became  the  surname  of  his  descend- 
ants. 

Fourth,  Thomas,  seated  at  Alpraham,  in  Cheshire,  in  right  of 
his  wife,  Alice,  daughter  and  coheir  of  Matthew  Alpraham,  of 
Alpraham,  by  whom  he  left  a  daughter  and  sole  heir,  Hellene 
married  to  Sir  Thomas  Ardern,  of  Aldford,  in  Cheshire,  Knight. 

Fifth,  Peter, 

Robert  Bulkeley,  second  son  of  William,  became  seated  at 
Eaton,  in  Cheshire,  which  he  had  of  his  father's  gift.  He  waa 
Sheriff  of  the  county  in  1341,  and  married  Isabel,  daughter  of 
Philip  Egerton,  of  Malpas,  in  Cheshire,  and  had  by  her  a  daugh- 
ter. Cicely,  married  to  Thomas  Weaver,  of  Cheshire,  and  had 
two  sons. 

First,  Robert,  from  whom  the  Bulkeleys,  of  Eaton  and  Bur- 
gate,  in  Cheshire. 

Second,  Richard,  ancestor  to  Lord  Bulkeley.  Which  Richard 
married  Agnes,  daughter  and  coheir  to  Roger  Chedel,  of  Chedel, 
in  Cheshire,  and  had  with  her  that  estate  in  which  he  was  suc- 
ceeded by  his  only  son, 

Richard,  who  took  to  wife  Alice,  daughter  to  Sir  Ralph  Bos- 
tock.  Knight  5  and  had, 

William  Bulkeley,  of  Chedel,  Esq.  who,  in  the  reign  of 
Henry  VI.  being  Constable  of  Beaumaris,  in  the  Isle  of  Anglesey, 
hindered  the  Duke  of  York  from  landing  there  in  his  return  from 
Ireland,  to  join  the  Earl  of  Warwick  against  the  King.  He  mar- 
ried Ellen,  daughter  to  Guilliam  ap  Griffith,  of  Pentrie  Esq.  and 
died  in  1484  (2  Richard  IIL),  leaving  issue  six  sons,  and  four 
daughters;  viz. 

First,  Rowland,  his  heir,  who  was  seated  at  Beaumaris. 

Second,  William,  of  Burgat,  in  Hampshire  (who,  by  the 
daughter  and  heir  of  Sir  John  Popham,  had  Robert  his  heir,  who 
married  Ann,  daughter  of  John  Poyntz,  of  Acton,  in  Gloucestes- 
shire,  Esq.  and  had  issue  three  sons;  of  whom,  Robert,  tlie  eldest, 


10  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

living  in  1565,  married  Joan,  daughter  to  William  Gascoigne,  of 
Carrington,  Esq. 

Third,  Hugh.      Fourth,  Richard.      Fifth,  Edward    (or  Ed- 
mund), who  died  young.     Sixth,  William. 

The  daughters  were,  Janet,  married  to  Hugh  ap  Llewellin ; 
Ellen,  to  Robert  ap  Meredith;  Agnes,  and  Alice. 

Rowland  Bulkeley,  of  Beaumaris,  Esq.  the  eldest  son,  mar- 
ried Alice,  daughter  and  heir  to  William  Beconsal,  of  Beconsal, 

in  Lancashire.  Esq.  by  his  wife ,  daughter  and  heir  of 

Ashton,  and  had  issue  five  sons,  and  two  daughters;   viz. 
First,  Richard,  his  heir. 

Second,  William,  from  whom  the  Bulkeleys,  of  Porthamel,  in 
the  Isle  of  Anglesey. 

Third,  Hugh.     Fourth,  Henry.     Fifth,  Robert. 
Ellen,  wife  of  Sir  William  Norreys,  of  Speake,  in  Lancashire, 
Knight;  and  Margaret,  married  to  George  Booth,  of  Dunham,  in 
Cheshire,  Esq. 

Sir  Richard  Bulkeley,  the  eldest  son,  succeeded  his  father, 
Rowland,  at  Beaumaris,  was  honoured  with  knighthood,  and  made 
Chamberlain  of  North  Wales  in  1534  (26  Henry  VIIL)  being 
then  twenty-eight  years  old:  he  married  Catherine,  daughter  of 
Sir  William  Griffith,  junior,  of  Pcnrhyn,  in  the  county  of  Caer- 
narvon, Chamberlain  of  North  Wales,  and  had  by  her  two  daugh- 
ters; Eleanor,  married  to  John  Ardern,  of  Ardern,  in  Cheshire; 
and  Jane,  married  to  Maurice  Wynn  (or  Gwynn),  of  Gwyther, 
in  Caernarvonshire,  Esq.  also  four  sons  ; 
First,  Richard. 

Third,  Rowland.  Third,  John.  And,  Fourth,  Thomas. 
Sir  Richard  Bulkeley,  of  Beaumaris  and  Chedel,  the  eldest 
son,  was  knighted  in  15/6,  represented  the  county  of  Anglesey  in 
several  parliaments  in  the  reigns  of  Queen  Mary  and  Queen  Eh- 
zabeth,  to  the  latter  of  whom  he  proved  an  excellent  soldier  and 
faithfiil  servant  on  many  occasions,  and  was  also  Chamberlain  of 
North  Wales. 

He  married  to  his  first  wife,  Margaret,  daughter  of  Sir  John 
Savage,  of  Rock  Savage,  and  Clifton,  in  Cheshire,  Knight. 

And  to  his  second,  Agnes  (or  Ann),  daughter  of  Thomas 
Nedham,  of  Shavington,  in  Shropshire,  Esq.  and  had  issue  by 
both  venters. 

But  we  shall  first  treat  of  the  descendants  of  the  latter  mar- 
'riage,  the  issue  of  which  were  eight  sons,  and  two  daughters  j 
viz. 


LORD  BULKELEY.  H 

First,  Launcelot.  Second,  Arthur.  Third,  Tristram,  who  all 
died  young.  Fourth,  George.  Fifth,  Edward,  who  both  died 
issueless. 

Sixth,  Launcelot,  Archbishop  of  Dublin,  of  whom  pre- 
sently. 

Seventh,  Arthur,  Vicar  of  Coydan,  in  1596  (who  married 
Jane,  daughter  and  heir  to  Rhyse  Wynn,  ap  Willi  sm,  ap  Price, 
of  Coydan,  and  had  issue  William 3  Thomas,  who  marritd  Eliza- 
beth, daughter  to  John  Brereton,  of  Eglesham;  and  Catherine, 
wife  to  Peter  Hanmer,  of  Carvalach,  Esq.;  William,  the  eK:er 
son  of  Arthur,  married,  first,  Agnes,  daughter  of  William  Wil- 
liams, of  Cogwithlan,  by  whom  he  had  two  sous,  William,  and 
Arthur;  and,  secondly,  Ann,  daughter  to  David  Lloyd,  ot  Lloyd- 
yard,  in  Anglesey,  by  whom  he  had  a  daughter,  Ann;  William, 
who  succeeded  at  Coydan,  married,  first,  Margaret,  daughter  of 
Richard  Parry,  Bishop  of  St.  Asaph,  by  whom  he  had  four  sons, 
and  one  daughter;  viz.  Richard,  ancestor  to  the  Bulkeleys,  of 
Coydan;    Rev.   Launcelot  Bulkeley;   John,  Charles,  and  Ellen; 

and  by  his  second  wife  ,  daughter  of Gayner,  he  had 

two  daughters,  Mary,  and  Catharine. 

Eighth,  Tristram,  youngest  son  of  Sir  Richard,  married  Ann, 
daughter  of  Jenkyn  ap  Griffith  ap  Lhuellin,  and  had  two  sons, 
and  four  daughters;  John,  who  died  without  issue;  William, 
who  married  Ann,  daughter  and  heir  to  Owen  Griffith,  of  Drevanj 
Agnes,  wife  to  Hugh,  second  son  to  Pierce  Lloyd,  of  Gathodogej 
Mary,  Jane,  and  Jannet. 

Sir  Richard's  two  daughters,  by  his  second  wife,  were,  Grizel, 
married  to  Sir  Henry  Power,  of  Bersham,  in  Denbighshire,  Con- 
stable of  the  castle  of  Maryborough,  Knight  Marshal  of  Ireland, 
Governor  of  Leix,  Privy  Counsellor,  and  created  Viscount  Va- 
lentia;  she  died  September  8th,  l641,  and  was  buried  in  St.  Pa- 
trick's church,  Dublin;  and  Mary,  married  to  James  Eaton,  of 
Dudleston,  in  Shropshire,  Esq. 

Dr.  Launcelot  Bulkeley,  the  sixth  son  of  Sir  Richard,  was  ad- 
mitted a  Commoner  of  Brazen  Nose  College,  Oxford,  in  1587, 
the  eighteenth  year  of  his  age,  and  taking  his  degree  of  M.  A.  in 
J593,  was  on  the  13th  of  November,  in  that  year,  ordained  Dea- 
con, and  the  same  day  instituted  to  the  rectory  of  LlandyfFnan,  to 
which  was  added,  on  the  -1th  March  following,  the  rectory  of  Llan- 
degvaine,  otherwise  Beaumares,  of  which  Lord  Bulkeley  is  patron; 
on  March  25th,  1594,  he  was  admitted  into  priest's  orders;  after 
which,  being  made  Archdeacon  of  Dublin,  he  took  the  degree  of 


12  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

D.  D.  in  that  university  j  and  by  letters  patent,  dated  August 
11th,  1619,  was  promoted  to  that  archiepiscopal  seej  soon  after 
•which,  he  was  sworn  of  the  Privy  Council;  and  on  April  15th, 
1624,  appointed  one  of  the  Commissioners  for  the  preservation  of 
the  peace  in  the  provinces  of  Leinster  and  Ulster,  during  the  Lord 
Deputy  Falkland's  absence,  to  visit  the  new  plantations  in  the 
north :  he  died  at  his  palace  of  Tallaght,  September  8th,  l650.  in 
the  eighty-second  year  of  his  age,  and  was  buried  in  St.  Patrick's 
catliedral.  He  married  Alice,  daughter  of  Rowland  Bulkeley,  of 
Beaumares,  Esq.  and  had  issue  by  her,  who  was  buried  with  him 
in  February  \654,  two  sons  and  two  daughters  j  viz.  First.  Rev. 
William  Bulkele}',  Archdeacon  of  Dublin.  Second,  Rev.  Richard 
Bulkeley,  D.  D.  of  Eawne,  who  died  about  the  commencement 
of  the  troubles  in  l641  (leaving  three  orphans  under  the  tuition 
of  their  uncle,  William)  j  Mary,  married  to  William  Bulkeley,  of 
Porthamel,  Esq. ;  and  Grisild,  to  the  Rev.  Dr.  Ambrose  Aungier. 
William  Bulkeley,  D.  D.  Archdeacon  of  Dal  I'm,  lived  at  Miltown, 
which,  with  many  other  houses  and  castles,  belonging  to  the  Pro- 
testant nobility  and  gentry  in  the  counties  of  Dublin  and  Wick- 
low,  were  burnt  in  1 641,  to  prevent  the  English  from  planting 
any  garrison  in  those  parts;  and  it  appears  from  the  depositions, 
concerning  the  murders  and  losses  of  the  Protestants,  that  he  also 
lost  in  rents,  5301.  a  year;  in  stock,  4501.  in  buildings  at  Old 
Bawne,  which  were  wasted  and  destroyed  30001.;  in  rents,  tythes, 
&c,  at  Dunlavan,  and  elsewhere,  63151.;  that  his  father,  the 
Archbishop,  lost  in  cattle,  houses  burnt,  and  rents,  370I.;  and  the 
orphans  of  his  brother,  5051.  18s.  He  was  a  person  of  great 
virtue  and  piety;  one  who  made  it  bis  only  employ  to  serve  the 
xhurch,  and  his  diversion  to  improve  and  adorn  his  estate  with 
plantations,  whereby,  from  a  rude,  desolate,  and  wild  land,  he 
brought  it  to  be  a  most  delightful  patrimony.  He  married  Eli- 
zabeth, daughter  to  Henry  Mainwaring,  of  Kilkenny,  Esq.  one 
of  the  Masters  of  the  High  Court  of  Chancery,  in  Ireland;  she 
brought  into  this  family  divers  castles,  houses,  and  gardens,  near 
to  and  within  the  precinct  of  the  Dominican  abbey  of  Black 
Friars,  in  Kilkenny;  the  impropriate  rectories  of  Bananogh, 
otherwise  called  Castledough,  Dysert,  and  Kilferah,  with  the 
glebes  thereof,  &c.  in  the  county  of  Kilkenny.  He  made  his 
will,  December  3d,  1670,  and  died  the  year  following,  at  the  age 
of  seventy-three;  having  had  issue  three  sons,  and  three  daugh- 
ters; viz.  First,  Sir  Richard,  his  heir.  Second,  Arthur,  who  died 
unmarried  in  J 666.    Third,  Lancelot,  who  died  a  bachelor;  the 


LORD  BULKELEY.  13 

daughters  were,  Alicia,  married  to  Henry  Martin,  Esq,  son  and 
heir  to  Anthony  Martin,  Bishop  of  Meathj  Mary,  wife  of  Lan- 
celot Dowdall,  of  Mountown,  in  the  county  of  Meath,  Esq.  5  and 
Agnes,  first  married  to  Edward  Chichester,  Esq.  grandson  to  Ed- 
ward, Viscount  Chichester  j  and,  secondly,  to  Roger  Masterson, 
of  Prospect,  and  Monyseed,  in  the  county  of  Wexford,  Esq. 
Which  Sir  Richard,  who  succeeded  at  Old  Bawne,  was  also 
seated  at  Dunlavan,  in  the  county  of  Wicklow.  He  obtained  a 
grant,  dated  March  24th,  1661,  for  a  weekly  market,  and  two 
fairs  to  be  held  in  the  year,  at  Dunlavan,  where  he  had  a  good 
estate;  and  being  a  man  of  great  merit  and  goodness,  was  created 
a  Baronet  of  Ireland,  by  patent,  December  yth,  l682.  In  1(550, 
he  married,  first,  Catharine,  daughter  and  coheir  of  John  Bysse, 
Esq.  Chief  Baron  of  the  Exchequer,  in  Ireland,  and  by  her,  who 
died  in  1664,  the  twenty-first  year  of  her  age,  had  two  sons,  Ri- 
chard and  John;  his  second  wife  was  Dorothy,  daughter  of 

Whitfield,  Esq.  by  whom  he  had  no  issue;  and  he  dying  in 
1635,  she  re  married  with  William  Worth,  Esq.  Baron  of  the 
Exchequer,  in  Ireland,  and  died,  January  12thj  1/01,  and  was 
buried  in  St.  Patrick's  church,  Dublin. 

Sir  Richard  Bulkeley,  second  Baronet,  the  eldest  son  and 
heir,  had  his  education  in  the  universities  of  Dublin  and  Oxford, 
and  took  the  degree  of  A.  B.  in  the  latter.  May  21st,  l6S0.  He 
was  a  person  of  good  understanding  and  reason,  which  in  divers 
respects  were  much  improved  by  the  imperfect  symmetry  and 
deformity  of  his  body;  for,  in  the  course  of  his  childhood,  his 
faculties  were  so  extraordinary,  that  in  a  few  years  he  acquired  a 
very  great  share  of  learning,  and  was  blessed  with  so  great  a  me- 
mory, that  his  learning  and  knowledge  were  therein  most  securely 
treasured  up.  At  sixteen  years  of  age,  he  had  a  large  stock  of 
human  learning,  and  faculties  of  soul  scarcely  equalled;  wit, 
fancy,  and  apprehension  extraordinary,  with  a  memory  almost 
miraculous.  Yet  with  all  this  fund  of  reason  and  literature,  he 
was  strangely  deluded  and  led  away  by  the  unreasonable  infatua- 
tions of  a  set  of  enthusiastical  pretenders  to  prophecy,  who  first 
appeared  amongst  the  French  Camisars  and  Hugenots;  with  these 
he  engaged  so  deeply,  that  not  only  his  estate  partly  supplied  their 
extravagances,  but  he  prostituted  his  excellent  pen  in  defence  of 
their  frenzy,  and  misapplied  his  great  capacity  and  good  sense,  by 
submitting  them  to  their  groundless  delusions,  and  was  only  pre- 
vented by  death  from  selling  his  estate  to  distribute  amongst  them. 


14  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

He  lies  buried  in  Ewell  church,  in  Surrey,  under  a  black  marble, 
with  the  following  inscription  : 

Here  lieth  the  body  of 

Sir  Richard  Bulkeley,  Bart. 

Who  departed  this  life, 

April  the  7th,  1710, 

in  the  47th  year 

of  his  age. 

And  also  of  Lucy  his  wife 

Who  departed  this  life 

October  the  9th,  1/10,  in  the  47th 

year  of  her  age. 

She  was  daughter  of  Sir  George  Downing,  of  Hatley,  in  Cam- 
bridgeshire, Bart,  (and  was  re-married,  in  August  1710,  to  the 
above-mentioned  William  Worth,  Esq.)  and  leaving  no  issue,  the 
title  became  cxdnct;  for  his  brother,  John  Bulkeley,  who  died 
July  18th,  1699,  left  by  Elizabeth  his  wife,  daughter  of  Henry 
Whitfield,  Esq.  an  only  daughter,  Hester,  who  became  heir  to 
the  estate,  and  was  married,  April  15th,  1702,  to  James  Worth 
Tynte,  Esq.  younger  son  of  the  said  Mr.  Baron  Worth,  and  died 
August  pth,  1723, 

We  now  return  to  the  issue  of  Sir  Richard  Bulkeley,  of  Beau- 
maris, by  his  Jirst  wife,  Margaret  Savage,  which  were. 

First,  Sir  Richard,  his  heir. 

Second,  John,  who,  by  Margaret,  daughter  of Morgan, 

had  a  son,  Charles,  and  a  daughter,  Margaret. 

Third,  Thomas,  Fourth,  Rowland.  Fifth,  Charles;  all  died 
without  issue. 

Sixth,  Daniel,  who  married  Ellen,  daughter  of  Rowland 
Bulkeley,  of  Porthamel,  Esq.  and  had  issue,  Richard,  Rowland, 
Thomas,  John,  Margaret,  and  Ellen. 

Sir  Richard's  daughters  were,  Margaret,  and  Ellen,  who  died 
unmarried;  Catharine,  married  to  Griffith  ap  John  Griffith,  of 
Llyn;  Elizabeth,  wife  of  Owen  Holland,  Esq.  3  and  Jane,  to  Ro- 
bert ap  Hugh  Creuthyn,  Esq. 

Sir  Richard  Bulkeley,  the  eldest  son,  succeeded  at  Beaumaris. 
He  received  the  honour  of  knighthood;  and  by  King  James  Lst's 
instructions  to  William,  Lord  Compton,  President  of  Wales,  dated 
November  12th,  1617,  was  appointed  of  Council  to  his  Lordship 


LORD  BULKELEr.  15 

for  that  principality.     He  died,  June  2Sth,  102 1,  and  was  buried 
at  Beaumaris,  with  his  ancestors j  having  been  twice  married. 

First,  to  Catharine,  daughter  to  Sir  William  Davenport,  of 
Bromhall,  in  Cheshire,  Knight. 

And,  secondly,  Mary,  daughter  of  William,  Lord  Borough,  of 
Gainsborough,  in  Lincolnshire. 

By  the  former  he  had  one  daughter,  Elizabeth,  and  a  son, 

Richard  Bulkeley,  of  Chedel,  Esq.  who  died  before  him,  leav- 
ing, by  Catharine,  daughter  of  George  Needham,  of  Thornset,  in 
Derbyshire,  Esq.  several  sons  and  daughters.  Richard,  the  eldest 
son,  succeeded  at  Chedel,  and  married  Dorothy,  daughter  of  Sir 
Thomas  Hoskins,  of  Oxsted,  in  Surrey,  Knight,  by  whom  he  had 
an  only  child,  Dorothy,  who  was  married  to  Henry,  third  son  of 
Sir  Henry  Ayloffe,  Baronet. 

The  issue  of  Sir  Richard  Bulkeley,  and  Mary  Borough,  were, 
two  sons. 

First,  Richard,  his  heir. 

Second,  Thomas,  created  Viscount  Bulkeley,  of  ivhom  here^ 
after. 

And  four  daughtersj  Penelope,  married  to  Sir  Edzvyn  Sandys, 
of  Ombersley,  in  Worcestershire,  Knight,  ancestor  to  the  Lord 
Sandys  J  Elizabeth,  to  George  Shilletto,  of  Heath  Hall,  in  York- 
shire, Esq.;  Margaret,  to  Thomas  Porter,  of  ^^'ar\vickshire,  Knt.; 
and  Katherine,  to  Sir  Edwyn  Sandys,  of  Northbourne,  in  Kent, 
Knight  (by  whom  she  was  grandmother  of  Sir  Richard  Sandys, 
of  North  bourne,^'  Bart.) 

Thomas,  frst  Viscount  Bulkeley,  the  younger  son,  was  seated 
at  Baron  Hill,  near  Beaumaris;  and  being  a  person  of  great  merit 
and  strict  loyalty  to  King  Charles  L  was  advanced,  by  patent, 
under  the  privy  seal,  dated  at  Oxford,  January  6th,  l643,  to  the 
dignity  of  Viscount  Bulkeley,  of  Cashel,  in  the  kingdom,  of  Ireland. 

He  first  married  Blanch,  daughter  of  Robert  Coytmore,  of 
Coytmore,  in  Caernarvonshire,  Esq. 

And,  secondly,  the  daughter  of  Mr,  Cheadle,  who  was  some- 
time his  Lordship's  steward ;  by  the  latter  he  had  no  issue;  but 

By  {he  former  he  had  five  sons  and  four  daughters. 

First,  Colonel  Richard  Bulkeley,  vi-ho  was  treacherously  mur- 
dered by  Richard  Cheadle  (for  which  he  was  executed  at  Con- 
way), and  left  no  issue  by  his  wife,  Catharine,  daughter  of  Sir 
Roger  Mostyn,  of  Mostyn,  Knight. 

Second,  Robert,  who  succeeded  to  the  title. 

*  See  Letters  of  Mrs.  Eliaabeth  Carter. 


16  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

Third,  Thomas  Bulkeley,  of  Dinas,  in  the  county  of  Caernar- 
von, who  married  Jane,  daughter  and  coheir  of  Gritfith  Jones,  of 
Castlemarch,  Esq. 

Fourth,  Henry,  who  was  master  of  the  houseliold  to  King 
Charles  II,  and  James  If.  and  married  Lady  Sophia  Stewart,  and 
had  issue,  two  sons;  James,  who  settled  in  France,  and  left  issue j 
and  Francis;  and  four  daughters;  Charlotte,  married  to  Daniel, 
Viscount  Clare,  of  Ireland;  Ann,  married  to  James,  Duke  of  Ber- 
wick;  Henrietta;  and  Laura. 

Fifth,  Edwyn,  who  died  unmarried. 

His  Lordship's  daughters  were;  First,  Catharine,  married, 
first,  to  Richard  Wood,  of  Rosemore,  in  Ireland,  Esq.;  secondly, 
to  Richard  Wynn,  of  Branas,  Esq.  Second,  Lumley,  married  to 
Pierce  Lloyd,  of  Llygwy,  Esq.  Third,  Mary,  wife  to  Sir  Roger 
Mostyn,  of  Mostyn,  in  Flintshire,  Bart.  And,  Fourth,  Penelope, 
wedded  to  Sir  Griffin  Williams,  of  Vaynol,  in  Carnarvonshire. 

Robert,  second  Viscount  Bulkeley,  the  eldest  surviving  son 
and  heir,  was  Sheriff  of  the  county  of  Anglesey  in  1058,  and  served 
for  the  same  in  the  parliament  which  restored  King  Charles  IL 
continuing  to  be  its  representative  till  his  death,  which  happened, 
October  18th,  l6S8.  He  married  Sarah,  daughter  of  Daniel  Har- 
vey, of  Coombe,  in  Surrey,  Esq.  and  had  issue  tliree  sons,  and  six 
daughters. 

First,  Richard,  his  heir. 

Second,  Robert,  educated  at  Oxford,  and  presented,  May  23d, 
l683,  with  the  degree  of  LL.D.  by  Jame^,  Duke  of  York;  he  was 
also  representative  in  parliament  for  Beaumaris. 

Third,  Thomas,  representative  for  the  county  of  Caernai-von. 

The  daughters  were;  Elizabeth,  born  l055,  married  to  John 
Griffith,  of  Glynn,  in  Caernarvonshire,  Esq.;  Katharine,  married 
to  Philip  Atkinson,  D.  D. ;  Penelope,  who  died  unmarried ;  Lumley 
Martha,  married  to  Roger  Price,  of  Rhiwlas,  Esq.;  and  Eleanor, 
to  Sir  William  Smith,  of  Vinall,  Bart. 

Richard,  third  Viscount,  was  born  l65S;  he  represented  the 
county  of  Anglesey  in  parliament  from  1680  till  his  death;  and  in 
1701,  was  appointed  Vice-Admiral  of  the  north  part  of  Wales. 

He  married,  first,  Mary,  eldest  daughter  to  Sir  Philip  Egerton, 
of  Egerton  and  Oulton,  in  Cheshire,  Knight. 

And,  secondly,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Henry  White,  of 
Hawthlin,  in  Pembrokeshire,  Esq.  By  the  latter  he  had  no  issue 

And  by  ihe  former,  an  only  child, 

Richard,  fourth   Viscount,  who  succeeded   his  father,  e 


LORD  BULKELEY.  17 

August  9th,  1704;  was  representative  for  the  county  of  Anglesey, 
from  1705,  till  his  death  j  also  Constable  of  Beaumaris  castle,  and 
Constable  of  North  Wales ;  on  November  2d,  1713,  was  made 
Constable  of  Caernarvon  castle,  and  departed  this  life  at  Bath, 
June  4th,  1724;  having  always  distinguished  himself  by  a  steady 
adherence  to  principles  of  loyalty,  a  disinterested  zeal  for  the  good 
of  his  country,  and  the  strictest  regard  to  every  social  virtue.  He 
married  Lady  Bridget  Bertie,  eldest  daughter  to  James,  Earl  of 
Abingdon,  and  by  her,  wlio  died  in  June  1753,  left  issue  two  sons, 
Richard  and  James,  successively  Viscounts  Bulk-.Mey. 
And  four  daughters;  First,  Bridget,  who  died  unmarried. 
Second,  Eleanor,  married  to  George  Harvey,  of  Tiddington,  ia 
Oxfordshire,  Esq.  Third,  Ann,  wife  to  William  Bertie,  D.  D. 
brother  to  Willoughby,  third  Earl  of  Abingdon.  Fourth,  Eliza- 
beth, married  to  William  Price,  of  Rulace,  Esq.  Fifth,  Lumley, 
And,  Sixth,  Sarah,  both  died  unmarried. 

Rich \RD,  Jifth  Viscount,  born  in  17O8,  was,  in  March  I73O, 
elected  member  of  Parliament  for  Beaumaris,  and  was  re-choseu 
at  the  next  general  election ;  he  was  likewise  Governor  of  Beau- 
maris castle,  and  Chamberlain  of  North  Wales;  on  January  12th, 
1/31-2,  his  Lordship  married  Jane,  daughter  and  heir  of  Lewis 
Owen,  of  Peniarth,  in  Merionethshire,  Esq.  but  dying  without 
issue,  March  15th,  1738-9,  his  Lady  was  re-married,  in  June  fol- 
lowing, to  Mr.  Edward  Williams,  one  of  the  Land  Waiters  in  the 
Custom  House,  London;  and  the  title  descended  to  his  brother, 

James,  sixth  Fiscount,  who,  on  April  IQth,  was  elected  repre- 
sentative in  parliament  for  Beaumaris,  was  also  Constable  of  the 
castle  there,  and  Chamberlain  of  North  Wales;  in  August  174C), 
he  married  Emma,  sole  daughter  and  heir  of  Thomas  Rowlands, 
of  Caeru,  in  the  Isle  of  Anglesey,  Esq.  by  which  Lady  (who  was, 
secondly,  married  to  Sir  Hugh  Williams,  of  Penrhyn,  in  Caernar- 
vonshire, Baronet,*'  and  died  August  ISth,  1/80),  he  had  issue  two 
daughters. 

Bridget,  who  died  unmarried  ;  and  Eleanora,  who  died  young. 

Also  a  posthumous  son,  Ihomas- James,  the  present  Lord 
Bulkeley. 

His  Lordship  died.  May  23d,  1752,  aged  thirty-five;  and  his 
Lady  being  then  with  child,  the  title  lay  dormant  till  she  was  de- 
livered of 

Thomas-James,  noiv  seventh  Fiscount  Bulkeley,  of  L-eland^ 

•>  By  whom  she  was  mother  of  the  present  Sir  Robert  Williamsj  Bart. 
VOL,  VIII.  C 


18  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

and  FIRST  Lord  Bulkeley,  Bakon  ox'  Beal'makis,  in  the  Isle 
nf  Anglesey,  born  on  December  12th,  \J51:  at  the  general 
elections  in  177'^;  ^nd  17feO,  his  Lordship  was  chosen  representa- 
tive for  the  county  of  Anglesey;  was  created  a  Peer  of  Great 
Britain,  by  the  title  of  Lokd  Bulkeley,  Baron  of  Beaumaris, 
in  the  Isle  of  Anglesey,  by  patent,  dated  May  14th,  l7B4j  and  is 
likewise  Lord  Lieutenant  and  Gustos  Rotulorum  of  the  county  of 
Caernarvon. 

His  Lordship,  on  April  27th,  1777,  wa?  married  to  Elizabeth- 
Harriot,  only  daughter  and  heir  of  the  late  Sir  George  Warren, 
of  Poynton^  in  Cheshire,  Knight  of  the  Bath,  by  Jane,  daughter 
and  heir  of  Thomas  Revel,^  of  Filcham,  in  Surrey,  Esq.''  but  has 
no  issue. 

Titles.  Thomas- James  Bulkeley,  Lord  Bulkeley,  Baron  of 
Beaumaris,  in  the  Isle  of  Anglesey;  also  Viscount  Bulkeley,  of 
Cashel,  in  the  county  of  lipperary,  in  the  kingdom  of  Ireland. 

Creations.  Lord  Bulkeley,  Baron  of  Beaumaris,  by  patent, 
May  14lh,  1784,  24  George  III.  and  Viscount  Bulkeley,  of  Cashtl, 
by  patent,  January  19th,  l643,  19  Charles  I. 

Arms.  Sable,  a  chevron  between  three  bulls  heads,  cabossed, 
Argent,  quartering  Warren,  of  Poyntonj  viz.  cheeky.  Or,  Azure, 
on  a  canton.  Argent,  a  lion  rampant. 

Crest.  In  a  ducal  coronet.  Or,  a  bull's  head.  Argent,  armed. 
Or. 

Supporters.  Two  bulls,  Argent,  armed  and  unguled,  Or,  each 
Q-orsfed  with  a  collar  dancette.  Gules. 

Motto.       NeC    TEMCKE,    NEC    TIMIDE. 

Chief  Seat.     At  Baron  Hill,  in  the  Isle  of  Anglesey. 

<=  Mr.  Revel  was  formerly  M.  P.  for  Dover. 
^  By  Jane,  daughter  and  coheir  of  the  Hon.  William  Egerton,  younger  brothe! 
of  Scroop,  ilrst  Duke  of  Bridgewater.     See  Vol.  III.  p.  206. 


LORD  SOMERS. 


19 


COCKS,  LORD  SOMERS, 


This  ancient  family  was  seated  In  the  county  of  Kent  so  early  as 
the  beginning  of  King  Edward  the  Ist's  time,  in  the  fourteenth 
year  of  whose  reign  Walter  le  CocKj  son  and  heir  of  Thomas 
le  Cock,  was  assessed  at  6s.  3d.  as  an  aid  for  the  sixteenth  part 
of  one  Knight's  fee,  for  the  scite  of  a  messuage  and  lands  (late 
belonging  to  Walter  le  Cock),  in  Ospringe,  as  appears  by  the 
memorandums  in  the  Exchequer  of  that  year.  In  the  reign  of 
King  Edw.  II.  Richard  Kancis  and  Basilia,  relict  of  Roger  Cock, 
held  the  half  of  a  quarter  of  a  Knight's  fee  in  Ospringe  afore- 
said, as  proved  by  the  book  of  Knight's  fees.  Thomas  le  Cock,  of 
Ospringe,  held  at  the  time  of  his  death,  anno  13  Edward  III.  the 
scite  of  one  messuage  and  twenty  acres  of  land  in  Ospringe  of  the 
King  in  capite,  by  the  service  of  nineteen  pence  per  annum,  and 
paying  ward  to  Dover  castle,  and  Walter  le  Cock  was  found  to 
be  his  son  and  heir.  These  premises  continued  in  this  family,  in 
16  Henry  VIII.  when  Richard  Cokkys  died  seised  thereof,  hold- 
ing ihem  in  capite,  and  Richard  Cokkys  was  his  son  and  heirj 
but  the  estate  was  soon  after  sold,  and  the  family  removed  into 
Gloucestershire;  yet  the  lands  were  called  by  their  name  for  many- 
years  after. 

Thomas  Cocks,  of  Bishop's  Cleeve,  in  Gloucestershire,  Esq. 
died  in  16OI,  and  was  buried  in  that  church,  but  his  monument 
was  destroyed  by  the  fall  of  the  steeple  in  169G.     He  married 

Elizabeth,  daughter  of Holland,  of  Lancashire,  and  had  issue 

three  daughters. 

Ann,  married  to  -—  Barnsly,  of  Barnsly  Hall,  in  Worcester- 
shire, Esq. 3   Dorothy,  first  married  to Hutchins,  Esq.  of 

Dumbleton,  in  Gloucestershire,  Esq.  who  left  her  that  estate  at 


20  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

his  decease,  and  she  was  afterwards  married  to  Sir  Charles  Percy, 
Knight,  son  of  Henry,  eighth  Earl  of  Northumberland,  and  \vaf> 
buried  at  Dumbleton,  June  28th,  l646;  and  Elizabeth,  wife  of 
■  Stafl'urd,  of  Staffordshire,  Esq. 

He  had  also  ten  sons  who  lived  to  be  men,  whereof, 

The  two  eldest,  according  to  the  custom  of  those  times,  made 
tneir  campaign  in  the  wars. 

Two  of  the  others  were  bred  up  to  the  law,  one  uf  which  was 
in  the  reign  of  King  James  I.  sent  on  an  embassy  to  the  Czar  of 
Muscovy. 

The  other,  named  Charles,  was  a  Bencher  of  the  Middle 
Temple,  and  died  August  15lh,  1054,  and  was  buried  at  Dum- 
bleton. 

Four  were  merchants;  and  the  other  two  divines. 

One  of  them,  named  Peter,  was  Rector  of  Bishop's  Cleevc,  and 
was  buried  in  that  church  in  l6l2;  he  married  the  daughter  of 
the  Hon.  Charles  Bridges,,  of  Wilton  Castle,  co.  Hereford,  second 
son  of  John,  first  Lord  Chandos,  sister  to  Sir  Giles  Bridges,  Bart. 

Richard  Cocks,  the  second  surviving  son  of  the  above  named 
Thomas,  was  seated  at  Castle-ditch,  in  the  county  of  Hereford, 
and  mai-ried  Judith,  daughter  and  coheir  of  John  Elliott,  of  the 
city  of  London,  Merchant,  by  whom  he  had  issue. 

First,  Thomas,  his  eldest  son  and  heir. 

Second,  Richard,  who  resided  at  Dumbleton,  in  Gloucester- 
shire, and  was  created  a  Baronet,  February  7th.  l66l,  but  his  issue 
is  extinct. 
•  Thomas,  the  eldest  son,  succeeded  to  the  estate  at  Castle- 
ditch,  on  the  death  of  his  father;  married  Ann,  daughter  of  Am- 
brose Elton,  of  Ledbury,  in  the  county  of  Hereford,  Esq.  and  had 
issue  three  daughters, 

Dorothy,  married  to  Robert,  Viscount  Tr.icy,  of  the  kingdom 
of  Ireland;  Judith,  wife  to  -— —  Tracyj  and  Elizabeth. 

Also  five  sons. 

First,  Thomas,  who  succeeded  at  Castle-ditch,  and  left  issue 
by  Mary  his  wife,  two  sons. 

1,  John,  who  died  unmarried. 

2.  The  Rev.  Thomas  Cocks,  who  enjoyed  the  Castle-ditch 
estate,  after  his  brother's  death,  and  was  buried  in  Estnor  church, 

June  27th,  1724,  leaving  by  his  wife,  the  daughter  of 

Hall,  of  Leicestershire,  an  only  daughter  and  heir,  Mary,  born 
January  1703,  and  married  in  17-4,  to  her  cousin,  John  Cocks, 
hereafter-mentioned. 


LORD  SOMERS.  2i 

John,  second  son  of  Thomas  and  Anne/  died  unmarried. 
Thivd,  Richard.     Fourth,  Henry. 

Charles,  fifth  son  of  Thomas  and  Anne,  was  Justice  of  the 
Peace  for  the  county  of  Worcester,  and  elected  member  of  par- 
liament for  the  city  of  Worcester  in  1692,  and  represented  the 
borough  of  Droitwich  in  seven  parliaments.  He  married  Mary^ 
daughter  of  John  Soraers,  of  Clifton  upon  Severn,  in  the  county 
of  Worcester,  Gent,  and  sister  and  coheir  to  John,  Lord  Somers, 
Lord  High  Chancellor  of  Great  Britain,  by  whom  he  had 
three  daughters  and  two  sons. 

Catherine,  the  eldest  daughter,  married  James  Harris,  of  the 
Close,  in  Salisbury,  Esq.  in  which  cathedral  she  lies  buried  with 
the  following  inscription : 

H.  S  E. 

Catherina    Harris, 

Caroli  Cocks  de  Vigornia  filia, 

Virtutibus  ornatissimaj 

Jacobi  Harris  de  Clauso  Sarum  Uxor, 

Nunquam  non  desiderata. 

Obijt  13  die  Junij 

iEtatis  24'* 

Dom.  1705.'' 


inno  < 


Elizabeth,  the  second  daughter,  died  young. 

Margaret,''  the  third  daughter,  was  married  on  March  IQth, 
1 719,  to  Philip  Yorke,  Esq.  afterwards  created  Earl  of  Hardwicke* 
and  made  Lord  High  Chancellor  of  Great  Britain  j  she  died 
S-rptember  lOth,  1701,  and  was  buried  at  Wimpole,  in  Cambridge- 
thire. 

The  sons  were. 

First,  James  Cocks,  of  Bruckmans,  in  Hertfordshire j  and  of 
Ryegate,  in  Surrey,  Esq.  for  which  last  place  he  was  representa- 
tive in  parliament  from  1713,  to  1747;  he  died  May  23d,  1750, 
aged  sixfy-five,'^  and  was  buried  at  Weston,  in  Shropshire.  He 
married,  first,  in  September  1718,  to  Lady  Elizabeth  Newport, 
eldest  daughter  of  Richard,  Earl  of  Bradford,  but  she  died  with- 
out surviving  issue,  and  was  buried  at  Weston 5  his  second  wife 

a  See  Vol.  V.  i'ltlf  Malmshury. 

"^  She  had  been  married  before.     See  Nash's  Worcestershire. 

=:  Coffin-nlace. 


22  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

was  Ann,  youngest  daughter  of  William,  fourth  Lord  Berkelc)-, 
of  Stratton,  to  whom  she  was  married  in  May  1737,  and  she  died 
February  3d,  1738-9,  in  child-bed,  of  their  only  issue, 

James,  who  was  slain  at  St.  Cas,  on  the  coast  of  France,  Sep- 
tember 11th,  1758,  unmarried;  whereupon  the  estates  he  died 
possessed  of  in  Hertfordshire,  Surrey,  Kent,  &c.  descended  to  his 
uncle. 

Second,  John  Cocks,  of  Castk-ditch,  in  the  parish  of  Estnor, 
Herefordshire,  Esq.  which  estate  he  possessed  in  right  of  his  wife, 
Mary,  sole  daughter  and  heir  of  the  above-mentioned  Rev.Thomas 
Cocks,  of  Castle-ditch,  to  whom  he  was  married  in  1/24;  he  died 
June  24th,  17/1,  and  was  buried  at  Estnor;  she  survived  till  1779> 
and  was  interred  near  him.  An  elegant  marble  monument  is 
erected  for  her,  with  the  following  inscription : 

Underneath  are  interred 

the  Remains  of  Mrs.  Mary  Cocks, 

widow  of  John  Cocks,  Esq. 

and  only  child 

of  the  Reverend  Thomas  Cocks, 

late  of  Castle-ditch. 

She  was  born  in  January  1703,  N.  S. 

and  departed  this  life 
the  4th  of  February,  177y,  aged  76. 

She  was  blest  by  Nature 

with  a  contented  mind,  with  chearfulness 

and  benevolence  in  the  highest  degree; 

Qualities  so  amiable  could  not  fail 

of  gaining  the  esteem  of  all  who  knew  her 

from  the  earliest  infancy, 

and  certainly  no  one  was 

throughout  life  more  beloved: 

Her  heart  was  soon  touched 

with  the  hearing  of  distress;  and  her  hand  as 

immediately  stretched  out  to  relieve  it; 

to  this  part  of  her  character,  her  poorer 

Neighbours  can  feelingly  testify. 

In  a  dissipated  and  extravagant  age 

she  was  frugal  and  industrious. 

And  even  her  hands  continually  employed 

in  some  useful  work. 


LORD  SOMERS,  o'i 

In  every  reJation  of  life 
she  discharged  her  duty 
most  exemplarily. 
There  never  was  a  better  mother  of  children ; 
She  taught  them  all  to  read  herself, 
and  trained  them  up  most  diligently 
in  the  way  they  should  go, 
by  example  as  well  as  precept. 
The  chearfulness  and  benevolence  of  her 
temper,  had  their  best  stay  and  support^ 
in  a  constant  and  lively  sense  of  religion. 
As  she  accepted  every  blessing  of  Providence 
with  joy  and  thankfulness, 
so  under  every  affliction  she  was 
intirely  resigned  to  the  divine  will. 
A  Christian  frame  of  mind  was  so 
established  in  her,  that  she  knew  not, 
by  her  own  feelings,  what  narrowness, 
selfishness,  or  any  wrong  affection  was. 
Her  countenance  itself  shone  with  the 
purest  benevolence,  bespeaking  that  a  faith 
of  the  gospel  was  the  principle 
firmly  rooted  at  her  heart. 

Her  life  was  lengthened  to  almost 

the  longest  natural  term,  as  a  peculiar 

blessing  to  the  neigbourhood,  to  her 

family  and  friends;  even  at  last  they  could  not 

but  regret  her  loss,  though  her  body  was  grown 

very  infirm  3  but  her  mind  still  continued 

chearful,  and  was  filled  with  the  joyfulkst 

anticipation  of  the  happiness  she  was  going  to. 

Few  have  been  so  exact  to  live  the  life  of 

the  righteous,  and  no  one  ever  enjoyed 

more  blessedly  the  supreme  reward  of 

dying  the  death  of  the  righteous. 

This  monument,  in  token  of  filial  piety 

and  her  own  most  affectionate  regard, 

is  put  up  by  her  sorrowing  daughter, 

Elizabeth  Cocks,  whose  sole  consolation 

is  the  firm  belief,  that  through  the  mercies 

of  Christ  they  shall  be  once  more  united 

in  a  better  state,  never  to  part  again. 


24  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

They  had  issue  twelve  children;  viz. 
First,  Charles,  first  Lord  Soramers. 
Second,  Thomas,  born  L727,  and  died  in  1729. 
Third,  Mary,  born  June  1/28,  t  both  living  1/54, 

Fourth,  Elizabeth,  born  July  19th,  1729.  j"  unmarried. 
Fifth,  John,  A.M.  Rector  of  Snckleigh,  in  Worcestershire, 
and  Prebendary  of  Bristol,  living,  1/84,  unmarried. 

Sixth,  Joseph,  who  was  bred  to  ihe  law,  and  had  the  degree 
of  Barrister;  he  died  April  4tl],  1775,  leaving,  by  Margaret  his 
■wife,  daughter  of  John  Thorniloe,  of  ^^■orcester,  Esq.  two 
daughters;  Mary,  wife  of  William  Bussell,  of  Powyck,  in  Wor- 
cestershire, Esq.   Barrister  at  law;  and  Margaret, 

Seventh,  James,  a  Banker,  born  June  22d,  1734,  and  mar- 
ried' November  5th,  1772,  to  Martha,  daughter  of  Charles  Wat- 
son, Esq.  Vice- Admiral  of  the  Red,  by  whom  he  has  issue.  Of 
whom,  Catherine  married,  November  17th,  ISOO,  Joseph  Yorke, 
eldest  surviving  son  of  the  late  Bishop  of  Ely;  Anna  married  her 
cousin,  the  Hon.  and  Rev.  Reginald  Cocks, 

Eighth,  Philip,  A.M.  Rector  of  Acton,  in  Middlesex,  and 
Prebendary  of  Lincoln,  born  February  'i/th,  1739,  and  died  Sep- 
tember 17th,  1797>  unmarried. 

Ninth,  Thomas-Somers,  born  December  3d,  1737,  and  was 
in  partnership  with  his  brother,  James,  in  a  capital  banking- 
house  at  Charing  Cross;  on  August  29th,  1/68,  he  was  married 
to  Ann,  daughter  of  Alexander  Thistlethwayte,  of  Southwick 
Place,  in  Hampshire,  Esq.  and  had  issue.  He  died  November 
1.5  th,  1796. 

Tenth,  Richard,  born  in  August  17-10.-  3  Barrister  at  law,  and 
unmarried. 

Eleventh,  Robert,  born  17-ll,and  died  1765,  unmarried;  and. 
Twelfth,  Timothy,  born  1/43,  who  died  1757. 
Charles,  first  Lord  Somers,  the  eldest  son  and  heir, 
was  born  at  Castle-ditch,  June  39th,  1725,  to  which  estate,  and 
several  others,  he  succeeded  on  the  death  of  his  father,  as  also  to 
the  estates  at  Dumbleton,  and  elsewhere,  en  that  branch  of  the 
family  becoming  extinct. 

He  represented  the  borough  of  Ryegate  in  three  parliaments; 
was  created  a  Baronet  of  Great  Britain  by  letters  patent,  dated 
September  19th,  1772;  and  created  a  Peer  of  Great  Britain  by 
patent,  dated  May  17th,  17S4,  by  the  title  of  Lord  Somers,  Ba- 
ron of  Evesham,  in  the  county  of  If'orceiter,  and  the  herrs-male 
of  his  body  lawfully  begotten. 


LORD  SOMtRS.  25 

His  Lordship  was  twice  married;  first,  on  August  2d,  l/Sg, 
to  Elizabeib,  fiftii  daughter  of  Richard  Eliot,  of  Port  Eliot, 
in  the  county  of  Cornwall,  Esq.  and  sister  to  Edward,  the  late 
Lord  Eliot;  by  which  Lady,  who  died  January  ist,  l/J],  and  was 
buried  on  the  eighth  of  the  same  month  at  North  IVIims,  in  Hert- 
fordshire, he  had  issue. 

First,  John-Sommers  Cocks,  present  Peer. 

Second,  Mary-Judith,  born  February  2d,  1762. 

Third,  Harriot-Margaret,  who  died  young. 

Fourth,  Charles-Edward,  died  an  infant. 

Fitth,  Edward-Charles,  for  whom  an  elegant  monument  is 
erected  in  Estnor  church,  with  this  inscription  : 

Within  this  chancel 

are  interred  the  remains  of 

Edward-Charles  Cocks, 

a  youth  of  14  years  of  age, 

unfortunately  drowned  at  Westminster  school, 

unfortunately  for  his  friends, 

not  for  himself; 

for  he  was  innocent  and  good, 

his  faults  and  frailties  trivial  j 

to  him,  therefore,  to  be  taken  out  of  this  world  must  be 

happiness. 

Through  the  merits  of  Christ  Jesus, 

his  Lord  and  Saviour, 

of  whose  blessed  sacrament  he  was  partaker 

the  day  before  his  death. 

To  his  father,  and  his  friends  who  knew  him, 

he  was  deservedly  dear; 

(at  school  universally  beloved) 

to  his  elder  brother 

he  was  almost  every  thing  that  could  be  wished. 

His  brother  now  erects  to  his  memory 

this  monument, 

»s  a  sincere  testimony  of  his  love,  bis  esteem, 

and  his  high  opinion  of  him. 


J.  SoMMERs  Cock*. 


) 


•20  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

He  was  third  son  of  Sir  Charles  Cocks,  Bart,  of' 

Castle-ditch,  and  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Richard 

Eliot,  Esq.  of  Port  Eliot,  in  the  county  of  CornwaU. 

His  mother  was  delivered  of  two  sons  at  one  birth, 

on  the  23d  of  January  l/G/, 

At  Marseilles,  in  France,  of  whom  the  elder, 

Chakles-Ebward,  died  a  few  days  after  he 

lirst  saw  the  light,  and  was  buried  at  that  place  j 

the  younger  Edward-Charles 

grew  as  a  lily  in  the  field. 

The  last  day  of  his  life  in  this  world, 

was  the  6th  of  August  l/Sl. 

Thy  will,   O  God!  be  done. 

Sixth,  Harriot,  born  August  28th,  IjGg,  unmarried. 

His  Lordship  married.  May  20th,  1/72,  to  his  second  wife, 
Anne,  daughter  of  Reginald  Pole,  of  Stoke,  in  the  county  of  De- 
von, Esq.  who  took  the  additional  surname  of  Carew;  by  Anne, 
daughter  of  Francis  Buller,  Esq.  of  Morval,  in  Cornwall  j  and  by 
her  he  had  issue  two  sons, 

Philip-James,  born  December  2d,  17/4;  late  Lieut. -Colonel 
in  the  First  regiment  of  foot  guards;  and  late  M.  P.  for  Ryegate. 
And 

Reginald,  born  January  14th,  1777>  a"d  'lied  November  19th, 
1805  ;  having  married,  on  December  21st,  1802,  his  cousin,  Anne, 
second  daughter  of  James  Cocks,  Esq. 

And  one  daughter  3  Anna-Maria,  born  March  14th,  1773; 
married,  December  4th,  1797>  the  Rev.  Philip  Yorke,  Prebendary 
of  Ely,  fourth  son  of  the  late  Bishop  of  Ely. 

His  Lordship  died  January  30th,  I8O6,  aet.  81 ;  and  was  suc- 
ceeded by  his  eldest  son, 

John  Somers  Cocks,  present  and  second  Lord  Somers,  who 
was  born  March  6th,  J  760,  and  represented,  first,  Grampoundj 
and  afterwards  Ryegate,  in  parliament. 

His  Lordship  married,  in  1785,  Margaret,  sole  daughter  and 
heir  of  the  Rev.  Dr.  Treadway  Nash,  D.  D.  of  Beven,  near  Wor- 
cester fthe  Historian  of  WorcesterskireJ,  by  whom  he  has  several 
children. 

His  eldest  son  is  Captain  in  the  Bays,  or  second  Regiment  of 
dragoon  guards;  and  M.  P.  for  Ryegate. 


LORD  SOMERS.  2/ 

Philip,  second  son,  is  Captain  in  the  l6th  regiment  of  Light 
dragoons. 

Titles.  John  Somers  Cocks,  Lord  Somers,  Baron  of  Evesham, 
and  Baronet. 

Creations.  Baronet,  September  IQth,  1772,  12  George  III.; 
and  Lord  Somers,  Baron  of  Evesham,  in  the  county  of  Worces- 
ter, May  17th,  1784,  24  George  IIL 

Arms.  Sable,  a  chevron,  Or,  between  three  stags'  scalps  and 
attires,  Argent. 

Crest.  On  a  wreath,  a  mount  proper,  and  thereon  a  stag 
lodged  and  reguardant,  Argent. 

Supporters.  On  each  side  a  lion.  Ermine,  gorged  dancette. 
Vert. 

Motto.     Prodesse  aUAM  conspigi. 

Chief  Seats.  At  Castle-ditch,  in  the  county  of  Hereford  j  at 
Dumbleton,  in  the  county  of  Gloucesterj  and  at  Ryegate,  in 
Surrey. 


28 


PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 


PARKER,  LORD  BORTNGDON. 


Edmund  Pakkee,  of  North  Moulton,  in  the  county  of  Devon, 
Esq.  of  a  very  ancient  family  in  that  part  of  the  kingdom  (said 
to  have  resided  at  this  t-eat  from  the  latter  end  of  the  14th  century) 
by  his  last  will  and  testament,  bearing  date  May  18lh,  161I,  to 
wlsich  i<;  annexed  a  codicil,  dated  the  11th  of  next  month,  directs 
that  his  body  should  be  buried  in  the  choir  of  North  Molten 
church;  he  married  Dorothy,  daughter  o{  Sir  Clement  Smith,  of 
Little  Raddow,  in  Essex,  Knight,  Chief  Baron  of  the  Exchequer; 
and  had  issue  one  son,  John;  and  four  daughters;  Francis,  living 
in  l6il,  unmarried;  Jane,  wifeof  Jolm  Norleigh,  of  Norleigh, 
in  Devonshire,  Esq.  Elizabeth,  married  to  Walter  Harlewin,  E>^q. 
and  Mary,  to  George  Drake,  of  Whiicombe,  in  Devonshire, 
Esq. 

John  Parker,  Esq.  the  only  son,  dit  d  in  his  father's  lifetime, 
in  the  year  I610,  leaving  issue  by  his  wife,  Frances,  daughter 
of  Jeronemy  Mayhew,  of  Bor'nii^don,  in  Devonshire,  Esq.  three 
sons; 

First,  Edmund. 

Second,  Thomas,  who  was  twenty-six  years  of  age,  when  the 
visitation  of  Devonshire  was  made  in  l620. 

Third,  John,  then  twenty-one  years  old. — Also  one  daughter, 
Ann,  who  died  unmarried. 

Edmund  Parker,  Esq.  the  eldest  son,  becanie  heir  to  his 
grandfather,  and  was  twenty-seven  years  of  age  in  I62O:  he  made 
his  last  will  and  testament,  November  6th,  l642,  which  was 
proved,  November  1st,  \64Q,  and  therein  appointed  to  be  buried 
:;t  North  Molton.  He  married  Amy,  youngest  daughter  of  Sir 
Edward  Seymour,  of  Bury  Pomeroy,   in  the  county  of  Devon, 


LORD  BORINGDON.  29 

Baronet,  ancestor  to  the  present  Dtike  of  Somerset ;  and  had  issue* 
by  her  eight  sons; 

First,  Edward,  w  ho  died  in  his  father's  lifetime  unmarried- 
Second,  Edmund,  ivho  became  heir. 

Third,  John,  baptized,  February  24th,  l6l3. 

Fourth,   William,  born  16 15,  and  was  living  in  1(342. 

Fifth,  Heniy.  Sixth,  Charles.  Seventh,  Richard,  And, 
Eighth,  James,  all  living  10'42. 

Also  tive  daughters  J  First,  Elizabeth.  Second,  Amv,  who 
was  third  wife  to  Sir  John  Davie,  of  Creedy,  in  Devonshire,  Ba- 
ronet. Third,  Dorothy.  Fourih,  Mary.  And,  F.fth,  Sarah, 
were  unmarried  in  l642. 

Edmund  Parker,  E^q.  the  eldest  surviving  son  and  heir,  wns 
seven  years  old  in  162O;  he  at  first  resided  at  Boringdon,  where 
he  enjoyed  an  estate  which  came  to  him  from  his  grandmother,  but 
afterwards  removed  to  the  family  scat  at  North  Molton,  where  he 
departed  this  life  in  October  Iti^lj  his  will  is  dated,  July  Stli, 
1(J80,  and  the  probate  thereof  October  31st,  l6(jl,  where  he  di- 
rects his  body  to  be  buried  at  North  Molton.  It  does  not  appear 
into  what  family  ha  married;  but  his  will  cerlities,"  that  he  had 
six  son?,  and  a  daughter,  all  living  in  16SO3  viz. 

First,  George,  his  heir. 

Second,  Edmund,  who  left  four  sons. 

Third,  Edmund  (father  to  John,  Edmund,  Thomas,  and 
George,) 

Fourth,  William.  Fifth,  Francis.  Sixth,  Charles.  And,  Mary, 
who  were  all  living  in  1/25,  as  appears  by  the  mariiage  settlement 
of  John  Parker,  hereafter  mentioned. 

George  Parker,  of  Boringdon,  Esq.  the  eldest  son  and  heir, 
married,  first,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Sir  John  Fowell,  of  Fowelis- 
combe,  in  Devonshire,  Baronet,  but  she  dying  in  1691,  without 
issue, 

He,  secondly,  married  Ann^  daughter  of  John  Buller,  of 
Morval,  in  the  county  of  Cornwall,  Esq.  by  whom  he  had  three 
sonsj 

First,  Edmund,  who  died  before  1725,  unmarried. 

Second,  John,  who  became  heir. 

Third,  Francis,  of  Blagdon,  in  Devonshire,    Esq.    who  left 

*  From  a  branch  of  the  Parker?,  ofB^ringJon,  vva;  t'escended  Thomas  P-;r- 
ker,  of  Hoberton,  co.  Dev.  whose  sixth  son,  Hugh,  Alderman  of  Londcn,  was 
created  a  Baronet,  1681,  with  remainder  to  his  nephew,  H.'nry.  Fra.-n  him  come 
rhe  Baronets  0?  Lang  Melfo;d,  :n  Sutf.  ivA  the  lat-  Adn.iral  Sir  Hvd(  Parker. 


30  TEEUAGE  OF  ENGr.AND, 

three  daughters;  First, ,  married  to  John  Baring,  of  JRadford, 

in  Devonshire,  Esq.     Second,  Elizabeth,  first  married  to  Thomas 
Baring,  of  Larkbeer;^  and,  secondly,  to  William  Spicer,  of  "Ware, 

near  Exeter,  in  Devonshire,  Esq.     And ,  to  John  Fryer,  of 

Exeter.     He  died  1743. 

John  Parker,  Esq.  the  eldest  surviving  son  and  heir,  succeeded 
to  the  family  estate  on  the  death  of  his  father  in  1743.  On  June 
26th,  1725,  he  was  married  to  Lady  Charlotte  Poulett,  second 
daughter  of  John,  Earl  Poulett,  with  whom  he  had  60OOI.  for- 
tune, and  his  father  gave  him  6OOOI.  to  purchase  lands,  as  appears 
by  the  marriage  settlement,  bearing  date  the  11th  of  the  same 
month.  He  died,  April  1 8th,  176S,  his  Lady,  on  August  l6th, 
1758,  and  were  buried  at  Plimpton  Mary,  in  the  county  of  Devon; 
they  had  three  sons,  and  three  daughters;  viz. 

First,  George,  who  died  an  infant.  Second,  John,  first  Lord 
Boringdon. 

Third,  Montague-Edmund  Parker,  of  Whiteway,  in  the  pa- 
rish of  ChiJleigh,  married  Charity,  daughter  of  Paul  Ourey,  Esq. 
and  has  two  sons,  Montagu  and  Francis. 

Henrietta,  the  eldest  daughter,  died  unmarried,  1808;  Catha- 
rine, married  to  Henry  Lambert,  of  Hope  End,  in  the  county  of 
Hereford,  Esq.;  and  Bridget,  to  Redmond  Kelly,  of  Isleworth, 
in  Middlesex,  Esq.  Lieutenant-Colonel  of  the  East  Devonshire 
militia;  and  had  issue  by  him  (who  died  179S) ;  First,  Ellen-King. 
Second,  Susan-Barbara.  Third,  Lieutenant-Colonel  John  Francis 
Kelly,  of  the  first  Foot-guards.  Fourth,  Montagu-Henry,  in  the 
Navy.     Fifth,  Hinton. 

John,  first  Lord  Boringdon,  the  eldest  surviving  son  and 
heir,  represented  the  county  of  Devon  in  several  parliaments,  and 
was  advanced  to  the  Peerage,  by  letters  patent,  dated  May  ISth, 
178-1,  by  the  title  of  Baron  Boringdon,  of  Boringdon,  in  the 
county  of  Devon,  and  to  the  heirs-male  of  his  body  lawfully  be- 
gotten . 

His  Lordship's  first  wife  was  Frances,  daughter  of  Josiah  Hort, 
D.  D.  Archbishop  of  Tuam,  in  Ireland,  and  sister  to  Sir  John 
Hort,  Baronet;  they  were  married  in  December  1763,  and  she 
died  without  issue,  in  170"-!. 

His  second  Lady,  to  whom  he  was  married,  May  18th,  Ijdg, 
was  Theresa,  daughter  of  Thomas  Robinson,  Lord  Grantham  (and 
sister  to  Thomas,  the  late  Lord);  she  died  December  2Jst,  1775, 

■?  By  vvho.-ii  she  was  mother  of  the  present  Sir  Francis  Baring,  B^rt.  &c. 


LORD  BORINGDON.  31 

and  was  buried  at  Plimpton  Mary,  in  Devonshire,  leaving  issue 
one  son, 

John,  born  May  3d,  1772. 

And  a  daughter,  Theresa,  born  September  22d,  17/5,  married 
April  i7th,  1798,  the  Hon.  George  Villiers,  M.  P.  youngest  bro- 
ther of  the  Earl  of  Clarendon. 

A  few  days  after  her  birth,  her  mother  "  received  a  stroke  of 
the  palsy,  of  which  she  appeared  recovering;   bat  receiving  a  se- - 
cond  stroke,  and  soon  after  that  a  third,  it  put  an  end  to  the  life 
of  one  of  the  most  valuable  of  women. 

"  Her  amiable  disposition,  her  softness  and  gentleness  of  man- 
ners, endeared  her  to  every  one  that  had  the  happiness  of  know- 
ing her.  Her  whole  pleasure  and  ambition  were  centered  in  a 
consciousness  of  properly  discharging  all  the  duties  of  a  wife,  a 
mother,  and  a  sister;  and  she  neither  sought  for,  nor  expected 
fame  out  of  her  own  house.  As  she  made  no  ostentation  of  her 
virtues,  she  excited  no  envy;  but,  if  there  had  existed  so  depraved 
a  being  as  to  wish  to  wound  so  fair  a  character,  the  most  artful 
malignity  must  have  searched  in  vain  for  a  weak  part. 

"  Her  virtues  Avere  uniform,  quiet,  and  habitual :  they  were 
not  occasionally  put  on;  she  wore  them  continually;  they  seemed 
to  grow  to  her,  and  be  a  part  of  herself;  and  it  seemed  to  be  im- 
possible for  her  to  lay  them  aside,  or  be  other  than  what  she 
was. 

"  Her  person  was  eminently  beautiful;  but  the  expression  of 
her  countenance  was  far  above  all  beauty  that  proceeds  from  re- 
gularity of  features  only.  The  gentleness  and  benevolence  of  her 
disposition  were  so  naturally  impressed  on  every  look  and  motion, 
that,  without  any  affected  effort  or  assumed  courtesy,  she  was  sure 
to  make  every  one  her  friend  that  had  ever  spoke  to  her,  or  even 
seen  her. 

"  In  so  exalted  a  character,  it  is  scarce  worth  mentioning  her 
skill  and  exact  judgment  in  the  polite  arts.  She  seemed  to  pos- 
sess by  a  kind  of  intuition,  that  propriety  of  taste  and  right  think- 
ing, which  others  but  imperfectly  acquire  by  long  labour  and 
application."'^ 

His  Lordship  died  April  27th,  1788,  and  was  succeeded  by  his 
only  son, 

John,  present  and  second  Lord  Borinqdon,  who  married, 
first,  June  20ih,  1804,  Lady  Augusta  Fane,  second  daughter  of 
John,  Earl  of  Westmorland;  by  whom  he  had  issue, 

^  This  charactsx  is  said  to  have  been  written  by  Sir  Joshua  Reynolds. 


32  PEERAGK  OF  ENGLAND. 

Henry- Villiers,  born  May  28th,  1808. 

This  mariage  was  dissolved  by  act  of  parliament,  February  l4tb, 

IBOp. 

His  Lordship  is  re-married  to  Miss  Talbot. 

Title.     John  Parker,  Baron  Boringdon. 

Creation.     Baron  Boringdon,  of  Boringdon,  in  the  county  of 
Devon,  by  patent  May  18th,  1/84,  24  George  IIL 

Arms.  Sable,  a  stag's  head  cabossed,  between  two  flaunches,. 
Argent. 

Crest.  On  a  wreath,  an  arm  erect,  vested  Azure,  cuff  Argent, 
hand  holding  an  attire  of  a  stag,  proper. 

Supporters.  Dexter,  a  stag.  Argent,  sinister,  a  greyhound 
reguardant.  Sable,  each  collared.  Or,  and  thereto  antique  shields 
appendant.  Gules,  that  on  the  dexter  charged  with  an  horse's 
head  coupt.  Argent,  bridled,  Or;  the  sinister  with  a  ducal  coro- 
net. Or. 

Motto.     Fidelia  certa  merges. 

Seats.     At  Boringdon  and  Saltram,  in  the  county  of  Devon. 


LOED  BERWICK. 


53 


HILL,  LORD  BERWICK. 

The  name  of  the  male  lirie  of  this  family  was  Harwood.  The 
late  Peer's  father  assumed  the  name  of  Hill,  in  right  of  his 
mother,  who  was  sister  to  Dr.  Richard  Hill. 

It  appears  by  the  visitation  of  Shropshire,  made  in  the  year 
1623,^  that  the  name  of  this  ancient  family  was  originally 
written  Hull,  from  their  residence  at  a  place  so  called  in  Shrop- 
shire. 

Hugh  Huil,  of  Hull,  was  living  temp.  Edw.  II.  and  mar- 
ried Eleanor,  daughter  and  coheir  of  Hugh  de  Wlonkeslow,  of 
Wlonkeslow  in  Shropshire,  whereby  he  became  possessed  of  that 
estate,  and  was  father  to 

William  Hull,  of  Hull  and  IFlonheslow,  Esq.  who  flourished 
in  the  reign  of  Richard  II.  and  was  succeeded  by  his  son 

Griffith  (or  GeofFry,  as  in  the  Baronetage)  living  temp. 
Hen.  IV.  and  had  issue  by  his  wife  Margaret,  sister  of  Griffith 
Warren,  Lord  of  Ighttield,  in  com.  Salop,  Esq.  a  son  and  heir, 

Humphry,  who  was  commonly  called  Hill  (as  his  descend- 
ants have  since  been).  He  resided  at  Buntingdale,  and  married 
Agnes,  or  Ann,  daughter  and  coheir  of  John  Bird,  of  Charlton, 
(niece  and  heir  of  David  de  Malpas)  by  whom  he  had  three  sons 
and  four  daughters. 

First,  William,  ancestor  to  the  Hills,  of  Hill- Court,  in  Skrop' 
shire. 

Second,  Ralph,  of  whom  presently. 

Third,  Thomas,  seated  at  Malpas  and  Hodnet,  who,  by  Mar- 


*  The  original  in  the  Heralds  Office,  not  C.  20. 

VOL.  VI IT.  D 


34  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND; 

garet,  daughter  of  Thomas  Wilbraham,  ofWoodhayj  in  Cheshire^ 
was  father  to  Sk  Kowland  Hill,  Knight,  Lord  Mayor  of  London, 
4  Edward  VI.  j  William,  parson  of  Stoke,  in  Shropshire  j  and 
four  daughters,  ^  who  at  length  became  coheirs  to  their  brother 
Sir  Rowland. 

The  daughters  of  Humphry  were ;  Beatrix,  wife  of  William 
Bromley;  Catherine,  married  to  Thomas  Needham  3  Elizabeth, 
married  to  Thomas  Lemans,  and  Joan,  to  Thomas  Gaywood. 

Ralph  Hill,  the  second  son  of  Humphry,   married 

daughter  of  Thomas  Greene,  of  Greene's  Norton,  Esq.  by  whom 
he  was  father  of 

William  Hill,  of  B/echley ,  in  Shropshire,  who  married  Eliza- 
beth^ daughter  of  William  Boslock,  of  Say,  and  had  by  her  three 
sons. 

First,  William,  who  by  Catherine,  his  wife,  daughter  of  Tho- 
mas Bulkeley,  of  Ovre,  in  Shropshire,  Esq.  became  ancestor  to  the 
Hills  of  Bleckley  and  Soulton, 

Second,  Humphry,  ancestor  to  Lord  Berwick. 

Third,  Rowland,  married  to  Margaret,  daughter  of  William 
Forster. 

Humphry  Hill,  ^ecowc?  son  of  William,  was  seated  at  Bleckley 

and  Soulton,  in   Shropshire,  and  by   Alice,  daughter  of 

Bulkeley,  of  Stanlow,  had  issue  live  sons. 

First,  Rowland,  of  ivkom  presently . 

Second,  William,  died  young. 

Third,  Robert,  of  Adderly,  who  left  issue,  Humphry. 

Fourth,  John^  who  died  young. 

Fifth,  Thomas,  married  to  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  ...  .  Dancy, 
of  Lancashire,  and  left  no  issue. 

Also  four  daughters,  Mary,  Jane,  Catheruie,  and  Dorothy. 

Rowland  Hill,  the  eldest  son  and  heir,  was  living  at  Hawke- 
stone,  in  Shropshire,  anno  1502:  he  married  Mary,  daughter  of 
Thomas  Dycher,  of  Muckleton,  in  Shropshire,  Esq.  and  had  by 
her  two  daughters,  Mary,  married  to  Thomas  Salisbury,  of  Flint- 
shire ;  and  Elizabeth,  to  Thomas  Braddock,  of  Kayhowell  3  and 
one  son, 

Rowland  Hill,  of  Haivkstone,  Esq.  who  died  in  1644.  «^  His 
wife  was  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Thomas  JoUey,  '^  of  Buglawton, 

b  Whence  came  the  noble  family  of  Leigh,  of  Stoneleigh,  com.  Warw.  &c. 
c  Visit  of  Sh'.opshire,  1663,  in  the  Heralds  Office,  C.  35. 
"  Shaw  says, ««  daughter  of  William  JoUiffe,  of  Leke,  com-  Staff.''   Hist^ 
Staff,  vol.  ii.  p  44. 


LORD  BERWICK.  35 

in  Cheshire,  Esq.  by  whom  he  was  father  of  six  sons,  and  as 
many  daughters  :  the  sons  were. 

First,  Rowland,  his  heir. 

Second,  Humphry. 
■     Third,  Thomas.  11424^9 

Fourth,  James. 

Fifth,  John;  who  all  died  without  issue;  and. 

Sixth,  Another  John. 

The  daughters  were ;  first,  Jane,  wife  of  Thomas  PItchford, 
of  Lee,  in  Shropshire;  second,  Anne,  unmarried;  third,  Sarah, 
wife  of  John  Cotingham,  rector  of  Halstead,  in  Kent ;  fourth, 
Elizabeth,  married  to  Richard  Taylor,  of  Sherington,  in  Shropshire ; 
fifth,  Abigal,  wedded  to  John  Colt,  of  London  ;  and,  sixth,  Mary, 
unmarried. 

Rowland  Hill,  of  Hawkstone,  Esq.  the  eldest  son  and  heir, 
was  thirty-nine  years  of  age  at  the  time  of  the  visitation  of  Shrop- 
shire, in  1663,  and  remarkable  for  his  great  piety,  charity  and 
wisdom  ;  he  suffered  very  much  by  the  rebels  in  the  beginning  of 
the  civil  wars  of  King  Charles  I.  by  coming  to  the  relief  of  his 
father,  whom  they  had  detained  prisoner  in  the  castle  near  Hawk- 
stone.  He  married  Margaret,  daughter  of  Richard  Whitehall,  of 
Duddington,  •=  in  Shropshire,  Esq.  and  had  issue  seven  sons  and 

seven  daughters,  of  whom  one  was  wife  of Barbour,  Esq, 

descended  from  a  good  family  at  Flashenbrook,  com.  Staff,  and 
had  by  her  a  son  Samuel,  who  took  the  name  of  Hill.  Margaret, 
another  daughter,  married  Thomas  Harwood,  Esq.  and  had  a  son 
Thomas,  hereafter  mentioned,  who  took  the  name  of  Hill  also. 

First,  Rowland,  the  eldest  son,  died  unmarried. 

Second,  Richard,  the  second  son,  entered  into  holy  orders,  and 
had  afterwards  the  degree  of  LL.  D.  conferred  upon  him.  He 
was,  in  the  time  of  King  William,  envoy  extraordinary  to  the 
court  of  Brussels  ;  as  also  in  that  reign,  and  Queen  Anne's,  to  the 
courts  of  Turin,  and  of  all  the  other  Italian  princes,  except  the 
Roman  Pontiff.  In  King  William's  reign,  he  was  paymaster  of 
his  Majesty's  armies  in  Flanders,  where,  by  his  remarkably  punc- 
tual and  just  dealings,  he  acquired  so  great  credit,  as  to  be  able 
by  it  to  subsist  the  armies  there  when  remittances  carae  too  slow 
for  that  purpose  from  England  ;  which  great  service  gained  him 
the  favour  of  the  King  his  master,  who,  soon  after  the  conclusion 
of  the  peace,  appointed  him  to  be  one  of  the  lords  commissioners 
for  executing  the  high  office  of  Lord  High  Treasurer  of  England. 

*  Or  "  Whitchurch."    Shaw, 


36  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

His  merit  also  recommended  him  to  the  favour  of  Queen  AnnC;, 
who,  soon  after  her  accession  to  the  throne,  appointed  him  one  of 
the  council  to  his  Highness,  George  Prince  of  Denmark,  as  Lord 
High  Admiral  of  England;  and,  in  1705,  sent  him  to  the  Duke 
of  Savoy,  a  Prince  remarkable  for  his  politics,  with  whom  he  suc- 
ceeded so  well  as  to  bring  him  into  the  grand  alliance. 

In  the  reign  of  King  George  I.  he  retired  from  civil  employ- 
ments, and  became  fellow  of  Eton  College,  which  fellowship  he 
held  till  the  time  of  his  death. 

He  was  a  statesman  of  great  abilities  and  eminent  integrity,  a 
man  of  general  knowledge,   and  remarkable  for  his  extraordinary 
fine  address  and  good  breeding.     He  added  much  to  his  own  pri- 
vate estate  and  fortune,  which  was  of  itself  considerable,  great 
part  of  which  he  gave  among  his  relations  in  his  lifetime,  and  the 
rest  at  his  death  ;  he  augmented  many  poor  livings,  and  was  a 
considerable  benefactor  to  St,  John's  College,  Cambridge  (where 
he  received  his  education),  and  an  ornament  to  that  society;  he 
left  it  five  rectories,  viz.  Ditchingham,  South  and  North  Lophani 
united,  the  two  Forncets  ditto,  Sturston,  and  Aldborough  ;  his  heir 
to  present,  but  always  a  fellow  of  that  college.     He  subscribed 
largely  to  public  works  of  charity,  and  did  a  great  many  private 
ones,  in  a  wise  and  well-chosen  manner.  A  few  months  before  his 
death,  by  the  favour  of  his  Majesty  King  George  I.  he  obtained 
for  his  family  the  dignity  of  a  Baronet  of  Great  Britain,  in  the  per- 
son of  his  nephew  and  heir  at  law,  Rowland  Hill,  of  Hawkstone, 
Esq.  to  him  and  the  heirs  male  of  his  body  ;  in  default  of  such,  to 
his  nephew,   Samuel  Hill,  ^  of  Shenston  Park,  in  Staffordshire, 
Esq.  and  the  heirs  male  of  his  body ;  in  default  of  such,   to  his 
nephew,  Thomas  Hill,  of  Tern  Hall,  in  Shropshire,  Esq.  and  the 
heirs  male  of  his  body;  and  in  default  of  such,  to  his  nephew  the 
Rev.  Mr.  Rowland  Hill,  s  rector  of  Forncett,  in  Norfolk,  and  the 
heirs  male  of  his  body;  which  title  of  Baronet  is  now  enjoyed  by 
Sir  John  Hill,  of  Hawkstone.     This  eminent  person  departed 

f  The  son  of  a  sister  already  mentioned  by Barbour,  Esq.  who  had 

by  her  a  daughter  Elizabeth,  wife  of  John  Egerton,  Esq  of  Tatton  park,  in 
Cheshire;  and  the  above  Samuel,  his  son  and  heir,  who  took  the  name  of 
Hi  l  l,  and  was  seated  at  Shcnstone  Park  near  Lichfield,  where  he  died  Feb. 
aist,  1758,  aged  sixty-seven,  without  issue  by  his  only  wife  Lady  Elizabeth 
Stanhope,  second  daughter  of  Philip,  Earl  of  Chesterfield,  who  died  Nov. 
24th,  1727,  aged  twenty-four.  Mr  Samuel  Hill  left  all  the  unentailed  part 
of  his  property  to  his  nephew  and  godson,  Samuel  Egerton,  Esq.  of  Tatton 
park,  Cheshire.  See  vol.  iii.  p.  200;  and  Shaw's  Staff",  vol.  ii.  p.  45, 
g  Second  son  of  Thomsis  Harwood  by  Margaret  Hill. 


LORD  BERWICK.  37 

this  life,  unmarried,  at  Richmond,  in  Surry,  June  1 1th,  \'J1T,  in 
the  seventy-third  year  of  his  age,  and  was  buried  at  Hodnct,  in 
Shropshire 

Margaret  Hill,  the  sister,  who  married  Thomas  Harwood, 
Esq."  had  issue  by  him  two  sons  and  two  daughters;  viz.  first, 
Thomas ;  second,  Rowland,  rector  of  Forncet  in  Norfolk,  who 
died  unmarried;  third,  Martha,  wife  of  William  Gough.  Esq.  of 
Old  Fallings;  and,  fourth^  AnnCj  wife  of  John  Kynaston,  of 
Hordley,  Esq. 

Thomas  Hill,  Esq.  of  Tern-hall,  eldest  son,  assumed  the 
name  of  Hill,  on  succeeding  to  part  of  his  uncle's  fortune.  He 
was  many  years  representative  in  parliament  for  the  town  of 
Shrewsbury,  and  dying  in  June,  1/82,  aged  about  ninety,  was 
buried  at  Attingham,  in  Shropshire. 

His  first  wife,  was  ....  daughter  of  Sir  Littleton  Powis,  Knt. 
judge  of  the  Common  Pleas,  (who  died  March  l6"th,  1/32)  by 
whom  he  had  issue  Thomas,  who  died  young;  a  daughter  mar- 
ried to Burton,  Esq.  of  Longnore,  near  Shrewsbury,  who 

had  issue  by  her;  and  Margaret,  married  to  Bennet  Sherard,  Earl 
of  Harborough. 

He  married,  secondly,  Susannah  Maria,  eldest  of  the  four 
daughters  and  coheirs  of  William  Noel,  Esq.  a  judge  of  the 
Common  Pleas,  and  by  her,  who  died  February  14th,  1760,  aged 
forty-one,  and  was  buried  at  Attingham,  he  had  two  sons; 

First,  Noel,  first  Lord  Berwick. 

Second,  Samuel,  who  died  unmarried. 

Also,  two  daughters  ;  Maria,  first  married  to  Sir  Brian  Brough- 
ton  Delves;  of  Broughton  com.  StaflT.  Baronet ;  secondly,  to  Henry 
Errington,  of  Sandoe,  in  com.  Northumb.  Esq. ;  and  Susanna, 
who  died  unmarried. 

Noel  Hill,  first  Lord  Berwick,  represented  the  county  of 
Salop  in  three  parliaments,  and  was  colonel  of  militia  of  the  same 
county;  on  May  19th,  1/84,  he  was  by  patent  advanced  to  the 
dignity  of  a  Peer  of  Great  Britain,  by  the  style  and  title  of  Baron 
Berwick,  of  Attingham,  in  Shropshire^  and  to  the  heirs  male  of 
his  body. 

His  Lordship  married,  November  l/thj  1768,  Anna,  second 
daughter  of  Henry  Vernon,  of  Hilton,  in  com.  Stafford,  Esq.  by 
whom  he  had  issue  three  sons. 

"  This  Thomas  Harwood  was  a  younger  son  of  John  Harwood,  a  consi- 
derable tobacco  and  sugar  merchant  in  London,  temp  Car.  H.  whose  eldeat 
sonj  John,  was  LL.  D. 


S8  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

Firstj  Thomas  Noel,  the  present  Lord, 

Second,  William,  M.  P,  for  Shrewsbury,  envoy  extraordinary 
and  minister  plenipotentiary  to  the  court  of  Sardinia. 

Third,  Richard,  in  holy  orders,  rector  of  Thornton,  in  Che- 
shire, and  Berrington,  in  Shropshire  5  married,  in  October,  1800, 
Frances,  daughter  of  the  late  William  Mostyn  Owen,  Esq.  and 
has  Richard  Noel,  and  other  issue. 

Fourth,  Henrietta  Maria,  married,  April  10th,  1703,  Charles, 
Lord  Bruce,  only  son  of  Thomas  Bruce  Brudenell,  Earl  of  Ayles- 
bury, K.  T. 

Fifth,  Anne;  and. 

Sixth,  Amelia  Louisa. 

His  Lordship  died  in  January,  1789,  and  was  succeeded  by 
his  eldest  son, 

Thomas  Noel,  the  present  and  second  Lord  Bekwick, 
who  was  born  October  21st,  17/0. 

Title.  Thomas  Noel  Hill,  Baron  Berwick,  of  Attingham,  in 
Shropshire. 

Creations.  Baron  Berwick,  of  Attingham,  May  ipth^  ^7^'^} 
24  Geo.  in. 

Arms.  Ermine,  on  a  fess  Sable,  a  castle,  triple  towered  pro- 
per j  in  a  canton.  Gules,  a  martlet.  Or. 

Crest.  On  a  wreath  the  upper  half  of  a  tower.  Argent,  with 
a  fawn  trippant  on  the  battlements,  proper,  collared  and  lined. 
Or. 

Supporters.  Dexter  a  Pegasus,  Argent,  plain,  collared,  sable, 
and  thereon  a  martlet.  Or ;  sinister  a  stag,  proper,  collared  as  the 
dexter,  and  thereon  a  leopard's  face,  Or. 

Motto.     Qui  uti  scit  ei  bona. 

Chief  Seat.     At  Tern  park,  in  Shropshire. '' 

"  Shenstone  park,  in  Staffordshire,  was  sold  in  January,  1797,  to 

Gfove,  Esq. 


LORD  SHERBORNE, 


39 


DUTTON,  LORD  SHERBORNE. 

This  ancient  family  is  denominated  from  the  town  of  Duttofi,  in 
Cheshire  5  for  Odard,  being  seated  there  in  the  Conqueror's  time, 
is  posterity  were  surnamed  de  Button,  from  the  place  of  their 
residence. 

Sir  Peter  Leycester,  in  his  Historical  Antiquities  of  Cheshire, 
has  given  us  the  pedigree  of  the  Z)«i/o?2s  of  Button,  which,  he 
says,  is  faithfully  collected  from  the  evidences  of  that  family,  and 
other  good  records  and  deeds  ;  and  is  as  followeth.  ^ 

Odard,  or  UoARD,  sometimes  also  written  Hodard  and 
Hudard,  came  to  England  with  William  the  Conqueror,  and 
seated  himself  at  Button;  a  good  part  whereof  Hugh  Lupus,  Earl 
of  Chester,  gave  unto  him,  as  appears  by  Doomsday-book. 

The  ancient  roll  of  the  Barons  of  Halton  saith,  that  with  Hugh, 
Earl  of  Chester,  came  one  Nigell,  a  nobleman  ;  and  with  Nigell 
came  five  brethren,  to  wit,  Hudard,  Edard,  Wolmere,  Horswyne, 
and  Wolfaith,  a  priest,  to  whom  Nigell  gave  the  church  of  Run- 
corne ;  and  unto  Hudard  the  same  Nigell  gave  Weston,  and 
Great  Aston  (now  divided  into  two  townships,  Aston  Grange, 
and  Aston  juxta  Sutton),  pro  uno  Feodo  Militis :  and  from  this 
Hudard  came  all  the  Duttons.'^  And,  in  the  record  of  Dooms- 
day, Odard  held  Aston,  under  William  Fitz-Nigell,  Baron  of 
Halton  J  and  also  Odard  and  Brictric  held  Weston,  under  the  said 
William,  anno  Dom.  1086.     Whether  those  five  brethren  afore- 


»  Leycester's  Cheshire,  p.  249,  and  the  following  pageSi  from  whence 
this  account  is  taken,  till  we  come  to  the  Sherborne  branch. 
t>  Monast.Ang.  pars  2,  187, 


40  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

named  were  brethren  to  Nigell,  is  a  doubt  3  for  then^  njcthinks, 
he  should  have  said,  Quinque  fratres  sui :  whereas  he  says  only. 
Cum  isto  Nigello  venerunt  quinque  Fratres^  '^  and  so  names 
them. 

This  Hudard's,  or  Odard's  sword,  was  in  1 665,  "  in  the  cus- 
tody of  the  Lady  Elinour,  Viscountess  Kilmorey,  sole  daughter 
and  heir  of  Thomas  Button,  late  of  Button,  Esq.  deceased ;  which 
sword  hath  for  many  ages  past  been  preserved,  and  passed  over 
from  heir  to  heir  (like  Agamemnon's  scepter),  as  an  heirloom, 
by  the  name  of  Hudard's  sword  3  and  so  at  this  day  it  is  by  tra- 
dition received  and  called." 

Hugh,  son  of  Hodard,  had  those  lands  which  he  held  in  capite, 
or  immediately  of  the  Earl  of  Chester,  confirmed  unto  him  by 
Randle  the  second,  surnamed  de  Gernoniis,  Earl  of  Chester, 
about  the  latter  end  of  Henry  I.  These  lands,  I  conceive,  were 
those  which  he  held  in  Button. 

Hugh  de  Button,  son  of  Hugh,  son  of  Hodard,  had  the  lands 
which  his  father  Hugh  held  of  the  Baron  of  Halton,  confirmed 
unto  him  by  William,  son  of  Nigell,  constable  to  Handle  the 
second,  and  by  William,  his  son,  on  that  day  when  the  said  Wil- 
liam, the  father,  and  William,  the  son,  did  visit  Hugh,  the  son  of 
Hodard,  on  his  death-bed  at  Kekwick  3  at  which  time  Hugh,  the 
son  of  Hodard,  gave  unto  William,  the  father,  his  coat  of  mail 
and  his  charging  horse}  and  Hugh,  the  son  of  that  Hugh,  gave 
unto  William,  the  son,  a  palfrey,  and  a  sparrow-hawk.  This  was 
about  the  end  of  the  reign  of  King  Henry  L 

The  lands  here  confirmed  I  conceive  to  be  Weston  and  Kek- 
wick, and  perhaps  some  others. 

This  Hugh  de  Button  had  issue. 

First,  Hugh  Button,  son  and  heir. 

Second,  Adam  de  Button,  another  son,  from  whom  the  Whr- 
lurtons  of  Arley  are  descended. 

Third,  GefFery  de  Button,  another  son,  from  whom  the  Buttons 
of  Chedill,  in  this  county,  were  propagated^  who  assumed  thesur- 


c  Though  Sir  Peter  Leycester,  in  this  place,  makes  it  a  question,  whether 
these  five  brethren,  that  attended  Nigell,  were  his  brothers;  because  the  re- 
cord does  not  say,  with  him  (Nigellj  came  hh  five  brothers,  but  with  him 
came  five  brothers ;  but  this  doubt  Sir  Peter  himself  solves,  in  page  351,  of 
his  Antiquities  of  Cheshire;  where,  speaking  of  the  antiquity  of  the  church 
of  Runcorne,  he  says,  "  We  read  in  an  ancient  roll,  that  Nigell,  Baron  of 
Halton,  gave  the  church  of  Runcorne  to  Wolfaith,  a  priest,  his  brother,  in 
the  reign  of  the  Conqueror." 


LORD  SHERBORNE.  41 

name  of  Chedill,  and  continued  to  the  reign  of  Edward  III.  till 
Sir  Roger  de  Chedill  (the  last  of  that  family)  dying  1  Edw.  III. 
1327,  left  his  inheritance  to  be  shared  by  his  two  daughters  and 
heirs^  Clemence  and  Agnes :  and  out  of  that  family  de  Chedill, 
branched  Hamon  Button,  under  Edward  I.  younger  son  to  Sir 
Geffrey  Button,  of  Chedill,  to  whom  his  father  gave  Ashley,  ]3 
Edw.  I.  1285,  which  he  purchased  for  him.  The  posterity  of  this 
Hamon  assumed  the  surname  oi  Ashley,  from  the  place  of  their 
residence^  as  was  the  manner  of  those  ages  j  which  family  of  the 
Ashleys,  of  Ashley,  continued  to  the  end  of  Henry  VIII.  about 
which  time  Thomasin,  daughter  and  heir  of  George  Ashley,  of 
Ashley,  Esq.  brought  that  inheritance  to  Richard  Erereton,  of 
Lee-Hall,  not  far  from  Middlewich,  by  marriage,  who  was  a 
younger  son  of  Sir  William  Brereton,  of  Brereton,  in  this  county  ; 
in  which  name  of  Brereton,  of  Ashley,  it  continued  but  four 
descents,  and  was  divided  among  the  three  sisters  of  Thomas 
Erereton  (the  last  Brereton,  of  Ashley)  and  their  heirs^  anno 
Bom.  l60l. 

Hugh  Button,  of  Button,  son  of  Hugh,   married , 

daughter  of  Hamon  Massy,  Baron  of  Bunham  Massy,  res[nante 
Henrico  secundo :  with  whom  her  father  gave  in  free  marriaoe 
lands  in  Suttersby,  in  Lindsey  in  Lincolnshire,  and  had  issue'' 
Hugh  Button,  eldest  son,  Thomas  Button,  John  Button,  and 
Adam  Button.  He  purchased  Little  Moldesworth,  for  50  mark<?, 
from  Robert  son  of  Matthew  de  Moldesworth,  about  1250. 
Also  Alice,  wife  of  William  Boydell,  of  Bedeston. 

This  Hugh  Button  bought  Preston,  nigh  Button,  of  Henry  de 
Nuers,  and  Julian,  his  wife,  reddendo  octo  solidos  annuatim,  ad. 
festum  Sancti  Martini:  which  Randle  Blundevill,  Earl  of  Chester, 
confirmed,  about  the  reign  of  King  John.  He  purchased  also 
the  town  of  Little  Legh,  in  fee  farm,  from  Simon,  son  of  Osberne, 
rendering  the  yearly  rent  of  two  marks  of  silver  at  the  feast  of  St. 
Martin  ;  which  rent  is  yet  paid  by  his  heirs  to  the  Earl  of  Berby, 
as  of  his  manor  of  Harden,  anno  Bom.  iQQQ.  And  Roger  Lacy, 
constable  of  Cheshire,  and  Baron  of  Halton,  acquitted  this  Hugh 
Button  de  jvdice  de  Legha,  that  is,  of  finding  a  judger  to  serve  at 
Halton,  for  Little  Legh  yearly,  about  the  reign  of  Richard  I.  or 

<*  J  do  conceive  here  was  another  Hugh  Button,  son  and  heir  of  this 
Hugh,  who  married  Muriel,  daughter  of  Thomas  le  Despenser,  and  he  had 
issue,  Hugh,  Thomas,  John,  and  Adam,  as  there  followeth.  And,  if  io, 
some  of  these  acts  may  belong  to  that  Hugh,  whicli  are  ascribed  to  this 
Hugh. 


42  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

beginning  of  King  John's  reign.  He  purchased  also  the  moiety 
of  Barnton  from  William,  son  of  Henry,  son  of  Serlo,  which  Ro- 
bert de  Mesnilwarin  held. 

He  had  also  the  magistracy,  or  rule  and  authority,  over  all  the 
letchers  and  whores  of  all  Cheshire,  granted  unto  him  and  his 
heirs  by  John,  constable  of  Cheshire,  and  Baron  of  Halton,  as 
freely  as  the  said  John  held  the  same  of  the  Earl  of  Chester  j 
saving  the  right  of  the  said  John  to  him  and  his  heirs  ;  which  are 
the  very  words  of  the  deed,  only  rendered  by  me  in  English:  so 
that  he  holds  it,  as  it  were,  under  the  Baron  of  Halton,  who  re- 
serves his  own  right  by  a  special  reservation. 

This  privilege,  over  such  loose  persons,  was  granted,  first,  unto 
Roger  Lacy,  constable  of  Cheshire,  under  Richard  I.  by  Randle, 
surnamed  Blundevill,  Earl  of  Chester,  in  memory  of  his  good  ser- 
vice done  to  the  Earl,  in  raising  the  siege  of  the  Welshmen,  who 
had  beset  the  Earl  in  his  castle  of  Rothelent,  in  Flintshire  :  for, 
the  constable  having  got  a  promiscuous  rabble  of  such  like  per- 
sons together,  and  marching  towards  the  said  castle,  the  Welsh 
(supposing  a  great  army  to  be  coming)  raised  their  siege,  and 
fled  ;  so  saith  the  ancient  roll  of  the  Barons  of  Halton  :  this  roll 
saith,  that  rabble  consisted  of  players,  tiddlers,  and  shoemakers. 
The  deed  here  toucheth  letchers  and  whores  3  the  privilege  and 
custom  used  at  this  day  by  the  heirs  of  Dutton,  over  the  min- 
strelsie  and  common  tiddlers  3  none  being  suffered  to  play  in  this 
country  without  the  licence  of  the  Lord  of  Dutton,  who  keeps  a 
court  at  Chester,  yearly,  on  Midsummer  day,  for  the  same,  where 
all  the  licenced  minstrels  of  Cheshire  do  appear,  and  renew  their 
licences  :  so  that  the  custom  seems  to  have  been  altered  to  the 
fiddlers,  as  necessary  attendants  on  revellers  in  bawdy-houses  and 
taverns. 

And  it  is  to  be  observed,  that  those  minstrels,  which  are  li- 
cenced by  the  heirs  of  Dutton,  of  Dutton,  within  the  county  pala- 
tine of  Chester,  or  the  county  of  the  city  of  Chester,  according  to 
their  ancient  custom,  are  exempted  out  of  the  statute  of  rogues,  * 


=  In  the  reign  of  Hen.  VII.  a  quo  warranto  was  brought  against  Law- 
rence Dutton,  of  Dutton,  Esq.  to  shew  why  he  claimed  all  the  minstrels  of 
Cheshire,  and  in  the  city  of  Chester,  to  meet  before  him  at  Chester,  yearly, 
on  the  feast  of  St.  John  the  Baptist,  and  then  and  there  to  give  him  four 
bottles  of  wine  and  a  lance  j  and  also  every  minstrel  to  pay  him  four-pence 
halfpenny;  and  every  whore,  following  her  calling,  to  pay  him  four-pence  : 
to  which  he  pleaded  prescription. 


LORD  SHERBORNE.  43 

39  Eliz.  cap.  4.  which  proviso  hath  been  continued  in  every 
statute  since  concerning  vagabonds.  ^ 

Hugh  Button,  of  Button,  son  and  heir  of  Hugh,  lived  1234, 
18  Hen.  III.  He  purchased  from  Richard  de  Aston,  son  of  Gil- 
bert de  Aston,  six  bovates  of  land,  in  Aston  juxta  Button,  in  the 
beginning  of  the  reign  of  Henry  III.  which  land  belongs  to  Button 
Bemain  at  this  day  (166(5).  He  also  built  Poosey  chapel,  about 
20  K.  Hen.  III.  ]236,  which  undoubtedly  stood  upon  part  of  that 
land  bought  from  Aston  3  for  that  chapel  is  in  Runcorne  parish. 
This  Hugh  gave  to  John,  his  brother,  the  third  part  of  all  the 
town  of  Bolinton,  in  Maxfield  hundred,  which  Thomas  le  Be- 
spenser  gave  in  free  marriage  Hi/goni  patri  meo  cum  Muricla 
matre  mea:^  which  deed  was  made  about  the  year  of  Christ 
J234- 

This  Hugh  de  Button  died  without  issue ;  and  Thomas,  his 
brother,  succeeded  heir. 

Sir  Thomas  Button,  of  Button,  brother  and  heir  to  Hugh, 
lived  anno  Bom.  124(),  33  Hen.  III.  and  l2dS,  53  Hen.  III.  He 
purchased  Clatterwigge,  a  hamlet  in  Little  Legh  juxta  Barlerton, 
from  Hugh  de  Clatterwigge,  about  1244,  2Q  Hen.  III. 

He  built  the  chapel  at  the  manor  house  of  Button^  towards 
the  end  of  Henry  Ill's  reign. 

He  married  Philippa,  daughter  and  heir  of  Vivian  de  Sandon, 
or  Standon,  by  whom  he  had  lands  in  Staffordshire;  and  had  issue 
Hugh  Button,  son  and  heir ;  Thomas,  another  son,  to  whom  his 
father  gave  Great  Rownall,  and  Little  Rownall,  in  Staffordshire, 
by  the  consent  of  Philippa,  his  wife  :  but  I  conceive  this  younger 
son  Thomas  died  without  issue,  because  I  find  Philippa,  in  her 
widowhood,  granting  these  two  manors  of  Rownall  to  Sir  Robert 
Button,  her  other  son,  and  to  Agnes,  his  wife,  daughter  of  Wil- 
liam de  Mere,  in  Staffordshire  :  Margaret,  a  daughter,  married 
William  Venables,  son  and  heir  of  Roger  Venables,  of  Kinderton, 
38  Hen.  III.  1253  5  and  Catherine,  married  John,  son  of  Vrian  dc 
Sancto  Petro.     So  I  find  in  an  old  pedigree. 

This  Sir  Thomas  was  sheriff  of  Cheshire  1268,  53  Hen.  HI. 
He  died  in  the  beginning  of  the  reign  of  Edw.  I. 

Philippa  was  living,  a  widow,  12gO  and  I294. 

Sir  Hugh  Button,  of  Button,  Knight,  son  and  heir  of  Sir 


f  See  Lysons's  Magn.  Brit,  volii  p.  527.     Cheshire,  p.  523. 
e  The  original  penes  Downes  of  Shrigley,  1654. 


44  ■  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

Thomas,  bouad  himself  to  the  Abbot  of  Vale-Royal,  to  make  a 
foot-bridge  at  Acton,  and  to  find  a  boat  and  ferry-man  at  Acton 
Ford,  about  12S6j  the  same  is  now  made  a  county  bridge.  He 
also  was  bound  to  William  Gerard,  his  'squire,  i?i  una.  robd 
armigerorum  annuatim  ad  totam  vitam  suajn  ad  festum  natalis 
Domini,  13  Edw.  I.  1285.  He  purchased  Barterton,  and  married 
Joan,  daughter  of  Sir  Vrian  de  Sancto  Petro,  vulgo  Sampier;  (I 
have  no  authority  for  this,  but  an  old  pedigree;)  and  had  issue 
Hugh  Button,  son  and  heir;  and  William  Button,  who  married 
Maud,  daughter  and  coheir  to  Sir  Richard  Stockport,  of  Stock- 
port, 1305  ;  which  William,  with  others,  was  indicted  35  Edw.  1. 
for  taking  away  the  said  Maud,  by  force,  from  Bunham  Massy, 
being  then  in  the  custody  of  Hamon  Massy;  whom  they  took  out 
of  her  chamber  into  the  court,  stripping  her  of  all  her  clothes, 
save  her  smock,  saith  the  record  j  Robert  Button,  parson  of  Ec- 
cleston,  1320:  also  Margaret,  a  daughter. 

This  Sir  Hugh  died  22  Edw.  I.  12^4  ;  Joan,  his  lady,  survived^ 
she  was  living  IIQS. 

Sir  Hugh  Button,  of  Button,  Knight,  son  and  heir  of  Sir 
Hugh,  born  the  eighth  day  of  Becember,  5  Edw.  I.  1 2/6,  at 
Btitton,  and  baptized  at  Great  Budworth  the  day  following  :  he 
sued  the  prior  of  Norton,  before  Adam  Burum  and  Nicholas 
Gruchundelee,  commissaries  of  the  Bishop  of  Litchfield  and  Co- 
ventry, at  the  visitation  of  the  arch-deanery  of  Chester,  anno 
Bom.  1315,  for  not  finding  a  chaplain  and  lamp  at  Poosey  chapel, 
according  to  the  original  grant,  which  he  there  produced  :  and 
John  Olton,  then  prior,  confessed  the  same,  and  was  ordered  to 
find  them  :  this  priory  was  of  the  order  of  St.  Augustine. 

He  married  Joan,  daughter  of  Sir  Robert  Holland,  of  Holland, 
in  Lancashire,  and  had  issue  Thomas  Button,  son  and  heir ;  Wil- 
liam, parson  of  Thornton,  22  Edw.  IIL  ;  Getfrey  Button,  another 
son  ;  and  Robert  Button,  another  son. 

This  Sir  Hugh  was  made  steward  of  Halton,  24th  Becember, 
20  Edwad  II.  and  died  1  Edward  IIL  1326,  at  the  age  of  fifty 
years. 

Joan,  his  widow,  afterwards  married  Edmund  Talbot,  of  Ba- 
shall ;  and  after,  to  Sir  John  Ratcliff",  of  Urdeshall,  in  Lancashire, 
living  1 1  Edw.  III.  and  20  Edw.  HI. 

Sir  Thomas  Button,  of  Button,  Knight,  son  and  heir  of  Sir 
ilugh  and  Joan,  was  fifteen  years  old  on  Whitsunday,  1329, 
3  Edw.  III.     He  purchased  those  lands  in  Button  which  for- 


I 


LORD  SHERBORNE.  45 

merly  belonged  to  Halton  fee ;  and  also  those  lands  in  Button 
which  formerly  belonged  to  Boydell,  of  Dodleston  ;  and  so  made 
the  township  of  Dutton  entirely  his  own. 

This  Thomas  was  made  seneschal,  governor,  and  receiver  of 
the  castle  and  honour  of  Halton,  in  Cheshire,  by  William  Clin- 
ton, Earl  of  Huntington  ;  and  also  of  all  his  lands  and  manors  in 
Cheshire  and  Lancashire,  quamdiu  lene  se  gesserit,  which  the  Earl 
farmed  unto  him  for  four  hundred  and  forty  marks  yearly,  dated 
at  Maxstock,  19  Edw.  IIL 

It  seems  he  was  indicted,  for  that  he  and  others  came  with 
armed  power  (when  King  Edward  IIL  was  out  of  England) 
within  the  verge  of  the  lodgings  of  Lionell,  the  King's  son.  Pro- 
tector of  England,  and  assaulted  the  manor  of  Geaumes,  nigh 
Reading,  in  Wiltshire,  and  there  slew  Michael  Poynings,  the 
uncle,  and  Thomas  le  Clarke,  of  Shipton,  and  others,  and  com- 
mitted a  rape  on  Margery,  the  wife  of  one  Nicholas  de  la  Beche, 
for  which  the  King  pardoned  him;  and  he  found  Sir  Bernard 
Brocas,  Sir  Hugh  Berewyk,  Philip  Durdanyt,  and  John  Haydoke, 
his  sureties  in  the  Chancery,  for  his  good  abearing,  26  Edw.  IIL 

He  was,  by  several  commissions,  employed  for  the  apprehend- 
ing of  certain  malefactors,  robbers,  and  disturbers  of  the  peace  in 
this  county.  One  is  directed  unto  him  by  the  name  of  Thomas 
Dutton,  Equitator  in  Foresta  de  Mara,  and  to  Richard  Done, 
forester  of  the  same  forest,  14  Edw.  III. 

Anno  Domini  13/9,  3  Richard  11.  William  Eltonhed,  prior  of 
the  hermit  friars,  of  the  order  of  St.  Augustine,  at  Warrington,  in 
Lancashire,  and  the  convent  there,  granted  to  Sir  Thomas  Dutton, 
Knight,  a  perpetual  chantry ;  to  wit,  that  a  sufficient  friar,  of  the 
convent  of  Warrington,  shall  be  especially  elected  to  pray  for  the 
salvation  of  Sir  Thomas,  his  children,  and  of  Philippa,  his  wife, 
and  her  parents  j  and  for  the  soul  of  Dame  Ellen,  late  wife  of  the 
said  Sir  Thomas,  their  children  and  parents,  when  they  shall  die, 
at  the  great  altar  of  their  chuich  yearly  for  everj  and  that  their 
names  be  written  down  in  their  Martyrologyj  whereunto  the 
prior  and  convent  were  bound,  under  a  penalty  of  three  shillino-s 
and  four-pence,  to  be  levied  by  the  provincial  prior  upon  omission 
of  such  form  of  service ;  and  if  for  a  week  or  a  fortnight  it  were 
omitted,  then  must  they  double  the  time  omitted  in  manner  afore- 
said :  if  neglected  for  six  months,  then  upon  pain  of  suspension  : 
if  for  a  year,  then  upon  excommunication,  until  the  time  omitted 
be  made  up  :  whereunto  are  witnesses,  Thomas,  abbot  of  St,  Wer- 


4(5  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

burge,  of  Chester ;  Stephen^  abbot  of  Vale  Royal ;  Richard,  prior 
of  Norton  J  and  Roger,  prior  of  Berkenhed.  This  was  confirmed 
by  Henry  de  Towesdale,  provincial  prior  of  the  hermit  friars,  of 
the  order  of  St.  Augustine,  in  England,  with  a  special  injunction, 
that  the  said  persons  be  yearly  twice  commemorated  before  the 
whole  convent  ;  once,  at  the  first  entrance  of  the  prior  of  War- 
rington into  the  convocation  house,  yearly ;  the  other  time,  on 
the  election  day  of  a  fellow  prior  for  a  provincial  convocation. 
Dated  at  Warrington,  on  Sunday,  next  after  the  feast  of  St. 
Martin,  anno  supradlcto. 

This  Sir  Thomas  sealed  usually  with  his  coat  of  arms  and 
crest,  to  wit,  quarterly,  a  fret  in  the  second  a?id  third;  over  which, 
upon  the  dexter  angle  of  the  escutcheon,  a  helmet,  and  thereon  a 
plume  of  feathers. 

Anno  Domini  1344,  Robert  Monning,  of  Tatenhale,  grants  to 
Thomas  de  Dutton,  and  his  heirs,  all  the  magistracy  of  the  min- 
strels, cum  omnibus  pertinenliis,  prout  in  Charta  originali  plenius 
continetur.     I  conceive  he  was  but  a  feoffee. 

This  Thomas  was  sheriff  of  Cheshire  30  and  33  Edward  III. 
and  was  a  knight  35  Edward  III.  He  died  1381,  aged  sixty- 
three.  He  married  two  wives  :  the  first  was  Ellen,  one  of  the 
daughters  and  heirs  of  Sir  Peter  Thornton,  of  Thornton,  the  eldest 
daughter,  by  whom  he  had  issue. 

First,  Sir  Peter  Dutton,  who  died  without  issue  35  Ed.  II F. 

Second,  Thomas  Dutton,  another  son,  died  also  without 
issue. 

Third,  Sir  Lawrence  Dutton  succeeded  heir  to  his  father. 

Fourth,  Edmund  Dutton,  another  son,  was  ancestor  to  the 
Diattons,  of  Sherborne,  of  whom  we  are  to  treat. 

Fifth,  Henry  Dutton,  fifth  son  ;  and. 

Sixth,  William  Dutton,  another  son. 

His  second  wife  was  Philippa,  the  widow  of  Sir  Peter  Thorn- 
ton. She  was  (as  I  conceive)  a  later  wife  to  Sir  Peter  Thornton, 
not  mother  of  the  coheirs. 

Sir  Lawrknce,  eldest  surviving  son,  succeeded,  and  died 
without  issue  1392,  aged  fifty-three  j  his  widow  re-married  Sir 
William  Brereton,  of  Brereton. 

Edmund  Dutton,  iha  fourth  son  of  Sir  Thomas,  married  Joan, 
daughter  and  heir  of  Henry  Minshull,  de  Church  MinshuU,  by 
whom  he  had  the  manors  of  Church  Minshull  and  Aston  Mon- 
dram  j  and  had  issue. 


LORD  SHERBORNE.  47 

First,  Sir  Peter  Dutton,  who  became  heir  to  his  uncle.  Sir 
Lawrence  Button,  of  Dutton;  he  died  1433. 

Second,  Hugh  Button,  of  whom  the  Buttons,  of  Hatton, 
nigh  Warton,  in  Cheshire,  whose  posterity  afterwards,  in  process 
of  time,  became  heirs  of  Button  lands  under  Henry  VIII. 

Third,  Lawrence  Button,  another  son  ;  and  Thomas  Button, 
another  son ;  Agnes  de  Button,  a  daughter,  married  WiUiam 
Leycester,  of  Nether  Tabley,  1398,  22  Richard  II.  and  Ellen, 
another  daughter. 

John  Button,  of  Button,  son  and  heir  of  Sir  Peter,  married 
Margaret,  daughter  of  Sir  John  Savage,  and  dying  1445,  left 

Sir  Thomas  Button,  of  Button,  who  being  slain  at  the  battle 
of  Blore-heath,  1459,  left  issue  John  Button,  of  Button,  Esq.  who 
was  succeeded  by  his  brother,  < 

Roger  Button,  of  Button,  Esq.  who  dying  1499,  left  by  Joan, 
daughter  of  Sir  Richard  Aston, 

Lawrence  Button,  of  Button,  Esq.  who  died  without  lawful 
issue  1525. 

A  great  controversy  now  arose  between  the  heirs  general  of 
Sir  Thomas  Button,  of  Button,  who  died  1459,  ^nd  Sir  Piers 
Button,  of  Hatton,  the  next  heir  male.  The  daughters  of  this 
Sir  Thomas  Button,  sisters  of  John  Button,  and  Roger  Button, 
and  aunts  of  the  last  Lawrence  Button,  were  Anne,  wife  of  Sir 
Thomas  Molineux,  of  Sefton  ;  Isabel,  of  Sir  Christopher  Sothe- 
worth,  of  Sotheworth  ;  Elizabeth,  of  Ralph  Bostock,  of  Bostock; 
Margaret,  wife  of  Thomas  Aston,  of  Aston ;  and  afterwards  of 
Ralph  Vernon  of  Haslington  ;  and  Elinor,  of  Richard  Cholraon- 
deley,  of  Cholmondeley.  ; 

The  manor  of  Button,  with  the  advoury  of  the  minstrels  of 
Cheshire,  was  adjudged  to  the  heir  male.  Sir  Piers. 

Hugh  Button,  Esq.  second  son  of  Edmund,  married  Petro- 
nella,  daughter  of  Ralph  Vernon,  of  Hatton,  in  Cheshire,  Esq. 
and  had  by  her  two  sons,  John  and  Lawrence. 

John,  the  eldest  son,  was  settled  at  Hatton,  and  married 
Margaret,  daughter  of  Sir  William  Athurton,  of  Athurton,  in 
Lancashire,  Knight,  by  whom  she  had  three  sons. 

First,  Peter,  living  at  Hatton,  1464. 

Second,  Richard,  ancestor  to  the  Sherborne  branch. 

Third,  GeofFry. 

Peter  married  Margaret,  daughter  and  coheir  of  Robert 
Grosvenour,  by  whom  he  had  issue 


48  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

Peter  Button,  of  Hatton,  who  by  Elizabeth,  daughter  and 
heir  of  Sir  Robert  Fouleshurst,  had  issue 

Sir  Piers  Button,  adjudged  to  be  heir  male,  who  built,  1539, 
the  new  hall  at  Button,  still  in  part  remaining,  and  had  by- 
Elinor,  daughter  of  Thomas  Legh,  of  Adlington, 

Hugh  Button,  who  by  Jone,  daughter  of  Sir  William  Booth, 
had 

John  Button,  of  Button,  who  died  ]608,  father  by  Elinor, 
daughter  of  Sir  Hugh  Calveley,  of 

Thomas  Button,  of  Button,  Esq.  who  by  Thomasine  Ander- 
ton,  had  Elinor,  daughter  and  heir,  married  to  Gilbert  Lord 
Gerard,  of  Gerard's  Bromley,  whose  son  Button,  Lord  Gerard, 
was  father  of  Charles,  Lord  Gerard,  from  whom  came  Bigby,  last 
Lord  Gerard,  who  died  1711j  whose  daughter  and  heir  married 
James,  Buke  of  Hamilton,  who  was  created  Baron  Button,  of 
Button,  and  Buke  of  Brandon,  &c.     (See  title  Brandon,  vol.  i.) 

Richard  Button,  5eco?zc?  son  of  John  Button,  ofHatton,  had 
issue  Ralph  Button,  who  had  two  sons. 

First,  William. 

Second,  Richard,  from  whom  the  Buttons  of  Cloughton  and 
Balhy,  in  com.  Ebor.  were  descended, 

William,  the  eldest  son  and  heir  to  Richard  Button,  lived  at 
Chester,  and  had  issue  by  his  wife  Agnes,  daughter  of  John  Con- 
way, of  Flintshire,  Esq.  several  children,  whereof  Thomas  was  the 
second  son. 

This  Thomas  Button,  second  son,  purchased  the  manor  of 
Sherborne,  in  Gloucestershire,  which  had  belonged  to  the  late  dis- 
solved abbey  of  Winchecombe.  He  married,  first,  Mary,  daughter 

of Meyney, ''  by  whom  he  had  only  a  daughter,  Anne, 

wife  to  John  Warnford,  of  Sevenhampton,  in  com.  Wilts,  Esq. 

And  by  his  second  wife,  Margaret,  daughter  of  Stephen  Kirton, 
Esq.  alderman  of  the  city  of  London,  and  relict  of  Sir  Thomas 
Withers,  Knight,  he  had  two  sons,  William,  who  continued  the 
line,  and  Thomas,  who  died  without  issue;  also  a  daughter, 
Eleanor,  married  at  Sherborne,  November  24th,  1586,  to  Ralph 
Salvyne,  of  Newbiggin,  in  Yorkshire,  Gent,  and  afterwards 
knighted.  Thomas  the  father,  dying  October  4th,  1581,  was  buried 
at  Sherborne,  and  succeeded  by  his  eldest  son, 

William  Button,  of  Sherborne,  Esq.  who  served  the  office  of 

h  From  the  pedigree  drawn  up  for  Lord  Sherborne,  1784. 


LORD  SHERBORNE.  ig 

sheriff  for  the  county  of  Gloucester  in  15Q0,  and  l60l ;  he  mar- 
ried Anne,  daughter  to  Sir  Ambrose  Nicholas,  Knight,  Lord 
Mayor  of  London,  and  by  her  (who,  secondly,  married  to  Sir 
Paul  Tracy,  of  Stanway,  in  Gloucestershire,  Bart,  and  was  buried 
at  Sherborne  on  February  23d,  l650)  had  issue  seven  sons  and 
four  daughters  :  the  sons  were. 

First,  Thomas,  baptized  September  15th,  \5Q1,  and  buried  at 
Sherborne,  January  6th,  ]6lO. 

Second,  William,  baptized  at  Sherborne,  l\Iay  2d,  1593,  and 
buried  there  the  5th  of  the  same  month. 

Third,  John,  who  became  heir  to  the  estate,  of  whoni  pre- 
sently. 

Fourth,  Ambrose,  baptized  at  Sherborne,  November  21st, 
1596,  and  buried  at  Sherborne,  May  9th,  following. 

Fifth,  William,  baptized  at  Sherborne,  January  5th,  1598, 

Sixth,  Giles,  baptized  at  Sherborne,  April  1,  1005  ;  both  living 
in  1617,  but  died  without  issue. 

Seventh,  Sir  Ralph,  of  whom  hereafter. 

The  daughters  were,  first,  Anne,  baptized  at  Sherborne,  Aug. 
22d,  1585;  second,  Eleanor,  baptized  November  l/th,  1566, 
buried  at  Sherborne,  April  26th,  l604  ;  third,  Elizabeth,  baptized 
at  Sherborne,  January  9th,  1587;  and,  fourth,  Mary,  baptized  at 
Sherborne,  October  22d,  1589,  married,  tirst,  to  George  Fetti- 
place,  Esq. ;  secondly,  to  Sir  George  Fleetwood,  of  Woodstock 
Park,  in  Oxfordshire,  Knight 

William,  the  father  of  these  children,  made  bis  will,  June 
4th,  1617,  which  was  proved  November  18th,  1618,  in  which 
year  he  died,  and  was  buried  at  Sherborne,  being  succeeded  in  his 
estates  by 

John  Button,  of  Sherlorne,  Esq,  his  eldest  surviving  son ; 
baptized  at  Sherborne,  October  5th,  1594  :  he  was  some  time 
knight  of  the  shire,  and  deputy  lieutenant  of  the  county  of  Glou- 
cester :  his  will  bears  date  January  I4th,  l655,  to  which  a  codicil 
was  annexed  three  days  after,  and  the  probate  thereof  is  dated 
June  30th,  1657;  he  died  January  14th,  and  was  buried  at  Sher- 
borne, February  18th,  1656-7. 

His  first  wife  was  Elizabeth,  only  daughter  of  Sir  Henry 
Baynton,  of  Bromhara,  in  com.  Wilts,  Knight,  and  by  her,  who 
died  April  28th,  and  was  buried  at  Sherborne,  May  3d,  l638, 
aged  forty-two,  he  had  issue  one  son,  William,  baptized  January 
10th,  1623,  who  died  April  1 1th,  i628,  and  was  buried  at  Sher- 
borne the  next  day ;  and  three  daughters^  first,  Lucy,  baptized  at 

VOL.  VIII.  F. 


50  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

Sherborne,  June  2d,  l621j  and  buried  there  April  2d,  l623  ;  se- 
cond, Lucy,  baptized  at  Sherborne,  April  pth,  1024,  and  married 
there  November  26th,  1638,  to  Thomas  Pope,  Earl  of  Downe; 
and,  third,  Elizabeth,  married  to  George  Colt,  of  Colt  Hall,  in 
Suffolk,  Esq. 

His  second  wife  was  Anne,  fourth  daughter  of  John  King, 
D.  D,  Lord  Bishop  of  London,  by  whom  he  had  no  issue ;  and 
she,  surviving  him,  was  afterwards  married  to  Sir  Richard-Grub- 
ham  How,  of  Compton,  in  Gloucestershire,  Bart, 

The  inscription  upon  his  monument,  in  the  chancel  of  the 
church  of  Sherborne,  is  as  follows  : 

John  Button,  of  Sherborne,  in  Gloucestershire, 
Esq.  son  of  William  Button,  and  Anne,  the 
daughter  of  Ambrose  Nicholas,  Knight,  a  person 
of  a  sharp  understanding,  and  clear  judgment, 
every  way  capable  of  those  eminent  services  he 
underwent,  as  knight  of  the  shire  in  several  par- 
liaments, and  as  deputy  lieutenant  j  one,  who 
was  master  of  a  large  fortune,  and  owner  of  a 
mind  equal  to  it :  noted  for  his  hospitality  far 
and  near,  and  his  charitable  relief  of  the  poor  j 
which  makes  his  memory  honoured  by  the  best, 
as  his  loss  lamented  by  the  last.     He  died,  &c. 

That  he  was  a  zealous  asserter  of  the  liberty  of  the  subject, 
withstanding  all  royal  encroachments  upon  the  same,  appears  in 
the  great  opposition  he  made  to  that  arbitrary  business  of  the 
loan-money,  for  refusing  which  he  was  committed  to  Gloucester 
prison,  and  whilst  there  elected  knight  of  the  shire.  How  steady 
and  equal  he  carried  himself  afterwards  (avoiding  those  furious 
courses  so  natural  to  injured  people,  and  which  too  many  at  that 
time  unhappily  pursued)  we  learn  from  the  Oxford  historian, 
who,  in  his  Athence  Oxonienses,  gives  the  following  character  of 
him : ' 

"  John  Button,  of  Sherbourne,  in  Gloucestershire,  Esq. — He 
was  one  of  the  knights  for  that  county,  to  sit  in  the  said  parlia- 
ment, 1040  ;  but  being  frighted  thence  by  the  tumults  that  came 
up  to  the  parliament  doors,  as  other  royalists  were,  he  conveyed 
himself  privately  to  Oxford,  and  sate  there.     He  was  a  learned 

i  Wood's  Athen.  Oxon.  vol.  ii.  p.  2j,  edit.  1721. 


LORD  SHERBORNE.  51 

and  a  prudent  man,  and  as  one  of  the  richest,  so  one  of  the 
meekest,  men  in  England.  He  was  active  in  making  the  defence, 
and  drawing  up  the  articles  of  Oxon,  when  the  garrison  was  to  be 
surrendered  to  the  parliament.  For  which,  and  his  steady  loyalty, 
he  was  afterwards  forced  to  pay  a  round  sura  in  Goldsmith's-hall 
at  London."'' 

We  now  return  to  the  seventh  and  youngest  son  of  William 
by  Anne  Nicholas,  which  was, 

Sir  Ralph  Button,  Knight,  which  honour  he  received  at 
Woodstock,  in  August  l624.  In  the  reign  of  King  Charles  the 
First  he  was  gentleman  of  the  privy-chamber  in  extraordinary, 
and  high  sheriff  of  Gloucestershire  in  l630;  and  being  zealously 
attached  to  the  interest  of  his  sovereign  in  the  great  rebellion,  his 
estate  was  sequestered,  for  which  a  composition  of  952/.  IJs.  Id. 
was  paid,  and  he  forced  to  fly  beyond  sea  j  but,  being  beat  back 


k  It  appears,  by  the  list  of  those  that  compounded  for  their  estates,  that 
this  John  Button,  Esq  paid  5216/.  4^.  for  his ;  it  likewise  appears,  by  Wood's 
Athenae  Oxon.  how  loyal  he  was  in  the  beginning  of  the  troubles;  and  yet 
we  find  in  the  following  extract  of  his  will,  dated  January  14th,  165^,  these 
particulars;  '«  I  humbly  request  and  desire,  that  his  Highness,  the  Lord  Pro- 
tector, will  be  pleased  to  take  upon  him  the  guardianship  and  disposing  of 
my  nephew,  William  Button,  and  of  that  estate  I  by  deed  of  settlement  hath 
left  him ;  and  that  his  Highness  would  be  pleased,  in  order  to  my  former  de- 
sires, and  according  to  the  discourse  that  hath  passed  betwixt  us,  thereupon, 
that  when  he  shall  come  to  ripenessof  age,  a  marriage  may  be  had  and  solem- 
nized betwixt  my  said  nephew,  William  Button,  and  the  Lady  Frances 
Cromwell,  his  Highness's  youngest  daughter,  which  1  much  desire,  and  (if  it 
take  effectj  shall  account  it  as  a  blessing  from  God."    He  gives,  by  the  said 
will,  500/.  to  the  poor  of  Northleach,  in  com.  Gloucest.  with  legacies  to  the 
poor  of  Sherborne,  and  other  places ;  and  gives   several  legacies  to  his  ser- 
vants ;  and  gives  his  estate  to  his  nephew,  William  Button,  and  the  heirs 
males  of  his  body,  and  for  default  of  such  issue,  to  his  nephew,  Ralph  Button, 
and  the  heirs  male  of  his  body,  and  for  default  of  such  issue,  to  his  own 
right  heirs  forever.     Gives  80c/.  to  his  nephew  Ralph,  to  buy  an  annuity  of 
100/  per  ann.  and  gives  500/  to  his  wife,  with  all  the  plate  and  household 
goods  she  brought  when  he  married  her,  and  bequeaths  her  all  his  coaches 
and  coach. horseS)  and  two  saddle  nags.    Orders  his  body  to  be  interred  in  a 
comely  decent  manner  in  the  vault  Avhich  he  lately  built,  and  caused  to  be 
made  in  the  isle  of  Sherborne  church,  where  he  usually  sat,  without  pomp  or 
needless  expence  ;  and  orders  the  sum  of  1 50  /.  out  of  his  personal  estate,  to 
be  bestowed  in  the  making  of  a  monument  within  the  said  isle,  for  himself 
and  his  two  wives;  and  appoints  Sir  William  Brownlow,  of  High  Holborn, 
in  Middlesex,  Bart.  Sir  William  Chadwell,  of  Lincoln's-Inn,  in  Middlesex, 
and  Gabriel  Becke,  of  Lincoin's-Inn,  Esq.  his  executors;  and  gives  unto 
them  1200  ounces  of  plate.    This  will  and  codicil  was  proved  at  London, 
June  30th,  1657,  before  the  judges  for  probate  of  wills,  and  sigued  Simoa 
^llcston,  register.    Seefor  it  i{»/^«^2,  p.  249.  *! 


52  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

by  contrary  winds  in  his  passage  from  Leith  to  France,  he  was 
cast  away  on  Brunt  Island,  and  there  died  in  the  year  l646. 

He  married  Mary,  daughter  of  Sir  William  Duncombe,  of 
London,  Knight,  and  had  by  her  two  sons,  William  and  Ralph, 
ancestor  to  the  present  peer. 

William,  the  eldest  son,  succeeded  to  the  estate  at  Sherborne, 
as  heir  to  his  uncle,  John  ;  was  high  sheriff  of  the  county  of  Glou- 
cester in  1667,  died  March  24th,  1674-5,  and  was  buried  at  Sher- 
borne, on  the  fifth  of  the  succeeding  month.  He  married  Mary, 
daughter  of  Sir  John  Scudamore,  of  Dromore,  Lord  Viscount 
Scudamore,  and  relict  of  Thomas  Russell,  Esq.  eldest  son  of  Sir 
William  Russell,  of  Streynsham,  in  Worcestershire,  Bart,  but  had 
issue  only  a  son,  John,  baptized  August  24th,  and  buried  at 
Sherborne,  November  8th,  l604:  whereby  the  family  estates 
devolved  upon  his  brother  Ralph,  youngest  son  of  Sir  Ralph 
Dutton,  just  mentioned. 

Which  Sir  Ralph  was  some  time  knight  of  the  shire  for  the 
county  of  Gloucester,  and  was  created  a  Baronet  of  Great  Britain, 
to  him  and  the  heirs  male  of  his  body,  by  patent,  bearing  date 
June  22d,  1678.  He  first  married  Grisell,  daughter  of  Sir  Ed- 
ward Poole,  of  Kemble,  in  Wilts,  Knight,  and  by  her,  who  was 
buried  at  Sherborne,  February  25th,  1677,  had  two  daughters, 
Elizabeth,  baptized  at  Sherborne  October  14th,  1675,  who  be- 
came wife  to  William  Green,  of  London,  Esq, ;  and  Grisell,  bap- 
tized February  18th,  1677-8,  and  buried  at  Sherborne  September 
11th,  168I. 

His  second  wife  was  Mary,  only  daughter  of  Dr,  Peter  Bar- 
wick,  physician  in  ordinary  to  King  Charles  the  Second,  by  whom 
he  had  four  sons  and  three  daughters. 

First,  Sir  John  Dutton,  of  Sherborne,  second  Baronet,  some 
time  knight  of  the  shire  for  the  county  of  Gloucester,  who  died 
February  1st,  1742-3,  aged  sixty-one,  and  was  buried  at  Sher- 
borne the  fourth  of  the  same  month,  having  had  two  wives,  first, 
Mary,  sole  daughter  and  heir  of  Sir  Rusbout  CuUen,  of  Upton, 
in  Warwickshire,  Bart,  but  she  died  without  issue,  and  was  buried 
at  Sherborne,  on  May  23d,  1719;  and  by  his  second  wife,  Mary, 
daughter  of  Sir  Francis  Keck,  of  Great  Tew,  in  Oxfordshire, 
Bart,  they  had  only  a  daughter,  Mary,  of  whom  her  mother  died 
in  child-bed ;  and  they  were  both  buried  at  Sherborne,  on  June 
15th,  1729. 

Sir  John  having  survived  all  his  brothers,  and  dying  without 
issue,  the  baronetage  became  extinct  at  his  death. 


LORD  SHERBORNE.  53 

Second,  William,  buried  at  Sherborne,  March  22d,  1683. 

Third,  Clement,  died  an  infant,  l6S7,  and  buried  at  Sher- 
borne. 

Fourth,  Ralph,  died  unmarried,  December  13th,  and  buried 
the  l6th  of  the  same  month,  iyiG,  at  Sherborne. 

The  daughters  of  Sir  Ralph  Button,  Bart,  were. 

First,  Mary,  married  at  Sherborne,  October  29th,  1719,  to  Sir 
Thomas  Read,  of  Shipton,  in  Oxfordshire,  Bart. 

Second,  Anne,  grandviother  to  the  present  Lord  Sherborne. 

Third,  Jemima,  who  died  unmarried, '  and  was  buried  at  Sher- 
borne, February  10th,  1762. 

Anne,  the  second  daughter  of  Sir  Ralph  Dutton,  Bart,  by 
his  second  wife,  married  James  Naper,  of  Loughcrewr,  in  the 
county  of  Meath,  in  the  kingdom  of  Ireland,  Esq. ;  he  died  in 
1716,  aged  fifty-six;  she,  in  1718,  aged  forty-eight  j  and  were 
buried  at  Loughcrew  :  they  had  issue,  two  sons  and  two  daughters,  , 
viz. 

First,  James  Lenox  Naper. 

Second,  William  Naper,  of  Druce  Town,  in  the  county  of 
Meath,  Esq.  who  died  unmarried. 

Anne,  married  to Pollard,  of  Castle  Pollard,  in  the 

county  of  West  Meath,  Esq. ;   and  Mary. 

James  Lenox  Naper,  of  Loughcrew,  Esq.  the  eldest  son  and 
heir,  was  by  the  will  of  his  uncle.  Sir  John  Dutton,  Bart,  pos- 
sessed of  the  manor  of  Sherborne,  in  Gloucestershire,  whereupon 
he  assumed  the  surname  and  arms  of  Button.  He  was  buried  at 
Sherborne,  September  14th,  177^.  aged  sixty-three,  having  been 

twice  married,  first  to daughter  of  General  Ingoldsby ; 

secondly,  to  Jane,  daughter  of  Christopher  Bond,  of  Newland,  in 
Gloucestershire,  Esq. 

Ey  the  former  he  had  issue  only  a  son,  John  Lenox  Naper, 
who  assumed  the  name  and  arms  of  Button,  but  died  unmarried, 
and  was  buried  at  Sherborne,  September  7th,  1771- 

By  his  second  wife  he  had  four  sons  and  six  daughters ;  the 
sons  were, 

First,  James,  now  Lord  Sherborne. 

Second,  William,  baptized  at  Sherborne,  June  3d,  17-19^  who 
used  the  name  and  arms  of  ]\aper,  and  died  November  28th, 
1791,  having  married  Miss  Travell,  by  whom  he  left  an  infant 
son. 

•She  died  the  6th. 


54  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

Third,  Thomas,  baptized  21st,  and  was  buried  at  Sherborne, 
October  23d,  1/51. 

Fourth,  Ralph  Button,  of  Gressen  Hall,  in  Norfolk,  Esq.  bap- 
tized at  Sherborne,  November  10th,  1755,  and  died  February  25, 
1804,  having  married  Miss  Honor  Gubbins,  who  died  without 
issue  in  January  IS07. 

The  daughters  were,  Jane  and  Jemima,  who  died  infants  5 
Anne,  married  at  Sherborne,  January  15th,  176O,  to  Samuel 
Blackwell,  of  Ampney  Park,  in  Gloucestershire^,  Esq.}  Mary, 
baptized  at  Sherborne,  June  24th^  1750,  and  married  there  May 
25th,  1769,  to  Thomas  Master,  of  Cirencester,  in  Gloucester- 
shire, Esq.  ;  Frances,  baptized  at  Sherborne,  October  28th,  1752, 
and  married  there,  September  gth,  1771?  to  Charles  Lambert,  of 
Beau  Park,  in  the  county  of  Meath,  in  Ireland,  Esq. ;  and  Jane, 
married  at  Sherborne,  October  5tb,  1775,  to  Thomas  William 
Coke,  of  lyongford,  in  the  county  of  Derby,  and  of  Holkham,  in 
the  county  of  Norfolk^  Esq.  and  died  January  28th,  1 800,  leaving 
two  daughters. 

James  Dutton,  now  Lord  Sherbokne,  the  eldest  son  and 
heir,  was  baptized  at  Sherborne,  October  27th,  1744,  represented 
the  county  of  Gloucester  in  178O,  and  was  by  patent,  dated  May 
20th,  1784,  created  Lord  Sherborne,  Baron  of  Sherborne,  in 
the  county  of  Gloucester ,  and  to  the  heirs  male  of  his  body  lawfully 
begotten. 

His  Lordship  was  married  at  Longford,  in  the  county  of 
Derby,  on  July  7th,  1774,  to  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Wenman 
Roberts  Coke,  of  Longford,  aforesaid,  Esq.  by  whom  he  hath 
issue  one  son  and  three  daughters,  viz. 

First,  John,  born  in  February  1779>  married,  August  11th, 
1803,  the  Honourable  Mary  Legge,  only  child  of  Henry,  present 
Lord  Stawel. 

Second,  Elizabeth  Jane,  born  May  28th,  1775,  married,  Ja- 
nuary 14th,  1803,  Thomas,  Viscount  Andover,  son  and  heir  ap- 
parent of  Charles  Earl  of  Suffolk  and  Berkshire. 

Third,  Anne  Margaret,  born  in  November   177G>  married, 
April  26th,  IS06,  Prince  Bariatinsky,  of  the  Russian  Empire, 
and  died  at  St.  Petersburgh  in  March  I8O7,  leaving  a  son. 
Fourth,  Frances  Mary,  born  in  December  1777« 

Titles.    James  Dutton,  Lord  Sherborne,  Baron  Sherborne,  of 
Sherborne,  in  Gloucestershire. 


LORD  SHERBORNE.  55 

Creation.     Lord  Sherborne,  Baron  of  Sherborne,  in  the  county 
of  Gloucester,  May  20tb,  1784,  24  Geo.  III. 

Jrms.     Quarterly,  Argent  and  Gules,  in  each  piece  of  the 
second  a  fret.  Or,  a  crescent  for  difference. 

Crest.     On  a  wreath,  a  plume  of  Ostrich  feathers,  Argent,  W^ 

Azure,  Or,  Vert  and  Gules,  allernately. 

Motto.     Servabo  fidem. 

Chief  Seats.    At  Sherborne,  in  Gloucestershire. 


56 


PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND 


GORDON,  LORD  GORDON. 

George  Gordon,  (commonly  called  Marquis  of  Huntley^ 
Earl  of  Norwich,)  eldest  son  and  heir  apparent  of  Alexander, 
Duke  of  Gordon,  was  born  February  2d,  1/70.  In  1806,  he  was 
elected  M.  P.  for  Eye  in  Suffolk  j  and  on  April  lltb,  I8O7,  was 
called  up  to  the  House  of  Peers,  by  writ  of  summons,  as  Baron 
Gordon  of  Huntley  ;  and  placed  in  his  father's  English  Barony, 
of  the  date  of  July  12th,  1784. 

His  Lordship  having  entered  into  the  army,  raised  the  92d  re- 
giment at  the  beginning  of  the  late  war  ;  and  has  since  risen  to 
the  rank  of  major-general,  and  been  appointed  colonel  of  the  4  2d 
regiment  of  foot.  He  served  in  the  expedition  to  Holland  in  ^799? 
and  again  in  that  to  VValcheren  in  180y. 

His  Lordship  is  unmarried. 


Titles.    George  Gordon,  Baron  Gordon,  of  Huntley. 

Creation.  Baron  Gordon,  of  Huntley,  by  letters  patent  July 
\2th,  17345  and  writ  of  summons  April  11th,  I8O7, 

For  Arms,  Crest,  Supporters,  see  the  article  of  Earl  of  Nok- 
-wicH,  (Duke  of  Gordon)  vol.  v. 


LORD  MONTAGU. 


57 


SCOTT,  LORD  MONTAGU,  OF  BOUGHTOJS. 

Henry  James  Montagu  Scott,  Bakon  Montagu,  of  Boi/gh- 
ton,  in  Northamptonshire,  succeeded  to  this  barony.  May  28th, 
1790,  on  the  death  of  his  grandfather,  George,  last  Duke  of  Mon- 
tagu, *  agreeable  to  the  limitation  of  the  patent  granted  in  1786. 
He  then  took  the  additional  name  of  Montagu. 

His  Lordship  is  the  second  son  of  Henry,  Duke  of  Buccleuch, 
Knight  of  the  Garter.      (See  title  Earl  of  Doncaster,  vol.  iii.) 

His  Lordship  was  born  December  l6th,  17/(5,  and  married, 
November  22d,  1804,  Margaret,  daughter  of  Archibald,  Lord 
Douglas^  of  Douglas  (by  Lady  Lucy  Graham). 

Title.  Henry  James  Montagu  Scott,  Baron  Montagu,  of 
Boughton. 

Creation.  Baron  Montagu,  of  Boughton,  by  patent  August 
8th,  1786. 

^rms.  Same  as  Earl  of  Doncaster  (Du\c  of  BuccleughJ, 
quartering  Montagu.     See  vol.  iii. 

Crest.     Same  as  Doncaster. 

Supporters.     Same  as  Doncaster. 

Motto.     Amo.     Same  as  Doncaster. 

Chief  Seat.     Boughton  House,  Northamptonshire. 


*  See  title  Ear  I,  op  Cardigan,  vol.  Hi. 


58 


PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 


DOUGLAS,  LORD  DOUGLAS  OF  AMBRESBURY, 

[DUKE  OF  QUEENSBERRT  IN  SCOTLAND.) 


The  following  account  of  this  family  is  principally  in  the  words 
of  Craufurd. 

The  Barony  of  Drumlanrig,  in  Drumfrizeshire,  did  anciently 
belong  to  the  Earls  of  Marr.  Thomas,  Earl  of  Marr,  gave  these 
lands  to  William,  Lord  of  Douglas,  whose  sister,  the  Lady  Mar- 
garet, he  had  married,  which  King  David  H.  did,  by  his  royal 
charter,  confirm  '  Willielmo  Domino  de  Douglas,  Omnes  Terras 
Baroniae  de  Drumlanrig,  cum  Pertinen.  Tenend.  et  Habend, 
cidem  Willielmo  Domino  de  Douglas,  et  haeredibus  suis,  libere  et 
quiete,  pleuarie,  integre  et  honorifice,  cum  omnibus  libertatibus, 
commoditatibus,  Assiamentis,  et  justis  pertinentiis  suis,  sicut 
charta  dilecti  consanguinei  nostri  Thomae  Comitis  Marriae,  eidem 
Willielmo  Domino  de  Douglas,  et  Margaretoe  Sponsae  suae,  con- 
sanguineae  nostrse,  inde  confecta  plenius  proportat  et  testatur.' 

To  this  William,  Lord,  thereafter  Earl  of  Douglas,  who 
died  1384,  succeeded  James,  second  Earl  of  Douglas,  his  son,  who 
by  his  charter  gave  the  Barony  of  Drumlanrig  to  William  Douglas 
his  son  J  of  which,  for  the  fixhig  the  origin  of  this  illustrious 
branch  of  the  house  of  Douglas,  I  shall  present  the  reader  with 
an  exact  copy,  as  I  transcribed  it  from  the  original. 

"  Omnibus  banc  chartam  visuris  vel  audituris,  Jacobus  Comes 
de  Douglass,  Dominus  vallis  de  Lydale,  ac  baroniae  de  Drum- 
lanrig, salutem  in  Domino  sempiternam.  Noveritis  nos  dedisse, 
concessisse,  et  hac  charta  nostra  confirmasse  Willielmo  de  Douglas, 
tilio  nostro,  pro  homagio  et  servitio  suo,  omnes  terras  nostras 


LORD  DOUGLAS  OF  AMBRESBURY.  59 

totlus  baronias  de  Drumlanrig,  infra  vicecom.  de  Dumfrise, 
tenend.  et  habend.  oranes  dictas  terras  praefatae  baroniae,  cum  per- 
tinen.  eidem  Willielmo  et  haeredibus  suis,  de  corpore  suo  legitime 
procreandis ;  quibus  deficientibus,  Archibaldo  de  Douglas  filio 
nostrc,  et  h^redibus  suis,  de  corpore  suo  legitime  procreandis,  in 
feudo  et  baereditate  in  perpetuum  reservata,  nobis  et  haeredibuj 
nostris,  regalitas  ejusdem  faciendo  inde  nobis  et  haeredibus  nostris, 
servitium  unius  militis  in  exercitu  nostro,  nomine  Albae  firmae. 
In  cujus  rei  testimonium  present!  chartae  sigillum  nostrum  fecimus 
apponi,  his  testibus.  Domino  Archibaldo  de  Douglas,  Domino 
Galuidiae,  Jacobo  de  Douglas,  Domino  de  Dalkeith,  Jacobo  de 
Lindsay,  Domino  de  Crawfurd,  Willielmo  de  Lindsay,  Roberto 
Colevyle,  Willielmo  de  Borthewick,  consanguineis  nostris  mili- 
libus,  Adamo  Forrester,  Adamo  de  Hoppringle,  AUano  de  Lau- 
dere,  et  multis  aliis." 

This  James  Earl  of  Douglas  lost  his  life  in  the  battle  of  Otter- 
burne,  1388. 

This  Sir  William  Douglas,  the  Jirst  Baron  of  Drumlanrig,  ^ 
being  a  brave  gentleman,  '^  signalized  himself  in  the  wars  against 
the  English  in  his  timej  in  1411,  together  with  Gavin  Dunbar, 
son  to  the  Earl  of  March,  he  burnt  and  plundered  the  town  of 
Roxburgh,  '^  then  in  the  possession  of  the  English,  which  was  per- 
formed with  great  resolution  and  courage.  The  war  at  length 
ending  in  a  truce  in  1412,*^  Sir  William  Douglas  and  the  Lord 
Clifford  were  the  chief  challengers  at  a  solemn  tournament 
held  by  the  Earl  of  Westmorland  at  Carlisle,  but  my  author  * 
is  not  particular  as  to  the  event.  The  same  year  he  had  the 
honour  to  be  sent  by  the  governor  of  Scotland,  the  Duke  of 
Albany,  ambassador  to  the  court  of  England,  to  solicit  the  re- 
lease of  King  James  I,  who  was  then  kept  a  prisoner  in  that 
realm,  ^  when  he  obtained  from  his  captive  sovereign  a  charter, 
all  written  fair  out  in  the  King's  own  hand,  on  vellum,  s  the 
very  finest  I  ever  saw,  in  these  words  : 

a  It  may  be  here  observed,  that  this  noble  family  has  always  carried  the 
arms  of  Marr  quartered  with  their  own,  which  denotes  their  descent  from 
Margaret,  heiress  and  Countess  of  Marr. 

b  He  was  twice  in  England,  in  1397,  and  1405,  for  which  he  had  safe 
conducts  from  Rich.  II.  and  Hen.  IV.    Rymer,  vol.  viii.  p-  2s»42i>429. 
*  Extracta  e  Chron.  Scotiae-  ^  Rymer's  Fcedera  Angli*. 

«  Sir  William  Dugdale,  in  his  Baronage  of  England, 
f  Rymer's  Feedera. 
£  Charta  penes  Ducem  de  Queensberry. 


60  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

"  Jarals,  throw  the  Grace  of  God,  Kyinge  of  Scottls,  til  all 
that  this  Lettre  heris  or  seis,  sendis  Gretynge  j  wit  ze,  that  we 
haue  grantit,  and  be  this  present  Lettre  grantis  a  special  confir- 
mation in  the  mast  Forme,  til  our  Trust  and  Wele  belofit  Cosyng, 
Sir  William  of  Douglas  of  Drumlanrig,  of  all  the  Lands  that  he  is 
posest  and  charterit  of  within  the  Kyngdome  of  Scotland,  that  is 
to  say,  the  Landis  of  Drumlanrig,  of  Hauyke,  and  of  Selkirk  : 
the  which  Charter  and  Posessions  be  this  Lettre  we  confirm.  In 
Witnes  of  the  Whilk,  this  present  Lettres  we  wrate  with  our 
proper  Hand,  and  the  Signet  ussit  in  selying  of  our  Lettres,  as 
now  at  Croydon,  the  last  day  of  Novembre,  the  Yeir  of  our 
Lord  1412." 

In  I4l6,  Sir  William  Douglas,  of  Drumlanrig,  was  joined  in 
commission  with  the  Earls  of  Athole,  Fife,  Buchan,  Marr,  Douglas, 
and  Crawfurd,  George  Dunbar,  son  and  heir  to  the  Earl  of 
March,  the  Bishop  of  Glasgow,  and  Sir  William  Graham,  to 
treat  with  the  English  about  the  relieving  of  King  James,  s  but 
for  some  reasons  of  state,  that  grand  affair  could  not  be  brought 
to  a  close,  though  it  is  not  to  be  doubted  but  those  great  men, 
who  had  the  honour  to  be  employed  in  the  treaty,  did  all  they 
could  to  have  it  concluded.  Thereafter  in  1420,  when  the  English 
carried  over  King  James  into  France,  ^  to  try  if  his  presence  could 
draw  the  Scots,  who  were  in  the  French  service,  over  to  that  of 
the  English,  Sir  William  Douglas,  of  Drumlanrig,  went  over  to 
wait  on  his  master;  in  order  to  which  he  had  a  safe  conduct 
granted  him  from  the  King  of  England,  but  with  this  remarkable 
proviso,  that  he  should  do  nothing  prejudicial  to  him,  or  to  his 
dearest  father  the  King  of  France ;  but  the  Scots  did  well  then 
distinguish  the  deference  which  they  owed  to  their  King  when 
captivated,  and  when  independent  and  free ;  for  though  they  sent 
persons  to  guard  his  sacred  person,  yet  they  adhered  firmly  to  that 
interest  which  he  seemed  outwardly  to  oppose,  though  I  have  no 
reason  to  believe  but  that  Sir  William  Douglas  kept  his  promise 
to  the  King  of  England,  and  did  not  engage  against  the  English 
interest  at  that  time,  yet  he  afterward  lost  his  life  in  the  service 
of  France,  at  the  battle  of  Agincourt,  in  142/, '  leaving  issue  by 
Elizabeth  his  wife,  daughter  of  Sir  Robert  Stewart,  of  Durisdeer 
and  Rosyth, 

g  Rymer's  Foedera  Anglia;. 
h  Abercromby'sLifeof  King  James  I- 
1  Mr.  David  Simpson's  Account  of  the  House  of  Drumlanrig,  M.  S, 
penes  mc. 


LORD  DOUGLAS  OF  AMBRESBURY.  (5l 

William  Dovglxs,  second  Lord  of  Drumlanrig,  his  son  and 
heir,  ^  who  was  one  of  the  hostages  sent  to  England,  for  the  re- 
demption of  King  James  I.  in  1427,  i'^  exchange  of  another  Baron 
of  the  same  rank  and  fortune  with  himself,  which  was  expressly 
provided  in  the  treaty  of  redemption,  but  when  he  was  relieved 
again,  it  has  not  occurred  to  me. 

This  Sir  William  being,  like  his  father,  a  warlike  man,  sig- 
nalized himself  in  most  of  the  actions  between  the  Scots  and 
English,  particularly  at  the  battle  of  Sark,  anno  1448,  where  the 
Scots  obtained  a  most  glorious  victory,  under  the  command  of 
Hugh  Earl  of  Ormond,  brother  to  the  Earl  of  Douglas,  where  Sir 
William  did  to  a  very  eminent  degree  manifest  his  valour  and 
conduct  J  and  departing  this  life  in  the  year  1458, '  left  issue  by 
Janet  his  wife,  daughter  of  Sir  Herbert  Maxwell,  Lord  of  Carr 
laverock, "' 

William,  his  son  and  heir,  third  Lord  of  Driivilanrig,  who, 
though  he  did  not  long  outlive  his  father,  yet  he  gave  many 
signal  proofs  of  his  valour  in  several  actions,  particularly  at  the 
siege  of  Roxburgh,  where  King  James  IL  lost  his  lifej  and  in  that 
other  bold  attempt  at  Alnwick,  anno  1463,  where  the  French 
garrison  was  relieved  by  the  Earl  of  Angus,  in  the  face  of  a  nu- 
merous English  army,  '^  which  was  double  the  number  of  the 
troops  the  Earl  had  under  his  command  ;  and  departing  this  life 
in  1464,  °  left  issue  by  Margaret  his  wife,  daughter  of  William 
Carlyle,  Lord  of  Torthorald,  a  younger  son,  John,  bred  to  the 
church ;  also 

William,  his  son  and  heir,  fourth  Lord  of  Drumlanrig,  who 
treading  in  the  steps  of  his  heroic  ancestors,  was  slain  in  the  ser- 
vice of  his  country  at  the  battle  of  Kirkonei,  in  that  unnatural  in- 
vasion of  the  Duke  of  Albany  against  his  own  brother.  King 
James  II.  on  the  22d  of  July  1484,  i'  leaving  issue  by  Elizabeth 
his  wife,  daughter  of  Sir  Robert  Crichton,  Lord  of  Sanquhar,  an- 
cestor to  the  Earl  of  Drumfrise,  i 

First,  James,  his  successor. 

Second,  Archibald,  of  whom  the  Douglases  of  Cashogle. 

^  Charta  penes  Duceiii  de  Queensberry,  in  an  indenture  between  Wil- 
liam Douglas,  Lord  of  Drumlanrig,  and  William  Douglas,  Lord  of  Leswalt, 
in  the  year  1427- 

'  Mr  Simpson's  Account  of  the  House  of  Drumlanrig. 

Di  Ibid.  "  Ibid.  o    Ibid: 

P  Mr.  Thomson's  Hist.  Collections 

"3  Charta  penes  Ducem  de  Queensberry. 


62  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

Thirdj  George,  of  whom  the  branch  of  Pinzire.  "^ 
Fourth,  John,  vicar  of  Kirkonnel. ' 
Likewise  several  daughters^ 

Margaret,  married  to  John  Lord  Cathcart,  *  and  had  issue. 
Elizabeth,  to  John  Campbell,  son  and  heir  apparent  of  James 
Campbell,  "  of  Wester  Loudoun. 

Janet,  first  to  William  Lord  Somerville,  and  secondly  to  Alex- 
ander Gordon,  at  that  time  son  and  heir  apparent  of  John  Gordon, 
of  Lochinvar,'^  ancestor  to  the  Viscounts  of  Kenmure, 

Which  James,  fifth  Lord  of  Drumlanrig,  in  1470,  married 
Janet,  daughter  of  David  Scot,  of  Buchleugh,  ^  by  whom  he  had 
William  his  successor,  and  a  daughter,  Janet,  married  to  Roger 
Grierson,  of  Lag,  and  dying  in  140)8,  ^  was  succeeded  by 

William,  his  son,  sixth  Lord  of  Drumlanrig,  who  did  not 
long  survive  his  father,  for  he  lost  his  life  with  King  James  IV. 
and  the  flower  of  the  kingdom,  at  the  fatal  battle  of  Flowdoun, 
September  gth,  1513,^  leaving  issue  by  Elizabeth  his  wife, 
daughter  of  Sir  John  Gordon,  of  Lochinvar, 
First,  James,  his  successor. 

Second,  Robert,  Provost  of  Lincluden,  of  whom  the  branch  of 
the  Douglases  of  Barfurd,  ^  and  two  daughters  5  Janet,  married  to 
Robert  Lord  Maxwell  J  and  Agnes,  to  Andrew  Cunningham,  of 
Kirkshaw. 

Which  James,  seventh  Lord  of  Drumlanrig,  was  one  of  those 
loyal  Barons  who,  in  1526,  attempted  to  relieve  King  James  V, 
from  the  Earl  of  Angus,  who  kept  him  in  no  other  condition 
than  that  of  a  prisoner  ;  but  the  attempt  proving  unsuccessful,  he 
was  obliged  to  take  out  a  remission  for  it.  During  the  war  in 
the  minority  of  Queen  Mary,  he  behaved  very  loyally,  for  which 
the  Duke  of  Chattlerault,  the  governor,  confered  the  honour  of 
knighthood  on  him;  and  in  1553,  the  Queen  made  him  warden 
of  the  East  Marches,  with  a  full  power  of  justiciary,  on  the  sur- 
render of  Sir  John  Maxwell,  of  Tareagles.  "^  Which  office  he 
discharged  with  great  wisdom  and  courage  for  many  years  there- 

r  Mr.  Simpson's  Account  of  the  House  of  Queensberry. 

s  Charta  penes  Dominum  Cathcart  ad  annum  1497- 

t  Ibid.  u  Charta  penes  Ducem  de  Queensberry,  ad  Annum  1496. 

X  Charta  penes  Dominum  Cathcart. 

J  Charta  penes  Ducem  de  Queensberry,  ad  annum  1470,  Novemb.  5th. 

z  I  find  him  then  alive  from  the  writs  of  the  family. 

1  Charta  penes  Ducem  de  Queensberry. 

*>  lb.  etiamchartft  in  Pub.  Arch,  ad  annum  1612.  '  Ibid. 


.  LORD  DOUGLAS  OF  AMBRESBURY.  63 

after,  even  till  his  old  age,  that  he  resigned  the  office,  which  was 
thereupon  given  to  Sir  John  Maxwell,  Knight.  He  married, 
first,  Margaret  Douglas,  "^  daughter  of  George,  master  of  Angus, 
by  whom  he  had  two  daughters ;  Janet,  married  to  William 
Douglas,  of  Cashogle,  ^  and  again  to  John  Charters,  of  Aimsfield  j 
and  Margaret,  to  John  Jerdan,  of  Applegirth.  *"  From  this  Lady- 
Sir  William  was  divorced,  and  thereafter,  by  a  dispensation  from 
the  Pope's  Legate,  he  was  married  again  to  Christian,  s  daughter 
of  John,  master  of  Eglintoun,  son  of  Hugh,  Earl  of  Eglintoun  ; 
by  her  he  had  Sir  William  Douglas,  of  Hayick,  who  died  before 
his  father,  and  four  daughters, 

Margaret,  married  to  Robert  Lord  Sanquhair,  and  again  to 
William  Earl  of  Menteth. 

Helen,  to  Roger  Grierson,  of  Lag,  ^  and  had  issue. 

Janet,  first  to  James  Tweedie,  of  Drumlezer ;  '  and  after- 
ward to  William  Kerr,  of  Cesford,  ^  ancestor  to  the  Dukes  of 
Roxburgh. 

Christian,  to  Sir  Alexander  Stewart,  of  Garlics, '  ancestor  to 
the  Earl  of  Galloway,  and  had  issue. 

He  lived  to  a  great  age,  and  died  1578. 

Sir  William  Douglas,  of  Hayick,  Sir  James's  son,  though  he 
died  a  young  man,  yet  he  gave  many  proofs  of  his  prudence  and 
courage  in  suppressing  the  English  inroads,  and  the  disorders  com- 
mitted on  the  borders.  When  the  war  broke  out  in  the  reign  of 
Queen  Mary,  he  adhered  to  the  interest  of  the  young  Prince,  King 
James  VL  with  singular  fidelity,  was  at  the  field  of  Langside, 
where  he  signalized  his  valour,  and  contributed  very  much  to  the 
overthrow  of  the  Queen's  party  j  and  he  was  so  zealous  in  the 
cause,  that  afterward  he  commanded  in  that  action  betwixt 
Leith  and  Edinburgh,  in  15/2,  where  the  Earl  of  Huntly,  who 
maintained  the  Queen's  authority,  was  worsted,  and  many  of  his 
adherents  slain;  and  dying  anno  1574,  left  issue  by  Margaret 
his  wife,  daughter  of  James  Gordon,  of  Lochinvar,  "  James,  who 
succeeded  his  grandfather ;  likewise  three  daughters, 

d  Charta  penes  Ducem  de  Queensberry,  ad  annum  1530. 
e  Ibid.  f  Ibid. 

S  He  got  a  charter  under  the  great  seal,  Jacobo  Dtuglas  de  Drumlanrig  et 
Cbrhtiance  Montgomery  ejus  sfonsa,  of  several  lands  in  Dumfrieshire,  October 
30th,  1545. 

h  Charta  penes  Ducem  de  Queensberry,  ad  annum  1530. 
i  Ibid.  k  Ibid.  '  Ibid,  etiam  Charta  in  Pub.  Arch. 

»  Charta  in  Pub.  Arch,  etiam  Charta  penes  Ducem  de  Queensberry. 


64  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

Margaret;,  married  to  Sir  Robert  Montgomery,  of  Skelmurly, 
Bart. "  and  had  issue. 

Janet,  to  Sir  James  Murray,  of  Cockpool,  °  and  had  issue. 

Christian,  to  Robert-  Dalziel^  younger  of  that  ilk,  i*  there- 
after Earl  of  Carnwath. 

Sir  James  Douglas,  of  Drumlanrig,  dying  on  the  27th  of  Sep- 
tember, 15/8, 1  was  immediately  succeeded  in  his  estate  by  his 
grandson 

Sir  James,  eighth  Lord  of  Drumlanrig ,  who  being  a  person  of 
great  wisdom  and  prudence,  was  a  very  happy  instrument  in 
reconciling  the  discords  among  the  nobility  and  the  contending 
factions  at  court,  which  had  rendered  the  reign  of  King  James 
less  pleasant  to  him,  till  his  accession  to  the  English  crown.  Sir 
James  was  no  less  wise  than  valiant,  he  having  frequent  occa- 
sions of  exerting  his  courage  and  conduct  in  those  unhappy  feuds 
and  mutual  incursions,  which  infested  the  south-west  parts  of  the 
kingdom  before  the  union  of  the  crowns.  He  married  Mar- 
garet, daughter  of  John  Lord  Fleming,  sister  to  John,  first  Earl 
of  Wigtoun, '  by  whom  he  had. 

First,  William,  his  successor,  the  first  Earl  of  Queensberry. 

Second,  Sir  James  Douglas,  of  Mousv/ald. 

Third,  David  Douglas,  of  Airdoch. 

Fourth,  George  Douglas,  of  Pinzrie. 

Likewise  two  daughters ;  Janet,  married  to  William  Living- 
ston, of  Jerwiswood,  ancestor  to  Viscount  Teviot)  and  Helen,  to 
John  Menzies,  of  Castlehill. 

And  departing  this  life  October  l6th,  l6l5,  was  succeeded  by 

Sir  William,  his  son  and  h&xr,  first  Earl  of  Queensberry,  who 
being  a  gentleman  of  great  parts  and  singular  prudence,  was  par- 
ticularly known  and  favoured  by  King  James  VL  whom  he  had 
the  honour  to  entertain  at  his  house  of  Drumlanrig,  in  his  return 
into  England,  in  the  year  1617:  nor  was  he  less  regarded  by 
King  Charles  L  who  was  graciously  pleased  to  create  him  a  Peer 
by  the  title  oi  Lord  Viscount  Drumla7irig,  on  the  1st  of  April, 
1628  ;  *  and  further,  for  the  greater  splendor  of  his  Majesty's  co- 
ronation, he  was  by  letters  patent,  bearing  date  June  13th,  l633, 
raised  to  the  honour  of  Earl  of  Queensberry. '  He  married  Isabel, 
daughter  of  Mark,  first  Earl  of  Lothian,  by  whom  he  had 

First,  James,  his  successor. 

»  Charta  in  Pub-  Arch-  etiam  Charta  penes  Ducem  de  Queensberry. 

o  Ibid.  P  Ibid.  q  Ibid. 

t  Ibid.  s  Charta  in  Pub  Arch.  t  Ibid- 


LORD  DOUGLAS.  65 

Second,  Sir  William  Douglas,  of  Killhead,  created  a  Baronet 
l66S,  ancestor  of  Sir  Charles  Douglas,  of  Killhead,  Bart. 

Third,  Archibald  Douglas,  of  Dornock. 

Fourth,  Robert,  died  unmarried. 

And  two  daughters ;  Margaret,  married  to  James  Earl  of 
Hartfield  j  and  Janet,  to  Thomas  Lord  Kircudbright ;  and  dying 
on  March  8th,  1640,  was  succeeded  by 

James,  his  son,  second  Earl  of  Queensberry,  who  suffered 
much  for  his  loyalty  to  King  Charles  I.  during  the  civil  war  j  for 
when  he  was  endeavouring  to  join  the  Marquis  of  Montrose,  be- 
fore the  battle  of  Philiphaugh,  he  was  made  prisoner,  and  after- 
wards fined  in  120,000  merks,  which  he  paid. 

After  the  battle  of  Kelsyth,  he  thought  to  have  joined  Mon- 
trosej  but  the  leading  men  of  Glencairn,  who  had  raised  a  great 
force  for  the  defence  of  the  country,  as  they  pretended,  sur- 
prized him  in  the  mean  time,  carried  him  prisoner  to  Carlisle  and 
there  delivered  him  to  the  governor,  who  closely  confined  him 
for  some  time.  After  he  obtained  his  liberty,  thinking  to  be  even 
with  the  Glencairn,  men,  he  obtained  from  the  King  a  grant  of 
jurisdiction  over  their  country,  the  amplest  that  could  be  be- 
stowed 5  but  that  grant  was  taken  from  him  by  the  parliament, 
1649. 

In  1654,  lie  was  again  condemned  by  Oliver  Cromwell  to  pay 
4000/.  sterling  as  a  new  mulct,  for  his  malignancy  and  rottenness 
of  heart,  according  to  the  language  of  those  times. 

He  married,  first,  Mary,  daughter  of  James  Marquis  of 
Hamilton,  by  whom  be  had  no  issue  j  and  again  Margaret, 
daughter  of  John  Earl  of  Traquair,  Lord  High  Treasurer  of  Scot- 
land, by  whom  he  had, 

First,  William,  his  successor. 

Second,  Lieutenant-Generai  James  Douglas,  who  died  at 
Namur  in  1691^  having  married  and  had  issue,  which  are  now 
extinct.' 

Third,  John,  killed  at  the  siege  of  Treves  1675. 

Fourth,  Robert,  killed  at  the  siege  of  Maestricht  16^6. 

Likewise  five  daughters  ;  first,  Mary,  married  to  Alexander 
Earl  of  Galloway;  second,  Catharine,  to  Sir  James  Douglas,  of 
Kellbead,  Bart,  and  had  issue  j  third,  Henrietta,  to  Sir  Robert 
Grierson,  of  Lagg,  and  had  issue  ;  fourth,  Margaret,  to  Sir  Alex, 
pnder  Jardane,  of  Applegirth,  Bart,  and  had  issue  j  and  secondly, 

VOL.  vin.  F 


66  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

to  Sir  David  Thoirs ;  fifth,  Isabel,  to  Sir  William  Lockhart,  of 
Carstairs,  Bart,  and  had  issue. 

And  dying  on  the  15th  of  August  1671,  was  succeeded  by 
William,  his  son,  third  Earl  of  Queensherry,  who  being  a 
nobleman  of  very  great  parts,  was  in  1667  sworn  of  the  privy- 
council  to  King  Charles  II.  and  thereafter,  June  1st,  168O,  made 
Justice  General,  "  on  the  removal  of  Sir  George  Mackenzie,  of 
Tarbat;  also  his  Majesty,  as  a  testimony  of  his  special  favour,  was 
pleased  to  create  the  Earl,  Lord  Douglas,  of  Kinmont,  Middlebie, 
and  Dornock,  Viscount  ofNith,  Torthorald,  and  Ross;  Earl  of 
Drumlanrig  and  Sanquhar;  and  Marquis  ofQueenslerry,  by  letters 
patent,  bearing  date  February  llth,  ^  1082,  >'  and  in  less  than  six 
months  thereafter,  upon  some  alterations  in  the  ministry,  the 
Marquis  of  Queenslerry  was  preferred  to  be  Lord  High  Trea- 
surer OF  Scotland,  and  the  Earl  of  Perth  made  Justice  General 
in  his  room ;  ^  likewise  in  September  thereafter,  he  was  made 
constable  and  governor  of  Edinburgh  castle,  and  one  of  the  ex- 
traordinary Lords  of  the  session.  Finally,  that  no  honour  might 
be  wanting  which  his  Majesty  could  confer  upon  him,  he  was 
raised  to  the  honour  of  Alar quis  of  Dumfricshire,  and  Duke  of 
Queenslerry ,  February  3d,  l684;  ^  about  which  time  he  was  ad- 
mitted one  of  the  lords  of  the  privy-council  for  the  kingdom  of 
England. 

As  the  Duke  had  been  in  great  favour  in  the  reign  of  King 
Charles  II.  he  was  no  less  so  in  the  beginning  of  King  James  VII. 
who  not  only  continued  nim  in  his  former  posts,  but  likewise 
made  him  Lord  High  Commissioner  to  represent  his  royal  person 
in  his  first  session  of  parliament  l685;  and  the  same  year  he, 
I'ud  James  Lord  Drumlanrig,  his  son,  were  constituted  his  Ma- 
jesty's lieutenants  in  the  shires  of  Drumfrlese  and  Wigtoun,  and 
the  Stewartries  of  Annandale  and  Kirkcudbright.  In  I686,  the 
treasury  being  turned  into  commission,  the  Duke  of  Queensberry 
was  made  president  of  the  council,  but  the  measures  that  were 

u  Charta  in  Pub.  Arch,  etiam  Charta  penes  Ducem  de  Queensbcrry- 

X  Ibidem, 
y  In  April  following  he  obtained  the  King's  manual  to  the  Lord  Lyon, 
King  of  Arms,  ordering  the  double  tressure  to  be  superadded  to  his  armorial 
bearings,  as  it  is  in  the  royal  achievement. 

7  Charta  in  Pub.  Arch.  May  ist.  1682,  making  the  Earl  of  Perth  Justice 
General,  and  another  making  the  Marquis  of  Oueensberry  Lord  High  Trea- 
surer, July  15th,  167Z. 

a  Charta  penes  Ducem  de  Queensberry. 


LORD  DOUGLAS.  6T 

soon  after  taken  at  court,  noi  suiting  with  his  temper  and  princi- 
ples, and  for  his  not  complying  with  the  project  of  taking  away 
the' penal  laws  against  popery,  he  was  in  six  months  thereafter 
deprived  of  all  public  employments,  and  thereafter  lived  prudently 
and  cautiously^  through  the  rest  of  that  reign  ^ 

His  Grace  married  Isabel,  daughter  of  William  Marquis  of 
Douglas,  by  whom  he  had, 

irst,  James,  his  son  and  heir. 

Second,  William,  Earl  of  March;  and, 

Third,  Lord  George,  a  young  nobleman  of  great  hopes,  who 
died  in  l6g3. 

And  a  daughter  Anne,  married  to  David  Earl  of  Weems. 

Departing  this  life  at  Edinburgh  March  28th,  lQg5,  he  was 
with  great  funeral  solemnity  interred  at  the  church  of  Duris- 
deer,  with  his  ancestors,  where  there  is  a  magnificent  monument 
erected  for  him.  <= 

James,  second  Duke  of  Queenslerry,  his  son  and  successor, 
was  born  on  the  18th  of  December,  l602;  after  he  had  gone 
through  the  course  of  his  studies  at  the  University  of  Glasgow, 
he  went  into  foreign  parts,  to  accomplish  himself  by  travels, 
anno  l680,  and  upon  his  return  in  l684,  was  by  King  Charles  II. 
made  one  of  the  privy-council,  and  lieutenant-colonel  of  a  reg> 
ment  of  horse  commanded  by  Lieut. -General  Graham,  thereafter 
Viscount  of  Dundee ;  and  he  continued  in  these  posts  till  the  year 
1688,  about  which  time  he  quitted  them  for  ill  usage  at  court, 
and  upon  the  account  of  the  disagreement  of  his  princpies  with 
their  measures. 

The  revolution  then  happening  to  come  on,  he  appeared  early 
in  it,  and  was  by  the  Prince  of  Orange,  upon  his  acceptance  of 


a  He  rebuilt  his  fine  castle  there,  which  with  its  gardens,  afterwards  highly 
improved  and  finished,  yielded  to  none  in  Scotland  for  stateliness  and  elegance 
He  also  greatly  improved  his  estate,  which  had  been  much  impaired  by  the 
loyalty  and  sufferings  of  his  father  and  grandfather,  and  the  iniquities  of  those 
unhappy  times.     Douglas,  p.  566. 

b  He  seems,  by  Burnet's  account,  to  have  been  a  man  of  despotic  prin.- 
ciples,  inclined  to  go  into  all  King  James's  violences,  except  in  religion,  to 
which  he  was  so  steady,  as  to  have  incurred  great  dangers,  and  at  one  time 
disgrace.     Editor. 

c  ""  Two  great  men,''  says  Burnet,  "died  this  winter;  the  Dukes  of 
Hamilton  and  Queensbsrry:  they  were  brothers-in-law,  and  had  been  long 
great  friends  j  but  they  became  irreconcileable  enemies.  The  first  had  more 
application,  but  the  other  had  the  greater  genius.  They  were  incompatible 
with  each  other,  and  indeed  with  all  other  persons;  for  each  loved  to  be  ab* 
golute,  and  direct  every  tlyng."     Editor,  ^, 


■P 


68  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLi^ND. 

the  government,  made  colonel  of  the  Scots  horse  guards,  and  at 
the  same  time  one  of  the  privy-council,  and  one  of  the  gentlemen 

*''"of  his  Majesty's  bed-chamber. 

In  1690,  King  William  sent  him  into  Scotland,  to  command 
a  separate  body  of  troops  under  lieutenant-general  IVIackay  5  two 
years  after,  he  was  made  one  of  the  lords  of  the  treasury  ;  and  in 
the  parliament  1093,  he  was  authorized  to  sit  and  vote  as  Lord 
High  Treasurer,  for  his  father  being  then  alive,  and  he  not  a  peer, 
he  could  not  others  ise  sit,  but  as  an  officer  of  state,  which  de- 
pends on  the  sovereign's  nomination. 

The  Duke,  his  father,  departing  this  life  as  aforesaid  in  16Q5, 
he  laid  aside  all  thoughts  of  military  employments,  quitted  the 
command  of  the  guards,  and  was  thereupon  made  Lord  Privy 
Seal,  and  one  of  the  extraordinary  lords  of  the  session. 

His  Majesty  in  I7OO  was  pleased  to  make  him  Lord  High 
Commissioner  to  represent  his  royal  person  in  parliament,  where 
he  held  two  sessions  by  virtue  of  two  distinct  patents  5  and  upon 
his  return  to  court,  his  Majesty,  on  June  8th,  17OI,  was  pleased  to 
honour  the  Duke  with  a  distinguishing  mark  of  his  royal  favour, 
for  that  evening,  a  chapter  being  held  of  the  most  noble  Order  of 
the  Garter  at  Kensington,  where  the  sovereign  was  present,  the 
Duke  was  then  elected  a  companion  of  the  order,  and  installed  at 
Windsor  the  10th  of  July  thereafter.  His  Grace  having  served 
King  William  as  long  as  he  lived  with  great  fidelity,  her  Majesty 
Queen  Anne,  upon  her  accession  to  the  throne,  first  made  him 
secretary  of  state ;  and  entertaining  the  same  just  sentiments  of  his 
ability  and  conduct,  appointed  him  to  be  her  commissioner  to  re- 
present her  royal  person  in  that  session  of  parliament  which  met 
at  Edinburgh,  the  Qih  of  June,  1/02;  but  the  legality  of  that 
session  meeting  with  great  opposition  from  a  strong  party  in  the 

^  parliament,  who  declared  openly  that  they  did  not  conceive  them- 
selves warranted  to  meet  and  act  in  that  session  as  a  parliament,  '^ 
and  therefore  did  not  only  dissent  from  any  thing  that  should  be 
done  or  acted  therein,  but  withdrew,  and  removed  from  their  at- 
tendance :  wherefore  her  Majesty,  to  quiet  the  minds  of  her  peo- 
ple, was  pleased  to  order  (he  Duke  to  prorogue  the  parliament, 
which  his  Grace  did,  and  thereupon  set  out  for  London  j  where 
he  was  soon  thereafter  appointed  one  of  the  commissioners  upon 
the  part  of  Scotland,  for  treating  of  an  union  betwixt  both  nations ; 

d  The  Duke  of  Hamilton  presented  a  paper,  which  contained  the  reasons 
of  his  dissent,  which  may  be  seen  at  large  in  the  History  of  Europe,  and  the 
Memoirs  of  Scotland ;  but  it  is  foreign  to  my  purpose  to  insert  it  here 


LORD  DOUGLAS.  6g 

but  though  the  commissioners  of  the  respective  kingdoms  met 
several  times,  and  settled  preliminaries  on  both  sides  5  yet  upon  a 
more  mature  deliberation,  the  court  concluded  that  it  was  not  a 
fit  season  to  promote  that  business,  but  to  suspend  the  further 
prosecution  of  it  until  a  more  favourable  conjuncture.  The 
former  parliament  being  dissolved,  it  was  necessary  another  should 
be  called,  as  had  been  usual  at  the  entrance  of  all  sovereigns  to 
the  crown ;  and  therefore  her  Majesty  issued  out  writs  for  the 
calling  of  a  new  parliament,  which  met  according  to  summons 
upon  the  6th  of  May  1703,  to  which  the  Queen  was  pleased  to 
honour  the  Duke  of  Queensbeiry,  by  appointing  his  Grace  to  re- 
present her  royal  person,  as  lord  high  commissioner.  The  parlia- 
ment being  opened  with  great  solemnity,  they  began  cheerfully 
in  passing  an  act,  recognizing  her  Majesty's  title  to  the  crown  j 
but  that  unanimity  did  not  long  continue  among  them  ;  for  a 
very  strong  party  in  the  parliament  having  brought  in  and  carried 
an  act  for  the  security  of  the  kingdom,  presented  it  to  the  lord 
commissioner,  for  the  royal  assent ;  but  the  act  of  security  being 
transmitted  to  the  court,  the  English  ministry  were  so  wholly- 
averse  to  it,  and  the  country  party  in  the  parliament  of  Scotland  as 
strenuously  insisting  to  have  it  pass,  all  the  Duke  could  well  do 
in  such  a  conjuncture,  was  to  keep  it  off  till  he  should  receive  in- 
tructions  from  above;  which  he  did  with  the  utmost  dexterity, 
till  her  Majesty  having  declared  that  some  difficulties  having  fallen, 
in  in  that  affair,  so  much  pressed,  she  would  take  time  to  consider 
them  before  she  could  be  determined  to  give  the  royal  approba- 
tion ;  and  therefore  ordered  the  lord  high  commissioner  to  adjourn 
the  parliament  on  the  l6th  of  September,  after  they  had  sat  full 
three  months,  which  the  Lord  Chancellor  did  in  the  usual  forms. 

How  great  soever  these  services  of  the  Duke's  were  esteemed 
to  be  for  a  time,  yet  it  is  certain,  that  in  less  than  a  year  there- 
after, upon  a  change  of  some  measures  at  court,  his  Grace  was 
removed  from  all  public  employments,  except  that  of  one  of  the 
extraordinary  lords  of  the  session^  which  was  for  life,  and  of  which 
he  could  not  be  deprived.  ^ 

But  upon  another  change  at  court,  in  1705,  ''when  the  Duke 
of  Argyle  was  declared  commissioner  for  holding  the  session  of 
parliament  that  year,  the  Duke  of  Queensberry  was  made  lord 
privy-seal  in  place  of  the  Earl  of  Rothes,  and  one  of  the  commis- 

e  See  Burnet's  Hist  Own  Times. 
'  He  was  brought  in  ag;<in  for  the  purpose  of  carrying  the  union.    See 
Burnet, 


:?0  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

sioners  of  the  treasury.  It  is  foreign  to  my  design  to  assign  the 
reasons  here  of  the  change  that  was  found  in  the  disposition  of 
the  English  ministry,  in  reference  to  the  act  of  security,  which  had 
passed  in  the  parliament  1704,  from  what  it  had  been  in  the  ses- 
sion before,  wherein  the  Duke  preceded  as  lord  high  commis- 
sioner. However,  the  fore-mentioned  act  of  security  put  the 
English  ministry  under  a  necessity  of  effecting  the  union  of  the 
two  kingdoms;  and  in  order  thereto,  her  Majesty  being  em- 
powered by  the  parliament  in  1705,  did  nominate  and  appoint 
commissioners  to  treat  with  those  of  England,  for  uniting  the  tw(> 
kingdoms,  of  which  number  the  Duke  of  Queensberry  the  lord 
privy  seal  was  one. 

The  commissioners  of  both  kingdoms  having  accordingly  met 
at  London  on  the  lOth  of  April,  17O6,  the  preliminaries  were 
easily  agreed  to  on  the  '24th.  The  two  succeeding  months  were 
taken  up  in  carrying  on  the  treaty,  and  being  much  forwarded 
by  her  Majesty's  royal  presence  and  recommendation  to  bring  it 
to  a  conclusion,  the  articles  were  completed  and  signed  on  the  22d 
of  July  thereafter. 

Though  the  treaty  of  union  was  concluded  by  the  respective 
commissioners  of  Scotland  and  England,  yet  it  behoved  to  be  ap- 
proved and  coniirmed  by  both  parliaments  before  it  could  be  per- 
fected ;  and  the  parliament  of  Scotland  being  to  meet  for  that  end 
the  6th  of  October,  the  Duke  of  Queensberry  was  pitched  on  as 
the  fittest  person  to  be  her  Majesty's  commissioner  to  bring  that 
great  affair  about  in  parliament. 

So  difficult  and  nice  a  work  as  incorporating  the  two  king- 
doms, could  net  be  effected  without  very  considerable  opposition, 
both  from  within  doors  and  without :  but  his  Grace  being  sup- 
ported by  her  Majesty's  authority,  and  a  full  and  hearty  concur- 
rence of  a  majority  in  the  parliament,  (who  were  well  affected  to 
the  union)  went  on  vigorously  in  the  prosecution  of  his  duty,  and 
with  so  much  dispatch,  that  the  v/hole  treaty  was  enacted  and  ra- 
tified on  the  lOlh  of  January,  1707,  by  the  lord  commissioner,  by 
the  touch  of  the  royal  scepter,  in  the  usual  manner. 

The  Duke  of  Queensberry  having  thus  concluded  the  union, 
and  surmounted  all  the  difHculties  he  met  in  his  way  to  complete 
it,  in  April  thereafter  set  out  for  London,  where  he  found  that 
gracious  reception  from  the  Queen  which  his  eminent  services  had 
deserved  :  and  it  was  but  very  just  that  he  who  had  expended  so 
much  of  his  time  in  the  public  service,  should  have  some  suitable 
compensation;  and  therefore  the  Queen  gave  him  the  compli- 


I 


LORD  DOUGLAS.  7I 

ment  of  a  pension  of  3000/.  per  ann.  out  of  the  post  office.  Her 
Majesty's  goodness  and  bounty  did  not  stop  here,  seeing  she  was 
pleased,  in  May,  17OS,  to  create  him  a  peer  of  Great  Britain,  by 
the  titles  of  Baron  Rippox,  Marsuis  of  Beverlt,  and  Duke 
OF  Dover  ;  which  honours  were  to  descend  to  the  Earl  ofSollo- 
luay,  his  second  son. 

The  Queen  continuing  still  her  royal  favours  to  his  Grace* 
was  pleased,  on  the  pih  of  February,  1709,  to  declare  in  council, 
that  by  reason  of  the  increase  of  the  public  business,  she  thought 
fit  to  appoint  a  third  Secretary  of  State  of  Great  Britain,  and  having 
named  the  Duke  of  Queensberry  the  person,  he  was  thereupon 
sworn  into  the  office,  which  he  enjoyed  till  his  death,  July  Oth, 
1711,  after  a  short  indisposition,  which  the  physicians  call  the 
iliac  passion. 

He  married,  December  1st,  ]6S5,  the  Lady  Mary  Boyle, 
daughter  of  Charles  Lord  Clifford,  son  of  Richard  Earl  of  Burling- 
ton and  Cork,  and  by  her,  who  died  in  London  October  2d,  1 70a, 
he  had. 

First,  William,  born  at  Edinburgh  May  ISth,  1690,  and  died 
seven  months  after. 

Second,  James,  born  in  London  November  12th,  i697j  who 
"«'as  of  an  infirm  constitution  both  of  body  and  mind. 

Third,  Charles,  who  succeeded  to  the  honours. 

Fourth,  Lord  George,  born  in  London  February  20th,  1/01, 
■Uied  at  Paris,  aet.  twenty-four. 

Fifth,  Lady  Isabel,  died  unmarried. 

Sixth,  Lady  Jane,  married,  1 720,  to  Francis,  Duke  of  Buc- 
cleugh,  and  had  issue. 

Seventh,  Lady  Anne,  married,  1733,  the  Hon.  William  Finch, 
and  died  17-^^1?  s.p. 

Charles,  second  son,  succeeded  as  third  Duke  of  Queensherryf 
and  SECOND  Duke  of  Dover.  He  was  born  at  Edinburgh  No- 
vember 24th,  1693,  and  in  1707,  was  created  Earl  of  Soloway, 
Viscount  Tilers,  ^c.  In  17^7^  he  set  out  on  his  travels  5  and 
after  passing  through  France,  arrived  the  beginning  of  November 
that  year  at  Venice,  which  he  left  the  last  of  February  1717-I8, 
intending  to  go  to  Rome  on  his  return  to  England, 

When  he  came  of  age,  he  claimed  his  seat  in  the  English 
house  of  peers  as  Duke  of  Dover ;  but  the  house  of  lords  then 
construed  the  articles  of  union  to  restrain  the  King  from  conferring 
an  English  peerage  on  a  Scotch  peer ;  a  construction  which  has 
only  been  reversed  in  the  middle  of  the  present  reign. 


72  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

On  May  31st,  1726,  his  Grace  was  sworn  of  the  privy-council  j 
on  June  25th,  1725,  was  appointed  a  lord  of  the  bed-chamber; 
and  on  December  11th,  1727,  was  made  vice-admiral  of  Scotland. 
In  April,  174s,  his  Grace  accepted  of  the  situation  of  gentleman 
of  the  bed-chamber  to  Frederick,  Prince  of  Wales.  He  was  after- 
wards appointed  lord  keeper  of  the  great  seal  for  Scotland;  and 
in  1762,  on  the  death  of  the  Marquis  of  Tweedale,  constituted 
lord  justice  general  of  Scotland. 

His  grace  married,  on  March  20th,  1719-20,  the  Lady  Cathe- 
rine Hyde,  s  second  daughter  and  coheir  of  Henry  Hyde,  Earl  of 
Rochester,  and  by  her  had  issue  two  sons. 

First,  Henry,  Marquis  of  Beverley,  born  October  30th,  1722, 
who  betook  himself  to  a  military  life,  and  served  two  campaigns 
under  the  Earl  of  Stair,  in  which  he  distinguished  himself  at  the 
siege  of  Coni.  He  afterwards  got  the  command  of  a  regiment  in 
the  service  of  the  States  of  Holland.  Returning  home,  he  mar- 
ried, July,  1754,  Lady  Elizabeth  Hope,  daughter  of  John  Earl  of 
Hopetoun  ;  but  on  his  journey  from  Scotland  to  England,  October 
19th  following,  having  left  his  carriage,  and  mounted  his  horse, 
his  pistol,  which  he  had  drawn  from  his  holsters,  to  lire  among 
some  rooks,  discharged  itself  Ss  he  cocked  it,  and  shot  him  dead, 
to  the  inexpressible  grief  of  his  parents.  His  Lady  died  in  April 
1756,  without  issue. 

Second,  Charles,  Marquis  of  Beverly,  born  July  27th,  1726, 
■was  member  of  parliament  for  the  county  of  Dumfries  in  Scot- 
land, 1747,  &c.  But  going  to  Lisbon  for  his  health,  died  there 
unmarried  in  October,  1756. 

The  Duchess  died  in  1777^  and  the  Duke  dying  without  issue, 
October  22d,  1 7783  was  succeeded  in  his  Scotch  honours,  by  his 
cousin,  James,  third  Earl  of  March,  who  became /owr/A  Duke 
of  Queensberry,  grandson  of  William  Douglas,  Earl  of  March, 
younger  son  of  W^illiam,  first  Duke  of  Queensberry. 

Which  Lord  William  Douglas,  being  in  great  favour  with 
King  William,  was  created  Earl  of  March,  and  Lord  Doug/as  of 
Niedpath,  Lyne,  and  Mannerhead,  by  patent  dated  April  20th, 
1697.  He  died  1/05,  leaving  by  Lady  Jane  Hay,  daughter  of 
John,  Marquis  of  Tweedale,  three  sons  and  three  daughters,  viz. 

First,  William. 

Second,  John  Douglas,  of  Broughton,  Esq.  member  of  parlia- 
ment for  Tweedale,  died  s.  p. 

£  The  patroness  of  Gay,  and  cclebiated  by  Prior. 


LORD  DOUGLAS.  .  73 

Third,  James  Douglas,  of  Stow,  Esq.  died  s.  p. 

Fourth,  Lady  Isabel ;  fifth.  Lady  Mary  j  sixth,  Lady  Jane. 

He  died  1/05,  and  was  succeeded  by  his  eldest  son, 

William,  second  Earl  of  March,  who  married  Lady  Anne 
Hamilton,  eldest  daughter  of  John,  Earl  of  Selkirk  and  Ruglen, 
by  whom  he  had  issue 

James,  third  Earl  of  March,  born  1725,  who  in  1778  became 

fourth  Duke  of  Queensberry,  and  was  created  a  British  peer  by 

the  title  of  Lord  Douglas  of  Ambresbury,  in  Wiltshire,  Aug, 

8th,  1/88.     His  Grace  was  many  years  lord  of  the  bed-chamber 

to  his  present  Majesty. 

Titles.  James  Douglas,  Lord  Douglas  of  Ambresbury,  Duke 
and  Earl  of  Queensberry,  Marquis  of  Dumfries,  Earl  of  Drum- 
lanrig  and  Sanquhar,  Earl  of  March,  Viscount  Nith,  Drumlanrig, 
Torthorald,  and  Ross  ;  Lord  Douglas  of  Hawick  and  Tibbers ; 
Lord  Douglas  of  Kilmount,  Middleby,  and  Dornock ;  and  Baron 
Douglas  of  Niedpath,  Lyne,  and  Mannerhead. 

Creations.  Baron  Douglas  of  Ambresbury,  in  Wilts,  August 
8th,  17S8  :  also  the  follovTing  Scotch  honours  j  Duke  of  Queens- 
berry and  Marquis  of  Dumfries,  February  11th  l682^  Earl  of 
Queensberry,  June  13th,  l633  ;  Lord  Douglas  of  Hawick  and 
Tibbers,  and  Viscount  Drumlanrig,  April  1,  l628  j  Lord  Douglas 
of  Kilmount,  Middleby,  and  Dornock,  Viscount  Nith,  Drum- 
lanrig, Torthorald  and  Ross ;  Earl  of  Drumlanrig  and  Sanquhar, 
and  Marquis  of  Queensberry,  February  llth,  I0'82j  Earl  of 
March  j  and  Lord  Douglas  of  Niedpath,  Lyne,  and  Mannerhead, 
April  20th,  1697. 

Arms.  Quarterly,  first  and  fourth.  Argent,  a  heart  Gules, 
imperially  crowned  proper;  second  and  third.  Azure,  a  bend  Or, 
all  within  a  bordure. 

Supporters.  Two  Pegasusep,  or  flying  horses,  Argent,  thtir 
manes,  wings,  tails,  and  hoofs.  Or. 

Crest.  On  a  Avrealh,  a  heart,  as  in  the  coat,  between  two 
wings  expanded,  Or, 

Motto.     Forward. 

Chief  Seals.  Drumlanrig,  in  the  county  of  Dumfries  j  Am- 
bresbury, Wilts;  and  Richmond,  Surry. 


74 


PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 


BERESFORD,  LORD  TYRONE. 

(MARQUIS  OF  WATERFORD  IN  IRELAND.) 

This  iuiclcnt  family  of  Beresford  hath  flourished  for  many  cen- 
turies in  the  counties  of  Stafford,  Warwick  and  Leicester,  and  in 
former  limes  wrote  their  name  Bereford  j  being  originally  of 
''  Beresford  in  the  parish  of  Alstonfield  in  the  first  mentioned 
county,  whence  spreading  into  those  of  Derby,  Nottingham,  Kent, 
Lincoln,  and  city  of  London,  a  branch  of  the  Kentish  line  re- 
moved into  Ireland,  and  was  advanced  to  the  honourable  degree 
of  Baronet  of  that  kingdom,  in  the  person  of  Sir  Tristram  Bercs- 
'  ford,  and  to  those  of  Baron,  Viscount,  and  Earl,  in  his  great 
grandson  Sir  Marcus  Beresford,  Earl  of  Tyrone. 

His  Lordship's  descent  was  directly  derived  from  John  de  Beres- 
ford, who  was  seized  of  the  manor  of  Beresford  (in  old  deeds 
sometimes  wrote  Bereford)  in  the  county  of  Stafford,  October  4th, 
103/  (I  Will.  Rufus)  and  therein  was  succeeded  by  his  son, 

Hugh,  who  had  issue 

Aden  de  Beresford,  the  father  of 

John,  who  had  two  sons,  Hugh,  and  V/iUiam  who  had  aa 
only  daughter  Julian. 

Hugh,  who  succeeded,  was  living  34  Henry  IH.  1249,  ^^^ 
was  father  of 

John  Beresford,  living  in  the  time  of  Edward  I.  whose  son 

Aden  was  Lord  of  Beresford  in  the  county  of  Stajford,  in  8, 
lO,  and  17  Edward  IL  and  his  son 

John  was  lord  thereof  18  and  21  Edward  IIL  and  had  three 
sons,  John  his  heir  3  Richard,  living y  Rich.  II.  who  left  no  issue; 
and  Aden. 


LORD  TYRONE.  ys 

John,  the  eldest  sen,  lived  in  the  reigns  of  Edward  III.  and 
Richard  II.  and  had  issue 

John  Beresford,  of  Beresford,  who  in  1411,  13  Hen,  IV. 
gave  to  his  son  Aden  all  his  estate  in  Alstonfield,  together  with 
the  office  of  one  of  the  foresters  of  Malbonfrith  Forest  wiih 
Houseboote,  Heyboote,  and  common  of  pasture  there  for  thirteen 
cows  and  a  bull,  thirteen  mares  and  a  horse,  and  for  thirteen  sows 
and  a  boar,  to  hold  to  him  and  his  heirs,  at  the  rent  of  two-pence. 
The  wife  of  this  John  Beresford  was  named  Cicely,  and  by  her 
he  had  two  sons,  John,  and  the  said  Aden,  who  died  childless. 

John  Beresford,  Esq.  in  1  Edw.  IV.  granted  all  his  lands  -in 
the  counties  of  Stafford  and  Derby,  to  John,  Lord  Audley,  and 
other  trustees  ;  and  in  1409  (10  Edw.  IV.)  he  had  a  release  from 
John  Pole  of  eighteen-pence  a  year  rent,  issuing  out  a  tenement 
in  Wolscoatej  and  in  14/4  settled  an  estate  on  his  son  John,  and 
Margaret  his  wife  upon  their  marriage.  The  year  after  this  he 
died,  and  having  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  William  Bassetj 
Esq.  of  Blore  in  the  county  of  Stafford,  had  four  sons. 

First,  John,  his  heir. 

Second,  Thomas,  ancestor  to  Lord  Tyrone. 

Third,  Henry ;  and, 

Fourth,  William,  who  both  died  childless. 

John  Beresford,  Esq.  Lord  of  Beresford,  the  eldest  sonj  mar- 
ried Margaret,  daughter  of  Robert  Davenport,  of  Broomhall  in 
Cheshire,  Esq.  by  his  wife  Joan,  daughter  of  Lawrence  Fitton,  of 
Gawseworth,  Esq.  and  had  John  his  heir;  and  Cicely  married  in 
1306,  (21  Hen.  VII.)  to  Thomas  Broughton,  of  Rugeley  in  the 
county  ofStatford,  Esq.;  John,  w^ho  succeeded  at  Beresford,  was 
also  of  Enston  in  that  county,  where  he  lived  from  1  Rich.  III.  to 
27  Hen.  VIII.  and  in  1483,  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Hugh  , 
Erdeswick,  of  Sandon  in  Staffordshire,  Esq.  who  died  in  J463,  by 
his  wife  Cicely,  daughter  of  William  Basset,  of  Blore,  and  had 
issue  Robert;  John,  who  died  unmarried;  and  a  daughter  mar- 
ried to   Noel,  of  Hilcot  in   Staffordshire.     Robert,  tiie 

eldest  son,  married  Mary,  daughter  of  John  Barbour,  of  Flasbrook, 
Gent.  ^  by  whom  he  had  Sampson  Beresford,  living  at  Beresford 
and  Enston  in  the  reigns  of  Henry  VIII.  and  Eliz.  and  marrying 
Anne,  daughter  of  John  Morgan,  of  Comberton  in  Worcestershire, 
had  five  sons  and  two  daughters  ;  Edward,  Walter,  John,  George, 
Robert ;  Mary,  married  to  Thomas  Dixwell  of  Whittiogton  ;  and 

a  See  art.  of  Lord  Berwick,  p  35,  36. 


76  PEERA.GE  OF  ENGLAND. 

Catherine,  to  George  Lee,  of  Mayfield,  otherwise  Mathfield,  both 
in  the  county  of  Stafford,  Edward,  wlio  succeeded,  married  Do- 
rothy, daughter  of  Aden  Beresford,  of  Fenny  Bentley  in  Derby- 
shire, and  dying  June  6lh,  l620,  had  an  only  daughter  and  heir, 
Olive,  born  in  i5gi,  and  married  to  Sir  John  Stanhope,  of  Elvas- 
ton,  ^  half  brother  to  Philip,  the  first  Earl  of  Chesterfield^  to  whom 
she  was  first  wife  ;  she  died  Jan.  2Q,  l6[4,  and  had  an  only  child, 
Olive,  married  to  Charles  Cotton,"^  of  London,  Esq.  (son  of  Sir 
George  Cotton)  mother  by  him  of  Charles  Cotton,''  of  Beresford, 
Esq.  born  in  1030,  who  married,  first,  Isabella,  daughter  of  Sir 
Thomas  Hutchinson,  of  Outhorp'^  in  the  county  of  Nottingham  ; 
and  secondly  Mary,  daughter  of  Sir  William  Russel,  of  Strensham 
court  in  Worcestershire,  widow  of  Wingfield  Cromwell,  Earl  of 
Ai'dglass,  by  whom  he  had  no  issue  ;  but  by  the  first  had  Beres- 
ford Cotton  his  heir,  born  in  1658,  and  a  daughter  married  to 
Dean  Stanhope,  &c. 

We  now  return  to  Thomas,  second  son  of  John,  Lord  of  Be- 
resford and  Enston,  ancestor  to  the  Lord  Tyrone.  He  was  seated 
at  Newton,  otherwise  Newton-Grange,  and  Bentley  in  the  countj 
of  Derby,  in  the  reigns  of  Henry  VI.  and  Edward  IV. ;  the  former 
of  whom  he  served  in  the  French  wars,  and  is  reported  to  have 
mustered  a  troop  of  horse  of  his  sons,  with  his  and  their  servants, 
at  Chesterfield.  He  lies  buried  in  the  church  of  Fenny  Bentley, 
under  a  fair  alabaster  monument,  with  this  inscription ; 

Here  lieth  the  corps  of  Thomas  BEKEsroRi),  Esq.  the  son  of 
John  Beresford,  late  Lord  of  Beresford  in  the  county  of 
Stafford,  Esq.  and  Agnes  his  wife,  the  daughter  and  heir 
of  Robert  Hassal  in  the  county  of  Chester,  Esq.  who  had 
issue  sixteen  sons  and  five  daughters.  Thomas  departed 
this  life  the  23d  of  March  1473,  and  Agnes  departed  this 
life  the  l6ih  of  March  1467.  Here  also  lieth  Hugh,  third 
son  of  Thomas  and  Agnes. 


b  Sir  John  .Stanhope,  by  his  second  wife  Mary,  daughter  of  Sir  John  Rat- 
clifTe  of  Oatsal  in  Lancashire,  Knight,  was  gieat  grandfather  to  William, 
Earl  of  Harrington,  sworn  L.  L.  of  Ireland,  September  i  3th,  1747. 

"=  For  whose  character  see  Lord  Clarendon's  Life,  and  Cens.  Lit.  vol.  ix. 
p.  340. 

d  Charles    Cotton  the    poet.     See  Hawkins's  edition  of  Walton's   and 
Cotton's  Angler,  and  Topographer,  vol    iii.    See  also  Chalmers's  Edition  of 
British  Poets, 
e  See  Life  of  Col.  Hutchinson,  lately  published ;  and  art  Byron,  vol  vii. 


LORD  TYRONE.  ^j 

On  the  side  of  the  Tomb; 

Quem  tegit  hoc  Marmor,  si  forte  requiris.  Amice, 

Nubile  Beresford  tu  tibi  Nomen  habes. 
Luce  Patrura  clarus,  proprio  sad  Lumine  major, 

De  gemina  merito  Nomina  Luce  capit. 
Largus,  Doctus,  Amans,  aluit,  coluit,  recreavit 

Musas,  Jus,  Vinctos,  Sumptibns,  Arte,  DomOj 
Militia  excellens,  strenuus  Dux,  fortis  et  audax, 

francia  testatur.  Curia  testis  Agens. 

On  the  other  side  of  the  Tomb  : 
Nunc  jacet  in  tumulo  resolutus  Pulvis  in  isto 

Lutum,  Bulla,  Fumus,  Pulvis  et  Umbra  sumus. 
Dum  loquimur,  morimur^   subito  vanescimus  omnes; 

Si  sapiens  homo  sis,  disce.  Memento  Mori. 

Upon  the  pulpit : 

Vivere  quisque  diu  cupit, 

sed  bene  nemo,  ast  bene  quisque 

potest  vivere,  nemo  diu. 

His  said  wife  Agnes,  was  daughter  and  heir  to  Robert  Hassal, 
of  ArcUiyd  in  Cheshire,  Esq.  whose  coat  armour  of  Parti  per 
Chevron  Jrgent  and  Or,  three  Pheons  Salle,  a  Crescent  for  Dif- 
ference, is  quartered  by  the  Earl  of  Tyrone  :  and  their  said  sixteen 
sons  and  live  daughters  were 

First,  Aden  Beresford,  Esq.  Lord  of  Bentley  and  Bircham, 
who  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Roger  Eyre,  of  Home,  or 
Keyton,  in  the  county  of  Nottingham,  and  had  two  sons  and  one 
daughter,  George;  Humphry,  who  died  childless;  and  Anne, 
married  to  William  Hey  wood,  of  Stonylowin  Staffordshire,  Gent. 
George,  who  succeeded,  married  Benedicta,  daughter  of  Humphrey 
(or  Roger)  Bradborne,  of  Hoghe  in  Derbyshire,  Esq,  and  had 
William,  who  left  no  issue;  and  A.den  Beresford,  of  Fenny 
Bentley,  Esq.  who  made  his  will  in  ].'>93,  and  by  Ursula,  daughter 
of  Thomas  Rolleston,  of  Lea,  Gent,  had  seven  sons,  who  all  died 
without  issue,  and  six  daughters  his  coheirs,  viz.  Elizabeth,  (first 
married  to  Humphry  Barlow,  of  Stoke,  Esq.  who  dying  July  10, 
15/0,  left  an  only  child,  Ursula;  and  she  married,  secondly, 
Richard  Parkyns,  of  Bunny  in  the  county  of  Nottingham,  Esq. 
counsellor  at  law,  recorder  of  Leicester  and  Nottingham,  and  by 


78  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

him,  who  died  July  3d,  l603,  was  great  grandmother  to  Sir 
Thomas  Parkyns,  created  a  Baronet  May  18th,  168I,  (ancestor  of 

Lord  RanclifFe)  j  Anne,  married  to Sellers,  of  Criche  in 

Derbyshire ;  Maud,   to   Whitehall ;  Mary,  to 

Bentley,  of  Hungry  Bentley;  Dorothy,  to  Edward  Beresford,  of 
Beresford,  Esq. ;  and  Hellen,  to  John  Whitehall,  of  Yeldersley 
in  Derbyshire,  Gent,  living  in  1611. 

Second,  Thomas  Beresford,  of  Newton,  who  married  Margaret, 
daughter  and  heir  to  Roger  Wolgattethorp,  and  died  childless  be- 
fore 1512. 

Third,  John,  of  Bradley-Ash  in  the  parish  of  Bentley. 

Fourth,  Hugh,  died  unmarried. 

Fifth,  Hugh,  also  of  Newton,  having  the  manor  house  and 
better  moiety  of  the  manor  of  Newton-Grange  by  gift  from  his 
father,  and  lies  buried  in  the  church  of  Fenny-Bentley,  with  an 
inscription  upoh  the  South  wall,  expressing  that  he  died  in  151 6, 
that  his  son  Lawrence  died  in  15/7,  and  his  grandson  in  1607  j 
concluding  thus. 

No  Epitaph  needs  make  the  just  man  fam'd. 
The  good  are  prais'd,  when  they  be  only  nam'd. 

His  wife  was  Agnes,  daughter  of  John  Longston,  of  Longston 
in  Derbyshire,  and  he  was  ancestor  to  the  Beresfords  of  Newton, 
j4Islo7iJield,  Duffield,  and  Radborne  in  Derbyshire ;  of  Ca/ver croft, 
and  Garrington  in  Leicestershire ;  oi  Stately  in  JVarwichshire ; 
and  of  Mayjield  and  Cank  iii  Staffordshire. 

Sixth,  Robert,  of  Hillesdale  in  Staffordshire,  who  by  Joan, 
daughter  of  Thomas  Cantrell,  was  progenitor  of  the  family  there, 
and  of  Alsop  in  Derbyshire,  both  which  terminated  in  heirs  ge- 
neral. 

Seventh,  Humphry,  of  Newton- Grange,  (by  some  called  the 
second  son)  ancestor  to  Lord  Tyrone. 

Eighth,  Edward,  seated  at  Barnbough  in  Yorkshire,  12  Hen. 
VIII.  in  the  15th  of  which  reign  he  was  reader  of  Gray's  Inn,  and 
married  Joan,  only  child  of  Pierce  Clotton,  Esq. 

Ninth,  Denys,  of  Cutthorpe  in  the  county  of  Derby,  whose 
posterity  settled  at  Rickmansworth  in  Hertfordshire. 

Tenth,  Rauff,  died  young. 

Eleventh,  Roger,  sheriff  and  alderman  of  London  5  Hen.  VIII. 
whom  Fuller,  in  his  Worthies,  makes  to  use  Sable,  three  Bears 
§aliant,  Or,  for  his  coat  armour.     He  left  no  issue. 


LORD  TYRONE.  fg 

Twelfth^  Rauff",  who  married  Emma,  daughter  of  William 
Elton. 

Thirteenth,  William,  who  by  Alice,  daughter  of  Thomas 
Barker,  had  two  sons,  viz.  Denys,  of  Beresford,  of  Cutthorpe, 
and  Birchover  in  Derbyshire,  who  left  no  issue  ;  and  Christopher, 
of  Long  Ledenham,  in  the  county  of  Lincoln,  who  died  October 
12th,    1590,   and   was  there   buried,    having   issue   by  Bridget, 

daughter  of Needham  of  the  county  of  Derby,  five  sons, 

viz.  WilUam,  (who  by  his  second  wife,  Winifred,  daughter  of  Sir 
Bryan  Lascelles,  of  Gateford  in  Nottinghamshire,  Knight,  was 
ancestor  to  the  family  of  Long  Ledenham)  ;  Francis,  of  Rowston, 

who  married  Prudence,  daughter  of Thornhill,  of  Oustoa 

in  the  Isle  of  Axholme,  Lincolnshire,  and  was  progenitor  of  the 
families  at  Rowston,  and  at  Fulbeck  in  the  said  county  ;  George] 
John,  rector  of  Scopwick  in  Lincolnshire  :  and  Edward. 

Fourteenth,  Lawrence,  of  Lea  Hall,  who  married  Anne, 
daughter  of  Thomas  Cockaine,  of  Lea,  and  died  childless  before 
11  Hen.VIIL 

Fifteenth,  Godfrey. 

Sixteenth,  James  Beresford,  LL.  D.  canon  residentiary,  and 
prebendary  of  Frees  in  the  cathedral  of  Litchfield,  (where  he  lies 
buried)  and  founder,  August  20th,  1512,  of  Beresford's  chantry 
-in  the  church  of  Fenny  Bentley.  He  was  also  vicar  of  Chester- 
t  field  and  Worksworth ;  and  founded  two  fellowships  and  two 
scholarships  in  St.  John's  college,  Cambridge,  February  12th, 
11  Hen.  VIII.  to  be  called  BeresforcVs  felioivs  and  scholars,  for 
whose  maintenance  he  gave  400/.  to  the  college,  wherewith  they 
purchased  lands,  then  of  20/.  a  year,  and  the  seal  to  this  grant  was 
a  Bear  Saliant. 

First  daughter,  Alice,  was  married  to  John  Shalcross,  of  Shal- 
cross  in  Derbyshire,  Esq. 

Second,  Agnes,  to  Ralph  Walker,  of  Castern  in  Staffordshire, 
Esq, 

Third,  Joan,  died  unmarried. 

Fourth,  Cicely,  married  to  Thomas,  son  and  heir  to  Roger 
Chetwoode,  of  Oakley  in  Staffordshire,  and  had  Roger  Chetwoode, 
,    of  Warleston,  who  died  2/  Hen.  VIII. 

Fifth,  Johanna,  to  William  Feme,  of  Parwich  in  Derbyshire, 
Esq. 

Humphry  Beresford,  of  Newton  Grange,  Esq.  seventh  son, 
ancestor  to  Lord  Tyrone,  married  Margery,  daughter  of  Edmond 
Berdesley,  or  Beresley,  and  had  two  sons,  viz. 


so  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

First,  John,  who  in  1505,  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of 
Robert  Fitz-Herbert,  of  Tissington  in  Derbyshire,  and  had  an  only 
child  Agnes,  married  to  George  Fitz-Herbert,  Esq.  of  the  same 
place. 

Second,  George,  who  succeeding  to  the  estate,  lived  at  Newton 
Grange,  was  steward  of  the  town  of  Nottingham;  and  by  Helen, 
or  Eleanor,  daughter  of  Thomas  Greene,  of  Sussex,  Esq.  had  two 
sons  and  three  daughters,  viz. 

First,  Michael,  his  heir. 

Second,  Nicholas,  of  Kenton  in  the  county  of  Nottingham, 
who  married  Rose,  daughter  of  John  Fitz- William,  Esq.  and  had 
seven  sons ;  George,  born  in  154Q,  ancestor  to  the  family  at 
Kenton;  Richard,  Thurstan,  James,  Thomas,  Benedict,  and 
Francis. 

Daughter  Anne,  married  to  John  Savage,  Esq.  and  had  a  son. 
Sir  Arthur. 

Grace,  to  John  Neclam,  of  Caswick  in  Lincolnshire. 

Mary,  to  John  Rowe,  of  Uffington  in  the  same  county,  Esq. 
and  she  dying  July  24th,  1576,  left  Sir  Francis  Rowe,  Knight. 

Michael  Beresford,  Esq.  the  elder  son,  was  an  office^-  in  the 
court  ofivards,  and  seated  at  Otfordand  the  Squirres^  in  the  parish 
of  JVestram  in  Kent,  where  he  was  living  in  15^4;  and  marrying 
Rose,  daughter  of  John  Knevitt  of  the  same  county,  had  seven 
sons  and  four  daghters  viz. 

First,  George,  who  succeeded  at  Squirres,  and  by  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  Randle  Cam,  citizen  of  London,  was  ancestor  to  the 
family  of  that  place. 

Second,  Richard,  of  Ashburnham  in  Sussex,  who  married  the 
daughter  of  Sir  Edward  Pelham,  Knight,  and  left  issue,  Henry  his 
heir  and  six  other  children. 

Third,  Tristram, y?"om  whom  the  Lord  Tyrone  derives. 

Fourth,  James,  died  childless. 

Fifth,  Thomas,  D.  D.  and  vicar  of  St.  Sepulchre's,  London, 
who  by  Sarah,  daughter  of  Rev.  Dr.  "Withers,  left  William  his 
heir,  and  other  children. 

Sixth,  Cornelius,  of  Chilham  in  Kent,  who  married,  first,  Eli- 
zabeth, daughter  of  Thomas  Sulyard,  of  Delaware  in  that  county, 
Esq.  by  whom  he  had  one  daughter  Dorothy ;  he  married,  se- 
condly, Dorothy,  daughter  of  Edward  Petley,  of  Chelesfield,  Esq. 
and  had  issue  ;  Anne,  married  to  her  first  cousin,  Thomas  Beres- 

«  Now  the  seat  of  John  Warde,  Es(j. 


LORD  TYROXE.  8i 

ford  of  CliiFord's  Inn,  third  son  of  the  aforesnid  George  Beresford 
of  the  Squirries,  Esq.  by  whom  she  had  Anne  and  Elizabeth} 
Elizabeth  3  and  Rose). 

Seventh,  Henry,  who  died  without  issue. 

Daughter  Benuet  (was  married  to  Sir  Thomas  Harfleet,  alias 
Septuans,  of  Moland  in  Ash,  com.  Kent,  Knight), 

France?,  (to  Robert  Leigh,  of  Beckenham), 

Dorothy,  (the  tirst  wife  to  Thomas  Petley,  of  Filson), 

Anne,  (to  Sir  William  Southland,  of  Lee"  near  Canterbury, 
Knight,  all  in  the  county  of  Kent,   He  died  May  1st,  l638.) 

Tristram  Beresford,  Esq.  the  third  son,  was  born  before  the 
year  15/4,  and  coming  into  Ireland,  as  juajiager  for  the  corpora' 
tion  of  Londoners ,  known  by  the  name  of  the  society  of  the  New 
Plantation  in  Ulster,  at  the  time  they  made  the  plantation  in  the 
county  of  Derry,  in  the  reign  of  Jsmes  I.  settled  at  Coleraine  in  the 

county  of  Londonderry,  having  issue  by  the  daughter  of 

Brooke,  of  London,  two  sons  and  three  daughters,  viz. 

First,  Sir  Tristram,  his  successor. 

Second,  Michael,  of  Dnngarvan  and  of  Coleraine,  Esq.  who, 
November  21st,    16j3,  was   constituted,   with  his  brother,  and 
others,  commissioners  in  the  precinct  of  Derry,   fur  examining 
the  delinquency  of  the  Irish,  in  order  to  the  distinguishing  of 
their  qualifications  for  transplantation  ;  and  in  l654he  was  sheriff 
of  the  counties  of  Deny,  Donegall,  and  Tyrone,  of  which  he  w^as 
also  a  commissioner  of  the  civil  survey  and  revenue.     He  married 
Mary,  daughter  of  Sir  John  Leake,  Knight,  and  by  his  willj'' 
dated  July  5th,  l660,  directed  his  body  to  be  buried  in  the  church 
of  Coleraine,  in  his  father's  sepulchre,  which  was  done  accord- 
ingly;  and  he  had  issue  by  her,    who  was  buiied  at  Temple 
Patrick  in  the  county  of  Antrim,  one  son  Tristram,  who  died 
young  3  and  four  daughters  his  coheirs,  viz,  Anne,  married   to 
Thomas  Whyte,  of  Redhills  in  county  of  Cavan,  Esq.  j  *^  Olive, 
first  to Thornton,  and  secondly  to  Sir  Oliver  St.  George, 

a  There  is  a  memorial  for  them  in  the  church  of  Ickham  in  Kent,  in 
which  parish  the  seat  of  Lee  stands.  Thomas,  grandson  of  Sir  William  South- 
land, sold  Lee  in  1676  to  Sir  Faul  Barrett,  serjeant  at  law,  whose  great  great 
great  grandson,  Thomas  Barrett  B;ydges,  an  Ensign  in  the  first  regiment  of 
Foot-Guards,  now  owns  it.  See  Walpole's  Anecdotes  of  Painting,  vol  iv. 
p.  94;  and  Hasted's  Kent,  vol.  iii.  p-66j. 

b  Prerog.  Office. 

c  He  was  the  son  of  Francis  Whyte,  Esq  secretary  to  the  L,  D.  Gran- 
dison,  who  died  May  29th,  1622,  by  Dorcas,  whom  he  married  in  1618,  and 
she  le-married  with  George  Edwards,  of  Dublin,  Esq.  one  of  her  husbansd' 
yOL,  VIII.  Q 


83  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND 

of  Headford  in  Galway,  Bart. ;  '^  Elizabeth,   to  captain  Robert 

Sliields;    and    to  Arthur  Upton,   of  Temple  Patrick, 

Esq.  •= 

Third,  a  daughter  Anne  was  first  married  to  Sir  Edward  Dod- 
dington,  and  secondly  to  Sir  Francis  Cooke,  Knights,  and  was 
buried  at  Coleraine. 

Fourth,  Jane,  to  George  Gary,  of  Redcastle  in  the  county  of 
Donegall  (descended  from  the  Carys,  of  Clonelly  in  Devonshire) 
and  by  him,  who  died  April  22d,  1040,  had  five  sons  and  four 
daughters,  viz.  Francis,  of  Redcastle,  who  married  Avice,  sister 
to  Captain  flenry  Vaughan,  and  they  both  lie  buried  in  the 
church  of  Redcastle,  having  had  issue  Francis  ;  Chichester,  who 
died  unmarried  3  William  j  Arthur,  who  died  unmarried;  Mar- 
garet; Avice;  and  Letitia :  George;  Edward,  of  Dungiven  in 
the  county  of  Deny,  who  died  June  4th,  1686,  leaving  issue  Ed- 
ward ;  George;  Tristram;  Elizabeth;  Mary;  Anne;  and  Jane: 
Robert,  of  Whitecastle  in  the  county  of  Donegal!,  who  died  in 
March  l681,  leaving  Robert;  George;  Edward;  Tristram; 
William;  Anne;  Eetitia,  and  Mary. 

Fifth,  Susannah,  married  to Ellis. 

Sir  Tristram  Beresford,  of  Coleraine,  Knight,  and  first  Ba- 
ronet, the  eldest  son,  represented  the  county  of  Londonderry  in 
the  parliament  of  l66l  ;  and  King  Charles  IL  taking  into  his 
princely  consideration  his  faithful  services  and  sufferings,  and 
being  desirous  to  place  upon  him  and  his  posterity  some  mark  of 
his  royal  favour,  was  pleased  by  privy-seal,  dated  at  Whitehall 


executors  :  she  is  mentioned  in  her  brother  Michael's  will,  by  the  description 
of  Mrs.  Susan  Ellis,  widow,  third  daughter  of  Sir  R.obeit  Newcomen,  Knt. 
and  Bart.;  and  his  issue  were  three  sons  and  three  daughters;  Francis; 
Michael,  who  died  unmarried;  Thomas,  killed  at  the  battle  of  Aghram; 
Mary,  married  to  Alexander,  son  of  Robert  Saunderson,  of  Castle  Saunderson 
in  the  county  of  Cavan,  Esq  ;  Dorcas,  to  Paul,  son  of  Sir  Francis  Gore, 
of  Corstown  in  the  county  of  Kilkenny,  Esq.;  and  Dorothea,  who  died 
June  3d,  1695.  Francis,  the  eldest  son,  married  Mary,  daughter  of  Sir  John 
Edgeworthe,  of  Lizard  in  the  county  of  Longford,  Knight,  and  had  two 
daughters,  Mary  and  Anne;  and  a  son  Thomas  Whyte,  of  Redhills,  Esq. 
who,  January  26th,  1708,  married  Sarah,  youngest  daughter  of  James  Napier, 
ofLoughcrew  in  Meath,  Esq.  and  deceasing  January  icth,  1739,  ^^ft  issue 
by  her  (who  died  January  i6th,  1762,  and  was  buried  at  Belturbet,)  an  only 
son  Francis,  of  Redhills,  Esq.  ;  and  four  daughters,  Elizabeth,  who  was  mair- 
ried  to  Marcus  Smith  ;  Mary,  to  Edward  Ellis,  Esq. ;  Sarah,  to  Essex  Edge- 
worthe ;  and  Anne,  January  3d,  1749,  ^°  John  VVhite,  of  Rathgowan  in  the 
county  of  Limerick,  Esq.  Decree  in  Chancery,  lO;;.  Prerog.  Office, 
d  Prerog.  Office.  e  Of  Lord  Templetown's  family. 


LORD  TYRONE.  83 

March  24th,  l664,  and  by  patent  at  Dublin  May  5th,  l665,  to 
create  him  a  Baronet  J  He  departed  this  life  January  15th, 
1673,  and  28th  was  buried  at  Coleraine,  having  married,  first, 
Anne,  eldest  daughter  of  John  Rowley,  of  Castleroe  in  the  county 
ofDerry,  Esq.  by  his  wife  Mary,  daughter  of  Robert  Gage,  of 
Randes  in  the  county  of  Northampton,  Esq.  by  whom  he  had  an 
only  son  Randal,  and  two  daughters,  Mary ;  and  Elizabeth,  who 
died  unmarried,  and  was  buried  at  Coleraine. 

His  second  wife  was  Sarah,  daughter  of Sackville 

Esq.  and  by  her  he  had  three  sons  and  three  daughters. 

First,  Tristram. 

Second,  Michael,  father  of  the  Rev.  Sackville  Beresford,  A.M. 
now  deceased,  and  of  a  daughter  Anne,  married  October  17th, 
1747,  to  Thomas  Taylor,  Esq.  Lord  Mayor  of  the  city  of  Dublin 
for  the  year  1751. 

Third,  Sackville,  who  died  unmarried  before  1683. 

Susanna,  married  to  William  Jackson,  of  Coleraine,  Esq.  and 
had  a  son  William  and  other  children ;  William  married  Eliza- 
beth Gorges,  and  had  a  numerous  issue,  one  of  whom,  Elizabeth, 
married  Captain  Francis  Howard,  father  of  Gorges  Edmond 
Howard,  who,  September  17th,  17^13,  married  Arabella,  eldest 
daughter  of  Captain  Philip  Parry,  of  Dublin,  merchant,  by  whom 
he  had  two  daughters,  his  coheirs,  the  elder  married  Mr.  Hunter  j 
and  Catherine,  the  younger,  married  Captain  Hamilton  Gorges, 
third  son  of  Richard,  of  Kilbrew  in  the  county  of  Meath,  Esq. 
he  died  June  21st,  17S6. 

Sarah,  first  to  Paul  Erasier,  Esq. ;  and  secondly  to  Edward 
Gary,  of  Dungiven,  Esq.  and  dying  April  13th,  l683,  she  was 
buried  at  Coleraine. 

And  Anne,  to  Henry  Hart,  of  Kilderry  s  in  the  county  of 
Donegall,  Esq. 

Sir  Randal  Beresford,  the  second  Baronet,  was  member  for 
Coleraine  in  the  first  parliament  after  the  restoration,  and  in  July, 
1662, ''  married  Catharine,  younger  daughter  of  Sir  Francis  An- 
nesley,  Lord  Viscount  Valentia  (by  his  second  wife  Jane,  sister  to 
Philip,  the  first  Earl  of  Chesterfield).     He  made  his  will  October 


f  April  28th,  1662,  he  passed  patent  for  a  Thursday  market,  and  two 
fairs,  to  be  held  May  14th  and  October  T4th,  at  Ballymulley  in  the  county  of 
Perry  ;  and  had  three  grants  of  lands  under  the  Acts  of  Settlement. 
E  Information  of  Rev.  William  Chichester. 
^  Articles  8>  9>  July  1662,  coao/.  fortune. 


84  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

4th,  1(581,  proved  June  26th,  l682,  and  left  to  his  lady,  all  his 
personal  estate,  for  the  payment  of  his  debts,  and  maintenance 
and  education  of  his  children  ;  to  whose  care,  tuition,  and  guar- 
dianship, he  devised  them  ;  appointed  his  wife  executrix,  and  the 
Earl  of  Anglesey,  lord  privy-seal,  overseer,  and  to  give  his  best 
assistance  in  her  aflFairs,  and  desired  his  acceptance  of  a  ring, 
value  30/.  '  he  deceased  in  October  l6'Sl,  and  was  buried  at  St. 
Martin's  in  the  Fields,  London,  having  had  issue  by  her,  who 
died  April  3d,  1/01,  and  was  buried  at  St.  JMichan's,  Dublin,  ^ 
three  sons  and  two  daughters,  viz. 

First,  Artlmr,  who  died  young  at  Kensington  near  London, 
and  is  there  buried. 

Second,  Sir  Tristram. 

Third,  Francis,  who  died  young  at  Ballykelly  in  the  county  of 
Derry,  and  lies  buried  there. 

'  Jane,  married  to  Heut.-general  Frederic  Hamilton,  of  Wal- 
worth in  the  county  of  Derry,  "^  by  whom  she  had  no  issue,  and 
dying  in  1/16,  was  buried  under  a  handsome  monument  at  Wal- 
worth ;  where  he  was  also  buried. 

Catherine,  married  in  1697^  to  Matthew  Pennefather,  of 
Cashel  in  the  county  of  Tipperary,  Esq.'  and  died  his  widow  in 
Dublin,  March  21st,  1^55. 


i  Prerog.  Office. 

k  He  was  member  of  parliament  for  Coleraine  a  pi  ivy  couHsellor,  colonel 
of  the  royal  regiment  of  foot,  and  died  March  26th,  1732 ;  having  by  his  will, 
bearing  date  August  25th,  1731,  devised  his  leases  of  the  manor  of  Walworth 
and  divers  other  lands,  which  he  held  from  the  fishmongers  company,  Lon- 
don, to  hii  nephew  Sir  Marcus  Beresford,  Viscount  Tyrone,  and  his  assi;?nees, 
ratifying  and  confirming  such  disposition  as  he  had  made  thereof  in  his  Lord- 
ship's marriage  settlement,  dated  ]uly  16th.  1717.  He  leaves  his  estate  in 
the  counties  of  Tipperary  and  Kildare  to  Frederic  Cary,  second  son  of  his 
niece,  Anne,  daughter  of  his  brother  George  Hamilton,  Esq-  and  wife  to 
Henry  Cary,  of  Dungiven,  Esq.  and  his  heirs  male,  remainder  to  her  younger 
sons  and  their  heirs  male,  they  respec'dvely  to  take  and  use  the  surname  G,f 
Hamilton ;  remainder  to  Edward  her  eldest  son,  and  his  issue  male  and 
female,  &c-  He  bequeathed  50/.  towards  rebuilding  the  old  ruinous  church 
at  Holy-Cross,  in  the  county  of  Tipperary,  with  3  50  A  to  be  laid  out  at  in- 
terest, or  in  purchasing  lands,  the  annual  produce  thereof  to  be  paid  for  ever 
to  the  clergyman,  who  performs  the  cure  and  service  of  the  said  church ; 
and  30/.  to  the  poor  of  the  parish  of  Taunafinlagan  in  the  county  of  Derry. 

1  He  was  lieutenant-colonel  to  General  Sabine's  regiment  in  Queen 
Anne's  wars,  and  at  the  first  attack  of  the  French  in  the  battle  of  Oudenarde, 
behaved  with  great  gallantry,  and  received  many  wounds;  so  that  returning 
to  Ireland,  he  was  rewarded,  June  3d,  1709,  with  the  post  of  muster-master- 
general;  and  December  23d,  i7i!5,  appointed  comptroller  and  accomptant= 


LORD  TFRONfi.  85 

Sir   Tristram  Eeresford,   of  Colera'mc,    tlie   tliird   Baronet, 
born  in  l66g,  was  attainted  May  /th,  1689,  by  King  James's  par- 
liament, and  commanded  a  regiment  of  foot  in  defence  of  the 
protestants,  against  the  attacks  of  that  King  on  their  liberties  and 
properties.     March,  4th,    1698,  he  made  his  will,  and  directed 
his  body  to  be  with  all  decency  reposed  in  a  vault,  under  his  seat 
in  the  church  of  Coleraine,  which  he  desired  should  be  made  for 
that  purpose,  according  to  the  directions  he  laid  down  in  his  will  j 
and  that  a  small  monument  should  be  erected  in   the  wall  over 
his  seat,  in  memory  of  him  and  his  ancestors  :  he  confirmed  a 
rent  charge  of  500/.  a  year,  formerly  settled   upon  his  wife,   is- 
suing out  of  his  estates  of  1218/.  a  year,  in  the  counties  of  Deny 
and  Cavan,  as  also  a  provision  of  2000/,  for  daughters  portions, 
which  with  2000/.  more,    (being  two-parts  of  3000/.  which  he 
allowed  by  his  deed  dated  July  17th,  iQgs,  to  charge  on  his  es- 
tate)   he  declared  was  in  full   restitution  of  all  portion  to  his 
daughters,  appropriating  to  his  eldest  daughter  Susanna  Cathe- 
rine 1400/.  to  his  second,  Arabella  Maria,  9GO/.  to  his  third,  Jane, 
and  to  his  fourth,  Aramintha  Olivia,  850/.  apiece,  and  if  any  of 
them  died  before  marriage,  their  portion   to  be  equally  divided 
between  the  survivors ;  provided  for  the  payment  of  his  debts ; 
constituted  his  wife  and  her  sister  Arabella  Susanna,  Lady  Mao^ill, 
after  Lady  Dungannon,  and  Sir  John  Magill,  Bart,  his  joint  ex- 
ecutors, leaving  the  sole  guardianship,  tuition  and  education  of  his 
children  to  them,  as  also  the  management  of  the  estate  during 
their  minorities,  and  as  a  token  of  his  affection  to  them,  desired 
their  acceptance  of  mourning,  with  twenty  guineas  to  each  for 
buying  of  rings  5  and  lastly,  the  expences  of  his  funeral,  the  build- 
ing the  said  vault  and  monument,  not  to  exceed  300/.  sterlino-, 
bequeathed  10/.  to  the  poor  house-keepers,  and  poor  of  the  parish 
of  Coleraine,  and  5/.  to  the  poor  inhabitants  of  the  parish  of 
Erragilkeragh,  alias  Ballinesaggard,  •"  and  died  June  ]6th,  1701: 
He  married,  in  February  1687,  Nichola  Sophia,  youngest  daughter 
and  coheir  to  Hugh  Hamilton,  Baron  of  Glenavvly  ;  "  and  by  her 

general  of  Ireland,  which  he  held  to  his  death,  November  27th,  1733.  His 
surviving  issue  were  four  daughters ;  Jane,  married  to  William  Pallis'er,  ot 
Rathfarnham,  Esq.;  Levina,  who  died  unmarried  May  14,  1734,  Dorothea 
married  to  William  Williams,  of  Mount  Williams  in  Meath,  Esq.  (who  left 
her  a  widow  January  0th,  1750,  and  she  died  August  nth,  1755,  leaving  one 
daughter) ;  and  Elizabeth,  Countess  of  Antrim. 

m  Prerog.  Office 
»  Sir  Claud  Hamilton,  of  Cochonogh  in  Scotland,  Km.  had  two  sons. 


86  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

who  re-married  with  lieutenant-general  Richard  Gorges^  of  Kil- 
brew  in  the  county  of  Meath,  had  issue  one  son. 


Sir  Claud,  of  Castletoome  in  the  county  of  A  ntrim,  Knight,  who  left  no  sur- 
viving male  issue;  and  Dr.  Archibald  Hamilton,  made  Archbishop  of 
Cashel  April  20th,  1630,  who  being  a  great  sufferer  in  the  rebellion  of  1641, 
to  the  amount  of  9090/  and  forced  to  fly  for  the  safety  of  his  life,  retired 
into  Sweden,  and  died  at  Stockholm  in  1659,  near  eighty  years  old,  having 
had  several  sons,  of  whom  Hugh,  the  second,  was  created  Baron  of  Lunge  in 
Sweden;  lived  at  Ballygally  in  the  county  of  Tyrone,  and  was  advanced 
March  zd,  1660,  to  the  dignity  of  Lord  Hamilton,  Baron  of  Glenawly  in  the 
county  of  Fermanagh.  He  married  Susanna,  youngest  daughter  of  Sir  Wil- 
liam Balfour,  of  Mount- Whany  and  Pitculio  in  Fifeshire,  Knight.  In  1C7S 
he  bequeathed  the  interest  of  zol  for  ever  to  the  poor  of  the  parish  of  Erigil- 
keroye,  to  be  distributed  by  the  minister  and  churchwardens,  for  the  time 
being,*  and  dying  at  Ballygally  in  April  1670,  was  buried  in  the  church 
there;  having  issue  by  her  (who  remarried  with  Henry  Mervyn,  ofTrelick 
in  Tyrone,  Esq.  died  December  nth,  1687,  and  was  buried  at  St.  Werburgh's) 
two  sons  and  three  daughters;   William,  Lord  Glenawly,  who  died  without 

issue  in   February  1680 ; ,  who  died  young ;  Henrietta-Amelia, 

buried  at  St  Peter's,  Dublin,  September  16th,  1669  ;  Arabella-Susanna,  mar- 
ried July  gd,  1683,  to  Sir  John  Magill,  of  Gill-hall  in  the  county  of  Downe, 
Bart,  and  by  him,  who  died  in  July  1701,  hud  no  surviving  issue ;  and  she 
married,  secondly,  Marcus,  Viscount  Dungannon,  pursuant  to  deeds  dated 
April  igth  and  30th,  1700;  and  the  said  Nichola-Sophia,  Lady  Beresford, 
who,  in  April  1704,  married,  to  her  second  husband,  lieut. -general  Richard 
Gorges,  whose  family,  which  hath  been  long  seated  at  Kilbrew  in  the  county 
of  Meath,  we  shall  thus  delineate,  and  begin  with  Robert  L.L.D.  who  mar- 
ried Jane,  daughter  of  Sir  Arthur  Loftus,  Knight,  and  sister  to  Adam  Vis- 
count Lisbourne,  and  had  issue  by  her  (who  died  in  1728,  and  was  buried  in 
her  family  vault  in  St.  Patrick's  cathedral,  Dublin),  two  sons  and  two 
daughters;  Richard,  his  heir;  Robert,  who  died  without  issue;  Dorothy, 
died  unmarried ;  and  Elizabeth,  married  to  William  Jackson,  of  Coleraine, 
and  had  issue.  Richard  Gorges,  of  Kilbrew,  Esq.  was  baptized  March  2id, 
1662,  and  embracing  a  military  life,  became  a  lieutenant-general ;  in  April 
1704,  he  married,  as  before  observed,  to  his  first  wife  Nichola  Sophia,  relict  of 
Sir  Tristram  Beresford,  and  by  her,  who  died  February  23d,  I7i3,andwas 
buried  in  the  Earl  of  Cork's  tomb,  in  St.  Patrick's,  Dublin,  had  issue.  He 
married,  secondly,  in  December  1716,  Dorothy,  younger  daughter  of  James 
Stopford,  of  Tarah-hill  in  Meath,  Esq,  and  widow  of  Edward  fourth  Earl  of 
Meath;  she  died  without  issue  by  liim  at  Kilbrew,  April  10th,  1728,  and  he 
deceasing  on  the  12th,  they  were  interred  at  the  same  time  in  a  chapel  con- 
tiguous to  the  house  of  Kilbrev/,  under  a  magnificent  tomb  of  white  marble. 
His  children  were,  Richard,  of  Kilbrew;  Hamilton,  of  Catherine's  Grove, 
county  of  Dublin,  member  of  parliament  for  Swords  in  the  same  county, 
April  27th,  17:4,  he  married  Catherine,  daughter  of  John  Keating,  Esq.  and 
dying  April  8th,  17S6,  left  issue  by  her  (who  was  born  in  1705J  an  only  son, 
Richard,   educated  in  Brazen-Nose-College,  Oxford,  married,   March  1st, 


Prcrog.  Offic. 


LORD  TYRONE.  s; 

Sir  Marcus,  Earl  of  Tyrone. 

And  lour  daughters,  viz.  Susanna-Catberina,  born  in  London 
July  1st,  \Qsg,  married  to  Hyacinth  Richard  Nugent,  Lord  River- 
ston,  who  died  without  issue  March  8th,  I737,  and  she  deceased 
March  30th,  l/SSj  Arabella-Maria,  born  in  Dublin  November 
1st,  \QljO,  died  unmarried  in  1732  ;  Jane,  born  at  Coleraine  De- 
cember 23d,  1691,  married  in  April  1711,°  to  Gorges  Lowther, 
of  Kilrue  in  the  county  of  Meath,  Esq.  member  of  parliament  for 
Ratoath,  and  dying  October  20th,  1704,  was  interred  at  Ratoath  3'' 
and  Aramintha  Olivia,  who  died  in  1729,  unmarried. 


1775,  to  the  daughter  and  heir  of  Arthur  Francis  Meredith,  of  Dollardstown 
in  the  county  of  Meath,  Esq.  and  was  created  a  Baronet  in  1787,  by  tlie  name 
of  Richard  Gorges  Meredith;  Lucy,  married  first  to  William,  former  Lord 
Howth,  and  secondly,  to  Nicholas  Weldon,  of  Gravelmount  in  the  county  of 
Meath,  Esq.;  and  Dorothy,  to  John,  the  first  Lord  Desart.  Richard,  of 
Kilbrew,  member  of  parliament  for  Augher,  as  he  was  for  Enniskillen,  mar- 
ried Elizabeth,  daughter  of Fielding,  of  Dublin,  Esq.  and  had  four  sons 

and  eight  daughters,  viz.  Richard,  who  died  lieutenant-colonel  of  Lord 
Drogheda's  regiment  of  light  dragoons  ;  he,  April  27th,  175^  married  Ca- 
therine, younger  daughter  of  Thomas  Christmas,  of  Whitfield  in  the  county 
of  Waterford,  Esq.  and  left  one  son,  deceased;  John,  deceased;  Hamilton, 
of  Kilbrew;  Robert,  D.  D.  vicar  of  Dunboyne  and  Kilbrew  in  Meath, 
which  he  resigned  in  1768,  for  the  rectory  of  Termonfeckan,  and  in  i7?9, 
was  dean  of  Kilmacduagh;  the  daughters  were  Dorothy-Sophia,  married,  in 
1748,  to  John  Graham,  of  Flatten  in  the  county  of  Meath,  Esq.;  Jane;  Eliz- 
abeth, who  died  young;  Catherine;  Lucy;  Susanna;  Amelia,  baptized  Oc- 
tober 3d,  1737  ;  and  Elizabeth,  baptized  December  ist,  1738.  Hamilton,  on 
the  decease  of  his  brothers,  succeeded  at  Kilbrew  ;  he  was  baptized  February 
8th,  1739,  was  for  sometime  captain  of  foot,  and  April  6th,  1768,  married 
Catherine,  younger  daughter  and  coheir  to  Gorges  Edmond  Howard,  Esq. 
(who  died  in  17S6),  and  by  her  wlio  is  deceased,  has  issue.  Lodge's  Collect, 
o  Articles  dated  May  30th,  1711. 
P  He  left  her  a  widow  June  nth,  17 16,  and  had  two  sons  and  two 
daughters,  viz.  Gorges,  his  heir;  Marcus,  who  in  September  1743,  married 
Catherine,  sister  and  heir  to  Sir  Edv/ard  Crofton,  of  Moale  in  the  county  of 
Roscommon,  Bart,  on  whose  decease  he  took  the  name  of  Crofton,  and  June 
izth,  1758,  was  created  a  Baronet;  daughter  Copula.Beresford,  born  Feb. 
23d,  O.  S.  and  died  young;  and  Sophia  Beresford,  married  first,  February 
9th,  1726,  to  Rowley  Hill,  of  Ballykelly  in  the  county  of  Deiry,  Esq.  chosen 
in  January,  1733,  burgess  for  Ratoath,  who  died  in  1739.  leaving  issue,  Hugh, 
born  January  ist,  1727-8;  George,  drowned  at  sea;  Jane,  born  May  15th, 
1733,  married  August  16th,  1753,  to  John  Tew,  of  Culmullen  in  the  county 
of  Meath,  Esq.  who  left  her  a  widow  September  6th  following;  Catherine, 
baptized  July  zd,  1734,  and  married  in  1752  to  Alexander  Stewart,  of  Actow 
in  the  county  of  Antrim,  Esq.;  and  Mary:  secondly,  to  Samuel  Moore, 
M.  D.  of  Derry,  and  died  in  October  1746,  leaving  issue  by  him,  who  died 
in  1763,  one  daughter  Sophia.  Gorges  Lowther,  Esq.  who  succeeded  at 
Kilrue,  was  born  Novembei-  5th,  171.3;  he  v.as  iheriff  of  the  county  of  Meath 


88  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND 

Sir  Marcus  Beresford,  the  fourth  Baronet,  Jirst  EarL  of  Ty- 
rone, baptized  July  27th,  \6gA,  was  left  under  the  guardianship 
of  Marcus  Viscount  Dangannon,  and  Arabella  Susanna  his  wife, 
andj  before  he  attained  his  full  age,  was  chosen  to  parliament  for 
the  borough  of  Coleraine,  which  he  continued  to  represent,  until 
King  George  I.  was  pleased  to  advance  him  to  the  peerage  by 
privy-seal,  dated  at  St.  James's  June  nth,  and  by  patent  i  at 
Dublin  November  4th  I720,  with  the  creation  fee  of  twenty 
marcs,  and  September  25,  1721,  he  took  his  seat  in  the  house  of 
peers.  ^     To  which  honours  King  George  II.  added  the  superior 

in  1739.  and  chosen  for  the  borough  of  Ratoath  in  the  same  year,  and  was 
many  years  representative  for  the  county  of  Meath  in  parliament.  On 
April  3d,  1738,  he  married  Judith,  daughter  of  John  Usher,  of  Carrick  in  the 
county  of  Leitrim,  Esq.  by  whom  he  had  a  son  George,  who  married,  July 
aSth,  1767,  Frances,  eldest  daughter  of  Chambre  Brabazon  Ponsonby,  of 
Ashgrovein  the  county  of  Kilkenny,  Esq.  and  by  her,  who  survived  him,  had 
several  children;  and  a  daughter  Sophia,  who  became  the  second  wife  of 
William  Irwine,  of  Castle  Irvvine  in  the  cour.ty  of  Fermanagh,  Esq.  and  had 
a  numerous  issue,  the  eldest  of  whom,  Major  Irwine,  was  married  in  1787,  to 
Elizabeth  Judge  D' Arcy,  only  daughter  and  heir  to  Judge  D' Arcy,  of  Grange- 

begg,  Esq  who  died  in  February  1760,  'by  his  wife  ,  daughter  of  Ed- 

v.ard  Nugent,  of  Robinstown, county  of  Westmeath,  Esq.  whom  he  married 
in  July  1765,  and  she  survived  him,;  eldest  son  and  heir  to  John  D'Arcy  of 
same  place,  by  his  wife  Elizabeth  Judge,     Lodge. 

q  The  Preamble.  Quorum  progenitorcs  longa  annorum  serie  insignia. 
propter  facinora  ac  virtutes  inciaruerunt,  (prout  Beresfordiorum  genus,  ex 
quo  in  Brittanniam  cum  antecessore  nostro  Gulielmo  primo  penetrarunt)  hos 
tneriio  nostris  honoribus  dignari  aquum  existimamus.  lUius  prEcclarce 
gentis  wnus,  nomine  Tristram  Bevesford,  Jacobo  primo,  quo  in  Abavo  gloria- 
mur,  regnum  ineunte,  in  Hibcrniam  transiit,  ubi  multa  in  rem  Anglicanam 
Provincia  in  Ultoniensi,  nondum  satis  stabilitam,  prasclare  gessit.  Hujus  inde 
filius  Tristram  Beresfcrd  Eques,  cui  cohortis  regimen  erat  conimissum,  multa 
cum  gloria,  rebelles  contra  Protestantes  anno  millessimo  sexcentissimo  qua- 
dragesimo  primo  immaniter  saevientes  debellare  congressus  est,  unde  propter 
insignem  in  praeliis  virtutem,  tltulo  Baronettidecoratus  est-  Pronepos  Marcus 
Beresford  Eques,  majorum  vestigiis  insequens,  atque  admodum  juvenis,  Far- 
liamento  Hibernico,  anno  miilesimo  sept"ngentesimo  decimo  tertio,  nostiie 
regali  famiiias,  blanditiarum  nee  non  minarum  securus,  sumir.a  magnanimi- 
late  et  constantia  adhaesit.  Cum  pauIo  post  horum  justrium  regnorum  obti- 
nuissemus,  quasi  specimen  favoris  nostri,  inter  Rarones  Hibernicos  collocare 
statuimus,  verum,  illo  supplicante,  honoris  illius  dilationem,  petitionem  im- 
petravit,  ex  eo  tempore  Comitis  Tyroniensis  unicam  filiam  in  matrimonium 
duxit,  hasredem  ex  Asse  Gentis  atitiquisL-imEC,  nempe  de  la-Powers,  qui  iu 
Hiberniam  cum  progenitore  regali  nostro  Henrico  secundo  migraverunt,  ex 
quo  perpetuas  et  latas  possessiones,  habentes,  multi  fuerunt  nominis ;  digni- 
tatem, virtutibus  et  prosapias  tam  nobili  debitam,  praesertim  in  virum  tam 
egregium  atque  de  nobis  tam  bene  inerentein,  ulterius  deferre  baud  asquum 
esse  existimcmus.  Sciatis  igitur,  &c.  Rot.  A  .  7  Geo.  I.  i,  3. 
f  Lords'  Jour.  vol.  ii.  p.  69 j. 


LORD  TYRONE.  89 

one  of  an  Earl,  creating  his  Lordship  Earlof  Tyrone  ly  privy-seal, 
bearing  date  at  Kensington  June  26lh,  and  by  patent*  July  I8th>. 
J 746/  and  October  Sth,  174/,  he  took  his  seal  by  that  title." 

July  16th,   1717,  his  Lordahip  married  the  Lady  Catherine 
Poer,  daughter  and  heir  to  James,  Earl  of  Tyrone. "  In  February 

s  The  Preamble.  As  it  hath  been  the  constant  practice  of  our  royal  pre- 
decessors to  reward  virtue  and  advance  merit,  by  conferring  honours  and  dig- 
nities upon  such  persons,  as  have  entitled  themselves  to  receive  those  favours, 
by  their  personal  qualifications  and  public  services;  and,  in  particular,  as  our 
royal  father,  in  consideration  of  the  ancient  extraction,  eminent  services,  and 
distinguished  loyalty  of  Sir  Marcus  Beresford,  and  of  his  marriage  with  the 
daughter  and  heir  of  the  Right  Hon.  James  De-la-Poer,  Earl  of  Tyrone,  did 
advance  him  from  the  degree  of  a  Baronet,  to  the  state  and  dignity  of  Baron 
Beresford,  of  Beresford,  and  Viscount  of  Tyrone  :  so  we,  equally  studious  to 
do  justice  to  a  persevering  virtue,  and  demonstrate,  by  some  signal  testimony 
of  our  esteem,  how  acceptable  it  is  to  us,  and  how  freely  we  are  disposed  to 
proportion  our  favours  to  the  deserts  of  our  subjects;  haveon  a  full  assurance, 
taken  into  our  consideration  how  our  said  faithful  and  beloved  Sir  Marcus 
Beresford,  Lord  Viscount  Tyrone,  hath  adorned  his  dignity  by  his  conduct, 
and  hath  rendered  himself  worthy  of  an  addition  of  honour  by  his  inviolate 
attachment  to  our  royal  person  and  government;  his  unafiected  zeal  for  the 
established  religion  ;  his  strenuous  support  of  the  constitution  and  laws  of 
his  country,  even  in  the  most  critical  and  hazardous  times;  his  unbounded 
charity,  and  constant  provision  of  work  for  numbers  of  poor;  with  many 
other  qualities  and  virtues  equally  deserving  our  royal  notice  :  these  reasons 
readily  induce  us  to  confer  the  superior  title  and  degree  of  an  Earl  on  a  person, 
so  well  qualified  to  receive,  and  withal,  so  well  enabled  to  support  the  honour 
by  an  affluent  fortune.     Know  ye  therefore,  &c. 

t  Rot.  Cane.  2o.  Geo.  II.  3a.  p.  Do. 
u  Lord's  Jour.  vol.  iii.  p.  662- 

X  We  shall  here  briefly  deduce  her  ladyship's  descent  from  Sir  Roger 
La-Poer,  (sometimes  written  Power,)  who  accompanied  Richard  Strongbow, 
Earlof  Pembroke,  in  his  expedition  to  Ireland,  to  reinstate  Dermoid  Mac- 
Murrough  in  his  kingdomof  Leinster,  and  after  the  success  of  that  enterprize, 
assisted  John  de  Courcy  in  his  reduction  of  Ulster,  for  which  services  he  was 
rewarded  with  divers  lands.  Cambrensis  thus  writes  of  him  ;  "  If  it  might 
be  said  without  offence,  there  was  not  one  man,  who  did  more  valiant  acts 
than  Roger  le  Poer  ;  who,  although  he  were  but  a  young  man  and  beardless, 
yet  he  shewed  himself  a  lusty  valiant,  and  courageous  gentleman,  and  who 
grew  into  such  good  credit,  that  he  had  the  government  of  the  country  about 
Leighlin,  as  also  in  Ossory,  where  he  was  traitorously  killed;  on  whose 
slavighter  a  conspiracy  was  formed  among  the  Irish  to  destroy  the  English, 
and  many  castles  were  destroyed."  He  married  the  niece  of  Sir  Amory  St. 
Laurence,  ancestor  to  the  Earl  of  Howth,  and  was  murdered  in  1189,  leaving 
issue  John  Le  Poer,  living  1197,  the  father  by  Etheldreda  who  was  living  in 
ijzj,*  of  Matthew,  the  father  of  Sir  Eustace,  who  sat  in  parliament  in  129,, 


•  M.SS.  pedig.  Trin.  Coll.  Dub.  Class,  f  Tab.  4,  No.  18. 


go  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

1743-4,  Lady  Tyrone  gave  50/.  towards  the  erecting  of  the  hos* 
pital  for  incurables  in  Dublin  ;  put  up  ten  beds  for  the  use  of  the 
said  hospital,  and  subscribed  50  /.  a  year  for  their  support. 


of  which  parliament  Cox  has  given  a  list,  *  and  in  1197  (25  Edw.  I.)  the  King 
sent  to  John  Wogan,  Lord  Justice,  commanding  him  to  give  summons  to  the 
nobles  of  Ireland,  to  prepare  themselves  with  horse  and  armour  to  serve 
against  the  Scots,  and  withal  wrote  to  the  said  nobles,  and  among  others  to 
/y6/j  Sir  Eustace.  (HoUing.  p.  63.  See  the  letter  in  Sir  George  Carew's  col- 
lection, a  manuscript  in  the  Bodlean  Library,  vol.  iii.  p.  51,  who  quotes 
thus,  Claus3£,  de  anno,  23  Edw.  1.  M.  14,  in  scedula  pendente,  and  there  is 
also  in  the  same  book  and  page,  another  letter,  from  the  same  King  to  his 
nobles,  and  among  others,  to  /his  Sir  Eustace,  Clausse  de  anno  30  Edw.  I.  M. 
16,  in  scedula  pendente.)  He  died  in  1311  f  leaving  isbue  Lord  Arnold  La- 
Poer,  who  in  1309  slew  Sir  John  Boneville  in  single  combat,  and  was  ac- 
quitted of  the  fact  in  a  parliament  held  at  Kildare  in  1310,  it  being  proved  to 
be  done  in  his  own  defence.  %  He  was  one  of  King  Edward  L  commanders 
in  the  army  which  opposed  Edward  Le  Urus  in  1315.  §  In  1325,  King  Ed- 
ward II.  made  him  Seneschal  of  the  county  and  city  of  Kilkenny,  but  in 
1327  he  caused  great  disturbances  among  the  nobles,  by  calling  the  Earl  of 
Desmond  RhymeriW  in  1328  he  was  arrested,  and  accused  of  heresy  by 
Richard  Lederede,  bisliop  of  Ossory,  and  confined  in  the  castle  of  Dublin, 
where  he  died  before  he  could  be  tried  ;  and  though  the  Lord  Justice  Raver, 
(Roger)  Outlaw  Prior  of  Kilmainham,  made  it  appear  that  Lord  Arnold  was 
falsely  accused,  yet  he  remained  a  long  time  unburied,  because  he  died  a»- 
assoykd;  \  he  left  issue  Lord  Robert  Poer,  Seneschal  of  the  county  of  Wex- 
ford, and  treasurer  of  Ireland,  to  whom  a  liberate  of  40/.  was  granted,  July 
16th,  1335,  in  recompence  of  his  charges  and  services,  in  suppressing  and  paci- 
fying certain  discords  between  the  English  and  Irish  in  those  parts,  for  the 
good  of  the  commonwealth**  To  him  succeeded  his  son  Matthew,  living 
23  Edward  III.  who  by  his  wife  Avicia,  (living  in  1342)  had  John,  living  in 
the  reign  of  the  said  King,  and  by  Joan  his  wife,  had  Richard,  who  deceased 
in  1371,1+  leaving  a  son  Nicholas,  who  was  sunwioned  to  parliament  by 
•writ,  November  22d,  1375,  (48  Edsv.  III.)  January  20th,  1378,  (i  Ric.  II.) 
September  nth,  1381,  {4  Ric.  11.;  and  April  29th,  1383,  (5  Ric.  11.);  these 
are  the  most  ancient  writs  of  summoiis  to  parliament  that  remain  on  record,  in 
the  rolls  office  of  Ireland,  and  from  the  first  of  them  the  present  Marquis  of 
Waierford,  as  Baron  La  Poor,  derives.  This  Nicholas,  lived  to  a  great  age, 
and  died,  the  year  uncertain,  leaving  issue  Richard  Lord  La  Poi^r,  of  Curragh- 
more,  mentioned  in  a  grant  of  lands  from  Henry  VIII.  to  Edward  Poer, 
the  Bastard  hiothet  of  Peter  Lord  La  Poer,  the  son  of  thii  Richard  Lord  La 


«  Cox   p.  85,  86.  +  Cambden  and  Marlboro' sub  hoc  Anno. 

X  Hoi.  p.  65,  Camb.  sub  hoc  Anno-    Cox,  p  91. 

S  Camb  and  Marlb.  sub  hoc  anno.  Hoi   p.  66,  Cam|).  Gox  p.  94. 

Campion,  p.  87.     Davis,  p.  134.    Camb.  sub  hoc  anno.  Cox,  p  107, 

5  Catnb-  and  Marlb.  sub  hoc  anno.  p.  87- 

**  Rot.  90.  Edw.  I II.  f.  see  also  170.  Edw.  III.  f. 

+  +  MS.  Trin.  Coll. 


LORD  TYRONE.  9 1 

His  Lordship  deceased  at  Tyrone  House  in  Dublin,  April  4th, 
1763,  having  had  issue  by  his  Lady,  who  survived  him,  seven 
sons  and  eight  daughters,  viz. 

Poer,  *  who  married  Catherine,  daughter  of  Sir  Richard  Butler,  Earl  of  Or- 
mond,  who  died  in  1405,  and  by  her  had  issue, 

Pkter  Lord  La  Poer,  mentioned  in  the  above  grant,  +  who  married  the 
daughter  of  the  Lord  Decies,  and  by  her  had  a  son  Richard,  created  Lord 
Bartn  La  Poer,  of  Curraghmore,  September  13th,  1535;  he  was  slain  in  the 
service  against  the  Irish  rebels  in  1539  or  154.1,  %  and  at  the  time  of  his  de- 
cease, was  seized  in  fee  of  the  manors  of  Curraghmore,  Culefin,  Gortbady 
and  other  hereditaments  in  the  county  of  Waterford.  He  married  Catherine,^ 
second  daughter  of  Pierce  the  eighth  Earl  of  Orm«nd,  and  by  her,  who  re- 
married with  James  the  fourteenth  Earl  of  Desmond,  and  died  March  17th, 
1552,11  had  a  daughter  EUice,  married  to  Thomas  Fitzgerald,  eldest  son  of 
James  the  fifteenth  Earl  of  Desmond,  by  his  first  wife  ;  and  four  sons,  viz. 
Peter,  his  heir;  John,  of  whom  hereafter ;  and  Thomas,  of  Culefin,  who  had 
issue  James,  his  successor,  father  of  Thomas,  of  Culefin,  who  died  there 
December  15th,  1637,  and  was  buried  in  the  cliapel  of  Klloonuey  in  the 
county  of  Waterford,  leaving  issue  by  his  wife  Margaret,  daughter  of  Peter 
Butler,  of  Monynory  in  the  county  of  Wexford,  Esq  four  sons  and  four 
daughters,  viz.  Peter,  of  Culefin,  who  married  Catherine,  daughter  of  William 
Wall,  of  Coolenemucky  in  the  county  of  Waterford,  Esq  ;  Richard,  who 
married  Gyles,  daughter  of  David  Power,  of  Coolroe,  in  the  same  county, 
Gent.;  John,  who  died  without  issue  ;  James;  daughter  Joan  ;  Gyles,  mar- 
ried to  Geffrey  Fanning,  of  Fannningston  in  the  county  of  Tipperary,  Gent. ; 
Catherine;  and  Margaret,  married  to  Richard  Power,  of  Balinecurry  in  the 
county  of  Waterford,  Gent. 

Peter,  Lord  La  Poer,  the  eldest  son  of  Richard  Lord  La  Poer,  suc- 
ceeded his  father;  he  was  born  in  1522,  and  dying  unmarried  December 
loth,  1545.  was  succeeded  by  his  brother 

John  (More]  Lord  La  Poer,  born  in  1527  :  he  sat  in  the  parliament  held 
by  the  L-  D.  Sussex,  January  12th,  1559,  as  he  also  did  in  Sir  John's  Perrott's 
April  26th,  1585.  In  1556  he  marched  at  the  head  of  a  considerable  army,  to 
the  assistance  of  the  chief  governor  Sydney,  against  the  rebel  Shane  O'Neil, 
Earl  of  Tyrone,  and  was  a  person  of  great  worth,  as  appears  from  Sir  Henry 
Sydney's  accovmt  of  the  province  of  Munster  to  the  lords  of  the  council, 
dated  February  27th,  1575,  who  makes  this  honourable  mention  of  him: 
"  The  day  I  departed  from  Waterford,  I  lodged  that  night  at  Corragmore, 
the  house  that  the  Lord  Power  is  Baron  of;  where  I  was  so  used,  and  with 
such  plenty  and  good  order  entertained  (as  adding  to  it  the  quiet  of  all  the 
country  adjoining,  by  the  people  called,  Poiver  Country,  for  that  that  surname 
has  been  since  the  beginning  of  Englishmen's  planting  inhabitants  there)  it 
may  be  well  compared  with  the  best  ordered  country  in  the  English  Pale. 
And  the  lord  of  the  country,  though  he  be  in  scope  of  ground  a  far  less  ter- 
ritory than  his  neighbour  is,  yet  he  lives  in  shew  far  more  honourably  and 


*  MS.  Trin.  Coll.  +  Rot.  Pat  370  Ken  VIII. 

X  Rot.  Pat.de  Ao.  1  fcliz. 

\  Sydney's  State  Papers,  vol.  i-  p,  tjo.  ||  R.olls  Offi.  and  Lodge- 

I 


92  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 


First,  James. 

Second,  Marcus,  baptized  February  22d,  1727-  Mied  yoQngi 


Third,  Marcus,  born  December  23d,  1/33.       J 
Fourth,  George  De  la  Poer,  Lord  Tyrone, 

plentifully  than  he  or  any  other,  whatsoever  he  be,  of  his  calling,  that  lives 
in  that  province.  And  albeit  the  soil,  for  the  most  part,  of  itself,  is  very 
barren;  yet  is  there  not  any  gentleman  or  freeholder  of  that  country,  but  may 
make  more  of  an  acre  of  land  there,  than  they  have  of  three  in  the  county  of 
Kilkenny,  the  next  county  confining  on  the  one  side  (where  the  soil  is  very 
goodj  or  in  the  Decies,  the  lordship  next  adjoining  on  the  other  side ;  and  this 
was  openly  spoken  before  me,  and  affirmed  by  credible  persons,  having  land 
in  both  :  and  this  was  yielded  for  the  reason,  for  that  they  suffer  no  idle  man 
in  the  one,  and  are  oppressed  with  them  in  the  other."  *  By  Ellen,  alias 
Margaret,  daughter  of  James,  the  fifteenth  Earl  of  Desmond,  he  had  Cathe- 
rine, or  Ellen,  married  to  Peter,  the  seventh  son  of  James  Earl  of  Ormond,  a 
rebel  in  1:569,  and  his  successor  Rich  a  rd,  Lord  Poer,  who  had  a  warrant  from 
Oueen  Elizabeth,  dated  at  Greenwich,  May3ist,  1^88,  ordering  agrant  to  be 
passed  in  fee-farm  to  Richard,  the  grandson  of  this  Richard,  by  the  name  of 
Richard  Poer,  son  and  heir  of  the  Lord  Poer,  of  so  much  of  the  crown  lands, 
as  would  amount  to  50/-  a  year  English,  "  in  respect  as  well  of  his  own,  as 
of  his  ancestors  good  services  done  unto  us  and  our  progenitors;  his  grand' 
father  the  Lord  Poer,  having  been  slain  in  that  realm  of  Ireland,  in  service 
against  the  rebels  ;  his  uncle  having  been  slain  at  Bulloigne,  in  the  service  of 
our  late  father  of  happy  memory,  and  his  own  father,  (then  living)  and  also 
himself,  having  in  that  our  realm,  and  in  this  our  time,  been  sore  wounded 
in  our  service."  t  He  married  Catherine,  daughter  and  heir  to  John,  Vis- 
count Buttevant,  and  dying  at  Curraghmore,  August  2d,  1607,  had  issue  five 
sons  and  thre;  daughters,  viz  John  (Oge)  his  heir  apparent ;  Pierce,  of  Mona- 
largey  in  the  county  of  Waterford,  who  manied  Catherine,  fourth  daughter 
ofWalter,  Earl  of  Ormond;  Julia,  married  in  1615  to  Thomas,  Lord  Kerry; 
Ellen,  to  David  Condon,  chief  of  his  Sept;  and  Elizabeth,  first  to  David, 
Viscount  Buttevant,  and  secondly,  to  Patrick,  son  of  Sir  John  Sherlock,  of 
Ualina-Clarahan  in  Tipperary,  Knight. 

John  (Oge)  the  eldest  son  was  killed  in  his  father's  lifetime, by  Edmund 
Fitz-Gerald,  the  •white  knight,  J  and  having  married  Helen,  daughter  of  David 
Viscount  Buttevant,  had  issue  (by  her  who  remarried  first  with  Thomas 
Duife,  the  tenth  Earl  of  Ormond,  and  secondly  with  Sir  T.  Somerset,  Vis- 
count Cashel),  John,  successor  to  his  grandfather;  and  Ellen,  wife  to  Maurice, 
Viscount  Fevmoy.  John,  Lord  La  Poer  being  only  eight  years  and  a  half 
old  at  his  grandfather's  death,  became  the  ward  of  King  James  I.  who,  De- 
cember 7th,  i6c6,  granted  his  wardship  to  his  mother;  but  March  30th,  16^9, 
he  had  a  special  livery  of  his  estate,^  (he  became  a  lunatic  before  the  re- 
bellion of  1641,)  and  marrying  Ruth,  daughter  and  heir  to  Robert  Pyphoe,  of 
St.  Mary's  Abbey,  Esq.  had  five  sons  and  four  daughters,  viz  Richard, 
created  Earl  of  Tyrone;  Pierce,  of  Killowen  in  the  cou«ty  of  V/aterford, 


*  Sydney's  Letters,  vol.  i.  p.  90.  f  Rot.  A\  i  Eliz. 

X  MS.  Pedig.  Trin  Coil.  S  Rot.  23  Car.  II. 


LORD  TYrxOXE.  pS 

Fifth,  John,  born  March  14th,  1737-8,  was  educated  in  the 
University  of  Dublin,  took  the  degree  of  A.  B,  February  26th, 

who  married  Honora,  daughter  of  John,  the  second  Lord  Britta?,  liaving  issue 
Richaid,  who  died  there  in  February  1635,  leaving  by  Ellen,  daughter  of  William 
Butler,  of  Balliboe  county  of  Tipperary,  Gent.  ;  John,  his  heir,  which  John,  mar- 
ried Ellen,  daughter  of  Daniel  Msgragh,  of  Mountain-Castle  in  the  county  of 
Waterford;  Pierce,  whose  daughter  Judith,  was  married  to  Mr.  Ducket;  James, 
Ellen,  and  Anne;*  and  founded  the  family  at  Rathcormack  in  the  county  of 
Watei-ford  :  Robert;  John,  who  died  unmarried  in  Dublin  ;  David,  who  died  there 
August  17th,  1651,  and  was  buried  at  St.  Michan's;  Ellen,  married  to  Thonia* 
Walsh,  of  Piltown,  senior,  Esq. :  Catherine,  to  John  Fitz-Gerald,  of  Dromana, 
Esq  whose  only  daughter,  Catherine,  was  mother  of  John,  late  Earl  Gran- 
dison  ;  Margaret  and  Mary. 

Richard,  Lord Le  Pqei;Jirst  £arlefTyrone,\vho  succeeded,  was  married  May 
£0,  1673,  to  Catherine,  daughter  and  heir  to  John  Fitz-Gerald,  of  Dromana  and  the 
Decies,  Esq.  (who  died  in  166S)  :  they  were  maiTied  by  Gilbert,  archbishoo  of  Can- 
terbury, in  his  chapel  at  Lambeth;  but  she  afterwards  married  Edward  Fitz-Gerald 
Villiers,  Esq.  and  was  mother  of  John,  late  Earl  Grandison.f  This  Richard,  was 
created,  by  patent  dated  at  Westminster  Oct.  9,  same  year.  Viscount  Decies  and  Earl 
tf  Tyrone.  Preamble.  Sciatis  quod,  nos  grata  et  laudabilia  servitia,  qua  dilectu-:  et 
fidelis  Richardus,  Dominus  Baro  de  la  Power  de  Curraghmore  in  comitatu  nostro 
Waterford  in  regno  nostro  Hibernia;,  ac  antecessores  et  .famiha  ejus  in  gueriis 
contra  rebelles  in  Hibernias,  in  quibus  plurimi  eorum  occubuerunt,  nobis  et  pro- 
genitoribus  et  predecessoribus  nostris,  regibus  et  Reginis  Anglis,  multiphciter  ini- 
penderunt,  et  qua  dictus  Baro  constanter  impendere  non  desistet :  nee  non 
specimina  crescentis  virtutis,  strenuitatem,  circumspectionem,  et  fidelitatem 
ipsius  Richardi  Baronis  de  la  Power  et  Curraghmore,  qu'bus  omnes  ante- 
cessores ejus  praire  indies  conatur,  perpendentss  quasque  incitare  et  remunerare 
decrevimus,  de  gratia  nostra  special!,  &c.  with  twenty  marcs  creation  fee  for  sup- 
port of  the  ti:le  of  Viscount,  and  20 /.  for  that  Earl,  i  and  dying  in  the  Tower  of 
London,  October  14th,  1690,  was  buried  at  Farnborough  in  Hnntshire,  the  burial 
place  of  Arthur,  Earl  of  Anglesey,  whose  eldest  daughter  Dorothy,  he  had  mar- 
ried in  1654,  and  by  her,  who  died  at  Waterford,  and  was  buried  in  the  cathe- 
dral there,  he  had  isfue  Arthur,  who  died  young  in  Waterford  ;  John  and  James, 
Earls  of  Tyrone ;  and  Dorothy.  It  is  very  remarkable,  that  in  so  long  a  suc- 
cession in  this  family,  and  in  a  country  continually  disturbed  and  torn  by  rebel- 
lion and  civil  wars,  that  not  one  of  this  family  was  ever  engaged  in  any  rebellioa 
against  the  crown  of  England,  nor  was  there  ever  a  forfeiture  in  the  family  dur- 
ing the  space  of  600  years  that  they  have  been  planted  in  Ireland ;  and  thiy  at  this 
day  enjoy  the  old  family  lands,  and  reside  at  the  same  place  that  they  were  origi- 
nally settled  in,  in  the  county  of  Waterford.  In  a  grant  of  letters  patent  from 
King  Charles  II.  to  this  Richard  Lord  La  Poer,  bearing  date  May  9th,  23  of  his 
reign,  there  is  this  recital,  "  That  the  ancestors  of  the  said  Richard  Lord  La  Poer, 
from  their  first  planting  in  Ireland,  for  about  four  hundred  years,  had  entirely 
preserved  their  faith  and  loyalty  to  the  crown  of  England ;  in  consideration  there- 

;? — 

*  MS.  Pedig.  Trin.  Coll. 

f  Plea  and  Ans.  Villiers  to  Poer,  14  November,  1676 

\  Rot.  Pat.  260.  Car.  IL  3a.  p.  f.  R.  9. 


94  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

1754,  and  having  studied  the  law  in  the  inns  of  courts  was  ad- 
mitted a  barrister  in  Hilary  Term  1760,  In  1 7/0,  he  was  ap- 
pointed a  commissioner  of  his  Majesty's  revenue,  at  which  board 
he  for  many  years  presided;  and  in  1772,  he  was  appointed  by 
patent,  taster  of  wines  in  the  port  of  Dublin.     He  served  several 

fore,  of  the  merit  of  this  Richard  and  his  ancestors,  and  to  encourage  the  loyalty 
of  others,  &c.''  This  carries  the  antiquity  of  the  family  to  the  56  of  Henry  III. 
the  year  1270. 

John,  the  second  Earl  of  Tyrone,  dying  a  batchelor  in  Dublin,  was  buried  in 
the  church  of  Carrick,  under  a  black  marble  monument,  with  this  inscription: 

Here  lieth  the  Body  of  the 

Right  Honourable  John   Power 

Earl  of  Tyrone, 

who  died  the  14th  of  October 

J693,  in  the  29  Year  of  his 

Age. 

James,  his  brother  and  heir,  the  third  Earl,  was  governor  of  the  county  and 
eity  of  Waterford  ;  and  December  13th,  1692,  married  Anne,  elder  daughter,  and 
(with  her  sister  Elizabeth,  wife  to  James  May,  of  Mayfield,  Esq.)  coheir  to  An- 
drew Rickards,  of  Dangan-Spidoge,  in  the  county  of  Kilkenny,  Esq.  (who  died 
August  18th,  1693,)  by  his  wife,  Anne,  daughter  and  heir  to  the  Reverend 
Thomas  Hooke,  of  Dangan-Spidoge,  D.  D.  who  by  his  will  dated  October  10th, 
1671,  proved  August  3d,  1672,  devised  to  his  wife  Anne,  the  town  and  lands  of 
Dangan-Spidoge,  which  he  purchased  in  the  name  of  Ashburnham,  Esq.  for  life 
upon  condition  that  she  should,  within  six  months  after  his  decease,  make  a  lease 
thereof  to  his  daughter  Anne,  wife  of  Andrew  Rickards,  during  both  their  lives, 
at  the  annual  rent  of  80/.  remainder  after  her  decease  to  his  said  daughter  and 
her  heirs  for  ever:  he  also  gave  unto  his  said  wife  his  house  in  the  great  cloister 
of  Christ  Church  of  Chichester,  called  by  the  name  of  Mortimer's  Chantry,  to 
her  and  her  heirs,  and  the  lease  of  the  farm  which  he  holds  of  the  church  of 
Chichester,  and  gave  her  twenty  old  gold  pieces,  and  a  little  box  of  gold,  and  wills 
her  not  to  part  with  it,  but  to  leave  it  to  her  daughter  Anne,  •  and  by  her,  who  in 
July,  1716,  remarried  with  George  Mathew,  of  Thomastown  in  Tipperary,  Esq, 
and  died  at  the  Bath  September  26th,  1729,  let.  fifty-nine,  had  an  only  daughter 
and  heir,  the  Lady  Catherine  Poer,  married  as  in  the  text.  His  Lordship  lies 
buried  (with  Anne  his  wife,)  in  Carrick,  with  this  memorial  on  a  neat  whitf 
marble  monument : 

Here  lies  the  Body  of  James  Power,  Earl  of 
Tyrone,  who  died  the  19th  of  August  1704, 
in  the  38th  year  of  his  Age. 
And  also  the  Body  of  Anne  his  wife, 
who  departed  this  Life  the  26th  Day 
of  September  1729. 
Thus  the  male  line  of  this  truly  ancient  family  became  extinct,  but  the  Countess 
Dowager  of  Tyrone,  on  claiming  as  her  right  the  barony  of  La  Poer,  the  same  I 
was  admitted  by  the  House  of  Lords  of  Ireland  (as  we    have  already   shewn) 
and  allowed  and  confirmed  by  his  Majesty. 

*  Prerog.  OfRc. 


LORD  TYRONE.  0, 

parliaments  for  the  county  of  Waterford,  both  in  Ireland,  and  in 
the  imperial  parliament;  and  was  sworn  of  his  iMajesty's  most 
honourable  privy  councils  in  Great  Britain  and  Ireland.  He  died 
in  JNIovember  1805. 

On  November  l2th,  1760,  he  married  to  his>./  wife  Anne 
ConstantKi    Ligondes,   of  the  house   of  Ligondes,  of  Auvergne 
in  France  (whose  grandfather  was  colonel  in  the  French  servL, 
and   being  taken  prisoner  at  the  battle  of  Blenheim,    was  sent 
to  England  with  Mareschal  Tallard;  he  "there  married  Frances 
^  ^ountess   Dowager    of   Huntingdon,    relict  of  Thomas,    sixth 
Viscount   Kilmorey,   and  also   of  Theophilus,   seventh   Earl  of 
Huntmgdon;    by  this  Lady,  who  died  December  27th,   1723 
the  Colonel   had  one   son,   the  father  of  Mrs.  Beresford)    and 
by  her,  who  died  October  2Sth,  1772,  and  was  buried  at  Clone- 
gam,  he  had  four  sons  and  five  daughters,  viz.  first,  Marcus,  born 
February  14th,  1764,  member  of  parliament  for  the  borough  of 
JDungarvan,  1789,  &c.  and  joint  taster  of  wines  with  his  father  •  he 
died  in  November  1797,  having  married  Lady  Frances  Arabella 
youngest  daughter  of  Joseph,  Earl  of  Miltown,  by  whom  he  left 
sons,  of  whom  the  eldest  is  in  the  army.     Second,  Georc^e  De  la 
Peer,  born  July  ]gth,  1760,  Lord  Bishop  0/ A7/;^.ore,%iarried 
Frances,  daughter  of  Jarvis  Parker  Busne,  Esq.  ofKilfane,  and 
has  issue.  Third,  John  Claudius,  born  October  23d,  1766,  member 
of  parhament  for  Dublin  city,  1799,  married,  July  1795,  Miss 
Menzies.    Fourth,  Charles  Cobbe,  in  holy  orders,  born  October 
22d,   1770.     Daughter  Catherine,  born  September  28th,  J761 
married  to  the  Right  Honourable  Henry  Theophilus  Clements' 
brother  to  Robert,  late  Earl  of  Leitrim  ;  Elizabeth,  born  Nol 
vember  24^1,  1762,  died  August  1.5th,  .788,  and  w^as  buried  at 
Clonegam;  Nannette-Constantia,  born  April  l6th,  1768    mar, 
ned  January  7th,  179O,  Robert  Uniacke,  Esq.  of  Wood-house,  in 
Waterford;  Jane,  born  June  13th,  1 769,  and  married  in  October 
1788,  to  George,  eldest  son  of  Sir  Hugh  Hill,  of  Londonderry, 
•bart. ;  and  Aramintha. 

He  married  secondly,  June  4th,  1774,  Barbara,  second 
daughter  of  Sir  William  Montgomery,  of  Magbie-hill  in  Scot, 
^nd  who  died  in  Dublin,  December  1788,  and  by  her  had  issue 
Wilham  Barre,  born  May  I2th,  178O,  died  May  29th,  1783,  and 
was  buried  at  Kinsely  in  the  county  of  Dublin  ;  James  Hamilton, 
born  February  I8th,  1782,  died  November  7th,  ]S06;  Henry 
Barre,  born  September  25tb,  17815  Hannnh,  born  May  16th, 


g6  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

1775;  Barbara,  born  July  8th,  177O,  died  May  Stb,  1786; 
Frances  Honoria,  born  September  3d,  l777j  Anna  Maria,  born 
October  30th,  1778,  died  October  11th,  I779j  and  Elizabeth, 
born  January  27tb,  1786. 

Sixth,  William  Hamilton,  born  May  8th,  1739,  died  in  1740, 
and  was  buried  at  Clonegam. 

Seventh,  William,  Archbishop  of  Tuam,  born  in  April  1743, 
entered  into  holy  orders,  was  presented  to  the  rectory  of  Urney 
in  the  diocese  of  Derry;  consecrated  pursuant  to  letters  patent, 
April  0th,  17SO,  Bishop  of  Drowore,  and  thence  translated  in 
April  1782,  to  the  episcopal  see  of  Ossory,  from  whence  he  was 
translated  to  the  Archbishopric  of  Tuam,  179^-  June  12th, 
]  763,  he  married  Elizabeth,  second  daughter  of  the  late  John 
Fitz-Gibbon,  Esq.  representative  in  parliament  for  the  borough 
of  Newcastle,  and  sister  to  John,  late  Earl  of  Clare,  Lord 
Chancellor  of  Ireland.  And  by  this  Lady,  who  died  August  24th, 
I8O7,  hath  had  issue  ten  sons  and  six  daughters,  of  whom  Tho- 
mas, Henry,  John,  Henry,  William,  William,  and  Elizabeth,  died 
infants,  and  were  interred  at  St.  Peter's  in  Dublin ;  and  the 
others  were,  first,  Marcus,  in  the  army,  died  1807;  second, 
John,  in  holy  ordei's ;  third,  George  de  la  Poer,  in  holy  orders, 
married  Susan,  daughter  of  Hamilton  Gorges,  Esq. ;  fourth,  Wil- 
liam, in  holy  orders,  married,  July  icith,  1804,  Lady  Anne 
Bennet,  second  daughter  of  Charles  Earl  of  Tankerville  ;  Cathe- 
rine, married  May  4th,  179"*.  Reverend  Arthur  Preston  5  Ara- 
raintha,  married,  January  25th,  1796,  Thomas  Birmingham 
Sewell,  Esq. ;  Harriot,  married  Reverend  William  Armstrong ; 
Frances;  and  Louisa,  married,  April  l6tb,  ISOO,  Thomas  Hope, 
Esq. 

Daughter,  Lady  Anne,  married  August  l6th,  1738,  to  Wil- 
liam Annesly,  created  Viscount  Glerawley. 

Lady  Jane,  married  August  10th,  17^3,  to  the  Right  Hon, 
Edward  Cary,  of  Dungiven  in  the  county  of  Derry,  knight  of  the 
shire  for  Derry,  and  a  member  of  the  privy-council  in  Ireland, 
but  had  no  issue. 

Lady  Elizabeth  died  young,  and  was  interred  at  St.  Peter's 
in  Dublin. 

Lady  Catherine,  married,  December  8th,  1748,  to  Thomas 
Christmas,  of  Whitefield  in  the  county  of  Waterford,  Esq.  knight 
of  the  shire  for  Waterford :  he  deceased  without  issue,  March  28th 
following  J  and  March  23d,  1754,  she  remarried  with  the  Right 


LORD  TYRONE.  Qf 

Hon.  Theophilus  Jones,  ^  died  March  28tb,  17G3,andwas  buried 
at  St.  George's  chapel  Dublin,  leaving  issue. 

Lady  Sophia,  died  in  September  1740,  and  was  buried  at 
Clonegam. 

Lady  Aramintha,  born  September  17th,  1730,  and  married 
April  2'lth,  1/55,  to  George  Paul  Monck,  of  St.  Stephen's-Green, 
Esq.  by  whom  she  had  Aramintha-Louisa,  married  to  the  late 
Rev.  Gustavus  Hume,  rector  of  Elderonine  and  Rathdown,  who 
both  died  in  May  1805. 

Lady  Frances  Maria,  born  October  9th,  1731,  and  married, 
April  I3th,  1762,  to  Henry  Flood,  of  Family  in  the  county  of 
Kilkenny,  Esq.  member  of  parliament  for  Kilbeggan,  and  son  of 
the  Right  Hon.  Warden  Flood,  lord  chief  justice  of  the  King's 
Bench. 

Lady  Elizabeth,  born  August  8th,  1736,  and  married,  May  1, 
1751,  to  Thomas  Cobbe,  of  Newbridge,  county  of  Dublin,  Esq, 
only  son  of  Dr.  Charles  Cobbe,  who  died  Archbishop  of  Dublin, 
and  by  him  had  issue  Charles,  born  November  14th,  1756,  late 
member  of  parliament  for  the  borough  of  Swords  3  Catherine, 
married  to  the  late  Hon.  Henry  Pelham,  brother  to  the  present 
Earl  of  Chichester  ;  and  Elizabeth,  married,  in  November  1784,  to 
Sir  Henry  Tuite,  of  Sonagh  in  the  county  of  Westmeath,  Bart, 
but  hath  no  issue.  ^ 

We  return  now  to  Elizabeth,  Countess  Dowager  of  Tyrone, 
who  considering  herself  as  the  lineal  and  chief  representative  of 
the  ancient  and  noble  family  of  De  La  Poer,  on  the  decease  of 
the  Earl  her  father,  preferred  a  petition  to  the  King,  praying  the 
restoration  to  her  and  her  family  of  the  ancient  barony  of  La  Poer, 

y  Son  of  Walter  Jones,  of  Headi'ord,  county  of  Lcitrim,  Esq.  married  in 
1722  to  Olivia,  eldest  daughter  of  Chidley  Coote,  of  Coote-Hallin  the  county 
of  Roscomon,  Esq.  (by  his  second  wife]  and  dying  in  May  1756,  left  issue  by 
her,  Theophilus,  and  four  daughters,  Margaret,  married  in  1754,  to  her  cousin 
Chidley   Morgan;    Catherine,  to  the  late  Sir   Nathaniel  Barry,  M.  D.  of 

Dublin,  Bart. ;  Elizabeth,  to  Doctor  Crofton,  son  of Crofton,  of  Lis- 

burn  in  the  county  of  Leitrim,  Esq  ;  and  Frances,  to  lieut. -general  Thomas 
Bligh,  being  his  second  wife.  Theophilus,  the  only  son,  was  chosen  to  re- 
present the  county  of  Leitrim  in  parliament,  in  1768  he  was  chosen  for  Cole- 
raine,  and  was  afterwards  M.  P.  for  the  borough  of  Monaghan ;  he  was 
appointed  secretary  to  the  Earl  of  Bristol  when  lord  lieutenant ;  was  sworn 
of  the  privy-council,  and  made  collector  of  the  port  of  Dublin  ;  he  had  two 
sons  by  his  first  wife;  and  in  176s,  he  married,  secondly,  Anne,  third 
daughter  of  Colonel  John  Murray,  deceased  [by  the  Lady  Dowager  Blayney) 
and  hath  issue.     (Lodge  Collect.^ 

z  Pedigree  entered  in  British  House  of  Lords,  Ulster's  Office,  Lodge 
Collect,  and  Family  Information. 

VOt.  VIII,  H 


gs  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

which  petition  by  royal  authority  was  referred  November  9th, 
1767)  to  the  consideration  of  the  house  of  peers  of  Ireland,  who 
appointed  the  16th  to  hear  council  on  her  behalf,  which  being 
done,  and  on  the  examination  of  witnesses  it  was  resolved,  "  That 
the  Right  Hon.  the  Countess  Dowager  of  Tyrone  hath  fully 
proved  her  claim  to  the  Barony  of  La  Poer,  in  fee,  and  hath  a 
right  to  the  said  barony  in  fee."  ^  On  the  following  day  the 
house  came  to  this  further  resolution,  "  That  the  Speaker  do  at- 
tend his  Excellency  the  Lord  Lieutenant  with  the  resolution  of 
this  house  of  yesterday,  whereby  the  Right  Hon.  Catherine, 
Countess  Dowager  of  Tyrone,  hath  proved  her  title  to  the  ba- 
rony of  La  Poer,  in  fee,  and  lay  the  same  before  his  Excel- 
lency,"'^  which  resolutions  being  transmitted  to  his  Majesty,  he 
was  graciously  pleased  to  confirm  the  same,  as  appears  by  the  fol- 
lowing letter  to  George,  Viscount  Townshend,  Lord  Lieutenant 
of  Ireland. 

Whitehall,  December  19th,  1767- 
*'  My  Lord, 

'*  Having  laid  before  the  King  your  Excellency's  letter  of  the 
19th  November,  inclosing  the  resolution  of  the  House  of  Lords  of 
Ireland,  on  the  petition  of  Catherine,  Countess  Dowager  of  Ty- 
rone, to  his  Majesty,  referred  to  their  Lordships'  consideration, 
together  with  the  report  of  his  Attorney  and  Solicitor  Generals  of 
the  kingdom  of  Ireland,  and  divers  proofs  in  support  of  the  said 
petition ;  by  which  the  petitioner  sets  forth  her  claim  to  the 
barony  of  La  Poer,  in  fee,  by  descent  of  her  grandfather,  Richard, 
who  sat  and  voted  in  parliament  as  Baron  La  Poer,  till  the  twenty- 
fifth  year  of  his  late  Majesty,  King  Charles  II.  he  was  advanced 
to  the  title  and  dignity  of  Earl  of  Tyrone,  to  him  and  heirs  male 
of  his  body:  which  resolution  of  their  Lordships  states,  'That  the 
Right  Hon.  Catherine,  Countess  Dowager  of  Tyrone,  hath  fully 
proved  her  claim  to  the  barony  of  La  Poer,  in  fee,  and  hath  a 
right  to  the  said  barony  in  fee."  I  am  hereupon  to  acquaint  your 
Excellency,  that  his  Majesty  is  graciously  pleased  to  confirm  the 
same ;  and  to  order  that  the  said  Catharine,  Countess  Dowager 
of  Tyrone  and  her  heirs,  be  allowed  to  enjoy  all  the  rights  and 
privileges  belonging  to  the  said  barony  of  La  Poer. 
"  I  am,  with  the  greatest  truth  and  respect, 
"  My  Lord, 
"  Your  Excellency's  most  obedient  humble  servant, 

"  SHELBURNE."'- 

a  Lord's  Jour  iv.  418,420,421.  b  ibid.  c  ibid.  44t. 


LORD  TYRONE.  99 

Her  Ladyship  deceased  July  l6th  or  27th,  1769,  when  the 
aforesaid  barony  devolved  on  her  eldest  son 

Sir  George  De  la  Poer,  the  second  Earl  of  Tyrone,  and  ^rst 
Marquis  of  Jf^atsrford,  and  first  Lord  Tyrone  o/*  Hauer/brrf- 
IFest,  who  was  born  January  8th,  1735,  and  succeeded  to  the 
Earldom  April  4th,  1763}  on  October  7th,  1766,  he  was  made 
governor  and  custos  rotulorum  of  the  city  and  county  of  Water- 
ford.  His  Lordship  was  a  member  of  the  privy-council  in  Ire- 
land, an  original  Knight  Companion  of  the  msst  illustrious  Order 
of  St.  Patrick,  and  August  21st,  1786,  his  Majesty  was  pleased  to 
call  him  to  a  seat  in  the  British  House  of  Peers,  by  the  title  of 
Baron  Tyrone,  of  Haverford-lVesl  in  the  county  of  Pemlroke. 
On  August  19th,  1789,  he  was  created  Marquis  of  IVbterford. 
His  Lordship  married,  April  18th,  1769,  Elizabeth,  only  daughter 
of  Henry  Monck,  Esq.  by  his  wife  Lady  Anne  Isabella  Bentinck, 
second  daughter  of  Henry,  Duke  of  Portland,  and  by  her  had 
issue. 

First,  Marcus,  Lord  La  Poer,  born  March  17th,  1771>  de- 
ceased August  10th,  1783. 

Second,  Henry,  born  May  23d,  1772,  present  peer. 

Third,  Lord  John  George,  born  November  22d,  1773,  now 
Lord  Bishop  of  Raphoe. 

Fourth,  Lord  George  Thomas,  born  February  12th,  178I, 
lieutenant  of  the  second  dragoon  guards,  or  Queen's  bays,  married, 
November  22d,  1808,  Miss  Henrietta  Schutz,  of  Suffolk,  by  whom 
he  has  issue. 

Fifth,  Lady  Isabella  Anne,  born  May  28th,  1776. 

Sixth,  Lady  Catherine,  born  llth,  1777* 

Seventh,  Lady  Anne,  born  July  26th,  1779. 

Eighth,  Lady  Elizabeth  Louisa,  born  February  2d,  1783.  <^ 

The  Marquis  deceasing  December  3d,  1800,  was  succeeded 
by  his  son 

Henry,  present  and  second  Marquis  of  Waterford,  and  second 
Lord  Tyrone. 

His  Lordship  married,  August  29th,  1805,  Lady  Susan  Hussey 
Carpenter,  only  daughter  and  heiress  of  George,  late  Earl  of 
Tyrconnel ;  and  has  issue 

A  daughter,  born  November  8th,  I8O7. 

Titles.  Henry  De  La  Poer  Beresford,  Marquis  of  Waterford, 
Earl,  Viscount  and  Baron  of  Tyrone,  Baron  La  Poer,  Baron  Beres- 

d  Family  Informaiton, 


100  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

ford,  and  Baronet,  in  Ireland  :  also  Baron  Tyrone  of  Haverford 
West,  in  Great  Britain.  ' 

Creations.  Baronet  May  5th,  1665,  l7Car.  II.  3  Baron  La 
Poer  in  fee,  Baron  Beresford  of  Beresford  in  the  county  Cavan, 
and  Viscount  of  the  county  of  Tyrone  November  4,  1720,  7  Geo.  I. 
Earl  of  the  same  county  July  18th,  1746,  20  Geo.  II.;  and 
Marquis  of  Waterford  in  Ireland,  August  19th,  1789  ;  Irish  ho- 
nours. Also  Baron  Tyrone  of  Haverford-West  in  the  county 
of  Pembroke  August  21st,  17S6,  26  Geo.  Ill, 

Arms.  Argent,  crusuly  fitchee,  three  fleurs-de-lis  and  a  border 
ingrailed,  sable. 

Crest.  On  a  wreath,  a  drag6n's  head,  erased  or,  with  a  spear 
broken  through  his  neck,  gules,  the  point,  argent,  thrust  through 
his  upper  jaw. 

Supporters.  Two  angels,  proper,  in  silver  vestments,  with 
golden  hair  and  wings,  each  holding  in  his  exterior  hand  a  sword 
erect,  of  the  first. 

Motto.  Tandem  fit  surculus  arbor.  But  his  Lordship 
now  uses.  Nil  nisi  cruce,  the  motto  of  his  mother's  family. 

Chief  Seats.  Curraghmore  in  the  county  of  Waterford,  a 
noble  seat,  sixty-three  miles  from  Dublin.  Walworth  in  the 
county  of  Londonderry,  adorned  with  the  fiinest  plantations  in 
the  north,  112  miles  from  Dublin. 


LORD  CARLTON.  101 


BOYLE,  LORD  CARLTON. 

{EARL    OF  SHANNON   IN  IRELAND.) 

Under  the  \.\i\e  o( Lord  Boyle  of  Marston,  vol.  vii.  it  appears 
that  Roger,  first  Earl  of  Orrery,  had  a  younger  son,  Henry 
Boyle. 

This  Henry  Boyle,  second  son,  was  seated  at  Castlemartyr  in 
the  county  of  Cork  J  and  being  an  active  asserter  of  the  protes- 
tant  interest  in  the  province  of  Munster,  he  was  very  obnoxious 
to  the  Irish  government;  so  that,  February  26th,  1688,  he  was 
besieged  in  his  house  of  Castlemartyr,  by  General  M'Carthy,  with 
a  strong  body  of  horse,  and  two  field  pieces.  Being  determined 
to  defend  the  castle,  he  had  collected  about  140  gentlemen  and 
servants,  but  being  persuaded  to  use  no  resistance,  he  surrendered 
on  the  General's  promise,  that  neither  their  persons  nor  estates 
should  be  molested  3  without  the  least  regard  to  which  promise 
the  next  morning  the  General  caused  the  house  to  be  plundered, 
and  conveyed,  in  a  disgraceful  manner.  Captain  Boyle  and  his 
family  to  Cork.  After  some  confinement  he  removed  with  his 
family  in  May  1689,  to  England,  to  avoid  the  troubles  then  in- 
creasing in  this  kingdom;  for  which  he  was  attainted  by  the  Irish 
parliament,  and  had  his  estate  sequestered.  But  being  made 
lieutenant-colonel  to  Duke  Schomberg's  regiment  of  horse,  he  re- 
turned to  Ireland,  contributed  much  to  the  honour  gained  at  the 
river  Boyne,  where  his  colonel  was  slain;  and  afterwards  going 
into  Flanders  died  there  in  1693,  leaving  issue,  by  Lady  Mary 
O'Brien,  daughter  of  Murrogh,  the  first  Earl  of  Inchiquiiij  four 
sons  and  two  daughters,  viz. 


102  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

First,  Roger,  who  died  unmarried  in  1705. 

Second,  Henry,  who  was  created  Earl  of  Shannon. 

Third,  Charles,  sometime  Captain  of  the  Strombolo  man  of 
war. 

Fourth,  William,  captain  in  Duke  Schomberg's  regiment  of 
horse }  July  14th,  he  was  appointed  a  commissioner  of  appeals  in 
Ireland.  In  17 11  he  married  Martha  Beaufoy,  daughter  and 
heiress  to  Sir  Samuel  Garth,  Knight,  physician  general  to  the 
army  :  he  died  in  September  1725,  leaving  issue  by  her  (who 
March  7th,  1737,  re-married  with  Mr,  Graham,  of  London, 
merchant)  two  sons  and  three  daughters,  viz.  Henry,  captain  of  a 
troop  of  horse,  who  died  at  Bath  February  14th,  1756  j  and  Ro- 
bert, who  being  dead,  his  estates  in  the  counties  of  Oxford,  War- 
wick and  Bucks,  devolved  on  his  sisters;  Beaufoy,  who,  June  11, 
1736,  married  John  Wilder,  of  Shiplake  in  the  county  of  Oxford, 
Esq. ;  Henrietta,  married,  Decembtir  Qlh,  1736,  to  William 
Nichols,  ofFroyle,  county  of  Bucks,  Esq.;  and  Elizabeth,  born 
in  1715,  and  married,  October  gth,  1736,  to  Matthew  Graves,  of 
Chiswick  in  Middlesex,  Esq.  whose  daughter  married,  in  August 
1760,  to  William  Bainbridge,  of  Huglescoate-grange,  in  county 
of  Leicester,  Esq. 

Daughter  Elizabeth,  married,  in  1709,  to  Brettridge  Badham, 
of  Rockfield  in  the  county  of  Cork,  Esq.  but  had  no  issue  3  and 

Margaret,  married  to  Joseph  Deane,  Esq.  *  and  died  in  July 

1717. 
'        HENRY,^r^/  Earl  of  Shannon y  succeeded  his  father  at  Castle- 
martyr ;  in  October  1715,  he  was  chosen  knight  of  the  shire  for 
Cork,  which  county  he  represented  until  he  was  advanced  to  the 
peerage  \  April  13th,  1733,  he  was  sworn  of  his  Majesty's  privy- 

a  He  was  grandson  of  Joseph  Deane,  of  Cromlin  near  Dublin,  Esq. 
whose  son  Joseph,  by  Elizabeth,  (daughter  of  Dr.  John  Parker,  Archbishop 
of  Dublin, J  whom  he  married  in  1673,  was  October  14th,  i7i4»  appointed 
chief  Baron  of  the  Exchequer,  but  died  May  4th,  1715,  and  was  buried  in  the 
Earl  of  Cork's  vault  at  St.  Patrick's,  Dublin,  leaving  five  daughters,  his  co- 
heirs, viz.  Elizabeth,  marridd  to  Lord  Doneraile;  Anne,  first  wife  to  Arthur 
Hill,  Esq.  created  Lord  Dungannon;  Mary,  married,  in  1725,  to  John  Bourk, 
created  Earl  of  Mayo  ;  Catherine,  December  i7ih,  1735,  to  John  Lysaght, 
created  Lord  Lisle;  and  Margaret,  married,  April  7th,  i73»2,  to  John  Fitz- 
Gerald,  of  Innishmore  in  Kerry,  Esq.  M.  P.  for  Dingle,  and  by  him,  who  died 
in  June  1741,  had  two  sons  and  two  daughters,  M;aurice,  born  in  1733;  Jo- 
seph, and  Margaret, both  deceased;  and  Elizabeth,  married,  in  October  175s, 
to  Richard  Townsend,  of  Castle  Townsend,  in  the  county  of  Cork,  Esq, 
(Chancery  pleadings ) 


LORD  CARLTON.  103 

council ;  October  4th  following,  he  was  made  choice  of  by  the 
House  of  Commons  to  be  their  Speaker,  and  November  ipth, 
was  appointed  Chancellor  of  the  ExcHEauER,  which,  No- 
vember 6th,  ^735,  he  exchanged  with  Dr.  Marmaduke  Cogbill, 
for  the  employment  of  a  commissioner  of  his  Majesty's  revenue, 
but  resigning  that  in  March  l/Sp,  he  reassumed,  April  11th,  his 
place  of  Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer.  May  3d,  1734,  he  was 
sworn  one  of  the  lords  justices  of  Ireland,  and  filled  that  high 
otBce  fifteen  several  times,  viz.  on  said  May  3d,  May  l^th,  1/36, 
May  28th,  1/38,  April  18th,  1740,  February  18th,  1741,  De- 
cember 3d,  1742,  April  I2th,  1744,  April  25th,  1746,  April  20th, 
1748,  April  20th,  1750,  May  27ih,  1752,  May  10th,  1758,  IVLiy 
20th,  1760,  May  3d,  1762,  and  May  15th,  1764.  '"  On  account 
of  his  long  and  eminent  services  in  the  station  of  Speaker  to  the 
house  of  commons,  his  Majesty  King  George  II.  wus  pleased, 
April  13th,  1750,  to  grant  to  him  and  his  representatives  for  the 
terra  of  thirty-one  years  from  Lady-day  last  preceding,  the  an- 
nual sum  of  2000/.  B  By  privy-seal  bearing  date  March  15th, '' 
and  by  patent  April  17th,  1756, '  he  was  created  Baron  of  Cast le- 
martyr,  Viscount  Boyle  of  Bandon,  and  Ear/ of  Shannon,  by  which 
latter  title  he  took  his  seat  in  the  house  of  peers,  26th  of  that 
month)''  May  3d,  same  year,  his  Lordship  was  appointed  go- 
vernor of  the  county  of  Cork,  during  the  absence  of  the  Duke  of 
Devonshire. 

He  married,  first,  Catherine,  daughter  of  Chidley  Coote,  of 
Killester,  Esq.  5  she  died  without  issue  May  5th,  1725,  and  was 
buried  at  Ballyclogh  in  the  county  of  Cork,  on  the  south  side  of 
which  church  is  a  monument  erected  to  her  memory. '  He  mar- 
ried, secondly,  in  September  1/26,  the  Lady  Henrietta  Boyle, 
youngest  daughter  of  Charles,  the  third  Earl  of  Cork,  and  by  her, 
who  died  December  13th,  1746,  and  was  interred  in  the  Earl  of 
Cork's  vault  in  the  cathedral  of  St.  Patrick  in  Dublin,  had  issue 
one  son,  who  died  an  infant,  five  other  sons,  and  three  daughters, 
viz. 


f  See  a  sliort  sketch  of  the  mode  in  which  the  Irish  government  was 
conducted  at  this  time,  in  a  masterly  tract  of  the  late  Iiarl  of  Macartney,  in 
his  Works. 

s:  Pension  List. 

h  Rot.  Pat.  de  Ao.  290.  Geo.  II.  4:1.  p.  f.  R.  25. 

i  Idem.  p.  26.  k  Lords'  Jour.  vol.  iv   p.  60. 

1  See  Smyth's  Cork,  vol.i.  p.  306, 


104  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

First,  Richard,  Viscount  Boyle. 

Second,  Henry,  who  assumed  the  name  of  Walsingham,  was  a 
captain  in  Lord  George  Sackville' s  regiment  of  horse,  married 
Lucy,  eldest  daughter  of  John  Martin,  of  the  city  of  Dublin,  Esq. 
and  deceasing  at  Bristol,  March  27th,  IJdQ,  left  issue  by  her  (who 
remarried  with  James  Agar,  of  Gowranin  the  county  of  Kilkenny, 
Esq.  created  Fiscount  Clifden,  and  died  July  36th,  1802)  an 
only  son  Henry,  born  June  12tb,  1753,  and  deceased  in  June 
1757.™ 

Third,  William,  who  died  April  13th,  1740,  and  was  buried 
at  Finglass. 

Fourth,  Charles,  born  in  May  1/34,  was  a  cornet  of  horse, 
and  aid-de-camp  to  his  father  as  a  lord  justice.  He  died  at  Bristol 
June  6th,  ]758, 

Fifth,  Robert,  born  in  March  1736.  On  the  death  of  his 
nephew  Henry,  he  took  the  surname  of  JVahingham,  represented 
the  borough  of  Dungarvan  in  the  parliament  of  Ireland,  and  that 
of  Knaresborough  in  the  British  parliament.  In  October  1779, 
he  commanded  his  Majesty's  ship  the  Thunderer  in  the  West 
Indies,  when  he  perished,  with  all  his  crew,  in  a  violent  hurri- 
cane. He  married,  July  l/th,  17^9,  Charlotte,  the  only  surviv- 
ing coheir  of  Sir  Charles  Hanbury  Williams,  Knight  of  the 
Bath,  by  Frances,  second  daughter  and  coheiress  of  Thomas  Earl 
of  Conyngsby,  and  by  her,  who  died  in  1790,  had  issue  a  son 
Richard,  born  in  1762,  who  died  at  Bristol  October  13th,  1788} 
and  Charlotte,  now  Baroness  de  Roos,  for  whom  see  vol.  vi. 

Sixth,  daughter  Lady  Juliana,  married  to  Somerset-Hamilton, 
Earl  of  Carrick,  and  died  February  22d,  1804. 

Seventh,  Lady  Mary,  baptized  August  13th,  1731,  and  died 
April  11th,  1740. 

Eighth,  Lady  Jane,  baptized  September  22d,  1737>  and  died 
April  23d,  1748. 

His  Lordship  died  at  his  house  in  Henrietta-street,  Dublin, 
of  the  gout  in  his  head,  September  27th,  17^4,  in  the  eighty- 
second  year  of  his  age,  and  was  interred  in  the  Earl  of  Cork's 
tomb,  in  the  choir  of  St.  Patrick's  cathedral,  being  succeeded  by 
his  only  surviving  son, 

Richard,    the   second  Earl  of  Shannon,   and  first    Lord 
Carlton,  who  was  born  January  30th,  1727>  'was  chosen  to  par- 

m  Lodge. 


LORD  CARLTON.  105 

liament  in  1/40,  for  the  town  of  Dungarvan,  and  in  1761,  for  the 
county  of  Cork.  He  sat  first  in  the  house  of  peers  on  the  death 
of  his  father,  October  22d,  1765.  "  In  1766,  he  was  appointed 
master-general  of  the  ordnance,  in  which  office  he  was  suc- 
ceeded, in  1770,  by  Charles  Earl  of  Drogheda,  "  and  sworn  of  his 
Majesty's  most  honourable  privy-council.  Li  December  17S1, 
he  was  appointed  one  of  the  vice  treasurers  of  Ireland.  On  the 
first  institution  of  the  order  of  St.  Patrick,  his  Lordship  was  ap- 
pointed an  original  knight  companion  of  that  illustrious  order  ; 
appointed  governor  of  the  county  of  Cork,  and  in  September 
1786,  his  Majesty  was  pleased  to  grant  to  him  and  his  heirs  male 
the  dignity  of  a  Baron  of  the  kingdom  of  Great  Britain,  by  the 
name,  style,  and  title  of  Loud  Carleton,  Baron  of  Carleton 
in  the  cofinty  of  York. 

On  December  15th,  1763,  his  Lordship  married  Catherine, 
eldest  daughter  of  the  late  Right  Honourable  John  Ponsonby, 
brother  to  William,  late  Earl  of  Bessborough,  and  by  her  Lady- 
ship, who  was  born  April  29th,  17^7>  had  issue  two  sons,  and 
two  daughters  5  the  elder  of  whom  died  young ;  and  the  younger 
are, 

First,  Henry,  Viscount  Boyle,  present  peer. 

Second,  Lady  Harriot,  married,  February  J 2th,  17S4,  Francis 
Bernard,  Esq.  now  Earl  of  Bandon. 

His  Lordship  dying  May  20th,  I8O7,  was  succeeded  by  his 
only  surviving  son, 

Henry,  present  and  third  Earl  of  Shannon,  and  second 
Lord  Carleton. 

His  Lordship  was  born  August  8th,  177^^  and  mnrried,  June 
pth,  1798>  Sarah,  fourth  daughter  of  John  Hyde,  Esq.  of  Castle 
Hyde,  and  has  had  issue 

Richard,  died  an  infant. 

And  four  daughters. 

Titles.  Henry  Boyle,  Earl  of  Shannon,  Viscount  Boyle  of 
Bandon,  and  Baron  of  Castlemartyr  j  and  Baron  of  Carleton  in 
the  county  of  York. 

Creations.  Earl  of  Shannon,  Viscount  Bandon,  and  Baron  of 
Castlemartyr  in  the  county  of  Cork,  April  l6th,  1756,  29  Geo. 
II, ;  and  Baron  Carleton  of  Carleton  in  the  county  of  York  Sep- 
tember ]  787,  26  Geo.  III. 

n  Lords  Jour.  vol.  iv.  p.  341,  «  Beatson's  Index. 


106  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

Arms.     Parti  per  bend  crenelle,  argent  and  gules. 

Crest.  A  lion's  head  erased,  parti  per  bend  crenelle,  argent 
and  gules. 

Supporters.  Two  lions,  parti  per  pale,  the  dexter  gules,  the 
sinister  of  the  second  and  first. 

Motto.     Spectemur  agendo. 

Chief  Seat.  Castlemartyr  in  the  county  of  Cork,  123  mile? 
from  Dublin. 


LORD  SUFFIELD.  107 


HARBORD,  LORD  SUFFIELD. 

HarbordHarbord,'  of  Gunf on  in  Norfolk,  Esq.  elected  member 
of  parliament  for  that  county  1728,  died  in  January  1742,  having 
had  issue 

A  daughter  and  heiress,  married  to  William  Mordeic, 
Esq.  who  had  by  her  a  son  and  heir. 

Sir  William  (MordmJ  Harbord,  who  succeeded  in  1742  to 
the  estate  of  his  maternal  grandfather,  and  assumed  the  name 
of  Harbord  in  conformity  to  the  will  of  his  said  grandfather. 

He  was  elected  a  Knight  of  the  Bath  in  May  1/44,  by  the 
name  of  Sir  William  Harbord;  and  created  a  £aront'/ March 
22d,  1745. 

He  represented  Berealston  in  Devonshire,  1734,  1741,  I747. 

He  married  Miss  BrititFe,'^  by  whom  he  left  issue 

Sir  Harbord  Harbord,  second  Baronet,  and  first  Lord 
SuFFiBLD,  born  January  26th,  1734,  who  during  his  father's  life 
was  elected  member  of  parliament  for  the  city  of  Norwich,  1755, 
1762,  and  176s  J  and  again  after  his  father's  death  in  17/4,  178O, 
and  1784. 

He  married,  October  27th,  17t)0,  Mary  Assheton,  daughter 
and  coheir  (with  the  wife  of  Sir  Thomas  J£gerton,  Bart,  now  Earl 
of  Wilton)  of  Sir  Ralph  Assheton,  of  Lancashire,  Bart. 

a  Sir  Charles  Harbord  was  M.  P.  for  Launceston  in  Cornwall,  1660,  1661, 
1678-  William  Harbord  was  M-  Pfor  the  same  in  1688;  and  appears  also 
to  have  been  returned  in  the  same  year  for  Thetford,  co.  Norf- 

b  Robert  Britiffe  was  M.  P.  1722,  and  1727  ;  and  died  1749,  aged  near 
ninety. 


108  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

He  was  elevated  to  the  peerage  August  8th,  1/85,  by  the 
title  of  Lord  Suffield,  of  Suffield  in  Norfolk. 

He  died  February  4th,  1810,  aet.  seventy-seven,  having  had 
issue  by  his  Lady  aforesaid, 

First,  Charles,  born  July  12th,  IjQl,  died  an  infant. 

Second,  Mary,  born  November  11th,  1763,  married,  August 
12th,  1733,  Sir  George  Armytage,  of  Kirklees  in  Yorkshire,  Bart, 
and  died  August  13  th,  179O. 

Third,  William  Assheton,  prese7it  peer. 

Fourth,  Louisa,  born  September  29th,  1767- 

Fifth,  Catherine,  born  June  24th,  1773;  married,  October 
igth,  1802,  John  Petre,  Esq. 

Sixth,  Edward,  born  November  10th,  1792,  barrister  at  law, 
and  member  of  parliament  for  Yarmouth  in  Norfolk,  married, 
ISO9,  Georgina,  only  child  of  the  present  Lord  Vernon. 

William  Assheton,  eldest  son,  succeeded  as  second  Lord 
Suffield. 

His  Lordship,  while  a  commoner,  was  returned  in  1790 
member  of  parliament  for  Luggershall  in  Wilts;  and  in  I8O6, 
for  Plympton-Earle,  com.  Dev. 

In  1794,  he  raised  the  Norfolk  regiment  of  fencible  cavalry. 

His  Lordship  married,  on  June  4th,  1792,  Lady  Caroline 
Hobart,  second  daughter  and  coheir  of  John,  second  Earl  of  Buck- 
inghamshire. 

Titles.     William  Assheton  Harbord,  Lord  Suffield  and  Bart, 

Creations.  Baron  Suffield  of  Suffield  in  Norfolk,  August  8th, 
1786;  and  Baronet  March  22d,  1745-6. 

Jrms.  Quarterly  azure  and  gules,  an  Imperial  crown,  or,  be- 
tween four  lions  rampant  in  saltier,  argent. 

Crest.  On  a  chapeau,  gules,  lined  ermine,  a  lion  couchant, 
argent. 

Supporters.  On  the  dexter  a  lion,  ducally  collared  with  a 
chain ;  on  the  sinister  a  leopard  guardant,  ducally  collared  also^ 
and  chained. 

Motto.      iEaUANIMITER. 

Chief  Seats,     Gunton  and  Blickling*  in  Norfolk. 
»  Formerly  the  Hobart  seat. 


i 


LORD  DORCHESTER.  109 


CARLETON,  LORD  DORCHESTER. 

This  is  an  ancient  family  who  removed  from  the  north  of  Eng- 
land to  Ireland. 

Their  ancestor  Baldwin  was  father  of  Jhffkky  de  Cahle- 
xov,  whose  son 

Odard  De  Carleton  had  issue 

Henry  De  Carleton,  father  of 

Gilbert  De  Carleton,  whose  son 

William  De  Carleton,  by  Helen,  daughter  of ,  had 

issue 

Adam  De  Carleton,  living  15  Edw.  I.  who  by  Sarah,  daughter 
of  Adam,  of  Newton,  was  father  of 

John  De  Carleton,  22  Edw.  I.  who  by  Dorothy,  daughter  of 
Henry  Brougham,  had  issue 

Thomas  De  Carleton,  19  Edw.  [I.  who  by  Joan,  daughter  of 
Roger  De  Lancaster,  was  father  of 

John  De  Carleton,  30  Edw.  III.  who  died  before  17  Rich.  IL 
leaving  by  Margaret^,  daughter  of  John  De  Morton  (who  was 
alive  in  1384), 

Thomas  De  Carleton,  22  Rich.  IL  8  Hen.  IV.  and  27  Hen. 
VI.  who  married  Alice,  daughter  and  heir  of  Gecrge  Dawbury, 
of  com.  York,  and  had  issue, 

Thomas  De  Carleton,  born   1   Hen.  VI.  who  died  11  Hen. 

VIII.  having  married  a  second  wife,  daughter  of Col- 

lison  3  but  by  his  first  wife,  Agnes,  daughter  of  Thomas  Wy- 
beigh,  of  Clifton,  com.  Westmoreland,  he  was  father  of 

Thomas  De  Carleton,  born  about  the  20th  of  Edw,  IV.  uha 


1 10  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

died  4th  of  Philip  and  Mary,  leaving  by  Mabel,  daughter  and  co- 
heir of Carlisle,  of  Carlisle  com.  Cumberland, 

First,  Thomas  Carleton,  of  Carleton,  born  1547,  died  15Q%> 
aged  fifty-one,  who  by  Barbara,  daughter  of  Hugh  Lowther,  of 
Lowther,  com.  Westmoreland,  had  two  sons,  first,  Sir  Thomas 
Carleton,  of  Carleton,  Knight,  died  s,  p.  about  l638,  having  naar- 
ried  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  John  Strelly,  of  Woodborough,  com. 
Notts,  relict  of  Marmaduke  Constable,  of  Wassand,  com.  York  j 
second,  Gerard  Carleton,  died  in  the  lifetime  of  his  elder  brother, 

having  married  Nichola,  daughter  of Elliot,  of  Redhugh 

in  Scotland,  by  whom  he  had  Sir  "William  Carleton,  of  Carleton, 
com.  Cumberland,  Knight,  aged  fifty-eight,  on  March  25th, 
\QQ5,  who  had  two  wives  ;  first,  Dorothy,  daughter  of  Sir  Chris- 
topher Dalston,  of  Acorn-Bank,  com.  Westmoreland,  by  whom 
he  had  a  daughter  Mary,  aged  eighteen,  in  1665  j  .secondly,  Bar^ 
bara,  daughter  of  Robert  Delaval,  of  Cowpen,  com.  Northumb. 
by  whom  he  had  a  son  Robert,  aged  eight  years  in  l665,  and  a 
daughter  Alice. 

Second,  Launcelot  Carleton,  his  second  son,  of  Brampton-* 
Foot  in  Gillesland,  com.  Cumberland,  born  in  1549,  He  settled 
afterwards  at  Rossfad  near  Inneskillen  in  Ireland ;  and  died  in 
l6l5,  aged  sixty-six.  He  married  Eleanor,  daughter  of  Kirkby, 
of  Kirkby,  com.  Lancaster,  and  had  issue. 

First,  Launcelot,  of  whom  presently. 

Second,  Ambrose  Carleton. 

Third,  Thomas  Carleton,  equerry  to  King  Charles  L  who,  by 
the  daughter  of  Graham,  had  John  Carleton,  Gent,  who  died  July 
20th,  1703,  aged  sixty-seven,  and  was  buried  at  Pancras,  having 
married  Susanna,  daughter  of  Sir  Hugh  Ackland,  Bart,  who  died 
February  5th,  1696,  aged  sixty-two. 

Fourth,  Roger. 

Fifth,  Charles. 

Sixth,  Guy  Carleton,  born  at  Brampton  Foot  in  Gillesland, 
about  1604,  made  Dean  of  Carlisle  in  August  166O,  elected  Bishop 
OF  Bristol  February  llth,  167I,  translated  to  the  See  ofCni' 
CHESTER,  January  8th,  1678,  died  at  Westminster  July  6th,  1685, 
and   buried   at  the   cathedral   of  Chichester.*      He  left  three 

daughters  J   Elizabeth,  wife  of Swinho  ;  Prudence,  died 

unmarried  ;  and  Hester,  wife  of  George  Vane,  Esq. 

Lancelot  Carleton,  o£  Rossfad,  eldest  son,  died  in  the  civil 

»  See  an  account  of  him  in  Wood's  Ath.  vol  ii.  p.  ix68. 


LORD  DORCHESTER.  Ill 

wars  in  the  service  of  King  Charles  I.  having  married  Mary, 
daughter  of  William  Irvine,  of  Castle-Irvine,  com.  Fermanagh, 
Esq.  by  whom  he  had  two  sons. 

First,  Lancelot,  of  whom  presently. 

Second,  Christopher,  of  Market-Hill,  com.  Fermanagh,  who 
died  about  1716,  having  married  Anne,  daughter  and  heir  of  the 
Reverend  George  Hamilton,  rector  of  Devenish,  &c,  com.  Fer- 
managh, by  whom  he  had  issue,  first,  Alexander  Carleton,  of 
Carleton,  in  the  commission  of  the  peace  for  that  county  and  for 
Meath,  died  November  13th,  1745,  s.  p. :  second,  George  Carleton, 
of  Market-Hill,   com,  Fermanagh,   sheriff  of  the  county  of  Mo- 
naghan,  and  in  the  commission  of  the  peace  for  the  county  of 
Fermanagh,  married  Catherine,  daughter  of  John  Creighton,  of 
Aughlane,  com.  Fermanagh,  Esq.   niece  to  Sir  Robert  Creighton, 
Bart,  son  of  William  Creighton  Earl  of  Dumfries,  by  whom  he 
had,  first,  John  Carleton,  married,  but  died  s.  p.;  second,  Alex- 
ander Carleton,  of  Dublin,  Esq,  barrister  at  law,  having,  in  17/1, 
married  Evelyn,  daughter  of  Gilbert  Pepper,  of  com.  Meath,  Esq. 
(by  whom  he  had  George  James  Carleton,  eldest  son,  a  lieutenant 
of  marines;   William  Carleton,  Esq.  second  son,  died  s.  p. ;  and 
John,  third  son)  :   third,  Christopher  Carleton,  of  Market-Hill,  in 
the  commission  of  the  peace  for  the  county  of  Fermanagh,   mar- 
ried Henrietta  Maria,  daughter  of  Colonel  John   Creighton,  by 
whom  he  had  an  only  son,  George,  who  died  young ;  and  three 
daughters  and  coheirs;    viz.  Henrietta,   died   unmarried;  Vin- 
centia,  living  unmarried  1/71 ;  and  Mary,  married  Henry  Pieslej 
Le  Strange  of  Moyston,  King's  County,  Esq.  :  fourth,  William 
Carleton,  of  Inniskilling,  Esq.  in  the  commission  of  the  peace  for 
the  county  of  Fermanagh  aforesaid ;  fifth,  George  Carleton,  A.M. 
late  chaplain   to  the  sixty-seventh  regiment  of  foot.     Lancelot 
Carleton,  A.M.  their  uncle,  (third  son  of  Christopher  and  Anne 
Hamilton)  was  chaplain  of  a  regiment  of  dragoons  in  Spain,  and 
rector  of  Padworth,  com.  Berks;  and  dying  October  14th,  1/30, 
was  buried  at  Padworth,  having  married  Barbara,  daughter  of 
Thomas  Twitty,  of  Clanes,  com.  Wore,  who  died  in  London,  and 
was  buried  at  St.  Luke's  church,  Middlesex,   By  her  he  had  issue 
Alexander  Carleton,  of  London,  citizen    and    banker,  his  only 
child,   born  at  Padworth,  who  died  May  lOth,  1775,  unmarried, 
and  was  buried  at  Islington. 

Lancelot  Carleton,  of  Rosfad  ('eldest  son  of  Lancelot  and 
Afary  Irvine)  was  in  the  commission  of  the  peace  for  Fermanagh, 
and  high  sheriff  for  that  county  about  1683.     He  was  also  high 


112  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

sheriff  for  the  county  of  Donegal  in  iGsd  ;  and  died  about  1693. 
He  married  Mary,  daughter  and  heir  of  John  Cathcart,  of  the 
county  of  Fermanagh,  Esq.  by  whom  he  had  six  sons,  viz. 

First,  Lancelot  Carleton,  of  Rossfad,  Esq.  a  captain  in  the 
ninth  regiment,  and  high  sheritf  of  com.  Fermanagh ;  died  un- 
married about  1700. 

Second,  Guy  Carleton,  of  Rossfad  aforesaid,  Esq.  high  sheriff 
of  com.  Fermanagh  about  IJlSj  ^nd  in  the  commission  of  the 
peace;  died  1731,  having  married  Mary,  daughter  of  Major 
Brook,  by  whom  he  had  Guy,  and  Lancelot,  who  died  young  j 
and  Mary,  wife  of  Philip  Perceval,  of  Temple  House,  com.  Sligoj 
Sarah,  wife  of  Arthur  Cooper,  of  Tansie  Fort,  com.  Sligo,  Esq. ; 
and  Jane,  wife  of  Colonel  Henry  Richardson,  of  Rich  Hill,  com. 
Fermanagh. 

Third,  Christopher,  of  whom  presently,  as  father  of  Lord 
Dorchester. 

Fourth,  Charles,  died  in  England  unmarried. 

Fifth,  John,  an  officer  in  the  Queen's  army,  died  of  his  wounds 
in  a  battle  in  Spain. 

Sixth,  William,  a  lieutenant  in  Cope's  dragoons,  died  un- 
married. 

Christopher,  third  son,  already  mentioned,  was  of  Newry, 
com.  Down,  Esq.  and  died  in  Ireland  about  1738,  having  mar- 
ried Catherine,  daughter  of  Henry  Ball,  Esq.  of  com.  Donegal, 
who  died  in  Ireland  about  1757.  By  her  he  had  three  daughters, 
and  four  sons  ;  viz, 

Catherine,  married^  but  died  without  issue. 

Anne,  married  John  Rotton,  of  Dublin,  Esq. 

Conally,  youngest  daughter,   married Crauford,  of 

Ireland. 

The  sons  were. 

First,  William  Carleton,  captain  in  the  royal  Irish  regiment  of 
foot,  drowned  at  sea  about  l/^S,  married  the  daughter  of 

,  of  com,  Devon,  who  was  drowned  at  sea  with  her 
husband ;  and  by  her  had  issue,  first,  William  Carleton,  born  in 
17-^5,  a  lieutenant  in  the  fifty-seventh  regiment  of  foot,  died  at 

sea  unmarried,  about  1/65  ;  second,  a  daughter,  married 

Starling,  Esq.j  third,  Christopher,  born  at  Newcastle  upon- 
Tyne  in  17-19,  a  lieutenant-colonel  in  the  army,  died  at  Quebec 
inl787,  s.  p.  having  married,  at  St.  George's  Hanover- Square, 
Lady  Anne,  second  daughter  of  Thomas  Howard  Earl  of  Effing- 
ham ;  and  sister  to  Lady  Dorchester. 


LORD  DORCHESTER.  113 

Second,  Lancelot,  a  lieutenant  in  General  Blakeney's  regi- 
ment in  Jamaica,  died  in  tiie  expedition  under  Wentworth,  about 
1/41,  unmarried. 

Thiird,  Guy,  Lord  Dorchester. 

Fourtli,  Thomas,  lieutenant-colonel  of  the  twenty-ninth  regi- 
ment, and  lieutenant-governor  of  New  Brunswick,  a  general  in 
the  army,  colonel  of  a  battalion  in  the  sixtieth  regiment  of  foot, 

married  the  daughter  of Van  Horn,  of  New  York  j  and 

widow  of Foy,  an  officer  of  artillery,   by  whom  he  has 

had  issue  William,  and  two  daughters. 

SiK  Guy  Carleton,  third  son,  first  Lord  Dorchester, 
was  born  at  Strabane  in  Ireland,  September  3d,  1724;  and  em- 
bracing a  military  life,  was  captain-lieutenant,  and  lieutenant- 
colonel  of  the  first  regiment  of  foot-guards. 

On  June  18th,  17 ■'^7,  he  was  appointed  lieutenant-governor  of 
Quebec;  and  on  February  ipth,  I7G2,  was  brigadier-general  in 
America, 

In  November  1766,  he  was  appointed  colonel  of  the  forty- 
seventh  regiment  of  foot.  On  April  2d,  177'^>  ^^s  arrived  at  the 
rank  of  major-general ;  and  May  28th  following,  was  nominated 
Governor  of  Quebec  ;  and  was  supposed  to  have  been  instru- 
mental in  passing  the  celebrated  Quebec  Bill,  for  the  government 
of  that  settlement. 

In  1775,  the  American  war  broke  out;  and  General  Carleton 
had  a  field  for  the  display  of  his  military  talents.  The  Congress 
having  resolved  to  resort  to  arms,  began  soon  to  turn  their  eyes 
towards  Canada.  In  that  province  they  knew  the  late  acts  were 
very  unpopular,  not  only  among  the  British  settlers,  but  the  French 
Canadians  themselves,  who  having  experienced  the  difference 
between  a  French  and  British  constitution,  gave  the  preference  to 
the  latter.  ^  *'  The  extraordinary  powers  placed  in  the  hands  of 
General  Carleton,  governor  of  Canada,"  (says  Bisset)  "  by  a  late 
commission,  were  new  and  alarming.  To  co-operate  with  the 
disaffected  in  Canada,  and  to  anticipate  the  probable  and  sus- 
pected designs  of  this  General,  the  Congress  formed  the  bold  pro- 
ject of  invading  this  province.  General  Montgomery  headed  the 
expedition ;  and  proceeded  with  such  vigour,  that  he  compelled 
the  fort  of  St.  John's  to  surrender  at  discretion  on  the  2d  of  No- 
vember.    Hence,   crossing  St.  Laurence,   he  proceeded  to  Moiu 

b  Bisset,  vol.  ii.  p.  277. 
YQI.,  VIII.  1 


1 14  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND, 

treal,  which  being  incapable  of  defence  against  the  American 
force.  General  Carleton  evacuated  it,  and  retired  to  Quebec. 

"'  Having  taken  possesbion  of  Montreal,  Montgomery  made  dis- 
positions for  advancing  to  besiege  the  capital  of  Canada,  and  there 
were  several  circumstances  favourable  to  his  hopes  of  success.  The 
works  of  the  town  had  been  greatly  neglected  from  the  time  of 
the  peace ;  as  by  the  cessions  of  France,  no  enemy  was  conceived 
to  be  in  the  vicinity.     The  garrison  did  not  consist  of  above  1 100 
men,  of  which  very  few  were  regulars;  and  the  greater  number 
of  the  inhabitants  were  ill-affected  to  the  framers  of  their  new 
constitution.     General  Carleton,  though  of  high  military  reputa- 
tion, was  by  no  means  conciliating  in  his  manners ;  his  social  at- 
tention was  almost  solely  bestowed  on   the  Canadian  roblesse, 
without  extending  to  the  much  more  numerous,  and  more  truly 
important  class  of  commoners ;  and  he  was  considered  as  the 
principal  instigator  of  the  ministry  to  the  measures  which  they 
had  proposed  for  governing  that  province."  "^     While  the  British 
governor,  with  these  disadvantages  undertook  to  defend  Quebec 
against  Montgomv°ry,  an  attempt  was  made  by  Colonel  Arnold  to 
take  that  city  by  surprize.     On  November  Qih,  he  arrived  oppo- 
site Quebec  ;  but  before  he  had  time  to  provide  boats  and  rafts, 
the  city  was  alarmed,  and  this  delay  saved  Quebec.     But  the 
American  General  having  on  December  5th  joined  Arnold,  ap- 
peared  before   Quebec,    and   immediately   sent  a  summons   to 
Carleton  to  surrender.     The  British  General  treated  this  demand 
with  contempt,  and  refused  to  hold  any  correspondence  with  a 
rebel.    Between  the  British  troops  and  the  inhabitants,  there  pre- 
vailed, contrary  to  the  expectation  of  their  opponents,  a  perfect 
unnnim-ity  of  exerlions;  and  the  American  commander  unpre- 
pared for  a  regular  siege,  attempted  to  take  the  place  by  storm. 
In  this  attempt  Montgomery  fell  at  the  head  of  his  troops,  deeply 
regretted  by  his  countrymen  j  and  the  garrison  after  an  obstinate 
resistance,  drove  the  assailants  away  from  the  town  with  great 
loss.<i      Colonel   Arnold,   thus   disappointed   in   his  endeavours 
against  Quebec,  resolved  nevertheless  to  continue  in  the  province, 
and  encamped  on  the  heights  of  Abraham,  where  he  fortified 
himself,  and  put  his  troops  in  such  a  situation  as  to  be  still  for- 
midable. ^ 

At  the  commencement  of  the  following  year,  1776,  Arnold 
still  continued  the  blockade  of  Quebec,  notwithstanding  a  very 

e  Bisset,  vol.  ii.  p.  282.  d  Ibid.  p.  387.  •  Ibid. 


LORD  DORCHESTER.  115 

severe  season,  and  under  great  difficulties.  As  the  season  ad- 
vanced, they  became  more  active,  that  they  might  anticipate  the 
arrival  of  the  troops  from  England ;  they  renewed  the  siege,  and 
erected  batteries  to  burn  the  shipping.  But  in  the  beginning  of 
May,  an  English  squadron  made  its  way  up  to  Quebec ;  and  on 
finding  succours  arrived,  the  besiegers  retired.^ 

On  May  pth.  General  Carleton  proceeded  in  pursuit  of  Ar- 
nold, just  as  he  had  begun  his  retreat  j  and  thus  the  siege  of 
Quebec  was  raised,  after  continuing  about  five  months. 

In  the  end  of  May,  several  regiments  arriving  from  Ireland 
and  England,  together  with  a  regiment  from  General  Howe,  and 
the  Brunswick  troops,  which,  when  added  to  those,  who  were 
before  in  the  province,  amounted  to  13,000  men.  General  Carle- 
ton  prepared  for  offensive  operations,  ^  The  provincials  icuated 
their  conquests,  and  stationed  themselves  at  Crown  Point,  \  lither 
the  British  commander  did  not  follow  them  for  the  present. 

An  armament  was  now  prepared  for  crossing  Lake  Champlain, 
in  order  to  besiege  Crown  Point,  and  Ticonderago.  The  Ame- 
ricans had  a  considerable  fleet  on  Lake  Champlain,  whereas  the 
British  had  not  a  single  vessel.  The  General  therefore  used 
every  effort  to  procure  the  requisite  naval  force  ;  but  October  was 
begun,  before  this  was  ready  to  oppose  the  enemy.  On  October 
11th,  the  British  fleet,  commanded  by  Captain  Pringle,  and  under 
the  general  direction  of  Carleton,  discovered  the  American  ar- 
mament 5  and  engaging  them,  the  conflict  continued  on  both 
sides  for  several  hours  with  great  intrepidity  3  but  the  contrary 
wind  preventing  the  chief  British  ships  from  taking  a  part,  and 
night  coming  on,  it  was  thought  prudent  to  discontinue  the  ac- 
tion; and  Arnold  took  advantage  of  the  night  to  retreat.  §  The 
Biitish  pursued  the  next  day  and  the  day  following,  and  over- 
took them  a  few  leagues  from  Crown  Point ;  where  after  a  furioui 
battle  of  two  hours  they  yielded  to  our  superior  force  and  skill. 

General  Carleton  remained  at  Crown  Point  till  November  3d; 
and  as  the  winter  was  commencing,  did  not  think  it  proper  to  be- 
siege Ticonderago.  He  returned  therefore  to  St.  John's,  whence 
he  distributed  his  army  into  winter  quarters. 

In  the  following  year,  ]777>  an  expedition  being  planned 
from  Canada,  to  effect  a  co-operation  with  the  principal  British 
force,  the  command  of  the  armament  was  conferred  on  General 

t  Bisset,  vol.  ii.  p.  332.  f  Ibid.  p.  333. 

s  Ibid.  p.  370. 


116  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

Burgoyne.  "■  Sir  Guy  Carleton"  (for  he  had  been  nomuiated  a 
Knight  of  the  Bath  on  July  6th,  1776)  "  from  his  official 
situation  in  Canada,  his  conduct,  and  especially  his  defence  of 
Quebec,  might  have  reasonably  expected  this  appointment ;  he 
was  an  older  general,  of  more  military  experience,  and  belter  ac- 
quainted with  the  country,  its  inhabitants  and  resources.  His 
character  commanded  greater  authority  than  Burgoyne's  had 
hitherto  established ;  the  professional  reputation  of  Burgoyne, 
indeed,  was  liable  to  no  objection,  but  he  had  not,  like  Carleton, 
obtained  celebrity.  As  no  military  grounds  could  be  alleged  for 
superseding  Carleton  to  make  room  for  Burgoyne,  his  promotion 
was  imputed  to  parliamentary  influence  more  th?.n  to  his  official 
talents.  Carleton,  disgusted  with  a  preference  by  no  means 
merited,  as  soon  as  he  heard  of  the  appointment,  resigned  his  go- 
vernment. The  event  was  such  as  might  be  expected  from  the 
delegation  of  important  trust  from  extrinsic  considerations,  instead 
of  the  fitness  of  the  trustee  for  the  service  required."  ' 

On  August  2yth,  1777}  Sir  Guy  was  made  a  lieutenant-ge- 
neral in  the  army;  and  having  now  returned  to  England,  was 
installed  at  Westminster  as  K.  B.  May  22d,  1/79. 

In  178I,  he  was  appointed  to  succeed  Sir  Henry  Clinton  as 
Commander  in  Chief  in  America,  where  he  rem.ained  till  the 
termination  of  the  contest,  when  after  an  interview  with  General 
Washington,  he  evacuated  New  York,  and  returned  to  England. 

On  April  11th,  1/86,  he  was  once  mote  appointed  Govebnor 
OF  Quebec,  Nova  Scotia,  and  New  Brunswick,  and,  as  a  re- 
ward for  his  long  services,  was  on  the  2lst  of  August  following 
elevated  to  the  Peerage,  by  the  title  of  Lord  Dorchester,  '^  of 
Dorchester  in  the  county  of  Oxford. 

His  Lordship  remained  in  this  extensive  government  for  se-^ 
veral  years  j  '  and  returning  at  length  to  England,  passed  his  old 
age  in  the  bosom  of  his  family ;  tirst  at  Kempshot,  near  Basing-. 
stoke,  in  Hants ;  and  afterwards  at  his  seat  near  Maidenhead. 

i  Bisset,  vol.  ii.  p.  434. 
k  He  seems  to  have  taken  this  title,  because  it  had  been  used  by  one  of 
own  name.  Sit  Dudley  Carlton,  who  does  not  appear  to  have  been  related  to 
him.  This  Sir  Dudley,  an  eminent  statesman  (whose  state  papers  and  letters 
were  publisiied  by  the  late  Lord  Hardwicke)  was  son  of  Anthony  Carlton,  of 
Baldwin-Brightwell  in  Oxfordshire,  and  was  created  Viscount  Dor- 
chester, of  Dorchester  com.  Oxf.  July  2<;th,  4  Char.  I.  He  died  February 
15th,  1651.  All  his  children  died  infants;  and  the  title  therefore  expireci 
with  him. 
1  See  the  Duke  de  Rochefoucault  Liancourt's  Travels  in  North  America, 


LORD  DORCHESTER.  I17 

His  Lordship  died  November  10th,  1808,  aet.  eighty-five  j  at 
>vhich  time  he  was  colonel  of  the  fourth  regiment  of  dragoons, 
and  a  general  in  the  army. 

His  Lordship  married  at  the  Bishop  of  London's  Palace  at 
Fulham  on  May  22d,  17/2,  Lady  Maria,  third  daughter  of  Tho- 
mas Howard  Earl  of  Effipgham,  by  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Peter 
Beckford,  of  Jamaica,  Esq.  And  by  her  Ladyship  (who  was 
born  at  Great  Bookham  in  Surr)--,  August  30th,  1753),  had  issue. 
First,  Guy,  an  ensign  in  the  third  regiment  of  foot-guards, 
born  in  the  parish  of  St.  George,  Hanover-square,  February  4th, 
1773,  died  unmarried  November  10th,  1793. 

Second,  Thomas,  a  captain  in  the  army,  born  in  St.  George's, 
Hanover-square,  April  30th,  I774,  died  unmarried  April  17th, 
1794. 

Third,  Christopher,  of  whom  presently ,  as  father  of  the  present 
peer. 

Fourth  and  fifth,  William  and  Lancelot,  both  died  infants. 
Sixth,  George,  lieutenant-colonel  in  the  army,  born  at  Rich- 
mond, Surry,  September  25th,  1781,  married,  in  October  1805, 
Henrietta,  daughter  of  Edward  King,  Esq.  of  Askham-Hall,  com. 
Westmoreland,  by  whom  he  has  Maria,  born  ISO6  in  Gibraltar 
Bay,  and  Henrietta,  born  at  Malta  I8O7. 

Seventh,  Charles,  born  in  Queen  Anne-street  West,  in  July 
1786,  died  May  22d,  1799. 

Eighth,  Dudley,  born  in  the  Chateau  St.  Louis  at  Quebec, 
June  22d,  1790,  a  lieutenant  in  the  fourth  dragoons. 

Ninth,  Richard,  born  in  St.  Mary-le-bone,  February  10th, 
1792. 

Tenth,  Maria,  eldest  daughter  born  in  the  Chateau  St. 
Louis  at  Quebec,  August  20th,  1777j  married  in  May  1810,  Wil- 
liam, second  Lord  Bolton. 

Eleventh,  Frances,  second  daughter,  born  in  Queen  Anne- 
street  West,  February  3d,  1785,  married,  August  24th,  1802,  the 
Rev.  John  Orde,  of  Kingsclere,  Hants,  (cousin  of  Lord  Bolton). 

Christopher  Carleton,  third  son,  already  mentioned,  (who 
died  before  his  father)  was  born  in  the  chateau  St.  Louis  at 
Quebec,  July  23d,  1775,  was  lieutenant-colonel  of  the  twenty- 
fifth  light  dragoons,  and  died  February  6th,  1S0(5,  ast.  thirty-one, 
on  board  the  Devonshire  East  Indiaman  then  lying  in  Madras 
roads,  having  married,   on  June  9th,   1797?  Piiscilla  Martha,' 

i  Her  sister  married  Lieut.  Colonel  Siv  Robeit  Wilson,  of  the  20th  dragoons. 


118  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

eldest  daughter  and  coheir  of  William  Belfordj  Esq,  a  captain  in 
the  army,  and  grand-daughter  of  lieutenant-general  William  Bel- 
ford  of  the  artillery.     By  her  he  had  issue. 

First,  Maria  Pelham  Carleton,  born  June  27th,  1798,  and 
baptized  at  Dummer,  Hants. 

Second,  Harriet  Elizabeth  Georgina,  born  July  22d,  1800, 
died  September  22d  following,  and  buried  in  Mary-le-bone  church. 

Third,  Arthur  Henry  Carleton,  who  succeeded  his  grand- 
father as  SECOND  Lord  Dorchester. 

His  Lordship  was  born  at  Madras  February  20th,  1805,  and 
baptized  at  St.  Helena,  in  the  church  there. 

Title.    Arthur  Henry  Lord  Dorchester,  of  Dorchester,  in  Ox- 
fordshire. 

Creation.     Baron  of  Dorchester  August  8th,  1786. 

Arms.    Ermine,  on  a  bend  sable,  three  pheons  heads,  argent. 

Crest.     An  arm  embowed,  holding  an  arrow. 

Supporters.     Two  beavers,  collared. 

Molta.     Quondam  his  vicimus  armis. 

CI  lief  Seat. 


LORD  HEATHFIELD. 


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ELIOTT,  LORD  HEATHFIELD. 

The  surname  of  Eliott  in  the  south  of  Scotland  Is  said  to  have 
come  from  a  village,  called  Eliott,  in  the  north,  and  with  that 
name  came  to  the  south  border"  in  the  reign  of  King  James  I.  of 
Scotland.  ^ 


a  Nisbet  gives  the  names  and  arms  of  the  following  branches. 

'•  First,  Eliott,  ofRedheugh,  now  called  Lawriston,  in  Liddisdalci  G. 
on  a  bend  or,  a  pipe,  or  flute,  of  the  first. 

Second,  Sir  Gilbert  Eliott,  of  Stobbs,  Bart.  G-  on  a  bend  sngrailed  or,  2 
batton  azure.  Crest,  a  dexter  arm  holding  a  cutlass  proper,  with  the  motto 
Perad'venture.    As  matriculated  in  the  Lyon  Register. 

Third,  Sir  Gilbert  Eliott,  of  Minto,  Bart,  of  late  one  of  the  Senators  of 
the  College  of  Justice,  descended  of  Stobbs,  G.  on  a  bend  engrailed  or,  a 
batton  azure,  all  within  a  bordure  vaire  ;  Crest,  a  dexter  hand  issuing  from  a 
cloud  and  throwing  a  dart,  all  proper.    Motto,  Non  eglt  arcu. 

Fourth,  Mr,  Adam  Eliott,  third  son  to  the  deceased  Mr.  Henry  Eliott, 
minister  of  Bedrule,  who  was  lawful  son  to  William  Eliott,  sometime  Pro- 
vost of  Peebles,  who  was  third  brother  to  Gilbert  Eliott,  of  Stobbs ;  G.  on  a 
bend  engrailed  or,  a  flute  azure,  all  within  a  bordure  engrailed  of  the  second  ; 
and  charged  with  eight  mullets  of  the  third.  Crest,  a  dexter  hand,  holding 
a  flute  proper,  with  the  motto,  inestfacunditas,  which  shews  the  figure  on  the 
bend  to  be  a  pipe  or  flute. 

Fifth,  Walter  Eliott,  of  Eskelton,  a  second  son  of  Eliott,  of  Unthank, 
who  was  descended  of  the  family  of  Lauriston,  G.  on  a  bend  indented  or,  a 
flute  of  the  first.  Crest,  a  demi-man  in  armour,  proper,  with  the  motto,  fro 
rege  et  limite. 

Sixth,  Simeon  Eliott,  of  Binksnow,  of  Swinside,  descended  of  the  family 
of  Lauriston,  G.  on  abend  or,  a  baton  azure,  all  within  a  bordure  of  the 
second,  charged  with  six  garbs,  as  the  third.    Crest,  a  gentleman  holding  a 
pike  in  his  hand  in  a  watching  posture."    Nhhet,  vol.  i.  p.  99. 
b  Nisbet's  Heraldry,  vol  ».  p.  99. 


120  PEEFxAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

Sir  Gilbert  Eliott,  of  Stohh,  in  the  district  of  Tiviot  Dale 
in  the  sliire  of  Roxburgh,  Baronet  of  Nova  Scotia  (whose  ancestor 
was  so  created  1666),'^  died  in  Scotland  May  27th,  1764,  having 
married  Eleanor,  daughter  of  William  Eliot,  of  Weld,  or  Wells, 
in  the  shire  of  Roxburgh,  Esq.  ^ 

By  her  he  had  issue. 

First,  Sir  John  Eliott,  of  iS/oZ'Z:5,  Bart,  father  of  Sir  Francis 
Eliott  the  present  Bart. 

Second,  William;  third,  Gilbert;  fourth,  Charles;  sixth, 
Eliott  Eliott ;  seventh,  Gavin,  all  died  s.  p.  and  a  daughter  died 
young. 

Fifth,  Archibald  Eliott,  a  merchant  in  London,  and  secretary 
to  Ramsgate  harbour. 

Eighth,  Sir  George  Augustus  Eliott,  first  Lord  Heath- 
riELD,  was  born  at  the  paternal  seat  in  the  shire  of  Roxburgh, 
December  25th,  l/ir. 

He  received  the  first  rudiments  of  his  education  under  a  private 
tutor  retained  at  the  family  sent.  At  an  early  age  he  was  sent  to 
the  university  of  Leyden,  where  he  made  a  rapid  progress  in  clas- 
sical learning,  and  spoke  whh  elegance  and  fluency  the  German 
and  French  languages. 

Being  designed  for  a  military  life,  he  was  sent  from  thence  to 
La  Fere  in  Picardy.  This  school  was  rendered  the  most  famoiw 
in  Europe  by  means  of  the  great  Vauban,  under  whom  it  was 
conducted.  It  was  afterwards  committed  to  the  management  and 
eare  of  the  Comte  de  Houroville,  Here  it  was  that  the  founda- 
tion was  laid  of  that  knowledge  of  tactics  in  all  its  branches,  and 
particularly  in  the  arts  of  engineering  and  fortification,  which 
afterwards  so  greatly  distinguished  this  officer.  He  completed 
his  military  course  by  a  tour  on  the  continent,  for  the  purpose  of 
seeing  in  practice  what  he  had  been  studying  in  theory.  Prussia 
was  the  model  for  discipline,  and  he  continued  for  some  time  as  a 
volunteer  in  this  service.  Such  were  the  steps  taken  by  the 
young  men  of  fashion  in  that  day  to  accomplish  themselves  for 
the  service  of  their  country.  Many  of  his  cotemporaries  were 
then  similarly   engaged,    nobly   abandoning  the   enjoyments   of 

c  Sir  Gilbert  Eliotf,  the  first  Baronet  of  Minto,  so  created  1700,  was 
grandson  of  Gilbert  Eliott,  of  Stci>is. 

d  Sister  of  Colonel  William  Elioit,  who  married  Frances,  daughter  and 
aoheir  of  Henry  Nassau  D"  Auverqucrque,  Earl  of  Giar.thairi. 


LORD  HEATHFIELD.  121 

ease  and  luxury  at  home,  for  the  opportunity  of  seeing  actual 
service. 

Mr,  Eliott  returned,  in  his  seventeenth  year,  to  his  native 
country  of  Scotland,  and  was  in  the  same  year,  1/3.5,  introduced 
by  his  fither.  Sir  Gilbert,  to  lieutenant-colonel  Peers,  of  the 
twenty-third  regiment  of  foot,  or  royal  Welch  fuzileers,  then 
lying  in  Edinburgh.  Sir  Gilbert  presented  him  as  a  youth 
anxious  to  bear  arms  for  his  King  and  country.  He  was  accord- 
ingly entered  as  a  volunteer  in  that  regiment,  and  continued  for 
a  twelvemonth  or  more.  At  this  time  he  gave  a  promise  of  his 
future  military  talents,  and  slewed  that  he  was  at  least  a  soldier 
au  coeur.  From  the  twenly-third  he  went  into  the  engineer 
corps  at  Woolwich,  and  made  great  progress  in  that  study,  until 
his  uncle,  Colonel  Eliott,  brought  him  in  as  adjutant  of  the  se- 
cond troop  of  horse  grenadiers.  In  this  situation  he  conducted 
himself  wiih  the  most  exeinphry  attention,  and  laid  the  founda- 
tion of  that  discipline  which  has  rendered  those  two  troops  the 
finest  corps  of  heavy  cavalry  in  Europe,  the  Hanoverian  body 
guards  and  the  musketeers  of  France  not  excepted. 

Witli  these  troops  he  went  upon  service  to  Germany,  in  the 
war  before  last,  and  was  with  them  in  a  variety  of  actions.  At 
the  battle  of  Dettingen  he  was  wounded.  In  this  regiment  he 
first  bought  the  rank  of  captain  and  major,  and  afterwards  pur- 
chased the  lieutenant  colonelcy  from  Colonel  Brewerton,  who 
succeeded  to  his  uncle.  On  arriving  at  this  rank,  he  resigned 
his  commission  as  an  engineer,  which  he  had  enjoyed  along  with 
his  other  rank,  and  in  which  service  he  had  been  actively  em- 
ployed very  much  to  the  advantage  of  his  country.  He  had  re- 
ceived the  instructions  of  the  famous  engineer  Bellidor,  and  made 
himself  completely  master  of  the  science  of  gunnery.  Had  he 
not  so  disinterestedly  resigned  his  rank  in  the  engineer  depart- 
ment, he  would  now  by  regular  progression  have  been  at  the  head 
of  that  corp5. 

Soon  after  this  he  was  appointed  aid-de-camp  to  King  George 
I[.  and  was  already  distinguished  for  his  military  skill  and  dis- 
cipline. In  the  year  I759,  he  quitted  the  second  troop  of  horse 
grenadier  guards,  being  selected  to  raise,  form,  and  discipline 
the  fifteenth  regiment  of  light  horse,  called  after  him  Eliott's 
Light  Horse.  As  soon  as  they  were  raised  and  formed,  he  was 
appointed  to  the  command  of  the  cavalry  in  the  expedition  on  the 
coasts  of  France,  with  the  rank  of  brigadier-general.     And  after 


122  PEERAGE  OP  ENGLAND. 

this  be  passed  into  Germany,  where  he  was  employed  on  the  stall^ 
and  greatly  distinguished  himself  in  a  variety  of  movements, 
while  his  regiment  displayed  a  strictness  of  discipline,  an  activity 
and  enterprize,  which  gained  them  signal  honour;  and  indeed 
they  have  been  the  pattern  regiment>  both  in  regard  to  discipline 
and  appointment,  to  the  many  light  dragoon  troops  that  have 
been  since  raised  in  our  service. 

From  Germany  he  was  recalled  for  the  purpose  of  being  em- 
ployed as  second  in  command  in  the  memorable  expedition  against 
the  Havannah,  It  was  possible  to  find  an  officer  in  the  sunshins 
of  the  court  to  whom,  under  the  patronage  of  a  prince,  the  trap- 
pings of  the  chief  command  might  be  given  ;  but  an  Eliott  was 
wanted  to  act  as  well  as  an  Albemarle  to  shine,  and  for  him  they 
were  forced  to  go  to  the  dusty  plains  of  Germany.  The  circum- 
stances of  that  conquest  are  well  known.  It  seems  as  if  our 
brave  veteran  had  always  in  his  eye  the  gallant  Lewis  de  Veiasco, 
who  maintained  his  station  to  the  last  extremity,  and,  when  his 
garrison  were  flying  from  his  side,  or  falling  at  his  feet,  disdained 
to  retire  or  call  for  quarter,  but  fell  gloriously  exercising  his 
sword  upon  his  conquerors. 

Our  readers  will  pardon  us  for  the  recital  of  a  short  anecdote 
which  occurred  immediately  after  the  reduction,  as  it  shews  that 
in  the  very  heat  and  outrage  of  war  the  General  was  not  unmindful 
of  the  rights  of  humanity.  He  was  particularly  eminent  among 
the  conquerors  of  the  Havannah  for  his  disinterested  procedure, 
and  for  checking  the  horrors  of  indiscriminate  plunder.  To  him 
therefore  appeals  were  most  frequently  made.  A  Frenchman 
who  had  suffered  greatly  by  the  depredations  of  the  soldiery,  made 
application  to  him,  and  begged  in  bad  English,  that  he  would  in- 
terfere to  have  his  property  restored.  The  petitioner's  wife  who 
was  present,  a  woman  of  great  spirit,  was  angry  at  the  husband 
for  the  intercession^  and  said,  "  Comment  pouvez  vous  demander 
de  grace  a'  un  homme  qui  vient  vous  depouiller  ?  N'  en  esperez 
pas."  The  husband  persisting  in  his  application,  his  wife  grew 
more  loud  in  the  censure,  and  said,  "  Vous  n'  etes  pas  Francois  l" 
The  General,  who  was  busy  in  writing  at  the  time,  turned  to  the 
w'oman  and  said  smiling,  "  Madame,  ne  vous  echauffez  pas  ;  ce 
que  votre  mari  demande  lui  sera  accorde  I "  "Oh  faut-il  pour 
surcroit  de  malheur,"  exclaimed  the  woman,  "  que  le  barbare 
parle  le  Francois !"  The  General  was  so  very  much  pleased  with 
the  woman's  spirit,  that  he  not  only  procured  them  their  property 


LORD  HEATHFIELD.  12S 

again,  but  also  took  pains  to  accommpdate  them  in  every  respect. 
This  was  through  hie  the  manly  characteristic  of  the  Ge** 
neral :  if  he  would  not  sulfer  his  troops  to  extend,  for  the  sake  of 
plunder,  the  ravages  of  war,  he  never  impoverished  them  by  un- 
just actions.  He  would  never  consent  that  his  quarter-master's 
place  should  be  sold,  "  not  only,"  says  he,  "  because  I  think  it  is 
the  reward  of  an  honest  veteran  soldier  j  but  also  because  I  could 
not  so  directly  exercise  my  authority  in  his  dismission  should  h« 
behave  ill." 

On  the  peace,  his  gallant  regiment  was  reviewed  by  his  Ma- 
jesty in  Hyde-Park}  when  they  presented  to  the  King  the  stand- 
ards which  they  had  taken  from  the  enemy.  The  King,  grati- 
lied  with  their  high  character,  asked  General  Eliott  what  mark 
of  his  favour  he  could  bestow  on  his  i^egiment  equal  to  their 
merits.  He  answered,  his  regiment  would  be  proud  if  his  Ma- 
jesty should  think,  that  by  their  services  they  were  entitled  to  the 
distinction  of  Royals.  It  was  accordingly  made  a  royal  regiment 
of  light  dragoons.  At  the  same  time  the  King  expressed  a  desire 
to  confer  a  mark  of  his  favour  on  the  brave  General ;  but  he  de- 
clared, that  the  honour  and  satisfaction  of  his  Majesty's  approba- 
tion of  his  services  were  his  best  reward. 

During  the  peace  he  was  not  idle.  His  great  talents  in  the 
various  branches  of  the  military  art,  gave  him  ample  employment ; 
and  in  the  year  17/5,  he  was  appointed  to  succeed  General 
A'  Court,  as  Commander  in  chief  of  the  forces  hi  Ireland.  But 
he  did  not  continue  long  on  this  station)  not  even  long  enough 
to  unpack  all  his  trunks ;  for  finding  that  interferences  were  made 
by  petty  authority  derogatory  of  his  own,  he  resisted  the  practice 
with  becoming  spirit ;  and  not  choosing  to  disturb  the  govern- 
ment of  his  sister  kingdom  on  a  matter  personal  to  himself,  he 
solicited  to  be  recalled,  and  accordingly  was  so,  when  he  was  ap- 
pointed to  the  command  of  Glhraltar,  in  a  fortunate  hour  for  the 
safety  of  that  important  fortress. 

The  system  of  his  life,  as  well  as  his  education,  peculiarly 
qualified  him  for  this  trust.  He  was  perhaps  the  most  abste- 
mious man  of  the  age.  His  food  was  vegetables,  and  his  drink 
water.  He  neither  indulged  himself  in  animal  food  nor  wine. 
He  never  slept  more  than  four  hours  at  a  time ;  so  that  he  was 
up  later  and  earlier  than  most  other  men.  He  had  so  inured 
himself  to  habits  of  hardness,  that  the  things  which  are  difficult 
and  painful  to  other  men,  were  to  him  his  daily  practice,  and 


124  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

fendered  pleasant  by  use.  It  could  not  be  easy  to  starve  such  a 
man  into  a  surrender,  nor  easy  to  surprise  him.  His  wants  were 
easily  supplied,  and  his  watchfulness  was  beyond  precedent. 
The  example  of  the  commander-in-chief  in  a  besieged  garrison, 
has  a  most  persuasive  efficacy  in  forming  the  manners  of  the  sol- 
diery. Like  him  his  brave  followers  came  to  regulate  their  lives 
by  the  most  strict  rules  of  discipline  before  there  arose  a  necessity 
for  so  doing  ;  and  severe  exercise,  with  short  diet,  became  habi- 
tual to  them  by  their  own  choice.  The  military  system  of  disci- 
pline which  he  introduced,  and  the  preparations  which  he  made 
for  his  defence,  were  contrived  with  so  much  judgment,  and  ex-^ 
ecuted  with  so  much  address,  that  he  was  able,  with  a  handful  of 
men,  to  preserve  his  post  against  an  atlack,  the  constancy  of 
which,  even  without  the  vigour,  was  sufficient  to  exhaust  any 
common  set  of  men.  Collected  within  himself,  he  in  no  instance 
destroyed,  by  premature  attacks,  the  labours  which  would  cost 
the  enemy  time,  patience,  and  expence  to  complete  ;  he  delibe- 
rately observed  their  approaches,  and  seized  on  the  proper  mo- 
ment, with  the  keenest  perspection  in  which  to  make  his  attack 
with  success.  He  never  spent  his  ammunition  in  useless  parade, 
or  in  unimportant  attacks.  He  never  relaxed  from  his  discipline 
by  the  appearance  of  security,  nor  hazarded  the  lives  of  his  gar- 
rison by  wild  experiments.  By  a  cool  and  temperate  demeanor, 
he  maintained  his  station  for  three  years  of  constant  investment, 
in  which  all  the  powers  of  Spain  were  employed.  All  the  eves  of 
Europe  were  on  his  garrison,  and  his  conduct  justly  raised  him  to 
a  most  elevated  place  in  the  military  annals  of  the  present 
day. 

On  his  return  to  England,  the  gratitude  of  the  British  senate 
was  as  forward  as  the  public  voice  in  giving  him  that  distinguished 
mark  his  merit  deserved,  to  which  his  Majesty  was  pleased  to  add 
that  of  Knight  of  the  Bath  ;  and  an  elevation  to  the  peerage  by 
the  title  of  Lord  Heathfield,  Baron  Gibraltar,  on  June  14th, 
1/87,  and  permitting  his  Lordship  to  take  also  the  arms  of  the 
fortress  he  had  so  bravely  defended,  to  perpetuate  to  futurity  his 
noble  conduct. 

He  closed  a  life  of  m'litary  renown  at  the  most  critical  season 
for  his  memory.  He  died  in  the  seventy-third  year  of  his  age,  on 
the  fith  of  July  1/90,  at  his  Chateau  at  Aix  la  Chapelle,  of  a 
second  stroke  of  the  palsy,  after  having  enjoyed  for  some  weeks 
past  a  tolerably  good  share  of  health,  and   an  unusual  flow  of 


I 


LORD  HEATHFIELD.  125 

spirits.  Two  days  before  his  death,  he  dined  with  his  friend  Mr, 
Barclay  ;  and  was  in  a  few  days  to  have  set  out  with  that  Gentle- 
man for  Leghorn,  on  his  way  to  Gibraltar.  His  remains  were 
brought  to  Dover  from  Ostend  in  the  Race-horse  packer,  whence 
they  were  conveyed  to  Heathfield  in  Sussex,  and  there  deposited 
in  a  vault  built  for  that  purpose,  over  which  a  handsome  monu- 
ment is  erected.  ^ 

His  Lordship  married  at  St.  Sepulchre's,  London,  on  June 
8th,  17-iS,  Anne  Pollexfen  Drake,  daugnter  of  Sir  Francis  Drake, 
of  Buckland,  com.  Devon,  Bart.  ;  and  by  her,  who  died  Fe- 
bruary 13Lh,  1772,  and  was  buried  in  South  Audley  chapel,  had 
issue. 

First,  Francis  Augustus  Eliott,  present  Peer. 

Second  and  Third,  Gilbert  and  another  child  died  infants,  and 
were  buried  at  Ealing. 

Fourth,  Anne,  born  at  Ealing  in  1 754,  married  at  St.  George's 
Hanover-square,  on  I\Iay  21st,  1777,  to  John  Trayton  Fuller,  of 
Brightling  com.  Sussex,  Esq.  who  has  issue  hy  her. 

Francis  Augustus  Eliott, p^-wen^ and  second  Lord  Heath- 
field,  was  born  at  Ealing,  Middlesex,  December  31st,  1750. 
Entering  into  the  army,  he  was  formerly  lieutenant-colonel  of  the 
sixth,  or  Inniskilling  dragoons,  and  advanced  to  the  rank  of 
major-general  October  4th,  1794. 

On  March  15th,  1795,  his  Lordship  was  appointed  to  the 
command  of  the  twenty-ninth  dragoons  ;  and  in  March  179/,  to 
that  of  the  twentieth  dragoons ;  from  whence  (on  the  death  of 
Lord  Dorchester  in  November,  1808),  he  obtained  the  fourth  dra- 
goons, which  he  now  commands. 

On  June  10th,  1799^  ^^'S  Lordship  was  appointed  a  lieutenant 
general ;  and  on  April  25th,  1808,  a  general. 

Title.  Francis  Augustus  Eliott,  Lord  Heathfield,  Baron  of 
Gibraltar. 

Creation.  Lord  Heathfield,  Baron  of  Gibraltar,  July  6th, 
1789. 

Arms.  G.  on  a  bend  argent,  a  baton  azure  :  and  on  a  chief 
azure,  the  fortress  of  Gibraltar,  under  it,  plus  ultra,  as  an 
augmentation. 

•  Biog-  Diet.  vol.  V.  p.307"-3ii. 


12(5  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

Crest.  A  dexter  arm,  holding  a  cutlas  proper,  the  arm  charged 
with  a  key. 

Supporters.  On  the  dexter  side  a  ram,  on  the  sinister  a  goat, 
each  wreathed  with  flowers  round  the  neck. 

Motto.       FoKTITER  ET  RECTE. 

Chief  Seats.  Heathfield  Park,  Sussex  3  and  Buckland,  com. 
Devon. 


LORD  KENYON. 


137 


KENYON,  LORD  KENYOxN. 


TtOGER  Kenyon  left  issue  by  Alice  Rigby 

Thomas  Kenyon,  who  married  Catherine,  eldest  daughter 
and  coheir  of  Luke  Lloyd,  of  Bryn  in  Flintshire,  Esq.  and  dyin^- 
1731,  left  issue  two  sons  and  two  daughters,  viz. 

First,  Lloyd. 

Second,  Thomas,  who  died  under  age. 

Third,  Catherine,  married  William  Middleton,  Esq.  and 
died  s.  p. 

Fourth,  Dorothy,  married  William  Percival,  of  Rayton  in 
Lancashire. 

Lloyd  Kenyon,  eldest  son,  born  at  Bryn  in  the  parish  of  Han- 
mer  in  Flintshire,  March  17th,  I695-6,  married  at  Hanmer  in 
November  1730,  Jane,  eldest  daughter  of  Robert  Eddowes,  of 
Eagle-Hall,  com.  Chester  (by  Anne  his  wife),  which  Jane  was 
born  October  l/th,  1703,  and  died  August  25th,  1 771,  and  was 
buried  at  Hanmer  the  28th  of  the  same  month.  He  died  m  De- 
cember 1773,  and  was  buried  at  Hanmer,  January  2d,  1774, 
having  had  issue  by  her. 

First,  Thomas,  born  September  14th,  1731,  buried  in  the  col- 
legiate church  at  Manchester,  May  24th,  175O. 

Second,  Lloyd, ^r^f  Lord  Kenyon,  of  ivhom  presently. 

Third,  Richard,  born  March  1733,  died  at  Whitchurch,  com. 
Salop,  October  29th,  1751,  and  was  buried  at  Hanmer. 

Fourth,  Roger  Kenyon,  ofCefenin  the  county  of  Denbigh, 
Esq.  born  April  173.5,  married  Mary,  only  daughter  of  Edward 
Lloyd,  of  Penyllan  com.  Denbigh,  Esq.  by  Mary,  second  daughter 
of  Edward  Lloyd,  of  Plasmadoc  in  the  said  county,  Esq.  She 
died  February  4th,  178I,  and  was  buried  at  Hanmer.     By  her  he 


128  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

had  issue,  first,  Edward  Lloyd  Kenyon  j  second,  George  j  third, 
Thomas ;  fourth,  Jane,  wife  of  Henry  Ellis,  of  Boates,  Esq.  ; 
fifth,  Anne  Maria. 

The  following  character  of  the  late  Lord  Chief  Justice  Kenyon 
appeared  in  a  newspaper  at  the  time  of  his  death. 

"  In  the  full  conviction,  that  the  following  biographical  and 
characteristic  notices,  (which  are  chiefly  drawn  from  an  original 
source,  and  not  from  transient  or  obscure  publications)  of  this 
truly  excellent  magistrate  and  man,  will  prove  acceptable,  we  pre- 
sent them  to  our  readers. 

Lloyd,  first  Lord  Kenyon, was  born  atGredington^  in  Flint- 
shire, Oct.  5,1732;  he  was  the  eldest  survi  v  ing  son  of  Lloyd  Kenyon, 
Esq.  originally  of  Brynn,  in  the  same  county,  and  one  of  the 
younger  branches  of  the  ancient  family  of  Kenyon,  of  Peek  in  Lan- 
cashire. His  Lordship  received  the  elementary  part  of  his  education 
at  Ruthin  in  Denbighshire,  whence  he  was  taken,  at  an  early  age, 
and  articled  to  Mr.  W.  J.  Tomkinson,  an  eminent  attorney  at 
Nantwich  in  Cheshire.  On  the  expiration  of  his  articles,  Mr. 
Kenyon  determined  to  enter  into  a  line  which  afforded  a  more 
ample  scope  to  his  industry  and  talents,  and,  accordingly,  he  be- 
carne  a  member  of  the  society  of  Lincoln's-Inn,  in  Trinity  Term 
1754,  and  after  a  sedulous  application  to  the  requisite  studies,  waj 
called  to  the  bar  in  Hilary  Term,  1/61. 

In  the  early  part  of  his  professional  career,  the  advancement 
of  Mr.  Kenyon  was  but  slow  :  he  was  unassisted  by  those  means 
which  powerful  connection  and  interest  afford  :  added  to  this,  the 
branch  of  his  profession  to  which  he  chiefly  applied  himself, 
namely,  that  of  conveyancing,  was  not  calculated  to  bring  him 
forward  into  public  notice  :  but  the  sterling  merit  of  genuine  abi- 
lities, and  persevfring  industry,  were  not  to  be  overlooked.  Mr. 
Kenyon  rose  gradually  into  practice;  few  opinions  at  the  bar,  at 
the  time,  carried  more  weight  and  authority,  and  he  was  frequently 
recurred  to  as  an  advocate.  In  1773,  an  interesting  epoch  in  Mr. 
Kenyon's  private  life  took  place;  he  formed  a  matrimonial  cor^- 
nection  with  his  relative,  Mary,  the  third  daughter  of  George 
Kenyon,  of  Peel  in  Lancashire,  the  family  before  alluded  to  ;  and 
not  long  after,  he  contracted  an  intimacy  with  Mr.  afterwards 
Lord  Thurlow,  and  Chancellor.  About  this  period  too,  and  for 
some  years  after,  his  practice  in  the  Court  of  Chancery  was  very 
extensive,  and  of  the  most  lucrative  kind,  by  which,  as  well  as  ia 
the  other  lines  of  his  profession,  he  acquired  a  very  considerably 

a  In  the  parish  of  Hanmer. 


LORD  KENYON.  120 

■jjroperty.  In  1/80  a  circumstance  occurred,  which  not  a  little 
contributed  to  establish  his  reputation  as  an  advocate  and  a  public 
speaker,  namely,  his  being  employed  as  leading  counsel  for  the 
defence  of  the  late  Lord  George  Gordon,  on  a  charge  of  high 
treason ;  on  this  interesting  occasion,  Mr.  Kenyon's  second  was 
Mr.  Erskine,  who  on  that  day  distinguished  himself  in  such  a 
manner,  as  in  a  great  degree  laid  the  foundation  of  his  future 
fame.  In  April  1782,  soon  after  the  accession  of  the  Rockingham 
party  to  ministerial  pov/er,  Mr.  Kenyon,  was,  without  serving  the 
intermediate  office  of  Solicitor,  appointed  to  the  important  situatioa 
oi  Attorney-General,  and  at  the  same  time,  chief  justice  of  Chester  j 
in  the  former  office  he  succeeded  the  late  James  Wallace,  Esq. 
father  of  the  Right  Hon.  Thomas  Wallace.  The  circumstance 
of  Mr.  Kenyon's  direct  promotion  to  the  office  of  attorney-general, 
was  regarded  as  a  singular  instance 3  this  however  is  erroneous, 
similar  promotions  have  before  occurred,  and  the  case  of  Sir  Ed- 
ward Law,  a  late  attorney-general,  is  a  recent  instance. 

In  parliament  Mr.  Kenyon  took  a  decided  part  in  politics, 
warmly  attaching  himself  to  the  party  of  the  late  minister,  Mr. 
Pitt,  and  he  distinguished  himself  not  a  little  by  his  speeches  on 
she  noted  affair  of  the  coalition,  Mr.  Fox's  India  Bill,  Sec.  In 
March  1/8-1,  he  was  appointed  Master  of  the  Roll",  an  office  of 
high  judicial  dignity,  and  generally  leading  to  still  higher  legal 
honours  :  however,  its  emoluments  fell  very  short  of  those  which 
Mr.  Kenyon  necessarily  relinquished  by  discontinuing  his  profes- 
sional pursuits  as  a  counsel :  about  this  time  he  was  created  a 
Baronet. 

In  this  situation,  Sir  Lloyd  Kenyon  continued  until  the  latter 
end  of  May  17S8,  when  on  the.resignation  of  the  venerable  Earl  of 
Mansfield,  who,  for  the  long  period  of  thirty-two  years,  had  held 
the  honouable  and  very  important  office  of  Chief  Justice  of  the 
CoLRT  OF  King's  Bench,  he  was  appointed  to  succeed  him,  and  at 
the  same  time,  was  elevated  to  the  peerage,  by  the  title  of  Lord 
Kenyon,  Baron  of  Greeting  ton,  in  the  county  of  Flint. 

He  was  now  fixed  in  a  situation,  which  though  not  nominally 
the  highest,  is  perhaps  the  most  important  office  in  the  adminis- 
tration of  tne  law  of  this  country  j  and  Lord  Kenyon  furnished  an 
instance  nearly  as  striking  as  that  of  the  illustrious  Hardwicke, 
that  the  profession  of  the  law  is  that  which,  of  all  others,  affords 
the  fairest  opportunities  for  the  exertion  of  genuine  talent,  and 
persevering  industry;  whether  the  object  be  the  gratification  of 

VOL.  VJIl.  n 


130  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

ambition  in  the  attainment  of  the  highest  honours  in  the  state, 
or  the  possession  of  abundant  wealth. 

Of  the  character  of  Lord  Kenyon  in  his  magisterial  and  judi- 
cial capacity,  convinced  it  is  too  well  established  in  the  hearts  and 
minds  of  his  fellow  subjects,  we  presume  not  to  speak.  His  con- 
duct in  those  arduous  and  important  situations  which  he  so  lately 
filled,  speaks  its  best  and  fairest  eulogiuraj  it  has  attracted  and 
fixed  the  applauses  and  gratitude  of  his  countrymen ;  his  character 
and  his  fame  will  descend  with  increasing  lustre  to  an  admiring 
and  a  grateful  posterity. 

A  few  prominent  considerations  in  the  course  of  Lord  Kenyon's 
forensic  administration  we  cannot,  however,  in  justice  to  him,  or 
consistently  with  our  own  feelings,  refrain  from  adverting  to.  "We 
allude,   first,  to  his  laudable,  firm,  and  persevering  exertions  to 
keep  the  channels  of  the  law  clear  and  unpolluted  by  low  and 
sordid  practices,  and  which  vyere  particularly  exemplified  in   the 
vigilant  and  salutary  exercise  of  his  authority  over  the  attornies  of 
his  own  court,  thg  utility  of  which  has  been  experienced  in  a  very 
considerable  degree.     Secondly,   his  unprecedented  zeal  in  the 
cause   of  morality  and    virtue,   which   most   conspicuously  ap- 
peared in   his  conduct  with  respect  to  cases  of  adultery  and  se- 
duction:  on  these  occasions,  neither  rank,  wealthy  nor  station, 
could  shield  delinquency  from  the  well-merited  censure,  and  re- 
buke, of  offended  justice  and  morality:  though  much  unhappily 
remains  to  be  done,  yet  his  Lordship's  exertions,  combined  with 
those  of  some  of  the  most  virtuous  and  exalted  characters  of  the 
upper  house  of  parliament,  have  contributed  greatly,  notwith- 
standing the  acknowledged  inadequacy  and  imperfection  of  the 
law  in  these  respects,  to  restrain  the  fashionable  and  prevailing 
vices  alhaded  to. 

A  thud  consideration,  and  which  highly  redounds  to  the  ho- 
nour of  his  Lordship's  magisterial  character,  is  the  strictness,  not 
to  say  severity,  with  which  he  administered  the  justice  of  the  law 
against  the  pernicious  tribe  of  gamblers  of  every  description,  who 
have  for  some  years  infested  the  metropolis.  On  these  occasions, 
as  well  as  in  those  above  mentioned,  thii  conduct  of  this  truly  vir- 
tuous judge,  was  such  as  incontrovertibly  shewed  that  the  law  is 
no  respecter  of  persons  }  and  his  persevering  exertions  to  restrain 
the  destructive  vice  of  gaming,  have  been  attended  with  no  in- 
considerable degree  of  success.  Nor  should  we  omit  to  mention 
the  very  laudable  spirit  and  firmness,  which  on  all  occasions  he 
evinced  in  maintaining  due  order  and  decorum  in  his  court. 


LORD  KEN  YON.  131 

We  cannot  conclude  this  part  of  our  subject,  without  giving, 
8s  supplementary  to  it,  the  following  concise  and  comprehensive, 
but  highly  appropriate  character  of  the  late  chief  justice ;  it  is 
extracted  from  a  much  esteemed  tract,  which  appeared  not  long 
after  his  elevation  to  the  Bench,  and,  in  almost  every  particular, 
perfectly  coincides  with  our  ideas  on  the  subject  : 

"  Lord  Kenyon  may  not  equal,  in  talents  or  eloquence,  the 
pre-eminent  character  whom  he  succeeds  on  the  bench  of  justice  j 
nevertheless,  he  possesses  qualities  more  appropriate  to,  and  know- 
ledge more  connected  wiih,  the  important  office  which  he  holds. 
Profound  in  legal  erudition,  patient  injudicial  discrimination,  and 
of  the  most  determined  integrity,  he  is  formed  to  add  no  common 
lustre  to  his  exalted  station.  He  does  not  sacrifice  his  official  to 
his  parliamentary  character :  the  sphere  of  his  particular  duty  is 
the  great  scene  of  his  activity,  as  of  his  honour  ;  and  though,  as  a 
lord  of  parliament  he  will  never  lessen  his  character,  it  is  as  a 
judge  that  he  looks  to  aggrandize  it.  Such  men  will  be  revered 
for  their  virtues  and  their  wisdom,  when  the  por^y  declaimers  and 
ihe  frothy  pleaders  of  the  day  have  long  been  forgotten." 

In  private  life,  the  character  of  Lord  Kenyon  was  amiable  and 
praise- worthy,  in  the  highest  degree  ;  no  man  could  possibly  excel 
hira  in  the  relations  of  husband  and  father ;  indeed,  in  the  former, 
he  may  be  considered  as  a  pattern  of  coniugal  virtue.  In  his 
mode  of  living,  he  was  remarkably  temperate  and  regular;  but 
the  gratuitous  assistance,  in  his  professional  capacity,  which  it  was 
well  known  he  had  often  afforded  to  necessitous  and  injured  indi- 
viduals, does  away  the  imputation,  that  a  fondness  for  money  was 
rather  a  prevailing  trait  in  his  character." 

Lord  Kenyon  had  issue  by  his  Lady,  three  sons,  namely. 

First,  Lloyd,  born  May  22d,  1/75,  whom  his  father  appointed 
to  the  office  of  Philazer  of  the  Court  of  King's  Bench:  he  stood 
not  long  before  his  death  an  electioneering  contest  for  the  county 
of  Flint.  This  gentleman  died  September  15th,  1800,  and  the 
manner  in  which  his  Lordship  was  affected  by  this  melancholy 
event,  is  supposed,  in  .some  degree,  to  have  accelerated  his  own 
dissolution. 

Secondly,  George,  the  present  Lord  Kenyon.  His  Lordship 
was  appointed  by  his  late  father  to  the  very  lucrative  situation  of 
joint  chief  clerk  of  the  Court  of  King's  Bench,  on  the  demise  of 
the  late  Earl  of  Mansfield,  belter  known  as  Lord  Viscount  Stcr- 
mont ;   and  joined  in  the  patent  with  John  Way,  Esq. 

Third,  Thomas,  born  in  the  parish  of  St.  Giles  in  the  Field, 


133  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND 

September  27th,  1/80,  married,  April  12th,  1803,  Charlotte,  sister 
of  William  Lloyd,  of  Aston,  Esq.  and  has  a  son  born  June  l6th, 
1804. 

George,  second  but  eldest  surviving  son,  second  and  present 
Lord  Kenyon,  was  born  in  the  parish  of  St.  Giles  in  the  Fields, 
June  22d,  1776,  ^ 

His  Lordship  married,  February  1st,  1803,  Margaret  Emma, 
daughter  of  Sir  Thomas  Hanmer,  of  Hanmer  in  Flintshire,  Bart, 
by  whom  lie  has  issue. 

First,  Margaret  Emma,  born  November  5th,  1803. 

Second,  Lloyd,  born  April  1st,  1805. 

Third,  George,  born  February  24th,  I8O6. 

Fourth,  Marianne,  born  May  29th,  IS07. 

Fifth,  A  daughter,  born  September  2d,  1S08. 

Title.  George  Kenyon,  Lord  Kenyon,  of  Gredington  in 
Flintshire. 

Creation.  Lord  Kenyon,  Baron  of  Gredington,  June  gthj 
1788. 

Arms.  Sable,  a  chevron  engrailed  or,  between  three  crosses 
fieure  argent,  a  crescent  for  difference. 

Crest.     A  lion  seiant,  holding  between  his  paws  a  cross  fieure. 

Supporters.     See  the  plate. 

Motto.       MaGNANIMITER  CRUCEM   SUSTINE. 

Chief  Seat.     Gredington,  Flintshire. 

a  His  Lordship  is  author  of,  "  Observations  on  the  Roman  Catholic  Ques.. 
t'lon,"  London,  i8io,8vo. ;  highly  commendeu  by  The  Britiih  Critic  for  August, 
.i8:o,  p.  171. 


BARONESS  HOWE. 


133 


CURZON,  BARONESS  HOWE. 


Richard,  the  late  Earl  Howe,  was  advanced  to  the  dignity  of 
a  peer  of  Great  Britain,  by  letters  patent,  dated  April  20th,  1/82, 
by  the  name,  style,  and  title  of  Viscount  Howe,  of  Langar  hi 
the  county  of  Nottingham,  to  him  and  the  heirs  male  of  his  body 
lawfully  begotten;  and  was  farther  advanced,  on  August  18th, 
1/88,  to  the  dignity  of  Earl  Howe,  with  remainder  to  the  heirs 
male  of  his  body;  also  to  the  title  of  Baron  Howe,  of  Langar  in 
Nott'mghamshire,  with  remainder,  in  default  of  issue  male  of  his 
own  body,  to  his  daughters,  in  succession,  and  the  issue  male  of 
their  bodies. 

Henry  Howe,  living  in  the  reign  of  King  Henry  VHI.  had 
issue;  first,  John  Howe,  son  and  heir;  second,  Thomas  Howe; 
third,  a  daughter,  wife  of  John  Walsh. 

John  Howe,  eldest  son,  of  the  parish  of  St.  Helen's,  Lon- 
don, made  his  will  on  January  24th,  15/3-4;  and  the  preamble 
shews  he  had  a  good  judgment,  and  virtuous  mind.  He  leaves 
charities  to  the  poor  of  St.  Helen's  parish,  London,  wherein  he 
dwelt ;  and  to  twenty  poor  people,  present  at  his  burial,  each  of 
them  a  gown,  to  be  chose  by  bis  executor ;  and  also  to  such  poor 
as  shall  resort  to  his  burial,  4d.  each,  as  far  as  4/.  would  extend. 
To  the  poor  children  of  Christ's  hospital,  40^.  and  the  two 
Compters,  and  the  prison  of  Newgate,  Ludgate,  King's  Bench, 
and  Marshalsea,  to  every  of  them  205. 

He  bequeaths  to  his  son,  John  Howe,  his  best  chain  of  gold, 
weighing  sixteen  ounces;  to  his  brother,  Thomas  Howe,  20/. 
and  to  Humphrey,  his  son,  10/.  He  bequeaths  to  his  son,  Jolii^ 
Howe,  and  to  his  daughters,  Susan  and  Judith,  and  to  his  daughter 


134  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

Hilliard,  and  her  husband ;  to  his  cousin  Mr.  Alderman  Bond, 
and  his  wife  j  to  his  brother  Sharington,  and  his  wife  ;  to  John 
Lowen,  and  his  wife ;  and  to  his  cousin  George  Bond,  and  his 
wife  ;  and  to  every  of  them,  a  black  gown  of  cloth,  of  17  or  \8s. 
a  yard.  To  his  cousin  William  Bowreman,  of  Wells,  he  bequeaths 
a  black  gown  of  like  value,  if  he  fortune  to  be  in  London  at  his 
burial ;  or,  if  he  be  absent,  a  ring  of  gold  with  a  death's  head, 
price  405.  desiring  him  to  receive  his  yearly  rents  from  Hunspell, 
and  transmit  to  London,  as  heretofore  he  hath  friendly  done.  He 
bequeaths  mourning  to  every  of  his  servants,  dwelling  with  him 
at  his  decease  J  and  ordains,  that  his  executor  reward  every  of 
them  somewhat  besides,  according  to  his  discretion,  and  theii 
diligent  service.  Moreover,  he  charges  his  executor,  that  all  his 
debts,  in  right  or  conscience,  be  truly  paid  and  satisfied. 

He  further  bequeaths  to  the  poor  of  the  parish  of  Usadme, 
where  he  was  born,  61.  I3s.  Ad.  within  six  months  after  his  de- 
cease, by  the  discretion  of  the  vicar  and  church-wardens  there, 
for  the  time  being,  and  of  his  brother  Thomas,  and  brother-in- 
law  John  Walshe. 

To  his  son-in-law,  William  Hilliard,  Gent,  and  Anne  his 
daughter,  his  wife,  each  of  them  a  ring  of  gold  with  a  death's 
head,  price  50^. 

The  residue  of  all  his  goods,  &c.  not  bequeathed,  he  divides 
among  his  children,  John  Howe,  Susan,  and  Judith. 

He  ordains  John  Howe,  his  son,  sole  executor;  and  over- 
seers, IMr.  Alderman  Bond,  and  his  cousin  William  Walshe,  and 
leaves  to  each  of  them  a  ring  of  gold  with  a  death's  head  therein, 
of  the  value  of  3l.  each,  with  these  words.  Memento  mori;  desir- 
ing" them  to  be  aiding  and  assisting  to  his  executor,  more  for  old 
love  and  acquaintance,  than  for  reward. 

Sealed  and  delivered  as  aforesaid,  and  the  seal  annexed  :  a 
fess  ingraUed,  letween  three  wolves  heads,  as  now  borne  by  his 
descendants. 

As  to  the  disposition  of  all  and  singular  his  lands,  &c.  in  the 
counties  of  Soynerset,  Devon,  Essex,  and  city  of  London,  and  in 
the  suburbs  of  the  same,  or  elsewhere  within  the  realm  of  Eng- 
land, he  disposes  of  them  as  follows.  He  settles  on  his  son  and 
heir  apparent,  John  Howe,  his  heirs  and  assigns,  for  ever,  all  that 
his  messuage,  called  the  Hose  in  Sraithfield,  and  all  other  his  mes- 
suages in  the  parishes  of  St.  Sepulchre,  London,  St.  Giles  without 
Cripplegate,  St.  Thomas  the  Apostle,  and  St.  Stephen,  in  Cole- 
man-street,  London  :  [p  his  daughter  Susan,  and  the  heirs  of  her 


BARONESS  HOWE.  135 

body,  his  two  messuages,  with  the  appurtenances,  situate  in  St. 
Helen's-close,  in  the  parish  of  St.  Helen,  within  Bishopsgate  ;  in 
default,  to  his  right  heirs  for  ever:  to  Judith,  his  daughter,  and 
the  heirs  of  her  body,  his  messuage  in  the  said  close  of  St.  Helen, 
late  in  the  tenure  of  Edward  Marty n,  Esq.  deceased  ;  remainder 
to  his  right  heirs,  as  aforesaid  :  to  Anne  Hilliard,  his  daughter, 
now  the  wife  of  William  Hilliard,  Gent,  his  messuage,  garden, 
and  appurtenances,  in  the  tenure  of  John  Butler,  Gent,  in  the  said 
close  of  St.  Helen  ;  the  remainder  as  aforesaid. 

To  his  son  and  heir,  John  Howe,  he  bequeaths  all  that  his 
manor  and  lordship  of  Hunspel  de  la  Heies,  with  the  rights,  mem- 
bers, and  appurtenances,  i?i  the  counly  of  Somerset ;  and  all  those 
messuages,  lands,  &c.  in  South  Wokingdon  in  Essex;  and  also 
those  messuages,  and  tenements,  in  the  parish  St.  John  Zachary, 
in  Foster-lane,  London,  to  him  and  the  heirs  of  his  body  j  in  de- 
fault, to  his  said  three  daughters,  Anne,  Susan,  and  Judith,  and 
the  heirs  of  their  bodies  lawfully  begotten  ;  in  default,  to  his  ne- 
phew, William  Walshe,  and  the  heirs  male  of  his  body  3  in  de- 
fault, to  his  brother,  John  Walshe,  and  the  heirs  male  of  his  body 
lawfully  begotten  ;  the  remainder  to  his  right  heirs.  Also  to  his 
said  son,  John  Howe,  he  bequeaths  all  his  lands  and  tenements  in 
Kyttesford,  in  com.  Somerset,  and  in  Washfelde,  in  Devon  ;  and, 
in  default  of  issue,  to  his  brother,  Thomas  Howe,  and  the  heirs 
of  his  body;  in  default,  to  his  right  heiis.  In  witness  whereof, 
he  sets  his  hand  and  seal,  on  May  14th,  1574. 

He  died  on*  the  27th  of  that  month,  leaving  issue  John 
Howe,  his  son  and  heir,  18  years  of  age  at  the  time  of  his  death, 
as  appears  by  inquisition  taken  at  Taunton,  on  May  5th,  1576. 

Which  John  Howe  took  to  wife  Jane,  daughter  of  Nicholas 
Gruhham,  of  Bishafs  LkUard  in  com.  Somerset,  ^  grandson  and 
heir  of  Robert  Grubham,  of  the  same  place.  And  the  said  Jane, 
by  the  death  of  her  brother.  Sir  Richard  Grubham,  of  JVishford 
in  com.  TJ^ilts,  Knight,  who  married  Margaret,  daughter  of  Wil- 
liam Whitmore,  alderman  of  London,  and  died  without  issue,  in 
1629,  brought  a  very  large  fortune  to  her  husband  and  children. 
Also  George  Grubham,  brother  to  the  said  Sir  Richard,  dying 
without  issue  in  l5gQ,  left  legacies  by  his  will,  bearing  date*^  on 
April  30th,  1596,  to  his  sister  Howe,  the  wife  of  John  Howe,  as 

a  Cole's  Escaet.  in  Bibl.  Harley.  prced. 

b  Visde  com-  Wilts,  Dors,  et  Somers.  c.  22,  p.  14,  in  OfRc.  Arm. 

c  Ex  Registr.  Drake,  quir?  76. 


136  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

also  to  every  of  her  children  ;  and  the  residue  of  his  estate  to  his 
brother^  Richard  Grubham,  and  appoints  him  sole  executor. 

The  said  John  Howe,  Esq.  by  Jane  his  before-mentioned,  had 
issue '^  three  sons  j  first,  John  j  second,  George;  and,  third, 
Laurence;  also  one  daughter,  Elizabeth,  married  to  John  Sainton, 
Esq. 

Sir  George  Howe,  the  second  son,  was  seated  at  Cold  Berwick^ 
otherwise  Berwick  St.  Leonard's  in  Wilts;  and  supplying  King 
Charles  L  with  large  sums  of  money  during  his  troubles,  was 
knighted,  and  served  in  parliament  for  the  borough  ofHindon. 
He  married  Dorothy,  daughter  of  Humphrey  Clarke,  otherwise 
Woodechurch,  of  Woodechurch  in  Kent,  Esq.  by  whom  he  left 
two  sons  and  one  daughter,  viz.  first.  Sir  George ;  second,  John, 
of  Some?- ton  in  Somersetshire,  who  married  the  daughter  of  .  ... 
Strode,  Esq. ;  and  Margaret,  wife  to  John  Still,  of  Shaftsbury, 
Esq.  Sir  George  Gruhhaiti  Howe,  the  elder  son,  born  in  ltf27, 
served  in  several  parliaments  for  Hindon;  was  created  a  Baronet 
June  20th,  166O;  married,  in  1050,  Elizabeth,  younger  daughter 
of  Sir  Harbottle  Grimston,  of  Bradfield-Hall  in  Essex,  Bart,  and 
dying  September  26th,  16/6,  had  many  children,  who  all  died 
young,  except  one  son.  Sir  James,  and  four  daughters ;  Dorothy, 
married  to  Henry  Lee,  of  Dungeon  near  Canterbury,  Esq. ;  Anne, 
to  John  Lisle,  of  Moyle's-Court  in  Hampshire,  Esq.;  Elizabeth, 
to  Robert  Hovenden,  of  Frisley  in  Kent,  Gent. ;  and  Mary,  to 
Sir  George  Rooke,  vice-admiral  of  England,  who  died  January 
26th,  17O8.  S\v  James  Howe,  the  o?ily  son,  member  of  parlia- 
ment for  Hindon,  married,  first,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Edward 
Nutt,  of  Nackington  in  Kent,  Esq.  and  she  dying  September  8th, 
1691,  he  took  to  his  second  wife  Elizabeth,  daughter  and  coheir 

to Stratford,  of  Hailing  in  Gloucestershire,  Esq.  who  also 

dying  in  1702  without  issue,  the  title  became  extinct  by  his  death 
on  January  19th,  1735,  set.  sixty-six. 

Sir  John  Howe,  eldest  son  of  John  by  Jane,  sister  of  Sir 
Richard  Grubham,  by  gift  of  his  said  uncle,  had  the  manor 
of  Compton  in  Gloucestershire,  with  Wishford  and  other  estates 
in  Wiltshire.  He  was  high  sheriff  of  the  county  of  Gloucester  in 
1650,  and  created  a  Baronet  on  September  22d,  166O.  He  mar- 
ried Bridget,  daughter  to  Thomas  Rich,  of  North  Cerney,  in  the 
county  of  Gloucester,  Esq.  Master  in  Chancery  :  she  lies  buried 
under  a  handsome  marble  monument  in  the  church  of  Withino- 

<i  Vis,  de  com.  Wilts,  &c  prsd. 


BARONESS  HOWE.  137 

ton  in  Gloucestershire,  with  the  following  inscription   in  small 
c;ipitals. 

"  Bridffett,  one  of  the  davg-hters  of  Thomas  Rich  of  North 
Cerney  in  this  Covnty  of  Glove.  Esq.  one  of  the  Masters  of  the 
highe  Covrte  of  Chavncery,  and  Anne  his  wife,  one  of  the 
davgliters  and  Coheires  of  Thomas  Bovrchier  of  Barnesly  in  the 
said  Covnty,  Esq.  the  23th  of  Jvly  l620,  was  married  to  John 
Howe  of  Little  Compton  in  this  Parish,  Esq.  nephewe  and  Heire 
of  Sir  Richard  Grobham  of  Great  Wishford  in  the  Covnty  of 
Wiltes  Knt.  deceased;  with  whome  shee  lived  a  vertvovs  and 
lovinge  wife  21  yeares  and  xi  moneths,  and  had  Issue  9  Children 
(viz.) 

''First,  Richard  Grobham  Howe,  borne  the  28th  of  Avgvst 
IQ21,  who  married  Lvcie,  one  of  the  Davghters  of  Sir  John  St. 
John  of  Lyddiard  Tregoze  in  the  said  Covnty  of  Wiltes  Knt.  and 
Barrt. 

"■  2diy,  John  Grobham  Howe,  borne  the  25th  of  Janvary 
1624,  who  married  Annabella,  one  of  the  daughters  and  coheires 
of  Emanvell,  late  Earle  of  Sunderland. 

"  3d!y,  December  the  4th  102(5,  Svsanna  was  borne,  who 
married  John  Ernie  of  Berry  Towne,  in  the  said  Covnty  of  Wiltes, 
Esq. 

"  -Ithly,  Third  day  of  March  1629,  Thomas  Grobham  Howe 
was  borne, 

"■  5thly,The  13th  dayof  Jvne  1630,  WilliamHowe  was  borne» 
slayne  at  Limlricli  in  the  Kingdom  of  Ireland. 

"  dthly.  The  4th  of  March  l632,  Anna  Howe  was  borne,  who 
died  very  yovnge  and  lyeth  hcere  buryed. 

"  7thly,  The  21th  day  of  December  1 633,  Elizabeth  Howe, 
was  borne,  now  the  wife  of  Thoinas  Chester  of  Aunsiury  i?i  this 
County,  Esqr. 

"  Sthly,  The  22th  of  October  1035,  George  Howe  was  borne, 
who  died  younge  and  lyeth  buried  at  Wishford  in  the  vavlt. 

"  gthly.  The  27th  of  November  1637,  Charles  Howe  was 
borne. 

"  And  on  the  15th  day  of  Jvne  l642,  Annoqve  iEtatis  Svae 
46;  left  them  to  the  protection  of  the  Almighty,  and  her  owne 
mortality  to  this  earth,  expeclinge  a  joyfvll  resurrection." 

At  the  top  are  the  figures  of  a  man  and  woman,  and  between 
them  a  scutcheon  of  their  arms,  or,  a  fcss  leliveen  three  IVulves 


138  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

heads  coupt  salle  for  Howe,  impaled  with,  per  pale  sahle  and 
gules,  a  cross  lottony  Jitchy  letiueen  three  Jleurs-de-lis  or,  for 
Rich. 

Sir  Thomas  Ginbham  Howe,  third  son,  was  knighted,  and 
married  Hesther,  daughter  and  coheir  of  "^  Sir  William  Main- 
waring,  Knight,  who  was  killed  upon  the  walls  of  Chester,  l645, 
on  the  part  of  Charles  I.  but  died  s.  p. 

Sir  RiCHAKD  'Grubham  Howe,  second  Baronet,  the  eldest 
son,  married  Anne,  fourth  daughter  of  Dr.  John  King,  Lord 
Bishop  of  London,  widow  of  John  Dutton,  of  Sherborne  in  Glou- 
cestershire, Esq.  by  whom  he  had  an  only  daughter*'  Lucy, 
married  to  Edmund  Waller,  of  Gregories  in  Bucks,  Esq.  and  one 
son. 

Sir  Richard,  third  Baronet,  who  represented  the  county  of 
Wilts  in  nine  parliaments,  and  married,  August  12th,  16/3,  Mary, 
daughter  of  Sir  Henry  Frederick  Tbynne,  of  Kempsford  in  Glou- 
cestershire, Bart,  sister  of  Thomas  the  first  Viscount  Weymouth, 
but  by  her,  who  died  September  5th,  1735,  had  no  issue,  and  de- 
ceasing July  3d,  1730,  his  title  and  estates  descended  to  the  heirs 
of  his  uncle  John  Gruhham  Howe,  second  son  of  Sir  John  the  first 
Baronet. 

Which  John  Grubham  represented  the  county  of  Gloucester 
in  parliament,  from  1661  to  1678,  and  by  his  marriage  became 
possessed  of  the  manor  of  Langar  in  the  county  of  Nottingham, 
where  he  fixed  his  residence  j  which  manor,  formerly  the  inheri- 
tance of  the  Tiptofts,  passed  from  them  to  the  family  of  Scrope  s 
by  the  marriage  of  Roger,  Lord  Scrope  of  Bolton,  with  Margaret, 
eldest  daughter  and  coheir  of  Robert  Lord  Tiptoft ;  and  his  de- 
scendant Emanuel,  last  Lord  Scrope  of  Bolton,  and  Earl  of  Sun- 
derland,  having  no  issue  by  his  wife,  the  Lady  Elizabeth  Man- 
ners, daughter  of  John,  Earl  of  Rutland,  settled  it  and  the  rest  of 
his  estates  upon  his  natural  issue,  which  he  had  by  Martha  Janes, 
of  whom  the  only  son,  John,  dying  unmarried  July  31st,  1646, 
his  three  sisters  became  his  coheirs,  whereof  the  youngest,  named 
Annabella,  upon  the  partition  of  the  estate,  had  the  manor  of 
Langar  allotted  to  her,  and  brought  it  to  her  husband  the  said 

c  Her  sister  Judith  married  Sir  John  Busby,  of  Addington  com.  Bucks, 
Knight,  by  whom  she  left  an  onlycliiid  Hesther,  married  to  the  Hon  Thomas 
Egerton,ot'Tatton-Park,  Clieshire,  third  son  of  John,  third  Earl  of  Bridge- 
water,    Seevcl.iii.  p.  200. 

f  Mon.  Angl  vol.  iii.  p.  88- 
g  Thoroton"s  Nottinghamshire,  p.  104. 


BARONESS  HOWE.  139 

John  Giubham  Howe,  Esq.  King  Charles  II.  by  his  letters,  re- 
gistered in  the  office  of  arms,  bearing  date  the  first  day  of  June 
1663,''  in  the  fifteenth  year  of  his  reign,  in  consideration  of  the 
good  and  acceptable  service  done  and  performed  by  John  Howe, 
of  Langar,  Esq.  her  husband,  and  for  a  mark  of  his  especial  grace 
and  royal  favour,  granted  and  ordained,  that  she,  the  said  Anna- 
bels, should  be  had,  taken,  and  esteemed  as  the  daughter  of  an 
Earl  of  this  kingdom  of  England,  and  that,  for  and  during  her 
natural  life,  she  have,  hold,  take,  use,  and  enjoy  the  style,  place, 
degree,  precedency,  and  privileges  thereof,  in  as  full  and  ample 
manner,  as  if  she  had  been  the  legitimate  daughter  of  Emanuel 
late  Earl  of  Sunderland  ;  with  a  precept  of  obedience  to  all  and 
every  of  his  Majesty's  subjects  :  from  which  time  she  was  styled. 
The  Right  Honourable  Lady  Annabella  Howe  ;  and,  havino-  sur- 
vived her  said  husband,  died  on  March  21st,  1703-4,  in  the 
seventy-fourth  year  of  her  age,  and  lies  buried  at  Stowell,  under 
an  handsome  marble  monument.'  Their  issue  were  four  sons 
and  five  daughters.     Of  the  sons, 

Scrope,  the  eldest,  was  ancestor  to  the  present  Viscount,  and 
the  present  Baroness. 

And  from  John  Griilham,  the  second,  the  late  Lord  died- 
worth  descended. 

Third,  Charles,  of  Gritworth. 

Fourth,  Emanuel.  "^ 

h  Ex  Autogr.  i  Le  Neve's  Mon.  Ang.  vol.  iv-  p.  72. 

k  Third,  Charles,  born  in  1661,  was  seated  at  Gritworth,  in  the  county  of 
Northampton,  and  by  Eleanor  his  wife,  daughter  and  heir  of  Sir  William 
Pargiter,  of  Gritworth,  Knight,  *  widow  of  Sir  Henry  Bering,  Knight,  had 
issue  three  sons  and  three  daughters.  The  sons  and  two  daughters  died 
young,  and  are  buried  at  Gritworth,  wiih  their  mother,  who  died  July  ;5th, 
1696;  Leonora-Maria,  their  only  surviving  daughter  and  heir,  married  Peter 
Bathurst,  of  Clarendon- Park,  in  Wiltshire,  Esq. 

Fourth,  Emanuel,  took  to  a  military  life,  and  rose  gradually,  by  his 
merit,  to  be  a  colonel  of  a  regiment  of  foot,  and  was  one  of  the  grooms  of  the 
bed-chamber  to  King  William,  who  conferred  on  him  a  grant  of  lieutenant  of 
Alice-Holt  and  Wolmer  forests  in  Hampshire,  after  the  term  of  Colonel  Wil- 
liam Legge's  grant  of  forty- five  years,  which  he  had  surrendered  to  him  for  a 
valuable  consideration.  In  the  reign  of  Oueen  Anne,  he  was,  on  March  oth, 
1703,  promoted  to  the  rank  of  brigadier-general;  and  in  1705;,  was  sent  her 
Majesty's  envoy  extraordinary  to  the  Elector  of  Hanover,  afterwards  King 
George  I.  He  arrived  at  the  Hague,  and  set  out  fioni  thence  on  his  journey 
to  Hanover,  on  October  17th,  1705,  where  he  arrived  on  the  i5th  of  the  same 


*  Bridgcs's  Northamptonshire,  vol.  i.  p  126. 


140  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

Which  ScROPE,  the  eldest  son, ^first  Viscount  Howe,  born  in 
November  l643,  was  educated  in  Christ-church  college,  Oxford, 
where,  on  September  8th,  l6G5,  he  commenced  master  of  arts. 

month.  On  May  icth,  1707,  he  was  promoted  to  be  major-general  of  her 
Majesty's  forces  ;  and  was  afterwards  lieutenant-general  of  her  forces.  He 
died  on  September  26th,  1709;  and  by  Ruperta  his  wife,  *  natural  daughter 
of  Prince  Rupert,  third  son  of  Frederick,  titular  King  of  Bohemia,  by  the 
Princess  Elizabeth,  only  daughter  of  King  James  1.  had  issue  three  sons, 
William,  Emanuel,  and  James;  also  a  daughter,  Sophia,  who  was  maid  of 
honour  to  her  late  Majesty  Queen  Caroline,  when  Princess  of  Wales,  and 
died  on  April  4th,  lyiG.  Major  William  Howe,  eldest  son,  left  an  only 
daughter  and  heir,  by  Elizabeth  his  wife,  third  daughter  and  coheir  of  Wil- 
liam Pauncefort,  Esq.  viz.  Mary,  married  to  Sir  George  Smith,  of  East-Stoke, 
Notts,  Bart,  by  whom  she  was  mother  of  the  late  Sir  George  Smith  Bromley 
Paunceforte,  Bart. 

John  Howe,  Esq.  the  second  son  of  the  before-mentioned  John  Howe, 
ind  I.ady  Annabella,  remarkably  distinguished  himself  by  his  speeches  on 
several  weighty  affairs  in  the  house  of  commons,  whereof  he  was  a  member, 
till  within  a  few  years  of  his  decease.  In  the  convention  parliament,  which 
met  at  Weitminster,  on  January  22d,  1688-g,  he  served  for  Cirencester,  and 
was  constantly  chose  for  that  borough  ;  as  +  also  knight  of  the  shire  for  the 
county  of  Gloucester  in  the  three  last  parliaments  of  King  William,  and  in 
the  first,  fourth,  and  seventh  years  of  Queen  Anne.  When  King  William 
and  Queen  Mary  were  proclaimed  King  and  Queen  of  England,  on  the  esta- 
blishment of  their  court,  %  he  was  made  vice-chamberlain  to  Queen  Mary. 
In  1696,  he  was  a  strenuous  advocate  for  Sir  John  Fenwicke,  and  his  pleading 
in  belnlf  of  that  unfortunate  gentleman  shews  his  extensive  knowledge  of  the 
laws,  and  aversion  to  unconstitutional  measures.  In  1699,  when  the  army 
was  reduced,  it  was  ^  principally  owing  to  Mr.  Howe,  that  the  house  of  com- 
mons agreed  to  allow  half-pay  to  the  disbanded  officers :  and  when  the  par- 
tition-treaty was  afterwards  under  the  consideration  of  that  house,  he  ex- 
pressed his  sentiments  of  it  in  such  terms,  that  King  William  declared,  that 
if  it  were  not  for  the  disparity  of  their  rank,  he  would  demand  satisfaction 
with  the  sword.  At  the  accession  of  her  Majesty  Queen  Anne,  ||  he  was 
swornot  her  privy-council,  on  .'^pril  21st,  1702  ;  and,  on  Jurje7th  following,! 
constituted  vice-admiral  of  the  county  of  Gloucester  Aho,  before  the  end  of 
that  year,  **  he  was  constituted  Pay  waste  r-Gen  f.ral  of  her  Majesty's 
guards  and  garrisons,  viz.  on  January  4th,  1702-3.  And  a  new  privy-council 
being  settled,  on  May  loth,  1708, +t  according  to  act  of  parliament,  relating 
to  the  union  of  the  two  kingdoms,  he  was,  among  other  the  great  officers, 
sworn  thereof.  He  continued  paymaster  of  the  guards  and  garrisons  till 
after  the  accession  of  King  George  I  %%  who  appointed  Robert  Walpole, 


*  Sandford's  Genealogical  Hist,  of  the  Royal  Family. 

t  Willis's  Lists  of  Pari.  MS. 

J  Kennet's  Hist,  of  Engl.  vol.  iii.  p.  350.  §  Ibid.  p.  77;. 

g  Pointer's  Chron.  Hist.  p.  471.  f  Ibid.  p.  473. 

**  Ibid.  p.  482.  it  Pointer's  Chron.  Hist.  p.  593, 

%X  Supplement  to  Pointer's  Hist  p.  777. 


BARONESS  HOWE,  141 

He  represented  the  county  of  Nottingham  in  ths  reigns  of 
Charles  II.  William  III.  and  Queen  Annej  and  was  one  of  those 
patriots  who,  on  June  26th,  1080,  delivered  a  presentment  to  {h& 
grand  jury  of  Middlesex,  against  the  Duke  of  York,  with  reasons 
for  indicting  him  for  not  going  to  church  j  one  of  which  was,  that 

Esq.  to  succeed  him,  on  September  23d,  1714;  and  the  privy-council  being 
dissolved,  and  a  new  one  appointed  to  meet  on  October  ist  following,  he  was 
also  left  out  of  the  list.  Whereupon,  retiring  to  his  seat  at  Stowell  in  Glou« 
cestershire,  he  there  died  in  the  year  1711,  and  was  buried  in  the  chancel  of 
the  church  of  Stowell.  He  married  Mary,  daughter  and  coheir  of  Humphry 
Baskerville,  of  I'entryllos  in  Herefordshire,  Esq.  widow  and  relict  of  Sir  Ed- 
ward Morgan,  of  Lanternam  in  Monmouthshire,  Bart,  by  whom  he  left  issue 
John,  his  son  and  heir. 

Which  John  Howe,  of  Stoiuell,  Esq.  on  the  decease  of  Sir  Richard 
Howe,  of  Compton  in  Gloucestershire,  and  Wishford  in  Wiltshire,  Bart,  in 
1730,  without  issue,  succeeded  to  those  estates;  and  was  likewise  elected,  in 
his  place,  one  of  the  knights  for  Wiltshire.  Also,  on  a  new  parliament  being 
summoned  to  meet  on  June  17th,  1734,  he  was  re-elected.  And  his  Majesty 
was  pleased  to  create  him  Lord  Chedworth,  Baron  of  Chedivoith,  in  the 
oiouy  of  Gloucester,  by  letters  patent,  bearing  date  May  i2th,  1741,  14  Geo.  II. 
His  Lordship  mairied  Dorothy,  eldest  daughter  of  Henry-Frederick  Thynne, 
Esq.  grandfather  of  Thomas  Lord  Viscount  Weymouth,  by  which  Lady, 
(who  died  at  her  house  in  Leicester-square,  London,  on  February  14th,  1777J 
he  had  issue  eight  sons  and  five  daughters  ;  first,  Richard,  who  died  young; 
second,  John  Thynne  Howe,  his  successor ;  tliird,  Frederick-Henry,  third 
Lord  Chedworth ;  fourth,  Thomas,  who  was  in  holy  orders,  and  died  June 
3d,  1778,  having  married  to  Frances,  daughter  of  Thomas  White,  of  Tatting- 
ston-place  in  Suffolk,  and  had  issue  two  sons,  both  of  the  name  of  John  :  the 
first  died  an  infant,  and  the  youngest,  born  August  izd,  1754,  became 
fourth  Lord  Chedworth;  fifth,  Charles,  who  died  unmarried;  sixth,  Scroop, 
who  died  young;  seventh,  James,  who,  on  July  5th,  1755,  married  Susanna, 
daughter  and  heir  of  Sir  Humphrey  Howarth,  of  Maselwych  in  Radnorshire, 
Knight,  which  Lady  died  April  ist,  1758,  and  her  husband  on  June  24th, 
1772;  and  William,  who  died  in  January  1782,  at  Cheltenham,  aged  sixty- 
nine.  The  daughters  were,  Mary,  wedded,  in  1751,  to  Alexander  Wright,  of 
Bath,  Esq.;  Anne,  who  died  young;  another  Anne,  wlio  married  Roderick 
G Wynne,  Esq.  of  Brecknockshire,  and  died  June  6,  1764  ;  Dorothy  and  Lucy. 

His  Lordship  died  in  April  1742,  and  was  succeeded  by  his  eldest  son, 

John  Thynne  Howe,  second  Lord  Chedworth,  who  married, 
September  23d,  1751,  Martha,  daughter  and  coheir  cf  Sir  Philip  Parker  Long, 
of  Arwarton  in  Sufiblk,  Bart.  He  died  s.  p.  on  May  10th,  1762;  and  hii 
Lady  survived  till  Itovember  30th,  1775.     His  brother, 

Frederick  Henry,  succeeded  as  TH  iRD  Lord  Chedworth;  and  dying 
unmarried  in  178 1,  was  succeeded  by  his  nephew 

John  (son  of  his  brother  Thomas)  fourth  Lord  Chedworth,  a 
man  of  most  recluse  habits,  and  eccentric  character,  but  of  some  minor  pre- 
tensions to  literature,  who  spent  his  time  at  an  house  in  Ipswich  :  and  dying 
unmarried  October  29th,  1804,  aged  fifty,  divided  his  large  property  by  a  pe- 
culiar will,  which  was  long  disputed,  among  strangers ;  particularly  his 
lawyer  and  his  apothecary. 


142  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

there  had  been  divers  letters  read  in  both  houses  of  parliament^ 
and  at  the  secret  committee  of  both  houses,  from  several  Cardi- 
nals and  others  at  Rome  ;  and  also  from  other  Popish  bishops  and 
agents  of  the  Pope  in  other  foreign  parts,  which  apparently  shewed 
the  great  correspondence  between  the  Duke  and  the  Pope  j  and 
expressing  how  the  Pope  could  not  chuse  but  weep  for  joy  at  the 
reading  of  some  of  his  letters,  and  what  great  satisfaction  he 
took  to  hear  the  Duke  advanced  the  Catholic  religion  ;  that  the 
Pope  had  granted  breves  to  the  Duke ;  sent  him  beads,  and  ample 
indulgences,  &c.  But  the  Court  of  King's  Bench,  hearing  of  this 
presentment,  sent  for  the  jury  up  and  dismissed  them. 

To  prevent  the  introduction  of  Popery,  by  the  said  Duke  of 
Yorlv  (who  by  the  death  of  his  brother  had  succeeded  to  the  crown), 
and  to  preserve  the  constitution  of  England,  the  Earl  of  Devon- 
shire concerted  with  Sir  Scrope  Howe  the  means  for  inviting  the 
Prince  of  Orange  to  England  ;  upon  whose  landing  in  the  West, 
Sir  Scrope  joined  the  Earl  at  Nottingham,  and  united  with  him 
in  a  declaration,  dated  November  22d,  l6SS,  of  their  sense  and 
resolution,  which  was  unanimously  subscribed  on  this  principle  : 
"  We  own  it  rebellion  to  resist  a  King  that  governs  by  law;  but 
he  was  always  accounted  a  tyrant  that  made  his  will  tiie  law  ; 
and  to  resist  such  a  one,  we  justly  deem  no  rebellion,  but  a  ne- 
cessary and  just  defence."  And  when  necessity  forced  the  Prin- 
cess Anne  from  London,  he  accompanied  the  Earl  with  a  good 
body  of  horse,  who  marched  some  miles  from  Nottingham  to 
conduct  her  thither. 

In  the  convention  parliament,  he  was  one  of  the  knights  for 
the  county  of  Nottingham  3  and  voted  for  supplying  the  vacancy 
of  the  throne  with  King  William  and  Queen  Mary  ;  for  which 
heirty  concurrence  in  the  revolution,  he  was  made  a  groom  of  his 
Majesty's  bedchamber,  which  he  held  till  the  King's  death,  and 
was  advanced  to  the  peerage  of  Ireland  by  privy  seal,  dated  at 
Kensington  April  3d,  and  by  patent  at  Dublin,  May  l6th,  1/01, 
by  the  title  of  Baron  Clenaivley  and  Viscount  Howe,  with  the 
creation  fee  of  13/.  Qs.  8d.  The  preamble  to  this  patent  running 
thus :  "  Cum  nos  regia  mente  recolentes,  quam  mature  predi- 
lectus  &  tidelis  subditus  noster  Scroopeus  How  de  Langar  in  co- 
mitatu  nostro  Nottingham,  in  dicto  regno  nostro  Angliae,  miles, 
ae  illustravit  in  defensione  religionis  &  libertatis  patriae  suae,  curn 
in  imminenti  periculo  ab  inimicis,  tam  domesticis  quam  foris, 
secum  extiterunt  j  ac  etiam  repetita  ilia  teslimonia  lidelitatis  & 
ligeantiae  sua%  quae  personae  nostras  regaii  ac  rcgimini  nostro  con- 


BARONESS  HOWE.  143 

tinuo  &  manifeste  indicavit :  et  ut  futuiis  temporibus  dignoscatur, 
quam  gratiose  accepirans  hoec  laudabilia  sua  merita  ac  servitia,  ac 
monumentum  quoddam  favoiis  regalis  nostri,  o\>  benemerita  tanta, 
ipso  Scroop  How  militi  &  posteris  suis  exhibere  voleiites.  Sciatis 
igitur,  &c,"  and  her  Majesty  Queen  Anne  in  1711,  constituted 
him  comptroller  of  the  excise. 

In  107^,  he  was  first  married  to  Lady  Anne  Manners,  sixth 
daughter  of  John,  eighth  Earl  of  Rutland,  by  whom  he  had  one 
son,  John  Scrope,  born  October  5th,  1675,  who  died  young;  and 

two  daughters  ;   AnnabcUa,  married  to Goulding,  Esq. ; 

and  Margaret,  to  Captain  Mugg. 

His  second  Lady  was  Juliana,  daughter  of  William,  Lord  Al- 
HiTglon,  of  Horseheath  in  the  county  of  Cambridge,  and  of  Kil- 
lard  in  Ireland,  by  his  wife  Juliana,  daughter  of  Baptist  Noel. 
Viscount  Cambden,  and  departing  this  life  at  Langar,  January 
16th,  J7'2,  was  there  buried,  leaving  issue,  by  her,  Emanuel 
Scrope,  his  successor,  and  three  daughters. 

First,  Mary,  wiio  in  1J20  was  appointed  one  of  the  maids  of 
honour  to  Caroline,  Princess  of  Wales  j  on  June  14th,  172,5,  she 
was  married  to  Thomas  Earl  of  Pembroke,  by  whom  she  had  no 
issue;  on  October  gth,  1/35,  she  re-married  with  the  honourable 
John  Mordaunt,  brother  to  Charles,  Earl  of  Peterborough,  and 
died  on  September  12th,  l7-i9. 

Second,  Juliana,  married.  May  27th,  1725,  to  Thomas  Page, 
of  Battlesden  in  Bedi'ord shire,  Esq.  second  son  of  Sir  Gregory 
Page,  of  Greenwich  in  Kent,  Bart,  by  whom  she  had  no  issue,  and 
died  liis  widow  in  17SO. 

Third,  Anne,  married  May  Sth,  1/28,  to  Colonel  Charles 
Mordaunt,  only  son  of  brigadier-general  Lewis  Mordaunt,  third 
son  of  John  Viscount  Avalon. 

Emanuel  Scrope,  the  second  discount  Howe  of  the  Kingdom 
of  Ireland,  succeeded  to  the  title  of  a  Baronet  of  Great  Britain, 
on  the  death  of  Sir  Richard  Grubham  Howe,  on  July  3d,  J  730; 
was  member  for  the  county  of  Nottingham,  in  the  6th  and  7th 
parliaments  of  Great  Britain  ;  and  in  May  1732,  was  appointed 
goi'ernor  of  Barladoes,  where  he  died  on  March  29th,  1/35,  and 
his  corpse  being  brought  to  England  September  30th  following, 
was  deposited  in  the  family  vault  at  Langar. 

On  April  25th,  1719,  his  Lordship  was  married  to  Mary  So- 
phia-Charlotte, eldest  daughter  of  the  Baron  Kieiaiansegge,  master 
of  the  horse  to  King  George  I.  as  Elector  of  Hanovi-r,  (by  Sophia 
Charlotte,  daughter  of  Count  Platen  of  the  empire,  who  was 


I 


144  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

made  a  free  Denizen  of  Ireland,  Septemper  gth,  1/21,  and  twoi 
days  after  created,  by  patent,  Countess  of  Leinster,  and  April 
10th,  1722,  created  Baroness  of  Brentford,  and  Countess  of  Dar- 
lington in  England  ;  being  also  Countess  of  Piaten,  and  Baroness 
Kielmansegge  in  Germany)  ;  which  Lady,  who  survived  till  June 
13th,  1/82,  and  was  buried  at  Langar,  brought  a  considerable  es- 
tate to  this  family  ;  and  on  April  16th,  17^9,  the  King  granted 
to  her,  and  his  Lordship  for  life,  the  yearly  pension  of  7-50/.  to 
commence  from  Christmas  preceding  5  she  was  also  one  of  the 
ladies  of  the  bed-chamber  to  her  Royal  Highness  Augusta,  Prin- 
cess of  Wales,  and  had  issue  by  his  Lordship  '  six  sons  and  four 
daughters.     The  sons  were  : 

First,  Scrope,  who  died  an  infant. 

Second,  George-Augustus,  who  succeeded  to  the  titles. 

Third,  Richard,  the  late  Earl. 

Fourth,  John,  who  died  an  infant. 

Fifth,  William,  prese?it  Viscount. 

Sixth,  Thomas,  who  died  unmarried,  November  14th,  \77^t 
in  the  forty-first  year  of  his  age,  and  was  buried  at  Langar. 

Caroline,  the  eldest  daughter,  married  John  Howe,  of  Hanslop 
in  Buckinghamshire,  Esq. 

Charlotte,  second  daughter,  wedded  Robert  Fettiplace,  of 
Swinbrook  in  Oxfordshire,  Esq. 

Juliana,  third  daughter,  died  unmarried. 

Mary,  fourth  daughter,  married  the  late  General  Sir  William 
Augustus  Pitt,  of  Highfield  in  Hampshii'e,  K.  B.  brother  to  George, 
late  Lord  Rivers. 

George  Augustus,  the  eldest  surviving  son,  succeeded  his 
father  as  third  Viscoiir.t  Howe;  at  the  general  elections  in  1/4/ 
and  17^'^,  he  was  chosen  representative  for  the  town  of  Notting- 
ham j  on  May  1st,  17-^9,  was  made  captain  of  a  company  in  the 
first  regiment  of  foot-guards,  with  rank  as  lieutenant-colonel  in 
the  army,  and  soon  after  appointed  aid-de-camp  to  his  Royal 
Highness  the  Duke  of  Cumberland  ;  on  September  2Sth,  1757, 
was  constituted  colonel  of  a  regiment  of  foot,  and  commanded  as 
brigadier-general  in  the  expedition  again  Ticonderoga,  in  North 
America,  under  General  Abcrcrombie,  and  displayed  his  military 
talents  so  as  to  gain  the  confidence  and  love  of  the  whole  army ; 
but  was  unfortunately  slain  on  July  5th,  1758,  in  a  skirmish  with 
the  French,  on  the  march  towards  that  place,  which  may  be  con- 

1  From  the  Pedigree  entered  in  the  House  of  Peers. 


BARONESS  HOWE.      '  145 

sidered  as  one  cause  of  the  ill-success  of  that  expedition.  General 
Abercrombie,  in  his  dispatches  to  Mr.  Secretary  Pitt  (afterwards 
Earl  of  Chatham),  dated  from  the  camp  at  Lake  George,  July  12, 
1758,  gives  the  following  account  of  this  fatal  event.  "  The 
army  continued  its  march  through  the  wood,  with  a  design  to 
invest  Ticonderoga  5  but  the  wood  being  very  thick,  impassable 
with  any  regularity  to  such  a  body  of  men,  and  the  guides  un- 
skilful, the  troops  were  bewildered,  and  the  columns  bioke,  fall- 
ing in  one  upon  another. 

"  Lord  Howe,  at  the  head  of  the  right  centre  column,  sup- 
ported by  the  light  infantry,  being  advanced,  fell  in  with  a  French 
party,  supposed  to  consist  of  about  400  regulars,  and  a  few  In- 
dians, who  had  likewise  lost  themselves  in  their  retreat  from  the 
advanced  guard  ;  of  these,  our  flankers  killed  a  great  many,  and 
took  148  prisoners,  among  whom  were  five  officers,  and  three 
cadets. 

"  But  this  small  success  cost  us  very  dear,  not  as  to  the  loss  of 
numbers,  for  we  had  only  two  officers  killed  ;  but  as  to  conse- 
quence, bis  Lordship  being  the  first  man  who  fell  in  this  skir- 
mish j  and  as  he  was  very  deservedly  universally  beloved  and  re- 
spected throughout  the  whole  army,  it  is  easy  to  conceive  the 
grief  and  consternation  his  untimely  fall  occasioned  ;  for  my  part 
I  cannot  help  owning  that  I  felt  it  most  heavily,  and  lament  him 
as  sincerely." 

Richard,  fourth  Viscount  Howe,  and  Earl  Howe,  and 
FIRST  Barox  Howe  of  Langar,  was  born  in  1/25,  was  edu- 
cated at  Eton,  entered  the  sea  service  at  the  age  of  fourteen,  on 
board  the  Severn,  Hon.  Captain  Legge,  part  of  the  squadron  des- 
tined for  the  South  Seas  under  Anson.  He  next  served  on  board 
the  Burford,  1743,  under  Admiral  Knowlesj  in  which  be  was 
afterwards  appointed  acting  lieutenant ;  but  his  commission  not 
being  confirmed,  he  returned  to  Admiral  Knowles  in  the  West 
Indies,  where  he  was  made  lieutenant  of  a  sloop  of  war  j  and  dis- 
tinguished himself  by  cutting  out  an  English  merchantman,  which 
had  been  taken,  from  under  the  guns  of  the  Dutch  settlement  of 
St.  Eustatias. 

In  1745,  he  was  with  Admiral  Vernon  in  the  Down?;  and  a 
short  time  after  raised  to  the  rank  of  Commander,  in  the  Balti- 
more sloop  of  war.  In  this  ship  he  distinguished  himself  by  at- 
tacking two  French  frigates  off  the  coast  of  Scotland,  full  of 
troops  and  ammunition,  for  the  Pretender.     These  he  made  sheer 

VOL.  viir,  J. 


146  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

off.     For  this  action  he  was  made  Post  Captain,  and  on  April 
10,  17-^Q,  appointed  to  the  Triton  frigate,  and  ordered  to  Lisbon. 

He  was  soon  afterwards  appointed  first  captain  of  Admiral 
Knowles's  ship  of  SO  guns  on  the  Jamaica  station;  and  at  the 
conclusion  of  the  war,  I/'IS,  returned  in  her  to  England. 

In  March  1/50-1,  Captain  Howe  was  appointed  to  the  com- 
mand on  the  Guinea  station,  in  La  Gloire,  of  4-1-  guns. 

At  the  end  of  1751,  he  was  appointed  to  the  Mary  yacht,  and 
soon  after  to  theDelphine  frigate,  in  which  he  sailed  to  the  Straits, 
and  in  which  he  executed  many  and  important  services.  Here  he 
remained  for  about  three  years,  and  soon  after  obtained  the  com- 
mand of  the  Dunkirk  of  60  guns.  In  this  ship  he  sailed  under 
Admiral  Boscawen  to  obstruct  the  passage  of  the  French  fleet 
into  the  gulf  of  St.  Lawrence,  when  Captain  Howe  took  the 
French  ship  Alcide  of  64  guns  off  the  coast  of  Newfoundland. 

In  1757,  when  a  powerful  fleet  was  prepared  undar  Sir  Ed- 
ward Hawke,  to  make  an  attack  on  the  French  coast.  Captain 
Howe  had  the  command  of  the  Mignanime,  in  which  ship  he 
battered  the  fort  in  the  island  of  Aix  till  it  surrendered. 

In  1758,  he  was  appointed  commodore  of  a  small  squadron 
which  sailed  to  annoy  the  enemy  on  their  coasts.  This  he  effected 
with  his  usual  success  at  St.  Malo's,  On  the  1st  of  August  he 
sailed  for  Cherbourg  ;  when  the  town  was  taken,  and  the  basin 
destroyed.     The  unsuccessful  affair  of  St,  Cas  followed. 

In  July  of  this  year,  1753,  he  succeeded  by  the  death  of  his 
elder  brother  to  the  Irish  title  of  Viscount  Iloive;  and  in  the  fol- 
lowing year  was  employed  in  the  Chatmel  on  board  his  old  ship 
the  Magnanime,  and  in  the  month  of  November  was  with  Hawke 
when  he  obtained  the  celebrated  victory  over  Conflans. 

In  March  176O,  be  was  appointed  colonel  of  the  Chatham 
division  of  marines  3  and  in  September  following  was  employed 
to  reduce  the  French  fort  on  the  isle  of  Dumell. 

On  August  23d,  1763,  his  Lordship  was  appointed  a  lord  of 
the  admiralty;  where  he  remained  till  August  1765. 

He  was  then  made  Treasurer  of  the  Navy  ;  and  in  Oc- 
tober 1 770,  was  promoted  to  be  Rear-Admiral  of  the  Blue,  and 
Commander  in  Chief  in  the  Mediterranean. 

In  March  1775,  he  was  appointed  Rear- Admiral  of  the  "White. 
He  was  afterwards  chosen  to  represent  the  borough  of  Dartmouth 
in  parliament,  1762,  1768,  1774,  178O.  In  December  of  the 
same  year,  he  was  made  Vice-Admiral  of  the  Blue. 


BARONESS  HOWE.  14/ 

In  1776,  he  was  appointed  naval  commander  in  chief  in  Ame- 
rica; in  which  command,  considering  the  disadvantages  with 
which  he  was  surrounded,  he  closed  the  campaign  with  honour. 
He  then  resigned  the  command  to  Admiral  Byron ;  and  on  his 
return  to  England  in  October,  immediately  struck  his  flag.  In 
this  year  he  was  advanced  first  to  be  Vice- Admiral  of  the  White, 
and  then  of  the  Red. 

On  April  20th,  17S2,  he  was  raised  to  the  English  Peerage 
by  the  title  of  Viscount  Howe  of  hangar,  in  the  county  of 
Nottingham,  and  was  then  appointed  to  the  command  of  the  fleet 
for  the  relief  of  Gibraltar. 

In  Jan.  I  783,  on  the  accession  to  power  of  Lord  Rockingham, 
he  was  appointed  Fikst  Lord  of  the  Admiralty,  which  he  re- 
tained only  till  April  j  and  to  which  he  was  re-appointed  on  the 
accession  of  Mr.  Pitt,  in  December  following.  He  retained  this 
office  tillJuly  1788. 

On  August  igth,  1788,  he  was  elevated  to  an  Earldom  by  the 
title  of  Earl  Howe,  to  him,  and  the  heirs  male  of  his  body  j  and 
also  to  the  title  of  Barox  Howe  of  hangar,  with  remainder  to 
his  daughters  and  the  heirs  male  of  their  bodies,  in  succession. 

On  the  breaking  out  of  the  revolutionary  war,  J  703,  he  ac- 
cepted the  command  of  the  Western  squadron. 

"  Three  powerful  armaments,"  says  Dr.  Bisset,  "  were  pre- 
pared for  the  campaign  of  1794:  one  under  Lord  Hood  com- 
manded the  Mediterranean,  reduced  the  island  of  Corsica,  and 
protected  the  coasts  of  Spain  and  Italy  :  a  second  under  Sir  John 
Jervis,  with  a  military  force  headed  by  Sir  Charles  Grey,  reduced 
Martinico,  Guadaloupe,  St.  Lucia,  and  some  parts  of  St.  Domingo. 
But  the  most  illustrious  monument  of  British  naval  glory  was 
raised  by  Earl  Howe.  During  the  preceding  part  of  the  war, 
France,  conscious  of  her  maritime  inferiority  to  Great  Britain, 
had  hitherto  confined  her  exertions  to  cruizers  and  small  squa- 
drons for  harassing  our  trade.  In  the  month  of  May,  the  French 
were  induced  to  depart  from  tliis  system  of  naval  warfare. 
Anxious  for  the  safety  of  a  convoy  daily  expected  from  America, 
conveying  an  immense  supply  of  corn  and  flour,  of  naval  stores 
and  colonial  productions,  the  Brest  fleet,  amounting  to  twenty- 
seven  sail  of  the  line  ventured  to  sea  under  the  command  of  Rear 
Admiral  Villaret.  Lord  Howe  expecting  the  same  convoy,  went 
to  sea  with  twenty  ships  of  the  line.  On  the  28th  of  May  he  de- 
scried the  enemy  to  windward.     Admiral  Paisley  in  the  evening 


148  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

gave  signal  to  the  vanmost  ships   to  attack  the  enemy's  rear. 
Lord  Hugh  Seymour  Conway  attacked  the  Revolutionaire  of  120 
guns,  and  being  soon  supported  by  Captain  Parker  of  the  Auda- 
cious, so  damaged  the  enemy's  ship  that  she  struck  j  but  escap- 
ing during  the  night,  she  was  towed  into  Rochfort.     The  next 
morning  the  fleets  resumed  the  conflict,  but  the  intermission  of  a 
thick  fog  prevented  its  continuance.     The  fog  lasted  that  and  the 
greater  part  of  the  two  following  days.     The  sun   occasionally 
breakins:  throus;h  the  mist,  shewed  to  each  other  the  direction  of 
the  fleets ;  and  Lord  Howe  employed  this  time  in  most  masterly 
manoeuvres  to  obtain  the  weather-gage,  that  be  might  compel 
them  to  fight  when  the  atmosphere  should  clear,  and  at  length  he 
succeeded.     On  the  1st  of  June,  the  fog  being  dispersed,  our  Ad- 
miral, from  his  former  excellent  dispositions,  found  an  opportu- 
nity of  bringing  the  French  to  battle.     Between  seven  and  eight 
in  the  morning,  our  fleet  advanced  in  a  close  and  compact  line  : 
the  enemy  finding  an  engagement  unavoidable,  received  our  onset 
with  their  accustomed  valour,     A  close  and  desperate  engage- 
ment ensued,  presenting  the  French  as  combatants  worthy  of  oc- 
cupying the  naval  heroism  of  England.     The  Montague  of  130 
guns,  the  French  Admiral's  ship,  having  adventured  to  encounter 
the  Queen  Charlotte  of  100  guns,  was,  in  less  than  an  hour,  com- 
pelled to  fly  :  the  other  ships  of  the  same  division  seeing  all  efforts 
ineffectual  against  British  prowess,  endeavoured  to  follow  the  fly- 
ing Admiral  J  ten,  however,  were  so  crippled  that  they  couJd  not 
keep  pace  with  the  rest :  but  many  of  the  British  ships  were  so 
damaged,  that  some  of  these  disabled  ships  of  the  enemy  effected 
their  escape.     Six  remained  in  the  possession  of  the  British  Ad- 
miral, and  were  brought  safe  into  Portsmouth,  viz.  La  Juste  of 
80  guns.  La  Sans  Pareille  of  SO,  L'  America  74,  L'  Acbille  'JA, 
L'  Impetueux  'J A,  and  Northumberland  74  :  these,  with  Le  Ven- 
geur,  which  was  sunk,  made  the  whole  loss  of  the  French  amount 
to  seven  ships  of  the  line.     The  victorious  ships  arrived  safe  in 
harbour  with  their  prizes  :  the  crews,  officers,  and  Admiral  were 
received   with  those  grateful  thanks  and  high  applauses  which 
Britain  never  fails  to  bestow  on  her  conquering  heroes.     Earl 
Howe  was  by  all  ranks  and  parties  extolled  for  his  tactical  skill,, 
steady  perseverance,  and  determined  courage  ;  first,  in  forcing  the 
enemy,  after  every  evasion,  to  a  close  action'j  and  then  in  obtain- 
ing so  signal  an  advantage  over  a  fleet  superior  in  its  number  of 
ships  and  of  men,  as  well  as  in  size  and  weight  of  metal.    The 


BARONESS  HOWE.  I4g 

year  17.Q4,  surpassing  in  disaster  by  land  the  unfortunate  1777,  or 
17SI,  by  sea  equalled  the  glories  of  1759."  ■" 

In  1795,  he  was  appointed  General  of  marines  on  the  death  of 
Admiral  Forbes. 

In  1797>  government  sent  Lord  Howe,  an  officer  universally 
beloved  throughout  the  British  fleet,  to  quell  the  mutiny.  Tlus 
illustrious  commander  having  pledged  his  word  to  the  seamen 
that  government  would  faithfully  keep  its  promises,  they  declared 
their  unlimited  confidence  in  Lord  Howe's  assurance,  and  re- 
turned to  their  duly. 

His  Lordship  finally  resigned  the  command  of  the  Western 
squadron  in  April  1797- 

In  June  1  'O/,  he  was  elected  K.  G. 

His  Lordship  died  at  his  house  in  Grafton -street,  London,  of 
the  gout  in  his  stomach,  August  5th,  1799)  aged  seventy-three." 

He  was  succeeded  in  the  Irish  Viscounty  by  his  brother  Sir 
William;  and  in  the  English  Barony  by  his  eldest  daughter  Lady 
Charlotte  Sophia  Curzon,  ofivhom  hereafter. 

S\r  Willi  AM,  present  andjifth  Viscount  Hoive,  being  brought 
up  in  the  army  was  made  a  major-general  May  22d,  1772;  a 
lieutenant-general  August  /th,  1777?  and  a  general  October  25tb, 
1793,  He  was  made  colonel  of  the  twenty-third  foot.  May  11th. 
177-5;  and  of  the  nineteenth  dragoons  April  21st,  1786. 

He  was  elected  member  of  parliament  for  Nottingham  town 
on  the  death  of  his  eldest  brother  1758;  to  which  he  continued 
to  be  elected  1762,  1768,  and  1 774. 

On  May  25th,  1775,  Major-General  Howe,  with  Generals 
Burgoyne  and  Clinton,  arrived  in  America  with  a  considerable 
reinforcement  to  General  Gage,  who,  since  the  formation  of  the 
American  army,  had  confined  himself  to  defence,  but  now  judged 
his  force  sufficiently  strong  for  offensive  measures.  The  battle  of 
Bunker's  Hill,  between  Charlestown  and  Boston,  immediately 
followed ;  in  which  General  Howe  commanded  a  division  ;  and 
which  was  gained  by  the  British  not  without  a  considerable  loss. 
The  Americans  however  asserted  that  they  were  really  successful, 
because,  though  dislodged  from  one  post,  they  had  blocked  up 
the  regulars,  and  by  keeping  them  from  offensive  operations, 
frustrated  the  purpose  for  which  they  had  been  sent.  In  truth, 
Boston  continued  in  a  state  of  blockade  till  the  following  year. 

»  Bissett's  Reign  of  George  III.  vol.  v.  p.  506 — 508. 
n  Gent.  Mag.  vol.  Ixix.  p.  724,  I05. 


150  PEERAGE  OF  ExMGLAND. 

Gage  was  now  returned  home,  and  the  conimand,  in  177^» 
devolved  on  General  Howe.  Washington  now  besieging  Boston, 
General  Howe,  being  in  the  greatest  distress  for  provisions,  em- 
barked with  the  British  Loyalists  on  the  l/th  of  March  for  Halli- 
fax,  and  arrived  there  in  the  end  of  the  month.  Here  he  was 
obliged  to  remaiii  for  two  months  to  receive  reinforcements  ex- 
pected from  England,  with  a  fleet  commanded  by  bis  brother 
Lord  Howe ;  but  these  not  arriving,  he  resolved  to  wait  no 
longer  J  leaving  Halifax  June  llth,  he  arrived  the  end  of  the 
month  in  Sandy  Hook  near  New  York.  At  length  the  reinforce- 
ments camej  Lord  Howe  reaching  Staten  island  on  July  14th, 
So  reinforced,  the  British  army  amounted  to  near  30,000  men. 

"  The  commanders,"  says  Bisset,  "  possessed  high  characters, 
and  had  distinguished  themselves  in  subordinate  stations  of  trust 
and  importance  in  the  former  war.  The  naval  officer  had  in  the 
year  1758,  on  the  coast  of  France,  laid  the  f  )un(lation  of  a  fame 
which  was  increased  during  subsequent  services :  the  military 
gentleman  was  the  distinguished  favourite  of  General  Wolfe,  led 
the  body  which  first  seized  the  heights  of  Abraham,  and  after- 
wards supported  and  advanced  the  situation  in  which  he  was  held. 
It  was  true,  he  never  had  an  opportunity  of  distinguishmg  him- 
self as  a  General,  except  at  Bunker  s  Hill ;  and  having  acted  there 
under  the  command  of  another,  he  merely  proved,  as  before,  that 
he  was  an  active  and  intrepid  soldier:  but  from  his  conduct  in 
secondary  situations,  he  was  very  naturally  allowed  credit  for  abi- 
lities which  could  fill  up  the  first  with  equal  propriety  From 
their  near  relation,  no  doubt  was  entertained  that  there  would  be 
the  utmost  harmony  between  the  General  and  Admiral ;  and  the 
appointment  of  Lord  Howe  and  Sir  William  to  the  chief  com- 
mand of  the  naval  and  military  operations  afforded  general  satis- 
faction in  England  ;  and  the  most  sanguine  expectations  were  en- 
tertained of  their  success.  It  must  be  acknowledged,  that  their 
hopes  were  not  without  apparently  probable  grounds."" 

Besides  their  military  powers,  the  General  and  Admiral  were 
appointed,  under  a  late  act  of  parliament.  Commissioners  for  re- 
storing peace  to  the  colonies,  and  for  granting  pardon  to  such  as 
should  deserve  the  royal  mercy,  p  But  their  overtures  in  this 
way  were  reje,  ted. 

The  British  commander  therefore  opened  the  campaign  on 
August  22d,  1776  j  and  the  same  month  won  the  battle  of  Long- 
Island.     Overtures  of  peace  were  now  again  made  in  vain. 

o  Hist.  vol.  ii.  p  353.  p  Ibid.  p.  353. 


I 


BARONESS  HOWE,  151 

In  September  the  General  took  the  city  of  New-York ;  and 
soon  after  by  the  capture  of  Fort  VVaihington,  and  the  surrender 
of  King's  bridge,  the  British  troops  were  in  possession  not  only 
of  New  York,  and  the  adjacent  islands,  but  also  of  an  easy  access 
either  to  New  England,  or  the  Jerseys. 

Notwithstanding  these  and  other  successes  of  the  generals 
under  Lord  Cornwallis  and  Sir  Henry  Clinton,  General  Howe  re- 
tired into  winter  quarters.  And  it  must  be  confessed,  that  the 
conduct  and  event  of  the  winter  operations  proved  very  different 
from  what  the  friends  of  Britain  expected,  and  the  provincials  ap- 
prehended. The  luxury  and  dissipation  in  which  the  winter  was 
passed  at  head-quarters,  has  been  much  blamed.  Washington 
was  very  differently  employed. 

Summer  of  1/77  being  commenced.  General  Howe  opened 
the  campaign  by  detachments,  while  with  the  main  army  he 
continued  in  his  present  residence. 

On  June  12th,  he  himself  attempted  by  a  stratagem  to  bring 
Washington  to  battle,  but  failed  in  his  design  ;  and,  disheartened, 
resolved  to  abandon  the  Jerseys,  and  crossed  with  his  army  to 
Staten  island. 

On  July  23d,  he  sailed  on  an  expedition  by  sea  to  Philadelphia. 
General  Washington  informed  that  the  army  was  arrived  in  Penn- 
sylvania, crossed  the  Delaware  with  his  army  on  the  nth  of  Sep- 
tember. The  British  troops  advanced  to  Brafidy  IFine,  a  river, 
which,  narrowing  from  the  west,  falls  into  the  Delaware  below 
Philadelphia.     Here  the  British  gained  another  victory. 

On  September  22d,  Sir  William  Howe  (for  he  had  been  elected 
a  Knight  of  the  Bath  in  this  year)  crossed  the  Schuylkill  with  his 
whole  army  ;  on  the  26th  he  advanced  to  German  Town  ;  and  on 
the  following  day,  with  Cornwallis,  took  possession  of  Philadel- 
phia without  opposition.  On  October  3d  was  fought  the  battle 
of  German  Town,  in  which  the  British  were  still  victorious.  Other 
services  were  performed  by  detachments  5  and  at  length  in  De- 
cember the  General  retired  into  winter  quarters  at  Philadelphia  j 
where  the  severity  of  the  season  was  passed  as  the  former. 

The  General  commenced  the  campaign  of  1778  in  the  begin- 
ning of  March,  by  the  operations  of  detachments  as  before.  But 
soon  afterwards  resigned  his  command,  and  returned  to  Europe  j 
being  succeeded  by  Sir  Henry  Clinton. 

In  April  I779,  a  parliamentary  inquiry  was  commenced  on 
the  General's  conduct.  The  result  of  the  evidence  of  Lord  Corn- 
wallis,  Major-General  Grey,  Sir  Andrew  Snape  Hamond,  Majoi; 


152  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

Montresor,  and  Sir  George  Osborne  was,  that  the  force  sent  to 
America  was  at  no  time  equal  to  the  subjugation  of  the  colonies  ; 
and  that  the  difficulty  chicdy  arose  from  the  almost  unanimous 
hostility  of  the  people  to  the  British  government,  and  the  natural 
obstacles  of  the  country,  so  abounding  in  woods,  rivers,  hills,  and 
defiles,  1     The  inquiry  was  soon  after  abruptly  abandoned,  ■■ 

His  Lordship  had  some  commands  at  home  during  the  late 
war;  among  which  he  commanded  at  Colchester  in  179^- 

He  married  Frances,  fourth  daughter  of  the  Rt.  Hon.  William 
Conolly,  of  Castletown  in  the  county  of  Kildare,  by  the  Lady 
Anne  Wentworth,  eldest  daughter  of  Thomas,  third  Earl  of  Straf- 
ford ;  but  by  her  has  no  issue. 

Lady  Chaklotte-Sophia,  eldest  daughter  of  Richard,  late 
Earl  Howe,  succeeded  her  father  in  August  1799^  as  Baroness 
Hov»^E  OF  Langar. 

Her  Ladyship  married,  July  31st,  1/87,  the  late  Hon.  Penn 
Assheton  Curzon,  eldest  son  of  the  present  Viscount  Curzon,  who 
died  September  3d,  J  797  ;  and  by  him  had  issue, 

Fiist,  George-Augustus-William,  born  May  14th,  1788,  died 
in  January  1805. 

Second,  Leicester,  born  Noyember  8th,  1792,  since  dead. 

Third,  Richard- William,  born  December  3d,  1796. 

Title.  Charlotte-Sophia  Howe,  Baroness  Howe  of  Langar  in 
Nottinghamshire. 

Creation.     Baroness  Howe  of  Langar,  August  19th,  1 788. 

Arms.     On  a  fess  between  three  wolves  heads  cooped,  sable. 

Supporters.      Two  Cornish    choughs,    proper,   beaked   an 
legged.  Gules. 

q  Bi?sct,  vol.  iii.  p.  105.  ^  Ibid,  p.  i 


LORD  BRAYBROOKE. 


153 


NEVILLE,  LORD  BRAYBROOKE. 


George  Neville,  Lord  Abergavenny,  who  died  September 
20th,  1492,  leaving  by  Margaret^  daughter  of  Sir  Hugh  Fenne, 
Knight, 

First,  George,  Lord  Abergavenny,  who  died  27  Hen.  VIIL 
father  of  Henry  Lord  Abergavenny,  who  died  1587,  leaving 
Mary,  his  daughter  and  heir,  married  to  Sir  Thomas  Fane. 

Second,  Sir  Edward  Neville,  of  Aldington  Park  in  Kent, 
who  by  Eleanor,  daughter  of  Andrew  Lord  Windsor,  was  father 
of 

First,  Edward,  who  succeeded  his  cousin  Henry  as  Lord 
Abergavenny  in  1587>  ^nd  died  31  Eliz,  See  vol,  v.  art.  Aber- 
gavenny. 

Second,  Sir  Henry  Neville,  of  BUlingbere  in  Berkshire,  "  who 

a  In  the  church  of  Lawrence- Waltham  in  Berkshire,  is  a  stately  monu- 
ment for  Sir  Henry  Neville,  the  father,  whereon  is  the  statue  of  a  person 
kneeling,  and  facing  the  East ;  behind  him  are  the  statues  of  his  two  wives; 
and  behind  them  his  son  in  armour,  kneeling  with  his  wife  behind  him. 
Under  him  are  six  Latin  verses ;  and  this  epitaph ; 

"  Here  lyeth  Sir  Henry  Ne- 
V I L  L,  Knight,  descended  of  the 
Ne-vi/es,  Barons  of  Abe> gavenny^ 
who  were  a  branch  of  the  house 
of  Westmerlatid,    He  was  (besides 
martial  service)  of  the  Privy 
Chamber  to  King  Henry  the  Eight 
&  King  Edward  the  Sixt.    He 
dyed  the  13th  of  January,  1593. 
Issue  he  had  by  Dame  El  i  z  a- 
jETH,  sole  hcire  to  Sir  John 


154  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

married  Elizabeth,  daughter  and  heir  of  Sir  John  Gresham ;  and 
had  issue 

Sir  Henry  Neville,  of  Billwglere,  of  whom  Lodge  gives  the 
following  Memoir. 

"  He  owed  his  introduction  at  court,"  says  Lodge,  "  to  a 
family  connection  with  secretary  Cecil,  and  his  promotion  there, 
perhaps,  yet  more  to  his  own  merit,  for  he  was  a  person  of 
great  wisdom  and  integrity.  He  was  appointed  ambassador  to 
France,  in  April  1599;  and,  in  the  summer  of  the  following  year, 
acted  as  first  commissioner  at  the  treaty  of  Boulogne.  Unfortu- 
nately for  him,  the  negociation  was  concluded  a  few  months  before 
the  discovery  of  Essex's  conspiracy ;  and  at  his  return  he  unwarily 
listened  to  some  hints  of  that  wild  design,  which  his  excessive  at- 
tachment to  the  Earl  induced  him  to  conceal.  Essex,  on  his  ar- 
raignment, named  him  as  a  party  ;  he  was  committed  to  the 
Tower  for  misprision  of  treason,  in  the  midst  of  his  preparations 
for  returning  to  his  charge  in  France,  and  sentenced  to  pay  a 
heavy  fine,  which  was  mitigated  to  5000  /.  The  alteration  caused 
in  his  pecuniary  circumstances,  by  the  rigid  exaction  of  this 
penalty,  compelled  him,  in  the  next  reign,  to  accept  of  offices 
beneath  his  deserts;  and  contrary  to  his  spirited  disposition,  we 
iind  him  projecting  and  executing  various  little  schemes  for  the 
relief  of  James's  necessities  ;  and,  in  spite  of  the  eflbrts  made  by 
his  friends  to  get  him  appointed  secretary,  in  l6l2,  he  was  never 
advanced  to  any  higher  employment,  owing,  as  it  is  said,  to  the 
King's  having  conceived  a  personal  dislike  to  him."  He  died 
l6l5.  There  are  numerous  letters  by  and  to  him,  in  Winwood's 
Memorials,  of  which  Hume  speaks  in  high  terms. 

Sir  Henry  Neville  married  Anne,  daughter  of  Sir  Henry 
Killigrew  of  Cornwall,  Knight,  by  whom  he  had  issue  three 
eons : 

First,  Sir  Henry,  of  whom  presently . 

Gresham,  Knight,  by  Dame 
F  a  A  iN  c  E  s ,  sole  heire  to  Sir 
Henry  Thwaites,  Knight: 
which  Dame  Elizabeth  dyed  6  Nov. 
1573.     Dame  Franc  Es  Gresham  bu- 
ried the  27th  of  October,  1580.    And 
are  both  here  also  buried,  with  Eli- 
zabeth Nevil  L,  the  eldest  daughter."  * 


*  Ashmole's  Eeikshire,  vol  ii.  p.  431,  432. 


LORD  BRAYBROOKE.  '  155 

Second,  Edward  Neville,  died  s,  p.  He  lies  buried  at  Shil- 
lingford  in  Berkshire,  with  the  following  epitaph^  on  a  monument 
in  the  north  wall  of  the  chancel  : 

M.  S. 

D.  Edoabdi 

Nevill,  Armi.  ex 

flexuosa  stemmatis 

Notiliter  vetusti  serie 

Progerminati  :  cui  pater  D. 

Henricus  Neville,  Eques  Auratus 

extraordinaria  Reginse  Elizab, 

ad  Henricum  iv.  Gall,  Regem 

Legatione  perhonorifice  functus  aliam 

Musaium  et  Encyclopaedicam 

Nobilitatem^  adserc^ntis  inter 

Eegalis  Collegii  Cantalrigiensis 

Sodales,  unius  quondam  meritissimi 

ud  blandiorem  prolificamque 

Conjngii  sodalitatem,  prolecti 

tandem  festivo  cuniculo 

ad  ^iugustiorem  adhuc  atque 

insohibilem  beats  seternitatis 

Societatem  evecti.     Anno  iEtatis 

30,  Christi,  mdcxxxii.     Hoc 

Uxoriae  et  obstinatae  posthumiae 

Charitatis  symbolum  devotissimum 

masrens  mserenti,  P.  Alicia 

Uxor  ejus.  ^ 

Third,  Richard  Neville,  LL.  D.  left  a  daughter. 

And  five  daughters ;  viz.  first,  Elizabeth,  married  Sir  Henry 
Berkeley,  of  Yartington  com.  Somerset,  Knight ;  second,  Frances, 
married  Richard  Worsley,  of  Apuldrrcombe  in  the  Isle  of  Wight  3 
third,  Catherine,  married  Sir  Pvichard  Brooke,  of  Norton  in  Che- 
shire, ancestor  to  the  present  Sir  Richard  Brooke ;  fourth,  Mary, 
married  Sir  Edward  Lewknor,  of  Denham-Hall,  Sussex;  fifth, 
Dorothy,  married  Sir  Richard  Catlyn,  of  Wingfield  Castle,  Sutf. 

Sir  HexVky  Neville,  of  Billingberej  Knight,  eldest  son,  died 
June  2f)thj  1629,  having  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Sir  John 

1-  Ashmole's  Berkshire,  vol.  i.  p.  181. 


156  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

Smith,  of  Ostenhanger  com.  Kent,  Knight,  by  whom  he  had 
three  daughters,  and  two  sons,  viz. 

First,  Catherine,  married  to  Sir  Thomas  Lunsford,  sometime 
lieutenant  of  the  Tower  of  London  ;  second,  Mary,  wife  of  ...  , 
Borell ;  third,  Philippa,  married  to Jepson.  ^ 

The  sons  were : 

First,  Richard,  of  whom  presently. 

Second,  Henry  Neville,  of  Warfield  in  Berkshire,  a  man  of 
some  celebrity  in  his  day;  who  was  born  at  Billingbere,  became 
a  member  of  Merton  College,  Oxford,  in  1635,  aged  fifteen;  and 
soon  after  translated  himself  to  that  of  University ,  where  he  con- 
tinued some  years,  but  took  no  degree.  In  the  beginning  of  the 
civil  wars,  he  travelled  into  France,  Italy,  and  other  countries^  by 
which  he  advanced  himself  much  in  the  knowledge  of  modern 
languages  and  of  men ;  and  returning  in  \6-\5,  or  thereabouts, 
became  a  Recruiter  in  the  Long  Parliament,  for  Abingdon  in 
Berkshire  :  at  which  time  he  was  very  great  with  Henry  Martin, 
Thomas  Chaloner,  Thomas  Scot,  James  Harington,  and  other 
zealous  common wealth's-men.  In  November  16'51,  he  was 
elected  one  of  the  council  of  state,  being  then  a  favourite  of 
Oliver;  but  when  he  saw  that  person  gaped  at  monopolizing  the 
government,  he  left  him,  was  out  of  his  favour,  and  acted  little 
during  his  usurpation.  In  l658,  he  was  elected  burgess  for  Read- 
ing, to  serve  in  Richard's  parliament,  which  began  at  Westminster 
January  27th  of  the  same  year ;  and  when  that  person  was  de- 
posed, and  the  Rump  Parliament  shortly  after  restored  to  sit  in 
the  house,  there  was  a  letter  from  King  Charles  II,  then  in  exile, 
casually  put  "^  into  his  hands,  to  be  presented  to  that  junto,  for 
his  restoration  to  his  kingdom;  but  the  members  thereof  voting, 
that  it  should  not  be  opened  or  read  in  the  house,  they  looked 
upon  themselves  afterwards,  when  they  saw  what  General  Monk 
intended,  as  idiots  and  desperate  fools.  At  that  time  he  was  a 
great  Rota-man,  and  was  one  of  the  chief  persons  of  James  Har- 
ington's  club  of  commonwealth*s-men  to  instil  their  principles 
into  others,  being  then  esteemed  a  man  of  good  parts,  yet  of  a 
factious  and  turbulent  spirit ;  but  after  the  restoration  he  skulked 
for  a  time,  and  at  length  being  seized,  he  was,  among  others,  im- 
prisoned, but  soon  after  set  at  liberty.     He  published,  first.  The 

r  Visitation  of  Berks  1664,  Harl.  MSS.  1530. 
d  James  Heath  in  his  Brief  Chron.   cf  the  late  inteftine  tvar,  &e.     Lend. 
1663,  part  jii.  under  the  year  1660. 


LORD  BRAYBROOKE.  15; 

Parliament  of  Ladies,  l647,  4to.  5  second.  Shuffling,  Cutting, 
and  Dealing  in  a  game  of  Picket,  ^c.  \Q5Q,  4to, ;  third.  The  Isle 
of  Pines,  l66S,  4to.  ;  fourth,  Plato  Redivivus,  168I,  Svo. :  of  all 
which  publications  see  more  particulars  in  Wood's  Athence.  He 
also  wrote  the  Preface  to  Machiavel's  IVbrks,  16/4,  and  168O, 
Svo.  &c.  He  was  likewise  the  author  of  several  copies  of  verses, 
printed  in  several  books,  which  with  some  people  obtained  him 
the  name  of  a  poet.  He  lived  twenty  years  before  his  death  in 
lodgings  in  Silver-street,  near  Bloorasbury-market ;  and  dying  on 
September  20th,  l604,  was  buried  at  Warfield  in  Berkshire.  '^  He 
married  Elizabeth,  sole  daughter  of  Richard,^  and  niece  and  heir 
of  Edward,  Staverton,  ot  Heathley-Hall  in  Warfield,  aforesaid. 

Richard  Neville,  of  Billinghere,  Esq.  eldest  son  of  Sir  Henry 
(by  Elizabeth  Smith),  was  justice  of  the  peace,  and  deputy  lieu- 
tenant of  the  county  of  Berks  ;  and  was  aet.  forty-eight,  on  March 
28th,  1QQ5.  He  married  Anne,  eldest  daughter  of  Sir  John 
Heydon,  of  Baconthorpe  com,  Norfolk,  Knight,  lieutenant  of  the 
ordnance  to  King  Charles  I.  By  her  he  had  issue  two  sons  and 
five  dau£;hters. 

The  former  were  J  first,  Anne,  born  February  14th,  16A7, 
married  Richard  Rainsford,  of  Dallington  com.  Northampton, 
chief  justice  of  the  King's  Bench  ;  by  whom  she  had  issue  Anne 
Rainsford,  sole  heir,  who  died  1/07,  having  married  James, 
second  Loi-d  Griffin,  of  Braybiooke,  who  was  buried  at  Dingley  co. 
Northampton,  Oct.  31st,  \7\5,  having  issue,  Edward,  third  Lord 
Griffin,  whodied  1/42,  without  surviving  issue  :  and  two  daughters: 
Elizabeth,  eldest  sister  and  coheir,  married,  first,  Henry  ;_ Neville) 
Grey,  Esq.  hereafter  mentioned  j  and,  secondly,  John  Wallop, 
Earl  of  Portsmouth,  but  died  s.  p.  1/62  :  Anne,  second  daughter, 
and  at  length  sole  heir,  married  William  Whitwell,  of  Otindle 
com.  Northampton,  Esq.  of  whose  issue  a  more  particular  account 
is  given  in  -vol.  vi.  under  the  title  of  Howard  of  JValderi.  His  son 
Sir  John  Griffin  (Whitwell),  Lord  Howard  of  Walden,  was 
created  by  patent  dated  September  5th,  1788,  Baron  of  Bray- 
BROOKE  in  the  county  of  Northampton,  to  him  and  the  heirs  male 
of  his  body;  and  in  default  of  such  issue,  to  Richard  Aldworth 
Neville,  Esq,  of  Billinghere  in  the  county  of  Berks,  and  to  the 
heirs  male  of  his  body  lawfully  begotten. 

Second,  Mirabel  Neville,  born  November  15th,  1050;  third, 

e  Wood's  Ath.  vol.  ii.  p  918. 
f  He  died  1636.    Sen  his  epitaph  in  Ashmole's  Berks,  vol.  ii.  p.  441. 


158  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

Elizabeth,  born  May  Gth,  l657 ;  fourth,  Catherwe,  born  June 
23d,  1659. 

Fifth,  Frances  Neville,  born  May  igtb,  l665,  married  Sir 
Richard  Cocks,  of  Dumbleton  com.  Gloucester,  Bart,  and  died 
February  1st,  1/23-4,  set.  sixty.  See  her  epitaph  at  Dumbleton, 
in  BiglancTs  GIouc.  vol.  i.  p.  502. 

John  Neville,  son  and  heir,  born  July  23d,  l652,  seems  to 
have  died  without  issue. 

Richard  Neville,  of  BiUinghere,  Esq.  second  son,  born  Oc- 
tober 12th,  1655,  represented  Berkshire  in  parliament  till  I/IO. 
He  married  Catherine,  daughter  of  Ralph  Grey  Lord  Grey,  of 
Wark,  sister  to  Ford,  Earl  of  Tankerville  j  *"  and  by  her  had  issue 
two  sons  and  a  daughter;  viz. 

First,  Gkey  Neville,  born  September  23d,  1 681,  and  married 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Sir  John  Boteler,  of  Woodhall  com.  Hertf. 
but  died  in  1723,  s.  p. 

Second,  Henky  Neville,  born  August  17th,  l683,  took  the 
name  of  Grey  by  net  of  parliament  pursuant  to  the  will  of  his 
uncle  Ralph  Lord  Grey.  He  died  in  1740,  s.  p.  having  married 
Elizabeth,  already  mentioned,  eldest  sister  and  coheir  to  Edward 
third  Lord  Griffin ;  who  surviving  him  remarried  John  Wallop, 
Earl  of  Portsmouth,  but  died  1/62,  s.  p.  and  was  buried  near  her 
first  husband  at  Lawrence  Waltham. 

Third,  Catherine  Neville,  died  in  172O,  and  was  buried  at 
Ruscorabe,  Berlvs,  having  married  Richard  Aldworth,  s  of 
Stanlake  com.  Oxf.  Esq.  who  died  in  May  1/38,  leaving  issue 

Richard  Neville  Alowoeth,  of  Stanlake  aforesaid,  only 
son,  born  September  3d,  1717?  took   the  surname  and  anus  of 

f  See  vol.  V,  art.  Earl  Grey. 

g  There  was  a  family  of  this  name  seated  at  Wanting,  Berks,  of  whom 
was  Thomas  A  Idworih,  of  Wanting,  xt.  thirty-three,  1664,  who  by  Margaret, 
daughter  of  7  homas  Castle,  of  Wanting,  was  father  of  Thomas  Aldworth, 
set.  twelve,  1664. 

Richard  Aldworth,  of  Newmarket,  com.  Cork  in  Ireland,  was  chief  Re- 
membrancer of  the  Exchequer,  and  married,  1677,  Mary,  daughter  and  heir 
of  William  Crofton,  of  Temple-House,  com.  Sligo,  Esq. 

Sir  Richard  Aldworth,  of  Newmarket,  was  Provost  Marshal,  and  Vice- 
President  of  the  Province  of  Munstcr;  and  from  him  descended  Richard  .Aid- 
worth,  of  Newmarket,  M.  P.  for  Lismore,  who  by  Elizabeth,  daughter  of 
Arthur  St  Leger,  Viscount  Doneraile,  had  St  Leger  Aldworth,  second  son, 
>^ho  took  the  name  of  St.  Leger,  and  was  created  Baron  Doneraile  1776,  and 
Vhcount  Doneniile  1785.     See  ArchdalF s  Irish  Peerage,  vo!.  vi.   p.  122. 

Richard  Aldworth.  of  Hinton-Fipard  in  Wilts,  Gent  was  buried  at  Ru»- 
combe,  March  15th,  1638.     See  Aibmile's  Berh,  vol.  ii.  p  400. 


LORD  BRAYBROOKE.  159 

Neville  (on  the  death  of  Elizabeth  Countess  of  Portsmouth),  by 
his  Majesty's  licence  dated  August  30th,  I762,  He  was  appointed 
under  secretary  of  state  in  1/48  ;  secretary  to  the  embassy  at  the 
court  of  France  August  1762  ;  and  minister  plenipotentiarj'^  there 
in  1763.  He  was  member  in  four  successive  parliaments  from 
1747  to  1774,  for  Wallingford,  &c. ;  and  dying  July  17th,  1793, 
was  buried  at  Ruscomb  in  Berks;  having  married  Magdalen, 
daughter  of  Francis  Callandrini,  first  Syndic  of  the  Republic  of 
Geneva,  who  died  June  17th,  o.  s.  1 75 0,  aged  thirty-two,  and 
was  buried  at  Ruscombe  aforesaid.  By  her  he  left  one  daughter 
and  one  son  ;   viz. 

Frances  Neville,  born  June  23d,  1749,  married  at  St.  Mary- 
le-bone  in  l/Q'i,  to  Francis  Jalabert,  of  Crouchland  com.  Sussex, 
Esq. ;  and 

Richard  Aldworth  Neville,  present  and  second  Lord 
Br Aif BROOKE,  only  son  and  heir,  born  in  Duke-street,  West- 
minster, July  3d,  1750,  N.  S.  Member  of  parliament  for  Read- 
ing, Berks,  from  1792,  till  his  accession  to  the  peerage. 

In  May  2.5th,  1797.  on  the  death  of  John  Lord  Hovi^ard,  of 
Walden,  and  Lord  Braybrooke,  he  succeeded  to  the  latter 
Barony,  according  to  the  limitation  already  mentioned,  at  p.  I07. 

His  Lordship  is  now  lord  lieutenant  of  Essex,  &c. 

His  Lordship  married  at  Stow,  com.  Bucks,  June  19th,  1780, 
Catherine,  youngest  daughter  of  the  Rt.  Hon.  George  Grenville, 
and  sister  to  George,  now  Marquis  of  Buckingham  3  and  by  her, 
who  died  November  dth,  179^*  ^nd  was  buried  at  Lawrence* 
Waltham,  has  had  issue  six  sons  and  four  daughters  :  viz. 

First  and  second,  two  male  infants,  died  the  day  of  their  birth, 
March  2d,  178I. 

Third,  Catherine,  born  February  23d,  1782,  in  Pali-Mall,  and 
baptized  there. 

Fourth,  Richard,  son  and  heir,  born  September  26th,  1783, 
at  Stanlake,  and  baptized  at  Ruscombe.  He  is  now  member  of 
parliament  for  the  town  of  Buckingham. 

Fifth,  Frances,  born  June  5th,  1/85,  died  May  8th,  17S6,  and 
buried  at  St.  James's,  Westminster. 

Sixth,  Mary,  born  at  Stanlake,  August  5th,  1780,  and  bap- 
tized at  Ruscombe;  married,  April  11th,  I8O6,  Sir  Stephen 
Richard  Glynne,  of  Hawarden  Castle  in  Flintshire,  Bart. 

Seventh,  Henry,  born  in  Pall-Mall,  March  1st  1788;  a  cap- 
tain in  the  fourteenth  dragoons,  died  in  Spain,  August  1809,  after 
the  battle  of  Talavera. 


luu  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

Eighth,  George,  born  at  Stanlake  August  17th,  lySQ,  baptized 
at  Ruscombe. 

Ninth,  Caroline,  born  in  the  parish  of  St.  George  Hanover- 
square,  October  6th,  1792. 

Tenth,  William,  born  in  the  parish  of  St.  George  Hanover- 
square,  June  nth,  1796. 

Title.  Richard  Aldvvorth  Neville,  Baron  of  Braybrooke  in 
the  county  of  Northampton. 

Creation.  Baron  of  Braybrooke  by  patent  September  5th, 
178S. 

Arms.  First  and  fourth,  sable,  a  griffin  segreant  argent,  beaked 
and  langued,  or  5  second  and  third,  gules,  a  saltier  argent,  charged 
with  a  rose  of  the  field,  and  a  crescent  for  difference. 

Crest.     On  a  wreath,  a  talbot's  head,  erased  sable. 

Supporters.     Two  lions  regardant  argent,  maned  sable. 

Motto.     Ne  vile  velis, 
■    Chief  Seats.     Audley  End  near  Saffron  Walden,  Essex  ;  Bil- 
llngbere,  Berks. 


LORD  AMHERST. 


161 


AMHERST,  LORD  AMHERST. 

The  family  of  Amherst,  as  is  proved  by  a  pedigree,  collected 
from  ancient  evidences  (preserved  in  the  Heralds  Office,  London) 
is  descended  from  Saxon  original.  =* 

In  the  22d  year  of  the  reign  of  King  Richard  the  Hd.  John 
Amherst  was  living  at  Amherst,  in  the  parish  oi  Pehenhury,  alias 
Pejnhury,  in  the  county  of  Kent, 

He  was  succeeded  in  that  estate  by  Thomas,  his  son  and  heir, 
who  was  father  to 

Thomas,  of  the  same  place,  who  was  succeeded  there  by  his 
son  and  heir, 

A  third  Thomas,  father  of 


a  "  Hamo,  Lord  Marourd,  Blen,  Lavington,  Estrusted,  Biersted,  now 
called  Blasted,  Nettlested,  Ditton,  and  other  lands  in  the  county  of  Kent ; 
was  sherift'of  that  county  at  the  time  of  the  general  survey,  made  by  order  of 
William  the  Conqueror,  and  entered  in  Doomsday-book,  which  is  still  pre- 
served in  the  Exchequer.  He  continued  sheriff  to  the  middle  of  the  reign  of 
King  Henry  T.  for  in  the  year  11  Ji,  Hugh,  Abbot  of  St.  Augustine's,  granted 
Bodebham  and  Smetheham  to  Hamo,  and  at  the  same  time  Hamo  made  a 
grant  of  other  lands,  in  the  town  of  Fordwich,  to  the  said  Abbey. 

The  records  of  Christ  Church,  Canterbury,  and  the  deeds  of  the  hospital 
of  St.  Laurence,  prove,  that  one  of  the  name  of  Hamo  held  the  lands  above- 
mentioned  in  the  reigns  of  King  Richard  I L  and  King  John. 

Hamo,  Kishop  of  Rochester,  founded  an  hospital  at  Hythe,  for  ten  poor 
men  :  he  likewise  built  the  palace  at  Hailing,  for  the  use  of  his  successors  in 
that  see. 

Hamo  de  Herst  is  mentioned  by  Philipot,  page  5,  to  be  flourishing  in 
the  second  year  o;  King  Edward  III.  In  the  next  reign  of  Richard  II  the 
name  appears,  by  record,  to  be  then  wrote  Amherst  of  Amherst,  they 
having  dropped  the  Norman  de,  and  the  aspirate  H."  This  sort  of  deductien 
must  stand  on  the  credit  of  the  last  editor  ! 

YOL.  VIII.  M 


162  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

A  fourth  Thomas,  whose  son  and  heir, 

Richard,  ^  had  three  sons  j  first,  Richard  3  second,  William  j 
and  third,  JefFery,  ancestor  of  Lord  Amherst. 

First,  Richard  Amherst,  Esq.  the  son,  was  seated  at  Bay- 
Hall,  in  Pehenhury,  alias  Pemhury,  in  the  county  of  Kent,  which 
estate  he  purchased,*^  and  at  Lewes  in  the  county  of  Sussex- 
Having  applied  himself  with  great  assiduity,  to  the  study  of  the 
laws,  he  was  called  to  the  degree  of  serjeant  at  law,  and  was  made 
Serjeant  to  Queen  Elizabeth ;  he  was  also  high  steward  of  all  the 
manors,  lands,  and  possessions  within  the  county  of  Sussex,  be- 
longing to  Thomas  Sackville,  Earl  of  Dorset,  Lord  High  Trea- 
surer of  England,  which  Earl,  by  his  will  ^  dated  Aug.  11th,  I607, 
therein  styling  him  his  beloved  friend,  bequeathed  to  him  forty 
pounds.  He  was  founder  of  the  alms-houses  at  Pembury,  where 
he  was  born.  His  will  bears  date  August  8th,  l630,  and  the 
probate  thereof  May  3d,  l632. 

By  his  second  wife,  Margaret,  youngest  daughter  of  Sir  Tho- 
mas Palmer,  of  Wingham,  in  Kent,  Knt.  and  Bart,  and  sister  to 
Sir  Roger  Palmer,  Knight  of  the  Bath,  and  Baronet  (who  survived 
him)  he  had  two  daughters  j  Frances,  living  unmarried,  at  the 
visitation  of  the  county  of  Sussex,  in  1634;  and  Margaret,  mar- 
ried to  Sir  James  Colebrand,  of  Lewes  in  Sussex,  Bart. 

And  by  his  first  wife,  Anne,  who  was  the  daughter  and  coheir 
of  William  Reyncs,  of  Mereworth  in  the  county  of  Kent,  Esq.  he 
had  a  daughter,  Anne,  baptised  at  Pembury,  January  1st,  l602-3, 
and  an  only  son, 

Richard  Amherst,  of  Bay-Hall  aforesaid,  Esq.  who  was  bap- 
tised at  Pembury,  May  17th,  1600,  and  dying,  August  29th, 
1664,  was  buried  in  the  chancel  of  the  parish  church  of  Pembury, 
as  was  his  wife  Dorothy,  on  July  igth,  1 654;  she  was  daughter 
of  John  Craddock,  of  Ludesdown,  and  of  the  parish  oflghtham  in 
Sussex,  Gent,  descended  from  the  ancient  family  of  Craddock, 
alias  Newton,  of  the  county  of  Somerset,  and  on  a  grave-stone  in 
the  said  chancel,  are  these  inscriptions  : 

b  From  the  same  ancestors,  as  it  seems,  are  sprung  the  Amhersts  of  West 
Farleigh  and  Boxley,  in  Kent ;  whose  ancestor  was  Nicholas  Amherst,  temp. 
Jam.  I. 

Nicholas  Amhurst,  the  poet,  was  born  at  Marden  in  Kent,  the  grandson 
of  a  clergyman.    He  died  April  27th,  1743.    See  B'wgr.  Diet.  vol.  i.  p.  3 19. 

c  Of  Robert  Sackville,  Earl  of  Dorset,  in  the  seventh  of  King  James  I. 
Hasted't  Kent,  vol.  ii.  p.  358. 

d  Ex  Regist.  vocat.  Dorset,  qu.  I.  in  Cur.  Praerog,  Cant. 


LORD  AMHERST.  103 

Among  the  remains  of  the  dead,  lies  interred  here,  the 
body  of  Richard  Amherst,  late  of  Bay-hall,  in  the 
county  of  Kent,  Esq.  who  departed  this  life  on  the  29th 
of  August,  1664,  in  the  65th  yeare  of  his  age. 

And  also  the  body  of  Dorothy,  his  deare  wife,  who  left 
this  mortal  world  on  the  18th  of  July,  l654,  in  the  58th 
year  of  her  age,  having  been  married  27  yeares,  having 
borne  six  sons  and  five  daughters ;  whereof  William, 
Richard,  Isabella,  and  her  youngest  son,  dead  borne,  lye 
interred  on  her  left  hand,  hoping  for  a  joyful  resurrec- 
tion at  the  coming  of  our  blessed  Saviour, 

Prepare  for  Death,  that  hour  will  come  j 
And  after  Death  the  day  of  Doome. 
Dorothy  Amherst. 

The  sons  were. 

First,  William,  who  died  young. 

Second,  William,  hereafter  mentioned. 

Third,  Charles,  who  died  unmarried,  and  was  buried,  No- 
vember 16th,  1705,^  at  Perabury.  •" 

Fourth,  Richard,  who  died  young,  and  was  buried  at  Pembury, 
June  26th,  1654  ;  and. 

Fifth,  Henry,  who  died  young. 

The  daughters  were,  Margaret,  who  died  unmarried ;  Isa- 
bella, who  died  very  young,  and  was  buried  at  Pembury,  on 
March  24th,  1665-65 

Third,  Elizabeth,  v/ho  became  at  length  coheir  to  the  estate, 
and  vv-as  buried  at  Pembury,  Jan.  30,  1707-8,  having  been  married 
to  Sir  Henry  Selly,  Knight,  serjeant  at  law  (by  whom  she  had 
issue,  Charles  Selly,  who  took  the  name  oi  Amherst,  inherited 
the  Bay-hall  estate,  married  Margaret,  daughter  of  John  Robin- 
son, of  com.  Denbigh,  Esq.  relict  of  Sir  George  Strode,  Knight, 

e  Hasted  says,Nov.  5th,  1709. 
f  This  Charles  Amherst,  by  his  will,  dated  March  2d,  1702,  gave  his  es- 
tate (subject  to  the  life-interest  of  his  two  sisters.  Lady  Elizabeth  Selby,  and 
Mrs.  Dorothy  Amherst  J  to  his  nei)he\v  Charles  Selby,  and  the  heirs  male  of 
his  body  ;  in  default  of  male  issue,  to  JefFerj'  Amherst,  Esq.  eldest  son  of 
Arthur, late  M.  D.  indefaultof  male  issue,  to  Jeffery  Amherst,  Esq.  of  River- 
head,  and  his  heirs  male;  in  default  of  male  issue,  to  the  heirs  male  of  Mr- 
William  .\mherst,  late  a  silkman  in  London,  &c.  &c.&c.  &c.  &c. 


164  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

died  s.  p.  and  was  buried  at  Pembury,  March  8th,  1744-5  ;  and 
Dorothy,  who  married  John  Browne,  of  the  county  of  Salop, 
Esq.  and  had  issue  Charles  Brown,  Esq.  of  Bay-hall,  who  died 
1753,  s.  p.) ;  and 

Dorothy,  the  youngest  daughter,  and  at  length  coheir  (with 
her  sister  Elizabeth),  was  second  wife  to  her  second  cousin  JefFery 
Amherst,  of  Riverhead,  as  hereafter-mentioned. 

William,  the  eldest  surviving  son  of  Richard  Amherst,  of 
Bay-hall,  Esq.  and  his  wife,  Dorothy  Craddock,  before-mentioned, 
died  unmarried,  and  was  buried  at  Pembury ;  within  the  com- 
munion rails  of  which  church  is  a  black  marble  grave-stone, 
whereon  is  engraved  the  following  inscription  : 

Orimur.  Morimur. 

Inter  reliquias  mortis,  hie  sepelitur  corpus  Gulielmi 
Amherst,  generosi  (filii  natu  maximi  Richardi  Am- 
herst de  Bay-hall  in  comitatu  Kant,  armigeri)  qui  ex 
hac  luce  migravit  x"^  die  Decembris,  Anno  Domini 
1663,  aetatis  suae  xxxii"^.  In  cujus  memoriam  Do- 
mina  Dorothea  Amherst,  ejus  soror  charissima  hoc 
posuit  monumentum. 

Flos  jacet  hie  juvenum;  lachrymas  cohibere  potestis  ? 

In  tumulum  gemitu  non  cpmitatus  eat  ? 
Natu  morigeri,  cognati,  fratris,  amici. 

Singula  praestiterit  munia  fidus  erat, 
Sobrietas,  probitas,  pietas,  prudentia,  candor, 

Quaeque  bonum  sapiunt  hunc  coluere  virum, 
Spiritus  in  coelo  remanet,  corpusque  sepulchro 

Mundum  deservit,  raptus  amore  Dei. 

Having  brought  the  male  descendants  of  Richard  Amherst, 
Serjeant  at  law,  to  a  conclusion,  we  now  come  to  treat  of  his  two 
younger  brothers,  the  eldest  of  whom  was  William,  who  left  a 
daughter,  Mary,  married  to  John  Champs,  of  Tunbridge  in  Kent  j 
and  the  youngest  was  JefFery,  from  whom  the  present  Lord 
Amherst  is  descended. 

Which  Jeffery  Amherst  having  entered  into  holy  orders, 
was  inducted  into  the  rectory  of  Horsemonden  in  Kent,  and  in  his 
last  will  and  testament  (which  bears  date  September  24tb,  1647.. 
and  was  proved  on  December  2d,  1 662),  is  styled  of  Southes  in 
the  county  of  Sussex,  Clerk,  and  thereby  directs  to  be  buried  in 


I 


LORD  AMHERST.  l65 

the  chancel  of  that  parish  church.  He  married  Joan,  daughter  of 
John  Barnden,  Gent,  by  whom  he  had  an  only  daughter,  Mar- 
garet, married  to  Tristram  Thomas,  of  Rotherfield,  in  com.  Sus- 
sex, Esq.  and  three  sons 5  first,  Arthur 3  second,  Richard;  third, 
John. 

Arthur  Amherst,  the  eldest^  son, '^  having  studied  four 
years  at  the  University  of  Oxford,  removed  to  that  of  Bourges  in 
France,  where  he  took  his  degree  of  doctor  in  physic,  was  after- 
wards practitioner  in  his  faculty  at  Hastings  in  Sussex  ;  and  was 
incorporated  into  the  University  of  Oxford,  on  November  1 1th, 
1662.  He  afterwards  practised  at  Tuubridge  in  Kent,  where  he 
died,  and  in  the  cross  aile,  at  the  east  end  of  that  parish  church, 
is  a  black  marble  grave-stone,  thus  inscribed  : 

Arthurus  Amherst,  M.  D, 

Vir,  Maritus,  Parens,  Medicus, 

Integer,  amans,  providus,  peritus, 

Regi  fidelis,  suis  charus,  omnibus  amicus. 

Obijt  Jul.  2.  A.  D.  16/8. 

^tat.  suae  63. 

By  his  last  will  and  testament,  dated  June  21st,  1678,  and 
proved,  July  l6th,  l6S0,  he  directs  to  be  buried  by  his  wife 
Eleanor,  who  died  before  him.  She  was  the  daughter  of  Sir  Tho- 
mas Trpsse,  Knight,  Gentleman  Pensioner  to  Charles  I.  and  had 
issue  two  sons ;  first,  JetTery,  seated  at  Fishall,  near  Tunbridge  in 
Kent,  Esq.  who  married  .  . .  . ,  daughter  of  Sir  Robert  Knightley, 
of  Easted  (Ashted)  in  Surry,  Knight  j  second,  William  (whose 
daughter  Anne  was  living  at  Sevenoaks  in  Kent,  in  17670  Also 
two  daughters,  ^largaret,  the  wife  of  General  Walter  Baynes; 

and  Dorothy,  married  to Kitchingham,  of  Southborough, 

in  Sussex. 

Richard  Amherst,  second '  son  of  Jeffery,  rector  of  Horse- 
raonden,  died  before  his  father  in  l647;  he  married  Mary, 
daughter  of Bowen,  and  had  issue  Richard,  and  Eliza- 
beth. 

John  Amherst,  the  youngest  son  of  the  said  JefFery,  was  one 
of  the  benchers  of  Gray's-Inn,  and  a  counsellor  at  law;  he  made 

S  Hasted,  vol.  i.  p.  354,  makes  him  second  son. 
h  Wood's  Fasti  Oxon.  p.  82 5. 
'  Hasted  makes  him  eldest  son. 


i66  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

his  will,  November  IQth,  1686,  which  was  proved  May  25thj 
1691.  He  was  buried  at  Mickleham  in  Surry,  on  the  north  side 
of  the  chancel  of  which  parish  church,  on  a  black  marble  grave- 
stone, is  this  inscription : 

Johannes  Amhekst,  Armiger, 

Honorabilis  Hospitii  Graiensis  Socius  et 

^ Lector  anno  MDCLXIX. 

Religionis,  Ecclesiae,  Patriaeque  amans. 

^,  I-  Salutis  MDCXCI. 

Obut  quarto  Mali  anno  |  j^^^^-^  lXXL 

On  another  black  marble  grave-stone  (in  the  same  church)  is, 
this  inscription  for  his  third  wife  : 

Memoris  sacrum, 

Dominae  Jan^  Onslow, 

Filiae  Francisci  Stydolfe,  Equitis 

Aurati.     Tertiae  Uxoris  Maritus  tertius,  hoc 

marmor  incidi  curavit,  Johannes  Am- 
herst, Armiger,  non  minus  amoris  Monu- 
mentum  quam  doloris  :  Primo  Viro,  Henri- 
co Yates,  Armigero,  binam  peperit  pro- 
lera  Elizabetham  et  Henricum.     Se- 
cundo,  Henrico  Onslow,  Equiti  Aura- 
to  bis  binam,  quorum  supersunt  Ricardus 
et  Anna,    Tertio,  se  dedit,  castosque  amores, 
adeoque  se  familiae  Amherstianae, 
totam  inservit,  ut  se  Viro,.  natam  Viri  Filio, 

He  married  three  wives  5  first,  Margaret,  third  daughter  and 
coheir  of  JefFery  Kirby,  citizen  and  merchant  of  Jjondon,  (who 
fined  to  be  excused  serving  the  office  of  Alderman  of  the  said  city) 
by  Dorothy,  daughter  of  William  Baye,  and  heir  to  her  brother  j 
secondly,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of Bickerton,  of  Leicester- 
shire, Esq.  relict  of Triggs,  Esq.  of  the  same  county  ;  also 

of Higgison,  Alderman  of  London;  she  died  in  IQQJ. 

His  third  wife  was  Jane,  third  daughter  of  Sir  Francis  Stydolphe, 
of  Mickleham,  in  Surry,  Knight,  widow,  first,  of  Henry  Yate, 
Esq. ;  secondly,  of  Sir  Henry  Onslow,  Knight,   both  of  Warn- 

l!  This  is  covered  by  a  pew. 


LORD  AMHERST.  167 

ham  in  Sussex  :  he  had  no  issue  by  the  two  last  wives  ;  but  by 
the  first  he  had  three  sons, 

Firstj  Jeffery,  who  continued  the  line. 

Second,  John  ;  third,  John,  who  both  died  young. 

Also  three  daughters;  first,  Margaret,  born  March  27th,  and 
baptised  April  1st,  l651  j  second,  Annabella,  born  the  14th,  and 
baptised  the  19th  of  January,  1654;  married  to  John  Mill,  of 
Brewhurst  in  Sussex,  Esq. :  third,  Mary,  born  the  7th,  and  bap- 
tised the  14th  of  March,  l655 ;  married Yate,  of  Sussex, 

Esq. 

Jeffery,  the  only  surviving  son  and  heir,  was  born  the  11th, 
and  baptised  the  12th  of  January,  1649  ;  and  applying  himself  to 
the  study  of  the  law,  became  a  bencher  of  Gray's-Inn.  He 
was  the  first  of  the  family,  seated  at  Riverhead  in  Kent ;  and  was 
buried  at  Pembury,  August  15th,  1713. 

He  married,  first,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Henry  Yate,  of 
Warnham  in  the  county  of  Sussex,  Esq.  by  his  wife  Jane,  daughter 
of  Sir  Francis  Stydolphe,  of  Mickleham  in  Surry,  Knight,  before- 
mentioned  J  his  second  wife,  (to  whom  he  was  married  at  Pem- 
bury, by  a  special  licence,  on  May  4th,  1687)  was  his  second 
cousin,  Dorothy,  daughter  and  at  length  coheir  to  Richard  Am- 
herst, of  Bay-hall,  Esq.  by  his  wife,  Dorothy,  daughter  of  John 
Craddock,  before-mentioned ;  she  died  without  issue,  and  was 
buried  at  Pembury,  May  4th,  1712. 

By  his  first  wife,  Elizabeth,  he  had  six  sons  and  four 
daughters. 

First,   John,   baptised  at  Warnham,  April  10th,  1672^   Jied 
March  lOth,  16/6,  and  was  buried  at  Warnham. 
Second,  Jeffery,  his  heir. 

^        ',    ^-r    ■^'     i  both  died  young. 
Fourth,  Henry,  J  -^        ° 

Fifth,  Richard,  who  died  young,  March  11th,  168],  and  was 
buried  at  Warnham. 

Sixth,  Charles,  who  died  an  infant,  August  llth,  l682,  and 
was  buried  at  W;)rnham. 

The  daughters  were. 

First,  Jane,  born  the  lOth,  and  baptised  the  15th  of  April, 
1673,  at  Warnham,  and  married Boyd,  Esq. 

Second,  Margaret,  baptised  Igth  February  1674,  at  Warnham, 
•.md  married  to  John  Seyliard,  of  Pendcll-court,  in  the  parish  of 
BJetchingley  in   the  countv  of  Surry,  Esq.  who  is  buried  in  that 


1(58  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

parish  church,  and  whose  grand-daughter,  Hester,  married  George 
Scullard,  Esq.  barrister  at  law. 

Third,  Frances,  baptised  at  Warnham,  June  25th,  1678,  died 
young. 

Fourth,  Elizabeth,  died  young. 

Jeffery,  the  only  surviving  son  and  heir,  baptised  at  Warn- 
ham, on  July  2Q'  1,  ^.6y7,  was  a  bencher  of  Gray'«-Inn  ;  and  was 
buried  at  Seven  Oikes  in  Kent,  on  November  1st,  1750.  He 
married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Thomas  Kerrill,  of  Hadlow  in  the 
'  county  of  Kent,  Esq.  (by  his  wife,  Mary,  daughter  of  Maximihan 
Dalyson,  of  Hamptons  and  Hailing  in  the  county  of  Kent,  Esq. 
by  Frances,  daughter  and  heir  of  Thomas  Stanley,  Esq.)  and  by 
her,  who  was  buried  at  Seven-Oakes,  on  May  1st,  1752,  had  issue 
seven  sons  and  four  daughters.     The  sons  were. 

First,  Sackville,  baptised  at  Seven-Oakes,  in  1/15,  died  un- 
married December  12lh,  1763,  and  was  buried  the  l6th,  at  Nut- 
grove  in  the  county  of  Gloucester. 

Second,  JefFery,^r«^  Lord  Amherst. 

Third,  John,  born  at  Seven-Oakes,  and  died  Admiral  of  the 
Blue,  on  February  12th,  1778  5  he  married  Anne,  daughter  of 
Thomas  Lindzee,  of  Portsmouth,  Esq.  but  had  no  issue 

Fourth,  Thomas,  baptised  May  29th,  1725  ;  and  was  buried 
June  6th  following,  at  Seven-Oakes 

Fifth,  Sidney,  baptised  September  22d,  1 728  ;  and  was  buried 
May  2d,  1729,  at  Seven-Oakes. 

Sixth,  Charles,  baptised  September  l6th,  1729j  and  buried 
in  April  following,  at  Seven-Oakes. 

Seventli,  William,  born  at  Riverhead,  and  baptised  at  Seven- 
Oakes,  February  5th,  1732  ;  who  was  colonel  of  the  thirty-second 
regiment  of  foot,  lieutenant-general  of  the  army,  aid-de-camp  to 
his  Majesty,  lieutenant-governor  of  Portsmouth,  lieutenant-go- 
vernor of  St.  John's  in  Newfoundland,  and  adjutant-general  of 
his  Majesty's  forces  :  he  died  at  his  house  in  Park-lane,  London, 
May  13th,  178i.  He  was  married  at  St.  George's,  Hanover- 
square,  on  March  31st,  1766,  to  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Thomas 
Paterson,  Esq.  aiid  by  her,  who  died  at  Bath,  March  /th,  1776, 
and  was  buried  at  Seven-Oakes,  had  one  son,  William  Pitt  Am- 
herst, now  Lord  Amherst ;  and  two  daughters,  Elizabeth,  born  at 
Bath,  February  177'^;  ^nd  Harriot,  born  in  ihe  parish  of  St. 
John  in  the  Isle  of  Wight,  October  1/75  ;  died  young. 

The  daughters  were,. 


LORD  AMHERST.  169 

First,  Elizabeth,  baptised  at  Seven-Oakes,  June  ,  .,  1714,  mar- 
ried the  Rev-.  John  Thomas,  Rector  of  Nutgrove  and  Welford  in 
the  county  of  Gloucester,  and  died  (his  widow)  at  Newbold  in 
the  county  of  Warwick,  April  . . ,  1779'  She  was  celebrated 
for  her  poetical  talents. 

Second,  Margaret,  baptised  February  3d,  17IS,  died  unmar- 
ried. May  pth,  1735,  and  was  buried  the  1-4  th  of  the  same  month, 
at  Seven-Oakes. 

Third,  Mary,  baptised  at  Seven-Oakes,  December..,  1720, 
and  was  buried  there  the  17th  of  February  following. 

Jeffery,  first  Lord  Amherst,  the  second  son,  became  at 
length  possessed  of  the  family  estate  at  Riverhead,  and  having 
attached  himself  early  in  life  to  the  profession  of  a  soldier,  ac- 
quired the  highest  military  honours  and  preferments,  by  his  great 
and  meritorious  services  to  his  country,  after  a  six  years  glorious 
war  in  North  America,  where  he  was  appointed  Governor  and 
Commander  in  Chief  of  all  the  British  forces,  in  176O.  Having 
resigned  this  command,  he  sailed  from  New-York  for  England, 
in  November  1763,  on  board  his  Majesty's  snow  of  war,  the 
Weazel,  and  arriving  at  his  house  in  Pail-Mall,  London,  on  De- 
cember 29th,  he,  the  next  day,  waited  upon  his  Majesty  at  St. 
James's,  who  received  him  very  graciously,  and  among  other 
marks  of  his  royal  approbation  of  his  conduct,  appointed  him  go- 
A'ernor  of  the  province  of  Virginia. 

The  victorious  achievements  of  the  British  forces  in  North 
America,  during  Sir  Jeffery  Amherst's  continuance  there,  cannot 
be  better  summed  up,  than  by  giving  two  of  the  inscriptions  on 
an  obelisk,  in  the  grounds  at  his  seat  at  Montreal,  viz. 

LouisBouRG  surrendered,  and  six  battalions,  prisoners  of  war, 

July  the  26th,  170S. 
Fort  du  Quesne  taken  possession  of,  2-4 th  Nov.  1758. 
Niagara  surrendered  25tb  July,  1759. 
Ticondekoga  taken  possession  of,  20th  July,  1759. 
Croavn  Point  taken  possession  of,  4th  August,  1759. 
Quebec  capitulated,  18th  September,  1759. 

The  other, 
b'oRT  Levi  surrendered,  2jth  August,  1760. 
Isle  au  Noix  abandoned,  28th  August,  176O. 
Montreal  surrendered,  and    with  it   all   Canada,   and   ten 


170  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

French  battalions  laid  down  their  arms,  8th  September, 
1760. 
St.   John's,   Newfoundland,   re-taken,    18th   September^ 
1762. 

On  November  26th,  176O,  Sir  JefFery  arrived  at  New  York, 
and  was  saluted  with  a  general  discharge  of  the  cannon  round  the 
town ;  and  the  next  day  he  was  waited  upon  by  the  Mayor,  Al- 
dermen, and  Commonalty,  with  the  principal  inhabitants  of  the 
town,  who  had  voted  him  the  freedom  of  their  city  in  a  gold  box, 
and  presented  him  with  the  following  address  : 

The  cordial  Address  of  the  Mayor,  Aldermen,  and  Commonalty , 
of  the  City  of  New  York,  in  Common  Council  convened,  to  his 
Excellency  General  Amherst. 

"  May  it  please  your  Excellency, 

"To  the  united  suffrages  of  the  British  world,  in  favour  of 
your  Excellency's  distinguished  merit,  the  Mayor,  Aldermen,  and 
Commonalty,  of  the  city  of  New  York,  beg  leave  to  add  their 
most  grateful  tribute  of  thanks,  for  the  invaluable  services  wrought 
by  your  superior  wisdom  and  valour,  in  annexing  the  extensive 
country  of  Canada  to  his  Majesty's  dominions  in  America,  An 
acquisition  so  inestimable  in  itself,  so  pregnant  with  the  most  im- 
portant consequences,  cannot  fail  to  shine  with  a  supreme  lustre, 
amidst  the  most  luminous  events,  and  give  to  its  author  a  rank 
exalted  in  the  train  of  British  worthies.  Minutely  to  describe 
the  innumerable  advantages  resulting  from  so  signal  a  conquest, 
would  be  a  vain  attempt.  Let  millions  yet  unborn  mark  the  dis- 
tinguished blessings  as  they  rise;  and  while  they  reap  the  happy 
fruits  of  your  martial  virtues,  they  will  not  cease  to  bless  the  name 
of  Amherst. 

"  Yet  that  we  ourselves  may  not  seem  insensible  of  our  hap- 
piness, permit  us.  Sir,  to  turn  our  eyes  to  the  wide-extended 
frontiers  of  our  many  fair  colonies,  over  which  his  sacred  Majesty 
has  so  long  swayed  his  gracious  sceptre.  How  strangely  altered 
is  the  amazing  scene  !  There  the  savage  native,  and  more  savage 
Canadian,  were  lately  wont  to  seize  the  defenceless  and  inofft^nd- 
ing  peasant,  doomed,  with  his  tender  wife,  and  helpless  children, 
to  the  most  excruciating  deaths,  or  a  more  dreadful  captivity. 
Hence  en   universal  horror  seized  the  borderers.     To  this  sue- 


LORD  AMHERST.  171 

ceeded  a  general  dereliction,  and  the  numerous  settlements,  aban- 
doned to  the  relentless  fury  of  an  insatiate  foe,  were  soon  reduced 
to  dismal  and  undistinguished  ruin.  Husbandry  felt  the  fatal 
effects  of  such  a  waste  of  country :  and  this  city,  famous  for  its 
commerce,  beheld,  and  wept  the  diminution  of  its  staple.  Thus, 
besides  the  keenest  sympathy  for  our  suffering  fellow-subjects,  we 
have  acted  our  own  sad  parts  in  the  affecting  tragedy. 

"  But  Canada  is  no  more.  The  peasant  may  return  in  secu- 
rity to  his  fields ;  husbandry  will  soon  revive  ;  the  face  of  nature 
smile  with  the  blessings  of  peace ;  and  this  flourishing  city  rejoice 
in  the  plenty  of  its  markets.  This  surprizing  change,  we  attribute, 
with  the  most  humble  gratitude,  to  the  paternal  care  of  our  most 
gracious  Sovereign,  in  appointing  your  Excellency  to  conduct  his 
victorious  armies  in  America. 

"  Our  restless  enemies,  possessed  of  the  two  great  rivers  of 
St.  Lawrence  and  Missisippi,  long  since  formed  the  horrid  scheme 
of  circumventing  us  with  a  chain  of  fortresses.  This,  with  un- 
wearied industry,  they  at  length  achieved ;  and  by  this  they 
gained  the  dominion  of  the  lakes,  and  their  connecting  streams. 
The  passes  thus  secured,  as  well  into  Canada  as  our  own  country, 
necessarily  procured  them  the  assistance  of  numerous  tribes  of 
Indians  J  and,  not  to  say  worse,  shook  the  fidelity  of  the  few  who 
had  so  long  valued  themselves  on  our  protection.  Nothing  then 
seemed  wanting  but  a  little  patience,  till  they  had  introduced  a 
sufficient  number  of  regulars  from  France,  But  in  this  they 
failed:  their  sanguine  expectations  broke  down  the  restraints  of 
policy,  and  they  began  to  execute  the  deep-laid  purpose  before 
they  had  strength  sufficient  to  ensure  success.  And  yet,  thus  ad- 
vantageously situated,  they  compelled  us  in  a  defensive  war,  to 
toil  through  several  campaigns  :  most  of  which  ended  in  the  loss 
of  some  fort  or  tract  of  country.  So  true  it  is,  (hat  the  inferiority 
of  their  numbers  was  in  a  great  measure  compensated  for,  by  the 
possession  of  those  important  posts,  which,  had  they  not  been 
wrested  from  them  by  your  unexampled  conduct,  seconded  by 
the  matchless  heroism  of  the  much  lamented  Wolfe,  and  the 
vigorous  efforts  of  his  brave  successor  in  command,  would,  in  the 
hands  of  so  vigilant,  designinrr,  and  indefatigable  an  enemy,  most 
probably  have  ended  in  the  reduction  of  the  whole  British  North 
America.  This,  Sir,  is  a  hasty  portraiture  of  the  mighty  evils.: 
from  which,  by  your  triumphs,  we  luive  been  delivered  ;  evils 
to  which  we  shall  never  again  be  exposed,  unless  our  restless 


172  Jr-i^JiHiiVjJi  Ui"   iiiN GLAND. 

neighbours  should,  by  a  restitution,  be  enabled  to  renew  the  ex* 
ecrable  attempt. 

"  Yetj  what  will  more  effectually  perpetuate  your  name,  Sir, 
with  universal  applause  to  the  lat'^st  posterity,  are  those  innu- 
merable benefits  arising  from  an  exclusive  possession  of  this  vast 
continent.     These  benefits,   the  purchase  of  your  labours,  will 
unfold  themselves  in  every  revolving  year  till  Great  Britain  shall 
become  the  Imperial  Mistress  of  Nations.     Indeed,   to  view  her 
in  her  present  glorious  state,  must  swell   the  breast  of  her  every 
worthy  son.     Her  royal  fleets  seem  aheady  to  give  law  to  her 
neighbours.     As  often  as  they  spread  their  canvas,  even  the  in- 
sulting Gaul  beholds  with  trembling  expectation  ;  while  to  her 
victorious  armies  it  is  the  same  thing  to  march  and   to  conquer. 
But  the  vast  variety  of  soils  and  climates  in  America,  capable  of 
producing  every  necessary  and  conveniency  of  life,  joined  to  (he 
fishery  on  its  coast,  must  infallibly  prove  to  our  mother  country 
an  inexhaustible  source  of  wealthy  thus  enabling  her,  as  well  by 
the  power  of  her  arms,  as  by  with-holding  or  bestowing  the  bles- 
sing both  of  art  and  nature,  to  humble  the  united  arrogance  of  the 
most  presumptuous  opposers,  and  support  the  tottering  fortunes 
of  dependent  states.     Such,  Sir,  will  be  the  wonderful  effects  of 
the  conquest  gained  by  those  armies,  which  you  have  commanded 
with  so  much  honour  to  yourself  and  the  nation  j  a  conquest  too 
immensely  valuable  ever  to  be  ceded  to  an  enemy,  whose  prin- 
cipal characteristic  is  a  perfidious  abuse  of  favours. 

But,  Sir,  while  so  remarkable  an  event  will  never  fail  to  furnish 
the  most  ample  testimonials  of  your  military  accomplishments,  the 
ingenuous  mind  must  at  the  same  time  receive  a  peculiar  satis- 
faction from  the  contemplation  of  another  part  of  your  uncommon 
character ;  we  mean  your  humane  and  generous  use  of  victory. 
The  picture  of  a  Conqueror,  drawn  from  the  greatest  examples 
recorded  in  the  faithful  pages  of  history,  though  it  strikes  the  soul 
with  a  mixture  of  admiration  and  terror,  is  seldom  expressive  of 
benevolent  affections  of  the  heart,  even  when  the  conquered  are 
rather  objects  of  commiseration  than  revenge.  Hence  it  is,  that 
your  compassionate  treatment  of  the  vanquished  Canadians,  must 
appear  most  singularly  amiable  !  To  require  of  a  disarmed,  yet 
implacable  foe,  whose  inhumanities  have  deserved  the  severest 
strokes  of  vindictive  justice,  nothing  mote  than  a  quiet  submis- 
sion to  the  gentle  dictates  of  British  rule,  is  indeed  a  disinterested 
virtue  :  and  must  convince  the  attentive  world,  that  Britons  never 


LORD  AMHERST.  173 

conquer  to  enslave.  To  conclude.  Sir,  that  the  God  of  armies 
may  continue  to  furnish  your  head  with  wisdom,  3'our  breast  with 
fortitude,  and  your  arm  with  strength  :  that  he  may  cover  you  as 
with  a  shield,  and  make  you  terrible  to  your  enemies  in  the  day 
of  battle;  that  you  may  long  live  to  enjoy  the  gracious  smiles  of 
your  Royal  Master,  the  grateful  acclamations  of  the  British  nation, 
and  the  peaceful  eulogiums  of  an  approving  conscience;  that 
your  name  may  be  remembered  with  thankfulness  by  the  latest 
posterity;  and  that  your  unwearied  labours  for  the  public  welfare, 
may  meet  with  their  due  rewards  here,  and  an  unfading  crown  of 
glory  hereafter,  are  the  earnest  wishes  and  desires  of  your  Excel- 
lency's most  obedient  humble  servants, 

The  Mayor,  Aldermen^  and  Commonalty, 
of  the  City  of  New-Yokk." 
"  Nov.  27, 1760" 

To  which   his   Excellency  was  pleased  to  return  the  following 

answer. 

'■'^  Gentlemen, 

"  I  return  you  most  sincere  thanks  for  the  Address  you  have 
been  pleased  to  make  to  me. 

"  It  gives  me  very  particular  pleasure  that  the  success  of  his 
Majesty's  arms  in  the  reduction  of  Canada,  has  contributed  so 
much  to  the  happiness  of  the  people  on  this  continent;  and  it  is 
my  most  hearty  wish,  that  this  city  may  reap  all  the  advantages  it 
can  desire  from  this  conquest,  and  that  it  may  prosper  and  flourish 
to  the  latest  time." 

On  April  11th,  1761,  he  was  created  one  of  the  Knights  of 
the  most  honourable  order  of  the  Bath  ;  on  November  7th,  1768, 
was  appointed  colonel  of  the  third  regiment  of  foot,  as  likewise, 
at  the  same  time,  colonel  in  chief  of  the  sixtieth,  or  royal  Ame- 
rican regiment  of  foot,  which  he  retained  till  his  death.  In  Oc- 
tober, 1770,  was  appointed  governor  of  the  island  of  Guernsey, 
the  castle  of  Cornet,  and  all  other  islands,  forts,  and  appurtenances 
thereunto  belonging.  On  October  22d,  1772^  he  was  appointed 
lieutenant-general  of  his  Majesty's  ordnance,  which  he  retained 
till  1782;  also,  on  the  6th  of  the  following  month,  was  sworn  of 
his  Majesty's  most  honourable  privy-council,  and  took  his  place  at 
the  board  accordingly,  his  Majesty  being  present;  and  his  Ma- 
jesty, in  consideration  of  his  superior  merits,  and  signal  services, 
was  graciously  pleased  to  advance  him  to  the  dignity  of  a  peer  of 


174  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

this  realm,  by  the  style  and  title  of  Baron  Amherst,  of  Holmes- 
dale  in  the  county  of  Kent,  by  letters  patent,  bearing  date  on  May 
20th,  17765  and  on  March  24th,  1778,  his  Lordship  was  pro- 
moted to  the  rank  of  general  of  the  army;  and  in  April,  17/9^ 
appointed  colonel  of  the  second  troop  of  horse  grenadier  guards, 
which  was  reformed  June  25  ih,  1/88,  and  made  the  second  regi- 
ment of  life-guards. 

In  1778,  he  was  appointed  Commander  in  Chief  of  his  Ma- 
jesty's land  forces  in  Great  Britain,  which  high  office  he  retained 
till  March,  1782  ;   and  was  again  appointed  to  it  1783. 

On  July  30th,  I7y6^  his  Lordship  was  appointed  to  the  rank 
of  Field-Marshal. 

On  September  6th,  1788,  his  Lordship  was  created  Lord  Am- 
herst OF  Montreal  in  Kent,  with  limitation  in  default  of  issue 
male  of  his  own  body,  to  his  nephew  iVilliam  Pitt  Amherst;  and 
the  heirs  male  of  his  body. 

His  Lordship  was  twice  married,  first,  to  Jane,  only  surviving 
daughter  of  Thomas  Dalyson,  of  Manton  in  the  county  of  Lincoln, 
and  of  Hampton  in  the  county  of  Kent,  Esq.  (by  his  wife  Jane, 
daughter  of  Captain  Richard  Etherington),  which  Thomas  Daly- 
son  was  only  surviving  son  of  Thomas  Dalyson,  Esq.  by  Susan,  his 
first  wife,  daughter  of  Sir  Thomas  Style,  of  Wateringbury,  Bart, 
which  last  Thomas  was  eldest  surviving  son  of  Maximilian  Daly- 
son, of  West  Peckham  in  Kent,  Esq.  by  his  wife  Frances,  daughter 
and  heir  of  Thomas  Stanley,  Esq.  before-mentioned.  She  dying 
on  January  7th,  1765,  aged  forty-one,  was  buried  at  Plaxtole  in 
Kent. 

His  Lordship's  second  Lady  was  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  the 
Hon.  Lieutenant-General  George  Cary  (only  brother  of  Lucius- 
Charles,  Viscount  Falkland),  of  Levengrovre,  by  Isabella,  daughter 
of  Arthur  Ingram,  Esq.  of  Barvaby,  both  in  the  county  of  York  ; 
they  were  married  March  26th,  1767,  in  Clifford-street  in  the 
parish  of  St.  James's  Westminster,  by  his  Grace  the  Archbishop 
of  York  ;  but  his  Lordship  had  no  issue  by  either  Lady. 

His  Lordship  died  August  3d,  1797,  at  his  seat  of  Montreal  in 
Kent,  set.  eighty-one.  "  The  name  of  Sir  Jeftery  Amherst," 
say  his  biographers,  "  was  as  much  dreaded  by  the  enemies  of 
Great  Britain,  as  it  was  revered  by  his  countrymen.  The  honour 
of  the  nation  whose  battles  he  fought,  seemed  to  be  the  predo- 
minant principle  throughout  his  military  career.  He  was  a  firm 
disciplinarian,  but  he  was  the  soldier's  friend  j  a  man  of  strict 
economy,  always  sober,  and  ready  at  all  times  to  hear  and  redress 


LORD  AMHERST.  175 

the  complaints  of  the  army  in  general.  No  ostentation  of  heroism 
marked  any  of  his  actions  j  but  the  whole  of  his  conduct  evinced 
the  firm  simplicity  of  a  brave  mind,  animated  by  the  conscious- 
ness of  what  was  due  to  himself  and  his  country.  As  Commander 
IN  Chief,  it  has  been  said  that  he  was  induced  by  the  sweets  of 
office  to  retain  his  situation  longer  than  his  strength  permitted 
the  active  execution  of  its  duties  ;  but  his  Sovereign  saw  no  reason 
for  his  resignation,  and  his  country  could  not  be  dissatisfied  that 
the  post  was  held  by  one  who  had  hazarded  his  life  in  her  de- 
fence."'    His  Lordship  was  succeeded  by  his  nephew, 

William  Pitt  Amherst,  second  Lord  Amherst,  of 
Montreal  in  Kent,  born  January,  1773. 

His  Lordship  married,  July  24th,  1800,  Sarah,  Countess   of 

Plymouth,  relict   of  Other  Hickman,  fifth   Earl  of  Plymouth, 

daughter  and  coheir  of  Andrew  Archer,  last  Lord  Archer  (who 

•died  February'  28th,  17/8,   when  the  title  became  extinct),  and 

has  issue. 

First,  a  daughter,  born  July  9th,  1801. 

Second,  a  son,  born  August  29th,  J  802. 

Third,  William  Pitt,  who  died  March  2Sth,  1804, 

Fourth,  a  son,  born  November  24th,  1805. 

Fifth,  a  son,  born  in  February,  ]  8O7. 

His  Lordship  was  appointed  a  lord  of  his  Majesty's  bed- 
chamber in  June,  1804  ;  and  is  at  present  his  Majesty's  Minister 
to  the  King  of  Sicily. 

Title.     William  Pitt  Amherst,  Lord  Amherst  of  Montreal. 

Creation.  Lord  Amherst  of  Montreal,  by  patent  September 
6th,  1788. 

Arms.  Gules,  three  tilting  spears  erect,  or,  headed,  argent ; 
confirmed  to  Richard  Amherst,  Esq.  by  William  Camden  in  1607. 

Crest.  On  a  wreath,  or  and  gules,  a  mount,  vert}  and  on  it 
three  tilting  spears,  the  middle  one  erect,  the  others  saltierwise, 
or,  headed,  argent,  encircled  round  their  middles  with  a  chaplet, 
vert. 

Supporters.  On  the  dexter,  a  Canadian  war  Indian,  his  ex- 
terior arm  embowed,  holding  a  war  axe  proper ;  rings  through 
his  nose  and  ears,  and  bracelets  on  his  arms  and  wrists,  argent; 
over  his  shoulders  two  buff  belts  in  saltier,  one  with  his  powder- 
horn,  the  other  holding  his  scalping  knife;  about  his  waist  a 

'  Gent,  Mag.  vol.  Ixvii   \>   Soi,  802. 


170  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND 

small  apron  azure,  stringed  gules,  having  gaiters  on  his  legs  azure, 
stringed  gules,  seamed  or  ;  the  legs  fettered  and  fastened  with  a 
chain,  to  the  bracelet  on  the  exterior  wrist.  On  the  sinister,  a  like 
Canadian  holding  in  his  exterior  hand  a  staff  argent,  thereon  an 
human  scalp,  proper. 

Motto,      CoNSTANTIA  ET  ViRTUTE. 

Chief  Seat.     Montreal,   in   the  hamlet  of  Riyerhead  near 
Seven  Oaks,  Kent. 


J 


I,ORD  FISHEKWICK. 


177 


CHICHESTER,  LORD  FISHERWICK. 

{MARQUIS  OF  DONEGAL  IN  IRELAND.) 

1  HIS  faniiiy  seems  anciently  to  have  borne  the  name  of  Ciren-^ 
cester,  and  was  one  of  the  most  eminent  in  the  county  of  Devon 
for  its  antiquity,  estate,  employments,  and  alliances,  having  flou- 
rished for  several  generations  at  South-Poole,  not  far  from  Kings- 
Bridge,  where  their  most  ancient  habitation  was  :  and  a  full  re- 
presentation of  their  dignity  is  manifested  by  that  learned  anti- 
quary. Sir  William  Pule,  in  his  MS.  survey  of  Devonshire  j  who 
assures  us,  that  they  have  a  right  to  quarter  the  arms  of  the  Ra- 
leighs,  the  Beaumonts,  the  Willingtons,  and  many  other  noble 
families. 

The  first  of  the  name  to  be  met  wiih^  is  Walleran  de  Ci' 
renccster  (thought  to  be  so  denominated  from  Cirencester  in  Glou- 
cestershire) said  to  be  descended  from  a  brother  of  Robert  dc 
Cirencester,  alias  Chichester,  Dean  of  Salisbury,  and  consecrated 
in  1128  Bishop  of  Exeter,  who  bestowed  much  money,  in  re- 
building and  adorning  his  Cathedral,  in  which  having  sat  twenty- 
two  years,  ^e  was  buried  1 150,  on  the  south  side  of  the  altar,  near 
a  gentleman  of  his  own  name. 

To  Walleran  succeeded  John  his  son,  the  father  of 

Sir  John,  whose  son 

SirTuoMvs  DE  Cirencester  was  lord  of  the  manor  of  St. 
Mary-Church  (an  emment  sea-mark  on  the  east  side  of  Torbay), 


•  Prince's  Worthies  of  Devon,  p  135,  and  Fuller. 
%0L.  Vlli.  N 


178  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

by  his  marriage  with  Alicia  dc  Rotomago,  in  the  time  of  Henry 
III.  from  the  beginning  of  whose  reign  in  12l6,  he  sustained 
many  honourable  employments  throughout  the  whole  course 
of  it. 

His  son  William  had  issue 

Sir  John  Cirencester,  whose  son 

Richard,  leaving  the  name  of  Cirencester,  alias  Chichester, 
fixed  upon  the  latter,  which  has  continued  the  surname  of  the 
family. 

John  de  Chichester  his  son,  in  34,  45,  and  46  years  of  King 
Edward  III.  ^  was  member  of  parliament  for  the  borough  of  Mel- 
comb-Regis,  in  the  county  of  Dorset,  as  he  also  was  in  1381, 
5  Richard  II.  and  left 

Sir  John  de  Chichester  his  heir,  who  in  1^33  (12  Henry  VI.) 
was  returned  one  of  the  principal  gentry  of  the  county  of  Devon 
by  the  King's  commissioners;  and  marrying  Thomasine,  daughter 
and  heir  lo  Sir  William  Raleigh,  of  Raleigh  near  Barnstaple,  in 
Devonshire,  '^  acquired  that  inheritance  ;  and  was  father  of 

John,  oi^  Raleigh,  who  was  sheriflF  of  the  county  of  Devon 
3  Edw.  IV,  and  left  issue 

RiCHAKD  Chichester,  Esq.  who  8  and  14  of  that  reign  served 
the  same  office;  and  marrying  Alice,  daughter  and  heir  to  John 
Wotton  (or  Walton),  of  Widworthy,  that  estate  accrued  thereby 
to  the  family ;  by  her,  besides  other  children,  he  bad 

John,  his  heir;  and 

Richard,  his  third  son,  who  marrying  Thomasine,  daughter 
and  heir  to  Simon  Hall,  of  Hall  in  Bishop's  Tawton,  became 
seated  there,  and  his  posterity  matched  into  the  eminent  houses 
of  Gough  of  Aldercomb,  in  Cornwall;  Ackland  of  Ackland; 
Marwood  of  Westcott;  Basset  of  Umberleigh  ;  Strode  ofNewn- 
ham  ;  Pollard ;  Carew ;  and  others. 

John  Chichester,*^  the  eldest  son,  married  first  Margaret, 
daughter  and  heir  to  Hugh  Beaumont,  of  Youlston  in  Devonshire, 
Esq.  with  whom  he  had  that  seat,  and  by  her  had 

Edward,  his  heir. 

And  by  his  second  wife,  Joane,  daughter  of  Robert  Brett,  of 
Whitstaunton  in  Somersetshire,  and  of  Pillond  in  Devonshire,  he 
had  John  Chichester,  of  Widworthy  in  the  east;  and  Amias,  ^  of 

b  Ulster's  Office.  c  Ibid.  d  Ibid, 

e  Amias  married  Joan,  daughter  of  Sir  Roger  GifFard,  of  Brightley,  by 
whom  (says  Rev.  Mr.  Prince)  "  he  had  nineteen  sons,  and  four  daughters- 


LORD  FISHERWICK.     .  179 

Arlinston,   in    the  north  parts  of  Devotibhire,   whose  posferlty 
flourished  at  both  places. 

Edward  Chichester,  Esq  (by  the^^r^f  wife)  lived  in  the  reign 
of  Henry  VIII.  and  married  Elizabeth,  '^  eldest  daughter  of  John 
Bourchier,  Lord  Fitz-Warine,  and  the  first  Earl  of  Ba'h,  (by 
Cecilia  his  wife,  daughter  of  Gyles,  Lord  D'Aubeny,  and  sister 
and  heir  to  Henry,  Lord  D'Aubeny,  who  wis  created  Earl  of 
Bridgwater  by  King  Henry  VIII.  and  died  April  8th,  1547,  with- 
out issue)  by  whom  he  was  father  of 

Sir  John  Chichester,  Knight,  b  who  received  that  honour 
from  Queen  Elizabeth  in  1580,  and  who,  in  1552  and  1578,  was 
high  sheriff  of  the  county  of  Devon,  which  in  1553  and  1502  he 
represented  in  parliament. ''  He  married  Gertrude, '  daughter  of 
Sir  William  Courtenny,  of  Powderham  castle  in  Devonshire,  Knt. 
ancestor  to  the  Lord  Viscount  Courtenay,  by  whom  he  had  five 
sons  and  eight  daughters,  viz. 

First,  Sir  John,  ancestor  to  the  family  of  Raleigh. 

Second,  Arthur,  whose  abilities  and  services  raised  him  to  the 
Peerage  of  England. 

Third,  Edward,  ancestor  to  the  Enrl  of  Donegal. 

Fourth,  Sir  John  Chichester  the  younger,  who,  whilst  his 
brother  Arthur  was  in  France,  sought  glory  in  Ireland  ;  where 
his  services  were  rewarded  with  the  post  of  serjeant -major  of  the 
army,  and  the  honour  of  knighthood,  so  that  he  came  to  be  dis- 
tinguished from  his  elder  brother  of  the  same  name  and  deoree, 
by  the  title  of  Sir  John  Chichester  the  younger ;  it  being  no  un- 
usual thing  for  parents,  in  former  times,  to  give  a  favourite  name 
to  more  of  their  children  than  one,  living  at  the  same  time.  He 
was  governor  of  Carrickfergus,  and  November  4th,  1597^"^  lost 
his  life  on  an  enterprize  against  the  Mac  Donnells,  in  the  follow- 
ing manner:  James  Mac  Sorley  Mac  Donnell  (after  Earl  of  An- 
trim) hid  a  strong  detachment  of  Highland  foot  in  a  cave,  about 
four  miles  distant  from  Carrickfergus,  whilst  he  advanced  with  a 
small  body  towards  that  place  ;  and  braving  the  garrison.  Sir 
Johu  Chichester  made  a  sally,  when  Mac  Donnell  seeming  to 

fourteen  of  the  nineteen  sons  lived  to  be  proper  gentlemen,  though  not 
above  thiee  of  them  had  issue:  when  they  went  all  to  chinch,  the  first 
would  be  in  the  church-porch  before  the  last  would  be  out  of  the  house." 
Edward,  the  ninth  fon,  was  slain  in  a  duel;  and  Paul,  the  eleventh, a  worthy 
captain,  was  slain  in  the  Portugal  action,  1589. 

f  Ul.-ter's  Office.  g  Ibid, 

h  Fuller's  Worthies.  i  Ulster's  Office  t  Ibid 


186  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

fly,  till  he  had  brought  Sir  John  to  the  place  where  he  had  formed 
his  ambuscade,  turned  upon  him  and  his  party,  who  being  in- 
stantly surrounded  with  the  fresh  troops  was  defeated.  Sir  John 
was  taken  prisoner,  and  beheaded  upon  a  stone  at  the  head  of  the 
Glynn. ' 

Fifth,  Sir  Thomas  Chichester,  to  whom  King  James,  March 
20th,  1607,  granted  a  lease  for  twenty-one  years,  of  divers  lands 
in  the  county  of  Wicklow ;  and  December  8th,  161O,  gave  to 
him  and  his  heirs  the  lands  of  Radonnell,  containing  1000  acres, 
iu  the  county  of  Donegall. 

First,  daughter  Elizabeth,  married  to  Hugh  Fortescue,  of 
Philleigh,  Esq. 

Second,  Eleanor,   to  Sir  Arthur  Basset,  of  Umberleigh,  Knt. 

Third,  Mary,  to  Sir  Richard  Bluet,  of  Holcomb-Regis,  Knt. 

Fourth,  Grace,  to  Robert  Dillon. 

Fifih,  Cecilia,  to  Thomas  Hatch,  of  Aller,  Esq. 

Sixth,  Susanna,  to  John  Fortescue,  of  Buckland-Philleigh, 
Esq. 

Seventh,  Dorothy,  to  Sir  Hugh  Pollard,  of  King's-Nimpton, 
Knight. 

Eighth,  Urith,  in  1591,  to  John  Trevilian,  of  Nettlecombe  in 
Somersetshire,  Esq.  ancestor  to  Sir  John  Trevilian,  Bart,  and 

Ninth,  Bridget,  the  first  wife  of  Sir  Edward  Prideaux,  of  Far- 
way,  and  of  Netherton  in  Devonshire. '" 

Sir  John  Chichester,  the  eldest  son,  married  Anne,  daughter 
of  Sir  Robert  Dennis,  of  Holcombe,  Knight,  and  being  killed, 
with  the  judge  of  assize  and  others,  by  an  infectious  smell  from 
the  prisoners,  at  the  Lent  assizes  in  Exeter  Castle,  1585,  left 
issue 

Sir  Robert  Chichester,  of  Raleigh,  Knight  of  the  Bath,  who 
married  to  his_first  wife  Frances,  younger  daughter  of  John,  Lord 
Harington  of  Exton,  and  coheir  to  her  brother  John,  Lord  Har- 
ington  (who  died  without  issue,  at  Kevv  in  Surrey,  August  27th, 
1613,  three  days  after  his  father  had  deceased  at  Worms  in  Ger- 
many, on  his  return  from  attending  the  Princess  Elizabeth,  King 
James's  daughter,  to  the  Palatinate,  after  her  marriage  with  Fre- 
derick, Count  Palatine  of  the  Rhine,  of  which  Princess  he  had 

I  In  King  James's  reiern,  Mac  Donnell  going  one  day  to  view  the  family 
monument  in  St.  Nicholas's  church  at  Carrickfergus,  and  seeing  Sir  John's 
statue  thereon,  asked,  Ho-w  the  de'ell  he  came  to  get  his  head  again,  for  be  iL-as 
sure  he  had  anct  taen  it  frae  him. 

m  Ulster's  Office. 


LORD  FISHERWICK.  151 

the  tuition)  and  by  her  he  had  an  only  daughter  Anne,  married 
to  Thomas  Lord  Bruce,  of  Kinlosse,  by  whom  she  was  mother  of 
Robert  Earl  of  Aylesbury,  and  lies  buried  in  the  church  of  Exton 
in  Rutlandshire,  under  a  curious  monument  of  black  and  white 
marble,  with  a  memorial,  on  the  one  side  in  Latin,  which  i$ 
Englished  on  the  other,  as  follows  : 

Anne,  wife  to  Thomas  Lord  Bruce,  Baron  of 

Kinlosse,  daughter  of  Sir  Robert  Chichester, 

Knight  of  the  Bath,  of  an  ancient  family 

In  the  county  of  Devon,  and  of  Frances,  one  of 

The  two  daughters  and  coheirs  of  John,  Lord 

Harrington,  Baron  of  Exton,  sole  heir  to  her 

Mother;  a  lady  endowed  with  a  natural 

Disposition  to  virtue  ;  a  true  understanding 

Of  honour  5   most  noble  behaviour  3   perpetual 

Chearfulness  ;  most  elegant  conversation  ;  and  a 

More  than  ordinary  conjugal  affection.     She  was 

Married  iv  years  and  ix  months,  and  left  one  only 

Child,  named  Robert  Bruce.     Weakened  by  that 

Birth,  she  died  in  childbed  the  xx  day  of  March 

In  the  XXII  year  of  her  age  :  Anno  Domini  mdcxxvii. 

Erected  and  inscribed  to  the  memory  of  his 

Most  beloved  and  most  deserving  wife,  by  Thomas 

Lord  Bruce. " 

Sir  Robert's  second  wife  was  Mary,  daughter  of  ..... .  Kill, 

of  Shilston,  and  dying  in  1626,  had  issue  by  her,  who  re-married 
with  Sir  Ralph  Sydenham,  Knight,  "  Sir  John  Chichester  born 
in  ]623,P  created  a  fiaro«^/ August  4th,  l64l ;  who  married 
Elizabeth,  eldest  daughter  of  Sir  John  Rayney,  ofWrotham  in 
Kent,  Bart,  and  dying  in  1667,  had  issue  three  sons,  Sir  John  3  Sir 
Arthur ;  and  Henry,  who  married  the  widow  of  John  Chichester, 
of  Hall,  Esq.  Sir  John,  the  second  Baronet,  married  the  daughter 
of  Sir  Charles  BickerstafF,  of  Sele  in  Kent,  Knight,  but  dying 
without  issue  male  in  168O,  was  succeeded  by  his  brother  Sir 
Arthur,  the  third  Baronet,  who  served  in  parliament  for  Barn- 
staple in  Devonshire,  from  the  reign  of  James  H.  to  his  death,  in 
1 717  j  and  having  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Thomas  Drewe, 

n  See  this  monument  engraved  in  Wright's  Rutlandshire,  p.  59. 
•  Rot.  pat.  Ao.  10°.  3.  p.  d.  R.  zz.  p  Fuller's  Worthies. 


182  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

of  Grange  In  Devonshire,  Esq.  left  Sir  John  Chichester,  the 
fourth  Baronet,  also  member  of  parlia  nent  for  BarnMaple,  who 
took  to  wite  Anne-,  daughter  of  John  Leigh,  ot  Newport  in  the 
Isle  of  Wigbi,  Ebq.  and  dying  at  his  seat  of  Youl^ton,  September 
4ih,  1/40,  left  two  sans.  Sir  John  {iht  fifth  Baronet,  sheriff  of 
the  county  of  Devon  for  the  year  1753  ;  he  married  Frances,  the 
secfiud  daughter  and  one  of  the  four  coheirs  to  Sir  Gporj^e  Chud- 
Hgh,  (if  Hjldon  in  the  county  of  Devon,  Knt.  ^  and  had  by  her 
the  late  Sir  John  Chichester,  sixth  Baronet,  who  died  unmarried, 
Octo'  er  1808)  ;  and  William. 

Sir  Arthur  Chichester,  ^r^^ /rwA peer,  (second  son  of  Sir 
John,  by  Gertrude,  daughter  of  Sir  William  Courtenay)  was  born 
at  haleigh,  and  after  spending  some  part  of  his  youth  in  the  Uni- 
versity, '  li:,diiig  tnat  too  sedentary  a  life  for  his  active  genius, 
embraced  a  military  one  in  the  reign  of  Queen  Elizibeth,  a'.A 
was  constantly  engaged  wherever  his  sovereign's  service  required 
his  presence,  by  sea  a.. d  land,  in  Eigl-ind  and  in  France.  He 
was  knighted  in  ]5y.5,  for  his  valour  and  military  skill  in  the  wars 
of  this  kingdom  ;  where  his  service  in  the  reduction  of  the  Irish 
to  die  obedience  was  so  manifest,  that  he  vas  effectually  assistant 
to  plough  and  break  up  (say  Dr.  Fuller  and  Mr.  Prince)  that  bar- 
barous nation  by  conquist,  and  then  to  sox^'  it  with  seeds  of  civi- 
lity, when  L.  D. 

in  1599,  he  commanded  200  foot  at  Carrickfergus,  and  in 
the  end  of  November,  l600,  being  garrisoned  at  that  place,  laid 
all  the  country  waste  within  twenty  miles  of  it.  May  2d,  IDOl, 
the  L.  D.  wrote  to  the  Lords  in  England  (ainong  other  things) 
that  Sir  Henry  Docura  at  Loughfoile,  and  Sir  Arthur  Chichester 
at  Carriekffrgus,  had  made  their  numbers  sure  to  the  state,  and 
both  had  done  her  Majesty  excellent  service;  and  in  his  letter 
June  14th,  acquainted  their  Lordships,  that  those  gentlemen  had 
determined  to  assure  the  passage  of  Moyry;  then  to  plant  a  gar- 
rison at  Lecaie,  and  to  reinforce  Sir  Arthur,  whereby  he  might  go 
near  to  effect  what  the  whole  army  should  have  done.  June  18, 
Sir  Arthur  waited  on  the  L.  D.  at  the  camp  at  Blackstaff,  and 
there  received  his  designs  for  the  present  service,  with  a  procla- 

q  Baronetage  of  Eng.  1771,  vol.  i  p.  398. 
r  At  that  time  he  rohbed  one  of  the  Queen's  purveyors,  who  were  but 
little  better  than  robbers  themselves.  To  avoid  a  prosecution  he  fleJ  into 
France,  where  he  signalized  himself  under  King  Henry  IV.  who  knighted  him 
for  hi-;  gallant  be'naviour ;  and  lie  was  shortly  after  j:ardoned  by  the  Queen. 
Granger's  Eiografb.  vol  i   p.595,  8vo. 


LORD  FISHERWICK.  J  83 

mation  to  be  published  for  establishing  the  new  coin^  and  re- 
ceived 200  foot  to  strengthen  his  garrison  ;  with  which,  in  July 
he  took  Castle  Reagh,  the  only  one  held  by  Bryan  Mac  Art  in 
those  parts;  and  in  June,  l0O2,  the  L.  D.  Mountjoy  having  driven 
Tiroen  out  of  his  country,  as  high  as  Castleroe  upon  the  Banne, 
and  taken  in  some  of  his  strongest  islands,  sent  Sir  Richard  Mor- 
ryson  from  Dungannon,  with  500  foot,  to  meet  Sir  Arthur  Chi- 
chester, who  was  to  pass  Loughsidney,  with  his  forces  from  Car- 
rickfergus,  and  land  within  a  few  miles  of  Dungannon  :  where 
being  met,  they  began,  by  the  Deputy's  directions,  to  raise  the 
fort  of  Mountjoy,  capable  of  containing  abave  1000  foot  and  100 
horse,  which  were  to  be  victualled  from  Carrickfcrgus,  by  the 
way  of  the  Lough  ;  and  for  the  present  service.  Sir  Arthur  com- 
manded in  chief  the  forces  left  there,  with  power  to  draw  out 
them  and  all  other  garrisons  towards  Carrickfergus,  upon  all  oc- 
casions of  service.  Soon  after  this,  the  Deputy  having  intelli- 
gence, that  Tiroen  proposed  to  send  Bryan  Mac  Art  to  distrrb 
Killultagh,  and  so  divert  as  much  as  possible  his  own  prosecu- 
tion ;  directed  Sir  Arthur,  with  Sir  Henry  Davers  (August  lOth, 
1602),  to  invest  the  fort  of  Enislaughlin,  the  only  place  of  strength 
held  by  the  rebels  in  those  parts,  wherein  the  plate  and  valuable 
effects  of  such  as  had  fled  into  Tyrone  were  deposited.  This  fort, 
seated  in  a  large  bog,  and  only  accessible  through  thick  woods, 
surrendered  to  the  Queen's  mercy,  as  soon  as  they  had  made  their 
approaches  to  the  first  ditch;  and  the  garrison,  August  19,  were 
brought  prisoners  to  the  Deputy  at  Newry,  whence  Sir  Arthur 
accompanied  his  Lordship  in  pursuit  of  Tiroen  into  Fermanagh  ; 
but  on  the  news  of  the  Spaniards  arriving  at  Beerhaven,  he  was 
sent  back,  September  8th,  with  directions  to  lye  at  Fort  Mountjoy; 
to  destroy  all  the  corn  which  he  could  not  preserve  for  the  gar- 
risons, and  to  be  ready  to  oppose  the  rebels,  should  they  make 
any  head  ;  or  attend  the  Deputy,  if  the  Spaniards  should  land. 
And  that  month  Sir  Henry  Davers,  serjeant-major  of  ths  army, 
being  induced  by  the  necessity  of  his  private  affairs^  to  discon- 
tinue his  service  in  Ireland,  his  post  was  conferred  upon  Sir  Ar- 
thur; who,  in  January  following,  expelled  Bryan  Mac  Art  out  of 
Killultagh  ;  and  by  the  Deputy,  in  his  letter  to  Secretary  Cecil, 
October  2d,  1601,  was  recommended  as  the  fittest  man  that 
could  be  chosen  in  England  or  Ireland,  to  be  made  sole  governor 
of  Ulster,  in  order  to  carry  oa  a  sharp  winter's  war  against  the 
rebels,  and  prevent  any  important  succour  to  the  Spaniards,  then 


184  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

landed  at  Kingsalej  but  Tiroen  boing  shortly  after  defeated  in 
Munster,  this  project  took  no  effect. 

He  equally  distinguished  himself  in  the  arts  of  peace;  for, 
being  a  man  of  great  capacity,  judgment,  steadiness,  and  expe- 
rience, he  was  wise  in  taking  his  party  3  resolute  in  executing  his 
designs  ;  master  of  his  own  temper  ;  dextrous  and  able  to  manage 
all  the  variety  of  humours  he  had  to  deal  with,  and  to  gain  even 
the  most  perverse. 

April  2lst,  lf)03,  the  King  directed  him  to  be  admitted  a 
privy-counsellor,  and  by  putent,  dated  September  10th  following, 
appointed  him  governor  of  Carritkfergus,  with  the  fee  of  135.  4d. 
a  day  for  life  (which  he  had  long  held  under  Queen  Elizabeth) 
but  that  patent  falling  short  of  the  King's  intentions,  a  new  one 
was  passed  May  gih,  l604,  investing  him  with  the  said  govern- 
ment, and  that  of  all  other  forts,  with  the  Lough-Neagh,  and  the 
commodities  thereof;  and  constituting  him  colonel  and  governor 
of  the  torces  stationed  at  Carrickfergus,  both  the  Cladeboyes,  the 
DuffraJne,  Kiilultagh,  Kilwarling,  the  little  Ardes,  the  Route,  and 
the  Glynnes  in  Ulster,  and  of  all  the  inhabitants  thereof,  to  at- 
tend upon  him,  and  be  at  his  direction;  also  admiral  nnd  com- 
mand'r  in  chief  of  Lou^hsid'iev,  otherwise  Lough-Neagh,  with 
the  fishing  thereof,  as  far  as  the  salmon-1  ap  on  the  river  Banue; 
governor  of  the  fort  of  Mountjoy  ;  and  to  driw  forth  the  forces 
of  Armagh,  Black  water,  Mountnorris,  and  Charlemount,  and  em- 
ploy them  as  hr  should  see  most  expedient  for  the  advancement 
oi  his  Majesty's  service. 

By  patent,  dated  February  1st,  1603-4,  he  was  made  L.  D. 
OF  Ireland;  and  that  year  established  two  new  circuits  (in 
order  to  cuilize  the  Irish)  sending  the  first  justices  of  assize  into 
Conaught,  and  retrieving  the  circuit  of  Munster,  which  had  then 
been  disroniinued  for  about  200  years;  so  that  whereas  the  cir- 
cuits before  encompassed  only  the  English  pale,  from  this  time 
they  carrif^d  the  influence  of  justice  throughout  the  kingdom,  and 
had  so  wonderful  an  effect,  that  in  a  short  time  so  many  capital 
offenders  were  not  found  in  the  thirty-two  ccunties,  as  in  six 
shires  of  the  western  circuit  in  England.^  But  his  care  to  bring 
this  great  work  to  some  degree  of  perfeciion  rested  not  here;  the 
many  proclamations  for  the  reformation  of  the  country,  which  he 
snot  only  published  but  executed,  mightily  contributed  to  that  end  ^ 

s  Fuller  utantea. 


LORD  FISHERWICK.  185 

such  were  those  for  abolishing  the  customs  of  Tonistry,  &c.  and 
all  former  grudges  and  displeasures  conceived  in  the  Queen's 
time;  for  enforcing  the  st:itute  of  2  Elizabeth,  concerning  rfli- 
gion  ;  prohibiting  the  importation  of  arras  or  ammunition  to  sell 
to  the  Irish  ;  and  others. 

He  very  much  influenced  and  promoted  the  plantation  of  the 
forfeited  estates  in  Ulster;  and  when  ail  plans  and  measures  for 
carrying  on  that  necessary  work  failed,  he  supplied  their  defects  ; 
with  which  the  King  was  so  wHl  satisfied,  that  he  conferred  on 
him  very  considerable  grants  of  lands  '  in  that  province  ;  and  as  a 

t  The  King,  in  his  letter  to  him  from  Westminster,  June  30th,  iTiog,  * 
writes,  •■  That  having  approved  of  a  project  for  the  distribution  of  his  lands 
in  Ulster,  which  he  was  resolved  not  to  alter  in  any  point  of  substance,  for 
favour  or  merit  of  any  particular  peison  ;  yet,  having  consideration  of  his 
extraordinary  desert,  was  pleased  to  grant  to  him,  his  heirs  and  assignes,  for 
ever,  the  entire  territory  or  country  of  Imshowen,  otherwise  called  O'Dog- 
hertie's  country,  with  all  the  hereditaments  thereof,  possessed  either  by  Sir 
7ohn  O'Doghertie  or  his  son,  the  laie  traitor  Cahev  O'Doghertie  deceased 
(except  such  lands  as  were  to  be  allotted  to  the  Bishop  of  Derry,  and  the  se- 
veral incumbents  within  the  said  country,  and  looo  acres  for  the  c^ty  of 
Derry)  together  with  the  custody  of  Culmorc-castle,  within  the  said  country, 
for  life."  Accordingly,  by  patent,  dated  February  22d,  1609,  he  had  a  grant 
thereof,  to  hold  by  fealty,  and  the  yearly  rent  of  86/.  \is.  id.  Engli^h,  mak- 
ing of  Irish  money  115/.  ic^.  id.  halfpenny,  with  a  power  of  holding  four 
several  courts  leet  within  the  island  of  Inche,  the  territories  of  Tuogh-Cron- 
cine  and  Tuogh-Clagh,  the  manor  of  Greenecastle,  otherwise  Newcastle,  and 
the  island  of  Malyne;  a  Friday  market  and  two  fairs,  on  the  last  days  of  Au- 
gust and  April  at  Boncranocha  ;  a  Monday  market  and  two  fairs,  on  Se|)- 
tember  30th  and  April  lit,  at  Greenecastle;  a  fair  October  2oih  at  Dronge, 
in  the  island  of  Malyne  ;  to  divide  the  territory  into  precincts,  each  to  con- 
tain about  20C0  acres,  with  free  warren,  and  man>  other  privileges  and  great 
advantages.  And  this  was  confiimed  anew  bv  o'her  letters  jatcnt,  dated 
July  6th,  1610;  also  October  24th,  i6rq,  he  was  confirmed  constable  of  Cul- 
more  fort,  which  April  9th,  i6ii,he  surrendered  to  the  King  Further  Ja- 
nuary 14th,  1610,  he  had  a  grant  of  the  castle  of  Dungannon,  and  1320  acres 
of  escheated  lands  witliin  that  precinct,  and  other  hereditaments  of  great 
value  in  the  province  of  Ulster;  his  L  irdsiiip  holding  certain  fishings,  &c. 
within  the  limits  contracted  ibr  by  the  King  with  the  city  of  London,  volun- 
tarily surrendered  the  same  to  his  Majesty,  without  which  the  said  city  could 
not  have  had  the  full  benefit  of  the  King's  contract  with  thtrii,  and  conse. 
quently  the  intended  plantation  in  these  parts  had  not  so  well  goiie  forwards 
if  the  said  surrender  had  not  been  made  ;  who,  in  consideration  thereof,  by 
privy  seal,  dated  it  Westminster,  February  3d,  1611,  and  by  patent,  Ji.ly  3;, 
1615,  granted,  during  his  life,  and  those  of  Arthur  his  nephew,  and  Arthur 


Rot.  pat.  Cane.  Ao.  70.  2  y.  d  R.  3. 


183  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

lasting  mark  of  his  favour  (upon  the  calling  of  his  first  parlia- 
ment in  Ireland)   did  by  letters  patent,  bearing  date  at  West- 

Langherne,  Esq.  the  enteitainment  of  4j.  zd.  English  by  the  day  as  captain, 
and  Qi.  for  nine  ho;  cni.'n,  lo  employ  them  where  he  should  think  fit  during 
his  life,  and  afterwards  to  be  resident  in  the  territory  of  Inishowen,  and  to  be 
employed  upon  all  necessary  occasions  for  his  Majesty's  service  there,  and 
not  elsewhere,  unle  s  it  were  at  every  general  hosting;  *  13  James  I.  he  sur- 
rendered this  patent,  and  had  it  renewed  August  zgth,  1616;  +  the  said  patent 
was  surrendered,  but  it  was  not  so  beneficial  to  him  as  the  King  intended,  in 
respect  and  recompence  of  the  said  lands  and  fishings  in  the  said  deed  under- 
neath mentioned;  and  therefore  his  Majesty,  as  well  in  consideration  thereof, 
as  of  the  long  and  many  great  and  faithful  servicer  done  and  performed  to  the 
crown  by  him  the  late  Deputy,  to  his  Majesty's  great  contentment  and  satis- 
faction, directed  by  letters,  dated  at  Theobald's,  July  15th,  1616,  and  en- 
rolled, X  th^t  he  and  his  assignes,  during  the  lives  of  himself,  his  said  nephew, 
and  Arthur  Langherne,  son  of  John  Langherne,  Esq.  should  have  the  said 
entertainment  for  himself  and  horsemen,  without  cheaque,  with  the  manage- 
ment and  command  of  the  said  horsemen,  to  be  paid  by  the  vice  treasurer, 
during  the  said  time,  notwithstanding  that  his  Lordship,  or  his  assignes, 
during  all  or  any  part  of  the  time  and  term  aforesaid,  should  not  accomplish 
the  said  fuU  number  of  horses  and  horsemen,  and  the  patent  passed  accord- 
ingly, August  29th,  1616,  the  pay  tocommence  October  ist,  1611.  TheKing 
also  by  warrant,  dated  at  Salisbury  August  8ih,  1620,  ordered  an  effectual 
grant  or  grants  to  be  made  by  patent,  of  all  the  estates  he  possessed  by  virtue 
of  any  foimer  grants,  in  consideration  of  his  manifold,  great,  and  good  ser- 
vices, as  well  during  the  time  of  his  government  as  deputy  for  many  years,  as 
in  other  his  employments ;  and  accordingly  two  distinct  patents  were  passed, 
bearing  date  November  20th,  1621,  confirming  all  his  said  estates,  which  were 
very  large ;  the  former  whereof  contained  (among  others)  the  manor,  fort, 
town,  and  lands  of  Dungannon  (where  he  had  built  a  fort  120  feet  square, 
■with  four  half-bulwarks,  encompassed  by  a  ditch  twenty  feet  broad,  and 
counterscarped  ;  a  large  church  and  steeple,  twenty  houses,  after  the  English 
manner.  Sec.  which  was  made  a  borough-town,  and  sends  members  to  parlia- 
mentj  the  barony  or  territory  of  Enishowen  ;  all  islands  within  the  loughs  or 
arms  of  the  sea,  called  Loushswilly  and  Loughloile;  the  manors,  castles, 
and  tuoghs  of  EUagh,  Greenecastle,  Doncranagh,  Sec.  the  ferry  upon  Lough- 
foile,  plying  between  Greenecastle  and  Termonmagillegan ;  four  salmons 
every  day  during  the  season  out  of  the  salmon  fishing  of  Culmore;  the  right 
of  patronage,  presentation,  and  advowson,  of  the  rectories  and  vicarages  of 
Movill,  Culdagh,  Clonca,  Donaghclantagh,  Clanmony,  Diserteigny  alias 
Dristerteighny,  Fathan  alias  Fawen,  and  all  of  other  churches  whatsoever  in 
O'Doghertie's  country  ;  with  the  premises  erected  into  the  manors  of  Dun- 
gannon, Ellagh,  Greenecastle,  alias  Newcastle,  Duncranagh,  and  Malyn. 
The  latter  grant  contained  the  castle  or  mansion-house,  town  and  manor  of 
Belfast;  the  territories  of  Tuoghnefall,  Tuoghmoylone,  Tuoghcinament, 
Carnemony,  Carnetall,  and  Monk's-Land ;  the  rectory  of  Sankill,  and  all 
other  rectories,  &c  within  the  said  territories  ;  the  entire  dshing  of  the  river 


*  130  J;.c  1. 1  a   p.  D.  R.  37-  +  14'^.  I  a  p  f.  R.  2: 

1  Idem. 


LORD  FISHERWICK.  187 

minster  February  23d,  l6l2, "  create  him  Baron    Chichester  of 
Belfast,  entailing  the  honour  on  his  issue  rnalej  and  accompanied 

Lagan;  the  rectories  of  Antrim,  Glyn,  Moyvliske,  Templepatrick  Durien, 
Dundermott,  Rois'oilike,  Doughconnor,  Kilrovvte,  Ballynemenagh,  Domovv- 
lagh,  Dunien,  Donoughconner,  and  Kilroigh;  the  friary  of  Masseryne  ;  the 
entire  fishing  of  Loughsidney,  Loughneagh,  or  Lough-chiches'er  ;  and  in  ihc 
river  Banne  to  the  Salmon-Leap,  &c.  &c.  in  the  counties  of  Antrim,  Downe, 
Tyrone,  and  Londonderry,  erected  into  the  manors  of  Belfast,   Ballynlinny, 
Moylynny,  and  Castle-Chichester.  King  Charles  L  being  informed,  that  the 
fishing  and  soil  of  Loughneagh,  oiherwise  Lough-Chichester,  was  so  com- 
modious for  upholding  the  fishing  of  the  Banne  (then  come  into  his  hands) 
that  the  governors  of  the  London  Plantation  were  necessitated  to  faim  the 
same,  at  icc/.  a  year ;  and  whereas  the  Viscount  Chichester  had  compounded 
with   the  commissioners  for  the  remedy   of  defective  titles  (among  other 
things)  that  he  should  surreader  to  the  King  the  soil  and  fishing  of  the  said 
Lough;  his  Majesty,  by  letters  from  Hampton-Court,  September  24th,  16.^8, 
authourized  the  L.  D.  to  accept  of  a  surrender  thereof,  with  all  rectorial 
tithes,  and  advowsons  of  churches,  within  the  island  Magee,  and  the  advow- 
son  of  Maherahohill  in  the  county  of  Antrim  :  and  in  consideration  thereof, 
to  grant  and  confirm  to  him,  his  son  Arthur,  and  their  heirs,  by  a  new  patent 
upon  the  commission  of  grace,  all  their  other  estates  whatever  in  Ireland ; 
and  also  the  rectoral  tithes  of  the  parish  and  advowson  of  the  vicarage  of 
Shankhill,  otherwise  Belfast,  in  lieu  of  the  island  Magee  ;  and  in  lieu  of  the 
fishing  ot  Loughneagh,  to  grant  to  them  and  their  heirs  a  rent  cliarge  of  40  /. 
a  year  English,  with  liberty  to  take  salmon  in  the  said  Lough,  for  provision 
of  their  house  or  houses ;  and  all  the  eel  wears  and  eel  fishings  in  or  near 
Toome     Also,  that  the  Deputy  should  unite  the  whole  island  of  Magee  into 
one  parish,  and  dispose  of  the  said  tithes  for  the  benefit  of  that  church  and 
the  college  there,  for  bettering  the  means  of  the  vicar,  and  the  founding  of 
lectures,  as  should  seem  most  fit.     Accordingly,  to  this  purpose  the  letters 
patent  of  King  Charles  I.  dated  September  zid,  1640,  were  passed  to  Edward 
Viscount  Chichester,  and  his  son  Arthur,  and  the  heirs  and  assignes  of  the 
said  Arthur,  with  the  creation  of  several  lands  into  the  manor  of  Joymount; 
and  Ring  Charles  II.  February  ist,  166S,  not  only  confirmed  the  same,  but 
separated  the  lands  of  Ballynefeigh  fioni  the  manor  of  Joymount,  and  an- 
nexed them  to  ih.it  of  Belfast,  &c.     Lodge. 

The  said  Sir  Arthur,  by  assignment  from  Sir  Edmund  Fitzgerald,  was 
also  possessed  of  the  friary  of  Franciscans  in  the  town  of  Carrickfergus,  on 
the  site  of  which  he  erected  a  castle  in  i6io.     Mon.  Hib.  p.  4 

u  The  preamble.  Cum  status  et  salus  regnorum  nostrorum  atque  adeo 
omnium  rerum  publicaruin  poena  et  pra^mio  contineatur,  quorum  alterum 
legibus  permittere,  alterum  nobis  reservare,  atque  pro  nieritis  et  quaiitate  per- 
sonarum  librata  et  solicita  manu  distribuere  et  conferre  consuevinous,  ut  non 
solum  benignitas  nostra,  sed  etiam  judiciuin  et  delectus  probetur  ;  perpetuo 
nobis  curse  est  subditorum  nostrorum  digniorum  et  eminentiorum  virtutes  et 
merita  noscere  et  perpendere ;  satis  enim  scimus  in  honoribus  distribuendis 
adliibito  judicio  ne  per  niniiam  facilitatem  honores  vilescant,  aut  e  contra  per 
nimiam  parcitatem  et  anxietatem  hominum  industrias  hebescant  et  langues- 
cant,  tam  splendorem  regii  culininis  augeri  et  difFundi,  quam  praestantium 
virorum  mentes  accendi  ad  virtutem.  Cum  igitur  inter  plurima  et  summa 
beneficWi  quibus  favor  divinus  nos  afiecerit  et  cumiilaverit,  illud  libcntur  ag- 


188  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

the  patent  with  a  letter,  written  by  himself  from  Newmarket, 
March  4th,  to  this  etlect:  "  As  at  first  you  were  called  by  our 
election  without  seeking  for  it,  to  this  high  place  of  trust  and  go- 
vernment of  our  kingdom  of  Ireland,  and  have  so  faithfully  dis- 
charged the  duties  thereof,  that  without  any  desire  of  yours  on 
that  behalf,  we  have  thought  fit  to  continue  you  in  that  employ- 
jiient  these  many  years  beyond  the  example  and  custom  of  former 
times;  so  now  we  are  pleased  merely  of  our  own  grace,  without 
any  mediation  of  friends,  without  your  suite  or  ambition,  to  ad- 
vance you  to  the  state  of  a  Baron  of  that  kingdom,  in  acknow- 
ledgement of  your  many  acceptable  services  performed  unto  us 
there;  and  that  you,  and  all  other  ministers  of  state,  which  serve 
us  wheresoever,  may  know  by  tlie  instance  ot  this  our  favour  to 
you,  that  we  observe  and  discern  their  merits,  and  accordingly  do 
value  and  reward  them,"  &c,  ^ 

He  continued  in  the  government  ten  years  successively  3  in 
the  last  of  which  he  had  occasion  for  all  his  great  abilities,  to 
mana>ye  the  most  stubborn  parliament  that  ever  was  in  Ireland  ; 
which  met  on  Thursday  May  18th,  l6l3,  and  with  which  he 
prevailed  to  attaint  the  Earls  of  Tiroen  and  Tyrconnel,  Sir  Caher 
O'Doghertie,  and  others;  to  make  an  act  of  recognition  of  the 
Kino^'s  undoubted  lawful  right  and  title  to  the  crown  of  Ireland  ; 


roscimus,  quod  regnum  nostrum  Hiberniae,  insulse  post  Britanniam,  omnium 
insulavum  occidentalium  maximae  et  amplissimas,  et  pulclienin.as  coeli  et  soli 
felicitate  et  foecunditate  affluentis  et  insignis;  sed  nihilominus  per  multa  jam 
ssecula  perpetuis  seditionum  et  rebellionum  fluctibus  jactatae  ;  iiecnon  super, 
stitioni  et  barbaribus  moribus,  praesertim  in  provincia  Ultoniae,  addictae  et 
immersae;  temporibus  nostris  recreavimus,  et  tanquam  refecimus,  subactis 
rebellibus,  atqueaucto  et  lepurgato  culfu  tarn  divino  quam  humano-  Cumquc 
in  hac  parte  elucescant  omnino  meiita  et  servitia  dilecti  et  fidelis  nostri  Ar- 
thuri  Chichester  militis,  deputati  rcgni  nostri  Hiberniae  praedicti ;  nos  igitur 
prudentiam,  integritatem,  fortitudinem,  atque  etiam  feiicitatem  ejusdem  Ar- 
thur! Chichester  militis,  nobiscum  matura  considerantesdeliberatione  ;  quod- 
que  ipse  ex  antiqua  et  clarissima  familia  ortus  sit,  quodque  magna  et  bona 
variac  militiae  fama  jamdiu  floruerit ;  quodque  per  octo  annos  integios  quibus 
gubernacula  regni  nostri  Hibernia2,  sub  auspiciis  et  consiliis  nostris  tracta- 
verit,  se  virum  strenuum,  et  integrum,  et  casium  praebuerit,  ac  praecique,  quod 
proximam  et  ultimam  rebellionem  prediti  et  famosi  proditoris  Cahir  O'Dog- 
hertie  in  provincia  Ultoniae,  dubiis  et  periculosis  temporibus,  cum  relliquiae 
et  scintillas  veterum  malorum  reviviscere  putareiitur,  atque  statim  per  omnia 
conflagratuiac,  nisi  principiis  obviam  initium  fuisset,  magna  virtute  et  pros- 
perimo  successu  profligaverit  et  extinxerir,  ii;so  Cahir  O'Doghertie  in  acie 
occiso,  de  gratia  nostra  speciali,  &c.    Rot  pat  ao.   100.  Jac.  I.  4..  p.  D.  R. 

^  Rot.  10  ct  I  i.  Jac.  1.4a.  p.  D.R.  27. 


LORD  FISHERWICK.  I89 

another,  for  the  King's  general  and  free  pardon  ;  and  to  give  his 
M.ijeity  a  subsidy;  to  which  he  was  rated  the  sum  of  200/.  In 
this  parliament  (designed  to  make  and  establish  a  full  and  firm 
reformation  in  Ireland)  many  jealousies  were  conceived  by  certain 
members,  and  complaints  thereupon  laid  before  the  King  in  their 
names,  of  sundry  practices  and  abuses,  supposed  to  be  committed 
in  and  concerning  the  said  parliament;  whereot  the  King  being 
desirous  to  be  thoroughly  informed,  commissioned  the  Deputy 
and  others,  August  27th,  l6l3,  strictly  to  enquire  into  any  ge- 
neral grievances  either  in  the  civil  or  martial  government;  that 
being  informed  of  both,  and  understanding  the  grounds  of  the 
said  complaints,  he  might  apply  proper  remedies.  In  execution 
of  their  commission  and  instructions,  J'  they  made  a  strict  inquiry, 
and  laid  the  state  of  the  kingdom  before  his  Majesty;  who  there- 
upon, to  satisfy  the  public,  and  clear  his  deputy  from  any  asper- 
sions, which  were  or  might  be  cast  upon  him,  by  such  as  cen- 
sured his  proceedings  for  the  public  good,  published  a  proclama- 
tion February  7th,  and  having  commanded  the  present  appearance 
in  England,  of  divers  members  of  both  houses,  directed  Sir  Arthur 
to  repair  thither  also,  that  he  and  his  council  might  advise  at 
large  with  him,  and  receive  information  from  him,  touching  the 
state  and  affairs  of  Ireland. 

On  his  return  in  l6li,  he  was  empowered  (with  others)  by 
special  commission,  to  view  the  counties  of  Wexford,  Longford, 
Leitrim,  &c.  and  inquire  into  the  crown's  title  to  the  same;  the 
estate,  number,  and  condition  of  the  inhabitants;  the  chief  ies, 
claims,  customs,  and  rents,  of  the  then  owners  ;  and  the  best  way 
to  reduce  and  settle  them.  This  commission  was  executed  that 
summer,  and  a  general  title  found  for  the  King,  to  about  385,000 
acres ;  which,  after  taking  care  of  the  rights  of  the  church,  as- 
signing a  maintenance  for  the  clergy,  and  making  a  provision  for 
free  schools,  were  disposed  of  between  the  natives  and  the  British 
undertakers, 

July  27th,  1614,  he  was  again  made  L.  D.  in  which  year  the 
harp  was  first  marshalled  with  the  arms  of  England,  and  since 
then  hath  been  impressed  on  the  British  coin.  He  also  reduced 
the  mountains  and  glynnes  on  the  south  of  Dublin  into  the  county 
of  Wicklow;^    brought  many  of  the  Irish  to  conform  to  the 

y  The  return  of  this  commission  is  preserved  in  the  rolls  of  his  Majesty's 
high  court  of  Chancery,  and  is  a  very  valuable  and  curious  piece  of  history. 

z  Fuller  ut  antea. 


190  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

English  habit  and  laws ;  and  so  observant  was  he  over  the  actions 
of  suspected  persons,  that  Tiroen  was  heard  to  complain,  "he 
could  not  drink  a  full  cjrouse  of  sack,  b  it  the  state  was  within 
few  hours  advertised  thereof.""  After  he  had  thus  continued 
many  years  chief  governor  of  the  kingdom,  King  James,  by  his 
letter  from  Newmarket  of  November  2()th,  1(315,  was  pleased  to 
disburthen  him  of  that  charge,  and  gave  him  leave  to  retire  from 
that  public  duty,  to  follow  his  own  private  affairs,  and  repose 
himself  either  in  his  government  in  the  north,  or,  if  more  agree- 
able, to  repair  to  England  to  kiss  his  hand  j  "  and  of  this,"  says 
the  King,  "  you  may  rest  assured,  that  you  do  leave  that  place 
with  our  very  good  grace  and  acceptation  of  your  services;  and 
as  occasion  shall  be  offered,  you  shall  find  by  some  more  especial 
mark  of  our  favour,  that  we  will  not  be  unmindful  of  your  former 
pains." 

Accordingly,  his  Majesty  (loth  to  leave  his  abilities  unem- 
ployed) '■  constituted  him,  July  13th,  I0l5,  Lord  High  Treasurer 
of  Ireland,  of  which  office  he  had  the  staff  delivered  to  him  in  St. 
Patrick's  church,  by  the  L.  D.  St.  John,  on  Friday,  August  30th ; 
and  whilst  he  continued  in  Ireland  resided  at  Carrickfergus,  where 
in  l6l8  he  bmtt  a  magnificent  house,  called  Joymount.  May  2d, 
1622,  he  was  sent  ambassador  to  the  Palatinate,"^  and  thence  to 
treat  of  a  peace  with  the  Emperor  ;  during  his  residence  at  whose 
court,  being  besieged  in  the  city  of  Mainchina,  or  Mainheim 
(much  indebted  to  his  prudence  for  seasonably  victualling  it)  by 
Count  Tilly,  ^  he  sent  him  word,  that  it  was  against  the  law  of 
nations  to  besiege  an  ambassador;  to  which  Tilly  returning  an- 
swer, he  took  no  notice  that  he  was  an  ambassador;  his  Lordship 
replied  to  the  messenger,  "  Had  my  master  sent  me  with  as  many 
hundred  men  as  he  hath  sent  me  on  fruitless  messages,  your 
general  should  have  known,  that  I  had  been  a  soldier  as  well  as 
an  ambassador."  He  returned  to  England  in  October,  and  De- 
cember 31st,  was  sworn  of  his  Majesty's  privy-council  there  ;  but 
departed  this  life  (in  as  great  honour^  as  any  Englishman  of  that 
age)  in  London,  February  19th,  l624,  *"  and  was  interred  Octo- 
ber 24th,  1625^  in  a  chapel  on  the  north  side  of  the  church  of  St. 
Nicholas,  at  Carrickfergus,  under  a  very  stately  monument  of 
marble  and  alabaster,  with  the  following  inscriptions :  s 

»  Fuller  lit  antea.  •'  Ibid.  c  Ibid-  <i  Ibid, 

e  Ibid.  f  Ulster's  Office. 

g  A  handsome  monument  is  also  erected  to  his  memory  in  the  cathedral 


LORD  FISHERWICK.  IQl 

Sacred  to  God  and  eternal  memore, 

Sir  Arthur  Chichesteu,  Knt,  Baron  of  Belfast,  Lord 

High  Treasurer  of  Ireland,  Governor  of  this  tovvne,  and 

Of  the  countries  adjoining  :  Descended  of  the  auncient 

And  noble  howse  of  the  Chichesters  in  the  countie 

Of  Devon,  Sonne  of  Sir  John  Chichester  of  Rakiche,  Knight^ 

And  of  his  wife  Gartrud  Courtney,  grandchild  of  Edward 

Chichester,  and  of  his  wife  Elisabeth,  daughter  of  John 

Bourgchier  Earle  of  Bathe  :  After  the  flight 

Of  the  Earls  of  Tiron  and  Terconnel, 

And  other  arch  traytors  their  accomplices. 

Having  suppressed  O'Doughertie  and  other  northern  rebels. 

And  settled  the  plantation  of  this  province,  and  well  and 

Happily  governed  this  kingdome  in  florishing  estate. 

Under  James  our  King,  this  space  of  xi  yeres  and 

More,  whilest  hee  was  L  Deputie  and  Governor  Generall 

Thereof,  retyred  himself  into  his  private  government. 

And  being  mindefull  of  his  mortalitie,  represented  unto 

Him  by  the  untymely  death  of  Arthure  his  sonne,  the 

.  Only  hop?  of  his  house,  who  lived  not  full  two  months 

After  his  birth  ;  as  also  of  his  noble  and  valiant  brother 

Sir  John  Chichester,  Knight,  late  Serjeant-M;ijor  of  the 

Army  in  this  kingdome,  and  the  precedent  Governour  of 

This  towne,  hath  caused  this  chappell  to  be  repaired. 

And  this  valt  and  monument  to  be  made  and  erected,  as 

"Well  in  remembrance  of  them,  whose  statues  are  expressed, 

And  theire  bodyes  interred,  as  allsoe  a  resting  place  for 

The  bodie  of  self,  and  his  most  deare  and  best  beloved 

Wife,  the  noble  and  vertuous  Ladye  Lettice,  eldest  daughter 

Of  Sir  John  Parrott,  Knight,  some  tyme  the  worthye 

Deputie  of  this  kingdome  :  which  they  hope  shall  here 

Rest  in  peace  until  the  second  coming  of  theire 

Crucifyed  Redeemer,  whome  they  most  constantly  beleive 

Then  to  behold  with  theire  bodily  eyes,  to  their  endles 

Bfessedness,  and  everlasting  comfort. 

Gladius  meus  non  salvabit  me. 
Fatum  mortis  a  Domino  injunctum  est. 

church  of  Exeter;  and  in  a  little  oratory,  adjoining  to  the  church  qf  Eggcs- 
ford,  is  his  bust,  curiously  cut  in  marble,  represented  to  the  life,  yielding  a 
look  stern  and  terrible  like  a  soldier. 


192  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

If  that  desire  or  chance  thee  hither  lead 
Upon  this  marble  monument  to  tread. 
Let  admiration  thy  best  thoughts  still  feed. 
While  weeping,  thou  this  epitaph  doest  reade  5 
And  let  distilHng  tears  thy  commaes  be. 
As  tribute  due  unto  this  elegie. 

Epitaph. 
Wiihin  this  bedd  of  death  a  Viceroy  lies. 
Whose  fame  shall  ever  live;  virtue  ne'er  dies  j 
For  he  did  virtue  and  religion  nourish. 
And  made  this  province,  rude,  with  peace  to  florisli.. 
The  leudest  rebel  he  by  power  did  tame. 
And  by  true  justice  gayn'd  an  bonor'd  name. 
Then  now,  though  he  in  Heaven  with  angels  be. 
Let  us  on  earth  still  love  his  memory. 
By  him  interr'd  his  noble  ladye  is. 
Who  doth  partake  with  him  in  heavenly  bliss; 
For  while  the  earthe  unto  them  was  a  seate 
Blessed  they  were,  being  both  good  and  great. 
With  them  doth  rest  their  one  and  only  sonne, 
Whose  life  was  short,  and  soe  his  glass  soone  run 
The  heavens,  not  earthe,  was  his  alotted  right. 
For  which  he  bade  the  world  soe  soon  good  night : 
Intomb'd  by  them  here  also  doth  remayn 
*  His  worthy  brother,  who  was  lately  slayn. 
As  he  in  martiall  and  brave  warrelike  fight 
Oppos'd  incursions  in  his  country's  right. 
And  in  memorial  of  theiie  endless  praise. 
This  monument  is  left  to  after  dayes. 

He  married  Letitia,  daughter  of  Sir  John  Perrott,  '^  sometime 
L.  D.  of  Ireland,  (widow  of  V;:ughan  Blatkham,  Esq.)  and  by 
her,  who  died  20th  (or  27th)  November,  1620,  and  was  buried 
at  Carrickfergus  January  10th  following,  had  an  only  son  Arthur, 
born  September  26th,  1606,  who  died  30th  of  the  next  month  ; 
so  that 

Sir  Edward  Chichester,^r5f  Viscount  Chichester,  his  Lord- 
ship's next  brother,  succeeded  to  his  large  estate ;  and  the  honour 

1>  Ulster's  Office. 


LORD  FISHER  WICK.  1C)3 

being  limited  only  to  his  issue  male.  King  Charles  I.  conferred  it 
anew  on  Sir  Edward,  and  added  to  it  the  superior  title  of  Viscount 
Chichester  of  Carrickfergus,  with  the  annual  creation  fee  of 
13/.  6s.  Sd.  Irish,  payable  out  of  the  customs  of  the  port  of  Dublin, 
by  patent, '  dated  at  Westminster,  April  1st, '^  1625.  Also  Oc- 
tober 12th  that  year,  constituted  him  his  brother's  successor  in 
the  government  of  Carrickfergus,  admiral  of  Loughneagh,  go- 
vernor of  Culmore ;  and  that  day  he  was  sworn  of  his  Majesty's 

i  The  Preamble.  Coronas  re^ae  proprium  officium  et  pi-asrogativam  esse 
certissimum  est  inter  benemeritos  de  republica  fidei  et  virtutum  praemia  rite 
disponere,  nullasque  ad  id  magis  idoneas  esse  remunerationes  quam  honorum 
et  dignitatum  insignia  et  ornamenta,  ut  qui  alios  virtutibus  et  benemeritis 
prjecedunt,  amplioribus  honoribus  decorentur  et  nobilitentur,  ex  quo  et  ipsi 
ad  majora  et  graviora  nobis  et  reipublicae  servitia  praestanda  sese  obligates 
agnoscant,  et  alii  etiam  per  eorum  exempla  memorabilia  ad  eadem  virtutum 
et  actionum  laudabilium  stadia  incitentur.  Hinc  fuit  quod  pi-aepotentissi- 
mus  et  augustissimus  princeps  beatae  memoriae  dominus  Jacobus  nuper  rex 
Anglias,  Scotiae,  Franciae,  et  Hiberniae,  pater  noster  charissimus  non  ita  pridem 
permagna  fidelissima  et  felicissima  servitia  dicto  nuper  regi  et  coronae  suae 
summa  cum  prudentia,  industria,  et  fortitudine,  per  dilectum  et  fidelem  con- 
siliarium  suum  Arthurum  Baronem  Chichester  de  Belfast  defunctum,  nuper 
regni  Hibernias  per  undecim  simul  annos  deputatum,  et  postmodum  summun 
ejusdem  regni  thesaurarium  priestita,  ipsiusque  tarn  in  pacis  quam  belli  tem- 
poribus  animi  magnitudinem,  consilium  et  judicium  gratiosis  intuentes  oculis, 
ipsum  Arthurum  ad  honorem  et  dignitatem  Baronis  illius  regni  erexit  et  prx- 
fecit,  sibique  et  haeredibus  masculis  de  corpore  suo  exeuntibus  in  perpetuum 
concessit.  Posteaque  ex  propria  sua  regia  observatione  certior  factus  accessio- 
nem  illam  honoris  in  praefatum  consiliarium  suum  collatam,  multum  in  illo 
in  negociis  dicti  nuper  regis  et  zeli  indefessi  et  alacritatis  admirandas  addidisse, 
idem  nuper  rex  pater  noster  charissimus  statuit  apud  se  eidem  Baroni  in  am- 
plis  gratiosK  ejusdem  nuper  regis  servitiorum  suorum  acceptationis  testimoniis 
ulteriorem  nobilitatis  gradum  conferre;  quam  quidem  animi  sui  regii  inten- 
tionemfato  dicti  Baronis  praeveniente,  et  Baroniam  etiam  illam  ob  defectum 
haeredum  masculorum  de  corpore  suo  extinctam  relinquente,  decrevit  idem 
nuper  dominus  rex  in  persona  dilecti  nobis  Edwardi  Chichester  milltis,  fra- 
tris  dicti  nuper  Baronis,  ejusdem  et  memoriam  et  dignitatem  restaurare,  et 
promajore  dicti  Edwardi  incitamento,  ut  se  fraternas  virtutis,  sicuti  reven- 
tionum  et  census,  hseredem  prasbeat,  ilium  cadem  dignitatis  additionc,  quam 
fratri  in  mente  habuit,  honorare,  ut  omnes  viderent  et  cognoscerent  quam 
innatum  sibi  animoque  fixum  inhasrebat,  vires  cordatos,  non  vivos  tantum  sed 
et  mortuos,  remunerare.  Sciatis  quod  nos  dicti  nuper  regis  patris  nostri  cha- 
risslmi  gratiosum  hoc  propositum  benigno  animo  recolentes,  considerantcs 
etiam  praedictum  Edwardum  Chichester  militem,  ex  eodem  honorato  stirpe, 
unde  et  fraterejus,  oriundum  esse;  prudent'ae  etiam,  dexteritatis  et  fidelitaiis 
ejus  in  rebus  publicis  administrandis  saiis  amplum  exhibuisse  testimonium  ; 
et  nobis  ipsis  promlttentes,  quod  hoc  favoris  specialis  argumenium  ipsum 
Edwardum  ad  omnia  nobis  et  coror.K  nostrce  honorabilia  servitia  et  obsequia 
fide  ct  alacritate  praestanda  incitabit,  de  gratia  nostra  speciali,  Sec. 
k  Rot.  pat.  Ao.  ioj.  Car.  I.  i  p.  D.  R.  22. 
VOL.  VIIT.  O 


ipi  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

privy-council.  He  had  also  a  confirmation  of  the  estate,  Sep- 
tember 22d,  l6-iO,  for  the  fine  of  467  /.  17^'.  6rf. '  was  made  joint 
commissioner  of  the  treasury  October  12th,  l632,  with  the  Lords 
Grandison  and  Ormond ;  took  his  seat  in  parliament  July  14th, 
1634  i  ™  commanded  a  regiment  in  that  reign  ;  and  on  the  break- 
ing out  of  the  rebellion  in  l64l,  sent  an  express  to  Scotland  to 
advertise  the  King  thereof,  and  of  the  state  of  the  country,  with 
the  danger  that  was  like  to  ensue  ;  for  the  suppression  of  which, 
he  was  empowered  by  commission  to  raise  forces 

On  July  4th,  l605,  he  married  to  his  wife  Anne,  "  daughter 
and  heir  to  John  Coplestone,  of  Eggesford  in  the  county  of  Devon, 
Esq.  (who  died  November  lltb,  1606,  by  his  uife  Dorothy, 
daughter  of  Sir  George  Biston,  of  Biston-Castle  in  Cheshire)  with 
whom  he  had  a  large  estate;  and   to   his  second  wife  Mary, 

daughter  of Denham,   of  Wortham  in  the  said  county, 

Esq.  and  widow  of  Othwill  Hill,  of  Penwarnt  in  Cornwall,  Esq. 
but  by  her,  who  died  at  Belfast  February  2d,  103/,  and  was  buried 
at  Carrickfergus,  he  had  no  issue. 

He  was  a  very  worthy  and  eminent  person,  well  accomplished 
both  for  war  and  peace,  and  very  serviceable  in  the  wars  of  Ire- 
land, for  which  he  was  knighted.  In  the  parlour  at  Eggesford 
■was  his  effigies  drawn  in  full  proportion,  with  these  lines  under  it, 
expressing  a  virtuous  and  generous  mind. 

Tempori  servire  malum  : 

Mutare  tempore  pejus: 

Pessimum  autem  malorum^ 

Temporis  quam  veritatis 

Rationem  habere. 

He  died  July  8tb,  164S,  and  lies  buried  by  his  first  lady,  who 
died  March  Sth,  1616,  and  by  her  father  and  mother  under  a 
noble  monument  prepared  by  himself,  but  finished  by  his  son, 
with  all  their  portraitures  in  marble;  having  his  five  children 
kneeling  by,  under  a  stately  canopy,  finely  painted,  in  the  little 
.oratory  adjoining  Eggesford  church  : 

In  Memory 

Of  Edward,  Lord  Viscount  Chichester, 

And  dame  Anne  his  wife  :  And  in  huai- 

1  Rot.  Pat.  Ao.  191.  Car.  I.  i  p.  D. 
m  Lo:d3  Jouis.  vol  i.  p.  z,  s  Ulster's  Office. 


LORD  FISHERWICK.  195 

ble  acknowledgement  of  the  good  provi- 
dence of  God  in  advancing  their  house. 


A  little  under  are  these  verses  : 

Fam'd  Arthur,  Ireland's  dread  in  arms;  in  peace 
Her  tut'lar  genius;  Belfast's  honour  won  : 

Edward  and  Anne,  blest  pair  I  begot  increase 
Of  lands  and  heirs.  Viscount  was  grafted  on. 

Next  Arthur,  in  God's  cause,  and  King's,  stak'd  allj 

And  had,  to's  honour,  added  Donegal. 

Then  follows  an  inscription,  expressing  his  employments, 
marriages,  and  issue;  which  to  insert  would  be  only  repetition. 
His  children  were, 

Elizabeth,  born  June  29th,  i607,  and  married  to  Sir  William 
Wrey,  of  Trebitch  in  Cornwall,  Knight,  and  Bart,  by  whom  she 
had  Sir  Chichester  Wrey,  born  in  l628,  her  only  son,  and  three 
daughters;  and  Mary,  born  December  6th,  16O8,  was  first  mar- 
ried to  Thomas  Wyse,  of  Sydenham,  and  secondly  to  John  Harris, 
of  Radford,  Esqrs. 

Also  three  sons. 

First,  Arthur,  created  Earl  of  Donegal. 

Second,  John  Chichester,  Esq.  the  second  son,  was  born  Fe- 
bruary 22d,  J 600,  resided  some  time  at  Diingannon,  in  the 
county  of  Tyrone,  an  estate  settled  on  him  by  his  father  j  for 
which  borough  he  served  in  the  parliament  of  I639  ;  was  lieute- 
nant-colonel of  a  regiment  in  the  service  of  King  Charles  I.  and 
in  1647,  serjeant-major  of  his  Majesty's  army.  °     He  married 


o  He  died  in  1647,  as  appears  by  the  probate  of  his  will  in  London,  Fe- 
bruary, 4th,  1647-8,  and  in  Dublin  in  July,  1657  ;  but  in  Clogher's  collectioa 
of  MSS.  is  said  to  be  drowned  in  1658,  and  to  be  buried  November  X7th  that 
year,  in  St.  John's  church,  Dublin,  which  must  be  an  error  ;  and  is  so  con- 
firmed by  his  Lady's  will  (proved  November  8th,  1673',  wherein  she  desires 
to  be  buried  in  St.  Patrick's  church,  in  her  father's  tomb,  by  her  brother  the 
Lord  Ranelagh,  if  she  died  at  or  near  Dublin,  very  privately,  without  any 
gaudy  escutcheons,  or  shew,  but  in  the  night,  with  a  few  torches,  without 
noise  or  ceremony  ;  and  if  she  died  in  the  north,  to  be  buried  privately  by  her 
deceased  husband,  Mr.  John  Chichester,  at  Belfast.  The  said  John  made  his 
will  Xovember  1st,  1643,  and  devised  his  lands  and  estate  of  Dungannon,  and 
his  other  personal  estate,  which  was  made  over  to  him  by  his  father  on  his 
marriage,  to  his  son  Arthur,  and  made  him  sole  heir;  confirmed  his  wife's 
jointure  of  400/.  a  year,  with  the  use  and  profit  of  her  portion,  zocoi,  in  her 


loS  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

Mary,!'  youngest  daughter  of  Roger  Jones,  the  first  Viscount 
Ranelagh,  and  by  her  (who  re-married  with  Colonel  Christopher 
Copley,  by  whom  she  had  two  daughters,  viz.  Frances,  married 
to  Mr.  Justice  Cootej  and  Margaret,  in  March,  1 669,  to  Sir 
Gregory  Byrne,  of  Timoge,  in  Queen's  county,  Bart,  and  died  in 
July,  1085  '1)  had  issue  two  sons,  first.  Sir  Arthur,^'  who  succeeded 
to  the  Earldom;  second.  Captain  John  Chichester;  and  three 
daughters,  Elizabeth,  Frances,  and  Mary;  whereof  the  eldest 
was  married  ^  to  Sir  John  Cole,  of  Newland,  in  the  county  of 
Dublin,  Bart.  Captain  John  Chichester,  the  younger  son,  Fe- 
bruary 1st,  16/8,  was  made  custos  rotulorum  of  the  county  of 
Tyrone,  and  July  1st,  16/9,  escheator  general  of  the  Province  of 
Ulster,  but  being  an  officer  in  King  William's  army,  died  in  \6SQ, 
in  the  camp  at  Dundalk.  He  married,  in  ]  680,  Elizabeth,  ^ 
youngest  daughter  of  William,  the  first  Viscount  Charlemount, 
and  by  her  (who  after  married  Doctor  Edward  Walkington, 
Bishop  of  Downe  and  Connor,  and  died  in  1694,  or  1695)  had 
issue,  first,  John, "  who  was  educated  by  the  Earl  of  Donegal  in 
the  University  of  Dublin,  but  died  a  minor ;  second.  Reverend 
William  Chichester,  who  died  in  1736,  and  by  Lydia,  his  wife, 
had  two  sons;  John,  born  in  April,  1721,  and  died  childless; 
and  Arthur,  who  entered  into  holy  orders,  and  married  Mary, 
only  daughter  of  Henry  O'Neil,  of  Sbane's-castle  in  the  county 
of  Antrim,  Esq.  by  whom  he  had  three  sons  and  seven  daughters, 
of  whom  the  only  survivors  were  Catherine,  married  to  Samuel 
Ball,  of  Grouse-hall  in  the  county  of  Donegall,  Esq. ;  Anne,  un- 
married ;  and  one  son,  the  Reverend  William  Chichester,  who 
married,  first,  Mary-Anne,  daughter  of  George  Harvey,  of  Malin- 
hall,  in  the  said  county,  Esq.  by  whom  he  has  one  son,  Arthur; 
he  married,  secondly,  Maryanne,  daughter  of  the  Reverend  Ed- 
ward Hart,  of  Kilderry  in  the  said  county,  and  by  her  had  Ed- 
ward and  Mary'')  ;  Anne,  married  to  the  Reverend  Mr.  Walk- 
ington,  whom  she  survived,  and  was  buried  in  the  church  of 
Naas,  December  22d,  1736,  aet.  fifty-seven;  Mary,  y  died  un- 
married; Elizabeth,  married,  in  1702,  to  the  Reverend  Edward 

father's  hands ;  leaves  his  wife  executrix  and  residuary  legatee ;  and  entreats 

his  brother  Arthur  Chichester,  his  brother  Arthur  Jones,  and  his  brother 

Sir  John  Ciotworthy,  to  be  assistant  to  her  therein.    Prerog.  Office  and 

Lodge. 

p  MSS.  ped,  penes  J.  L.  q  Ibid.  r  Ibid. 

s  Ibid.  t  Ibid.  u  Ibid. 

j^  Letter  from  the  Rev.  'William  Chichester.  y  Ibid. 


LORD  FISHERWICK.  i§7 

Chichester,  brother  to  Arthur,  the  third  Earl  of  Donegal ;  and 
Henrietta,  who  died  an  infant. 

Third,  Edward,  the  third  son  of  Edward,  Viscount  Chichester, 
born  September  1st,  1011,  was  a  lieutenant-colonel  in  the  armyj 
and  marrying  Elizabeth,  fifth  and  youngest  daughter  and  coheir 
to  Sir  Edward  Fisher,  of  Fisher's-Prospect  in  the  county  of  Wex- 
ford, who  died  in  December,  1(531,  by  his  wife  Alice,  daughter 
of  Thomas  Edwards,  of  Dublin,  had  issue  by  her,  who  was  buried 
in  St.  Werburgh's,  November  l/th,  l658,  four  sons  and  two 
daughters,  viz.  Edward,  an  officer  in  the  army,  who  married 
Agnes,  youngest  daughter  of  Dr.  William  Bulkeley,  Archdeacon 
of  Dublin,  and  died  without  issue  in  May,  16/3  ;  Quarter-Master 
John  Chichester,  commonly  called  Black  John,  who  by  Theo- 
dosia,  his  wife,  had  Edward,  born  in  June,  1677,^  and  baptized 
November  gth,  1679 ;  Charles,  baptized  December  8th,  l648, 

who  married  March  8th,  1673,  Susan,  daughter  of Wilson, 

Esq.  and  had  issue  Edward,  who  dying  an  infant,  was  buried  at 
St.  Bride*s,  October  3d,  16765  Elizabeth,  baptized  October  31st, 
1677,  and  buried  November  6th  following  j  and  Anne,  buried 
there  July  1.5th,  1682  3  Arthur,  "^  of  Prospect  and  Wexford,  who 
married  Margaret,  ^  daughter  of  Nicholas  Devereux,  of  Bally- 
magar,  in  that  county,  Esq.  by  Jane  his  wife,  eldest  daughter  of 
Nicholas  Loftus,  of  Fethard,  Esq.  and  by  her,  who  re-married 
with  the  Rev.  Dennis  Driscoll,  '^  of  Stonehouse,  had  four  daughters, 
Elizabeth,  Jane,  Margaret,  and  Anne,  who  all  died  unmarried  5  ^ 

daughter  Duncea,  was  married  to Brereton  j  and  Alice, 

May  20th,  1670,  to  James  Chillam,  Esq. 

Arthur,  Jirst  Earl  oj  Donegal,  the  eldest  son  of  Edward 
Viscount  Chichester,  was  born  June  l6th,  1606;  and  July  l6th, 
1625,  was  appointed  captain  of  the  first  troop  or  company  that 
should  become  void,  which  happening  in  1627,  by  the  resignation 
of  the  Lord  Valentia,  he  succeeded  him,  August  25th,  in  the 
command  of  his  troop  of  fifty  horsemen,  and  was  made  governor 
of  Carrickfergus  for  life,  after  the  decease  of  his  father.  In  I639, 
he  represented  the  county  of  Antrim  in  parliament ;  in  l640,  was 
captain  of  sixty-three  carbines,  with  the  pay  of  l/.  As.  a  day  j  and, 
by  the  name  of  Colonel  Arthur  Chichester,  did  good  service 
against  the  rebels. 

z  St.  Peter's  Registry.  »  MSS.  ped.  penes  J.  fc. 

b  Ibid.  •  Ibid.  A  Ibid. 


19S  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

He  was  resident  at  Carrickfergus  when  the  first  tidings  of  the 
rebellion  were  brought  thither,  on  Saturday  October  23d,  1041, 
about  ten  o'clock  at  night.     He  immediately,  by  fires  and  alarm 
drums,  raised  the  country,  and  the  next  day  (leaving  only  fifty 
musketeers,  under  Captain  Roger  Lyndon,  to  guard  the  castle) 
delivered  the  rest  of  the  arms,  with  ammunition,  to  the  country 
people,  whom  he  formed  into  companies;  and  on  the  25th,  with 
about  300  horse  and  foot,  marched  to  Belfast,  where  he  was 
joined  by  150  men  from  Antrim  ;  on  the  27ih,  he  met  the  Lord 
Montgomery  at  Lisburne,  whose  forces  united  were  about  1000 
horse  and  foot;  and  November  1st,  a  commission  arriving  from 
the  lords  justices  and  council,  to  him  and  Sir  Arthur  Tyringham, 
to  command  in  chief  within  the  county  of  Antrim,  and  to  order 
and  dispose  of  places  according  to  their  discretion,  they  took  the 
best  methods  in  their  power  for  the  defence  of  the  country,  and 
suppression  of  the  rebellion. 

His  Majesty  also,  being  fully  satisfied  of  his  loyalty  and  affec- 
tion, and  of  his  good  abilities  to  serve  him,  constituted  him  by 
commission,  February  l4th,  1643,  governor  of  Belfast  and  the 
territory  of  Inishoweu,  forbidding  all  persons  to  billet  or  garrison 
any  soldiers  in    those  places,  or  make  any  assessments  upon  the 
inhabitants,  without  his  licence  and  approbation ;    and  for  the 
better  fortifying  of  the  town  of  Belfast,  his  Majesty  directed  the 
L.  L.  to  advance  1000/,  to  him  forthwith. 
'     But  when,  through  the  defection  of  the  army  in  the  North, 
he  could  do  the  King  no  further  service  in  those  parts,  he  re- 
moved to  Dublin,  where,  in  December,   1(544,  he  was  sworn  of 
the  privy-council ;  and  January  2d,  following,  with   the   rest  of 
the  officers  of  the  Marquis  of  Ormond's  regiment,  resolved  not  to 
take  the  covenant,  then  imposed  upon  them  by  the  English  par- 
liament, but  to  preserve  their  allegiance  to  his  Majesty,  and  obey 
the  orders  of  his  L.  L. 

His  fidelity  to  his  Prince,  affection  to  his  country,  and  activity 
against  the  rebels,  were  so  eminent,  that  the;  Marquis  of  Ormond, 
in  his  letter  to  the  King,  January  ipth,  l645,  thus  represents 
him  to  his  Majesty:  "  You  have  been  graciously  pleased  of  late 
to  reward  some,  that  have  either  served  your  Majesty  actually,  or 
suffered  for  you  eminently  in  their  persons  or  fortunes,  with  new 
creations,  or  with  additions  of  honour  in  this  kingdom.  Tha: 
Colonel  Arthur  Chichester  hath  missed  such  a  m.ark  of  your  Ma- 
jesty's favour,  I  c»nceive  to  have  been  through  his  own  modesty, 


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LORD  FISHERWiCK.  199 

and  my  not  representing  his  personal  merit.  If  he  outlives  his 
father,  he  will  be  in  among  the  foremost  of  the  Viscounts  of  this 
kingdom  in  place,  and  (I  am  sure)  beyond  them  all,  except  one, 
in  fortune,  though  he  be  for  the  present  deprived  of  the  latter  for 
his  faithfulness  to  your  Majesty's  crown,  the  same  means  whereby 
his  uncle  got  both  it  and  his  honour.  He  hath  served  your  Majesty 
against  the  Irish  rebellion  since  the  beginning  of  it  ;  and  when, 
through  an  almost  general  defection  of  the  northern  army,  he 
was  no  longer  able  to  serve  your  Majesty  there,  he  cnn:ie  with 
much  hazard  to  take  his  share  in  the  sati'erings  of  your  servants 
here,  and  with  them  to  attend  for  that  happy  time,  that  (we  trust) 
will  put  us  in  a  condition  to  contribute  more  to  your  service  than 
our  prayers.  If  your  Majesty  shall  think  ht  to  advance  this  gen- 
tleman to  an  Earldom,  I  conceive  that  of  Dunnegall,  a  county  in 
the  province  of  Ulster,  wherein  he  should  have  a  good  inheri- 
tance, is  fittest,  which  I  humbly  oti'er  to  your  Majesty's  considera- 
tion, as  a  part  of  the  duty  of 

"  Your  Majesty's,  &c. 

"  Ormond." 

The  King,  upon  this  representation,  was  pleased  by  privy-seal, 
dated  at  Newcastle  January  15th,  1646,  and  by  patent  at  Dublin, 
March  30ih,  1647,  ^  to  create  him  Earl  oj' Donegal,  with  /imita- 
tion of  the  honour  to  the  issue  male  of  his  father,  and  the  annual 
creation  fee  of  15  /.  sterling. 

In  i647,  he  was  one  of  the  four  hostages,  sent  by  the  Mar- 
quis of  Ormond  to  the  English  parliament,  as  surety  for  his  per- 
formance of  the  articles  between  them,  for  the  delivery  of  Dublin, 
and  the  other  ganisons,  to  their  commissioners.  After  the  re- 
storation, he  was  made,  March  2d,  166O,  captain  of  a  troop  of 
horse;  and  12th  of  that  month,  Cusios  Rotidornm  Pads  in  the 
counties  of  Antrim  and  Donegal;'  and  May  22d,  1662,  one  of 

e  The  Preamble.  Cum  nos  accepimus  reale  testimonium  fidelitatis  et 
boni  affectus  dilecti  ct  fidelis  servi  nostri  Arthuri  Chichester  Armigeii,  filii  et 
ha^redis  apparentis  Edwardi  Vicecomitis  Chichester,  et  unius  de  piivato  con- 
silio  nostro  ejusdem  regni,  erga  nos  seivitiumque  nostrum  ;  et  nos  serio  per- 
pendentes  magnum  detrimentum  et  jacturam,  qu£e  tarn  persona  quam  I'jrtuna, 
ratione  eorundem  sustinuit :  nos  intuitu  przemissorum,  et  quia  serviliuin  illius 
in  nos  cumulatum  sine  recompensatione  transire  non  possumus,  ilium  in  gra- 
dum,  statum,  titulum,  stylum,  honorem  et  dignitatem,  Comitis  de  Donegal, 
in  dicto  regno  nostro  Hibernix  promo vendum  duximus.  Sciatis  igitur  ic. 
Rot.  Ao.  19,  20,  21,  Z2,  23,  24,  Car.  I.  D.  R.  30. 

f  Rot.  Anno  12,  Car  II.  2.  p.  f. 


200  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

the  trustees  for  satisfaction  of  the  personal  arrears  of  the  commis- 
sioned officers,  for  service  in  Ireland  before  June  5th,  i64q.  On 
June  25th,  lO(3l,s  he  took  his  seat  in  the  iirst  parliament  after 
the  restoration;  was  governor  of  Carrickfergus ;  and  in  l6QS, 
established  a  mathematical  lecture  in  the  University  of  Dublin.  ^ 
But  dying  at  Belfast  March  18th,  l674,'  was  buried  at  Carrick- 
fergus May  20lh,  1075,  according  to  his  request  in  his  will, 
whereby  he  bequeathed  to  the  poor  of  that  parish  50/.  and  to 
those  of  Belfast  200/. 

He  married  three  wives  ;  to  his  first  Dorcas,  daughter  of  John 
Hill,  of  Honiley,  in  the  county  of  Warwick,  Esq.  ^  and  by  her, 
•who  died  April  10,  l630,  set.  twenty-three,  had  an  only  daughter 
Mary,  married,  in  l655,  to  John  St.  Leger,  Esq.  and  was  mother 
of  Arthur,  the  first  Lord  Doneraile. 

His  second  wife  wasiviary,  daughter  of  John  Digby, '  the  first 
Earl  of  Bristol ;  and  by  her,  who  died  November  5th,  l648,  he 
had  five  sons  and  two  daughters ;  Arthur,  Arthur,  Edward,  John, 
Digby,  James  born  January  7th,  l644 ;  and  Beatrix,  who  all  died 
infants,  and  a  second  daughter  born  dead. 

His  third  wife  was  Letitia,  only  surviving  daughter  of  Sir 
William  Hickes, '"  of  Rooksholt  in  Essex,  Knt.  and  Bart,  and  by 
her,  who  after  married  Sir  William  Franklyn,  of  Mavorne  in  Bed- 
fordshire, Knt.  he  had  issue  William,  Lord  Chichester,  the  Ladies 
Anne,  Letitia,  Mary,  (or  Margaret)  and  Arabella,  who  all  died 
in  their  infancy,  except  the 

Lady  Anne,  who  became  heiress  to  2000/.  a  year,  and  in  Ja- 
nu.nry,  1674,  was  first  married  to  John  Butler,  Earl  of  Gowran, 
who  leaving  her  a  widow  without  issue,  in  August,  167O;  she 
married,  secondly,  Francis  Aungier,  Earl  of  Longford,  by  whom 
she  had  likewise  no  issue,  and  died  November  14th,  1697.  " 

g  Lords'  Journals,  vol.  i.  p  252. 
h  By  indenture,  dated  July  2d,  1668,  his  Lordship,  for  the  advancement 
of  learning,  for  the  establishment  of  a  mathematical  lecture,  and  the  mainte- 
nance of  a  lecturer  in  Trinity  College,  near  Dublin,  gave  and  granted  to  the 
said  college  for  ever,  the  annuity  of  30/,  to  be  issuing  out  of  the  territory  of 
Wagherimore,  &c  the  same  to  be  called,  the  lecture  and  lecturer  of  the  foun- 
dation of  Arthur  Earl  of  Donegal ;  the  lecturer  to  read  lectures  every  term, 
and  privately  to  instruct  all  desirous  to  learn  the  mathematics,  but  more 
especially  such  as  should  be  brought  up  in  the  school  of  Belfast,  erected  by 
him,  wherein  he  made  a  provision  for  poor  scholars  to  be  brought  up  in 
learning. 

i  Ulster's  Office.  k  Ibid. 

1  Ibid.  m  Ibid. 

«  By  her  will,  dated  June  9th,  1696,  she  bequeathed  to  Arthur,  Earl  of 


LORD  FISHER  WICK.  201 

In  the  oratory  adjoining  to  Eggesford-church  is  a  sumptuous 
monument,  erected  to  the  memory  of  his  Lordship  and  his  two 
first  Ladies,  where  he  stands  in  full  and  just  proportion,  in  pure 
alabaster,  finely  polished,  between  his  Ladies  lying  in  effigy,  the 
first  on  the  right  hand,  and  the  other  on  the  left,  with  the  fol- 
lowing lines  addressed  to  each.     To  the  former : 

Weep,  Reader,  weep,  and  let  thine  eyes. 

With  tears  embalm  the  obsequies 

Of  her  blest  shrine;  who  was  in  all 

Her  full  dimensions  so  angelical 

And  really  good,  that  virtue  might  repine 

In  wanting  stuff  to  make  one  more  divine. 

And  to  the  latter: 

Lo  !  here  the  mirrour  of  her  sex,  whose  praise 
Asks  not  a  Garland,  but  a  grove  of  bays  : 
Whose  unexemplar'd  virtue  shined  far 
And  near,  the  Western  wonder  I  like  some  star 
Of  the  first  magnitude;  which  though  it  lies 
Here  in  eclipse,  is  only  set  to  rise. 

His  Lordship  was  succeeded  by  his  nephew,  Sir  Arthur  Chi- 

Donegal,  her  large  rubyiing,  engraved  with  tlie  arms  of  the  family;  to  Ca- 
therine his  Lady,  her  jewel,  called  the  pearl  bunch  of  grapes;  to  Lady  Anne 
Chichester,  her  god-daughter,  her  set  of  gold  counters,  containing  48  Lewis- 
dors,  with  the  gold  box  belonging  to  them,  whereon  the  arms  are  engraved  • 
to  her  nephew  Arthur  St.  Leger,  Esq.  100/.  for  mourning,  and  all  the  house- 
hold goods  and  furniture  in  the  house  of  Eggesford,  county  of  Devon,  with 
b€r  father's  picture  in  little,  set  with  diamonds  ;  to  his  wife  Elizabeth,  her 
pearl  necklace,  and  50/.  for  mourning ;  to  her  god-daughter  Mary,  their 
daughter,  her  gold  cup  and  salver,  called  by  the  name  of  Calles,  and  5c/.  • 
bequeathed  divers  sums  to  her  relations  for  mourning  ;  to  Alice,  wife  of  her 
cousin  James  Macartney,  50/.  and  her  set  of  dressing  table  plate  in  the  black 
box;  to  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Hills,  40/.  and  the  camlet  bed,  lined  with  lemon 
coloured  satin,  that  was  her  mother's,  and  all  belonging  to  it,  with  the  suit 
of  hangings  that  belonged  to  her  mother's  chamber  in  Belfast,  and  her  dia- 
mond ring  with  her  mother's  hair  ;  to  the  poor  and  decayed  inhabitants  of  the 
town  and  parish  of  Belfast,  100/.  to  the  poor  of  the  parishes  of  Eggesford 
Chawleigh,  Cheldon,  and  East-Warlington,  county  Devon,  zol.  to  be  distri- 
buted among  them ;  and  50/.  more  to  the  poor  of  Belfast  that  were  of  the 
church  of  England;  to  her  executors,  Henry  Clements,  of  the  Strade,  and 
Edmund  Ellis, of  Brookhill,  Esquires,  20/  a-piece  to  buy  them  rings;  with 
divers  legacies  to  her  servants  and  others.  Chancery  Decree,  March  ist,  1600 
No  26. 


202  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

Chester;,  second  Earl  of  Donegal,  (eldest  son  of  his  Irother  John), 
who  in  1661  was  member  of  parliament  for  Dungannon,  and 
April  6th,  166s,  jointly,  with  his  brother  John,  made  Clerk  of 
the  Pipe  and  Chief  Ingrosser  of  the  Exchequer,  for  their  respec- 
tive lives  3  also.  May  22d,  I672,  had  a  reversionary  grant  to  suc- 
ceed his  uncle  in  the  government  of  Carrickfergus ;  and  June 
16th,  1675,  °  was  made  Custos  Rotulorum  of  the  county  of  Do- 
negal, as  he  was,  by  another  patent  of  the  same  date,  of  the 
county  of  Antrim  5  May  7th,  J 689,  he  was  attainted  by  King 
James's  parliament  as  an  absentee,  but  he  sat  in  King  William's 
parliament,  October  5th,  1692.P 

He  married  Jane,  1  daughter  of  John  Itchingham,  ■■  of  Dun- 
brody  in  the  county  of  Wexford,  Esq.  and  by  her  (who  re-married 
with  Richard  Rooth,  Esq.  by  whom  she  had  a  daughter)  had  issue 
four  £ons  and  three  daughteis,  viz. 

First,  Arthur,  =  his  successor. 

Second,  John  Itchingham.  * 

Third,  Edward,  educated  at  Christ-church,  in  the  University 
of  Oxford,  where  he  took  his  degree  in  arts  February  l6th,  lupS, 
nnd  October  3d,  1702,  was  presented  to  the  rectory  of  Clonenagh, 
in  the  diocese  of  Leighlin,  whence  he  was  promoted  to  livings  in 
the  north,  and  by  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Captain  John  Chichester, 
had  issue  the  Rev.  Arthur  Chichester,  ''  born  January  5th,  171(5, 
after  his  decease;    he  was  made  rector  of  Clonmannvj  in  the 

o  Rot.  Cane.  27"'.  Car.  II.  2.  p.  f. 
P  Lords  Journals,  vol  i  p- 447.  n  MS.  Pedig  penes  J  L. 
r  Sir  Osborne  Itchingham,  to  whom  the  monastery  of  I-unbrody  was 
granted  by  King  Henry  VII I-  October  4th,  1545,  left  a  son  Edward,  who 
was  succeeded  by  his  cousin  Charles,  the  father  of  John,  the  father  of  Os- 
borne, who  married,  first,  Elenor,  daughter  of  Sir  Arthur  Savage,  of  Rheban 
in  the  county  ofKildare;  and  secondly  Anne,  daugh'.er  of St.  Law- 
rence, by  whom  he  had  no  children  ;  but  dying  in  July,  1655,  left  issue  tlie 
abovesaid  John  Itchingham,  who  by  Sarah,  the  eighth  daughter  of  Sir  Adam 
Loftus,  of  Rathfarnliam,  Vice-Treasurer  of  Ireland,  had  two  sons,  Osborne 
and  Adam,  who  both  died  unmarried,  and  the  said  Jane,  whose  wardship 
was  granted  to  Robert  Boyle,  Esq.  by  privy.seal,  dated  at  Whitehall  No- 
vember 30th,  1660  ;  she  being  then  about  fifteen  years  old,*  became  sole  heir 
to  that  estate,  which  by  act  of  parliament,  10  George  I-  was  settled  on  the 
Hon.  John  Chichester,  son  of  Arthur,  Ir.: ;  Earl  of  Donegal,  and  his  heirs  for 

ever. 

s  MS.  Pedig.  penes  J.  L-  t  Ibid, 

u  St.  M:iry's  Registry. 

*  Rot.  Pat.  Cane.  Ao.  u".   Car.  II.  a.  p.  D. 


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LORD  FISHERWICK.  203 

diocese  of  Derry,  and  vicar  of  TulHlisk^  in  the  diocess  of  Dro- 
more. 

Fourth,  Charles. 

Fifth,  Lady  Jane, '^  married  to  Dacre  Lennard  Barrett,  of 
Clounes  in  the  county  of  Monaghan,  Esq.  son  and  heir  to  Richard 
Barrett,  of  Bellhonse  in  Essex,  Esq.  by  his  wife  Anne,  daughter 
and  heir  to  Sir  Robert  Loftus,  eldest  son  of  Adam,  Viscount  Elye, 
Lord  Chancellor  of  Ireland,  and  had  issue  by  him,  who  died  ia 
1723,  one  son  Richard,  and  three  daughters,  viz.  Jane,  married  to 
John  Ranby,  Esq.  Serjeant  Surgeon  to  King  George  IL  ;  Do- 
rothy, to  Hugh  Smith,  of  Weald-Hall  in  Essex,  Esq.  and  Hen- 
rietta, who  died  unmarried.  Richard,  the  son,  married  the  Lady 
Anne  Lennard,  daughter  and  heir  to  Thomas  Earl  of  Sussex,  Lord 
Dacre,  and  dying  in  1716,  live  months  after  his  marriage,  left 
her,  who  died  Lady  Dacre,  with  child  of  a  son,  Thomas  Lord 
Dacre,  who  succeeded  his  grandfather,  and  marrying  Anne, 
daughter  of  Sir  John  Pratt,  Chief  Justice  of  the  King's  Bench, 
and  sister  to  Charles,  Lord  Camden,  Lord  High  Chancellor  of 
England,  had  one  daughter,  Anne-Barbara,  who  died  March  14, 
^7^9>  3ged  ten  years,  and  his  Lordship  deceased  without  issue 
male  December  13th,  1785,  aged  seventy-two. 

Sixth,  Lady  Catherine,  >'  was  married  to  John  Taylor,  Esq. 

Seventh,  Lady  Mary,  ^  to  Sir  Rober  Newcomen,  of  Kenagh 
in  the  county  of  Longford,  Bart,  by  whom  she  had  Sir  Arthur, 
father  of  Sir  Thomas  3  Catherine:  Sarah  5  Elizabeth  3  Mary;  and 
Jane. 

Arthur,  the  third  Earl  of  Donegal,  commanded  a  regiment  of 
foot  in  the  reign  of  King  William,  which  being  disbanded  Fe- 
bruary 8th,  1697,  he  had,  in  consideration  of  his  faithful  services, 
8^.  a  day,  by  his  Majesty's  order  May  10th.  ^  June  28th,  1/01, 
he  was  again  promoted  to  a  regiment  of  foot,  raised  in  Ireland, 
and  in  June,  1702,  the  English  and  Dutch  fleets  being  sent 
against  Spain,  in  defence  of  the  rights  of  the  House  of  Austria, 
under  the  command  of  Prince  George  of  Denmark;  and  a  reso- 
lution being  formed  to  land  on  the  Continent,  it  was  immediately 
put  in  execution  3  when  the  Earl  of  Donegal,  and  Baron  Palanck, 
were  the  first  persons  who  set  foot  on  shore,  with  twelve  English 

X  MS-  Pedig.  y  Ibid.  z  Ibid, 

a  November  30th,  1699,  he  had  a  grant  of  three  fairs,  to  be  held  yearly, 
July  25th,  November  30th,  and  April  23d,  and  the  day  following  each,  at 
Mou£h  in  Donegal. 


204  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

grenadiers.  On  October  1st,  1703,  he  attended  his  duty  in  the 
house  of  Peers.  ^  In  February,  1704,  the  Prince  of  Hesse  con- 
ferred on  his  Lordship  the  commission  of  major-general  of  the 
Spanish  forces  j  and  August  l6th  and  22d_,  1705,  he  was  of  the 
council  of  war,  held  on  board  the  Britannia,  concerning  the  siege 
of  Barcelona,  for  which  he  gave  his  voice,  and  in  November  was 
made  governor  of  the  strong  fortress  of  Gironne,  on  the  river 
Ter,  fifteen  miles  distant  from  the  sea,  and  forty-five  from  Bar- 
celona J  but  after  many  glorious  services,  he  lost  his  life  April 
10th,  1706,  at  the  fort  of  Monjuich,  was  buried  at  Barcelona  j  and 
to  perpetuate  his  memory,  the  following  inscription  is  placed  on 
the  monument  at  Carrickfergus  : 

Memorise  Perenni, 

Arthuri  Coraitis  do  Donegall,  Vicecomitis  Chichester 

De  Carrickfergus,  Bars,  de  Belfast;  Comitatas  Antri- 

mensis  Locumtenentis,  Urbis  Carrickfergus  Praefecti, 

Et  Serenissimae  Annae  Angliae,  &c.  Reginse  Copiarum 

In  Hispanias  missar.     Legati. 

Qui  in  Barcelona  Urbe  Hispanica  jacet 

sepultusj   ille  anno  1704,  Calpe  eo  tempore  ab 

unitis  Hispaniarum  et  Galliae  viribus  oppugnata, 

in  Urbem  felicissimum  intulit  auxilium,  qua  salutera 

obsessis,  obsessoribus  ruinam  ct  dedecus  comparavit : 

Anno  1/05,  in  Cataloniam  provectus  apud  obsidioneni 

Barcelonae  de  Re  Militari  insisrniter  meritus  est : 
Post  Urbem  captam  Gironnoe  et  Locorura  adjacentium 

praefectus  constitutus  summa  Vigilantia  et  Virtute 

bellicas  Res  administravit,  et  cum  ex  adverso  Barcelona 

a  Duce  Andegavensi  (Rege  Catholico  Titulari)  Re  obsessa 

et  a  Rege  Carolo  III.  defensa  esset,  se  cum  plurimis 

cohortibus  in  Urbem  conjecit,  adeoque  Rem  Austriacam 

periclitantem  restituit;  ibi  Propugnaculi  Monjuich 

praefecturam  suscipiens  tamdiu  Hostium  aggressus 

sustinuit,  donee  numero  et  repetitis  conatibus  oppressus, 

animo  vel  in  Articulo  mortis  invictus,  florentibus  Lauris 

cumulatus,  immaturo  JEvo  et  proprio  Marte  non 

icultus  periit  Anno  1706,  lOmo.  die  Aprilis,  iEtatis  suae  40. 

Cui  Jure  matrimoniali  et  Honoribus  successit 

Arthurus  Filius  ejus  natu  maximus. 

i>  Lords  Journals,  vol.  ii-  p.  8. 


LORD  FISHERWICK.  203 

Posuit  e  sumptibus  propriis  Uxor  sua  fidissima 

Domina  Catharina  e  Gente  Forbesiana,  filia 
nnica  Arthuris  Comitis  de  Granard,  Vicecomitis 
De  Granard  et  Hamlin,  et  Baronis  de  Clanihu. 

His  Lordship  ''  first  married  the  Lady  Barbara  Boyle,  <^  fifth 
and  youngest  daughter  of  Roger,  Earl  of  Orrery,  by  whom  he  had 
a  son  Charles,  baptized  June  15th,  l6/6,  who  died  young  j  and 
she  dying  l6th  (or  20th)  November,  l682,  was  buried  24th  in 
St.  Patrick's  cathedral,  Dublin. 

He  married,  secondly,  in  l6S5,  the  Lady  Catherine  Forbes,  ^ 
only  daughter  of  Arthur,  Earl  of  Granard,  a  Lady  distinguished 
for  her  piety,  charity,  and  conjugal  virtues,  ^  and  by  her,  who  died 
at  her  seat  of  Abinger  in  Surrey,  June  15th,  1743,  and  was  in- 
terred August  10th,  in  the  vault  at  Carrlckfergus, '  had  issue  two 
sons  and  six  daughters,  viz. 

First,  Arthur,  Viscount  Chichester. 

Second,  John,  born  in  the  year  1/00,  was  member  of  parlia- 
ment for  the  borough  of  Belfast,  in  the  reign  of  King  George  I. 
was  again  chosen  November  14th,  1/45  ;  and  died  at  Bath,  June 
1st,  1746.  He  married,  September  13th,  1726,  Elizabeth,  eldest 
daughter  of  Sir  Richard  Newdigate,  of  Arbury  in  Warwickshire, 

b  By  his  will,  dated  July  30th,  1705,  he  appointed  his  Lady  executrix 
and  guaidian  to  his  children ;  devised  200/- a  year  to  his  younger  son  John, 
and  the  heirs  male  of  his  body,  and  entailed  h  s  estate  on  his  sons  Arthur  and 
John,  and  their  issue  male  successively ;  remainder  to  his  brothers  in  tail, 
male  successively ;  remainder  to  his  right  heirs  for  ever.  Prerogative  Office, 
c  MS.  Pedig.  ut  antea.  d  Articles  July  29th,  1685- 

e  Delineated  in  the  following  lines,  by  the  elegant  pen  of  Swift,  and  pub- 
lished at  Belfast  on  her  interment. 

Unerring  Heaven,  with  bounteous  hand, 
Has  form'd  a  model  for  your  land. 
Whom  Love  endow'd  with  every  grace, 
The  glory  of  the  Granard  race  ; 
Now  destin'd  by  the  powers  divine 
The  blessing  of  another  line. 
Then  would  you  paint  a  matchless  Dame, 
Whom  you'd  consign  to  endless  fame? 
Invoke  not  Cytherea's  aid, 
Nor  borrow  from  the  blue-ey"d  maid ; 
Nor  need  you  on  the  Graces  call ; 
Take  qualities  from  Donegal. 

f  MS.  Pedie. 


206  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

and  of  Harefield  in  Middlesex,  Bart,  sister  to  Sir  Edward  and  Sir 
Roger  Newdigatej  s  and  by  her,  who  died  at  Abinger  February 
15th,  1747,  left  two  sons  J  {iv^i,  Art hiw,  who  succeeded  his  uncle 
Arthur;  second,  John,  born  December  2(>th,  1/40;  and  a 
daughter. 

Lady  Catherine,''  baptized  November  gth,  I687,  M'as  mar- 
ried September  pth,  1/13,  to  Clotworthy,  Lord  Viscount  Masse- 
reene. 

T    J     T  Twere  unfortunately  burnt  in  the  house  of 

"      Lady  Jane,  I  ^  ,  -  ,  ,       , 

T    J    T-  J  -neltast,  consumed  by  the  carelessness  of  a 

Lady  Frances,  <  ,  ^ 

J    ,    TT      •  ff  I  servant,  who  put  on  a  large  fire  of  wood,  to 

■"  t.  air  a  room  she  had  washed. 

Lady  Mary,  died  unmarried. 

Lndy  Anne,  married,  July  12th,  l/lG,  to  James,  fourth  Earl 
of  Barrymore,  to  whom  she  was  third  wife.  She  died  December^ 
1753. 

Arthur,  \he  fourth  Earl  of  Donegal,  was  born  March  2Sth, 
1695,  and  October  3d,  I7l6>  married  the  Lady  Lucy  Ridgeway, 
elder  daughter  and  coheir  to  Robert,  Earl  of  Londonderry;  but 
by  her,  who  died  July  l6th,  1/32,  at  Bromfield  in  Essex,  and 
was  interred  at  Tor-Mohun  in  Devonshire,  in  his  family  vault, 
his  Lordship  had  no  issue;  and  deceasing  September  30th,  1757j 
at  Marbury-hallj  in  county  of  Chester,  was  succeeded  by  his 
nephew, 

Arthur,  ihejiflh  Earl,  and  first  Marcjuis,  and  first  Lord 
FisHERWicK,  who  was  born  June  I3th,  1/39  5  was  a  member  of 
his  Majesty's  most  honourable  priry-council,  and  sat  first  in  par- 
liament on  the  death  of  his  uncle,  October  22d,  1/65.'  Nov. 
11th,  1761,  he  married,  first.  Lady  Anne  Hamilton,  daughter 
of  James  Duke  of  Hamilton  (by  Elizabeth,  daughter  and  heir  to 
Edward  Spencer,  of  Rendlesham,  in  the  county  of  Sutfolk,  Esq.) 
she  deceased  in  17^0,  and  v.  as  buried  in  Green-hill  church,  Staf- 
fordshire ;  and  his  Lordship  married,  secondly,  at  Bath,  in  Oc- 
tober, 1788,  Mrs,  Moore,  who  died  without  issue  September  18th, 

1789. 

On  July  \6,  179O,  bis  Lordsliip  was  advanced  to  the  British 
Peerage  by  the  title  of  Baron  of  Fisherwick  in  the  county  of 
Stafford,  and  was  created  Marquis  of  Donegal  in  Ireland,  June 
27th,  1/01. 

g  English  Barontt,  1771,  vol.  ii.  p  419. 
>>  St.  Peter's  Registry.  J  Lords  Journals,  vol  iv   p.  341- 


LORD  FISHERWICK.  20/ 

His  Lordship  married,  thirdly,  October  12th,  1790,  Barbara 
Godfrey,  daughter  of  the  Rev.  Dr.  Godfrey. 

His  issue  by  his  first  Lady  were  three  sons  and  four  daughters, 
viz. 

George-Augustus,  Earl  of  Belfast,  born  August  13th,  l/Gp, 
present  peer. 

Arthur,  born  May  3d,  l//!*  and  died  September  13th, 
1788. 

Lord  Spencer-Stanley,  born  April  20th,  177^:.  married  Au- 
gust 8th,  1795,  Lady  Harriet  Stewart,  daughter  of  John,  eighth 
Earl  of  Galloway,  and  has  issue  a  son  and  a  daughter. 

Lady  Charlotte- Anne,  born  September  5th,  1762,  deceased. 

Lady  Henrietta,  born  January  pth,  I760,  deceased. 

Lady  Elizabeth-Juliana,  born  March  24th,  1767,  died  April 
23d,  17S7. 

Lady  Amelia,  born  in  May  1768,  ^  and  deceased  April  28th, 
17/0. 

His  Lordship  died  January  5th,  17Q9,  and  was  succeeded  by 
his  eldest  son, 

George  Augustus,  second  Marquis  of  Donegal,  and  se- 
cond Lord  Fisherwick. 

His  Lordship  married,  August  8th,  17g5,  Miss  May,  grand- 
daughter of  Sir  James  May,  of  Mayfield,  com.  Waterford,  Bart, 
and  has  issue. 

First,   George  Hamilton,   Earl  of  Belfast,  born  February, 

Second,  Lord  Edward,  born  July  11th,  I799. 

Third,  Lord  Spencer  Augustus,  born  November  27th,  1805. 

Fourth,  Lord  Arthur,  born  September  yoth,  1808. 

Titles.  George  Augustus  Chichester,  Marqr.is  and  Earl  of 
Donegal,  Earl  of  Belfast,  Viscount  Chichester  of  Carrickfergus, 
and  Baron  Chichester  of  Belfast,  and  Baron  of  Fisherwick  in 
England. 

Creations.  Baron  Chichester  of  Belfast,  and  Viscount  Chi- 
chester of  Carrickfergus,  both  in  the  county  of  Antrim,  April  1st, 
1625,  1  Car.  L  and  Earl  of  the  county  of  Donegal,  March  30th, 
1647,  23  of  that  reign;  Marquis  of  Donegal,  and  Earl  of  Bel- 
fast June  27tb,  179I  i  and  Baron  of  Fisherwick,  in  England,, 
July  16th,  1790. 

k  Ulster's  OlRoe. 


208  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

Arms.  Quarterly,  the  first  and  fourth  checque,  or  and  gules  3 
a  chief,  valre  ;  the  second  and  third  azure,  frettee,  argent. 

Crest.  On  a  wreath,  a  stork,  proper,  holding  in  its  beak  a 
snake,  argent,  the  head,  or. 

Supporters.  Two  wolves,  gules,  ducally  gorged  and  chained, 
or. 

Motto.     Invitum  SEauiTUR  HONOS ;  or  Honor   sep,uitur 

rUGlENTEM. 

Chief  Seats.  Belfast  and  Carrickfergus,  in  the  county  of  An- 
trim, the  former  eighty,  and  the  latter  eighty-eight  miles  fronfi 
Dublin. 


LORD  VERULAM.  20^ 


GRIMSTON,  LORD  VERULAM. 

(FISCOUNTGRIMSrON IN  IRELAND,  AND  LORD  FORRESTER 

IN  SCOTLAND.; 

This  family  is  denominated  from  its  possessions  in  the  county  of 
York,  and  descended  from  Silvester  de  Grimston,  of  Grim' 
ston,  who  attended  William,  Duke  of  Normandy,  in  his  expe- 
dition to  England  as  standard-bearer,  and  in  that  station  valiantly 
fought  at  the  battle  of  Hastings,  where  the  kingdom  proved  the 
reward  of  their  victory  over  Harold,  who  then  possessed  the 
throne  :  and  the  year  following,  on  the  Conqueror's  settling  his 
household,  he  was  appointed  his  chamberlain,  and  did  homage  for 
Grimston,  Hoxton,  Tonsted,  and  other  lands,  which  he  held  of 
the  Lord  Eoos,  as  of  his  honour  of  Roos  in  Iloldernesse,  York- 
shire. 

He  was  succeeded  at  Grimston  by  his  son  Daniel,  who  mar- 
ried the  daughter  ot  Sir  Adam  Sprinuall,  and  was  father  of 

Sir  Thomas  Grimston,  living  in  the  reign  of  King  Stephen, 
who  by  the  daughter  of  Sir  John  Roswell,  of  Aldersey,  Knight, 
had 

John,  his  successor  at  Grimston,  whose  wife  was  the  daughter 
and  heir  to  Sir  John  Goodmnghan,  and  his  son  by  her  was 

Sir  William  Grimston,  living  in  1231,  who  by  the  daughter 
and  heir  to  Sir  John  Colholme,  of  Coiholme,  had  two  sons.  Sir 
Roger ;  and  Alt^xander,  whose  wife  was  the  daughter  of  John 
Frowick,  of  Middlesex. 

Sir  Roger  was  under  sheriff  of  the  county  of  Kent  to  Hubert 
de  Burgo,  from  1 223  to  1228  ;  and  marrying  the  daughter  of  Fulk 
Constable,  of  Fulmark,  had  two  sons,  Walter:  and  Sir  Gervaise 

VOL,  VXII.  P 


210  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

Grimstone^  who  left  no  issue  by  his  wife,  the  daughter  of  Sir 
John  Baskerville. 

Walter,  who  succeeded^  married  the  daughter  and  coheir 
to  Herbert  Flinton,  of  Flinton  in  Holdernesse,  and  had  issue 
three  sons,  viz.  first,  William  ;  second,  John,  Dean  of  Rochester 
and  Abbot  of  Selby ;  and,  third,  Robert,  who  married  the 
daughter  of Ashton. 

William  Grimston,  of  Grimston,  Esq.  the  eldest  son,  married 
Armatruid,  daughter  of  Sir  Rowland  (rather  John)  Rysom,  of 
Rysom  in  Holdernesse,  Knight,  and  had  three  sons. 

First,  Thomas,  living  in  1420,  (10  lien.  V.)  who  married 
Dyonisia,  daughter  of  the  Lord  Sutton,  and  had  a  son  Thomas, 
who  marrying  the  daughter  of  Willieim  Fitz-William,  of  Aldwark, 
had  issue  two  sons  and  two  daughters,  Walter,  living  in  1466  j 
William,  who  died  childless ;  Margaret,  married  to  Robert 
Forthingham,  of  Forthingham  ;  and  Anne,  to  William  Vavasour, 
of  Weston  in  Yorkshire.  Walter  Grimston,  the  elder  son, 
married  Elizabeth,  daughter  and  heir  to  Sir  John  Portington, 
(who  was  made  serjeant  at  law  to  King  Henry  VI.  April  I7th, 
14'10,  and  four  years  after  was  justice  of  the  Common  Pleas)  and 
was  father  of  Thomas  Grimston,  Esq.  who  by  the  daughter  and 

heir  of Newark,  had  six  sons  and  ^o  daughters,  viz. 

Walter;  William;    Thomas;    Henry;    Gervaih'e ;    Josias,  who 

married  the  daughter  and  heir  of Ever;  Anne,  married 

to  George  Brigbam  ;  and  Mary  to Ellerker,  of  Lycett.  ^ 

Walter,  the  eldest  son,  living  in  the  time  of  Henry  VIIL  mar- 
ried the  daughter  of  John  Dakine,  of  Brandsburton  (or  Brands- 
bury)  in  Holdernesse,  and  liaa  Thomas  his  heir,  and  a  daughter 
Elizabeth,  wife  to  Marmaduke  Constable,  of  Hatfield  in  Holder- 
nesse. Thomas,  who  succeeded  at  Grimston,  had  four  sons  and 
two  daughters  by  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Nicholas  Girlington,  of 
Hachford  in  Norfolk,  viz.  Thomas;  Francis,  who  married  Susan, 
daughter  of  William  Windesley,  of  Brandburton;  John;  Mar- 
maduke, who  married  a  daughter  of Stirley  ;  Anne,  mar- 
ried to  Robert  Wright,  of  Plow,  in  the  county  of  Lincoln  ;  and 
Magdalen,  to  John  Thwenge,  of  Overhelmslie,  and  had  Marma- 
duke Thwenge,  aged  twenty-four,  in  1584;  William,  Anne,  and 
Margery. ''  Thomas,  the  eldest  son,  living  in  1584,  married  Do- 
rothy, daughter  of  Marmaduke  Thwaites,  by  whom  he  had  six 
sons  and  two  daughters;  Marmaduke;  Thomas;  Johnj  Thwaites; 

a  Lodge.  b  Ibid. 


LORD  VERULAM.  211 

Walter,  who  manned  Dorothy,  daughter  and  coheir  to  Marma- 
duke  Thirkeld,  of  Estrop,  Esq.  ;  Christopher,  who  married  Eliz- 
abeth, daughter  of  Martin  Barney,  of  Gunston  in  Norfolk,  and 
had  a  son  Barney;  Elinor,  married  to  William  Thornton  of 
Newton ;  and  Cicely  to  Robert  Saltmarsh,  of  Saltmarsh  in  York- 
shire, Esqrs.  Marmaduke,  the  eldest  son,  married  Frances, 
daughter  of  George  Gill,  of  Hertford,  by  whom  he  had  Thomas 
his  heir,  who  left  no  issue  ;  but  some  of  the  name  and  family  yet 
subsist  in  Yorkshire. 

Second,  Robert,  ancestor  to  the  present  peer. 
Third,  John,  Dean  of  Windsor  in  1418. 
Robert,  the  second  son,  leaving  Yorkshire,  became  seated  ia 
the  county  of  Suffolk,  in  the  reign  of  Henry  V.  by  his  marriage 
with  the  daughter  of  Sir  Anthony  Spilman,  by  whom  he  was 
father  of 

Edward  Grimston,  who  succeeded  him  in  lands  at  Rise- 
hungles  and  Ipswich  in  that  county,  and  married,  first,  Philippa, 
daughter  of  John,  Lord  Tiptoft,  sister  and  coheir  to  John,  Earl  of 
Worcester,  and  widow  of  Thomas,  Lord  Roos,  by  whom  having 
no  issue,  he  married,  secondly,  Mary,  daughter  of  William  Drury, 
of  Rougham  in  Suffolk,  Esq.  and  by  her  had  four  sons  and  three 
daughters,  of  whom  Elizabeth  was  married  to  Henry  Reepes,  and 
had  Elizabeth,  married  to  Thomas  Holt,  of  Swanstead  ;  Francis, 
married  Catherine,  daughter  of  Thomas  Leman,  and  had  John 
and  Thomazine ;  and  John,  married  Dorothy  Sidner,  and  had  a 
son  John. 

John,  the  third  son,  was  ancestor  to  the  Grimstons  of  Nor- 
folk and  Essex. 

Edward,  the  eldest,  marrying  Margaret,  eldest  daughter  of 
Thomas  Hervey,  Esq.  left 

Edward  his  heir,  who  by  Anne,  daughter  of  John  Garnish, 
of  Kenton  in  Suffolk,  Esq.  was  father  of 

Sir  Edward,  who  in  the  reign  of  Queen  Elizabeth  served  in 
several  parliaments  for  the  borough  of  Ipswich  j  was  knighted  by 
her  Majesty ;  called  into  her  privy-council  3  and  continued  by 
her,  comptroller  of  Calais,  having  been  so  appointed  August  30th, 
J  552,  by  King  Edward  VI. 

In  the  beginning  of  1558,  that  place  being  taken  by  the 
Duke  of  Guise,  Sir  Edward,  the  comptroller,  was  among  the 
principal  prisoners.  Having,  according  to  the  duty  of  his  post, 
frequently  given  advice  of  the  ill  condition  of  the  garrison,  (but 


212  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

whether  they,  to  whom  he  wrote,  were  corrupted  by  the  French, 
French,  or  that  the  low  estate  of  the  treasury  occasioned  the  want 
of  supply),  it  was  resolved  he  should  not  return  to  England  to  dis- 
cover the  reason,  and  therefore  was  suffered  to  lie  a  prisoner  in 
the  Bastile,  without  any  care  taken  of  him  or  his  fellow-captives; 
and  the  ransom  set  on  him  was  so  high,  that  having  lost  a  great 
estate,  which  he  had  purchased  about  Calais,  he  determined  to 
prejudice  his  family  no  further  by  redeeming  his  liberty  at  so  high 
a  rate,  intending  either  to  remain  a  prisoner,  or  make  his  escape; 
the  latter  of  which  he  thus  effected. 

After  about  two  years  confinement,  being  lodged  in  the  top 
of  the  Bastile,  he  chanced  to  procure  a  file,  with  which  cutting 
out  one  of  the  window  bars,  and  having  a  rope  conveyed  to  him,"" 
he  changed  clothes  with  his  servant,  and  descended  by  the  rope, 
which  proving  a  great  deal  too  short,  he  was  obliged  to  take  a 
long  leap,  which  he  did  without  hurt,  and,  before  the  outer  gates 
were  shut,  made  his  escape  undiscovered.  But  his  beard,  which 
was  long,  made  him  apprehend  that  he  should  be  known  by  it ; 
yet  by  a  happy  providence,  finding  in  his  servant's  pocket  a  pair 
of  scissars,  he  so  disfigured  it,  as  to  render  such  a  discovery  very 
difficult,  and  having  learned  tlie  art  of  war  in  company  with  the 
Scots  guard  de  Mauche,  he  spoke  that  dialect,  and  so  passed  for  a 
Scots  pilgrim  ;  by  which  means  he  escaped  to  England,  and  offer- 
ing to  take  his  trial,  made  his  innocence  so  evident,  that  the  jury 
werft  ready  to  acquit  him  without  leaving  the  court. 

He  lived  to  a  great  age,  deceasing  in  his  ninety-eighth  year  ; 
and  having  been  twice  married,  left  issue  by  his  first  wife  •=  a  son 
and  successor 

Edward  Grimston,  Esq.  who  was  seated  at  Bradfield  in 
Essex,  and  31  Eliz.  served  in  parliament  for  the  borough  of  Eye, 
Suffolk,  his  father  then  living.  He  married  Joan,  daughter  and 
coheir  to  Thomas  Risby,  of  Lavenham  in  Suffolk,  Esq,  (whose 
mother  was  daughter  and  coheir  to  John  Harbottle,  of  Crosfield 
in  the  same  county,  Esq.)  by  which  marriage  he  considerably  en- 
larged his  estate  ;  and  departing  this  life  August  15th,  l6lO,  left 
two  sons,  Harbottle  and  Henry,  who  were  both  knighted,  and 
married  two  sisters. 

Sir  Henry,  the  younger,  had  issue  a  son  Edward,  vi-ho  lies 
buried  in  Beaconsfield  church,  Bucks,  with  this  memorial : 

c  Lodge. 


LORD  VERULAM.  213 

Here  lyetb  the  Body  of 

Edward  Grimstone,  Esq. 

Son  of  Henry  Grimstone 

Knt.  who  died  the  17th  of 

March  10,56.'' 

Sir  Harbottle  Grimston,  ofBradfield,  the  elder  son,  was 
advanced  to  the  dignity  of  a  £a ro 72 e/ November  25th,  l6l2  ;  and 
being  a  gentleman  well  esteemed  in  his  countr}',  was  sheriff  of 
Essex  in  l6l4,  *  and  chosen  its  representative  in  three  parlia- 
inents  during  the  reign  of  Charles  I.  He  married  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  Ralph  Coppenger,  of  Stoke  in  Kent,  Esq.  and  dying 
about  the  year  1640,  had  issue  five  sons. 

First,  Edward,  who  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Thomas 
jSIassam,  Esq.  and  died  before  liis  father  without  issue. 

Second,  Harbottle,  who  succeeded. 

Third,  Henry. 

Fourth,  Thomas ;  and 

Fifth,  William. 

Henrj',  the  third  son,  died  young,  and  was  buried  in  th« 
ebancel  of  Islington  church  under  a  fair  stone,  witli  this  incrip- 

tion  : 

Hinc 

Sperat  Resurrectionem 

(Filics  Harbotelli  Grimeston 

Miiitis  et  Baronetti 

Natu  tertius) 

Henricus  Grimeston. 

Anagranima, 

Ed  Christi  Regno  sum. 

©ui  moritur  vivir,  Christo  huic. 

Mors  semita,  Ductor 

Angelus,  ad  Vitam  janua 

Christus  erit. 

Hac  Iter  ad  Superos,  calcans 

Vestigia  Lethi, 

Intrabam  Christi  regia 

Ternpla  Dei. 

.  die  Mensis  Julii,  An.  Dom.  I627. 

^  Le  Neve's  Monument.  Angl 
e  Fuller's  Worthies- 


214  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

Sir  Harbottle  Grimston,   the   second  Baronet,  having  his 
education  in  the  inns  of  court,  was  well  versed  in  the  laws,  and 
the  ancient  customs  and  usage  of  parliaments  j  and  behaved  with 
a  steady  zeal  to  the  true  interest  of  his  country,  in  the  distracted 
time  of  the  civil  war.     He  well  knew  and  observed  the  bounds 
between  arbitrary  power  and  legal  duty,  which  di-posilion  caused 
him  to  oppose  and  refuse  the  payment  oi  illegal  taxes  (on  which 
account  his  father  had  been  imprisoned  m  the  Fleet)  and  in  \he 
parliament,  which  met  April  3d,  J640,  being  member  for  Col- 
chester, for  which  he  served  to  his  death,  he  was  one  of  the  first 
that  insisted  on  the  calling  those  persons  to  account,  who  had  ad- 
vised the  levying  ship-money,  and  in  an  excellent  speech  on  that 
subject,  said,  "  He  was  persuaded  that  they,  who  gave  their  opi- 
nions for  the  legality  of  it,  did  it  against  the  dictamen  of  their 
own  conscience,"     But  as  he  only  intended  the  reform  of  such 
invasions  on  the  liberty  and  property  of  the  subject ;  so  did  he 
endeavour,  with  all  his  interest>  to  pacify  the  minds  of  those,  who 
were  set  upon  extorting  extravagant   demands  from  their  sove- 
reign ;  for  he  rather  continued  to  sit,  than  concur  with  the  long 
parliament,   till  after  the  treaty  with   the  King  in  the  Isle  of 
Wight,  of  which  he  was  one  of  the  commissioners  ;  and,  as  Lord 
Clarendon  observes,  behaved  himself  so,  that  his  Majesty   was 
well  satisfied  with  him  ;  and  pressing  the  acceptance  of  the  King's 
concessions,  was,  after  his  return,  excluded  by  force,  with  others, 
from  sitting  in   the  house  of  commons.     He  was,  besides,  the 
more  obnoxious,  for  having  been  instrumental  in  procuring  part 
of  the  army  to  be  disbanded,  for  performing  which  at  the  several 
places  of  rendezvous  he  was  appointed,  May  29th,  1 647,  one  of 
the  commissioners.     And  when  the  King  was  brought  to  his 
trial,  the  persons  in  power  had  such  apprehensions  of  his  duty  to 
his  Majesty,  and  his  interest  v.'ith  the  army  and  people,  that  they 
put  him  under  confinement,  and  did  not  release  him  till  after  the 
King's  death,  as  appears  by  this  warrant. 

"  You  are,  on  sight  hereof,  to  set  at  liberty  Sir  Harbottle 
Grimston,  he  having  engaged  himself  not  to  act,  or  do  any  thing 
to  the  disservice  of  the  parliament  or  army.  Given  under  my 
band  the  30th  day  of  January  1(348. 

"  Fairfax.' 

"  To  the  Marshal-General,  or  his  Deputy." 

When  he  had  signed  a  protestation,  declaring  all  acts  to  be 


LORD  VERULAM.  215 

void,  which  from  the  time  of  his  expulsion,  had  been  done  in  the 
house  of  commons,  he  contented  himself  with  waiting  the  return 
of  the  people  to  their  allegiance,  and  lived  retired,  until  General 
Monk  paved  the  way  for  the  King's  restoration ;  about  which 
time  the  excluded  members  returning  to  the  house,  ^  all  who 
meant  well  to  the  King,  contrived  liis  election  for  Speaker,  to 
which  he  was  chosen  April  25th,  lO'GO,  and  the  before-mentioned 
noble  author  tells  us,  "  that  he  submitted  to  it,  out  of  a  hope  and 
confidence,  that  the  designs  it  was  laid  for  would  succeed."  And 
so  just  a  sense  had  the  King  of  his  merits,  and  endeavours  to  pro- 
mote the  restoration,  that  he  called  him  into  his  privy-council, 
and  November  3d,  166O,  made  him  Master  of  the  Rolls  ; 
which  honourable  post  he  very  judiciously  executed,  to  the  satis - 

f  The  corporation  of  Colchester  sent  him  the  following  letter  : 
"Honourable  Sir, 

"  As  we  cannot  but  with  thankfulness  acknowledge  the  mercy  of  God  to 
the  nation  in  general,  so  more  particularly  to  this  town,  that  after  the  many 
changes  and  alterations  we  have  been  tossed  in  that  now  there  is  (as  we  are 
credibly  informed  and  do  believe)  a  free  admission  of  the  members  of  the  late 
parliament,  so  long  interrupted  by  force,  we  cannot  but  with  much  earnest- 
ness (in  the  behalf  of  ourselves  and  the  free  burgesses  of  the  town;  make  our 
hunible  request,  that  you  will  be  pleased  to  return  to  that  trust,  to  which  you 
were  so  freely  and  unanimously  elected  in  the  year  16401  which  we  do  the 
rather  request  out  of  the  former  experience,  that  not  only  this  town  but  the 
nation  in  general  hath  had  of  your  faithfulness  and  ability,  and  the  many 
miseries  and  calamities  we  have  groaned  under  since  your  absence ;  and  as 
we  formerly  had  the  honour  of  sending  so  eminent  and  worthy  a  ifiember,  so 
we  shall  hope  'by  the  blessing  of  God  upon  your  endeavours)  that  not  only 
ourbclves  but  the  whole  nation  in  general  shall  have  cause  to  bless  God  for 
your  return,  and  in  his  due  time  reap  the  benefit  of  your  councils  and  labour 
in  that  great  assembly.  Sir,  we  shall  not  farther  trouble  you  at  present,  than 
\o  assure  you,  we  are,  as  by  many  former  favours  bound  to  be, 
•'  Your  faithful  and  humble  servants, 

'•  Thomas  Peeke,  Mayor, 
"  John  Shaw,  Recorder. 
"  John  Radhams, 
•'  John  Gaell, 
"  Thomas  Reynolds, 
•'  John  Milbanks, 
"  Peter  Johnson, 
♦'  Andrew  Fomental, 
«  Colchester,  Feb.  23d,  1659. 

"Sir, 
'«  The  rest  of  the  Aldermen,  viz.  Mr.  Reynolds  at  Eastgates,  Captain 
Rayner,  and  Mr.  Jeremy  Daniel,  are  not  in  town."    Collections. 


210  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

faction  of  all  concerned  in  the  law.  s  He  was  made  recorder  of 
the  corporation  of  Harwich  for  life,  being  the  second  who  bore 
that  otiice, '^  and  April  24th,  l665,  obtained  a  confirmation  of 
the  franchises  and  immunities  of  that  town  ;  being  also  by  patent, 
dated  at  Westminster  July  27th,  l6(54,  made  high  stev/ard  of  St. 
Albans  for  life,  but  died  in  January  l6S3,  in  the  eighty-second 
year  of  his  age. 

*'  He  was  descended,"  says  Burnet,  who  lived  many  years 
under  his  protection,  "  from  a  long-lived  family;  for  his  great 
grandfather  lived  till  he  was  ninety-eight ;  his  grandfather  to 
eighty-six  ;  and  his  father  to  seventy-eight;  and  himself  to  eighty- 
two.  He  had  to  the  last  a  great  soundness  of  health,  of  memory, 
and  of  judgment.  He  was  bred  to  the  study  of  the  law,  being  a 
younger  brother.  Upon  his  elder  brother's  death,  he  threw  it 
up.  But  falling  in  love  with  Judge  Crooke's  daughter,  the  father 
would  not  bestow  her  on  him,  unless  he  would  return  to  his  stu- 
dies, which  he  did  with  great  success.  That  judge  was  one  of 
those,  who  delivered  his  judgment  in  the  Exchequer-chamber, 
against  the  ship-money,  which  he  did  with  a  long  and  learned 
argument.  And  Sir  Harbottle's  father,  who  served  in  parliament 
for  Essex,  lay  long  in  prison,  because  he  would  not  pay  the  loan- 
money.  Thus  both  his  family  and  his  wife's,  were  zealous  for 
the  interest  of  their  country.  In  the  beginning  of  the  long  par- 
liament, he  was  a  great  asserter  of  the  laws  :  and  inveighed  se- 
verely against  all  that  had  been  concerned  in  the  former  illegal 
oppression.  His  principle  was,  that  allegiance  and  protection 
were  mutual  obligations,  and  that  the  one  went  for  the  other.  He 
thought  the  law  was  the  measure  of  both  j  and  that  when  a  legal 


g  He  compiled  and  published  the  reports  of  law  cases  of  Sir  George 
Crooke,  Justice  of  the  Common  Pleas.  He  was  well  ie:id  in  the  ancient 
fathers  of  the  churcli,  and  wrote  in  Latin,  for  the  use  of  his  fon,  a  small  ma- 
nual, containing  the  duty  of  a  Christian.  He  also  left  in  manuscript  a  journal 
of  the  several  debates  in  the  treaty  with  King  Charles  I.  at  the  Isle  of  Wight, 
among  which  are  many  weighty  aiguments  concerning  the  liberty  of  the  sub- 
ject, and  the  authority  of  church  government.  His  views  and  designs  being 
directed  to  the  good  of  the  public,  which  he  had  always  at  heart,  he  was  the 
less  solicitous  in  the  reign  of  Charles  1 1 .  to  be  great  at  Ci  U;  t,  though  he  held 
a  friendship  and  correspondence  with  many  leading  men,  especially  the  Earl 
of  Clarendon,  as  appears  by  their  letters.  He  was  an  h.)nouratjle  friend,  a 
kind  indulgent  father  and  master,  and  finished  his  course  like  a  pious,  cha- 
ritable and  goodjlhiibtian,  with  a  full  assurance  of  happiness  in  another  world, 
h  Dale's  Hist,  of  Harwich. 


LORD  VERULAM.  217 

protection  was  denied  to  one  that  paid  a  legal  allegiance,  the  sub- 
ject had  a  right  to  defend  himself.    He  was  much  troubled,  when 
preachers  asserted   a    divine  right  of  regal    government.      He 
thought  it  had  no  other  effect  but  to  give  an  ill   impression  of 
thenij  as  aspiring  men  :  nobody  was  convinced  by  it :  it  inclined 
their  hearers  rather  to  suspect  all  they  said  besides;  it  looked  like 
the  sacrificing  their  country  to  their  own  preferment  ;  and  an 
encouraging  of  princes  to  turn  tyrants.     Yet,  when  the  long  par- 
liament engaged   into  the  league  with  Scotland,  he  would  not 
swear  the  coven-ant;  and  he  discontinued  sitting  in  the  hou.e  till 
it  was  laid  aside.     Then  he  came  back,  and  joined  with  Hollis, 
and  the  other  presbyterians,  in  a  high  opposition  to  the  indepen- 
dents, and  to  Cromwell  in  particular  :  and  he  was  one  of  the  se- 
cluded members  that  were  forced  out  of  the  house.     He  followed 
afterwards  the  practice  of  the  law,  but  was  always  looked  at  as 
one  who  wished  well  to  the  ancient  government  of  England.     So 
he  was  chosen  Speaker  of  the  house  that  called  home  the  King  j 
and  had  so  great  a  merit  In  the  whole  afFair^  that  he  was  soon 
after,  without  any  application   of  his  own,   made  Master  of  the 
Rolls  ;  in  which  post  he  continued  to  liis  death,  with  a  high  re- 
putation, as  he  well  deserved  it.     For  he  was  a  just  judge,  very 
slow,  and  ready  to  hear  every  thing  that  was  offered,  without  pas- 
sion or  partiality,     I  thought  his  only  fault  was,  that  he  was  too 
rich  :  and  yet,  he  gave  yearly  sums  in  charity,  dischirging  rpsny 
prisoners  by  paying  their  debts.     He  was  a  very  pious  and  devout 
man,  and  spent  every  day,  at  least  an  hour  in  the  morning,   and 
as  much  at  night,  in  prayer  and  meditation.  And  even  in  winter, 
when  he"  was  obliged  to  be  very  early  on  the  bench,  he  took  care 
to  rise  so  soon,  that  he  had  always  the  command  of  that  time, 
which  he  gave  to  those  exercises.     He    was   much    sharpened 
against  popery  ;  but  had  always  a  tenderness   to  the  dissenters, 
though  he  himself  continued  still  in  the  communion  of  the  church. 
His  second  wife,  whom  1  knew,  was  niece  to  the  great  Sir  Francis 
Bacon  ;  and  was  the  last  heir  of  that  family.     She  had  all  the 
high  notions  for  the  church  and  the  crown,  in  which   she  had 
been  bred ;  but  was  the  humblest,  the  devoutest,  and  best  tem- 
pered person  I  ever  knew  of  that  sort.     It  was  really  a  pleasure  to 
hear  her  talk  of  religion;  she  did  it  with  so  much  elevation  and 
force.     She  was  always  very  plain  in  her  clothes  :  and  went  oft 
to  jails  to  consider  the  wants  of  the  prisoners,  and  relieve,  or  dis- 
jcharge  them  ;  zud,  by  the  meanness  of  her  dress^  she  passed  but 


218  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

for  a  servant,  trusted  with  the  charities  of  others.  When  she 
was  travelling  in  the  country,  as  she  drew  near  a  village,  she  often 
ordered  her  coach  to  stay  behind,  till  she  had  walked  about  it, 
giving  orders  for  the  instruction  of  the  children,  and  leaving  libe- 
rally for  that  end.  With  two  such  persons  I  spent  several  of  my 
years  very  happily."  ^  He  died  in  January,  1683.  "  Nature 
sunk  all  at  once,"  says  Burnet,  "  he  being  then  eighty-two.  He 
died,  as  he  had  lived,  with  great  piety  and  resignation  to  the  will 
of  God." 

His  first  wife  was  Mary,  daughter  of  Sir  George  Crooke,  Knt. 
■who,  February  11th,  l623,  was  made  justice  of  the  Common- 
Pleas,  by  whom  he  had  six  sons  and  two  daughters,  of  which  sons 
five  died  before  him  ;  and 

George,  the  eldest,  dying  in  the  twenty-third  year  of  his  age, 
was  interred  under  a  monument  in  St.  Michael's  church,  St. 
Albans,  leaving  no  issue  by  his  wife  Sarah,  younger  daughter  and 
coheir  to  Sir  Edward  Alston,  Knight,  M.  D. ;  who  re-married, 
first,  with  John,  Duke  of  Somerset,  and  after  with  Henry  Hare, 
Lord  Coleraine. 

The  daughters  were,  Mary,  married  to  Sir  Capel  Luckyn^ 
Knt.  and  Bart.;  and  Elizabeth,  in  1650,  to  Sir  George  Grubham 
How,  of  Cold-Berwick  in  Wiltshire,  Bart. 

His  second  wife  was  Anne,  elder  daughter  and  at  length  heir 
to  Sir  Nathaniel  Bacon,  of  Culford-Hall  in  Suffolk,  Knight  of  the 
Bath,  widow  of  Sir  Thomas  Meautysj  by  her  he  had  an  only 
daughter  Anne,  who  died  young  5  and  his  Lady  having  the 
manors  of  Gorhambury  and  Kingsbury  near  St.  Albans  settled  on 
her  for  life,  he  purchased  the  reversion  thereof  from  Mr.  Hercules 
Meautys,  nephew  of  Sir  Thomas,  the  heir  at  law  5  the  former  of 
which.  Sir  Samuel  Grimston,  his  only  surviving  son,  made  the 
principal  place  of  his  residence. 

Which  Sir  Samuel,  third  Baronet,  was  born  January  /th, 
1643,  and  having  all  the  advantages  of  education,  was  an  accom- 
plished gentleman,  and  well  esteemed  in  his  country;  served  in 
six  several  parliaments  for  the  borough  of  St.  Albans,  during  the 
reigns  of  King  Charles  IL  and  King  William;  but  was  so  ob- 
noxious to  King  James  II.  that  he  excepted  him  out  of  his  mani- 
festo in  1692,  when  he  had  formed  a  design  of  landing  in  Eng- 
land.    He  married,  first,  Elizabeth,  eldest  daughter  of  Heneage 

^  Burnet's  Own  Time,  vol.  i.  p.  380. 


LORD  VERULAM.  21 9 

Flnchj  Earl  of  Nottingham,  Chancellor  of  England,  and  by  her 
had  an  only  daughter, 

Elizabeth,  the  first  wife  to  William  Savile  the  second  Mar- 
quis of  Hallifax,  who  by  her  had  an  only  survivuig  daughter, 
Anne,  the  first  wife  of  Thomas,  Lord  Bruce,  son  of  Thomas,  Earl 
of  Aylesbury,  which  Lady  died  July  18th,  17^7)  in  the  twenty- 
seventh  year  of  her  age. 

His  second  wife  was  the  Lady  Anne  Tufton,  sixth  and 
youngest  daughter  of  John,  the  second  Earl  of  Thanet,  and  by 
her,  (who  lies  buried  in  the  east  part  of  the  church-yard  of  Tew- 
ing in  Hertfordshire,  under  a  tomb  enclosed  by  iron  rails,  thus 
inscribed  : 

Here  lieth  interred  the  Body  of  the  Right 
Honourable  Lady  Anne  Grimston,  Wife  to  Sir 
Samuel  Grimston,  Bart,  of  Gorhambury  in 
Hertfordshire,  Daughter  to  the  late  Right 
Honourable  Earl  of  Thanet,     She  depaited  this 
Life  Nov.  22,  1 713,  in  the  60th  Year  of  her  age). 

He  had  a  son  Edward,  born  July  22d,  l6r4,  and  a  daughter 
Mary,  born  the  year  after;  but  they  both  dying  young,  the  dig- 
nity of  Baronet  expired  with  him,  who  deceased  in  Ocrober  170O, 
in  the  fifty-second  year  of  his  age,  leaving  a  great  estate,  under 
certain  limitations,  to  JFilliavi  Liickyn,  Esq.  second  son  of  Sir 
JViUiam  Luclyn,  of  Messing-Hall  in  Essex,  Knt.  and  Bart,  who 
was  son  and  heir  to  Sir  Capei  Lnckyn,  by  Mary,  elder  sister  of 
the  said  Sir  Samuel  Grimston. 

Which  family  of  Luckyn  (his  Lordship's  paternal  ancestors) 
were  of  good  antiquity  in  Essex,  of  which  county  Robert  Luckyn, 
Esq.  was  sheriff  16  Jac.  I.  as  in  13  of  Charles  I.  was  Sir  William 
Luckyn,  of  Little  Waltham,  Knight, '  who.  Match  2d,  l628, 
was  created  a  Baronet;  and  in  1637  was  sheriff  of  the  said 
county.  He  married  Mildred,  third  daughter  of  Sir  Gamaliel 
Capel,  of  Rookwood-Hall  in  Essex,  Knight,  by  whom  he  had  two 
daughters,  Jane  and  Elizabeth ;  annd  two  sons.  Sir  Capel,  his 
heir  J  and  Sir  William,  also  created  a  Baronet  November  13th, 
1661 3  but  he  leaving  by  Winifred  his  wife,  third  and  youngest 
daughter  of  Sir  Richard  Everard,  of  Much- Waltham  in  Essex, 

1  Fuller's  Worthies. 


sao  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

Bart,  an.only  daughter  Anne,  (married  to  Sir  Henry  Palmer,  of 
Wingham  in  Kent,  Bart,  who  died  without  issue  by  her  in  1706) 
the  title  became  extinct. 

Sir  Capel  Luckyn,  the  second  Baronet,  born  in  1621,  was 
member  of  parliament  for  Harwich  in  \6Q\,  and  married  (as 
already  observed)  Mary,  elder  daughter  of  Sir  Harlottle  Grim- 
Stan:  by  her,  who  died  March  ]8th,  17I8,  in  the  eighty-sixth 
year  of  her  age,  he  had  a  numerous  issue,  whereof  William  suc- 
ceeded to  the  title  and  estate ;  and  the  surviving  daughters  were 
Mildred,  married  first  to  Thomas  Smyth,  of  Blackmore  in  Essex, 
Esq. ;  and  secondly,  to  Mr.  Davison  Browning,  of  London,  linen 
draper  3  and  Sarah,  first  to  Richard  Saltonstall^  of  South  Oking- 
don,  Esq. ;  and  secondly  to  Dacre  Barrett,  of  BcUhouse  in  Avely, 
Essex,  Esq.  to  whom  she  was  third  wife,  and  by  him,  who  died 
in  1723,  had  a  daughter  Catharine,  married  to  Sir  Philip  Hall,  of 
Upton  in  Essex. 

Sir  William  Luckyn,  third  Baronet,  the  second  but  eldest 
surviving  son,  marrying  Mary,  daughter  of  William  Sherington, 
Esq.  Alderman  of  London,  had  issue  ten  sons  and  five  daughters, 
viz. 

First,  Sir  Harbottle,  his  successor,  fourth  Baronet,  cup- 
bearer to  Queen  Anne  and  King  George  IL  who  died  February 
4th,  1736,  unmarried. 

Second,  William,  adopted  heir  to  Sir  Samuel  Grimston,  and 
advanced  to  the  peerage. 

Third,  Capel. 

Fourth,  Henry. 

Fifth,  Charles,  of  Merton-coUege,  Oxford,  rector  of  Pedmersh 
and  Messing  in  Essex. 

Sixth,  Edward. 

Seventh,  Samuel. 

Eighth,  George,  who  died  at  Messing-hall,  February  5th, 
1733,  aet.  thirty-seven. 

Ninth,  Sherington  j   and, 

Tenth,  James. 

Mary,  Elizabeth,  Sarah,  Mildred,  and  Martha. 

Sir  William,  the  second  son,  ffth  Baronet,  and  first  Vis- 
count Grimston,  being  adopted  by  his  uncle  Sir  Samuel  Grimston, 
heir  to  his  estate,  in  virtue  of  the  limitation  thereof  assumed  the 
name  of  Grimston.  In  171O,  1713,  1714,  and  1727,  he  was 
member  of  parliament  for  St.  Albans,  and  created  a  peer  of  Ire- 


LORD  VERULAM.  221 

land  by  privy-seal,  dated  at  St.  James's  April  29th,  and  by  patent  •" 
at  Dublin  May  2pth,  17^9>  with  the  creation  fee  of  twenty  marcs, 
and  July  13th  following,  he  took  his  seat  in  parliament," 

His  Lordship"^  married  Jane,  daughter  of  James  Cooke, 
citizen  of  London,  and  deceased  October  15,  1/56,  aged  seventy- 
three,  having  had  issue  by  her,  who  died  March  12th,  1/65,  in 
the  county  of  Heitford,  nineteen  children,  whereof 

Samuel  the  eMesi  son,  born  December  28th,  1707»  mar- 
ried November  5th,  1730,  Mary,  daughter  and  heir  to  Henry 
Lovell,  of  Coleman-street,  London,  Esq.  Turkey-merchant,  who 
died  in  1725,  and  was  youngest  son  to  Sir  Salathiel  Lovell,  Baron 
of  the  Exchequer,  by  whom  he  had  a  daughter  bom  April  1st, 
1736,  who  died  an  infant  3  and  deceasing  in  London,  June  J4tb, 
1737*  in  the  thirtieth  year  of  his  age,  was  interred  in  St.  Nicho- 
las's church,  St.  Albans,  and  his  widow  remarried  with  William, 
Viscount  Barrington. 

Second,  James,  heir  apparent. 

Third,  Harbottle,  born  December  2d,  I7l2,  was  appointed 


m  The  preamble.  Cum  nihil  in  bonum  publicum  magis  cedat,  quam 
virtutem  praemiis  ornare,  preesertim  generis  splendore  illustiatam,  virosquc. 
egregiis  gestis  de  patria  benemeritos,  et  illustrissimas  Angliae  familias  affini- 
tate  attingentes,  honoribus  augere :  etcum  hoc  titulo  se  nobis  prsecipue  com- 
mendet  dilectus  noster  Gulielmus  Grimston  de  Gorhambury  in  agro  Hert- 
fordensi  Armiger,  non  interrupta  Linea  a  Silvestro  Grimston  de  Grimston  in 
agro  Eboracensi  crtus,  qui  Gulielmum  Conquestorem  Expeditione  sua  in 
Angliam  comitabatur,  ejusque  vexillifer  fuerat  in  piaslio  insigni  apud  Hast- 
ings, ubi  parta  Victoria,  totum  Rcgnum  in  principis  illius  ditionem  redactum 
est ;  a  quo  Silvestro  ad  prsedictum  Gulielmum  Grimston  longa  progenitorum 
series  extitit  invicto  in  patriam  amore,  et  inconcussa  erga  Reges  suos  fide. 
Insignes  inter  hos  eminuit  Edwardus  Grimston  Eques  auratus  a  secretis 
Regni  conciliis,  et  rationum  publicarum  Ca/eti  inspector,  qui,  urbe  Cal/i's  red- 
dita,  turrem  propugnavir,  et  non  nisi  fame  victus,  hostium  se  permisit  fidei  : 
Hujus  Edwardi  Pronepos  Harbottle  Grimston  Eques  Auratus  et  Baronettus, 
magnus  ilie  artium  liberalium  et  literarum  humananim  Maecenas  et  exem- 
plar, in  restaurationeCaroli  secundi  in  patriam  et  Solium  Avitum  magna  pars 
fuit  ope  et  concilio  :  Dein  Regni  Piaefectus.  In  celeberrimi  hujus  vi.i  nomen, 
familiam  et  virtutes  successit  proefatus  Gulielmus  Grimston,  Pronepos  hsres- 
que  non  degener,  qui  atavorum  meritis  hoc  addidit  proprium,  ut  in  difficilli- 
mis  temporibus,  cum  successio  nostra  in  haec  regna  periclitaretur,  stienuum 
se  juris  nostri  bonique  publici  propugnatorem  praestaret.  Sciatis  igitur  nos,  in 
perpetuum  regii  nostri  favoris  erga  ilium  et  ejus  posteros  indicium,  creasse, 
&c.     (Rot.  Cane.  Anno  j  Geo.  1.  i.  p.  f.J 

n  Lords'  Jour,  vol  ii.  p.  612. 

o  Having  a  quarrel  with  Sarah  Duchess  of  Marlborough,  the  spiteful  old 
lady  endeavoured  to  make  him  riviiculous  by  repiinting  a  juvenile  play  of  his. 
See  WalpeU's  Royal  and  Noble  Authors,  bj  Park. 


222  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

May  1st,  1736^  gentleman-usher  to  the  Princess  of  Wales,  which 
he  resigned  in  October  1737,  and  May  10th,  1740,  succeeded  Sir 
William  Wynne  as  standard  bearer  to  the  gentlemen  pensioners, 
of  which  band  he  was  appointed  lieutenant  in  May  1749J  in 
1750  changed  his  name  to  Luckyn  by  act  of  parliament,  and  is 
long  since  deceased. 

Fourth,  George,  born  August  12th,  1714,  was  made  October 
13th,  1729,  gentleman  usher  to  the  Prince  of  Wales  j  married  in 

April  1744  the  daughter  of Clover,  of  Hertfordshire,  Esq. 

^nd  had  two  sons  of  the  name  of  Edward,  both  deceased. 

Fifth,  William,  born  January  3d,  1719' 

Jane,  born  December  20th,  \7\S,  married  in  August  1 743  to 
Thomas  Gape,  of  St.  Albans,  Esq. ;  and  Frances,  born  September 
1725.'' 

Sir  James,  the  second  Viscount,  was  born  October  9th,  1711, 
married  Mary,  daughter  of  John  Askell  Bucknall,  of  Oxney  in 
the  county  of  Hertford,  Esq.  and  deceasing  of  the  gout  December 
15th,  1773,  was  buried  in  St.  Michael's  church  St.  Albans,  having 
had  issue  by  her,  who  was  born  April  28th,  17l7>3rid  died  in  Au- 
gust 177s,  three  sons  and  tive  daughters,  viz. 

First,  James  Bucknall,  who  succeeded  to  the  title. 

Second,  William  (who  has  taken  the  name  of  Euchiall),  born 
June  23d,  1750,  representative  in  the  British  parliament  for  the 
borough  of  St.  Albans  j  married,  February  7lh,  1783,  to  Sopliia, 
daughter  and  coheir  to  Richard  Hoare,  of  Baram  in  Essex,  Esq. 
by  whom  he  has  issue. 

Third,  Harbottle,  born  April  14th,  1752. 

Jane,  born  September  10th,  1748,  married,  October  6th,  1774, 
to  Thomas  Estcourt,  Esq. 

Mary,  born  May  28th,  1753,  married  April  3d,  1777,  to  Wil- 
liam Hale,  of  Walden  in  Hertfordrshire,  Esq. 

Susanna  Askell,  born  September  2Sth,  1754,  married,  Fe- 
bruary 15th,  178I,  to  John  Warde,  of  Squerries  in  Kent,  Esq. 

Frances  Cooke,  born  March  27th,  1757. 

Charlotte-Johanna,  born  September  10th,  IJog.'^ 

Sir  James  Bucknall,  the  third  Viscount  Grimston,  and  first 
Lord  Verulam,  was  born  May  9th,  1747  j  his  Lordship  repre- 
sented the  county  of  Hertford  in  the  British  parliament.  July 
28th,  1774,  he  married  Harriot,  only  daughter  of  Edward  Walter, 
of  Stalbridge  in  the  county  of  Dorset^  Esq.  by  Harriot,  daughter 

f  Ulster's  Office.  ?  Idem. 


LORD  VERULAM.  223 

and  coheir  to  George,  Lord  Forrester,  ^  and  by  her  Ladyship,  who 
died  November  7th,  1786,  had  issue. 


h  This  surname  has  been  assumed  from  an  office,  as  Stewart,  Durward, 
Constable,  and  others  were,  whioh  their  bearing,  viz.  three  hunting  horns, 
seems  to  confirm.  The  principal  family  appears  to  be  this  of  Forrester, 
whose  ancestor,  Sir  Adam  Forrester,  citizen  of  Edinburgh  in  the  6th  of  Ro- 
bert II.  acquired  the  Barony  of  Corstorphin,  from  Sir  William  More,  of 
Abercorn,  whence  his  successors  took  their  designation.  Upon  the  acces- 
sion of  King  Robert  III.  to  tlie  throne,  anno  1390,  he  was  constituted  lord 
privy-seal.  *  In  the  2d  of  the  said  King,  he  was  commissioned  to  treat  with 
certain  English  commissioners  for  maintaining  the  peace  betwixt  the  two 
realms,  f  Likewise,  in  1405,  he  was  a  second  time  one  of  the  commissioners 
authorized  to  treat  with  the  English,  about  composing  of  certain  differences 
betwixt  the  two  kingdoms.  +     By  Margaret  his  wife  he  had  issue. 

Sir  John,  his  son  and  heir,  who  being  a  man  of  good  parts,  was,  anno 
1421,  named  lord  privy-seal  to  Murdach  Duke  of  Albany,  governor  of  Scot- 
land, ^  and  in  1423,  he  was  with  William  Bishop  of  Glasgow,  George  Earl  of 
March,  John  Montgomery  of  Ardrossan,  Patrick  Dunbar  of  Beill,  and  Wil- 
liam Borthwick  of  that  ilk,  sent  commissioners  to  England  to  treat  with  that 
state,  about  the  redemption  of  King  James  I.||  Upon  that  King's  return 
home,  anno  1424,  he  was  constituted  master  of  the  household,  I  and  lord  high 
chamberlain  of  Scotland.  **  After  which,  in  1428,  he  was  named  a  com- 
missioner with  divers  others,  to  treat  with  the  English  about  a  peace.  Thus 
much  for  his  civil  actions.  His  works  of  piety  were  these;  the  founding  a 
chaplainry  at  the  altar  of  St.  Ninian,  within  the  church  of  St.  Giles  of  Edin- 
burgh, "  pro  salubri  statu  serenissimi  Frincipis  Jacobi  I.  et  Joannse  sponsae 
suae  ;  et  pro  salute  anima  quondam  Adas  Forrester  de  Corstorphin,  Militis, 
Patris  mei  et  Margarets  matris  mese,"  to  which  he  mortified,  "  sex  libras 
tredecem  solidos,  et  quatuor  dcnarios  de  tenemento  suo  in  dicto  Burgo.''  +t 
Likewise,  he  doted  a  sufficient  subsistence  for  three  Chaplainries  in  the 
chapel  of  St.  John  the  Baptist,  contiguous  to  the  parish  church  of  Corstor- 
phin, founded  by  Sir  Adam  Forrester  his  father,  J:{:  which  in  the  year  1429, 
he  erected  into  a  collegiate  church,  and  procured  the  annexation  of  several 
lands  and  tithes  thereunto.  He  married  Jean,  sister  to  Henry  Sinclair  Earl  of 
Orkney  ;  ^^  and  departing  this  life  about  1440,  was  interred  in  the  church  of 
Corstorphin,  under  an  arch,  with  the  portraiture  of  himself  and  his  wife,  as 
big  as  tlie  life  in  free  stone,  without  any  monumental  inscription  but  a  coat  of 
armi :  he  had  issue. 

First,  Sir  John,  his  successor. 

Second,  Henry  Forrester,  of  Oxgang- 


*  Mr.  Rymer's  Faedera  Anglise.  +  Ibid.  J  Ibid. 

§  Charta  in  Rotulis  Murdaci  Ducis  Albania. 

II  Rymer's  Fa^dera  Anglise. 

I  Charta  in  Rotulis  Jacobi  I-  ad  annum  1424. 

*•  Ibid,  anno  Prasdicto.  tf  Ibid.  H  Ibid. 

§^  Charta  Confirmationis  Jacobi  I.  de  impignoratione  quam  Henricus 

Comes  Orkadiie  fecit  delecto  fratre  suo  Joanni  Forrester  de  Corstorphin  militi 

in  1424, 


224  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

First,  James  Walter,  born  September  26th,  17/5. 
Second,  Harriot,  born  December  14th,  1776  ;  and. 

Third,  Jean,  married  to  Sir  Robert  Maxwel,  of  Carlavcrock,*  ancestor  t» 
*e  Earl  of  Nithsdalc. 

Fourth,  Elizabeth,  to  Sir  Alexander  Lauder,  Knight.  + 

Which  Sir  John  obtained  a  grant  from  King  James  I,  of  the  lands  of 
Blackburn  in  Linlithgowshire,  upon  the  resignation  of  Sir  Robert  Cuningham, 
of  Kilmaures,  anno  1424,  wherein  he  is  designed,  "  filio  ct  heredi  apparent! 
Joannis  Forrester  de  Corstorphin  Militis  Camerarii  Scotia."  He  was  suc- 
ceeded by 

Archibald  Forrester,  of  Corstorphin,  who  by  Margaret  his  wife» 
daughter  of Hepburn,  of ,  had  J 

Alexander,  iiis  son  and  heir,  in  whose  favour  he  resigned  his  estate 
anno    1482,  reserving  a  life-rent  to  himself.     He  had  to  wife  Margaret, 
aughter  of  Sir  Duncan  Forrester,  of  Gairden,  master  of  the  household  in  the 
reign  of  King  James  IV.  ^  by  whom  he  had 

Alexander  Forrester,  of  Corstorpliin,  his  son  and  heir,  who  married 
Janet,  daughter  to Lauder,  of  Hatton,  ||  by  whom  he  had 

Sir  James,  his  son,  wlio  succeeded  him;  but  he  dying  without  male 
issue,  anno  1587,11  his  estate  fell  to 

Henry  his  brother,  who  marrying  Helen,  daughter  of Preston, 

©f  Craigmiliar  in  vicecomitatu  de  Edinburgh,  **  by  her  he  had, 

George,  his  son  and  heir,  who  was  first  created  Baronet  by  King 
Charles  I.  November  27th,  1625,  and  thereafter  Lord  forrater,  July  zzil, 
1633.  f  f  He  married  Christian,  daughter  of  Sir  William  Livingston,  of  Kil- 
syth, by  whom  he  had  several  daughters,  viz. 

Helen,  married  to  William  Lord  Ross. 

Margaret,  to  John  Shaw,  of  Sornbeg. 

,  to  Hamilton,  of  Grange. 

Jean,  to  James  Baillie,  of  Torwood-head,  son  of  lieutenant-general  Wil- 
liam Baillie,  in  whose  favour  my  Lord  Forrester  resigned  the  honour,  and  to 
the  heirs  of  their  body,  which  failing  to  his  other  heirs  therein  specified, 
which  was  ratified  by  King  Charles  1 1,  anno  1651,  but  he  having  no  issue  by 
her,  the  honour  by  virtue  of  the  said  entail,  came  to 

William  Baillie,  alias  Forrester,  of  Torwoodhead,  his  brother,  third 
Lord  Forrester,  who  married  also  Lilias,  the  youngest  daughter  of  George 
Lord  Forrester,  by  whom  he  had 

W I L  hi  A.M,/our[/j  Lord  forrw/fr,  who  departed  this  life,  anno  1705, leaving 

issue  by his  wife,  daughter  of  Sir  Andrew  Birnic,  of  Saline,  one  of  the 

senators  of  the  college  of  justice, 

George, y?/>A  Lord  Forrester,  who  went  into  the  army,  signalized  him- 
self in  the  government  service  at  Preston,  in  Lancashire,  anno  I7i£,  and  was 
made  colonel  of  the  fourth  troon  of  horse-guards. 


*  Charta  in  Rotulis  dicti  Regis. 
+   Ibid.  t  Ibid. 

§    Ibid.  II  Ibid. 

H  Charta  in  Cancellaria  supremae  Dominas  Nostra;  Reginas  ad  annuna 
1587. 

**  Charta  in  Rotulis  Jacobi  VI.  +t  Charta  in  Registro. 


LORD  VERULAM.  225 

Third,  Charlotte,  born  January  ]6th,  1778.' 

Jamrs  Walter  succeeded  to  the  Scotch  Barony  of  Lord  For' 
tester,  in  Octobpr,  1808,  on  the  death  of  Baroness  Forrester,  and 
succeeded  his  father  as  ll,scount  Grimston  and  Lokd  Verulam, 
on  December  30th,  1808. 

His  Lordship  married  on  August  11th,  I8O7,  Lady  Charlotte 
Jenkinson,  daughter  of  Charles,  late  Earl  of  Liverpool,  and  has 
issue 

A  son,  born  Febroary  20lh,  180(). 

Titles.  James  Walter  Grimston,  Viscount  Grimston,  Baron 
of  Dunboyne  in  Ireland,  Baron  of  Verulam  in  England,  and  Lord 
Forrester  in  Scotland. 

Creations  Baronet  March  2d,  l628,  4  Car.  L;  Viscount 
Grimston,  and  Baron  of  Dunboyne  in  the  county  of  Meath,  June 
3d,  1719,  5  Geo.  L  J  Baron  of  Verulam,  July  pth,  1790  3  and 
Baron  Forrester,  l663. 

He  married  Charlotte,  daughter  and  co-heiress  of  Anthony  Row,  Esq.  of 
the  county  of  Oxford,  by  whom  he  l)ad  two  sons  and  two  daughters. 

First,  George,  his  heir. 

Second,  William. 

Kis  daughter  Caroline  married  George  Cockburn,  of  Ormiston,  Esq. 
•omptrolierand  one  of  the  commissioners  of  the  navy,  who  died  1770. 

Harriot,  married  Edward  Walter,  Esq. 

He  was  succeede^l  by  his  eldest  son, 

George,  sixth  Lord  Forrester,  who  dy'm^  without  issue,  was  succeeded 
by  his  brother, 

W^  I  L  L  I  A  M,  seventh  Lord  Forrester,  who  was  a  captain  in  the  royal  navy, 
but  dying  unmairied,  anno  1748,  he  was  succeeded  by  his  next  heir  male,  and 
first  cousin, 

John  (son  of  his  uncle  John)  who  became  seventh  Lord  Forrester,  and 
died  unmarried  1763. 

He  waj  succeeded  by  Caroline,  his  aunt,  Baroness  Forrester-  She  died 
1784,  and  was  succeeded  by  her  only  child, 

Anne,  Baroness  Forrester,  who  died  unmarried  in  October  iSc8. 

The  honour  then  devolved  on  the  Hon.  Jam  es  Wal  t  er  Grimston-, 
grandson  of  Mrs  Harriot  Walter,  as  above,  who  thus  became  Lord  Forrester, 
and  is  now  also  Viscount  Grimston,  and  Baron   of  Verulam. 

Arms.  Quarterly,  first  aud  fourth  argent,  three  buffalo's  horns  sable, 
stringed  gules,  for  the  name  of  Forrester ;  second  and  third  azure,  nine 
mullets  or,  for  Baillie. 

Crest     On  a  wreath,  a  talbot's  head  erazed  argent 

Suppoiters.     Two  talbolsof  the  last 

Motto.     Spero. 

Chief  Seats.  Were  at  Torwood  in  the  shire  of  Stirling,  and  Corstorphine, 
within  two  miles  of  Edinburgh. 

i  Ulster's  Office. 
VOi.  VIII.  * 


226  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

Arms.  Quarterly,  first  and  fourth  argent,  on  a  fess,  sable, 
three  mullets  of  six  points  pierced,  or,  and  in  the  dexter  chief  an 
ermine  spot,  for  Grimston,  second  and  third  argent,  three  buffalo's 
horns  sable,  stringed  gules,  for  Forrester. 

Crest.     On  a  wreath,  a  stag's  head  couped,  proper,  attired,  or. 

Supporters.  The  dexter  a  stag,  reguardant,  proper,  attired, 
as  the  crest.     The  sinister  a  gryphon,  reguardant,  or. 

Motto.     Medfocria  firm  a. 

Chief  Seats.  Gorhambury  in  the  county  of  Hertford,  twenty- 
two  miles  from  London  j  and  Messing-Hall,  otherwise  Baynard's- 
Castle,  near  Colchester  in  Essex,  forty-four  miles  from  London. 


LORD  DOUGLAS. 


227 


ARCHIBALD  DOUGLAS,  LORD  DOUGLAS 
OF  DOUGLAS. 


His  Lordship  was  adjudged  by  a  final  decree  of  the  house  of 
lords,  in  l/Sp*  to  be  son  and  heir  of  Sir  John  Stewart,  of  Gran- 
tully,  Bart,  by  Lady  Jane  Douglas,  sister  of  the  last  Duke  of 
Douglas,  and  nephew  and  heir  to  the  said  Duke,  who  died  in 
1761  ;  on  which  his  dukedom  became  extinct;  and  his  marqui- 
sate  and  other  titles  devolved  on  his  next  heir  male,  the  Duke  of 
Hamilton.     (See  title  Brandon,  vol.  i.  p.  51]). 

"  If  a  long  train  of  illustrious  ancestors,''  says  Douglas  in  his 
peerage,  "  distinguished  by  the  highest  titles,  and  connected  with 
the  most  august  and  noble  families,  in  Europe,  can  make  any 
name  remarkable  and  great,  there  is  no  subject  can  plead  a  higher 
claim  than  the  Douglas ;  but  it  is  the  least  part  of  the  glory  of 
this  family,  that  it  has  been  honoured  with  alliances  by  marriage, 
into  the  first  rank  of  nobility  in  Scotland,  England,  and  France, 
even  with  crowned  heads,  having  matched  eleven  times  with  the 
royal  house  of  Scotland,  and  once  with  that  of  England:  that 
besides  the  honours  conferred  on  them  by  their  own  sovereigns, 
they  have  been  Dukes  of  Turenne,  Counts  of  Longuevillcj  and 
Marshals  of  France.  They  were  more  distinguished  by  their  virtue 
and  merit  than  by  their  titles  and  opulency,  and  the  lustre  of  their 
actions  outshone  the  splendour  of  their  birth.  Hence  we  see 
them  leading  the  van  of  our  armies  in  Scotland  ;  supporting,  by 
their  valour,  the  kingdom  and  crown  of  France,  tottering  on  the 
head  of  Charles  VIE  when  reduced  to  the  last  extremity  by  the 
bravery  of  the  English;  raising  the  siege  of  Danbrick,  for  which 
they  had  the  highest  honours  conferred  upon  them  ;  conquering 


228  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

the  Saracens  in  Spain  ;  with  many  other  acts  of  military  glory, 
that  have  made  this  family  renowned  through  all  the  corners  of 
Euroiie,  for  which  we  must  refer  to  onr  historians." 

William  de  Douglas,  was  created  Dominus  de  Douglas,  by 
King  Malcolm  Canmore,  1057. 

His  son,  Sir  John,  dying  about  1 145,  was  succeeded  by  his 
son. 

Sir  Wii  LiAM,  whose  son, 

Archibald,  was  a  man   of  vast  estate,  and  in  great  favour 
with  King  Alexander  II.,  he  died  about  1240.     His  son. 
Sir  William,  died  12/6.     His  son, 

Hugh,  distinguished  himself  at  the  battle  of  Largis,  under 
King  Alexander  III  and  conquered  Haco,  King  of  Norway,  who 
had  invaded  Scotland,  12u3. 

His  brother  and  heir,  William,  was  called  TViliiam.  the 
Hardy :  he  was  the  companion  of  the  valorous  exploits  of  Sir 
William  Wallace  J  was  governor  of  Berwick,  12^5;  and  would 
never  swear  fealty  to  the  English,  who  took  him  prisoner,  and 
kept  him  seven  years  in  captivity,  in  which  situation  he  died  in 
England,  1303.     His  son, 

James,  Lord  Douglas,  called  The  Good,  was  one  of  the  most 
eminent  heroes  of  his  time,  and  laid  the  foundation  of  the  future 
greatness  of  the  house  of  Douglas.  "  The  Saxon  families,"  says 
Walter  Scott,  ''  who  fled  froai  the  exterminating  sword  of  the 
conqueror,  with  many  of  tlie  Normans  them.selves,  whom  dis- 
content and  in'estine  feuds  hdd  driven  into  exile,  began  to  rise 
into  eminence  on  the  Scotish  borders.  They  brought  with  them 
arts  both  of  peace  and  war,  unknown  in  Scotland  ;  and  among 
their  descendants  we  soon  number  the  most  powerful  border 
chiefs.  Such,  during  the  reign  of  the  last  Alexander,  were 
Patrick,  Earl  of  March,  and  Lord  Soulis,  renowned  in  tradition  ; 
and  such  were  also  the  powerful  Comyns,  who  early  acquired  the 
principal  way  upon  the  Scotish  marches.  In  the  civil  wars 
betwixt  Bruce  and  Baliol,  all  those  powerful  chieftains  espoused 
the  unsuccessful  party.  They  were  forfeited  and  exiled ;  and 
upon  their  ruins  was  founded  the  formidable  house  of  Douglas. 
The  borders,  from  sea  to  sea,  were  now  at  the  devotion  of  a  suc- 
cession of  mighty  chiefs,  whose  exorbitant  power  threatened  to 
put  a  new  dynasty  upon  the  Scotish  throne.  It  is  not  my  inten- 
tion," he  adds,  ''  to  trace  the  dazzling  career  of  this  race  of 
heroes^  whose  exploits  were  alike  formidable  to  the  English,  and 


LORD  DOUGL\S.  229 

to  their  «!nverei::n."  =»  This  J;imes,  Lord  Douglas,  was  a  constant 
adl)eiMit  ti)  Kng  Rob'  rt  Biuce.  In  June  ]  JI4,  he  commanded 
the  left  wing  oftlie  Sv^otish  army,  at  the  battle  of  Bannockburn. 
He  was  waidm  of  the  marches  towards  England.  He  it  was 
who  undertook  a  journey  to  Jerusalem  with  King  Ro  ert's  heart, 
in  contbimity  to  a  vow  made  by  that  monarch  ;  in  w  hi^■h  service 
he  fell  J  for  having  interred  the  heart  at  the  Holy  S-^pulchre,  he 
joined  the  King  of  Arragon  against  the  inridcls,  and  was  killed  in 
Spain,  August  '3l^t,  1331,  after  having  bren  thiricen  times  victo- 
rious agdnst  tl)e  Turks  and  Saracens.  For  this  str\ ice  he  had 
added  to  his  armorial  bearing,  a>gent,  a  man's  heart,  gules,  eri' 
sign  d  will  nji  itn  pi-rial  crown,  proper.  He  died  without  legiti- 
mate i^sue;  but  his  natural  son  is  said  to  have  been  progenitor  of 
some  con^ideraole  families  of  the  name  in  France. 

His  brother  anJ  heir,  Hugh,  an  inactive  man,  was  succeeded 
by  his  nephew, 

William,  (son  oi  Archibald,  his  brother,  who  lost  his  life  in 
the  service  of  his  country,  at  the  battle  ot  Haliuon-hill,  1333.) 
This  Wiliiam  was  created  EarZ  of  Douglas,  1340\  hi  1356,  he 
was  at  the  battle  of  Poictiers,  where  he  narrowly  escaped  being 
taken  prisoner  by  the  Black  Prince.  "  Upon  the  death  of 
David  n."  Piiikerton  says,  "  he  unexpectedly  claimed  the  crown, 
as  uniting  in  himself  the  dubiou'^  pretensions  of  Comyn,  and  the 
solid  title  of  Balio!.  Yet  the  claim  was  no  soone-  made  than 
withdrawn  Our  elder  historians  assert  that  the  strong  interests 
of  the  Enrls  of  Dunbar  and  Murray,  and  the  yet  stronger  of  Sir 
Robert  Erskine,  keeper  of  the  castles  of  Dunbarton,  Edinburgh, 
and  Stirling,  appearing  decided  for  the  Steward,  induced  Douglas 
to  resign  his  expectation ;  while  the  historians  of  the  house  of 
Douglas  ascribe  the  desertion  of  the  claim  to  its  own  friends." 
He  was,  in  1373,  appointed  custos  marchiarum,  with  power  to 
settle  all  debates  between  the  Douglases  and  Percies  of  Northum- 
berland :   he  died  1384. 

Genealogists  give  him  three  wives,  by  each  of  whom  he  had 
a  son. 

First,  Margaret,  sister  and  sole  heir  of  Thomas,  Eail  of  Mar, 
by  whom  he  had 

James,  son  and  heir. 

Secondly,  Margaret,  daughter  of  Patrick,  Earl  of  March,  by 
whom  they  say  he  had 

»  Minstrelsy  of  Scotch  Bord.  vol.  i.  p.  6. 


230  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

Archibald  the  Grirn,  third  Earl,  but  whom  Sir  David  Dal- 
rymple  contends  to  have  been  an  usurper. 

Thirdly,  Margaret,  daughter  and  heir  of  Thomas  Stuart,  Earl 
of  Angus,  by  whom  he  had 

George,  first  Earl  of  Angus  of  that  name, 

James,  second  Earl  of  Douglas,  was  that  memorable  warrior, 
who  fell  in  the  celebrated  battle  of  Otterburn,  on  July  3 1st, 
1388.  "  1  die,  like  my  forefathers,"  said  the  expiring  hero,  "  in 
a  field  of  battle,  and  not  on  a  bed  of  sickness.  Conceal  my  death, 
defend  my  standard,  and  avenge  my  fall !  It  is  an  old  prophecy, 
that  a  dead  man  shall  gain  a  field,  and  I  hope  it  will  be  accom- 
plished this  night."  '' 

Archibald  the  Grim,  (his  half-brother,  according  to  most 
authors,)  succeeded  as  third  Earl  of  Douglas ;  he  died  1400,  and 
was  succeeded  by  his  son 

Archibald,  ybwr^A  Earl;  he  was  a  man  of  distinguished 
valour,  and  had  the  command  of  the  Scotch  forces  sent  to  the  as- 
sistance of  France  against  the  English,  for  which  Charles  VII. 
invested  him  with  the  duchy  of  Turenne,  and  made  him  Marshal 
of  France,     He  fell  in  the  battle  of  Vernoil,  August  /th,  1425. 

His  son,  Archibald,  w^?, fifth  Earl.  "  There  cannot,"  says 
Pinkerton,  "  be  a  stronger  proof  of  the  ignorance  of  our  early 
writers,  concerning  the  reign  of  James  II.  than  their  assertion  that 
the  powerful  Earl  of  Douglas  was  neglected,  while  it  is  known 
from  authentic  records,  that  he  held  the  high  office  of  lieutenant- 
general  of  the  kingdom,  and  even  summoned  a  parliament  He 
died  1439,  and  was  succeeded  by  his  son,  a  youth,  whose  years 
did  not  exceed  fourteen,  and  were  too  immature  to  support  the 
dignities  of  his  father."  1 

This  son  was  William,  sixth  Earl.  "  The  power  of  the 
house  of  Douglas,"  according  to  Pinkerton,  "  nad  arisen  to  a 
formidable  height,  and  was,  during  this  reign,  to  contend  with 
the  royal  authorities.  Galloway,  Annandale,  and  other  extensive 
territories  in  Scotland,  the  duchy  of  Touraine  and  lordship  of 
Longueville  in  France,  rendered  to  the  chief  of  that  family  revenues 
perhaps  equivalent  to  those  of  the  Scotish  monarch.  The  young 
Earl,  now  in  his  sixteenth  year,  possessed  the  impetuous  spirit 
and  haughtiness,  natural  to  his  age  and  fortunes.     His  highest 

b  See  a  minute  and  interesting  account  of  this  battle  in  Pinkerton's  very 
valuable  and  recondite  History  of  Scotland.  See  also  the  ballads  and  notes 
in  Percy's  Reliques,  and  Scott's  Minstrelsy, 


LORD  DOUGLAS.  23 i 

title,  that  of  Touraincj  which  a  weak  regency  had  permitted  the 
house  to  assume,  and  which  impolicy  had  not  applied  to  the 
French  King  to  discontinue,  emboldened  the  Douglas  to  regard 
higaself  as  a  foreign  Prince,  independent  of  the  laws  of  his  country. 
The  prudence  of  age  might  have  induced  a  concealment  of  pomp 
and  power,  from  the  fear  of  envy  and  danger  j  but,  in  the  arro- 
gance of  youth,  William,  Earl  of  Douglas,  displayed  a  constant 
train  of  one  thousand  horse,  and  a  dazzling  magnificence  in  his 
household  ;  nay,  he  would  even  create  knights,  and  hold  courts 
in  imitation  of  parliaments.  The  Chancellor,  who  by  his  office 
was  chiefly  cliarged  to  see  the  due  execution  of  the  laws,  was  irri- 
tated at  the  insults  offered  to  them  by  the  power  of  Douglas.  In- 
stead of  bearing  with  the  young  Earl's  insolence,  in  the  hopes 
that  a  few  years  would  infuse  moderation  and  prudence  into  his 
conduct;  instead  of  secretly  raising  the  King's  influence  with  the 
court  of  France,  that  the  foreign  titles  and  possessions  might  be 
withdrawn  from  the  family,  Crichton  resolved  to  cut  otfthe  Earl 
and  his  brother ;  a  measure,  which  might  perhaps  have  admitted 
some  apology,  had  they  been  advanced  to  maturer  age  ;  tor  it 
seems  strictly  equitable  that  an  opposcr,  who  is  above  the  proce- 
dure of  justice,  may  be  sacrificed  to  the  laws,  without  any  proce- 
dure of  justice;  but  which,  while  we  consider  the  tender  age  of 
the  oftenders,  must  be  pronounced  unjust,  murderous,  and  tyran- 
nical. Nay,  v\  hen  the  consequences  are  seen,  this  act  will  appear 
weak  and  impolitic,  and  will  incur  the  bitterest  charge  of  depra- 
vity, that  of  ineflectual  guilt.  By  plausible  invitations  and 
flatteries,  William,  Earl  of  Douglas,  his  brother  David,  and  Mal- 
colm Fleming  of  Cumbernauld,  a  faithful  adherent  to  the  family, 
were  inveigled  into  the  castle  of  Edinburgh,  and  after  an  insi- 
dious entertainment,  and  a  brief  and  desultory  trial,  were  be- 
headed. The  Earldom  of  Douglas  fell  to  his  uncle,  the  next  heir 
male, 

James,  Lord  of  Alercorn,  surnamed  The  Gross,  who  became 
seventh  Earl,  a  prudent  and  peaceable  man,  but  who  unfortu- 
nately enjoyed  his  title  only  two  years,  and  left  a  turbulent 
son, 

WiULiAM,  the  third  of  that  name,  eighth  Earl.  The  unen- 
tailed estates  of  Galloway,  Wigton,  Balvcnic,  Ormond,  and  Annan- 
dale,  were  inherited  by  Margaret,  sister  of  the  murdered  Earl, 
commonly  called  the  Fair  Maid  of  Galloway ,  who  wedded  her 
cousin,  the  third  V/illiam,  hereby  restoring  the  house  of  Douglas 
to  all  its  power.     The  want  of  wisdom  in  the  government,  upon 


232  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

this  occasion,   exceeds  all  belief;    but  it  is  easier  to  commit  « 
murder,   than  to  perform  an  action  of  common  prudence,  and 
Crime  ought  never  to  infer  ability.     Margaret  was  apparently  a 
ward  of  the  crown  ;  at  any  rate,  the  new  Earl,  William,  and  the 
heiress,  were  within  the  degrees  of  consanguinity,  and   she  was 
forced  to  apply  secretly  to  the  Pope  for  a  dispensation,  which  not 
arriving  so  speedily  as  he  hoped,  he  married  her  on  Good  Friday, 
in  the  time  of  Lent,  a  day  and  period  esteemed  as  unlawful  as  the 
marriage.     The  opposition  to  this  connection  ought  to  have  been 
cogent  3   the  pretexts  for  annulling  it  were  just ;  but  for  this  un- 
accountable neglect,  the  regency,   the   nation,   the   King,  were 
afterwards  sufficiently  to  suffer."^     "  By  the  common  course  of 
human  nffairs,  the  young  King  detested  the  controul  of  Livingston 
and  Crichton,  and  the  numerous  friends  of  the  house  of  Douglas 
were  successful  in  sharpening  his  resentment  against  those  stern 
guardians,  who  had  held  him  in  captivity,  Hud  in  turning  his  affec- 
tion to  the  Earl  of  Douglas,  whose  youth  was  more  congenial 
with  that  of  the  King,  and  whose  power  could  irresistibly  enforce 
the  royal  designs."     "  Douglas  procured  a  parliament  to  be  held, 
in  which  Crichton  and  Livingston  were  denounced  rebels,   and 
their  estates  forfeited."  "  Meanwhile  the  disorders  of  the  country 
increased,  under  the  mismanagement  of  Douglas,  and  caused  even 
the  regency  of  Crichton  and  Livingston  to  be  regretted."     About 
1446,  "  the  Earl  of  Douglas  was  created  lieutenant-general  of 
the  kingdom,   an  office  of  extreme  power,  which  had  been  held 
by  one  of  his  predecessors  at  the  commencement  of  this  reign. 
He  was  resolved  on  the  perdition  of  the  family  of  Livingston, 
which  had  only  done  its  duty  to  the  King  and  kingdom,  by  op- 
posing the  exorbitant  influence  of  the  house  of  Douglas."     In 
1448,  he  obtained  a  victory  over  the  English,  at  the  battle  of 
Sark.     The  Scots  then  entered  England,  and  ravaged  the  country 
as  far  as  Newcastle.     But  "  the  victories  of  Douglas  had  afibrded 
little  compensation   to  Scotland   for  his  tyranny  and  oppression, 
which  seemed  to  increase  in  proportion  to  the  continuance  of  his 
power.     For  him   and  his  followers  there  was  no  law,  and  the 
country  groaned  under  the  most  destructive  anarchy.   But  the  six 
heavy  years  of  his  authority  were  soon  to  expire;  and  difierenr 
circumstances   were  alre;)dy  preparing  to  lessen  his  influence." 
"  The  perdition  of  the  aiistocratic  and  tyrannic  house  of  Douglas, 
was  to  be  a  spirited  exertion  of  justice  to  the  monarch  and  to  his 

e  Pinkerton's  History  of  Scotland,  vol.  i.  p.  iqj. 


LORD  DOUGLAS.  23  5 

people."  "  It  would  appear  that  the  office  of  lieutenant-general 
of  the  kingdom,  wanted  little  of  being  a  sole  regency.  This  dan- 
gerous dignity  certainly  fell  soon  after  the  marriage  of  the  Kingj 
and  Douglas  retired  from  the  court,  attended  with  the  execrations 
of  the  people."  "  Di'gusted  at  the  loss  of  his  power,  and  wishing 
to  display  his  pomp  in  foreign  countries,  he  passed  to  the  jubilee 
at  Rome  with  a  train  of  six  knights,  fourteen  gentlemen,  and 
eighty  attendants.  In  his  absence,  many  complaints  were  made 
against  the  insolence  of  his  attendants.  Upon  his  return  from 
Rome,  he  sent  a  submissive  message  to  the  King  ;  and,  as  he 
could  not  in  equity  be  reputed  guilty  of  events,  which  happened 
during  his  absence,  and  for  which  a  sufficient  punishment  had 
been  taken,  he  was  gmciously  received."  "  Meanwhile,  he  pro- 
ceeded in  his  disorderly  and  treasonable  practices.  He  attempted, 
as  it  is  said,  to  assassinate  Crichton,  who  escaped,  and  afterwards 
had  nearly  surprised  Douglas,  then  lodging  in  Edinburgh  with  a 
small  train." 

The  Earl  "  now  entered  into  a  grand  measure,  which  threat- 
ened destruction  to  the  King  and  kingdom  :  he  confederated  with 
several  potent  nobles,  in  a  mutual  defence  against  every  injury. 
The  monarch  dissembled  j  but  au  incident  soon  occurred,  which 
hastened  the  execution  of  his  vengeance. ''  It  was  then  resolved, 
in  order  to  avoid  the  horrors  of  a  civil  war,  that  Douglas  should 
be  inveigled  into  court  by  flattery,  and  upon  pretences  that  the 
King  forgave  his  past  enormities,  and  only  desired  him  to  reform 
his  future  cor.duct."  The  pian  succeeded  :  the  Earl  was  pre- 
vailed upon  to  visit  the  court,  at  the  castle  of  Stirling.  After 
supper,  the  King  taking  him  apart  into  a  secret  chamber,  where 
only  some  of  the  privy-council  and  the  guard  were  in  attendance, 
mildly  informed  him  that  he  had  heard  of  the  league  with  Craw- 
ford and  other  nobles,  and  desired  him  to  break  such  illegal  en- 
gagements. Douglas  proudly  refused,  and  had  the  arrogance  to 
upbraid  the  King  with  his  pr^^^cdures  against  him,  which  had 
forced  him,  as  he  asserted,  to  form  this  confederacy.  The  sense 
of  repeated  insults,  :uid  of  an  outrageous  contempt  of  his  autho- 
rity, conspired  \^ith  tiie  present  personal  affront,  to  kindle  a  flame 
of  instantaneous  fury  ;  and  ihf  monarch  exclaiming,  '*  If  you 
will  not  break  llils  league,  by  God  I  shall,  drew  his  dagger,  and 
stabbed  Do'iglas,     Sir  Patrick  Gray  then  struck  the  Earl  with  a 

<*  See  it  in  Piiikerton,  &c. 


234  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

battle-axe,   and  the  wound  was  instantly  mortal."     This  hap- 
pened 1  ebruary  13th,  1452. 

James,  his  brother,  became  ninth  Earl.  "  He  appears,"  says 
Walter  Scott,  "  neither  to  have  possessed  the  abilities,  nor  the 
ambition  of  his  ancestors.  He  drew,  indeed,  against  his  Prinr  e, 
the  formidable  sword  of  Douglas,  but  with  a  timid,  and  hesitat- 
ing hand.  Procrastination  ruined  his  cause  ;  and  he  was  deserted 
at  Abercorn  by  the  knight  of  Cadyow,  chief  of  the  Hamiltons, 
and  by  his  most  active  adherents,  after  they  had  inefFeclually  ex- 
horted him  to  commit  his  fate  to  the  issue  of  a  battle.  The 
border  chiefs,  who  longed  for  independence,  shewed  little  incli- 
nation to  follow  the  declining  fortunes  of  Douglas.  On  the  con- 
trary, the  most  powerful  clans  engaged,  and  defeated  him  at 
Arkinholme,  in  Annandale,  when,  after  a  short  residf  nee  in  Eng- 
land, he  again  endeavoured  to  gain  a  footing  in  his  native  country. 
The  spoils  of  Douglas  were  liberally  distributed  amongst  his  con- 
querors, and  royal  grants  of  his  forfeited  domains  effectually  in- 
terested them  in  excluding  his  return.  An  attempt  on  the  east 
borders,"  by  the  Percy  and  the  Douglas  both  together,  "  was 
equally  unsuccessful.  The  Earl,  grown  old  in  exile,  longed  once 
more  to  see  his  native  country,  and  vowed  that  upon  St.  Magda- 
len's day,  he  would  deposit  his  offering  on  the  high  altar  at  Loch- 
maben.  Accompanied  by  the  banished  Earl  of  Albany,  with  his 
usual  ill-fortune  he  entered  Scotland.  The  borderers  assembled 
to  oppose  him,  and  he  suffered  a  final  defeat  at  Barnswork,  in 
Dumfrieshire.  The  aged  Earl  was  taken  in  the  fight,  by  a  son 
of  Kirkpatrick  of  Clo.-;ebarn,  one  of  his  own  vassals.  A  grant  of 
lands  had  been  offered  for  his  person ;  '  Carry  me  to  the  King,' 
said  Douglas  to  Kirkpatrick,  *  thou  art  well  entitled  to  profit  by 
my  misfortune,  for  thou  wast  true  to  me,  whilst  I  was  true  to 
myself.'  The  young  man  wept  bitterly,  and  offered  to  fly  with 
the  Earl  into  England,  But  Douglas,  weary  of  exile,  refused 
his  proffered  liberty,  and  only  requested  that  Kirkpatrick  would 
not  deliver  him  to  the  King,  till  he  had  secured  his  own  reward. 
Kirkpatrick  did  more,  he  stipulated  for  the  personal  safety  of  his 
old  master.  His  generous  intercession  prevailed  ;  and  the  last  of 
the  Douglases  was  permitted  to  die  in  monastic  seclusion,  in  the 
abbey    of    Lindores."  *       "   In    this    reireat,"   says    Pinkerton, 

e  Minstrelsy,  vol  i    p.  7. 


LORD  DOUGLAS.  -         235 

*'  Douglas,  perhaps,  first  knew  happiness ;  and  died  after  four 
years  of  penitence  and  peace,"  ^  April  15th,  1488. 

"  After  the  fall  of  the  house  of  Douglas,"  continues  Scott, 
*'  no  one  chieftain  appears  to  have  enjoyed  the  same  extensive 
supremacy  over  the  Scotish  borders.  The  various  Barons,  who 
had  partaken  of  the  spoil,  combined  in  resisting  a  succession  of 
uncontrouled  domination.  The  Earl  of  Angus  alone  seems  to 
have  taken  rapid  steps  in  the  same  course  of  ambition,  which  had 
been  pursued  by  his  kinsmen  and  rivals,  the  Earls  of  DDUglas." 

George  Douglas, ^r^^  Earl  of  Angus,  was  only  son  of  Wil- 
liam, first  Earl  of  Douglas,  by  Margaret,  his  third  wiff,  daughter 
and  heir  of  Thomas  Stuart,  Earl  of  Angus.  He  accompanied  his 
cousin,  the  Earl  of  Douglas,  to  the  battle  of  Homildon,  where 
he  was  taken  prisoner,  and  soon  after  died,  in  1402,  leaving  his 
son, 

William,  second  Earl  of  Angus,  who  was  warden  of  the 
middle  marches,  1433,  and  commanded  at  the  battle  of  Piper- 
dam,  where  the  Scots  obtained  a  victory  over  the  English  led  by 
Percy,  1436.     His  son, 

James,  third  Earl  of  Angus,  was  succeeded  by  his  brother, 
George,  fourth  Earl,  who,  in  1449,  was  made  warden  of  the 
east  and  middle  marches,  and  had  the  chief  command  of  the 
King's  forces  during  the  Earl  of  Douglas's  rebellion,  which  he 
suppressed  in  1455,  and  upon  that  Earl's  forfeiture,  obtamed  a 
grant  of  the  whole  lands  and  lordship  of  Douglas,  by  a  charter, 
1457.  "  There  appears  to  be  some  doubt,"  says  Walter  Scott, 
"■  whether  in  this  division  the  Earl  of  Angus  received  more  than 
his  natural  right.  If  Archibald  the  Grim  intruded  into  the 
Earldom  of  Douglas,  without  being  a  son  of  that  family,  it  follows 
that  the  house  of  Angus,  being  kept  out  of  their  just  rights  for 
more  than  a  century,  were  only  restored  to  them  after  the  battle 
of  Arkinholme.  Perhaps  this  may  help  to  account  for  the  eager 
interest  taken  by  the  Earl  of  Angus  against  his  kinsman."  He 
took  the  side  oi  Lancaster,  in  England,  while  the  Earl  of  Douglas 
espoused  the  York  interest.  He  died  1462,  and  was  succeeded  by 
his  son, 

Ab.cuiba'ld,  ffth  Earl,  then  only  nine  years  old,  who  was 
also  warden  of  the  east  and  middle  marches.  He  was  one  of  the 
leaders  against  his  sovereign,  James  IIL  in  1488.     As  late  as  the 


(  Pinkerton,  vol  i.  p.  517,  where  see  many  moie  interesting  particulars 
of  this  Earl. 


236  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

fatal  battle  of  Floddon,  he  is  said  to  have  been  active  in  dissuad- 
ing the  King  from  that  unfortunate  contest,  fir  which  some  his- 
torians have  taxed  him  with  cowardice  and  disloyalty,  more  espe- 
cially as  he  was  absent  on  that  day  ;  but  his  great  age  and  inhr- 
mities  were  a  suffi  lent  excuse  for  non-attendance  j  and  two 
hundred  of  his  name  and  followers  are  said  to  have  fallen  on  that 
bloody  day,  September  9th,  1513.  Oppressed  with  years  and 
soirow  for  tbat  dreadful  issue,  tor  the  loss  of  his  country,  the  fate 
of  his  two  sons,  and  of  so  many  of  his  family,  he  retired  to  a  re- 
ligious house,  and  died  the  beginning  of  the  year  following, 
1514. 

His   son,  George,  ^  master  of  Jngus,  having   thus  fallen  at 
Floduon  field,  the  Earl  was  succeeded  by  his  grandson, 

Archibald,  sixth  Earl,  called  Archibald  Bed-the-Cat,  who 
makes  a  very  conspicuous  figure  in  the  History  of  Scoiland.  He 
"  was  at  once  vi^arden  of  the  east  and  middle  marches,  Lord  of 
■  Liddisdale,  and  Jedwood  forest,  and  possessed  of  the  strong  castles 
of  Douglas,  Hermitage,  andTantallon."  "  James  IV.  a  monarch 
of  a  vigorous  and  energrtic  character,  was  well  aware  of  the 
danger,  which  his  ancestors  had  experienced  from  a  powerful  and 
overgrown  family.  Upon  the  waxing  power  of  Angus,  he  kept 
a  wary  eye ;  and,  embracing  the  occasion  of  a  casual  slaughter, 
he  compelled  that  i:-arl  and  his  son  to  exchange  the  lordship  of 
Liddisd;ile,  and  the  castle  of  Hermitage,  for  the  castle  and  lord- 
ship of  JJothwell.  By  this  policy  he  prevented  the  house  of 
Angus,  mighty  as  it  w.;s,  liom  rising  to  the  height,  whence  the 
elder  branch  of  tneir  family  had  been  hurled."  In  1514,  "  to  the 
surprise  and  regiet  of  all  ranks,"  say^^  Pinkerton,  "  Margaret 
(^Tudor,  widow  of  James  IV.)  hardly  recovered  from  the  languor 
of  childbirth,  suddenly  wedded  the  Ear/ q/"  ^wcr^j.  This  preci- 
pitate step  was  ruinous  to  her  ambition,  as  of  itself  by  the  royal 
will,  and  by  the  law  of  the  country,  it  terminated  her  regency. 
In  the  progress  of  time,  however,  various  incidents  contributed 
to  restore  her  power  j  and  she  continued  to  attract  great  attention 
by  the  splendour  of  her  birth  and  former  station,  by  the  art  of  her  | 
intrigues,  and  by  the  boldness  of  her  talents.  The  nobility  of 
Scotland  were,  at  this  period,  little  remarkable  for  natural  abili- 
ties, and  far  less  for  those,  which  depend  on  learning  ;  the  clergy 
had  en'^rossed  all  chat  belongs  to  acquired  knowledge,  and  political 
sagacity ;  but  amongst  the  Scotish  nobles,  Angus  was,  perhaps, 

:  Gawen  Douglas,  the  poet,  bishop  of  Dunkcld,  was  a  younger  sen. 


LORD  DOUGLAS.  237 

the  most  uninformed,  and  unfit  for  his  dangerous  elevation  ;  for 
his  royal  marriage  proiiipt(-d  him  to  assume  much  of  the  vacant 
governmr'nt,  and  tiie  Quern's  fondness  stcondid  his  ambition. 
E'cperience  and  maturer  age,  displayed  him  in  a  dilFereut  light; 
but  at  this  time,  his  years  and  his  instruction  partook  of  puerility. 
A  birth,  distinguished  by  an  ancestry  of  heroes,  opulent  posses- 
sions, and  potent  vassalry,  above  ail,  a  person  blooming  with 
youth  and  elegance,  transported  the  woman,  while  they  ruined 
the  Queen  ;  and  bittrr  and  speedy  was  the  repentance. " 

When  Albany  assumed  the  regency,  Angus  and  his  Queen 
were  gradually  driven  by  acts  of  cruelly  and  oppression  to  Eng- 
land. The  next  year,  151  6,  "  Angus  and  Home  finding  them- 
selves neglected  by  the  English  King,  and  deprived,  by  the  con- 
clusion of  a  treaty,  of  any  open  aid  from  England,  resolved,  with- 
out \he  Queen's  knowledge,  to  accommodate  their  affairs  with 
Albany  ;  who  now  affected  great  lenity,  and  assented  to  admit 
them  to  their  former  honours  and  possesMons.  They  accordingly 
returned  to  Scotland,  and  resided  in  a  quiet  manner  on  their 
e-itates.  The  Queen,  now  confined  by  a  long  illness,  at  Mor- 
peih,  never  pardoned,  and  never  could  pardon  this  shocking  and 
disgraceful  defection  of  her  husband,  the  inhumanity  of  which 
was,  if  poss.ble,  increased  by  her  situation  on  a  bed  of  sickness  ; 
and  this  was  the  real  cause  of  that  lasting  enmity,  which  our  his- 
torians, ignorant  of  this  circumstance,  impute  to  an  amour  of 
Angus.  Margaret's  determination  of  proceeding  to  her  brother's 
court,  instead  of  returning  to  Scotland,  was  a  strong  motive  to 
this  step;  as  Angus  and  Home  regarded  her  resolution  as  a  dere- 
liction of  any  claim  to  the  Scotish  government,  and  in  mere  pru- 
dence could  not  be  much  blamed  for  not  sacrificing  all  their  for- 
tunes to  a  cause  confessed  to  be  desperate.  The  Queen  after- 
wards went  to  the  English  court;  where  she  was  received  with 
the  distinction,  respect,  and  tenderness,  due  to  her  talents,  her 
station,  and  her  misfortunes :  nor  was  it  an  usual  spectacle  to  be- 
hold her,  and  ht-r  sister  Mary,  the  widow  of  Louis  XI 1.  embrac- 
ing each  other  after  an  equal  fatality." 

In  1518,  "  the  discord  between  the  factions  of  Angus  and 
Arran  continued  to  increase;  but  the  former  was  somewhat 
weakened  by  the  want  of  confidence  between  the  Queen  and  her 
husband.  She  h^id  behaved  with  the  attention,  if  not  with  the 
affection  of  a  wite,  since  her  return  ;  and  had  even  pawned  and 
sold  her  jewels  and  plate,  to  support  his  interest,  his  personal  pro- 
fusion being  great.  Bat  not  contented  with  wasting  lier  property. 


238  FEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

he  wounded  both  her  love  and  her  pride  by  vague  amours,  parti- 
cularly with  a  lady  of  Douglasdale,  a  daughter  of  Stuart  of  Traq- 
hair,  according  to  some,  whom  his  violent  passion  had  secluded 
from  her  friends,  and  by  whom  he  had  a  daughter,  Jane  Douglas, 
afterwards  wedded  to  Patrick,  Lord  Ruthven,  The  Queen,  stung 
with  this  new  disgrace,  which  revived  and  increased  the  latent, 
but  deep,  wound  inflicted  by  his  former  abrupt  and  cruel  dere- 
liction of  her  sick-bed  in  England,  now  spoke  of  a  divorce.  But 
Henry,  sensible  that  such  a  step  would  be  ruinous  to  his  interests 
in  Scotland,  endeavoured  by  threats  and  persuasions  to  deter  her, 
A  reconciliation  was  effected;  but  it  was  insincere,  and  after  seven 
years  inquietude,  a  divorce  often  threatened,  was  at  length  to  di- 
vide this  unhappy  marriage." 

In  1521,  Angus  and  his  party  again  fled  from  Edinburgh  and 
the  power  of  Albany  to  the  borders,  in  great  dismay;  from 
whence  he  implored  the  protection  of  Henry.  But  disgusted 
with  his  dubious  residence  on  the  English  frontier,  had  recourse 
to  the  Queen's  mediation  with  Albany,  gained  perhaps  by  his 
promise  to  consent  to  a  divorce;  and  tlie  regent  pardoned  him 
on  condition  that  he  should  exile  himself  to  France,  from  whence 
he  did  not  return  till  July,  1524.  He  soon  after,  under  English 
influence,  went  back  to  Scotland.  Henry's  ministers  thought 
"  he  would  at  least  prove  a  check  upon  the  Queen's  conduct,  he 
being  so  much  beloved  in  Scotland  at  this  period,  that  his  influ- 
ence, like  the  ancient  power  of  his  house,  rather  passed  the  limits 
of  a  subject ;  and  he  earnestly  desired  to  revisit  his  native  country, 
which  an  absence  of  two  years  and  an  half  had  only  more  en- 
deared to  his  ambition.  The  power  now  passed  to  the  Chancellor, 
and  Angus,  though  Margaret  retained  her  nominal  authority  for 
lifiore  thin  twelvemonths  after  this  period  :  to  Angus  she  affected 
kindness,  but  solely  with  a  view  to  persuade  him  to  consent  to  a 
divorce,  the  object  of  her  endeavours  fur  seven  years.  Henry, 
disapproving  his  sister's  conduct,  drove  her,  by  his  reproaches, 
into  the  interests  of  France.  "  Angus,  who  appears  to  have  re- 
tained his  high  honour  of  husband  to  the  Queen,  solely  with  a 
view  to  enjoy  her  revenues,  finding  that  this  usurpation  was  not 
to  be  continued  without  forfeiting  Henry's  favour,  at  length  con- 
sented to  the  divorce,  which  was  pronounced  by  the  Chancellor 
at  St.  Andrews,  upon  the  vain  ground  of  a  previous  promise  of 
marriage  by  Angus  to  another  lady,  while  all  the  nation  knevr 
that  solid  grounds  of  separation  arose  from  the  adulteries  of 
both. 


LORD  DOUGLAS,  239 

Hardly  was  the  divorce  pronounced,  before  Margaret  wedded 
Henry  Stuart,  her  paramour,  (younger  son  of  Lord  Evandale), 
afterwards  to  be  created  Lord  Mcthven."  This  was  in  1520. 
"  The  precipitate  marriage  of  Margaret  ruined  her  influence j 
and  Arran  had  abandoned  her  desperate  cause,  to  join  the  Chan- 
cellor his  relation  and  Angus, 

The  ancient  power  of  the  Douglases  seemed  now  to  have  re- 
vived, and,  after  a  slumber  of  near  a  century,  again  to  threaten 
destrnctiiin  to  the  Scotish  monarchy."  "  Offices  were  crowded 
upon  the  house  of  Douglas  ;  Sir  Archibald  Douglas  of  Kilspindy, 
uncle  to  Angus,  was  appointed  lord  treasurer;  and  Sir  George 
Douglas,  master  of  the  royal  household." 

In  1528,  "  the  plot  of  the  King's  liberation  from  the  odious 
power  of  the  Douglases  was  formed,  but  proceeded  with  the  secret 
force  of  a  subterraneous  river,  till  it  burst  forth  with  the  fury  of  a 
cataract."  In  July,  James  having  ordered  preparations  for  a 
solemn  hunting,  escaped  to  Stirling  in  the  disguise  of  a  groom, 
Angus  and  his  brothers  were  now  attainted}  and  his  estates  given 
as  spoils  to  his  enemies.  The  Earl  and  his  brother.  Sir  George, 
were  forced  to  England,  where  they  resided  during  the  remainder 
of  this  reign,  the  Earl  being  admitted  to  the  English  privy-council, 
and  continuing  to  be  highly  favoured  by  Henry  :  nor  did  they 
revisit  Scotland  till  the  second  year  of  Mary's  minority,  after  an 
exile  of  fifteen  years  ;  but  no  longer  was  a  Douglas  to  be  dan- 
gerous to  the  Scotish  throne." 

Henry  pensioned  the  Earl,  in  1532,  for  his  services  against 
his  country.  The  next  year,  "  Angus  and  his  brother.  Sir 
George,  on  the  part  of  England,"  shone  like  destructive  meteors, 
and  blasted  the  Scotish  territory  by  their  presence,  or  proximity. 
In  this  inroad,  they  took  the  old  fort  called  Cawmyl,  two  miles 
from  Berwick.  In  1542,  after  many  small  incursions  of  the 
borderers  on  both  sides,  "  Sir  Robert  Bowes,"  continues  Pin- 
kerton,  "  instigated  by  the  odious  Angus,  and  Sir  George  Douglas, 
Avho  attended  him  in  the  expedition  against  their  country,  en- 
tered Scotland  at  the  head  of  3000  cavalry,  proposing  to  ravage 
the  frontiers,  and  destroy  Jedburgh,  now  emergent  from  its  ruins. 
But  they  were  met  at  Haddenrig,  by  Huntley  and  Home,  and 
completely  defeated.  Angus  was  taken,  but  escaped  the  due 
punishment  of  his  manifold  treasons^  by  using  his  dagger  against 
the  captor." 

In  1543,  his  attainder  was  repealed,  and  he  was  restored  to 
all  his  honours  and  estates;  and  died  at  his  castle  of  Tantallon,  in 


240  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

1556.  His  only  daughter  and  heir,  Margaret,  married  Matthew, 
Earl  of  Lennox,  and  was  mother  of  Henry,  Lord  Darnley,  hus- 
band of  Queen  Mary. 

He  was  succeeded,  as  seventh  Earl,  by  his  nephew,  David, 
(son  of  his  brother,  Sir  George,)  who  dying  1588,  was  succeeded 
by  his  son, 

Archibald,  eight  Earl,  who  was  appointed  warden  of  the 
marches,  in  \5''6  ;  and,  afterwards,  lord  lieutenant  of  the  borders. 
He  died  without  surviving  issue  j  and,  as  it  seems,  in  the  same 
year  with  his  father. 

He  was  succeeded  by  the  next  heir  male.  Sir  William 
Douglas,  oi  Glenberv'ie,  (son  of  Sir  Archibald  Douglas,  of  Glen- 
beme,  son  of  Sir  William  Douglas,  of  Braidwood,  or  Glenbervie, 
who  was  second  son  of  Archibald,  fifth  Earl,  and  uncle  of  Archi- 
bald, Bell-the-Cat,  sixth  Earl, 

This  William  became  ni/z^A  Earl  of  Angus,  and  is  said  to  have 
embraced  the  party  of  Queen  Mary,  and  been  a  great  promoter 
of  the  reformation  J  he  died  159 1,  and  was  succeeded  by  his 
son, 

William,  tenth  Earl,  who,  in  1502,  joined  the  conspiracy  of 
the  popish  lords,  in  f.ivour  of  Spain  ;  and  the  next  year  v.':is  seized, 
and  committed  to  Edinburgh  castle,  but  escaped  out  of  prison, 
and  retired  to  the  mountains.  He  then  fled  to  France,  where  he 
died  a  religieuse,  and  was  buried  in  the  church  of  St.  Germaines, 
\Q\Q.     His  son, 

William,  became  eleventh  Earl,  and,  on  the  accession  of 
Charles  L  was  appointed  commander  in  chief,  and  lieutenant  of 
the  borders,  and  was  advanced  to  the  i\\\QO^  Marquis  of  Douglas, 
June  l/th,  1633.  He  distinguished  himself  on  the  King's  side, 
in  the  b;Utle  of  Philiphaugh,  where  he  was  afterwards  taken  pri- 
soner, and  suffered  many  hardships  under  Cromwell. 

His  son,  by  his  second  marriage,  was  created  Duke  of  Ha- 
milton, in  consequence  of  his  marrying  the  heiress  of  that  family. 
b'or  him  see  title  Brandon,  vol.  i.  p.  511. 

My  Lord  Marquis  surviving  all  our  intestine  commotions, 
which  were  not  a  few,  the  detail  of  which  I  need  not  at  this 
time  enter  into  ;  he  at  last  gave  way  to  fate  in  a  good  advanced 
age,  in  the  spring  of  the  year  lOu'O  '' 

James  succeeded  his  grandfr.ther  in  the  honour  ;  he  was 
•worn  one  of  the  privy-council  to  King  Charles  H.  about  lOp'O, 

h  Mr.  Simson's  Essay  on  the  family  of  Douglas. 


LORD  DOUGLAS.  241 

and  so  continued  to  two  succeeding  Kings,  for  the  space  of  thirty 
years,  even  to  his  death.  He  married,  first,  Barbara,  daughter  of 
John,  Earl  of  Mar,  by  whom  he  had  a  son, 

James  Lord  Angus,  a  very  brave  youth,  who  engaging  early 
in  the  wars,  signalized  his  courage  upon  every  occasion  that 
offered  itself,  especially  at  the  battle  of  Stenkirk,  where  he  was 
unfortunately  slain,  August  3d,  i6q2,  in  his  twenty-first  year, 
generally  lamented,  being  a  nobleman  of  great  hopes  and  expec- 
tations^ and  would  have  been  an  honour  and  ornament  to  his 
country,  had  not  an  untimely  death  too  soon  deprived  his  illus- 
trious family  of  the  great  advantages  it  might  have  reaped  by  his 
enjoyment  of  a  longer  life. 

His  Lordship  married  to  his  second  wife,  Mary,  daughter  of 
Robert,  Marquis  of  Loihian,  by  whom  he  had 

Archibald,  his  son  and  heir. 

And  a  daughter,  Lady  Jane,  married  to  John  Stewart,  Esq. 
afterwards  Sir  John  Stewart,  of  GrandtuUy,  Bart,  by  whom  she 
had  two  sons;  first,  Archibald,  now  Lord  Douglas;  second, 
ShoUo,  who  died  young. 

He  departed  this  mortal  life  in  a  most  christian  manner,  and 
with  an  entire  resignation  to  the  will  of  the  Creator,  on  February 
25th,  1/00,  at  the  age  of  fifty-four,  and  was  interred  at  Douglas 
without  any  funeral  solemnity. 

Archibald,  twelfth  Earl  of  Douglas,  created  Duke  of  Douglas, 
a  young  nobleman  of  great  hopes,  succeeded  his  father  at  six 
years  old ;  and  her  Majesty  Queen  Anne  was  pleased,  in  the 
Rin-th  year  of  his  age,  to  augment  his  Lordship's  honours  by 
creating  him  Duke  of  Douglas,  on  April  18th,  1703.  The  rea- 
sons for  bestowing  the  honour  upon  him,  are  thus  set  forth  in  the 
preamble  to  his  patent. 

Quod  nos  in  Regio  nostro  animo  revolventes  fidelissimum  et 
dilectissimum  no-trum  Consangjuineum  Archibaldum  Marchionem 
de  Douglass,  ex  familia  nobili  et  illustri  ortom  esse,  et  a  progeni- 
toribus  qui  maximae  fiduciae  munia  illis  concredlta  immaculata 
viriute  et  singular!  fide  obierunt,  quique  ob  res  ab  illis  clarissime 
gestis,  Eegium  diadema  tuendo  et  sustentando  summis  honoris  et 
dignitatis  titulis  per  nostros  Regios  predecessores  exornati  fuerunt: 
nos  quoque  hujus  maxime  memoies  e^  cupidae  per  ulteriorem  ho- 
noris additionem  dictum  Archibaldum  Marchionem  de  Douglass 
ejusque  heredibus  masculis  ipsius  corporis,  sibi  animum  addere, 

VOL.  VXJI.  R 


242  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

ut  nobiles  suos  predeeessores  imitetur ;  Noveritis  igitur  nos  fecisse, 
constituisse,  creasse  et  inaugurasse  Archibaldum  Marchionem  de 
Douglass  Ducem  de  Douglass,  Marchionem  de  Angus  et  Aber- 
nethy,  Vicecomitem  de  Jedburgh  Forrest  Dominum  Douglass  de 
Bonckle,  Prestoun,  et  Robertoun. 

His  Grace  married  Margaret,  daughter  of  James  Douglas,  of 
Mains,  Esq.  a  cadet  of  the  house  of  Morton  ;  but  died  without 
issue,  July  21st,  176I ;  having  for  many  years  before  led  a  re- 
tired life. 

On  September  pth,  1761,  Archibald  Stewart,  Esq.  only  sur- 
viving son  of  his  sister  Lady  Jane,  was  returned  heir  of  line  and 
provision  to  his  uncle  Archibald,  Duke  of  Douglas,  but  the  Duke 
of  Hamilton  disputed  this  return^  on  the  ground  of  this  birth 
being  supposititious ;  and  the  courts  of  Scotland  determined  in 
Hamilton's  favour.  An  appeal  was  made  to  the  House  of  Lords  ; 
and  the  judgment  of  the  Scotch  courts  was  reversed  in  January, 
1769.  This  cause  (known  so  well  by  the  name  of  the  Douglas 
€nuse)  made  a  noise  all  over  Europe,  and  is  one  of  the  most  ex- 
traordinary that  ever  was  litigated. 

Mr.  Stewart'  became  thus  entitled  to  the  estates  and  name  of 


i  Nisbet,  in  his  Heraldry,  vol.  ii.  Appendix,  p.  ijz,  has  given  the  follow. 
ing  account  of  the  SieivartsofGrandtully. 

♦•  The  ancestor  of  the  house  oi Grandtully,  from  undeniable  vouchers  that 
are  lying  before  the  author  of  this  memorial  at  the  writing  of  this  paper,  and 
which  may  be  depended  on,  was 

Alexander.  Stewart,  third  son  of  Sir  John  Stewart,  of  I  nnermeth 
and  Lorn,  brother  to  Robert,  first  Lord  Lorn,  and  to  Sir  James  Stewart, 
called  the  Black  Knight  of  Lortit  the  ancestor  of  the  first  race  of  the  Stewarts, 
Earls  of  Athol.  This  is  clearly  vouched  from  a  charter  belonging  to  Sir 
George  Stewart,  of  GrandtuUy,  Bart,  and  now  in  my  hands,  granted  by 
*'  Joannis  de  Haia  dominus  de  Tullibothy,  dilecto  suo  Alexandre  Stuart  filio 
nobilis  viri  Joannis  Stuart,  militis,  Domini  de  Lorn,  de  omnibus  ten  is  suis  de 
Banchory,  cum  suis  pertinentiis,  jacen.  infra  vicecomitatuiii  de  Clackmanan, 
pro  patrimonio  inter  prasdictum  Alexandrum  et  Margaretam  sonorem  nieam, 
fideliter  contrahendo  et  completando."  The  charter  proceeds  upon  the  resig- 
nation of  Christian  More,domina  Bruntshiel,  in  her  pure  viduity,  and  bears  date 
at  Tillibody  the  15th  of  July  of  the  year  1416.*  This  deed  is  ratified  and 
confirmed  by  Robert,  Duke  Albany,  Earl  of  Fife  and  Moiueith,  governor  of 
Scotland  in  the  minority  of  James  I.     He  ratifies,  **  donationem  iilam  et  con- 


*  Charta  penes  Dominum  Georgium  Stuart  de  Gairntully,  Baronetum, 
Marked,  No.  I.  in  the  inventory  of  his  writs. 


LORD  DOUGLAS.  243 

Douglas,  and  was  created  a  British  Peer  by  the  title  of  Lord 
Douglas  of  Douglas  Castle^  July  pth,  l/QO. 

eessionem  quam  quondam  consanguineus  noster  Joannis  de  Haia  de  TillU 
bothy  fecit  et  concessit  Alexandra  Senescalli  (Stewart)  filii  dilecti  consan- 
guine! nostri  Joannis  Senescalli  de  Lorn  militis."'  The  charter  has  the  Duke 
Regent's  great  seal,  the  seal  of  his  office,  appended  to  it,  and  bears  date  at 
Falkland  the  19th  of  June,  1419.* 

This  Alexander  Stev7art,  of  Banchory,  third  son  to  Sir  John  Stewart,  of 
Lorn,  the  first  of  the  house  of  GrandtuUy  by  the  aforesaid  Margaret  his  wife, 
daughter  of  John  Hay,  of  Tillibody,  and  sister  to  John  Hay,  of  Tillibody, 
had  a  son, + 

Thomas  Stewart,  of  Banchory  and  GrandtuUy,  his  heir  and  successor, 
who  by  his  wife,  daughter  of ,  had  a  son  Alexander. 

This  Thomas  comes  to  be  designed  oiGrandiuUy,  for  there  is  in  the  public 
registers  a  charter  under  the  great  seal,  Thomae  Stuart  de  Gairntully,  of  a 
part  of  the  lands  of  Comrie  in  the  year  1452.  +  This  same  Thomas  Stewart 
is  substitute  in  an  entail  of  the  estate  of  the  Lord  Lorn,  and  is  designed  his 
consanguineus:  for  vouching  this,  there  is  a  charter  under  the  great  seal  by 
King  James  II-  dilecto  consanguineo  suo  Joanni  Domini  Lorn,  of  the  estate 
and  lordship  of  Lorn,  and  to  the  heirs  male  of  his  body;  which  failing,  to 
Allan  Stewart,  his  brother;  which  failing,  to  William  Stewart,  his  uncle; 
which  failing.  Domino  Jacobo  Stuart  militi;  which  failing,  Thomce  Stuart 
consanguineo  suo,  who  is  the  same  Thomas  Stewart  of  GrandtuUy,  and  to 
the  heirs  male  of  their  bodies  respective,  of  the  v/hole  estate  and  lordship  of 
Lorn,  in  the  1452  aforesaid ;  and  that  very  same  year,  1452,  there  is,  \ve  say,  a 
charter  under  the  great  seal  in  the  public  records,  ^  Thomas  Stuart  de  Gairn- 
tully, of  the  half  of  the  lands  of  Comrie  which  formerly  belonged  to  Angus 
Menzies,  and  were  resigned  by  him.  This  Thomas  Stewart,  of  GrandtuUy, 
son  and  heir  of  Alexander  Stewart,  of  Banchory,  who  was  a  son  of  Sir  John 
Stewart,  of  Lorn,  the  second  line  and  succession  of  the  house  of  GrandtuUy. 
By  Agnes,  daughter  of  Sir  William  Murray,  of  TuUebardin,  his  wife,  he  had 
a  son, 

Alexander  Stewart,  of  GrandtuUy,  the  third  in  the  line  and  succes- 
sion of  the  family.  This  is  vouched  and  instructed  from  a  deed  in  the 
custody  of  Sir  George  Stewart,  of  GrandtuUy,  which  I  have  seen,  whereby 
Alexander  Stewart,  of  GrandtuUy,  is  served  and  retoured  heir  in  special  to 
the  deceased  Thomas  Stewart,  of  GrandtuUy,  his  father,  in  the  lands  of  Ban- 
chory, lying  within  the  sheriffdom  of  Clackmanan,  and  is  of  the  date  the 


*  Charter  in  the  hands  of  Sir  George  Stewart  I  have  seen  in  the  writing; 
this  memorial. 

+  1  have  seen  a  charter,  in  the  custody  of  the  Countess  of  Errol,  by 
Joannis  de  Haia  de  Tilibothy,  Joannis  de  Logy  domini  ejusdem,  in  1368,  the 
father  of  this  John  de  Hain  in  1419- 

X  In  the  registers  of  the  great  seal  in  the  archives. 

^  Charter  under  the  great  seal  in  the  public  archives  to  Thomas  Stewart? 
of  GrandtuUy. 


241  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

His  Lordship  married,  in  June  177 1,  Lucy,  sister  to  the  pre- 
sent Diike,  and  only  daughter  of  William,  fifth  Marquis  and 

14th  of  June  of  the  year  1462.  ||  This  Alexander  Stewart,  of  Giandtiilly, 
married  Matilda  Stewart,  sister  to  Andrew  Lord  Evandale,  and  grandchild  to 
Murdoch  Duke  of  Albany,  by  James  his  son. 5  There  is  in  the  custody  of 
Sir  George  Stewart,  of  Grandtully,  and  lying  before  me  at  the  drawing  up  of 
this  memorial,  a  charter  granted  by  Alexander  Earl  of  Huntley,  as  superior 
of  the  lands  of  Tillebody,  "  dilecto  consanguineo  suo  Alexandro  Stuart  de 
GairntuUy  et  Matildse  Stuart  sponsas  suae,"  of  the  lands  of  Banchrys,  "  in 
vicecomitatu  de  Clackmanan :"  the  charter  is  dated  at  Badenoch  the  i6th 
July,  anno  1469.  *  By  the  foresaid  Matilda,  his  svife,  he  had  a  son,  who  was 
his  heir,  viz. 

Thomas  Stewart,  of  Grandtully,  who  was  served  and  retoured  heir  in 
special  to  the  deceased  Alexander  Stewart,  of  Grandtully,  his  father,  in  the 
lands  of  Banchrys,  pursuant  to  a  precept  forth  of  the  Chancery,  dated  the 
20th  of  January,  1488,  still  extant  in  the  custody  of  Sir  George  Stewart, 
Bart,  which  I  have  seen  and  perused- 

This  Thomas  Stewart,  of  Grandtully,  married  Agnes,  daughter  to  Sir 
William  Murray,  and  sister  to  another  Sir  William  Murray,  of  Tullibardin, 
ancestor  to  his  Grace  the  present  Duke  of  Athol,  t  by  whom  he  had  only  one 
daughter, 

Elizabeth  Stewart,  his  sole  heir :  she  is  designed  Elizabetha  Stuart 
Domina  de  GairntuUy,  when  in  the  year  1532,  she  gives  a  charter,  with  con- 
sent of  Thomas  Stewart,  of  Grandtully,  her  husband,  out  of  the  lands  of 
Banchory,  to  Alexander  Shaw,  of  Sauchie,  the  original  of  which  I  have  seen 
in  the  custody  of  Sir  John  Shaw,  of  Greenock  and  Sauchie,  Bart. 

This  Lady,  Elizabeth  Stewart,  of  Grandtully,  by  the  aforesaid  Thomas 
Stewart,  her  husband,  had  a  son, 

Thomas  Stewart,  whom  she  calls  filius  suus  et  hceres  apparens,  when 
she  dispones  him  the  fee  of  several  parts  of  her  estate,  which  is  confirmed  by 
a  charter  under  the  great  seal  in  the  public  registers  ;  but  he  dying  without 
issue,  and  his  mother  quickly  thereafter,  she  was  succeeded  in  the  point  of 
the  succession  of  the  house  of  Grandtully  by  hercousin-german, 

Thomas  Stewart,  of  Grandtully.  This  is  instructed  incontrovertibly  by 
a  precept  out  of  the  Chancery,  for  serving  and  retouring  of  Thomas  Stewart 
de  GairntuUy  in  the  lands  of  Banchory,  "  tanquam  legitimus  et  propinquior 
hseres  quondam  Elizabethae  Stuart,  filiae  et  haeredis  quondam  Thomsc  Stuart 
de  GairntuU,  filise  patrui  sui."    This  is  of  the  date  the  10th  of  February, 

15424 

This  Thomas  Stewart,  of  Grandtully,  so  succeeding  his  cousin-german, 


II  Service  as  heir  to  Thomas  Stewart,  of  Grandtully,  his  father. 
II  Historical  deduction  of  the  descendants  of  Murdoch,  Duke  of  Albany. 
MSS.  penes  me, 

*  Charter  penes  D.  Georgius  Stuart,  Bart. 

+  Ibidem  ad  annum  152J,  which  I  have  seen. 

t  Charta  penes  D,  G.  S.  de  GairntuUy. 


LORD  DOUGLAS.  2A5 

second  Duke  of  Montrose,  by  whom  (who  died  February  13th, 
1779)  he  had  issue  three  sons. 

First,  Archibald. 

Second,  Charles. 


married  Elizabeth  Stewart,  daughter  of  John,  the  second  of  that  line  of  the 
Eaiis  of  Athol,  §  and  dying  in  the  year  1575,  left  issue 

Sir  Thomas  Stewart,  ofGrandtulIy,  his  eldest  son  and  heir,  who  was 
one  01  the  gentlemen  of  the  bed-chamber  to  his  Majesty  King  James  V  L  * 
He  mariiel  Gi  issel,  daughter  of  Sir  Laurence  Mercer,  of  Aldie  and  Moncloar, 
as  appears  from  several  different  deeds  I  have  seen  in  the  hands  of  Sir  George 
Stewart,  of  Grandtully  ;  bui  he  died  wiihout  issue,  and  was  succeeded  by  his 
brother, 

Sir  William  Stewart,  who  was  from  hii  youth  bred  up  at  the  court  of 
King  James,  before  his  accession  to  the  crown  of  England.  He  was  first  de- 
signed of  Banchry,  lands  which  he  acquired  from  Sir  Thomas  Stewart,  of 
Grandtully,  his  brother-germain.  He  had  the  honour  to  be  attending  on  the 
King  his  master  fiom  the  palace  of  Falkland  to  the  town  of  Perth,  on  the 
memorable  5th  day  of  August  1600,  when  John  Earl  of  Gowrie,  and  Mr, 
Alexander  Ruthven,  his  brother,  attempted  to  cmbrue  their  hands  in  the 
sacred  blood  of  their  sovereign.  In  his  Majesty's  happy  preservation.  Sir 
William  Stewart,  of  Banchory,  was  eminently  instrumental,  +  which  his  Ma- 
jesty King  Charles  I.  had  the  goodness  fully  to  set  forth  in  the  narrative  and 
preamble  of  a  charter  to  him  of  his  estate,  under  the  great  seal,  in  the  public 
records,  in  the  year  1637,  which  I  have  seen. 

Sir  William  Stewart,  of  Banchory,  went  to  England  with  the  King,  who 
soon  thereafter  promoted  him  to  be  one  of  the  gentlemen  of  his  Majesty's 
bed-chamber;  and  getting  into  a  high  degree  of  confidence  and  favour,  he 
came  cuickly  to  p.cquire  the  lauds  and  barony  of  Strathbrand,  from  whence  he 
took  his  designaiion,  and  is  so  designed,  and  gentleman  of  our  sovereign  lord's 
chamber  in  ifioS,  in  several  charters  of  lands  under  the  great  seal  in  the  public 
archives  which  I  have  seen.  He  succeeded  his  elder  brother.  Sir  Thomas,  in 
t'le  estate  of  Grandtully,  and  continued  i:i  high  favour  with  King  James  till 
his  death  in  the  year  loz;-  Sir  William  Stewart,  of  Gairntully,  was  no  less 
esteemed  by  his  Majesty  King  Charles,  than  he  had  been  by  his  father  King 
James  ;  for  he  continued  him  in  the  bed-chamber,  and  always  treated  him 
with  peculiar  and  distinguishing  itiarks  of  his  royal  favour:  witness  the 
charter  he  had  from  the  crown  of  his  estate  in  2637,  wherein  his  long  and 
faithful  survices  are  very  remaikably  taken  notice  of  and  set  forth. 

He  married  .'\gnes  Monciieffi  daughter  of  Sir  John  Moncrief  of  that  ilk,  a 
xery  ancient  family  in  the  sliire  of  Perthj  by  Joan  his  wife,  daughter  of  Mr. 


^  Charia  in  publicis  archivis  ad  annum  1552,  and  the  Lord  Ochiltree's 
Coliections,  MSS,  penes  me. 

*  Grant  to  him  in  the  records  of  the  great  seal  and  so  designed. 

+  This  is  vouched  both  from  writs  1  have  seen  in  Gairntully's  hands, 
and  from  seveial  charters  and  documents  in  the  public  records. 


246  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

And,  third,  William,  born  March  2d,  1773,  who  died  Fe- 
bruary 10th,  1780, 

And  one  daughter,  Jane  Margaret  j  married,  November  22d, 
1804,  Henry  James,  Lord  Montagu,  second  son  of  Henry,  Duke 
of  Buccleuch,  K.  G. 

John  Spence,  of  Condie,  lord  advocate  to  Queen  Mary  and  King  James  VI.  * 
by  whom  he  had  four  sons,  viz. 

First,  Sir  Thomas  Stewart,  of  Grandtully,  his  eldest  son. 

Second,  Sir  William  Stewart,  of  Innernytie,  who  married  -^— ^ 
Crichton,  co-heiress  of  Innernytie,  and  had  issue  John  Stewart,  of  Inner- 
nytie, his  son  and  heir;  John  Stewart,  of  Innernytie,  who  married  Mary, 
daughterof  Sir  James  Mercer,  of  Aldie,  and  had  one  daughter,  Anne,  married 
to  David  Viscount  Stormont. 

Third,  James  Stewart,  of  Ludd,  whose  male  issue  is  failed,  but  of  an  heir 
female  of  him  is  come,  and  descended  the  Menzieses  of  Culdare,  &c. 

Fourth,  Mr.  Henry  Stewart,  advocate,  the  paternal  ancestor  of  Sir  George 
Stewart,  of  Grandtully,  Bart. 

Sir  Thomas  Stewart,  of  Grandtully,  succeeded  his  father.  Sir  William, 
in  his  great  and  opulent  estate;  he  married  Grissel,  daughter  of  Sir  Alexander 
Menzies,  of  Weem,  (son  of  Sir  James  Menzies,  of  Weem,  and  Dame  Barbara 
Stewart,  his  wife,  daughterof  John  Earl  of  Atholj  by  Dame  Margaret  Camp- 
bell, daughter  and  coheir  of  Alexander,  of  Carcko,  Bishop  of  Brechin,  brother 
to  Sir  James  Campbell,  of  Ardkinlas,  by  Helen,  his  wife,  daughter  of  George 
Clephan,  of  Carslogie,  by  whom  he  had  John  Stewart,  his  son  and  heir,  and 
eight  daughters. 

First,  Jean,  married  to  Colonel  Sir  James  Mercer,  of  Aldie,  and  had 
issue. 

Second,  Margery,  to  David  Fotheringham,  son  and  heir  apparent  of  Mr. 
John  Fotheringham,  of  Powrie,  and  had  issue. 

Third,  Grissel,  to  Sir  John  Drummond,  of  Logic  Almond,  second  son  to 
John,  second  Earl  of  Perth,  and  had  issue. 

Fourth,  Anne,  to  James  Seaton,  of  Touch,  and  had  only  one  daughter, 
who  was  married  to  James  Moir,  of  Leckie,  and  had  issue. 

Fifth,  Cecil,  was  married  to Stewart,  of  Arntillie,  but  had  no 

issue. 

Sixth,  Margaret,  to  ■  Campbell,  son  to Campbell,  of 

Lawers,  and  had  issue. 

Seventh,  Helen,  to  James  Crichton,  of  Ruthven,  and  had  issue 

Eighth,  Elizabeth,  to  David,  the  second  Lord  Newark,  and  had  issue. 

John  Stewart,  of  Grandtully,  son  and  heir  of  Sir  Thomas  Stewart,  of 
Grandtully,  succeeded  his  father.  He  was  a  fine  gentleman  and  a  great  en- 
courager  and  promoter  of  learning,  and  a  kind  and  bountiful  patron  of  learned 
men.    He  died  a  bachelor  on  the  5th  of  March,  1720 ;  upon  whose  demise, 

John  Stewart  of  Innernytie,  his  heir  male,  by  virtue  of  the  investitures  of 
the  estate,  would  have  succeeded  to  the  estate  of  Grandtully;  but  he  being  at- 
tainted of  high  treason  by  an  act  of  the  parliament  of  Great  Britain,  for  his 
accession  to  the  rebellion  in  1715,  Grandtully  upon  that  made  a  settlement  of 

*  Penes  Sir  George  Stewart. 


LORD  DOUGLAS.  247 

His  Lordship  married^  secondly.  May  13th,  1783,  Lady 
Frances  Scott,  sister  to  the  present  Duke  of  Buccleuch,  Knight  of 
the  Garter,  by  whom  he  has  issue 

Four  sons  and  two  daughters. 

His  Lordship  is  lord  lieutenant  and  hereditary  sheriff  of  For- 
farshire. 

Title.    Archibald  Douglas,  Lord  Douglas  of  Douglas. 

Creation.     By  patent  July  Qth,  179O. 

Arms,  Four  coats  quarterly ;  first,  azure,  a  lion  rampant, 
crowned  with  an  imperial  crown,  or  :  second,  or,  a  lion  rampant, 
gules,  surmounted  of  a  ribbon,  sable :  third,  or,  a  fesse  cheque, 
azure  and  argent,  surmounted  of  a  bend,  sable,  charged  with  five 

his  estate  upon  certain  heirs  of  entail ;  in  virtue  of  which,  there  being  no  heir 
male  existing  of  Innernytie's  body,  nor  of  any  other  collateral  heir  male 
nearer  than  Sir  George  Stewart,  of  Baicaskie,  Bart,  he  accordingly  succeeded 
to  the  estate  of  GrandtuUy  on  his  cousin's  death  in  the  year  1720  afore- 
said. 

Sir  George  Stewart,  of  GrandtuUy 's  ancestor,  was  Mr.  Henry  Stewart, 
advocate,  fourth  and  youngest  son  of  Sir  William  Stewart,  of  GrandtuUy,  by 
Dame  Agnes  Moncrief,  his  lady  aforesaid  :  being  a  younger  brother  he  was 
bred  to  the  law,  and  was  an  advocate  before  the  court  of  session.  He  mar- 
ried Mary,  daughter  of  John  Campbell,  of  Abernchill,  second  son  of  Sir 
James  Campbell,  of  Lawers,  and  uncle  to  John,  first  Earl  of  Loudon,  who  was 
lord  high  chancellor  in  the  reign  of  King  Charles  I.  and  II.  by  whom  he  had 
issue 

Sir  Thomas  Stewart,  of  Baicaskie,  his  son  and  heir. 

And  a  daughter,  Margery,  who  was  married  to  William  Borthwick,  of 
Pilmuir,  grandfather  to  Henry,  Lord  Borthwick. 

Sir  Thomas  Stewart,  of  Baicaskie,  being  also  bred  to  the  law,  was  pro- 
moted to  be  one  of  the  senators  of  the  college  of  justice,  and  by  letters  patent, 
bearing  date  the  ad  of  January,  1 683,  he  was  created  a  Baronet.  He  married 
Lady  Jane  Mackenzie,  daughter  of  George  Viscount  of  Tarbet,  and  after  Earl 
of  Cromarty,  lord  register  in  the  reigns  of  King  James  VII.  and  King  Wil- 
liam, and  justice-general  and  secretary  of  state  in  the  reign  of  Queen  Anne, 
by  whom  he  had  two  sons, 

The  foresaid  Sir  George  Stewart  of  Baicaskie,  who  succeeded  by  virtue 
of  the  said  entail  to  the  estate  of  GrandtuUy,  as  is  heretofore  remarked  in  the 
memorial. 

And  Colonel  John  Stewart,  the  second  son,  who  married  his  first  cousin, 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Sir  James  Mackenzie,  of  Royston,  Bart,  one  of  the 
senators  of  the  college  of  justice,  and  has  a  son,  John  Stewart. 

Which  Sir  George  Stewart,  now  of  GrandtuUy,  Bart,  is  married  with 
Dame  Agnes  Cockburn,  daughter  of  Sir  Archibald  Cockburn,  ofLangton, 
Bart."     Niibet's  Heraldry,  ut  supra. 

Colonel  John  Stewart,  the  second  son  here  mentioned,  who  afterwards 
succeeded  to  the  Baronetage,  married,  secondly.  Lady  Jane  Douglas,  above- 
mentioned,  and  was  father  by  her  of  the  present  Lord  Douglas. 


»48  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

buckles,  or  :  fourth,  argent,  three  piles,  gules,  over  all  in  a  shield 
of  pretence,  argent,  a  heart,  gules,  ensigned  with  an  imperial 
crown,  or,  on  a  chief,  azure,  three  mullets  of  the  first :  the  third 
and  fourth  quarters  to  be  transposed. 

Crest.     On  a  chapeau  azure,  a  salamander  vomiting  fire. 

Supporters.  On  the  dexter,  a  savage,  wreathed  about  the  loins 
with  laurel,  and  on  the  sinister  a  stag  proper,  all  within  a  com- 
partment of  stakes  impaled. 

Motto.    Jamais  Arriere. 

Chief  Seat,    Douglas  castle,  Lanarkshire, 


LORD  GAGE, 


240 


GAGE,  LORD  GAGE. 

CFJSCOUNT  GAGE  IN  IRELAND,; 


This  noble  family  is  of  Norman  extraction,  and  derives  its  de- 
scent from'*  de  Gaga  or  Gage,  wlio  accompanied  William  Duke 
of  Normandy,  in  his  expedition  into  England,  and  after  the  con- 
quest thereof  was  rewarded  by  him  with  large  grants  of  lands  in 
the  forest  of  Dean,  and  county  of  Gloucester  3  adjacent  to  which 
forest,  he  fixed  his  residence,  by  building  a  seat  at  Clerenwell, 
otherwise  Clurewell,  in  the  same  parish ;  he  also  built  a  large 
house  in  the  town  of  Cirencester,  where  he  died,  and  was  buried 
in  that  abbey ;  and  his  posterity  remained  in  that  county  for 
many  generations,  in  credit  and  esteem,  one  whereof  in  the  reign 
of  Edw.  in.  was  member  of  parliament  for  Tavistock,  and  another 
for  Basingstoke  in  the  time  of  Hen.  IV.  • 

The  direct  ancestor  of  the  present  Lord  Gage,  was  John 
Gage,  Esq.  mentioned  in  deeds,  9  Hen.  IV.  whose  son 

John  married  Joan,  daughter  and  coheir  of  John  Sudgrove,  of 
Sudgrove  in  Gloucester,  who''  in  I4l6,  4  Hen.  V.  gave  to  John 
Gage,  Esq.  and  Joan  his  wife,  as  also  to  John  Bovey,  and  Alice  his 
wife  (the  other  daughter  and  coheir  of  the  said  John  Sudgrove),  all 
his  lands  and  tenements  in  Musarderand  Sudgrove  in  the  said  parish 
in  com.  Gloucester,  which  Joan  sur\iving  her  husband,  d^d  with 
John  Gage  her  son,  in  16  Hen.  VI.  '^  settle  lands  and  tenements 
in  Cirencester,  Nether  Sidington,  Musarder,  and  Brimsfield,  in 
com.  Gloucester,  on  William,  Lord  Lovell,  Sir  William  Trc'sh;r,-n, 
and  others. 

a  Lodge's  Peerage  of  Ireland,  vol.  iii.  p.  2S6. 

b  Ex  Chart,  in  Steinm-  hujiis  familiae- 

c  Chart.  10  Aug.  16  Hen.  VI  in  Steinm.  pracdict. 


2iO  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

John  Gage  (the  son)  in  32  Hen.  VI,  purchased  the  lands^ 
that  were  John  Bovey's  in  Cirencester,  Musarder,  Sidington,  and 
Brimsfield ;  and  made  a  further  addition  to  his  estate,  by  his  mar- 
riage with  Eleanor,  daughter  and  heir  of  Thomas  St.  Clere,  Esq. 
lord  of  the  manors  of  Aston-Clintou  in  com.  Bucks,  and  of  Off- 
spring in  Kent,  son  of  Sir  Philip  St.  Clere,  of  Aldham  St.  Clere 
in  Kent,  by  Margaret,  daughter  of  Sir  Nicholas  de  Lovayn,  Knt. 
lord  of  the  manor  of  Barstow,  or  Bristcw,  and  Hedge-court,  in 
com.  Surrey,  44  Edw.  HI  "^  sister  and  heir  of  Nicholas  de  Lo- 
vayn, Lord  of  Peiishurst  in  Kent,  and  widow  of  Richard  Chara- 
berlayn,  of  Sherburn  in  com.  Oxon,  Esq.  This  John  Gage,  re- 
ceived the  honour  of  knighthood,  and  departed  this  life  on  the 
30th  of  September,  26  Edw.  IV.  leaving  two  sons,  William,  and 
John  ancestor  to  the  Gages,  of  Rushton  in  com.  N  rthamp. 

WiLLi.^M  Gas^e,  the  fldesl  son,  was  thirty  years  old  at  his 
father's  decease}  he  married  Agnes,  daughter  of  Thomas  Bolney, 
Esq.  and  resided  at  Bristow  in  Surrey,  as  appears  by  his  last  will 
and  testament,  dated  there  February  I4th,  ]4g(j,  in  12  Hen.  VII. 
which  was  proved  October  24th  following, '  wherein  he  orders  his 
body  to  be  buried  in  the  church  of  the  Grey  Friars  in  London, 
next  unto  the  sepulchre  of  William  Charaberlayn,  Esq.  and  be- 
queaths to  the  said  church,  for  his  sepulture,  there  to  be  had,  and 
to  the  intent  that  the  brethren  thereof  fetch  his  body  to  the  earth, 
and  sing  a  trental  for  his  soul,  xl^. 

"  He,  moreover,  bequeaths  to  the  church  of  Bristow  in  Surrey, 
for  his  tythes  forgotten,  or  negligently  with -holden  in  discharge 
of  hissoul,  xx.y,3  to  the  church  of  St.  EUyn's  in  London  vi^.  viii^/.  j 
and  the  same  sum  to  the  ladies  of  the  priory  there,  to  be  parted 
among  them  ;  as  also  the  like  legacies  to  Sir  John  Dampsell,  Sir 
John  Lystre,  and  Sir  Robert  Water,  priests."  He  was  likewise 
bountiful  to  his  servants,  and  a  loving  husband  to  his  wife ;  for, 
"  he  bequeaths  her  all  his  goods,  &c.  after  his  debts  are  paid,  and 
costs  of  burial  discharged,  and  that  she  should,  during  her  life, 
enjoy  the  manors  of  Heyton,  Sinclere,  and  Torring,  with  the  ap- 
purtenances in  Sussex  -,  as  also  the  manors  of  Bristow,  and  Hedge- 
court  in  the  county  of  Surrey,  and  have  the  custody  and  rule  of 
John  Gage,  his  son  and  heir,  during  his  non-age}  on  which  ac- 
count, she  should  receive  the  profits  and  revenues  of  all  his  other 
manors,  lands,  and  tenements,  in  the  counties  of  Surrey,  Bucks, 

d  Philipot's  Villare  Cantianum. 
e  Ex  Rcgist.  vocat.  Horn.  qu.  lo  in  Cur  Prerog  Cart. 


LORD  GAGE.  251 

and  Kent,  she  finding  the  said  John,  honestly  and  competently, 
with  meat,  drink  and  rayment." 

Which  John  Gage  distinguished  himself  in  a  very  extraordi- 
nary manner,  both  in  a  military  and  civil  capacity,  and  became 
one  of  the  most  famous  men  of  the  age  he  lived  in  ;  whose  great 
services  are  thus  set  forth  in  an  ancient  manuscript  written  by  his 
third  son,  Robert  Gage,  of  Haling  in  Surry,  viz. 

"  Sir  John  Gage,  Knt.  was,  after  his  father's  death,  in  ward 
to  W.  Stafford,  Duke  of  Buckingham}  and,  after  his  marriage, 
to  my  mother,  daughter  of  Sir  Richard  Guldeford,  was  preferred 
by  the  said  Duke  to  King  Henry  Vlllth's  service ;  and  distin- 
guishing himself  at  the  seige  of  Tervon,  *"  was  thereupon  made 
captain  of  the  castle  of  Calais  (usually  called  Guysnes) ;  shortly 
after,  was  sent  for  home  and  knighted,  and  made  of  the  privy- 
council,  vice-charaberlain,  and  captain  of  the  guards  j  few  years 
after,  for  ser\  ices  done  on  the  borders  of  Scotland,  at  his  return 
was  made  comptroller  of  tlie  household,  and  chancellor  of  the 
Duchy  of  Lancaster  in  one  day.  In  a  few  days  after,  he  was 
made  constable  of  the  Tower  of  London,  and  the  next,  St. 
George's  feast,  Knight  of  the  most  noble  order  of  the  Garter;  at 
the  winning  of  Bullogne  (36  Hen.  VIIL)  he  was  in  joint  com- 
mission with  Charles  Duke  of  Suffolk,  lord  lieutenant  of  his  Ma- 
jesty's camp,  and  for  sundry  services  there  with  Sir  Anthony 
Brown,  Knight,  master  of  the  horse,  was  made  general-captain  of 
the  bands  of  horsemen.  After  the  death  of  our  sovereign  lord. 
King  Edward  VI.  at  the  coming  of  Queen  Mary,  was  made  her 
lord  chamberlain.  Thus  having  sensed  in  all  these  rooms  and 
offices,  truly,  faithfully,  and  painfully,  from  the  first  year  of  the 
reign  of  our  sovereign  lord,  Hen.  VIII.  of  famous  memory,  unto 
the  fifth  year  of  Queen  Mary,  untouched  with  any  reproach,  or 
unfaithful  service,  at  this  time,  being  seventy-seven  years  of  age, 
he  ended  his  life  in  favour  with  his  Prince,  at  his  own  house,  at 
Firle  in  Sussex." 

Whilst  he  was  captain  of  Guisnes,  ?  he  performed  many 
valiant  deeds  in  skirmishes,  &c.  and  in  21  Hen.  VIII,  had  for  his 
services  a  grant  of  the  wardship, ''  and  marriage  of  William  Bayn- 
ham,  son  and  heir  of  John  Baynham,  of  Clowerwall  in  Glouces:; 
tershire,  Esq.  and  the  next  year,  being  vice-chamberlain  of  the 


f  Ex  inform.  Hen  Gage  frat.  Dom.  Guliel.  Gage  de  Hengrave  Bar. 

g  Hall's  Chron   Life  of  Hen.  VIII.  fol.  123,  127. 

ii  Bille  si^narc,  6  Maii,  21  Hen.  VIII. 


252  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

household;  he  had  a  grant  to  him, '  and  his  heirs  and  assigns,  of 
the  manors  of  Boreham,  Rokeland,  Felton,  Heldynglee,  Friston, 
and  Exset  in  com.  Sussex  ;  also  the  manor  '^  of  Stewton,  wilh  the 
appurtenances  in  com.  Lincoln,  in  which  y<'ar  he  was  one  of  the 
knights '  deputed  by  the  parliament  3  who,  with  the  two  arch- 
bishops, and  the  principal  nobility  and  clergy  of  the  realm^  signed 
that  memorable  letter  to  Pope  Clement  VIL  desiring  his  Holi- 
ness to  comply  with  the  King  in  his  divorce,  threatening,  that  if 
he  refused  (considering  the  two  universities  of  England,  the  uni- 
versity of  Paris,  as  well  as  many  others  in  France,  and  what  almost 
all  men  of  learning,  knowledge,  and  integrity,  both  at  home  and 
abroad,  have  determined  to  be  true,  and  are  ready  to  defend  in 
their  discourse  and  writings)  they  can  make  no  other  construc- 
tion of  it,  but  that  the  care  of  themselves  is  committed  to  their 
own  hands,  and  that  they  are  left  to  seek  their  remedy  elsewhere. 
In  29  Hen.  VIIL  he  was  summoned,  am.ong  those  of  the  court, 
to  be  present  at  the  christening  of  Prince  Edward  "^  at  Hampton 
Court.  In  31  Hen.  VIIL  he  had,  for  his  good  service?,  "  a  grant 
of  the  manor  of  Aciiston  in  Sussex  3  and  the  following  year,  being 
comptroller  of  the  household,  °  was  also  constituted  constable  of 
the  Tower  of  London,  with  a  fee  of  100/.  per  ann.  during  his 
life  3  likewise,  on  the  22d  of  May,  installed  one  of  the  knights 
companions  of  the  most  noble  order  of  the  garter;  in  which  year 
he  was  also  appointed  chief  stev^^ard  of  all  the  honours,  castles, 
manors,  &c.  in  com.  Sussex,  forfeited  by  the  attainder  of  Thomas 
Cromwell,  Earl  of  Essex,  with  power  to  appoint  a  deputy,  and 
the  same  day  and  year  had  a  grant  of  the  stewardship  of  all  the 
liberties,  privileges,  and  franchises  of  the  Archbishop  of  Canter- 
bury, and  of  all  and  singular  lordships,  manors,  lands,  &c.  of  the 
said  archbishop,  during  the  minority  of  Henry,  Lord  Bergavenny. 
In  P  34  Hen.  VIIL  he  was  a  principal  commander  in  the  expe- 
dition made  into  Scotland  :  and  the  monastery  of  Combewell, 
alias  Comwcll,  with  the  possessions  thereunto  belonging,  in  com. 
Kent, '1  was  granted  to  him  for  his  services;  and  in  the  fjllowing 
jrcar  the  King  authorises  Sir  John  Gage,  comptroller  of  his  house- 
hold, to  keep  and  retain,  in  his  service,  from  time  to  lime,  forty 

i  Billesignate,  12  April,  22  Hen.  Vtll. 

^  Ibid.  23  Juiiii.  1  Rymer's  lasd.  torn.  xiv.  p.  407. 

Ill  Strype's  Memorials,  vol  ii   p.  5. 

n  Biile  fisnate,  14  Feb.  31  Hen.  VI 1 1. 

o  Pat.  3i  Hen.  V;il.  p  3.  P  Hall's  Chron.  fol.  254  b- 

q  Privit.  Sigil    26 /\pril,  34  Hen  VHI. 


LORD  GAGE.  255 

persons  over  and  above  his  usual  attendance.  ■"  He  was  then  em- 
ployed as  one  of  the  ambassadors  for  concluding  a  peace  with 
Scotland  ;  ^  which  was  brought  to  an  end,  the  1st  day  of  October 
1542,  at  Newcastle  j  thereupon  he  was  soon  after,  in  two  com- 
missions with  the  Lord  Audley,  Lord  Chancellor ;  Thomas,  Duke 
of  Norfolk,  Lord  Treasurer  j  Stephen,  Bishop  of  Winchester  3 
Thomas,  Bishop  of  Westminster  3  and  William,  Lord  St.  John  ; 
the  one,  for  redeeming  and  ransoming  prisoners  between  England 
and  Scotland ;  the  other,  for  concluding '  a  treaty  of  marriage 
between  his  son,  Prince  Edward  and  Mary,  the  Scotch  Qneen. 

He  was  much  in  favour  with  King  Henry  VIIL  who  shewed 
his  esteem  of  him,  in  causing  his  picture  to  be  drawn  (among 
others  his  warriors  and  favourites)  by  the  famous  Hans  Holbein," 
to  adorn  his  court  gallery,  which  yet  remains  in  the  possession  of 
the  crown.  His  Majesty  also  left  him  a  legacy  of  200/,  in  his 
last  testament,  and  therein  appointed  him,  "^  with  the  Earls  of 
Arundel,  Essex,  &c.  to  be  of  the  council,  and  aiding  and  assisting 
to  his  executors  and  his  son.  Prince  Edward,  for  the  good  estate 
and  prosperity  of  the  realm. 

In  the  3  Edw.  VI.  he  subscribed  the  proclamation  against  the 
Duke  of  Somerset,  the  Protector;  and  in  the  same  reign,  his  style 
imong  the  Knights  of  the  Garter  >  was,  "  Du  tres  valiant  Chr. 
Mons.  John  Gage,  Coneslable  de  la  Tovvre  de  Londres,  et  Chr. 
de  i'ordre  de  la  jarritierre." 

In  1  Mary,  upon  Sir  Thomas  Wyatt's  rebellion,  Sir  John 
Gage,  Lord  Chamberlain,''  stood  at  Charing  Cross  with  the 
guard,  and  others,  to  the  number  of  a  thousand  men,  in  order  to 
oppose  Wyatt's  passiiig  that  way  to  the  city,  and  some  shot  were 
exchanged  between  the  parties  ;  yet  Wyatt  proceeded  to  Ludgate ; 
where,  being  refused  admittance,  he  endeavoured  to  return  to 
Westminster,  but  at  Temple  Bar  was  again  attacked  by  some 
horsemen  (who  had  before  engaged  him)  and  taken  prisoner. 
In  1  and  2  Philip  and  Mary,  his  style  among  the  Knights  of  the 
Garter,  was,  "  Du  tres  valiunt  Mess,  John  Gage  Chr.  du  tres 
noble  ordre  de  la  jarritiere,  chamblayne  de  la  maison  de  la  royne 
nre  soveraigne  et  Constable  de  la  Tours  de  Londres." 

He  continued  to  be  lord  chamberlain  of  the  household,  and 

r  Privit.  Sigil.  22  Mail,  35  Hen  VIII. 

s  Rymer's  Feed,  torn  xiv    p.  7X6  t  Ibid   p.  792. 

u  See  it  engraved  in  the  Holbein  Heads  by  Chamberlaine. 

X  Rymer's  Feed,  torn,  xv   p.  177 

y  E.  Lib  MS.  devit  Mil.  Gar:  in  Museo  Ashmole  notat.  1118. 

z  Stow's  Annal'd,  p  621. 


254  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

constable  of  the  Tower  of  London,  till  his  death ;  and,  though  iu 
a  very  advanced  age,  retained  a  sound  judgment  to  the  last,  as  his 
testament  shews,  which  bears  date  ^  February  20th,  1555,  and 
the  probate  thereof,  June  10  following  j  wherein,  "  He  wills  his 
body  to  be  buried  in  the  parish  church  of  West  Firle  (near  unto 
the  place  where  his  wife  lieth),  with  such  moderate  funeral  ex- 
pences,  as  are  used  for  personages  of  his  calling  and  degree  ; 
also,  thatxl5.  be  distributed  in  alms  to  poor  people,  that  shall 
come  thither^  by  vid.  doles,  and  xl^.  to  xl,  parishes  3  for  the  pay- 
ment whereof,  he  orders  his  executors  to  sell  his  collar  of  gold,  of 
the  order  of  the  garter ;  but  his  blue  mantle  of  the  order  he  pre- 
sents to  the  college  of  Windsor. 

He  further  wills ;  that  the  profits,  and  revenues  of  the  par- 
sonage of  Ascham  in  com.  Salop,  of  the  yearly  value  ofxi/.  v*. 
should  be  applied  (except  \vl.  per  ami.  which  he  gives  to  the  vicar) 
for  the  maintenance  of  a  chantry  in  West  Firle  for  evermore, 
charging  his  executors  to  prepare  a  convenient  and  decent  place 
in  the  church  for  that  end,  and  find  a  priest  to  minister  divine 
service  for  evermore,  and  principally  for  the  Queen's  Highness ; 
and  for  her  most  noble  progenitors,  heirs,  and  successors,  and 
then  for  him  the  said  Sir  John  Gage,  and  Philippa,  his  v^ife;  his 
ancestors,  and  all  Christian  souls;  which  chantry  priest  and  his 
successors,  being  obedient  and  serviceable  to  his  heirs  and  suc- 
cessors, should  have  meat,  drink,  and  lodging,  in  his  mansion- 
house  of  West  Firle. 

"  He  moreover  wills,  that  the  parson  of  the  parish  church  of 
Crr.bhnuse  in  Norfolk,  should  have  the  tythe  of  a  certain  field, 
called  Peterfield,  part  of  the  said  domains  of  Crabhouse  j  the 
said  parson,  or  Vicar,  and  their  successors,  praying  for  him  by 
name,  in  their  parish  church,  at  high  mass  time,  every  Sunday 
for  evermore. 

"  He  bequeaths  many  legacies  to  his  servants,  and  appoint.s 
Edward  Gage,  his  son  and  heir,  and  John  Carrdl,  Esq.  executors, 
giving  to  the  former  all  his  plate,  jewels,  ready  money,  goods,  &c. 
in  full  trust  and  confidence,  that  he  maintain  and  leave  the  same 
to  John  Gage  his  son,  and  heir  apparent ;  or,  if  he  die  before  him, 
to  such  his  heir  male  as  shall  enjoy  his  mansion  house  at  Firle, 
that  he  may  thereby  be  able  with  the  said  stock,  furniture  of  his 
house,  and  revenue  of  his  lands,  to  maintain,  and  keep  hospita- 
lity ;  without  which  stock  and  store  of  household  stuff  (a  sche- 

2  Ex  regist.  voeat.  Kitchin  qu.  9. 


LORD  GAGE.  255 

dule  whereof  is  annexed)  he  fears  they  will  be  greatly  hindered  in 
their  living,  and  not  able  to  furnish  his  house  without  danger  of 
decay,  the  which  he  charges  his  said  son,  Edward  Gage,  always 
to  provide  for,  and  foresee^  as  his  trust  and  hope  has  always  been 
in  him." 

This  Sir  John  was  buried  (according  to  his  desire)  at  West 
Firle,  April  28th,  1557  ;  and,  by  the  order  of  his  said  son  Ed- 
ward, a  goodly  tomb  of  jasper  stone  and  marble,  is  erected  to  his 
memory,  and  thereon  the  effigies  in  full  proportion,  of  a  Knight 
of  the  Garter  in  armour,  in  his  collar  of  SS's  and  George;  as  also 
his  Lady,  in  the  dress  of  the  times,  both  lying  on  their  backs,  with 
their  hands  elevated  ;  at  his  feet  a  ram  j  at  her's  the  crest  of  her 
family,  and  against  them,  on  a  brass  plate  in  the  wall,  under  their 
arms,  in  a  garter,  is  this  inscription  in  Roman  capitals : 

Hie  jacet  Johannes  Gage  preclari  Ordinis  Garterii  miles, 
quondam  constabularius  Turris  London  :  Cancellarius  Du- 
catus  Lancastrie,  Dominus  Camerarius  Hospicii  Regine 
Marie,  ac  unus  de  privato  Concilio  ejusdem  Regine  j  et 
Philipa  uxor  ejus,  qui  obierunt  anno  Dni.  1557. 
Quorum  Animabus  propitietur  Deus. 

And  round  the  verge  of  the  tomb  is  as  follows  : 

Scio  quod  Rederaptor  mens  vivit,  et  in  novissimo  die  de  terra 
surrecturus  sum,  et  rursum  circundabor  pelle  mea,  et  in 
carne  mea  videbor  Deum  Salvatorem  raeum. 

Quern  visurus  sum  ego  ipse,  et  oculi  mei  conspecturi  sunt, 
et  non  alius,  reposita  est  haec  spes  mea  in  situ  meo.  Job, 
cap.  xix.  ver.  25. 

This  Sir  John  Gage  had,  by  the  said  Philippa,  his  wife,  who 
was  dnnghtei  to  Sir  Richard  Guldeford,  one  of  the  Knights  of  the 
Garter,  four  stins,  Edward,  James,  Robert,  and  William ;  like- 
wise four  daughters,  Alice,  married  to  Sir  Anthony  Browne, 
Knight  of  the  Garter,  (ancestor  to  the  present  Viscount  Montagu)  ; 
Anne,  wife  to  John  Thatcher  the  elder,  of  Priestshaw's  in  Sussex, 

Esq.  ; ,  wife  of Jennings;  and ,  married 

to  William  Baynam,  in  Clowerwall  in  com,  Glouc,  Esquires. 

Of  Edwaid  Gage,   the  eldest,  I  shall  treat  hereafter. 

James,  the  second  son,  was  seated  at  Bentley  in  Sussex,  v/liose 
descendants  flourished  also  at  Wormsley  in  com.  Hertford. 


256  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

Robert  Gage,  the  third  son,  was  seated  at  Haling  in  Surrey,  and 
left  two  sons,  Robert,  who  died  in  the  reign  of  Queen  Elizabeth, for 
the  cause  of  Mary  Queen  of  Scots ;  and  John  Gage,  ^  of  Haling, 
Esq.  father  (among  others)  to  the  famous  Colonel  Sir  Henry  Gage, 
Knt.  who,  during  the  rebellion  in  the  reign  of  King  Charles  I. 
was  governor  of  Oxford,  and  twice  relieved  Basing  House,  fight- 
ing his  way  through  the  enemy  with  notable  advantage,  but  in 
the  end  was  unfortunately  killed  at  CuUum  bridge,  January  7th, 
1644,  aged  forty -seven  years,  being  shot  through  the  heart  with  a 
musket  ball  :   Lord  Clarendon  gives  this  character  of  him  ;    '^  He 
was,  in  truth,  a  very  extraordinary  man,  of  a  large  and  very  grace- 
ful  person,  of  an   honourable  extraction ;    his   grandfather   (his 
great  grandfather  it  should  be)  having  been  Knight  of  the  Garter: 
besides  his  great  abilities  and  experience  as  a  soldier,  which  were 
very  eminent,  he  had  very  great  parts  of  breeding,  being  a  very 
good  scholar  in  the  polite  parts  of  learning  ;  a  great  master  in  the 
Spanish  and  Italian  tongues,  besides  the  French  and  the  Dutch, 
which  he  spoke  in  great  perfection,  having  scarce  been  in  Eng- 
land in  twenty  years  before.     He  was  likewise  very  conversant  in 
courts,  having  for  many  years  been  much  esteemed  in  that  of  the 
Archduke  and  Duchess  Albert,  and  Isabella  at  Brussels,  which 
was  a  great  and  very  regular  court  at  that  time ;  so  that  he  de- 
served to  be  looked  upon  as  a  wise  and  accomplished  person.     Of 
this  gentleman,  the  lords  of  the  council  had  a  singular  esteem, 
and  consulted  frequently  with  him,  whilst  they  looked  to  be  be- 
sieged, and  thought  Oxford  to  be  the  more  secure,  for  his  being 
in  it.    The  King  sustained  a  wonderful  loss  in  his  death,  he  being 
a  man  of  great  wisdom  and  temper,  and  one,  among  the  very  {ew 
soldiers,  who  made  himself  to  be  universally  loved  and  esteemed." 
He  was  bnried  in  Christ  Church  Cathedral  in  Oxford,  being  at- 
tended to  the  grave '^  by  Prince  Rupert,  the  Duke  of  Richmond, 
the  lord  treasurer,  the  lord  chamberlain,  secretaries,  comptroller, 
the   lords   of  the  privy-council,  and  most  of  the  nobility  and 
gentry  in  Oxford,  and  most  of  the  great  commanders,  with  the 
vice-chancellor  and  mayor  of  Oxford,  with  their  several  trains, 
the  heralds  at  arms,  &c.  with  this  inscription  over  him  :  '^ 


a  Of  this  branch  was  Thomas  Gage  the  author  of  Tbe  Survey  of  the  West 
Indies,  164S.     See  Censura  Literaria,  vol  iv.  p.  263,  &c. 

b  Life  of  Sir  Henry  Gage,  Knight,  410.  p  20,  where  see  the  history  of 
tke  life  and  actions  of  this  great  man  at  large. 

c  Le  Neve's  Monumenta  Anglicana,  vol.  i.  p.  217. 


LORD  GAGE.  15J 

P.  M.  S. 

Hie  situs  est  Militum  Chiliarcha 

Henricus  Gage,  Eques  Auratus,  Filius  ac 

Haeres  Johannis  Gage  de  Haling,  in  Agro 

Suriensi  Armigeri,  pronepos  Joh'is  Gage, 

Honoratissimi  Ordinis  Periscelidis  Equitis, 

In  Belgio  meruit  supra  Annos  xx  in 

Omni  Praelio  et  obsidione  Bergliae  ad 

Zomam,  Bredae,  ac  praecipiie  S.  Audomati  ;  ex 

Belgio  ad  M.  Britt,  Regem  missus  attulit  armorum 

VII.  M.  Missus  cum  imperio  Bastalii  ^des 

Expugnavit  mox  Basingianis  praesidiariis 

Commeatu  interclusis,  Strenue,  re  jam 

Desparata,  Suppetias  tulit.  Castmm  Bam- 

buriense  cum  Northamptoniae  Comite 

Libcra\  it,  hinc  Equestri  dignitate  Or- 

natus  hostcs  denuo  Basinga  fugavit. 

Jamque  Gubernator  Oxon.  creatus^  cum 

Ad  Culliami  pontem  in  hostes  jam  tertio 

Milites  audacter  duceret,  plumbe-a  trajectus 

Glande  occubuit  die  xi  Jan.  1044. 

^tat.  47,  funis  solemni  luctu  prosecuti  principes^ 

Proceres,  Milites,  Academici,  Gives  Oes  Dolorem 

testati  ex  desiderio  Viri,  ingenio  lin- 

guar.  peritia,  gloria  militari,  pietate,  fide  & 

Amore  in  principem,  &  patriam  eminentissimi. 

Hanc  memoriae  Epitomen,  posuit  illi  pietas  moer.  lug.  q;  fratris 

Georgii  Gage. 

On  a  small  stone  under  the  monument : 

jEterna  Caducis 

praepone. 

The  fourth  son  of  Sir  John,  was  William,  who  died  without 
issue. 

Sir  Edward  Gage,  before-mentioned,  the  eldest  son  and  heir 
of  Sir  John,  was  made  one  of  the  Knights  of  the  Bath  by  Queen 
Mary,  in  the  life-time  of  his  father.  He  was  a  pious,  sober,  ju- 
dicious gentleman,  as  appears  by  his  last  will  made  at  Firle,  De- 
cember 17th,  1566,  when  he  was  in  perfect  health  j  and  he  lived 
upwards  of  two  years  after. 

By  which   testament,  "  He  bequeaths  bis  body  to  be  buried 

VOL.  vm,  s 


258  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

in  the  parish  church  of  Firle,  and  that  two-penny  doles  be  distri- 
buted to  such  poor  people  as  would  resort  to  his  burial ;  also,  that 
his  executors  cause  several  sums  of  money,  therein  named,  to  be 
given  to  poor  householders  of  many  adjoining  parishes. 

"  He  further  wills,  that  his  executors  provide  a  decent  stone 
to  be  laid  on  his  good  father  and  mother,  with  the  pictures  of 
them  and  all  their  children,  with  these  holy  words  engraven  on 
brass,  *■  credo  quod  redemptor  meus  vivit,  et  in  novissimo  die  de 
terra  surrecturus  sum,  et  in  carne  mea  videbo  Deum  salvatorem 
meum.'  Likewise,  that  they  provide  a  decent  gravestone  to  lie 
on  him  and  his  wife;  all  his  sons  to  be  kneeling  behind  him, 
^nd  all  his  daughters  behind  her,  with  the  same  holy  words  to  be 
engraven  on  brass, 

"  He  gives  to  his  beloved  wife,  Elizabeth,  her  dwelling  in 
his  mansion  house  at  Firle,  as  long  as  she  remains  a  widow,  and 
leaves  her  the  charge  of  bringing  up  all  her  children,  except  his 
heir  apparent."  And,  forasmuch  (as  he  words  it)  that  God  had 
pleased  to  send  him  a  gentle  and  loving  wife,  which  hath  long 
been  coupled  with  him  ;  and  meaning  to  provide  as  well  for  the 
better  maintenance  of  her  as  for  the  bringing  up  and  finding 
maintenance  for  her  children,  "  He  leaves  her  several  lands,  all 
her  jewels,  and  three  chains  of  gold  she  has  usually  worn ;  be- 
queathing likewise  to  his  daughters,  Margery,  Lucy,  and  Mar- 
garet, every  of  them  500  marks  at  the  day  of  their  marriage,  and 
to  his  daughter  Phillippa,  in  consideration  of  her  being  the  eldest, 
and  for  other  reasons,  500/.  and  10/.  yearly,  for  their  mainte- 
nance, till  they  receive  it;  also  the  like  annuity  of  10/.  per  ann, 
to  his  sons  Anthony,  Thomas,  George,  Edward,  Richard,  John, 
the  younger,  and  Robert  Gage,  the  payment  whereof  he  orders  l 
out  of  the  rents  of  his  manors  and  lands  in  Heighton,  Firles, 
Hosiers,  HoUandale,  Compton,  Exsett,  Friston,  Lamporte,  and 
Egington,  or  elsewhere  in  the  county  of  Sussex  ;  as  also  his  manor 
of  Crabhouse  in  Norfolk,  and  the  lands  there;  and  in.  West 
Dereham,  or  elsewhere,  in  the  said  county,  except  those  appointed 
to  descend  to  his  heir,  by  course  of  inheritance  ;  and  excepting 
all  such  estates  before  bequeathed  to  Elizabeth  his  wife;  which 
said  manors,  after  his  debts,  legacies,  &c.  are  paid,  he  entails  on 
John  Gage,  his  son  and  heir,  and  in  defliult  of  issue  male  on  his 
other  sons,  according  to  their  seniority,  and  for  lack  of  such  issue 
of  them,  on  James  Gage,  his  brother;  and,  on  default,  on  Robert 
and  William  Gage,  his  brothers ;  and,  in  default  of  issue  male  of 
them,  to  such  of  his  .son's  daughters,  and  their  issue  male. 


I 


LORD  GAGE.  259 

"  The  residue  of  all  his  goods,  pl.ite,  jewels,  ready  money, 
household  stuff,  &rc.  he  bequeaths  to  his  eldest  son,  John  Gage," 
in  full  trust  and  confidence,  that  he  will  maintain,  preserve,  and 
leave  the  same  to  his  son  and  heir,  and,  if  he  die,  to  the  next  heir 
male,  that  God  shall  cause  to  succeed  him  and  inherit  his  mansion 
house  at  Firle,  as  his  good  father  left  it  him;  and  he  with  the 
like  charge  leaves  it  to  such  heir  male;  whereby  he  may  be  able, 
with  the  said  stock  and  furniture  of  his  house  and  land,  to  main- 
tain and  keep  hospitality,  to  serve  God,  his  prince,  and  common- 
wealth;  without  llie  which  stock,  he  will  be  greatly  hindered  in 
his  living,  and  not  like  to  be  able  to  keep  his  house  without  great 
danger  and  decay,  the  which  he  charges  his  said  son,  John  Gage, 
always  to  provide  for  and  foresee,  as  his  hope  and  trust  is  in  him. 
"  He  likewise  wills  and  requires,  and  in  God's  name  charges,  his 
said  sons  and  brothers,  and  every  the  heirs  of  their  bodies,  to  be 
satisfied  and  contented  with  this  his  last  testament,  and  not  with- 
out great  necessities  and  urgent  cause  to  violate,  infringe,  or 
break  it." 

This  Sir  Edward  Gage'^  died  on  the  27th  of  December  1568, 
and  was  buried  on  the  lyth  of  January  following,  in  the  family 
chancel  in  Firle  church,  where  an  altar  tomb  of  marble  and  stone 
is  erected  to  his  memory,  according  to  his  request;  over  which  is 
a  brass  tablet,  fixed  in  the  wall  with  this  inscription. 

Hie  jacet  Edvardus  Gage  Miles,  et 
Uxor  ejus  Elizabetha,  qui  obierunt 
Anno  Domini  1569, ''  Quorum  animabus 
Propitietur  Deus. 

And  round  the  verge, 

Scio  quod  Redemptor  mens  vivit,  Src. 

Elizabeth  his  wife  was  daughter  of  John  Parker,  of  Willingdoii 
m  Sussex,  Esq.  i^by  his  wife  Joan,  daughter  of  Sir  Richard  Sack- 
ville,  of  Buckhurst  in  Sussex,  Knight,  ancestor  to  the  present 
Duke  of  Dorset,  and  the  Viscount  Sackville)  j  their  issue  were 
nine  sons  and  six  daughters,  viz. 

First,  John,  the  eldest  son  and  heir. 

Second,  Anthony,  born  June  25th,  1540,  and  died  January 
3Ist,  1567,  without  issue. 

c  Wotton"s  Ba:cnet3ge,  vol.  i.  p-^ii-  *   Ibid.  vol.  v.  p.  387- 


200  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

Third,  Thomas,  born  January  27th,  ]54l,  of  whom  hereafter. 

Fourth,  George. 

Fifth,  Edward,  born  April  19th,  1549,  who  married  Margaret, 
third  daughter  of  John  Shelley,  of  Michel-Grove  in  Sussex,  Esq. 
and  had  a  daughter,  Elizabeth,  married  to  Sir  John  Stradling,  the 
first  Baronet  of  that  family. 

Sixth,   Richard. 

Seventh,  John. 

Eighth,  Robert. 

Ninth,  Henry,  born  October  l6th,  1555. 

Agnes,  born  January  l6th,  1547,  who  being  provided  for  in 
her  father's  lifetime,  by  marriage,  on  November  19th,  1566,  to 
Edward  Stradling,  of  St.  Donat's  Castle,  com.  Glamorgan,  Esq. 
(but  afterwards  knighted)  is  not  mentioned  in  her  faiher's  will,  ^ 

Phillippa,  married  to  Edmund  Saunder,  of  Charlewood,  in 
Surrey,  Esq.  son  ^  and  heir  of  Sir  Thomas  Saunder  of  the  same 
place,  Knt. 

Mary,  born  September  the  18th,  1550,  married  to  James 
Thatcher,  Esq.  1 

Margaret,  born  June  5th,  1352,  betrothed,  November  17th, 
1569,  to  Anthony  Kemp,  Esq. 

Lucy,  who  is  believed  to  have  died  unmarried  ;  and 

Margaret,  born  June  1559,  ^"d  was  the  wife  of  Henry 
Darell,  Esq. 

John  Gage,  Esq.  the  eldest  son,  was  s  thirty  years  old  at  his 
father's  death,  and  heir  to  fifteen  manors,  with  divers  messuages, 
lands,  &c.  in  the  county  of  Sussex  3  the  manors  of  Burstow,  and 
Hedge  Court  in  Surrey;  also  that  of  Crabhouse  in  Norfolk  :  he 
married  two  wives,  but  leaving  no  issue  by  either  of  them,  the 
estates  descended  to  his  nephew  John,  son  and  heir  of  his  brother 
Thomas.  He  lies  buried  amtmg  his  ancestors  at  Firle,  under  an 
altar  tomb  of  alabaster  and  marble  (adjoining  to  that  of  his  father), 
on  the  top  whereof  are  the  portiaitures  in  brass  of  himself  in 
armour,  between  his  two  wives,  in  the  dress  of  the  times,  with 
the  before-mentioned  verse,  from  25th  chap.  Job,  underneath  5 
and  over  them,  against  the  wall,  this  inscription  in  Roman 
capitals : 

e  It  is  probable  that  she  died  before  her  father,  as  she  is  omitted  in  his 
r,ili ;  as  alio,  in  the  Saunder  pedigree,  Phillippa  is  called  the  eldest  daughter. 
f  MS.  pedigree  of  Saunder,  penes  meips. 
g  Cole's  Esch  vol  v.  in  ihi  British  Museum. 


LORD  GAGE.  26l 

Hie  jacet  Johanes  Gage,  Armigerj  et  duse  Uxores  ejus, 
Elizabetha  et  Margaretta,  qui  obierunt  Anno  Domini 
Milesimo  quingentesimo  nonagesimo  quinto. 
Quorum  Animabus  propitietur  Deus. 

And  in  a  niche,  at  the  front  of  the  tomb, 

Johannes  Gage,  qui  hie  jacet,  fecit  haec  monuraenta. 
Anno  Domini,  1595. 

The  said  Thomas  Gage,  his  brother,  was  born  January  27th, 
1541,  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Sir  Thomas  Guldeford, 
Knt.  and,  deceasing  in  the  year  1 5Q0,  was  buried  at  Fide,  as  a 
grave  stone  shews,  whereon  are  the  figures,  in  brass,  of  a  gentle- 
man in  armour,  with  his  wife  by  him  ;  as  also  the  effigies  of  a 
son  and  two  daughters,  infants,  kneeling  in  a  praying  posture, 
and  underneath  them  this  memorial  : 

Hie  jacet  Thomas  Gage  Armiger,  et  Uxor 

Ejus  Elizabetha,  qui  obierunt  iVnno  Domini 

Milesimo  Quingentesimo  Nonagesimo,  qui 

Habuerunt  unum  filium,  et  daas  filiasj 

Quorum  Animabus  propitietur  Deus. 

His  two  daughters  were  ;  Mary,  married  to  Sir  Thomas  Pcr- 
dage,  Knt.  ;  and  Elizabeth,  to  Cressacre  More,  of  More  Hall, 
otherwise  Gobions,  in  Hertfoidshire,  Esq.  great  grandson  of  Sir 
Thomas  More,  Chancellor  of  England. 

Sir  John  Gage,  the  son,Jirsi  Baronet,  succeeding  to  the  estates 
on  the  death  of  his  uncle  as  above  observed,  was  advanced  to  the 
dignity  of  a  Baronet  of  England,  by  letters  patent,  bearing  date 
March  26th,  1022.  He  married  Penelope,  widow  of  Sir  George 
Trenchard,  of  Wolverton  in  Dorsetshire,  Knt.  third  daughter  and 
(after  the  death  of  her  only  brother  Thomas)  coheir  to  Thomas 
Darcy,  Earl  Rivers,  by  Mary  his  wife,  daughter  and  coheir  of  Sir 
Thomas  Kitson,  of  Hengrave  in  com.  Suftblk,  Knt.  This  Lady, 
Penelope,  was  a  great  beauty,  but  seventeen  years  of  age,  when  she 
was  left  a  widow,  and  became  a  very  great  fortune  ;  for  the  lady, 
her  mother,  left  her  the  whole  inheritance  of  the  Kitsons,  and  she 
shared  (with  her  sisters)  that  ot  the  Darcy's  ;  and  after  the  death 
of  her  second  husband.  Sir  John  Gage,  who  departed  this  lifcj 


262  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

October  3d,  16^3,  and  was  interred  with  his  ancestors  ;  she  was 
thirdly  married  to  Sir  William  Hervey,  ot  Ickworth  in  Suffolk, 
Knt. ''  but  had  issue  only,  by  John  Gage,  viz.  five  daughters  ; 
whereof,  Frances,  was  first  married  to  Sir  William  Tresham,  of 
Rushton  in  Northamptonshire,  Bart. ;  and,  secondly,  to  George 
Gage,  Esq.  j  Penelope,  wife'of  Henry  Merry,  of  Barton  in  Derby- 
shire, Esq. ;  Elizabeth,  to  Sir  Thomas  Petre,  of  Cranham  in 
Essex,  Knt. ;  and  Anne,  to  Henry  Petre,  fifth  son  of  William, 
Lord  Petre  :  also  four  sons  ;   first.   Sir  Thomas,  his  successor. 

Second,  John,  of  Stoneham  in  Sulfolk,  who  died  without  issue. 

Third,  Edward,  who,  being  made  heir  to  his  mother's  inheritance 
at  Hengrave  in  Suft'olk,  became^seated  there,  and,  having  before 
received  the  honour  of  knighthood,  was  created  a  Baronet,  July  15, 
l6t)2,  and  from  him  the  Baronets  of  that  branch  are  descended. 

Fourth,  Henry,  who  married  Henrietta,  daughter  to  Thomas, 
Lord  Jermyn,  of  Rushbrook,  and  sister  and  coheir  to  Henry 
Jermyn,  Earl  of  Dover,  by  whom  he  had  a  daughter,  Mary,  who 
became  a  nun,  and  one  son,  John  Gage,  of  Princethorp  in  Nor- 
folk, Er.q. 

Sir  Thomas  Gage,  of  Firle,  the  second  Baronet,  eldest  son  and 
heir  of  Sir  John,  died  about  the  year  l655,  and  having  wedded 
Mary,  eldest  daughter  and  coheir  of  John  Chamberlain  of  Sher- 
burn  in  Oxfordshire,  Esq.  (who  surviving  him  was  re-married  to 
Sir  Henry  Goring,  of  Burton  in  Sussex,  Bart,  where  she  was 
buried  in  l604)  had  issue  four  sons  and  three  daughters,  viz. 

First,  Sir  Thomas  his  successor. 

Second,  Sir  John,  of  whom  presently. 

Third,  Henry,  who  died  without  issue. 

Fourth,  Joseph,  of  whom  more  particularly  hereafter,  as  im- 
mediate ance^or  to  the  present  Lord  Gage. 

Sir  Thomas  Gage's  daughters  were,  Frances,  married  to  Sir 
Charles  Yate,  of  Buckland  in  Berkshire,  Bart. ;  Mary,  to  Anthony- 
Kemp,  of  Slindon  in  Sussex,  Esq. ;  and  Catherine,  to  Walter, 
Lord  Aston,  of  Forfar  in  Scotland. 


h  We  are  told  this  odd  circumstance  concerning  her  marriages;  that 
being  at  first  courted  by  her  three  husbands  together,  who  quarrelled  about 
her,  she  artfully  put  an  end  to  their  dispute  by  threatening  the  firsi  aggressor, 
with  her  everlasting  displeasure  ;  by  which  means,  they,  not  knowing  whom 
she  might  choose,  (aid  the  quarrel  aside  ;  and  she  told  ihein  humourously,  if 
they  would  keep  he  peace  and  have  patience,  she  would  have  them  all  in  their 
turns,  which  happened  accordingly,  though  so  very  unlikely  to  turn  out. 


LORD  GAGE.  263 

Sir  Thomas  Gage,  third  Baronet,  eldest  son  and  successor  to 
his  father,  died  unmarried  at  Rome,  in  his  travels,  November  22, 
\6Q0;  and  in  the  chapel  of  the  English  colJege  there,  on  a 
white  marble  gravestone,  is  this  inscription  for  him  : 

D.  O.  M. 

Thomae  Gagio  Equiti 

Baronetto  Anglo,  Sussexiensi, 

Patre,  Honoribus,  ac  Nomiiiibus, 

Matre,  Nobilitati  pari, 

Maria  Tankervilla 

Alias  Chamberlana,  natoj 

Familiae  non  magis 

Generis  Claritate, 

Quam  perpetua  Fidei  Catholicse 

Constantia  Principiis 

Illustris. 

Qui  in  ipso  ^tatis  Flore, 

Ipsoque  in  almam  Urbem  ingressu, 

Deo  An  imam.  Corpus  Terrse 

Inter  Gives  suos  tradidit 

XXII  Novembris,  Anno  Domini  mdclx. 

Johannes  Gagius,  Eques 

Baronettus,  carissimo  fratri, 

Moerens  posuit. 

He  was  succeeded  in  dignity  and  estate  by  his  next  brother. 
Sir  John  Gage,  fourth  Baronet,  who  married,  first,  Mary, 
daughter  of  Thomas  Middlemore,  of  Edgebaston  in  the  county  of 
Warwick,  Esq. ;  and  on  her  decease,  July  28th,  1086,  married, 
secondly,  Mary,  daughter  of  Sir  William,  and  sister  of  Sir  Row- 
land Stanley,  of  Hooton  in  Cheshire,  Barts.  By  the  former,  he 
had  three  sons  and  seven  daughters  :  whereof  only  two  daughters 
survived,  and  at  length  coheirs  to  their  brothers,  viz.  Mary,  mar- 
ried to  Sir  John  Shelly,  of  Michel-Grove  in  Sussex,  Bart. ;  and 
Bridget,  wife  of  Thomas  Bellassis,  Viscount  Fauconberg,  and 
died  November  18th,  1/32,  being  grandmother  to  the  late 
Earl  Fauconberg.  Sir  John  by  his  last  wife  had  issue  one 
daughter,  Mary,  wedded  to  Henry,  Lord  Teynham,  (but  she  died 
without  issue)  ;  likewise  three  sons,  successively  Barts.  Sir  John, 
the  father,  dying  May  27th,  \QQQ,  in  the  fifty-eighth  year  of  his 
age,  was  succeeded  in  dignity  and  estate,  by 


264  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

Sir  John  Gage,  Jlfth  Baronet,  his  eldest  son,  who  survived  his 
father  but  about  eight  momhs,  dying  in  January  {^H,  aged  eight 
years,  and  was  succeeded  by  his  next  brother. 

Sir  Thomas  Gage,  sixth  Baronet,  who,  travelHng  in  France, 
for  his  farther  accomplishment,  died  there  in  October  1713>  in 
the  twentieth  year  of  his  age,  and  was  buried  at  Blaye,  in  the  pro- 
vince of  Guyenne;  whereupon  the  title,  and  a  great  estate,  "de- 
volved upon  his  only  surviving  brother. 

Sir  William  Gage,  seventh  Baronet,  born  in  the  year  \6g5, 
who,  renouncing  the  errors  of  the  church  of  Rome,  was  elected 
to  the  last  parliament  of  King  George  I.  as  representative  for  the 
town  of  Seaford  in  Sussex,  for  which  place  he  served  till  his 
death.  On  the  revival  of  the  most  honourable  order  of  the  Bath, 
he  was  created  one  of  the  knights  companions  thereof,  on  March 
27th,  1725,  and  installed  July  17th  following  j  but  dying '  un- 
married, April  23d,  1744,  the  English  title  of  Baronet  descended 
to  Thomas,  Viscount  Gage,  of  the  kingdom  of  Ireland,  to  whose 
sons  Sir  William  left  the  bulk  of  his  estate. 

We  must  therefore  now  return  to 

Joseph  Gage,  Esq.  fourth  and  youngest  son  of  Sir  Thomas 
Gnge  the  second  Baronet,  who  had  his  mother's  inheritance  at 
Sherburn  Castle ;  and  her  sister,  Elizabeth,  dying  without  issue, 
he  inherited  the  remainder  of  what  she  had  not  sold,  whereby  the 
castle  of  Sherburn  became  the  family  seat,  but  was  sold,  with  the 
estate  belonging  thereto,  in  1716,  to  Thomas,  Earl  of  Maccles- 
field. He  also  acquired  a  great  estate  by  his  marriage  with  Eliz- 
abeth, daughter  to  George  Penruddock,  of  Hampshire,  Esq.  and 
at  length  heir  to  her  brothers  (who  died  childless)  j  and  she  de- 
ceasing, December  5th,  l6g3,  left  him  two  daughters  ;  Elizabeth, 
married  to  John  Weston,  of  Sutton  in  Surrey,  Esq. ;  and  Anne, 
to  Richard  Arundel  Bealing,  of  Langherne  in  Cornwall,  Esq.  : 
as  also  two  sons ;  first,  Thomas,  created  Viscount  Gage  j  and, 
second,  Joseph. 

Joseph,  the  second  son,  acquired  an  immense  fortune  by  the 
Missisippi  schemes  in  France  in  the  year  1719>  but,  by  the  fall 
of  that  bubble  the  year  following,  was  reduced  to  poverty,  where- 
upon he  retired  into  Spain,  and  being  of  a  very  enterprising  dis- 
position gained  himself  so  much  esteem  there,  that  in  i727>  he 
obtained  a  grant  from  that  crown  for  working  and  draining  all 

i  CofFin-PIate. 


LORD  GAGE.  265 

the  gold  mines  in  Old  Spain,  and  fishing  for  all  wrecks  on  the 
coasts  of  Spain  and  the  Indies  }  he  was  also  in  1741,  presented  by 
his  Catholic  Majesty  with  a  silver  mine  of  very  great  value,  to 
him  and  his  heirs  by  patent,  with  the  title  of  Count,  or  Grandt^e 
of  the  third  class;  after  which,  he  was  constituted  general  of 
his  Majesty's  armies  in  Sicily;  and  in  March  17'13,  honoured 
with  the  title  of  a  Grandee  of  Spnin  of  the  first  class,  and  com- 
mander in  chief  of  the  army  in  Lombardy,  being  also  presented 
by  the  King  of  Naples,  with  the  order  of  St.  Gennaro,  and  a  pen- 
sion of  four  thousand  ducats  a  year.  He  married  the  Lady 
Lucy  Herbert,  fourth  daughter  of  William  the  first  Marquis  of 
Powys. 

Thomas,  Viscount  Gage,  the  e/dest  son,  was,  in  consideration 
of  his  great  merit,  advanced  to  the  peerage  of  Ireland,  "  by  a 
prince,  the  most  distinguished  of  all  the  princes  of  Europe  for  his 
vast  capacity,  in  distinguishing  the  real  merits  of  his  subjects," 
being  created  Viscount  Gage  of  Castle  Island,  and  Baron  Gage  of 
Castlehar,  by  privy-seal,  dated  at  St.  James's,  June  13tli,  and  by 
letters  patent,  September  14th,  1/20,  with  the  creation  tee  of 
twenty  marks. 

His  Lordship,  having  at  very  great  expense,  and  with  an  un- 
remitted assiduity,  detected  the  fradulent  sale  of  the  Derwent- 
water  estate  (forfeited  to  the  crown  upon  thit  Enrl's  attainder 
for  treason)  the  house  of  commons,  on  March  31st,  1/32,  ordered 
their  Speaker  to  give  the  thanks  of  that  house  to  his  Lordship 
for  that  great  service,  which  were  conveyed  in  the  following 
speech : 

"  My  Lord  Gage, 

"  The  House  have  come  to  an  unanimous  resolution,  that  the 
thanks  of  the  House  be  given  to  your  Lordship,  for  the  great  service 
you  have  done  the  public  in  detecting  the  fraudulent  sale  of  cer- 
tain forfeited  estates  of  James,  late  Earl  of  Derwentwater ;  and 
of  a  forfeited  annuity,  issuing  out  of  the  same,  which  were  vested 
in  commissioners  and  trustees  to  be  sold  for  the  public  use.  And 
the  manner  of  your  Lordship's  making  this  discovery  hath  shewn 
your  disinterested  regard  to  the  public  service,  as  the  efi'ect  of  it 
may  be  greatly  to  the  public  benefit. 

"  The  applying  the  forfeited  estates  to  the  use  of  the  public 
being  one  of  the  principal  reasons  lor  making  it  thereby  impos- 
sible they  should  ever  be  gi  en  back  to  the  unfortunate  families 
they  once  belonged  to,  the  House  of  Commons  could  not,  with- 


266  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

out  uneasiness,  think  of  this  pretended  sale,  which  has  thrown 
into  private  hands,  no  way  allied  to  the  estate,  so  large  a  share  of 
the  profit  due  to  the  public,  with  a  very  low,  and  almost  the  bare 
appearance  only  of  a  consideration  for  one  part,  and  not  so  much 
as  even  that  for  another. 

"  But  your  Lordship's  seasonable  detection  of  this  injurious 
transaction  will  very  likely  produce  justice  and  restitution  to  the 
public  j  and  for  this  service  your  Lordship  is  now  receiving  a  re- 
ward, that,  I  can  answer  for  your  Lordship,  yon  esteem  the 
greatest  and  most  honourable  you  can  acquire;  and  which,  my 
Lord,  will  not  only  remain  with  you,  but  will  derive  a  lasting 
honour  to  those  who  may  come  after  you. 

"An  honour,  my  Lord,  the  House  hath  always  been  most 
tender  of  in  the  way,  and  for  the  reason,  they  confer  it  upon  you  j 
and,  if  I  may  use  the  expression,  is  a  sort  of  bounty  they  have 
ever  been  most  frugal  of  granting.  Few  are  the  instances  of  it; 
not  that  public  services  have  not  frequently  been  performed,  but 
that  the  thanks  of  the  House  of  Commons  are  never  given  for 
public  services,  but  Avhat  are  the  most  eminent,  such  as  that 
which  your  Lordship  hath  lately  done  the  state, 

"  I  am  very  conscious  how  imperfectly  I  have  conveyed  the 
sense  of  the  House  to  your  Lordship  ;  but  the  having  no  time  to 
prepare  myself  for  it,  must  be  my  excuse.  I  will  only  add,  that 
no  one  could  with  greater  pleasure  obey  the  order  of  the  House 
on  this  occasion  than  I  do;  which  is,  to  give  your  Lordship  the 
tha-  ks  of  the  House,  for  your  said  service  to  the  public  ;  and  1  do 
give  your  Lordship  the  thanks  of  the  House  accordingly." 

In  1721,  he  was  elected  to  parliament  for  the  borough  of 
Tewksbury  in  Gloucestershire,  which  he  continually  represented 
till  within  a  few  months  of  his  death  :  he  was  also  verdurer  of 
the  forest  of  Dean  in  that  county  ;  was  admitted  a  Fellow  of  the 
Royal  Society,  November  25tb,  1731,  and  in  17-47^  appointed 
steward  of  the  household  to  Frederic  Prince  of  Wales. 

His  Lordship  had  two  wives,  first,  Benedicta-Maria-Teresa, 
daughter  and  sole  heir  of  Benedict  Hall,  of  High  Meadow  in  com. 

Gloucester,   Esq. :  secondly,  Jane,  daughter  of Godfrey, 

widow  of  Henry  Jermyn  Bond,  of  Bury  St  Edmund's  in  Suffolk, 
Esq.  By  the  latter,  (who  survived  till  October  8th,  1757)  he 
had  no  issue  ;  but  by  the  former,  who  died  July  25th,  1749,  and 
was  buried  at  Newland  in  Gloucestershire,  had  a  daughter, 
Teresa,  married  to  George Tasburgh^  of  Bodney  in  Norfolk,  Esq. 
and  two  sons. 


LORD  GAGE.  267 

First,  William  Hall,  the  second  Viscount,  and  Baron  Gage. 
Second,  Thomas,  who  was  a  general  in  the  army,  aid  colonel 
of  the  twenty-second  regiment  of  foot,  and  commander  m  <  hi'^f 
of  his  Majesty's  forces  in  North  America;  who  divd  Apii:  2d, 
J7S8,  having  marriid,  December  8th,  1/58,  at  Mount  Kemble  in 
North  America  Margaret,  daughter  of  Peter  Kemb.e,  E-.q  pre- 
sident of  the  council  of  New  Jersey,  by  whom  he  has  hid  six 
sons  and  live  daughters  ;  viz.  first,  Henr\ ,  late  Viscount  ;  second, 
Willia.n,  born  at  New  York,  and  ditd  )^oung  ;  third,  Thomas, 
who  died  an  infant;  fourth  John,  born  at  Ncw-York,  December 
23d,  1767,  married.  May  20th,  179J,  Mary,  daughter  and  heir  of 
John  Milbanke,  Esq;  fitth,  Thomas,  who  died  young,  sixth, 
William  Hall,  born  in  Park-place,  St.  James's,  Westminster,  Oc- 
tober 2d,  1777;  seventh,  Maria-Teresa,  born  at  Montreal,  April 
4th,  1762,  married  March  2d,  17U2,  James,  eldest  son  of  Sir 
Alexander  Craufurd,  Bart.;  eighth,  Louisa-Elizabeth,  born  at 
New  York,  December  12h,  17^5,  married,  February  I4lh,  ]/Q4, 
J.  H.  Blake,  Esq.  second  son  of  the  late  Sir  Patrick  Blr.ke,  Bart.  ; 
ninth,  Harriot,  a  twin  with  John,  born  at  New-York,  December 
23d,  1767;  tenth,  Charlotte- Mary,  born  in  Duke-strtet,  St. 
James's,  August  Igth,  1773  ;  and,  eleventh,  Emily,  born  in  Park- 
place,  St,  James's,  April  25th,  177^)  married,  August  27th,  J8O7 
Montague,  Earl  of  Abingdon. 

His  Lordship  departed  this  life,  December  2 1st,  1754,  and 
was  buried  among  his  ancestors  at  Firle,  being  succeeded  by  his 
eldest  son, 

William  Hall,  second  discount  Gage,  and  first  Baron 
Gage  of  Firle,  and  of  High  Meadow;  who,  in  1744,  was 
elected  to  parliament  for  the  Cinque  Port  of  Seaford  (in  the  room 
of  Sir  William  Gage,  Bart,  and  Knight  of  the  Bath) ;  at  the 
general  election,  in  1754,  was  again  chosen  for  that  place,  which 
he  continued  to  represent  till  his  advancement  to  the  dignity  of  a 
peer  of  Great  Britain  by  patent,  bearing  date  October  17th,  I78O, 
by  the  title  of  Baron  Gage,  of  Firle  in  the  county  of 
Sussex. 

His  Lordship  was  also  paymaster  of  his  Majesty's  pensions 
and  bounties,  and  F.  R.  S. 

On  November  1st,  179O,  liis  Lordship  was  created  Baron 
Gage  of  High  Meadow,  com.  Gloucester,  with  a  collateral  re- 
mainder to  the  issue  male  of  his  late  brother.  General  Gage. 

His  Lordship  was  married,  February  3d,  1757,  to  Elizabeth, 
youngest  daughter  of  Sampson  Gideon,  Esq.  and  sister  to  the  pre- 


268  PEERAGE  OF  ENGIAND 

sent  Lord  Eardley;  but  her  Ladyship  died,  July  1st,  17S3,  aged 
forty-four, ''  without  issue. 

And  his  Lordship  deceasing  October  11th,  IJQlj  was  suc- 
ceeded in  all  the  honours  except  the  Barony  of  Gage  ofFirle,  by 
his  nephew 

Henry,  third  Viscount  Gage,  and  second  Lord  Gage  of 
High  Meadow,  who  was  born  at  Montreal  in  Canada,  March 
4th,  1761,  and  entering  into  the  army,  attained  before  his  death 
the  rank  oi  viojor-general. 

His  Lordship  married,  January  12th,  1782,  Susanna  Maria, 
only  daughter  and  heir  of  the  late  Colonel  William  Skinner,  and 
grand-daughter  of  the  late  Sir  Peter  Warren,  K.  B. ;  and  dying 
January  28th,  180S,  aet.  forty-seven,  was  succeeded  by  his  son 

John  Hall,  present  and  fourth  Viscount  Gage,  and  thikd 
Lord  Gage  of  High  Meadow,  born  December  14th,  179I. 

Titles.  Sir  John  Hall  Gage,  Baron  Gage,  of  High  Meadow,  and 
Baronet,  English  honours  3  also  Viscount  Gage,  of  Castle  Island, 
and  Baron  Gage  of  Castle  Bar,  in  the  kingdom  of  Ireland. 

Creations.  Baront-t,  Murch  26th,  1622,  24  Jac.  I ;  Viscount 
Gage,  of  Castle  Island  in  the  county  of  Kerry,  and  Baron  Gage, 
of  Castle  Bar  in  the  county  of  Mayo,  14th  Sept.  172O,  7  Geo.  I,  ; 
and  Baron  Gage,  of  High  Meadow  in  the  county  of  Gloucester, 
November  tst,  179O,  31  Geo.  HI. 

Arms.     Per  saltire,  azure  and  argent,  a  saltire,  gules. 

Crest.  On  a  wreath,  a  ram  statant,  proper,  armed  and  un- 
guled,  or. 

Supporters.     Two  greyhounds,  proper,  ducally  gorged,  gules. 

Motto.     Courage  sans  peur. 

Chief  Seats.  At  High  Meadow  in  the  county  of  Gloucester, 
and  at  Firle  and  Lewes,  both  in  the  county  of  Sussex. 

t  Coffin  Plate. 


LOUD  GREXVILLE.  239 


GRENVILLE,  LORD  G RENVILLE. 

William  Wyndham  Grenville,  Lord  Grenville,  is  third 
and  youngest  brother  of  the  Marquis  of  Buckingham.  He  was 
born  October  25,  IJoQ,  and  educated  at  Oxford,  where  he  was 
distinguished  for  his  classical  attainments. 

Thence  he  removed  to  London  to  study  the  law;  but  soon 
quitted  the  bar  for  the  senate^  and  entered  into  the  political  career 
of  his  cousin,  William  Pitt. 

His  industry  and  acquirements,  added  to  strong  natural  parts, 
soon  made  him  of  consequence  in  the  house  of  commons.  He 
was  the  able  coadjutor  of  the  minister;  firm  to  his  post,  and  in 
full  possession  of  all  his  faculties.  If  he  wanted  the  brilliant  elo- 
quence of  his  relation,  he  possessed  more  minuteness  of  know- 
ledge, and  accuracy  of  detail.  The  routine  of  office  was  almost 
hereditary  in  him.  He  seemed  to  have  imbibed  all  the  ideas  and 
habits  of  his  father,  George  Grenville,  even  though  he  was  a  child 
at  the  death  of  that  persevering  statesman. 

William  W.  Grenville  was  elected  Speaker  of  the  House 
OF  Commons,  January  5th,  1/89,  on  the  death  of  Charles  VVol- 
fran  Cornwall. 

He  held  the  high  office  only  till  jVLiy  8th,  following,  being 
then  appointed  Secretary  of  State  for  the  Home  department, 
which  he  quitted  for  the  seals  of  the  Foreign  department,  in  May, 
1791,  which  latter  he  held  till  the  secession  of  his  colleague,  Pitt, 
in  February  ISOl. 

He  filled  this  important  station,  during  one  of  the  most  ar- 
duous and  gloomy  periods  of  our  history,  with  industry,  talent, 
and  skill.     It  was  a  function  for  which  his  natural  and  acquired 


270  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

powers  in  many  respects  were  well  suited.  He  was  skilled  in  the 
detail  of  the  politics  of  Europe  5  he  had  studied  deeply  the  law  of 
nations;  he  was  acquainted  with  modern  languages;  he  could 
endure  fatigue  ;  and  had  not  an  avocation  or  a  pleasure  to  inter- 
rupt his  attention.  He  loved  business  like  his  father;  it  was  not 
merely  the  result  of  his  ambition,  but  his  amusement ;  the  flowers 
of  imagination,  or  the  gaieties  of  society  never  seduced  him  astray. 
Deeply  intent  on  his  calling,  his  whole  soul  was  wrapped  up  in  it. 
There  was  nothing  to  dissipate  his  ideas  ;  and  he  brought  his 
mind  to  bear  on  the  subject  before  him  with  its  full  force. 

On  November  25tb,  lygo,  he  was  created  Lord  Grenville. 

On  the  death  of  Mr.  Pitt,  to  whom  he  had  for  some  time  been 
in  opposition,  he  was  appointed  Premier,  and  had  an  act  of  par- 
liament to  enable  him  to  hold  the  ofBce  of  auditor  of  the  Exche- 
quer, with  that  of  first  lord  of  the  Trea  ury. 

The  extraordinary  combination  of  heterogeneous  ingredients, 
which  formed  this  administration,  (in  which  Mr.  Fox  became 
Lord  Grenvilles  secretary  of  state  !)  lasted  but  a  little  while. 

His  Lordship  married,  July  18th,  1792,  Anne,  sister  and  at 
length  sole  heir  of  Thomas  Pitt,  second  Lord  Camelford,  by  whom 
he  has  no  issue. 

His  Lordship  was  elected  Chancellor  of  the  University  of  Ox- 
ford on  the  death  of  the  Duke  of  Portland,  I8O9. 

Title.  V/illiam  Wyndham  Grenville,  Lord  Grenville  of 
Wotton  in  Buckinghamshire. 

Creation.     By  patent,  November  25tl),  l/QO. 

Arms  and  Crest.  The  same  as  the  Marquis  of  Buckingham, 
with  a  mullet  for  difference, 

,  Supporters.  Same  as  the  ISIarquis  of  Buckingham,  except 
that  the  lion  is  parti  per  fess  embattled^'and  each  supporter  has  a 
collar  charged  with  roundles. 

Motto.       EXEMPLA   SUORUM. 

Chief  Seat,     Dropmore^  Bucks. 


LORD  DOUGLAS, 


271 


ARCHIBALD  DOUGLAS,  LORD  DOUGLAS 
OF  LOCHLEVEN. 

(EARL  OF  MORTON  IN  SCOTLAND.) 

The  first  of  this  collateral  branch  of  the  illustrious  family  of 
Douglas,  was 

Sir  James  Douglas,  of  Louden,  Knight,  who  in  the  first  of 
King  Robert  the  Bruce,  anno  1306,  had  a  grant  from  that  Prince 
of  the  lands  of  Kincavel  and  Calderclear,  and  to  his  heirs.  -^  He 
left  issue  two  sons, 

First,  Sir  William  Douglas,  Lord  of  I/ydsdale,  who,  for  his 
bravery,  was  called,  The  Fiower  of  Chivalry,  and  died  without 
issue,  anno  1353,  and, 

Second,  Sir  John  Douglas,  captain  of  the  castle  of  Lochleven, 
under  King  David  IL  who  in  the  minority  of  that  King  strenu- 
ously defended  that  fort  against  the  English,  who  oftener  than 
once  assaulted  it,  for  which  service  to  his  country,  the  historians 
of  that  time  have  not  been  wanting  to  transmit  such  a  character 
of  him  to  posterity,  as  his  merit  deserved. 

By  Agnes  Monfode,  his  wife,''  he  had  issue. 

First,  Sir  James  Douglas,  of  Dalkieth,  his  son  and  heir. 

Second,  Sir  Henry  Douglas,  of  Lugton  and  Lochleven,  progC' 
nitor  to  the  present  Earl  of  Morton,  and. 

Third,  Nicholas,  of  whom  the  branch  of  the  Douglases  of 
Mains, '^  in  the  county  of  Dunbarton. 


a  Chaita  pene5  Comitem  de  Morton, 
b  Ibid  c  Ibid. 


272  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

Sir  J \MEs  succeed' d  his  father  in  his  paternal  estate,  and  his 
uncle  the  Lord  Lydsdale,  in  the  baronies  of  Dalkieth  and  Aber- 
dour  j  and  the  rest  of  his  fortune,  which  was  of  great  extent  and 
value,  whereby  he  came  to  be  placed  among  the  first  rank  of  the 
greater  Borons.  Remarried,  first,  Agnes  Dunbar,  daughter  to 
the  Earl  of  March,  •'  by  whom  he  had. 

First,  Janes,  his  son  and  heir. 

Second,  William  Douglas,  designed  of  Mordington,  •= 

Likewise  ihree  daughters;  Janeta,  married  to  Sir  John  Ha- 
milton, ofCalziou;  ^  Agnes,  to  Sir  John  Livingston,  of  Calendar  3  5 
Margaret,  to  Philip  Arbuthnot,  of  that  ilk  ;  ^  next,  Giles,  daughter 
of  Walter,  lord  high  steward  of  Scotland,  widow  both  of  Sir 
David  Lindsay,  of  Crawford,  and  of  Sir  Hugh  Eglington,  of  that 
ilk, '  by  whom  he  had  no  issue. 

James,  Lord  Dnlkieth,  his  son,  married  the  Lady  Elizabeth 
Stewart,  daughter  of  King  Robert  IIL  ^  by  whom  he  had 

James,  his  successor. 

And  after  he-r  death,  Janet,  daughter  of  William  Lord  Borth- 
wick,  by  whom  he  had 

William  Douglas,  the  first  of  the  house  of  Whitingham. ' 

Which   James  married,  first,    Maigiret,   daughter  of  James 

Earl  of  Douglas  ;   and  after  that  Elizabeth,  daughter  of 

GifFard,  of  Shireffhall,  by  whom  he  had 

First,  James,  thereafter  Earl  of  Morton. 

And,  second,  Henry  Douglas,  first  of  Corhead  ■"  and  Lang 
Niddry. 

Which  James  was,  by  the  special  favour  of  King  James  IL 
raised  to  the  dignity  of  Earl  of  Morton,  in  parliament  ,on  the  14lh 
of  March,  1457.  "  He  married  the  Lady  Jane,  daughter  of  King 
James  L  Dowager  Countess  of  Angus,  "  by  whom  he  had 

John,  his  successor,  who  married  Janet,  daughter  of 

Crichtonj  of  Cranston  Riddle.     By  her  he  had, 

First,   James,  his  son  and  heir. 

Second,  Richard  Douglas,  Esq. 

d  Charta  penes  Comitem  de  Morton. 

e  Ibid.  f  Ibid,  ad  annum,  1388.  g   Ibid.  1381. 

h  Ibid   1372,  »  Ibid. 

k  Charta  penes  Comitem  de  Morton,  Roberti  tertii  dilecto  filio  sue  Jacob* 

Douglas,  filio  et  ha2redi   jacobi  de   Douglas,   Domini  de  Dalkieth  et  sponsaf 

suas  Elizabethse,  filias  nostra  carrissima^,  ad  annum  1402. 

1  Ibid.  '»  Ibid  "  Ibid, 

o  Charta  in  Pub.  Arch. 


LORD  DOUGLAS.  278 

Elizabeth,  married  to  Robert  Lord  Keith  -,  and  Agnes,  to  Alex- 
ander Lord  Livingston. 

Which  James  married  Catherine,  natural  daughter  of  King 
James  IV.  by  whom  he  had  three  daughters; 

Margaret,  married  to  James  Earl  of  Arran,  thereafter  Duke  of 
Chattlerault, 

Beatrix,  to  Robert  Lord  Maxwell,- 

Elizabeth,  to  James  Douglas,  brother  to  David  Earl  of  Angus, 
and  son  of  Sir  George  Douglas,  of  Pitteudrich. 

This  Earl  having  no  male  issue  of  his  body,  made  an  entail  of 
his  estate  and  honour  to  Robert  Douglas,  of  Lochleven,  a  male 
relation  of  his  own,  which  was  ratified  by  a  charter  under  the 
great  seal  of  King  James  V.  anno  1540,  p  But  after  the  death  of 
that  King,  the  Earl  having  it  still  in  his  power  to  alter  that  desti- 
nation any  time  in  his  own  life,  thought  fit  actually  to  change  the 
settlement,  and  to  make  a  new  conveyance  of  his  estate  and 
honour  to  James  Douglas,  his  son-in-law  ;  by  virtue  of  which  he 
came  to  enjoy  both  on  the  death  of  the  old  Earl,  in  1553. 

In  155S,  this  James,  fourth  Earl  of  Morton,  was  one  of  the 
peers  who  entered  into  a  bond  of  association  to  promote  the  refor- 
mation of  religion,  and  the  year  thereafter  was  sent  ambassador  to 
England  to  treat  with  Queen  Elizabeth,  about  the  maintaining  a 
firm  and  lasting  peace  betwixt  the  two  crowns,  when  he  esta- 
blished himself  so  much  in  the  favour  of  that  Princess,  that  her 
friendship  was  never  in  any  degree  diminished  toward  him  till  his 
dying  day. 

After  Queen  Mary  returned  home  from  France,  in  1561,  her 
Majesty  made  choice  of  the  Earl  as  one  of  her  privy-council,  and 
in  less  than  a  year  thereafter,  he  was  sent  ambassador  to  the  Queen 
of  England,  in  which  negociation  he  behaved  himself  with  great 
prudence  and  dexterit}',  insomuch  as  upon  his  return  he  was  pre- 
ferred to  be  Lord  High  Chancellor ;  and  he  continued  in  the  office 
till,  March  20th,  1565,  he  was  deprived,  and  forced  to  flee  to 
England,  for  alleged  accession  to  the  murder  of  David  Rizio,  the 
Queen's  French  secretary  :  but  in  a  short  time  thereafter,  by  the 
mediation  and  interposition  of  the  Earl  of  Bothwell,  he  obtained 
his  pardon,  which  he  paid  dear  for  afterward;  for  that  Earl 
thought  by  this  favour  to  bring  the  Earl  of  Morton  over  to  his 
interest ;  but  he  soon  found  himself  mistaken.  For  though  he 
had  all  duty  and  gratitude  to  him  as  a  friend,  yet  the  wicked  Earl 

p  Charta  penes  Comitem  de  Morton 
TOL.  VIII.  T 


37-*  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

Bothwell  did  no  sooner  propose  to  him  the  design,  and  craved  his 
assistance,  towards  the  murder  of  the  Lord  Darnley,  the  Queen's 
husband,  as  a  piece  of  service  which  would  be  very  acceptable  to 
her  Majesty  ;  but  he  conjured  him  to  lay  aside  the  thoughts  of  so 
base  and  unworthy  an  enterprize,  and  which  would  be  attended 
with  so  much  infamy  and  danger :  and  when  he  could  not  pre- 
vail in  that  point,  in  testimony  he  did  abhor  so  detestable  a  design, 
he  left  the  court,  and  reiiied  to  the  country,  when  that  bloody 
and  barbarous  tragedy  was  to  be  acted.  And  I  think  the  Earl  of 
Morton's  circumstances  at  this  time  cannot  but  be  pitied ;  for  if 
he  had  revealed  the  Earl  of  Bothwell's  design  of  taking  away  the 
King's  life,  it  had  cost  him  his  own  ;  and  his  concealing  it  then, 
brought  him  to  die  upon  a  scaffold  many  years  thereafter. 

After  the  murder  of  King  Henry,  when  the  nation,  both  pro- 
testants  and  papists,  began  to  be  alarmed  with  the  Queen's  mar- 
riage with  the  Earl  of  Bothwell,  who  was  thus  shrewdly  suspected 
as  the  murderer  of  her  former  husband,  and  the  danger  the  young 
Prince  was  in  by  such  an  union,  the  Earl  of  Morton  was  one  of 
the  most  forward  among  the  nobility,  who  entered  into  an  associa- 
tion for  the  preservation  of  the  Prince  j  and  when  the  Queen  re- 
signed the  government,  to  the  end  her  son  might  be  invested  in 
the  sovereignty,  the  Earl  of  Morton  took  the  coronation  oath  for 
the  infant  King,  at  his  inauguration,  on  July  29th,  \5Q7- 

In  this  new  turn  of  affairs  the  Earl  of  Morton's  share  was  so 
considerable,  that  as  soon  as  the  Earl  of  Murray  had  accepted  the 
regency,  the  Earl  of  Morton  was  declared  Chancellor,  upon  the 
removal  of  the  Earl  of  Huntley,  who  adhered  to  the  Queen,  and 
made  heritable  lord  high  admiral  of  Scotland,  and  sheriff-principal 
of  Edinburghshire,  1  He  held  the  chancellors  place  till  November 
24th,  ]572  ;  he  was  by  the  unanimous  choice  of  the  King's  party, 
elected  regent,  a  month  after  the  death  of  his  predecessor  in  office, 
the  Earl  of  Mar, 

"  I  shall  not,"  continues  Craufurd,  "  here  enter  upon  the  de- 
tail of  the  Earl  of  Morton's  administration  during  his  regency  ; 
that  would  not  consist  with  the  brevity  of  this  work  5  and  gene- 
rally his  proceedings  are  complained  of  on  one  side,  or  com- 
mended on  the  other,  as  opinions  and  party  lead  men  to  :  I  shall 
only  take  notice,  that  the  first  motion  he  made  to  resign  the  go- 
vernment, in  1378,  was  accepted  in  a'  general  convention  of 
the  nobility,  wherein  it  was  agreed   to,   that  the  young  King 

q  Charta  penes  Comitem  cle  Morton,  ad  annum  1570. 


LORD  DOUGLAS.  275 

should  take  upon  him  the  administration,  when  he  was  not  fiill 
thirteen  years  of  age;  and  yet  the  new  court  kept  fair  with  the 
Earl,  for  they  procured  a  parliament  to  be  called,  wherein  the  late 
regent  obtained  a  remi-sion  and  exoneration  during  his  regency, 
in  the  most  ample  manner  he  himself  could  devise  ;  and  after 
that  he  played  his  game  so  well,  that  he  was  in  a  short  time  again 
made  president  of  the  council,  and  was  in  great  credit  with  his 
Majesty;  "■  but  that  being  what  was  not  at  all  acceptable  to  the 
other  party,  who  had  the  young  King  in  their  hands,  and  who 
were  willing  to  be  rid  of  the  Earl  of  Morton  at  any  rate  ;  for  that 
end  Sir  John  Maitland  and  Sir  Robert  Melvil,  his  professed  ene- 
mies, brought  about  his  ruin,  by  pushing  on  captain  James 
Stewart,  the  Lord  Ochiltree's  son,  to  accuse  him  as  accessory  to 
the  murder  of  the  King's  father,  which  the  captain  did  before  the 
council,  where  the  Earl  him«;elf  was  present,  on  December  31st, 
1580;  whereupon  lie  was  committed  prisoner  to  the  castle  of 
Edinburgh,  and  was  thence  sent  under  a  strong  guard  to  Dun- 
barton  ;  from  whence  he  was,  on  the  1  st  of  June  thereafter, 
brought  to  his  trial  at  Edinburgh,  and  being  found  guilty  by  his 
peers,  of  art  and  part  in  the  murder  of  the  King's  father,  in  so  far 
as  he  had  concealed  and  not  revealed  it  when  the  Earl  of  Both- 
well  proposed  it  to  him  ;  he  was  condemned  to  be  banged,  drawn 
and  quartered,  which  the  King  was  pleased  to  mitigate  so  far,  that 
instead  of  being  hanged,  he  had  the  favour  to  be  beheaded,  which 
was  accordingly  executed  on  him  at  the  Cross  of  Edinburgh,  on 
June  2d,  1581." 

The  following  is  perhaps  a  more  impartial  account  of  this 
great  nobleman. 

He  makes  a  memorable  figure  in  the  annals  of  Scotland.  He 
sal  out  in  favour  of  the  reformation,  but  fluctuated  in  a  state  of 
irresolution,  and  did  not  act  heartily  in  the  common  cause.  In 
1566,  "  being  inferior  to  no  man  in  that  intriguing  age,  in  all  the 
arts  of  insinuation  and  address,  he  wrought  upon  Darnley's  rulino- 
passion,  ambition,"  and  instigated  him  to  the  murder  of  Rizio. 
The  Earl  was  then  lord  chancellor,  and  he  "  undertook  to  direct 
an  enterprize,  carried  on  in  defiance  of  all  the  laws  of  which  he 
was  bound  to  be  the  guardian."  "  Tne  Queen,  who  scarce  had 
the  liberty  of  choice  left,  was  persuaded  to  admit  Morton  and 
Ruthven  into  her  presence,  and  to  grant  them  promise  of  pardon, 
in  whatever  terms  they  should  deem  necessary  for  their  own  se- 

r  Melvil's  Memoirs. 


276  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

curity."    But  "  it  soon  appeared  from  the  Queen's  conduct,  that 
nothing  more  was  intended  by  this  promise  than  to  amuse  them, 
and  to  gain  time."    No  man  so  remarkable  for  wisdom,  and  even 
for  cunning,  as  the  Earl  of  Morton,  ever  engaged  in  a  more  un- 
fortunate enterprize.     Deserted  basely  by  the  King,  who  now  de- 
nied his  knowledge  of  the  conspiracy  by  public  proclamations ; 
and  abandoned  ungenerously  by  Murray  and  his  party,  he  was 
obliged  to  fly  from  his  native  country,  to  resign  the  highest  office, 
and  to  part  from  one  of  the  most  opulent  fortunes  in  the  king- 
dom."    The  Earl,  however,  and  all  the  other  conspirators,  soon 
obtained  their  pardon,  and  leave  to  return  to  Scotland.    The  next 
year  he  had  an  opportunity  of  seizing  the  casket,  which  is  deemed 
to  contain  the  evidence  of  Mary's  guilt.     The  regent  Murray 
having  been  murdered  in  1570,  "  Morton,  the  most  vigilant  and 
able  leader  on  the  King's  side,   solicited  Elizabeth  to  interpose 
without  delay  for  the  safety  of  a  party  so  devoted  to  her  interest, 
and  which  stood  in  such  need  of  her  assistance."     "  Morton," 
continues  Robertson,  "  the  ablest,  the  most  ambitious,  and  the 
most  powerful  man  of  the  King's  party,  held  a  particular  course 
in  the  state  of  factions  j  and  moving  only  as  he  was  prompted  by 
the  court  of  England,  thwarted  every  measure  that  tended  towards 
a  reconcilement  of  the  factions  ;  and  as  he  served  Elizabeth  with 
much  fidelity,  he  derived  both  power  and  credit  from  her  avowed 
protection."     In  1572,  on  the  death  of  Lennox,  no  competitor  for 
the  regency  ^'  appeared  against  Morton.     The  Queen  of  Eng- 
land powerfully  supported  his  claim ;  and,  notwithstanding  the 
fears  of  the  people,  and  the  jealousy  of  the  nobles,  he  was  elected 
regent;  the  fourth,  who  in  the  space  of  five  years  had  held  that 
dangerous  office."     At  this  time  his  surrender  of  the  Earl  of  Nor- 
thumberland, to  whose  friendship  he  had  been  much  indebted, 
was  deemed  an  ungrateful  and  mercenary  action.     He  now  la- 
boured to  restore  peace  between  the  contending  parties.     He  set 
himself  to  redress  the  relics  of  those  evils,  which  always  accom- 
pany civil  war ;  and,  by  his  industry  and  vigour,  order  and  secu- 
rity were  re-established  in  the  kingdom.     But  he  lost  the  repu- 
tation due  to  this  important  service,  by  the  avarice  he  discovered 
in  performing  it ;  and  his  own  exactions  became  more  pernicious 
to  the  nation,  than  all  the  irregularities  which  he  had  committed. 
He  soon  rendered  himself  odious  to  the  great  nobles.    A  plot  was 
now  formed  against  him  :  he  discovered  it,  and  resigned  the  re- 
gency, in  1578.     "  Deserted  by  his  own  party,  and  unable   to 
struggle  with  the  faction,  which  governed  absolutely  at  court,  he 


LORD  DOUGLAS.  ^77 

retired  to  one  of  his  seats,  and  seemed  to  enjoy  the  tranquillity, 
and  to  be  occupied  only  in  the  amusements,  of  a  country  life. 
His  mind,  however,  was  deeply  disquieted  with  all  the  uneasy  re- 
flections, which  accompany  disappointed  ambition  ;  and  intent  on 
schemes  for  recovering  his  former  grandeur.  Even  in  this  retreat, 
which  the  people  call  the  Lions  Den,  his  wealth  and  abilities 
rendered  him  formidable.  And  the  new  counsellors  were  so 
imprudent  as  to  rouse  him  by  the  precipitancy  with  which  they 
hastened  to  strip  him  of  all  remains  of  power."  He  continued 
to  watch  tile  motions  of  his  enemies,  and  soon  found  a  proper 
juncture  for  setting  to  work  the  instruments  which  he  had  been 
preparing  for  the  resumption  of  his  former  authority.  By  the  in- 
tercession of  Queen  Elizabeth,  he  was  reconciled  to  his  adver- 
saries. The  King's  new  favourites  soon  attempted  to  undermine 
him;  and  as  James  had  been  bred  up  with  an  aversion  for  this 
nobleman,  who  endeavoured  rather  to  maintain  the  authority  of  a 
tutor,  than  to  act  with  the  obsequiousness  of  a  minister,  they 
found  it  no  difficult  matter  to  accomplish  their  design.  Morton 
endeavoured  to  counteract  them ;  but  in  vain.  Even  Queen  Eli- 
zabeth interposed  without  effect.  He  was  accused  of  being  acces- 
sary to  the  murder  of  Darnleyj  and  thrown  into  prison.  "  The 
Earl  of  Angus,  who  imputed  these  violent  proceedings  not  to 
hatred  against  Morton  alone,  but  to  the  ancient  enmity  between 
the  houses  of  Stewart  and  Douglas,  and  who  believed  that  a  con- 
spiracy was  now  formed  for  the  destruction  of  the  whole  name, 
was  ready  to  take  arms  in  order  to  rescue  his  kinsman.  But 
Morton  absolutely  forbade  any  such  atlempt,  and  declared  that 
he  would  rather  sutfer  ten  thousand  deaths,  than  bring  an  impu- 
tation on  his  own  character,  by  seeming  to  decline  a  trial."  All 
those  suspected  of  favouring  him  were  now  turned  out  of  office. 
He  was  tried  and  condemned,  after  a  violent,  irregular,  and  op- 
pressive trial.  The  King  appointed  that  he  should  suffer  death 
next  day,  by  being  beheaded.  "  During  that  awful  interval, 
Morton  possessed  the  utmost  composure  of  mind.  He  supped 
cheerfully,  slept  a -part  of  the  night  in  his  usual  manner,  and  era- 
ployed  the  rest  of  his  time  in  religious  conferences,  and  in  acts  of 
devotion  with  some  ministers  of  the  city.  The  clergyman  who 
attended  him,  dealt  freely  with  his  conscience,  and  pressed  his 
crimes  home  upon  him.  What  he  confessed  with  regard  to  the 
crime  for  which  he  suffered,  is  remarkable,  and  supplies  in  some 
measure  the  imperfection  of  our  records.  He  acknowledged  that 
on  bis  return   from  England,  after  the  death  of  Rizio,   Bothwell 


2;s  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

had  Informed  him  of  the  conspiracy  against  the  King,  which  the 
Queen_,  as  he  told  him,  knew  of,  and  approved  ;  that  he  solicited 
him  to  concur   in  the  execution  of  it,  which  at  that  time  he  ab- 
solutely declined  J  that  soon  after,  Bothwell  himself,  and  Archi- 
bald Douglas,  in  his  name,  renewing  their  solicitation  to  the  same 
purpose,  he  had  required  a  warrant  under  the  Queen's  hand,  au- 
thorizing the  attempt,  and  as  that  had  never  been  produced,  he 
had  refused  to  be  any  farther  concerned  in  the  matter.     "  But," 
continued  he,  "■  as  I  neither  consented  to  this  treasonable  act, 
nor  assisted  in  the  committing  of  it,  so  it  was  impossible  for  me 
to  reveal  or  prevent  it.     To  whom  could  I  make  the  discovery  ?  . 
The  Queen  was  the  author  of  the  enterprize.     Darnley  was  such 
a  changeling,  that  no  secret  could  safely  be  communicated  to   . 
him.     Huntley  and  Bothwell,  who  bore  the  chief  sway  in  the 
kingdom,  were  themselves  the  perpetrators  of  the  crime."    These 
circumstances,  it  must  be  confessed,  go  some  length  towards  ex- 
tenuating Morton's  guilt  j  and,  though  his  apology  for  the  favour  he 
had  shewn  to  Archibald  Douglas,  whom  he  knew  to  be  one  of  the 
conspirators,  be  far  less  satisfactory,  no  uneasy  reflections  seem  to 
have  disquieted  his  own  mind  on  that  account.    When  his  keepers 
told  him  that  the  guards  were  attending,  and  all  things  in  I'cadi- 
ness  ;  "  I  praise  my  God,"  said  he,  "  I  am  ready  likewise."  Arran 
commanded  these  guards,  and  even  in  these  moments,  when  the 
most  implacable  hatred  is  apt  to  relent,  the  malice  of  his  ene- 
mies could  not  forbear  this  insult.     On  the  scaffold  his  behaviour 
was  calm  ;  his  countenance  and  voice  unaltered  ;  and,  after  some 
time  spent  in  devotion,  he  suffered  death  with  the  intrepidity 
which   became  the  name  of  Douglas.      His  head  was  placed  on 
the  public  jail  of  Edinburgh  ;  and  his  body,  after  lying  till  sunset 
on  the  scaffold,  covered  with  a  beggarly  cloak,  was  carried   by 
common  porters  to  the  usual  burial  place  of  criminals.     None  of 
his  friends  durst  accompany  it  to  the  grave,  or  discover  their  gra- 
titude and  respect  by  any  symptoms  of  sorrow."  ^ 

Upon  the  death  and  forfeiture  of  the  regent,  the  title  of  Earl 
of  Morton  was  bestowed  upon  the  Lord  Maxivetl;  but  his  Ma- 
jesty having  recalled  and  revoked  that  deed,  and  being  further 
willing  and  desirous,  that  all  animosities  and  grounds  of  conten- 
tion among  the  nobility  might  be  removed,  for  that  end  a  parlia- 
ment was  called  in  1585,  wherein  his  Majesty  passed  an  act  of 
oblivion,  whereby  every  body  who  had  been  forfeited  during  the 

i  Robertson, 


LORD  DOUGLAS.  2Tg 

troubles  in  the  King's  minority  was  indemnified,  except  such  as 
had  been  accessary  to  his  father's  murder  :  and  though  the  Earl 
of  Morton  had  been  convicted  of  that  crime,  and  suffered  for  it, 
yet  his  Majesty  considering,  "  Eona,  fidelia,  gratuita  Servitia 
Nobis  facta  per  quondam  Comitem  de  Morton,  in  Gubernatione 
et  Adniinistratione  Nostri  Regni  j  nee  non  alia  debita  et  egregia 
Officia  Nobis  in  Nostra  Mineritate  per  ipsum  praestita  et  impensa; 
considt^ra.ntes  etiam  quod  dictus  quondam  Comes  de  Morton, 
nullatenus  conscius  fuit  Artis  et  Partis  dicti  Criminis,  neque  ejus- 
dem  Facinoris  et  Credis  Perpetrationi  uUatenus  consensit,  sed  tan- 
tummodo  predictam  Caedem  praecognovit,  et  celavit-j  quam  ob 
causam  praefatus  Comes  de  Morton  in  Corpore  satis  superque  luit 
juxta  dictatn  Sententiam  Forisfacturae  contra  eum  latam  et  pro- 
mulgatam,  nnde  Legibus  et  Nostro  Honori  abunde  ex  hac  Parte 
satisfactum  fuit.'     Nos  igitur,  &c." 

For  these  and  other  reasons,  his  Majesty  was  pleased  by  letters 
under  his  great  seal,  in  pursuance  of  the  act  of  parliament  to  re- 
habilitate the  Earl  of  Morton,  in  the  most  ample  manner,  thereby 
enabling  his  heirs  to  succeed  to  his  lands  and  honours;  by  virtue 
whereof, 

Archieald,  Earl  of  Angus,  the  Earl's  nephew,  did  succeed 
as  heir  of  entail  to  the  Earldom  oj  Morton,  and  which  he  accord- 
ingly enjoyed  till  his  death,  which  happened  in  1588. 

The  estate  and  title  oi  Earl  of  Morton,  then  came  to  William 
Douglas,  of  Lochleven,  "  as  the  next  heir  of  entail.''  This  Earl  so 
succeeding,  married  Agnes,  daughter  of  George  Earl  of  Rothes  j 
by  whom  he  had 

Robert,  his  son  and  heir  apparent,  who  perished  going  over 

t  Charta  penes  Comitem  de  Morton,  data  29  January,  158c;. 
u  Sir  Henry  Douglas,  of  Lugton  and  Lochleven,  third  son  of  Sir  John 
Douglas,  by  Agnes  Monfode,  married  Margery,  daughter  of  Sir  Walter  Stewart, 
ofRailston,  and  had  issue  Sir  Wil  li  am  Douglas,  of  Lochleven,  who  by 
Elizabeth  Lindsay,  daughter  of  David  Earl  of  Crawfurd,  was  father  of  Sir 
Henry  Douglas,  of  Lochleven,  14+6,  who  by  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Robert 
Lord  Erskine,  had  issue  Sir  Robert  Douglas,  of  Lochleven,  who  fell  at  the 
battle  of  Floddon,  15 13,  leaving  by  Elizabeth  Boswell,  Sir  Robe  rt,  of  Loch- 
leven, who  dying  before  1540,  had  by  Margaret  Balfour,  Thomas  Douglas, 
father,  by  r.lizabcth  Boyd,  of  Sir  Robert  Douglas,  of  Lochleven,  who  was 
slain  at  the  battle  of  Pinkie,  1547,  and  was  father,  by  Lady  Margaret  Erskine, 
daughter  of  John  Earl  of  Marr,  of  Sir  Wil  li  \m  Douglas,  of  Lochleven,  who 
thus  succeeded  to  the  Earldom  of  Mortoriy  1588,  in  virtue  of  the  last  limitation 
in  the  entail  made  by  James,  third  Earl,  in  1 567. 

"  Charta  penes  Comitem  de  Morton,  ad  annum  1589. 


2S0  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

to  the  low  countries  in  1583,  ^  leaving  issue  by  Jane,  his  wife, 
daughter  of  John  Lord  Glames,  ^  a  son,  William,  seventh  Earl^ 
who  succeeded  his  grandfather. 

The  Earl's  second  son  was  James,  comraendator  of  Melross, 
the  third  Sir  Archibald  Douglas  of  Kirkness,  the  fourth  Sir  George 
Douglas  of  Killour  j  likewise  five  daughters. 

Christian,  married  to  Laurence,  master  of  Oliphant,  and  there- 
after to  Alexander,  first  Earl  of  Hume. 

Mary,  to  Sir  Walter  Ogilvy,  of  Findlater,  first  Lord  Desk- 
ford. 

Euphame,  to  Sir  Thomas  Lyon,  of  Aldbar,  ^  lord  high  trea- 
surer of  Scotland,  in  the  reign  of  King  James  VI. 

Agnes,  to  Archibald  Earl  of  Argyle, 

Elizabeth,  to  Francis  Earl  of  Errol. 

This  Earl  dying  on  September  27th,  1 606','^  was  succeeded 

by 

William,  his  grandson  and  heir,  seventh  Earl,  who  being  a 
nobleman  of  great  parts  and  reputation,  was  by  King  Charles  I. 
called  to  his  council,  and  thereafter  preferred  to  be  Lord  High 
Treasurer,  anno  l630,  upon  the  surrender  of  the  Earl  of  Mar  j^ 
and  he  continued  treasurer  till,  1(535,  he  was  removed,  and  the 
white  staff  given,  to  the  Earl  of  Traquair;  in  recompence  of  which 
he  was  constituted  captain  of  his  Majesty's  guard,  and  installed 
a  Knight  of  the  Garter. 

He  married  Agnes,  daughter  of  George  Earl  Marischal,  and 
dying  October  7th,  1D48,  '^  left  issue 

First,  Robert,  his  successor. 

Second,  Sir  James  Douglas,  thereafter  Earl  of  Morton. 

Third,  John,  who  was  killed  in  the  King's  service  at  Carbers- 
dale,  in  1650.  ^  .    . 

Fourth,  George  Douglas,  Esq, 

Likewise  five  daughters. 

Anne,  married  to  George  Earl  of  Kinoule, 

Margaret^  to  Archibald  Marquis  of  Argyle. 

y  Hume's  Hist,  of  Douglas.  z  Charta  in  Rotulis  Jacobi  VI. 

a  Ibid,  ad  annum  1589- 
b  Hist.  EcclesisE  Scoticanae,  Authore  Arch.  Symson,  Pastore  Dalkiethensi, 
MS.  in  Bibliotheca  Academia;  Glasguensis. 

c  Charta  in  Rotulis  Caroli  I.  data  13  April  1630. 
<l  Memoirs  of  WillL.n  Earl  of  Morton,  the  Treasurer,  penes  me. 
e  Memoirs  of  the  family  of  Morton, 


LORD  DOUGLAS.  281 

Mary,  to  Charles  Earl  of  Dunfermling, 
Jane,  to  James  Earl  of  Hume. 

Isabel,  to  Robert,  first  Earl  of  Roxburgh ;  and  again  to  James 
Marquis  of  Montrose. 

Which  Robert,  eighth  Earl,  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of 
Sir  Edward  Villiers,  sister  to  the  Lord  Viscount  Grandison,  and 
niece  to  the  great  Duke  of  Buckingham,  and  dying  anno  1649, 
left  issue,  William,  his  successor. 
Second,  Robert,  died  s.  p.  166I. 

And  two  daughters ;  Anne,  married  to  William  Earl  Maris- 
chal ;  and  Mary,  to  Sir  Donald  Macdonald,  of  Slate,  Bart. 

Which  William,  ninth  Earl,  married  Grisel,  daughter  of 
John,  first  Earl  of  Middleton,  ^  and  had  a  son  Charles  Lord  Dal- 
keith ;  but  dying  without  surviving  issue,  168I,  his  estate  and 
honour  devolved  on 

Sir  James  Douglas,  his  uncle,  tenth  Earl,  who  dying  August 
2oth,  ]6S6,  s  left  issue  by  Anne,  his  wife,  daughter  and  heir  of 
Sir  James  Hay,  of  Smithfield,  four  sons. 

First,  James,  his  successor,  eleventh  Earl,  who  was  one  of  the 
lords  of  the  privy-council  in  the  reign  of  Queen  Anne,  and  one  of 
the  commissioners  for  the  late  treaty  of  union,  which  commenced 
in  1707.     He  died  a  bachelor,  December  10th,  1715. 

Second,  Robert,  the  twelfth  Earl,  a  peer  of  good  parts,  of 
great  integrity,  and  well  affected  to  the  crown  and  protestant  in- 
terest, as  his  predecessors  were  :  died  unmarried  1730. 

Third,  Geokge,  thirteenth  Earl,  a  member  of  parliament  from 
the  union  till  he  succeeded  to  the  Earldom. 

When  a  younger  brother,  he  betook  himself  to  a  military  life, 
and  served  in  the  army  with  great  reputation,  and  was  raised  to 
the  rank  of  colonel. 

He  married,  first,  Muirhead,  daughter  of Muirhead, 

of  Linhouse  in  the  county  of  Midlothian,  by  whom  he  had  a  son, 
who  died  in  his  infancy. 

He  married,  secondly,  Frances,  dangiiter  of  William  Adderley, 
of  Halstow  in  Kent,  Esq.  by  whom  he  had  issue. 
First,  James,  his  successor. 
Second,  William,  who  died  young. 

Third,  Robert,  who  went  into  the  army  young,  and  was  soon 
promoted  to  be  a  captain  of  foot.     He  was  elected  M.  P.  for  Ork- 

f  Charta  in  Rotulls  Caroli  11. 
;  Memoirs  of  the  Earls  of  Morton, 


282  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

ney,  1730,  and  served  as  a  volunteer  in  the  imperial  army,  1735. 
He  was  afterwards  raised  to  the  rank  of  lieutenant-colonel,  and 
was  killed  at  the  battle  of  Fontenoy,  regretted  by  all  who  knew 
him,  in  1745.     He  left  a  natural  son,  James  Douglas. 

The  Earl  dying  in  January,  1738,  was  succeeded  by  his  eldest 
son, 

James,  fourteenth  Earl,  who  was  made  a  Knight  of  the 
Thistle  1738  ;  elected  one  of  the  sixteen  peers  from  1739  till  his 
death  ;  and  in  1760,  was  appointed  lord  register  for  Scotland. 

His  Lordship  married,  tirst,  Agatha,  daughter  of  Mr.  Halli- 
burton, of  Pictur,  and  by  her  had. 

First,  Charles,  died  young. 

Second,  Sholto  Charles,  the  fifteenth  Earl, 

Third,  James  ;  fourth,  George ;  fifth,  Robert,  all  died  young. 

Sixth,  Frances. 

Seventh,  Mary,  who  married,  in  April  177^,  Charles  Gordon, 
fourth  Earl  of  Aboyne,  and  has  issue. 

He  married  secondly,  July  31st,  1755,  Bridget,  daughter  of 
Sir  John  Heathcote,  Bart,  of  Normanton  in  Rutlandshire,  and  had 
issue  by  her  (who  died  March  3d,  1805.) 

Eighth,  John,  born  July  1st,  1756,  married  the  Hon.  Frances 
Lascelles,  eldest  daughter  of  Edward,  Lord  Harewood,  and  has 
issue;  of  which  his  eldest  daughter  married,  April  21st,  1804, 
the  Hon.  Colonel  William  Stuart,  second  son  of  John,  late  Earl 
of  Galloway,  Knight  of  the  Thistle. 

Ninth,  Bridget,  born  April  28th,  1 758,  married,  August  4th, 
1777,  the  Hon.  William  Henry  Bouverie,  brother  of  Jacob  Pley- 
dell.  Earl  of  Radnor,  and  has  issue. 

The  Earl  deceasing  October  12th,  1768,  was  succeeded  by 
his  son, 

Sholto  Charles,  the  fifteenth  Earl,  who  married  Catherine, 
daughter  of  John  Hamilton,  Esq.  by  whom  he  had  issue  one  son, 

George. 

And  deceasing  September  27th,  1774,  was  succeeded  by  his 
only  son, 

George,  the  sixteenth  Ear/,  who -was,  August  11th,  179I, 
created  a  British  Peer  by  the  title  of  Baron  Douglas  of  Loch- 

LEVEN. 

His  Lordship  was  born  I'/SQ. 

Titles,  George  £)ouglas.  Earl  of  Morton,  and  Lord  Douglas 
of  Lochleven. 


LORD  DOUGLAS.  283 

Creations,  Earl  of  Morton,  March  14tb,  1457,  and  Lord 
Douglas  of  Lochleven. 

Arms.  Quarterly,  first  and  fourth,  argent,  a  man's  heart,  gules, 
crowned  with  an  imperial  crown,  or  5  on  a  chief,  azure,  three 
mullets  of  the  first ;  second  and  third,  argent,  three  piles,  gules, 
and  in  chief,  two  stars  of  the  first. 

Crest.  A  sanglier  proper,  sticking  in  the  cleft  of  an  oak  tree, 
with  a  lock  holding  the  clefts  of  the  tree  together. 

Supporters.  Two  savages  wreathed  about  the  head  and  middle 
with  lanrel,  holding  a  club  downward  in  the  dexter  hand. 

Motto.     Lock  Sicker. 

Chief  Seat.     Aberdour,  Fifeshlre. 


2S4 


PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 


THURLOW,  LORD  THURLOW. 

This  is  probably  a  local  name  derived  from  a  parish  in  the  county 
of  Sufiblk.  => 

The  Rev.  Thomas  Thurlow,  rector  ofAshfield  in  Suffolk,' 
left  issue  by  Elizabeth  Smith,  ofAshfield  aforesaid^  three  sons. 

First,  Edward, ^r^^  peer. 

Second,  Thomas  Thurlow,  D.  D.  late  Bishop  of  Durham, 
who  in  1/79  was  appointed  Dean  of  Rochester;  from  which  he 
was  promoted  to  the  Bishopric  of  Lincoln,  17-  •  >  and  thence 
translated  in  1787  to  the  See  of  Durham.  He  died  May  27th, 
I79lj  having  married  Anne,  daughter  of  William  Beer,  of  Lym- 
ington,  Hants.  By  her,  who  died  August  17th,  1791j  he  left 
issue,  first,  Edward,  present  peer ;  second,  Thomas,  born  Sep- 
tember 19th,  1787;  third,  Amelia;  fourth,  Elizabeth  3  fifth, 
Anne,  who  married,  April  12th,  1804,  Charles  Godfrey,  Esq.  of 
the  royal  artillery. 

Third,  John  Thurlow,   alderman  and  merchant  of  Norwich, 

•who  died  March   11th,  1782,  having  married  Josephs,  daughter 

of  John  Morse.     By  her,  who  died  December  10th,  1786,  he  left 

issue  a  son,  the  Rev.  Edward-South  Thurlow,  prebendary  of 

Norwich,  and  rector  of  Houghton-le-Spring,  com.  Durham  ;  and 
also  a  daughter. 

Edward  Thurlow,  eldest  son,  first  Lord  Thurlow,  was 

born   about  1732,  and  having  been  educated  first  at  Canterbury 

school,  and  afterwards  at  Caius  college,  Cambridge,  devoted  him- 


a  The  present  family  does  not  appear  to  clainri  any  alliance  with  Thurloe, 
the  secretary  of  state  in  the  time  of  Cromwell,  who  bore  different  arms. 
There  is  a  parish  and  lordship  of  Thurlow  in  this  county,  long  the  seat  of  the 
Soame  family. 


LORD  THURLOW.  285 

self  to  the  profession  of  the  law,  was  called  to  the  bar,  attained  the 
rank  of  King's  counsel  in  November,  1761  ;  was  appointed  So- 
licitor General  in  March,  1/70  j  and  Attokney  General 
on  June  23d,  177 1.  He  was  returned  M.  P.  for  Tamworth  in 
Staffordshire  in  1768,  and  I774. 

On  June  3d,  17/8,  he  was  appointed  to  succeed  Lord  Apsley, 
as  Lord  High  Chancellor  of  Great  Britain  ;  and  the  same  day 
was  raised  to  the  Peerage  by  the  title  of  Lord  Thurlow  of 
AsHFiELD  in  Suffolk.  He  resigned  this  high  office  in  April, 
1/83,  when  the  seals  were  put  into  commission  ;  and  was  re-ap- 
pointed, when  Mr.  Pitt  was  nominated  prime  minister  in  De- 
cember following.  He  again  resigned  them  in  June,  1 792  j  and 
on  the  12th  of  that  month  was  created  Lord  Thurlow  of 
Thurlow  in  Suffolk,  with  a  collateral  remainder  of  this  honour 
to  the  issue  male  of  his  late  two  brothers,  the  Bishop  of  Durham, 
and  John  Thurlow  of  Norwich. 

When  a  commoner,  his  Lordship  was  an  able  coadjutor  of 
Lord  North  in  parliament ;  and  sat  on  the  woolsack  during  the 
whole  time  he  held  the  seals  with  great  dignity.  And  even  after 
his  retirement,  till  a  short  .period  before  his  death,  took  an  active 
part,  and  had  great  weight  in  the  house  of  lords. 

His  Lordship  died  at  an  advanced  age,  September  12th,  I8O6, 
without  issue  male.  ^ 

The  following  character  is  given  of  him  in  the  Biographical 
Peerage. 

"  He  was  a  man,  of  whose  talents  opinions  have  been  various. 
His  faculties  were  strong  and  direct ;  and  the  results  of  his  mind 
decisive.  His  nervous  manner,  and  imperious  temper,  gave  an 
artificial  strength  to  what  he  delivered.  Whatever  he  conceived 
right,  he  had  no  timidity  or  hesitation  in  enforcing.  A  manly 
tone  of  sentiment,  and  a  boldness  which  was  admired  while  it 
was  dreaded,  gave  him  almost  irresistible  weight  when  clothed 
with  authority.  These  qualities,  added  to  a  powerful  natural 
sagacity,  fitted  him  to  preside  over  a  court  of  equity  with  many 
advantages.  He  never  felt  himself  fettered  bv  forms  and  tech- 
nicalities  5  but  laid  the  case  bare  at  once,  and  got  at  its  essence. 
His  head  was  not  formed  to  be  diverted  by  little  difficulties  or  so- 
fa There  were  some  doubts  whether  he  was  not  married  in  early  life  to  a 
daughter  of  Dean  Lynch  of  Canterbury,  by  wliom  he  had  a  son  Charles,  who 
died  a  student  at  Cambridge.  He  had  three  daughters  by  another  lady,  of 
whom  the  eldest  married  Colonel  Samuel  Browne,  of  the  York  L.  I.  Vo- 
lunteers, one  of  the  assistant  secretaries  to  the  commander-in-chief. 


286'  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

phistries.  On  the  other  hand,  he  was  frequently  too  impatient, 
too  dogmatical,  and  too  little  open  to  persuasion,  and  to  all  the 
complicated  bearings  of  an  entangled  cause.  ?Iis  temper  was 
severe,  his  feelings  morose,  and  his  disregard  of  the  world  and 
even  its  innocent  passions  and  foibles,  too  general  and  unsparing. 
He  made  little  allowance  for  a  ditFerence  of  habits  or  pursuits.  On 
the  whole,  however,  he  was  a  man  of  a  superior  mind;  and  in 
many  respects  filled  his  high  station  with  great  and  deserved  re- 
putation." 

He  was  succeeded  in  the  second  peerage  by  his  nephew^  Ed- 
ward, the  present  and  second  Lord  Thurlow. 

His  Lordship  was  born  June  11th,  1/81,  and  is  eldest  son  of 
Thomas  Thurlow,  late  bishop  of  Durham,  who  died  in  1791-  He 
is  patentee  of  the  bankrupts-office,  and  clerk  of  the  custodies  of 
idiots  and  lunatics  in  possession  ;  one  of  the  clerks  of  the  Hanaper, 
and  one  of  the  prothonotaries  of  the  court  of  Chancery  in  rever- 
sion.    He  is  unmarried. 

Title.  Edward  Thurlow,  Lord  Thurlow  of  Thurlow,  in  Suf- 
folk. 

Creation.     By  patent,  June  12th,  1/92. 

Arms.  Argent  on  a  chevron  cotised,  sable,  three  port-cuUises, 
with  chains  and  rings,  argent. 

Crest.  On  a  wreath,  a  raven  close,  proper,  with  a  port-cuUis 
hung  round  its  neck,  argent. 

Supporters.  Two  eagles  reguardant  sable,  a  portcullis  hung 
round  each  of  their  necks,  argent. 

Motto.      JUSTITI-E  SOROR  FIDES, 

Chief  Seat. 


LORD  AUKLAND. 


28/ 


EDEN,  LORD  AUKLAND. 


The  first  we  find  of  this  family,  which  has  been  resident  for  a 
considerable  time  in  the  bishopric  of  Durham,  is, 

John  Eden,  of  Belsis  in  Durham,  Esq.  who  had  a  grant  of 
the  arms,  which  the  family  now  bear,  and  married  Elizabeth, 
daughter  and  coheir  of  William  Lambton,  of  Lambton  in  Durham, 
Esq.  by  whom  he  had  issue 

Robert  Eden,  of  IVest  AiiMand,  living  1575,  who  married 
Jane,  daughter  and  coheir  of  John  Huton,  of  Hinwick  in  Dur- 
ham, and  had  issue 

John  Eden,  Esq.  who  died  about  1625,  leaving  issue  by 
Margery  daughter  of Welbury,  of  Castle-Eden  in  Dur- 
ham, Esq. 

Col.  Robert  Eden,  of  IVest  Auhdand  and  IVindleston,  who 
died  about  Christmas  l6(52,  and  was  buried  at  St.  Helen's  Auk- 
land,  having  married  two  wives:  first,  Anne,  daughter  and 
coheir  of  Matthew  Bee,  of  Northumberland,  Esq.  ;  secondly, 
Dorothy,  daughter  of  Sir  William  Wray,  .of  Bemish  in  Dur- 
ham. 

By  his  first  wife  he  had. 

First,  John. 

Second,  Robert,  of  Branspeth,  who  married  a  daughter  of 
Delaval. 

Third,  Anne,  married  to  William  Svvinborne,  of  Newcastle. 

By  the  second  he  had. 

Fourth,  Alexius,  who  married  a  daughter  of Wray, 

and  died  without  issue. 

Fifth,  Catherine. 


288  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

John,  the  eldest  son,  died  l675,  and  was  buried  in  St.  Helens 
Auckland  :  he  married  Catherine,  daughter  of  Sir  Thomas  Laton, 
of  Laton,  in  Yorkshire,  Knight ;  she  died  about  iSsSj  by  whom 
he  had. 

First,  Sir  Robert,  the  first  Baronet. 

Second,  John  Eden,  a  merchant,  in  Newcastle,  who  married 

Elizabeth,  daughter  of Hendmarsh,  of  Little  Bentley,  and 

left  issue,  a  son  and  two  daughters. 

Third,   Laton  Eden,  rector  of  Hartborne  in  Northumberland, 

■who  married  a  daughter  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Johnson,  of ,  by 

whom  he  had  several  sons  and  daughters. 

Fourth,  William  Eden,  who  died  unmarried. 

Sir  Robert  Eden,  the Jirst  Baronet,  represented  the  county 
of  Durham  in  parliament  for  many  years,  temp.  Car.  IL  "Will, 
IIL  and  Anne.  He  married  Margaret,  daughter  and  heir  of  John 
Lambton,  of  the  city  of  Durham,  Esq.  by  whom  he  had  issue 
eight  sons. 

First,  Sir  John,  his  successor. 

Second,  Robert,  living  in  1/''^1,  a  bachelor. 

Third,  William,  deceased. 

Fourth,  Thomas,  D.  D.  prebendary  of  Durham,  and  rector  of 
Winston,  in  the  bishoprick  of  Durham,  by  the  donation  of  the 
Lord  Crew,  late  bishop  of  that  diocese ;  he  married  Dorothy, 
daughter  to  the  Lord  Viscount  Downe,  of  the  kingdom  of  Ire- 
land, and  relict  of  Robert  Shafto,  of  Whitworth,  Esq.  She  died 
without  issue,  November,  1/34. 

Fifth,  Lambton,  who  died  an  infant. 

Sixth,  George ;  seventh,  Henry  j  and  eighth  Lambton,  who 
all  died  unmarried. 

And  several  daughters ;  first,  Margaret,  who  died  1727>  un- 
married ;  second,  Catherine  ;  third,  Elizabeth,  married  to  Mat- 
thew Whitfield,  of  Whitfield  in  the  county  of  Northumberland, 
Esq. ;  fourth,  Anne ;  fifth,  Hannah,  married  lo  James  Mickleton, 
of  the  city  of  Durham,  Esq.  deceased  ;  and  Mary,  who  died  un- 
married. Sir  Robert  died  March,  1 720,  and  his  relict,  July  2d, 
1730. 

Sir  John  Eden,  second  Baronet,  his  eldest  son  and  successor  in 
dignity  and  estate,  represented  the  county  of  Durham  in  several 
parliaments,  in  the  reigns  of  Queen  Anne,  and  King  George  I. 
He  married  the  daughter  of  Mark  Shafto,  of  Whitworth,  Esq.  by 
whom  he  had  one  son. 


LORD  AUKLAND.  289 

Sir  Robert,  his  successor. 

Sir  John  died  at  the  Bath,  May  2d,  1728  :  he  was  succeeded 
in  title  and  estate  by  his  only  son. 

Sir  Robert  Eden,  third  Baronet,  who  married.  May  8th, 
1739,  Mary,  (who  died  about  179^)  youngest  daughter  to  Wil- 
liam Davison,  late  of  Bemish  in  Durham,  Esq.  by  whom  he  had 
issue. 

First,  Sir  John,  his  successor,  the  present  Baronet,  born  Sep- 
tember, 1740. 

Second,  Sir  Robert,  late  governor  of  Maryland,  created  a 
Baronet,  September  10th,  1776,  who  married  Caroline,  daughter 
and  coheiress  of  Lord  Baltimore,  and  died  in  I78d,  leaving  issue. 
Sir  Frederick-Morton,  the  late  Baronet,  who  died  I8O9,  leaving 
issue. 

Third,  Catherine,  who  married,  January  23d,  17/0,  the  Rev. 
John  Moore,  D.  D.  late  Archbishop  of  Canterbury,  by  whom  she 
had  issue,  George,  M.  A.  in  holy  orders,  prebendary  of  Canter- 
bury, and  rector  of  Wrotham,  Kentj  Charles,  M.  P.  for  Wood- 
stock J  Robert,  M.  A.  prebendary  of  Canterbury,  and  rector  of 
Latchingdon,  Essex  5  and  John. 

Fourth,  William,  now  Lord  Aukland^ 

Fifth,  Thomas,  deputy  auditor  of  Greenwich  Hospital,  died 
in  May,  1805,  leaving  issue  eight  children. 

Sixth,  Dulcibella,  married  to  Matthew  Bell,  Esq.  and  has 
issue,  Dulcibella,  married  her  cousin,  the  Reverend  Robert  Moore, 
M.A. 

Seventh,  Morton,  Knight  of  the  Bath,  married  Lady  Eliza- 
beth He:iley,  sister  to  the  last  Earl  of  Northington,  created  an  Irish 
peer  in  1799.  by  the  title  oi  Lord  Henley,  and  has  issue. 

Eighth,  Mary,  married  to  the  Reverend  Richard  Richardson, 
M.  A.  chancellor  of  St.  Paul's,  and  rector  of  Elwick  and  Wittop 
Gilbert,  Durham.  There  were  three  sons,  who  all  died  un- 
married. 

He  was  succeeded  by  his  eldest  son. 

Sir  John  Eden,  the  present  and  fourth  Baronet,  who,  June  26, 
1764,  married  Catherine,  daughter  of  John  Thompson,  of  Kirby- 
hall,  Yorkshire,  Esq.  This  Lady  died  without  issue,  March  12th, 
1766,  aged  twenty-three,  and  was  buried  at  West-Aukland.  Sir 
John  married,  secondly,  April  9th,  1767,  Dorothea,  sole  daughter 
of  Peter  Johnson,  Esq.  recorder  of  York,  by  whom  he  has  a  nu- 
merous family.  He  long  represented  the  county  of  Durham  in 
parliament. 

VOL.   VIII.  U 


290  PEERx\GE  OF  ENGLAND. 

William  Eden,  third  son,  and  younger  brother  of  the  present 
Baronet,  is  now  Lord  Aukland,  Having  been  educated  at 
Eton,  where  he  formed  an  intimacy  with  Lord  Carlisle,  and  other 
men  of  rank,  he  went  to  Christ-church,  Oxford,  and  thence  to 
the  Middle  Temple,  where  he  was  called  to  the  bar,  in  1769. 
But  he  made  little  progress  in  the  lucrative  parts  of  this  profes- 
sion J  and  seems  to  have  early  turned  his  ambition  to  politics. 
Hence  he  obtained  a  seat  in  parliament,  and,  in  1778,  accom- 
panied Lord  Carlisle's  diplomatic  mission  to  America,  and  after- 
wards attended  as  his  chief  secretary  when  that  peer  went  lord 
lieutenant  to  Ireland,  178O,  1782.  He  was  sworn  of  the  privy- 
council  of  that  kingdom  ;  and  in  1783^  he  was  also  sworn  of  the 
privy-council  of  England. 

In  December,  1785,  he  was  named  envoy  extraordinary,  and 
minister  plenipotentiary  to  the  court  of  Versailles,  for  the  purpose 
of  concluding  a  treaty  of  commerce  between  Great  Britain  and 
France,  which  was  accomplished,  September  26th,  1 786  ;  oa  the 
15th  of  January,  1787,  he  signed,  with  the  Comte  de  Vergennes, 
a  farther  convention;  and,  on  August  31st  following,  he  con- 
cluded and  signed  with  the  Comte  de  Montmorin,  a  convention 
for  preventing  all  disputes  between  the  subjects  of  their  respective 
sovereigns  in  the  East  Indies. 

In  October  and  November  in  the  same  year,  his  Lordship,  in 
concurrence  with  the  Duke  of  Dorset,  negociated  and  signed  the 
declarations  which  were  exchanged  between  the  courts  of  London 
and  Versailles,  relative  to  the  revolution  which  then  took  place  in 
the  United  Provinces. 

In  March,  1788,  he  went  as  ambassador  extraordinary  and 
plenipotentiary  to  the  court  of  Spain  ;  in  November,  1789,  he 
was  appointed  ambassador  extraordinary  and  plenipotentiary  to 
the  States-General  of  the  United  Provinces  ;  and,  on  the  10th  of 
December,  179O,  he  concluded  and  signed  the  convention  be- 
tween the  Emperor  Leopold,  the  Kings  of  Great  Britain  and 
Prussia,  and  the  States-General  of  the  United  Provinces,  relative 
to  the  affairs  of  the  Netherlands. 

For  these  services  he  was  raised  to  the  Irish  peerage  by  the 
title  oi  Lord  Aukla?id,  November  ISth,  17S9. 

He  was  farther  dignified  by  a  peerage  of  Great  Britain,  by  the 
title  of  Lord  Aukland  of  Aukland,  in  the  county  of  Durham, 
May  23d,  1793. 

In  1798,  1799j  a"d  1801,  he  was  appointed  joint  postmaster- 
general,  and  has,  at  various  times,  filled  other  high  and  lucrative 


LORD  AUKLAND.  291 

offices  :  but  is  at  present  in  opposition.  He  is  auditor  and  director 
of  Greenwich  Hospital,  &c. 

His  Lordship  is  a  man  of  literature ;  a  constant  debater  in 
parliament ;  of  manners  well  adapted  for  diplomacy  ;  and  of  great 
industry,  and  detailed  information.  About  1776,  he  published 
Four  Letters  to  Lord  Carlisle  on  Finance,  which  obtained  him 
some  credit ;  ^  and  is  since  supposed  to  have  written  some  poli- 
tical pamphlets. 

His  Lordship  married,  September  26,  177^^  Eleanor,  youngest 
daughter  of  the  Rt.  Hon.  Sir  Gilbert  Elliott,  ofMinto,  Baronet 
(father  of  the  present  Lord  Minto),  and  by  her  has  issue  : 

First,  Eleanor  Agnes,  born  in  London,  June  Qth,  1777  3  mar- 
ried, June  1st,  1799.  Robert,  Earl  of  Buckinghamshire, 

Second,  Catherine-Isabella,  born  in  New  York,  September 
20th,  1778;  married,  July  22d,  I8O6,  the  Rt.  Hon.  Nicholas 
Vansittart,  and  died 1810. 

Third,  Elizabeth-Charlotte,  born  in  London,  March  21st, 
I780j  married,  March  31st,  1801,  Lord  Francis  Godolphin  Os- 
born,  brother  to  the  Duke  of  Leeds. 

Fourth,  Caroline,  born  at  the  Phoenix-Park,  Dublin,  July 
29th,  178I  ;  married,  June  17th,  I8O6,  Arthur  Vansittart,  Esq. 
late  M.  P.  for  Windsor. 

Fifth,  William-Frederick-Elliott,  born  in  London,  January 
Igtb,  1782,  one  of  the  Tellers  of  the  Exchequer,  ^  was  drowned 
in  the  Thames  early  in  1810.     He  was  M.  P.  for  Wookstock. 

Sixth,  George,  born  at  Beckenham  in  Kent,  August  25th, 
1784. 

Seventh,  Henry,  born  In  Paris,  April  28th,  1786,  and  died 
June  13th,  1794. 

Eighth,  Mary-Louisa,  born  at  St.  Ildefonso  in  Spain,  Sep- 
tember 14th,  17885  married,  June  26th,  I8O6,  Andrew  Wed- 
derburn,  Esq. 

Ninth,  George-Charles- William-Frederick,  born  at  theHague^ 
April  23d,  179]  ;   died  December  1798. 

Tenth,  Mary-Dulcibella,  born  at  Beckenham,  September  1st, 
1793. 

Title.  William  Eden,  Lord  Aukland.of  Aukland,  and  Lord 
Aukland  of  Ireland. 

»  His  chief  work  is,  On  the  principles  of  Ptnal  La-w. 
b  On  this  vacancy  the  Rt.  Hon    Charles   Yorke  was  appointed  to  the 
Tellersiiip. 


292  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND 

Creations.  The  English  Barony  by  patent  May  23d_,  1 793  j 
the  Irish  Barony  by  patent  November  18th,  1789. 

Arms.  Gules,  a  chevron  charged  with  three  escallops  between 
three  garbs,  or  5  a  mullet  for  difference. 

Crest.    An  arm  embowed  in  mail,  grasping  a  garb- 

Supporters.     Two  horses,  the  dexter  guardant. 

Motto.    Si  sit  Prudentia, 

Chief  Seat.    Eden  Farm,  Beckenhara,  Kent. 


LORD  UPPER  OSSORY.  293 


FITZPATRICK,  LORD  UPPER  OSSORY. 

fEARL  OF  UPPER-OSSORY  IN  IRELAND. J 

The  noble  family  of  Fitzpatkick  is  said  to  be  descended  from 
Hereraon,  son  of  Milesius,  King  of  Spain,  and  the  first  Irish  mo- 
narch of  the  Milesian  race}  their  descent  is  deduced  by  the  an- 
cient heralds  of  this  kingdom  in  a  long  train  of  succession  from 
father  to  son,  little  worth  the  reader's  notice  j  and  therefore  we 
shall  only  observe,  that  they  tell  us,  in  the  sixty-seventh  descent, 
lived  FiTZKERVAiLL,  ancestor  to  the  numerous  sept  of  the  Brenans 
of  Idough,  in  the  county  of  Kilkenny,  (which  forms  a  part  of  the 
Castlecomer  estate,  now  in  possession,  in  right  of  his  mother,  of 
the  Earl  of  Ormond)  and  was  succeeded  by  his  son  Fitzkelli, 
the  father  of  Dokatus,  the  father  of  Donald,  whose  son  Fitz- 
PHADRUAiG,  W2S  father  of  FiTzscANLAN  CMoreJ  Macgiolla  Pha- 
druaig,  from  whom  the  name  of  Macgill  Patrick,  now  softened 
into  Fitzpatkick,  is  derived. 

To  him  succeeded  his  son  Donald,  the  father  of 

Geoffry,  who  by  O'Meaghir's  daughter  had 

A  son  of  his  own  name,  who  married  the  daughter  of  Richard 
(More)  Tobin,  and  had 

DoNALDus  (Donogh)  Prince  of  the  territory  of  Upper- Ossory 
in  the  province  of  Leinster,  who  in  the  year  JO27  put  out  the 
eyes  of  his  kinsman  Teige  Macgillo  Patrick ;  married  the 
daughter  of  the  chief  O'Brenan  of  Idough,  and  died  in  lOSp, 
leaving 

Donald  Macdoiiald  Macgill  Patrick,  Prince  of  Ossory,  who 
was  slain  in  IO87,  and  by  the  daughter  of  Macmurrogh,  lord  of 
the  province  of  Leinster,  left 


394  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

Fynin  (Fyncene,  or  Florence)  his  heir;,  who  by  the  daughter 
of  O'Kerrol,  had 

A  son  of  his  own  name,  who  married  a  daughter  of  Edmund 
Butler^  and  had 

John,  or  Shane  Macgill  Patrick,  who  by  the  daughter  of 
O'Molloy,  had 

Bryan,*  Bernard,  or  Barnaby  (Bernardus)  Macgill  Patrick, or 
Fitxpatrick,  chief  of  Upper-Ossory,  Hving  in  the  reigns  of  King 
Henry  VIl.  and  VIII.  to  the  latter  of  whom,  in  1522,  he  sent  an 
express  messenger,  to  complain  of  Pierce,  Earl  of  Ormond,  L.  D. 
who  taking  an  opportunity  to  meet  the  King  as  he  was  going  to 
chapel,  delivered  his  embassy  in  these  words :  "  Sta  pedibus,  Do- 
mine  Rex,  Dominus  meus  Gillapatricius  me  misit  ad  te,  et  jussit 
dicere,  quod  si  non  viscastigare  Petrum  Rufum,  ipse  faciet  Bellum 
contra  te."  He  married  the  daughter  of  O'More,  Lord  of  Leix, 
and  was  father  of 

Barnard,  Barnabas,  Barnaby,  or  Bryan  (for  so  he  was  indis- 
criminately named)  Macgill  Patrick,  who,  October  8th,  153/, 
made  his  submission  to  the  King's  commissioners  for  the  settle- 
ment of  the  kingdom,  after  the  rebelUon  of  the  Fitzgeralds  was 
suppressed,  who  had  entered  into  indentu  es  with  him,  that  he 
should  be  Baron  of  Cowchill,  or  Castleton,  and  have  the  lands  in 
Upper-Ossory  granted  to  him  at  the  yearly  acknowledgement  of 
three  pounds  to  the  crown,  of  which  he  chose  to  be  created  Baron, 
and  had  that  title  conferied  upon  him  by  patent, ''  bearing  date  at 
Dublin,  June  11th,  1541,  (33  Hen.  Vill.)  entailing  the  honour  *= 
on  his  issue  malej  ^  was  knighted  July  ]st,  1543,   but  was  after- 

a  Here  is  a  great  deficiency  of  generations  to  fill  up  tlie  interval  from 
Donald  Prince  of  Ossory,  1087. 

b  The  Preamble.  Sciatis  quod  nos  grata  et  laudabilia  Obsequia,  qu»  di- 
lectus  et  fidelis  Subditus  noster  Barnardus  Macgylle  Patrick  .\i  niiger  nobis 
impendit,  indiesqiie  impendere  non  deiistit ;  necnon  Cil•cl■!n,^pectioncm  et 
Strenuitatem,  ac  Fidelitatem  ipsius  Barnardi  intime  considerantes,  ex  certa 
Scientia  et  mero  motu  nostris,  de  Gratia  nostra  speciali  prjefatuni  Barnardufn 
ad  Statum,  Gradum,  Dignitatem  et  Honorem  Baronis  de  Uppyre-Ossory  in 
Terra  nostra  Hiberniae  ereximus,  &c. 

c  Rot.  Pat.  de  Ao.  32,  330.Hen.  VIII.  i'.  p  f .  R  11. 

d  The  King  also,  ]uly  i-;t,  15431  sent  his  directions,  that  a  grant  should 
pass  to  him  and  his  heirs  male,  of  a  house  and  parcel  oi  land  near  Dublin,  not 
exceeding  the  value  of  10/.  a  year,  in  pursuance  whereof  December  5th)  were 
assigned  him  the  grange  of  Balgeeth,  otherwise  Harold's  grange,  otherwise  the 
grange  on  the  marches ;  a  water-mill  and  the  water-course  there,  with  the 
ways  and  paths  leading  thereto  and  therefiom,  to  hold  by  the  service  of  one 
knight's  fee.  Having  also  the  grant  of  a  Thursday  market  and  fairs,  with 
the  house  of  the  friars  at  Aghavoe,  (or  Aghaboe)  and  the  monastery  of  Agh- 
Bfiacartj  in  the  Queen's  county.  -' 


LORD  UPPER  OSSORY.  2^5 

wards  taken  prisoner  and  confined  in  the  city  of  Waterford^ 
until  he  had  made  restitution  for  some  preys  he  had  seized  in 
Leix.  He  married,  first,  Margaret,  eldest  daughter  of  Pierce, 
Earl  of  Ormond,  widow  of  Thomas  Fitzgerald,  second  son  of  the 
Earl  of  Desmond,  by  whom  he  had  four  sons  and  one  daughter, 
viz.  Barnaby  (Oge)  his  heir  3  Fynin,  or  Florence,  who  succeeded 
his  brother  J  Teige,  or  Thady,  (who  in  1546  was  sent  prisoner 
to  Dublin  by  his  father,  and  there  executed  for  his  crimes) ; 
GeotFryj  and  Grany,  married  to  Edmund,  the  second  Viscount 
Mountgarret.  His  second  wife  was  Elizabeth,  third  daughter  of 
Bryan  O'Conor,  of  OfFaley,  by  his  wife  Mary,  daughter  of  Gerald, 
Earl  of  Kildare  ;  but  by  her,  who  survived  him,  and  July  25th, 
1551,  had  a  license  to  go  into  England,  he  is  said  to  leave  no 
issue  J  yet  we  find  mention  made  in  Sir  Henry  Sidney's  state 
papers,  of  two  other  sons,  Callagh,  and  Tirlagh. 

Sir  Barnaby  Fitzpatrick,  the  second  Lord,  was  of  full  age 
at  his  father's  death,  and  enjoyed  a  large  share  of  esteem  from 
King  Edward  VI.  to  whom  he  was  a  frequent  companicm,  and  so 
much  endeared,  that  his  Majesty  was  said  to  love  none  almost  but 
him,  which  is  sufficiently  evinced  by  the  many  kind  letters  the 
young  King  wrote  to  him  in  1551,  and  which  are  still  extant, 
whilst  he  served  as  a  volunteer  in  France,  under  King  Henry  II. 
against  the  Emperor,  After  his  return  from  that  kingdom,  he 
behaved  with  great  bravery  against  Sir  Thomas  Wyat,  who  had 
raised  distur'oances  in  England,  and  in  1558  was  knighted  by  the 
Doke  of  Norfolk  at  the  siege  of  Leith  in  Scotland,  in  the  begin- 
ning of  Queen  Elizabeth's  reign;  in  whose  parliament,  held  at 
Dublin,  January  12th,  1559,  he  was'present. 

The  L.  D,  Sidney,  in  his  relation  of  the  state  of  the  king- 
dom, sent  to  the  lords  of  the  council  from  Wateiford,  December 
16th,  1575,  makes  this  honourable  mention  of  him:  '' Upper- 
Osserie  is  so  well  governed  and  defended,  by  the  valor  and  wise- 
dome  of  the  Baron  that  nowe  is  as,  savinge  fof  suerlie  of  good 
order  here  after  in  succession,  it  made  no  matter,  if  the  countrie 
were  never  shired,  nor  her  Majesties  wrirt  otherwise  curraunt 
than  it  is;  so  humblye  he  keepeth  all  his  people  suiect  to  obe- 
dience and  good  order;  and  yet  united  to  some  shire  it  shal  be, 
and  the  Baron  hym  self  verye  well  rgreeinge  to  yeeld  both  fyne, 
rent,  and  service,  as  other  countries,  latelye  brought  to  soch  frame 
doe  and  shall  doe."''     The  L.  D.  at  that  time  constituted  him 

>i  Sidney's  Lesters,  vol.  i.  p  X3. 


^gS  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

L.  L.  of  the  King's  and  Queen's  counties,  with  divers  Irish 
countries  adjoining,  which  were  much  better  preserved  in  peace 
and  quiet,  than  they  had  been,  by  his  diligence,  pojicy,  and 
careful  service  :  insomuch  that  the  next  year  the  deputy  informed 
the  council  of  England,  that  the  O'Mores  and  O'Conors  did  not 
exceed  the  number  of  100  fighting  men,  nor  of  that  company, 
not  above  four  able  to  lead  to  any  exploit ;  so  much  of  late  had 
they  been  bereft  of  their  principal  men  by  the  great  dili^'ence, 
policy  and  pains  taking  of  the  Lord  of  Upper  Ossory,  Mr,  Crosbye, 
Mr,  Harpoole,  and  Owen  Macugo.  ^ 

In  15/8,  the  great  rebel  Rory  Oge  O'More,  who  then  stood 
proclaimed,  having  burnt  the  towns  of  Naas,  Leighlin-Bridgc, 
and  part  of  Carlow,  sent  a  well  instructed  spy,  June  2pth,  to  en- 
trap the  Lord  Upper-Ossory,  his  powerful  prosecutor,  by  inform- 
ing him,  as  if  in  great  friendship  and  secrecy,  that  Rory  h.A  been 
of  late  in  the  county  of  Kilkenny,  and  taken  a  great  prey  of  all 
sorts  of  household  stuff,  which  might  easily  be  recovered,  and  he 
with  his  company  taken,  which  he  also  falsely  represented  to  be 
few  in  number.  His  Lordship  neither  wholly  believing  nor  mis- 
trusting the  intelligence,  prepared  for  the  enterprize  ;  but  wisely 
suspecting  and  providing  for  the  worst,  took  a  strong  party  o .' 
horse  and  foot,  and  when  he  approached  the  appointed  place, 
sent  thirty  of  his  men  into  the  woods  to  search  for  Rory,  staying 
with  the  rest  to  attend  the  event.  The  company  no  sooner  en- 
tered the  wood,  than  Rory  appeared  with  near  an  equal  number 
of  attendants,  the  rest  lying  in  ambush  ;  but  as  soon  as  his  Lord- 
ship's Kerne  perceived  him,  they  gave  him  the  charge,  and  one  of 
them  thrusting  him  through  the  body  with  his  sword,  two  oi' 
three  more  fell  upon  him,  and  gave  him  such  mortal  wounds,  that 
he  died,  June  30th,  in  the  morning;  and  thus  (says  the  L.  D.  in 
his  advice  hereof  to  the  council  of  England)  ended  the  life  of  this 
rebel,  who  by  the  maintenance  of  his  neighbours,  and  supply  of 
aids  from  some  of  his  friendly  borderers,  had  so  long  continn:mce, 
to  the  charge  of  the  Queen,  and  disquiet  of  the  state  ;  concluding, 
"  And  in  the  mean  tyme,  I  humblye  beseach  your  Lordships  ef- 
fectuallye  to  thank  my  Lord  of  Upper  Osserie,  v\ho,  of  his  own 
chardgp,  and  with  his  owne  forces  onelye,  without  her  Majesties 
pay,  hath  adventured  hym  selfe  in  the  service,  and  so  happelye 
hath  atchieved  it  to  his  greate  estimacion  and  creditt,"  ^  Nay,  so 
disinterested  was  his  Lordship  in  this  and  all  his  services  to  the 

«  Sidney's  Letters,  vol.  i.  p,  167.  f  Ibid-  p.  264. 


LORD  UPPER  OSSORY.  297 

state,  that  when  the  L.  D.  offered  him  the  1000  marcs,  due  by 
proclamation  for  Rory's  head,  he  would  only  accept  of  100  /,  to  be 
divided  among  his  men,  for  their  present  reward  and  future  en- 
couragement. 

In  1579,  he  attended  the  deputy  into  Munster  against  James 
Fitzmaurice,  who  had  arrived  there  with  some  Spaniards  ;  in  con- 
sideration of  which  he  enjoyed  a  pension  in  England ;  received 
warrants  for  above  300/.  and  had  a  grant  of  the  next  presentation 
and  right  of  patronage  to  the  rectory  of  Donaghmore  in  the  diocese 
ofOssory,  for  any  fit  person  he  should  nominate:  and  in  1580, 
Sir  Henry  Sidney,  in  his  instructions  to  his  successor  Arthur,  Lord 
Grey,  how  to  proceed  in  his  government,  thus  recommends  his 
Lordship  to  him :  ''  And  nowe,  my  good  Lord  and  beloved  com- 
panion, I  will  sease  to  wright  of  any  matter,  and  to  treate  a  little 
of  men  ;  the  moste  sufficient,  moste  faithful  kinde  that  ever  I 
founde  there,  were  the  Barron  of  Upper-Ossery,  Sir  Lucas  Dillon, 
and  Sir  Nicholas  Malbie^  these  for  princepale  men  both  for 
coun cell  and  action  j  and  who  ever  moste  diligentlie  and  fait h- 
fuUie  discharged  that  which  I  comitted  to  them,  and  trulie  they 
be  men  of  greate  sufficiencie."  g 

In  1560,  he  married  Joan,  daughter  of  Sir  Rowland  Eustace, 
Viscount  Baltinglas,  by  his  wife  Joan,  daughter  of  James,  Lord 
Dunboyne,  by  whom  he  had  an  only  daughter  Margaret,  ^  the 
first  wife  to  James,  Lord  Dunboyne  (grandson  of  the  aforesaid 
James),  who  died  February  18th,  1624^  and  making  his  will  in 
Dublin,  September  9th,  1581, '  bequeaths  divers  lands  and  goods 
to  his  lady  for  life,  remainder  to  his  daughter  and  her  children  ; 
and  (among  other  legacies)  to  his  brother  Florence  all  his  wyle 
stoode,  all  his  armour,  shirts  of  mail,  and  other  furniture  of  war, 
saving  that  which  served  for  both  the  houses  of  the  Borriedge 
and  Killenye,  which,  after  his  wife's  decease  or  marriage,  he 
wills  to  remain  for  the  furniture  of  those  two  castles  constantly. 
He  leaves  to  him  likewise  half  his  pewter  and  brass ;  all  his  tythes 
in  Ossory  (except  those  ot  Achavoe,  bequeathed  to  his  wife)  all 
tlie  plate  left  him  by  his  father  3  all  his  horses  ;   his  robes  of  par- 


g  Sidney's  Letters,  vol.  i.  p  285. 
h  See  examination  of  witnesses  taken  February  15th,  1^81,  before  Adam, 
Archbishop  of  Dublin,  and  Lord  Chancellor;   ad  perpetuam  Rei  mcmoriam, 
upon  a  bill,  with  certain  interrogatories,  exhibited  by  James  Butk-r,  Baron  ef 
Dunboyne,  A".  270.  Eliz.  D. 

i  Ora  deed  (says  Mr.  Lodge),  Septembsr  Qth,  15S1,  ^3''  Eliz. 


29S  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

liament ;  and  the  whole  disposition  of  such  lands  as  his  othei- 
brethren  possessed,  which  were  but  at  will,  to  hold  as  the  same 
was  left  himself  by  his  father ;  they  to  enjoy  it  so  long  as  they 
served  him  truly  and  faithfully.  His  feoffees,  after  his  wife's 
death,  to  stand  seized  of  all  the  estate  in  the  Queen's  county,  to 
the  use  of  his  daughter  Margaret  and  her  heirs,  until  such  time  as 
his  brother  Fynin,  or  any  other  after  him,  v/ho  should  be  Lord 
Baron  of  Upper-Ossory,  should  pay  to  her  or  them  the  sum  of 
200Z.  English,  and  dying  September  Uth,  1581,  (23  Eliz.)  at 
two  o'clock  in  the  afternoon,  at  the  house  of  William  Kelly,  sur- 
geon, in  Dublin,  ^  was  succeeded  by  his  brother 

Fynin,  or  Florence,  the  third  Lord,  December  11th,  1581, 
being  of  full  age,  as  was  proved  by  inquisition  24  Eliz. ;  but  had 
a  controversy  concerning  his  legitimacy  with  Teige  Macshane 
Macgill  Patrick,  of  Ballygihen  in  the  Queen's  county,  Gent,  then 
a  poor  blind  man,  who  alledged  bastardy  against  him  (no  uncom- 
mon thing  at  that  time),  of  which  he  was  acquitted  by  a  decree, 
dated  May  12th,  1607. '     He  sat  in  Sir  John  Perrot's  parliament 

k  See  deposition  bill,  wherein  the  said  Kelly  deposed  as  above,  and  that 
his  Lordship  died  in  Mind. 

1  Teige  Macshane  pretended  to  be  his  Lordship's  nephew  by  his  younger 
brother  Shane,  who  had  also  another  son,  Dermot  Macshane,  who  joined  with 
the  rebels,  and  caused  the  castle  of  Ballygihen  to  be  burnt.  This  allegation 
his  Lordship  was  so  far  from  allowing,  that  he  charged  the  said  Shane  and 
all  his  sons  with  bastardy  :  which  Teige  denied,  and  averred  himself  to  be  his 
heir  male  lawfully  begotten,  and  born  in  lawful  matrimony  by  Ellene  Butler, 
daughter  of  the  Lord  Viscount  Mountgarret.  In  answer  to  this.  Lord  Upper 
Ossory  alledged,  that  the  said  Shane  first  married  Onory,  daughter  of  O'Doyne 
of  Iregan,  with  whom  he  lived  as  man  and  wife  a  long  time,  but  forsook  her 
and  kept  the  said  Ellene  Butler,  a  bastard  and  supposed  daughter  to  the  said 
Lord  Mountgarret,  and  upon  her  begot  the  complainant,  his  supposed  son,  in 
the  life-time  of  the  said  Onory  Doyne  his  wife.  Teige  denied  this,  and 
averred  thai  Onory  was  never  married  in  face  of  holy  church  to  his  father 
Shane,  nor  was  his  lawful  wife  ;  but  that  the  said  Ellene  Butler  was  his  law- 
ful wife :  and  charged  that  Lord  Upper  Ossory  could  no  way  claim  the  lands 
of  Ballygihen,  &c.  in  descent,  for  that  Joan  ny  CarrouU  was  wife,  and  married 
in  face  of  holy  church  to  his  pretended  father  Bryan  Macgille  Patrick,  during 
which  intermarriage  in  the  life  of  the  said  Joan,  Florence  was  born  of  thr 
body  of  Margaret  Butler,  out  of  all  espousals  ;  and  thcieforc  had  his  father 
Teige  died  without  heirs  (as  he  did  not),  for  that  the  said  Teige  averred  him- 
self to  be  his  lawful  son  and  heir,  he  could  no  way  claim  the  said  lands  for 
that  very  cause-  To  this  his  Lordship  rejoined,  that  he  was  born  in  lawful 
matrimony  between  the  said  Bryan  and  Margaret  Butler,  daughter  of  the 
Earl  of  Ormoiid,  and  that  Joan  ny  CarrouU  was  never  married  to  the  said 
Bryan.  Upon  which,  and  the  examination  of  witnesses,  it  appearcd,Hhnt  the 
chief  pnir.t  in  controversy  was  the  bastardy  imputed  to  Tcigc  i  which,  was  so 


LORD  UPPER  OSSORY.  299 

in  1585  J  was  strictly  loyal,  and  faithful  in  his  allegiance  to  the 
crown  ;  and  in  the  year  16OO  repaired  to  the  Queen,  to  remind 
her  Majesty  of  his  dutiful  conduct  and  service  j  and  upon  his  de- 
parture made  humble  suit,  that  for  the  better  establishment  of 
peace  and  quiet  in  the  countiy  of  Upper-Ossory,  and  the  further- 
ance of  her  service,  she  would  vouchsafe  to  reduce  the  same  into 
shire-ground,  and  annex  it  to  the  Queen's  county ;  and  to  grant 
unto  him  in  fee-farm  some  privileges  and  church  livings,  lying 
within  the  limits  of  his  seigniory,  not  exceeding  20 1,  a  year  j  as 
namely,  the  patronage  of  Aghavoe,  the  small  abbies  ofAghavoe 
and  Aghmacart,  the  parsonages  of  Attemagh,  alias  Attanagh, 
Cowlkirrie,  Killenye,  and  Eirke.  Whereupon  her  Majesty,  by 
privy-seal  from  Greenwich,  July  21st,  was  pleased  to  declare, 
that  such  was  her  gracious  acceptation  of  his  long  approved  loyalty 
and  service,  especially  in  those  times  of  tumults,  when  others  had 
degenerated  from  their  obedience,  that  in  her  princely  favour  and 
bounty  she  was  pleased,  that  the  said  territory  of  Upper-Ossory 
should  be  reduced  by  patent  into  shire-ground  and  annexed  to 
the  Queen's  county;  and  further,  to  grant  to  him  and  his  heirs 
the  aforesaid  premises.  ■"     He  married  Catherine,  daughter  of 

jufficiently  proved,  that  the  Lord  Chancellor  and  court  were  satisfied  that  he 
was  a  bastard,  and  May  12,  1607,  adjudged  the  lands  to  Lord  Upper  Ossory. 
Rot.  Pat.  6  Jac  I.  2<ia.  p.  D.  R  21, 

m  Accordingly,  by  patent  dated  at  Westminster,  August  i6th,  1600,  were 
granted  to  him  and  his  son  John,  the  honours,  castles,  lordships,  manors  and 
towns  of  Cowlchill,  Formoyle,  Grace-Castle,  Water-Castle, Tentoure,  Castle- 
Town,  Burrishe,  Donnaghmore,  Flemingstown,  &c.  in  the  country  of  Upper 
Ossory;  together  with  alltheadvowsons  of  churches  and  other  hereditaments 
whatsoever,  which  before  that  time  did  appertain  to  him  within  the  said 
country,  to  hold  to  him  and  his  said  son  John,  and  the  heirs  male  of  their  re- 
spective bodies  ;  remainder  to  his  sons  GcofFry,  Barnaby,  and  Edmund,  and 
their  heirs  male ;  remainder  to  the  heirs  male  of  his  own  body ;  remainder  to 
those  of  his  father  Barnabas,  Lord  Upper  Ossory  ;  remainder  to  those  of  Bar- 
nabas his  grandfather;  to  hold  by  the  service  of  an  entire  knight's  fee,  a 
hawk,  and  7/.  Irish,  annual  rent.  By  this  confirmation  of  the  estate,  Teige, 
his  Lordship's  eldest  son,  was  deprived  of  his  birthright;  but,  after  his  father's 
death,  insisting  on  his  right,  great  variances  ensued  to  the  detriment  of  the 
fortune;  the  arbitration  of  which  being  at  length  by  their  joint  petition  re- 
ferred te  King  James  I.  his  Majesty  to  that  purpose  wrote  the  following 
letter,  dated  at  Salisbury,  August  7th,  1618. 

"  Right  Trusty,  &c. 

'*  Wheare  we  are  informed  by  the  humble  petition  of  our  faithful  subn 

jects  Teige,   Lord  Baron  of  Upper  Ossory,  Barnaby  Fitzpatrick,  his  son  and 

heir  apparent,  and  John  Fitzpatrick,  second  brother  to  the  said  Lord  Baron, 

that  the  determination  of  the  long  controversies  between  tliem  for  the  barony 


300  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

Patrick  O'More,  of  Leix  in  the  Queen's  county,  head  of  that  sept 
(some  call  her  Joan,  daughter  of  Rory  O'More),  and  dying  in  the 
reign  of  James  I.  had  issue  five  sons  and  two  daughters,  viz. 
First,  Thady  (Teige)  his  successor. 

Second,  John,  of  Castletown,  ancestor  to  Lord  Upper  Ossory, 
Third,  GeofFry,  of  Ballyraghin  or  Ballyharagh,  who  July  31st, 
1629,  had  a  grant  of  that  place  and  other  lands,  containing  one 
thousand  seven  hundred  and  eighteen  acres  of  arable  and  pasture 
land,  and  two  thousand  one  hundred  and  thirteen  of  wood  and 
bog,  as  a  native,  in  the  territory  of  Upper-Ossory,  to  be  holden 
in  capite,  and  at  the  rent  of  8  /.  English,  which  were  erected  into 

of  Upper  Ossory  in  the  Queen's  county  hath  rested,  and  by  and  with  their 
consents,  by  the  order  of  our  L.  D  and  council  there,  according  to  our  desire 
and  command  to  that  effect ;  and  that  a  certain  proportion  of  the  said  barony 
in  the  meane,  and  of  the  rents  and  services  of  the  pretending  freeholders  of 
the  rest  of  the  said  barony,  were  allotted  to  each  of  them  by  the  said  order ; 
and  that  most  part  of  the  said  pretending  freeholders  have  conveyed  their 
lands  unto  our  said  subject  John  Fitzpatrick  and  his  heirs,  and  that  the  rest 
are  ready  to  do  the  like;  and  therefore  have  been  humble  suitors  unto  us, 
that  we  would  be  graciously  pleased  to  accept  from  them  several  surrenders 
of  the  several  proportions  of  the  said  barony  to  them  severally  intended  by 
the  said  order;  and  thereupon  to  grant  unto  them  and  their  heirs,  several 
letters  patent  of  the  said  several  proportions  respectively ;  which  suit  being 
unto  us  reasonable,  and  the  rather  that  they  have  conformed  themselves  to 
our  pleasure  in  the  difference  between  them,  we  are  graciously  pleased,  and 
do  hereby  require  you  to  issue  commissions  to  inquire  what  lands,  &c.  are 
within  the  said  several  proportions,  and  upon  return  thereof,  to  accept  fron^ 
the  said  Lord  Baron,  Barnaby  and  John,  a  surrender  of  all  the  manors,  castles, 
&c.  within  the  said  barony,  and  to  grant  the  same  to  the  Lord  Baron  for  term 
of  his  life,  the  remainder  to  the  said  Barnaby  and  his  heirs,  of  all  such  castles, 
lands,  &c.  as  shall  be  found  to  be  the  proportion  of  them  respectively,  and  to 
make  a  like  grant  to  John  of  what  shall  be  found  to  be  his  proportion,  and  to 
his  heirs.  And  our  further  pleasure  is,  that  all  the  premises  granted  to  the 
Lord  Upper  Ossory  shall  be  created  one  entire  manor,  by  the  name  of  the 
manor  of  Cowlchill,  and  those  granted  to  John,  into  the  manor  of  Castle- 
town O'Farralen." 

Queen  Elizabeth  also  by  another  patent,  dated  April  10th,  1601,  in  con- 
sequence of  her  said  warrant  from  Greenwich  of  July  2ist,  1600,  in  considera- 
tion of  his  good,  true,  faithful,  and  acceptable  services,  confirmed  to  him  and 
his  heirs  the  site  and  circuit  of  the  monastery  of  Aghmacarle,  with  all  its  ap- 
purtenances; a  water-mill,  the  tythes  of  grain  and  hay  of  the  rectory  of  Agh^ 
jiiacarte,  with  the  tythes  of  the  town  of  Cowlchill;  the  site  and  circuit  of  the 
friary  of  Athbone,  otlierwise  Aghavoe,  and  the  rectories  of  Cowlkerry  rnd 
Aghmagh,  Eirke,  Glashaier,  Killynny,  and  St.  Kenny  ofAghavoe,  in  the 
Queen's  county  ;  which  grant  was  confirmed  by  King  James  I.  May  13th, 
i6ii,  to  be  held  of  the  crown  in  fee  farm,  at  the  rent  of  ^3/.  'is.  id.  Iiibh 
iponey. 


LORD  UPPER  OSSORY.  301 

the  manor  of  Ballyraghin,  with  power  to  hold  one  thousand  two 
hundred  and  seventy-five  acres  in  demesne,  and  two  fairs  at  Errile 
on  June  1st,  and  August  4th,  with  other  privileges.  He  married 
Mary,  daughter  of  Fergus  Ferrall,  of  Tenelick  in  the  county  of 
Longford,  Esq.  widow  of  Sir  John  O'Reily,  and  dying  at  Bally- 
raghin,  August  13th,  1038,  had  issue  by  her  (who,  June  30th, 
l6l5,  had  a  pension  of  80/.  a  year  granted  for  life,  to  be  paid  out 
of  the  crown  rents  of  Ulster)  two  daughters,  Ellice  and  Cathe- 
rine, the  younger  of  whom  died  unmarried,  and  the  elder  was 
first  married  to  Thomas  Butler,  of  Pollardstown  in  the  county  of 
Limerick,  Esq.  fifth  son  of  James,  the  second  Lord  Dunboyne, 
who  dying  April  24th,  l637>  had  issue  James ;  Margaret  j  Mary  ; 
Ellen;  and  Ellice:  she  re-married  with  William  Burke  also  of 
Pollardstown,  younger  son  of  Theobald  the  first  Lord  Brittas,  who 
being  hanged  at  Limerick  by  Ireton  in  l653,  had  issue  by  her, 
Theobald,  the  third  Lord  Brittas  (successor  to  his  uncle  John,  who 
died  in  l668)  ;  Richard;  and  Honora. 

Fourth,  Barnaby,  or  Bryan  Fitzpatrick,  of  Water-Castle,  who, 
by  virtue  of  the  commission  for  the  plantation  of  the  Queen's 
county,  dated  at  Dublin,  September  4th,  1026,  had  a  grant  No- 
vember 20th,  of  the  whole  estate  of  the  family,  as  a  native,  upon 
the  plantation  of  Upper  Ossory.  " 

Fifth,  Edmond,  of  Castle-Fleming,  living  in  1641,  the  father 
of  Andreas,  or  Andrew,  of  that  place,  who  was  engaged  in  the 

n  Which  was  computed  to  contain  778J  acres  of  arable  and  pasture  lands , 
and  3957  of  wood  and  bog,  with  the  monastery  of  Aghmacarte,  the  tythes  of 
Cowlchill,  &c.  which  were  erected  into  the  manor  of  Cowlchilli  with  the 
privilege  of  holding  courts,  a  Tuesday  and  Saturday  market,  and  a  fair  on 
May  1 6th,  at  Shanbally  near  Cowlchill,  and  to  impark  looo  acres,  with  free 
warren  and  chace.  He  had  also  a  grant  by  the  same  patent,  jointly  with 
Thomas  Ho venden,  Esq.  of  the  castle,  towns  and  lands  of  Castle-Fleming, 
then  in  the  tenure  of  his  brother  Edmond ;  and  the  King  further  granted  to 
him  and  the  said  Hovenden  the  towns  and  lands  of  Cooletrym,  Brokery,  &c. 
amounting  to  777  acres  of  arable  and  pasture,  and  665  of  wood  and  bog,  which 
had  been  lately  assigned  to  them  of  the  natives'  lands,  to  the  use  of  his  said 
brother  Edmond  and  his  heirs  male;  remainder  to  the  use  of  the  noble 
Thady,  otherwise  Teige,  then  Lord  of  Upper  Ossory,  and  his  heirs  male;  re- 
mainder to  the  use  of  the  heirs  male  of  Florence,  late  Baron  of  Upper  Ossory  ; 
remainder  to  the  right  heirs  of  the  said  Florence;  and  the  premises  were 
erected  into  the  manor  of  Castle  Fleming.  Also,  to  the  said  Bryan  and  Tho- 
mas were  granted  many  other  lands  in  the  said  county,  in  trust  for  Daniel 
Fitzpatrick;  John  Maccallowe  Fitzpatrick;  Bryan  Fitzpatrick,  of  Garranj 
Donell  Macshane  Fitzpatrick,  of  Ballytarsney ;  Dermot  Fitzpatrick,  of 
Clonyb ;  and  Deimot  Macteige  Oge  of  Akipp. 


302  PEERAGE  OF'  ENGLAND. 

rebellion.  The  daughters  were,  Catherine, "  married  in  May., 
1592,  to  James  Eustace,  of  Newland  in  the  county  of  Kildare, 
Esq.  son  and  heir  to  John  Eustace  of  that  place,  who  died  Ja-  ^ 
nuary  18th,  1607,  leaving  his  said  son  (by  his  wife  Ellice  Barne-  ! 
wall)  then  thirty-five  years  old,  and  by  him,  who  died  October 
13th,  1640,  had  Christopher  Eustace,  Esq.  who  married  Anne, 
daughter  of  Redmond  Fitzgerald,  of  Tiraochoe  in  the  same 
county,  Esq.  3  and  Joan,  to  John  Butler,  son  and  heir  to  James, 
Lord  Dunboyne.  p 

Thady,  or  Teige,  the  fourth  Lord  of  Upper  Ossory,   was 
rated  100  marcs  to  the  subsidy,  July  8th,  lQ\5.     He  received  his 
Majesty's  letters,  dated  at  Salisbury,  August  7th,  16I8,  directing 
his  Lordship,  his  son  Bryan,  and  brother  John,  to  surrender  their      J 
lands,  and  pass  new  patents  for  the  same,  which  was  accordingly 
performed.     He  married  Joan,  daughter  of  Sir  Edmond  Butler,  of 
Tullow  hi  the  county  of  Carlow,  second  son  of  James,  Earl  of 
Ormond,  and  grand-daughter  of  Earl  Pierce  ;  and  dying  in  De- 
cember, 1627j  was  buried  in  the  Abbey  of  Aghmacarte,  the  burial 
place   of  the  family,  having  issue  by  her,  who  died  in  1031, 
and  was  interred  in  the  cathedral  of  St.  Canice,  Kilkenny,  four     A 
sons  and  four  daughters,  viz.  Barnaby,  his  successor  5  Dermoid,     "' 
or  Darby  (who  first  married  Ehin,  daughter  of  Nicholas  Shortall, 
of  Claragh  in  county  of  Kilkenny,  Esq  ;  and  secondly,  Ellinor, 
daughter  of  Richard  Comerford,  of  Ballybirr  in  the  same  county, 
Esq.  widow  of  John  Kennedy,  of  Ballynegarry  in  Tipperary,  Esq.) ; 
Tirlagh,  or  Turlogh    (executor  to  his  mother's  will,  dated  Sep- 
tember 10th,  1()31,  whose  wife  was  Onora,   daughter  of  Oliver 
Grace,  of  Courtstovvn  in  the  said  county,  Esq.)  j  John  ;  Margaret, 
married  to  Thomas  Hovenden,  of  Tankerston  in  the  Queen's 
county,   Esq.)  j    Onora ;    Joan,   married  to  William  Butler,  of 
Lynon  in  Tipperary,  Esq. ;  and  Catherine,''  February  6th,  1637, 
to  Callaghan  Fitzgerald,  of  Cloquhoyle  in  the  Queen's  county, 
Gent. 

Bryan,  or  Barnaby,  ihe  fifth  Lord,  a  noble  young  gentleman^ 
took  his  seat  in  parliament  July  14th,  1634,''  and  married  Mar- 
garet, eldest  daughter  of  Walter,  Earl  of  Ormond,  but  died  in  the 
prime  of  his  years,  having  issue  by  her  (who  was  living  his  widow 
at  Water-Castle  in  the  time  of  the  rebellion  of  l64l,in  which  re- 

o  Articles,  or  deed  of  fcoffrnent,  dated  May  3d,  1592. .  , 

p  See  Cahier,  N- 
<i  Ulster's  Office.  r  Lords  Journals,  vol  i,  p.  3.  J 


LORD  UPPER  OSSORY.  303 

bellion  she  was  engaged,  sent  out  all  her  tenants  of  Water-Castle, 
&c.  under  the  command  of  William  Skendy,  her  bailiff,  withsonae 
of  her  younger  children,  brought  the  stolen  goods  into  her  house 
and  park,  and  took  them  to  her  own  use) '  Bryan,  or  Barnabas,  his 
heir  J    Edward  j  and  Derby. 

Bryan,  the  sixth  Lord,  took  his  seat  in  the  house  of  peers 
March  i6th,  1(539,  and  after  the  irruption  of  the  rebellion,  en- 
gaged therein  with  the  Irish  of  Ossory,  whom  about  Easter  1642 
he  accompanied  to  the  siege  of  Borras,  in  l643  to  ^Aa^ofBally- 
nakill,  with  his  brother  Edward,  for  which  he  was  indicted  of 
high  treason  ;  but  after  the  restoration,  his  Lordship  claiming  his 
seat  in  parliament,  it  was  referred.  May  20th,  l66l,  to  the  com- 
mittee for  privileges  to  consider,  whether  being  indicted  of  high 
treason  and  not  outlawed,  he  should  be  admitted  to  sit  in  the 
house  ? '  On  September  20th,  the  Lord  Viscount  Massereene 
reported,  that  the  committee  were  of  opinion,  that  as  he  was  only 
indicted  and  not  outlawed,  or  any  ways  attainted,  he  was  not  de- 
prived from  sitting  in  parliament :  with  which  report  the  house 
concurred.  He  married  Catherine,  daughter  of  Sir  Edward 
Everard,  of  Fethard  in  Tipperary,  Knight,  and  had  three  sons  and 
two  daughters,  viz.  Bryan,  his  successor;  John,  who  married 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Bryan  Cavenagh,  of  Polymonty  in  the 
county  of  Carlow,  and  had  issue  Bryan,  Catherine,  and  Mary  j 
James,  who  died  in  England ;  Ellen  and  Mary,  who  both  died 
young. 

Bryan,  the  se'venth  Lord  of  Upper  Ossory,  had  a  pension  of 
100/.  a  year  from  King  Charles  IL  which,  January  1st,  l687, 
was  continued  by  King  James  ;  in  whose  army  he  served  as  a 
captain  in  Clancarthy's  regiment,  and  for  his  conduct  in  that 
station  was  outlawed  in  the  county  of  the  city  of  Dublin,  May 
11th,  1691  3  but  in  the  act  to  hiuder  the  reversal  of  several  out- 
lawries and  attainders  (passed  6  King  William)  it  was  provided, 
that  the  same  should  not  extend  to  confirm  the  outlawries  of 
Barnaby,  late  Baron  of  Upper  Ossory,  but  that  the  same  might  be 
capable  of  being  reversed  in  such  manner,  as  if  that  act  had  never 
been  made.  His  first  wife  was  Margaret,  daughter  of  Pierce,  the 
first  Viscount  of  Ikerrin,  by  whom  he  had  Bryan,  who  died  at 
Downpatrick,  unmaiTied,  of  the  small  pox  in  l687j  Keran ; 
Mary  ;  John  and  Catherine,  who  died  infants.  His  second  wife 
was  Margaret,  daughter  and  heir  to  James,  Lord  Dunboyne  j  and 

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304  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

his  third  Dorothy,  daughter  of WagstafFe  j  and  departing 

this  Hfe  before  the  year  1696,  a  clause  in  her  favour  was  inserted 
In  the  act  for  vesting  the  forfeited  estates  in  trustees  j  and  she  re- 
ceived from  King  William  an  estate  for  ninety-nine  years,  if  she 
should  so  long  live,  in  Kilballintallin,  Killboy,  and  other  lands  in 
the  Queen's  county  3  "  also,  upon  her  petition,  leave  was  given  by 
the  house  of  commons,  February  21st,  1701,  for  a  bill  to  make 
the  said  clause  more  effectual.  To  the  said  Barnaby,  or  Bryan^ 
Lord  Upper  Ossory,  succeeded  Barnaby  Fitzpalrick,  Esq.  his 
nephew,  (son  of  his  brother  John)  who  assumed  the  title,  which 
was  disallowed  by  the  house  of  lords  December  2d,  l6g7,  who 
found  from  the  report  of  the  committee  appointed  to  inspect  the 
journals,  that  the  said  Barnaby,  or  Bryan,  was  outlawed  May  1 1th 
preceding,'''  and  died  in  i6g8  ;  which  was  again  ineti'ectually  laid 
claim  to  by  Lieutenant  James  Fitzpatrick,  who  had  one  son 
Henry  5  and  the  said  Henry,  in  January  1749-.50,  married  Jane, 
daughter  of  Mr.  Richard  Farrcn.  And  November  15th,  1/3  l> 
the  Earl  of  Cavan  reported  from  the  committee,  appointed  to  con- 
sider of  the  return  of  the  lords,  made  by  the  king  at  arras  to  the 
clerk  of  the  house,  that  they  had  come  to  the  following  resolu- 
tion, viz.  Resolved,  that  it  is  the  opinion  of  this  committee, 
that  the  honours  of  the  late  noble  lords  undernamed  are  extinct, 
and  ought  to  be  left  out  of  the  list  of  the  peers  of  this  kingdom, 
Sanderson,  Viscount  Castletown  ;  Fitzpatrick,  Baron  of  Upper  Os- 
sory J  Folliott,  Baron  of  Ballyshannon  ;  Gorges,  Baron  of  Dun- 
dalk;  and  Tichbourn,  Baron  Ferrard.  To  which  the  house 
agreed ;  and  the  king  at  arms  was  ordered  to  leave  their  names 
out  of  the  lists,  y 

We  now  proceed  with  John  Fitzpatrick,  oi  Castletown,  Esq. 
second  son  of  Florence,  the  third  Baron,  and  ancestor  to  the  pre- 
sent Earl  of  Upper  Ossory.     In   the  reign  of  King  James  I.  he 

married  Mabel,  daughter  of St,  John,   of  the  Queen's 

county,  Esq.  by  whom  he  had  three  sons  j  Florence,  his  heir; 
John,  ofBardwellj  and  James,  of  Grantstown  ;  who  were  both 
engaged  in  the  rebellion  of  l641  with  their  brother  Florence,  ^  a 

u  Claims  on  or  before  August  loth,  1700-  x  Lords  Journals,  vol.  i  p  675. 
y  Lords  Journals,  vol.  iii.  p.  163. 
z  In  virtue  of  the  commission  dated  September  7th,  1656,  for  remedy  of 
defective  titles,  he  passed  patent  August  loth,  1637,  to  him  and  his  heirs,  of 
the  abbey,  town  and  lands  of  Aghavoe,  Grantstown,  Castletown,  &c  which 
were  created  into  the  manor  of  Castletown,  with  usual  privileges;  piovided, 
among  other  articles  of  agreement,  that  he  nor  his  heivs,  nor  any  of  them. 


LOUD  UPPER  OSSORY.  3CW^ 

principal  commander  during  that  time  of  confusion.     On  January 
23d,  1041,  with  about  three  hundred  men,  he  took  Knockinoy^ 
the  house  of  Lieutenant  Henry  Gilbert;  which  he  rifled  to  the 
value  of  300/.  at  the  same  time  depriving  him  of  all  his  rentSj 
cattle,  corn,  sheep,  horseSi  household  goods,  and  other  goods  and 
chattels  at  Cloonin,  Carrigin,  Knockiuatie,  and  other  places,  to 
his  loss  of  400/.  more ;  his  father.  Sir  William  Gilbert,  being 
served  in  the  came  manner,   about  the  same  time,   to  the  loss  of 
500/.  in  stock  and  goods,  and  4Q0l.  a  year  in  rents,  of  his  part  of 
Cloonin  and  other  lands.     In  1042,  accompanied  with  the  Lord 
Upper  Ossory,  Andreas  Fitzpatrick  of  Castle  Fleming,  Colonel 
Bryan  Fitzpatrick  of  Rathdownagh,    with   about  six   or   seven 
hundred  men,  he  besieged  the  castle  of  Borras,  whither  all  the 
prolestants  of  the  barony  of  Upper  Ossory  had  retired  in  the  be- 
ginning of  the  rebellion  for  protection,  but  was  obliged  by  Sir 
Charles  Coote  to  raise  the  siege  on  Easter-day   that  year  3    to 
A^hich  howcer  he  returned  about  Lammas,  and  so  reduced  the 
place,  that  the  besieged  for  a  long  time  fed  upon  horses,  dogs, 
cats,    bean-leaves,   potatoe-tops,    and  cow-hides,    being   without 
bread,  drink>  or  salt;  and  about  AU-Hallowtide,  Colonel  Plunket, 
tvith  about  1000  men,  demanded  the  surrender  of  the  castle  in 
the  King's  name,  saying,  that  if  the  warders  held  the  castle  to  the 
King's  use,  he  would  send  in  more  armed  men  to  assist  them  j 
tinto  which  And-'ew  Brereton,  of  Killadowle,  Queen's  county, 
Gent,  (being  kft  by  Sir  Charles  Coote,  chief  commander  of  the 
place)  replied,  that  if  he  would  shew  any  authority,   tinder  ih^ 
King,  for  what  he  required  and  offered,   that  he  would  obey. 
Whereupon  (for  want  of  such  authority,  as  it  seems)  he  departed. 
And  about  the  last  of  November  Colonel  Preston,  with   about 
1.500  men;  beleaguering  the  place  and   playing  upon  the  court- 
gate  with  two  field-pieces  and  a  small  battering  piece,  and  work- 
ing under  ground,  the  besieged,  in  regard  there  Were  but  twenty- 
warders,  the  castle  large,  and  not  a  day's  ammunition  left^  were 
compelled  to  surrender  upon  quarter,  having  their  lives  and  worst 
clothes  only  granted  to  them  :  for  which,  August  12th,  16.52,  he 
was  excepted  frnm  pardon  for  life  and  estate  by  Cromwell's  act  of 
parliament  for  the  settling  of  Ireland, 

^ould  assuii^e  ortakethe  narhe,  title  or  style  of  Macgille  Patrick,  or  consent 
to  maintain  and  support  the  said  name,  in  order  to  the  exaction  or  paymeiit 
of  any  rent,  tax,  or  service;  or  divide  the  land,  or  any  parcel  thereof  accord= 
ing  to  the  Irish  custom  oi  Gavelkind, 
vbi.  yju^  X 


305  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

He  married  Bridget,  daughter  of Darcy,  of  Platen  iii 

Meath,  Esq.  by  whom  he  left 

John  Fitzpatrick,  of  Castletown,  Esq.  who  when  the  king- 
dom was  reduced  by  the  parliament,  had  an  order  dated  at  Clon- 
mell  May  19th,  1(552,  to  receive  fourteen  days  pay  for  100  horse, 
and  a  month's  pay  for  1000  foot,  to  commence  from  the  twenty- 
fourth  of  that  month,  to  be  raised  in  such  manner  and  upon  such 
persons,  as  was  directed  in  the  articles,  concluded  with  Sir  Walter 
Dongan  and  others  at  Kilkenny,  for  the  raising  of  one  month's 
pay  to  those  that  should  lay  down  arms  by  virtue  of  the  said  ar- 
ticles.    Upon  the  restoration  of  King  Charles  II.  he  preferred  a 
petition  to  the  commissioners  of  the  treasury  to  be  restored  to  his 
estate;  upon  whose  report  the  King,  in  regard  of  his  many  ser- 
vices and  sufterings,  gave  directions  for  the  same  to  be  done  ;  and 
the  commissioners  for  executing  his  Majesty's  declaration  for  the 
settlement  of  Ireland,  did  accordingly,  before  any  act  of  parlia- 
ment passed  for  that  purpose,  by  their  decree  August  1st,  iQQl, 
restore  to  him  divers  lands  in  the  Queen's  county,  which  decree 
was  allowed  and  confirmed  November  26th,  1662,  by  the  com- 
missioners for  executing  the  act  of  settlement ;  by  a  provisoe  in 
which  act  he  was  restored  in  blood,  and  enabled  to  derive  his 
pedigree  from  any  ancestor,  lineal  or  collateral,  and  the  estate, 
whereof  he  or  his  father  Florence  was  possessed  before  October 
22d,  l64l,  was  confirmed  to  him :  upon  due  consideration  had 
whereof,  and  of  his  loyalty  and  zeal  to  the  King's  service,  mani- 
fested both  to  his  Majesty  and  his  father,  not  only  in  Ireland,  but 
also  in  foreign  parts  3  the  King,  out  of  a  desire  that  the  estate,  so 
restored,  should  be  secured  to  him  and  his  heirs,  and  discharged 
from  all  challenges  and  demands,  which  might  be  made  to  it  by 
his  Majesty,  or  any  other  claiming  under  the  crown,  was  pleased 
by  privy-seal,  dated  at  Bath  September  i4th,  l663,  to  require  ths 
L.  L.  to  have  an  effectual  patent  passed  of  all  the  premises  to 
him,  his  heirs  and  assignes,  with  all  privileges  enjoyed  thereupon 
under  the  King  or  his  father;  which  was  accordingly  done  Fe- 
bruary 6th  following,  at  the  crown  rent  of  45  I.  As.  Id. ;  after 
which,  the  King,  as  a  further  mark  of  his  favour,  ratified  the  es- 
tate to  him,  with  two  yearly  fairs  at  Erriel,  at  the  same  crown- 
rent  as  was  paid  in   the  year  l643.     But  afterv/ards  apprehend- 
ing, from  some  general  words  in  the  act  of  explanation  (by  a  clause 
wherein  the  estate  was  again  further  confirmed  to  him)  that  somo 
trouble  might  be  given  him  in  the  Exchequer  for  new  quit-rents, 
he  besought  the  King  for  a  discharge  thereof  by  patent,  which 


LORD  UPPER  OSSORY.  30f 

was  granted  September  1st,  lO/Oj  and  August  3d,  1673,  he  had 
a  privy-seal  to  receive  200/.  out  of  the  Exchequer. 

On  August  6th,  1677,  he  was  cornphtnented  with  the  degree 
of  doctor  of  laws  by  the  Duke  of  Ormond,  chancellor  of  the  uni- 
versity of  Oxford;  but  in  l6SQ  was  involved  in  King  James's 
general  act  of  attainder,  and  died  in  1693-  He  married  Eliza° 
beth,  fourth  daughter  of  Thomas,  Viscount  Thurles,  sister  of 
James,  the  first  Duke  of  Ormond,  and  widow  of  James  Purcell, 
titular  Baron  of  Loughmoe,  and  by  her,  who  died  December  b'lhj 
1675,  and  was  buried  the  bth,  in  St.  Patrick's  church,  DubiiDj, 
had  two  sons ; 

Fiist,  Edward. 

Second,  Richard,  created  Lord  Gowran. 

And  a  daughter,  Arabella,  married  toSir  Thomas  Wiseman,  of 
East  Gfinsted  in  Sussex,  Bart,  and  was  mother  of  Sir  Thomas^ 
who  died  unmarried  May  Ist^  1733,  and  of  Sir  George  his  suc- 
cessor. 

Edward  Fitzpatrick,  Esq.  the  elder  son,  at  the  revolutioii 
had  the  command  of  a  regiment  given  him,  December  31st, 
1688  ;  was  made  colonel  of  the  royal  English  fusiliers  August  1st, 
l6y2,  and  promoted  to  the  rank  of  a  brigadier-general  October 
24th,  1694;  but  was  drowned  in  his  passage  from  England  to 
Ireland  Novembt^r  10th,  i6(.)6,  and  died  unmarried. 

Richard,  his  brother, Jirsi  Lord  Gowran,  being  bred  to  the  sea 
iservice,  had  the  command  of  a  ship  of  war,  in  which  station  he 
signalized  himself  by  his  valour  and  conduct ;  and  to  him  and  his 
brother,  in  consideration  of  their  faithful  services.  King  William, 
October  12th,  1696,  granted  the  estate  of  Edmond  Morris,  for- 
feited by  his  being  killed  at  Aghrim,  which  consisted  of  the  towns 
and  lands  of  Grantstov/n,  Donoghmore,  Rahindornagh,  Barna- 
ballmoragh,  Lower  Derry,  Belady,  the  north-east  of  Derry-laghen, 
Cramrosse,  Maherribegg,  Ballinrawly-Wood  called  Clanconragh;, 
Mongamore,  and  others  in  the  Queen's  county  j  to  which  his 
Lordship  made  large  additions  by  purchase  and  his  marriage. 
And  so  acceptable  was  the  report  of  his  services  to  his  country, 
his  fidelity  to  the  crown,  in  promoting  the  Protestant  succession 
in  his  Majesty's  illustrious  family,  his  integrity,  humanity^  and 
other  amia'ole  qualities,  that  King  George  L  thought  him  worthy 
of  a  place  among  the  peers  of  L'eland,  and  by  privy-seal,  dated  at 
St.  James's  March  8th,  I714,  and  by  patent"  at  Dublin  April 

a  The  Preamble,  ^uandoquidem  ea  quam  tenemus  Dignitate  ob  hoc 
i)i9ecipue  delectemur,  quod  de  Patria  bene-meritos  Honori.bus  insjgnire  nobis 


308  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLANr). 

27th,  1715,  created  him  BaroJi  Gowran  of  Gowran;  by  which 
title  he  took  his  seat  in  parliament  November  12th  following^* 
atid  two  days  after  was  one  of  the  lords  appointed  to  prepare 
an  address,  to  congratulate  his  Majesty  on  his  accession  to  the 
throne. 

In  July  17I8,  his  Lordship  married  Anne,  younger  daughter 
and  coheir  to  Sir  John  Robinson,  of  Farming-wood  in  the  county 
of  Northampton,  Bart.  •=  and  died  JuneQth,  1727,  leaving  issue  by 
her,  who  deceased  November  14th,  1744,  ^  two  sons; 

First,  John,  his  heir. 

Second,  Richard,  who  married  Anne,  daughter  of  Mr.  Usher, 
of  London;  and  by  her,  who  died  in  London  March  28th,  17^9, 
he  had  a  son  born  in  December,  1755,  and  three  daughters  ;  the 
elder  born  March  7th,  17^9.  the  second  August  19th,  1751,  and 
the  j'ounger  September  lOth,  1753,  who  died  an  infant, 

John,  the  second  Lord  Gowran,  zwAJirst  Earl  of  Upper  Ossory, 
born  in  1719,  was  appointed  in  January,  1745,  master  of  Farming 
wood  forest,  part  of  the  forest  of  Rockingham,  for  the  term  of 
ninety-nine  years ;  and  by  privy  seal,  dated  at  Kensington  Au- 
gust 26th,  and  by  patent «  October  5th,  1751,  was  created  Earl 
of  Upper  Ossory,  with  limitation  of  the  honour  to  his  issue  male; 
his  Lordship  was  chosen  in  1754  representative  in  the  British 
parliament  for  the  county  of  Bedford.  In  July,  1744,  he  married 
the  Lady  Evelyn  Leveson  Gower,  eldest  daughter  of  John,  Earl 
Gower,  and  deceased  September  23d,  1758,  leaving  issue  by  her 
Ladyship  (who  re-married  in  February,  1759,  with  Richard  Ver- 
non, Esq.M.  P.  for  Tavistock,  and  one  of  the  secretaries  to  John, 
Duke  of  Bedford,  L.  L,  of  Ireland,  and  had  two  daughters,  the 


inde  facta  sit  copia ;  proinde  fidelem  et  perquam  dilectum  nostrum  Richardum 
Fitzpatrick,  pervetusta  pariter  ac  generosa  stirpe  oriundum,  ac  Majorum 
famam  virtute  propria  adaequantem,  novis  Honoribus  augere  decrevimus  ;  ut 
qui  Re  navali  olim  se  Militem  intrepidum,  nee  minus  in  periclitantis  Reipub- 
lica£  procellis  omni  tempore  inconcussum  se  exhibuerit  Civem,  arduis  in  pos- 
terum  Regni  NegotiJs  inter  optimates  indesinenter  invigilet.  Sciatis  igituf, 
&c.  Rot.  Can.  de  Ao.  10.  I.  la.  p,  f. 

b  Lord's  Journals,  vol,  ii.  p.  45^. 
c  He  was  the  son  of  Sir  John  Robinson,  Lord  Mayor  of  London,  created 
a  Baronet  June  zzd,  1660,  and  lieutenant  of  the  Tower  from  the  restoration 
to  his  death.  His  wife  was  Mary,  daughter  of  Sir  William  Dudley,  of  Cloptoh 
in  Northamptonshire,  Bart,  by  whom  he  had  Mary,  married  to  James,  Earl 
•f  Weems,  and  Anne,  to  Lord  Gowran. 

d  Rot.  Ao.  II  Geo.  II,  3  p.  D. 
•  Rot.  Cane,  de  Ac  250.  Geo  II  3<ia.  p  D. 


LORD  UPPER  OSSORY.  30i) 

elder  born  in  August,  1760,  and  the  younger  October  11th,  1762) 
two  sons  and  two  daughters,  viz. 

First,  John,  Lord  Gowran. 

Second,  Richard,  born  January  24th,  1748,  is  a  general  in 
the  army,  and  was  member  in  the  British  parliament  for  Tavis- 
tock, 1784,  and  is  now  representative  for  the  county  of  Bedford. 
In  1782  he  was  appointed  first  secretarj'  to  the  Duke  of  Port- 
land, L.  L.  sworn  of  the  privy-councils  in  both  kingdoms,  and  in 
1783,  appointed  secretary  at  war,  which  he  resigned  in  that  year  j 
but  was  again  appointed  to  the  same  office  by  the  Grenville  ad- 
ministration in  I8O6. 

Lady  Mary,  married  April  20th,  1766',  to  the  Hon.  Steph^;! 
Fox  (eldest  son  of  Henry,  Lord  Holland,  who  died  July  :.  :■, 
1774)  and  had  issue  by  him,  who  died  December  23d,  l77-i,  u."  >e 
daughters)  Caroline,  Mary,  and  Emily-Elizabeth,  all  deceased j 
and  a  son,  Henry  Richard,  born  November  2 1st,  1773,  the  pre- 
sent Lord  Holland.  ^ 

Lady  Louisa,  born  in  1755,  and  married  in  1779  to  William, 
Earl  of  Shelburne,  first  Marquis  of  Lansdown. 

John,  the  second  andpresent  Earl  of  Upper  Ossory,  and  first 
Lord  Ossory  in  England,  born  in  May  1745,  succeeded  to 
the  honours  on  the  decease  of  his  father.  In  17^7  he  was  chosen 
to  parliament  for  the  county  of  Bedford,  and  in  1770  was  ap- 
pointed L.  L.  and  custos  rotulorum  of  that  county  j  March  26th, 
1769,  he  married  Anne,  daughter  of  Henry  Liddell,  Lord  Ravens- 
worth,  and  by  her,  who  had  been  divorced  from  the  Duke  of 
Grafton,  and  died  in  February,  1804,  had  issue  two  daughters, 
viz. 

First,  Lady  Anne,  born  February  lOih,  1774. 

Second,  Lady  Gertrude,  s 

His  Lordship  was  advanced  to  the  British  Peerage  by  the 
title  of  Baron  Upper  Ossory,  August  12th,  1794. 

Titles.  John  Fitzpatrick,  Earl  of  Upper  Ossory,  and  Baron 
Gowran  of  Gowran  ;  and  Baron  of  Upper  Ossory  in  England. 

Creations.  Baron  Gowran  of  Gowran  in  the  county  of  Kil- 
kenny, April  27t)i,  1715,  1  Geo.  I. ;  Earl  of  LTpper  Ossory  in  the 
Queen's  county,  October  5th,  1751,  25  Geo.  II. ;  Baron  of  Upper 
Ossory  in  England,  August  12th,  1794. 

'  See  vol.  vii-  j  Family  Information. 


310  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

Arras.  Sable,  a  snitire,  argent,  and  chief,  azure,  the  latter 
charged  with  three  fleur-de-lis,  or. 

Qrest.  On  a  wreath,  a  dragon,  vert,  surmounted  of  a  Ilea 
passant,  sable. 

Supporters.  Two  lions,  sable,  with  ducal  crowns,  plain, 
collars  nnd  chains,  or. 

Motto.       FORTIS   SUB  FORTE  FATESCIT. 

Chief  Seals.  Tentore  in  the  Queen's  county,  sixty  miles 
from  Dublin;  Farming -wood,  Northamptonshire,  sixty-two 
miles  from  London  ,  and  Ampthiil,  Bedfordshire,  thirty-six  miles 
from  London. 


\ 


LORD  MULGRAVE. 


311 


PHIPPS,  LORD  MULGRAVE. 

William  Phipps,  being  brought  up  to  the  sea,  applied  himself 
so  assiduously  to  that  profession,  that  he  commanded  several  dif- 
ferent ships. 

He  was  eminently  skilled  in  the  mathematics,  and  became 
the  inventor  of  that  curious  machine  the  diving  bell ;  by  this  ad- 
mirable contrivance,  in  the  year  1(38/,  he  was  enabled  to  recovei% 
from  the  wreck  of  a  Spanish  galleon^  an  immense  treasure,  which 
had  lain  buried  in  deep  water  forty-four  years,  returned  trium- 
phantly to  London,  and  divided  it  with  the  rest  of  the  adven- 
turers. * 

Being  introduced  to  King  James  H.  June  2Sth,  of  the  same 
year,  the  honour  of  knighthood  was  conferred  upon  him  :  and  he 
was  appointed  to  the  government  of  the  MassachusetSj  and  therein 
continued  during  the  remainder  of  his  life. 

Dying  February  18th,  i6q4,  he  was  interred  in  the  parish 
church  of  St.  Mary  Woolnoth  in  London,  whero^a  neat  marble 
monument,  with  suitable  em"bellish meats,  and  the  representation 
of  the  above  remarkable  circumstance  in  basso  relievo,  together 
with  the  following  in  scrip  tioi^;^  was  erected  to  his  memory  : 

Near  this  place  is  interred  the  body 

Of  Sir  William  Phipps,  Knight,  who  in  the  year 

iQs/,  by  his  great  industry,  discovered  among 


a  See  Burke's  European  Settlements,  vol-  ii  p.  1 68,  where  it  is  said  that  he 
was  a  New-F.ngland-Man,  of  obscure  birth  and  education,  who  having  raised 
a  sudden  fortune  by  a  lucky  expedient,  was  knighted,  and  afterwards  made 
governor  of  the  Province. 


S13  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

The  rocksj  near  the  banks  of  Bahama,  on 
The  north  side  of  Hisp^niola,  a  Spanish  plate- 
Ship,  which  had  been  under  water  44 
Years,  out  of  v/hich  he  took  in  gold  and 
Silver  to  the  value  of  three  hundred 
Thousand  pounds  sterling,  and  with  a 
Fidelity  equal  to  his  conduct,  brought  it 
All  to  London,  where  it  was  divided 
Between  himself  and  the  rest  of  the  adventurers  j  for 
Which  great  service  he  was  knighted  by  his 
Then  Majesty  King  James  II.  and  afterwards 

By  the  command  of  his  present  Majesty, 

And  at  the  request  of  the  principal  inhabirants 

Of  New  England,  he  accepted  the  Government 

Of  the  Massachusetts,  in  which  he  continued  to 

The  time  of  his  death  ;  and  discharged  his  trust 

With  that  zeal  for  the  interest  of  his  country. 

And  with  so  little  regard  to  his  own  private  advantage. 

That  he  justly  gained  the  good  esteem  and  affections 

Of  the  greatest  and  best  part  of  the  inhabitants  of  that 

Colony. 
He  died  ISth  February,  1604; 
And  his  Lady,  to  perpetuate  his  memory. 
Hath  caused  this  monument  to  be  erected.  ^ 

Sir  CoNSTANTiNE  Phipps,  his  son,  being  bred  to  the  profes- 
sion  of  the  law,  acquired  so  high  a  reputation,  that  he  received 
the  honour  of  knighthood  from  her  Majesty  in  1710,  and  at  the 
same  time  was  appointed  Lord  High  Chancellor  of  Ire- 
land. 

On  January  29th,  1712,  he  was  appointed  one  of  the  lords 
jtistices  J  but  on  the  accession  of  King  George  I.  a  change  of  mi- 
nistry succeeding,  he  resigned  those  high  offices  in  September, 
1714,  and  retiring  to  the  Middle  Temple,  London,  continued  in  a 
private  station  to  his  death,  which  happened  October  pth,  1723. 
His  widow  surviving  him  till  October  30th,  1/28,  by  \vhom  he 
had  i-sue  an  only  son 

MViLLiAM  Phipps,  who  February  26th,  1718,  married  Lady 
Catherine  Annesley,  oply  daughter  and  heiress  to  James,  Earl  of 
Anglesey  (by  his  wife  the  Lady  Catherine  Darnley,   a  natural 

*>  Maitland's  Survey  of  London,  vol,  ii.  p.  114!;, 


LORD  MULGRAVE.  3  IS 

daughter  of  King  James  II.  who  married  to  her  second  husband, 
John  Sheffield,  <^  Duke  of  Buckingham,  by  whom  she  was  mother 
of  the  last  Duke  of  that  family)  and  dying  February  1st,  1730, 
left  issue  by  her,  who  remarried  with  John  Sheldon,  of  Croydon 
in  Surry,  Esq.  and  survived  till  January  18th,  1/36,  one  daughter 
Catherine ;  and  a  son  and  successor 

CoNSTANTiNE,  who  was  Created  Jirst  Lord  Mulgrave,  of 
New-Ross  in  county  of  Wexford,  pursuant  to  privy-seal  at  St. 
James's  August  8th,  and  patent  at  Dublin  September  3d,  I'/Qy.^ 
On  February  26th,  1743,  he  married  Lepell, «  eldest  daughter 
of  John  Lord  Lord  Hervey,  of  Ickworth,  and  son  of  John  Earl  of 
Bristol, '  born  in  Januarj^,  1/22-3,  and  his  Lordship  deceasing 
September  13th,  1775,  was  buried  at  Croydon  in  Surrey,  haying 
had  issue  by  her,  who  died  in  1 780,  b  five  sons  and  one  daughter, 
viz. 

First,  Constantine-John,  second  peer. 

Second,  Charles,  born  December  10th,  1753,  made  a  captain 
in  the  royal  navy  August  1st,  1776,  and  died  October  20th,  J  786, 
Third,  Henry,''  born   February   1 4th,    1755,  succeeded   his 
brother. 

Fourth,  Edmund,'  born  April  7th,  1760,  formerly  in  the  first 
regiment  of  foot-guards  3  now  a  major-general  and  colonel  of  a 
battalion  of  the  sixtieth  regiment  of  foot. 

Fifth,  Augustus,*^  born  November  15th,  1762;  married,  Au- 
gust I4th,  1792,  Maria,  eldest  daughter  of  the  late  Peter  Thel- 
lusson,  Esq. 

And  Henrietta  Maria, '  born  March  26th,  1757,  married,  Au- 
gust 19th,  1776,  to  Charles  Dillon  Lee,  Lord  Viscount  Dillon,  of 
Costello-Gallen,  and  died  December  1st,  1782. 

CoNSTANTiNE-JoHN,  the  secondIrishpeer,\2.x\^viv.sr'LoKn 
Mulgrave,  of  Mulgrave,  born  May  30th,  17-t4,  was  made  a 
captain  in  the  royal  navy  June  20th,  1760,  in  which  station  he 
made  a  voyage  to  discover  a  north-east  passage,  of  which  he  gave 
an  account  to  the  world.     He  was,  in  Mr.  Pitt's  administration. 


c  A  natural  daughter  of  this  Duke,  called  Mary  Sheffield,  was  married 
tp  Lord  Altham,  and  was  mother,a.i  it  iscontcnded,  to  the  unfortunate  James 
Annesley,  who  claimed  the  titles  and  estates  against  the  late  Earl  of  Ar^- 
glesey. 

tl  Rot.  Ao.  7  Geo.  III.  2- p.  d.  R.  23,  24. 

e  Ulster's  Office.  f  idem. 

e  Ibid.  15  Itid.  i  Ibid. 

k  Ibid.  1  Ibid. 


314  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

one  of  the  joint  paymasters  of  the  forceSj  a  lord  of  trade,  a  com-^ 
missioner  of  the  East  India  boards  a  privy  counsellor,  and  member 
of  the  British  parliament  for  the  borough  of  Newark.  June  20th, 
1787,  he  married  Anne-Elizabeth,  youngest  daughter  of  Nathaniel 
Cholmondeley,  of  Howsham  and  Whitby  in  county  of  York, 
Esq.  (by  his  second  wife)  and  by  her  Ladyship;>  who  died  in  child- 
birth April  22d,  1788,  had  a  daughter,  '" 

Anne-Elizabeth  Cholmondely,  who  married,  August  25,  I8O7, 
major-generai  John  Murray;,  brother  to  Sir  James  Murray  Pulteney, 
Bart. 

His  Lordship  was  elevated  to  the  British  Peerage  on  June  6, 
1790,  by  the  title  of  Lord  Mulgrave,  of  Mulgrave  in  York" 
shire ;  but  dying  without  issue  male,  October  10th,  1702,  the 
British  honour  became  extinct ;  and  he  was  succeeded  in  the 
Irish  Barony  by  his  next  surviving  brother 

Henr"^,  present  and  third  Lord  Mulgrave  of  New-Ross  ;  and 
now  by  a  new  patent,  second  Lord  Mulgrave  of  Mulgrave 
on  August  I3lh,  1794. 

His  Lordship  being  educated  to  the  army,  obtained  early  a 
commission  in  the  foot-guards  ;  and  has  risen  in  regular  course  to 
the  rank  of  lieutenant-general,  and  is  colonel  of  the  thirty-first 
regiment  of  foot.  His  Lordship  distinguished  himself  by  his  ser- 
vices at  the  taking  of  Toulon  in  179-i. 

In  1804  his  Lordship  was  appointed  chancellor  of  the  duchj 
of  Lancaster 5  and  in  1805,  secretary  of  state  for  the  foreign  de- 
partment 3  and  in  I8O7,  first  lord  of  the  admiralty,  which  he  re- 
signed in  1810  for  the  office  of  master-general  of  the  ordnance. 

His  Lordship  married,  October  20th,  1795,  Sophia,  daughter 
of  William  Maling,  of  West  Hennington  in  Durham,  Esq.  by 
whom  he  has  issue. 

First,  Henry  Constantlne,  born  May  15th,  1797- 

Second,  Augusta- Maria,  born  September  3d,  1800. 

Third,  Charles-Beaumont,  born  December  27lh,  1801. 

Fourth,  a  son,  born  December  7lh,  1808. 

Titles.  Henry  Phipps,  Lord  Baron  Mulgrave  of  New-Ross. 
in  the  county  of  Wexford,  and  Lord  Mulgrave  of  Mulgrave  in 
Yorkshire. 

Creations.     Created  September  3d,   17^7 >  7  Geo.  III.  Lord 

ra  Almon's  Peerage,  Ulster's  Office,  Ledge  edit.  1754,  vol  ii.  p.  291,  and 
Gent;  Mag.  1788,  p.  469. 


LORD  MULGRAVE.  315 

^ulgrave  of  New-Ross  in  Ireland  ;  and  on  August  13th,  1794, 
Lord  Mulgrave  of  Mulgrave  in  Yorkshire. 

Arms.     Sable,  a  trefoil  slipt  within  an  orle  of  mullets,  argent. 

Crest.  On  a  wreath,  argent  and  sable,  a  lion's  gamb  erased 
and  erect,  sable,  holding  a  trefoil  by  the  stalk,  argent. 

Supporters.  Two  unicorns  ermine,  maned,  tailed,  crined, 
unguled,  and  gorged  with  plain  collars,  with  chains  affixed 
thereto,  all  Or. 

Motto.       VlRTUTF,  GUIES. 

Chief  Seat.     Mulgrave  Hall  in  the  county  of  York. 


316  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 


LYTTELTON,  LORD  LYTTELTON, 

(LORD  WESTCOTE  IN  IRELAND.) 

The  family  of  L-xttelton  have  been  of  long  standing  in  the 
county  of  Worcester,  arid  had  fair  possessions  in  the  vale  of  Eve- 
shani,  before  the  ipth  of  Hen.  III.  1234,  particularly  at  <Som/A 
Lyttelton,  from  which  place  it  is  probable  they  took  their  name, 
agreeably  to  the  custom  of  that  age. 

Mr.  Selden  was  possessed  of  two  grants  of  land  belonging 
to  Evesham  abbey,  dated  the  7th  of  Hen.  II.  II60,  to  which  one 
John  de  Luttelton  was  witness.^  This  is  the  most  ancient  that 
the  name  of  Luttelton,  or  Lyttelton  (as  Judge  Lyttelton  and  his 
descendants  have  generally  written  it  from  King  Henry  VI's  time 
to  the  present)  is  to  be  met  with  :  now  as  the  land,  which  passed 
by  these  deeds,  lay  at  Lench,  near  South  Lyttelton,  it  is  not  un- 
likely that  this  John  was  ancestor  to  Lyttelton  of  Frankley. 

In  an  ancient  ledger  of  Worcester  priory,  mention  is  made  of 
one  Henry  de  Clive,  the  son  of  Swenus  de  Luttelton,  sans  date.  ^ 

Many  evidences  prove  th^t  there  were  other  families  of  good 
account,  named  Lyttelton,  in  the  counties  of  Dorset,  Somersetj, 
Bedford,  and  Bucks,  as  early  as  the  reign  of  Hen.  III.  '^ 

Thomas  de  Luttelton,  about  the  19th  of  Hen.  III.  married 
Emma,  sole  daughter  aqd  heir  of  Sir  Simon  de  Frankley,  Knight, 


a  Vis.  Salop  c.  so.  in  the  Heralds  Office. 
»'  Habington's   Survey   of  Worcestersiiire,  MS.  (pene&   Car-   Lyttelton!, 
Caiiiol.  Episc  j  in  Clive  Prior. 

c  Vis.  Salop>  ut  suprsu 


LORD  LYTTELTON.  917 

which  Thomas  occurs  witness  to  an  instrument  between  Waited 
de  Cantilupe,  bishop  of  Worcester,  and  Robert  Fitz-Ralph,  Knt. 
touching  lands  lying  in  Alve  church  and  Beoley,  dated  the  33d  of 
Hen.  III.  <! 

He  had  issue  an  only  daughter,  Emma,  first  the  wife  of 
Augerus  de  Tatlynton,  and  afterwards  of  Nicholas  Whetara- 
stede. 

Augerus  was  seated  at  Tredington,  in  Worcestershire,  dis- 
trained the  40th  of  Hen.  III.  for  not  taking  upon  him  the  order 
of  knighthood,  as  he  held  fifteen  libratas  terrcehy  knight  service.* 
He  was  the  first  in  the  commission  to  inquire  what  lands  were 
forfeited  -in  the  county  of  Worcester,  by  the  attainder  of  the 
King's  enemies,  at  the  battle  of  Evesham.  *■  I  don't  find  when  he 
died  J  but  his  wife,  having  re-married  Nicholas  Whetamstede, 
died,  seised  of  Frankley,  anno  129S,  having  in  her  lifetime  been 
a  benefactress  to  the  neighbouring  abbey  of  Halesowen,  s 

Thomas  de  Luttelton,  above-mentioned,  married  a  second 
wife,  viz.  Asselm,  daughter  and  sole  heir  to  William  Fitzwarin, 
of  Upton  in  Worcestershire  (younger  son  of  Fulc  Fitzwarin, 
Lord  Marcher  of  Wales,  temp.  Hen.  I.)  which  William  was  one 
of  the  justices  itinerant,  and  judge  of  the  Common  Pleas,  the  12th 
of  King  Hen.  III.  and  sheriff  of  Worcestershire  the  year  follow- 
ing. **  I  find  this  Luttelton  was  a  considerable  benefactor  to  the 
convent  of  Pershore ;  many  grants  of  lands  lying  in  Upton-Snods- 
bury,  and  Coulesdon,  occurring  in  Pershore  ledger,  both  from 
him  and  Asselm,  his  wife. '  Also  to  the  abbey  of  Evesham  ;  for 
a  licence  occurs  from  King  Edward  I.  to  John  de  Luttelton,  im- 
powerlng  him  to  grant  three  virgates  of  arable,  and  eight  acres  of 
meadow,  lying  in  South  Luttelton,  to  the  said  abbey,  bearing  date 
at  Westminster,  the  27th  day  of  May,  in  the  eighth  year  of  his 
reign.  Another  licence  also  occurs  from  the  same  King  to  the 
abbey  of  Evesham,  to  enable  them  to  hold  lands  in  Evesham, 
Lenchvvyke,  and  Twyford,  of  the  yearly  value  often  pounds,  de 
dono  Johan.  de  Luttelton,  dated  at  York,  the  10th  year  of  the  said 

<•  Liber  Alb.  Episc.  Wigorn.  MS.  fol.  67. 
e  MS.  Claudius,  c.  2.  in  Bibl.  Cotton. 
f  Inquis.  post  Bellum  Evesham,  49  Hen.  III.  No.  3,  in  Turre. 
s  Survey  of  the  manor  and  abbey  of  Halesowen,  MS.  by  Ch.  Lord  Bp-  of 
Carlisle, 

^  Dugdale's  Baronage,  vol.  i   p.  446,449 
i  Original  in  the  Augment  Office,  Vv'estm.  fol-  29 


318  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

King  Edw.  I.  ^     He  left  issue  by  her  three  sons,  viz.  Edmund^ 
Thomas,  and  John. 

Edmunu,  the  eldest,  resided  at  Coulesdon,  and  had  lands  at 
Nnunton  in  Worcestershire, '  which  continue  in  a  family  of  Lyt" 
telton,  (descended  from  a  cadet  of  this  house)  at  this  day.  He 
took  to  wife,  Lucia,  daughter  of  John  de  Bois,  or  Atwood,  a  man 
of  considerable  note  at  Wulverley  in  Worcestershire,  and  died 
leaving  no  issue, 

John,  the  youngest,  lived  a  bachelor;  and  before  he  died, 
was  a  benefactor  to  Evesham  abbey,  to  which  he  gave  by  deed, 
dated  the  8th  of  Edw.  II.  a  house,  with  three  virgates  of  land, 
and  eight  acres  of  meadow-,  situate  at  Lyttelton,  in  the  vale  of 
Evesham.  "' 

Thomas,  the  second  son,  became  Iieir  to  his  brother.  He 
was  chosen  knight  for  Worcestershire,  the  9th  of  Edw.  II."  and 
in  the  34th  of  Edw.  Hi.  was,  together  with  Richard  de  Lend), 
and  others,  commissioned  by  the  King  to  collect  the  tenths  and 
fifteenths  throughout  the  said  county," 

He  married  Julian,  daughter  and  heir  of  Robert  de  Somery, 
a  younger  brother  of  the  Baron  of  Dudley  (who  served  with  him 
in  parliament  for  Worcestershire,  in  the  pth  of  Edw.  IL)  and  had 
issue  by  her  two  sons,  Thomas  and  John. 

John,  the  youngest  son,  was  in  the  commission  of  array  with 
Walter  Cokesey,  Henry  Bruin,  Henry  Hagely,  and  Thomas 
Throckmorton,  Esqrs.  1  Hen.  IV.  on  a  rumour  of  a  foreign  in- 
vasion. P  He  had  to  wife,  Beatrix,  daughter  of  Humphrey 
Frevill,  or  Frecheville,  of  a  noble  family  in  Warwickshire,  by 
whom  he  had  issue  an  only  daughter,  the  wife  of  Jeffery  Frere; 
which  Jeffery  sat  in  parliament  for  the  city  of  Worcester,  temp. 
Rich,  II.  and  Hen.  IV.  1 

Thomas,  the  eider  .son,  recovered  the  manor  of  FranMey,  by  a 
writ  of  right,  on  failure  of  issue  to  his  cousin,  Thomas  de  Tatlyn- 
ton.  He  was  esquire  of  the  body  to  three  successive  Kings,  viz. 
Rich.  II.  Hen.  IV.  and  Hen.  V,  and  was  rewarded  with  several 


k  MS.  Harley,  in  Brit.  Musa°um,  No  3763,  fol.  cxxi.  and  cxxiu 

1  Vis-  Salop,  ut  supra. 

m  Inq  ad  quod  damnum,  i  Ed  II  No.  73,  in  Turre. 

"  Claus.  Rot.  No  3,  in  Turre.  »  Pat  74  Ed.  III.  p.  i,  m.  24, 

P  Pat.  I  Hen.  4.  p.  2.  m.  35,  et  4  Hen.  IV.  p.  2.  m  9. 

q  From  Brown  Willis's  MS.  Collections. 


LORD  LYTTELTON.  3ig 

grants  of  money,  timber,  kc.  from  each  of  them,  pro  lono  et 
gratuito  servitio,  as  expressed  in  the  grants. '  He  sealed  with  the 
cheveron,  between  three  escallops,  as  now  used  by  his  posterity, 
but  bore  a  different  crest,  viz.  a  grey-hound's  head,  collared.  • 
About  the  close  of  King  Henry  the  Vth's  reign,  he  served  the 
office  of  sheriff  of  Worcestershire,  under  R,  Beauchamp  Earl  of 
Warwick,  titular  and  hereditary  high  sheriff  of  Worcestershire  : 
and  in  the  1st  year  of  Henry  the  Vlth  he  departed  this  life,  leav- 
ing issue  by  Maud,  his  wife  (who  survived  him,  and  married  Tho- 
mas Massey,  Esq.  and  was  daughter  and  sole  heir  of  Richard 
Quatermain,  of  Ricote  in  com,  Oxford,  by  Joan,  the  daughter 
and  coheir  of  Robert  Grey,  of  Rotherfield  in  the  same  county)  an 
only  daughter,  nam.ed 

Elizabeth,  who  was  his  sole  heir.  This  Elizabeth  married 
Thomas  Westcote,  Esq,  the  King's  servant  in  court,  a  gentle- 
man of  Devonshire  anciently  descended  j  but  she  being  fair,  and 
of  a  noble  spirit  (to  use  Lord  Coke's  own  words*)  and  having 
large  possessions  and  inheritances  from  her  ancestors  de  Luttelton, 
and  from  her  mother,  the  daughter  and  coheir  of  Quatermain, 
and  other  her  ancestors,  resolved  to  continue  the  honour  of  her 
name,  and  therefore  provided,  by  Westcote's  assent,  before  mar- 
riage, that  her  issue  inheritable  should  be  called  by  the  name  of 
Luttelton. 

Mr,  Prince,  in  his  Devonshire  JForthies,  tells  us,  that  this 
gentleman  was  born  at  Westcote,  in  the  parish  of  Marwood,  near 
Barnstaple,  and  flourished  anno  1414;  that  he  was  of  a  martial 
disposition,  and  addicted  himself  to  feats  of  arras,  which  at  length 
brought  him  to  the  knowledge  of,  and  endeared  him  to,  those 
puissant  Princes,  Kings  Henry  IV.  and  V.  which,  saith  our  author, 
is  no  mean  argument  of  his  worth.  "  One  John  de  Westcote,  an 
ancestor  of  this  Thomas,  was  a  canon  residentiary  of  Exeter,  in 
the  reign  of  King  Hen.  HI.  and  another  of  the  same  name  and 
family  was  rector  of  St.  John  Baptist  hospital  in  Exeter,  temp. 
Edw.  II.  Whether  Thomas  Westcote,  who  was  abbot  of  Hert- 
land  in  Devon,  temp,  Edw.  I.  was  of  this  family,  I  cannot  say; 
but  I  make  no  doubt,  but  Henry  de  Westcote,  who  in  the  Book 

r  Pat.  zi  Rich.  II   p.  i.  m.  ii.  ibid,  i  Hen.  5.  p.  i.  m.  10. 
s  From   a  seal  annexed  to  an  original  deed  of  this  Thomas  Luttciton 
among  the  evidences  at  Hagley. 

t  Coke's  Pioemium  to  the  first  Institut. 
u  ¥/orthies  of  Devon,  p.  583,  et  seq. 


920  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

of  Tfinures  is  said  to  hold  lands  in  Westcote,  8  Edw.  I.  and  Johffl 
de  Westcote,  who  occurs  in  the  same  book  as  owner  of  lands  in 
Fremingtoti  hundred,  6  Edw.  II  were  both  ancestors  of  Thomas, 
who  mafried  Elizabeth  Luttelton.  '^ 

On  this  marriage,  Westcote  settled  at  Frankley  in  Worces-* 
tershire,  and  served  the  office  of  escheator  there,  the  29th  of 
Hen.  VI.  1450.  Soon  after  which  he  died,  leaving  issue  fouf 
sons,  and  as  many  daughters. 

First,  Thomas,  of  whom  hereafter. 

Second,  Edmund;  third,  Guy;  fourth,  Nicholas:  which 
three  last  retained  tiie  name  of  Westcote,  though  often  solicited 
by  their  mother,  to  call  themselves  Luttelton.  It  is  said,  she 
once  expostulating  with  them,  whether  they  thought  better  of 
themselves  than  their  elder  brother?  they  answered, "  that  he  had 
a  fair  estate  to  alter  his  name ;  and  if  they  might  share  with  him, 
they  would  do  the  like.  "  y 

Guy  married ,  the  daughter  of  .  .....   Granville,  of 

Gloucestershire  (a  younger  branch  of  the  Granvilles,  of  Kilk- 
hampton  in  Cornwall)  from  whom  descended  the  Westcotes  of 
Somersetshire,  and  of  Raddon  in  Devonshire. 

Nicholas  married  Agnes,  daughter   and  coheir  of  Edmund 
Vernon,  of  Handsacre  in  Staffordshire,  by  Joan,  the  daughter  and 
sole  heir  of  William  Handsacre,  of  Handsacre,   from  whom  the 
Westcotes  of  that  county  weie  descended. 
Edmund  died  unmarried. 

Of  the  daughters  I  find  but  one  married,  viz.  Anne,  the  eldest, 
the  wife  of  Thomas  Porter,  Esq.  of  Barston  in  Warwickshire, 
where  she  was  buried,  A.  D.  \50Q. 

It  seems  probable  that  some  of  the  children  of  Guy  Westcote, 
above-mentioned,  who  settled  at  Raddon  in  Devon,  assumed  the 
liame  of  Luttelton,  and  removed  into  Cornwall ;  for,  in  the  5th  of 
Hen.  VII.  one  of  that  name,  bearing  the  ancient  Lyttelton  arms, 
without  difference,  occurs  Lord  of  Lanhiderick,  near  Bodmyn  j 
who,  by  marrying  the  heiress  of  Gerard,  of  Polstoth,  got  a  large 
estate  in  that  county,  and  had  at  the  same  time  no  inconsiderable 
one  in  Devonshire.  On  failure  of  issue,  it  passed  soon  after,  by 
marriage,  to  the  Trenances  of  Lastilian,  and  they  were  in  posses- 
sion, circa  ami.  )t532.  ^ 

X  From  an  Heraldical  MS  in  the  hands  of  Mr.  Parmentier,  of  Exom 
anno  1 750- 

y  Vis  iSalop,  ut  supra.  »  Ibid. 


LORD  LYTTELTON.  321 

Elizabeth,  the  widow  of  Thomas  Westcote,  survived  him 
many  years,  and  remarried  Thomas  Hewster,  of  Lichfield,  Esq. 
who  was  chosen  knight  for  Worcestershire,  the  Qth  of  Hen.  VJ. 
She  died  at  the  age  of  seventy-nine  3  and,  I  apprehend,  was 
buried  at  Halesowen. 

Thomas, "her  eldest  son,  who  bore  his  father's  christian  name, 
and  his  mother's  surname,  Luttelton,  or  Lyttelton,  as  he  wrote  it, 
studied  at  one  of  the  two  Universities  ;  afterwards  removed  to  the 
Inner  Temple,  where  he  read  learnedly  on  the  statute  De  Donis 
Conditionalibus.     Anno  1454,  he  was  called  to  the  degree  of  Ser- 
jeant at  law  J  and  afterwards  appointed  steward  of  the  Marshalsea 
of  tlie  King's  household.     The  year  following,  he  was  appointed 
King's  Serjeant,  and  rode  justice  of  the  assize  in  the  northern  cir- 
cuit.    Anno   J447,  26  Hen.  VI.  he  served   the  office  of  high 
sheriff  of  Worcestershire ;   having  before  been   escheator   thereof. 
In  1454,  he  had  a  general  pardon  under  the  great  seal ;  "^  and  two 
years  after,  was  in  commission  with  Humphrey  Duke  of  Bucking- 
ham, and  William  Birmingham,  Esn.  to  raise  forces  in  the  county 
of  Warwick.  "^ 

On  the  coming  of  King  Edw.  IV".  to  the  crown,  he  sued  out 

another  general  pardon.     He  appears  to  have  been  in  favour  with 

both  Kings,  and   the  latter  gave  him  particular  marks  of  royal 

favour ;  for,  anno  J404,  the  fourth  year  of  his  reign,  he  appointed 

him  one  of  the  judges  of  the  Common  Pleas,  and  granted  him  out 

of  the  customs  of  London,  Bristol,  and  Hull,  110  marks  yearly, 

ultra  consuetum  fosdum,  ut  station  suum  decentius   tenere  et  ex- 

pensas  sustinere  valeret;   and    moreover  the  sum  of  lOQs.  lO^d. 

for  a  robe  and  furrs,  and  66s.  6d.  for  a  summer  robe,  called 

Unura.^     In  the  fifteenth  year  of  this  King,  the  Prince  of  Wales 

was  created  a  Knight  of  the  Bath,  at  which  time  several  persons 

of  the  first  distinction,  and  in  the  highest  favour  at  court,  were 

advanced   to  this  honour,   as   the   Earl  of  Lincoln  ;    Grey,   the 

Queen's  son;    Bryan,  chief  justice  of  the  Common   Pleas  j  and 

Lyttelton,  that  learned  father  of  the  law,  as  Mr.  Habingdon,  in 

his  history  of  that  reign,  expresses  it.  '^ 

He  wrote  his  famous  Treatise  on  Tenures  when  he  was  a 


*  Ex  Autograph©  penes  Honoratissimum  Dom.  Geo.  Lyttelton,  Baronem 
de  Frankley. 

b  Pat.  36  Hen.  VI.  p.  i.  m.  7 
«  Life  of  Judge  Lyttelton,  in  the  Geneial  Dictionary,  p   119- 
<1  Anstis's  Order  of  the  Bath,  p.  32,  and  Hab.  liist.  Ed.  IV  p.  136 
VOL.  X'lII.  Y 


322  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

judge,  after  the  fourteenth  year  of  King  Edw.  IV.  Lord  Coke 
thinks^  not  long  before  his  death,  because  it  wanted  his  last  hand  ; 
notwithstanding  he  makes  this  great  encomium  upon  it,  "  that  it 
is  the  ornament  of  the  common  law,  and  the  most  perfect  and  ab- 
solute work  that  ever  was  wrote  in  any  human  science"  To  this 
may  be  added  what  Dr.  Holland,  in  his  additions  to  Camden, 
saith  of  it,  "  that  the  students  of  the  common  law  are  no  less 
beholden  to  Lyttelton's  Tenures,  than  the  civilians  are  to  Justi- 
nian's Institutes. "" 

About  this  time,  some  privileges  of  great  consequence  were 
contested  between  the  city  and  church  of  Worcester  :  which  dis- 
putes arose  to  that  height,  that  the  King  interposed,  and  appointed 
Sir  Thomas  Lyttelton,  and  Mr.  Salway,  a  gentleman  of  that 
county,  his  commissioners,  to  terminate  these  differences  by 
award;  which  affair  they  performed  with  that  judgment  and  im- 
partiality, as  gave  full  satisfaction  to  both  the  contending  parties, 
and  by  that  means  restored  peace  and  amity  to  the  chief  town  in 
their  county.  *" 

Sir  Thomas  married  Joan,  widow  of  Sir  Philip  Chetwind,  of 
Ingestre  in  com.  Stafford,  one  of  the  daughters  and  coheirs  of  Sir 
William  Burley,  of  Bromscroft  castle  in  com.  Salop,  Knight,  (by 

his  wife,  the  daughter  and  heir  of Grendon,  of  Grendon 

in  Staffordshire)  with  whom  he  had  large  possessions.  N.  B. 
This  Sir  W.  Burley  was  of  the  same  house  with  Sir  William 
Burley,  warden  of  the  Cinque  Ports,  constable  of  Dover  castle. 
Lord  Chamberlain  and  Knight  of  the  Garter,  temp.  Rich.  11. 
whose  brother  Richard  was  also  Knight  of  the  Garter,  as  was  Sir 
John  Burley,  their  father.  By  her  Sir  Thomas  Lyttelton  had 
three  sons,  and  two  daughters. 
First,  William. 

Second,  Richard,  to  whom  the  Tenures  are  addressed,  who 
followed  his  father's  profession.  He  married*  Alice,  daughter 
and  sole  heir  of  William  Winnesbnry,  of  Fillaton-Hall  in  com. 
Staff.  Esq.  and  was  lineal  ancestor  to  the  present  Sir  Edward 
Littleton,  of  that  place,  Bart. 

Third,  Thomas  was  seated  at  Spechley,  near  Worcester,  and 
married  Anne,  daughter  and  sole  heir  of  John  Botreaux,  of  Bo- 


e  Holland's  Transl-  of  Camb  Britannia,  in  Worcestershire. 
f  Hab.  Survey  of  Worcestershire,  MS  in  the  hands  of  the  late  Lord  Bp', 
of  Carlisle. 

g  Visit,  of  Staffurdshire,  MS- 


LORD  LYTTELTON.  323 

treaux  castle  in  Cornwall,  Esq.  from  whom  were  descended  the 
Lord  Keeper  Lyttelton,  Baron  of  Mounslow,  temp.  Car.  1.  j  Sir 
Thomas  Lyttelton,  Bart.  Speaker  of  the  House  of  Commons,  temp. 
Gul.  III.  and  other  families  of  the  Lytteltons. 

His  two  daughters^  named  Ellen  and  Alice,  both  died  un- 
married. 

He  himself  died  at  Frankley,  on  August  23d,  I4S1,  aged 
about  sixty,  and  was  interred  under  an  altar  tomb,  which  he 
erected  in  his  lifetime,  on  the  south  side  the  nave  of  the  cathe- 
dral at  Worcester;  upon  the  flat  part  whereof  was  his  portrai- 
ture in  brass,  and  these  words  issuing  from  his  mouth,  Fill  Dei 
miserere  mei ;  at  each  end,  two  shields  of  brass,  one  containing 
the  arms  of  Westcote,  the  other  of  Lyttelton,  and  on  the  front, 
four  shields  ;  the  first.  Argent,  a  lion  rampant,  Sab.  armed,  Gules, 
dehruised  with  afess,  counter compone,  Or  and  Azure  (impaling) 
Argent,  two  Cheverons,  Gules,  Burley  and  Grendon :  second, 
Burley,  as  before  (impaling)  Barry,  of  six.  Or  and  Azure;  on 
a  lend  sinister,  Gules,  three  Martlets,  Argent,  Grey  of  Rythin  : 
third,  Argent,  two  talhots,  passant.  Gules  (impaling)  Barry  of  six, 
Argent  and  Azure,  a  bend  sinister,  Gules ;  on  the  highest  bar  an 
annulet  of  the  third,  Breston,  and  Grey  of  Wilion  :  fourth,  Gu/es, 
a  fess,  azure,  betiveen  four  hands,  Or,  Quatermain  ;  impaling 
Breston,  as  before.  On  the  flat  stone,  above  the  judge's  portrai- 
ture, were  three  brass  shields,  viz.  Lyttelton  impaling  Quater- 
main ;  Westcote  impaling  Lyttelton  ;  and  Lyttelton  impaling 
Burley.  All  these  arms,  as  well  as  the  figures,  were  torn  off  the 
tomb  in  the  last  civil  war,  and  nothing  left  but  the  following  in- 
scription on  brass  round  the  verge  of  the  monument.  Hie  jacet 
Corpus  Thome  Littelton  de  Frankley,  Militis  de  Balnea,  iff  unus 
Justiciariorum  de  Communi  Banco,  qui  obiit  23  Augusti,  Ann. 
Dom.  M.  CCCC.  LXXXL  After  the  restoration  of  King 
Charles  IL  it  was  repaired  by  Mr.  Lyttelton  the  King's  solicitor^ 
who  had  gilt  iron  rails  placed  before  it  (which  were  lately  removed 
when  the  body  of  the  cathedral  was  new  paved)  and  the  several 
compartments  on  the  front  decorated  afresh  with  arms,  but  erro- 
neouslyj  for  the  Lyttelton  shield  was  supported  by  the  merman, 
which  was  never  borne  by  judge  Lyttelton,  his  eldest  son  Sir  Wil- 
liam Lyttelton  being  the  first  that  used  it.  Li  17^5,  the  modern 
shields  were  obliterated,  and  the  old  ones  restored. 

As  Sir  Thomas  Lyttel ton's  will  contains  many  curious  partis 
culars,  it  may  not  be  amiss  to  give  it  the  reader  faithfully  copied 
from  the  original  remaining  in  the  Prerogitive-office. 


324  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

In  the  name  of  God,  Amen.     I,  Thomas  Lyttelton,  Knight, 
oon  of  king's  justice  of  the  common  place,  make  my  testament, 
and  notifie  my  wille,  in  the  manner  and   forme  that  foUoweth. 
First,  I  bequeth  my  soal   to  Almighty  God,   Fader,  Sonne,  &c 
Hollye  Ghost,  three  persons  &  oon  God,  &  our  Lorde,  maker  of 
heven  and  erth,  &r  of  all  the  worlde  ;  &  to  our  most  blessed  Lady 
&  virgin,  Saynt  Mary,  moder  of  our  Lord,  &  Jesu  Christ,  the 
only  begotten  Sonne  of  our  saide  Lorde  God,  the  fader  of  heven, 
and  to  saint  Christopher,  the  which  our  saide  Lorde  did  truste  to 
here  on  his  shoudres,  &  to  all  the  saints  of  heven  :  and  my  body 
to  be  berried  in  the  tombe  I  lete  make  for  me  on  the  south  side 
of  the  body  of  the  cathedrall-church  of  the  monastere  of  our  said 
blessed  lady,  of  Worcester,  under  an  image  of  St  Christopher,  in 
caas  if  I  die  in  Worcestershire.     Also,  I  wulle,  and  specially  de- 
sire, that  immediately  after  my  decesse,  myn  executors  find  three 
gode  preests  for  to  singe  iii  trentals  for  my  soule,  so  that  everish 
preest,  by  himself  sing  oon  trental,   and  that  everish  such  preest 
have  right  sufficiently  for  his  labor;  also  that  myn  executors  find 
another  gode  preest  for  to  sing  for  my  soule,  fyvt  masses,  and 
rowe  j    the  ofFyce  of  which  beginneth,  HumUiavit  semel  ipsum 
Dominus   Jesu    Chris tus   usque   ad   mortem.      Also   I   give  one 
hundred  shelings  by  yere,  to  the  priour  &  covent  of  the  said  mo- 
nastere, out  of  certain  messuages  &  landes  in  the  cite  of  Wor- 
cester &  to  their  successors,  to  singe  at  the  altar,  hallowed  for  the 
worship  of  St.  George  &  St.   Christopher,  daily,  at  vii  in  the 
morning,  for  the  soules  of  my  fader  and  moder,  and  for  the  soul 
of  William  Burley,  my  fader-in-Iawe,  &  for  the  soul  of  Sir  Philip 
Chetwin  &  for  all  soules  that  I  am  most  bounden  to  pray,  &  spe- 
cially for  myn  own  soule  after  my  decesse ;  &  that  everish  such 
monk  sing  everish   Friday,   a  mass  of  Requiem;  &  Wd.  for  his 
troubel,  to  be  paid  him  by  the  handes  of  the  sexton  ;  and  I  wull, 
that  whenever  the  covent  sing  the  annual  Placebo,  ^  Dirige,  i^ 
Requiem  for  my  soul,  and  that  of  my  ancestors,  that  they  have 
vi^.  vind.  for  thyr  disport  and  recreation.     I  wull,  that  the  said 
covent  have  100/.  for  performyn  this  dyvin  servyce. 

Also  I  wulle,  that  the  feoffees  to  myn  use,  of  and  in  the 
halfyndele  of  the  manor  of  Baxterley,  &  Bentley,  in  Warwick- 
shire, and  in  Mosele,  in  the  lordship  of  Kingsnorton,  &  in  Stone, 
besyd  Keddermyster,  in  Worcestershire,  make  a  sure  estate  unto 
Richard  Lyttelton,  my  sonne,  &:  to  the  heirs  of  his  bodie,  with  all 
chartours,  muniments,  &  evidences  concernyng  the  same. 

Also  I  wulle,  that  he  have  the  reversion  of  the  manor  of  Mol- 


LORD  LYTTELTON.  323 

ston,  besyde  Clybeiyj  in  the  county  of  Shrewsbury.  Also  I  wull, 
that  my  saide  sonne,  Richard,  have  all  my  state,  title,  &  interest, 
that  1  have  in  a  messuage,  in  the  parish  of  St.  Sepulchres,  of 
London,  on  the  north  syde  of  the  saide  church,  which  I  holde  of 
the  abbot  of  Leicester,  for  term  of  yeres.  Also  I  wull,  that  the 
feoffees,  to  myn  use,  of  &  in  the  manor  of  Spechley,  in  Worces- 
tershire, make  a  sure  estate  to  my  sonne,  Thomas  Lyttelton,  and 
the  heirs  of  his  body,  with  all  chartours,  &c.  concernyng  the 
same,  and  all  other  lands,  rents,  reversions  &  services,  that  I  have 
in  Spechley,  Cuddeley,  Bradicot,  &  White-lady  Aston,  with  the 
lands  &  tenements  in  Weddesbury,  in  com.  Stafford. 

I  wulle,  that  my  wyf  have  a  bason  of  silver,  in  the  myddes 
whereof  been  myn  arms,  and  an  ewer  of  silver,  two  great  salt- 
salers,  and  a  kever,  weying  93  ounces  &  § ;  a  standyng  plaine 
gilt  peece,  with  a  plaine  gilt  kover,  weying  24  ounces  &  ^  ;  six 
holies  of  silver,  in  the  myddes  of  which  been  enamelled,  for  her 
using,  six  monthes  of  the  yere.  A  standing  peece,  with  kever, 
weying  IQ  ounces  &  ^.  Two  peeces  of  silver,  one  covering 
another,  y^  which  I  occupie  at  London  ;  a  powder  boxe  of  silver  j 
a  paxebordej  two  cruetts,  and  a  sakering-bell,  all  of  silver.  Also 
I  wull,  that  William  liyttelton,  my  sonne  and  heire,  shall  have  a 
depc  washing-bason  of  silver,  ■weying  41  ounces,  and  twosaltsalers 
of  silver,  with  a  kever  to  oon  of  them,  weying  31  ounces  &  §, 
with  another  peece,  all  over  gilt,  in  the  myddes  of  which  be  iii 
eagles,  a  kover,  weying  33  ounces ;  also  a  lowe  peece  of  silver, 
with  a  kover,  embossed  in  the  likeness  of  roses,  weying  2g  ounces 
&  I  :  also  he  shall  have  a  dosein  of  my  best  spones.  Also  I  wull, 
that  my  sonne,  Richard,  have  two  littel  gilt  saltsalers,  with  gilt 
cover  to  oon,  now  at  London  ;  also  oon  littel  standyng  peece,  with 
a  gilt  kover,  which  hath  at  the  foote  a  crown,  and  another  on  the 
kover,  weying  22  ounces  :  also  a  standyng  gilt  nutt,  and  the  best 
dosein  of  the  second  sort  of  my  spones.  Also  I  wull,  that  Tho- 
mas Lyttelton,  my  sonne,  have  two  saltsalers  of  silver,  weying  2/ 
ounces  J  a  standyng  peece,  weying  21  ounces,  gilt,  &  my  arms 
in  the  myddes  of  the  same ;  also  a  boll  of  silver,  embossed  with 
round  bosses,  outward,  weying  1 1  ounces  &  3  quarters ;  also  he 
shall  have  a  dosein  spones,  of  the  third  sorte. 

Also  I  bequeth  my  gode  littel  mass-book,  and  gode  vestment, 
•with  the  apparyl  to  an  auter,  of  the  same  sorte  of  vestments 
which  were  my  moder's,  and  also  a  gilt  chales,  I  geve  them  to  the 
blessed  Trinite,  to  the  use  &  occupation  of  my  chapel  of  Frankley, 
in  honour  of  our  said  most  blessed  Trinite  j  inasmuch  as  the  said 


926  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

chapel  of  the  blessed  Trinite,  and  an  aulter  thereof,  is  halowed  in 
the  worship  of  thesaide  blessed  Trinite^  for  to  have  masse  songen 
there  on  Trinite-Sunday,  &  other  high  festivals,  &  other  days,  to 
the  pleasure  &  honour  of  our  saide  most  blessed  Trinite.  I  wull, 
that  a  bigger  cofer,  and  locke  and  key  be  provyded  for  the  safe 
keping  of  these  vestments  &  chales,  within  the  chapel  of  Frankley, 
and  the  lord  of  Frankley  for  the  time  being,  have  the  keping  of 
the  said  key  by  himself,  or  som  true  and  faithful  person,  so  that 
he  se  that  the  saide  masse-book,  vestment,  chales,  &  apparyl  be 
surely  kept,  as  he  wull  answer  to  the  blessed  Trinite.  Also  I 
wull,  that  my  great  antiphoner  be  evermore  had,  &  surely  kept, 
in  worship  of  God,  and  St.  Leonard,  to  the  use  and  occupation  of, 
and  for  the  chapel-church  of  St.  Leonard,  of  Frankley. 

Also  I  wuUe,  that  all  my  utensils  of  myn  household,  except 
silver  plate,  as  beds,  matraces,  blanquetts,  brushes,  tables,  all  pots 
&  chaldrons,  k  all  such  things  that  longith  to  my  kechyn,  after 
the  thyrd  part  geven  to  my  wyfe,  be  equally  devided  between  ray 
three  sonns. 

Whereas,  I  have  made  certaigne  feotfees  of  my  manour  of 
Tixhale,  in  Staffordshir,  for  terme  of  the  lif  of  my  wif,  the  which 
manour  she  had  a  jointour  for  terme  of  her  lif,  with  me,  neverthe- 
later,  my  wille  is,  that  my  said  wif,  do  not  hereafter  trouble,  vexe, 
ne  disturbe  my  will  &  ordenance,  that  I  have  and  will  mak,  of 
&  in  or  for  certaigne  lands  8c  tenements,  within  the  cite  of  Wor- 
cesterj  now  my  will  and  ordenance  is,  that  she  shal  have  the 
saide  manour  of  Tixhale,  with  the  reveniz  thereof,  during  her  lif, 
or  els  that  the  profitts  thereof  shall  be  taken  and  disposed  in  alms 
deeds,  for  my  soul,  by  myn  executor,  or  by  such  other  as  I  wull 
thereto  assigne,  during  her  lif. 

I  wull,  that  my  three  sonns,  and  Sir  Xtopher  Goldsmyth, 
parson  of  Bromsgrove,  Sir  Robert  Cank,  parson  of  Enlield,  and 
Robert  Oxclyve,  be  myn  executors  ;  that  the  three  first  have  20 1. 
in  money  apeece,  toward  their  increce  and  profitt,  the  latter  v 
marks  each,  of  money,  trusting  in  them  that  they  wull  do  their 
diligent  labor  to  se  that  my  will  be  performed  ;  the  which,  as  they 
know  wele  the  performyng  thereof  in  godely  hast  and  tym,  that 
shall  be  to  the  liasty  remedie  of  my  soule;  and  the  long  tarying 
thereof,  is  to  the  retardation  of  the  meritts  of  my  soule  :  wherefor 
I  wull,  that  everych  of  my  saide  sonns,  to  whom  mv  grete  specyal 
trust  is,  as  kind  nature  wull,  for  to  performe  and  execute  my  will 
aforesaid. 

1  wuUe,  that  my  wif  have  my  best  plough,  and  all  apparj^l 


LORD  LYTTELTON.  32? 

thereto,  and  ten  of  my  best  plough-oxen,  and  my  best  wainc  ;  and 
that  William  Lyttelton  have  my  second  best  waine,  two  ploughs, 
&  ten  oxen.  A.lso  I  wulle,  &  specially  desire,  that  all  the  money, 
debts,  goods  &  catells,  that  be  myn  at  tyra  of  my  deth,  over  the 
cost  &  expensys  of  myn  exequies  &  funeral,  &  over  that  that  iS 
bequethed  by  me  in  my  llf,  be  sold  &  disposed  for  my  soule,  in 
a.lms  &  charitable  deeds,  that  may  be  most  profitable  &  merit  to 
my  soule.  Also  I  wulle,  that  all  my  beests  &  quick  cattel,  not 
afore  bequethed,  after  myn  exequies  and  fum^ral,  be  sold  by  myn 
executors  &  to  be  disposed  as  they  think  most  expedient  for  my 
soule. 

I  wull  &  bequeth  to  the  abbot  &  covent  of  Hales-Oweynj  a 
boke  of  myn,  called  Catholicori,  to  theyr  own  use  for  ever  ;  & 
another  boke  of  myn,  wherein  is  contaigned,  the  Constitutions 
Provincial,  and,  De  gestis  Romanorum,  and  other  treatis  therein, 
which  I  wull  be  laid  and  bounded  with  an  yron  chayn,  in  som 
convenient  parte  within  tlie  saide  church,  at  my  costs,  so  that  all 
preests  &  others,  may  se  &  rede  it  vvhenne  it  pleasith  them.  Also 
I  wull  &  bequeth  to  Sir  Richard  Howson,  my  preest,  405.  in 
money,  and  the  same  to  my  servant  Hawkins.  Also  I  bequeth 
to  dame  Jane,  my  wyf,  20l.  in  money,  in  recompense  of  a  silver 
bason,  the  which  was  soinetym  her  husband's.  Sir  Philip  Chet- 
win's}  to  the  said  dame  Jane,  my  best  habyt,  that  is  to  saye,  my 
gown,  cloke,  &  hode.  Also  to  my  doughter,  Elyn,  my  second 
best  habyt,  in  lyke  forme.  Also  to  Alice,  my  second  doughter, 
my  third  best  habyt,  in  lyke  forme.  Also  I  bequeth  my  gloset- 
saulter  to  the  priorle  of  Worcester.  Also  I  bequeth  a  boke, 
called  Fasciculus  morum,  to  the  church  at  Enfield.  Also  I  be- 
queth a  boke,  called  Medulla  Grammatica,  to  the  church  of 
Kingsnorton,  Also  I  wulle,  that  my  grete  English  boke,  be  sold 
by  myn  executors,  and  the  money  thereof  to  be  disposed  for  my 
soul. 

I  bequeth  to  Thomas  Lyttelton,  my  sonne,  a  little  flatte  peece 
of  silver,  with  a  kover,  all  over  gilte.  Also  to  Edward  Lyttelton, 
my  godsonne,  a  little  standing  goblet  of  silver,  with  a  kover  to 
the  same,  all  over  gilte.  And  I  wull,  and  specially  desire  my 
moost  betrusted  lord,  my  lord  bishop  of  Worcester,  to  be  over- 
seer of  this  my  will,  to  be  performed,  as  my  moost  special  trust  is 
in  his  gode  lordship  :  in  witness  whereof,  to  this  my  will,  I  have 
sett  my  scale,  theese  being  witnesses.  Sir  Richard  Howson,  priest, 
Roger  Hawkyns,  Thomas  Parkess,  and  others. 


S29  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

Written  at  Frankley,  22  August,  the  yere  of  our  Lord  Jesa 
Christ,  MCCCCLXXXI, 

By  inquisition  taken  after  his  death,  in  Worcestershire,  he  was 
found  to  die  seised  of  the  manors  of  Frankley,  Spechley,  Moseley, 
and  Coulesdon,  and  of  divers  messuages  and  lands  in  Cuddeley, 
Bradicote,  White  Lady  Aston,  Upton  Snodsbury,  Crowle,  Pinton 
and  Stone,  all  in  the  said  county.  •'     By  a  like  inquisition  taken  at 
Whitchurch  in  Shropshire,  the  jury  find  that  Sir  Reginald  Grey, 
of  Wilton,  and  Fulk  Springhose,  were  seised  of  the  manors  of 
Cressage,  in  that  county,  and  thereof  enfeoffed  Sir  Thomas  Lyt- 
telton.  Knight  of  the  Bath ;   Humphry  Salway,  and  Guy  West- 
cote,  Esqrs.  quod  manerium  valet  ultra  repris as,  20l. '    By  another 
inquisition  taken  at  Stafford,  the  jury  find  that  the  manor  of  Arley 
was  held  by  Sir  Thomas  Lyttelton,  Humphry  Salway,  and  Guy 
Westcotej  and   that  Lyttelton  being  deceased,    the  two   others 
were  seised  thereof  by  right  of  survivorship,  et  valet  ultra  reprisas, 
20/.     They  find  the  same  with  regard  to  the  manor  of  Tixhale, 
quod  valet  ultra  reprisas,  40  marcas.     They  find  them  also  seised 
jointly  of  twelve  houses,  in  the  city  of  Litchfield,  held  of  the 
bishop. ''     N.  B.  Salway  and  Westcote  were  feoffees  in  trust  for 
Sir  Thomas  Lyttelton  and  his  heirs;  a  method  not  long  before 
invented  by  the  lawyers,  for  the  preventing  the  forfeiture  of  es- 
tates in  those  times  of  civil  distractions,  when  attainders  were  very 
frequent.     Besides  these  manors  and  lands  which  Sir  Thomas 
Lyttelton  appears  to  have  had  in  fee,  he  held  for  his  life  the 
manor  of  Sheriff  Hales,  in  com.  Stafford,  by  the  grant  of  Sir  Wil- 
liam Trussel,  Knight,  pro  bono  et  notabili  consUio,  as  expressed 
in  the  grant,  dated  the  30th  of  Hen.  VI.     He  had  a  grant  also  of 
the  advowson  of  the  vicarage  of  Bromsgrove,   in  com.  Wigorn, 
from  the  dean  and  chapter  of  Worcester.     He  likewise  held  for 
the  life  of  Dame  Joan,  his  wife,  half  the  manor  of  Grendon,  with 
the  advowson  of  the  church  ;  the  whole  manor  of  Ingestre,  with 
the  advowson  of  the  chapel,  and  divers  lands  in  Rule,  Rudge,  and 
Breredon,  all  in  the  county  of  Stafford;    also  certain  lands  in 
Dordon  and  Warton,  in  com.  Warwick,  and  lands  in  Grotwich 
(forsan  Droitwich)  and  Mitton,  in  com.  Wigorn,  all  by  grant  from 
Rob.  Chetwind,  of  Aspath  in  Warwickshire. ' 

h  Escaetria  in  Turre,  21  Ed.  IV.  No  55.  Wigorn. 

i  Escaetria,  ai  Edw,  IV.  No.  55,  Salop. 

k  Ibid.  Stafford.  1  Vis.  Salop,  ut  supra. 


LORD  LYTTELTON.  32^ 

The  Society  of  the  Inner  Temple  (whereof  this  great  lawyer 
was  a  member)  had  his  arms  and  quarterings  painted  in  the 
windows  of  their  refectory,  which  remained  till  the  civil  war,  as 
they  have  at  this  time  a  fine  picture  of  him  at  full  length,  painted 
by  Cornelius  Jansen,  from  a  portrait  (as  I  conjecture)  in  Frankley 
or  Halesowen  church  windows.  The  shield  in  the  Temple  hall 
consisted  of  the  following  coats,  viz. 

Argent,  a  cheveron,  between  three  escallops,  sable.  Lyt- 
telto?i. 

Argent,  a  bend  cotized,  sable,  within  a  bordnre,  gules,  be- 
zantee.     JFestcote. 

Or,  two  lions  passant  in  pale,  azure.     Somery. 

Gules,  a  fess,  azure,  between  four  hands,  or.      Quaiermain. 

Argent,  two  talbots  passant  in  pale,  gules.     Breston. 

Barry  of  six,  argent  and  azure,  a  bend,  gules.     Grey. 

Gules,  a  bend,  argent,  debruised  with  a  fess,  or.     Fitz  Oslorn. 

Argent,  a  cheveron,  between  three  escallops,  sable.    Lyttelton. 

Over  all  an  escutcheon  of  four  coats,  viz. 

Argent,  a  lion  rampant,  sable,  armed,  gules,  debruised  with  a 
fess  countercompone,  or  and  azure.     Barley. 

Burley  and  Grey  as  before,  with  argent,  two  cheveronels, 
gules.     Grendon.'^ 

This  Society  paid  such  respect  to  his  memory,  that  in  the  year 
l63g,  when  Mr.  Thomas  Lyttelton,  a  collateral  descendant  of  the 
Judge,  applied  for  admission  to  a  chamber  within  the  said  house, 
it  was  then  by  the  whole  company  of  the  bench,  with  one  voice, 
granted  that  the  said  Mr.  Lyttelton's  admission  should  be  freely, 
without  any  fine  5  and  that  it  might  be  so  accepted  and  expressed 
as  a  testimony  of  that  great  respect  the  whole  Society  doth  owe 
and  acknowledge  to  the  name  and  family  of  Lyttelton." 

Joan,  the  widow  of  Sir  Thomas,  survived  him  many  years, 
and  died  on  March  22d,  1505,  in  the  eightieth  year  of  her  age, 
leaving  a  great  estate,  that  came  both  by  her  father  and  mother 
(who  was  an  heiress)  to  her  eldest  son.  Sir  William.  By  inqui- 
fition  taken  after  her  death,  she  is  found  to  have  held  the  manors 
of  Broomcroft,  Baldcote,  Merkton,  Mounslowe,  Henlegh,  Tug- 
ford,   Brocton,    Aldon,    Thongland,    Alfcote,    and    Alcamstone, 

m  Dugd.  Orig.  Juridiciales,  p.  187- 
n  From  the  admission  books,  at  the  Inner  Temple. 


330  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

besides  lands  and  tenements  in  "Worracote,  Abbedon,  Winstan- 
towe,  Bromfield,  Cokerich,  "Walton,  Rowthal,  Halton,  Dedylbury, 
Aston,  Bodenhope,  and  the  advowson  of  Merston  chapel,  all  in 
the  county  of  Salop,  and  that  Sir  William  Lyttelton  is  her  heir, 
aged  above  sixty. " 

Which  Sir  William  resided  at  Frankley,  and  being  of  rank 
and  authority  in  his  country,  raised  a  considerable  force  there,  and 
came  very  opportunely  to  the  aid  of  King  Henry  VII.  against 
Lambert  Simnel,  the  Earl  of  Lincoln,  and  their  adherents,  and 
•was  engaged  in  the  battle  of  Stoke,  near  Newark,  where  after 
the  victory  gained  on  the  J  1th  of  June,  he  was  by  the  King  re- 
warded with  the  honour  of  knighthood,  p  He  married  to  bis  first 
wife,  EUyn,  widow  of  Thomas  Fielding,  Esq.  daughter  and  heir 
of  William  Walsh,  of  Wanslip  in  com.  Leicester,  by  his  wife  the 
daughter  and  coheir  of  Sir  Richard  Byron,  of  Clayton  in  Lanca- 
shire, by  whom  he  had  an  only  daughter,  named 

Joan,  who  became  the  wife  of  Sir  John  Aston,  of  Hey  wood  in 
Staffordshire,  and  carried  the  manor  of  T.xhale  in  that  county, 
given  her  by  her  father,  and  that  of  Wanlip  descended  to  her 
from  her  mother,  into  the  Aston  family  j  and  Tixhale  was  the 
chief  seat  of  the  last  lineal  Lord  Aston. 

His  second  wife  was  Mary,  the  daughter  of  William  Whit- 
tlngton,  of  Pauntley  in  com.  Gloucester,  by  Elizabeth,  the  daughter 
of  Renefred  Arundel,  of  Lanhern  in  Cornwall,  and  sister  of  John 
Arundel,  bishop  of  Exeter,  who  gave  this  Mary,  on  her  marriage 
with  Lyttelton,  the  sum  of  400  marks  for  a  portion.  i  By  her  he 
had  issue 

An  only  son,  John,  and  a  daughter,  named 

Elizabeth,  the  wife  of  Thomas  Rouse,  of  Rouselench  in  Wor- 
cestershire. 

In  21  Edw.  IV.  he  seals  a  deed  with  the  Merman,  viz.  a  grant 
of  an  annuity  to  his  brother  Richard,  of  Pillaton-Hall.  He  was 
undoubtedly  a  benefactor  to  the  priory  church  of  Great  Malvern, 
in  Worcestershire  ;  for  there  remains  at  this  day  a  portrait  of  him, 
finely  painted  in  a  window  of  the  body  of  the  church,  with  a 
tabard  or  surcoat  of  his  arms,  and  his  name  inscribed  under  it. 
There  was  likewise  a  portrait  of  the  same  kind,  and  of  Ellyn,  his 
first  wife,  in  the  north  window  of  Over-Areley  church  in  StaiFord- 

•  Escaetrja,inthe  Rolls  chapel,  20  Hen.  VII.  et  Vis.  Salop,  ut  supra. 

p  MS.  Claudius,  C  3,  in  Bibl.  Cotton. 

S  From  the  oiiginal  among  the  evidences  at  Hagtey. 


LORD  LYTTELTON.  331 

•hire,  remaining  in  the  year  1624,  with  these  words  inscribed  un- 
derneath, viz. 

Orate  pro  bono  statu  Willielmi  Lyttelton,  Arm.  isf  Elyn  uxoris 
ejus,  quifenestram  fieri  fecerunt.  ^ 

He  departed  this  Hfe  at  Frankley,  in  December  1507.  aged 
sixty-five;  and  by  will  bequeaths  his  body  to  the  monastery  of 
Haies-Owen,  to  be  interred  before  the  linage  of  the  Blessed 
Virgin,  nigh  the  place  and  grave  where  his  first  wife  lay  buried  j 
settles  on  Mary,  his  wife,  the  p^anors  of  Frankley  and  Coulesdon, 
in  com.  Wigorn ;  Ridgakur,  in  com.  Salop,  and  Over-Arley,  in 
com.  Stafford  ;  leaves  her  the  greatest  part  of  his  personal  estate  j 
and  farther  entitles  her  to  dower  in  his  whole  estate,  over  and 
above  the  ample  settlement  here  mentioned  :  he  orders  that  a 
priest  be  provided  to  pray  for  his  soul  during  seven  years  after  his 
decease;  and  the  souls  of  his  father  and  mother;  and  the  soul  of 
William  Burley,  his  grandfather,  and  ail  Christian  souls;  to  say 
Placebo  et  Dirige  the  day  of  his  anniversary,  with  other  annual 
obiit  services ;  for  all  which  he  is  to  have  eight  marks  per  ann.  the 
said  divine  service  to  be  performed  in  the  chapel  of  St.  Leonard, 
at  Frankley,  to  which  he  bequeaths  his  velvet  gown  for  a  cope 
and  vestment.  He  settles  all  his  other  lands  in  trust  for  his  son, 
and  appoints  him  20/.  per  ann.  towards  his  exhibition  and  find- 
ing, till  he  comes  of  age.  Gives  five  hundred  marks  in  portion  to 
his  daughter  Elizabeth,  if  she  marries  with  her  mother's  consent. 
He  farther  orders  that  his  yearly  obitt  be  constantly  celebrated  in 
the  monastery  of  Halesowen,  and  his  executors  to  pay  Vis.  4d.  for 
it.  He  also  wills  that  John  Smith  have  the  keeping  of  his  park 
at  Frankley,  during  life;  and  all  his  servants  a  year's  wages  at 
their  departure.  Gives  6s.  8d.  to  the  cathedral  church  at  Wor- 
cester ;  and  lastly  directs  his  executors  to  procure  a  marble  stone, 
with  two  images  and  sculptures  according,  to  be  laid  over  him, 
and  Elyn,  his  first  wife,  ivhen  GoJ  shall  do  his  mind  with  him. ' 

John,  his  son  and  heir,  endowed  his  family  (saith  Mr.  Ha- 
bingdon,  in  his  MS.  Anliq.  of  Worcestershire)  with  abundance 
of  noble  blood,  by  having  in  marriage  Elizabeth,  the  daughter 
and  coheir  of  Sir  Gilbert  Talbot,  of  Grafton  in  com.  Wigorn,  by 
Anne,  his  wife,  the  daughter  and  coheir  of  Sir  William  Paston, 
by  Anne,  his  wife,  third  sister  and  coheir  to  Edmund  Beaufort, 


r  From  a  MS  entitled.  Church  Notes  of  Staffordshire,  circa  ann.  1590, 
penes  C.  Lyttelton,  nup.  Cariol.  Episc. 
3  From  the  Register,  entitled,  .\.  Dean,  qu.  32,  in  the  Prerogative  Office. 


332  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND, 

Duke  of  Somerset,  grandson  of  John  of  Gaunt,  Duke  of  Lan- 
caster: in  right  of  whom  Lyttelton  and  his  posterity  have  law- 
fully quartered  the  arms  of  France  and  England,  within  a  bordure 
gobone;'  and  likewise  all  the  arms  and  quarterings  of  Talbot 
and  Paston. 

By  her  he  had  seven  sons,  and  two  daughters. 

First,  John, 

Second,  Edward,  nicknamed  Long  Edward,  who  married  the 
Lady  Elizabeth  Talbot,  daughter  of  Walter  Wrottesley,  of  Wrot- 
tesley  in  com.  Stafford,  and  widow  to  Sir  John  Talbot,  ofAl- 
brighton  in  com.  Stafford,  from  whom  the  Talbots  of  Salwarp, 
Worvill,  and  also  the  present  Earl  Talbot,  lineally  descend. 

Third,  Gilbert, 

Fourth,  Anthony,  seated  at  Abbot  Salford,  in  com.  War- 
wick. 

Fifth,  Roger,  seated  at  Groveley,  in  King's  Norton  parish, 
Worcestershire  j  from  whom,  by  Elizabeth,  his  wife,  the  daughter 
of  John  Stanley,  of  West-Bromwick,  in  com.  Stafford,  are  de- 
scended the  present  Lytleltons,  of  Studley  in  Warwickshire,  and 
Naunton-Beauchamp  in  Worcestershire. 

Sixth,  George,  counsellor  at  law,  who  died  anno  160O,  and 
lieth  buried  under  a  splendid  monument  in  Bromsgrove  church, 
com.  Wigorn. 

Seventh,  Thomas. 

Of  the  daughters,  Margaret,  the  eldest,  died  unmarried ; 
Anne  was  the  wife  of  Eamund  Newport,  of  Hanley- Williams  in 
Worcestershire,  younger  son  to  Thomas  Newport,  of  High  Ercal 
in  Shropshire,  ancestor  to  the  late  Earls  of  Bradford. 

By  deed  indented,  bearing  date  May  23d,  23  Hen,  VIIL  he 
settles  on  Elizabeth,  his  wife,  the  manors  of  Frankley  and  Coules- 
don,  with  certain  boilliries  of  salt  in  Droit wich,  all  in  the  county 
of  Worcester  ;  the  great  manor  of  Cressage,  and  certain  lands  in 
Halesowen  and  Rugeacre,  in  the  county  of  Salop  ;  but  adds,  "  If 
my  heir  be  married,  and  has  a  mind  to  keep  house  for  the  ex- 
ercise of  husbandry,  or  other  hospitality,  then  I  will  that  he  shall 
have  one  of  the  manors  of  Frankley  or  Cressage,  paying  my  wife 
the  value  in  rent,"  " 

This  John  Lyttelton  died  at  Frankley,  on  May  I/th,  1532, 

t  Collins's  Life  of  John  of  Gaunt,  8vo.  p  87- 
u  Ex  Autographo  penes  honoratissimum  Dom.  Geo.  Lyttelton,  Baronera 
de  Frankley, 


LORD  LYTTELTON.  333 

aged  thirty-two  5  and  by  his  last  will  ordered  his  body  to  be  in- 
terred in  the  church  porch  of  the  parish  church  of  Halesowen ; 
to  which  church  he  bequeaths  26^.  dd.  to  the  mother  church  of 
Worcester,  3^.  4d.  to  the  chapel  of  Frankley,  3l.  6s.  4d  His  soul 
to  Almighty  God,  to  our  Lady  St.  Mary,  and  all  the  holy  com- 
panye  of  heven.  He  leaves  to  his  son  John  his  ryng  of  gold,  with 
the  seal  of  his  arms  thereon ;  also  a  chales,  and  all  the  chapel 
stufFe  bequeathed  by  his  grandfather,  unto  the  Trinite  of  Frank- 
ley  J  sixteen  kine,  a  bull,  ten  oxen,  &c.  provided  his  wife  have 
the  rule,  use,  and  governyng  of  the  said  stuiFe,  till  he  come  to  the 
age  of  twenty-four.  He  farther  leaves  to  his  wife  all  such  chayns 
of  gold,  jewels,  rings,  and  all  other  apparyl  belonging  to  her 
body  i  gives  all  his  servants  405.  over  and  above  their  wages  ;  ap- 
points that  his  executor  pay  six  pounds  per  ann.  to  a  preste,  to 
sing  dayly  for  his  soul  five  years  after  his  death ;  and  five  pounds 
per  ann.  to  Edward  Street,  hys  chaplyn,  to  pray  for  his  soul :  gives 
his  daughters  300  marks  each  for  their  portion,  and  800  marks  to 
be  divided  among  his  younger  sons,  together  with  the  rents  and 
profits  of  his  manor  of  Sheritis-Naunton,  alias  Newenton-Beau- 
champ ;  and  also  of  his  lands  in  Coulesdon,  Pipulton,  and  Upton 
Snodsbury.     Yeven  the  24th  of  May,  24  Hen.  VJIL  "" 

By  inquisitions  taken  after  his  death,  he  was  found  to  die 
seised  of  the  same  lands  and  manors  as  specified  in  the  inquisi- 
tions after  the  death  of  his  grandfather.  Sir  Thomas  Lyttelton, 
afore  recited;  together  with  certain  messuages  and  gardens, 
within  the  city  of  Worcester;  and  divers  lands  and  tenements  in 
South  Lyttelton  and  Pirton;  and  also  the  wardenship  of  Elmley 
castle  (all  in  the  county  of  Worcester)  in  right  of  his  manor  of 
Naunton.J' 

Sir  John,  his  son  and  heir,  was  a  minor  at  his  father's  death. 
His  wardship  the  King  granted  to  Sir  John  Packington,  of 
Hampton  Lovett,  com.  Wigorn.  Knight,  who  married  him  to 
Bridget,  his  daughter  and  coheir ;  by  which  match  Mr.  Lyttel- 
ton greatly  increased  his  fortune,  and  was  the  better  enabled  to 
rebuild  in  a  magnificent  manner  his  seat  at  Frankley;  also  to 
purchase  a  very  fair  estate  at  Halesowen,  and  likewise  Hagley 
and  Prestwood,  for  hunting  seats. 

Anno  1553,   Queen  Mary  granted  him  for  life  the  office  of 
governor  or  constable  of  Dudley  castle,  in  com.  Stafford,  together 

X  Ex  Autographo  penes  honoratissimum  Dom.  Dom.  Geo,  Lyttelton,  &c. 
J  Escaetiia,  in  the  Rolls  Chapel,  &  Vis  Salop,  ut  supra. 


334  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

with  that  of  ranger  of  the  old  and  new  parks  there;  also  cuslo« 
of  the  lodges,  with  n  right  of  paunage,  herbage,  and  warenage,  in 
the  whole  manor  of  Dudley,  witli  a  salary  of  80/.  per  ann.  and 
farther  appointed  him  high  steward  of  the  manors  of  Birming- 
ham and  Berkeswell,  in  com.  Warwick,  with  a  fee  of  10/.  per 
ann.  ^ 

The  same  year  he  was  chosen  one  of  the  knights  for  Worces- 
tershire; and  also  served  the  office  of  high  sheiifF  there,  once  in 
that  reign,  and  twice  in  Queen  Elizabeth's.  ^  Though  a  papist, 
yet  he  enjoyed  places  of  honour  and  trust  under  Queen  Elizabeth, 
being  one  cf  the  council  of  the  marches  of  Wales,  deputy  lieute- 
nant and  custos  rotulorum  of  Worcestershire,  and  in  the  com- 
mission of  the  peace  for  that  county  and  Stafford.  ^ 

Anno  1556,  the  said  Queen  Elizabeth  knighted  him,  with 
other  gentlemen  of  great  distinction,  at  Kenelworth  castle,  when 
she  honoured  her  favourite  Robert  Dudley,  Earl  of  Leicester,  with 
a  visit  there.  *= 

Anno  1570,  a  treasonable  letter  was  sent  to  Sir  John  Lyttel- 
ton,  and  Sir  Thomas  Russel,  the  Queen's  lieutenants  in  the 
county  of  Worcester,  from  the  Popish  rebels,  who  had  fled  to 
Edinburgh,  containing  a  sort  of  declaration  of  their  intention  to 
subvert  the  government  and  Protestant  religion  ;  but  how  well 
inclined  soever  Sir  John  might  be  to  the  restoration  of  popery,  he 
acted  on  this  occasion  like  a  good  subject,  and  immfidiately  sent 
the  letter  to  secretary  Cecil.  ** 

The  year  preceding  the  Spanish  invasion,  I  find  a  list  of  all  thi; 
justices  of  the  peace  in  Worcestershire,  together  with  their  valua- 
tions, in  the  subsidy  book,  conditions  and  affections  in  religion, 
privately  communicated  by  the  bishop  of  Worcester,  to  Secretary 
Cecil :  the  first  person  which  occurs,  is  Sir  John  Lyttelton, 
"  custos  rotulorum,  and  accounted  wise,"  valued  661.  I3s.  4d.  *^ 

Sir  John  died  at  Frankley,  on  February  15th,  1589-90,  in  the 
sixty-ninth  year  of  his  age,  and  was  buried,  agreeable  to  his  last 
will,  in  the  parish  church  of  Halesowen.  He  had  issue  by  Bridget 
his  wife,  six  sons,  and  four  daughters. 
First,  Gilbert. 


2  Ex  Chartis  Orig  penes  honoratissimum  Dom.  Dom.  Geo.  Lyttelton,  Sec. 

a  Fuller's  Cat.  of  Sheriffs  of  Worcestershire. 

b  Vis.  Salop,  ut  supra.  c  MS.  Claudius,  C-  •;,  in  Bibl  Cotton- 

d  Strype's  Annals  of  the  Reformation,  vol.  i.  p  576. 

e  Ibid,  vol  iij.  p.  174,  in  the  Appendix. 


I 


LORD  LYXrELTON.  335 

Second,  William,  who  espoused  Margaret,  sole  daughter  and 
heir  of  William  Smyth,  of  Shirford  in  com.  Warw,  Esq.  but 
died  before  the  age  of  consummation,  by  a  fall  from  his  horse  in 
hunting. 

Third,  George,  settled  at  Holbeach,  in  com.  Staff,  who  mar- 
ried his  brother's  widow,  viz.  Marg.iret,  above-mentioned. 

Fourth,  John ;  fifth,  Robert  j  sixth,  Francis,  who  all  three 
died  unmarried. 

The  d.iughters  were;  Elizabeth,  the  wife  of  Francis  Wil- 
loughby,  of  Wollaton  in  com.  Nottingham,  from  whom  the 
Lord  Middleton  is  descended  5  Margaret,  married  Samuel  Mar- 
row, of  Berkeswell  in  com.  Warw.  Esq.;  Amphilis,  wife  of  Wil- 
liam Barneby,  of  Bockleton  in  Worcestershire,  Esq. ;  and  Frances, 
died  unmarried. 

By  different  inquisitions  taken  after  his  decease  at  Worcester, 
Stafford,  and  Salop,  he  was  found  to  die  seised  of  the  manor  and 
advowson,  with  the  rectory  impropriate,  of  Over-Areley ;  the 
manor  of  Clent  and  of  Prestwood,  with  lands  in  Sudgelev,  King's 
Swinford,  and  Kinfare,  by  the  service  of  keeping  the  hay  of  Ash- 
wood,  all  in  the  county  of  Stafford  5  of  the  manor  and  advowson 
of  Hagley;  the  manor  and  advowson  of  Old  Swinford,  and  five 
hamlets  thereunto  belonging  ;  the  manors  of  Cradeley  and  War- 
ley-Wigorn,  in  the  parish  of  Hales-owen  ;  the  several  manors  of 
Woodcote,  Dyers,  Timberhangre,  with  Pinton  Fields,  all  in  the 
parish  of  Bromsgrove  ;  the  manor  of  Groveley  in  Cofton-Hacket ; 
lands  in  Northfield,  Salwarp,  and  Elnibridge  ;  boilliries  of  salt  in 
Droitwich,  together  with  the  great  tithes  of  Wolverley  (held  by 
lease  of  the  church  of  Worcester)  all  in  the  county  of  Worcester. 
He  was  likewise  found  to  have  died  seised  of  the  scite  of  the  late 
dissolved  monastery  of  Hales  Owen,  and  of  the  several  manors  of 
Hales-Borough,  Romsle'y,  Ludley,  and  Oldbury  ;  together  with 
thirteen  townships  in  the  said  parish  of  Hales,  with  the  rectory 
impropriate  of  Hales,  Wailey,  St.  Kenelm  in  Kenelmstowe..  and 
advowson  of  the  vicarage  of  Hales  and  St.  Kenelm's  chapel ;  also 
of  the  manor  and  advowson,  with  tlie  rectory  impropriate  of 
Higley,  all  in  the  county  of  Salop  ;  of  divers  lands  and  tenements 
in  Llanyhangel,  Kevenlys,  Llandowy,  Stradenny,  and  Maentel,  all 
in  the  county  of  Radnor,  •" 

Gilbert,  his  son  and  heir,  served  in  parliament  for  Worces- 
tershire,  13  and  14  Eliz,  and  was  high  sheriff  there  the  2oth  of 

f  Orig.  Inquis  Rolb,  in  the  hands  of  Lord  Lytteltoo- 


33a  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

that  reign.  He  resided  chiefly  at  Prestwood,  in  com.  Staff,  where 
his  father  built  a  large  house,  part  of  which  was  lately  the  man- 
sion of  William  Foley,  Esq,  It  was  bought  by  Sir  John  Lyttel- 
ton,  of  Sutton,  Lord  Dudley ;  but  there  was  great  contention 
between  the  two  families,  before  the  Lytteltons  could  get  quiet 
possession  of  it.  s 

In  the  month  of  October,  1592,  Lord  Dudley  armed  one 
hundred  and  forty  persons,  and  came  by  night  to  Prestwood,  and 
forcibly  carried  ofi^34l  sheep,  14  kine,  1  bull,  and  8  fat  oxen, 
which  they  drove  to  Dudley,  and  there  kept  them.  Replevins 
were  immediately  taken,  but  not  delivered  by  the  bailifts,  for  fear 
of  their  being  cut  to  pieces.  After  Lord  Dudley  had  killed  and 
eaten  part  of  them,  the  remainder  were  sent  towards  Coventry, 
accompanied  by  sixty  armed  men,  in  order  to  be  sold;  but  his 
Lordship  changing  his  mind,  he  raised  the  inhabitants  of  Dudley, 
Sedgley,  Kingswinford,  and  Rowley,  to  the  number  of  six  or 
seven  hundred  persons,  who  brought  them  back  to  Dudley  castle, 
where  they  roasted  them  all.  Upon  this  violent  proceeding,  a 
bill  was  filed  in  the  Star-chamber  against  Lord  Dudley  and  his 
adherents  J  where,  upon  full  proof  of  these  illegal  outrages,  a  re- 
ference was  proposed  and  accepted,  and  articles  were  signed  the 
24th  of  May,  1395,  whereby  Lord  Dudley  agreed  to  pay  one 
thousand  marks  to  Mr.  Lyttelton,  and  all  farther  suit  to  cease.  *> 

This  Gilbert  Lyttelton  took  to  wife  Elizabeth,  daughter  of 
Humphry  Coningsby,  of  Nyend-Solers  in  Shropshire,  and  of 
Hampton-Court  in  com.  Hereford,  Esq.  by  whom  he  had  three 
sons,  and  one  daughter. 

First,  John. 

Second,  Humphry  3  third,  Gilbert,  who  both  died  unmar- 
ried. 

Anne,  his  only  daughter,  was  the  wife  of  Sir  Thomas  Corn- 
wall, Baron  ofEurford;  which  Anne  lived  to  a  very  great  age, 
and  died  the  30th  of  January,  16.56,  aged  eighty-seven,  and  was 
buried  in  Eastham  church  in  Worcestershire. 

Mr.  Lyttelton  departed  this  life  on  the  1st  of  June,  1509,  at 
his  house  in  the  White  Friars,  London,  in  the  fifty-ninth  year 
of  his  age,  and  was  interred  in  the  parish  church  of  Hales-Owen. 

By  several  inquisitions  taken  after  his  death,  he  was  found  to 
die  seised  of  all  the  manors  and  lands  recited  in  the  foregoing  in- 


g  Erdeswick's  Staffbrdshire,  p  134. 
h  Orig.  papers,  in  the  hands  of  Lord  Lyttelton 


LORD  LYTTELTON.  33/ 

tjuisitionsj  also  of  the  manors  of  Shirford,  Fletchamsted,,  New- 
bold,  Eysirijjhill,  Kirkley,  Kingscote,  and  Stretton-Baskerville  i 
with  the  advowsou  also  of  Stretton,  and  divers  lauds  and  tene- 
ments in  Cheping-Dercet,  Temple-Grafton,  Weston  under  We- 
thele,  Ausley,  Billingsley,  Cowndon  Brinklow,  Hyde,  and  /fVttel- 
borough,  all  in  the  county  of  Warwick;  also  of  the  manor  of 
Hinkley,  and  lands  and  tenements  in  Wigston  and  Loughborough, 
in  the  county  of  Leicester;  and  certain  lands,  &c.  in  Onely  and 
Barby,  in  the  county  of  Northampton,  i 

Elizabeth,  his  widow,  survived  him  near  twenty  years,  and 
died  about  the  year  ]608. 

JoH>f,  his  eldest  son  and  heir,  sat  in  parliament  for  the  county 
of  Worcester,  the  27th  and  28th  of  Eliz.  his  father  and  grand- 
father then  living  ;  and  again  in  the  3c)th  yp.ar  of  the  same  reign. *^ 
Being  a  man  much  respected  for  his  wit  and  valour  (to  use  the 
great  Sir  Francis  Bacon's  words,  in  his  account  of  this  gentleman's 
conduct  in  Lord  Essex's  plot')nr.d  ;)  Roman  Catholic,  he  was 
courted  by  Lord  Essex  and  his  friends;  and  in  some  measure 
drawn  in  by  Sir  Charles  Davers  to  that  conspiracy  which  cost 
Essex  his  head,  and  Lyttelton  his  estate,  for  he  was  tried  and  con- 
demned for  high  treason  at  the  King'^-Bench  bar,  on  February 
20th,  I(J00-1.  The  evidence  on  which  the  jury  convicted  him 
was  very  slender  to  amount  to  high  treason  ;  the  utmost  that  was 
proved  against  him,  being  no  more  than  that  he  came  to  Drury- 
house  at  the  close  of  a  treasonable  consultation.  He  was  charged 
indeed  to  have  designed  some  mischief  and  sedition  by  the  great 
number  of  horses  and  quantity  of  arms  he  had  in  his  inn,  to 
which  he  answered  :  "  That  his  estate  was  able  to  maintain  good 
store  of  horses,  and  that  he  always  delighted  in  arms  and  horses." 
Being  condemned,  he  said  no  more,  but  lifting  up  his  eyes  to 
heaven,  "  We  praise  thee,  O  God,  we  acknowledge  thee  to  be  the 
Lord."  '" 

Sir  Walter  Raleigh  was  at  that  time  in  great  favour  and  power 
at  court,  and  was  remarkably  warm  in  prosecuting  Lord  Essex, 
and  his  unfortunate  adherents,  with  the  utmost  rigour.  A  very 
large  sum  of  money,  privately  paid  him  by  Mr.  Lyttelton  and 


i  Orig.  Inquis  Rolls,  in  Lord  Lyttelton's  hands. 
k  Vis-  Salop,  ut  supra- 
1  Declaration  of  the  treason  and  practices  of  the  Earl  of  Essex,  410.  printed 
in  16011  by  Ft-  Bacon. 

m  Camden's  Annals  of  Queen  Elizabeth)  in  English,  p.  620. 
VOL.  VIII.  z 


338  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

Bainham,  so  far  indeed  operated  upon  him,  that  be  saved  their 
lives,  but  not  their  estates.  " 

The  following  most  excellent  letter,  written  from  the  dungeon 
in  Newgate,  to  Sir  Walter,  shews  the  greatness  of  Lyttelton's 
spirit,  and  deserved  far  better  at  the  hands  of  Raleigh, 

"  Sir, 
"  It  is  not  worthye  the  vertue  and  honour  you  professe  to  per- 
secute persons  fallen  into  misfortunes.  If  heretofore  you  have 
borne  me  causelesse  displeasure,  now  of  all  others  is  the  time 
leste  seasonable  to  shewe  it.  Remember,  Sir,  what  it  is  to  be 
truely  noble,  and  how  it  agreeth  not  with  generous  hartes  to  de- 
light to  trample  upon  dejected  fortunes.  It  is  nowe  in  your  power 
to  do  me  good  or  ill  othcesj  if  you  do  me  ill,  you  shall  wrong 
your  own  reputation  ;  if  you  do  me  good,  you  shall  give  me  cawse 
to  be  thankfull.  There  is  allredy  betweene  your  son  and  me  one 
tye  in  blood  and  nature  :  I  could  be  contenfe  you  did  now  double 
the  knot  with  offices  of  love  and  friendship.  To  begge  your  favour 
in  the  state  I  stand,  were  too  much  basenesse  ;  to  refuse  it,  were 
arrogancy  and  indiscretion  :  but  to  require  you  to  do  me  no  harm, 
is  but  justice,  and  that  one  gentleman  of  right  oweth  to  another. 
What  construction  you  will  make  of  this,  or  what  is  nowe  meete 
to  be  don,  I  must  refer  to  your  own  judgment,  and  so  I  ende. 

"  J.  Lyttelton."  • 

He  was  removed  from  Newgate  to  the  King's  Bench  prison, 
Southwark,  shortly  after  his  conviction,  where  he  lived  but  a  few 
months,  being  sick  (saith  Camden)  of  an  irrecoverable  disease  at 
the  time  of  his  trial ;  p  and  dying  on  the  25th  of  July,  l601,  aged 
thirty-nine,  was  interred  in  the  church  of  St.  George,  in  that 
borough. 

Mr.  Habingdon  (the  Worcestershire  antiquary)  in  a  letter  to 
his  son.  Sir  Thomas  Lyttelton,  dated  anno  J  630,  has  these  words: 
"  Sir,  if  you  would  lay  but  a  stone  over  your  father,  and  write 
thereon  but  John  Lyttelton,  Esq.  the  same  will  sufficiently  blaze 
his  exceeding  worth." 

In  Habingdon's  account  of  the  Lyttelton  family,  in  his  Survey 

n  Martin's  Chron  in  tbe  Additions  by  B.  R.  A.  M.  also  original  papers 
in  Lord  Lyttelton's  custody. 

»  Ibid.  p  Annals  of  Queen  Elizabeth. 


LORD  LYTTELTON.  339 

of  Worcestershire,  he  gives  the  following  character  of  him  : 
"  John  Lyttelton,  a  man  of  that  undaunted  spirit,  as  he  trampled 
over  all  afflictions ;  scorning  as  du^t  his  large  revenues;  and  of 
that  resignation  and  submission  to  allmighty  God,  as  he  esteemed 
himself  not  a  man,  but  a  worm,  of  all  which  I  being  an  eye  wit- 
ness, doe  hope  that  this  heir  of  the  worthy  judge  hath  so  acquitted 
himself  at  the  tribunal  of  our  eterml  Judge,  that  his  faults  and 
imperfections  being  washed  away  by  the  blood  of  Christ,  he  pos- 
sesseth  never-ending  felicitye  :  and  I  wiah  these  my  poore  lines 
were  a  tomb  of  brass  to  celebrate  his  memorial."'' 

He  left  issue  by  Muriel,  his  wife,  daughter  of  Sir  Thomas 
Bromley,  Knt.  lord  high  chancellor  of  England  (temp.  Eliz.  R.) 
by  Elizabeth,  the  daughter  of  Sir  Adrian  Fortescue,  Knight,  three 
sons,  and  five  daughters  viz. 

First,  Thomas. 

Second,  John,  who  was  captain  of  horse,  and  adjutant  to  the 
Earl  of  Southampton,  in  the  Netherlands,  where  he  lost  his  life  in 
an  engagement,  ann3  l62Q. 

Third,  Edward,  vi'ho  died  unmarried. 

Of  the  daughters,  Elizabeth  and  Joan  died  young. 

Bridget  was  the  wife  of  Sir  John  Tracy,  of  Fairford  and  Tod- 
dington,  in  com.  Gloucester,  gr^at  great  grandfather  to  the  last 
Lords  Tracy.  She  lies  buried  in  Fairford  church,  and  appears  by 
her  epitaph,  written  by  her  daughter,  to  have  been  mistress  of  the 
learned  languages. 

Anne,  the  fourth  daughter,  was  married  to  Edward  Lilth-ton, 
Esq.  afterwards  lord  keeper,  and  Baron  of  Mounslow,  in  Shrop- 
shire. She  ■■  died  the  6th  of  February,  1623,  and  was  buried  in 
the  church  of  the  Inner  Temple. 

Jane,  the  fifth,  was  the  wife  of  Sherington  Talbot,  of  Sal- 
warp,  in  com.  Wigorn,  Esq.  from  whom  descended  Mr.  Ivoiy 
Talbot,  of  Lacock,  the  Earl  of  Sussex,  and  other  families  of  con- 
sideration. 

On  Queen  Elizabeth's  death,  King  James  L  well  weighing 
how  popular  a  man  the  Earl  of  Essex  was,  and  so  consequently 
all  those  who  took  part  with  him  were  esteemed  by  the  vulgar, 
unto  whom  an  act  of  mercy  could  not  but  be  very  grateful,  espe- 


q  MS.  (in  the  possession  of  Charles  Lord  Bishop  of  Carlisle)  in  his  ac- 
count of  the  manor  of  Frankley.     Dugd  Orig  Jurid.  p.  177. 

r  Seymour's  Survey  of  London,  vol  i.  p-  790,  and  Stow's  Survey,  p.  762, 
edit  1633. 


340  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

cially  at  his  first  coming  to  the  crown,  granted  back,  by  letters 
patent,  the  whole  estate  unto  Muriel,  widow  of  John  Lyttelton^ 
and  his  children  ;  and,  farther,  an  act  of  parliament  also  passed 
the  first  year  of  that  reign,  for  reversing  the  attainder,  and  restor- 
ing the  blood  of  his  issue. 

Muriel  survived  him  twenty-eight  years,  in  which  time  she 
paid,  by  savings  out  of  her  jointure,  the  sum  of  9OOO/.  and  up- 
wards, debts  which  her  husband  and  his  father  had  contracted ; 
and  though  she  exercised  a  proper  frugality,  yet  was  remarkably 
hospitable  and  charitable  :  but  the  most  glorious  part  of  her  con- 
duct, was  the  breeding  up  her  children  in  the  Protestant  religion, 
their  ancestors  having  from  the  reformation  to  that  time  adhered 
to  the  old  errors  of  the  church  of  Rome,  After  a  life  thus  spent 
in  good  works,  she  exchanged  it  tor  a  better,  dying  at  Hagiey- 
hall,  the  10th  day  of  April,  l630,  where  in  the  churchyard  she 
lies  buried  under  a  plain  tomb,  amongst  her  poor  neighbours ;  as 
she  expressly  directed  by  her  last  wmIL 

Sir  Thomas,  her  eldest  son, Jirst  Baronet,  was  chosen  Knight 
for  Worcestershire,  in  the  two  last  parliamtmts  of  King  James  I. 
and  three  others  of  King  Charles  I.  Anno  l(5l3,  he  served  the 
office  of  high  sheriff  of  Staffordshire.  Anno  J  6' 1 8,  he  was  knighted 
at  Whitehall,  having  a  few  months  before  been  created  a  Baronet. 
Upon  the  breaking  out  of  the  civil  war,  he  adhered  to  the  King's 
party.  The  county  of  Worcester  being  entirely  in  his  Majesty's 
interest.  Sir  Thomas  had  the  chief  military  command  there,  the 
King  by  letter  dated  the  25th  of  June,  \Qi2,  ordering  him  to  re- 
pair immediately  to  his  house  in  Worcestershire,  where  he  was 
appointed  colonel  of  all  the  militia,  and  commissioner  of  array 
jointly  with  the  Lords  Dudley  and  Coventry,  Sir  John  Packington 
and  others.  *  The  year  following,  I  find  liim  a  member  of  the 
Oxford  parliament ;  and  the  very  next  year  he  was  taken  in  armg 
at  Bewdley,  by  the  parliament  forces,  and  stieightly  confined  in 
the  Tower  of  London.  '  During  his  imprisonment,  his  estate  was 
put  under  sequestration  ;  an  order  of  the  10th  of  March,  1644-5, 
passing  the  house,  that  Sir  Thomas  Lyttelton  should  pay  four 
thousand  pounds  for  his  delinquency.  "  About  this  time  also,  his 
line  seat  at  FranJdey  was  burnt  to  the  ground  by  Prince  Rupert, 
having  been  garrisoned  by  the  Prince  for  the  King  ;  and  he,  being 
obliged  to  dislodgi-,   look   this  effectual  method,   to  prevent  the 

s  Original  in  the  hands  of  Lord  Lyttelton. 
t  Whitlock's  Memorial,  p  83. 
«  Joiiriiu'is  of  the  Housi  of  Cuninions,  dc  hoc  anno. 


LORD  LYTTELTON.  S4\ 

enemy  making  the  like  use  of  it.  Sir  Thomas  obtained  his  liberty- 
after  some  years  close  confinement,  but  enjoyed  it  a  very  short 
time,  dying  on  the  22d  of  February,  l649-.^0,  at  Newcastle  house, 
in  Clerkenwell,  and  was  interred  in  Worcester  cathedral. 

He  had  issue  by  Catherine,  his  wife,  daughter  and  sole  heir  to 
Sir  Thomas  Crompton,  of  Driffield  in  Yorkshire,  by  Muriel, 
sister  of  Henry,  Viscount  Falkland,  lord  deputy  of  Ireland,  twelve 
sons,  and  four  daughters,  viz. 

First,  John  ;  second,  Thomas  ;  third,  Horatio  ;  fourth,  Henry? 
fifth,  another  Henrys  sixth,  Edward;  seventh,  Charles  ;  eighth, 
Constantinej  ninth,  V/illiam  3  tenth,  Arthur  5  eleventh,  Ferdi- 
nand© 5  twelfth,  George. 

The  daughters  were,  Catherine j  Mary;  Anne;  and  another 
Catherine 

John  and  Thomas,  the  two  eldest,  were  unfortunately  drowned 
in  the  river  Cherwel,  near  Magdalen  college,  Oxford,  where  in 
the  chapel,  under  a  very  fair  monument,  their  remains  were  in- 
terred ;  on  which  is  inscribed  the  following  epitaph  written  by 
their  father  : 

Johannes  &  Thomas 

Lyttelton 

Eximiae  spei  adolescentuli, 

Thomje  Lyttelton,  Militis  & 

Baronetti,  ex  lectissima  juxta 

Atque  maestissima  Domina  Catherina 

Conjuge  filii  natu  majores  hie 

Obdormiscunt  :   quos  innoxie 

Obambulantes,  in  campo  minorem 

Lubricus  pes  in  undam  misit, 

Majorem  pietas  sua. 

Sic  ausum  repetere  fratrem,  & 

Felici  hoc  quasi  compendio, 

Totam  explicantem  indolem, 

Invicem  flagranter  complexos, 

Una  mortis  horula  absorpsit, 

Duro  &  prsepropero  fato. 

Diem  suum  obierunt,  alter  xvii 

Alter  xiii  nnnos  nati, 

Maii  nono,  M.D.CXXXV. 

Nescis  qua  hora 

Vigila. 


342  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

In  Cowley's  works  we  have  an  elegy  on  these  two  unfortunate 
youths, 

Henry,  Arthur,  and  Horatio,  died  young. 

The  other  Henry  was  heir  to  his  father. 

Edward  was  killed  in  a  duel  at  Worcester,  and  buried  in  the 
cathedral  near  his  father. 

Constantine  married  a  daughter  of  Sir  Thomas  Jones,  one  of 
the  judges  of  the  King's  Bench,  and  died  in  Jamaica,  o.t  Dectmber 
31st,  1662,  leaving  no  issue. 

Charles  became  heir  to  his  brother  Henry,  of  whom  inore 
afterwards. 

William  was  captain  of  horse,  and  gentleman  usher  to  the 
Queen  of  Bohemia,  and  died  unmarried. 

As  did  Ferdinando,  who  was  groom  of  the  bed-chamber  to  the 
Duke  of  York,  and  having  a  regiment  of  horse  in  the  French 
King's  service,  lost  his  life  in  an  engagement  upon  the  Rhine, 
temp.  Car.  II. 

George,  the  youngest,  was  major  in  Prince  George  of  Den- 
mark's regiment,  and  mairied  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  the  famous 
Sir  Thomas  Brown,  of  Norwich.  He  died  at  Windsor,  without 
issue,  and  was  buried  in  St.  George's  chapel  there,  and  on  his 
grave-stone  has  this  inscription,  ^  "  Here  lyeth  the  body  of  major 
George  Lyttelton,  twelfth  son  of  Sir  Thomas  Lyttelton,  in  the 
county  of  Worcester,  Knight  and  Baronet,  who  departed  this  life 
May  31st,  anno  dom.  171/^  aged  seventy-seven." 

The  daughters  all  died  unmarried  ;  two  of  whom  lie  buried  in 
Lichfield  cathedral,  with  an  inscription  on  them. 

A  handsome  monument  was  erected  to  the  memory  of  Sir 
Thomas,  and  his  wife,  in  Worcester  cathedral,  with  the  follow- 
ing epitaph : 

Near  this  place,  under 

A  black  stone  lies  interred 

The  body  of  Sir  Thomas  Lyttelton 

Of  Frank  ley  in  the  county  of 

Worcester  Knt.  and  Bart,  who  died 

In  the  year  of  our  Lord  1650, 

Aged  fifty-senven  yeares. 
And  under  the  same  stone  also 
The  body  of  Dame  Catharine 

X  Pole's  History  and  Antiq  of  Windsor,  p-  384. 


LORD  LYTTELTON.  343 

Lyttelton,  his  wife,  daughter 

And  sole  heir  of  Sir  Thomas 

Crompton,  in  the  county  of 

York,  Knt.  who  died  in  the 

Year  of  our  Lord  1666, 
Aged  sixty-seaven  yeares. 

At  the  top  of  the  monument  is  placed  a  shield,  containing  the 
arms  of  Lyttelton,  viz.  argent,  a  chevron  between  three  escallops, 
sable,  with  the  arms  of  Ulster  in  a  canton,  impaling  those  of 
Crompton,  viz.  gules,  a  fess  between  three  lions  rampant,  or. 
N.  B.  the  fess  should  have  been  wavy,  and  not  plain. 

Upon  a  flat  grave-stone,  under  the  monument,  (which  was 
lately  removed,  together  with  all  the  other  grave-stones,  in  the 
body  and  side  isles  of  the  cathedral)  was  this  inscription  in  capital 
letters  : 

Let  no  man  slight. 
His  mortalitie 
Anno  \Q4g.y 

These  words  were  appointed  to  be  hereon  inscribed 
by  Sir  Thomas  Lyttelton,  of  Frankley  in  the 
county  of  Worcester,  Knt.  and  Bart,  who  died  the 
22d  of  February,  1 649,  and  was  buried  under  this 
stone,  together  with  Dame  Katharine,  his  wife, 
who  died  the  24th  of  June,  1666,  full  of  years  and 
good  works. 


D 


Sir  Thomas  got  a  very  good  estate  with  this  lady ;  but  the 
whole  was  sold  by  him  and  his  son.  Sir  Henry,  while  they  were 
under  imprisonment  and  sequestration,  for  adhering  to  the  royal 
cause.  She  brought  him  the  manors  of  Skidby  and  Euston,  with 
lands  and  tenements  in  Beverley,  Ayke,  Rippon,  Holdenby,  Dar- 
field.  Thorp,  and  Slatborn,  together  with  the  advowson  of  Slat- 
born,  also  the  rectorial  tithes  of  Willesdale,  alias  Guilsdalej  a 
moiety  of  a  mill  in  Norton  and  Sutton,  all  in  the  county  of  York  ; 
the  rectory  impropriate  of  St.  Olaves,  in  York  city  j  the  tithes  of 

y  The  dates  of  the  year  of  his  death  are  different,  but  cut  so  on  the 
stones. 


344  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

Barrow,  Possenhill,  Arlestree,  Swynney,  Wigwick,  Harley,  Acton 
Round,  and  Payntcn,  all  in  the  county  of  Salop ;  the  manor  of 
Hounslow,  in  Middlesex  ;  the  rectory  impropriate,  and  advowson 
of  the  vicarage  of  Laxton,  in  com.  Nottingham  ;  the  rectory  im- 
propriate, and  advowson  of  the  vicarage  of  All  Saints,  in  North- 
ampton J  with  divers  lands  and  tenements  in  Blisworth,  com. 
Northampton  ;  lands  and  tenements  in  Kirkby-Kendal,  in  West- 
morland ;  with  the  rectory  impropriate,  and  advowson  of  the 
said  vicarage,  and  the  chantry  lands  formerly  belonging  to  the 
said  church;  lands  and  tenements  in  Litherland,  Beckenshaw, 
and  RufFord,  in  Lancashire;  with  divers  buildings  in  Hare-court, 
at  the  Inner  Temple,  London,  called  Crompton  s  Buildings.  ^  In 
his  last  will,  dated  December  20th,  l644,  "  Concerning  my 
goods  (he  says)  which  by  these  unhappy  wars  are  of  small  value, 
I  give  my  jewels,  plate,  and  chattels  of  all  sorts,  to  my  wife,  ex- 
cept   3  to  my  nephew,  John  Tracy,  Esq.  my  ruby 

ring;  to  Sherington  Talbot,  Esq.  20/.  to  my  wife  500/.  to  the 
poor  of  Halesowen,  10/.  and  of  Hagley,  five  marks,  &c."  ^ 

Sir  Henry,  second  Baronet,  thefifth,  but  eldest  survimng  son, 
succeeded  his  father  in  title  and  estate.  Anno  l654,  he  was 
seized  by  warrant  from  Cromwell,  and  confined  in  the  Tower,  on 
suspicion  of  having  designs  to  subvert  the  governnient,  a  large 
quantity  of  arms  being  discovered  in  a  private  chamber,  at  his 
house  at  Hagley.  ^  He  was  kept  a  close  prisoner  seventeen 
months ;  his  estate  put  under  sequestration,  and  the  then  ex- 
pensive office  of  the  sheriffalty  of  Worcestershire  laid  upon  him 
(anno  \Q55)  during  his  confinement.  A  very  short  time  before 
the  restoration  took  place,  he  was  honoured  with  the  following 
letter  from  the  King,  all  written  in  his  own  hand  ;  which  shews 
how. high  a  value  the  King  set  upon  his  services : 

"  Brussels,  Jan.  8th,  i66o. 
*'  To  Sir  Henry  Lyttelton, 

"  I  am  well  informed  how  much  and  how  often  you  have  suf- 
fered for  me,  and  how  much  I  am  beholding  to  all  your  relations, 
and  you  may  be  very  sure  I  have  the  sense  of  it  that  I  ought  to 
have,  of  which  you  shall  one  day  have  evidence ;  in  the  mean 
time  cherish  your  health,  and  prepare  for  better  times  which  we 

z  From  original  papers,  in  Lord  Lyttelton's  custody, 
a  Ex  Autographoin  Curia  Perogativi 
ij  Thurloe's  State  Papers 


LORD  LYTTELTON.  345 

shall  enjoy  together.     Commend  me  to  all  your  friends,  and  be 
confident  you  shall  always  find  me  to  be 

"  Your  affectionate  friend 

"  Charles  R."'= 

Anno  1660,  he  was  chosen  member  of  parliament  for  the  city 
of  Litchfield;  and  the  same  year  I  find  him  one  of  the  jury  for 
the  trial  of  the  regicides. 

He  was  twice  married,  viz.  first  to  Philadelphia,  daughter  and 
coheir  of  Thomas  Gary,  Esq.  second  son  to  Robert,  Earl  of  Mon- 
mouth, by  whom  he  had  no  issue.  This  lady  died  at  Tunbridge 
Wells,  in  her  attendance  on  the  Queen  (to  whom  she  was  lady  of 
the  bedchamber)  the  2d  of  August,  l663,  and  was  interred  in  the 
parish  church  of  Tunbridge,  where  an  elegant  monument  was 
erected  to  her  memory,  with  the  following  epitaph,  written  by 
Dr.  Alestree,  provost  of  Eton  : 

H.  S.  L 

Philadelphia  Lytteltov 

Fortunae  corporis,  animae  dotibus 

Quantum  capit  mortalitas 

Illustris. 

In  Thalamis  virgo 

In  urbe  matrona 

In  aula  demum  ipsa  Christiana 

Nullibi  honestius  forma. 

Nee  pulchrius  virtus  habitabat  j 

Inter  profligates  iniquissimi  temporis  mores 

Candorem,  modestiam,  pietatem,  fidem, 

Profiteri  ausa  est  et  colere, 

Tanto  melior  quo  malis  proprior. 

Dolendum  interim. 

Quod  quae  inter  ignes,  nives 

Et  morbos  incolumitatem  retinuit, 

Mediis  in  aquis,  flammas 

Et  vitse  praesidiis,  mortem  reperit : 

Siquidem 

Ad  Tunbrigienses  fontes, 

Ardente  correpta  febre 

Immortalitate  digna  et  Deo  matura, 

c  Original,  in  the  hands  of  the  Lord  Bishop  of  Carlisle 


346  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

Ad  coslestem  aulam  transiit, 

Mensis  Aug.  die  2°.  anno  l663. 

^tat.  32. 

Serenissimae  Catharinae  Angliae  Reginae 

A  Privata  Camera. 

Henrici  Lyttelton 

In  agro  Wigorn^  Baronetti 

Uxor. 

ThoMjE  Gary 

RoBERTi  Gomitis  Monumethen.  F. 

Et 

Serenissimo  Garolo  I'""  a  Cubiculo 

Filia  natu  major 

Et 
Ex  semisse  haeres. 

His  second  wife  was  the  Hon.  Elizabeth  Newport,  daughter 
of  Francis,  Viscount  Newport  (afterwards  Earl  of  Bradford)  by 
whom  also  he  had  no  issue.  She  survived  him  above  thirty 
years,  and  became  wife  to  Edward  Harvey,  of  Gomb  in  Surry, 
Esq. 

Sir  Henry  died  at  Over-Arley  in  Staffordshire  (where  he 
chiefly  resided)  the  24th  of  June,  1(593,  aged  sixty-nine ;  and 
was  buried  in  that  church,  where  is  a  very  handsome  monument 
erected  to  his  memory,  ornamented  with  a  shield,  containing  his 
own  arras  and  supporters,  and  eleven  quarterings,  with  the  fol- 
lowing inscription  : 

In  the  vault  beneath  is  interred  the  body  of  Sir 
Henry  Lyttelton  Baronet  of  Frankley,  in  the 
county  of  Worcester;  who  died  the  24th  of  June, 
l6o3,  aged  6q  years.  He  was  first  married  to  Mrs. 
Philadelphia  Gary,  one  of  the  daughters  and 
coheirs  of  Mr.  Thomas  Gary,  son  of  the  Earl  of 
Monmouth;  and  after  her  death  to  the  Hon.  Mrs. 
Elizabeth  Newport,  of  Bradford  in  Shropshire; 
to  whose  memory  this  monument  is  erected  by  his 
brother  and  heir.  Sir  Gharles  I/Yttelton,  Kct. 
and  Bart. 

In  the  chancel  of  this  church  lies  also  buried  his 
brother^  Gaptain  William  Lyttelton,  and  his 


LORD  LYTTELTON.  347 

beloved  nephew,  Henry  Lyttelton,  eldest  son 
of  Sir  Chaklks  Lyttelton. 

Sir  Charles,  third  Baronet,  brother  and  heir  to  Sir  Henrv, 
took  to  arms  early  in  his  youth  ;  and,  during  the  civil  wars,  was 
in  the  town  of  Colchester,  when  it  underwent  that  severe  siege 
from  Cromwell's  forces.  After  the  surrender  of  the  town,  he 
escaped  into  France;  but  returned  to  England  in  the  year  \65Q, 
just  before  Sir  George  Booth's  rising  in  Cheshire  for  the  King. 
How  considerable  a  share  he  had  in  that  bold  and  spirited  at- 
tempt, to  restore  the  King  and  constitution,  appears  by  the  fol- 
lowing passage,  in  Lord  Mordaunt's  letter  to  the  King,  concern- 
ing that  transaction  : 

'«  Calais,  Oct.  nth,  1659. 
"  Charles  Lyttelton  landed  here  yesterday,  and  desires  his 
duty  may  be  humbly  presented  to  your  Majesty.  I  cannot  for- 
bear doing  him  right  to  assure  your  Majesty,  no  person  appeared 
more  considerable  (Sir  George  Booth  only  excepted)  than  he  3 
and  he  had  undoubtedly  carried  Shrewsbury,  but  that  one  mis- 
fortune on  another  happened,  &c." 

That  design  miscarrying,  he  was  taken  prisoner,  and  confined 
in  the  Gatehouse,  Westminster ;  but  soon  obtaining  his  liberty,  he 
returned  to  his  royal  master,  and  served  him  in  a  private  capacity 
with  more  success  than  he  had  been  able  to  do  in  a  public  one  j 
for  it  appears  by  other  letters,  in  the  Ormond  Collection  (from 
whence  the  above  was  extracted'')  that  he  was  employed  on 
many  secret  and  important  messages,  between  the  King  and  his 
friends  in  England,  at  that  critical  conjuncture,  just  preceding  the 
restoration.  How  favourably  Sir  Edward  Hyde  thought  of  him, 
at  that  time,  though  he  does  not  vouchsafe  to  mention  him  in  his 
history,  appears  from  the  following  letter  of  his  to  the  Marquis 
of  Ormond : 

*'  Colonel  Whitley  tells  me,  that  Charles  Lyttelton  is  gone 
post  to  the  King,  with  letters  to  the  King  from  my  Lord  Mor- 
daunt.  I  shall  not  need  to  desire  you  to  make  very  much  of 
Charles  Lyttelton,  who  is  a  very  worthy  young  man;  and,  I  pray 
you  oblige  him  to  tell  you    (and  call  to  him  from  me)  the  plea- 

<l  Carte's  Collection  of  Letters,  vol.  ii.  p.  227. 


348  PEERAGE  OF  ENGIAND 

sant  discourse  he  had  with  Lord  Berkeley,  the  morning  before  his 
departure  5  and  if  he  be  not  worth  his  weight  in  gold,  &c/' ' 

Anno  1 662,  he  was  knighted,  and  went  soon  after  to  Jamaica, 
with  Lord  Windsor,  as  lieutenant-governor  j  who  quickly  leaving 
that  island,  on  account  of  ill  health,  Sir  Charles  Lyttelton  re- 
mained sole  governor,  and  built  the  town  of  Port  Royal,  which 
was  ahnost  entirely  destroyed  by  the  great  earthquake,  in  I692. 
On  his  return  to  England,  he  was  appointed  colonel  of  the  Duke 
of  York's  regiment.  Anno  1673,  he  was  made  governor  of 
Sheerness  and  Landguard  fort ;  and  had  other  employments  under 
the  crown  in  the  reign  of  King  Charles  IL  During  King  James 
IPs  reign,  he  sat  in  parliament  for  the  borough  of  Bewdley,  and 
bad  the  command  of  the  Princess  of  Denmark's  legiment,  and 
was  brigadier-general  tiil  the  revolution,  when  he  resigned  all  his 
employments,  on  account  of  the  oaths,  and  retired  to  his  house  at 
West-Sheene,  near  Richmond,  till  his  brother  Sir  Henry's  death, 
when  he  settled  at  Hagley,  for  the  remainder  of  his  life. 

He  was  twice  married  :  first,  to  Catherine,  daughter  of  Sir 
William  Fairfax,  of  Steton  in  Yorkshire,  Knight,  (and  widow  of 
Mr.  Lister)  by  whom  he  had  one  son,  born  at  sea,  in  their  passage 
from  England  to  Jamaica  j  who,  together  with  the  mother,  died 
not  long  after  in  that  island,  and  were  both  interred  in  the  church 
of  Spanish  Town.  A  monument  was  erected  there  to  her  me- 
mory, on  which  are  inscribed  these  epitaphs : 

M.S. 

His  jacet  Cathakina  Lyttelton, 

Filia  D.  D.  Gul.  Fairfax,  de  Steton  in  comitatu 

Eboracensi,  Equitis  Aurati.     Uxor  D.  D. 

Caroli  Lyttelton,  Equitis  Aurati, 

Et  in  Jamaica  Vice-Gubernatoris  3 

Obiit  Januar,  26. 

1662. 

Hie  situs  est  Henricus  Lyttelton,  D.  D. 

Caroli  Lyttelton  et  Catharinje  uxoris 

Suae  in  vicina  sepultae  filiolus  seraestris 

Obiit  Feb.  1.  A.  D.  1 662. 

e  Carte's  Collection  of  Letters,    vol  ii.  .227. 


LORD  LYTTELTON.  849 

His  second  wife  was  Anne,  daughter  and  coheir  of  Thomas 
Temple,  of  Frankton  in  Warwickshire,  by  Rebecca,  daughter  of 
Sir  Nicholas  Carew,  of  Beddington  in  Surry,  Knt.  who  brought 
him  five  sons,  and  eight  daughters,  viz. 

Henry  and  Charles,  who  died  in  their  infancy. 

Another  Henry,  who  was  captain  of  horse,  and  died  unmar- 
ried;  another  Charles,  who  took  to  wife  Anne,  daughter  and 
heir  of  Thomas  Saunders,  of  Beechwood  in  Hertfordshire,  Esq, 
(and  widow  of  Sir  Thomas  Sebright,  of  Besford  in  Worcestershire, 
Bart.)  by  whom  he  had  no  issue.  He  departed  this  life  August 
16th,  1712,  and  was  buried  at  Over-Arley. 

Thomas,  \hejifth  son,  became  heir  to  his  father. 

Of  the  daughters,  Anne;  Elizabeth;  Anne  Charlotte,  died 
young;  Catherine  died  unmarried,  May  24th,  1742;  Cary  was 
the  wife  of  Sir  Theophilus  Biddulph,  of  Elmhurst  in  Staffordshire, 
Bart,  and  died  April  18th,  1741  ;  Mary  was  married  to  William 
Plowden,  of  Plowden  in  Shropshire,*^  and  died  January  15th, 
1745-6;  Anne  married  Joseph  Amphlett,  of  dentin  Stafford- 
shire, Esq.  and  died  May  25th  of  May,  1715  ;  and  Octavia,  the 
youngest,  died  unmarried. 

Sir  Charles  s  lived  to  a  great  age,  having  the  perfect  enjoy- 
ment of  his  health  and  senses  to  his  eighty-seventh  year.  He  de- 
parted this  life  at  his  seat  at  Hagley,  on  May  2d,  1716.  Dame 
Anne,  his  widow,  survived  him  two  years,  dying  on  August  27th, 
17 18,  and  was  buried  by  her  husband  in  the -vault  at  Over- 
Arley.  '' 

Sir  THOMA<i,  fourth  Baronet,  the  fifth  but  only  surviving  son, 
succeeded  his  father  in  title  and  estates.  He  was  thrice  chosen 
knight  of  the  shire  for  Worcestershire,  and  sat  in  one  parliament 
for  the  borough  of  Camelford  in  Cornwall.  Anno  1727?  he  was 
appointed  a  lord  of  the  admiralty,  which  he  resigned  anno  1741  ; 
and  at  the  same  time  declined  a  re-election  to  parliament  on  ac- 
count of  ill  health  and  infirmities.  He  married  Christian,  maid 
of  honour  to  Queen  Anne,  daughter  to  Sir  Richard  Temple,  of 
Stow  in  Bucks,  Bart,  (by  Mary,  the  daughter  and  coheir  of 
Henry  Knap,  of  Weston  in  Oxfordshire,  Esq.)  and  sister  the  late 
Lord  Viscount  Cobham,  by  whom  he  had  six  sons,  and  as  many 
daughters, 

f  They  had  issue  a  daughter,  the  wife  of  Mr.  Wright,  a  banker  in  Covent 
Garden     She  died  in  child-bed,  March  30th,  1739 
g  See  a  portrait  of  him  in  Harding'*  Edition  of  the  Memtin  of  Qi ammotr . 


350  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

Fi rst,  George ,  Jirs t  peer. 

Second,  Thomas,  who  was  page  of  honour  to  the  Princess 
Royal  Anne,  and  died  unmarried  on  April  l6th,  1729, 

Third,  Charles,  formerly  of  the  Middle  Temple,  and  barrister 
of  law  5  but  entering  into  holy  orders,  in  August,  1742,  became 
rector  of  Alvechurch,  in  com.  Wigorn.  In  December,  1747>  ap- 
pointed one  of  his  late  Majesty's  chaplains  in  ordinary  j  and  in 
May,  1748,  promoted  to  the  deanery  of  the  cathedral  church  of 
Exeter.  On  the  21st  ofMarch,  1762,  he  was  consecrated  Bishop 
OF  Carlisle,  (on  the  translation  of  bishop  Osbaldistou  to  the  see  of 
London,)  and  died  possessed  of  that  see,  at  his  house  in  Clifford- 
street,  December  22d,  1768,  unmarried,  and  was  buried  at  Hag- 
ley.     He  was  eminent  for  his  knowledge  of  English  antiquities. 

Fourth,  Richard,  who  died  in  his  infancy. 

Fifth,  Another  Richard,  first  page  of  honour  to  Queen  Caro- 
line; then  successively  ensign  of  the  guards  ;  captain  of  marines  ; 
aid-de-camp  to  the  Earl  of  Stair  at  the  battle  of  Dettingen  j  de- 
puty quarter-master-general  in  South  Britain,  with  the  rank  of 
lieutenant-colonel,  and  lieutenant-general.  On  the  11th  of  De- 
cember, 1756,  he  was  appointed  master  of  the  jewel-office,  which 
he  resigned  in  December,  17^2,  when  he  was  appointed  captain- 
general  and  commander-in-chief  of  the  island  of  Minorca.  April 
19th,  1766,  having  resigned  the  government  of  Minorca,  he  was 
appointed  governor  of  the  island  of  Guernsey,  &c.  In  the  par- 
liament summoned  to  meet  on  the  13th  of  August,  \7'^7i  ^^  was 
elected  member  for  Biackley  ;  and  in  the  next  parliament  sat  for 
Poole,  in  the  county  of  Dorset.  On  the  27th  of  December,  1753, 
he  was  installed  Knight  of  the  Bath,  and  died  October  1st,  1770, 
without  issue.  He  married  Rachael,  daughter  of  Wriothesley, 
second  Duke  of  Bedford,  and  widow  of  Scroop,  first  Duke  of 
Bridgewater.  Her  Grace  died  at  her  house  in  Piccadilly,  May 
22d,  \777. 

Sixth,  William  Henry,  third  Lord  Lytttlton. 

Of  the  daughters.  Christian,  the  eldest,  wa'-  married  to  Tho- 
mas Pitt,  of  Boconnock  in  Cornwall,  Esq.  She  died  at  Hagley, 
June  the  5th,  1750,  and  was  there  buried.  She  was  mother  of 
the  first  Lord  Camelford. 

Mary,  Penelope,  and  Amelia,  all  died  unmarried. 

Anne,  the  wife  of  the  late  Francis  Ay.scoiigh,  D.  D.  clerk  of 
the  closet  to  the  late  Prince  of  Wales,  and  first  preceptor  to  his 
present  Majesty,  and  the  late  Duke  of  York,  and  afterwards  dean 


LORD  LYTTELTON.  351 

of  Bristol.  She  ^  died  at  her  house  in  Lisle-street,  Leicester- 
square,  on  March  30th,  I776,  aged  sixty-four.  She  was  mother 
of  Captain  Ayscough,  and  Lady  Cockburn. 

Hester,  the  youngest,  married,  in  17^3,  to  John  Fitzmaurice, 
Esq.  of  Springfield,  in  the  county  of  Limerick,  in  Ireland. 

Sir  Thomas  died  at  Hagley,  the  14th  of  September,  1/51, 
aged  sixty-six  years,  and  was  interred  by  the  remains  of  his  wife 
(who  died  the  10th  of  April,  1748,  aged  fifty-nine  years)  in  the 
vault  at  Hagley,  to  whose  memories  an  elegant  monument  is 
erected  in  the  chance],  with  the  following  inscriptions  : 

To  the  Memory  of  Sir  Thomas  Lyttelton,  Bart. 

Whose  sound  judgment,  inflexible  integrity  and  universal  candour, 

Recoinmended  him  to  the  Esteem  of  all  Parties. 
He  was  knight  of  the  shire  fur  the  county  of  Worcester  in  three 

successive  Parliaments, 
And  one  of  the  Lords  Commissioners  of  the  Admiralty  fourteen 

Years, 

Where  he  behaved  with  Impartiality,  Prudence  and  Honour: 

But  his  ill  Health  obliging  him  to  withdraw  fi-om  Business, 

He  resigned  that  employment 

And  lived  retired 

In  the  continual  Exercise  of  all  the  Virtues 

Which  can  enoble  a  private  Life, 

Hospitality,  Charity,  unbounded  Benevolence, 

But  more  especially  of  that  most  difficult  and  truly  heroical  Virtue, 

Fortitude  in  bearing  violent  Pain, 

With  which  it  pleased  God  to  try  him  in  an  extraordinary  Manner, 

And  which  instead  of  diminishing  the  Vigour  of  his  Mind 

Gave  it  additional  Strength. 

He  felt  every  public  and  private  Calamity, 

More  than  the  Intenseness  of  his  own  SufFerinsrs. 

Which  he  seem'd  to  forget. 

While  he  was  meditating  the  Relief 

Or  advancing  the  Felicity  of  others. 

To  the  great  Author  of  all  Good  his  Heart  overflow'd  witk 

Gratitude, 

And  his  Tongue  with  Praise, 

Even  amidst  the  severest  Agonies, 

f  Coffin  Plate. 


352  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

Especially  for  that  divine  Grace 

Which  enabled  hira  to  support  them. 

And  for  that  unimpair'd  Understanding 

Of  which  he  made  the  noblest  use  to  his  last  Moments, 

Dying  as  he  had  lived, 

With  unari'ected  Greatness  of  Mind, 

With  modest  Dignity, 

With  calm  Resignation, 

And  humble  but  confident  Hopes  in  the  Mercy  of  God, 

Through  the  Merits  of  Jesus  Christ  his  Redeemer, 

Sept.  the  14.  Ann.  Dom.  1/51, 

In  the  66.  Year  of  his  Age. 

In  the  same  Vault  lies  interr'd 

The  Body  of  Dame  CiiKisriAN, 

The  Wife  of  Sir  Thomas  Lyttelton,  Bart. 

Daughter  of  Sir  Richakd  Temple,  Bart. 

Of  Stow  in  the  County  of  Bucks, 

A  Lady  of  excellent  Piety, 

And  of  a  most  gentle 

And  sweet  Disposition, 

By  whom  he  had  twelve  Children, 

Six  Sons  and  six  Daughters. 

She  was  born  the  1 1  of  June  1(588, 

Was  married  in  the  Year  17OS, 

And  died,  beloved  and  mourned 

By  her  Family,  by  her  Neighbours, 

And  by  the  Poor,  Apr.  10,  1748. 

To  both  his  most  dear 

And  most  honour'd  Parents 

Sir  Geokge  Lyttelton,  Bart. 

Raised  and  inscribed  this  Stone. 

-  George,  first  Lord  Lyttelton,  the  eldest  son  and  heir  to 
Sir  Thomas,  sat  in  several  parliaments  for  the  borough  of  Oke- 
hampton  in  Devon.  Anno  1737,  he  was  appointed  principal  se- 
cretary to  the  Prince  of  Wales,  father  of  his  present  Majesty  ;  and 
in  17'i4,  one  of  the  lords  commissioners  of  the  Treasury,  which 
resigning  in  175^,  he  was  made  cofterer  to  his  Majesty's  household, 
and  privy-counsellor.  Having  resigned  the  office  of  cofferer,  in 
December,    1755,  he  was  appointed  Chancellor  and  Under 


LORD  LYTTELTON.  353 

Treasurer  of  his  Majesty's  Court  of  ExcHEauES  ;  and  by  letters 
patent,  dated  the  iQth  of  November,  1/57,  31  Geo.  II,  was  created 
a  Peer  of  Great  Britain,  by  the  style  and  title  of  Lord  Lyttel- 
TON,  Baron  of  Frankley ,  in  the  comity  oj  TVorcester. 

He  married  Lucy,  the  daughter  of  Hugh  Fortescue,  of  Filleigh 
in  com.  Devon,  Esq.  by  Lucy,  his  second  wife,  the  daughter  of 
Matthew,  Lord  Aylraer;  and  had  one  son, 

Thomas,  the  second  peer,  and  two  daughters ; 

Lucy,  married  on  the  lOlh  of  May,  1/(57,  at  St.  James's 
church  in  Westminster,  to  the  Right  Hon.  Arthur,  Viscount  Va- 
lentia,  of  the  kingdom  of  Ireland,  now  Earl  of  Mountnorris. 

And  Mary,  who  died  an  infant. 

This  Lady  died  the  Igth  of  January,  1/46-7,  and  was  buried 
at  Over  Arley ;  but  a  very  elegant  monument  is  erected  to  her 
memory  in  the  chanctl  of  the  church  at  Hagley,  containing  the 
following  inscriptions : 

To  the 

Memory  of  Lucy  Lyttelton, 

Daughter  of  Hugh  Fortescue,  of  Filleigh 

In  the  County  of  Devon,  Esq, 

Father  to  the  present  Earl  of  Clinton  : 

By  Lucy  his  Wife, 

The  Daughter  of  Matthew  Lord  Aylmer, 

Who  departed  this  Life  the  ipth  of  Jan.  1746-7, 

Aged  twenty-nine. 

Having  employed  the  short  Term  assigned  to  her  here 

In  the  uniform  Practice  of  Religion  and  Virtue. 

Made  to  engage  all  Hearts  and  charm  all  eyes  ; 
Though  meek,  magnanimous;   though  witty,  wise} 
Polite,  as  all  her  Life  in  Courts  had  been  ; 
Yet  good,  as  she  the  World  had  never  seen  3 
The  noble  Fire  of  an  exalted  Mind 
With  gentlest  female  Tenderness  combined. 
Her  Speech  was  the  melodious  Voice  of  Love, 
Her  Song  the  warbling  of  the  vernal  Grove, 
Her  Eloquence  was  sweeter  than  her  Song, 
Soft  as  her  Heart,  and  as  her  Reason  strong. 
Her  Form  each  Beauty  of  her  Mind  exprest^ 
Her  Mind  was  Virtue  by  the  Graces  drest. 

VOL.  VIII.  a  A 


354  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

M.  S. 

Luci^  Lyttelton 

Ex  antiquisslmorum  Fortescutorum  genere  ortac; 

Quae  annos  nata  viginti  novem, 

Formae  eximia?,  indolis  optimse,  ingenii  maximi. 

Omnibus  bonis  ardbus,  literisque  bumanioribus^ 

Supra  astatem  &  sexum  exculti. 

Sine  superbia  laude  florens, 

Morte  immatura 

Vitam  pie,  pudice,  sanct^  actam 

In  tertio  puerperio  clausit, 

Decimo  nono  die  Januarii, 

Anno  Domini  1746-7. 

Fleta  etiam  ab  ignotis. 

Uxori  dilectissimo 

Quinquennio  felicissimo  conjugii  nondum  absolute 

Immensi  amoris  ac  desiderii  hoc  qualecunque  monumentum 

Posuit  Georgius  Lyttelton, 

Adhuc,  eheu !  superstes. 

At  in  eodem  sepulchre  ipse  olim  sepeliendus, 

Et  per  Jesum  Christum  Salvatorem  suum. 

Ad  vitae  melioris  diuturniora  guadia 

Lacrymis  in  aeternum  abstarsis, 
Se  cum  ilia  resurrecturum  confidens. 

Lord  Lyttelton  married  to  his  second  wife,  Elizabeth,  daughter 
of  Sir  Robert  Rich,  Bart,  by  whom  he  had  no  issue.  She  died 
September  l/th,  1/95. 

Plis  Lordship,  who  was  also  one  of  the  Fellows  of  the  Royal 
Society,  departed  this  life  at  Hagley,  on  August  22d,  1773.  The 
physician  who  attended  his  Lordship  in  his  last  illness,  has  given 
the  following  account  ihereof,  in  a  letter  *■  dated  August  28th  : 
"  On  Sunday  evening  the  symptoms  of  his  Lordship's  disorder, 
which  for  a  week  past  had  alarmed  us,  put  on  a  fatal  appearance, 
and  his  Lordship  believed  himself  to  be  a  dying  man.  From  this 
time  he  suffered  by  restlessness  rather  than  pain  j  and  tliough  his 
nerves  were  apparently  much  fluttered,  his  mental  faculties  never 
seemed  stronger  when  he  was  thoroughly  awake. 

"  His  Lordship's  bilious  and  hepatic  complaints  seemed  alone 
not  equal  to  the  expected  mournful  event ;  his  long  want  of  sleep, 

f  Addressed  to  Mrs.  Montagu. 


LORD  LYTTELTON.  855 

whether  the  consequence  of  the  irritation  in  the  bowels,  or  which 
is  more  probable,  of  causes  of  a  different  kind,  accounts  for  his 
loss  of  strength,  and  for  his  death  "ery  sufficiently. 

"  Though  his  Lordship  wished  his  approaching  dissolution 
not  to  be  lingering,  he  waited  for  it  with  resignation.  He  said, 
it  is  a  folly,  a  keeping  me  in  misery  now  to  attempt  to  prolong 
life;  yet  he  was  easily  persuaded  for  the  satisfaction  of  others,  to 
do  or  take  any  thing  thought  proper  for  him.  On  Saturday  he 
had  been  remarkably  better,  and  we  were  not  without  some  hopes 
of  his  recover}'. 

"  On  Sunday,  about  eleven  in  the  forenoon,  his  Lordship  sent 
for  me,  and  said  he  felt  a  great  hurry,  and  wished  to  have  a  little 
conversation  with  me  in  order  to  divert  it.  He  then  proceeded 
to  open  the  fountains  of  that  heart,  from  whence  goodness  had  so 
long  flowed  as  from  a  copious  spring.  Doctor,  said  he,  you  shall 
be  my  confessor;  when  I  first  set  out  in  the  world,  I  had  friends 
who  endeavoured  to  shake  my  belief  in  the  Christian  religion.  I 
saw  difficulties  which  staggered  me;  but  I  kept  my  mind  open  to 
conviction.  The  evidences  and  doctrines  of  Christianity,  studied 
with  attention,  made  me  a  most  firm  and  persuaded  believer  of 
the  Christian  religion.  I  have  made  it  the  rule  of  my  life,  and  it 
is  the  ground  of  my  future  hopes,  I  have  erred  and  sinned  ;  but 
have  repented,  and  never  indulged  any  vicious  habit.  In  politics 
and  public  life,  I  have  made  public  good  the  rule  of  my  conduct, 
I  never  gave  counsels  which  I  did  not  at  that  time  think  best.  I 
have  seen  that  I  was  sometimes  in  the  wrong,  but  did  not  err 
designedly.  I  have  endeavoured  in  private  life  to  do  all  the  good 
in  my  power,  and  never  for  a  moment  could  indulge  malicious  or 
unjust  designs  upon  any  person  whatsoever. 

"  At  another  time,  he  said,  I  must  leave  my  soul  in  the  same 
state  it  was  in  before  this  illness  ;  I  find  this  a  very  inconvenient 
time  for  solicitude  about  any  thing, 

*'  On  the  evening  when  the  symptoms  of  death  came  on,  he 
said,  I  shall  die;  but  it  will  not  be  your  fault.  When  Lord  and 
Lady  Valentia  came  to  see  his  Lordship,  he  gave  them  his  solemn 
benediction,  and  said,  be  good,  be  virtuous,  my  Lord,  you  must 
come  to  this.  Thus  he  continued  giving  his  dying  benedictions 
to  all  around  him.  On  Monday  morning,  a  lucid  interval  gave 
some  small  hopes,  but  these  vanished  in  the  evening ;  and  he  con- 
tinued dying,  but  with  very  little  uneasiness,  till  Tuesday  morn- 
ing, August  22d,  when  between  seven  and  eight  o'clock  he  ex- 
pired, almost  without  a  groan," 


356  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

His  Lordship  was  buried  at  Hagley,  and  the  following  inscrip- 
tion is  cut  on  the  side  of  his  Lady's  monument : 

This  unadorned  stone,  was  placed  here. 

By  the  particular  desire  and 

Express  directions  of  the  late  Right  Honourable 

George  Lord  Lyttelton, 

Who  died  August  22d,  1773,  aged  64. 

"  I  remember,''  says  Mrs.  Montagu  in  a  letter  to  Lord  Kaims, 
"■  Sir  William  Temple  says,  in  one  of  his  Essays,  that  when  he 
recollects  how  many  excellent  men   and  amiable  women  of  his 
acquaintance  have  died  before  him,  he  is  ashamed  to  be  alive. 
With  much  more  reason  than  Sir  William  Temple,  whose  merit 
I  dare  say  was  equal  at  least  to  that  of  any  of  the  friends  he  sur- 
vived, I  feel  this  very  strongly.    I  have  lived  in  the  most  intimate 
connexion  with  some  persons  of  the  highest  character  in  this  agej 
ihey  are  gone,  and  I  remain  :  all  that  adorned  me  is  taken  away, 
and  only  a  cypress  wreath  remains.     I  used  to  boirow  some  lustre 
from  them,  but  now  I  seem  respectable  (even  in  my  own  eyes) 
only  as  the  mourner  of  departed  merit.     I  agree  with  your  Lord- 
ship, that  1  ought  not  to  lament  the  death  of  Lord  Lyttelton  on 
his  account.     His  virtue  could  not  have  been  more  perfect  in  this 
mortal  state,  nor  his  character  greater  than   it  is  with  all  those 
whose  praise  could  be  an  object  to  a  wise  and  worthy  man.     He 
now  receives  the  full  reward  of  those  virtues,  which  here,  though 
they  gave  him  a  tranquil  cheerfulness  amidst  many  vexations,  and 
the  sufferings  of  sickness,  yet  could  not  bring  a  perfect  calm  to 
the  wounds  his  paternal  affection  suffered.    When  1  consider  how 
unhappy  his   former,  how  blessed  his  present  condition,   I  am 
ashamed  to  lament  him.     The  world  has  lost  the  best  example^ 
modest  merit  the  most  zealous  protector,  mankind  its  gentlest 
friend.     My  loss  is  unspeakable;   but  as  the  friendship  of  so  ex- 
cellent a  man  is  the  best  gift  of  God,  and  I  am  sensible  I  was 
never  deserving  of  so  great  a  blessing,  I  ought  rather  to  offer 
thanks  it  was  bestowed,  than  repine  it  was  taken  away ;  and  only 
to  beg,  that  by  the  remembrance  of  his  precepts  and  example,  I 
may  derive  the  same  helps  to  doing  my  duty  in  all  relations  of 
life,  and  social  engagements,  as  I  did  from  his  advice.    But  virtue 
never  speaks  with  such  persuasion  as  when  she  borrows  the  accents 
of  a  friend.     Moreover,   my  time  in  this  world  will  probably  be 
very  short,  and  if  it  were  long,  I  could  not  forget  to  admire  so 


LORD  LYTTELTON.  357 

admirable  a  pattern  of  goodness — I  ever  am,  my  lord,  &c.  &c. 
Elizabeth  Montagu." 

"  On  this  occasion,"  says  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Carter,  s  "■  I  trust 
our  excellent  friend  is  rejoicing  in  his  escape  from  the  suffer- 
ings of  a  probationary  life.  It  would  be  absolutely  selfish  to 
wish  him  back  to  a  world  where  his  trials  derived  their  most 
painful  acuteness  from  the  sensibility  of  his  virtue."  "  You 
say  Lord  Lyttelton  *  became  a  christian  ^  from  philosophical  en- 
quiry.' But  upon  that  enquiry  he  entered  with  a  mind  undis- 
turbed by  passion,  and  unbiassed  by  prejudice  ;  and,  consequently, 
with  a  heart  full  of  virtuous  dispositions.  Had  his  head  been  ever 
so  speculative  and  philosophical ;  with  the  pride,  and  malevolence, 
and  dissoluteness  of  Bolingbroke,  or  the  pert  paradoxical  vanity 
of  Hume,  with  all  his  enquiries  he  had  remained  an  unbeliever." 
He  was  succeeded  by  his  son,  Thomas,  second  Lord  Lyt- 
telton, born  January  30th,  i7-^-^>  "  a  man  of  a  very  different 
character. 

"  With  great  abilities,  generally  very  ill  applied  ;  with  a  strong 
sense  of  religion,  which  he  never  suffered  to  influence  his  conduct, 
his  days  were  mostly  passed  in  splendid  misery  ;  and  in  the 
pain/ul  change  of  the  most  extravagant  gaiety,  and  the  deepest 
despair.  The  delight,  when  he  pleased,  of  the  first  and  most 
select  societies,  he  chose  to  pass  his  time,  for  the  most  part,  with 
the  most  profligate  and  abandoned  of  both  sexes.  Solitude  was 
to  him  the  most  insupportable  torment,  and  to  banish  reflection, 
he  flew  to  company  whom  he  despised  and  ridiculed.  His  con- 
duct was  a  subject  of  bitter  regret  both  to  his  father  and  all  his 
friends."' 

His  Lordship  married  at  Hales  Owen  in  Staffordshire,  on  June 
2(5th,  1772,  Apphia,  second  daughter  of  Jiroome  Witts,  late  of 
Cheping  Norton  in  Oxfordshire,  Esq.  and  relict  of  Joseph  Peach, 
late  governor  of  Calcutta  in  the  East  Indies. 

His  Lordship  was  chief  justice  in  Eyre  of  his  Majesty's  forests 
north  of  Trent,  and  high  steward  of  Bewdley.  His  Lordship 
died  at  his  seat  at  Pitt-place,  Epsom,  November  27th,  1779,  s.  p. 
whereby  the  English  Peerage  became  extinct. 

William  Henry,  re-created  Lord  Lyttelton,  sixth  son  of 
Sir  Thomas  Lyttelton,  was  twice  chosen  member  of  parliament  for 

g  See  Pennington's  Memoirs  of  Mrs.  Carter,  8vo.  vol.  i.  p.  430. 
h  How  sincere  he  was  in  that  conviction,  may  be   learnt  from  all  his 
works,  especially  that  excellent  one  "  On  the  conversion  of  St.  Paul'' 
i  Pennington's  Memoirs  of  Mrs  Carter,  Svo. 


358  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

Bewdley  in  Worcestershire,  viz.  in  November,  174S,  on  the  de- 
cease of  William  Bowles,  Esq.j  and  at  th6  next  general  election 
in  1754. 

In  January,  1/55,  he  was  appointed  governor  of  South  Caro- 
lina J  which  resigning  in  176O,  he  was  constituted  governor  of 
the  island  of  Jamaica  ;  and  returning  to  England  in  July,  1766, 
he  was  on  the  lOth  of  October  following,  appointed  his  Majesty's 
envoy  extraordinary  and  plenipotentiary  to  the  King  of  Portugal. 

On  July  21st,  l/jO,  he  was  advanced  to  the  dignity  of  a 
Baron  of  Ireland,  by  the  title  of  Baron  IFestcote,  of  Baltimore  in 
the  county  of  Longford. 

On  August  13th,  1794,  his  Lordship  was  advanced  to  the 
British  Peerage  by  the  title  of  Lord  Lyttelton,  Baron  of 
Frankley  in  the  county  of  Worcester. 

His  Lordship  married,  in  June,  1761,  Mary,  daughter  and 
coheiress  of  James  Macartney,  Esq.  of  Longford  in  Ireland,  by 
whom  (who  died  in  1765)  he  had 

Hester,  born  in  Jamaica,  March  17th,  17^2,  married,  August 
20th,  1783,  to  Sir  Richard  Colt  Hoare,  Bart,  of  Stourhead,  Wilts, 
(and  has  issue  Henry-Richard). 

And  two  sons. 

First,  George-Fulke,  born  October  27th,  1763. 

Second,  Charles-Adam,  born  December  28th,  1764,  bred  to 
tlie  sea,  and,  being  a  lieutenant  of  the  Robuste  ship  of  war,  was 
killed  near  the  capes  of  Virginia,  in  an  engagement,  March  l6th, 
1/81. 

His  Lordship  married,  secondly,  February  13th,  1774,  Caro- 
line, daughter  of  John  Bristow,  Esq,  late  of  Quiddeuham  in  Nor- 
folk, by  whom  he  had  issue, 

Caroline-Anne,  born  November  10th,  1774,  manied.  May 
4th,  1808,  the  Right  Hon.  Reginald  Pole  Carew,  of  Anthony  in 
Cornwall. 

Edward-Henry,  born  December  4th,  1 7/5  j  died  June  ISth, 
1773. 

William,  born  November  10th,   1/76;  died  October  27th, 

1777. 

John,  born  September  29th,  1779;  died  February  10th,  179O. 

Meriel,  born  November  7th,  178O;  died  March  13th,  I78I. 

William-Henry,  born  April  3d,  1782.  now  M.  P.  for  Worces- 
tershire. , 

His  Lordship  dying  September  14th,  1S08,  was  succeeded  by 
his  eldest  son 


LORD  LYTTELTON.  359 

George-Fulke,  fourth  Lord  Lyttelton. 

His  Lordship  was  born  October  27th,  1762. 

Titles.     George- Fulke  Lyttelton,  Lord  Lyttelton^  Baron  of 
Frankley. 

Creations.  Lord  Lyttelton,  Baron  of  Frankley,  August  13th, 
1794  ;  and  Baron  Westcote  in  Ireland,  July  21st,  17/6. 

Arms.     Argent,  a  cheveron,  between  three  escallops,  sable. » 

Crest.  On  a  wreath,  a  Moor's  head  in  profile,  couped  proper, 
with  a  wreath  about  the  head,  argent  and  sable.  N,  B.  This  was 
truly  the  crest  of  Westcote ;  that  of  Lyttleton,  borne  by  Thomas 
de  Luttelton,  grandfather  to  the  judge  (temp.  Hen.  IV.)  being  a 
greyhound's  head,  collared. 

Supporters,    Two  tritons,  or  mermen,  with  tridents,  all  proper. 

Motto.     Ung  DiEii,  UNG  Roy. 

CAief  Seats.  Hagley-Hall,  in  Worcestershire  (Frankley- 
House,  the  more  ancient  seat  of  the  family,  being  burnt  in  the 
last  civil  war) . 


i  In  the  Vis.  of  Salop,  C.  20,  Heralds  Office,  there  is  an  achievement  con- 
sisting of  84  coats,  which  this  family  had  a  right  to  quarter,  anno  1624,  vi?. 
France  and  England  quarterly  within  a  bordure  gobone  (tor  Beaufort,  Duke 
of  Somerset)  as  maternally  descended  from  John  of  Gaunt,  son  to  King  Ed- 
ward III.  Also  Somery,  Beauchamp,  Talbot,  Berkeley,  Paston,  D'Abitot, 
Lisle,  Clare,  Holland,  Nevil,  Grey,  and  other  noble  families. 


560  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 


ELLIS,   LORD  MENDIP. 

(VISCOUNT  CLJFDEN  IN  IRELAND.) 

The  first  person  on  whom  this  peerage  was  conferred  was  the 
maternal  uncle  of  the  present  peer's  father,  viz. 

The  late  Right  Hon.  Welbore  Ellis,  who  was  created 
Baron  of  Mendip,  in  the  county  af  Somerset,  on  August  13th, 
1 794,  with  a  collateral  remainder  to  the  issue  male  of  the  body 
of  his  sister  Anne,  wife  of  Henry  Agar,  Esq.  of  Gowran,  in  Ire- 
land. 

This  venerable  peer  was  a  younger  son  of  the  Rt.  Rev.  Dr. 
Welbore  Ellis,  Bishop  of  Meath  in  Ireland,  from  1731  to  1733, 
by  Diana,  daughter  of  Sir  John  Briscoe,  by  Lady  Anne  Knollys, 
daughter  of  the  Earl  of  Banbury. 

He  was  born  in  17^4,  and  admitted  on  the  foundation  of 
Westminster  school,  at  the  age  of  fourteen,  in  I728  j  whence  ha 
was  elected  in  1732  to  a  studentship  in  Christ  church,  Oxford. 
Here  he  took  the  degrees  of  A.  B.  and  A.  M. 

Soon  after  quitting  the  University  he  came  into  parliament ; 
and  in  1749,  was  appointed  a  Lord  of  the  Admiralty  under  Mr. 
Pelham's  administration. 

In  1755,  he  resigned  his  seat  at  the  admiralty ;  and  became  a 
vice-treasurer  of  Ireland,  which  he  enjoyed  till  December,  1762. 
In  1763,  he  was  appointed  Secretary  at  War,  on  Mr. 
George  Grenville's  appointment  to  be  first  lord  of  the  Treasury. 
He  retained  this  office  till  the  fall  of  Mr.  Grenville's  ministry  in 
176',  when  he  was  re-instated  a  vice-treasurer  of  Ireland :  but 
this  he  only  retained  till  October  in  the  following  year. 


LORD  MENDIP.  36l 

When  Lord  North  became  Premier,  in  1770^  Mr.  Ellis  was 
again  appointed  a  vice-treasurer  of  Ireland. 

He  retained  this  place  till  1777,  when  he  was  made  Trea- 
surer OF  THE  Navy. 

In  February,  1782,  he  accepted  the  office  of  Secretary  op 
State  for  the  colonies  ;  but  the  fall  of  the  Administration  quickly 
afterwards  gave  him  but  a  short  possession  of  this  office  j  and  he 
never  afterwards  filled  any  political  situation. 

When  Mr.  Pitt  came  into  power,  in  December  1783,  Mr. 
Ellis  followed  the  fortune  of  his  friends;  and  at  this  period,  after 
an  active  political  life  of  forty-four  years,  he  saw  himself  for  the 
first  time  in  opposition. 

He  continued  steadily  to  support  the  measures  of  this  party, 
till  the  schism,  which  took  place  in  1793  on  the  subject  of  the 
French  Revolution  and  the  late  war;  when  Mr.  Ellis,  whose  prin- 
ciples and  disposition  equally  led  him  to  disapprove  of  the  French 
rulers,  joined  with  the  Duke  of  Portland  and  Mr.  Burke  in  giving 
countenance  to  the  system  of  Administration.  He  was  however 
now  too  far  advanced  in  years  to  take  an  active  part  in  the  politics 
of  the  day;  and  on  the  introduction  of  the  Duke  of  Portland  into 
the  cabinet,  he  was,  with  many  others  of  his  Grace's  friends, 
created  a  Peer  of  the  realm,  by  patent  dated  August  13th,  179I, 
by  the  title  of  Lord  Mendip,  as  aforesaid. 

From  this  time  his  Lordship  led  a  life  of  learned  ease  and  dig- 
nified retirement,  contenting  himself  with  the  society  of  his  pri- 
vate fi lends,  and  reaping  the  fruits  of  a  good  education,  and  a 
well-spent  life.  He  was  of  an  active  and  diligent  turn  of  mind; 
a  con-ect  and  accurate,  though  not  an  eloquent,  speaker  in  parlia- 
ment ;  and,  notwithstanding  his  connection  with  so  many  admi- 
nistrations, and  his  Long  familiarity  of  office,  of  spotless  integrity. 
It  was  his  principle  in  general  to  support  the  measures  of  govern- 
ment; but  his  political  opinions  were  ever  consistent,  and  his 
political  attachments  were  firm  and  unshaken. 

His  Lordship  was  an  excellent  classical  scholar;  and  on  every 
subject  a  well-informed  man  ;  and  the  library  which  he  left  be- 
hind is  said  to  have  been  one  of  the  most  numerous  and  valuable 
private  collections  in  the  kingdom.  ^ 

His  Lordship  married,  first,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Sir  Wil- 
liam Stanhope,  K.  B.  who  died  August  1st,  1761,  without  issue. 
In  right  of  her  he  enjoyed  Pope's  villa  at  Twickenham  j  which 
was  bought  by  Sir  William  after  Pope's  death,  l7-i4. 

»  From  his  character  in  Gent.  Mag.  vol.  Ixxii.  p.  187— 18S-. 


3(J2  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

He  married,  secondly,  a  sister  and  heir  of  the  late  Right  Hon, 
Hans  Stanley ;  in  right  of  whom  he  enjoyed,  after  Mr.  Stanley's 
death,  the  beautiful  seat  at  Poulton's  in  the  New  Forest,  Hants. 
This  Lady  survived  him. 

His  Lordship  died  at  his  house  in  Brook-street,  Hanover- 
square,  February  2d,  1802,  aet.  eighty-nine,  without  issue;  on 
which  the  Barony  of  Mendip  descended  to  his  great  nephew 
Henry  Welbore  Agar,  Viscount  Ciifden  of  Ireland. 

FAMILY  OF  AGAR. 

■  This  family  derives  its  descent  from 

Charles  Agar,  of  the  city  of  York,  Esq,  who  married  Ellis 
of  the  family  of  Blanchevillestown,  in  the  county  of  Kilkenny  j 
and  by  her  was  father  of 

James  Agar,  of  Gowran  in  the  county  of  Kilkenny,  Esq.  who 
acquired  a  considerable  estate,  served  in  parliament  for  the  borough 
of  St.  Canice,  Kilkenny,  died  November  30th,  1733,  aged  sixty- 
three,  and  was  interred  at  Gowran,  where  a  handsome  monument 
is  erected  to  his  memory.  On  January  10th,  1692,  he  married 
Susanna,  daughter  of  John  Alexander,  Esq.  by  whom  he  had 

James,  and  two  other  sons,  who  all  died  young. 

He  married,  secondly,  Mary,  eldest  daughter  of  Sir  Henry 
Wemys,  ^  of  Dane's  fort.  Knight,  and  had  issue  by  her,  who  died 

b  Sir  Patrick  Wemys,  Knt.  a  native  of  Scotland,  was  a  captain-lieute- 
nant to  the  Earl  of  Ormond  in  the  army  of  King  Charles  I.;  and  November 
izd,  1 641,  entered  Drogheda  with  fifty  horse  for  its  defence.  He  married 
Mary,  sister  to  Oliver  Wheeler,  of  Grenan  in  the  Queen's  county,  Esq.  and 
dying  in  May  i66t,  was  interred  31st  of  that  month  in  St.  Audven's  church, 
Dublin,  with  his  lady,  who  was  interred  there  on  the  same  day  in  the  pre- 
ceding year,  having  had  issue,  first,  Sir  James ;  second,  Thomas,  who  left  no 
issue ;  third,  Morris,  who  had  a  son  Francis ;  fourth,  Sir  Henry  ;  and,  fifth, 
Jonas.  Sir  James  Wemys,  Knt.  Feb.  5,  1661;,  married  Judith,  daughter  of  Sir 
William  U:>her,  Knt.  clerk  of  the  council,  and  sister  to  Christopher  Usher, 
Esq.  by  which  Lady  he  had  only  two  daughters,  Elizabeth,  and  Judith.  He 
made  his  will  October  ist,  1672,  proved  November  i8th  following,  and 
thereby  appointed  his  brother  Henry,  and  his  nephew  Francis,  son  of  his  de- 
ceased brother  Morris,  executors  ;  bequeathed  to  his  wife  dame  Judith  200/. 
a  year,  and  after  the  payment  of  his  debts,  50/.  a  year  more,  in  augmentation 
of  her  jointure  ;  to  his  daughter  Elizabeth  2000  i.  ;  and  to  his  daughter  Marf 
x^ool.  He  devised  his  estate  to  his  brother  Henry  and  his  heirs  male  ;  and 
his  nephew  Francis  and  his  heirs  male,  by  equal  moieties  to  be  divided  be- 
tween them,  and  in  case  of  failure  of  each  of  their  issue  male,  the  other  and 
his  issue  male  to  inherit;  remainder  to  his  right  heirs.  Sir  Henry  Wemys 
of  Dunfert,  usually  called  Dane's- Fort  in  co.  of  Kilkenny,  Knt,  succeeded  ac- 
cording to  the  will  of  his  brother,  married  Elizabeth,  eldest  daughter  of  Sir 


LORD  MENDIP.  365 

April  18th,  177 1,  aged  one  hundred  and  six,  seven  children,  three 
of  whom  died  young,  and  were  buried  at  Gowran  :  the  survivor* 
were,  two  sons  and  two  daughters,  viz. 

First,  Henry,  his  heir. 

Second,  James,  of  Ringwood  in  county  of  Kilkenny,  member 
of  parliament  for  the  borough  of  Gowran,  who,  July  6th,  1741, 
married  Rebecca,  only  daughter  of  William,  Lord  Castle-Durrow, 
whose  son  Henty  was  created  Viscount  Ashbrook,  and  lost  his 
life  in  IJQQ  in  a  duel  with  Henry  Flood,  Esq  having  had  issue 
James,  who  died  in  July,  175/;  Henry  Flower,  also  deceased; 
George,  heir  to  his  father  j  and  Charles,  born  May  28th,  1755, 
Archdeacon  of  Em!y  ;  daughter  Mary,  baptized  July  l6th,  1743, 
married,  August  30th,  176O,  to  Philip  Savage,  Esq.  and  is  de- 
ceased;  Ellis-Mayo  also  deceased  ;  George,  who  succeeded 

at  Ringwood,  was  born  April  18th,  1754,  and  represented  the 
borough  of  Callan  in  the,  county  of  Kilkenny  in  parliament  1789, 

George  Blundell,  Knt.  ^from  whom  descended  the  Viscounts  Blundell,  a  title 
now  extinct)  and  had  issue  two  sons  and  three  daughters,  viz  first,  Patrick, 
his  heirj  second,  Cornet  Henry,  who  died  in  October  1753,  unmarried, 
daughter  Mary,  married  to  James  Agar,  of  Gowran,  Esq,  as  in  text ;  Sarah  (to 
Rev.  Hartstonge  Martin,  of  Kilkenny,  by  whom  she  had  Elizabeth,  who  in 
1748  married  Christopher  Robinson,  Esq  one  of  the  justices  of  the  court  of 
King's  Bench,  and  by  him,  who  died  in  January  1787,  had  a  son,  Christo- 
pher, in  holy  orders) ;  and  Elizabeth,  married  in  fJay  1706,  to  Arthtu-  Webb, 
of  Webbsborough  in  the  county  of  Kilkenny,  Esq  who  died  September  i8th, 
1748.  Patrick.  Wemys,  Esq.  served  many  years  in  parliament  for  the 
county  of  Kilkenny;  May  14th,  1702,  married  a  daughter  of  Sir  William 
Handcock,  Knt.  recorder  of  Dublin,  and  died  in  1747,  having  issue  by  heti 
who  died  in  1740,  three  sons  and  seven  daughters,  viz  Henry,  who  served 
in  parliament  for  the  borough  of  Callan,  and  died  suddenly  in  London,  Oc- 
tober i2th,  1750,  unmaiTied ;  Patrick,  (heir  to  his  brother,  was  made  a 
captain  of  foot  in  April  1740,  served  in  parliament  for  the  county  of  Kilkenny ; 
married,  July  ist,  1750,  to  Catherine,  daughter  of  Francis,  twenty-first  Lord 
Athenry,  and  died  in  1762  without  issue  by  his  Lady,  who  remarried  with  -— 
Cullen,  Esq.  a  captain  in  the  army;)  James,  who  succeeded  at  Danes-Fort ; 
daughter  Elizabeth,  died  in  November  1744,  unmarried;  Mary,  married  to 
George  Hartpole,  of  Shrulein  Queen's  County,  Esq  ;  Jane,  June  30th,  1748, 
to  Benjamin  Stratford,  Esq.  counsellor  at  Law  ;  Sarah,  in  1744*  to  George 
Mansergh,  Esq.  then  an  ensign  of  foot,  v/ho  died  in  1747,  and  she  died  in 
1748;  Hannah, in  1748,  to  Isaac  Drury,  of  Dublin,  Esq.;  Alice;  and  Harriot 
who,  June  6th,  1752,  married  James  Staunton,  of  Galway,  Esq-  counsellor  at 
law.  James  Wemys,  Esq  third  son  of  Patrick  and  at  length  his  heir,  was  a 
lieuteiiant  in  the  army,  served  in  parliament  for  the  borough  of  Callan  in  1742, 
married  Jane,  daughter  of  Euseby  Stratford,  of  Queen's  county,  Esq.  elder 
brother  to  John,  created  Earl  of  Aldborough,  and  deceased  in  1765,  having 
issue  by  her  one  son  and  two  daughters.  (Prerog.  OfEc  Collections^  and 
(.odge  Edit.  i7$4, 111.307,  n) 


364  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND , 

and  was  raised  to  the  Irish  peerage  by  the  title  of  Lord  Callan, 
June  6th,  1790. 

Daughter  Ellis,  created  Countess  of  Brandon,  1758,  and  died 
without  issue  1789  J  and 

Mary,  married  in  17-^2  to  James  Smyth,  Esq.  younger  son  of 
Edward,  lord  bishop  of  Down  ;  elected  to  parliament  for  the  town 
of  Antrim  j  and  after  collector  of  the  port  of  Dublin,  by  whom 
she  had  issue  Sir  Skcffington  Smith,  Bart.  &c. 

Henry  Agar,  Esq.  who  succeeded  at  Gowran,  served  in  par- 
liament in  1731  for  the  borough  of  Gowran  j  May  29th,  1733, 
married  Anne,  only  daughter  of  Doctor  JVelbore  Ellis,  Bishop  of 
Meath,  and  died  at  Gowran  November  18th,  1746,  having  issue 
by  her,  who  was  born  August  26lh,  1707j  re-married  with  George 
Dunbar,  Esq.  and  died  April  14th,  1761,  a  daughter  Diana  and 
two  sons,  viz. 

First,  James,  advanced  to  the  peeragt. 

Second,  Charles,  who  received  a  liberal  education  in  the  Uni- 
versity of  Oxford,  entered  into  holy  orders,  and  was  appointed 
chaplain  to  Hugh,  late  Duke  of  Northumberland,  whilst  L.  L.  of 
Ireland  3  whence  he  was  promoted  to  the  deanery  of  Kilmore ; 
consecrated  Bishop  of  Cloy ne  March  20th,  1778,  and  thence  tran- 
slated in  1779  *o  the  Archiepiscopal  see  of  Casket,  and  hence  tran- 
slated to  Dublin  in  1801.  He  was  also  sworn  of  his  Majesty's 
most  honourable  privy-council.  His  Grace  was  created  Baron  of 
Somerton  June  12th,  179-5;  Viscount  5o/ner/on  December  21st, 
1800  5  and  Earl  of  Norman  ton  in  February,  1806,  and  died 
1810.  He  married  a  daughter  of  William  Benson,  Esq.  and 
hath  issue,  first,  Henry  Welb  ore,  second  Earl  of  Norm  an  to?i, 
born  Nov  12th,  177S;  second,  George-Charles,  born  August  1st, 
178O,  a  lieutenant  in  the  third  foot-guards ;  third,  James,  boin 
July  10th,  178],  in  holy  orders;  fourth,  Henry-William,  born 
July  5th,  1784,  died  an  infant ;  fifth,  Frances-Anne,  married, 
Dec.  14th,  179S,  the  late  Thomas  Ralph,  Viscount  Hawarden.. 

James,  the j^r*^  Viscount  Clifden,  was  elected  to  parliament 
in  1761  for  Kilkenny,  and  for  which  county  he  continued  to 
serve  till  1776. 

He  was  appointed  a  commissioner  of  the  revenue  in  1770, 
which  place  he  resigned,  and  by  privy-seal  at  St.  James's  June 
19th,  1776,  and  patent*^  at  Dublin  July  27ih  following,  was  ad- 
vanced to  the  peerage  of  Ireland,  and  by  the  title  oi  Baron  of 

K 

c  Rot.  Ao.  j6Geo  III  j.p.f.  R.  24 


LORD  MENDIP.  365 

Clifden  in  the  county  of  Kilkenny ;  he  had  his  introduction  to 
the  house  of  peers  October  I4tl),  1777-  '^ 

In  178O  he  was  created  Viscount  ClifJen,  with  limitations  to 
his  issue  male,  for  which  honour  the  privy-seal  bears  date  at  St. 
James's  December  18th  that  year,  and  the  patent^  at  Dublin  Ja- 
nuary 12th,  178I  :  his  Lordship  sat  by  this  title  in  the  house  of 
lords  October  gih,  178I,  ^  was  sworn  of  the  privy-council,  and 
July  19th,  1784,  was  appointed  joint  postmaster-general  of  L'e- 
land,  with  the  Right  Hon.  William  Brabazon  Ponsonby. 

His  Lordship  married,  M.irch  20,  176O,  Lucia,  eldest  daughter 
of  John  Martin,  Esq.  and  widow  of  the  Hon.  Henry-Boyle  Wal-  ' 
singham,  second  son  of  Henry  Earl  of  Shannon,  and  had  issue  by 
her  (who  died  July  26th,  1802), 

First,  Henry-Welbore,  the  second  Viscount. 
Second,  John-Ellis,  born  December  31st,  )  763,  in  holy  orders ; 
married,  March  llth,  1792,  Harriet  Flower,  second  daughter  of 
William  Viscount  A-jhbrook,  and  died  January  3d,  1797. 

Third,  Charles-Bagnall,  born  August  13tb,  1765,  barrister  at 
law  ;  married,  November  15th,  1804,  Miss  Hunt,  of  Lanydrick 
in  Cornwall,  and  has  issue  a  son  born  December  18th,  1805 ,  and 
another  son  born  in  January,  1808. 

Fourth,  Emily- Anne,  born  December  5th,  1765. 
His  Lordship  dying  January  1st,  1 789,  set,  fifty-five,  was  suc- 
ceeded by  his  eldest  son, 

Henry-Welbore,  second  Viscount  Clifden,  and  now  second 
Lord  Mendip,  in  which  last  Barony  he  succeeded  his  great  uncie, 
Welbore  Lord  Mendip,  on  February  2d,  1802,  on  whose  death 
he  also  assumed  the  name  of  Ellis. 

His  Lordship   was  born  January  22d,    1761  ;    and  married, 
March  10th,  lygi,   Lady  Caroline   Spencer,  eldest  daughter  of 
George  Duke  of  Marlborough  ;  and  has  issue 
A  daughter  born  October  2()th,  1794;  and 
A  son,  born  July  14th,  1797. 

Titles.  Henry  Welbore  Ellis,  Lord  Mendip,  of  Mendip  in 
Somersetshire  3  Baron  and  Viscount  Clifden  of  the  county  of  Kil- 
kenny. 

Creations.  Baron  Mendip  by  patent  August  13th,  17Q4  ; 
Baron  of  Clifden  in  the  county  of  Kilkenny  July  27th,  1776  ;  and 
Viscount  of  the  same  January  12th,  I78I. 

d  Lords  Jour.  V.  6.  e  Rot.  Ac  21  Geo.  III.  2,  p.  f.  R.  5. 

f  Lords  Jour.  V  227. 


366  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

Arms.     Or,  on  a  cross  sable,  five  crescents. 
Crest.     See  the  wood-cut. 

Supporters.     Two  Greyhounds;  thedextei  semcof  crescenti; 
the  sinister  seme  of  crosslets  crusely. 

Motto.       NON  HJEC  SINE  KUMINE. 

Chief  Seat,    Gowran,  Ireland. 


LORD  BRAt)FORD.  267 


BRIDGEMAN,  LORD  BRADFORD. 

This  family  are  descended  from  John  Bridgeman,  of  Deau 
Magna  in  Gloucestershire,  Esq,  who  married  Johanna,  daughter 
of  William  Clarke,  of  Dean  Magna,  by  whom  he  had  issue, 

William  Bridgeman,  of  Dean  Magna,  Esq.  who,  by  Mary, 
daughter  of  Richard  Bryan,  of  Dean  Parva,  had  a  numerous 
issue. 

Whereof  Edward,  a  younger  son,  was  seated  in  Devonshire. 

"  John,  his  son,  was  born,"  says  Prince,  in  his  IVbrthies  of 
Devon,  "  in  the  city  of  Exeter,  not  far  from  the  palace  gate 
there.  His  father  was  Edward  Bridgeman,  some  time  high- 
sheriff  of  that  city  and  county  for  the  year  15/8. 

"  Having  very  good  natural  parts,  and  being  observed  to  be 
well  disposed  towards  books  and  learning,  he  was  carefully  kept 
at  school,  until  he  was  thought  fit  to  be  transplanted  thence  to  the 
university,  which  was  done  accordingly ;  and  he  became  a  mem- 
ber of  Magdalen-college  in  Cambridge ;  after  that,  a  fellow,  and 
lastly,  the  master  thereof. 

"  Having  commenced  master  of  arts  at  Cambridge,  he  was  a*d- 
mitted,  adeundem,  at  Oxford,  July  4th,  16OO.  After  this,  he 
proceeded  doctor  of  divinity,  which  is  the  highest  degree  a  scholar 
can  receive,  or  the  university  bestow. 

"  Being  now  of  noted  learning,  a  pious  life,  and  courteous  de- 
portment, he  was  admitted  by  King  James  I.  into  the  number 
of  his  domestic  chaplains,  and  became  rector  of  Wigan  in  Lanca- 
shire, in  1 61 5. 


368  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

"  Afterwards  he  was,  by  the  same  King,  preferred  to  the 
BiSHopRicK  OF  Chester,  raised  by  King  Henry  VIII.  out  of  the 
ruins  of  the  abbies  and  monasteries  here  in  England.  He  was 
consecrated  at  the  same  time  at  Lambeth,  with  Doctor  Howson, 
Bishop  of  Oxford,  and  Doctor  Searchfield,  Bishop  of  Bristol,  viz. 
on  the  gth  of  May,  1619.  "Which  see  being  of  no  great  yearly 
value,  he  was  made,  anno  l62\,  rector  of  Bangor  also,  which  he 
held  in  commendam. 

"  For  many  ye<irs  did  this  learned  and  pious  divine  continue 
the  faithful  and  watchful  bishop  of  this  church.  In  that  memo- 
rable year,  l64l,  when  the  unchristian  rabble  were  encouraged, 
by  no  mean  pretenders  to  Christianity,  to  bawl  down  protestant 
bishops,  as  they  came  in  their  barges  to  the  parliament  house  at 
Westminster,  this  reverend  prelate  was  then  living ;  however, 
whether  detained  at  home  by  age,  or  hindered  by  some  other  oc- 
casion, he  was  not  present  in  the  house,  to  join  in  the  protesta- 
tion made  by  his  right  reverend  brethren,  against  the  proceedings 
of  that  parliament.  Hence  he  happily  escaped  that  long  and 
tedious  imprisonment,  unto  which  most  of  them,  notwithstanding 
their  great  years,  and  their  greater  piety  and  learning,  who  sub- 
scribed it,  were  confined  for  eighteen  weeks  together. 

"  Such  was  this  prelate's  merit,  that  there  is  this  honourable 
character  of  him  transmitted  to  posterity,  that  he  was  as  ingenious 
as  brave ;  and  a  great  patron  of  those  gifts  in  others,  he  was  the 
happy  owner  of  in  himself.  He  was  thirty  years  Bishop  of  Chester ^ 
and  every  year  maintained,  more  or  less,  hopeful  young  men  in 
the  university,  and  preferred  good  proficients  out  of  it :  by  the 
same  token,  some,  in  those  times,  turned  him  out  of  his  livings, 
whom  he  had  raised  into  theirs.  He  was  a  good  benefactor  unto 
Chester,  but  a  better,  under  God,  to  England,  in  his  son,  the  late 
honourable  Sir  Orlando  Bridgeman,  some  time  lord  chief  justice 
of  the  Common  Pleas ;  after  that,  master  of  the  rolls  j  then 
lord  keeper  of  the  great  seal  of  England,  under  King  Charles  II. 
who  was  a  sufferer  in  his  Majesty's  cause,  and  a  great  honour  to 
it.  His  moderation  and  equity  being  such,  in  dispensing  the 
King's  laws,  that  he  seemed  to  carry  a  chancery  in  his  breast  in 
the  Common  Pleas  3  endearing,  as  well  as  opening  the  law  to  the 
people. 

"  This  learned  and  holy  prelate,  Bishop  Bridgeman,  lived  to 
enjoy  the  blessings  of  a  good  old  age ;  for  after  the  continuance 
of  about  thirty  years  (as  was  said  before)  bishop  of  the  church  of 


LORD  BRADFORD.  369 

Chester,  he  fell  asleep  in  the  Lord,  at  his  palace  at  Chester  afore- 
said, near  the  year  1649,  He  lieth  interred  in  his  own  church 
there. 

"  This  holy  prelate  was  famous  in  himself,  but  more  famous 
in  his  son.  Sir  Orlando  Bridgeman  before-mentioned  ;  a  gentle- 
man of  great  piety,  as  well  as  honour  and  integrity;  and  was  the 
tirst  Englishman  King  Charles  11.  advanced  to  the  degree  of  a 
Baronet  after  his  happy  restoration." 

During  the  time  of  the  usurpation,  the  bishop  fled  to  his  son's 
seat  at  Moreton  in  Shropshire,  his  estate  being  sequestred  some 
years  before  his  death.  Mr.  Brown  Willis,  in  his  Survey  -of  Ca^ 
thedrals,  gives  this  account  of  him  : 

*'  John  Bridgeman,  S,  T.  F.  rector  of  Wigan  and  Bangor  in 
the  diocese  of  Chester,  prebendary  of  Litchfield  and  Peterborouoh, 
became  elected  Bishop  of  Chester,  March  15,  16IS."  In  Prince's 
Worthies  of  Devonshire,  is  some  account  of  his  life,  (which  is 
before  related)  he  being  born  at  Exeter :  though  that  author,  and 
other  writers,  are  all  mistaken  as  to  his  death,  anno  iG-iS  or  10'49, 
and  buried  at  Chester;  whereas  he  did  not  die  till  1(552,  as  A. 
Wood  tells  us ;  or  rather,  as  I  have  lately  been  informed,  till  l65y 
or  1658,  when,  departing  this  life  at  his  son's  house  at  Moreton, 
near  Oswestre  in  Shropshire,  he  was  buried  at  Kinnersley  church, 
near  Moreton  aforesaid. 

The  bishop  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Dr.  Helyar,  canon 
of  ExFter,  and  archdeacon  of  Barnstable,  (of  the  ancient  family 
of  the  Helyars  of  Somersetshire)  and  had  issue  five  sons. 

Fivst,  Sir  Orlando,  hereafter  mentioned. 

Second,  Dove,  a  prebendary  of  the  cathedral  church  of  Chester, 

who  married  the  daughter  of Bennet,  of  Cheshire,  (she 

surviving  him,  afterwards  married  Dr.  John  Hacket,  bishop  of 
Litchfield)  and  had  issue  only  one  son,  Charles  Bridgeman, 
archdeacon  of  Richmond  in  Yorkshire,  who  died  unmarried, 
167s. 

Third,  Henry  Bridgeman,  dean  of  Chester,  being  so  made, 
1660  :  he  was  also  parson  of  Bangor  in  Flintshire,  and  of  Barrow 
in  Cheshire,  and  made  Bishop  of  the  Isle  of  Man,  1671.  He 
married  two  wives,  first,  Catherine,  daughter  of  Robert  Lever,  of 
Lancashire,  Gent,  by  whom  he  had  a  daughter,  Elizabeth,  mar- 
ried to  Thomas  Greenhalgh,  of  Brundlesham  in  Lancashire,  Esq.; 
his  second  wife  I  do  not  find  :  he  died  May,  ]GS2. 

Fourth,  Sir  James  Bridgeman,  Knight^  who  married   Anne, 

VOL,  VIII.  2  B 


370  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND.  ' 

daughter  of Allen,  of  Cheshire,  Gent,  by  whom  he  hatt 

James,  who  died  unmarried ;  Frances,  wife  of  William,  Lord 
Howardj  of  Escrickj  Magdalen,  wife  of  William  Wynde,  Esq.; 
and  Anne,  unmarried,  1082. 

Fifth,  Richard  Bridgeman,  a  merchant  in  Amsterdam  in  Hol- 
land, who  married  Catherine,  daughter  of  Mr.  Watson,  an  English 
merchant  there,  by  whom  he  had  issue  a  daughter,  Elizabeth, 
married  to  John  Dove,  Esq.  surveyor  of  the  customs ;  and  one 
son,  William  Bridgeman,  of  Westminster,  Esq.  some  time  secre- 
tary of  the  admiralty,  and  one  of  the  clerks  of  the  privy-council, 
who  married  Diana,  daughter  of  Mr.  Vernatti,  an  Italian  gentle- 
man, and  had  issue,  Orlando  Bridgeman,  Esq  ;  and  Catherine, 
wife  of  Orlando  Bridgeman,  Esq.  fourth  son  of  Sir  John,  here- 
after mentioned. 

Sir  Orl.\ndo  Bridgeman,  Jirst  Baronet,  eldest  son  of  the 
Bishop,  was,  for  his  great  proficiency  in  ihe  law,  made  attorney 
of  the  court  of  wards,  temp.  Car.  I.  also  attorney  to  the  Prince  of 
Wales,  (afterwards  King  Charles  II.),-  and  being  greatly  confided  in 
by  the  royal  martyr,  was  one  of  the  commissioners  deputed  by  him 
to  treat  with  those  of  the  parliament  at  Uxbridge;  and  as  long  as 
the  city  of  Chester  held  out  for  the  King,  he  encouraged  and  sup- 
ported the  loyalists  with  several  sums  of  money  ;  and  gave  several 
sums  to  purchase  tithes  where  churches  were  not,  as  he  thought, 
sufficiently  endowed;  and  large  sums  to  other  charitable  uses, 
and  redeeming  poor  captives  from  slavery.  Upon  the  restoration 
of  King  Charles  II.  as  a  farther  reward  for  his  merit,  he  was  made 
lord  chief  baron  of  the  Exchequer;  then  lord  chief  justice  of  the 
Common  Pleas  ;  and  lastly.  Lord  Keeper  of  the  Great  Seal 
of  England,  and  created  a  Baronet. 

Lord  Clarendon  speaks  well  of  him  during  the  civil  wars. 
"  The  city  of  Chester,"  says  he,  "  was  firm  to  the  King,  by  the 
virtue  of  the  inhabitants,  and  interest  of  the  bishop,  and  cathedral 
men  ;  but  especially  by  the  reputation  and  dexterity  of  Mr.  O. 
Bridgeman,  son  to  the  bishop,  and  a  lawyer  of  very  good  estima- 
tion ;  who  not  only  informed  them  of  their  duty,  and  encouraged 
them  in  it,  but  upon  his  credit  and  estate,  both  which  were  very 
good,  supplied  them  with  whatsoever  was  necessary  for  their  de- 
fence; so  that  they  were  not  put  to  be  honest  and  expensive 
together."  But  this  praise  is  qualifieJ  by  the  following  passage  i 
"  The  King  confessed  he  was  surprised  with  the  carriage  of  some 
persons  in  the  treaty  of  Uxbridge,  from  whom  he  had  expected 


LORD  BRADFORD.  3;i 

another  kind  of  behaviour,  in  matters  of  the  church  ;  and  named 
Sir  Orlando  Bridgeman,  upon  whom,  he  said,  he  had  always 
looked,  being  the  son  of  a  bishop,  as  so  tirm,  that  he  could  not  be 
shaken ;  and,  therefore,  he  was  the  more  amazed  to  hear  what 
condescensions  he  had  been  willing  to  have  made,  in  what  con- 
cerned religion ;  and  pressed  the  chancellor  to  answer  some 
questions  he  asked  him  about  that  transaction  ;  to  the  particulars 
whereof  he  excused  himself  from  answering,  by  the  protestation 
they  had  all  taken  before  the  treaty,  with  his  Majesty's  approba- 
tion :  though,  indeed,  himself  had  been  very  much  surprised  with 
the  first  discovery  of  that  temper,  in  that  gentleman,  which  he 
had  never  before  suspected  :  and  ever  after  said,  that  '  he  was  a 
man  of  excellent  parts,  and  honestly  inclined,  and  would  choose 
much  rather  to  do  well  than  ill  3  but  if  it  were  not  safe  for  him  to 
be  steady  in  those  resolutions,  he  was  so  much  given  to  find  out 
expedients  to  satisfy  unreasonable  men,  that  he  would  at  last  be 
drawn  to  yield  to  any  thing,  he  should  be  powerfully  pressed  to 
do."''  In  16(57,  "the  seals  were  given  to  Sir  Orlando  Bridge- 
man,  lord  chief  justice  of  the  Common  Pleas,  then  in  great  es- 
teem, which  he  did  not  maintain  long  after  his  advancement. 
His  study  and  practice  lay  so  entirely  in  the  common  law,  that 
he  never  seemed  to  apprehend  what  equity  was :  nor  had  he  a 
head  made  for  business,  or  for  such  a  court.  He  was  a  man  of 
great  integrity,  and  very  serious  impressions  of  religion  on  his 
mind.  He  had  been  always  on  the  side  of  the  church  :  yet  he 
had  great  tenderness  for  the  nonconformists."  In  16/2,  "  lord 
keeper  Bridgeman  had  lobt  all  credit  at  court :  so  they  were  seek- 
ing an  occasion  to  be  rid  of  him,  who  had,  indeed,  lost  all  the  re- 
putation he  had  formerly  acquired,  by  his  being  advanced  to  a 
post  of  which  he  was  not  capable.  He  refused  to  put  the  seal  to 
the  declaration  for  toleration,  as  judging  it  contrary  to  law.  So 
he  was  dismissed,  and  the  Earl  of  Shaftsbury  was  made  lord 
chancellor." 

He  married,  first,  Judith,  daughter  and  heir  of  John  Kynaston, 
of  Morton  in  Shropshire,  Esq.  (she  died  at  Oxford,  in  the  usur- 
pation, and  was  buried  iu  the  university  church.)  By  her  he  left 
issue  only  one  son. 

Sir  John,  his  successor- 
He  married  to  his  second  wife,  Dorotiiy,  daughter  of  Dr. 

3  Clarendon's  Life. 


372  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

Sannders,  provost  of  Oriel  college  in  Oxford,  (relict  of  George 
Cradjck,  of  Carswell  castle  in  Staffordshire,  Esq.)  by  whom  he 
had  issue,  two  sons  and  one  daughter. 

Second,  Sir  Orlando  Bridgeman,  who  being  possessed  of  Ridley 
in  Cheshire,  by  purchase  from  the  Egertons  of  that  place,  (a 
knightly  branch  of  the  Egertons,  of  Egerton)  was  created  a  Ba- 
ronet 25  Car.  II.  which  title  is  now  extinct. 

Third,  Sir  Francis  Bridgeman,  knighted  by  King  Charles  II. 
November  15th,  [6/3;  who  married  Susanna,  daughter  and  heir 
of  Sir  Richard  Barker,  of  London,  Knight,  M.  D.  and  died 
issueless. 

Fourth,  Charlotte,  married  to  Sir  Thomas  Myddleton,  of 
Chirk  castle  in  Denbighshire,  Bart,  by  whom  he  left  issue,  only 
one  daughter  and  heir,  Charlotte,  married  to  Edward,  Earl  of 
Warwick  and  Holland  j  and  afterwards  to  the  celebrated  Joseph 
Addison. 

Sir  Orlando  died,  June  25th,  16/4,  aged  sixty-six,  at  Tcd- 
dington  in  Middlesex,  and  there  lies  buried-. 

Sir  John  Bridgeman,  second  Baronet,  the  only  son  by  the 
first  venter,  succeeded  his  father.  He  married  Mary,  daugiiter 
and  coheir  of  George  Cradock,  of  Carswell  castle  in  Stafford-bhire, 
Esq.  above-mentioned,  by  whom  he  had  issue,  five  sons  and  seven 
daughters. 

First,  Orlando,  the  eldest  j    and  Thomas,  the  youngest,  both 
died  very  young. 

Second,  Sir  John,  his  successor. 
Third,  George,  who  died  unmarried ;  and. 
Fourth,  Orlando,  who  married  Catherine,   daughter  of  Wil- 
liam Bridgeman,  of  Comb  in  Suffolk,   Esq.  and  died  without 
issue. 

The  daughters  were,  first,  Mary,  married  to  Robert  Lloyd,  of 
Aston  in  Shropshire,  Esq.  ;  second,  Judith,  married  to  Richard 
Corbet,  of  Morton-Corbet  in  Shropshire,  Esq.  ;  third,  Elizabeth^ 
married  toSov^dly  Eyton,  of  Eyton,  on  the  Wildmores,  in  Shrop- 
shire, Esq.  ;  fourth,  Dorothy,  married  to  Lisle  Hacket,  of  Mox,- 
hull  in  Warwickshire,  Esq. ;  fifth,  Charlotte  j  sixth,  Bridget  j  and 
seventh,  Penelope. 

He  died  at  Castle-Bromwich,  August  24th,  J 7 10,  oet.  eighty, 
-  and  was  buried  at  Aston  in  Warwickshire. 

Sir  John  Bridgeman,  third  Baronet,  his  second,  but  eldest 
surviving  son,  married  Ursula,   daughter  and  sole  heir  of  Roger 


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LORD  BRADFORD.  373 

Matt'.iews,  of  Blodwell  in  Shropshire,  Esq.  by  whom  he  had 
hii\e,  five  sons  and  two  daughters. 

First,  Sir  Orlando,  his  successor. 

Second,  John,  who  died  in  his  infancy. 

Third,  Roger;  fourth,  John;   fifth,  George,  who  died  young. 

The  daughters  were  Ursula,  married  to  Hugh  Williams,  Esq. 
and  Judith. 

Sir  John  died  July  23d,  1747. 

Sir  Orlando  Bridgeman,  fourth  Earonet,  his  eldest  son  and 
heir,  succeeded  him,  and  married  Anne,  daughter  of  Richard 
Newport,  Earl  of  Braaford. 

By  this  Lady,  who  died  August  ipth,  1752,  he  had  issue. 

First,  John,  who  died  young. 

Second,  Sir  Henry,  his  successor. 

Third,  George,  who  died  at  Lisbon  in  December,  1767>  un- 
married. 

Fourth,  Mary,  who  died  in  her  infancy  ;  and, 

Fifth,  Diana,  married  John  Sawbridge,  Esq.  of  Ollantigh  in 
Kent,  and  died  without  issue,  January  21>.t,  1764. 

He  was  chosen  representative  for  the  town  of  Shrewsbury, 
and  dying  July  25th,  1/64,  was  succeeded  by  his  eldest  surviving 
son. 

Sir  Henry  Bridgeman,  fifth  Baronet,  first  Lord  Brad- 
ford, born  September  7th,  1725,  who  having  sat  many  years  in 
the  parliament  for  Wenlock  in  Shropshire,  was  advanced  to  the 
British  peerage  on  August  13th,  1794,  by  the  title  of  Lord 
Bradford,  of  Bradford  in  Shropshire. 

His  Lordship  married,  July  12th,  1755,  Elizabeth,  daughter 
and  heiress  of  John  Simpson,  Esq.  and  by  her  (who  died  March 
6tb,  1806)  had  issue. 

First,  Henry-Simpson,  born  April  12th,  1757.  who  died 
July  26lh,  1752  ]  noember  of  parliament  for  Wigan,  com.  Lan. 
17SO. 

Second,  Orlando,  born  January  24th,  1759,  who  died  an 
infant. 

Third,  Orlando,  ihe  present  Lord. 

Fourth,  John,  born  May  13th,  1763,  who,  in  1785,  took  the 
name  and  arms  of  Simpson,  by  act  of  parliament ;  married,  first, 
June  3d,  17S4,  Henrietta-Frances,  only  daughter  of  Sir  Thomas 
Worseley,  Bart,  by  whom  (who  died  August  2d,  179I)  he  had 
issue,  first,  Henry,  bora  March  24th,  1785,  who  died  June  /th. 


374  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

1794  }  second,  Henrietta-Elizabeth  Charlotte,  who  died  an  in- 
fant, in  July,  17865  third,  Henrietta-Anne-Maria-Charlotte,  burn 
April  178B,  niece  and  heir  to  the  late  Sir  Richard  Worsley,  Bart, 
married,  August  11th,  I8O6,  the  Honourable  Charles -Anderson 
Pelham,  eldest  son  of  Lord  Yarborough.  He  maiTied,  secondly, 
November  27th,  1793,  Grace,  daughter  of  Samuel  Estwicke, 
Esq.  He  was  elected  member  of  parliament  for  Wenlock,  1/94^ 
1796,  1802,  1806,  I8O7. 

Fifth,  George,  in  holy  orders,  recto'r  of  Wigan  in  Lancashire, 
born  August  11th,  1/65  j  married,  July  28th,  1/92,  Lucy-Isa- 
bella Boyle,  daughter  of  Edmund,  seventh  Earl  of  Corke  and 
Orrery  (who  died  September  5th,  1801),  by  whom  he  has  issue, 
first,  Elizabeth  Isabella,  born  April  J  7th,  179^;  second,  Anne- 
Charlotte,  born  June  3d,  I794. 

Sixth,  Charlotte,  born  January  28th,  1761  ;  married.  May 
15th,  1784,  to  Henry-Creswola  Lewis,  Esq.  of  Malvern-Hall,  in 
Warwickshire,  and  died  July  6th,  1802. 

Seventh,  Anne,  born  November  29th,  1757,  and  died  De- 
cember following. 

Eighth,  Elizabeth-Diana,  born  June  5tb,  1764;   married,  Fe- 
bruary lOlh,  1794,  to  George-William  Gunning,  Esq.  only  son 
of  Sir  Robert  Gunning,  Bart.  Knight  of  the  Bath;   has  issue  a 
daughter,  born   May  12th,    1799j   ^nd  a  son,  born  September, 
ISOO. 

John  and  Orlando,  both  died  infants. 

His  Lordship  died  in  1800,  and  was  succeeded  by  his  son,  the 
present  and  second  Peer, 

Or:.ando  Bridgeman,  second  Lord  Bradford,  and  a 
Baronet:  born  March  19th,  1762.  Married,  May  29th,  1788, 
Lucy-Elizabeth  Byng,  daughter  of  George,  Viscount  Torrington, 
by  whom  he  has  issue, 

First,  George-Augustus-Frederick-Henry,  born  October  23dj 
1789. 

Second,  Charles-Orlando. 

Third,  Lucy-Elizabeth  ;  and. 

Fourth,  Orlando-Henry,  died  infants. 

Fifth,  Henry-Edmund,  born  September,  1797' 

Sixth,  a  daughter,  born  September  14th,  \799- 
His  Lordship,  while  a  commoner,  sat  in  parliament  for  Wigan 
in  Lancashire,  1784,  179O,  1796, 

Titles.    Orlando  Bridgeman,  Lord  Bradford;  and  a  Baronet. 


LORD  BRADFORD.  375 

Creations.  Lord  Bradford  by  patent,  August  13th,  l/Q-i; 
and  Baronet  166O. 

Arms.  Sable,  ten  plates,  4,  3,  2,  1,  and  on  a  chief,  argent,  a 
lion  passant,  ermines. 

Crest.  On  a  wreath,  a  lion  issuant,  argent,  holding  a  garland 
of  laurels  between  his  paws,  or. 

Supporters.     Two  leopards  reguardant. 

Motto.       NeC  TEMERE,   NEC  TIM  IDE. 

Chief  Seat,     Weston-Park,  Staffordshire. 


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PEEPxAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 


PEACHEY,  LORD  SELSEY. 


Edmund  Peache'v,  of  Eartham  in  Sussex,  said  to  be  descended 
from  the  ancient  family  of  Peche  of  Kingstborpe  in  Leicestershire, 
and  Sheron-Hall  in  Derbyshire,  was  father  of 

Edward  Peachey,  who  died  in  165/,  having  been  twice  mar- 
ried, and  left  by  Anne  Beechee,  his  second  wife,  two  daughters, 
Anne  and  Sarah  ;  and  three  sons  ; 

First,  Edward,  eldest  son,  died  1 6/8,  leaving  two  sons,  and 
two  daughters. 

Second,  William,  ofwhompreseiitly. 

Third,  John,  was  twice  married,  and  died  May  25th,  iQQ'i, 
leaving  an  only  daughter  Elizabeth,  married  to  Sir  Richard  Farv 
ingdon,  Knt. 

William,  second  son,  of  New-Grove  in  the  parish  of  Pet- 
worth  in  Sussex,  had  a  confirmation  of  his  armorial  bearings 
granted  by  Sir  Edward  Bysshe  in  l663,  as  a  branch  of  "the  Peclies 
of  Leicestershire,  and  died  in  October  l685,  having  married  Mary, 
daughter  and  coheir  of Hall,  Esq.  of  New-Grove  in  Pet- 
worth,  by  whom  he  had  eight  sons. 

First,  Sir  Henry,  of  whom  presently . 

Second,  Edward,  died  unmarried. 

Third,  William,  an  officer  in  the  foot-guards,  was  slain  at  the 
battle  of  Almanza  in  Spain. 

Fourth,  Sir  John,  ofivhom  hereafter. 

Fifth,  Bulstrode,  assumed  the  name  of  Knight,  on  his  mar- 
riage, June  8th,  1/25,  with  Elizabeth,  relict  of  William  Wood- 
ward Knight,  Esq.  of  West-Dean  in  Sussex,  who  left  no  issue.  He 


LORD  SELSEY.  577 

was  thrice  elected  M.  P.  for  Midiiurst  in  Sussex,  and  died  in 
Dean-strfet,  Soho,  January  14th,  1/35-6.  He  was  buried  at 
Chawton  in  Hampshire,  having  left  his  estates  to  his  brother 
John. 

Sixth,  George  Peachey, 

Seventh,  Charles  Peachey,  died  in  Persia. 

Eighih,  James  Peachey,  of  Titleworth  in  Sussex,  Esq.  who 
having  been  formerly  a  governor  in  the  service  of  the  East  India 
Company,  was  afterwards  M.  P.  for  I;eominster  in  Herefordshire, 
and  dying  February  I5th,  I77I,  was  buried  at  Petworth. 

Sir  Henry  Vtachey, Jirst  Baronet,  eldest  son  and  heir,  repre- 
sented the  county  of  Sussex,  in  the  parliament  summoned  lo  meet 
July  17OS,  and  was  elected  member  for  Midiiurst,  in  the  same 
county,  on   the  death   of  his   brother  Bulstrodcj    he   married  a 

.daughter  of Garret,  Esq.  by  whom  he  had  a  son,  who  died 

young;  and  a  daughter,  married  to  Gawen  Harris  Nash,  of  Pet- 
worth,  Esq.  (to  whom  she  was  first  wife.) 

Sir  Henry  was  advanced  to  the  dignity  of  a  Baronet,  Q  George 
II.  with  remainJer,  in  case  of  failure  of  issue  male,  to  John 
Peachey,  of  the  city  of  London,  Esq.  brother  of  the  said  Henry, 
and  the  heirs  male  of  his  body,  lawfully  begotten,  and  in  default 
of  such  issue,  to  James  Peachey,  of  Titleworth,  in  the  county  of 
Sussex,  Esq.  another  brother  of  the  said  Sir  Henry,  and  the  heirs 
male  of  his  body,  lawfully  begotten. 

Sir  Henry  dying  August  23d,  1/37,  without  issue  male,  was 
succeeded,  according  to  the  remainder  in  his  patent,  by  his  next 
surviving  brother, 

Sir  John  Peachey,  second  Baronet,  who  succeeded  his  brother. 
Sir  Henry,  as  repreventative  in  parliament  for  Midhurst.     He 

married  a  daughter  of London,  Esq.  formerly  principal 

gardener  in  ordinary  to  her  Majesty  Queen  Anne,  by  whom  he 
had  two  sons. 

First,  Sir  John,  his  successor. 

Second,  Sir  James,  successor  to  his  brother,j^/\y/  peer. 

Also  three  daughters :  Mary,  married  Michael  Sure.s^  ol 
Tring-grove,  in  Hertfordshire,  Esq.  (who  left  her  a  widow,  with 
one  son  and  two  daughters,  October  31st,  1740)  and  Henrietta 
and  Rebecca, 

Sir  John  died,  April  12th,  17-^4j  and  was  succeeded  by 

Sir  John  Peachey,  third  Baronet,  his  eldest  son,  who  was 
chosen  to  represent  the  borough  of  Midhurst,  on  the  death  of  his 
father.     He  married  in  August  1/52,  the  only  daughter  ol  John 


378  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

Meeres  Fagg,  ^  of  Glenley  in  Sussex^  Esq.  and  died  at  West- 
Dean  in  Sussex,  June  30tli,  17<55,  without  issue,  leaving  his  wife 
surviving,  who  resided  principally  at  Tunbridge-Wells  ;  and  died 
within  these  few  years.  '^  He  was  succeeded  in  title  by  his 
brother. 

Sir  James  Y'enchey,  fourth  Baronet,  and  first  Lord  Selsey. 

He  was  groom  of  the  bed-chamber  to  his  present  Majesty, 
when  Prince  of  Wales,  and  was  member  in  several  parliaments 
for  Seaford  in  Sussex, 

In  1792,  he  succeeded  the  Earl  of  Cardigan  as  master  of  the 
robes  to  the  King j  and  on  August  13th,  IJQi,  was  elevated  to 
ihe  Peerage,  by  the  title  of  Lord  Selsey,  of  Selsey  in  Sussex. 

His  Lordship  married,  August  IQth,  1747,  Lady  Georgina 
Caroline  Scott,  daughter  of  Henry  first  Earl  of  Deloraine,  by  his 
second  wife  Mary,  only  daughter  of  Captain  Charles  Howard, 
and  aunt  of  John,  now  Earl  of  Suffolk,  and  by  her  h.;d  issue. 

First,  John,  present  peer. 

Second,  Georgiana,  married,  April  1st,  J77I>  to  the  present 
Earl  of  Warwick  and  Brooke,  and  died  April  1st,  177^- 

His  Lordship  dying  February  1st,  1808,  was  succeeded  by  his 
only  son, 

John  Peachey,  second  Baron  Selsey,  of  Selsey,  in  Sussex, 
and  a  Baronet.  Who  was  born  March  l6th,  1749;  and  inarried, 
January  19th,  1784,  Hester-Elizabeth,  daughter  of  George  Jen- 
nings, Esq.  of  Newsells,  in  Herts,  (by  Lady  Mary,  aunt  of  the 
late  Marquis  of  Clanricarde),  by  whom  he  has  three  sons  and  two 
daughters,  viz. 

First,  James,  born  September  3d,  1785,  late  an  ensign  in  the 
first  regiment  of  foot-guards. 

Second,  Henrj^-John,  a  lieutenant  in  the  royal  navy,  born 
September  4th,  1787- 

Third,  John- William,  born  December  10th,  1788. 

Fourth,  Caroline-Mary,  born  May  24th,  1790. 

Fifth,  Charlotte-Hester,  born  October  19th,  1792,  and  died 
March  3d,  1793. 

His  Lordship,  while  a  commoner,  represented  St.  Germains 
in  parliament,  177^3  3"d  Shoreham,  1784,  1790. 

a  Son  of  Thomas  Fagg,  of  Glenley  in  Westdean  aforesaid,  who  was  third 
son  of  Sir  John  Fagg,  first  Baronet. 

b  She  left  her  own  property  principally  to  her  relation  the  Rev.  Sir  John 
Fagg,  Raft,  rector  of  Chartham  in  Kent- 


LORD  SELSEY.  379 

Title.     John  Peachey,  Lord  Selsey,  cf  Selsey  in  Sussex ;  and  a 
Baronet. 

Creations.     Lord  Selsey  by  patent,  August  13th,  lyQA;  and 
Baronet  9  Geo.  If. 

Arms.     AzAire,  a  Hon,  rampant,  double  queued,  ermine ;  on 
a  canton,  or,  a  mullet,  pierced,  Gules. 

Crest.  On  a  wreath,  a  demi-lion,  as  in  the  arms,  holding  in 
bis  dexter  paw  a  sword,  erect,  argent,  pomeled  and  hilled,  or. 

Supporters.     See  the  wood-cut. 

Motto.     Ne  aursauAM  serviat  enses. 

Chief  Seat.     At  Grove-house,  near  Petworth  in  Sussex. 


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PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 


DUNDAS,  LOUD  DUI\Dx\S. 

For  the  earlier  part  of  his  Lordship's  pedigree,  the  reader  is  re- 
ferred to  the  article  of  Viscount  Melville,  in  vol.  vi.  oi  this 
work. 

James  Dnndas,  the  eldest  son,  of  James  Dunda?,  by  Christian 
Stewart,  was  returned  heir  to  his  father,  in  sundry  lands,  in  1^31, 
and  1437.  He  was  witness  to  King  James  the  Second's  charter 
of  confirmation,  in  favour  of  the  priory  of  the  Charter-house, 
called  Domiis  Virtutis,  at  Perth,  anno  1439.  in  ^t>at  King's  mi- 
nority, he  was  one  of  the  privy-council,  with  the  governor,  Sir 
Alexander  Livingston,  his  father-in-l.nv.  He  granted  a  charter 
of  confirmation  to  the  Carmelite  Friars,  at  Queen's-ferry,  of 
sundry  acres,  in  which  he  obliged  them  to  pray  for  himself, 
Euphan,  his  wife,  and  their  children,  &c.  dated  1-440. 

William,  Earl  of  Doughis,  having  prevailed  at  court.  Sir  Alex- 
ander Livingstone,  the  Kings  governor,  his  family,  with  his  sons- 
in-law,  James  Dundas,  and  Robert  Bruce,  were  prosecuted,  con- 
demned, and  imprisoned,  and  the  lands  of  Dundas  *  were,  by  par- 
liament, 1449,  given  to  William,  Earl  of  Douglas,  their  prose- 
cutor, by  a  charter,  February  10th,  1449.  This  Earl  Douglas 
being  cut  otf  by  the  King's  own  hand,  at  Stirling,  February  13th, 


a  Nisbet  says,  tliat  these  lands  of  Dundas,  not  being  restored  to  Sir  James 
the  heir,  but  afterwards  granted  to  Archibald  Douglas  of  Listen,  Archibald 
assumed  the  designation  oi  Dundas  of  that  Ilk  ever  afterwards  ;  and  Sir  James 
being  dispossessed  of  them,  he  and  his  descendants  laid  aside  that  des'gna- 
tion,  and  used  only  that  of  Fingask, 


LORD  DUNDAS.  3&1 

14.52,  the  King  granted  a  pardon,  dated  August  27th,  1452, 
Alexundro  Livingstojie,  de  Cal/cnder,  Militi,  ilf  quondam  Jacubo 
de  Dundas  de  eodem,  ex  nostris  benevulcntia,  favore  et  gratia  spe- 
cia/e ;  and  which  was,  soon  after,  continued  in  the  amplest 
manner,  in  parliament. 

James  Dundas  dying  (during  his  confinement  in  Dunbarton 
castle)  in  1451,  the  Barony  of  Fingask,  the  freehold  estate  of 
this  family,  remained  in  the  King's  hands  from  the  forfeiture  ia 
14-J9,  until  the  heir  of  James  succeeded,  after  his  pardon,  in 
1452. 

James  Dv>ndas  married  Enphan,  daughter  of  Sir  Alexander 
Livingston,  of  Callender,  by  whom  he  had. 

First,  Elizabeth,  married  to  Sir  David  Gutherie,  lord  treasurer 
to  King  James  IIL 

Second,  Margaret,  married  to  Alexander  Cockburn,of  Langton. 

Also  one  son,  Alexander  ^  Dundas,  of  Fingask. 

By  indenture,  dated  June  21st,  1455,  Lawrence,  Lord  Oli- 
phant,  of  Aberdag)^  with  Alexander  Dundas,  of  Fingask,  be- 
came bound  in  security  to  William,  Earl  of  Errol,  to  keep  him 
unhurt  and  skaithed,  in  the  payment  of  200/.  to  William  of 
Murray,  of  Tillibardine,  for  the  marriage  right  of  Blair,  of  Bal- 
l  by  wick. 

Li  a  solemn  submission,  dated  July  24th,  146(5,  between  the 
abbots  of  Scone  and  Cupar,  the  arbiters  are,  Dominus  Henricus 
Douglas,  de  Lochleven ;  Joannes  de  Moncrief  de  eodem  ;  Alexander 
de  Dundas,  Baro  de  Fingask,  Isc.  their  seals  are  appended,  one  of 
which  is  a  lion  rampant,  and  around  the  legend  is,  Sigillum  Alex- 
andri  de  Dundas,  Baro  de  Fingask. 

Alexander  de  Dundas,  Baron  of  Fingask,  was,  with  four  of  his 
sons,  killed  at  the  fatal  battle  of  Flodden,  anno  1513,  having  mar- 
ried Isabel,  daughter  to  Lawrence,  Lord  Oliphant,  by  whom  he 
left  issue,  Alexander,  his  heir,  and  Adam  de  Dundas,  of  Oxmure  ; 
and  several  other  sons,   some  of  whom  were  slain  with  him  at 

Flodden  :  also  one  daughter,  Margaret,  married  to Law, 

of  Lawbridge  in  Galloway. 

Alexander,  his  son,  succeeded  to  the  barony  of  Fingask,  and 
procured  a  charter  of  confirmation  from  King  James  V,  of  the 
lands  of  Coates,  in  the  lordship  of  Elcho. 


•>  Nisbet  mentions  also  another  son,  Duncan  Dundas,  lion  king  at  arms, 
and  several  timci  ambassador  to  England. 


382  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

By  Elizabeth  Br-xe,  his  wife,  daughter  of  Sir  David  Bruce,  of 
Clackmannan,  and  sister  to  the  ancestors  of  the  Earl  of  Elgin, 
he  had  issue  three  sons  and  two  daughters. 

First,  Archibald,  his  heir. 

Second,  Robert ;  and. 

Third,  Thomas,  of  Findhorn. 

Margaret,  his  eldest  daughter,  married  William  Kerr,  of 
Ancram  ;  their  son  was  created  Earl  of  Ancram,  and  his  son  Mar- 
quis of  Lothian.  She  married,  after  her  husband's  death,  Sir 
George  Douglas,  of  Mordington,  by  whom  she  had  Sir  George 
Douglas,  who  died  while  ambassador  at  Denmark;  and  one. 
dano^hter,  Martha,  who  was  married  to  Sir  James  Lnckliart,  of 
liCe,  by  whom  there  were  three  sons,  and  one  daughter  ;  Sir  "Wil- 
liam Lock  hart,  of  Lee,  ambassador  to  France,  l6'50;  Sir  George 
Lockhart,  of  Carnwath,  and  Sir  John  Lockhart,  of  Castle-hill; 
and  Anne,  married  to  George  Lockhart,  of  Torbreicks,  whose 
heir  was  mother  to  William,  Earl  of  Aberdeen. 

Nicholas  Dundas,  secood  daughter  of  Alexander,  married 
Alexander  Colville,  lord  commendator  of  Culross,  ancestor  to  the 
present  Lord  Colville,  of  Culross ;  their  eldest  daughter,  Grizel, 
married  to  Sir  John  Preston,  of  V^alley-field  ;  their  second  daugh- 
ter, Jean,  married  Eobert  Bruce,  of  Blair-hall. 

Alexander  Dundas  was  killed  at  the  battle  of  Pinky,  Sep- 
tember J 0th,  15-17,  3"^^  ^'^^s  succeeded  by  his  son 

Archibald,  at  Perth,  January  lOih,  1548;  William,  Lord 
Ruthven,  being  then  sheriff. 

This  Archibald  was  in  high  esteem  with  King  James  the 
sixth,  as  a  person  of  singular  worth  and  merit.  His  Majesty, 
in  a  letter  to  Alexander  Blair,  of  Blathiock,  concerning  the  aflairs 
in  Perthshire,  recommended  him  to  consult  and  advise  with  this 
Archibald  Dundas,  of  Fingask,  as  a  person  in  whom  he  entirely 
confided;  dated  September  23d,  lo/t). 

He  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Robert  Colville,  of  Cliesh, 
ancestor  to  Lord  Colville,  of  Ochiltree;  by  her  he  had  three 
sons  ; 

First,  William,  who,  anno  1582,  married  Margaret,  eldest 
daughter  and  heir  of  Sir  David  Carnegi,  of  Clouthie,  and  Eliza- 
beth Ramsay  :  by  the  contract  of  marriage,  the  baronies  of  Fin- 
gask, Cluthie  and  Leuchars,  are  provided  to  the  heirs  male,  con- 
form to  the  old  infeftracuts;  but  there  being  no  issue^  he  was 
succeeded  bv, 


LORD  DUX  DAS.  383 

Second,  Archibald  Dundas,  his  brother,  in  the  estate  of  Fin- 
gask,  who  was  returned  heir  to  his  father,  Archibald,  at  Perth, 
February  Sth,  1606,  William,  Master  of 'i'ullibardine,  being  then 
sheriff".  He  got  a  charter  of  confirmation  of  the  barony  of  Fin- 
gask,  on  his  own  resignation,  in  favour  of  his  heirs  male,  dated 
]60g,  from  King  James  the  Vlth. 

He  married  Jean,  daughter  to  Sir  David  Carnegie,  father  to 
the  Earls  of  Southesk  and  Northesk,  by  his  second  wife,  Euphan, 
daughter  to  Sir  David  Wemyss,  by  whom  he  had  his  son  and 
heir. 

Sir  John  Dundas,  and  a  daughter,  Nicholas,  married  toFairlie, 
of  Braid,  an  ancient  family  in  JNIid  Lothian. 

He  married,  secondly,  Giles,  daughter  to  Lawrence  Mercer, 
of  Aldie,  by  whom  he  had, 

Second,  I,awrence  Dundas,  professor  of  Humanity,  In  the  uni- 
versity of  Edinb;ir?h. 

This  Archibald  died  1624. 

Sir  John  Dundas  succeeded  his  father  in  the  barony  of  Fin- 
gask,  anno  l0'24.  He  had  the  honour  of  knighthood  conferred 
upon  him  by  King  Charles  I.  at  Dunfermline,  anno  1633.  His 
loyalty  to  his  sovereign,  and  his  near  relation  by  his  mother  to  the 
great  Marquis  of  Montrose,  induced  him  to  expose  his  life  and 
fortune  in  the  civil  wars,  having  raised  and  maintained  a  troop  of 
horse  at  his  own  expense,  for  his  Majesty's  service,  by  which  he 
ruined  his  estate,  which  had  30  long  been  transmitted  to  him  by  a 
series  of  worthy  ancfistors. 

He  first  married  Anne,  daugbter  of  Sir  William  Moncrief,  of 
that  ilk,  by  whom  he  had  no  issue. 

Secondly,  jNIargaret,  daughter  of  George  Dundas,  ofDunda«, 
by  his  wife,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Alexander  Hamilton,  of  Inner- 
wick,  by  whom  he  had  his  only  son, 

John  Dundas,  who  succeeded,  anno  167O,  and  married  Mag- 
dalen, daughter  to  Thomas,  son  of  Allardice  of  that  ilk,  by  Jean, 
daughter  of  Sir  Alexander  Burnet,  of  Leys,  by  whom  he  had  his 
only  son, 

Thomas  Dundas,  who  succeeded,  anno  1/24.  He  lived  long 
respected  and  esteemed  by  his  fellow  citizens  in  Edinburgh  5  and 
having  purchased  a  considerable  estate  in  Stirlingshire,  he  got  a 
charter  under  the  great  seal,  erecting  his  lands  into  the  barony  of 
Fingask,  anno  1/30,  and  is  returned  in  the  Chancery  grandson 
and  heir  to  Sir  John  Dundas,  of  Fingask. 


381  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

He  died,  nnno  1/62,  having  married  Bethea,  daughter  to 
John  Baillie,  of  Castlecarr}'  in  Stirlingshire,  by  whom  he  left  two 
sons  ;  Thomas ;  and  Sir  Laurence. 

First,  Thomas,  the  eldest  son,  member  of  parliament  for  Ork- 
ney and  Zetland,  married,  first,  Anne,  daughter  of  the  Honour- 
able James  Graham,  of  Airth,  judge  of  the  high  court  of  admiralty 
for  Scotland,  and  by  her  had  no  issue.  He  married,  secondly,  in 
1744,  Lady  Janet  Maitland,  daughter  of  Charles,  sixth  Earl  of 
Lauderdale,  by  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  James,  Earl  ofFindlater, 
chancellor  of  Scotland,  by  whom  he  had  issue  (which  carries  on 
the  family  of  Finga>k),  first,  Thomas  ;  and,  second,  Charles,  and 
four  daughters  ;  viz.  Thomas,  was  a  general  in  the  army,  and  mar- 
ried Eleanor-Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Alexander,  eighth  Earl  of 
Home,  and,  dying  at  Guadaloupe,  June  3d,  \79^)  ^^^t  issue,  one 
son,  Thomas,  and  six  daughters,  viz.  Clementina  ;  Janet;  Elea- 
nor; Primrose;  Charlotte;  Anne  Wheatley ;  and  Elizabeth  Grey. 
Charles,  second  son,  member  of  parliament  for  the  county  of 
Berks,  married  Miss  Anne  Wheatley,  and  has  issue,  Janet.  Mar- 
garet-Bruce, married  A.  Gibson,  Esq.;  Berthia,  married  George 
Haldane,  Esq.;  Janet,  married  R.  Deans,  Esq.j  and  Mary,  mar- 
ried James  Bruce,  of  Kinnaird,  Esq. 

Second,  Sir  Lawrence  Dundas,  of  Kerse,^/\?^  Baronet,  was 
member  of  parliament  for  the  city  of  Edinburgh,  l/dS.  In  1/50',  '^ 
he  attended  his  Uoyal  Highness  the  Duke  of  Cumberland  from 
London,  and  had  the  charge  of  supplying  all  the  troops  in  Scotland, 
during  the  Duke's  command.  In  I747,  he  was  elected  member 
of  parliament  for  the  towns  of  Linlithgow,  &c. 

In  1748,  his  Royal  Highness  ordered  him  to  attend  in  Flanders, 
and  appointed  him  Comviissary  General  to  the  army  under  his 
command. 

In  \7^9>  J^c  engaged  in  several  large  and  extensive  contracts, 
with  the  lords  of  his  Majesty's  treasury,  for  the  service  of  the 
army  in  Germany,  under  the  command  of  Prince  Ferdinand, 
where  he  so  prudently  ordered  the  multiplicity  of  affairs  under  his 
direction,  that  he  acquired  tlie  regard  and  esteem  of  the  army,  and 
a  large  fortune  to  his  family. 

After  the  war,  his  Majesty,  in  consideration  of  the  many  ser- 
vices he  had  been  emploved  in  for  twenty  years,  was  pleased,  in 

c  He  was  in  the  woollen  trade  at  Edinburgh,  1738-9.  See  Ger.t.  Ma^- 
1805,  p.  608. 


LORD  DUNDAS.  385 

November,  1762,  to  create  him  a  Baronet  of  Great  Britain,  with 
remainder  to  his  brother  Thomas. 

He  married  Margaret,  daughter  of  Alexander  Bruce,  of  Ken- 
net,  by  Mary  Balfour,  daughter  to  Robert  Lord  Burleigh,  by 
whom  he  had 

Thomas  Dundas,  his  son  and  heir;  and  dying  September  21, 
178I,  was  succeeded  by  his  only  son. 

Sir  Thomas,  second  Baronet,  now  Lord  Dundas,  who  was 
elevated  to  the  British  Peerage,  by  the  title  of  Lord  Dundas, 
of  Aske  in  Yorkshire,  August  13th,  1794. 

He  is  also  lord  lieutenant  and  vice-admiral  of  Orkney  and 
Shetland. 

His  Lordship  married.  May  24th,  176-J,  Lady  Charlotte 
Wentworth,  sister  of  William,  Earl  Fitzvvilliam,  and  has  issue, 
viz. 

First,  Lawrence,  married  to  Miss  Hale,  daughter  of  General 
Hale,  and  has  issue,  Thomas  and  Charlotte,  antl  a  daughter,  born 
July  2d,  1803.  He  was  elected  member  of  parliament  for  Rich- 
mond, 1790,  1796;  and  for  York,  1802,  180(). 

Second,  Charles-Lawrence,  late  member  of  parliament  for 
Richmond,  1802,  I8O6,  I8O7,  died  in  February,  1810,  having 
married  Lady  Caroline  Beauclerk,  sister  to  Aubrey,  Duke  of  St. 
Albans,  and  had  issue,  of  whom  William,  his  youngest  son,  died 
June  24th,  1805. 

Third,  William,  born  in  17/7,  late  in  the  army,  died  in  1796. 

Fourth,  George-Heneage-Lawrence,  a  captain  in  the  royal 
navy.    Member  of  parliament  for  Richmond,  1802. 

Fifth,  Thomas-Lawrence,  in  holy  orders,  rector  of  Harpole  in 
Northamptonshire. 

Sixth,  Robert  Lawrence,  a  major  in  the  army,  member  of 
parliament  for  Malton. 

Seventh,  Margaret,  married  to  Archibald  Spears,  Esq.  and 
has  issue. 

Eighth,  Charlotte,  married,  July  8th,  I8O6,  Charles- William, 
Viscount  Milton,  only  son  of  William,  Earl  Fitzwilliam. 

Ninth,  Frances-Laura,  married,  January  24th,  1805,  Robert 
Chaloner,  Esq.  of  Gisborough  in  Yorkshire. 

Tenth,  Mary,  married,  April  9th,  1808,  the  Rev.  William 
Wharton. 

Eleventh,  Isabella. 

While  a  commoner,  his  Lordship  represented  in  parliament 
the  county  of  Sterling,  1768,  1774,1780,  1784,  179O. 

VOL,  VIII.  a  c 


386  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

Title.     Thomas  Dundas^  Lord  Dnndas,  and  a  Baronet. 

Creation.  Lord  Dundas  by  patent,  August  13th,  1794}  and 
Baronet,  November,  1762. 

Arms.     Argent,  a  lion  rampant,  gules. 

Crest.  A  lion's  head,  full  faced,  looking  over  an  oak  bush, 
crowned  with  an  antique  ducal  crown. 

Supporters.  Two  lions  crowned  j  each  charged  with  a  shield 
on  the  shoulder,  of  which  the  dexter  contains  the  arms  of  Bruce, 
and  the  sinister  the  arms  of 

Motto.       ESSAYEZ. 

Chief  Seats,  Aske-hall,  in  Yorkshire ;  Kerse,  in  Sterlingshire ; 
Clackmannan,  and  the  Orkneys. 


LORD  YARBOROUGH. 


38f 


PELHAM,  LORD  YARBOROUGH. 

OirWilliam  Velham, thirdsonofSh-  William  Pelham, of  Laugk^ 
ton  in  Sussex,  ancestor  to  the  Earl  of  Chichester,  (for  whom 
see  vol   V.)  by  Mary,  his  second  zuife,  daughter  to  IVilUam,  Lord 
Sands  oythc  line,  was  one  of  the  most  huiious  men  of  his  time, 
being  from  his  youth  in  the  service  of  his  country  j  and  having,  by 
his  courage  and  conduct,  gained  the  reputation  of  an  experienced 
martial  officer,   had  the  command  of  the  pioneers  in   the  army 
under  the  Duke  of  Norfolk,  sent  to  the  assistance  of  the  Scots, 
against  the  French,  in  March  I5t)0,  the  second  year  of  Queen 
Elizabeth.     Also  on  the  forces  approaching  Leith,  he  was  one  of 
those  appointed  (o  confer  with  the  Qupen-regent  at  Edinburgh,'' 
and  when  the  town  of  Leith  was  invested,  having  the  chief  direc- 
tion of  the  siege,  caused  a  square  fort  to  be  built,  called  Mount- 
Pelham,  with  a  buKvark  at  every  corner,  and  twelve  battering 
pieces  planted  at  places  convenient,  to  batter  the  south  side  of 
the  town.     This  siege  continued  until  a  peace  was  concluded, 
and  all  the  French,  except  sixteen  left  in  Inch-Keith,  were  obliged 
to  leave  the  kingdom.     In   September,   1563,  embarking   with 
Ambrose  Dudley,  Earl  of  Warwick,  general  of  the  army,  sent  to 
the  assistance  of  the  protestants  in  France,  he  was  at  the  taking 
of  Caen,  ^  in  Normandy,  and  in  the  year  1563,"-"  was  wounded  in 
the  defence  of  Newhaven,  which  endured  a  long  siege,  and  held 
out  till  Queen  Elizabeth  expressed,  with  tears,  the  commisera- 
tion of  the  sad  state  they  were  reduced  to,  and  by  proclamation 
(wherein  she  commended  the  valour  of  her   commanders  and 


a  Stow's  Annals,  cdif.  1614,  p.  641. 
b  Ibid.  p.  65J.  "■  IbUI.  p- 654. 


388  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

soldiers)  declared,  she  would  no  longer  expose  her  bravest  men  to 
the  fury  of  two  enemies,  the  plague  and  the  sword.  And  there- 
upon '^  her  Majesty  gave  orders  to  the  Earl  of  Warwick  to  capi- 
tulate on  honourable  terms,  who  immediately  sent  Mr.  Pelham  to 
the  Mareschal  Montmorency,  constable  of  France,  to  agree  upon 
articles  of  surrender;  and  when  they  were  signed,  he  was  one  of 
the  four  hostages  for  the  performance  of  them. 

After  this  he  was  sent  into  Ireland,  and,  for  his  services  against 
the  rebels,  was  knighted,  1579,  by  the  lc;rd  deputy.  Sir  William 
Drury  ;  ^  who  deceasing  September  30th,  the  same  year.  Sir  Wil- 
liam Pelham  was  by  the  council,  on  October  11th  following, 
chosen  Justicier  of  Ireland,  with  the  authority  *'  of  lord  deputy, 
until  a  lord  deputy  was  created  ;  and  thereupon  he  knighted,  the 
same  day,  §  the  lord  chancellor  Gerrard,  and  young  Edward  Fitton, 
son  of  Sir  Edward  Fitton,  president  of  Connaught,  who  had  per- 
formed great  services  against  the  rebels. 

During  the  time  of  his  government,  he  shewed  an  earnest  ap- 
plication to  business,  and  the  affairs  of  the  kingdom.  He  con- 
strained the  Baron''  of  Lixnaw  to  yield;  besieged  Carrigfoir  in 
Kerry,  (kept  by  Julio  an  Italian,  with  some  Spaniards  and  Irish) 
which  he  took  by  storm,  putting  the  Spaniards '  to  the  sword,  and 
with  them,  Julio  himself,  and  hanging  the  Irish.  But  the  Earl 
of  Desmond,  chief  of  the  family  of  Fitzgerald,  and  who  had  been 
long  in  rebellion,  gave  him  most  trouble ;  for  being  assisted  by 
many  of  the  chief  papists,  he  wrote  to  the  lord  justice,  "  That  he, 
and  his  brethren,  were  entered  into  a  league  for  the  defence  of 
the  Catholic  faith,  under  the  protection  of  the  Pope,  and  the  King 
of  Spain,  and  advised  him  to  join  with  them."  The  lord  justice 
smiled  at  his  presumption,  and  by  his  vigilance,  conduct,  and 
courage,  dispossessed  that  lord  of  all  his  castles  ;  forcing  him,  and 
his  followers,  to  lurk  in  places  of  secrecy.  He  continued  lord 
justice  of  Ireland,  until  September  14th,  J5S0,  when  ^  he  surren- 
dered the  sword  to  Arthur,  Lord  Gi'ey,  of  Wilton,  Knight  of  the 
Garter,  and  then  embarked  for  England. 

Our  historians  give  this  character  of  him,  "  That  in  council 
he  was  wary  and  circumspect,  was  a  strict  observer  of  justice,  and 


(1  Camden's  Annals  of  Oucen  Elizabeth  in  Hist.  Eng.  vol.  ii.  p.  392. 
e  Cox's  Hist,  of  Ireland,  p.  358.  f  Camden,  ibid,  p  466. 

s  Cox,  p.  359. 

h  Borlace's  Account  of  the  Reduction  of  Ireland,  p.  134. 

»  Camden,  p.  360.  k  Cox,  p.  366. 


LORD  YARBOROUGH.  389 

by  wholesome  severities,  kept  those  in  awe  that  had  not  the  will 
to  be  quiet, '  sitting  in  person  in  the  courts  of  justice,  to  see  the 
laws  duly  executed  ;  and  he  reconciled  many  differences,  between 
some  of  the  most  potent  families  of  the  kingdom  of  Ireland,  who 
had  long  contended  one  with  another." 

The  Queen  was  so  well  satisfied  with  his  services  in  Ireland, 
that  she  constituted  him  master  of  the  ordnance/"  and  swore  him 
of  her  privy-council :  and  in  the  year  1585,  wlien  the  States  De- 
puties had  earnestly  besought  her  Majesty  to  accept  of  the  govern- 
ment of  the  United  Provinces,  and  receive  the  people  thereof,  who 
were  most  unjustly  oppressed,  into  her  protection  and  perpetual 
vassalage,  and  her  Majesty  thereupon  had  appointed  Robert  Dud- 
ley, Earl  of  Leicester,  general  of  her  forces,  Sir  "William  Pelham 
was  likewise"  constituted  Field-Marshal. 

In  1586,  having  the  command  of  the  English  iiorse,  he  °  ranged 
all  over  Brabant,  taking  in  several  ])laces,  and  performed  many 
gallant  acts,  which  are  particularly  related  in  Stow's  Annals,  from 
page  733,  to  741.  At  the  siege  of  Dowsborough  he  narrowly 
escaped  with  life,  from  the  rebounding  of  a  bullet,  which  hit  him 
on  the  belly,  pierced  his  buff'  jerkin  and  doublet,  and  wounded 
him.  It  was  likewise  owing  to  his  particular  conduct  and  courage, 
that  Daventry  was  secured. 

At  length,  after  many  signal  services,  he  died  at  Flushing,  on 
November  24th,  15S7,  ''  leaving 

William,  his  son  and  heir,  twenty  years  of  age,  on  April  1st, 
preceding  his  death. 

I  find  this  character  of  him  among  the  worthies  of  that  age  :  i 
"  Sir  William  Pelham  had  a  strong  memory,  whereof  he  built  his 
experience,  there  being  no  town,  fort,  or  passage,  either  in  Ire- 
land or  Holland,  but  he  retained  by  that  strong  faculty,  which 
was  much  his  nature,  more  his  art  Three  things  were  observed  in 
his  converse,  that  his  friends  were  either  valiant,  ingenious,  or 
wise,  being  soldiers,  scholars  and  statesmen  ;  and  four  things  he 
was  very  intent  upon,  during  his  government  in  Ireland  ;  the 
priests,  the  pulpit,  and  the  press  ;  secondly,  the  nobility  ;  thirdly, 
the  ports;  fourthly,  the  foreigners  ;  which  he  pursued  with  such 
activity,  that,  during  his  government,  the  kingdom  was  in  a  better 
condition  than  it  had  been  for  sixty  years  before." 

I  Ibid.  p.  3C0,  &  seq.  m  Jekyl's  Liber  Baronett.  MS. 

n  Stow,  p  711  o  Camden,  p  511. 

P  Cole's  Esc,  lib  iii.  p.  iji-  1  State  Worthies,  p.  599,  600. 


390  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND 

His  last  testament  bears  ^  date  June  27th,  1586,  being,  as  he 
mentions,  commanded  by  the  Queen  to  serve  in  the  Low-coun- 
tries.    He  wills  his  body  to  be  buried  in  such  place  as  shall  seem 
good  to  his  executors.     He  settles  his  lands  in  trust  (according 
to    letters  patents,  dated  June  5th,    the  same  year)   on   Roger 
Manners,  Henry  Bromley,  Robert  Dormer,  and  Thomas  Pelham, 
Esquires :  viz.  "  The  scite  of  the  priory  of  Newsted,  with  the  rights 
and  members  thereof,  in  common  line  5  his  manor  of  Cadney  and 
Howscham,  called  Belloews-manor  in  the  said  county  5  his  manor 
called  St.  John's  manor  ;  as  also  his  manor  called  Grace-Dieu 
manor,  in  Groat-Lymber,  or  Little-Lymber,  in  the  said  county; 
his  manors  of  Awdley,  Bkokelsbye,   the  parsonage  of  Killing- 
holme,  two  parts  of  the  scite  of  the  late  monastery  of  Newsham, 
and  two  parts  of  the  demesne  lands  there,  with  divers  lands  and 
rents  in  Halton,  Killingholme,  Ultebie,   Hotofte,  Kekbie,  Net- 
tleton,  Habroughe,   Rothewell,    Croxton,    Acrehouse,  and   Bro- 
kelsbye,  in  the  said  county  of  Lincoln.     He  bequeaths  to  dame 
Dorothy  Pelham,  his  wife,  all  his  goods  and  chattels  whatsoever, 
remaining  in   his  mansion  at  Eythrop,   or  elsewhere  in   com. 
Bucks,  as  also  her  jointure  according  to  covenants,  bearing  date 
the  10th  day  of  September,  in  l.b  Eliz.  amounting  to  the  yearly 
value  of  SCO  marks,  without  lett  of  William  Pelham,  his  son  and 
heir;  to  whom  he  bequeaths  all   his  goods,  chattels,  household 
stuff,  plate  and  jewels,  remaining  at  his  house  at  Newsted.     He 
bequeaths  to  his  daughter,  Anne  Pelham,  2000/.  to  his  son.  Pere- 
grine Pelham,  and  his  heirs,  two  parts  of  his  manor  of  Wickham, 
with  the  rights,  &c.  thereto  belonging  ;  and  two  parts  of  his  lands 
lying  in  Acrehouse,  Nettleton,  Rothewell,  Normanbie,  Claxbie_, 
Kelebie,  and  Croxton  in  the  county  of  Lincoln.     The  residue  of 
bis  goods,  plate,  jewels,  and  debts,  he  bequeaths  to  his  son,  Wil- 
liam Pelham,  that  he  may  be  the  better  able  to  discharge  the 
legacy  lo  his  said  daughter  Anne.     He  appoints  executors,  [his 
well  beloved  wife,  dame  Dorothy  Pelham,  and  his  said  son,  Wil- 
liam Pelham,  and  desires  his  very  good  Lords,  Sir  Thomas  Brom- 
ley, Knt.  Lord  Chancellor  of  England,  and  Sir  William  Cecil, 
Knt.  Lord  Burghley,  Lord  Treasurer  of  England^  to  be  super- 
visors, hoping,   by  their  good  Lordships  aid  arid  furtherance,  the 
same  will   be  the  better  accomplished  and   performed  ;  and  in 
token  of  his  good  will,  bequeaths  one  bason  and  ewer  to  each  of 

r  Ex  Regist.  vocat.  Rutland,  Not.  72,  qu.  iz.  in  Cur.  praerog.  Cant. 


LORD  YARBOROUGH.  Spl 

them,  of  tlie  value  of  25 1,  apiece,  to  be  delivered,  by  his  executors, 
within  one  year  after  his  decease." 

This  Dame  Dorothy,  his  second  wife,  was  daughter  of  An- 
thony Catesby,  of  Whiston  in  com.  Northamp. '  and  widow  of 
Sir  Robert  Dormer,  of  Ascot,  in  the  county  of  Bucks,  Knt. ;  but 
by  his  first  wife  Eleanor,  daughter  to  Henry  Nevile,  Earl  of  West- 
moreland, he  bad 

Sir  William,  hk  son  and  ^e/r  before  mentioned  in  his  testa- 
ment, who  was  knighted,  and  married  Anne,  eldest  daughter  to 
Charles,  Lord  Willoughby  of  Parham. 

Sir  William  Pelham  had  issue  by  Anne  Willoughby  seven 
sons,  and  a  daughter,  viz. 

First,  Sir  William,  of  whom  presently. 

Second,  Charles  Pelham,  of  Manton,  who  died  January  24th, 
1671,  and  was  buried  at  Manton,  leaving  no  issue  by  his  wife 
Mary,  daughter  of  Sir  Edward  Tyrwhit,  of  Stainfield,  Bart.  She 
died  February  23d,  l6b7,  and  was  buried  at  Manton. 

Third,  Henry  Pelham,  living  l6l2  and  1G47. 

Fourth,  Herbert, 

Fifth,  Edmund,  living  l642. 

Sixth,  Roger,  living  l642  and  1647. 

Seventh,  Willoughby  Pelham. 

Sir  William  Pelham,  of  Brocklesdy  com.  Lincoln,  eldest  son, 
died  August  1st,  1044.  His  will  was  dated  July  23d,  J  642,  and 
proved  February  idth,  1O47-8.  He  married  Frances  daughter  of 
Edward  Conway,  Viscount  Conway,  who  died  before  lG42;  and 
by  whom  he  bad  five  sons,  and  seven  daughters  :  viz. 

First,  William  Pelham,  died  young. 

Second,  Edward  Pelham,  of  Brockiesby,  Esq.  set.  twenty- 
four,  ]647>  who  died  s.  p,  having  married  Diana,  daughter  of 
Mildmay  Fane,  Earl  of  Westmoreland,  which  Lady  was  aet.  six- 
teen, in  1647. 

Third,  William  Pelham,  killed  at  Newark  in  the  civil  wars. 

Fourth,  Charles,  oj" whom  presently, 
-    Fifth,  George,  set.  twelve,  l642,  died  unmarried. 

Sixth,  Anne,  married  Sir  George  Wynne,  of  Nostell  com. 
York,  Bart. 

Seventh,  Frances,  wife  of  Sir  Matthew  Appleyard^  of  Berst- 
wick-Garth,  corn  York. 

Eighth^  Dorothy. 

s  Ex  Stemmate. 


392  PEERA.GE  OF  ENGLAND. 

Ninth,  Eleanor,  wife  of Alured,  Esq. 

Tenth,  Elizabeth,  wife  of  Sir  Edward  Wynne,  of  Nostell, 
Bart. 

Eleventh,  Catherine,  married,  first, Heslop,  of  North- 
umberland j  and  secondly,  John  Stanhope,  of  Griraston,  com. 
York,  Esq. 

Twelfth,  Margaret  Pelham. 

Charles  Pelham,  of  Brocklesby,  Y.sq.  fourth  son,  was  buried 
at  Brocklesby  February  17th,  169I,  having  had  three  wives,  viz. 
first,  Anne,  daughter  of  Sir  Edward  Hussey,  of  Dodington,  com. 
Lincoln,  Bart,  by  whom  he  had  a  son  William,  and  two  daughters, 
Anne  and  Elizabeth,  who  all  died  unmarried. 

He  married,  secondly,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Sir  Thomas 
Pelham,  of  Halland,  com.  Sussex,  who  died  s.  p. 

He  married,  thirdly,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Michael  Wharton, 
of  Beverley,  com,  York,  Esq.  and  sister  and  coheir  to  Sir  Michael 
Wharton,  Knt.     She  was  buried  at  Brocklesby,   February  26th, 
1/25.     By  her  he  had  issue  three  sons  and  four  daughters,  viz. 
First,  Charles,  of  whom  presently. 

Second,  Michael,  baptised  at  Brocklesby  March  25th,  l684, 
buried  there  May  12th,  1718. 
Third,  Henry,  died  an  infant. 

Fourth,  Mary,  married  Francis  Anderson,  of  whom  hereafter. 
Fifth,  Frances,  baptised  at  Brocklesby,  May  3d,  1676,  and 
died  in  June,  1703,  having  married  Samuel  Reynolds,  Esq.  by 
whom  she  had  issue,  first,  a  daughter,  who  died  an  infant  5  second, 
Charles  Reynolds,  Esq.  who  married  at  Broughton,  com.  Lincoln, 
on  June  2Sth,  1 7 Ip,  his  cousin  Charlotte,  daughter  of  Francis  An- 
derson, by  Mary  Pelham,  but  died  s.  p. ;  third,  Samuel  Reynolds, 
living  1727. 

Sixth,  Susanna,  baptised  at  Brocklesby,  June  20th,  167-5. 
Seventh,   Charlotte,  baptised  April  27th,   1678,  and  buried 
January  10th,  1697,  at  Brocklesby. 

Eighth,  Elizabeth,  baptised  September  1st,  I68O,  married 
John  Stringer,  of  Sutton-upon-Lound,  com.  Notts,  Esq.  by  whom 
she  had  a  sole  daughter  and  heir  Anne,  married  to  John  Earl  Fitz- 
william,  and  dying  September  13th,  17^6,  was  grandmother  of 
the  present  Earl. 

Ninth,  Eleanor,  baptised  July  1st,  168I,  buried  January  1 8th, 
168 1. 

Tenth,  Catherine,  baptised  December  2 1st,  l682j  buried  Fe- 
bruary 1st,  1683. 


LORD  YARBOROUGH.  393 

Eleventh,  Margaret,  baptized  May  20th,  l685,  dated  at 
Manby,  February  24th,  1732. 

Charles  Pelham,  of  Brocklesby,  Esq.  eldest  and  only  sur- 
viving son,  married,  first,  Mary,  daughter  of  Sir  William  Gore,  of 
Horkstow  com.  Lincoln,  Knt,  and  by  her  had  several  children, 
who  all  died  infants.  He  married,  secondly,  Mary,  daughter  of 
Robert  Vyner,  of  Gotby  com.  Lincoln,  Esq.  but  died  without  sur- 
viving issue  February  6th,  1/63,  aet.  eighty-four,  and  was  buried 
at  Brocklesby.  He  left  his  estate  to  his  great  nephew  Charles 
Anderson,  Esq.  who  in  compliance  with  his  will,  assumed  the 
name  of  Pelham,  and  is  now  Lord  Yarborough. 

Mary  Pelham,  his  sister,  as  above-mentioned  (who  was  bap- 
tised at  Brocklesby  April  21st,  1677),  married  at  Broughton  com. 
Lincoln,  on  May  17th,  17O8,  Francis  Anderson,  of  Manby  in  the 
parish  of  Broughton  com.  Lincoln,  Esq.  descended  from  the  An- 
dersons of  Eyv.'orth  and  Stratton  in  Bedfordshire. 


ANDERSON  FAMH^Y. 

This  family  is  descended  from  Thomas  Anderson  who  came 
out  of  Scotland,  lived  in  Northumberland,  and  afterwards  came 
into  Lincolnshire.     He  had  two  sons. 

First,  Thomas  Anderson,  of  Broughton  and  Casthrop  com. 
Lincoln,  who,  by  Helena,  daughter  of  George  Dallison,  of  Lax- 
son,  had  issue,  first,  Roger,  father  of  Robert,  who  was  unmarried 
J  634,  and  William  j  second,  Robert,  of  Casthrop,  living  1634, 
who  by  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Augustine  Earl  of  Stragglethorp, 
com.  Lincoln,  had  Frances,  daughter  and  heir,  aged  twelve  in 
1634  j  third,  Edmond,  ofThornholme  com.  Lincoln,  living  1634, 

who  by  Frances,   daughter  of  , Disney,  of  Thomby  com. 

Lincoln,  had  Francis,  aged  thirteen  in  l634,  and  William,  aged 
eight  in  l634;  fourth.  Sir  William  Anderson,  Knt.  living  in 
Dublin  1634. 

Second,  Sir  Edmukd  Anderson,  Knt.  Lord  Chief  Justici; 
of  the  Common  Pleas,  which  high  station  he  filled  with  honour 
for  twenty-three  years;  his  Reports  being  still  of  celebrity  among 
lawyers.  He  first  studied  at  Lincoln  College,  Oxford,  and  then 
at  the  Inner  Temple,  where  by  his  industry  he  acquired  great 
knowledge  of  his  profession.  In  \Q  Eliz.  he  was  appointed  a 
Serjeant  at  law  j  and  in  1582,  was  Chiff  Justice  in  the  room  of 
Sir  James  Dyer  deceased.     In   1583  he  was  knighted,  and  was 


394  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

then  esteemed  a  zealous  promoter  of  the  established  discipline  of 
the  church  of  England.  He  died  August  1st,  l605,  aet,  seventy- 
five,  and  was  buried  at  Eyworth  in  Bedfordshire,  having  married 
Magdalen,  daughter  of  Christopher  Smith,  Esq.  :  she  died  Ja- 
nuary 9th,  1 622,  and  was  buried  at  Ey worth.  By  her  he  had, 
besides  two  daughters,  who  died  young,  two  sons  and  four 
daughters,  viz. 

First,  Edmond  Anderson,  Esq.  died  s.  p.  having  married  Eli- 
zabeth, daughter  of  Thomas  Inkpen,  Esq. 

Second,  Sir  Francis,  of  whom  presently . 

Third,  William  Anderson,  of  Broughton  com.  Lincoln,  Esq. 
who  had  no  issue  by  his  second  wife,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Sir 
Thomas  Darnell,  of  Stichford  com.  Lincoln,  Knight;  but  by  his 
first  v/ife,  Joan,  daughter  of  Thomas  Essex,  of  Lamborne  com. 
Berks,  Esq.  had  Sir  Edmond  Anderson,  his  heir,  aged  twenty- 
six  years  in  1 634,  who  was  created  a  5aro7;e;  December  11th, 
1668  ;  aiKl  by  Mary,  daughter  and  heir  of  Thomas  Wood,  of 
Airfield  com.  York,  left  issue  male,  from  whom  descended  Sir  Wil- 
liam Anderson,  sixth   Baronet,  who  died  at  Richmond  in  April, 

1772. 

Margaret,  eldest  surviving  daughter,  married  Sir  Thomas 
Monson,  of  Burton  com.  Lincoln,  Bart.  She  died  August  3d, 
1630,  and  was  buried  at  South  Carlton,  com.  Lincoln. 

Catherine,  second  daughter,  married  Sir  George  Booth,  of 
Dunham-Massie,  com.  Chester,  Knt. 

Griselda,  third  daughter,  married  Sir  John  Sheffield,  Knight, 
second  son,  and  at  length  heir  apparent,  to  Edmund  Lord  Shef- 
field, K.  G.  which  Sir  John  was  drowned  in  his  father's  lifetime, 
but  left  issue  by  the  said  Griselda,  from  whom  were  descended 
the  Dukes  of  Buckinghamshire. 

Elizabeth,  fourth  daughter,  married  Sir  Hatton  Fermor,  of 
Easton-Neston  com.  Northampton,  Knight. 

Sir  Feancis  Anderson,  oi  Eyworth  and  Stratton  com,  Bedford, 
Knight,  second  son  and  at  length  heir,  married,  first,  Judith, 
third  daughter  of  Sir  Stephen  Soame,  Knight,  Lord  Mayor  of 
London,  159S,  and  had  issue  by  her  two  sons ;  viz. 

First,  Edmond  Anderson,  Esq.  of  Eyworth  and  Stratton,  who 
died  April  4th,  l638,  having  married  Alice,  daughter  and  sole 
heir  of  Sir  John  Constable,  of  Dromnnly  com.  York,  Knight,  by 
whom  he  had  Dorothy,  his  sole  daughter  and  heir,  married  to  Sir 
John  Cotton,  of  Connington  com.  Huntingdon,  Bart. 

Second,  Stephen,  of  whom  presently. 


LORD  YARBOROUGH.  395 

Sir  Francis  married,  secondly,  Audrey,  eldest  daughter  of  Sir 
John  Boteler,  of  Hatfield-Woodhall,  com.  Hertford,  Bart,  after- 
wards created  Lord  Boteler,  of  Bramfield,  who  surviving  him  re- 
married Francis  Leigh,  Earl  of  Chicliester,  by  whom  she  had  two 
daughters,  Elizabeth  and  Mary.  By  Sir  Francis  Anderson  she 
had  issue 

Sir  John  Anderson,  of  St.  Ives,  com.  Huntingdon,  created  a 
Baronet  January  3d,  1628,  who  died  without  issue. 

Also  a  daughter  Mary,  who  died  young. 

Sir  Francis  died  December  22d,  it)lQ,  and  was  buried  at 
Eyworth. 

Stephen  Anderson,  of  Broughton  and  Eyworth,  Esq.  before 
mentioned,  his  second  son,  married  Catherine,  daughter  of  Sir 
Edwin  Sandys,  of  Ombersley  com.  Worcester,  Knight.  She  was 
buried  at  Eyworth,  March  8th,  \656.  By  her  he  had  issue  five 
sons  and  seven  daughters  ;  viz. 

First,  Sir  Stephen  Anderson,  Bart,  of  whom  presently. 

Second,  Edward,  died  an  infant. 

Third,  Francis,  of  whom  hereafter  as  ancestor  to  Lord  Yar- 
lorough. 

Fourth,  Edmond. 

Fifth,  Edwin. 

Sixth,  Catherine,  died  an  infant. 

Seventh,  Penelope,  married  Sir  William  Glyn,  of  Bisseter  com. 
Oxford,  Bart, 

Eighth,  Mary,  died  young ;  ninth,  Catherine ;  tenth,  Eliza- 
beth 5  eleventh,  Frances,  all  died  unmarried. 

Twelfth,  Judith,  married  John  Lister,  of  Bawtry  com.  York, 
Esq. 

Sir  Stephen  Anderson,  eldest  son,  of  Eyworth,  was  created  a 
Baronet  July  13th,  1664,  and  died  January  gth,  I/O/,  having  had 
two  wives  :  first,  Mary,  daughter  of  Sir  John  Glynn,  Knight,  Ser- 
jeant at  law.  She  died  February  25th,  iSd/,  and  was  buried  at 
Eyworth,  leaving  an  only  daughter,  Anne,  married  to  Sir  Wil- 
loughby  Hickman,  of  Gainsborough  com.  Lincoln.  Sir  Stephen 
married,  secondly,  Judith,  daughter  of  Sir  John  Lawrence,  Knt. 
Lord  Mayor  of  London  l665,  by  Dame  Abigail,  his  first  wife. 
She  was  buried  in  the  family  vault  in  the  parish  church  of  St. 
Helen's,  London.  By  her  he  had  issue  three  daughters  and  a  son  ; 
viz,  Abigail,  who  died  unmarried  I733  ;  Penelope,  who  died  un- 
married 1/20}  Catherine,  who  died  unmarried,  and  was  buried 
at  Eyworth,  April  l/th,  1705;  and  Sir  Stephen  Anderson,  of 


390  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

Eyworth  and  Broughton  aforesaid,  second  Baronet,  who  died  Oc- 
tober 21st,  1741,  and  was  buried  at  Eyworth,  having  married 
Anne,  only  daughter  of  Sir  Martin  Lumley,  of  Bardfield  com. 
Essex,  Bart,  by  Elizabeth  his  wife,  daughter  and  heir  of  Sir  Jona- 
than Dawes,  Knight,  alderman  of  London.  She  died  October 
27tb,  1719,  and  was  buried  at  Eyworth.  By  her  he  had  issue, 
lirst,  Sir  Stephen,  of  whom  presently  ;  second,  Edmond,  of  Mag- 
dalen college,  Cambridge,  died  unmarried  in  1/76,  and  was  buried 
at  Eyworth  ;  third,  Henry,  died  j'^oung  ;  fourth,  Jonathan,  died 
unmarried,  and  was  buried  at  Eyworth,  April  1 1th,  1735  ;  fifth, 
Henry  Anderson,  of  the  Middle  Temple,  barrister  at  law,  un- 
married 1742,  was  buried  at  Eyworth,  April  5th,  1761 ;  sixth, 
Anne,  married  the  Rev.  Anthony  Ellys,  D.  D.  rector  of  St.  Olave 
in  the  Old  Jewry,  London,  and  prebendary  of  the  cathedral  of 
Gloucester,  living  1742  ;  seventh,  Elizabeth,  died  unmarried  and 
was  buried  at  Eyworth,  June  lltb,  1 720;  eighth,  Judith,  died  un- 
married, Jan.  22d,  1740  3  ninth,  Mary,  married  Justinian  Isham, 
Esq.  son  and  heir  of  John  Isham,  Esq.  second  son  of  Sir  Justinian 
Isham,  of  Lamport  com.  Northampton,  Bart. 3  tenth,  Frances," 
married  Edward  Radcliffe,  of  London,  Turkey  merchant,  grand- 
son of  Sir  Ralph  Radclitfe,  of  Hitchin  com.  Herts,  Knight; 
eleventh,  Catherine,  died  aged  two  days,  October  26th,  I719.  Sir 
Stephen  Anderson,  third  and  last  Baronet,  died  in  February  1773, 
and  was  buried  at  Eyworth,  having  married  Elizabeth,  only 
daughter  of  Miles  Barne,  of  London,  merchant,  descended  from 
an  ancient  and  knightly  family  of  that  name  in  Middlesex  and 
Kent.  She  was  buried  at  Eyworth,  x\pril  21st,  J  769.  By  her 
he  had  an  only  son,  Stephen  Anderson,  who  died  young. 

Francis  Anderson,  third  son  of  Stephen  Anderson  and  Cathe- 
rine Sandys,  and  younger  brother  of  the  first  Baronet,  was  settled 
at  Manly  com.  Lincoln,  and  dying  April  15,  1706,  set.  sixtj'-three, 
was  buried  at  Broughton.  His  will  was  dated  February  27th, 
1705,  and  proved  June  20th,  1706.  He  married,  in  January, 
1674,  Elizabeth,  youngest  daughter  and  coheir  of  John  Lodington, 
of  Fonaby  in  the  parish  of  Rund  com  Line.  Esq.  She  died  June 
2d,  1694,  and  was  buried  at  Broughton.  By  her  he  had  issue 
four  sons;  viz. 

First,  Francis  Anderson,  ofivhom  presently. 

Second,  Stephen  Anderson,  born  at  Manby  in  the  parish  of 
Broughton,  July  20th,  1677,  living  1705. 

Third,  John,  born  May  30th,  1083,  living  1705. 

Fourth,  Edmond,  born  March  ISth,  168-j-,  living  1705. 


LORD  YARBOROUGH.  397 

Francis  Anderson,  of  Manby,  Esq.  eldest  son,  died  Sep- 
tember 29th,  17'^?}  3et.  seventy-two,  and  was  buried  at  Brougbton, 
having  married  at  Broughton  on  May  17th,  17OS,  Mary,  eldest 
daughter  of  Charles  Pelham^,  of  Brocklesby,  Esq.  and  Elizabeth 
Wharton  :  which  Mary  was  born  at  Brocklesby,  April  2 1st,  16/7; 
and  dying  February  JOth^  173f,  was  buried  at  Broughton,  having 
had  issue  two  sons  and  two  daughters,  viz. 

First,  Francis,  of  whom  presently . 

Second,  Charles  Anderson,  baptised  at  Broughton,  December 
12th,  1712,  died  January  28th,  J780,  and  was  buried  there. 

Third,  Eliza-Maria,  born  May  3d,  171O,  married  at  Broughton 
com.  Lincoln,  November  27th,  1729,  Thomas  Whichcot,  of 
Harpswell,  Esq.  and  dying  1732,  was  buried  at  Harpswell, 
leaving  two  daughters ;  Frances-Maria,  baptised  at  Brough- 
ton August  26th,  1730,  married  Dr.  Fountain,  Dean  of  York, 
whose  daughter  '  by  her  was  the  first  wife  of  William  Tatton  (after- 
wards Egerton),  Esq.  of  Withenshaw,  and  Tatton  in  Cheshire, 
and  left  a  son  William,  who  died  member  of  parliament  for  Bever- 
ley, i799>  without  issue  J  Catherine  Whichcot,  the  other  daugh- 
ter, was  baptised  at  Broughton,  September  5th,  1/31. 

Fourth,  Charlotte  Anderson,  the  other  daughter,  baptised  at 
Broughton  June  2Sth,  1719:.  married  her  cousin,  Charles  Rey- 
nolds, of  the  Liner  Temple,  Esq.  but  died  s.  p. 

Fr.\ncis  Anderson,  of  Manby,  Esq.  eldest  son  and  heir,  was 
baptised  at  Broughton  July  29th,  171l,and  died  October  23d, 
17'58,  aet.  forty-seven,  and  was  buried  there.  His  wife  was 
Eleanor.  daua;hter  of  Thomas  Carter,  of  Basavern  near  Denbigh, 
Esq.  who  on  May  5th,  1768,  remarried  Robert  Vyner,  Esq.  of 
Gotby  com.  Lincoln,  member  of  parliament  for  Thirske  com. 
York  ;  and  having  had  issue  by  him,  was  living  179-i-  By  her 
first  husband  she  had  issue. 

First,  Charles  Anderson  (Pelham),  present  peer. 

Second,  Francis  Evelyn  Anderson,  Esq.  a  lieutenant-colonel 
on  half-pay  of  the  eighty-fifth  foot,  born  ai  Broughton  April  8th, 
1752  J  formerly  member  of  parliament  for  Beverley.  He  married 
Caroline,  daughter  of  General  James  Johnston,  but  had  no  issue 
in  1795. 

Third,  Frances-Maria,  born  May  2-llh,  I75O;  died  January 
31st,  1761,  and  was  buried  at  Broughton. 

t  See  an  epitaph  on  her  in  Ahtov's  Poemt. 


398  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

Fourth,  Harriot,  born  at  Broughton  June  gth,  1753,  married 
to  Paul  Moss. 

Charles  Anderson,  now  Lord  Yareorough,  eldesi  son^ 
took  the  surname  and  arms  of  Pblham  in  compliance  with  the 
will  of  his  great  uncle,  Charles  Pelham,  Esq.  late  of  Brockelsby 
aforesaid,  deceased.  He  was  baptised  at  Broughton,  February 
20th,  1748-9,  and  elected  member  of  parliament  for  Beverley, 
1768  ;  and  for  the  county  of  Lincoln  in  1/74,  1780,  1784,  I7y0. 

He  was  elevated  to  the  peerage  August  13th,  1/94,  by  patent, 
by  the  title  of  Baron  Yareorough,  of  Yarboroug/i  in  the  county 
of  Lincoln,  to  him  and  the  heirs  male  of  his  body. 

His  Lordship  married  at  Chelsea  in  Middlesex,  on  July  21st, 
1770,  Sophia,  only  daughter  of  George  Aufrere,  Esq.  of  Chelsea. 
And  by  her,  who  died  January  25th,  17S6,  and  was  buried  at 
Brocklesby,  had  issue. 

First,  Charles  Anderson  Pelham. 

Second,  George  Anderson  Pelham,  born  September  5th,  1785, 
a  lieutenant  in  the  Coldstream  regiment  of  foot  guards. 

Third,  Sophia,  born  at  Chelsea  October  3d,  1775,  married 
November  5th,  1802,  Dudley  North,  of  Glemham-Hall,  Suffolk, 
Esq. 

Fourth,  Caroline,  born  January  18th,  1777)  rnarried,  October 
11th,  1797»  Robert  Carey  Elwes,  Esq.  and  has  issue. 

Fifth,  Lucy,  born  February  27th  1778,  married,  June  1st, 
1804,  William  Tennant,  of  Aston-ball  com.  Stafford,  Esq.  and 
has  issue. 

Sixth,  Maria-Charlotte,  born  July  6th,  1780,  married,  June 
19tb,  1802,  Thomas  Heneage,  Esq. 

Seventh,  Arabella,  born  January  20th,  1783. 

Eighth,  Georgia na- Anne,  born  at  Tunbridge-Wells  July  14tb, 
1784. 

Charles  Anderson  Pelham,  eldest  son,  born  at  Brocklesby, 
August  18th,  178I,  married,  August  11th,  1800,  the  only  child 
of  the  Honourable  John  Bridgman  Simpson  (brother  to  Lord 
Bradford),  by  his  lirst  wife,  the  sister  and  heir  of  the  late  Sir 
Richard  Worsley,  Bart,  b)'  whom  he  has  a  daughter  born  in 
July,  I8O7.  He  was  elected  member  of  parliament  for  the  county 
of  Lincoln,  I8O7. 

Title.  Charles  Anderson  Pelham,  Lord  Yarborough,  of  Yar- 
borough  in  Lincolnshire. 


LORD  YARBOROUGH.  399 

Creation.     By  patent  August  13th,  1794. 

Ar7ns.  Quarterly,  first  and  fourth  Pelham,  the  same  as  the 
Earl  of  Chichester  j  second  and  third  Anderson,  argent,  a  chevron 
between  three  cross  crosslets,  sable. 

Crest.  The  crests  of  Pelham  and  Anderson^  the  latter  a 
talbot. 

Supporters.  On  the  dexter,  a  horse  reguardant,  seme  of  bows 
bent  J  on  the  sinister,  a  talbot  reguardant  seme  of  cross  cross- 
lets. 

Motto.       VlNClT  AMOK  PATRI^. 

Chief  Seat.     Brocklesby-Hall,  Lincolnshire. 


400 


PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 


HOOD,  LORD  HOOD. 


SusANNAHj  late  wife  of  the  present  Admiral,  Samuel  Viscount 
Hood,  was  created  Baroness  Hood  of  Catherington  in  Hamp- 
shire, with  remainder  to  the  issue  male  of  her  body  by  Viscount 
Hood,  on  March  27th,  \7Q5;  and  dying  May  25th,  1806^  was 
succeeded  by  her  only  son 

Henry,  second  Lord  Hood  of  Catherington.  His 
Lordship  was  born  August  25tb,  1753  ;  and  married,  September 
10th,  1774,  Jane,  only  daughter  and  heiress  of  Francis  Wheeler, 
Esq.  of  Whitley  in  Hampshire,  grandson  of  Admiral  Sir  Francis 
Wheeler,  Knight,  third  son  of  Sir  Charles  Wheeler,  Bart,  and  has 
had  issue, 

First,  Louisa. 

Second,  Charlotte,  both  died  infants. 

Third,  Susannah,  born  in  June,  1779'}  married,  April  1 6th, 
1805,  Francis  Mason,  Esq.  of  the  royal  navy. 

Fourth,  Elizabeth,  died  young. 

Fifth,  Francis  Wheeler,  a  captain  in  the  third  regiment  of 
foot-guards,  born  October  4th,  178I  ;  married,  October  11th, 
1804,  Caroline,  daughter  of  Sir  Andrew  Snape  Hamond,  Bart, 
and  has  issue  a  son,  born  November  19th,  I8O7. 

Sixth,  Selina,  born  November  10th,  1782. 

Seventh,   Samuel,  presumptive  heir  to  the  Lish  Barony   of 
Bridporf,  born  December  7th,  1788,  was  married  at  Mary-le- 
bone  church  on  Tuesday,  July  3d,  1810,  by  the  Bishop  of  Salis- 
bury, to  Lady  Charlotte  Nelson,  only  surviving  child  of  the  pre- 
sent William  Earl  Nelson, 


LORD  HOOD.  401 

Title.  Henry  Hood,  Lord  Hood  of  Catherington,  in  Hamp- 
shire. 

Creation.     By  patent  March  27th,  1795. 

Arms.  See  Viscount  Hood  in  vol,  v.  with  a  label  for  dif- 
ference. 

Crest,  Supporters,  and  Motto.     See  the  same. 

Chief  Seat.     Catherington-House,  Hants, 


VOL,  vui.  a  » 


402  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 


STUART,  LORD  STUART  OF  CASTLE  STUART. 

('EARL  OF  MURRAY  IN  SCOTLAND. J 

-TROM  the  time  of  King  James  III.  the  Earldom  of  Murray  con- 
tinued in  the  crown,  and  there  remained  till  the  reign  of  King 
James  V.  that  that  Prince,  by  letters  patent  bearing  date  on  the  20th 
of  June,  1501,  ^  gave  it -to 

James  Stuakt  his  natuj-al  son,  whom  he  had  by  Jane  Ken- 
nedy, the  Lord  Kennedy's  daughter,  his  paramour. 

This  James,  Earl  of  Murray,  married  Isabel,  daughter  to  the 
Earl  of  Argyle,  and  dying  June  12,  1544,  left  only  one  daughter, 
Mary,  married  to  John  Master  of  Buchan,  so  the  Earldom  of 
Murray  went  back  again  lo  the  crown;  and  being  in  the  sove- 
reign's disposal.  Queen  Mary,  on  February  18th,  1548,''  gave  it 
to  George  Earl  of  Hunlly  :  but  her  Majesty  recalling  that  deed, 
she  was  afterwards  graciously  pleased  to  bestow  the  Earldom  of 
Murray  upon 

James  Stuart,  Prior  of  St.  Andrew's.  This  James,  next  £«r* 
of  Murray,  was  the  natural  son  of  King  James  V.  by  Mar- 
garet, daughter  of  John  Lord  Erskine.  Being  by  the  care  of  his 
father,  as  all  the  rest  of  his  illegitimate  sons  were,  bred  to  the 
church  ;  he  was  when  very  young  provided  to  the  priory  of  St. 
Andrew's,  anno  1539,  then  void  by  the  promotion  of  Patrick  Hep- 
burn, to  the  episcopal  see  of  Murray  ;  but  by  reason  of  his  non- 
age. Dr.  Alexander  Miln,  abbot  of  Cambuskenneth,  and  presi- 
dent of  the  college  of  justice,  was  appointed  administrator  of  the 

»  Charta  in  Rotulis  Jacobi  IV.  b  Ibid,  ia  Rotulis  Mariae  R. 


LORD  STUART.  403 

benefice,  *^  both  with  respect  to  the  spiritual  and  temporal  dis- 
charge of  the  function. 

By  reason  of  the  prior's  youth,  T  have  met  with  nothin<y  me- 
morable of  him,  (till  the  beginning  of  tlie  reformation,)  he  was 
among  the  first  who  embraced  the  protestant  reformed  relio-ion, 
thouglvhe  was  far  from  giving  any  countenance  to  the  popular 
reformation;  as  is  manifest  from  the  many  and  frequent  addresses 
he  and  others  of  the  protestant  nobility  made  to  the  Queen  Re- 
gent, that  she  would  please  to  concur  by  her  authority  in  reform- 
ing of  the  churcl). 

But  the  Queen  peremptorily  refusing  not  only  to  comply  with 
their  supplications,  but  having  also  violated  some  articles  of  paci- 
fication, she  had  very  solemnly  entered  into  with  the  protestant 
lords,  of  which  the  prior  of  St.  Andrew's  himself  stood  guarantee; 
he  thereupon  kft   her,  and  joined  himself  with  the  lords  of  the 
congregation,  :is  they  were  called;  whereupon  the  prior,  the  Lord 
James,  was  summoned  before  the  council;   but  he  did  not  think 
fit  to  answer  the  charge  otherwise,  than  to  return  this  answer  to 
the  messenger,  "  That  her  Majesty  had  broken  the  conditions 
with  the  lords  of  the  congregation,  which,  by  warrant  from  her- 
self, he  had  made  and  entered  into  with  them;  he  would  have  no 
more  meddling  in  such  dishonest  courses,  and  would  do  the  best 
to  repair  things  he  could."     This  answer  gave  occasion  to  the 
Queen  to  signify  to  the  prior,  "  that  she  suspected  that  religion 
was  the  least  thing  he  or  his  party  had  in  their  thoughts;  and 
that  she  did  not  doubt,  but  that  under  the  covert  and  pretext  of 
religion,  he  intended  to  make  an  attempt  upon  the  crown.     The 
prior  in  the  mean  time  disowned  the  charge,  and  thought  himself 
obliged,  for  his  further  vindication,  to  make  a  very  solemn  protests^ 
tion,  that  he  had  no  other  view  or  design  in  what  he  had  done,  than 
the  advancement  of  the  true  reformed  religion,  and  the  preserva- 
tion of  the  liberties  of  his  country,  which  he  could  not  but  bewail 
he  saw  so  signally  invaded  by  her,  at  least  by  those  who  pretended 
to  act  by,  and  derive  their  authority  from  her;  after  which  he 
was  so  hearty  a  promoter  of  the  reformation,  that  he  became  the 
head  of  the  protestant  party. 

When  Queen  Mary  became  a  widow  by  the  death  of  King 
Francis  IL  the  prior  of  St.  Andrew's  was  sent  by  the  protestant 
nobility,  to  invite  the  Queen  home ;  and  soon  after  her  arrival, 
her  Mijesty  having  named  a  new  privy-council,  the  Lord  James, 

c  Charta  in  Pub,  Arch. 


404  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

her  brother,  was  appointed  one  of  the  number,  and  not  long  after 
he  was  sent  with  a  commission  of  lieutenantcy  to  the  borders,  to 
suppress  an  insurrection  that  was  threatened  in  those  parts  ;  and 
he  discharged  the  trust  reposed  in  him  with  such  courage  and 
hdelity,  that  upon  his  return  the  Queen  was  graciously  pleased  to 
bestow  upon  her  brother  the  Earldom  of  Mar,  then  in  the  <irown  ; 
but  the  Lord  Erskine  being  found  to  have  right  to  the  Earldom  of  , 
Mar,  that  lord  was  by  way  of  justice  restored  to  that  honour,  in 
lieu  whereof  the  Prior  of  St.  Andrew's  was  made  Earl  of  Murray, 
February  10th,  1562.^ 

After  this  the  Earl  continued  in  the  greatest  favour  with  the 
Queen,  without  any  interruption,  till  in  the  year  1565  her  Ma- 
jesty declaring  her  resolution  to  marry  the  Lord  Darnley,  my 
Lord  Murray  and  many  others  opposed  the  match^  upon  pre- 
text of  the  danger  that  might  arise  to  religion  and  to  the  state  by 
that  union,  forasmuch  as  it  had  not  been  practised  at  any  time,  to 
impose  a  king  upon  the  nation  without  the  advice  and  consent  of 
parliament;  and  in  order  to  put  a  more  effectual  stop  thereto, 
they  made,  says  Sir  James  Melvil,  an  essay  to  take  the  Lord 
Darnley  in  the  Queen's  company  at  the  Raid  of  Baith,  and,  as  they 
alleged,  to  have  sent  him  to  England  :  but  failing  in  their  en- 
terprise, they  were  so  closely  pursued  by  the  Queen's  troops,  that 
they  thought  it  the  safest  course  for  them  to  flee  to  England, 
where  they  met  but  with  a  very  cold  reception  from  Queen  Eliza- 
beth, though  she  had  very  much  encouraged  them  underhand  to 
enter  into  those  measures,  to  disturb  the  peace  and  tranquillity  of 
Scotland,  and  to  sully  the  glory  of  Queen  Mary's  reign. 

After  the  Queen's  marriage  with  the  Lord  Darnley,  a  parlia- 
ment was  called,  before  which  the  Earl  of  Murray  and  his  asso- 
ciates were  summoned  to  answer  a  charge  of  high  treason,  which 
was  prepared  against  themj  and  the  Earl  would  have  undoubtedly 
been  denounced  rebel,  and  forfeited,  had  not  the  murder  of  David 
Rizio  prevented  it,  which  happened  three  days  before  the  sitting 
down  of  the  parliament.  At  the  day  appointed  the  Earl  of  Murray  J 
returned  home,  and  went  straight  to  the  parliament  house,  and  1 
took  instruments   that  he  was  ready  to  answer  the  summons  of  ^ 
treason  ;  but  such  was  the  confusion  of  affairs,  that  no  evidence 
came  against  him,   and  the   Queen  believing  him  innocent  of 
Rizio's  murder,  was  pleased  to  .give  him  a  gracious  pardon,  restore 
him  to  her  wonted  favour,  and  to  place  an  unsuspected  confidence 

•i  Charta  in  Pub.  Arch. 


LORD  STUART.  403 

ill  him;  but  the  broils  of  tlie  country  still  increasing   more  and 
more^  especially  after  the  murder  of  the  Lord  Darnley,  he  ob- 
tained the  Queen's  leave  to  travel,  which   he   did,  first  into  Eng- 
land, and  thence  into  France,  where  he  remained  till  the  Queen 
had  made  a  resignation  of  the  government,  and  the  Prince,  King 
JamesAT,  her  son,  set  upon  the  throne,  when  he  was  called  home 
to  be  Regent  to  the  young  King ;   to  which  office  he  was  chosen 
by  those  of  the  nobility  who  adhered  to  the  Prince  in  his  absence, 
on  August  22d,  156/.    In  December  after  he  called  a  parliament, 
wherein  the  Pope's  authority  was  abolished,  and  the  true  pro- 
testant  religion  received  a  new  sanction  ;  after  having  settled  the 
government,  and  seeming  secure  in  it,  he  was,  on  January  23d, 
l.'vO,  unexpectedly,  as  he  was  riding  through  the  street  of  Lin- 
lithgow, far  from  apprehending  any  danger,  shot  from  a  window 
with  a  musket,  in  the  lower  part  of  his  belly,  by  James  Hamilton, 
of  Bothwel-haugh,  in  revenge  of  a  private  injury  the  Regent  had 
done  him,  and  in  the  instant  falling  from  his  horse,  died  the  same 
evening.     Few  days  after  his  body  was  removed  to  Edinburgh, 
and  with  great  funeral  solemnity  interred  in   St.  Giles's  church, 
where  a  monument  was  erected  over  his  grave,  with  this  inscrip- 
tion upon  it : 

Pietas  sine  Vindice  luget : 

Jus  exarmatum  est. 

23  Januarii,  1570. 

Jacobo  Stewarto, 

Moravise  Comiti, 

Scotia  Proregi, 

Viro,  yEtatis  suae  longe  optimo,  ab  Inimicis  oranis 

Memoriae  deterrimis,  ex  insidiis  extincto,  ceu  Patri 

communi,  Patria  racerens  posuit. 

As  to  the  Regents  character,  Mr.  Buchanan,  his  old  tutor  and 
faithful  friend,  draws  a  very  fair  and  bright  one  of  him  j  and  some 
later  writers,  whose  pens  perhaps  have  been  directed  as  much  by 
malice  as  truth,  have  endeavoured  to  give  the  world  a  very  ill  im- 
pression of  him;  and  I  observe,  that  generally  men  pass  their 
judgments  upon  him  according  to  the  party  they  are  of;  for  these 
reasons  I  shall  not  take  his  character  from  any  party  writer,  either 
of  the  one  or  the  other  side.  And  therefore  shall  rather  choose 
to  recite  that  given  by  Bishop  Spotiswood,  than  add  any  of  my 
own.     "  His  death,"  says  that  reverend  author^  "■  was  by  all  men 


405  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

greatly  lamented,  especially  by  the  commons,  who  loved  him  as 
their  father,  whilst  he  lived,  and  novi^  mourned  grievously  at  his 
dratl)  :  the  great  things  he  had  wrought  in  his  life  (having  in  the 
space  of  one  year  and  little  more,  quieted  the  state  which  he 
found  broken  and  di  ordered)  made  his  very  enemies  speak  of  him 
with  praise  and  conmiendation  :  above  all  his  virtues,  which  were 
not  a  few,  he  shined  in  piety  toward  God,  ordering  himself  and 
his  family  in  such  sort,  as  it  did  more  resemble  a  church  thin  a 
court  J  for  theri^in,  besides  the  exercise  of  devotion,  M'bich  he 
never  omitted;  tl)ere  was  no  wickedness  to  be  seen,  nay  not  an  un- 
seemly wanton  word  to  be  heard,  a  man  truly  good,  and  worthy 
to  be  ranked  amon^^  the  best  governors  that  this  kin2:dom  hath  en- 
joyed;  and  therefore  to  this  day  is  honoured  v^ith  the  title  of. 
The  Good  Regent." 

So  far  this  account  is  taken  from  Crauford.  I  shall  now 
transcribe,  from  the  first  volume  of  Robertsoifs  HUlory,  the  in- 
teresting account  of  the  dismal  close  of  his  miserable  days. 

"  Hamilton,  of  Bothwellhaugh,  was  the  person  who  murdered 
the  Regent,  Jan.  23,  15/0.   He  had  been  condemned  lo  death  soon 
after  the  battle  of  Langside,  and  owed  his  life  lo  the  Regent's  cle- 
mency. But  part  of  his  estate  had  been  bestovved  upon  one  of  the 
Rerent's  favourites,  who  seized  his  house  and  turned  out  his  wife 
naked,  in  a  cold  night,  into  the  open  fields,  where,  before  next 
morning,  she  became  furiously  mad.     This  injury  made  a  deeper 
impression  on  him,  than  the  benefit  he  had  received,  and  at  that  mo- 
ment he  vowed  to  be  revenged  upon  the  Regent.  Party  rage  strength- 
ened and  inflamed  his  private  resentment.     His  kinsm.en,  the  Ha- 
miltons,  applauded  theenterprize.  The  maxims  of  that  age  justified 
the  most  desperate  course  he  could  take  to  obtain  vengeance.    He 
followed  the  Regent  for  some  time,  and  watched  for  an  opportu- 
nity to  strike  the  blow.    He  resolved  at  last  to  wait  till  his  enemy 
should  arrive  at  Linlithgow,  through  which  he  was  to  pass  in  his 
way  from  Stirling  to  Edinburgh.     He  took  his  stand  in  a  wooden  ■ 
gallery,  which  had  a  window  towards  the  street  ;  spread  a  feather 
bed  on  the  floor,  to  hinder  the  noise  of  his  feet  from  being  heard ; 
hung  up  a  black  cloth  behind  him,  that  his  shadow  might  not  be 
observed   from  without;    and,  after  all  this  prepal-ation,  calmly 
expected  the  Regent's  approach,  who  had  lodged  during  the  night 
in  a  house  not  fqr  distant.     Some  indistinct  information  of  the 
danger  that  threatened  him,  had  been  conveyed  to  the  Regent, 
and  he  paid  so  much  regard  to  it,  that  he  resolved  to  return  by  the 
gan-e  gate  through  which  he  had  entered,  and  to  fetch  a   compass 


LORD  STUART.  407 

round  the  town ;  but  as  the  crowd  about  the  gate  was  great,  and 
he  himself  unacquainted  with  fear,  he  proceeded  directly  along 
the  street;  and  the  throng  of  the  people  oblifjing  him  to  move 
very  slowly,  gave  the  assassin  time  to  take  so  tree  an  aim,  that  he 
shot  him,  with  a  single  bullet,  through  the  lower  part  of  his 
belly,  and  killed  the  horse  of  a  gentlem.in  who  rode  on  his  other 
side.  His  followers  instantly  endeavoured  to  break  into  the  house 
whence  the  blow  had  coniv-,  but  they  found  the  door  strongly 
barricaded;  and  before  it  could  be  forced  open,  Hamilton  had 
mounted  a  fleet  horse,  which  stood  ready  for  him  at  a  back  pas- 
sage, and  was  got  far  beyond  their  reach.  The  Regent  died  the 
same  night  of  his  wound. 

"  There  is  no  person  in  that  age,  about  whom  histoiians  have  been 
more  divided,  or  whose  character  has  been  drawn  with  such  op- 
posite colours.  Personal  intrepidity,  military  skill,  sagacity  and 
vigour  in  the  administration  of  civil  affjirs,  are  virtues,  which  even 
his  enemies  allow  him  to  have  possessed,  in  an  eminent  degree.  His 
moral  qualities  are  more  dubious,  and  ought  neither  to  be  ])raised, 
nor  censured,  without  great  reserve,  and  many  distinctions.  In  a 
fierce  age  he  was  capable  of  using  victory  with  humanity,  and  of 
treating  the  vanquished  with  moderation.  A  patron  of  learning, 
which,  among  martial  noble?,  was  either  unknown  or  despised ; 
zealous  for  religion,  to  a  degree,  which  distinguished  him,  even 
at  a  time,  when  professions  of  that  kind  were  not  uncommon, 
his  confidence  in  his  friends  was  extreme,  and  inferior  only  to  his 
liberality  towards  them,  which  knew  no  bounds.  A  disinterested 
passion  for  the  liberty  of  his  country,  prompted  him  to  oppose 
the  pernicious  system,  which  the  Princes  of  Lorrain  had  obliged 
the  Queen-mother  to  pursue.  On  Mary's  return  to  Scotland,  he 
served  her  with  a  zeal  and  affection,  to  which  he  sacrificed  the 
friendship  of  those,  who  were  most  attached  to  his  person.  But, 
on  the  other  hand,  his  ambition  was  immoderate ;  and  events 
happened,  that  opened  to  him  vast  prospects,  which  allured  his 
enterprising  genius,  and  led  him  to  actions,  inconsistent  with  the 
duty  of  a  subject.  His  treatment  of  the  Queen,  to  whose  bounty 
he  was  so  much  indebted,  was  unbrotherly  and  ungrateful.  The 
dependance  on  Elizabeth,  under  which  he  brought  Scotland,  was 
disgraceful  to  the  nation.  He  deceived  and  betrayed  Norfolk, 
with  a  baseness  unworthy  of  a  man  of  honour.  His  elevation  to 
such  unexpected  dignity,  inspired  him  with  new  passions,  with 
haughtiness  and  reserve  ;  and  instead  of  his  natural  manner,  which 
was  blunt  and  open,  he  affected  the  arts  of  dissimulation  and  re~ 


408  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

finement.  Fond,  towards  the  end  of  his  life,  of  flattery,  and  im- 
patient of  advice,  his  creatures,  by  soothing  his  vanity,  led  him 
astra}',  while  his  ancient  friends  stood  at  a  distance,  and  predicted 
his  approaching  fall.  But,  amidst  the  turbulence  and  confusion 
of  that  factious  period,  he  dispensed  justice  with  so  much  impar- 
tiality, he  repressed  the  licentious  borderers  with  so  much  courage, 
and  established  such  uncommon  order  and  tranquillity  in  the 
country,  that  his  administration  was  extremely  popular,  and  he 
was  long  and  aftectionately  remembered  among  the  commons  by 
the  name  of  The  good  regent." 

The  Regent  married  Agnes,  daughter  of  William  Earl  Maris- 
chal,  by  whom  he  had  two  daughters, 

Margaret,  Countess  of  Murray,  the  heir  of  his  honour  and 
estate  j  and, 

Mary,  married  to  Francis  Earl  of  Errol. 

"Which  Margaret,  Countess  of  Murray,  was  married  to 

James  Stuart,  LordDown,  who  in  right  of  his  wife,  became 
third  Earl  of  Murray.  ^ 

«  King  Robert  11-  by  Elizabeth  More,  his  wife,  had  several  sons,  of 
whom  Robert  Stewart,  Eail  of  Fife  and  Menteath,  was  their  third  legitimate 
son.  He  was  a  man  of  high  accomplishments,  equally  qualified  for  the  cabinet 
or  field,  and  on  this  account  the  King,  his  father,  being  aged  and  infirm, 
made  this  his  son,  governor  of  Scotland  in  his  own  life  time  ;  and  his  elder 
brother  King  Robert  III.  after  his  accession  to  the  crown,  being  likewise 
valetudinary,  thought  fit  to  continue  him  in  the  regency,  and  dignified  him 
with  the  title  of  DuLe  of  Albany  in  1399.  Upon  the  death  of  King  Robert 
III.  his  son  King  James  I.  being  prisoner  in  England,  the  Duke  of  Albany,  of 
right,  became  governor  of  the  kingdom  for  his  nephew,  in  which  office  he 
continued  until  his  decease-  He  commanded  the  Scottish  army  in  several  en- 
gagements against  the  English,  and  always  behaved  vi'ith  such  courage  and 
conduct  as  generally  enabled  him  to  come  ofFvictorious,  though  often  inferior 
in  number  to  the  enemy.  Having  diL^chargcd  his  trust  in  all  these  high  de- 
partments with  wisdom,  prudence  and  integrity  ;  he  died  September  3d,  1419, 
universally  lainented. 

By  his  first  wife  Margaret,  grandchild  and  sole  heir  to  Alan,  Earl  of  Men- 
teith,  by  which  marriage  he  acquired  that  honour  and  a  large  estate,  he  had 
several  daughters,  and  a  son, 

Murdoch,  secoid  Duh  of  Albany,  who  succeeded  to  his  fatlier's  estates, 
and  also  to  the  government  of  the  kindom.  *  In  1424,  he  had  the  sole  merit 
of  restoring  King  James  I.  to  the  crown,  who  had  been  detained,  from  his 
infancy,  during  eighteen  years,  in  the  court  of  England,  by  King  Henry.  V.f 


*  Chronicon  Scotise,  in  the  I.awyer's  Library  in  Edinburgh,  ad  ann    1399. 
Life  of  Robert,  Duke  of  Albany,  Regent,  in  the  lives  of  the  officers  of  the 
crown  and  st.tte,  by  Geo  Crawford,  Esq.  p. 301,  and  Douglas,  p.  i5. 
■i   Rymer's  Fcedera,  ad  anno  1424. 


LORD  STUART.  409 

This  Earl  was  a  person  of  great  parts,  magnanimity,  and 
courage,  and  wanted  nothing  but  age  and  experience  to  have  ren- 
dered him  a  most  accomplished  nobleman. 


and  yet  by  the  wicked  means  of  his  half  uncle,  Walter  Stewart  Earl  of  Athol, 
Duke  Murdoch,  wiih  two  of  his  sons,  suffered  death  (in  14^5,  when  his  es- 
tates and  titles  were  forfeited  to  the  state)  on  a  false  accusation,  as  was  gene- 
rally thought,  of  aspiring  to  the  crown,  their  standing  in  a  degree  nearer  the 
succession  than  Walter,  exciting  them,  as  was  believed.  He  married  Isabel, 
daughter  and  heir  to  Duncan,  Earl  of  Lennox,  and  by  her  had  two  daughters, 
the  elder  married  to  Archibald  Campbell,  of  Lochow  ;  and  Lady  Isabel  the 
younger,  married  to  Sir  Walter  Buchanan  of  that  ilk.  He  had  also  four 
sons,  viz. 

First,  Robert,  who  died  without  issue  before  his  father. 

Second,  Sir  Walter;  and,  third,  Sir  Alexander,  who  shared  their  father's 
fate;   and. 

Fourth,  Sir  James  Stewart,  who  on  the  unfortunate  reverse  of  his  father's 
fortune,  and  the  consequent  deprivation  of  his  estates  and  honours,  fled  to 
Ireland,  where  he  spent  the  rest  of  his  days,  and  died  in  1449  *  By  a  daugh- 
ter of  the  hoifse  of  Macdonnell,  t  he  had  seven  sons,  viz.  first,  Andrew ;  se- 
cond. Sir  Murdoch,  who  died  without  issue  ;  third,  Arthur;  fourth,  Robert  • 
fifth,  Alexander  ;  sixth,  Walter,  of  "whom  hereafter;  and,  seventh,  James  Beg 
ancestor  to  the  Stewarts  of  Baldoran.  J 

Sir  Andrew,  the  eldest  son,  (created  Lord  Evandale,)]^?^^^  oi  ntdix 
afRnity  to  the  serene  house  of  Stewart,  King  James  II.  commiserating  his 
condition  with  that  of  his  brother  Walter,  was  pleased  to  recall  them  from 
Ireland,  also  to  promote  Sir  Andrew  to  be  first  lord  of  his  bedchamber,  and 
warden  of  the  west  marches  towards  England  ;  wlio  in  14^6  vv?is  created  a  peer, 
by  the  title  oi  Lord  Ev^uidale ;  and  his  Lordship  was  nominated  first  guardian 
of  King  James  III- during  his  long  minority,  and  was  appointed  to  preside 
over  all  aflairs,  foreign,  and  domestic.  ^  He  was  afterwards  sent  by  King 
James  to  the  court  of  Denmark,  to  demand  iVIargaret,  daughter  of  that  King, 
for  his  master  in  marriage,  which  embassy  he  concluded  ||  He  was  also  ap. 
pointed  Lord  Chanceller  of  Scotland,  which  high  office  he  held  till  1488,  when 


*  So  says  the  pedigree;  but  Douglas,  in  the  Peerage  of  Scotland,  p,  ijoi, 
says,  that  on  his  father's  imprisonment  he  came  down  from  the  Highlands 
with  a  considerable  party,  burnt  the  town  of  Dunbarton,  killed  Sir  John 
Stewart  of  Dundonald,  governor  of  the  castle,  with  many  others,  for  which  he 
was  obliged  to  fly  to  Ireland,  where  he  died  in  145 1. 

+  It  has  been  contended,  that  these  children  were  illegitimate,  because 
born  before  their  father's  marriage;  but  it  is  replied,  that  the  subsequent 
marriage  by  the  laws  of  Scotland,  legitimated  them  to  all  intents  and  pur- 
poses. Still  for.  their  greater  security  they  obtained  an  act  of  legitimation 
from  the  crown,  dated  April  17th,  1479. 

X  Douglas's  Peerage  of  Scotland,  p.  joi. 

^  Maitland's  Hist.  vol.  ii.  p   652. 

\  Buchanan,  lib  ii.    Maitland,  vol  ii-  p.  665, 


410  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

Upon  some  matters  of  interest  there  fell  a  misunderstanding 
betwixt  him  and  the  Earl  of  Huntly,  which  grew  into  such  an 

rleceasing  without  issue  male,  a  great  estate  devolved  upon  his  next  heir,  the 
son  of  his  brother  Walter. 

Which  Walter,  married  Elizabeth  Arnot  of  that  ilk,  an  ancient  family 
in  the  county  of  Fife,  and  by  her  had  Matilda,  married  to  Sir  William  Ed- 
monston,  of  Duncreath  ;  Margaret,  to  Alexander  Cunninghame,  of  Drum- 
quhastle;  Alexander,  who  succeeded  his  uncle;  and  John,  ancestor  to  the 
Stewarts  of  Kilbeg  * 

Alexander,  the  elder  son,  succeeded  to  his  uncle's  estates  :  beingpos- 
sessed  of  an  ample  landed  property,  he  was  entitled  to  a  seat  in  parliament, 
firiute  tenune,  in  right  of  his  barony,  yet  he  never  received  the  investiture  of 
a  lord  of  parliament  Dominus  Parliatnentiy  nor  was  he  ever  otherwise  designed 
than  Alexander  Stewart,  Laird  of  EvanJale,  in  which  quality  he  died  in  1492, 
when  he  was  succeeded  by  his  eldest  son, 

A  N  D  R  Ew  Stewart,  cf  Evandale,  whom  King  James  IV.  for  the  honour  of 
the  proximity  of  blood,  in  which  he  stood  to  the  crown,  was  pleased  to  raise 
to  the  dignity  which  his  great  uncle  enjoyed,  by  solemn  investiture  in 
parliament,  and  by  the  heraldi  and  sound  of  trumpets  without  doors,  as  was 
the  custom  of  creating  Lord  Barons  in  that  and  the  preceding  reigns,  f  This 
Lord  EvanJale  was  high  in  the  esteem  of  that  King,  to  whom  he  was  first 
lo.d  of  the  bed-chamber,  and  lost  his  life  with  his  royal  master  at  the  battle 
of  Flodden,  September  9th,  1513  X 

He  married  Margaret,  daughter  of  Sir  John  Kennedy,  of  Blairquhan,  and 
by  her  had. 

First,  Andrew,  his  heir. 

Second,  Henry,  fwho  married  the  Queen-mother  of  Scotland,  widow  of 
King  James  IV.  and  mother  of  King  James  V.  but  left  no  surviving  issue  by 
the  Queen :  he  was  created  Lord Methzien  in  1528,  and  was  killed  at  the  battle 
of  Pinkie  in  1547,  having  issue  by  his  second  wife.  Lady  Janet  Stewart,  several 
daughters,  and  a  son  Henry,  in  whose  son  Henry  the  title  failed.]  ^ 

Third,  Sir  James,  ancestor  to  the  Earl  of  Moray 

Agnes,  married  to  John  Boswell,  of  Auchinleck  ;  Anne,  to  Bartholomew 
Crawfurd,  of  Carse;  and  Barbara,  fiist  to  James  Sinclair,  of  Sanday,  and  se- 
condly, to  Roderick  Macleod,  of  Lewes.  || 

Andr  EW,  the  elder  son,  succeeding  to  the  estates  and  title,  became  the 
third  Lord  Evandale :  5  in  the  year  1534,  during  the  minority  of  Queen  Mary, 
and  under  the  regency  of  James  Hamilton,  Earl  of  Arran,  whose  sister,  the 


*  Douglas,  p.  ^01,  502. 

+  Register  of  Parliament  in  the  keeping  of  the  Lord  Register  of  Scotland. 

X  Charter  in  Pub.  Archive.  1516. 

§  Douglas,  p.  476,  477-  ||  Idem,  p  502. 

5  "  Douglas  makes  Andrew,  the  second  Lord  Evandale,  or  as  he  calls  him 

third  Lord,  to  be  the  first  Lord  Ochiltrie,  omitting  the  circumstance  of  his 

father's  not  sitting  in  parliament.    We  are  always  inclined  to  Mr.  Douglas's 

opinion  ;  in  the  present  instance,  however,  v.<e  have  adopted  a  very  accurate 

pedigree,  the  communication  of  Lord  Castle-Stuart."   ArcMall's  Iriih Peerage. 


LORD  STUART.  411 

animosity  between  them,  that  the  King  very  much  apprehended 
the  danger  of  those  divisions,  there  having  been  some  blood  shed. 


Lady  Margaret,  be  had  mariied,  he  relinquished  the  title  of  E-vaudale,  and 
was  created  Lord  Suiuart  rf  Ochiltrie,  *  but  still  observing  the  precedence  of 
Evandale,  and  accordingly  is>  in  the  rolls  of  parliament,  and  other  records, 
styled  Lord  Ochiltrie  and  Fuilford.  +  He  was  one  of  the  first  men  of  quality 
that  zealously  fell  in  with  the  reformation  of  religion.  He  died  in  1548,  %  or 
1549,  and  was  succeeded  by  his  eldest  son, 

Andrew,  Lord  Stetuart  of  Ochiltrte,  commonly  called  the  good  Lord 
Ochiltrie.  He  and  his  father  had  zealously  pushed  forward  the  reformation 
of  religion,  and  voted  for  it  as  a  peer  in  the  parliament  of  1560.  At  a  con- 
vention of  the  estates,  previous  to  the  marriage  of  Queen  Mary  with  the 
Lord  Darnley,  wiio  was  a  papist,  Loid  Ochiltrie  alone,  oi^enly  protested 
he  would  never  give  his  consent  to  a  King  of  the  popish  religion.  §  He  ob- 
tained four  ciia:terb  containing  several  lands  and  baronies,  under  the  great  seal 
of  Scotland  between  1570  and  15921  in  all  which  he  was  styled  Domino  Ochil- 
trie, znAhy  Agnes,  his  wife,  daughter  of  John  Cunningham,  of  Caprington, 
he  had  issue  Label,  married  to  Thomas  Kennedy,  of  Bargeny;  Margaret,  first 
to  John  Knox,  the  reformer,  and  secondly  to  Sir  Andrew  Ker,  of  Faudenside  ; 
also  five  sons,  viz. 

First,  Andrew,  his  heir. 

Second,  Sir  James,  of  Bothwel-AIuir,  after  £.zr/  of  Arran,  who  was  in 
great  favour  with  King  James  VI.  and  thought  to  be  one  of  the  evil  ministers 
of  that  time.  His  enemies,  to  render  him  odious  to  the  people,  charged  him 
with  laying  claim  to  the  crown,  calling  himself  James  the  VJL  by  his  descent 
from  Murdock.,  Duke  of  Albany.  And  in  the  parliament,  anno  i58<;,  to  clear 
himself  of  that  aspersion,  as  w-as  supposed,  he  renounced  any  title  he  inight 
have  to  the  crown  that  way,  by  the  following  protestation,  as  it  stands  enrolled 
in  the  records  of  parliament. 

"  James,  Earl  of  Arran,  &c.  protests  for  himself,  and  in  name  of  his 
father's  house  of  Okhiltrie,  that  neather  the  Duke  of  Lenox's  Grace,  nor  nae 
other  has  right  to  carrie  the  crown,  or  be  nearest  to  the  King's  Majestie's 
person  at  any  meetings  of  parliament,  conventions  of  estates,  &c.  before  the 
said  Earl's  father's  house,  in  regard  to  the  nearness  and  proximity  of  bluid 
they  stand  in  to  his  Highness,  since  it  is  well  known  to  sundry  here  present, 
who  are  ready  to  attest  the  samyn,  that  the  Lord  Okhiltrie  the  said  Earl's 


*  He  exchanged,  says  Douglas,  his  lordship  of  Evandale  in  Lanerkshlrc, 
with  Sir  James  Hamilton  of  Fyiiart,  for  the  lordship  of  Ochiltrie  in  Au'shire, 
and  got  charters  under  the  great  seal,  of  the  lands  and  barony  of  Ochiltrie, 
and  several  others,  Andrece  d:mit/o  Evandale  inter  1536  et  i^.\o.  He  then,  with 
consent  of  the  crown,  got  the  title  of  Evandale  exchanged  for  that  of  Ochil- 
trie, which  was  confirmed  to  him  by  act  of  parliament  anno  1545.  He  after- 
wards got  three  charters  under  the  great  seal  [Andrecs  domino  Ocbiltrit,  oi  dif- 
ferent lands  and  baronies /«/■?)-  1543  '•/  1546.  (Douglas,  p.  52i.j 
+  See  Knox's  Hist,  ot  tne  Reformat '.on,  lib.  iv.  p.343. 
X  Buchan,  lib  xvii  Spotswood,  p.  iSy-    Maitlund,  vol  ii.  p  952. 

\  Ibid. 


412  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

and  men  killed  upon  their  private  contests,  so  that  the  count ry 
was  passionately  divided  between  them  ;  his  Majesty  therefore,  in 

father,  is  lawfully  come  of  the  royal  bluid,  as  lyneally  descending  from  father 
to  son  of  the  house  of  Evandale,  whaes  first  progenitor,  not  long  synsyne,  was 
son  to  Duke  Murdake,  begotten  in  lav/full  bed,  who  was  son  to  Duke  Robert 
of  Albany,  who  was  uncle,  tutor,  and  governour,  a  lang  time,  to  umquhill 
(the  latej  King  James  the  first,  his  nepot,  (nephew).  And  thereupon  the 
said  Earl  asked  and  toke  instruments  in  due  and  competent  form,  &c  "  This 
Earl  after  many  and  various  scenes  of  life  was  divested  of  all  his  offices  and 
honours,  and  for  several  years  lived  a  retired  life,  without  any  other  designa- 
tion than  that  of  Captain  Sie-wart ;  and  having  been  the  regent  Morton's  ac- 
cuser, was  in  revenge  put  to  death  by  Sir  James  Douglas  of  Fortherald,  in 
1596. 

Third,  Sir  William  Steward,  of  Monkton,  who  was  killed  by  the  Earl  of 
Bothwell,  and  left  no  issue. 

Fourth,  Sir  Henry  ;  and, 

Fifth,  Robert,  of  Wester-Braco,left  no  issue.  * 

Andrew  Stewart,  the  eldest  son,  and  heir  apparent  to  tlie  third  Lord 
Ochiltrie,  obtained  several  charters  under  the  great  seal,  as  Andrei^  Magistro 
de  Ochiltrie,  of  the  lands  and  barony  of  Ochiltrie,  the  five  merk  land  of  Port- 
carrick,  and  several  others  between  the  years  1578  and  1584.  He  married 
Margaret,  eldest  daughter  of  Henry  second  Lord  Methven,  and  deceased 
before  his  father,  having  had  issue  two  sons  and  four  daughters,  viz.  Andrew, 
heir  to  his  grandfather ;  Josias,  of  Bonniton,  who  died  without  issue;  Anne, 
married  to  Sir  Henry  Ker,  of  Fernyliirst,  after  Lord  Jedburgli ;  Margaret,  to 
John  Stewart,  of  Traquair  ;  Margery,  to  Sir  Roger  Aston,  of  England,  and 
gentleman  of  the  bed-chamber  to  KingJamesVL;  Martha,  to  Nicol  Ruther- 
ford, of  Hundely  ;  Mary,  to  Sir  George  Crawfurd,  of  Lifnurris ;  and  Isabel, 
to  Gilbert  Kennedy,  of  Bargeny.  f 

Andrew,  the  elder  son,  succeeding  his  grandfather  in  159Z  +  became 
X\\e fourth  Lord  Ochiltrie,  and  obtaining  several  charters  under  the  great  seal 
about  1 601,  was  therein  styled  Andreir  domino  Ochiltrie terrarum  ecclesiasticarum 
de  Ochiltrie,  &c  ^  This  nobleman,  first  lord  of  the  bed-chamber  to  King 
James  VI.  of  Scotland,  and  I,  of  England,  was  general  of  the  artillery  and 
captain  governor  of  the  castle  of  Edinborough. 

He  was  so  expensive  in  his  manner  of  living,  that  his  own  fortune,  with 
the  emoluments  of  his  employments,  were  not  sufficient  to  support  him  ; 
therefore  with  the  consent  of  his  son  Andrew,  master  of  Ochiltrie,  and  the 
approbation  of  the  crown,  he  sold  his  Lordship  of  Ochiltrie,  to  his  cousin.  Sir 
James  Stewart,  of  Killeth  (son  of  Sir  James,  of  Bothwell-Muir,  created  Earl 
of  Arran,)  but  whose  line  failed  in  his  great  grandson  William  Stewart,  Lord 
Ochiltrie,  who  died  in  1675,  ^ged  sixteen  years  |( 

Whereupon  his  Majesty,  solicitous  to  preserve  the  family  in  some  degree 
of  splendour  suitable  to  their  rank  and  descent,  in  his  letters  from  West- 
minster, May  28th,  161S,  thus  writes:  "  We  are  never  forgetful  of  any  good 


Douglas's  Peerage  of  Scotland,  p.  522.  +  Ibid,  p.  523. 

X  Charta  in  pub.  Archi.  ad  ann.  1592. 
S  Douglas,  p.  523.  II  Idem.  p.  524. 


LORD  STUART.  413 

order  to  settle  the  whole  dispute,  upon  the  hearing  all  that  could 
be  said  by  either  party,  and  being  desirous  to  accommodate  the 
matter  himself,  caused  them  to  be  summoned  before  the  council^  and 
both  the  Earls  obeying  the  charge,  it  was  determined  that  the  Earl 
of  Huntly  should  be  ordered  home  to  the  country,  and  my  Lord 
Murray  to  stay  at  court  for  some  time.  But  as  soon,  says  Sir 
James  Melvil,  as  Huntly  went  home,  he  triumphed,  and  took 
sundry  advantages  upon  the  Earl  of  Murray's  lands,  giving  him 
just  cause  of  complaint;  and  Murray,  after  sundry  representations, 
getting  no  redress,  be  retired  himself  from  the  court,  and  became 
so  malcontent,  that  he  took  plain  part  with  the  Earl  of  Bothwell, 
who  had  attempted  to  seize  upon  the  King's  person  at  his  palace 
of  riolyrood  House,  in  order  to  oblige  his  Majesty  to  receive  him 

services  done  unto  us  by  our  meanest  subjects,  much  less  of  those  which  our 
trusty  and  well  beloved  Andrew  Stewart,  late  Lord  Ochiltrie,  hath  performed 
in  many  kinds,  which  as  we  have  hitherto  retained  in  our  memory  for  his 
good,  so  we  are  now  pleased  to  give  him  a  r^al  testimony  of  our  gracious  ac- 
ceptance thereof,  by  creating  him  a  baron  of  that  our  realm  :  these  are  there- 
fore to  require  you  to  issue  letters  patent  under  the  great  seal  of  our  kingdom 
of  Ireland,  creating  him  Lord  Steivart,  Baron  of  Castle-Stewart  in  the  county 
of  Tyrone,  and  to  the  heirs  male  of  his  body.  He  had  three  sons  ;  Sir  An- 
drew, his  heir;  John,  who  succeeded;  a.r\d  R.ohtx:X,  ancestor  to  the  present 
£ay/  ofCaitle-Steivart  hi  Ii  eland. 

Sir  James  Stuart,  of  Beat/j,  third  son  of  Andrew,  third  Lord  E-vandalCf 
Was  a  man  of  good  parts,  and  in  great  favour  with  King  James  V.  who  ap- 
pointed him  one  of  the  gentlemen  of  his  bed-chamber,    lieutenant  of  the 
guards,  constable  of  the  castle  of  Down,  steward  of  Menteath,  Strathgartney, 
See.     He  was  killed  at  Dunblain  by  the  Laird  of  Duntreath  ;  and  his  two 
brothers,  in  1547,  having  married  Margaret,  daughter  of  John,  fourth  Lord 
Lyndsay,  of  Byres,  by  whom  he  had, 
First,  James,  his  heir. 
Second,  Archibald,  of  Burray,  died  9  p. 
Third,  Henry,  of  Bucklevie. 

Fourth,  Elizabeth,  married  Robert  Crichton,  of  Cluny,  lord  advocate,  by 
whom  she  was  mother  to  the  admirable  Crichton. 

Sir  James,  eldest  son,  obtained  a  creation  of  his  lands  into  the  ^areny 
«f  Donvn,  1565.  He  was  in  great  favour  with  King  James  VI.  and  raised  by 
him  to  the  peerage  by  the  title  of  Lord  Do-wn  in  1581.  He  died  in  1590 
having  married  Lady  Margaret  Campbell,  daughter  of  Archibald,  fourth  Earl 
of  Argyle,  by  whom  he  had. 
First,  James. 

Second,  Henry,  Lord  St.  Colone,  who  served  under  Gustavus  Adolphus, 
but  died  s.  p. 

Third,  Anne,  married  Sir  James  Wemys,  of  that  ilk. 
Fourth,  Jane,  married  Simon,  Lord  Fraser,  of  Lovat. 
James,  eldest  son,  second  Lord  Doivn,  married,  by  King  James's  special 
appointment,    Lady  Elixabeth,  eldest  daughter  and  coheiress  of  James  Earl  of 
^^urraji,  tie  Regent  as  aboveftntntianed  in  the  text. 


414  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

into  favour.  The  Earl  of  Hnntly  being  advertised,  continues  my 
author,  that  his  adversary  Murray  was  an  outlaw,  with  the  Earl  of 
Bothwell,  he  returned  to  court,  to  get  some  advantage  of  him  : 
but  in  the  mean  time  the  Lord  Ocliiltree  endeavouring  to  reconcile 
them  with  consent  of  his  Majesty,  in  order  thereto  drew  the  Earl 
of  Murray  to  Dunibirsel,  a  seat  of  his  own  in  Fife,  to  be  near 
hand,  tliat  conditions  and  articles  might  be  added  and  arranged  at 
thr;  pleasure  ot  their  friends.  The  Earl  of  LIuntly  being  made 
privy  to  Murray's  coming  to  Dunibirsel,  obtained  instantly  a 
commission  to  pursue  the  Earl  of  Bothwell,  and  all  his  partakers  ; 
whereupon  with  an  armed  force,  consi-ting  most  of  his  own  vas- 
sals and  retainers,  he  unexpectedly  beset  the  house  of  Dunibirsel ; 
and  up^n  the  Earl's  refusing  to  surrender  himself  to  Hunlly,  the 
house  was  set  on  fire:  notwithstanding  the  Earl  made  his  way 
through  the  flames,  and  also  bravely  through  his  more  merciless 
enemies,  and  had  so  far  succeeded  in  his  escape,  that  he  was  got 
fairly  out  of  their  hands,  and  had  concealed  himself  among  the 
rocks  by  the  sea  ;  but  the  tip  of  his  head-piece  which  had  taken 
fire  before  he  left  the  bouse,  discovered  him  through  the  darkness 
of  the  night,  whereupon  his  enemies  set  upon,  and  instantly 
murdered  him  with  many  circumstantances  of  barbarity,  on  Fe- 
bruary yih,  1592. 

His  death  was  universally  regretted,  and  the  King  bore  it  with 
extraordinary  grief.  For  little  knew,  says  Sir  James  Melvil,  his 
Majesty  that  Huntly  under  this  general  clause  of  pursuing  Both- 
well  and  his  accomplices,  was  minded  to  assail  the  Earl  of 
Murray  at  his  own  house,  and  to  kill  him  as  he  did,  to  the  regret 
of  many. 

Bv  the  Counters  of  Murray,  his  wife,  he  left  two  sons. 

First,  James,  the  next  Earl. 

Second,  Francis  Stewart,  Esq. ;  also  three  daughters. 

Margaret,  married  to  Charles  Howiird,  Earl  of  Nottingham,  ^ 
of  the  kingdom  of  England  ;  and  thereafter  to  Sir  William 
Monson,  Viscount  of  Castlemain. 

Mary,  to  Alexander  Lord  Saltonn. 

Grisel,  to  Sir  Robert  Lmes,  of  that  ilk^  and  had  issue. 

Which  James,  fourth  Earl  of  Moray,  mavv'ied  Anne,  daughter 
of  George  Marquis  of  Huntly,  by  the  special  appointment  of  King 
James,  to  remove  the  animosity  betwixt  the  families  of  Huntly 
and  Murray,  and  to  dispose  and  unite  them  in  a  firm  union  and 

f  See  Memohs  of  Peers  of  Kins  Jajnes  I. 


LORD  STUART.  415 

fnendahip.  By  this  Lady  he  had  James,  his  son  and  heir  ;  also 
one  daughter,  Mary,  married  to  the  Laird  of  Grant,  and  depart- 
ing this  lite  in  August,  l63S,  =  was  succeeded  in  his  estate  and 
honour  by 

James,  his  son,  Jt/th  Earl  of  Moray ,  who  married  Maro^aret, 
daughter  and  coheir  of  Alexander  Earl  of  Hume,  and  dying  in 
March,  l653,''  left  issue  by  the  foresaid  Margaret,  his  wife. 

First,  James,  Lord  Down,  who  died  a  youth. 

Second,  Alexander,  his  successor. 

Third,  Archibald  Stewart,  of  Dunnern,  ancestor  of  the 
Stewarts  of  that  place  :  likewise  four  daughrers; 

First,  Mary,  married  to  Archibald  Earl  of  Argyle. 

Second,  Mjrgaret,  to  Sir  Alexander  Sutherland,  thereafter 
Lord  Dutfus. 

Third,  Henrietta,  to  Sir  Hugh  Camphel,  of  Calder,  Knight. 

Fourth,  Anne,  to  David  Ross,  ofBalnagown. 

Which  Alexander,  sixth  Earl,  being  a  man  of  reputation  for 
parts  and  learning,  came  to  be  in  great  favour  with  King  Charle* 
IF.  toward  the  end  of  his  reign.  He  was  first  made  justice  ge- 
neral, and  then,  October  10th,  l6S0,  promoted  to  be  sole  Secre- 
iary  of  Slate  upon  the  diraission  of  the  Duke  of  Lauderdale.' 
He  continued  sole  secretaiy  till  l682,  when  the  Earl  of  Mid- 
dleton,  and  thereafter  the  Lord  Melfort,  were  joined  in  commis- 
sion with  him. 

When  King  James  VIL  came  to  the  crown,  his  Majesty  made 
the  Earl  again  one  of  his  principal  secretaries,  and  appointed  him 
lord  high  commissioner  to  the  second  session  of  the  parliament 
l6s6,  and  as  a  further  mark  of  his  special  grace  and  favour,  elected 
him  one  of  the  Knights  of  the  most  noble  order  of  the  Thistle 
in  1687. 

The  Earl  continued  secretary  till  the  revolution,  when  King 
James  went  over  to  France ;  he  was  then  removed  from  all  em- 
ployments, and  thenceforth  lived  retiredly,  enjoying  the  felicities 
of  a  private  life,  till  he  exchanged  this  mortal  life  with  a  state  of 
immortality  on  November  Ist,  1/00,  having  had  issue  by  Emilia, 
bis  wife,  daughter  of  Sir  William  Ballour,  of  Pitculio,  lieutenant 
of  the  Tower  of  London  in  the  reign  of  King  Charles  I.  first, 
James  ;  second,  Charles  ;  third,  John,  died  s.  p. ;  fourth,  Francis. 

James,  Lor^  Z)ou'?i,  who  married  Catherine,  daughter  of  Sir 

g  Balfour's  Annals, 
h  Charta  in  Pub  Arch,  ad  annum  1653.  i  Ibid. 


4l5  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

Lionel  Tal mash,  and  of  Elizabeth  Duchess  of  Lauderdale,  died! 
before  his  father,  leaving  two  daughters  behind  him  ;  Elizabeth, 
married  to  Brigadier  Alexander  Grant,  of  that  ilk  j  and  Emilia, 

first  to Jrazer,   of  Strichen  j  and  again  to  John  Earl  of 

Crawfurd. 

Sir  Charles  Stewart,  Bart,  the  second  son,  succeeded  his 
father  in  the  honour,  and  was  seventh  Earl  of  Murray,  He  mar- 
ried the  Lady  Anne  Campbell,  daughter  of  Archibald  Earl  of 
Argyle,  widow  of  Richard  £arl  of  Lauderdale  j  but  died  without 
issue,  1/35, 

Francis  Stewart, ybztrfA  son,  succeeded  as  eighth  Earl,  and 
married,  first,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Sir  John  Murray,  of  Drum- 
cairn,  by  whom  he  had  no  issue  that  came  to  any  maturity  ;  se- 
condly, Jean,  daughter  of  John  Lord  Balmerino,  by  whom  he  had. 

First,  James. 

Second,  John,  represented  the  boroughs  of  Crail,  Anstruther, 
&c.  in  parliament,  J  7-11,  and  was  colonel  of  a  regiment  in  the 
service  of  the  States  General. 

Third,  Francis,  a  colonel  in  the  array,  died  in  Germany  j  mar- 
ried Lady  Helen  Montgomery,  daughter  of  the  Earl  of  Eglington. 

Fourth,  Archibald,  captain  in  the  navy. 

Fifth,  Henry,  "^  major  of  a  regiment  of  dragoons. 

Sixth,  Lady  Anne,  married  John  Stewart,  of  Blairhall,  Esq. 

Seventh,  Lady  Emilia,  married  colonel  Sir  Peter  Halket,  of 
Pitfarren,  Bart,  who  was  kilkd  in  America,  July  9th,  \'/55. 

His  Lordship  dying  in  1/39,  ^^^  succeeded  by  his  eldest  son, 

James,  the  ninth  Earl,  who  married  Grace,  Countess  Dowager, 
and  widow  of  John  Gordon,  third  Earl  of  Aboyne,  daughter  of 
George  Lockhart,  Esq.  by  whom  he  had 

Francis,  the  late  Earl. 

And  a  daughter,  Eupheme. 

He  married,  secondly,  Margaret,  daughter  of  David,  Earl  of 
Wemyss,  by  whom,  who  died  1779,  he  had  two  sons  5 

Second,  James. 

Third,  David,  who  died  June  12th,  1784;  and  his  Lordship 
deceasing  on  July  5th,  1767,  was  succeeded  by  his  son, 

Francis,  the  tenth  Earl  of  Murray ,  and  first  Lord  Stuart 
OF  Castle  Stuart. 

In  1784  and  1790,  his  Lordship  wds  elected  one  of  the  sixteen 

k  One  of  these  brothers  was  father  of  Mrs  ObiernC)  wife  of  Dr-  Obienie, 
now  BUhop  of  Meat h. 


LORD  STUART.  41/ 

peers  of  Scotland ;  and  on  June  4th,  1796,  was  created  an  English 
peer  by  the  title  of  Lord  Stuart  of  Castle  Stuart. 

His  Lordship  married,  in  June  1/03,  Jane,  eldest  daughter  of 
John,  Lord  Gray;  by  whom,  who  died  in  1786,  he  had  issue  five 
sons  and  four  daughters,  viz. 

First,  James,  Lord  Doune,  died  June  Ilth,  ^776. 

Second,  John,  I,ord  Doune,  died  July  6th,  1791. 

Third,  Francis,  the  present  peer. 

Fourth,  Archibald,  married,  March  4th,  1797,  Cornelia, 
daughter  of  Edmund  Pleydell,  Esq. 

Fifth,  Charles. 

Sixth,  Margaret,  who  died  September,  1788. 

Seventh,  Grace,  married,  July  lOth,  1789,  George  Douglas, 
Esq.  of  Cavers,  and  had  a  son,  born  October  10th,  179O;  and  a. 
daughter,  born  October  2d^  1793. 

Eighth,  Jane  ;  and,  ninth,  Anne. 

His  Lordship  having  been  returned  in  several  parliaments  as 
one  of  the  sixteen  Peers  of  Scotland,  was  elevated  to  the  British 
Peerage  on  June  4th,  1796,  by  the  title  of  Baron  Stuart,  of 
Castle  Stuart;  and  dying  August  28th,  1810,  was  succeeded  by 
his  eldest  surviving  son, 

Francis,  eleventh  Earl  of  Moray,  and  second  Lord  Stuart 
of  Castle- Stuart- 

His  Lordship  married,  first,  January  26th,  1795,  Miss  Scott, 
daughter  ef  Major-General  Scott,  and  she  dying  August  3d,  I798, 
he  married,  secondly,  Margaret-Jane,  daughter  of  Sir  Philip 
Ainslie,  of  Pilton. 

His  Lordship  has  issue  by  both  these  marriages. 

Titles,  Francis  Stuart,  Earl  of  Moray,  Lord  Downe,  in  Scot- 
land ;  and  Lord  Stuart  of  Castle  Stuart,  in  Great  Britain. 

Creations.  Earl  of  Moray,  Feb  10th,  1562;  Lord  Downe, 
1581,  in  Great  Britain;  and  Lord  Stuart  of  Castle-Stuart,  June 

4th,  J  796. 

Arms.  Quarterly,  first  and  fourth,  or,  a  lion  rampant  within 
a  double  tressure,  within  a  bordure  compone,  argent  and  azure; 
second,  or,  a  fess  cheeky,  argent  and  azure ;  and  third,  or,  three 
escutcheons  pendant,  within  a  double  tressure,  gules. 

Crest.  On  a  wreath,  a  pelican  in  her  nest  feeding  her  young-. 
'    Supporters.     Two  greyhounds,  proper. 

Motto.     Salu.  per  Christum  redemptorem., 

Chief  Seat.     Dunbrisel  castle,  Fifeshire. 

TOL.  VIII.  2.  E 


418 


PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 


STEWART,   LORD  STEWART  OF  GARLIES. 

(EARL  OF  GALLOWAY  IN  SCOTLAND.; 

Great  disputes  have  arisen  as  to  the  exact  station  in  the  pedigree 
of  the  royal  house  of  Stewart,  which  the  Earl  of  Galloway  is  en- 
titled to  hold  by  the  male  line. 

These  points  have  been  ably  elucidated,  (and  many  will  think 
settled)  by  the  late  celebrated  Andrew  Stuart,  in  his  Genealogical 
History  of  the  Stewarts,  179^ >  4to.  ^ 

Not  only  does  Lord  Galloway  claim  to  be  the  descendant, 
but  the  representative  of  the  Castelmilk  branch  ;  both  which  Mr. 
A.  Stuart  denies ;  but  the  particular  position  of  that  branch  has 
been  mistaken  by  Crauford,  Sympson,  Douglas,  and  others.  It 
seems  clear  that  the  heir  male  of  the  Castelmilk  branch,  (if  any 
such  exists  since  Andrew  Stuart's  death")  is  the  male  representa- 
tive of  the  house  of  Stewart,  as  the  next  (if  not  only)  collateral 
heir  of  the  house  of  Darnley. 


a  "  A  Genealogical  History  of  the  Stewarts  from  the  earliest  period  of  their 
authentic  History  to  the  present  Times.  Containing  a  particular  account  of 
the  origin  and  successive  generations  of  the  Stuaris  of  Darnley,  Lennox,  and 
Aubigny;  and  of  the  Stuarts  of  Castelmilk;  with  Proofs  and  References; 
an  Appendix  of  Relative  Papers  i  and  a  Supplement,  containing  copies  of 
various  Dispensations  found  in  the  Vatican  at  Rome,  in  the  course  of  a  search 
made  by  the  Author  in  the  year  1789;  particularly  copies  of  two  very  inte-  est- 
ing  Dispensations  which  had  long  been  sought  for  in  vain,  relative  to  Robert 
the  Steward  of  Scotland  (King  Robert  II.)  his  much  contested  marriages  with 
Elizabeth  More,  and  Eupheme  Ross.  To  which  is  prefixed  a  Genealogical 
Table  relative  to  the  History.  By  Andrew  Stuart,  Esq.  M.  P.  London, 
1798,  4to." 


LORD  STEWART.  419 

Alexander,  High  Steward  of  Scotland,  who  died  1283, 
ast.  sixty-nine,  left  issue  a  daughter,  Elizabeth,  married  to  Wil- 
liam Lord  Douglas,  surnamed  the  Hardy  j  and  two  sons. 

First,  James,  the  High  Steward,  who  died  I30g,  father  (by 
Cecilia,  daughter  of  Patrick  Earl  of  Dunbar)  of  Walter,  the 
High  Steward,  who  in  1315,  married  Marjory,  daughter  of  King 
Robert  Bruce,  and  died  April  9th,  1326,  leaving  by  her  Robert, 
the  Steward,  afterwards  King  of  Scotland,  to  which  throne  he 
ascended  in  1371.  He  died  139O,  father  of  King  Robert  IIL 
father  of  King  James  I. 

Second,  Sir  John  Stewaut,  ofBonkyll,  (second  son  of  Alex- 
ander the  High  Steward)  born  in  1246,  married  Margaret, 
daughter  of  Sir  John  Bonkyll,  of  that  ilk,  by  whom  he  had  several 
sons,  heads  of  great  families  of  the  name  of  Stewart ;  known  by 
their  arms  of  ihsfess  cheeky,  lend,  and  buckles ;  the  figures  which 
Sir  John  Stewart  carried  in  right  of  his  wife  j  viz.  Or,  a/ess  cheeky 
azure  and  argent,  charged  with  three  buckles  of  the  first  for 
Bonkyll, 

In  the  battle  of  Falkirk,  fought  July  22d,  1298,  Sir  John 
Stewart,  while  giving  orders  to  his  archers,  was  thrown  from  his 
horse  and  slain  5  and  his  archers  crowding  round  his  body,  perished 
with  him. '' 

The  only  daughter  of  the  marriage  between  Sir  John  Stewart 
and  the  heiress  ofBonkyll  was  Isabel,  who  married  the  celebrated 
Thomas  Randolph,  Earl  of  Moray,  nephew  of  King  Robert  Bruce  ; 
and  with  that  Lady  he  got  from  Sir  John  Stewart  the  lands  of 
Garlies,  which  wr,re  afterwards  given  by  John,  the  son  and  heir 
of  Thomas  Earl  of  Moray,  to  Sir  Walter  Stewart,  of  Dalswinton, 
his  uncle,  as  appears  by  an  original  charter  in  the  possession  of 
the  Earl  of  Galloway. 

Though  authors  are  in  general  agreed  that  there  werfe  many 
sons  of  the  marriage  between  Sir  John  Stewart,  ofBonkyll,  and 
his  wife  Margaret,  yet  they  are  not  agreed  as  to  the  precise 
number  (or  indeed  order)  of  those  sons. 

Symson,  in  his  History  of  the  Stewarts,  published  in  1/12^ 
gives  the  following  account  of  the  sons  of  Sir  John  Stewart,  of 
Bonkyll. 

"  First  son,  Sir  Alexander  Stewart,  ofBonkyll,  father  to  John 
Earl  of  Angus,  of  the  race  of  Stewart. 

li  See  Dahymple's  Annals,  p-  260;    and  Memingford's  account,  tonrj   i. 
p.  165. 


420  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

<'  Second  son^  Str  Alan  Stewart,  of  whom  the  Lords  of  Derne- 
\ty,  Earls  and  Dukes  of  Lennox,  and  their  several  cadets, 

"  Third  son.  Sir  Walter  Stewart,  to  whom  King  Robert 
Bruce  gave  a  charter  of  the  Barony  of  Dalswinton,  as  did  Thomas 
Ranulph  Earl  of  Moray  give  another  of  the  Barony  of  Garlics ; 
from  whom  the  Earl  of  Galloway  by  an  heiress. 

"  Fourth  son.  Sir  James  Stewart,  ancestor  to  Innermeath  and 
Graighall ;  and  from  Innermeath,  Lorn,  Duriideu  or  Rossyth  ; 
from  Lorn  or  Innermeath,  the  Earls  of  AthoU  and  Buchanj  the 
Stewarts  of  Gairntully,  Kinnaird,  and  Alpin,  and  Innerduning. 
From  the  Earl  of  Buchan  is  the  Earl  of  Traquair,  &c. 

"  Fifth  son,  Sir  John  Stewart,  of  whose  issue  I  have  disco- 
veied  nothing  from  charters. 

"  Sixth  and  seventh  sons,  Sir  Hugh  and  Sir  Robert,  men- 
tioned by  Hollinshed  in  his  Chronicle  of  Ireland,  anno  1318, 
whose  existence  I  am  not  to  defend  " 

Duncan  Stewart,  in  his  History  of  the  Stewarts  published  in 
1739,  p.  149,  says  that  Sir  John  Steward,  ofBonkill,  brother  of 
James  the  High  Steward,  had  by  his  wife  Margaret,  seven  sons 
and  a  daughter,  viz. 

''  First,  Sir  Alexander,  of  Bonkyll,  of  whom  Angus. 

"  Second,  Sir  Alan,  of  Dreghorn,  of  whom  Lennox, 

"  Third,  Sir  Walter,  of  Dalswinton,  of  whom  Galloway, 

"Fourth,  Sir  James,  of  Preston  and  Warwick-hill,  of  whom 
Lorn. 

"  Fifth,  Sir  John  killed  with  his  two  brothers  Alan  and  James, 
at  Halidon-hill  in  1333,  and  supposed  to  be  predecessor  to  Castel- 
milk.  *^ 

"  Sixth,  Hugh;  and,  seventh,  Robert."  ^ 

Sir  Alan  Stewart,  the  second  son,  was  born  towards  the  end 
of  the  thirteenth  cenlnry  3  served  in  the  wars  of  King  Robert 
Bruce,  to  whose  interests  he  was  much  and  uniformly  attached  ; 
received  from  King  Robert  a  grant  of  the  lands  of  Dregern,  or 
Dreghorn,  in  ihe  shire  of  Air;  and  from  Robert,   the  Steward  of 

Scotland,  a  permission   to  purchase  the  lands  of  Cruickisfee,  or 

c  It  will  presently  appear  that  the  Castelmilk  branch  was  descended 
from  Sir  William,  younger  son  of  Sir  Alexander,  grandson  of  Sir  Alan  of 
Dreghorn. 

d  Douglas  in  his  peerage  nearly  agrees  with  this;  except  by  transposing 
in  one  place  the  seniority  of  Sir  James,  and  Sir  John.  This  Sir  John  was  pro- 
bably the  real  ancestor  of  the  house  of  Galloway 


LORD  STEWART.  421 

Crulckston,  in  Renfrewshire,  held  of  the  Stewart,  beino-  the  first 
possession  acquired  by  the  Stewarts  of  Dernelcy  in  that  county. 

In  the  expedition  to  Ireland  in  1315,  Sir  Alan  Stewart  having 
accompanied  Edward  Bruce  the  brother  of  King  Robert,  and  Tho- 
mas Randolph  Earl  of  Moray,  who  was  brother-in  law  of  Sir 
Alan  Stewart,  had  his  share  in  the  military  exploits  of  that  king- 
dom.    He  is  particularly  mentioned  in  John  Barbour  s  History 

^'  of  the  Irish  Expedition,   p.  300,  in  the  chapter  intitled  "  Earl 
Thomas   (Randolp)   his  Enterprize  against  the  Victuallers  from 

•  Conyers,"  in  the  following  lines  : 

"  And  when  Earl  Thomas  perceiving 
Had  of  their  coming  and  ganging. 
He  got  him  a  great  company. 
Three  hundred  horsemen  wight  and  hardy  3 
There  was  Philip  de  Moubray, 
And  Sir  John  Stewart  also  persay. 
And  Sir  John  Stewart  also; 
Sir  Robert  Boyd  and  others  moe." 

Holinshead,  having  meinioned  that  "  in  1315,  Edward  Bruce 
entered  the  north  part  of  Ireland  with  6OOO  men  ;"  says  that  "  on 
December  5th,  13l6,  Sir  Alan  Steward,  that  had  been  taken  pri- 
soner in  Ulster  by  John  Logan  and  Sir  John  Sandell,  was  brought 
to  the  castle  of  Dublin;"  and  that  "  in  1318,  Lord  John  Bir- 
mingham, general  of  the  field  on  the  part  of  the  English,  led 
forth  the  King  of  England's  power,  being  1324  able  men,  against 
Edward  Bruce,  who  being  accompanied  with  the  Lord  Philip 
Moubray,  Lord  Walter  de  Soules,  the  Lord  Alane  Stewarde  with 
his  three  brethren  ;  Sir  Walter  and  Sir  Hugh,  Sir  Robert  and 
Sir  Amery  Laceys  and  others,  was  encamped  not  past  two  miles 
from  Dundalk  with  3000  men  then  abiding  the  Englishmen  to 
fight  with  them  if  they  came  forward  ;  which  they  did  with  all 
convenient  speed,  being  as  desirous  to  give  battle  as  the  Scots 
were  to  receive  it." 

Sir  Alan  was  killed  at  the  battle  of  Halidon-hill,  July  19th, 
1333,  leaving  three  sons. 

First,  Sir  John. 

Second,  Sir  Walter. 

Third,  Sir  Alexander,  who  on  the  failure  of  his  two  elder 
brothers  without  issue  male^  afterwards  succeeded  to  all  the  estates 
which  had  belonsed  to  their  father  Sir  Alan. 


422  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

Fourth,  Elizabeth,  married  to  Sir  John  de  Hamilton,  second 
son  to  Sir  "Walter  de  Hamilton. 

Sir  John  Stewart,  ot'Darnley,  or  Cruickiston,  eldest  son,  died 
before  January  15th,  1369,  leaving  a  son,  Robert,  who  died 
without  issue  before  13/1. 

Sir  Alexander,  ihird  son  (Sir  Walter,  the  intermediate  brother, 
being  dead)  succeeded  finally  at  Darneley ;  and  bad  a  letter  of 
safe  conduct  granted  by  King  Edward  HI.  of  England^  August 
26th,  1374.  e     He  left  issue 

Sir  Alexander  Stewart,  of  Darnley,  who  died  before  1400, 
having  married  Janet,  or  Johanna.  Keith,  widow  of Ha- 
milton, and  daughter  of  Sir  William  Keith,  of  Galstoun,  by 
whom  he  had  five  sons,  and  a  daughter  j  viz. 

First,  Sir  John, 

Second,  William,  who  engaged  with  his  brother  John  in  the 
wars  of  France,  and  was  killed  in  the  same  battle  with  him  at  the 
siege  of  Orleans ;  ancestor  to  the  Stuarts  o/'Castelmilk;  and 
whom  Lord  Galloway  also  claims  for  his  ancestor. 

Third,  Alexander,  sometimes  designed  of  Torbane,  and  some- 
times of  Galstoun. 

Fourth,  Robert,  to  whom  his  father,  Sir  Alexander,  gave  the 
lands  of  Newton  of  Westoun  in  the  shire  of  Lanark  ;  ancestor  to 
the  Stewarts  of  Barscnbe,  whose  male  line  has  failed. 

Fifth,  James,  who  is  mentioned  in  a  grant  of  lands  as  son  of 
Sir  Alexander. 

Sixth,  Janet,  married,  ISpi,  Thomas  de  Sommervill,  of  Carn- 
wath. 

Sir  John  Stewart,  of  Darneley,  eldest  son,  married  Elizabeth, 
daughter  and  coheir  of  Duncan,  sixth  Earl  of  Lennox.  He  went 
to  France  in  1420,  to  the  assistance  of  Charles  VH.  then  Dauphin 
of  France,  when  succours  were  sent  from  Scotland  to  that  op- 
pressed young  Prince.  To  Sir  John  Stewart  the  honour  and  trust 
of  constable  of  the  Scots  army  was  committed  ;  and  in  the  cele- 
brated victory  of  Bauge  in  Anjou,  Sir  John  had  a  principiil  share. 
For  these  services  he  obtained  a  grant  of  the  lands  '  of  Aubigny, 
in  the  province  of  Berry,  March  22d,  1422. 

Almost  all  the  French  historians  mention  the  presence  of  Sir 
John  Stuart  the  constable  of  the  French  army,  and  of  his  brother 
William  Stuart,  and  the  exertions  made  by  them  during  the  siege 

e  Rymer's  Foed.  vol.  vil.  p.  45. 
f  From  this  period  this  branch  spelt  their  names  Stuart. 


LORD  STEWART.  423 

of  Orleans;  in  which  service  he  and  his  brother  "Williana  both 
lost  their  lives  in  the  same  battle,  in  February  1428-9. 

By  the  heiress  of  Lennox,  Sir  John  Stuart  had  issue. 

First,  Sir  Alan, 

Second,  Alexander,  who  died  without  male  issue. 

Third,  John,  who  had  an  only  son,  Bernard.  8 

Sir  Alan,  eldest  son,  was  treacherously  slain  at  Linlithgow, 
by  Sir  Thomas  Boyd,  of  Kilmarnock,  in  1439.  He  married 
Catherine,  daughter  of  Sir  William  Seton,  of  Seton,  and  had  two 
sons. 

First,  John,  Lord  Darnley. 

Second,  Alexander  Stuart,  of  Galston. 

John,  eldest  son,  was  created  a  Lord  of  Parlicnent  about 
1401,  by  the  title  of  Lord  Darnley ;  and  created  Earl  of  Lennox 
about  1488.  He  died  after  July  8th,  1493,  having  married  Mar- 
garet, daughter  of  Alexander  Lord  Montgomery.  By  her  he  had 
issue. 

First,  Matthew,  his  successor. 

Second,  Robert,  Lord  D'Aubigny. 

Third,  William,  captain  of  the  Scotch  gens  d'armes  in 
France. 

Fourth,  John  Stuart,  of  Glanderston. 

And  it  is  supposed  two  more  sons,  Alexander  and  Alan, 

The  daughters  were. 

First,  Elizabeth,  married  to  Archibald  Earl  of  Argyle. 

Second,  Marion,  married  to  Robert  Lord  Crichton,  of  San- 
quhar, ancestor  to  the  Earls  of  Dumfries. 

Third, ,  married  to  Sir Murray,  of  TuUi- 

bardin. 

Fourth,  Janet,  married  to  Ninian  Lord  Ross. 

Fifth, ,  married  to  Sir  John  Colquhoun,  of  Luss. 

Matthew,  eldest  son,  second  Earl  of  Lennox,  was  slain  at  the 
battle  of  Flodden-field,  September  gth,  1513.  He  married  Eliza- 
beth Hamilton,  daughter  of  James  Earl  of  Anan,  by  Lady  Mary 
Stuart,  sister  of  King  James  ilL     By  her  he  had  issue. 

First,  William,  Master  of  Lennox,  who  married  Lady  Mar- 
garet Graham,  daughter  of  William  Earl  of  Montrose,  but  died 
without  issue. 

Second,  John,  his  heir. 

g  Celebrated  by  Sir  John  Beaumont  in  his  BattU  of  Bosivorth. 


424  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

Thirdj  Margaret,  married  to  John  Lord  Fleming ;  and  after  to 
Alexander  Douglas,  of  Mains. 

Fourth,  Elizabeth,  married  to  Sir  Hugh  Campbell,  of  Lou- 
doun, ancestor  to  the  Countess  of  Loudoun. 

Fifth,  Agnes,  wife  of  William  Edmondston,  of  Duntreath, 
and  had  issue. 

Which  JoHX,  third  Earl  of  Lennox,  was  appointed  one  of  the 
lords  of  the  regency  by  King  James  V.  anno  1524;  but  the  Earl  of 
Angus  taking  upon  himself  the  whole  administration,  and  detain- 
ing the  young  King  upon  the  matter  a  prisoner,  this  Earl  with 
divers  others  of  the  nobility  endeavouring  his  Majesty's  enlarge- 
ment, was  slain  in  the  attempt  by  Sir  James  Hamilton,  at  a  con- 
flict near  Linlithgow  bridge,  on  September  4th,  1526.  ''  By 
Anne,  his  wife,  daughter  of  John  Steuart,  Earl  of  Athol,  he  had. 

First,  Matthew,  the  next  Earl, 

Second,  Robert,  Bishop  of  Caithness,  thereafter  Earl  of 
Lennox. 

Third,  John,  Lord  d'Aubigny,  who  was  captain  of  the  Scots 
gens  d'  arms,  and  governor  of  Avignon,  of  whom  descended  the 
Dukes  of  Lennox. 

Likewise  a  daughter,  Helen,  married  first  to  Andrew,  Earl  of 
Errol,  and  thereafter  to  John,  Earl  of  Sutherland. 

Matthew ,  fourth  Earl  of  Lennox,  like  other  great  men  of 
that  age,  betook  himself  to  arms,  and  served  the  crown  of  France 
in  the  wars  of  Italy,  where  his  gallant  behaviour  procured  him  a 
very  great  name  and  reputation.  He  was  always  in  very  high 
esteem  with  his  own  prince,  King  James  V.  for  bis  father's  sake, 
after  whose  death  he  was  sent  over  from  France,  to  prevent  any 
detriment  to  that  crown  by  the  minority  of  the  young  Queen  ; 
but  being  a  frank  and  open-hearted  person,  he  fell  into  the  snare 
laid  by  Cardinal  Beaton,  Bishop  of  St,  Andrews,  for  him,  and  in 
a  little  time  lost  the  French  King's  favour  ;  and  when  it  was  come 
to  that  pass,  that  he  could  neither  stay  at  home,  nor  return  to 
France  with  safety,  he  went  into  England  anno  1543,  and  put 
himself  under  the  protection  of  Henry  VIH.  who  generously  re- 
ceived him  into  his  favour,  and  gave  him  his  neice.  Lady  Mar- 
garet Douglas,  in  marriage,  and  an  estate  in  England,  to  the  value 
of  seventeen  hundred  merks  sterling  per  annum,  as  an  equivalent 
for  his  own   fortune,  which  was  forfeited  in  Scotland ;  and  this 

i>  Memoirs  of  the  affairs  of  Scotland  MS.  penes  me     Craufurd. 


LORD  STEWART.  425 

agreement  the  Earl  made  with  that  Prince,  that  he  should  deliver 
into  his  hands  the  castle  of  Dumbartoun,  with  the  isle  of  Bute 
and  the  castle  of  Rothesay,  '  which  though  the  Earl  resolutely 
undertook,  yet  the  success  did  not  answer.  He  lived  at  the  court 
of  England  till  1563,  when  he  was  called  home  by  Queen  Mary, 
and  his  forfeiture  repealed  by  act  of  parliament,  after  he  had  been 
Banished  from  his  country  for  twenty  years. 

His  son  Henry,  Lord  Darnley,  soon  followed  him  ;  and  being 
a  young  nobleman  of  illustrious  birth,  extremely  handsome,  and 
of  a  temper  as  well  mixed  as  his  outward  proportions.  Queen 
Mary  at  first  sight  became  so  enamoured  of  him,  that  neither  the 
menaces  of  Queen  Elizabeth,  nor  any  other  considerations,  could 
deter  her  from  marrying  him,  when,  to  render  him  the  titter 
match  for  her,  she  raised  him  to  the  dignity  of  Duke  of  jillany. 
After  this,  when  he  had  not  been  above  five  months  in  Scotland, 
and  did  not  exceed  his  nineteenth  year,  she  married  him,  and 
with  the  consent  of  most  of  the  peers  declared  him  King,  of 
which  happy  marriage,  upon  June  19th,  1566,  to  the  perpetual 
advantage  of  all  Britain,  her  Majesty  was  delivered  of  a  son.  King 
James  VI.  first  monarch  of  Great  Britain. 

But  though  the  Queen's  love  to  the  Lord  Darnley  at  first  had 
been  very  warm,  yet  it  began  soon  afterwards  as  much  to  cool 
towards  him,  the  unkindness  between  them  being  chiefly  foniented 
by  one  David  Rizio  an  Italian,  her  secretary  for  the  French 
tongue,  which  indignity  the  King  revenged,  by  entering  into  the 
cabal  with  those  who  contrived  and  murdered  the  poor  old  roan, 
with  circumstances  that  were  not  at  all  allowable ;  and  it  is  pro- 
bable, that  it  was  in  resentment  of  Rizio's  death,  that  the  Earl  of 
Bothwel  and  others,  officiously,  as  thinking  it  might  gratify  the 
Queen,  most  inhumanly  murdered  this  lovely  Prince,  in  his  own 
lodgings  as  he  lay  abed,  on  February  pth,  1567j  though  Both- 
wel, who  was  the  murderer,  did  maintain  the  Queen's  innocency 
to  his  last  moments  :  and  I  think  there  was  no  other  ground  for 
believing  the  Queen  to  be  concerned  in  that  foul  action,  but  her 
imprudent  marrying  that  profligate  person  so  soon  thereafter,  who, 
by  common  fame,  was  reputed  to  be  the  murderer  of  her  hus- 
band. 

Upon  the  death  of  King  Henry,  the  Earl  of  Lennox,  his  father, 
prosecuted  the  Earl  of  Bothwel  as  the  regicide  j  but  that  Earl's 
interest  at  court  so  overruled  the  jury,  that  he  was  formally  ac- 

•  Rymer's  Foedera  Anglise. 


426  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

quitted  of  all  suspicion  as  well  as  action  in  the  murder,  which 
Lennox  was  forced  to  acquiesce  in^  and  from  that  time  forth  he 
lived  in  retirement  till  the  death  of  the  Earl  of  Murray  the  regent, 
that  he  was  unanimously  chosen  Regent  to  the  young  King,  James 
VL  his  grandson  J  which  great  trust  he  executed  for  thirteen 
months,  till  he  was  murdered  by  a  party  of  the  Queen's  friends, 
on  September4th,  1571.*^  He  was  interred  in  the  chapel  within 
the  castle  of  Stirling,  with  this  inscription  on  his  tomb  : 

Lo  here  a  Prince  and  Potentate, 

Whose  Life  to  understand 
"Was  good,  he  Just  and  Fortunate, 

Though  from  his  Native  Land 
His  Enemirs  Thrice  did  him  out-thring. 

He  Thrice  return'd  again  ; 
Was  lawful  Tutor  to  the  King, 

And  Regent  did  remain. 
While  he  with  Rigor  Rebels  rackt. 

They  wrought  his  fatal  End. 
Lo  this  Respects  the  Death,  no  Might, 

When  God  permits  the  Time  : 
Yet  shall  the  Vengeance  on  them  light 

That  wrought  this  cursed  crime. 

George  Buchanan,  his  very  humble  servant,  who  had  a  great 
attachment  to  his  Lordship  and  his  family,  has  left  us  the  follow- 
ing epitaph  on  the  Regent,  in  a  more  polite  strain  : 

Regis  avus.  Regis  Pater,  alto  e  sanguine  Regum 

Imperio  quorum  terra  Britanna  subest, 
Matthaeus  :  genuit  Levinia,  Gallia  fovit, 

Pulso  Anglus  thalamum,  renique  decusque  dedit. 
Coepi  invicta  manu,  famam  virtute  refelli, 

Arma  armis  vici,  consilioque  dolos. 
Gratus  in  ingratos,  patriam  justeque  pieque 

Cum  regerem,  hostili  perfidia  cecidi. 
Care  nepos,  spes  una  domus,  meliore  senectam 

Attingas  fato,  caetera  dignus  avo. 

To  Matthew  Earl  of  Lennox,  succeeded 
^  Buckanan's  History. 


LORD  STEWART.  427 

Charles,  his  second  son,  fifth  Earl  of  Lennox.  He  took  to 
wife  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Sir  William  Cavendish,  sister  to  the 
Earl  of  Devonshire,  by  whom  he  had  one  dauort^ter. 

Lady  Arabella  Stuart,  who  was  married  to  William  Marquis 
of  Hartford,  but  had  no  issue. 

He  died  a  young  man  at  London,  anno  15/6,  where  he  was 
interred  with  this  inscription  over  his  grave  : 

Hie  situs  est 
Carolus  Comes  Lennoxiae  qui  duxit  filiam  Wil- 
lielmi  Cavendish  Militis,  ex  qua  cum  ArabelJam 
unicam  filiam  suscepisset,   diem  obiit  anno  aetatis 
suae  21,  et  Salutis  humanae  1576. 

To  Charles  Earl  of  Lennox  succeeded  Robert,  bishop  of 
Caithness,  his  uncle,  sixth  Earl.  This  noble  person  being  at  first 
a  younger  brother,  applied  himself  to  learning,  and  devoting  him- 
self to  the  service  of  the  church,  entered  young  into  orders.  He 
was  elected  bishop  of  Caithness,  anno  1542  j'  but  taking  part 
with  his  brother,  the  Earl  of  Lennox,  against  the  Earl  of  Arran,  the 
governor,  he  was  forfeited,  and  lived  mostly  in  exile,  till,  in  1563, 
he  returned  to  his  native  country,  and  concurred  in  reformino-  the 
church  from  the  errors  of  popery,  though  not  as  a  bishop,  and 
turned  protestant  himself.  He  did  not  long  retain  the  title  of 
Earl  of  Lennox,  but  voluntarily  resigned  it  in  favour  of  Esme, 
Lord  d'  Aubigny,  his  great  nephew ;  and  in  lieu  thereof  had  the 
style  and  title  of  Earl  of  March  conferred  on  him  by  Kino-  James 
VI.  his  nephew^  together  with  the  priory  of  St.  Andrew's,  which 
he  enjoyed  till  death  took  him  away  on  August  2C)th,  15S6,  "• 
leaving  no  other  issue  than  a  natural  daughter,  Margaret,  married 
to  Robert  Algoe,  of  Easter  Walkingshaw. 

When  Robert,  Earl  of  Lennox,  resigned  the  Earidom,  as 
before  mentioned,  his  Majest}',  King  James  VI.  erected  it  into  a 
Duchy  in  favour  of 

Esme,  Lord  d'  Aubigny, hh  cousin,  son  and  heir  of  John  Lord 
d 'Aubigny,  brother  of  Matthew  Earl  of  Lennox,  who  became 
seventh  Earl,  and  coming  over  from  France  anno  15/9,  his  Ma- 
jesty, King  James,  embraced  his  Lordship  with  singular  kindness, 
admitted  him  into  his  inwardest  councils,  and  made  him  Duke  of 
Lennox,  and  lord  high  chamberlain  of  Scotland,  anno  15S0.    This 

1  Rymer's  Foedera  Anglias.  ^  Spotiswood's  Church  Histary. 


428  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

extraordinary  favour  of  his  with  the  King,  procured  him  envy 
from  many  vi^ho  secretly  muttered  that  he  being  a  man  most  de- 
voted to  the  Romish  religion,  was  sent  from  France  to  subvert  the 
true  religion  j  and  that  which  increased  the  suspicion  the  more, 
was,  that  he  applied  himself,  and  gave  countenance  to  those  who 
were  most  in  the  interest  of  the  King's  mother;  so  that  William 
Earl  of  Govvrie,  and  others,  employed  all  their  wits  to  remove 
him  from  the  King,  and  thus  they  went  to  work. 

The  Duke  having  gone  from  Perth,  where  the  King  then  lay, 
to  Edinburgh,  to  exercise  his  jurisdiction  as  chamberlain,  Gowrie 
and  others  taking  the  opportunity  when  he  was  out  of  the  way, 
invited  the  King  to  Ruthven  castle,  Gowrie's  own  house,  and 
there  detained  him  against  his  will  ;  all  his  most  faithful  servants 
they  removed  from  him,  constrained  him  to  call  home  the  Earl  of 
Angus  and  others  from  banishment,  and  to  send  Lennox  back 
again  to  France.  The  Duke  being  a  man  of  a  very  mild  spirit, 
did  for  the  public  quiet's  sake,  and  at  the  King's  seeming  persua- 
sion (which  they  had  forced  him  to  use  with  him),  return  to 
France,  where,  he  soon  after  contracting  sickness,  died  at  Paris, 
May  26th,  1583  :  and  at  the  point  of  death  openly  professed,  as 
he  had  done  before,  the  protestant  religion,  confuting  thereby 
the  malice  of  those  who  had  falsely  defamed  him  to  be  a  papist. 
He  married  Catherine,  daughter  of  William  Seigneur  d'  Antrague^ 
by  whom  he  had. 

First,  Lodovick,  Duke  of  Lennox. 

Second,  Esme,  Lord  d' Aubigny. 

Third,  Lady  Henrietta,  married  to  George,  first  Marquis  of 
Huntley,  of  whom  his  Grace  the  Duke  of  Gordon  is  descended. 

Fourth,  Lady  Mary,  second  wife  to  John  Earl  of  Mar,  lord 
high  treasurer  of  Scotland  in  the  reign  of  King  James  VI.  of 
which  illustrious  marriage  the  lineal  heir  is  David  Earl  of  Buchan 

No  sooner  was  the  Duke  of  Lennox  dead,  but  King  James 
called  over  from  France 

Lodovick,  his  son,  second  Duke,  and  in  grateful  remembrance 
to  the  memory  and  merit  of  his  father,  gave  him  both  the  estate 
and  offices  that  had  belonged  to  his  ancestors,  taking  care  like- 
wise to  have  him  educated  according  to  his  noble  birth  and  for- 
tune, and  by  degrees  advanced  him  to  honour  and  preferments,  as 
he  grew  in  years.  He  was  both  high  chamberlain  and  admiral  of 
Scotland  when  his  Majesty  sent  him  ambassador  to  France,  anno 
1601  ;  in  which  negotiation  he  behaved  very  well,  and  to  his 
Majesty's  satisfaction.     Upon  the  Kings  accession  to  the  crown 


LORD  STEWART.  429 

of  England,  his  Grace  accompanied  his  Majesty  into  that  realm, 
where  he  was  hkewise  made  a  peer,  first  by  the  title  of  Earl  of 
Newcastle,  and  thereafter  raised  to  the  honour  of  Duke  of 
Richmond,  being  likewise  master  of  the  household,  first  gentle- 
man of  the  bed-chamber,  and  knight  of  the  most  noble  order  of 
the  Garter.  He  married,  first,  Sophia,  daughter  of  William  Earl 
ofGowriej  next,  Jane,  daughter  of  Sir  Matthew  Campbel,  of 
Lowdon  ;  and  last  of  all,  Frances,  daughter  of  Thomas,  Viscount 
of  Bindon  of  the  kingdom  of  England,  and  dying  without  issue, 
February  11th,  l623,  was  interred  at  Westminster,  where  a 
stately  tomb  was  erected  to  his  memory  with  this  epitaph  upon  it : 

Depositum  illustri.ssimi  et  excellentissimi  Principis  Ludovici 
Stuarti  Esmei  Leviniae  Ducis  filii,  Joannis  Propatrui  serenissimi 
Regis  Jacobi  Nepotis,  Richmondiae  et  Levinise  Ducis,  Novi  Cas- 
telli  ad  Tinam,  et  Darnliae  Comitis,  &c.  Magni  Scotiae  Camerarii 
et  Thalassiarche  Haereditarii,  sacri  Palatii  Jacobi  Regis  Senescalli, 
Cubiculariorumque  Principalium  prinji,  Regi  a  sanctioribus  Con- 
ciliis,  sanct.  Georgiani  ordinis  equ.  Scoticorumque  per  Gallias 
Cataphractorum  Praefecti,  viri  excelsi  ad  omnia  magna  et  bona 
nati,  ad  meliora  defuncti :  vixit  annos  4g,  menses  4,  dies  17. 

To  Ludovick,  Duke  of  Lennox,  succeeded 

EsME,  Lo7-d  d'  Aubigfiy,  third  Duke  of  Lennox,  and  second 
Duke  of  Richmond.  He  had  been  created  Eakl  of  March, 
June  17th,  1620,  and  enjoyed  the  honour  but  a  short  time,  his 
death  happening  on  February  14th,  l624,  leaving  issue  by  Cathe- 
rine, his  wife,  daughter  and  sole  heir  of  Gervase,  Lord  Clifton  of 
Leigliton  BromswoJd,  in  England. 

First,  James,  his  successor  in  the  honour. 

Second,  George,  Lord  d'Aubigny,  who  lost  his  life  in  the 
King's  service  at  the  battle  of  Keinton-,  October  23d,  1642, 
leaving  issue  by  Frances,  his  wife,  daughter  of  Theophilus  Earl  of 
Suffolk,  Charles,  his  son,  who  was  honoured  by  King  Charles  I. 
with  the  title  of  Earl  of  Lichfied,  upon  the  demise  of  Bernard 
Earl  of  Lichfield,  his  uncle;  and  a  daughter  Catherine,  married 
to  Henry  Lord  O'Brian,  son  and  heir  of  Henry  Earl  of  Thomond, 
of  the  kingdom  of  L-eland,  by  whom  he  had  one  daughter,  Cathe- 
rine, married  to  Edward  Earl  of  Clarendon  :  from  whom  is  de- 
scended the  present  Earl  of  Darnhy,  who  thence  inherits  the 
Bakony  of  Clifton. 

Third,  Etrnard,  who  had  the  command  of  the  King's  troop  of 


430  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

guards  in  the  time  of  the  civil  war,  and  was  slain  fighting  bravely 
at  the  battle  of  Chester,  16*5,  whom  the  Earl  of  Clarendon  cha- 
racterises thus;  "  He  was,"  says  he,  "  a  very  faultless  young 
man,  of  a  most  gentle,  courteous,  and  affable  nature,  and  of  a 
spirit  and  courage  invincible ;  whose  loss,"  continues  he,  "  all 
men  exceedingly  lamented,  and  the  King  bore  it  with  extraor- 
dinary grief," 

Fourth,  Lord  John  Stuart,  who  was  general  of  the  horse  in 
the  King's  service  in  the  time  of  the  civil  war,  being  the  third 
brother  of  this  illustrious  family  that  sacrificed  their  lives  in  this 
quarrel  j  for  he  was  killed  at  the  battle  of  Alresford,  little  more 
than  twenty-one  years  of  age  ;  whose  courage  was  so  signal  that 
day,  that  too  much,  says  an  historian  of  that  time,  could  not  be 
expected  from  it  if  he  had  outlived  it,  and  he  was  so  generally 
beloved,  that  he  could  not  but  be  very  generally  lamented. 

Lady  Elizabeth,  his  eldest  daughter,  was  married  to  Thomas 
Howard,  Earl  of  Arundel. 

Lady  Anne,  to  Archibald  Lord  Angus,  son  and  heir  to  Wil- 
liam, first  Marquis  of  Douglas. 

Lady  Frances,  to  Jerome  Weston,  Earl  of  Portland. 

James,  fourth  Duke  of  Lennox ,  and  third  Duke  of  Rich- 
mond, as  he  was  of  the  noblest  extraction,  so  his  Majesty,  King 
Charles  I.  took  great  care  of  his  education,  and  sent  him  to  France, 
Italy,  and  Spain,  where  he  was  created  a  Grandee  of  that  king- 
dom J  "  and  as  soon  as  he  returned,  though  he  was  scarce  twenty- 
one  years  of  age,  made  him  a  privy. counsellor :  and  as  he  had 
many  great  offices  by  inheritance,  so  his  Majesty,  out  of  his  abun- 
dant kindness  to  him,  made  him  master  of  the  household,  lord 
warden  of  the  cinque-ports,  and  knight  of  the  most  noble  order 
of  the  Garter. 

When  the  war  began  in  l642,  he  adhered  to  the  King's  in- 
terest with  signal  fidelity  and  affection,  and  made  so  entire  a  re- 
signation of  himself  to  his  Majesty,  that  he  abhorred  all  artifices 
to  shelter  himself  from  the  prejudice  of  those,  who,  how  powerful 
soever,  failed  in  their  duty  to  the  King,  and  therefore  he  was  pur- 
sued with  all  imaginable  malice  by  them,  as  one  that  would  have 
no  quarter  ;  and  as  he  had  received  great  bounties  from  the  King, 
so  he  sacrificed  all  he  had  to  his  service,  as  soon  as  his  occasions 
stood  in  need  of  it,  and  he  lived  with  unspotted  fidelity  some  years 
after  the  murder  of  his  master,  and  was  suffered  by  those  that 

n  Clarendon's  History. 


LORD  STEWART.  431 

then  governed  to  pay  that  last  duty  to  h\tn  of  putting  him  into  his 
grave,  and  died  without  the  comfort  of  seeing  the  restoration  of 
the  crown  on  March  30th,  \655.  "  By  iMary,  daughter  of  George 
Duke  of  Buckingham,  his  wife,  he  had 

EsME,  fifih  Duke  of  Lennox,  and  fourth  Duke  of  Rich- 
mond, who  succeeded  him,  and  died  in  his  minority,  anno  l66o- 
and  a  daughter,  Mary,  married  to  Richard  Butler,  Earl  of  Arran, 
of  the  kingdom  of  Ireland. 

To  Esme,  Duke  of  Lennox,  succeeded 

Chakles  Earl  of  Lichfield,  his  cousin-german,  who  thus 
became  fifth  Duke  of  Richmond. 

Being  sent  ambassador  extraordinary  from  King  Charles  IL 
to  the  crown  of  Denmark,  his  Grace  died  at  Elseneur  in  that 
kingdom,  December  21st,  1672,?  leaving  no  issue  by  Frances, 
his  wife,  daughter  of  Walter  Stuart,  "Esq.  son  of  Walter  Lord 
Blantyre,  so  that  the  honour  of  this  princely  family  became  ex- 
tinct, and  his  great  fortune  and  hereditary  offices  came  to  Kino- 
Charles  IL  as  his  nearest  heir  male,  the  King's  greatgrandfather's 
father  and  the  Duke's  being  two  brothers."! 


CASTELMILK  BRANCH. 

It  has  been  already  mentioned,  that  Sir  John  Stewart,  of 
Derneley,  son  of  Sir  Alexander  Stewart  and  Dame  Janet  Keith, 
lost  his  life  at  the  siege  of  Orleans,  1428-9;  and  that  he  was  an- 
cestor of  the  Earls  and  Dukes  of  Lennox.  It  has  been  likewise 
shewn  that  he  had  a  brother, 

o  Dugdale's  Baronage  of  England-  P  Ibid. 

<l  But  his  Majesty  considering  with  what  lustre  and  glory  the  house  of 
Lennox  had  shone  in  former  timesi  and  that  while  the  dignity  was  in  his  Ma- 
jesty's own  royal  person,  it  was  suppressed  in  the  crown  ;  therefore,  that  the 
honour  might  be  again  revived,  and  his  Majesty  having  bestowed  the  estate  of 
Lennox  upon  the  Lord  Charles  Lennox,  one  of  his  natural  sons,  whom  he  so 
surnamed  by  Lovisa  de  Querovale,  Duchess  of  Portsmouth,  was  pleased  to 
create  him  Duke  of  Lennox,  Earl  of  Darneley,  Lord  Torboltoun,  September 
9th,  1675,  and  to  the  heirs  male  lawfully  descending  of  his  body.  *  Likewise 
by  other  letter^  patent  passed  in  England,  August  gth,  27  of  King  Charles  II. 
he  was  created  Baron  of  Settrington,  Earl  of  March,  and  Duke  of  Richmond, 
and  on  April  aoth,  1681,  was  installed  Knight  of  the  Garter. 


Charta  in  publ-  Arch. 


432  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

Sir  William  Stewart,  who  lost  his  life  in  the  same  battle. 
This  William  went  to  France  with  his  brother,  and  during  many 
years  distinguished  himself  in  military  exploits.  See  the  circum- 
stances of  the  death  of  these  brothers  related  in  a  very  interest- 
ing manner  in  "  Aurelice  Urbis  Anglicana  Obsidio  Autore  Joanne 
Lodocie  MicfjueUo,''  1560,  l631,  as  extracted  by  Andrew  Stuart, 
p.  154,  155,  156,  157, 

Sir  William  Stewart,  of  Castelmilke,  is  mentioned  in  Ryviers 
Foedera  in  1398,  as  one  of  the  sureties  given  on  the  part  of  Scot- 
land for  the  preservation  of  the  peace  of  the  western  marches  be- 
tween England  and  Scotland. 

Andrew  Stuart  has  endeavoured,  in  a  large  mass  of  satisfac- 
factory  circumstantial  evidence,  to  shew  the  identity  of  this  last 
mentioned  Sir  William  Stewart  with  Sir  William  Stewart,  the 
brother  of  Sir  John  of  Derneley,  who  was  slain  at  Orleans.  The 
detail  of  his  facts  and  arguments  is  too  long  to  be  inserted  here  : 
and  therefore  whoever  is  curious  about  it,  must  refer  to  the  book 
itself.  I  here  assume  the  fact  of  the  identity,  because  the  proofjf 
are  satisfactory  to  my  own  mind. 

Sir  William  Stuart,  of  Castelmilk,  left  four  sons. 

Firt,  David  Stuart,  of  Castelmilk  and  Tunnart,  living  1446; 
who  died  before  1404,  leaving  a  son  Alexander,  who  was  also 
dead,  before  that  year,  without  male  issue. 

Second,  Archibald,  who  succeeded  his  nephew  in  the  Castel- 
milk estate.  He  left  a  son,  William,  who  was  in  possession  of 
the  Castelmilk  estate  before  1467,  and  died  before  1470,  leaving 
a  daughter,  Elizabeth,  who  married  Robert  de  Carrutbers. 

Third,  Matthew,  of  whom  presently. 

Fourth,  Walter,  of  Arthurley,  who  in  a  charter  from  the 
«rown  in  1439,  is  described  son  of  the  deceased  Sir  William 
Stuart,  of  Castelmilk,  Knight. 

Matthew  Stuart,  third  son,  succeeded  his  nephew  William 
in  the  Castelmilk  estate.  He  died  1474,  leaving  two  sons,  Wil- 
liam and  John. 

William  Stuart,  of  Castelmilk,  continued  possessed  of  that 
estate  till  his  death  in  1495.  He  left  two  sons,  Alexander, 
and  John ;  and  a  daughter,  Marion,  who  married  Alan  Stuart,  a 
younger  son  of  John  Earl  of  Lennox. 

Alexander  Stuart,  of  Castelmilk,  eldest  son,  was  alive  in 
1512  J  and  is  supposed  to  have  died  about  1523,  or  1524.  He 
left  two  sons,  Archibald  and  James. 


I 


LORD  STEWART.  433 

Archibald  Stuart,  of  Castelmilk,  eldest  son,  was  alive  ip. 
1541 ;  but  died  before  July,  1543.     He  had  a  son  and  heir, 

Archibald  Stuart,  the  younger,  of  Castelmilk,  who  died 
before  his  father,  having  married  Margaret  Maxwell  j  and  leaving 
issue. 

First,  David,  of  zuhom  presently . 

Second,  Alexander,  ofCraigs,  tutor  of  Castelmilk,  who  left 
three  daughters,  his' coheiresses. 

Third,  John,  rector  of  the  college  of  Glasgow  from  1545  to 
1550,  who  died  without  issue. 

David  Stuart,  of  Castelmilk,  eldest  son,  appears  to  have  died 
cither  in  1556',  or  early  in  1557.  He  left  two  sons,  Alan,  and 
Archibald. 

First,  Alan  Stuart,  eldest  son,  succeeded  his  father ;  but  died 
without  issue  in  155/. 

Second,  Archibald  Stuart,  of  Castelmilk,  who  died  in  lC)12_, 
having  married  Janet  Stuart,  daughtei-  of  Sir  John  Stuart,  of 
Minto,  and  sister  of  Walter,  first  Lord  Blantyrc:  she  died  l6l3. 
They  had  issue  one  son,  Archibald,  and  four  daughters ;  Mar- 
garet, married  first  to  John  Stuart,  of  Blackhall  and  Ardgowanj 
and  secondly,  to  Matthew  Wallace,  of  Garscadden  :  Elizabeth, 
wife  of  Alexander  Cunningham,  of  Craig-ends ;  Johanna,  married 
to  John  Wallace,  of  Cairnhillj  and  Mary,  married  to  Nichol 
-Cornwall,  of  Bonhard. 

Sir  Archibald  Stuart,  of  Castelmilk,  only  son,  died  July 
12th,  1(560,  having  married  Anne  Semple,  daughter  of  Robert 
Lord  Semple.     She  died  in  December,  .16"31.     By  her  he  had. 

First,  Archibald,  of  whom  presently. 

Second,  James  Stuart,  of  Torrance,  of  whom  afterwards,  as 
ancestor  to  the  late  Andrew  Stuart. 

Third,  Janet,  married  to  John  Hamilton,  of  Udston,  Esq. 

Archibald  Stuart,  elJest  son,  died  before  his  father  in  May 
l643,  having  married,  in  l5'34.  Lady  Mary  Fleming,  daughter  of 
John,  Earl  of  VVigtoun  ;  by  whom  he  left  one  son,  Archibald; 
and  one  daughter,  Anne,  married  to  John  Crawford,  eldest  son 
of  John  Crawfurd,  of  Crawfurdland,  Esq. 

Sir  Archibald  Stuart,  of  Castelmilk,  only  sou,  succeeded  his 
g-randfather,  and  was  created  a  Baronet  of  Nova  Scotia,  Februarj' 
2gth,  1668.  He  died  in  l681,  leaving  four  sons,  and  two 
daughters. 

First,  Sir  William. 

Second,  Archibald,  died  unmarried. 

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434  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

Third,  Daniel,  married  the  eldest  daughter  of  Sir  George 
Wishart,  Bart,  and  left  two  sonsj  George,  who  died  unmarried  j 
and  Sir  William,  who  having  succeeded  to  Sir  George  Wishart's 
Baronetage,  died  at  Paris  without  issue.  Daniel  had  also  two 
daughters  ;  of  whom  Delce,  the  youngest,  died  unmarried  ;  and 
Mary  married  John  Belsches,  Esq.  of  Invermay,  who  had  by  her 
a  daughter,  Amilia,  who  married  Dr.  William  Belsches,  who  was 
father  by  her  of  Sir  John  Belsches,  Bart. 

Fourth,  James  Stuart,  died  unmarried. 

Sir  William  Stuart,  second  Baronet,  (eldest  son)  died  in 
November,  1/15,  having  married  Margaret,  daughter  and  sole 
heiress  of  John  Crawford,  of  Milton,  Esq.  by  whom  he  had  two 
sons,  Aichibald  and  John ;  and  a  daughter,  Margaret,  married  to 
John  Belsches,  of  Invermay,  Esq.  by  whom  she  had  John  Belsches, 
of  Invermay,  Esq. 

Sir  AuoHiBALD  Stuart,  eldest  son,  third  Baronet,  died  January 
5th,  1763,  having  married  Frances,  daughter  of  James  Stirling, 
of  Keir,  Esq.  by  whom  he  left  an  only  daughter  and  heir,  Anne, 
married  to  her  cousin.  Sir  John  Stuart,  of  Castelmilk,  Bart. 

Sir  John  Stuart,  succeeded  his  brother  as  fourth  Baronet.  He 
married  Helen,  daughter  of  John  Orr,  Esq.  of  Barrowfield,  and 
died  April  1st,  1781,  leaving  three  sons,  and  three  daughters. 

First,  Sir  John,  his  successor. 

Second,  William  Stuart  Crawfurd,  who  died  November  24th, 
1783,  unmarried. 

Third,  Francis  Stuart  Crawfurd,  who  died  January  lith, 
1793,  unmarried. 

Fourth,  Helen,  died  November,  17S7>  unmarried. 

Fifth,  Margaret,  married  to  Colin  Rae,  Esq.  of  Little  Gowan, 
and  on  the  death  of  her  brother  Francis,  succeeded  to  the  estate 
at  Milton,  and  took  the  name  of  Crawfurd. 

Sixth,  Jane,  married  William  Stirling,  of  Keir,  Esq. 

Sir  John  Stuart,  eldest  son, Jifth  Baronet,  married  his  cousin 
Anne,  only  daughter  of  his  uncle.  Sir  Archibald,  and  died  Ja- 
nuary 18th,  1797,  without  issue  :    by  which  the  title  expired. 

We  now  return  to 

James  Stuart,  of  Torrance,  already  mentioned,  second  son  of 
Sir  Archibald  Stuart,  of  Castelmilk^  who  died  166O,  by  his  wife, 
Anne  Semple.  This  James  married  a  daughter  of  Sir  Alexander 
Cunningham,  of  Corsehill,  Bart,  and  died  in  l6gO,  aged  seventy- 
six,  leaving  one  son. 


LORD  STEWART.  435 

Alexander  Stuart,  of  Torrance,  who  married  Isabel,  eldest 
daughter  of  Sir  Patrick  Nisbet,  of  Dean,  Bart.  He  died  in  1733, 
having  had  issue  by  her  seven  sons,  and  three  daughters  5  viz. 
Agnes,  married  to  Matthew  Crawfurd,  merchant  in  Glasgow ; 
Margaret,  married  to  Alexander  Inglis  Hamilton,  Esq.;  and 
Christian,  married  to  Sir  William  Maxwell,  of  Calderwood, 
Bart. 

Of  the  seven  sons,  only  three  survived  their  father;  viz. 

First,  James  Stuart,  of  Torrance,  lieutenant-colonel  of  the 
third  regiment  of  foot-guards  ;  and  one  of  the  gentlemen  ushers 
of  King  George  I. :    died  unmarried  in  1748. 

Second,  Patrick  Stuart,  of  Torrance,  captain  in  the  royal 
regiment  of  foot;  and  sometime  member  of  parliament  for  the 
county  of  Lanark  ;  died  unmarried  in  1760. 

Third,  Archibald  Stuart,  of  Torrance,  married  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  Sir  Andrew  Myreton,  of  Gorgar,  Bart,  and  died  in 
November  1767,  leaving  three  sons,  and  three  daughters;  viz. 
Janet,  married  to  Thomas  Earl  of  Dundonald;  Isabel,  married  to 
Sir  Robert  Henderson,  of  Fordel,  Bart. ;  and  Elizabeth,  married 
to  William  Binning,  of  Pilmuir,  advocate.    The  sons  were. 

First,  Alexander  Stuart,  oi  Torrance,  eldest  son,  married 
Elizabeth  Nisbet,  daughter  of  John  Nisbet,  of  Nortbrield,  Esq. 
and  died  March  23d,  1796,  without  issue. 

Second,  Andrew  Stuart,  of  Torrance,  heir  to  his  brother; 
many  years  represented  in  parliament  the  county  of  Lanark,  and 
afterwards  for  the  borough  of  Weymouth.  He  was  author  of  the 
Genealogical  History  of  the  Stewarts,  1798,  here  abridged;  and 
celebrated  for  the  part  he  took  in  the  Douglas  cause ;  and  his 
Letters  to  Lord  Mansjield.  On  the  death  of  his  cousin,  Sir  John 
Stuart,  of  Castelmilk,  1797>  he  claimed  to  be,  in  right  of  the 
above  descent,  the  representative  and  heir  male  of  the  Derneley 
and  Lennox  families,  after  the  death  of  Cardinal  York.  He  mar- 
ried Margaret  Stirling,  daughter  of  Sir  William  Stirling,  of  Ardoch, 
Bart,  but  died  without  issue.  May  l6th,  J  SOI  j  and  his  widow 
remarried  the  late  Sir  William  Pulleney,  Bart. 

Third,  James  Stuart,  major-general,  and  colonel  of  the  thirty- 
first  regiment  of  foot,  married  Lady  Margaret  Hume,  daugluer  of 
Hugh,  Earl  of  Marchmont;  died  February  2d,  1793,  without 
issue. 


4S6  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 


GALLOWAY  BRANCH. 

About  two  years  before  Mr.  Andrew  Stuart's  Genealogical 
History  was  published,  the  late  Earl  of  Galloway  printed  and  cir- 
culated a  paper,  entitled,  "A  View  of  the  Evidence  for  proving 
that  the  present  Earl  of  Galloway  is  the  lineal  heir  male  and  law- 
ful representative  of  Sir  William  Stuart  of  Jedworth,  so  fre- 
quently mentioned  in  history  from  1385  to  1429."  In  that  paper 
it  is  contended,  that  Sir  William  Stuart,  of  Jedworth,  and  Sir 
William  Stuart,  of  Castelmilk,  (the  younger  brother  of  Sir  John 
Stuart,  of  Derncley)  were  the  same  person;  and  that  Sir  William 
Stuart,  of  Jedworth,  was  the  proprietor  of  the  estate  of  Jedworth 
in  Tiviotdalc,  and  of  the  estate  of  Castelmilk  in  Annandale. 

Having  assumed  this,  he  states  that  Sir  John  Stuart,  who 
married  the  heiress  of  Stuart,  of  Dalswinton,  was  his  eldest  son  ; 
and  Sir  William  Stuart,  of  Castelmilk,  from  whom  the  Stuarts  of 
Castelmilk  were  descended,  the  second  son. 

Andrew  Stuart  contends,  that  dates  are  fatal  to  this  identity 
between  Sir  William  Stuart,  of  Jedworth,  and  Sir  William  Stuart, 
of  Castelmilk,  who  died  at  the  siege  of  Orleans  1428-9.  For  the 
following  reasons  he  assigns  the  date  of  the  death  of  Sir  William 
Stuart,  of  Jedworth,  to  have  been  not  later  than  1403. 

This  is  built  on  the  assumption,  that  the  following  passages  in 
history  belong  to  Sir  William  Stuart,  of  Jedworth,  as  surely  they 
appear  to  do. 

Sir  William  Stuart,  of  the  Forest,  which  Mr.  Stuart  says  is 
the  same  as,  of  Jedworth  or  Jedworth  Forest,  had  been  taken  pri- 
,  soner  by  Hotspur  (Percy)  at  the  battle  of  Homildon  on  September 
l4th,  1402;  and  was  soon  thereafter,  at  his  instigation,  tried, 
condemned,  and  executed,  as  guilty  of  high  treason  against  the 
King  of  England,  on  pretence  that  he  was  a  subject  of  that  mo- 
narch, having  in  his  early  youth  belonged  to  the  county  of  Teviot- 
dale,  while  it  was  subject  to  the  English  crown.  The  particulars 
of  his  trial,  condemnation,  and  execution,  are  minutely  related  in 
the  Scotichronicon,  vol.  ii.  p.  ^34,'"  where  it  is  mentioned  that  Sir 

r  "  Captus  ibi  fuit  valens  Miles,  et  inter  sapientes  primus,  Domhius 
WiUiclmus  Stuart  de  Foresta  ;  et  coram  Domino  Henrico  Percy  juniore  de  tra- 
ditione  falso  adjudicatus,  pro  eo,  qiiod,  Cum  puer  esset,  antequam  Tlicvidalia 
venitad  pacem  regis,  ipse  sicut  ceteri  de  patria,  Anglicatus  erat  et  de  necessi- 
^te ;  de  hoc  acrius  acciisatus,  sed  sagaciter  sua  propria  perorajione  defensus. 


LORD  STEWART.  437 

William  Stuart,  of  the  Forest,  had  very  ably  pleaded  his  own 
cause,  and  that  he  had  been  acquitted  by  the  three  first  juries  ap- 
pointed to  try  him  J  but  that  a  fourth  jury  was  assembled,  which 
very  unjustly  condemned  him. 

The  same  facts  are  related  by  JVinton  in  his  Chronicle  of  Scot- 
land, printed  a  few  years  since  from  the  old  MSS.  which  had 
always  been  held  in  great  estimation. 

After  mentioning  the  battle  of  Homildon,  there  is  the  follow- 
ing passage : 

"  Schire  William  Stewart  of  Teuidale 

That  day  wes  tane  in  that  batale,  •>•■ 

And  ane  uther  gud  sqwyere. 

That  be  name  wes  cald  Thorn  Kere. 

This  Schire  Henry  de  Percy 

Tha  twa  demaynit  unlauchfully  : 

As  in  jugemente  sittand  he 

Gert  thir  twa  accusit  be, 

That  thir  twa  before  then 

Had  bene  the  King  of  Ynglandis  men. 

And  armyt  agane  hym  ware  :  for-thi 

Thai  ware  accusit  of  tratowry. 

Sua  in  coloure  of  justis. 

Set  it  wes  nane,  he  rasit  assis.        -  • 

Ane  assis  first  maid  thaim  qwyte; 

Bot  this  Percy  wyth  mare  dispyte 

To  this  assis  ekyt  then 

Mare  malitious  felone  men. 

That  durst  nocht  do,  but  all  as  he  ' 

Wald  ;  swa  behovit  it  to  be. 

Than  accusit  he  thir  twa  men 

Sarare  fer,  than  before  then. 

Be  this  accusatioune 

Of  dede  thai  tholit  the  passioune  : 

And  of  ther  quarteris  he  gert  be  set 

Sum  in-til  York  upon  the  yet. 

trcs  Anglorum  assisas  tanquam  immunis  evasit ;  sed  et  dictus  Percy,  qui 
Hotspur  dicebatur,  inveterata  excandescens  malitice  probitati  nimirem,  et  sapi- 
entiae  niilitis  invidens,  non  passus  est  ipsum  sic  libertate  donari ;  sed  et  de  as- 
sentatoribus  suis  nova  assi.a  electa  prsepropeie,  et  perperam  condemnatur,  et 
tanquam  traditor,  tractus  et  dcmembratus  innocens  martyr  pro  justitia  passus 
a  plerisque  etiam  Anglis  reputatus  est." 


438  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

In-til  Yngland  wes  a  man 
That  oft  oisit  to  speke  than 
Syndry  thingis,  or  thaf  tell, 
Bot  of  quhat  spirite,  I  can-nocht  tell : 
Quhen  he  hard,  as  this  wes  done, 
Quhare  hym  likyt,  he  said  rychtsone; 
'  Men  may  happyn  for  to  se, 
'  Or  a  yere  be  gane,  that  he, 
•  That  gert  yone  lym  be  yondyr  set 
*■  Vow  apon  yon  ilke  yhet, 
'  His  awyn  lym  to  be  ryght  swa, 
.'  Swa  may  fal  the  gamyn  to  ga.' 
And  swa  it  hapynt  that  deid  done. 
As  yhe  sal  here  eftyr  sone." 

It  seems  therefore  as  if  it  must  be  admitted,  that  Sir  William 
Stuart,  of  Jedworth,  was  executed  immediately  after  the  battle  of 
Homildon  in  1402. 

It  seems  most  probable,  that  Sir  William  Stuart,  of  Jedworth, 
was  descended  from  Sir  John  Stuart,  of  Jedworth,  a  younger  son 
of  Sir  John  Stuart,  of  Bo7z^^//,  mentioned  in  the  earlier  part  of 
this  pedigree. 

Sir  William  was  a  great  and  distinguished  character  in  those 
days,  and  so  eminent  both  in  Scotland  and  England,  that  what  re- 
lated to  him  must  easily  have  been  known. 

Sir  John  Stuart^  his  son  and  heir,  married  Marian,  the 
heiress  of  Sir  Walter  Stuart,  of  Dalswinton,  *  descended  from  Sir 
Walter  Stuart,  third  son  of  Sir  John  Stuart,  of  Bonkyll. 

s  Sir  Walter  Stuart,  of  Dalswinton,  was  one  of  those  patriots  who 
joined  King  Robert  Bruce,  and  performed  many  gallant  actions  against  the 
enemies  of  his  country ;  for  which  he  obtained  a  grant  of  the  lands  and  barony 
of  Dalswinton.     He  was  succeeded  by  his  son, 

Sir  John  Stuart,  of  Dalswinton,  who  seems  to  have  been  a  very  consi- 
derable person,  both  on  the  account  of  his  birth,  and  the  many  lands  he  held 
in  divers  counties,  since  we  find  by  the  transactions  with  the  English,  in  the 
Foedera  published  by  Mr  Rymer,  that  this  John  was  given  one  of  the  hostages 
for  the  ransom  of  King  David  Bruce  in  1357-     His  son  was, 

Sir  Walter  Stuart,  Lord  of  Dalswinton,  who  made  a  great  figure  in 
the  time  of  Robert  II.  and  III. 

He  having  no  male  issue  of  his  body,  in  1396  married  his  only  daughter  * 
to  John  Stuart,  son  and  heir  of  Sir  William  Stuart,  sherifFof  Teviotdale,  as  in 
the  text. 

*  The  original  contract  is  still  extant  in  the  lawyers- library  at  Edinburgh, 


LORD  STEWART.  439 

They  with  consent  and  assent  of  each  others  in  1418,  *  give 
to  Sir  John  Stuart,  Lord  Grytoun,  the  barony  of  Gallic,  in  co- 
mitatu  Gallovidiae,  which  is  all  I  have  found  niemorable  concern- 
ing him,  *  save  that  he  left  a  son. 

Sir  William  Stuart,  of  Dalswinton,  who  made  a  considerable 
figure  in  the  reign  of  King  James  II.'  by  whom  he  was  made  a 
knight,  anno  1443. "  He  had  issue  by  Eupheme  Grahame,  three 
sons. 

First,  Alexander,  his  successor. 

Second,  Sir  Thomas  Stuart,  of  Minto,  Knight,  ancestor  to 
the  present  Lord  Blantyre.  " 

Third,  Walter,  of  whom  came?  the  Stuarts  of  Tongrie. 

Which  Alexander  Stuart,  of  Garlics,  obtained  a  grant  of  the 
Barony  of  Dalswinton,  upon  the  resignation  of  Sir  William,  his 
father,  January  13th,  1453,  '•  and  in  1465,  he  resigns  sundry  lands 
in  Teviotdale  in  favour  of  Alexander  Scot,  of  Howpaslet.  He 
died  1477.     By  Elizabeth  Stuart,  his  wife,  he  had  issue. 

First,  John,  his  eldest  son,  who  died  without  succession  j  =* 

Second,  Sir  Alexander,  his  successor,  who  departing  this 
life  anno  1400,  ^  left  issue  by  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Sir  Archi- 
bald Douglas,  of  Cavers. 

First,  Alexander. 

Second,  Walter,  of  Barclay. 

And  Agnes,  who  was  married  to  John  Lord  Maxwel,  "^  and 
had  issue  ;  and  Janet,  who  married  John  Dunbar,  of  Mochrum. 

Which  Sir  Alexander  was  knighted  in  the  time  of  King 
James  IV.  being  then  a  powerful  Baron.  He  was  slain  at  the  battle 
of  Flodden,  September  pth,  1513,  leaving  issue,  by  Elizabeth 
Kennedy,  a  son,  Alexander,  to  succeed  himj  and  sixteen 
daughters. 

This  Sir  Alexander  Stuart,  of  Garlics,  was  much  favoured 
by  King  James  V.  of  whose  privy -council  he  was.     He  was  sent 

s  Genealogy  of  the  family  of  Garlics  by  Mr.  David  Simson,  in  the  cus- 
tody of  Alexander  Bailie,  Esq- 

t  Dame  Marian  survived  him,  and  remarried  Sir  John  Forrcsteri  of  Cors- 
torphin,  Great  Chamberlain  of  Scotland. 

u  Charta  in  Rotulis  Jacobi  III. 
X  Ibid,  in  rotulis  dicti  regis  ad  annum,  1476. 
^  Simson's  MS  of  the  house  of  Garlies. 
z  Charta  in  publicis  archivis 
s  Chaita  Jacobi  III    Joaiini  Steuart  filio  et  haeredi  apparenti  Alexandri 
Steuart  de  Garlies  et  Elizabethce  Shaw  sponsae  suae  20  Octob.  1477- 
b  Simson's  Collections:  Douglas  says  1501. 
c  Genealogy  of  the  family  of  Maxwel. 


440  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND 

ambassador  to  King  Henry  VIII.  of  England,  and  acquitted  bicn- 
self  with  honour,  fidelity,  and  reputation. 

He  married  first,  Catherine,  daughter  of  Sir  James  Crichton, 
of  Cranston-riddel,  who  died  s.  p.  ^ 

Secondly,  Margaret,  daughter  of  Patrick  Dunbar^  of  Clugston, 
by  whom  he  had  two  sons. 

First,  Alexander  5    his  heir  apparent ;  and. 

Second,  John  Stuart,  parson  of  Kirkmahoe,  ^  progenitor  of 
John  Stuart,  of  Phisgill,  in  vicecomitatu  de  Wigtoun. 

His  third  wife  was  Catherine,  daughter  to  William  Stuart,  of 
Barclay,  by  whom  he  had,  first,  Robt?rt,  s.  p. ;  second,  Anthony, 
parson  of  Penninghame,  left  issue  j  third,  William,  first  of  the 
house  of  Clarie ;  and  Helen,  married  to  William  Gordon,  of 
Murefodcj  in  vicecomitatu  de  Wigton. 

Alexander  Stuart,  younger  of  Garlics,  was  in  the  interest  of 
King  James  VI.  in  the  said  King's  minority,  and  was  slain  at  the 
surprize  of  the  town  of  Stirling  by  the  Earl  of  Huntley  and  the 
Laird  of  Bucleugh,  September  2d,  15/1/  leaving  issue,  by  Ca- 
therine, his  wife,  daughter  and  coheir  of  Andrew  Lord  Herries^ 
of  Terregles, 

Alexander,  who  succeeded  his  grandfather,  and  obtained  the 
honour  of  knighthood,  at  the  coronation  of  Queen  Anne,  wife  of 
James  VI.  anno  159O.  s  He  married,  first,  Christian,  daughter 
of  Sir  William  Douglas,  of  Drumlanrig,  ancestor  to  the  Dukes  of 
Queensbury. ''     Ey  her  he  had. 

First,  Alexander,  the  first  Earl ;  and. 

Second,  William  Stuart,  of  Mains,  ancestor  to  Sir  James 
Stuart,  of  Burray,  Bart. 

Likewise  three  daughters,  first,  Helen,  tnarried  to  John 
Douglas,  of  Stanhousej  second,  Jane,  to  John  Kennedy,  of  Col- 
zean  ;  third,  Nicholas,  married  John  Dunbar,  of  Mochrum. 

Sir  Alexander  married,  secondly.  Lady  Elizabeth  Douglas, 
daughter  of  David  Earl  of  Angus,  Dowager  of  Robert  Lord  Max- 
well, but  by  her  had  no  issue. 

He  departing  this  life  in  October,  1596, '  his  estate  de- 
scended to 


d  Charta  in  publicis  archivis.  e  Mr,  Simson. 

f  Crawfurd's  Memoirs. 

C  Dr.  Patrick  Anderson's  History  of  Scotland.  MS. 

li  Mr.  Simson 's  Genealogy  of  Gairlies. 

>  Charta  in  Cancellaria  supremae  Dominas  nostra  Reginac. 


LORD  STEWART.  441 

Alexander,  his  son,  Jirst  Earl  of  Galloway,  who  was  first 
knighted  by  King  James  VI,  then  by  his  Majesty's  special  favour 
raised  to  the  dignity  of  Xort^  Garlies,  by  letters  patent,  September 
2d,  1607,  ^  his  descent  from  the  illustrious  family  of  Lennox,  being 
stated  as  one  of  the  principal  reasons  for  bestowing  the  honour. 

Further,  his  said  Majesty  was  pleased  to  create  him  Earl  of 
Galloway,  September  pth,  l623. ' 

He  married  Grisel,  daughter  of  Sir  John  Gordon,  of  Lochenvar, 
in  vicecomiratu  de  Wigtoun  :  by  whom  he  had. 

First,  Alexander,  Lord  Garlies,  who  died  1638,  having  mar- 
ried Margaret,  daughter  of  William,  Earl  of  Monteith,  by  whom 
he  had  a  son,  Alexander,  who  died  young,  l642. 

Second,  Sir  James  Stuart,  Bart,  second  Earl. 

Likewise  Anne,  married  to  Andrew  Agnew,  of  Locbnaw. 

This  Earl  having  been  faithful  to  King  Charles  I,  whosB  in- 
terest he  never  deserted,  died  very  aged,  anno  l64g ;  "'  his  estate 
and  honour  devolving  on 

Sir  James,  his  eldest  surviving  son,  second  Earl,  who  during  the 
usurpation,  was  very  active  in  the  King's  cause,  and  on  that  ac- 
count sutfered  in  the  common  calamity  with  other  loyalists.  Sur- 
viving the  usurpation  eleven  years,  he  gave  way  to  fate  in  June, 
1671,"  leaving  issue  by  Nicolas,  his  wife,  daughter  of  Sir  Robert 
Grierson,  of  Lag,  three  sons  and  a  daughter,  viz. 

First,  Alexander,  his  successor. 

Second,  Robert  Stuart,  of  Reimstoun. 

Third,  William  Stuart,  of  Castle-Stuart^  who  married  Elizabeth 
Gordon. 

Fourth,  Grizel,  married  to  Alexander,  Viscount  of  Kenmure. 

Which  Alexander,  third  Earl,  married  Mary,  daughter  of 
James,  Earl  of  Queensbury,  by  whom  he  had. 

First,  Alexander,  his  successor, yb«rM  Ear/,  who  died  un- 
married, anno  l6g4. 

Second^  James,  fifth  Earl  of  Galloway. 

Third,  Colonel  John  Stuart,  of  Sorbie. 

Fourth,  Andrew  Stuart,  Esq.  who  died  in  the  expedition  to 
Darien  in  1699. 

Fifth,  William  Stuart,  Esq. 

k  Diploma  Alexandri  Domini  Garlies  in  Rotulis  Jacobi  VI.        '  Ibid. 

"»  Retour  of  James  Earl  of  Galloway  to  Alexander  Earl  of  Galloway  Iii« 
father,  in  the  Chancery. 

n  Retour  of  Alexander  Earl  of  Galloway  to  Earl  James,  his  father,  re- 
eistrated  in  the  Chancery  Office  at  Edinburgh, 


442  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

Sixth,  Robert  Stuart,  Esq. 

Also  two  danghteis  j  first,  Margaret,  married  to  Sir  John  Clark, 
of  Pennycuik,  junior,  one  of  the  Barons  of  Exchequer,  and  had 
issue;  second,  Henrietta,  to  William  Earl  of  Glencairn, 

Which  James,  jifth  Earl,  so  succeeding  to  the  estate  and 
honour  of  Galloway,  upon  the  decease  of  his  brother,  was  con- 
stituted one  of  the  lords  of  her  Majesty's  privy-council.  Soon 
after  her  accession  to  the  throne,  his  Lordship  was  appointed  one 
of  the  committee  of  parliament,  June  18th,  1/02,  for  revising  the 
accounts  of  money  laid  on  by  the  former  sessions  of  that  parlia- 
ment. And  in  the  great  affair  of  the  union  of  the  two  kingdoms, 
his  Lordship  dissented  from  the  court  in  several  very  momentous 
articles  of  the  treaty,  as  appears  from  the  minutes  of  the  last  par- 
liament. He  died  1747,  having  married  Catherine,  daughter  of 
Alexander,  Earl  of  Eglintoun,  by  whom  he  had  issue  four  sons, 
and  four  daughters  ;  viz 

First,  Alexander,  his  successor. 

Second,  James,  a  major-general,  and  colonel  of  the  thirty- 
seventh  foot,  twice  member  of  parliament  for  the  county,  and 
twice  for  the  borough  of  Wigton. 

Third,  William,  in  the  army,  member  of  parliament  for  Wig- 
ton  ;  and. 

Fourth,  George. 

Fifth,  Lady  Margaret,  married,  first,  James,  Earl  of  Southesk  ; 
and  secondly,  John,  Lord  Sinclair. 

Sixth,  Lady  Euphame,  married  Alexander  Murray,  of  Brough- 
ton,  Esq. 

Seventh,  Lady  Catherine. 

Eighth,  Lady  vVnne. 

Alexander,  ih?:  seventh  Earl,  xmrx'it^  Anne  Keith,  daughter 
of  William,  the  eighth  Earl  of  Marischal,  by  whom  he  had  two 
ions  and  a  daughter. 

First,  Alexander,  died  unmarried  at  Aix  la  Chapelle. 

Second,  James,  died  young,  at  Dalkeith  school. 

Third,  Mary,  married  to  Kenneth,  Lord  Fortrose,  afterwards 
Earl  of  Seaforth. 

His  Lordship  married,  secondly,  Catherine,  daughter  of  John 
Cochrane,  Earl  of  Dundonald  ;  and  by  htr  had  four  sons  and  six 
daughters. 

First,  John,  the  eighth  Earl. 

Second,  George,  killed  at  Ticonderoga,  in  1758. 

Third,  William,  died  young. 


LORD  STEWART.  443 

Fourth,  Keith,  an  admiral  in  the  royal  navy,  married  Miss 
Daggalier,  and  dying,  left  Leveson  Douglas,  in  the  royal  navy  j 
married,  October  igth,  1808,  Elizabeth,  third  daughter  of  Sir 
John  Dalrymple  Hay,  of  Park-place,  Dunluce,  Bart,  and  other 
issue. 

Fourth,  Catherine,  married  to  James  Murray,  of  Broughton, 
Esq. 

Fifth,  Susanna,  married,  in  1761,  Granville,  first  Marquis  of 
Statford,  K.  G.  and  had  issue,  and  died  in  August,  1805, 

Sixth,  Margaret,  married  to  Charles  Gordon,  fourth  Earl  of 
Aboyne,  and  deceased,  leaving  issue. 

Seventh,  Euphemia. 

Eighth,  Harriet,  married  Archibald,  ninth  and  present  Duke 
of  Hamilton,  and  dying  November,  1/88,  left  issue. 

Ninth,  Charlotte,  married  William,  fifth  Earl  of  Dunmore, 
and  has  issue. 

His  Lordship  deceasing,  October  14th,  17/3,  was  succeeded 
by  his  son, 

John,  the  eighth  Earl,  K.  T.  and  first  Lord  Stewart  of 
Garlies,  and  sometime  a  lord  of  the  bed-chamber  to  the  Kino-. 

His  Lordship  married,  first,  Charlotte  Mary,  daughter  of 
Francis,  the  first  Earl  of  Warwick,  by  whom  he  had  one  son,  who 
did  not  long  survive  his  mother ;  and 

He  married,  secondly,  Anne,  daughter  of  the  late  Sir  Jamei 
Dashwood,  Bart,  by  whom  he  had  issue,  eight  sons  and  eight 
daughters  ;  the  sons  were. 

First,  Alexander,  who  died  young. 

Second,  George,  the  present  Earl. 

Third,  Levison,  died  young. 

Fourth,  William,  a  major-general  in  the  army,  and  assistant 
secretary  in  the  war  department,  married  Miss  Douglas. 

Fifth,  Charles-James. 

Sixth,  Montgomery-Granville-John. 

Seventh,  Edward-Richard. 

Eighth,  James. 

The  daughters  were, 

Catherine,  married  to  Sir  James  Graham,  ofNetherby,  Bart, 
and  has  issue. 

Susan,  married  to  George,  Marquis  ofBlandford,  eldest  son  of 
the  Duke  of  Marlborough,  and  has  issue. 

Harriet,  married  August  8th,  1/95,  to  J^ord  Spencer  Chi- 
chester, brother  to  the  Marquis  of  Donegal. 


444  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

Elizabeth,  married,  in  January,  l/QS,  to  W.  P.  Inge,  Esq. 

Georgiana, 

Charlotte,  married,  September  12th,  1801,  Sir  Edward  Crof- 
ton,  Bart,  eldest  son  of  Baroness  Crofton. 

Caroline,  married,  January  10th,  1803,  to  the  Hon.  and  Rev. 
George  Rushout,  brother  to  Lord  Northwick. 

Sophia,  married,  July  2d,  1806,  the  Hon.  William  Bligh, 
brother  to  the  Earl  of  Darnley. 

The  Earl  was,  June  6th,  1796,  created  Baron  Stewakt,  op 
Garlies,  in  the  peerage  of  England  ;  and  deceasing,  November 
13th,  1806,  was  succeeded  by  his  eldest  son, 

George,  the  present  and  ninth  Earl,  and  second  Lord 
Stewart,  OF  Garlies,  who  being  brought  up  to  the  navy,  was  in 
1810,  promoted  to  the  rank  of  Rear  Admiral. 

His  Lordship  married,  April  19th,  1/97,  Lady  Jane  Paget, 
daughter  of  Henry  Earl  of  Uxbridge,  and  has  issue, 

First, ,  Viscount  Garlies,  born  September  12thj  1800, 

Second,  Allan,  died  May  1st,  1808. 

Third,  A  son,  born  December  23d,  1807,  died  May  1st,  1808. 

Titles.  George  Stewart,  Earl  of  Galloway  and  Lord  Garlies 
in  Scotland  J  and  Lord  Stewart  of  Garlies  in  England. 

Creations.  Earl  of  Galloway,  September  9th,  1628;  Lord 
Garlies,  September  2d,  l607;  and  Lord  Stewart  of  Garlies,  in 
England,  June  6th,  1796. 

Arms.  Or,  a  fess  cheeky,  azure  and  argent,  surmounted  of  a 
bend,  gules,  within  a  double  tressure  flowered  and  counterflowered 
with  flowers-de-lis  of  the  last. 

Crest.  On  a  wreath,  a  pelican  feeding  her  young  in  the  nest, 
proper. 

Supporters.  On  the  dexter  side,  a  savage  wreathed  with 
laurel  about  the  temples  and  middle,  holding  a  batoon  over  his 
shoulder,  all  proper;  and  on  the  sinister,  a  lion  rampant,  gules. 

Motto.       VlRESCIT  VULNERE  VIRTUS. 

Chief  Seat.     Garlies,  Wigtonshire. 


LORD  SALTERSFORD.  445 


STOPFORD,  LORD  SALTERSFORD. 

rEARL  OF  COURTOWN  IN  IRELAND, J 

This  family  is  said  to  derive  its  descent  from  Nicholas  Di 
Stockport,  Baron  of  Stockport,-^  one  of  the  eight  Barons  of  the 
county  palatine  of  Chester,  created  by  Hugh  Lupus,  Earl  of 
Cliester,  ^  who  probably  settled  in  that  country  before  the  Norman 
conquest,  as  the  name  of  the  town  of  Stopford  is  evidently  of 
Saxon  origin.  ^  The  only  part  of  the  original  lands  of  the  family, 
which  now  remains  is  the  estate  oi  Saltersford,^  near  Maccleslield, 
which  estate  is  at  this  day  in  the  possession  of  the  Earl  of  Cour- 
town,  and  has  belonged  to  his  ancestors  from  time  immemorial. ' 
The  first  of  the  family  that  came  into  Ireland  was  James 
Stopford,  Esq.  an  officer  of  rank  in  the  parliament  army,  who 
served  in  Irehmd  during  the  rebellion  which  began  in  1641.  On 
the  restoration  of  the  royal  family,  he  acquired  very  considerable 
•states  in  the  city  of  Dublin,  and  counties  of  Meath,  Westmeath, 
Wexford,  Carlow,  Kilkenny,  and  Kerry,  partly  by  purchase,  and 
partly  in  considenition  of  his  services  during  the  war.  He  be- 
came seated  at  Tar.ah-hill  in  the  county  of  Meath,  and  married 

a  Speed's  map  of  that  county,  and  Cambden,  vol.  i.  p.  478-9. 
b  Butcher's  Survey  of  Stamford,  p.  23. 
c  The  heiress  of  this  family  married  Nicholas  de  Eton,  whose  heiress 
married  Warrea  of  Pointon.     See  Lyson's,  p.  779. 

d  Lysons,  in  his  Cheshire,  p.  353,  says,  Beate-hall,  described  as  Lord 
Courtoun's  seat,  is  a  dilapidated  old  mansion  in  the  town  of  Macclesfield, 
now  occupied  as  a  public-house. 

Information  of  Dean  vStopford 


446  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

two  wives  J  by  his  first,  whose  name  we  have  not  recovered,  he 
had  three  sons,  viz.  first,  William  j  second,  James ;  and  third, 
Joseph. 

The  elder  of  whom,  William,  married  Maiy,  daughter  of 
Colonel  Francis  Willoughby,  and  died  in  the  lifetime  of  his  father, 
leaving  an  only  son,  James,  successor  to  his  grandfather. 

James,  aforesaid,  married,  secondly,  Mary,  daughter  of  Sir 
Robert  Forth,  Knight,  (one  of  the  privy-council  in  the  reign  of 
King  William  III.) '  and  by  her  had  issue  one  son  Robert,  and 
two  daughters ;  Robert  was  attainted  by  King  James's  parliament, 
and  dying  without  issue,  was  buried  at  St.  Audeon's  church, 
Dublin  ;  ^  the  daughters  were,  Amelia,  married  to  Theophilus 
Butler,  created  Lord  Newtown  Butler ;  and  Dorothy,  married  to 
Edward,  fourth  Earl  of  Meath,  on  whose  death  she  lemarried  with 
lieutenant-general  Gorges,  s 

James  Stopford,  Esq.  who  succeeded  his  grandfather,  wag 
chosen  to  parliament  for  the  borough  of  Wexford,  September  2 1st, 
1703,  and  elected  for  that  county,  November  25tli,  ]/\3;^  he 
was  re-elected  for  the  same  county  on  the  accession  of  King 
George  L  and  continued  to  fill  that  station  till  his  decease.  He 
married  Frances,  daughter  and  heir  to  Roger  Jones,  of  Dublin, 
Esq.  and  deceased '  July  pth,  1721,  having  had  issue  by  her  (wh» 
died  May  22d,  1751,''  five  sons  and  four  daughters,  viz. 

e  Lodge  Collect.  f  Parish  Registry,  and  Lodge  Collect. 

g  Lodge  says,  in  i  Edit.  vol.  i-  p.  190,  that  these  daughters  were  coheirs, 
which  we  presume  to  be  an  error,  for  from  this  pedigree  his  grandson  seems 
to  have  succeeded. 

h  Commons  Jour. 

i  King  James  I.  February  17th,  gth  of  his  reign,  did  grant  unto  Sir  Ed- 
ward Fisher,  Knight,  the  towns,  lands,  &c  known  by  the  names  of  Killder- 
mott,  Ballymaheys,  with  the  hamlets  thereof,  called  Ballintroohan,  Glan^ 
vany,  Ballynecarig,  Ballinemoney,  Ballynekilbeg,  Killoneen,  Shnaghkenagh, 
Ballygarralt,  Cronemullan,  Ballnesketan,  Shraleah,  Croneroe,  Cloneredmond, 
Dowcarrick,  Monehennie,  Monennys,  Kiltinnill,  Ballicamclone,  Ballymorris, 
Tenestrath,  Tourimore,  Ballyvickenolug,  Rathingwocinis,  Moneallestron, 
Gurtin,  Ballinthe,  Monemore.Tenehone,  Kilbride,  Taghmore,  alias  Pollalishe, 
Ballylemcham,  Muchloe,  Tomsillagh,  Ballyvadocke,  Ballyda,  Kilnehederny 
and  Binooge,  and  all  other  lauds,  tenements,  and  hereditaments  lying  within 
the  mears,  bounds,  &c.  of  the  said  towns,  villages,  &c.  being  in  the  territory 
called  M'Damores  county;  also  the  town  and  lands  of  Ballinogelan  with  the 
appurtenances  lying  in  the  territory  called  Kinshelch,  containing  by  estimation 
1500  acres;  also  the  river  of  Owenbarra,  and  the  fishery  theieof,  in  the  said 


^  Lodge  Collect. 


LORD  SALTERSFORD.  447 

First,  William,  who  died  young. 

Second,  James,  advanced  to  the  peerage. 

Third,  William,  a  captain  in  the  first  regiment  of  horse 
and  died  in  December  1760,  leaving  issue,  first,  William  in  the 
army;  second,  Philip,  also  in  the  army,  who  died  in  1775  ;  third, 
Frances,  married  to  John  Ashburuham,  Esq.  a  captain  in  the 
army  ;  and  fourth,  Catherine,  to  Thomas  Cosby,  of  Bailleborough, 
in  the  county  of  Cavan,  Esq.  by  whom  she  has  issue,  Arnold,  in 
holy  orders,  and  other  children. 

Fourth,  Thomas,  a  master  in  Chancery. 

Fifth,  Joseph,  a  cornet  in  the  second  regiment  of  horse,  who, 
in  July  i743,  married  Anne,  daughter  of  Knightly  Chetwood,  of 
Woodbrooke  in  the  Queen's  County,  Esq.'"  (by  his  wife  Hesther 
Stopford,  half  sister  to  the  Bishop  of  Cloyne)  and  had  issue  one 
son  James,  baptized  November  1]  th,  1746,  in  holy  orders,  and 
rector  of  Killeary  in  the  diocese  of  Meath  ;  and  five  daughters, 
viz.  Anne,  married  to  the  Rev.  William  Stopford,  vicar  of  Dona- 
moyne,  in  the  diocese  of  Clogher ;  Frances,  to  Michael  Kearney, 


county  of  Wexford,  with  free  access  to  the  banks  thereof,  on  both  sides,  with 
nets,  &c.  necessary  for  fishing ;  also  the  mountain  ofTorchill;  as  also  the 
advowson,  donation,  and  right  of  patronage  of  the  rectory  and  vicarage  of 
Kiltinnill,  all  the  said  lands,  &c.  lying  in  the  county  of  Wexford,  to  hold  to 
the  said  Sir  Edward  Fisher,  Knight,  his  heirs  and  assigns  for  ever;  rendering 
yearly  to  his  Majesty  and  his  successors  8/  sterling,  which  said  lands  were, 
by  the  said  patent,  created  into  a  manor  by  the  name  of  the  Manor  of  Chi- 
chester. 

This  patent  was  surrendered  by  Sir  Edward  Fisher,  February  loih,  14  of 
King  James,  upon  which  the  said  King,  by  letters  patent  January  17th,  in  15 
of  his  reign,  conveyed  to  the  said  Sir  Edward  Fisher,  his  heirs  and  assigns, 
the  said  several  lands,  &c.  with  others,  which  by  this  patent  were  created  into 
the  manor  of  Fisherstown,  which  patent  is  entered  in  the  office  of  the  auditor 
general,  and  inrolled  in  the  Rolls-office  of  this  kingdom.  This  patent,  &c. 
afterwards  became  vested  in  Edward  Chichester,  third  son  of  Edward,  Vis- 
count Chichester,  who  intermarried  with  Elizabeth,  the  fifth  and  youngest 
daughter  of  said  Sir  Edward  Fisher,  the  patentee  (who  died  in  December, 
i6ji),  and  with  Elizabeth  his  said  wife,  in  Michaelmas  term,  21  Charles  II. 
sutiered  a  recovery  thereof;  upon  whose  death  Edward  Chichester,  their 
eldest  son,  became  seized  of  said  manor,  lands,  and  premises,  his  mother,  the 
said  Elizabeth,  having  by  deed,  November  i  ith,  1O67,  conveyed  the  same  to 
him  and  his  heirs  for  ever.  The  said  Edward  Chichester  enjoyed  the  said 
lands  to  his  death,  when  they  came  to  his  brother  John,  who,  by  deeds  dated 
December  28th  and  29th,  171 1,  in  consideration  that  he  was  childless,  and  the 
friendship  which  he  had  fur  James  Stopford  and  his  family,  and  other  consi- 
derations in  said  deed  mentioned,  did  grant  the  said  manor  to  the  said  James 
Stopford,  his  heirs  and  assigns  for  ever.     ArchJ.ilt. 

Ill  Information  of  Dean  Stopford. 


44  8  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

D.  D.  rector  of  Rathmelton,  in  the  diocese  of  Raphoe;  Catherine, 
baptized  July  24th,  1748,  to  the  Rev.  Henry  St.  George  ;  Eliza- 
beth, baptized  December  2Q,  1750,  to  Abel  Ram,  of  the  county  of 
Wexford,  Esq.  then  member  of  the  Irish  parliament  for  the  borough 
of  Duleek,  and  by  him  hath  issue,  Abel,  William,  James,  Mary, 
Anne,  and  Elizabeth  ;  and  Hester,  who  died  unmarried  in  1785.  " 

Eldest  daughter  Elizabeth,  married  to  Philip  Doyne,  of  Welles 
in  the  county  of  Wexford,  Esq.  by  whom  she  left  issue,  James, 
who  died  unmarried  in  1763  j  and  Frances,  married  to  the  Rev. 
Erancis  Thomson,  rector  of  Drumcree,  alias  Kilcumney,  in  the 
diocese  of  Meath,  and  had  one  son  and  two  daughters. 

Second,  Anne,  to  Doctor  James  Stopford,  Lord  Bishop  of 
Cloyne. ° 

Third,  Frances,  died  young;  and 

Catherine,  married  William  Ludlow,  Esq.  counsellor  at  law.  i* 

James  Stopford,  Esq.  the  eldest  surviving  son, ^first  Earl  of 
Courtown,  was  chosen  to  parliament,  November  28th,  1727, ''  for 
the  borough  of  Feat  hard,  which  he  continued  to  represent  till  his 
late  Majesty,  by  privy-seal,  dated  at  Kensington  July  28,  1758,  and 
patent ''  at  Dublin  Sept.  19  following,  was  pleased  to  call  him  to  the 
house  of  peers,  by  the  title  of  Baron  of  Courtown  in  the  county  of 
Wexford;  and  his  Lordship  took  the  accustomed  oaths  gnd  his 
seat  October  31st  same  year.*     Pursuant  to   privy-seal   at   St. 


11  Information  of  Dean  Stopford. 
o  James  Stopford,  (after  Bishop  of  Cloyne,  but  of  whose  affinity  to  Lord 
Courtown's  family,  we  have  not  been  informed)  was  the  intimate  friend  of 
Jonathan  Swift,  the  celebrated  Dean  of  St.  Patrick's.  He  received  his  educa- 
tion in  Trinity  College  Dublin,  and  was  elected  a  Fellow  of  that  University, 
March  2^th,  1727.  After  the  promotion  of  Dr.  Robert  Howard  to  the  see  of 
Killala,  he  was  instituted  to  the  vicarage  of  Finglass,  thence  promoted  to  the 
deanery  of  Kilmacduagh,  and  in  pursuance  of  letters  patent  dated  February 
28th,  1753.  was  consecrated  Bishop  of  Cloyne.  He  married,  December  i6th, 
1727,  Anne,  second  daughter  of  James  Stopford,  Esq.  as  in  text,  and  deceas- 
ing in  Dublin,  August  23d,  1759,  1^^'  issue  three  sons,  viz.  James,  (baptized 
October  7th,  lyji*  elected  Fellow  of  the  University  of  Dublin  in  June,  1753, 
which  he  resigned  in  1755.  for  the  united  rectories  of  Garry-Cloyne,and  Gla- 
nore  in  the  diocess  of  Cloyne  He  married  Anne,  daughter  of  William  Wray, 
of  Ards  in  the  county  of  Donegal,  Esq.  and  left  issue) ;  Joseph,  baptized  De- 
cember 4th,  1732,  who  married  Angel,  daughter  of  the  said  William  Wray, 
and  had  issue,  James,  Williami  Joseph;  and  one  daughter,  married  and 
William,  baptized  January  26th,  1730,  also  in  holy  orders,  and  married  as  ija 
text.     Siuift's  Letters,  and  Inform.  Dean  Stopford. 

P  See  Earl  Ludlow'  q  Commons  Jour. 

r  Rot.  pat.  de  Anno  32  Geo.  II.  la.  p.  D.  R.  43—44. 

s  Lords  Journals,  vol.  iv.  p.  jj8. 


LORD  SALTERSFORD.  449 

James's  March  24th,  and  patent  *  April  12th,  1762,  his  present 
Majesty  was  pleased  farther  to  advance  him  to  the  dignities  of 
Viscount  Stopford  and  Earl  of  Courtoivn,  and  as  such  he  took  his 
seat  on  the  16th  of  that  month. '  February  24th,  1/26,"  he  mar- 
ried Elizabeth,  only  daughter  of  Doctor  Edward  Smyth,  Lord 
Bishop  of  Down  and  Connor,  and  sister  and  heiress  to  Edward 
Smyth  of  the  city  of  Dublin,  E-iq.  ;  ^  he  deceased  January  12th, 
1  //O,  y  h  iving  had  issue  by  this  Lady  (who  survived  him)  six  sons 
and  six  daughters,  viz. 

First,  James,  Viscount  Stopford.  ^ 

Second,  Edward,  baptized  June  29th,  1732;  in  March,  1765, 
appointed  major  of  the  sixty-sixth  regiment;  November  2Sth, 
1/82,  Major-general;  advanced  to  the  staff  October  1st,  1783; 
and  November  1st,  1784,  appointed  colonel  of  his  Majesty's  fifth 
regiment  of  foot.  June  27ih,  1783,  he  married  Letitia,  daughter 
of  William  Blacker,  Esq.  and  niece  to  the  Right  Hon.  Edward 
Gary  ;  and  by  her  had  issue  three  sons  and  a  daughter  j  viz.  Ed- 
ward;  Jimes;   William-Kenry  ;  andJnne.'^ 

Third,  Thomas,^'  in  holy  orders;  made  dean  ofKilbloe  in 
1781,  and  promoted  to  the  deanery  of  Ferns,  by  letters  patent, 
dated  November  21st,  1787;  died  unmarried.  Lord  Bishop  of 
Cork  and  Ross,  July  24th,  1605. 

Fourth,  Joseph,"^  baptized  November  11th,  174!  ;  appointed 
lieutenant  colonel  of  the  fifteenth  regiment  of  foot,  with  rank  of 
colonel  in  the  army.  He  died  at  Wexford  June  29th,  1786,  un- 
married. 

Fifth,  Philip,^  baptized  February  17th,  1/43;  appointed^ 
June  20th,  1765,  a  lieutenant  in  the  royal  navy. 

Daughter  Lady  Elizabeth,  died  young.  ^ 

Lady  Frances,  unmarried.  '' 

Lady  Mary,  unmarried,  s 

Lady  Anne,  ^  born  in  1734,  and  married  May  2Sth,  1758, '  to 
Walter  Hore,  of  Harperstown  in  the  county  of  Wexford,  Esq.  ^ 
She  died  in  March,  1808. 


s  Rot.  pat.  de  anno  2  Geo.  I II.  2a.  p.  D.  R.  2i---i2- 

t.  Lords  Journals,  vol.  iv.  p  246.  u  Ulster's  Office. 

X  Arclulall's  Collect.  y  Ulster's  Office 

X  Idem.  a  Information  of  Dean  Stopford. 

k  Ulster's  Office.  t  Idem  and  information  of  the  Dean. 

d  Idem.  e  Dean  Stapford.  t  Ulster's  Office 

g  Idem.  h  Idem,  and  Lodge.  i  Lodge. 

t  Walter  Hore,  of  Harperstown,  Esq    knight  of  the  shire  for  Wexford 

VOL.  VI n.  2  fj 


450  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

Lady  Catherine, ""  unmarried  ;  and 

Lady  Charlotte, "  baptized  March  4th,  1/45,  married,  June 
18th,  1774,  to  Stephen  Ram,  of  Ramsfort  in  the  county  ofWex- 
ford,  Esq.  formerly  member  in  the  Irish  parliament  for  the  bo- 
rough of  Gorey,  and  hath  issue. 

James  ih.e  second  Earl  of  Courtoivn,  and  first  Lord  Sal- 
TERSFORD,  was  bom  May  28tb,  1731,  °  and  took  his  seat  in  the 
house  of  peers,  October  8th,  1771"'^  On  the  institution  of  the 
illustrious  order  of  St.  Patrick  in  1783,  his  Lordship  had  the 
honour  of  being  nominated  by  the  sovereign,  to  be  a  knight  com- 
panion, and  with  the  other  knights,  was  installed  in  St.  Patrick's 
cathedral,  March  17th  same  year. 

Upon  the  establishment  of  the  Prince  of  Wales's  household, 
17SO,  lie  was  appointed  a  lord  of  the  bed-chamber  to  his  Royal 
Highness,  as  he  was  in  17S4,  treasurer  of  the  household  to  his  Ma- 
jesty. His  Lordship  was  a  member  of  the  privy-councils  in  Great 
Britain  and  Ireland. 

On  April  l(5th,  1762,  his  Lordship  married  Mary,   daughter 


and  the  seventeentli  in  lineal  descent,  from  the  first  of  the  name  who  pos- 
sessed this  estate,  died  in  1741,  leaving  William  his  heir,  member  of  parlia- 
ment for  Taghmon,  who  was  appointed,  February  25th,  1729,  advocate-ge- 
neral and  judge-martial;  November  19th,  1730,  a  commissioner  of  appeals ; 
and  April  18th,  i"32,  a  master  in  Chancery.  He  married,  first,  Dorothy, 
fifth  daughter  of  William,  Viscount  Duncannon,  and  had  two  daughters; 
viz.  Mary,  married,  April  nth,  1748,  to  John  Cox,  of  Coolclilfe  in  the  county 
of  Wexford,  Esq  ;  and  Anne,  who  was  baptized  April  20th,  1732.  He  mar- 
ried secondly,  Mary,  daughter  of  John  Grogan,  of  Johnstown  in  ihe  county  of 
Wexford,  Esq.  and  widow  of  Andrew  Knox,  Esq.  of  the  same  county,  (who 
died  fort-major  of  Kingsale  in  1737],  and  deceasing  in  February,  1745,  left  by 
her  (who  was  born  about  the  year  1694,  re-married  with  Charles  Tottenham, 
of  Tottenham-Green  in  the  said  county  of  Wexford,  Esq  died  in  1777,  and 
was  interred  at  Rathaspetk  in  tlie  same  county),  an  only  son,  Walter,  his 
heir,  to  whom  he  had  resigned  the  offices  of  advocate-general,  and  judge- 
martial.  The  said  Walter  succeeded  at  Harperstown,  married  as  in  the  text, 
and  had  issue  one  daughter,  Elizabeth,  married  to  James  Boyle,  of  Rosslare 
in  the  county  of  Wexford,  Esq.  and  four  sons,  viz.  William,  high  sheriff  of 
the  said  county  1788,  married  to  the  daughter  of  the  la;e  Sir  Simon  Brad- 
street,  Bart,  and  niece  to  Sir  Samuel,  one  of  the  judges  of  the  court  of  King's 
Bench;  Walter,  a  captain  in  the  army,  and  married  to  a  daiighler  of  John 
Conroy,  Esq.  ;  Thomas, in  holy  orders,  and  rector  of  Killtinnill  in  the  diocese 
of  Ferns  on  the  presentation  of  the  Earl  of  Courtown ;  and  Pons mby. 
Lodge's  Collect.  Rot.  Cane.  Letter  from  J.  Grogan,  Esq.  title  Besborough  in 
Lodge's  first  edition.  Prerogative  Office.  Information  of  Dean  Stopford;  and 
see  title  Lord  Loftus,  in  Vol.  IX. 

m  Ulster's  Office.  n  Idem 

e  Lodge.  P  Lords  Journal,  vol.  iv.  p.  579. 


LORD  SALTERSFORD.  451 

and  coheir  to  Richard  Powys,  of  Hintleshatn-hall  in  the  county 
of  Suffolk,  Esq.  (by  Lady  Mary  Brudenell,  daughter  of  George 
Earl  of  Cardigan,  and  sister  to  George,  last  Duke  of  Montague, 
she  remarried  with  Thomas  Bouldby,  of  the  bishopiick  of  Dur- 
ham, Esq  and  died  in  October  1808  i),  by  whom  his  Lordship 
had  issue,  one  daughter,  Mary,  who  died  young ;  and  four  sons, 
viz. 

First,  James-George,  ■"  present  peer. 

Second,  Edward,  born  September  2Sth,  1/66,  appointed  a 
colonel  in  the  army,  1808,  and  a  captain  in  the  third  regiment  of 
foot-guards. 

Third,  Robert,  born  February  5th,  1768,  appointed  an  Ad- 
miral, 1810. 

Fourth,  Richard  Bruce,  born  March  4th,  1/74,  in  holy  orders, 
chaplain  in  ordinary  to  his  Majesty,  married,  November  19th, 
ISOO,  the  Hon.  Helena  Powys,  eldest  daughter  of  Thomas^  first 
Lord  Lilford. 

Fifth,  Mary,  died  young. 

His  Lordship  having  sat  in  parliament  for  Marlborough  from 
17SO,  was  elevated  to  the  British  peerage  August  13th,  1794,  by 
the  title  of  Lord  Saltersford,  of  Saltersford  in  Cheshire,  and 
dying  in  April  1810,  was  succeeded  by  his  eldest  son, 

James  George,  third  Earl  of  Coiirtown,  and  second  Lord 
Saltersford,  who  was  formerly  an  ensign  in  the  foot-guards; 
and   afterwards  lieutenant-colonel  of  Villiers's  fencible  cavalry, 

1794. 

His  Lordship  was  born  August  15th,  1/65,  married,  January 
29th,  1791,  Lady  Elizabeth  Scott,  eldest  daughter  of  Henry,  Duke 
of  Buccleuch,  Knight  of  the  Garter,  and  had 

A  son,  born  May  4th,  1792,  died  an  infant. 

A  son,  born  February  20th,  1793. 

A  son,  born  October  21st,  1797- 

His  Lordship  was  appointed  treasurer  of  the  King's  house- 
hold in  1793  ;  and  latterly  comptroller  of  the  same,  and  while  a 
commoner  represented  in  parliament  Great  Bed  win  in  179O;  and 
1806j  and  Selkirk,  &:c.  in  1796. 

Titles.  James-George  Stopford,  Earl  of  Courtown,  Viscount 
Stopford,  and  Baron  of  Courtown ;  Irish  honours.  And  Baron 
Saltersford  in  Cheshire. 

•1  Collins,  vol.  li.  p.  501  -      ^  Ulster's  Office. 


452  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

Creations.  Baron  of  Courtown  in  the  county  of  Wexford, 
September  igth,  1 758,  32  Geo.  II. ;  Viscount  Stopford,  and  Earl 
of  Courtown  April  12th,  1762,  2  Geo.  III.  ;  Lord  Saltersford  of 
Cheshire,  August  13th,  17g4. 

Arms.     Azure,  crusuly  of  crosslets,  three  lozenges  Or. 

Crest.     On  a  wreath,  a  cockatrice  rising. 

Supporters.  Two  stags,  plain  collared  and  chained,  each 
charged  on  the  shoulder  with  a  lozenge. 

Motto.       PATRIiE  INFEUCI   FIDELIS. 

Chief  Seats.  Courtown  in  the  county  of  Wexford,  forty-five 
miles  from  Dublin;  and  formerly  Bete-hall  in  the  county  of 
Chester,  one  hundred  and  fifty-one  miles  from  London.  * 

s  Information  of  Dean  Stopford,  but  see  Lysons,  ut  supra 


LORD  DAWNEY. 


453 


DAWNEY,  LORD  DAWNEY 

{VISCOUNT  DOIVNE  IN  IRELAND. J 


Sir  Paine  Dawney,  of  Dawney-castle  in  Normandy,  from 
whom  this  family  is  descended,  came  into  England  with  King 
William  the  Conqueror. 

In  former  times  they  wrote  their  name,  D'Anney,  and  were 
lords  of  the  manor  of  Shunock,  or  Shannock,  in  the  county  of 
Cornwall. 

Of  this  family  was  John  Dawney,  living  in  the  reign  of  Ed- 
ward \.  who  married  Jane,  third  and  youngest  daughter  of  Peter 
Le  Cave  (by  his  wife,  the  only  child  of  Sir  Thomas  Bromflete), 
and  had 

Sir  Edward  D'Annay,  the  father  of 

Sir  Nicholas,  who  in  the  reign  of  Edw.  IL  obtained  a  charter 
for  a  weekly  Wednesday  and  Friday  market,  and  a  yearly  fair  on 
the  eve,  day  and  morrow  of  St.  James  the  Apostle,  at  his  said 
manor  of  Shannock. 

Tn  1  Edw.  III.  he  had  summons  to  parliament  among  the 
Barons  of  England,  but  not  after,  =*  which  was  occasioned  by  his 
absence  in  the  holy  war  against  the  infidels  j  whence  he  brought 
a  very  rich  and  curious  medal,  now  in  the  familys  possession  : 
but  continuing  in  the  Holy  Land  many  years,  the  estate,  consist- 
ing ot  fifteen  large  manors  in  Cornwall,  was  conveyed  into  the 
family  of  Courtenay,  Earls  of  Devon,  by  the  marriage  of  Emme- 
line  (or  Emme),  daughter  and  heir  to  Sir  John  Dawney,  of 
Madfordferry  in  the  county  of  Somerset,  to  Edward,  son  and 

»  Dujclale. 


454  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

heir  apparent  of  Hugh,  the  second  Earl  of  Devon,  who  dying 
before  his  father,  left  issue  by  her  two  sons,  Edward,  the  third 
Earl  of  Devon;  and  Hugh  of  Haccombe  and  Boconnock,  Esq. 
father  of  Edward  Courtenay,  whom  King  Henry  VII.  for  his 
adherence  to  the  house  of  Lancaster,  advanced  to  the  Earldom  of 
Devonshire  October  28th,  1485,  first  of  his  reign. 

Sir  Nicholas  Dawney,  aforesaid,  departed  this  life  7  Edward 
III.  as  appears  by  inquisition }  and  by  Elizabeth,  his  wife,  had 
two  sons  J 

First,  Thomas ;  and, 

Second,  Sir  John  Dawney,  of  Madfordferry  before-mentioned, 
made  a  knight  banneret  by  King  Edward  IIL  at  the  battle  of 
Cressy,  on  whose  death  an  inquisition  was  taken  20  Edw.  III.  and 
he  was  found  to  have  left  only  the  said  Emmc,  married  to  Ed- 
ward Courtenay,  Esq. 

Thomas  Dawney,  the  elder  son,  marrying  Elizabeth,  daughter 
and  heir  to  John  Newton,  of  Snaith  in  Yorkshire,  Esq.  fixed  his 
residence  at  Estrick  in  that  part  of  England,  where  he  was  living 
11  Rich.  II.  and  was  the  direct  ancestor  of  the  Viscount  Downe, 
and  also  of  Roger  Dawney,  of  Norton,  Esq.  who  left  only  daugh- 
ters, whereof  Joan  was  married  to  John  Churchill,  Esq.  by  whom 
she  had  two  daughters,  coheirs,  Margaret  and  Agnes,  living  in  the 
reign  of  Edward  III. 

Thomas   Dawney,    aforesaid,   had   issue,  besides   Roger,  a 

daughter,  Margaret,  married  to Saltmarsh,  of  Yorkshire  j 

and  a  son. 

Sir  John,  who  succeeded  at  Estrick  ;  married  Ellen,  daughter 
of  John  Barden,  and  died  in  1417  (5  Hen.  V.),  having  issue, 

First,  Sir  John. 

Second,  William,  of  Rhodes. 

Thirdj  Alice,  married  to  Robert  Fleming  ;  and  Agnes,  to  Peter 
Weston. 

Sir  John,  the  elder  son,  died  in  1424  (2  Hen.  VI,') ;  and  by 
Margaret,  or  Joan,  daughter  of  Sir  Alexander  Lound,  Knight, 
had,  first.  Sir  John,  his  successor  j  second,  Joan,  married  to  Wil- 
liam Dallison  j  and,  third,  Catherine,  to  Thomas  Awger,  Esqrs. 

Sir  John,  who  succeeded,  married  Agnes,  daughter  of  Guy 
Rockliffe,  of  Rocklifie  in  the  county  of  York,  Esq.  and  deceasing 
October  20th,  1403,  had,  first.  Sir  Gny,  his  heir ;  second,  Wil- 
liam ;  third,  Margaret,  married  to  Ralph,  son  and  heir  of  Richard 
Acclam  ;  fourth,  Agnes,  to  John  Bechard ;  and,  fifth,  Elizabeth, 
to  John  Langton,  Esqrs, 


LORD  DAWNEY.  455 

Sir  Guy  (Guydo)  Dawney,  Knight^  was  seated  at  Cowick  in 
the  county  of  York,  where  he  lived  in  the  reigns  of  Henry  VII. 
and  VIII.  and  died  August  l7lh,  1522,  He  married  Jane,  or 
Joan,  sister  and  heir  to  Sir  John  Darell,  oi  Sezay,  who  died  without 
issue  in  7  Hen.  VII.  and  to  I'homas  Darell,  who  died  also  child- 
less, and  daughter  of  Sir  George  Darell,^  of  Sezay,  who  died  March 
30th,  146o,  by  his  wife  Margaret,  daughter  of  Sir  William 
Plumpton,  and  had  issue,  first.  Sir  John,  his  successor ;  second, 
Anne,  marrittd  to  Robert  Howdenby;  and,  third,  a  younger 
daughter  to Babthorpe,  of  Drax,  Esqrs. 

Sir  John  Dawney,  of  Cowick,  was  sheriff  of  Yorkshire  35 
Hen  VIII.  and  died  March  2d,  1,5.53,  having  issue  by  Dorothy, 
daughter  of  Richard,  Lord  Latimer,  who  died  in  November,  1532, 
two  sons  and  four  daughters,  viz. 

First,  Sir  Thomas. 

Second,  John,  of  Herke,  who  in  1572  (H  Eliz.)  was  sheriff 
of  Yorkshire,  and  married  Elizabeth,  fifth  daughter  of  John 
Roper,  of  Ell  ham  in  Kent,  Esq.  prothonotary  of  the  court  of 
King's  Bench,  and  attorney-general  to  King  Henry  VIIl.  by  Jane 
his  wife,  daughter  of  Sir  John  Fineux,  chief  justice  of  the  said 
court,  and  left  a  son  John,  born  in  156l,  seated  at  Potter  Brunton 
in  Yorkshire,  whose  only  daughter  and  heir,  Mary,  was  married 
to  John  Legard,  of  Ganton,  Esq  and  was  mother  of  Sir  John  Le- 
gard,  created  a  Baronet  in  166O. 

The  four  daughters  were ;  Elizabeth,  married  to  Robert  Aske, 
of  Aughton,  Esq.  by  whom  she  had  John,  whose  wife  was  Chris- 
tian, daughter  of  Sir  Thomas  Fairfax,  of  Denton  ;  Dorothy,  to  Sir 
Henry  Nevile,  of  Chute,  and  had  Gervaise  Nevile,  Esq.  living  in 
1585  3  Joan,  to  Bryan  Palmes,  of  Narbourn,  Esq.  whose  son  John, 
living  1584,  married  Joan,  daughter  of  George  Dawney,  Esq.  and 
bad  three  sons,  George,  John,  and  Francis  j  and  Anne,  to  Sir 
George  Conier^i,  Knight. 

Sir  Thomas  Dawney,  of  Sezay  and  Coivkk,  Knight,  married 
Edith,  eldest  daughter  of  George,  Lord  D'Arcie  of  Aston,  and 
dying  September  3d,  156Q,  had,  lirst.  Sir  John,  his  heir;  second, 
Paul ;  and,  third,  Frances,  married  to  Sir  William  Babthorpe,  of 
Osgodby,  to  whom  she  was  second  wife,  and  had  two  daughters, 
Mary  and  Christian. 

b  This  was  the  eldest  branch  of  the  ancient  family  of  Darell.  Another 
branch  settled  at  Littlecor  in  Wiltshire.  And  a  third  branch  settled,  in  the 
reign  of  Henry  IV.  iXCaUhill,  near  Ashford  in  Kent,  where  they  still  remain- 


456  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

Sir  John,  who  succeeded,  was  knighted  by  Queen  Elizabetli 
in  1580,  and  served  the  office  of  sheritl^"  for  Yorkshire  in  1589. 
He  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Sir  Marmaduke  I'unstali,  of 
Thurland  in  Lancashire,  Knight,  by  whom  he  had  four  sons  and 
two  daughters  ;  first,  Thomas  ;  second,  Marmaduke;  third,  Wil- 
liam :  fourth,  D'Arcie  J  fifth,  Mary,  married  to  Ralph,  the  third 
Lord  Eure,  of  Witton,  lieutenant  of  the  principality  of  Wales  for 
King  James  L  and  was  mother  of  William,  Lord  Eure,  born  in 
15/9;  2nd,  sixth,  Dorothy  died  unmarried. 

Sir  Thomas,  who  succeeded  his  father  at  Cow'ick,  was  born 
in  1563,  and  honoured  with  knighthood  by  King  James  L  in 
whose  eighth  year  he  was  sheriff  of  Yorkshire,  and  was  living  in 
1619.  He  married  Faith,  daughter  and  heir  to  Sir  Richard  Led- 
giavd  of  Rysom,  and  had  issue  five  sons  and  four  daughters;  first, 
John;  second,  Thomas,  who  died  childless  ;  third,  George;  fourth, 
Richard  ;  fifth,  Henry  ;  sixth,  Elizabeth,  married  to  Sir  William 
Acclam,  of  Hereby  ;  seventh,  Frances,  to  Sir  Henry  Vaughan,  of 
Sutton  ;  eighth,  Margaret;  and,  ninth,  Anne. 

John,  the  eldest  son,  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Sir 
Richard  Hutton,  justice  of  the  King's  Bench,  and  had  two  sons. 

First,  Sir  Christophek,  who  by  King  Charles  L  for  his  loyalty 
and  services,  was  created  a  Baronet  May  19th,  1642,  but  dying 
without  issue,  was  succeeded  in  title  and  estate  by  his  brother. 

Sir  John  Dawney,  of  Cow'ick,  first  Viscount  Downe,  who  in 
1660  represented  the  county  of  York  in  parliament,  as  he  did  the 
borough  of  Pontefract  in  166I,  16/8,  and  168O,  and  being  ad- 
vanced to  ihe  peerage  of  Irclufidhy  patent, '^  dated  at  Westminster, 
February  19th,  168O;  sat  in  King  James's  Irish  parliament  of  1689, 
and  died  in  1695,  leaving  issue  Henry,  his  successor ; 

And  two  daughters;  the  one  married  to  Mr.  Ramsden,  of 
Yorkshire,   and  died  at  York  in  June,  1/37;  and  (he  other  to 

Orme,  of  Charlton  near  Greenwich,  Esq.  wht=re  she  died 

December  15ih,  1/36,  leaving  one  son,  Garton  Orme,  of  Laving- 
ton  in  Sussex,  Esq.  appointed  May  1st,  1736,  gentleman  usher  to 

c  The  preamble  Cum  nihil  magis  Majestatem  regiam  illustret,  vcl  ad 
Virtutem  generosos  Hominum  animos  stimulet,  qiiam  cum  Viri  Virtute,  Ge- 
neris nobilitate,  ct  Prudentia  s;iiendi(li  Honorum  titulisdecorentur  1  nos  igitur 
recolentes  eximia  merita  dilecti  et  fidelis  nostri  Johannis  Dawney  de  Cowicke 
in  coniitatu  nostro  Eboraci  Militis,  et  grata  Servitia,  qvia?  ipse  et  Antecessores 
sui  nobis  aut  Pair;  nostro  beatas  memorias  summa  cum  Assiduitate  et  Inte- 
grjtate  prtestiterunt,  eum  in  ahiorem  Honoris  giadum  evehi  dignum  esse 
censemus-    Sciatis  modo,  &c.    Rot.  anno  33  Car.  II.  la  p.  f. 


LORD  DAWNEY.  45^ 

the  Princess  of  Wales,  and  chosen  November  23cl,  1739,  member 
of  parliament  for  the  borough  of  Arundel. 

Sir  Henr-s,  the  second  Viscount  Downe,  in  1689,  was  at- 
tainted by  King  James's  parliament  in  Ireland  ;  represented  the 
borough  of  Pontefract  in  iQqO,  and  the  county  of  York  in  the 
reigns  of  King  William,  Queen  Anne,  and  King  George  I.  He 
died  in  May  17-11,  having  married  Mildred,  daughter  of  William 
Godfrey,  of  Fhunick  in  the  county  of  Lincoln,  Esq.  jnd  by  her, 
who  died  at  Cowick  in  September,  1/25,  had  six  sons  and  two 
daughters,  viz. 

First,  John,  his  heir  apparent. 

Second,  Williaai. 

Third,  Henry,  D.  D.  educated  in  the  university  of  Oxford, 
resided  at  Charlton  in  Kent ;  was  instnlled  June  22d,  1732,  a  pre- 
bendary in  the  cathedral  church  of  Canterbury;  and  May  13th, 
1740,  married  Elizabeth,  eldest  daughter  of  Sir  Thomas  D'Aeth, 
of  Knowlton  in  the  said  county,  Bart,  so  created  July  JDth,  1716, 
by  his  wife  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Sir  John  Narborongh,  Knight^ 
admiral  and  commissioner  of  the  navy  in  the  reigns  ot  Charles  IL 
and  James  IL  and  heir  to  her  brother  Sir  John,  of  Knowlton, 
Bart,  who  was  shipwrecked  with  his  brother  James,  and  his  father- 
in-law,  Sir  Cloudesley  Shovel,  October  22d,  1707.  Doctor  Daw- 
ney  died  at  Piddleton  near  Dorchester  in  July,  1754.  His  widow 
survived  him  many  years.     They  had  a  son,  a  clergyman. 

Fourth,  Christopher,  who,  August  26th,.  1749,  married  the 
daughter  of  Mr.  Rundall,  of  Marston,  or  Hution,  near  York,  and 
she  died  Jan   3d,  17^9,  set.  fifty-four,  in  the  Minster-yard,jYork. 

Fifth,  George,  made  captain  of  a  ship  of  war  January  8th,  1741» 

Sixtl),  Godfrev. 

Mildred,  married  to  Sir  William  Fowlis,  of  Ingleby  manor  in 
the  North-riding  of  Y'orkshire,  Bart,  and  had  issue  William  3  ^iil- 
dred  ;  Anne  3  Catherine;  and  Mary. 

Dorothy,  first  to  Robert  Shaftoc,  of  Whitworth  in  the  Bishop- 
rick  of  Durham,  Esq.  ;  and  secondly,  to  Rev.  Dr.  Thomas  Eden, 
fourth  son  of  Sir  Robert  Eden,  of  West-,\uckland,  Bart,  rector  of 
Winston,  and  prebendary  in  the  cathedral  of  Durham,  at  which 
city  she  died  November  2()th,  1734,  without  issue. 

John  Dawney,   Esq.  the  eldest  son,   having  his  education  in 

Cbrist-church,  Oxford,  look  the  decree  of  A.  M,  July  9th,  1700, 

and  in  1713,  was  chosen  burgess  in  parliament  for  Pontefract  and 

««?Aldborough,  for  the  former  of  which  he  was  re-chosen  in  1715  : 

and  August:   10th,   1724,   marrying   Charlotte-Louisa,  younger 


458  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

daughter  of  Robert  PJeydell,  of  Ampney-Crucis  in  the  county  of 
Gloucester,  Esq.  (by  his  wife  Sarah,  daughter  of  Philip  Sheppard, 
of  Hampton  in  the  same  county,  Esq.)  and  heir  to  her  brother 
and  sister,  who  both  died  unmarried,  had  issue  by  her,  who  died 
April  8th,  1729,  aet.  thirty-five  years,  two  sons;  first,  Henry- 
Pleydel]  ;  and,  second.  John,  successive  Viscounts,  and  departing 
this  life  July  31st,  1740,  before  his  father,  his  elder  son, 

Hekry  Pleydkll,  born  April  8th,  17^7^  succeeding  his 
grandfatlier,  was  the  third  Viscount  Downe ;  he  was  chosen  in 
1749,  and  \.75l,  to  parliameni  for  the  county  of  York  3  and  De- 
cember Olh,  1750,  Fellow  of  the  Royal  Society. 

He  was  first  lord  of  the  bed-chamber  to  his  Royal  Highness 
George  Prince  of  Wales;  lieutenant-colonel  of  the  twenty-fifth 
regiment,  colonel  by  brevet,  and  commanded  his  regiment  at  the 
battle  ofMinden  in  1759,  his  being  one  of  the  four  regiments  to 
whom  the  success  of  that  day  was  owing;  he  also  commanded 
the  same  regiment  at  the  battle  of  Campen  near  W'esel,  October 
16th,  1760,  when  being  mortally  wounded,  he  died  December  9th 
ensuing,  '^  and  was  succeeded  in  the  honour  by  his  brother, 

Sir  John,  \\\p.  fourth  F'iscount,  born  April  9th,  1728;  M.P.  for 
Cirencester  1755,  1762.  married  Lora,  only  daughter  and  heir  to 
William  Burton,  of  Luff'enham  in  the  county  of  Rutland,  Esq. 
by  his  wife  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  George  Pitt,  of  Stratfield-sea  in 
the  county  of  Hants,  Esq.  and  deceased  December  21st,  178O, 
leaving  by  his  said  Lady  five  sons  and  two  daughters,  viz. 

First,  John-Christopher,  his  successor. 

Second,  William-Henry-Pleydell,  died  an  infant. 

Third,  William-Henry,  born  August  20th,  17/2. 

Fourth,  Marmaduke,  July  27th  17/7^  i"  holy  orders. 

Fifth,  Thomas,  May  30th,  1779. 

Sixth,  Catherine,  August  23d,  1768;  and  Lora,  June  17th, 
1774,  ^  died  young. 

Sir  John  Christopher,  born  November  15th,  1764;  '^  as- 
sumed the  name  of  Burton,  and  succeeding  to  the  honour,  became 
i\\&  fifth  and  present  Viscovnt,  and  first  Lord  Daw ney,  being 
advanced  by  that  title  to  the  British  peerage.  May  2Sth,  1796. 

His  Lordship  was  elected  M.  P.  for  Petersfield,  179O, 

Title.  Sir  John  Christopher  Burton,  Viscount  Dawney  of 
Downe^  Lord  Dawney  of  Cowick  in  Yorkshire,  and  Baronet. 

d  Lodge,  and  Ulster.  °  Idem- 

<■  Viscountess  Dowager's  Letter,  July  24th,  178^. 


LORD  DAWNEY,  459 

Creation.  Baronet,  May  19th,  l642,  18  Car,  I,  j  Viscount 
Dawney  of  the  county  of  Downe,  February  IQth,  168O,  33  Car. 
II.  J  and  Lord  Dawney  of  Cowick,  in  Great  Britain^  May  26th, 
1796. 

Arms.  Argent,  on  a  bend  cottised,  sable,  three  annulets  of 
the  field. 

Crest.  On  a  wreath,  a  saracen  in  armour,  couped  at  the 
thighs,  and  wreathed  about  the  temples,  proper,  holding  in  iiis 
right  hand  a  ring,  or,  stoned  azure,  and  in  his  left  a  lion's  gamb 
erased,  gold,  armed,  gules. 

Supporters.  Two  lions,  or,  collared  with  the  coat,  and  ducally 
crowned,  argent. 

Motto.     Timet  Pudokem, 

Chief  Seats.  Cowick,  near  Snaith  and  Ditchmarsh  in  the 
county  of  York,  nine  miles  from  Pontefract,  and  one  hundred 
and  seventy-six  from  London  ;  Dawney-lodge  and  Danby-castle 
in  the  same  county. 


460 


PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 


BRODRICK,  LORD  BRODRICK. 

(VISCOUNT  MIDLETON  IN  IRELAND  J 


Sir  Thomas  Brodrick,  sometime  oi  BicJw^ond  in  the  county 
of  York,  and  of  JVandeswonh  in  Surry,  married  Catherine, 
daughter  of  Sir  Oliver  Nicholas,  of  Aubrey  in  Wiltshire,  and  dying 
in  164 1,  in  the  forty-sixth  year  of  his  age,  had  issue  three  daugh- 
ters and  five  sons. 

First,  Alan. 

Second,  Thomas. 

Third,  St.  John,  of  whom  afterwards. 

Fourth,  Oliver;  and  fifth,  William,  who  both  died  unmar- 
ried. 

Alan,  the  eldest,  succeeding  his  father  at  IFandesworth,  be- 
came an  intimate  friend  of  the  famous  Earl  of  Clarendon,  when 
lord  chancellor  of  England;  and  being  a  man  of  great  abilities, 
was  knighted  in  idGO,  ■'  by  King  Charles  II.  and  by  letters  patent 
dated  at  Westminster  August  2d,  1660,  appointed  to  succeed  Sir 
Adam  Loftiis  in  the  office  of  surveyor,  estimator,  and  extensor- 
general  of  Ireland  ^  for  life,  who  by  the  King's  writ  dated  at 
Westminster  July  26th,  166O,  was  superseded  and  directed  to  in- 
meddle  no  longer  in  the  execution  of  that  office ;  "^  yet  refusing 

a  It  appears  that  he  was  knighted  between  August  ;d,  and  September 
18th,  beirg  styled  a  knight  in  the  privy. seal  of  tliat  date,  giving  him  a  licence 
of  absence,  the  King  having  present  use  of  his  attendance  and  service  in  Eng- 
land    Rolls  Office,  and  Lodge 

b  Rot.  Hib  Anno  12  Car.  II.  i.  p  f  M.  i. 
•^  Idem.  M  z. 


LORD  BRODRICK.  46l 

to  make  a  surrender  thereof,  his  Majesty  wrote  from  Whitehall, 
November  26th,  to  George,  Duke  of  Albemarle,  L.  L.  to  confirm 
the  appointment ;  letting  him  know,  that  whereas  his  council, 
learned  in  the  laws,  had  declared  under  their  hands,  that  Sir  Adam 
Loftus,  by  non-attendance,  had  forfeited  his  office  of  surveyor- 
general  of  Ireland,  and  by  accepting  a  patent  of  the  vice-trea- 
surership  of  that  kingdom,  his  former  patent  became  void  in  law  j 
and  whereas  bis  M;)jesty  under  the  great  seal  of  England,  had 
discharged  him  from  execution  of  the  same,  who,  contrary  to  law, 
presumed  to  officiate,  being  never  sworn,  and  had  granted  the 
same  to  Sir  Alan  Brodrick,  who  was  sworn  by  the  lord  chancellor 
Eustace,  he  therefore  required  him  to  admit  his  deputy,  John 
Petty,  to  the  peaceable  execution  of  the  office,  according  to  the 
tenor  of  a  warrant  under  the  privy  signet  dated  September  18th, 
which  letter  was  followed  by  his  M.^jesty's  supersedeas. 

March  l.Qth,  166O,  he  was  appointed  one  of  the  commis- 
sioners for  settling  the  alfairs  of  Ireland,  In  the  parliament, 
which  met  Miy  pth,  l6t3l,  he  was  member  for  Dungarvan  j-in 
which  year  (September  Qth)  he  was  created  A.  M.  by  the  Univer- 
sity of  Oxford  ;  and  in  consideration  that  he  had  suffered  very 
much  in  the  time  of  his  Majesty's  absence  beyond  the  sea,  and 
was  particularly  employed  and  entrusted  by  him  in  the  late  great 
and  happy  work  of  his  restoration,  wherein  he  was  instrumental, 
and  still  continued  indefatigably,  to  render  faithful  and  acceptable 
services  to  the  crown,  "  for  which,"  says  the  King,  "  he  hath 
not  as  hitherto  received  those  real  marks  of  our  grace  and  favour, 
which  we  intend,  and  are  resolved  to  confer  upon  him,  for  the 
advantage  of  him  and  his  posterity  ;"  his  Majesty  was  therefore 
pleased  by  privy-seal,  dated  at  Whitehall,  February  25th,  1660, 
to  grant  him  the  estates  of  Colonel  John  Hueson  some  time  of 
Dublin,  and  Colonel  Daniel  Axtell  some  time  of  Kilkenny,  at- 
tainted of  high  treason,  ordering  him  to  be  put  into  quiet  pos- 
session thereof,  and  effectual  grants  to  be  made  to  him  of  the 
same.  ^ 

But  the  King  afterwards  granting  those  estates  to  liisbrother 
James,  Duke  of  York,  and  Sir  Alan  submitting  thereto,  his  Ma- 
jesty in  recompence  of  his  ready  compliance,  did,  January  22d, 
1662,  order  a  grant  to  be  passed  to  him,  his  heirs  and  assigns, 
out  of  other  forfeited  lands,  of  the  full  moiety  in  value,  worth, 
and  purchase  of  what  the  said  estates  amounted  to,  which  being 

Rot.  J 3  Car  II.  3p  D.R  i. 


4(52  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

1(^,7^9  af^res,  three  roods,  and  twenty  perches,  English  measure, 
he  passed  patent  May  20th,  l663,  for  so  much  forfeited  lands,  as 
amounted  to  a  moiety  thereof,  and  which  should  or  might  accrue 
fo  the  crown,  by  reason  that  the  same  was  unduly  obtained  by 
bribery,  forgery,  perjury,  subornation  of  witnesses,  concealments, 
false  or  undue  admeasurements,  or  by  any  overt  act  to  the  King's 
restoration  or  government.  ^ 

In  l663,  he  came  into  Ireland  one  of  the  commissioners  for 
executing  the  acts  of  settlement,  being  well  learned  in  the  laws, 
and  clear  in  his  reputation  for  virtue  and  integrity;  and  the  act 
of  explanation  passing  into  a  law  December  23d,  \665,  he  was, 
January  1st  ensuing,  with  Sir  Edward  Smith,  chief  justice  of  the 
Common  Pleas,  Sir  Edward  Dering,  Bart.  Sir  Winstan  Churchill, 
Knight,  and  Edward  Cooke,  Esq.  appointed  the  five  commissioners 
for  putting  it  in  execution. 

He  was  endowed  with  a  poetical  wit,  of  which  sevcrnl  speci- 
mens are  extant ;  and  departing  this  lite  at  Wandesworth  No- 
vember 25th,  l6S0,  was  buried  there  December  3d. 

His  brother.  Sir  St.  Johx  Erodrick^  came  into  Ireland  during 
the  troubles  of  1641,  and  was  rewarded  for  his  services  in  sup- 
pressing them,  November  25th,  l653,  with  the  lands  of  Ballyania 
(where  he  was  then  seated)  Garryduffe,  East  and  West  Ballyvo- 
dicke.  West  Ballintobride,  and  Coolemore,  in  the  barony  of  Barry- 
more  and  county  of  Cork  ;  of  which  being  in  possession  when  the 
acts  of  settlement  passed,  they  were  thereby  vested  in  him  and  his 
heirs  for  ever. 

He  afterwards  became  seated  at  Midleton  (a  great  part  of 
which  town,  with  the  church,  he  built)  was  honoured  with  knight- 
hood, and  in  the  first  parliament  after  the  restoration  was  member 
for  the  town  of  Kingsale. 

By  privy-seal  dated  at  Whitehall  January  21st,  lG60,  the  King 
wrote,  that  being  satisfied  by  an  instrument,  under  the  hand  of 
Francis  Peasley,  bearing  date  February  1st,  1 649,  that  he  then 
surrendered  all  his  right,  title,  and  interest,  of  and  in  the  office  of 
provost  marshal  general  of  the  province  of  Munster,  to  a  person 
that  was  not  capable  of  executing  the  same  by  the  laws  of  Ireland, 
and  consequently  the  disposal  of  that  oflice  devolved  to  the 
King  J  his  Majesty  therefore  directed  a  patent  to  issue  for  grant- 
ing the  same  to  St.  John  Brodrick,  Esq.  during  his  natural  life, 
and  in  case  it  should  be  found  that  any  patent  or  grant  of  that 

e  Rot.  150.  2  p  f .  R  24 


LORD  BRODRICK.  463 

office  was  in  force,  that  the  same  should  be  granted  to  him  in  re- 
version, immediately  after  the  determination  of  the  said  patent.  ^ 
Accordingly  February  2d  following,  he  had  a  grant  of  the  said 
office  by  patent  for  life,  with  the  standing  fee  of  4^.  2d.  i  per 
diem,  and  a  stipend  or  entertainment  for  ten  horsemen  of  I2d. 
sterling  apiece  per  diem,  with  all  other  fees  belonging  to  the  said 
office,  which  were  lawfully  used  and  e.  joyed  by  Sir  Thomas 
Wenman,  or  Francis  Peasley,  s  And  upon  his  humble  supplica- 
tion to  have  the  said  office  conferred  upon  him  for  life,  the  King 
by  privy  signet  dated  at  Whitehall  May  id,  l6(Jl,  directed  the 
same  to  be  done  in  consideration  of  his  services  done  to  the  King 
and  for  his  interest  in  Ireland,  for  which  he  merited  much  to  be 
employed  by  his  Mnjesty  in  that  kingdom. '' 

On  March  14th,  iCidO, '  he  war.  made  captain  of  a  foot  com- 
pany, pursuant  to  privy  signet  from  Whitehall  February  28th 
preceding,  wherein  the  King  writes,  "  By  orders  formerly  given 
by  George,  Duke  of  Albemarle,  L.  L.  four  companies  were  to  be 
suspended,  which  the  King  had  confirmed  ;  but  upon  the  suit  of 
St.  John  Brodrick,  Esq.  to  be  gratified  with  a  command  in  Ireland, 
his  Majesty,  for  his  many  loyal  services,  was  pleased  to  supersede 
his  former  resolutions  so  far  as  to  appoint  him  to  one  of  the  said 
four  companies."  ^  And  July  30th  following,  he  received  a  free 
pardon  jor  all  things,  acted  or  spoken  aj^.tinst  his  Majesty,  before 
December  29th  preceding. '  He  married  Alice,  daughter  of  Sir 
Randal  Clayton,  of  Thelwell  in  the  county  of  Chester,  Knight, 
and  had  six  sons,  and  as  many^  daughters,  five  of  whom  died 
young;  and  Catheiine,  the  survivor,  married  Doctor  William 
Whitfield,  and  died  in  London  May  3d,  I731.     The  sons  were. 

First,  Thomas  Brodrick,  Esq.  one  of  the  privy  council  to 

f  Rot.  Ao  12  Car.  II.  i-  p.  f.  g  Ibid.  139,  1.  p.  f. 

h  Idem.  2.  p.  D.  R.  20.  i  Idem  3.  p.  f.  R.  20. 

k  Idem. 
1  He  had  six  grants  of  lands  in  virtue  of  the  acts  of  settlement;  and  by 
patent,  dated  January  2d,  1670,  pursuant  to  privy  sigr.et  dated  at  W'hitehall 
June  loth,  the  castles,  towns,  and  lands  of  Castieredmond,  Corrabby,  and 
divers  others  in  the  baronies  of  Barrymore,  Fcrmoy,  and  Orrery,  were  erected 
into  the  manor  of  Midleton,  with  power  to  set  apart  800  acres  for  demesne; 
to  impark  8co  more;  with  the  privileges  of  courts,  waifs,  estrays,  &c.  Castie- 
redmond and  Corrabby  beint;  made  afree  borough  and  corporation,  to  extend 
every  way  from  the  middle  of  the  town  100  acres  in  the  whole  ;  to  be  named 
the  borough  and  town  of  Midltton;  to  consist  of  a  sovereign,  two  bailiffs, 
and  twelve  burgesses,  to  be  first  named  by  him  ;  with  power  to  send  two 
burgesses  to  parliament ;  to  have  two  maces  borne  before  the  sovereign;  ha 
and  his  heirs  to  appoint  a  recorder,  town  clerk,  ar.d  other  officers.    Lodge. 


464  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND 

King  William,  in  whose  reign  he  was  a  member  of  parliament, 
and  in  170  j,  was  chosen  to  represent  the  county  of  Cork  ;  in  the 
English  parliament  he  served  for  the  borough  of  Stockbridge,  as 
he  also  did  in  1713  ,  being  appointed  comptroller  of  the  salt  duties; 
and  May  lat,  1703,  joint  comptroller  of  the  accompts  of  the 
army,  with  Sir  Philip  Meddows,  which  he  resigned  in  June 
1711. 

On  October  g;h,  1714,  he  was  made  a  member  of  the  privy 
council  to  King  George  I.  being  chosen  to  parliament  in  that  year 
for  Stockbridge,  as  he  was  in  the  following"  year  for  Guildford  ;  "^ 
in  1720  was  chosen  (by  ballot)  chairman  of  the  committee  of 
secrecy,  appointed  for  the  detection  of  frauds  and  villainies,  " 
acted  in  the  spring  and  summer  preceding  j  and  in  17-2,  was 
elected  to  parliament  for  Guildford  in  Surrey,  having  served  for 
that  borough  before,  and  so  continued  to  his  dtath,  which  hap- 
pened October  3d,  1730,  in  the  seventy-seventh  year  of  his  age. 

"^  Thomas  Brodrick,"  says  Cose,  "■  had,  from  his  lirst  entrance 
into  life,  uniformly  promoted  the  protestant  succession  :  he  was  a 
member  of  the  privy-council  to  King  William,  and  sat  in  the 
English  parliament  for  the  borough  of  Stockbridge  and  afterward 
for  Guildfordj  and  in  the  Irish  parliament  for  the  county  of  Cork. 
In  consideration  of  his  service,  he  was  by  the"Wliig  administration 
made  comptroller  of  the  salt  duties,  and  joint  comptroller  of  the 
army  vi^iih  Sir  Philip  Meadows,  which  places  he  resigned  in  171I. 
wher^■the  Tories  came  into  power.  On  the  accession  of  George  I. 
he  was  again  appoir.ted  a  member  of  the  privy-council,  but  was 
not  gratified  with  any  place.  As  chairman  of  the  secret  com- 
mittee for  the  examination  of  the  South  Sea  affairs,  he  had  ac- 
quired great  popularity,  and  bad  stood  forth  one  of  the  warmest 
advocates  for  severe  and  rigorous  measures  against  the  directors  ; 
and  those  who  had  in  any  degree  promoted  the  South  Sea  scheme. 
As  a  Whig,  he  was  strongly  attached  to  the  principles  of  that 
party;  generally  supported  government,  but  not  uniformly  ;  pos- 
sessed great  weight  amongst  the  country  gentlemen  inclined  to 
the  Whig  interest ;  and  not  unfrequently  had  proposed  and  carried 
questions  in  opposition  to  the  knovvn  sentiments  of  the  minister. 
He  was  held  in  high  estimation  by  the  King,  as  the  head  of  a 
family  which  had  ever  shewn  an  unabated  zeal  in  favour  of  the 

m  On  April  3d,  1718,  he  passed  patent,  for  holding  two  fairs,  on  June 
34lh,  and  March  26th,  at  Midleton,  at  the  rent  of  6s-  id. 

11  'Die  South  Sea  business. 


LORD  BRODRICK.  465 

succession  ;  and  had  been  courted  by  Sunderland  ;  and  after  his 
death,  by  Carteret  and  Roxburgh.  He  was  a  man  of  high  spirit, 
and  probity ;  but  his  tenoper  was  violent,  capricious,  and  over- 
bearing.'" 

He  married  Anne,  daughter  of  Alexander  Pigott,  of  Inishannon 
in  the  county  of  Cork,  Esq.  by  Anne,  daughter  of  Sir  Edward 
Bolton,  of  Brazeel  in  the  county  ot  Dublin,  Knight,  and  left  issue 
Laurence  Brodrick,  Esq  who  January  20ih,  °  1735,  was  appoint- 
ed joint  register  of  all  deeds  and  conveyances  in  Ireland,  which 
he  resigned  to  his  colleague  Arthur  Hill,  Esq.  in  September  fol- 
lowing. 

Second,  Alan,  created  Lord  Midlelon. 

Third,  St.  John  Brodrick,  Esq.  serjeant  at  law,  who  died  at 
Wandsworth  June  12th,  1707,  unmarried. 

Fourth,  Randal,  died  also  unmarried. 

Fifth,  William,  appointed  in  October  \QQ2,  attorney-general 
of  the  island  of  Jamaica,  to  which  office  he  was  again  assigned  bj 
Queen  Anne  in  March  171O,  and  continued  in  May  1/15,  by 
King  George  I,  who  December  23d,  17^8,  made  him  his  second 
Serjeant  at  law,  and  in  1733,  he  was  living  at  St.  Jago  de  la 
Vega . 

Sixth,  Reverend  Doctor  Laurence  Brodrick,  who  was  chap- 
lain to  the  house  of  commons  in  England  j  was  made  prebendary 
of  Westminster  July  I7thj  171O.  and  died  at  Kensington  July  I9, 
1740,  leaving  an  only  daughter,  who  in  March,  1741-2,  became 
second  wife  to  Benjamin  Bathurst,  Esq.  brother  to  Allan  Lord 
Bathurst;  and  a  son,  Laurence,  of  Birchfield  near  Kilkenny  ;  pre- 
sented July  loth,  1745,  to  the  rectory  and  vicarage  of  Callan  in 
the  diocess  of  Ossory  ;  and,  August  l6th  ensuing,  made  treasurer 
of  Lismore,  and  vicar  of  Tubrid,  Derragrath,  and  Ballybeacon  j 
who  married  Jane,  daughter  of  St.  John  Brodrick,  Esq.  as  here- 
after, and  had  a  son  born  April  23d,  1750. 

Alan  Brodrick,  Esq.  the  second  son,  Jirst  Viscount  Midleton, 
was  attainted  with  his  brother  James,  by  King  James's  parlia- 
ment. 

Being  brought  up  to  the  profession  of  the  law,  he  became  so 
eminent  therein,  that  February  19th,  169O,  (immediately  after 
the  reduction  of  Ireland  by  King  William)  his  Majesty  made  hira 
his  Serjeant  at  law,  at  the  same  time  granting  him  a  licence  to  be 
of  council  for  the  mayors  of  the  city  of  Cork ;  and  June  6tb,  lO'QS^ 

o  Lodge. 
VOL.  VIII,  a  H 


466  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

appointed  him  solicitor-general  of  Ireland,  in  which  post  he  was 
continued  by  Queen  Anne,  June  4th,  1/02  ;  and  being  returned 
to  her  first  parliament,  which  met  September  20th,  1703:,  member 
for  the  city  of  Cork,  he  was  the  day  following  unanimoosly  chosen 
Speaker  of  the  house  of  commons,  and  on  the  24th  presented  to 
the  Duke  of  Ormond,  L.  L.  for  his  approbation.? 

His  conduct,  however,  being  disagreeable  to  the  L,  L.  by  the 
opposition  he  gave  his  Grace  in  passing  some  bills,  which  he  in- 
tended for  the  benefit  of  Ireland,  and  which  were  thereby  frus- 
trated, he  was  removed  in  April,  1704,  from  his  post  of  her  Ma- 
jesty's solicitor-general,  and  so  continued  till  the  year  \7^7 >  when 
the  Queen  (June  12th)  appointed  him  her  attorney-general,  into 
which  he  was  sworn  the  30th  of  that  month.  On  December  1/, 
1709,  Sir  Richard  Pyne,  chief  justice  of  the  King's  Bench,  dying 
at  Ashley  in  England,  he  was  appointed  his  successor  January  4tli ; 
and  the  writer  of  Thomas  Earl  of  Wharton's  life,  then  L.  L.  ob- 
serves, "  that  he  procured  that  high  post  for  one  of  the  most 
worthy  patriots  of  that  kingdom,  as  an  instance  of  the  care  he 
took  of  the  security  of  religion  and  liberty."  By  this  promotion, 
being  called  up  to  the  house  of  peers,  he  took  his  seat  on  the 
Woolsack  May  Iglh,  17 10^  and  received  the  thanks  of  the  com- 


p  In  his  speech  to  his  Grace  on  this  occasion,  he  said,  "  The  commons 
in  parliament  assembled,  have,  in  obedience  to  your  Grace's  command,  pro- 
ceeded to  the  choice  of  a  Speaker,  and  their  choice  hath  terminated  in  me. 
If  steady  loyalty  to  the  crown,  sincere  wishes,  and  a  hearty  inclination,  with 
the  utmost  diligence  to  promote  the  prosperity  of  her  Majesty  and  this  king- 
dom, were  sufficient  to  qualify  me  for  the  due  discharge  of  that  great  trust, 
I  should  not  think  it  modest  in  me,  but  its  opposite  vice,  to  disable  myself. 
For  it  is  in  the  power,  as  it  is  the  duty,  of  every  man,  to  be  a  loyal  subject, 
and  a  lover  of  his  country;  and  I  hope,  I  may,  without  the  least  imputation 
of  vanity,  be  permitted  (upon  this  occasion)  to  attirm,  that  I  must  forget  my 
present  sentiments,  and  be  much  altered  from  what  I  am,  when  I  cease  to  be 
either." 

Whereupon  the  Lord  Chancellor  thus  acquainted  the  house,  and  addressed 
himself  to  their  speaker. 

*'  Mr.  Solicitor, 
"  The  knowledge  his  Grace  my  L  L.  has  of  you,  and  the  character  you 
have  in  the  world,  do  fully  satisfy  his  Grace,  that  you  are  a  person  fitly  qua- 
lified for  the  great  trust  reposed  in  you;  and  therefore  his  Grace  hath  readily 
approved  of  the  choice,  which  the  commons  have  made  of  you  to  be  their 
Speaker.  It  is  a  circumstance  of  great  satisfaction  to  his  Grace,  that  your 
election  was  unanimous,  for  his  Grace  cannot  look  upon  this  good  agreement 
in  the  beginning,  but  as  a  certain  presage  of  a  happy  conclusion  of  thissesiion 
of  parliament." 


LORD  BRODRICK.  4S7 

mons  for  the  faithful  and  eminent  services,  performed  to  that 
house  in  the  chair,  during  the  time  of  his  being  speaker,  "i 

The  Queen,  about  this  time,  making  a  change  in  her  ministry, 
his  Lordship,  among  others,  was  removed  from  his  employment, 
July  4th,  1711,  being  succeeded  by  Sir  Richard  Cox;  and  the 
parliament  of  this  kingdom  being  dissolved  by  proclamation  May 
6th,  1713,  and  a  new  one  ordered  to  meet,  he  was  chosen  repre- 
sentative of  the  county  of  Cork;  and  November  25th,  the  Duke 
of  Shrewsbury  opening  the  session,  he  was  the  next  day  pre- 
sented to  his  Excelleucy  by  the  house  of  commons,  as  their 
speaker.  "■ 

His  constant  faithful  attachment  to  the  established  religion  and 
laws  of  his  country,  and  to  the  succession  of  the  crown  in  the 
illustrious  house  of  Hanover,  were  so  eminent  and  conspicuous, 
that  no  sooner  had  King  George  I.  ascended  the  throne,  than 
he  preferred  him  by  privy-seal,  dated  September  30th,  and  by 
patent  October  1st,  1714,  to  the  office  of  Lord  High  Chancellor 
of  Ireland,  into  which  he  was  sworn  October  14th,  and  he  con- 
tinued in  that  great  trust  to  June  25,  1725.*  On  Oct.  pth,  1714, 
he  was  sworn  of  the  privy-council  (as  he  had  been  to  King  Wil- 
liam, and  Queen  Anne) ;  and,  by  privy-seal,  dated  at  St.  James's 
February  22d,    1/14,  and  by  patent  ^  April  13th,   1/15,  was  ad- 


q  To  which  he  replied,  "  I  am  extremely  sensible  of  this  great  honour 
done  me,  is  I  always  have  been  of  the  goodness  of  the  house  of  commons,  in 
supporting  me  in  the  discharge  of  the  trust,  they  were  pleased  to  repose  in 
me,  and  cannot  sufficiently  acknowledge  their  favour,  or  express  the  satisfac- 
tion 1  take,  that  the  witnesses  of  my  behaviour  during  so  many  sessions  of 
parliament,  have  unanimously  approved  it,  and  given  an  uncontroulable 
testimony  of  my  having,  in  all  instances,  to  the  best  of  my  power,  done 
my  duty  to  the  crowa,  the  house  of  commons,  and  the  kingdom  in  general." 

r  When  the  Lord  Chancellor  thus  addressed  him : 

««  Mr.  Brodrick, 

"  I  am  commanded  by  my  L.  L.  to  acquaint  you,  that  his  Grace,  not 
doubting  your  abilities,  and  expecting  that  you  v;ill  endeavour  to  keep  this 
session  quiet  and  easy,  and  to  give  such  dispatch  to  the  public  business  as 
matters  of  so  great  consequence  and  her  Majesty's  aftairs  necessarily  require; 
does  approve  the  choice  the  commons  have  made  of  you  to  be  their 
Speaker."* 

s  Lodge  Collect. 

t  The  preamble.  Quandoquidem  nihil  habeamus  in  regia  nostra  digni- 
tate  magnLficentius,  quam  quod  ab  ea,  quasi  sonte  unico,  titulL  et  honores  in 


*  Lords  Jour.  vol.  ii.  p.  421. 


468  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

vanced  to  the  dignity  of  Baron  Brodrick  ofMiddleton  ;  and,  No- 
vember 12th,  (the  first  day  of  the  first  parliament  after  his  Ma- 
jesty's accession)  he  took  his  seat  in  the  house  of  peers.  " 

On  March  20th,  1/16,  he  wos  constituted  one  of  the  L.  J.  of 
the  kingdom,  as  he  was  again  January  7th,  17l7;  a  third  time, 
November  20th,  l/ip;  a  fourth  time,  March  2gth,  1723;  and 
a  fifth  time.  May  20th,  1724;  having  been  further  advanced  in 
the  peerage,  by  privy  seal  dated  at  Hampton-Court,  July  31st, 
and   by  patent,''  August   ISth,   1/17)  by   the  title  oi  l^iscount 

subditos  nostros  deriventur ;  nihil  apud  nos  sanctius  habebitur,  quam  cos  a 
nobis  et  republica  bene  merentibus  decernere.  Horum  in  numeio,  jure  opti- 
mo,  perquam  fidelem  et  praedilectum  conciliarium  nostrum  Alanum  Brodrick 
recensemus,  quern  amplissimis  honoribus  iliustrando  dudum  princeps  popu- 
lusquc,  tanquam  emuli,  conteiidisse  videantur.  Dum  propria  egregii  Viri 
Merita  intuemur,  stemmatis  sui  claritudinem,  quasi  supervacaneum  silentio 
prasterimus,  quamvis  hac  etiatn  in  parte  singulari  splendore  emineat,  ab  iLlo 
scilicet  Gulielmi  Normanni  comniiiitone  prognatus,  qui  jam  turn  domus  suae 
gioriam  (quod  Insignibus  gentilitiis  familise  vel  in  co  sasculo  propriis  satis 
constat]  a  proavis  militia  inclytis  deductam  ostentarit  tantis  ortns  majoribus 
ad  famam  consequendam  novi  hominis  labore  ac  patientia  hie  noster  usus  est, 
non  ad  eam  quam  jam  agendus  est  dignitatem  raptira  transiliit,  ac  in  cursu 
honorum  per  officia  amplissima  gradatim  provcctus,  soUicitatoris  ac  deinde 
Attornati  Gefieralis  Muniis  maxima  cum  Laude  perfunctus,  tandem  principis 
in  banco  regio  Justiciarii  sedem  occupavit,  unde  majori  Gloria  amofus  est 
quam  qua  alii  ad  eandem  dignitatem  evecti  sunt,  nempe  ob  fidem  in  domum 
nostram  ac  religionem  reformatam,  isto  munere  istis  temporibus  spoliari  me- 
ruit, fortunjE  optimoium  civium  particeps  illustris,  qui  vix  uUum  in  republica 
authoritatem  retinucrunt,  quam  armis,  virtutibus,  consiliis  in  summo  Gloris 
fastigio  coUocassent.  Noluit  interim  patria  integerrimi  juxta  ac  ornatisoimi 
viri  ope  et  auxilio  carere,  quern  inde  inferiori  senatus  curias  praefecit,  ubi  antea 
oratoris  partes,  omni  laude  cumulatus,  adimpleverat,  hoc  in  munere  obeundo 
tantum  valuit  gravissimi  viri  constantia  et  auctoritas,  ut  causa  nostra  in  Bri- 
tanniarum  regno  languescens,  prorsus  et  in  extremum  discrimen  adducta,  in 
Hibernia  novis  viribus  indies  cresceret  ac  vigeret.  Quum  proinde  aequum 
nobis  visum  fuerit  in  tanto  viro  ornando  partem  habuisse  ipsum  earum  legum 
quas  saepius  vindicavit  custodem  nomine  ac  potestate  magni  cancellarii  con- 
stituimus,  nunc  insuper  ut  iis  nunquam  non  invigilet,  procerum  ordinibus  aJ- 
scribi  volumus.  Sciatis  igitur,  Sec.  Rot.  i  Geo.  I.  i.  p.  f- 
"  Lords  Jour,  vol.  ii.  p.  454. 
X  The  preamble.     Cum  aucta  in  nos  et  rempublicam  merita  auctos  a 

nobis  honores  postulare  videantur  ;  cumque  xquum  sit  ut  Alanum  Baronem 
Brodriclc  de  Midleton,  Cancellarium  nostrum  Regni  nostri  Hibernise,  talem 
tantumque  virum,  quem  tot  egrcgis  et  raras  virtutes  in  eo  conspicuas,  ad  pos- 
tremum  nobilitatis  gradum  evexere,  eaedem  multiplicatce  et  magis  illustratae 
in  altiorem  dignitatis  gradum  promoveant ;  eum  igitur,  quem  Hibernia  semper 
experta  est  sibi  fidelem  in  periculosissimis  et  pene  perditis  reipublicae  tempo- 
ribus,  quem  perspexit  verje  fidei,  reformatae  religionis,  et  salutis  libertatisque 
communis  acrem  et  strcnuum  propugnatorem,  quem  adeo  in  deliciis  habuit,  ut 
eum  (vel  renitente  bis  Palatioj  propenso  erga  eum  amore,  in  oratorem  publi* 


LORD  ERODRICK.  469 

jifidlefon,  with  the  creation  fee  of  twenty  marcs,  by  which  title 
he  sat  first  in  parhaujent  the  27th  of  that  month  j  y  and  January 
7th  following,  embarking  for  England  with  the  Duke  of  Bolton, 
L.  L.  was  chosen,  during  his  stay  in  that  kingdom,  to  serve  in 
parliament  for  Midhurst  in  Sussex,  for  which,  in  March,  1723, 
he  was  rechosen,  ^  which  he  continued  to  represent  till  his  death  ; 
and  on  June  0th,  1720,  he  was  commissioned  with  Sir  Ralph 
<jore.  Sir  John  St.  Leger,  and  others  ;  to  examine  and  inspect  all 
accompts  of  public  money.'' 

"  He  was,"  says  Coxe,  "  bred  up  to  the  law,  and  rose  to 
such  eminence  in  that  profession,  that  in  1 695  he  was  appointed 
solicitor-general,  and  being  chosen  member  for  the  city  of  Cork, 
in  1703,  was  unanimously  elected  speaker  of  the  house  of  com- 
mon=,  attached  himself  to  the  Whigs  ;  and  having  opposed  some 
bills  which  were  favoured  by  the  Duke  of  Ormond,  lord  lieute- 
nant, he  was  removed  from  the  office  of  solicitor-general.  In 
1707,  when  the  Whig  Administration  was  formed,  he  was  made 
attorney-general;  and,  in  1709,  chief  justice  of  the  Queen's 
Eench  j  but  was  removed,  in  1711j  when  the  Tories  came  into 
power.  He  was  chosen,  in  17 1 3,  member  for  the  county  of 
Cork,  and  again  elected  speaker  by  the  Whigs,  in  opposition  to 
the  castle  interest.  During  the  last  years  of  Queen  Anne,  he 
proved  his  faithful  attachment  to  the  religion  and  constitution,  by 
promoting  the  succession  of  the  house  of  Hanover,  and  was  highly 
instrumental  in  counteracting  the  cabals  of  those  wIk)  were  in- 
clined to  restore  the  pretender.     In  reward  for  these  eminent  ser- 

cum  civium  equitumque  senatus  eligerat  ea  dicencli  facultate  pollentem,  quse 
lion  solum  clientium  jura  sibi  Integra  conservaret,  veiumetiam  lapsa  in  integ- 
rum rcstitueret,  quumque  ilium  tot  pfteclaris  ingenii  dotibus  instructum  ipsa 
ejus  patiia  certissimis  testimoniis  nostro  favori  commendaverit,  non  dubita- 
vimus  eum   Baronis  honoribus  et  insignibus  jampridem  augere,  sed  easdem 
virtutes,  quas  fama  in  eo  imminere  pisedicavit,  nos  el  inesse  jamdudum  per- 
speximus.   Ideoque  sicut  ob  cclebrem  de  eo  et  vere  disbipatam  laudem  et  pias- 
conium,  eum  in  Conventu  Nobilium  in  ipsls  Regni  nostri  initiis  recepimus, 
jam  ob  easdem  virtutes  in  eo  a  nobis  satis  compertas,  et  ab  eo  in  imperii  nostri 
pacem  et  incolumitatem,  in  patrias  dignitatem  et  commodum,  in  civium  om- 
nium salutem,  et  coronae  nostras  decus  etornamentum  feliclter  directas  et  ad- 
ministratds,  eundem  egregium  virum  in  foro,  in  senatu,  et  in  curia  deniquc 
pari  laude  se  gerentem,  in  magis  sublime  vicecomitum  Subsellium,  summo 
Bonorum  omnium  consensu,  provehere  dignati  sumus.    Sciatis  igitur,  &c. 
Rot.  4  Geo,  I.  1.  p.  f. 

y  Lords  Jour.  vol.  ii-  p.  545. 
X  On  January  12th,  1726,  he  had  a  licence  to  hold  two  fairs,  upon  April 
I5th|  and  October  lath,  at  Killmac-Clceny  in  the  county  of  Cork, 

^  Lodge. 


4^0  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

vices,  he  was  at  the  accession  of  George  I.  nominated  chancellor 
of  Ireland,   in  1715,  was  created  a  peer,  by  the  title  of  Baron 
Brodrick,  and,  in    1717,  advanced   to  the  dignity  of   Viscount 
MidLeton;    in  the  same  year  he  was  also  chosen  member  of  the 
British  parliament  for  Midhurst  in  Sussex,  which  borough  he  con- 
tinued to  represent  till  his  death.     When   the  functions  of  his 
high  office  did  not  render  his  presence  necessary  in  Ir^^land,  his 
eloquence  and  abiHties  were  useful  in  supporting  the  measures  of 
government  in  England.     As  he  considered  himself  obliged   to 
Sunderland  for  his  promotion  to  an  Irish  peerage,  he  attached 
himself  to  the  party  of  that  minister.     But  neither  his  obligation 
or  interest   could  induce  him  to  swerve  from   his  duty  to   his 
country,  or  to  support  an  administration  in  measures  which   he 
disapproved  ;   he  resisted  all  the  solicitations,  offer?,  and  menaces 
of  Sunderland,  to  vote  in  favour  of  the  Peerage  Bill,  and  he  per- 
sisted in  opposition  to  the  request  of  the  lord  lieutenant,  and  the 
orders  of  the  sovereign  ;  the  minutes  of  his  conversations  with 
Sunderland  and  others  on  that  occasion,  and  the  rules  which  he 
laid  down  for  his  conduct,  afford  evident  proofs  of  his  integiity 
and  firmness,  and  do  honour  to  his  memory.     His  refusal,  in  this 
instance,  offended  Sunderland,  and  nothing  but  the  difficulty  of 
finding  a  proper  successor  for  the  office  of  lord  chancellor  pre- 
vented his  disgrace.     He  was  treated,   however,  with  so  much 
coldness  and  disregard,  that  for  three  years  he  expected  every  mo- 
ment to  be  dismissed;  a  situation  of  uncertainty  which  he  bore 
with  unexampled  patience  and  dignity.     On  the  death  of  Sunder- 
land, he  attached  himself  to  Carteret,  in  opposition  to  Townshend 
and  Walpole  ;    he  joined  to  a  natural  warmth  and  vehemence  of 
temper,  which  he  himself  was  the  first  to  acknowledge^  an  high 
consciousness  of  his  own  talents  and  influence,  which  produced 
an  unbending  pertinacity  of  opinion,  and  a  display  often  ostenta- 
tious of  his  own  services  and  importance.     He  possessed  great 
dignity  of  sentiment,  and  a  spirit  so  independent,   th&t  he  would 
not  permit  even  his  personal  esteem  for  the  King  to  bias  his  con- 
duct in  the  duties  of  his  high  station ;   be  considered  the  salary  of 
office  his  due  for  his  exertions  as  chancellor,  and  thought  himself 
at  liberty  to  act,  vote,  and  speak,  in  parliament  (as  a  lord),  just  in 
the  same  manner,  while  he  was  on  the  woolsack,  as  he  would 
have  done  at  one  of  the  benches.     The  warmth  of  his  temper 
was  increased  by  the  still  greater  warmth  of  his  brother  and  son." 

He  married  three  wives  j  to  his  first,  Catherine,  second  daughter 
of  Redmond  Barry,  of  Rathcormuck  in  the  county  of  Cork,  Esq. 


LORD  BRODRICK.  47 1 

by  his  first  wife  Mary,  daughter  of  John  Boyle,  of  Castlelyons, 
Esq.  by  whom  he  had  one  daughter,  who  died  an  infant,  and  one 
son, 

St.  John  Brodrick,  Esq.  who  in  the  reign  of  Queen  Anne, 
was  member  of  parliament  for  the  borough  of  Midleton,  and  the 
city  of  Cork  5  and  on  King  George's  accession,  returned  for  the 
county,  which  he  represented  to  his  death.  In  1721  and  I722, 
he  was  chosen  to  sit  in  the  English  parliament  for  Beeralston  in 
Devonshire,  and  June  25th,  ]724,  sworn  of  his  Majesty's  privy 
council  in  Ireland.  In  1709,  he  married  Anne,  sister  to  Trevor, 
Viscount  Hillsborough,  and  died  in  February,  1727. 

"  St.  John  Brodrick,"  says  Coxe,  "  son  of  Lord  Midleton, 
was  not  deficient  in  talents  and  knowledge  ;  possessed  great  skill 
in  debating,  which  he  managed  with  good  effect  in  the  Irish  house 
of  commons,  where  his  father's  advice  and  interest  rendered  him 
highly  respected.  He  was  presumptuous  and  confident}  sanguine 
in  his  hopes,  and  vehement  in  his  pursuits;  affecting  great  fore- 
sight, sagacity,  and  discernment;  he  was  highly  irritable,  readily 
provoked,  but  open  to  flattery,  and  easy  of  delusion.  He  was 
first  chosen  a  member  of  the  Irish  parliament  for  the  borough  of 
Midleton,  and  afterwards  represented,  until  his  death,  the  city  of 
Cork.  He  was  elected  in  1721,  and  in  the  new  parliament  which 
assembled  in  1722,  for  Beer-Alston  in  Devonshire.  Both  the 
brother  and  son  caballed  with  Lord  Carteret,  and  seem  to  have 
conceived  a  violent  antipathy  against  Walpole,  which  was  height- 
ened by  his  opposing  the  bill  for  permitting  the  importation  of 
Irish  calicoes.  The  proud  consciousness  entertained  by  Lord 
Midleton  of  his  abilities  and  influence  in  Ireland,  was  increased 
by  the  repeated  accounts  transmitted  from  his  brother  and  son,  of 
the  King's  high  sense  of  the  services  rendered  by  the  whole  fa- 
mily ;  and  by  Carteret's  repeated  declarations,  that  he  alone  was 
capable  of  overcoming  Ireland.  His  opposition  received  an  ad- 
ditional impulse  from  the  sanguine  representations  of  his  son,  that 
the  power  of  Walpole  was  declining,  and  a  full  conviction  that 
the  combination  of  Cadogan,  Carteret,  and  Roxburgh,  would  tri- 
umph in  the  cabinet," 

St.  John  Broderick  had  issue  by  his  wife  above-mentioned, 
who  died  April  25th,  1752,  ^  five  daughters  ;  viz. 

Catherine,  buried  November  2d,  1713,  in  the  chaxicel  of  St, 
Michan's  church,  Dublin. 

l»  Chanceiy  Bill  filed  January  30th.  1764. 


-i7%  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

Anne,  manied  to  James,  son  of  Sir  James  Jeffcreys,  of  Blarney 
]n  the  county  of  Cork,  Knight,  living  in  1/13,  and  b}'  her,  who 
died  in  Cork,  May  13th,  1753,  had  issue  James  St.  John,  of 
Blarney  castle  (who  married  the  eldest  daughter  of  John  Fitz- 
Gibbon,  Esq.  and  by  her  was  father  of  Mary-Anne,  Countess 
of  Westmeath)  ;  Alan,  who  died  at  Corke,  April  6th^  1758  j 
and  Arthur,  who  died  there,  December  1st,  1760,  unmarried. 

Catherine,  married,  in  I737,  to  Charles  O'Neiie,  of  Shane's 
castle  in  the  county  of  Antrim,  Esq.  eldest  son  of  John,  of  Eden- 
dufF-Carrick,  alias  Shane's  castle,  and  nephew  of  Charles,  who 
married  Lady  Mary  Powlet,  eldest  daughter  cf  Charles,  second 
Duke  of  Bolton,  by  his  second  wife,  which  Lady  Mary,  on  her 
husband's  decease  in  1716,  re-married  with  Capel  Moore,  son  of 
Charles,  Earl  of  Drogheda.  John  O'Neiie  aforesaid,  died  in  1729, 
having  had  the  said  Charles,  his  heir  npparent ;  Clotworthy  ; 
daughter  Catherine,  married  to  Sir  Richard  Butler,  Viscount 
Mountgarret,  died  April  15th,  1739,  and  was  buried  at  St.  Mi- 
chan's;  Rachel;  Elinor;  Rose;  Anne;  and  Mary,  married  to 
Robert  Borrowes,  of  Kildare,  Esq.  Charles,  the  eldest  son,  mar- 
ried as  above,  served  in  parliament  for  RandaUtown,  and  dying 
suddenly,  left  issue  by  his  lady,  who  died  July  Sist,  1742,  and 
was  buried  at  St.  Michan's,  two  sons  and  one  daughter,  viz.  John, 
,  his  heir ;  St.  John,  born  at  his  grandfather's  house  May  6th,  1 741 , 
and  married  to  a  daughter  of  Robert  Borrowes,  Esq. ;  and  Anne, 
to  Richard  Jackson,  Esq.  second  secretary  to  George,  Lord  Vis- 
count Townsend,  L.  L.  John,  the  eldest  son,  received  a  liberal 
education  in  the  universities  of  Dublin  and  Oxford  ;  he  succeeded 
at  Shane's  castle,  served  lirst  in  parliament  for  Randalstown,  and 
was  elected  to  parliament  for  the  county  of  Antrim,  and  sworn 
of  the  privy  council  in  Ireland ;  he  was  created  Baron  O'NeU 
i793;  and  a  Viscount  1795;  killed  by  the  rebels  1798.  De- 
cember iSth,  1777^  he  married  Henrietta  Boyle, ^  only  daughter 
cf  Charles,  Lord  Dungarvan,  heir  apparent  to  John,  the  fifth  Earl 
of  Cork  and  Orrery,  and  by  her  had  issue  Charles,  now  Eail 
O'NeU,  kc. 

Mary,  married,  September  l6th,  1739,  to  Sir  John  Freke,  of 
Castle-Freke  in  the  county  of  Cork,  Bart,  fourth  of  that  title ;  •= 

b  A  poetess,  the  friend  of  Mrs.  Charlotte  Smith. 

e  Francis  Freke,  Esq.  a  person  of  good  repute  in  Somerset,  was  father  of 

Robert  Freke,  who  was  auditor  of  the  Treasury  in  the  reigns  of  King  Henry 

VIII.  and  Queen  Elizabeth,  and  died  worth  upwards  of  100,000/.  leaving 

«>suc  Sir  Thomas  FrekCiKnt*  (who  settled  in  Dorsetshire  and  was  ancestor 


LORD  BRODRICK.  ,      473 

member  of  parliament  for  Baltimore,  and  chosen  for  the  city  of 
Cork  in  1761  ;  her  Ladyship  died  at  Castle-Freke,  June  20th,  1761, 
and  was  interred  at  Midleton,  having  no  issue  by  Sir  John,  who 
married  secondly,  in  1765,  Lady  Elizabeth  Gore,  second  daughter 
of  Sir  Arthur,  first  Earl  of  Arran,  by  whom  he  had  Sir  John,  his 
heir,  of  Caslle-Freke,  and  the  fifth  Baronet,  who  represented  the 
borough  of  Donegall  in  parliament}  and  January  25th,  1783, 
married  Lady  Catherine  Charlotte  Gore,  third  daughter  of  his 
uncle  the  late  Earl  of  Arran. 

Jane,  to  Rev,  Laurence  Brodrick,  minister  of  Callan,  &e.  as 
before  mentioned,  and  had  a  daughter  born  September  18,  1758. 

In  1695,  Lord  Midleton  married,  secondly,  Alice,  daughter  of 
Sir  Peter  Courthorpe,  of  the  Little-Island  in  the  county  of  Cork, 
(by  his  second  wife,  Elizabeth  Giffard)  and  sister  to  Colonel  John 
Courthorpe,  who  was  killed  at  the  siege  of  Namure  in  FJanderSj 
and  by  her,  who  was  buried  at  St.  Michan's,  June  30th,  1703,  he 
had  two  sons,  and  one  daughter;  Courthorpe,  baptized  March 
25th,  1700,  and  buried  at  St.  Michan's,  December  23d  following; 
K\?iV\,  his  successor ;  and  Alice,  born  May  31st,  1697*  married, 
March  3d,  173O,  to  Rev.  John  Castleman,  Fellow  of  All-Souls 
college,  Oxford,  son  to  Jonathan  Castleman,  of  Coberly  in  Glou- 
cestershire, Esq. 

On  December  Isi,  17 1 6,  his"  Lordship  married  to  his  third 
wife  Anne,  daughter  of  Sir  John  Trevor,  master  of  the  rolls  in 
England,  who  died  May  20th,  171  7j  2ged  ninety;  widow  of 
Michael  Hill,  of  Hillsborough,  Esq.  and  departing  this  life,  at 
Ballyallan  in  the  county  of  Cork,  August  29th,  1728,  had  no  issue 
by  her,  who  died  January  5th,  J7^7j  ^nd  was  succeeded  by  his 
only  surviving  son, 

to  the  families  oY  Hanning,  Upway,  and  Farringdon,  in  that  county) ;  and 
William,  of  Sareen  in  Hampshire,  who  took  to  Wife  the  daughter  of  Arthur 
Swaine,  Esq  and  with  his  son  Arthur  removed  into  Ireland;  which  Arthur, 
heir  to  his  father,  lived  near  the  city  of  Cork,  and  by  Doro  hy,  daughter  of 
Sir  Piercy  Smith,  of  Youghall,  Knt.  had  Fiercy.  his  heir,  who  succeeded  to 
his  father's  estates  in  Ireland  going  to  Fngland  he  married  Elizabeth,  daugh- 
ter of  Raufe  Freke,  Esq  his  kinsman,  with  whom  he  had  a  considerable  for- 
tune, and  purchasing  the  estate  of  Bliney  in  Norfolk,  left  the  sarre  to  his  son, 
Raufe  Freke,  Esq.  who  was  created  a  Baronet  of  England  iz  Queen  Anne, 
and  left  issue  three  sons,  viz.  Sir  Piercy,  his  successor;  Raute  who  died  at 
Richmond  in  Surrey  in  lyijj  unman ied  ;  and  Sir  John,  who  succeeded  to  the 
title.  Sir  Piercy,  the  second  Baronet,  served  in  parliament  for  the  borough  of 
Baltimore,  and  dying  unmarried  in  Dublin,  in  April  tyaS,  was  succeeded  in 
title  and  estate  by  his  next  surviving  brother,  Sir  John,  the  third  Baronet, 
mentioned  in  the  text.    Baronetage  of  England,  edit.  i77i,vol.iii.  p.  38—39. 


474  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

Alan,  second  Viscount  Midle ton ^  baptized  January  31st,  l/Ol, 
who  in  September,  I7'^i'7 ,  was  appointed  a  coramissioner  of  his 
Majesty's  customs  in  England,  which  he  held  till  1730,  being 
constituted,  August  27th  that  year,  joint  comptroller  of  the  ac- 
compts  of  the  army,  with  Sir  Philip  Meddows;  was  member  of 
parliament  for  Midhurst;  and  November  26th,  1733,  took  his 
seat  in  the  house  of  peers.  ^  On  May  7th,  1729,  his  Lordship 
married  the  Lady  Mary  Capel,  youngest  daughter  of  Algernon, 
Earl  of  Essex,  and  deceasing  in  England,  June  8th,  1747,  left 
issue  by  her,  who,  in  October,  1727>  was  appointed  a  lady  of  the 
bed-chamber  to  the  Princess  Anne  of  Great  Britain,  and  died  in 
St.  James's-street,  London,  March  12th,  1762,  an  only  son, 

Georgk,  third  Viscount  Midleton,  born  October  3d,  1730,  and 
named  after  his  Majesty,  who  stood  his  godfather  in  person  ;  Oc- 
tober 29th,  1751,  he  took  his  seat  in  the  house  of  peers  ;^  and 
was  chosen  to  the  British  parliament  in  1754,  for  Ashburton  in 
Devon.  On  May  1,  1752,  his  Lordship  married  Albina,  daughter 
of  Thomas  Townsend,  Esq.  brother  to  Charles,  Lord  Viscount 
Townsend,  and  uncle  to  George,  late  Marquis  Townsend,  of  Rayn- 
ham,  so  created  in  1788,  and  deceasing  September  22d,  1765,  had 
issue  by  her,  who  is  since  deceased. 

First,  George,  his  successor. 

Second,  Thomas,  born  December  10th,  1756,  died  January 
13th,  1795. 

Third,  Henry,  a  colonel  in  the  army,  died  at  Lisbon  in  1785. 

Fourth,  Charles,  D.  D.  archbishop  of  Cashell,  and  primate  of 
Munster,  married,  Dec.  8th,  17S6,  Mary,  daughter  of  Richard 
Woodward,  bishop  ofCloyne,  and  has  issue,  Charles;  George  j 
Mary,  married,  March  13th,  I8O9,  James,  Viscount  Bernard, 
eldest  son  of  Francis,  Earl  of  Bandon}  Albina 3  l/ouisaj  and 
Frances. 

Fifth,  William,  late  a  lord  of  the  treasury,  and  representative 
in  parliament  for  Whitchurch  in  Hampshire, 

Sixth,  John,  a  brigadier-general  in  the  army. 

Seventh,  Albinia,  died  young. 

Eighth,  Mary. 

Ninth,  Harriet  died  an  infant. 

The  Viscount  died  September  22dj  1 7^5,  and  was  succeeded 
by  his  eldest  son, 

Geokge, /owr/A  and  present  Viscount  Midleton,  and  first 

*  Lords  Journals)  vol.  iii.  p.  «43. 


LORD  BRODRICK.  475 

Lord  Brodrick,  who  was  born  November  1st,  1754,  and  while 
a  commoner  served  in  several  British  parliaments  for  Whitchurch 
in  Hampshire, 

He  married,  first,  December  5th,  1778,  Frances,  daughter  of 
Thomas,  Lord  Pelham,  and  her  Ladyship  died  June  23d,  J  783. 
By  her  he  had 

Frances-Anne,  married,  August  24th,  1803,  Inigo-Freeman- 
Thomas,  of  Ratton  in  Sussex,  Esq. 

His  Lordship  married,  secondly,  June  15th,  I'jgy,  Maria, 
daughter  of  the  late  Richard  Benyon,  of  Gideahall  in  Essex,  and 
of  Engletield  in  Berkshire,  Esq.  and  has  issue 

First,  Maria,  born  March  2Sth,  l/pp. 

Second,  Charlotte,  born  February  18th,  1801. 

Third,  Harriet,  born  August  10th,  ]  804. 

Fourth,  George  Alan,  born  June  10th,  1805. 

Fifth,  Emma,  born  August  13th,  ISO". 

His  Lordship  was  elevated  to  the  British  peerage  by  the  title 
iof  Lord  Brodrick  May  28tb,  1796. 

Titles.  George  Brodrick,  Viscount  of  Midleton  and  Baron 
Brodrick  of  Midleton,  and  Baron  Brodrick  of  England. 

Creations.  Baron  Brodrick,  of  Midleton  in  the  county  of 
Cork,  April  ]3th,  1/15,  1  Geo.  L;  and  Viscount  of  the  same 
place,  August  15th,  i7^7  i  a»(l  Baron  Brodrick  of  England  May 
28th,  1796. 

Anns.  Argent,  on  a  chief,  vert,  two  spear  heads  erect,  of 
the  field,  their  points  embrued,  pmper. 

Crest.  A  spear,  argent,  embrued,  proper,  issuing  out  of  a  ducal 
coronet,  or. 

Supporters.  Two  men  in  complete  armour,  each  holding  a 
spear,  as  the  crest. 

Motto.      A  CUSPIDE  CORONA. 

Chi^f  Seat.  Midleton  in  the  county  of  Cork,  1 10  miles  from 
Dublin  ;  and  Pepper-Harrow  in  the  county  of  SuiTej',  thirty-ihrec 
miles  from  London. 


476 


PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 


ROUS,  LORD  ROUS. 


The  ancestor  of  this  family  was 

Peteh  le  Rous,  of  Dennington,  in  the  county  of  Suffolk, 
Esq.  who  married  the  daughter  and  heir  of  John  Hubbard,  of  Den- 
nington, in  the  said  county,  Esq.  and  by  her  had  issue, 

\ViLLiAM  le  Rous,  of  Dennington,  Esq.  his  son  and  heir,  mar- 
ried to  Catherine,  daughter  and  heir  to  Peter  le  Watre,  of  Den- 
nington, aforesaid,  Gent,  and  had  issue, 

William  le  Rous,  Esq.  his  son  and  heir,  who  married  Ade- 
lyne,  daughter  and  heir  to  John  Clowting,  of  Laxheld  in  the 
county  of  Suffolk,  Esq.  (and  of  Elizabeth,  his  wife,  daughter  and 
heir  of  Sir  William  Phillips,  of  Dennington  in  the  county  of  Suf- 
folk, Knight ;  and  of  Juliana,  his  wife,  daughter  and  one  of  the 
heirs  of  Sir  Thomas  Erpingham,  Knight),  which  William  and 
Adelyne,  had  issue 

Robert  le  Rous,  Esq.  who  took  to  wife  Margaret,  daughter 
and  heir  to  Richard  Roys,  of  Northwalsham  in  the  county  of 
Norfolk,  Esq.  (son  and  heir  to  Roger  Roys,  and  of  his  wife,  the 
daughter  and  heir  of  Laurence  Spriggy,  of  Mousely  in  the  county 
of  Norfolk,  Esq.)  and  had  issue, 

Reginald  Rous,  of  Dennington  aforesaid,  Esq.  his  son  and 
heir,  who  married  Eh zabeth,  sister  to  John  Denston,  ofDever- 
deston  in  the  county  of  Suffolk,  Esq.  and  by  her  had  issue. 

First,  Henry,  his  eldest  son. 

Second,  Thomas. 

Third,  John. 

Fourth^  Edward,  ancestor  to  those  of  Badingham,   iu   this 


LORD  ROUS.  477 


It 


eounfy,  which  terniinated  in  Laurence  Rous^  of  Badinghamj  who 
died  without  issue. 

Fifth,  William ;  and, 

Sixth,  Humphry. 

And  a  daughter,  Anne,  married  to  Thomas  Falstolph^  of  Pet- 
tawe,  in  the  county  of  Suffolk,  Esq. 

Henry  Rous,  of  Bennington,  Esq.  the  eldest  son  and  heir, 

married  Agnes,  daughter  of Denton,  in   the  county  of 

Oxon,  Esq.  and  by  her  had  issue. 

First,  Sir  William  Rons,  Knight. 

Second,  Edmund,  married ,  the  daughter  of 

Bacon,  of  Hesset  in  the  county  of  Suffolk,  Esq. 

Sir  William  Rous,  of  Bennington,  Knight,  son  and  heir  to 
Henrjs  married  Alice,  daughter  of  Sir  John  Sulyard,  of  Wether- 
den  in  the  county  of  Suffolk,  Knight,  and  lord  chief  justice  of 
England,  and  by  her  had  issue, 

First,  Sir  Anthony  Rous,  Knight. 

Second,  Edmond  3  and. 

Third,  George. 

AI.SO  Alice,  married  to  Thomas  Garneys,  of  Beccles  in  the 
county  of  Suffolk,  Esq. ;  and  Anne,  married  to  Christopher  Gold- 
ingham,  of  Belstead  in  the  county  of  Suffolk,  Esq. 

Sir  Anthony  Rous,  of  Bennington,  Knight,  son  and  heir  to 
Sir  William,  purchased  Henham-hall,  in  the  county  of  Suffolk, 
of  Sir  Arthur  Hopton,  37  Hen.  VIII,  ISAb."  He  married  Agnes, 

daughter  to  Thooias  Blenner  Hasset,  of ,  in  the  county  of 

Norfolk,  Esq.  and  by  her  had  issue,  first,  Thomas  Rous,  his  eldest 
son  ;  and  second,  John  Rous,  B.  D. 

Thomas  Rous,  of  Dennington,  Esq,  married  to  his  first  wife, 

Catherine,  daughter  and  heir  of  Gyles  Hansard,  of ,  in  the 

county  of  Lincoln,  Esq.  and  by  her  had  no  issue.  He  married, 
secondly,  Anne,  daughter  and  coheir  to  Sir  Nicholas  Hare,  of 
Brusyard,  Knight,  master  of  the  Rolls,  and  by  her  had  issue. 

First,  Sir  Thomas  Rous,  his  eldest  son. 

Second,  Anthony. 

Third,  Margaret,  who  married  Henry  Hobart,  of  Blickling  in 
the  county  of  Norfolk,  Esq. ;  and  fourth,  Lucy. 

Sir  Thomas  Rous  married  Parnel,  daughter  of  Sir  John  Good- 
-wyn,  of  Winchendon,  in  the  county  of  Bucks,  Knight,  and  had 
issue, 

?■  At  this  time  the  family  is  noticed  by  Leland,  in  his  Itinerary,  vol.  vi.  p- 15< 


479  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND, 

First,  Sir  John  Rous,  his  eldest  son. 

Second,  Thomas  Rous ;  also  Parnel,  who  married    

Duke,   of  Worlingham    in    the   county   of  Suffolk,  Esq.;    and 
Anne. 

Sir  John  Rous,  of  Henham-hall  in  the  county  of  Suffolk, 
Knight,  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Sir  Christopher  Yelverton, 
of  Easton,  in  the  county  of  Northampton,  Knight,  lord  chief 
justice  of  England;  and  had  issue. 

First,   CHRisropHER    Rons,    Esq.    who    married    Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  Sir  William   Fitz,  of  Woodham-Walter   in  Essex, 
Knight,  relict  of  Sir  Foynings  More,  of  Loseley  in  Surrey,  Bart, 
but  died  without  issue. 
Second,  Sir  John, 

Third,  Michael,  married  to  Judith,  the  daughter  of  Sir  Arthur 
Jenny,  of  Knotishall  in  Suffolk,  Knight. 
Fourth,  Thomas ;  also. 

Fifth,  Mary,  married  to  Richard  Coke,  of  Thorington,  in  the 
county  of  Suffolk,  Esq. ;  and  sixth,  Elizabeth,  married  to  Francis 
Warner,  of  Farham  in  the  same  county,  Esq. 

Sir  John  Rous,  of  Henham-hall  in  the  county  of  Suffolk,  his 
eldest  surviving  son,  was  advanced  to  the  dignity  of  a  Baronet, 
12  Car,  II,  He  served  as  burgess  in  parliament,  for'Dunwich  in 
Suffolk,  1661. 

He  married  two  wives  ;  first,  Anne,  daughter  of  Sir  Nicholas 
Bacon,  of  Gillingham  in  the  county  of  Norfolk,  Bart,  3  by  her  he 
had  no  issue. 

His  second  wife  was,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Thomas  Knyvett, 
of  Ashwell-Thorp  in  the  county  of  Norfolk,  Esq,  and  by  her  had 
issue. 

First,  Sir  John,  the  succeeding  Baronet. 

Second,  Catherine,  who  married  John  Harbord,  son  of  Sir 
Charles  Harbord,  of  Stanninghall  in  the  county  of  Norfolk, 
Knight ;  third,  Elizabeth,  who  died  young  ;  and  fourth,  Letitia, 
married  to  John  Ayde,  of  Horsted  in  the  county   of  Norfolk. 

Esq. 

Sir  John  Rous,  of  Henham-hall,  second  Baronet,  his  only  son 
and  successor,  was  sheriff  of  the  county  of  Suffolk,  166I.  He 
married,  first,  Phillippa,  daughter  of  Thomas  Bedingfield,  of  Dar- 
sham-hall  in  the  county  of  Suffolk,  Esq.  sister  and  coheir  of  Tho- 
mas Bedingfield,  Esq.  and  granddaughter  of  Sir  Thomas  Beding- 
field, Knight,  one  of  the  judges  of  the  court  of  Common-Pleas, 


LORD  ROUS.  479 

temp.  Car.  I.  and  had  issue  two  sons  ;  first.  Sir  John,  his  iuccessor', 
and  second,  Thomas,  who  died  young. 

Also  three  daughters  j  Elizabeth,  and  Phillippa,  who  died  un- 
married ;  and  Hannah,  married  to  Charles,  second  son  of  Sir  Wil- 
liam Hoskins,  of  Oxstead  in  Surrey,  Knight. 

His  second  wife  was  Anne,  daughter  of  Robert  Wood,  of 
Kingston  upon  Thames  in  Surrey,  Esq,  and  by  her  had  issue. 

Second,  Sir  Robert,  successor  to  his  brother,  of  whom  here- 
after. 

Third,  Thomas;  fourth,  Harbord,  both  dead. 
Fifth,  I'hilip,  rector  of  Bennington  in  the  county  of  Suffolk. 
Sixth,  Thomas  5  and  seventh,  Roger,  who  both  died  young. 
Also  Anne,  who  died  young ;  Mary,  married  Nathaniel  Acton, 
of  Hemiston  in  the  county  of  Sufiblk,  Esq.;  and  Anne,  married, 

first,  to  William,  the  second  son  of Turner,  of  Old  Land 

in  Kymere,  in  Sussex,  Gent,  and  secondly,  to  Mr.  Mackey,  Gent. 
but  had  no  issue  by  either  husband. 

Sir  John  died  in  April,  1730,  aged  near  eighty,  and  was  suc- 
ceeded in  dignity  and  estate,  by  his  eldest  son  by  the  first  venter. 

Sir  John  Rous,  third  Baronet,  who  served  in  parliament  for 
Dunwich  in  Sutiolk,  in  the  first  parliament  called  after  the  union  ; 
li-j  did  not  long  survive  his  father,  for  he  died  in  February  follow- 
ing, unmarried  J  and  was  succeeded  in  dignity  and  estate  by  his 
half-brother,  eldest  son  of  Sir  John  by  his  second  lady. 

Sir  Robert  Rous, /our/A  Baroiiet,  who  married  Lydia,  daugh- 
ter of  John  Smith,  of  Holton  in  Suffolk,  Gent,  by  whom  he  had 
two  sons, 

First,  John,  who  died  young  ;  second,  Sir  John,  his  successor  j 
and  a  daughter,  Lydia,  who  died  young. 

Lady  Rous  died  October  13tb,  17^9;  and  Sir  Robert,  at 
Bristol,  in  June  1735,  and  was  succeeded  in  dignity  and  estate  by 
his  only  surviving  son 

Sir  John  Rom,  ffth  Baronet,  who  served  the  office  of  high 
sheriff  for  Suffolk ;  and  was  elected  member  of  parliament  for 
that  county  in  l/GS.  He  died  October  31st,  1/71,  having  mar- 
ried, in  1749,  Judith,  daughter  and  heir  of  John  Bedingfield,  of 
Beeston  in  Norfolk,  Esq.  (who  surviving  him,  re-married  the 
Rev.  Mr.  Lockwood,  by  whom  she  had  issue.) 
First,  John,  the  present  Lord. 

Second,  Frances,  married,  in  177 1,  to  the  late  Sir  Henry  Peyton, 
of  Doddington,  in  the  isle  of  Ely,  Bart,  by  whom  she  has  Sir 
Henry,  &c. 


480  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

Thirdj  Charlotte,  died  unmarried,  in  1770. 

Fourth,  Louisa  Judith,  born  iu  1767 ;  married,  in  January, 
1/9 1 ,  John  Birch,  Esq.  deputy  governor  of  Chandernagore,  in  the 
East  Indies,  where  she  died  in  1794,  leaving  issue. 

Sir  John  Rhus,  sixth  Baronet,  and  first  Lord  Rous,  was 
born  May  30th,  17^0  ;  and  was  elected  member  of  parliament 
for  the  county  of  SufFolk  in  1780,  1784,  and  179O;  and  at  length 
on  May  28th,  1796,  he  was  elevated  to  the  British  peerage  by  the 
title  of  Lord  Rous,  of  Dennington  in  Suffolk. 

His  Lordship  married,  first,  in  January,  17S8,  Frances-Juliana- 
Warter  Wilson,  sole  heiress  of  Edward- Warter  Wilson,  Esq.  of 
Bilboa,  in  the  county  of  Limerick  in  the  kingdom  of  Ireland,  by 
the  Hon.  Frances-Anne  Evans,  sister  of  George,  late  Lord  Car- 
berry  j  by  whom,  who  died  in  June,  179O,  he  had  issue 

A  daughter,  Frances- Anne- Juliana,  bom  May  lOtb,  1790. 

His  Lordship  married,  secondly,  in  February,  1792,  Charlotte- 
Maria  Wbiltaker,  sister  of  Abraham  Whittaker,  of  Lyson  House, 
Herefordshire,  Esq.  and  by  her  he  has  issue. 

Second,  Charlotte-Marianne-Harriott,  born  February  27, 179^- 

Third,  John-Ed ward-Cornwallis,  born  February  13th,  1794. 

Fourth,  Henry-John,  born  January  23d,  1795. 

Fifth,  William  Rufus,  born  August  1st,  1796. 

Sixth,  a  daughter,  born  July  18th,  1799. 

Seventh^  a  son,  born  July  15th,  1800. 

Titles.  Sir  John  Rous,  Baronet  J  Lord  Rous,  of  Dennington 
in  Suffolk. 

Creations.  Lord  Rous  by  patent  May  28th,  1796}  and  a 
Baronet  August  l6th,  1660. 

Arms.  Sable,  a  fesse  dancettee,  or,  between  three  crescents 
argent. 

Crest.     On  a  wreath,  a  bunch  of  bay  leaves,  vert. 

Supporters.  On  the  dexter  side  a  lion  ;  on  the  sinister  a  sea- 
horse, his  tail  wreathed  round  an  anchor. 

Motto.       Je  VIVE  EN  ESPOIR. 

Chief  Seat.     Henham-hall,  Suffolk, 


LORD  CALTHORPE. 


^91 


CALTHORPE,  LORD  CALTHORPE. 


His  Lordship  is  descended  by  the  male  line  from  the  Stafford- 
shire family  of  Gough. 

luNERTH,  or  John  Gough,  of  Wales,  Esq.  had  three  sons. 

First,  Sir  Philip,  knighted  in  the  French  wars  under  King 
Henry  IV.  V.  VJ. 

Second,  Sir  Matthew,  knighted  in  the  French  wars  under 
Talbot,  slain  in  Cade's  rebellion,  1450. 

Third,  Thomas,  of  London,  woolstapler,  who  died  1437. 

Richard  Gough,  citizen  of  London,  and  merchant  of  the 
Staple,  (son  either  of  Thomas,  or  of  Sir  Matthew)  died  14g5, 
leavinor  issue 

Thomas  Gough,  of  Wolverhampton,  merchant  of  the  Staple^ 
who  died  1532,  leaving  issue 

Henry  Gough,  of  Wolverhampton,  who  died  in  156o,  leaving 
issue 

John  Gough,  of  Wolverhampton,  draper,  and  merchant  of  the 
Staple,  1562,  who  died  1596,  leaving  issue  by  Elizabeth  Blunt,  of 
Ridware,  who  died  l6l5,  leaving  several  children;   of  whom 

Hen  RY  Gough,  of  Wolverhampton,  was  son  and  heir.  He  pur- 
chased the  lordship  and  seat  of  OldfalUngs  in  the  parish  of  Bysh- 
bury  com.  Stafford,  and  died  in  1655,  leaving  several  children 
by  his  first  wife,  Elizabeth  Leigh,  of  Wolverhampton^  who  died 
1628;  of  whom 

John  Gough,  of  OldfalUngs,  purchased,  in  1656,  of  John 
Knight,  Esq.  the  manor  and  lordship  of  Beffcoat,  and  in  1659, 
the  manor  and  grange  of  Walton,  both  in  the  county  of  Stafibrd  : 

VOL.  vm.  a  I 


452  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

be  had  two  wives,  first,  Bridget,  daughter  of  John  Astley,  of  Staf- 
fordshire, Esq. ;  secondly,  Margaret,  daughter  of Wedg- 
wood, of  the  same  county,  Esq.  and  died  l665.  By  the  latter 
marriage  he  had  two  daughters ; 

Elizabeth,  married   to  Edward  Woodhouse,  of  Woodhouse  j 
?.nd  Mary,  to  John  Huntbach,  of  Fetherston.  ^ 

But  by  his  first  wife  he  had  four  sons  and  four  daughters. 
First,  Sir  Henry,  of  Perry-Hall,  of  whom  presentlj. 
Second,    Dorothy,    married   to  Michael   Arnold,   of  West- 
minster. 

Third,  John,  who  died  unmarried. 

Fourth,  Anne,  of  Wolverhampton,  who  died  unmarried,  1/31. 
Fifth,  Bridget,  married  to  John  Newbery,  of  London. 
Sixth,  Sir  Richard,  of  whom  hereafter,  as  ancestor  to  Lord 
Ca/thorpe. 

Seventh,  Thomas,  who  died  unrnarried. 

Eighth,  Judith,  married  to  William  Dugdale,  of  Blythe-Hall 
in  Warwickshire,  Esq.  son  of  Sir  John  Dugdale,  Knight,  and 
grandson  to  the  famous  Sir  William  Dugdale,  Knight.  He  died 
1715. 

Sir  Henry  Gough,  of  Perry-Hall^  in  Staffordshire,  eldest  son, 
was  knighted  by  King  Charles  IL  April  7th,  I678,  and  purchased 
of  Sir  Edward  Coney,  Knight,  Edward  Grey,  and  Richard  Best, 
Esqrs,  the  moiety  of  the  manor  of  Perry-Barr,  in  the  said  county 
of  Stafford,  to  which  he  removed,  and  which  has  since  continued 
the  seat  of  this  branch  of  the  family  ;  he  died  January  24th,  \724, 
having  been  meinber  of  parliament  for  Tarn  worth.  He  married 
Mary,  daughter  of  Sir  Edward  Littleton,  of  Pillaton-Hall,  in  Staf- 
fordshire, Bart,  by  whom  he  had  issue. 

First,  Jolm  ;   and  second,  Henry,  who  died  infants. 
Third,  Walter,  of  Oldfallings. 

Fourth  and  fifth,  John  and  Edvv'ard,  who  died  young. 
Sixth,  Harry,  of  whovi  afterwards,  as  father  to  the  Late  ceie^ 
l-rated  ajitiquary. 

Seventh,  Richard,  died  in  India,  captain  of  a  trading  ship, 
1713. 

Eighth,  Edward,  died  young. 

Ninth,  Matthew,  page  to  the  Princess  of  Denmark,  aet.  four^ 
teen. 

a  He  died  February  Qtli,  1704,  aged  sixty-five,  an  eminent  antiquary, 
who  collected  many  valuable  MSS.  for  the  History  of  StafTordihire.    See 

ihiw's  Staff,  vol.ii.  p   180. 


LORD  CALTHORPE.  483 

Tenth,  John,  cornet  of  dragoons,  drowned  at  the  fosse  at 
Lisle. 

Eleventh,  Charles,  merchant,  and  Director  of  the  East  India 
Company,  died  single  February  llth,  1774,  set.  eighty-one. 

Twelfth,  Anne,  married  John  Roberts,  governor  of  St.  He- 
lena; and  re-married  Francis  Holmes,  and  died  1739. 

Thirteenth,  Bridget,  married  John  Hunt,  of  Winson-Green, 
Esq. 

Fourteenth,  Jane,  married  William  Vernon,  of  Horsington, 
com.  Lincoln,  and  died  1/46. 

Fifteenth,  Isabella,  married  Eldred  Lancelot  Lee,  Esq.  of 
Coton,  Salop,  and  died  1767. 

Walter  Gough,  of  Oldfaliings,  eldest  surviving  son,  mar- 
ried Martha,  eldest  daughter  of  Thomas  Harwood,  of  Tern,  com. 
Salop,  Esq.  and  died  1/30,  leaving  Walter,  born  I712,  who  died 
1773,  leaving  by  Mary  Hunt,  his  first  wife,  John  Gough,  of 
Perry-Hall,  Esq.  born  1744,  who  by  Eleanor  Martha  Mytton, 
has  John,  born  17S0j  Martha,  born  l/Sl  ;  and  Eleanor,  bora 
1788. 

Harry  Gough,  Esq.  ^  fifth  son  of  Sir  Harry  Gough,  of  Perry - 
Hall,  by  Mary  Littleton,  born  April  2d,  I68I,  was  highly  distin- 
guished for  his  abilities  by  some  excellent  judges  of  their  merit. 
He  went,  when  only  eleven  years  old,  with  Sir  Ptichard  Gough, 
his  uncle,  to  China  3  kept  all  his  accounts,  and  was  called  by 
the  Chinese  Ami  JFhang,  or  the  white-haired  boy.  In  1707,  he 
commanded  the  ship  Streatham ;  his  younger  brother,  Richard, 
purser,  1709-  He  continued  to  command  this  ship  till  l/l^j  and 
with  equal  ability  and  integrity,  he  acquired  a  decent  competency, 
the  result  of  many  hardships  and  voyages  in  the  service  of  the 
East  India  Company,  to  which  his  whole  life  was  devoted  while 
he  presided  among  their  directors,  being  elected  one  of  them  in 
1731,  if  not  sooner.  Possessed  of  great  application  and  great  ac- 
tivity, one  of  his  friends  used  to  say,  if  he  would  take  the  whole 
East  India  Company  on«him,  he  must  answer  for  it,  for  nobody 
would  assist  him,  though  they  would  contradict  him.  Nor  was 
his  duty  in  parliament  less  attended  to  while  he  represented  the 
borough  of  Brambcr,  from  J  734  to  his  death,  and  refused  several 
offers  from  the  then  Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer,  Sir  Robert 
Walpole,  afterwards  Earl  of  Orford,  whose  confidence  he  pos- 
sessed. The  long  and  late  debates  during  the  opposition  to  that 
minister  hurt  his  health  ;  for  he  would  often  go  to  the  house  with 
a  fit  of  the  gout  coming  on.     He  purchased,  1707^  of  the  other 


484  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

co-heiress,  wife  of  Sir  Richard  Shellej,  the  other  moiety  af  the 
Middleaiore  estate  in  Warwickshire,  afterwards  possessed  by  his 
son  and  heir  Richard,  together  with  the  property  at  Enfield,  which 
he  purchased  1723,  and  from  which,  in  compliment  to  hini,  an 
East  India  ship  took  her  name  1730. 

He  died  July  13th,  1751,  having  married  Elizabeth  Hinde, 
who  died  May  '27th,  177-1>  by  whom  he  had  three  daughters, 
Anne;  Elizabeth,  who  married  John  Tilly;  and  Judith,  who 
married  Dr.  Uvcd;)le  :  also  one  son,  Richard. 

His  only  son,  Richard  Gough,  was  born  October  21st,  1735, 
in  a  large  house  in  Winchester-street,  London,  on  the  site  of  the 
monastery  of  Austin  Friars,  founded  by  Humfry  de  Eohun,  Earl 
of  Hereford  and  Essex,  1253,  and  received  the  first  rudiments  of 

Latin  under  the  tuition  of Barncvvitry,  a  Courlander,  who 

taught  at  the  same  time  tlie  sons  of  several  eminent  merchants  in 
the  city.  On  his  death,  he  was  committed  to  the  instruction  of 
the  Rev.  Roger  Pickering,  one  of  the  most  learned,  most  impru- 
dent, and  most  ill-treated,  of  the  dissenting  ministers  of  his  time, 
having  received  his  education  at  Trinity  ColUge,  Cambridge  ;  but 
by  an  injudicious  early  marriage,  he  forewent  many  advantages, 
and  quitting  the  establishment,  did  not  improve  his  situation.  On 
his  death.  May  18th,  3  7^5,  Mr,  Gough  finished  his  Grfek  studies 
vmder  Mr.  Samuel  Dyer,  the  friend  of  Johnson  and  contemporary 
literary  characters.  On  the  death  of  his  father,  he  w  s  admitted, 
July  1752,  fellow  commoner  of  Bene't  College,  Cambridge,  where 
his  relations.  Sir  Hrnry  Gough  and  his  brother  John,  had  before 
studied  under  Dr.  Manson,  afterwards  bishop  of  Chichester  and 
Ely.  The  college  tutor,  1752,  was  Dr.  John  Barnardiston,  after- 
wards master,  who  married  a  niece  lo  the  widow  of  the  cele- 
brated Dr.  Conyers  Middleton,  and  died  1/78,  leaving  an  only 
daughter,  since  married  to  the  Rev.  Mr.  Yates,  son  of  Dr.  Yates, 
rector  of  Solihull,  com.  Warwick,  where  his  son  was  since  resident 
and  curate.  His  private  tutor  was  the  Rev.  John  Cott,  fellow  of 
the  house,  son  to  tlic  town  clerk  of  Lyiuie,  and  afterwards  rector 
ofBroxted,  Essex,  where  he  died  178I,  having  married  a  nirce 
of  the  late  Dr.  Keene,  bishop  of  Chester.  Under  the  private 
tuition  of  the  three  excellent  scholars  before  mentioned,  Mr. 
Gough  early  imbibed  a  taste  for  chissica!  literature  and  antiquities; 
and  it  is  not  to  be  wondered  that  his  connection  with  a  college 
eminent  for  producing  a  •^ucce.ision  of  Biitish  antiquaries  inspired 
him  v^ith  a  strong  propensity  to  the  study  of  our  national  anti- 
quities.    Here  was  iirat  planned  the  British  Topography,  pub- 


LORD  CALTHORPE.  455 

lished  in  I76S,  in  one  quarto  volume,  improved  in  two  of  tlie 
same  size  1/80,  and  since  augmented  to  a  tlurd,  and  ready  for 
the  press.  From  Cambridge  he  made  his  lirst  excursion  to  Croy- 
land  and  Peterborough,  and  continued  these  pursuits  every  year  to 
various  parts  of  the  kingdom,  taking  notes  which,  on  his  return, 
were  digested  into  a  form  which  furnished  materials  for  the  new 
edition  o^  Camden's  Britannia,  the  result  of  twenty  years  excur- 
sions. In  1767,  he  was  elected  fellow  of  the  Society  of  Antiqua- 
ries of  London  ;  and,  by  the  partiality  of  the  late  worthy  presi- 
dent, Dr;  Milles,  dean  of  Exeter,  was,  on  the  death  of  Dr.  Gre- 
gory Sharpe,  master  of  the  temple,  nominated  director  of  the  same 
society,  1771,  which  office  he  held  till  December  12th,  1797, 
when  he  quitted  the  society  altogether.  He  was  chosen  Fellow 
of  the  Royal  Society  of  London  1775,  but  quitted  that  Society 
1795. 

He  drew  up  the  History  of  the  Society  of  Antiquaries  of  Lon- 
don, prefixed  to  the  first  volume  of  their  Archaeologia,  177O;  and 
in  the  succeeding  volume  of  that  collection,  whose  publication  he 
superintended,  are  various  articles  drawn  up,  or  communicated, 
by  him  ;  and  accounts  of  several  plates  in  the  "  Fetusta  Monit- 
menta,"  of  the  same  society,  bear  his  signature. 

He  opened  a  correspondence  with  Mr.  Urban,  \76j,  under 
the  signature  of  D.  H.  which  he  retained,  but  not  without  assum- 
ing some  others;  and  on  the  death  of  his  fellow  collegian,  Mr. 
Duricombe,  1/80,  he  occasionally  communicated  reviews  of  lite- 
rary publications  to  that  valuable  miscellany.  If  he  criticised, 
with  warmth  and  severity  certain  innovations  in  church  and  state, 
he  wrote  his  sentiments  with  sincerity  and  impartiality,  in  the 
fulness  of  a  heart  deeply  impressed  with  a  sense  of  the  excellence 
and  happiness  of  the  English  constitution  both  in  church  and 
state. 

In  1773,  he  formed  a  design  of  a  new  edition  of  Camden's 
Britannia,  which  he  was  seven  years  translating  and  printing,  and 
which  was  published  in  three  volumes  folio,  1789- 

Being  on  a  visit  at  Poole,  and  hearing  of  the  difEculties  under 
Vvrhich  Mr.  Hutchins  laboured  respecting  his  History  of  Dorset, 
he  set  on  foot  a  subscription,  and  was  the  means  of  bringing  into 
light  a  most  valuable  county  history,  which  he  superintended 
through  the  press,  whence  it  issued  in  two  volumes  folio,  17/4. 
Its  author  did  not  live  to  see  it  conipletedj  but  his  daughter  having 
been  enabled  to  proceed  to  Bombay,  and  form  a  happy  connexion 
with  a  gentleman  to  whom  she  had  been  long  engaged.  Major 


48a  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

Bellasis,  in  grateful  return  to  the  memory  of  his  father-in-law,  at 
his  own  expense  set  on  foot  a  new  edition  of  the  Histor}'  of 
Dorset,  and  Mr.  Gough  contributed  his  assistance  to  this  second 
edition  twenty  years  after  the  first.  Except  Thomas's  republica- 
tion of  Dugdale's  Warwickshire,  and  the  pallry  republications  of 
Burtons  Leicestershire,  and  Phi'ipot's  Kent  by  Whittingham,  and 
Thoroton's  Nottinghamshire  by  Throsby,  not  much  superior,  this 
is  the  first  instance,  of  a  county  history  attaining  a  second  edition. 

Having  purchased  the  collections  of  Mr.  Thomas  Martin,  he 
put  out  an  improved  "  History  of  Thetford,"  1779j  quarto,  with 
plates  from  views  taken  by  Captain  Grose,  who  accompanied  him 
in  the  snowy  season  of  1778. 

Having  also  purchased  the  plates  of  the  medals,  coins,  and 
great  seals,  executed  by  the  celebrated  Simon,  and  first  published 
by  Vertue  1753,  he  gave  a  new  and  enlarged  edition  of  them, 
1780. 

He  assisted  Mr,  Nichols  in  his  "  Collection  of  Royal  and 
Noble  Wills,"  1 780,  and  wrote  the  preface. 

He  superintended  the  printing  of  Dr.  Nash's  "  Collections  for 
a  History  of  Worcesterbhire,"  in  two  volumes  folio,  1781^  a  short 
supplement  to  which  has  lately  been  published  by  Mr.  John 
White,  bookseller.  Fleet-street. 

In  J7S6,  he  published  the  first  volume  of  the  Sepulchral 
Monuments  OF  Great  Britain,  in  a  splendid  folio ;  in  1796, 
the  second,  and  in  1799,  the  introduction,  which  completes  the 
work. 

In  179!,  he  published  an  account  of  the  beautiful  Missal  pre- 
sented to  Henry  VL  by  the  Duchess  of  Bedford,  which  Mr.  Ed- 
wards, bookseller  in  Pali-Mall,  purchased  at  the  Duchess  of  Port- 
land's sale. 

In  Mr.  Nichols's  "  Billiothica  Topographica,"  the  design  of 
which  he  both  suggested  and  forwarded,  several  essays  bearing 
his  name,  particularly  the  Memoirs  of  Edward  Rowe  Mores, 
No.  I. ;  of  the  Gales,  and  of  the  Society  of  A.ntiquaries  at  Spald- 
ing, No.  II.  and  XX. ;  of  Sir  John  Hawkwood,  No.  IV.  and 
XIX. ;  Genealogical  view  of  the  family  of  Cromwell,  No.  XXXI. 
He  assisted  in  the  copious,  well-digested,  and  accurate  "  History 
of  Leicestershire,"  undertaken  and  conducted  with  a  perseverance 
which  would  baffle  common  county  historians,  by  the  same  friend, 
to  whose  benevolence,  impartiality,  and  integrit)^,  he  was  proud  to 
bear  a  public  testimony.  While  he  had  to  boast  of  having  en- 
joyed the  correspondence  of  some  of  the  first  antiquaries  of  the 


LORD  CALTHORPE.  437 

three  kingdoms  ;  and,  while  he  enjoyed  that  independence  which 
he  gloried  in  possessing  as  his  inheritance,  he  continued  to  em- 
ploy it  in  his  favorite  pursuit,  as  one  of  the  best  means  in  his 
power  of  serving  his  country. 

He  died  February  20th,  ISOp,  set.  seventy-four. 

"  August  ISth,  1774,  soon  after  the  death  of  his  mother,  ^  an 
event  by  which  he  came  into  full  possession  of  the  house  at  En- 
field, "^  with  the  large  estate  bequeathed  to  him  by  his  father,  he 
added  considerably  to  his  other  comforts,  by  marrying  Anne, 
daughter  of  Thomas  Hall,  Esq.  of  Golding,  Herts  ;  a  lady  of  dis- 
tinguished merit,  whose  family  was  equally  respectable  with  his 
own  J  and  who,  after  a  long  and  happy  union,  had  to  lament  the 
loss  of  him  whose  object  through  life  was  to  increase  her  hap- 
piness. 

Those  only  who  have  had  the  satisfiction  of  seeins  Mr. 
Gough  in  his  domestic  and  familiar  circle  can  properly  appreciate 
his  merits.  Though  highly  and  deservedly  distinguished  as  a 
scholar,  the  pleasantry  and  the  easy  condescension  of  his  convivial 
hours  still  more  endeared  him,  not  only  to  his  intimates,  but  even 
to  those  with  whom  the  forms  and  customs  of  the  world  rendered 
it  necessary  that  he  should  occasionally  associate. 

There  was,  however,  another  class  of  society  to  which,  if  pos- 
sible, he  was  still  more  dear—the  poor  and  the  afflicted,  to  whom 
he  was  at  all  times  a  father,  a  friend,  and  a  protector. 

Of  his  literary  hbours  it  may  not  be  necessary  here  to  say 
more  than  that  he  translated  "  Camden's  Britannia"  from  the  ori- 
ginal, and  supplied  his  additions,  with  so  litUe  interruption  of  the 
ordinary  intercourse  of  life,  that  none  of  his  family  were  aware 
that  he  was  at  any  time  engaged  in  so  laborious  an  undertaking. 

To  pass  over  his  less-imi)ortant  publications,  the  "  Sepulchral 
Monuments"  would  alone  have  been  sufficient  to  perpetuate  his 
fame,  and  the  credit  of  the  arts  in  England  ;  where  few  works  of 
superior  splendour  have  before  or  since  appeared. 

a  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Morgan  Hynde,  Esq,  of  London.  She  was 
married  in  1719.  and,  dying  May  27th,  1774.  was  buried  fwhere  the  remains 
of  her  husband  had  been  deposited  in  1751 J  in  the  rector's  vault  in  St.  An- 
drew's,  Holborn-     See  Gent.  Mag.  vol.  xliv.  p.  287,  446. 

b  To  the  property  at  Enfield  (where  he  constantly  resided),  the  late  Mr. 
Gough  made  considerable  additions  by  purchase,  particularly  of  a  noble  ad- 
ditional garden,  and  of  a  field  nearly  adjoining,  adorned  with  a  long  row  of 
beautiful  chesnut  trees,  which,  he  used  pleasantly  to  say,  were  planted  by  his 
father,  and  were  coceval  with  himself— and  which  he  afterwards  had  to  pay 
for  as  full-grown  timber. 


4SS  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

One  great  object  of  the  latter  part  of  Mr.  Gough's  life  was,  to 
prepare  his  "  Sepulchral  Monuments"  for  a  new  edition.  With 
this  constantly  in  view,  he  spared  neither  trouble  nor  expense  in 
obtaining  an  ample  store  of  additional  drawings  by  the  first  artists  -, 
all  which,  with  the  beautiful  copper-plates  already  engraved,  at 
an  expense  of  some  thousand  pounds,  form  part  of  his  noble  gift 
to  the  University  of  Oxford  ;  who  will  doubtless  have  great  plea- 
sure in  fulfilling  the  wishes  of  their  generous  benefactor,  by  pre- 
senting an  improved  edition  of  his  ''  Sepulchral  Monurflents"  to 
the  public. 

The  bright  gem  of  intellect,  even  in  his  last  days,  had  in- 
tervals of  its  former  splendour;  and  the  frequent  emanations  of 
benevolence  displayed  through  a  long  and  painful  illness,  whilst 
they  comforted  and  delighted  those  around  him,  added  poignancy 
to  the  regret  which  they  experienced  for  his  bitter  sufferings ; 
from  which  he  was  mercifully  released,  without  an  apparent 
straggle  at  the  last,  on  the  20th  of  February  I8O9;  and  was 
buried  on  the  28th,  in  the  churchyard  of  Wormley,  Herts,  in  a 
vault  built  for  that  purpose,  on  the  south  side  of  the  chancel,  not 
far  from  the  altar  which  for  several  years  he  had  devoutly  fre- 
quented. 

The  following   epitaph,  written  by  himself  five  or  six  years 
before,  and  containing  matter  that  m'ght  fill  a  volume,  he  directed  , 
to  be  inscribed  in  the  church  : 

"  Hunc  prope  parietem 

Reliquias  suas  condi  volnit 

RICARDUS  GOUGH, 

antiqua  stirpe  ortus: 

Ex  heroibus  qui  in  bellis  Gallicis  et 

civilibus  claruere 

gloriam, 

ex  mercatoribus  Stapulas  Calesije  Indisque 

orien talis  divitias, 

deduxit : 

Patriae  amorem,  erga  Reges  fidem, 

Lcgum  Antiqviitatumque  patriae  peritiam, 

ex  atavis  consanguineisquc  derivatam, 

constanter  coluit ; 

Hasce  investigaudi  cupiditatis  innatas 

testimonia  habeto 

Topographiam  Britannicam^ 


LORD  CALTHORPE.  4sg 

Gulielmi  Camdeni  Britanniam  renovatam , 

Monumenta  Sepnlchralia  MagncB  Britajmice. 

Abi,  Lector,  nee  vanitatis  insimules. 

Obiit  XX  die  mensis  Februariij  A.  D. 

MDCCCIX. 

cctat.  LXXIV." 


By  his  last  will,  Mr.  Gough  gave  to  the  University  of  Oxford 
all  his  printed  books  and  manuscripts  on  Saxon  and  Northern 
literature,  "  for  the  use  of  the  Saxon  Professor :"  all  his  "  manu- 
scripts, printed  books,  and  pamphlets,  prints  and  drawings,  maps, 
and  copper-plates,  relating  to  British  Topography  ;  with  his  in- 
terleaved copies  of  the  "  British  Topography,"  "  Camden's  Bri- 
tannia," and  the  "  Sepulchral  Monuments  of  Great  Britain,"  with 
all  the  drawings  relative  to  the  latter  work  ;  and  all  the  copper- 
plates of  the  "  Monuments"  and  the  "Topography,"  with  four- 
teen volumes  of  "  Drawings  of  Sepulchral  and  other  Monuments 
in  France."  And  all  these  he  wills  and  desires  may  "  be  placed 
in  the  Bodleian  Library,  in  a  building  adjoining  to  the  picture 
gallery,  known  by  the  name  of  The  Aritiquc.ries  Closet,  erected 
for  keeping  manuscripts,  printed  books,  and  other  articles  re- 
lating to  British  Topography ;  so  that  altogether  they  may  form 
one  uniform  body  of  English  Antiquities."  "^ 

Sir  Richard  Gough,  Knight,  youngest  brother  of  Sir  Henry 
Gough,  of  Perry-Hall,  Knight,  raised  a  considerable  estate  from 
the  small  stock  of  a  younger  brother's  fortune  by  the  India  and 
China  trade.  He  was  remarkable  for  his  great  industry  and  ap- 
plication to  business,  and  e.xact  justice  in  his  dealings  j  he  was 
reckoned  to  be  well  skilled  in  the  knowledge  cf  the  British  trade, 
and  commerce  in  general  j  and  in  that  particular  branch  oi  it  to 
the  East  Lidies  equal  to  any  in  his  time.  He  was  brought  up 
under  that  eminent  merchant  Sir  James  Houblon  ;  and  had  even 
while  a  child  the  assistance  and  advice  of  the  great  Sir  Josiah 
Child.  He  travellfd  through  most  of  the  trading  towns  in  the 
Mediterranean  and  Levant  seas,  and  drew  bis  observations  from 
men  of  business  in  all  countries.  He  afterwards  made  four  several 
voyages  to  India  and  China  with  unparalleled  success  and  repu- 
tation, and  thus  wound  up  the  series  of  his  fortune.  He  is  sup- 
posed to  have  discovered  and  given  his  name  to  an  island  in  the 
southern  part  of  the  Atlantic  and  Indian  ocean,  whose  existence, 

c  See  Gent.  Mag-  rol.  Ixxix- 


^90  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

together  with   that  of  Alvarey,  east  of  the  islands  of  Tristan 
d' Acunha,  is  doubted,  by  the  late  navigators  on  the  embassy  to 
China.     Certain  it  is,  that  his  name  is  preserved  in  other  islands, 
and  a  passage  near  the  harbour  of  Chusan  in  China,  of  which  we 
have  the  following  account  in   his  nephew  Harry's  MS.  journal, 
1702,  his  second  voyage,  on  board  the  Sarah  Galley,  Captain  John 
Roberts,  in  the  service  of  the  Hon,  East  India  Company.     "  Sa- 
turday, September  1st,  at  six  in  the  morning  we  weighed,  with  a 
fresh  gale  at  N,  E.  steering  for  Gough's  passage,  which  we  went 
through,  and  by  ten  were  up  with  Biiffaloe's  Nose,  which  island^ 
when  it  bears  S.  S.  W,  about  a  league,  you  have  the  Treetop 
island,  N.  N.  W.     This  island  will  serve  well  for  iiiuling  Gough's 
passage  J  for,  coming  from  the  Quilan  islands,  and  being  up  with 
BufFaloe's  Nose,  you  will  see  the  island  ;  and  coming  nearer  will 
see  the  tree  on  the  top,  appearing  like  a  single  beacon,  which 
makes  it  remarkable  and  gives  it  name  ;  so,  leaving  it  on  the  star- 
board side  about  a  mile,  you  come  into  the  passage,  which  has  on 
the  other  side  three  or  four  islands,  which  are  also  called  Gough's 
islands,  which  being  on  your  larboard  side,  keep  under  the  land, 
where  is  very  deep  water,  and  therefore  the  passage  is  not  the  best 
if  little  wind."     What  became  of  Sir  Richard's  journals  we  have 
not  been  able  to  discover.     He  was  knighted  by  King  George  1. 3 
and  in  1717?  purchased  the  lordship  of  Edgebaston,  with  the  ap- 
purtenances of  the  Lord  Viscount  Faulconbridge  and  Lady  Bridget 
his  wife,  who  was  one  of  the  daughters  and  coheiresses  of  John 
Gage,  Esq.  and  Mary,  heiress  of  Robert  Middlemore,  Esq.  and 
came  to  the  sole  right  of  Edgebaston  by  a  deed  of  partition  with 
her  sister,  who  was  afterwards  married  to  Sir  John  Shelley,  Bart, 
and  had  for  her  share,  among  other  lands,   the  manor  of  Solly- 
hull  com.  Warwick,  with  its  appurtenances,  which  was  after- 
wards purchased  by  Harry  Gough,  Esq.  son  of  Sir  Harry  Gough, 
Knight,  and  nephew  to  Sir  Richard  Gough,  of  Edgebaston.     Sir 
Richard  rebuilt  the  house,  which  had  been  burnt  by  the  mob  in 
the  close  of  the  reign  of  James  H.  fearing  it  might  be  made  a 
place  of  refuge  and  sanctuary  for  the  papists,  as  it  had  been  made 
a  garrison  for  the  parliament's  forces  in  the  civil  war,  and  it  was 
very  near  being  again  destroyed  by  the  populace  in  the  riots  of 
l/SO.     About  1725,  Sir  Richard  having  obtained  a  royal  contri- 
bution of  600 L  towards  finishing  the  church  at  Birmingham,  de- 
termined to  do  something  in  favour  of  his  own  parish  church  at 
Edgebaston  ;  and  having  before  put  it  into  very  good  repair,  the 
greater  part  at  his  own  expense,,  there  rested  little  to  do  on  that 


LORD  CALTHORPE.  4C).i 

account ;  so  he  resolved  to  augment  the  living  by  obtainino-  the 
Queen's  bounty,  and  accordingly  gave  his  bond  in  due  form  for 
the  commissioners  to  secure  the  payment  of  200/.  so  soon  as  they 
should  appropriate  the  like  sum,  according  to  the  statute.  In 
consideration  of  which  charity  and  benevolence  to  the  church 
the  dean  and  chapter  of  Lichtield  agreed  by  consent  of  the  bishop 
to  grant  the  perpetual  advowson  of  the  curacy  of  Edgebaston  to 
Sir  Richard  Gough,  and  his  heirs  for  ever.  He  is  supposed  to 
have  obtained  2G0/.  for  the  rebuilding  of  St.  Philip's  church  in 
Birmingham,  the  vane  being  a  boar's  head.  He  served  for 
Bramber  in  two  parliaments  of  George  the  First,  and  in  the  first 
of  George  the  Second.  Sir  Richard  ditd  February  3d,  1727-83 
and  his  Lady  died  December  31st,  1/31. 

Sir  Richard  is  commemorated  by  the  following  epitaph: 

Hanc  justa  columnam 

Situs  est  Richardus  Gough,  miles, 

Antiqui  de  stripe,  in  Agro  Staftbrdiensi,  ortusj 

Eximiis  et  virtutis  ac  prudenliae  laudibus 

Chirus  et  insignis 

Post  decursa  cequora  repetitis  vicibus 

Ad  Indias  Orientales 

Paterna  bona,  hand  adeo  magna, 

Felicissime  adauxit. 

JEqn'iias,  liber  tas,  et  honest  a  omnia  proposita 

Propugnatorem  iiluni 

Invenere  constanlissimum 

Natus  X'"°  die  Octob^  MDCLIX, 

Mortuus  IX"°  die  Febr''  MDCCXXVII, 

Superstites  habuit  uxorem  et  quatuor  liberos. 

Filius  Henricus  Gough,  Baronettus, 

Parentis  memorix'  pie  consulens 

Hoc  saxum  ponendum  curavit.  *^ 

He  married  Anne,  daughter  and  one  of  the  coheirs  of  Nicholas 
Crispe,  of  London,  Esq.  by  whom  he  had  issue  three  sons,  and 
four  daughters. 

First,  Anne,  married  to  John  Bussiere,  of  St.  James's,  West- 
minster, Esq.  and  died  s.  p. 

Second,  Mary,  married  to  Edward  Barker,  of  London,  mer- 
chant, who  died  1 724  j  she  remarried Crompton. 

c  Shaw's  Staffordshire,  vol.  ii.  p.  190. 


492  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

Third,  Bridget,  who  died  unmarried,  1720. 

Fourth,  Richard,  who  died  also  unmarried,  1710. 

Fifth,  Sir  Henry,  of  whom  hereafter. 

Sixth,  Charlotte,  married  to  Sir  Wiliiam  Saunderson,  of 
Greenwich,  in  Kent,  Bart,  and  died  1/80. 

Seventh,  John  Gough,  Esq  comptroller  of  the  excise  in  Scot- 
land, who  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Mr.  Cocks,  and  died 
about  \740),  s.  p. 

Sir  Henry,  his  eldest  surviving  son  and  successor,  born  March 
9th,  1708,  was  created  a  Baronet,  1  Geo.  II.  April  26th,  1728, 
with  remainder,  on  default  of  issue  male,  to  his  brother  John, 

He  was  M.  P.  for  Totness  1732,  and  afterwards  for  Bramber. 
On  his  return,  1733,  to  his  country  seat  near  Birmingham,  he 
was  met  in  that  neighbourhood  by  above  five  hundred  gentlemen 
on  horseback,  who  expressed  their  grateful  acknowledgements  for 
his  services  in  parliament  by  his  firm  attachment  to  the  liberties 
of  his  countr}',  and  to  the  interest  and  prosperity  of  the  fair 
trader. 

The  following  inscription  to  his  memory  in  the  church  of 
Edgebaston,  on  a  tablet  of  white  marble,  under  an  urn,  on  the 
side  of  which  are  the  armsj  was  erected  by  his  eldest  son. 

Sir  Henry  Gough,  Bart. 

Son  of  Sir  Richard  Gough,  Kt. 

Died  June  8th,  1774,  aged  67  years. 

On  account  of  the  delicacy  of  his  constitution. 

After  having  served  in  two  parliaments, 

he'quitted  the  busier  scenes  of  life. 

For  the  repose  of  domestic  retirement. 

And  resided  chiefly  at  his  seat  in  this  parish. 

Universally  possessing  the  respect  and  esteem 

So  justly  due  to  the  affectionate  husband. 

The  tender  father,  and  the  honest  man. 

Barbara,  wife  of  Sir  Henry  Gough, 
And  only  daughter  of  Reynolds  Calthorpe,  Esq. 

Of  Elvetham  in  the  county  of  Hants, 

After  fulfilling  in  the  most  exemplary  manner. 

The  duties  of  wife,  mother,  and  Christian, 

exchanged  this  life  for  a  better, 

April  13,  1782,  aged  66  years. 


LORD  CALTHOllPE.  493 

In  memory  of  both  his  much  revered  parents. 

Their  eldest  son  Sir  Henry  Gough  Calthorpe,  Bart. 

Caused  this  monument  to  be  erected.  *^ 

He  married,  first,  Catherine,  second  daughter  of  Sir  John 
Harpur,  of  Caike  in  Derbyshire,  Bart,  (by  Catherine,  his  wife, 
fourth  daughter  and  coheir  of  Thomas,  Lord  Crewe,  of  Stcne  in 
Northamplonshire,)  by  whom  he  had  no  issue  3  she  died  at  Edo-- 
baston,  June  22d,  1/40. 

Sir  Henry  married  to  his  second  Lady,  July  2d,  1/41,  Barbara, 
only  daughter  of  Reynolds  Cahhorp,  of  Elvciham  in  the  county  of 
Southampton,  Esq.  by  Barbara,  his  wife,  eldest  daughter  (and  the 
only  one  who  married)  of  Henry,  Lord  Viscount  Longueville,  (by 
Barbara,  his  wife,  second  daughter,  and  one  of  the  coheirs  of  Sir 
John  Talbot,  of  Laycock,  in  the  county  of  Wilts,  Knt.  which 
I>ady  was  as  remarkable  for  her  piety  and  good  sense,  as  she  was 
for  her  great  age  5  and  died  in  January,  1/63,  in  the  ninety-fifth 
year  of  her  age,  and  fil>y-ninth  of  her  widowhood,  leaving  an 
example  to  posterity  of  the  happy  effects  of  a  well-spent  life,  as 
she  perfectly  retained  all  her  senses  to  the  last,  and  felt  no  paia 
or  infirmity.) 

By  this  Lady  Sir  Henry  had  issue. 

First,  Henry,  first  Lord  Calthorpe. 

Second,  Richard  Thomas,  born  February  13th,  1752,  of  Tri- 
nity college  Oxford,  A.M.  November  27  th,  1777.  rector  of  the 
united  rectories  of  Blakeney  cum  Capella  de  Gianford,  and  Lang- 
hara-Parvacum  Cokethorp,  Norfolk,  1/81  j  rector  of  Ampton, 
Suffolk,  ]7i)6. 

Third,  John  Calthorpe,  barrister  at  law,  born  April  lSth« 
1754,  commis-.i(  ner  of  bankrupts,  1783,  &c. 

Fourth,  Barbara,  born  March  21st,  1/45-6,  married,  January 
9th,  1770,  Isaac  Spooner,  of  Elmdon  com.  Warw. 

Fifth,  Elizabeth,  born  January  3 1st,  175]. 

Sixth,  Charlotte,  born  December  pth,  1747.  married,  in  July, 
I76d,  Sir  John  Palmer,  of  Carlton  com.  Northampt.Bart.  and 
died  August  1763. 

He  was  succeeded  by  his  eldest  son, 

Sir  Henry  Gough,  second  Barnnet  and  first  Peer,  who  in 
1783,  on  the  death  of  his  uncle.  Sir  Henry  Cahhorpe,  K.  B  took 
tlie  name  of  Calthorpe,  and  succeeded  to  his  estates  at  Elvc- 

d  Shaw's  Hist,  of  iitafibrdshire,  vol.  ii.  p.  190,191. 


494  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

thatu  in  Hampshire,  &c.  He  sat  in  parliament  for  Bramber  in 
Sussex,  1774,  178O,  1784,  1790,  and  was  advanced  to  the  peerage, 
June  15th,  1 796,  by  the  title  of  Lord  Calthorpe,  of  Calthorpe 
in  Suffolk. 

His  Lordship  died  March  l6th,  1798,  set.  fifty,  and  was  buried 
at  Edgebaston,  where  on  a  monument  of  white  marble,  with  the 
figure  of  a  female,  reclining  her  left  elbow  on  an  um,  extending 
ber  right  to  a  scroll,  is  the  following  inscription  : 

Sacred  to  the  memory  of  the 

Right  Honourable  Lord  Calthorpe,  Baron  of  Calthorpe, 

in  the  county  of  Norfolk  ; 

who  was  the  eldest  son  of  Sir  Henry  Gough,  Bart. 

of  this  place.     He  married  Frances, 

second  daughter  ^  of  General  Carpenter, 

by  whom  he  had  seven  sons  and  four  daughters  ; 

was  created  a  peer  of  Great  Britain 

on  the  15th  of  June  1796; 

and  resigned  his  life  to  his  Almighty  Creator 

on  the  16th  of  March,  179s, 

in  the  fiftieth  year  of  his  age. 

His  widow,  who  had  the  happiness  of  living 

with  him  under  the  strongest  bonds  of  affection, 

has  caused  this  monument  to  be  erected 

in  testimony  of  her  everlasting  regard  and  gratitude 

to  a  most  affectionate  husband  and  kind  friend." 

His  Lordship  had  issue  by  his  said  wife. 

First,  Henry,  born  January  24th,  J  784  ;  died  November -4 lii, 
1790. 

Second,  Frances-Elizabeth,  born  March  25th,  1785. 

Third,  Charles,  born  17S6,  the  second  lord. 

Fourth,  George,  the  present  peer. 

Fifth,  Charlotte,   born  June   18th,  1788j    died  May  l6th, 

\79'i" 

Sixth,  Frederick,  born  June  14th,  179O, 
Seventh,  William-Other,  born  August  27th,  1791. 
Eighth,  John,  born  May  5th,  I793. 
Ninth,  Harriet,  born  November  8th,  1794. 
Tenth,  Arthur,  bom  November  14th,  1796. 

e  Theotherdaughterof  General  Carpenter  married  Col.  Rarnsden. 


LORD  CALTHORPE.  49S 

Eleventh,  Maria-Lucy,  born  March  ISdi,  I/QS  ;  died  January 
.17  th,  1799. 

He  was  succeeded  by  his  eldest  son, 

Charles,  second  Lord  Calthorpe,  who  dying  unmarried 
of  a  consumption  at  Flushing  in  Cornwall,  June  5th,  I8O7,  was 
succeeded  by  his  next  brother 

George,  third  and  present  Lord  Calthorte,  born  June 
21st,  1767. 

Tilles.  Sir  George  Calthorpe,  Bart,  Lord  Calthorpe,  of  Cal- 
thorpe in  Suffolk. 

Creations.  Lord  Calthorpe,  of  Calthorpe,  by  patent,  June- 
15th,  179G. 

Arms.  Cheeky,  or  and  azure,  on  a  fesse,  ermine,  for  Cal- 
thorpe ;  quartering,  gules,  on  a  fesse,  argent,  between  three  boars 
heads  couped,  or,  a  lion  passant,  azure. 

^'"^^^-  I  See  the  wood-cut. 

Supporters.      3 

Motto.     Gradu  diverso  via  una. 

Chief  Seats.      Ampton,    Suffolk^    Elvctham,    Hampshire  j 

Edgebaston,  Warwickshire. 


495  PEERxVGE  OF  ENGLAND. 


BURRELL,  LORD  GWYDIR, 


The  name  of  this  family  is  differently  spelt  by  different  writers 
Holland,  in  a  visitation,  IS/Q,  calls  the  same  person  Burrill  and 
Berill.  In  other  visitations  the  name  is  written  Berrill,  Beril, 
Boral,  Borel,  Biirel,  and  BurTell;  so  that  it  is  difficult  to  ascertain, 
V'ith  any  precision  or  exactness,  which  is  the  right  way  of  spell- 
ing it. 

This  family  was  originally  settled  in  Northumberland ;  but 
Randulphus  Burrell,  (son  and  heir  of  Radulphus)  having 
married  Sermonda,  dausrhter  and  coheir  of  Sir  Walter  Woodland, 
of  Devon,  19  Edw.  IL  became  in  her  right  possessed  of  a  great 
estate,  and  settled  in  that  county.     He  left 

John  Burell,  his  son  and  heir,  M'ho  was  succeeded  by 

John  Burrell,  his  son  and  heir,  father  of 

Walter  Burrell,  who  had  issue  another 

Walter  Burrell,  who  was  father  of 

John  Burrell  de  Woodland,  all  of  whom  enjoyed  the  estate  in 
succession. 

This  John  Burrell,  last  named,  appears  to  have  had  great 
possessions,  and  contributed  to  the  wars  with  France,  anno  1414, 
as  his  aid  to  the  King,  a  ship,  twenty  men  at  arms,  and  forty 
archers.     He  left  several  sons. 

Walter,  the  eldest,  succeeded  him  in  his  estates ;  and 

Gerardus,  the  youngest,  being  bred  to  the  church,  settled  at 
Cuckjield  in  Sussex,  1440,  being  vicar  of  that  church,  as  also 
archdeacon  and  residentiary  of  Chichester.  He  died,  April  17tii, 
1508,  leaving  his  estate  to  his  nephew. 


LORD  GWYDIR.  497 

Ralph  Burrell,  who  settled  at  Cuckfield.  His  daughter,  Isa- 
bella, married  William  Chaloner,  of  Sussex,  Esq.  At  his  death, 
be  was  succeeded  by  his  sou 

Thomas,  who  married  Dorothy,  daughter  of Weston, 

of  Ightham  in  Kent,  by  whom  he  had 

NfNiAN  Burrell,  of  Cucktield,  Esq.  who  married  Jane,  daughter 
of  Henry  Smith,  of  Pepperharrow  in  Surrey,  (by  Jane,  sister  of 
Sir  Walter  Covert,  of  Slaugham  in  Sussex,  Knt.)  and  died  Sep- 
tember 4th,  1614,  agf-d  seventy  four,  leaving  his  widow,  Jane, 
(who  afterwards  married  Peter  Courthope,  of  Danny,  in  Hurst 
Pierpoint  in  Sussex,  Esq.)     He  also  left  five  sons. 

First,  Waller,  ancestor  to  Lord  Gwydir;  second,  NiniaOj 
third,  Alexander  ;  fourth,  Thomas  ;  fifth,  John. 

And  six  daughters  ;  first,  Timothies,  married  to  Francis  Wyat, 
Esq. }  second,  Jane,  married  to  Sir  xVnihony  Colepeper,  of  Bedge- 
bury  in  Kent,  Knight ;  third,  Anne,  married  to  Henry  Courthope, 
of  Cranbrooke  in  Kent,  Esq.;  fourth,  Judith,  died  unmarried  j 
filth,  Dorothy,  married  to  Thomas  Hooper,  of  Stockbury  in  Kent, 
E^q. ;  sixth,  Elizabeth,  married  to  George  Salter,  of  London, 
E.q. 

Ninian,  the  second  sun  ;  Alexander,  the  third  son  ;  and  Tho- 
mas, the  fourth  son,  died  unmarried. 

John,  the  fifth  son,  married  Bridget,  daughter  of  Thomas 
Short,  of  Tenierden  in  Kent,  Gent,  by  whom  he  had  five  sons 
and  two  daughters,  of  whom  only  Mary  survived,  and  married 
William  Board,  of  Board-Hill  in  Sussex,  Esq. 

Waltek,  eldest  son  of  Ninian,  by  Jane  Small,  married  Frances, 
daughter  of  John  Hooprr,  of  Stockbury  in  Kent,  Esq.  by  whom 
he  had  7nne  sons  ; 

And  three  daughters,  two  of  whom  died  unmarried;  and 
Frances,  married  Richard  Hridger,  Esq.  of  Combe,  in  Sussex. 

Of  the  sons,  Walter,  John,  Richard,  and  Ralph,  died  unmar- 
tied. 

Ninian  Burrell,  second  son,  of  Holmsted,  in  the  parish  of 
Cuckfield,  married  Anne,  daughter  of  Sir  William  Coiepeper,  of 
Wakehurst  in  Sussex,  Bart,  by  whom  he  had  four  sons  and  three 
daughters;  Walter,  Ninian,  Thomas,  William  ;  Anne,  Jane,  and 

Mary.     Ninian,  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of and  died 

without  issue ;  Jane,  married  Prter,  second  son  of  Peter  Short, 
ofTenterden  in  Kent.  The  other  sons  and  daughters  died  un- 
mariied. 

VOL.  VIII.  a  K 


493  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

Thomas,  third  son  of  Waltir-r,  settled  at  Lindfield  in  Sussex, 
and  married  Joan,  daughter  and  coheir  of  Thonns  Nevvnham,  of 
1/iridfield,  Esq.  by  whom  he  had  six  sons  and  five  daughters  ; 
Walter,  Waller,  Thomas^  Timorhvj  James,  John  ;  S.-rah,  Frances, 
Jane,  Philadelphia,  M  :ry.  The  first  Walter  died  an  infant  ;  the 
second  Walter  married  Audrry,  daughter  of  Frances  Wyat,  ot 
Hoisted  Keynrs  in  Sussex,  E-^q.  by  whom  be  had  Walter  Bur- 
rell,  ot  Weekh.im  in  Sn^isex,  Esq  v  ho  married  Anne,  daughter 
of  Timothy  Burred,  of  Linciticid,  and  died  without  issue.  Tho- 
mas, third  son  ot"J  homas  Burreli,  died  without  issue.  Timothy, 
fcurlh  son  of  Thomas  Burrell,  married  Mary,  daughter  of  the 
Rev.  Samuel  Padre,  rector  of  Whiston  in  Sussex,  by  whom  he 
had,  first,  the  Rev.  Timothy  Burrell,  of  Lindfield,  who  married 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  the  Rev.  Ezfkiel  Bristcd,  rector  of  New- 
haven,  Sussex,  by  whom  he  has  no  issue  ;  .<;econd,  Waller  Burrell, 
who  died  an  infant  ;  Anne,  married  to  "Walter  Burrell,  of  Wick- 
ham  ;  and  Mary,  married  to  Ferdinando  Askew,  Esq.  of  Lidiard 
Mihcent  in  Wdls,  by  whom  she  had  one  daughter,  Mary. 

TuBOthy  Burrell,  scventli  son  of  Walter  Burrell,  and  Frances 
Hooper,  married,  first,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Sir  Hn-y  Goring, 
of  Highdean  in  Sussex,  Bart,  by  whom  he  had  no  issue  ;  secondly, 
Mary,  daughter  of  Sir  Job  Charlton,  of  L'^dfoid  in  Herefordshire, 
Bart,  who  died  without  issue  j   thirdly,   Elizabeth,   daughter  of 

Cliilcot,  Esq.  by  whom  he  had  one  daughter,  Elizabeth, 

mairied  to  Thomas  Trevor,  Esq.  afterwards  Lord  Trevor,  who 
had  one  daughter,  Elizabeth,  ma^Tied  to  Charles  Spencer,  Duke 
of  Marlborough. 

Alexander,  the  eighth  son  of  Waller  Burrell  and  Frances 
Hooper,  married  Eliz;ibeth,  daughter  and  coheir  of  John  Knight, 
of  Doddingten  in  the  Isle  of  Ely,  Esq.  by  whom  he  had  Francis, 

died  unmarried  ;   and  Geoige  Burrrll,   married ,  daughter 

of ,  by  whom  he   had  Peter,  who  died  un.marriedj  and 

two  daughters.  Alexander,  married,  secondly,  a  daughter  of 
Parker,  of  Cambridge,  by  whom  he  had  the  Rev,  Alex- 
ander Burrell,  recte.r  ot  Piittenham,  Her:fcrdshn'e,  who  married 

Elizah'-th,  daughter  of Valavine,  b)'  whom  he  had  Peter, 

Alexander,  Elizabch,  ''en- lope,  and  Anre. 

Peter  Burrell  ruirrieri  Anne,  daughter  of  Thomas  Franklin, 
of  Chalionl  in  Bucks,  bv  wh  mi  lu  hw^  three  .-ons  and  two  daush- 
ters.  -Alexander,  Penelope,  and  Amc,  dud\oung.  Elizabeth^ 
married  W^iliiam  Ploweil,  of  Badvvell  Ash  in  Suffolk,  M.  D, 


LORD  GWYDIR.         '  499 

Peter  Burrell,  ninth  son  of  Walter  Burrell  and  Frances 
Hooper,  settled  at  Beckenham  in  Kent,  i684,  find  married  Isabella, 
second  daughter  of  John  Merrick,  of  Slubbers  in  North  OckenJen, 
Essex,  Esq.  by  whom  he  left  two  sons. 

First,  Peter, 

Second,  Merrick,  of  West  Grinsted  park  in  Sussex,  governor 
of  the  Bank  of  England,  represented  first  Marlow,  and  afterwards 
Grampound,  in  several  parliaments,  and  was  created  a  Baronet, 
July  12th,  17(5(5,  with  remainder,  on  default  of  male  issue,  to  his 
nephew,  Peter  Burrell,  of  Becklnghara,  and  his  male  issue.  He 
died  in  April  I7S7,  and  was  succeeded  in  the  Baronetage  by  his 
great  nephew.  Sir  Peter,  now  Lord  Gwydir. 

And  three  daughters;  first,  Frances,  married  to  Richard 
Wyatt,  Esq.  ofEgham  in  Surrey;  second,  Isabella,  married  to 
Thomas  Dalyson,  of  Manton  in  Lincolnshire;  third,  Anne,  mar- 
ried to  Richard  Ackland,  Esq.  brother  to  Sir  Hugh  Acklaud,  of 
Devonshire,  Bart. 

Pkter  Burrell,  eldest  son  of  Peter,  was  sub-governor  of  the 
South  Sea  Company,  and  represented  Haslemere  in  several  par- 
liamentSj  and  died  in  I756,  M.  P.  for  Dover.  He  married  Amy, 
eldest  daughter  of  Hugh  Raymond,  Esq.  of  Siling-Hall  in  Essex, 
and  Langley  in  Kent,  wiio  survived  him  for  many  years,  and  by 
whom  he  had  four  sons,  of  whom  Raymond,  the  s*  cond,  and  John^, 
the  fourth,  died  young;  as  did  Labella^  the  youngest  daughter. 
The  other  married  Tobias  Frere,  Esq.     The  sons  were, 

First,  Peter,  of  whom  presently. 

Second,  Sir  William  Burrell,  f^L.  D.  and  Bart,  who  died 
January  20th,  I706,  at  his  house  at  Depeden  com.  Surrey.  He 
was  chancellor  to  the  Bishop  of  Worcester,  1/64;  F.  R.  and 
A.  SS.  1754;  and  commissioner  of  excise  1774.  He  was  ad- 
mitted of  St.  John's  college,  Cambridge,  where  he  studied  the 
civil  law,  and  proceeded  LL,  B.  175.^,  and  LL.  D.  176O.  ,  He 
married,  April  13,  J773,  Sophia,^  daughter  of  Charles  Raymond, 
Esq.  of  Valentine-house,  Es^ex,  who  was  created  a  Baronet  May 
3d,  1774,  with  remainder,  in  default  of  male  issue,  to  William 
Eurrel,  Esq.  of  Beckenham,  and  his  heirs  male  by  Sophia  his  wife, 
by  whom  he  has  left  two  sons  and  two  daughters.  Ker  fortune 
was  stated,  in  Gent.  Mag.  vol.  xliii  p.  202,  at  100,000/.  Sir  Wil- 
liam represented  Haslemere,  1773.  In  the  course  of  five  years  he 
made  the  most  ample  coLLECTioNs/or  a  History  of  the  county  of 

a  She  published  a  vohmie  of  poems  ;  and  married  a  second  time. 


500  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

Sussex,  arranged  in  complete  order  by  rapes  nnd  parishes^  twelve 
folio  vols,  besides  another  of  drawings  of  churches,  htuses,  ice.  &c. 
by  Lambert  and  Gri.nni,  three  volumes  of  monumental  inscrip- 
tions, and  four  volumes  ot  surveys  and  records,  &c.  This  work 
he  spared  no  pains  to  bring  to  perfection,  though  he  declined 
giving  it  to  the  public  himself  (yet  no  man  was  so  well  qualified 
for  the  undertaking  as  himself),  but  intended  to  bequeath  it  to 
the  British  Museum.  He  was  seized  with  a  paralytic  stroke  iu 
August  17^7}  which  took  away  his  speech  for  a  time;  but, 
though  he  recovered  that,  he  totally  lost  the  use  of  his  left  arm, 
and  in  1791  >  resigned  his  seat  at  the  board  of  Excise  in  favour  of 
Robert  Nicholas,  Esq.  reserving,  however,  to  him^-elf  a  share  of 
the  appointment.  He  purchased  a  retreat  at  Depeden,  the  air  of 
which  particuhtrly  agreed  with  his  constitution,  which  was,  how- 
ever, too  much  affected  to  hope  for  perfect  recovery,  though  he 
seemed  to  have  recovered  enough  to  appear  among  his  friends. 
He  was  father  of  the  present  Sir  Charles  Merrick  Eurrcll,  Bart. 
&c.  M.  P.  for  Lewes,  i;9t5. 

PfiTER  Burreil,  Es-q.  of  Eeckenhara  in  Kent,  his  elder  brother, 
a  director  of  the  Sou'h  Sea  Comp:uiy,  represented  in  parliament 
Launceston  in  Cornwall,  175g,  lyO'i,  and  Totness  in  i/6b.  He 
died  November  Glh,  Iz/o,  having  married  P^Iizabeth,  daughter 
and  coheir  of  John  Lewis,  Esq.  of  Hackney  in  Middlesex,  by 
whom  he  had  an  only  son. 

First,  Sir  Peter,  present  peer,  and  four  daughters. 

Second,  Elizabeth  Julia,  married  Ricliard-Henry-Alexander- 
BennetjEsq.  of  Babraham  in  Cambridgeshiie,  'M.  V.  for  Newport, 
Cornwall,  1770,  and  had  issue  Captain  Bennet  of  the  navy. 

Third,  Frances  Julia,  m.irried  May  25th,  l/zLS  Hugh,  now 
Duke  of  Noi  thuraberiand. 

Fourth,  Elizabeth,  married,  first,  Douglas,  eighth  Duke  of 
Harnilton,  and  on  his  death,  became  the  third  wife  on  August  ig, 
IbOO,  of  Henry,  late  Marquis  of  Exeler. 

Fifth,  Isabella-Susanna,  married  June  8th,  lyy-'^)  Algernon, 
now  Earl  of  Beverley,  by  whom  she  h:;s  a  large  family. 

Sir  Petek,  oidy  son,  now  Lord  Gwydir,  was  knighted,  when 
he  officiated  a-*  Deputy  Great  Chambtrlain,  at  the  trial  of  Warren 
Hastings;  and  succeeded  to  the  Baronduge  of  his  great  uncle  Sir 
Merrick  in  1/87.  He  was  elected  M.  P.  for  Hasleniere,  I77(5> 
anil  fur  Boston,  1/82,  17-^>  l/PO,  and  was  raised  to  the  peerage 
by  the  title  ot  Lord  Gwydik,  of  GwTjdir  in  the  county  of  Car- 
7iQ,rvo72f  June  lOth,  179^. 


LORD  GWYDIR.  501 

His  Lordship  married,  February  23d,  1779,  Priscilla-Barbara- 
Elizabeth  Lindsny,  daughter  and  coheir  ot  Peregrine^  Duke  of 
Ancaster  (joint  hereditary  great  chamberlain  of  England  with  her 
sister,  Georgians,  Countess  of  Cholmondeley),  Bakoness  Wil- 
LOUGHBY  DE  Eresby,  and  has  issue. 

First,  Peter-Robert,  born  in  March  \7S2  ;  married,  October 
20th,  I8O7,  Clementia,  daughter  and  sole  heiress  of  James  Drum- 
mond.  Lord  Perth;  and  his  Majesty,  November  6th,  I8O7,  was 
pleased  to  grant  his  licence,  that  the  said  Peter  Robert  may  use 
the  surname  and  bear  the  arms  oi  Drummond,  together  with  the 
arras  of  Burrell, 

Second,  a  daughter,  who  died  May  2d,  1784, 

Third,  Lindsay  Meyrick,  late  secretary  of  legation  at  the  court 
of  Dresden  ;  married,  July  14th,  I8O7,  the  youngest  daughter  of 
the  late  James  Daniel,  Esq. 

Fourth,  William  ;  and, 

Fifth,  Elizabelh-Priscilla. 

Titles.  Sir  Peter  Burrell,  Knt,  and  Bart.  Lord  Gwydir  of 
Gwydir  in  the  county  of  Carnarvon  j  Deputy  Great  Chamberlain 
of  England. 

Creations.  Lord  Gwydir  by  patent,  June  l6th,  \79Q;  Baro- 
net, July  12th,  17G(5. 

Arms.  Vert,  three  plain  shields,  argent,  each  having  a  border 
engrailed,  or.  ^ 

Crest.  On  a  wreath,  a  naked  arm  erabowed,  and  holding  2 
branch  of  laurel,  both  proper. 

Supporters.     See  title,  iniloughhj  ofEreiby,  vol,  vi. 

Motto.     Animus  non  deficit  iEauus. 

Chief  Seats.  Grimsthorpe-castle,  Lincolnshire;  Gwydir- 
castle,  Denbighshire;  and  Beckingham,  Kent. 

b  C  27.  Visit.  Sussex,  fcl.  79,  8c,  Reg.  Howard,  fol  44,4?,  in  Herald's 
College. 


503  PEEFxAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 


BASSET,  LORD  DE  DUNSTANVILLE 
AND  BASSET. 


Immediately  after  the  Norman  Conquest  arose  into  power  and 
distinction,  more  especially  in  the  midland  counties,  the  great 
Baronial  family  of  Basset. 

Ralph  Basset  was  chief  justice  of  England  under  King  Henry  I. 
and  hence  sprung  the  Lords  Basset  of  Drayton  ;  the  Lords  Basset 
of  Hndendon  ;  and  the  Lords  Basset  of  5o/)co/e  and  JFeldon;  with 
the  Bassets  of  B lore,  and  many  other  branches  j  of  whom  an  ac- 
count may  be  found  in  Dugdale's  Baronage  j  or  in  the  Topo- 
grapher, vol.  ii.  p.  318,  &:c. 

Thomas  Basset,  a  very  early  cadet  of  this  family,^-  married 
Cicely,  daughter  and  heiress  of  Alan  Lord  de  Dunstanvillc,  ma- 
ternally descended  from  Retjinald  Fitzhenry,  Earl  of  Cornwall, 
natural  son  of  King  Henry  I.  by  Anne  Corbet,  ^' 

Sir  William  Pole'  however  deduces  the  descent  thus : 

Osmond  Basset,  who  held  Ipisden  and  Stuke-Basset,  in  King 
Henry  I's  time,  was  father  of  ■ 

John  Basset,  who  had  issue 

William  Basset,  who  by  Ciceley,  daughter  of  Alan  de  En- 
glefield,  was  father  of 

a  Said  to  be  grandson  of  Ralph.  The  arms  have  but  a  slight  variation 
from  those  of  Hedendon  ;  viz.  Barry  wavy  o/"6,  or  and  gules :  instead  of  Barry 
NEFULEo/'5,  or  and  gules ;  which  latter  wtre  those  of  Hedendon.  See  Dug- 
dak's  Usage  of  Arms. 

b  Gent.  Mag.  vol  Ixviii.  j)  765. 
c  Description  of  Devon. 


LORD  DE  DUNSTANVILLE.  •       503 

Sir  Alan  Basset,  who  had  given  him  by  Sir  William  Pevere], 
of  Samford  in  Devonshire,  White-Chapple  and  La  Heyna,  in  the 
parish  of  Byshop's  Nymton,  in  the  north  part  of  the  county,  with 
Lucia,  his  sister,  in  marriage. 

Sir  William  Basset,  in  the  reign  of  King  Henry  VIIL  was 
father  of 

Sir  John  Basset,  of  Umberlegh  com.  Devon,  Knt.  who  mar- 
ried Joan,  daughter  of  Sir  Thomas  Beaumont,  and  sister  and 
heir  of  Philip  Beaumont,  of  Shirwell  in  that  county  ;  who  brought 
into  this  family  two  noble  seats  in  that  county  j  Umlerle^h  and 
Heanton  Court.  "  Umberlegh  lies  in  the  parish  of  Adrington, 
seven  miles  to  the  south  of  Barnstaple,  and  is  so  called  from  the 
abundance  of  woods  which  heretofore  were  round  about  it,  and 
did  overshadow  it.  Here  this  family  had  its  first  residence  after 
it  became  theirs;  but  it  being  the  more  melancholy  and  less 
healthful  place,  they  removed  hence  to  Heanton  Coukt,  which 
came  from  Punchardon  to  Beaumont;  and  from  Beaumont  to 
Basset  ;  a  sweet  and  pleasant  seat,  a  very  handsome  pile,  well 
furnished  wich  all  variety  of  entertainments  which  the  earth  and 
sea  and  air  can  afford."  "^ 

Sir  John  had  issue  by  Joan  Beaumont,  viz. 

Sir  John  Basset,  eldest  son,  of  Umberlegh  corrl.  Devon,  mar- 
ried, first,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  John  De nys,  by  whom  he  had 
an  only  child,  Anne,  married  to  James,  son  of  Sir  William  Court- 
ney, of  Powderham,  Knt.  Sir  John  married,  secondly,  Honora, 
daughter  of  Sir  Thomas  Granville,  who  sur\'ived  him,  and  re- 
married Arthur  Plantagenet,  Viscount  Lis'e.  By  this  second  wife 
Sir  John  Basket,  who  died  January  31st,  1528,  had  two  sons. 

First,  John,  of  whom  presently. 

Second,  George,  of  Tehidy,  of  whom  afterwards,  as  ancestor 
to  the  present  peer. 

John  Basset,  eldest  son,  of  Umberlegh  com.  Devon,  mar- 
ried Frances,  daughter  and  coheir  of  the  above  Arthur  Planta- 
genet, Viscount  Lisle,  bastard  son  of  King  Edward  IV.  who 
surviving  him,  remarried  Thomas  IVIonke,  of  Potheridge  com. 
Devon,  Esq.  and  was  great  grandmother  of  the  famous  George 
Monke,  Duke  of  Alberraarle.  By  her  be  had  issue  Sir  Arthur 
Basset,  of  Umberlegh,  only  son  and  heir,  who  married  Eleanor, 
daughter  of  Sir  John  Chichester,  of  Raleigh,  Knt.  and  had  issue 
Sir  Robert  Basset,   of  Umberlegh,  Knt.  living  1620,  "  who 

d  Risdon  and  Prince. 


sm  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND, 

being  thus  by  his  grandmother  descended  from  the  Plantagencts, 
^ittcted  to  make  some  pretensions  to  the  crown  of  England,  but 
not  being  able  to  make  them  good,  was  forced  to  fly  into  France 
to  save  his  head.  '^  To  compound  for  which,  together  with  his 
high  and  generous  way  of  hving.  Sir  Robert  greatly  exhausted 
his  estate,  selling  off  with  White  Chappie,  the  ancient  house,  no 
less  than  thirty  manors."  ^  He  married  Elizabeth,  second  daughter 
and  coheir  of  Sir  William  Periam,  Chief  Baron  of  the  Exchequer, 
by  whom  he  was  father  of  Colonel  Arthur  Basset,  born  at 
Heanton  Court,  I5g7,=  aa  active  loyalistj  of  whom  a  memoir  is 
given  in  Prince's  Worthies  of  Devon,  (p.  51,  edit.  1810).  He 
died  January  /th,  I672,  aet.  seventy  five.  His  descendant  and 
last  heir  male,  Francis  Basset  of  Heanton-Court,  Esq.  died 
about  fifteen  years  ago  ;  and  Mr.  Davie,  his  nephew,  and  heir  by 
the  female  line,  has  taken  the  name  and  arms  of  Basset. 

We  now  return  to  George  Basset,  younger  son  of  Sir  John 
Basset  and  Honora  Granville.  He  had  a  gift  from  his  nephew 
Sir  Arthur  of  the  manor  of  Tehidy  in  Cornwall,  to  him  and  his 
heirs,  as  appears  by  a  conveyance  dated  March  26th,  1558,  in 
these  words,  "  to  the  use  and  lehoof  of  Dame  Honor,  Viscountess 
Ziisle,  mother  of  the  said  George,  and  grandmether  to  the  said  Ar- 
thur, and  her  assigns  for  the  term  of  her  life  natural,  and  after  her 
decease  then  and  from  thence  first  to  the  vse  of  the  said  George 
Basset  and  Jacquet  his  wife,  and  to  the  heirs  male  of  the  body  of 
the  said  George  laufuUy  begotten,  and  in  default  to  the  use  and 
behoof"  &c.  It  appears  from  Leland,  that  the  Bassets  resided  at 
Tehidy  before  this  :'' 

**  Basset,"  says  he,  "  hath  a  right  goodly  lordship,  called 
Treheddy,  by  Combe  Castelle."    And  again  : 

"  Carnbrny,  on  an  hill,  a  castelet,  or  pile  of  Bassets,  a  mile 
west  of  the  Revier  toun.  There  was  sometime  a  park  now  de- 
faced." ' 

This  George  Basset  married  Jacquetta,  daughter  of  George 
Coffin,  of  Portledge  in  Devonshire,  and  dying  November  5lh, 
1589,  W3S  buried  at  Illagan  in  Cornwall.  He  left  issue  a  son  and 
two  daughters. 

e  One  Nicholas  Hill  was  concerned  in  this  conspiracy.    See  Wood's 

Ath.  vol.  i.  p.  366. 

f  Prince- 

g  Sandford's  Genealog.  p.  449. 

h  Tehidy  is  said  to  have  been  the  most  ancient  seat  of  the  family,  even 

from  1x50. 

«  Itin.  vol.  iii.  f.  5. 


LORD  DE  DUXSTANVILLE.  605 

Catherine,  married  James  Carey,  of  Clovelly  in  Devon  ;  and 
Blanch,  married  William  Newman. 

James  Basset,  of  Tehidy,  only  son,  died  February  8th,  l603, 
having  married  Jane,  daughter  of  Sir  Francis  Godolphin,  of  Go- 
dolphin,  Knight,  by  whom  he  had  five  sons  and  four  daughters; 
of  which  last,  Margery  married  Kenry  Trengrove,  afs  Nans; 
Joanna,  married  William  Courtnay,  of  Tremara  com.  Cornwall ; 
third,  Grace;  fourth,  Margaret.     The  sons  were. 

First,  Sir  Francis. 

Second,  Sir  Thomas,  a  major-general  under  King  Charles  I. 
and  commanded  a  division  of  the  royal  army  at  the  battle  of 
Stratton. 

Third,  Sir  Arthur,  a  colonel  in  the  service  of  King  Charles  I, 

Fourth,  Nicholas  Basset. 

Fifth,  James  Basset. 

Sir  Fraxcis  Basset,  of  Tehidy,  eldest  son,  was  also  a  strenuous 
royalist,  and  sheriff  of  Cornwall  during  the  greater  part  of  the 
rebellion.  Owing  to  his  expenses  in  support  of  the  royal  cause, 
and  his  being  obliged  to  compound  for  his  estate  with  the  parlia- 
ment, he  was  necessitated  to  sell  his  seat  at  St.  Michael's  Mount 
in  Cornwall,  and  much  other  property  :  on  which  account  his  de- 
scendants were  much  distressed  for  many  years  after  the  rebel- 
lion, till  by  marriages  and  skilful  management  they  again  aug- 
mented their  estates. 

Sir  Francis  died  September  IQth,  1645,  having  married  Anne, 
daughter  of  Sir  Jonathan  Trelawney,  of  Trelawney,  Knight,  who 
was  governor  and  owner  of  St.  Michael's  Mount  in  Cornwall.  B/ 
her  he  was  father  of 

JoHy  Basset,  of  Tehidy,  second  son  and  heir  male  of  his 
brother  Francis.  He  died  in  November,  1(556,  and  was  buried  at 
Illagan,  having  married  Anne,  daughter  and  heiress  of  Robert 
Deibridge,  of  Barnstaple,  by  whom  he  had  three  sons,  and  two 
dauo-hters:  Anne,  who  died  unmarried,  October,  1715,  and  was 
buried  at  Illagan ;  and  Elizabeth,  who  also  died  unmarried. 

The  sons  were. 

First,  Francis. 

Second,  Charles,  rector  of  Illagan,  died  s.  p.  1709. 

Third,  John,  died  unmarried,  January,  17OS. 

Francis  Basset,  of  Tehidy,  eldest  son,  married  Lucy,  daughter 
and  heir  of  John  Hele,  Esq.  and  had  issue 

Francis  Basset,  his  only  son  and  heir,  who  died  December 
llth,  172],  having  married,  fii£t,  EUzabeth,  daughter  and  co- 


506         -  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 


o 


heiress  of  Sir  Thomas  Spencer,  of  Yarnton  in  Oxfordshire,  Bart, 
and  widow  of  Sir  Samuel  Garrard,  Bart,  by  whom  he  had  no 
issue. 

He  married,  secondly,  Mary,  daughter  and  heiress  of  John 
Pendarves,  rector  of  Dunsteignton  in  Devonshire,  and  at  length 
heiress  of  her  uncle  Alexander  Pendarves,  By  her  he  had  two 
sons. 

First,  John  Pendarves  Basset. 
Second,  Francis,  father  of  the  present  peer. 
John  Pendarves  Basset,  eldest  son,  died  September  25th, 
1739,  and  was  buried  at  Illogan,  having  married  Anne,  daughter 
and  coheiress  of  Sir  Edmund  Prideaux,  of  Netherton,  Bart,  by 
whom  he  had  a  posthumous  son 

John  Pkideaux  Basset,  who  died  May  28th,  1/5(5,  aged  six- 
teen, and  was  buried  at  Illogan. 

Francis  Basset,  the  younger  son  of  Francis,  was  of  Turley  in 
Northamptonshire,  and  succeeded  to  the  family  estate  at  Tehidy 
on  the  death  of  his  nephew.  He  was  sometime  M  P.  for  Pen- 
rhyn,  and  dying  November,  lydg,  was  buried  at  Illogan,  De- 
cember 2d.  He  married  at  Crowan  in  Cornwall,  October  IQth, 
1756,  Margaret,  daughter  of  Sir  John  St.  Aubyn,  of  Clowancc, 
Bart,  and  by  her,  who  died  October  19th,  1768,  had  issue. 
First,  Sir  Francis,,  now  Lord  de  Dunstanville, 
Second,  John  Basset,  clerk,  A.M.  rector  of  Illogan  aforesaid, 
and  also  of  Camborne  com.  Cornw. ;  baptized  at  Illogan  August 
4th,  1760  ;  married  at  Upminster  com.  Essex,  October  -Ith,  179O, 
Mary,  daughter  of  George  Wingtield,  of  Durham,  by  whom  he 
has  a  son.  John  Basset,  baptized  at  Illogan  November  28th,  1791' 
Third,  Margaret,  baptized  at  Illogan,  September  29th,  1758, 
married  at  St.  Breock,  Cornwall,  IJ'/G,  to  John  Rogers,  ot  Trease 
and  Penrose  in  the  said  county,  Esq.  who  has  issue  by  her  nine 
daughters  and  six  sons. 

Fourth,  Anne,  baptized  atEvenley  com.  Northton,  December 
13th,  1761,  died  unmarried,  1779- 

Fifth,  Cecilia,  baptized  at  Camborne  February  13(h,  1763, 
living  unmarried,  1797- 

Sixth,  Mary,  baptized  at  Evenly  1765,  living  unmarried,  1797' 
Seventh,  Catherine,  baptized  x\pril  3d,  1766,  living  unmar- 
ried, 1797. 

Sir  FrxANCis  Basset,  Bart,  eldest  son,  present  Peer,  was 
born  at  ''•Valcot,  com.  Oxford,  August  9th,  and  baptized  at  Charl- 
bury,  September  7th,  1/57;  was  created  a  Baronet  Novembef  24, 


LORD  DE  DUNSTANVILLE.  50; 

1779  ;  returned  M.  P.  for  Penrhyn,  178O,  1784,  179O  ;  and  was 
raised  to  the  peerage  June  l/th,  I796.,  by  the  title  of  Lord  de 
DuNSTANViLLE,  of  Tckidy  Park  in  Cormvall,  to  him  and  the 
heirs  male  of  his  body ;  and  was  funlier  created  on  November 
7th,  1797j  Lord  Basset,  of  Stratton  iu  Cornwall,  with  re- 
mainder, in  default  of  his  o^vn  issue  malcj  to  Frances  his  only 
daughter,  and  her  issue  male. 

His  Lordship  married,  at  St.  Mary-!e-bone  in  the  county  of 
Middlesex,  on  May  '.6th,  1/80,  Frances  Susanna,  dMUiiliier  and  at 
length  coheir  of  Juhn  Hifjpesley  Coxe,  of  Stone  Ea^ion  com. 
Somerset,  Esq.  by  whom  he  has  an  only  daughter, 

Frances  Basset,  born  at  Mary-le-bone  April  30th,  and  bap- 
tized May  28th,  17SI. 

Titles.  Sir  Francis  Basset,  Bart.  Lord  de  Dunstanville,  of 
Tehidy  in  Cornwall;   and  Lord  Basset,  of  Stratton  in  Cornwall. 

Creations.  Lord  de  Dunstanville  June  ]  7ch,  ]  79S,  bv  patent; 
and  Lord  Basset,  of  Stratton,  also  by  patent,  November  /th,  1/9/. 

Arms.     Barry  wavy  of  sis,  or  and  gules. 

Creit.     An  unicorn's  bead. 

Supporters.  Two  unicorns  collared,  and  e.ich  charged  on  the 
sliou  dc-r  with  a  sine'd  of  the  artns. 

jMofto.     Pro  IIege  et  ropuLO. 

Chief  Seat.     Tehidy,  Cornwall. 


o03  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 


LASCELLES,  LOKD  HAREWOOD. 

The  fainily  of  Lascklles  ^  are  of  ancient  standing  and  respecta- 
bility iu  Yorkshire. 

John  de  Lascelles, ''  of  Hinderskelfe  (now  called  Castle 
Howard)  in  the  Wapentake  of  Bulmer  in  the  North  Riding  of  the 
county  of  York,  was  living,  and  held  di\^rse  lands  in  that  place 
A.  D.  1315,  9  Edw.  II.  {lit per  chart.)  By  Johanna  his  wife,  he 
left 

John  de  Lascelles,  of  Hinderskelfe,  his  son  and  heir,  called  in 
deeds  ^filius  Johannh,  alias  Jackson-  He  wasjiving  I4f}2,  l6 
Rich.  II.  {lit  per  chart.) 

William  de  Lascelles,  his  son  and  heir,  was  living  7  Hen. 
VI.  142S,  and  had 

William  Lascelles,  alias  Jackson,  of  Hinderskelfe,  his  son 
and  heir,  who  was  ftither  of 

William  Lascelles,  alias  Jackson,  of  Gawthorpe  in  the  "Wa- 
pentake of  Bulmer  aforesaid,  who  left  issue 

Robert  Lascelles,  alias  Jackson,  of  Gawthorpe  and  Engholme- 
Grange  in  the  parish  of  Hovingham  com.  York.     He  died  4  and 

a  There  was  a  Baronial  family  of  this  name,  and  seated  in  this  county. 
RoCE  R  de  Lascelles  received  summons  among  the  Peers,  x2  Edw.  1.  See 
Dugd.  Bar.  vol.  ii    p.  6. 

i>  This  John  was  thought  to  be  a  younger  son  of  the  house  of  Sowerby 
and  Brackenbury,  who  bore  the  arms  without  tbebordure.  Sir  Roger  Lascelles, 
of  Sowerby  and  Brackenbury,  was  great  grandfather  of  Thomas  Lascelles,  of 
Brackenbury,  living  1584.  See  Harl.  MSS.  1394,  f.  34. 


LORD  HAREWOOD.  50p 

5  Philip  and  Mary,  having  married  Dorothy,  daughter  of 

Newport,  by  whom  he  had  five  daughters,  and  four  sons. 

Of  the  daughters,  first,  Jane,  married  James  Butler ;  second, 

Dorothy,  married Griffin  5   third,  Elizabeth,  married  John 

Bell  ;  fourth,  Margery,  married  John  Knight ;  fifth,  Mari^aret. 

The  sons  were,  first,  Thomas  Lascelles,  alias  Jackson,  of  Gaw- 
thorpe  and  Engholme-Grange,  Esq.  who  had  livery  of  his  estate, 
I  Eliz.  was  living  at  Gawthorpe,  15S4,  and  died  \6  James  I. 
16 1 8,  having  married  Margery,  daughter  of  Sir  William  St. 
Quintin,  of  Harphani,  com.  York,  Knight,  by  whom  he  had 
issue,  first,  Henry,  son  and  heir  apparent  set.  '23d,  1584  j  second, 
Walter;  third,  Williamj  fourth,  John  ;  fifth,  Roger  ;  sixth,  Ed- 
ward }  seventh,  James  J  eighth,  Robert;  ninth,  Dorothy  ;  tenth, 
Mary. 

Second,   John   Lascelles,   alias   Jackson,  married   , 

daughter  of Mauleverer,  and  had  issue  in  1584  two  son.s, 

Christopher  and  Thomas, 

Third,  Robert  Lascelles,  alias  Jackson. 

Fourth,  Francis  Lascelles,  alias  Jackson,  who  was  of  Stank- 
Hall  in  the  parish  of  Sigston  and  North  Allerton,  jure  uxoris. 
He  died  4  Char.  I.  1628,  seized  of  Stank,  alias  Winton-Stank, 
and  of  the  manor  or  Grange  of  Thormanby  ;  having  married 
Elizabeth,  daughter  and  coheir  of  John  Charter,  of  North-AIler- 
lon,  by  whom  he  had  issue  three  daughters,  and  five  sons. 

The  daughters  were,  first,  Eleanor,  married  at  North  Al- 
lerton, December  15th,  1005,  to  Lawrence  INIennil,  ot  Thornaby 
and  East  Layton,  Esq.  3  second,  Margaret,  married  to  William 
Constable,  of  Dromonby  com.  York^  Esq.;  third,  Jauf,  baptised 
at  North-A!lerton,  April  231  h,  1595,  married  at  Sigston,  Sep- 
tember i;jlh,  1614,  to  Thomas  Saville,  of  Wdlburne,  Esq. 

The  sons  were,  first,  William,  of  whom  jjresently  ;  second, 
Cutbbert  lyascellcs,  who  married  Frances,  daughter  of  Robert 
Knowsley,  of  North  Burton  and  Wighton,  and  had  issue,  first, 
Robert,  baptized  at  Sigston,  March  Uth,  1029;  second,  Eliza- 
beth, baptized  March  l/th,  l6J0;  third,  Anne,  baptized  May 
2Ist,  1033;   fourth,  Thomas,  baptized  April  I3th,  l6.;4. 

Third,  Philip  Lascelles ;  fourth,  Francis,  baptised  at  North 
Allerton,  January  21st,  1595;  fifth,  Thomas,  baptized  September 
21st,  159s. 

William  Lascelles,  alias  Jnckson,  eldest  son  and  heir  ap- 
parent, was  living  at  Stank  in  l(5l2,  but  died  in  his  father's  life- 


510  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

time,  and  was  burled  at  Sigston  November  10th,  1024,  having 
married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Robert  Wadeson,  of  Yafforth 
com.  York,  Esq.  by  whom  he  had  two  daughters  and  four  sons. 

The  daughters  were,  first,  Helen,  baptized  at  Sigston  St-p- 
tember  11th,  lGl5  j  second,  Elizabeth,  baptized  March  '24lh, 
1621. 

The  sons  were,  first,  Francis,  of  wliom  presently  ;  second, 
Robert,  baptized  at  Sigston  November  26'th,  l6l7;  third.  Pere- 
grine, baptized  April  2d,  iSip;  fourch,  Thomas,  baptized  August 
5lh,  1624, 

Francis  Lascelles,  of  Stank  and  North-Allerton,  E?q  eldest 
son,  and  heir  to  his  giandfiither,  was  a  child  of  two  weeks  old,  at 
the  visitation  J6l2.  He  was  a  justice  of  the  peace,  and  colonel  of 
the  army  of  the  parliament ;  elected  member  of  parliament  for  the 
North  Riding  of  Yorkshire,  lG53,  1 654,  and  lQ5o.  He  was 
buried  at  Sigston  (where  he  had  been  baptized,  August  2Jd, 
l6l2)  in  November,  166/.  He  married  Frances,  second  daughter 
of  Sir  William  St.  Qnintin,  of  Harpharo,  Bart,  bv  Mary  his  wife, 
eldest  daugliter  and  coheir  of  Robert  Lac)',  of  Folketon,  Esq.  She 
was  buried  at  Sigston,  September  20th,  l65S.    By  her  he  lind  issue. 

First,  William,  baptized  at  Sigston,  September  bih,  1034. 

Second,  Mary,  baptized  February  7th,  1035,  married,  January 
25th,  l6o8,  to  Richard  Shipton.  of  Lythe  com.  York. 

Thiid,  Henry,  baptized  May  3d,  1637  5  fourth,  Francis,  bap- 
tized March  19th,  lOoQ. 

Fifth,  Catherine,  baptized  June,  l640j  sixth,  Elizabeth,  bap- 
tized November  9th,  l641. 

Seventh,  Lacy,  baptized  October  ptb,  1653. 

Eighth,  Margaret,  buried  Aj)ril  4  th,  1667. 

Kinth,  Lucy,  baptized  October  9th,  l6.')l,  married  Cutli- 
bert  Wytham,  a  merchant  in  Virginia,  second  son  of  Sir  William 
Wytham,  of  Garlbvth;  tenth,  Helen,  baptized  July  ipth,  1650; 
eleventh,  Dorothy  ;  twelfth,  Hannah  ;  thirteenth,  Elizabeth  ; 
fourteenth,  Dorothy;  fifteenth,  Catherine. 

Sixteenth,  Daniel  Lascelles,  of  Stank  and  North-Allerton, 
Esq.  born  November  Gth,  l655,  and  baptized  at  Sigston,  was  jus- 
tice of  the  peace,  high  sheriff  of  Yorkshire  1719j  and  sometime 
member  of  parliament  for  North-Allerton.  He  died  September 
5th,  1734,  ^t.  seventy-eight,  and  was  buried  at  North-Allerton. 

He  had  two  wives,  first,  Margaret,  daughter  of  U  illiam  Met- 
calf,  of  North-Allerton^  Esq.  by  Anne,  daughter  of  Sir  George 


LORD  HARE  WOOD.  -511 

Marwood,  of  Little  Bncksby,  Bart.  She  was  biirlcd  at  North- 
AUerton,  Deceaiber  20th,  iGgO.  By  her  he  had  four  sons,  and 
four  daughters ;  viz. 

First,  Francis,  baptized  at  Sigston  June  IS,  10'74,  died  young. 
Second,  Anne,  baptized  Derember  5:h,  iQjG,  died  an  infant. 
Third,  Daniel,  died  an  infant  June  11th.  J677. 
Fourth,  Geokge  La^ceiles,  eldest  surviving  son,  of  Stank,  and 
of  St.  Michael's  in  Barbadoes,  baptized  at  Norih-Allerton  March 
2d,  idSI.     His  will  is  dated  at    Harbadoe^    August  30th,  1725- 
and  proved  in  London,  where  he  died  in  the  lifetime  of  his  father,' 
February  i2th,    1723-Cj,  having  married  Mary,  daujiter  of  Wil- 
liam Dobdien,  who  died  at  Barbadoes,  1722.     By  her  he  had  two 
sons,  and  two  daughters  ;  viz.  fin^t,  William  Lascelles,  of  Stank, 
Esq.  succeeded  hi-,  grandfather  in  his  estate;  died  unmarried  about 
1750,  and  was  buried  at  Bcrmondsey  in  Surrey;  second,  George 
Lascelles,  of  iN^orth-Allerton,  Esq.  born  in  the  island  of  Barbadoes, 
1722,    was    living   unmarried,    179O;     third,    Elizabeth,    eldest 
daughter,  married  at  Isleworth  com.  Middiesex,  December  24th, 
17'il,  to  Edmund  Divis,  of  Highworth  and    Ramsbury,   com. 
Wilts,  Esq.  wiK)  took  the  name  of  Batson.     He  died  December 
1st,  1770,  and  was  buried  at  Highworth  ;  she  died  at  a  great  aoe, 
s.  p.  about  ISOS.     Fuuith,  Susannah,  married  at  St.  Paul'-s  Cathe- 
dral, London,  in   February,  J  748,  to  James  iMaxwell,  Esq    com- 
missioner of  the  Sick  and  Hurt  Office,  and  sometime  physician 
general  to  tb.e  army  in  Germany.     She  died  I76S;  and  he  died 
17/1,  and  were  both  buried  at  St.  Andrew,  Holborn,  leaving  an 
only  surviving  child,  Henry  Maxwell,  now  of  Ewshot-house  in 
Crundal,  Hants,  and  Grosvenor  place,  London,  vsbo  married,  in 
ALirch,  J78O,  Deborah,  third  daughter  of  the  la;e  Edward  Bryd"-es, 
Esq.  ot  Wootton-court,  Kent,  by  Ji  mima,  (who  died  December, 
ISOy)  daughter  and  coheir  of  William  Egerton,  LL. D.  grandson 
of  John,  second  Earl  of  Bridgewater.     This  lady  died  in  Harley- 
street,    March,    I7S9,  leaving  an  on'y  child,  who  died  an  infant 
about  five  years  afier  her  mother. 

Fifth,  Heuiy  Lascelles,  ofivhom  presently. 

Six'h,  Hannah,  a  twin  with  Henry,  baptized  November  20th, 
logo,  buried  July  20th.  1694. 

The  other  daughters  of  this  marriage  were ;  seventh,  Mary, 
baptized  September  13th,  lGS3,  married,  August  27th,  170(5,  to 
Cuthbert  Mittord.  of  North- Allerton  ;  she  died  April  25th,  1727, 
and  was  buried  at  North-Allerton  ;  eighth,  Elizabeth,  married  at 
+Corth- Allerton  on  September  lOth,  17 1 3,   to   George  Ord,  of 


512  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

Longridge  com.  Northumberland,  Esq.     He  died  February  25th, 
1745,  and  was  buried  with  his  wife  at  Norham  in  that  county. 

Daniel  Lascelles^  the  father,  married,  secondly,  Mary,  daughter 
of  Edward  Lascelles,  of  London,  Esq. ;  and  by  her,  who  was 
buried  at  North-Allerton,  October  30th,  1734,  ast.  seventy-two, 
had  a  son  Francis,  baptized  at  North-Allerton,  November  8th, 
1705,  who  died  young,  and  one  surviving  son, 

Edward  Lascelles,  Esq.  of  whom  hereafter,  as  father  to  the 
present  peer. 

Henry  Lascelles,  of  Harewood,  Stank,  and  North-Allerton, 
fifth  son  oithn first  wife,  (Margaret  Metcalfe)  was  born  at  North- 
Allerton,  December  20th,  1690 ;  was  sometime  collector  of  the 
customs  at  Barbadoes  ;  a  director  of  the  East  India  Company, 
and  member  of  parliament  for  North-Allerton.  He  died  in 
London,  and  was  buried  at  North-Allerton,  October  l6th,  1753, 
He  married  Jennet,  daughter  of  John  Whetstone,  of  Barbadoes, 
Esq.  She  died  in  London,  April  22d,  3  754,  By  her  he  had  five 
sons ;  viz. 

First,  Edwin,  of  whom  presenthj. 

Second,  Daniel  Lnscelles,  of  Goldsborough  and  Plumptom 
com.  York,  Esq.  baptized  at  St,  Michael's,  Barbadoes,  May  20th, 
1714;  sometime  member  of  parliament  for  North-Allerton  ;  died 
s,  p.  in  Pall-Mali,  May  26th,  1/84,  and  was  buried  at  Golds- 
borough,  having  married  Elizabeth  South wich,  from  whom  he 
was  divorced  by  act  of  parliament  1 751. 

Third,  Henry  Lascelles,  Esq.  born  August  10th,  1716,  at  St. 
Michael's,  sometime  a  captain  in  the  service  of  the  East  Iridia 
Company.  He  died  s.  p.  July  14th,  178G,  and  was  buried  in 
South  Audley-street  chapel,  having  married  Jane,  dughter  of 
John  Raine,  of  Scarborough  com   York.     She  died  June,  1784. 

Fourth,  Thomas,  died  young. 

Fifth,  George,  died  young,  and  was  buried  at  North-Allerton, 
March  20th,  1723. 

Edwin  Lascelles,  first  Peer,  eldest  son  and  heir,  was  of 
Harewood,  Stank,  and  North-Allerton.  He  was  born  at  St. 
Michael's,  Barb:idoes,  February  5th,  171t;  :ind  was  sometime 
member  of  parliament  for  Scarborough  and  North-Allerton  ;  and 
afterwards  for  the  county  of  York.  He  was  created  Lord  Hare- 
wood, of  Harewood  castle  in  Yorkshire,  to  him  and  the  heirs 
male  of  his  body,  by  patent  dated  July  gth,  179O. 

His  Lordship  married,  first,  Elizabeth,  sister  and  sole  heir  of 
Sir  William  Dawes,  Bart,  and  daughter  of  SirDarcy  Daues,  Bart. 


LORD  HAREWOOD.  513 

by  Sarah,  his  wife,  eldest  daughter  and  coheir  of  Richard  Roun- 
dell,  of  Hutton  Wandesley,  com.  York,  Esq.  She  died  without 
surviving  issue  at  Bath,  August  3 1st,  17(J4;  and  was  buried  in 
South  Audley-street  chapel,  having  had  two  children  that  died 
young. 

His  Lordship  married,  secondly,  Jane,  daughter  of  Williami 
Coleman,  of  Garnhey  com.  Devon,  Esq.  by  Jane  Seymour,  his 
wife,  sister  of  Edward,  eighth  Duke  of  Somerset,  to  whom  he  was 
married  by  special  licence  in  Upper  Brook-street,  March  2Qth, 
1770.  She  was  widow  of  Sir  John  Fleming,  of  Brompton-Park, 
com.  Middlesex,  Bart,  and  survived  his  Lordship,  who  died  with- 
out issue  January  25lh,  1 795,  when  the  title  became  extinct. 

We  now  return  to  Edward  Lascelies  (son  of  the  second  mar- 
riage of  the  last  Lord  Harewood's  grandfather  with  Mary  Las- 
celies). This  Edward  was  baptized  at  North- AUerton,  February 
25th,  1702.  He  was  collector  of  the  customs  at  Barbadot's  ;  and 
married  at  St.  Michael's  church  in  that  island,  January  1st,  1732. 
Frances,  daughter  of  Guy  Ball,  Esq.  a  member  of  the  council  in 
Barbadoes.  He  died  October  31st,  ]747,  at  Barbadoes,  and  was 
buried  in  St.  Michael's  church  there,  where  he  had  a  tomb  de- 
stroyed by  the  fall  of  the  church  tower  in  the  great  hurricane, 
1780.  His  widow  remarried  Francis  Holburne,  Esq.  admiral  of 
the  White,  rear-admiral  of  Great  Britain,  and  governor  of  Green- 
wich-Hospital, third  son  of  Sir  James  Holburne,  ofMenshire  in 
North  Britain,  Bart.  She  died  May  18th,  1761,  cEt.  forty-one, 
and  was  buried  at  Richmond  in  Surrey.  (Her  last  husband  died 
July  15lh,  177'>  set.  sixty-six,'  and  was  buried  at  Richmond.) 
Mr.  Lascelies  had  issue  by  this  lady  four  sons,  and  two  daughters, 
viz. 

First,  Mary  Lascelies,  born  in  Barbadoes,  March  igth,  1735  6; 
buried  in  St.  Michael's  church  there,  February  1  Ith,  1737. 

Second,  Henry  Lascelies,  born  November  1st,  1737,  in  Bar- 
badoes; died  May  12th,  1755,  unmarried,  and  was  buried  at 
Richmond  in  Surrey, 

Third,  Daniel,  born  in  Barbadoes  December  8th,  1742,  and 
died  in  that  island  aged  about  eight  years. 

Fourth,  Edward,  now  Lord  Harewood,  cfwhom^resejitly. 

Fifth,  Francis  Lancelles,  born  in  Barbadoes,  November  1st, 
1744,  appointed  ensign  in  the  first  regiment  of  foot-guards,  Fe- 

c  He  had  issue  by  her  a  son,  Sir  Fraricis  Holburne,  Bart,  and  two  daugh- 
ters, jean,  wife  of  Ralph  Sheldon,  of  Weston  in  Warwickshire,  Esq  ;  ani 
Catherine,  married  to  Thomas  Cussans,  of  Jamaica,  Esq. 

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514  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

bruary  22d,  l/6l ;  captain  in  the  seventeenth  dragoons,  De- 
cember 13th,  1761  ;  major  in  the  eighth  dragoons,  June  15th, 
1/64;  lieutenant-colonel  of  ditto.  May  31st,  1768;  colonel  in 
the  army,  August  29th,  1/775  lieutenant-colonel  of  the  King's 
own  dragoons.  May  8tb,  1780;  major-general  in  the  army,  No- 
vember 20th,  1782;  lieutenant-general,  October  I2lh,  1793; 
general,  January  1st,  1798;  colonel  of  the  eighth  dragoons,  March 
17th,  1/89;  colonel  of  the  third  dragoons,  March  20th,  1797; 
and  appointed  groom  of  his  Majesty's  bed-chamber  1779=  died 
1799,  unmarried. 

Sixth,  Frances,  born  in  Barbadoes,  December  6th,  1738  ; 
married  at  St.  James's  church,  Westminster,  October  15th,  1/62, 
ro  Gedney  Clarke,  of  Barbadoes,  Esq.  She  died  December  l6th, 
1777,  leaving  one  son,  Gedney  Clarke,  of  Barbadoes,  IJO^- 

Edward  Lascelles,  present  Peer,  was  born  at  Barbadoes, 
January  l/th,  17^?}  was  of  Stapleton  in  the  parish  of  Darrington 
com,  Yoik,  in  179O;  and  of  Harewood-house,  Gouldsborough, 
Stank,  and  North -AUerton,  in  the  same  county,  in  1796.  He  was 
elected  member  of  parliament  for  Norlh-Allerton,  1761,  176S, 
and  1790 ;  and  having  succeeded  to  the  large  estates  of  the  late 
lord  Harewood  at  his  death,  1795,  was  elevated  to  the  Peer- 
age by  patent,  June  18th,  1796,  by  the  same  title  of  Baron 
Hakewood,  nf  Harewood  in  Yorkshire,  to  him  and  the  heirs 
male  of  bis  body. 

His  Lordship  married,  May  12th,  1761,  at  St.  George's,  Han- 
over-square, Anne,  daughter  of  William  Chaloner,  Esq.  of  Guis- 
borough  in  Yorkshire ;  and  by  her  has  issue. 

First,  Edward,  son  and  heir  apparent,  born  January  10th, 
1/64,  in  New  Bond-street,  and  there  baptized;  member  of  par- 
liament for  North-Allerton,  1  "/QQ. 

Second,  Henry,  late  member  of  parliament  for  the  county  of 
York,  and  now  member  of  parliament  for  Westbury,  Wilts ; 
born  at  Stapleton,  December  25th,  1767,  and  baptized  there; 
manied,  Septem.ber  3d,  l79-4>  Henrietta  Saunders,  daughter  of 
Sir  John  Sebright,  of  Eeechwood,  com.  Herts,  Bart,  (baptized  at 
Hamstead,  May  26th,  17/0),  by  whom  he  has  issue  a  son,  Ed- 
ward, born  at  Harewood-house,  July  13th,  and  baptized  there 
August  9th,  1796. 

Third,  Frances,  born  in  Stanhope-Street,  May-fair,  June  1 1th, 
1762,  baptized  at  St.  George's,  Hanover-square,  married  there 
October  4th,  1784,  to  the  Hon.  John  Douglas,  uncle  to  the  Earl 
of  Morton,  bv  whom  she  has  issue. 


LORD  HARE  WOOD.  513 

Fourth,  Mary-Anne,  born  at  Stapleton  aforesaid,  November 
22d,  and  baptized  November  30th,  1775,  at  Darrington. 

Titles.  Edward  Lascelles,  Lord  Harewood,  of  Harewood  In 
Yorkshire. 

Creation.     Baron  Harewood  by  patent  June  18th,  179O. 

Arms.     Sable,  a  cross  patonce  within  a  border^  or. 

Crest.  On  a  wreath,  a  bear's  head  couped,  ermine;  muzzled, 
gules;  gorged  with  a  collar  of  the  last  studded  and  rimmed,  or. 

Supporters.  On  the  dexter  side  a  bear,  ermine;  muzzled, 
gules,  gorged  with  a  collar  of  the  second,  rimmed,  studded,  and 
chain  reflexed  over  the  back,  or;  pendant  thereto  an  escutcheon, 
sable;  charged  with  a  cross  patonce  of  the  third  :  on  the  sinister 
a  bull,  azure;  seme  of  mullets,  or;  armed,  hoofed,  and  gorged 
with  a  collar  and  chain  of  the  second,  studded,  gules;  pendant 
thereto  an  escutcheon  of  the  second,  charged  with  a  cross  patonce, 
vert. 

Motto.     In  solo  deo  salus. 

Chief  Seat.     Harewood,  Yorkshire, 


516  P£ERx\GE  OF  ENGLAND. 


ROLLE,  LORD  ROLLC. 


That  this  family  was  anciently  of  Dorsetshire,  appears  from  the 
will  of  Thomas  Rolle,  bearing  date  July  IQlh,  1525,  and  the 
probate  thereof,  the  last  of  January  following.  *  He  therein  be- 
queaths to  the  church  of  Wynborn  Mynsler  in  Dorsetshire,  where 
(as  related  by  him)  he  was  born,  for  the  devotion  he  hath  to  the 
said  church,  and  St.  Cuthbert,  6s.  8d;  being  likewise  a  benefactor 
to  other  churches.  He  also  bequeathed  to  Amys  Goddard^  his 
mother,  then  the  wife  of  Walter  Goddard,  20/.  to  pray  for  his 
soul.  The  residue  of  all  his  goods,  chattels,  debts,  &c.  his  funeral, 
&c.  fulfilled,  he  bequeathed  to  his  uncles,  William  Rolle,  parson 
of  Wychampton,  and  George  Rolle,  of  London,  and  makes  them 
sole  executors. 

Which  George  Rolle  was,  without  doubt,  the  same  person 
who  first  settled  in  Devonshire.  He  was  a  merchant  of  great  re- 
pute in  the  city  of  London,  ^  and  on  the  reformation,  was  a  con- 
siderable purchaser  of  abbey  lands.  He  also,  in  the  reign  of  King 
Henry  VIIL  purchased  the  seat,  manor,  and  large  demesnes  of 

Stevenslone,  in  the  parish  of  St.  Giles's  in  Devonshire,  of 

Moyle,  Esq.  a  descendant  from  Sir  Walter  Moyle,  Knt. '^  one  ot' 
the  justices  of  the  Common  Pleas,  in  32  Hen.  VL  to  whom '^'  it 
accrued,  by  the  marriage  of  the  coheir  of  the  Stevenstons,  lords 
of  the  said  manor. 

a  Ex  Regist.  vocat.  Porlh.  Qu  2,  in  Cur.  Pra?rog.  Cantuar 
b  Ex  Inform.  pia;hon  Hen  Dom.  Rolle. 
c  Dugdale's  ChionicaSeriei,  p  ('4. 
d  Piin;e's  Danmonii  Orien  p  5^1. 


LORD  ROLLE.  517 

The  said  George  Rolle,  writing  himself  of  Stevynston  in  the 
county  of  Devon,  Esq.  made  ^  his  last  will  and  testament,  No- 
vember nth,  1552,  6  Edw.  VI.     He  therein  bequeaths  his  soul 
to  the  Holy  Trinity,  and  all  the  holy  company  of  saints,  and  his 
body  to  be  buried  in  such  place,  where  he  shall  depart  this  miser- 
able life,  in  such  manner  as  shall  please  Marger)'  his  wife,  whom 
he  makes  his  sole  executrix.     He  bequeaths  to  Jackit  Rolle,  Besse 
Rolle,  and  iVIary  Rolle,  his  daughters,  6OO  marks  each,  to  be  re- 
ceived and  paid  by  his  trusty  servants  and  friends,  John  Wychalf, 
GefFery  Tuthyll,  Richard  Staveley,  and  John  Thore,  or  any  two 
of  them,  out  of  all  his  manors,  lands,  &c.  in  the  counties  of  Devon, 
Somerset,  and  Cornwall,  accounting  to  his  wife  once  in  the  year 
whilst  she  lives,  within  one  month  after  the  feast  of  St.  Michael. 
He  grants  and  bequeaths  to  George,  his  son,  the  wardship  and  mar- 
riage of  Margaret  Marrys,   daughter  and  sole  heir  to  Edmund 
Marrys,  of  the  parish  of  St.  Mary  Wyke  in  the  county  of  Corn- 
wall, in  as  ample  manner  as  he  had  of  the  gift  and  grant  of  the 
said  Edmund  Marrys,  paying  yearly  to  the  said  Edmund  19I. 
during  his  life.     The  residue  of  his  goods,  &c.  he  bequeaths  to 
Margery  his  wife,  his  sole  executrix.  He  bequeaths  to  his  daughter, 
Mary  Rolle,  two  tenements  in  Wandsworth,  with  the  appurte- 
nances ;  and  if  she  die  unmarried,  then  to  his  daughter,  Eliza- 
beth Rolle,  and  her  heirs.     He  also  bequeathed  to  his  daughter 
Mary,  a  bason  and  ewer,  graved  with  her  mother's  armsj  and  if 
she  died  unmarried,  then  to  his  daughter,  Elizabeth  Rolle.     And 
whereas  his  late  brother-in-law.  Sir  John  Pakington,  by  the  name 
of  John  Pakington,  of  Hamplon-Lovet  in  the  county  of  Wor- 
cester, Esq.  by  writing  obligatory,   dated  February  Ijth,  in  28 
Hen.  VIII.  became  bounden  to  him,  the  said  George  Rolle,  and 
to  Hany  Dacres,  merchant  of  London,  and  others,  now  deceased, 
on  condition  that  the  said  Sir  John  Pakington,  cause  to  be  made 
to  Edmund  Knightley,  serjeant  at  law,  the  said  George  Rolle, 
and  others,  a  sufficient  estate  of,  and  in  manors,  lands,  &c.  in  the 
shires  of  Worcester,  Hereford,  Stafford,  Salop,  and  Middlesex,  or 
any  of  them,  to  the  clear  yearly  value  of  120/.  over  and  above  all 
charges,  &c.  whereof  the  manor  of  Chadsley  Corbet,  with  the  ap- 
purtenances, in  Worcestershire,  should  be  parcel 5  to  hold  to  the 
said  John  Pakington,  and  Anne,  for  terra  of  the  life  of  the  said 
Anne,  and  to  the  heir  male  of  the  body  of  the  said  Sir  John  Pak- 
ington.    His  will   is,   that  William  Sheldon,  of  the  county  of 

e  Ex  Regist.  Tash-  Qu.  3,  in  Cur.  Pra?rog.  Cant. 


518  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

Vf''orce?ter,  Esq.  and  John  Prydyaux,  Gent,  shall  be  his  executors 
for  the  said  writing,  and  be  governed  in  all  and  every  suit,  for 
the  recovery  of  the  debt  contained  in  the  said  obligation,  by  his 
dear  and  well-beloved  sister-in  law,  dame  Anne  Pakington,  widow, 
for  whose  security  the  said  obligation  was  made. 

The  probate  bears  date  February  pth,  1552,  which  shews  that 
he  died  the  same  year  he  made  his  will. 

He  had  three  wives,  ^  by  whom  he  had  twenty  children,  but 
had  only  three  daughters  by  his  last  wife,  Margery  Vaughan,  who 
are  mentioned  in  his  will.  Elizabeth  Ashton  was  his  tirst  wife, 
but  what  issue  he  had  by  her  I  have  not  seen.  By  his  second 
wife,  Eleanor,  second  daughter  of  Henry  Dacres,  merchant  of 
London,  5  he  had  issue  two  daughters,  and  six  sons. 

First,  John,  hereafter  mentioned. 

Second,  George,  ancestor  to  the  present  Lord  Rolle. 

Third,  Christopher,  who  died  unmarried. 

Fourth,  Henry  Fiolle,  who  had  to  wife  Mary,  daughter  and 
heir  of  Robeit  Yeo,  of  Heanton  in  com.  Devon,  Esq.  a  descendant 
from  William  Yeo,  of  Heanton  Sachevil  in  com,  Devon.  ^  in  the 
reign  of  King  Edward  I.  by  Anne  his  wife,  daughter  and  heir  of 
John  Esse,  of  Esse  in  Westhow  in  the  same  county,  whose  son, 
Robert  Yeo,  married  Joan,  daughter  and  heir  of  William  Pyne, 
of  Bradwell  in  Devonshire ;  and  his  son,  Robert  Yeo,  married 
Isabel,  daughter  and  heir  of  John  Brightley ;  and  bis  son,  John 
Yeo,  married  Alice,  daughter  and  coheir  of  William  Jewe,  of 
CoUey,  all  in  the  same  county  ;  and  William  Yeo,  his  son,  had  to 
wife  Hellfn,  daughter  of  William  Granvil,  of  Stow  in  com.  Cor- 
nub. ;  and  his  son  Robert  had  issue  William,  the  father  of  Robert 
Yeo,  Esq.  first  mentioned.  By  which  marriage,  the  said  Henry 
Rolle,  in  right  of  his  wife,  was  possessed  of  a  large  estate,  and  by 
her  had  issue  '  nine  sons,  and  seven  daughters. 

Robert  Rolle,  Esq.  his  eldest  son>  succeeded  bis  father  in  his 
estate  at  Heanton  Sachevill,  &c.  l620,  and  had  to  wife  Joan, 
daughter  of  Thomas  Hele,  of  Fleet  in  com.  Devon,  Esq.  by  whom 
he  had  issue  four  daughters,  and  four  sons.  I  shall  only  take 
notice  of  two  of  them,  viz.  of  Henry,  second  son,  and 

Sir  Samuel  Rolle,  Knt.  aged  thirty,  in  1630,  who  was  tlie 
eldest  son.     He  nwrried  Margaret,  daughter  of  Sir  Thomas  Wise, 


f  Ex  Script,  pe.nes  Hen.  Dom.  Rolle.     C  i,  in  Offic  Aina. 

S  Visit,  de  Com.  Devon,  in  Cornwall.  >  Ibid. 

i  Visit,  piard. 


LORD  ROLLE.  5ia 

of  Sideshay  in  com.  Devon,  Knight  of  the  Bath,  and  left  issue 
by  her  two  sons,  Robert  and  Dennis  Rolle.  Robert  Rolle,  of 
Heanton  Sachevill  in  com.  Devon.  Esq.  eldest  son,  had  to  wife 
one  of  the  coheirs  of  Theophilus  Clinton,  Earl  of  Lincoln,  who 
died  in  1667,  and  by  her  had  issue  Samuel  Rolle,  his  son  and  heir, 
who  succeeded  him  in  his  estate  at  Heanton,  and  had  a  joint  right 
to  the  Baronies  of  Clinton  and  Soy.  His'''  father  served  for  the 
county  of  Devon,  in  the  two  last  parliaments  of  King  Charles  IL 
and  he  was  returned  for  the  same  county  in  four  parliaments,  in 
the  reign  of  King  William  IIL  He  left  issue  Margaret,  his  sole 
daughter  and  heir,  married,  on  March  27th,  1724,  to  Robert  Lord 
Walpole,  second  Earl  of  Orfordj  Baroness  Clinton  in  her  own 
right.     See  that  title,  -vol.  vi. 

Dennis  Rolle,  Esq.  the  youngest  son  of  Sir  Samuel  Rolle,  and 
brother  of  Robert  Rolle,  Esq.  was  seated  at  Hudscote  in  Devon- 
shire, and  had  issue  Samuel,  his  son  and  heir,  father  of  Samuel 
Rolle,  Esq.  who  died  in  1/47,  and  left  his  estate  at  Hudscote, 
&c.  to  Dennis  Rolle,  Esq.  father  to  the  present  Lord  Rolle. 

I  now  return  to  Henry  Rolle,  second  son  of  Robert,  and 
brother  to  Sir  Samuel  Rolle.  This  Henry  took  to  the  study  of 
the  law  in  the  Inner  Temple,  and  in  '  13  Car.  I.  1637,  was  elected 
reader  of  the  Society;  as  also  in  14  Car.  L;  whereof  none  were 
chose,  but  persons  of  great  learning.  He  was  one  of  the  members 
for  Truro  in  Cornwall,  in '"  the  three  first  parliaments  called  by 
King  Charles  I.;  and  in  10  Car.  I. "  was  called  to  the  degree  of 
Serjeant  at  law.  On  September  30th,  1645,  both  houses  of  par- 
liament agreed,  °  that  serjeant  Rolle  should  be  a  judge  of  the 
King's  Bench,  and  he  was  accordingly  sworn  f  one  of  the  judges 
thereof,  October  2Sth  following.  Also  October  12th,  16^8,  24 
Car.  I.  '^  he  was  by  the  house  of  commons  voted  to  be  lord  chief 
justice  of  the  King's  Bench;  but  the  ■■  lords  refused  to  agree  to  it. 
However,  on  November  13th  following, '  both  houses  concurred, 
that  Justice  Rolle  should  bring  in  his  former  patent,  and  receive  a 
new  commission,  under  the  great  seal,  to  be  Lord  Chief  Justice 
OF  THE  King's  Bench  ;  and  the  next  day  he  was  sworn  therein. 
On  January  1 1th,  1 648,  the  day  after  the  meeting  of  the  commis- 


k  Willis's  Not.  Parliament,  vol.  ii.  p.  254,  255. 

1  Dugdale's  Origines  Juridiciales,  p  168. 

m  Willis's  Xot.  Pari.  vol.  ii-  p.  52.  «>  Pat.  16  Car.  I.  p.  12. 

o  Whitkick's  Memorials,  p.  168.  p  Ibid   p.  185- 

q  Ibid,  p  537.  '  Ibid.  p.  338-  ^  Ibid  p.  34? 


520  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

sioners  for  the  trial  of  the  King,  the  secluded  members  of  the 
house  of  commons  paid  a  visit  to  the  lord  chief  justice  RoUe, 
a  wise  and  learned  man,  as  Whitlock  observes.'  He  seemed 
much  to  scruple  the  casting  off  the  lords  house,  and  was  much 
troubled  at  it.  Yet  greatly  encouraged  them  to  attend  the  house 
of  commons,  notwithstanding  the  present  force  on  them,  which 
could  not  dispense  with  their  attendance,  and  performance  of  their 
duty,  who  had  no  force  on  them  in  particular.  After  the  murder 
of  the  King,  he,  with  six  other  of  the  judges, "  agreed  to  hold 
their  commissions,  provided,  that  by  act  of  the  commons,  the 
fundamental  laws  be  not  abolished.  And  on  February  14lh,  1048, 
was  one  of  the  thirty-eight  persons  that  were  chosen  to  be  of  the 
council  of  state ;  whereof  there  was  of  the  peers,  the  Earls  of 
Denbigh,  Mulgrave,  Pembroke,  Salisbury,  Lord  Grey,  Fairfax, 
Lord  Grey  of  Groby,  and  Lord  Lisle,  as  Whitlock  relates.''  He 
expressed  a  dislike  of  bringing  the  King  on  his  trial,  and  was  not 
anyway  concerned  in  itj  but  entertaining  moderate  principles, 
it  may  well  be  presumed,  that  he  complied  with  the  bent  of  the 
times,  whereby  he  might  have  opportunities  of  serving  his  country  j 
and  it  is  most  certain,  he  filled  the  bench  with  notable  sufficiency, 
and  more  integrity,  than  any  of  his  brethren.  April  12th,  ]G4g, 
having  been  specially  deputed,  y  with  the  Lord  Fairfax,  the  ge- 
neral, Cromwell,  lieutenant-general,  the  chief  Baron,  and  some  of 
the  house  of  commons,  as  a  committee  of  parliament,  to  go  to  the 
common  council  of  London,  to  borrow  of  them  J  20,000/.  for  Ire- 
land j  he  accordingly  went,  and  the  next  day,  report  being  made 
of  their  forwardness  in  advancing  it,  they  had  the  thanks  of  the 
house.  On  Feb.  12,  1649,  he  was  ■=  again  nominated  one  of  the 
council  of  state  for  the  government  of  the  commonwealth  ;  and  in 
April  following,  going  the  western  circuit  with  judge  Nicholas,  he 
much  settled  the  people's  minds  at  Exeter,  in  his  charge  to  the  grand 
jury,  and  the  lord  chief  justice  Rolle  was  very  much  commended,-"^ 
as  Whitlock  writes.  On  February  llih,  l650,  the  commons 
voted,  that  the  council  of  state  should  be  altered  for  the  year  en- 
suing, and  twenty  new  members  chosen  j  which  was  done  by 
balloting,^  and  the  lord  chief  justice  Rolle  was  continued.  Li 
August,  1654,'^  he  was,  with  colonel  Montagu,  (after  Earl  of 
Sandwich)  and  others,  appointed  commissioners  of  the  Exchequer. 

t  Whitlock 's  Memorials,  p  363-  u  Ibid.  p.  372. 

X  Ibid.  p.  375.  y  Ibid.  p.  383.  2  Ibid.  p.  425. 

A  Ibid-  p.  433.  b  Ibid,  p.463,  b,  ^  ibid.  p.  580. 


LORD  ROLLE.       .    .  521 

But  Cromwell  making  new  ordinances  in  the  law,  and  the  lord 
chief  justice  Rolle  refusing  to  put  them  in  execution,  he  had  "^  his 
quietus  about  the  beginning  of  June,  1655.  Whitlock,  one  of 
the  commissioners  of  the  great  seal,  resigning  at  the  same  time. 
I  presume  he  lived  afterwards  retired  on  his  estate,  in  the  county 
of  Southampton,  which  he  had  purchased:  but  when  he  died,  I 
don't  find.  He  left  issue,  Sir  Francis  Rolle,  of  Tytherley  in 
Hampshire,  Knt.  who  inherited  his  estate,  and  was  ^chosen  one 
of  the  knights  for  the  county  of  Southampton,  (with  Charles, 
Earl  of  Wiltshire)  in  the  parliament  summoned  to  meet  at  Oxford, 
in  lOSl.  He  married  Priscilla,  daughter  of  Sir  Thomas  Foot, 
Knt.  one  of  the  aldermen  of  London,  by  whom  he  had  several 
daughters,  (whereof  Priscilla  died  March  12th,  1745,  and  was 
buried  at  West-Ham  in  Essex :  she  was  possessed  of  a  personal 
estate  to  the  value  of  20,000/.  and  left  200/.  to  the  poor  of 
Tuderly,  and  divers  other  charities;)  and  John  Rolle,  of  Tuderly 
and  Shapwick,  Esq.  who  left  issue  two  sons,  John,  and  Samuel, 
who  both  died  without  issue ;  and  Samuel  left  his  estate  to  John 
Rolle,  Esq.  father  to  Henry,  first  Lord  Rolle ;  who  left  it  to  his 
youngest  son,  Dennis  Rolle,  Esq.  father  to  the  present  Lord 
Rolle. 

Having  shewn  how  the  male  line  of  Henry  Rolle,  the  fourth 
son  of  George  Rolle,  (first  mentioned)  terminated,  I  shall  now 
treat  of  Robert  Rolle,  the  fifth  son.     Which  ''  Robert  married 

Eleanor,  daughter  of Gabriel,  and  had  issue  John  Rolle, 

Esq.  aged  thirty-seven  years,  in  1620.  He  had  to  wife  Gertrude, 
daughter  of  Anthony  Acland,  of  Chittlehampton,  Esq.  but  what 
issue  is  remaining  from  them,  does  not  appear. 

Maurice  Rolle,  sixth  son,  married  Margaret,  daughter  of .  . .  . 
Brier,  of  Harrow  or.  the  Hill,  in  com.  Middlesex,  and  left  issue 
Henry  Rolle,  of  Meth  in  com.  Devon,  Esq.  living  anno  l6:{0, 
and  had  issue  Maurice  Rolle,  his  son  and  heir. 

The  said  George  Rolle,  Esq.  had  also  two  daughters ;  Chris- 
tian, married  to  James  Courtney,  of  Upcot  in  com.  Devon,  Esq. 
and  Margaret,  wife  of  William  Wykes,  of  Nimet-Florie  in  com- 
Somers,  Esq. 

I  come  now  to  treat  of  John  Rolle,  of  Stevenstone,  the  eldest 
?on  of  the  said  George  Rolle,  Esq.  first  mentioned.     Which  Joha 

(1  Thurloe's  State  Papers,  vol-  iii.  p.  538- 
t  Ex  Coll.  B.  Willis,  Arm.  f  Ex  Stcmmate. 


522  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

was  born  on  December  12th,  1518,  ^  and  married  Margaret, 
daughter  of  John  Ford,  of  Ashburton  in-  Devon,  Esq.  and  by  her 
had  eight  children,  whereof  Sir  Henry  Rolle,  Knt.  and  John 
Rolie,  the  sixth  son,  were  the  most  eminent.  He  was  buried  in 
the  parish  church  of  St.  Giles,  where  a  tomb  is  erected  to  his 
rinemory,  about  two  foot  and  a  half  high,  in  the  middle  whereof  is 
a  brass  plate,  wilh  this  inscription. 

Hie  jacet  Johannes  Rolle  Armiger,  quondam 
Dominus  de  Stevenstone,  qui  obiit  12  die 
Augusti  an.  dom.  1570. 

His  wife  survived  him,  and  was  also  buried  there,  as  appe::rfe 
frorh  a  fair  stone  in  the  chancel,  whereon  is  inlaid  a  brass  plate, 
representing  the  figure  of  a  woman  with  six  sons,  and  two  daugh- 
ters,  and  this  epitaph. 

Hie  Stevenstonii  RoUi  jacet  inclita  Mater 

Nil  habuit  vera  quae  Pietate  prius, 
Cum  quibus  et  vi.x.it,  sex  Mascula  Pignora  liquit, 

Queis  desiderium  Morlua  triste  tulit, 
Pars  melior  superos  adiit  Ccetusq.  Piorum  : 

iEgidii  Templo  hoc,  Ossa  Sepulta  cubunt. 
Si  quis  plura  velit,  vel  noscere  plura  laborat, 

Vicino  haec  prestat  Scripta  Tabella  Loco. 

Round  the  edge  of  the  tomb  is  a  fillet  of  brass,  an  inch  brorid, 
but  broken  and  defective  j  what  remains  being  as  follows  : 

Daughter  of  John  Ford,  Esqr 

the  30th  of  June  1592,  in  the  Year  of  her  Majesty's  Reign 
This  was  done  by  Robert 

Sir  Henry  Rolle,  Knt.  vvas  aged  seventy-five  years,  in  1G2O, '' 
when  the  visitation  of  Devonshire  was  taken  by  the  heralds.  He 
married  Elizabeth,  daughter  and  heir  of  Roger  Watts^  of  the 
county  of  Somerset,  Esq.  for  his  first  wife  j  and  for  his  second, 
Jane,  daughter  of  John  Fortescue,  ofFallowpit  in  com,  Devon., 

g  Vis.  de  Com.  Devon,  praed. 
^  Vis.  de  Com  Devon  &  Cornw.  C.  1,  in  Offic  Arm. 


LORD  ROLLE.  523 

ICsq.  and  relict  of  Richard  Halse,  of  Keneden  in  the  same  county, 
Esq.  He  was '  sheriff  of  Devonshire  in  33  and  40  Eliz.  and  died 
in  l625,  having  greatly  enlarged  his  estate,  and  was  buried  in  St. 
Giles's. 

By  his  first  wife, '^  he  had  Sir  Henry  Rolle,  Knt.  who  died 
before  him,  anno  l6i7j  and  by  Anne  his  wife,  daughter  and  co- 
heir of  Sir  Thomas  Dennis,  ofBickton,  and  Holcomb-Burnel,  in 
com.  Devon,  Knt.  by  his  wife  Anne,  daughter  of  William  Powlet, 
Marquis  of  Winchester,  had  issue  Dennis  Rolle,  Esq.  who  suc- 
ceeded both  him  and  his  grandfather  in  their  estates. 

Which  Dennis  was  sheriff  of  Devonshire,  in  the  twelfth  year 
of  King  Charles,  l636  ;  when  his  state  and  parade,  at  that  time, 
was  so  great  and  splendid,  (his  attendants  being  mostly  gentle- 
men of  birth,  in  rich  and  costly  liveries,  lined  with  velvet)  that 
the  glory  thereof  was  not  forgotten  many  years  after,  as  Mr. 
Prince'  relates.  And  one  who  knew  him  well,  hath  left  this  tes- 
timony of  him, '"  "  That  he  was  a  gentleman  of  wonderful  great 
hope,  his  worthy  carriage  and  behaviour,  in  his  very  prime,  givin^ 
assurance  of  his  extraordinary  sufficiency."  And  the  same  author 
adds  (being  living  at  the  time  he  wrote),  "That  his  great  affinity, 
with  a  rare  pregnancy  of  wit,  and  vivacity  of  spirit,  by  nature, 
and  great  and  noble  fortunes  by  inheritance,  may  in  time  add 
higher  titles  than  I  intend  to  mention."  He  was  born  at  Bickton 
on  the  shortest  day,  December  11th,  l6l4,  and  died  on  the  llth 
of  June,  1038,  as  the  inquisition  taken  after  his  death,  September 
18th,  14  Car.  I.  shews.  By"  which  it  appears,  that  he  died  pos- 
sessed of  the  hundred  of  Budley,  alias  Est-Budley ;  the  manors  of 
Bickton,  alias  Buckton,  and  advowson  of  the  church  j  the  manors 
of  Kilmington,  and  Harnford,  and  of  divers  other  manors  and 
lands  in  Devonshire ;  the  manor  of  Nansrake  in  com.  Cornub. 
and  of  divers  lands,  &c.  in  the  counties  of  Somerset  and  North- 
ampton. He  was  buried  in  the  parish  church  of  Bicton,  where 
a  noble  monument  of  white  marble  is  erected  to  his  memory, 
with  the  effigies  of  him  and  his  lady,  curiously  cut  in  alabaster, 
lying  at  full  length  under  an  arch,  adorned  with  several  coats  of 
arms  of  his  family,  and  the  heirs  they  matched  with.  On  a  table 
of  black  marble  is  this  inscription  (written  by  Dr  .Fuller)  in  letters 
of  gold. 

i  Fuller's  Worthies  in  Devon,  p.  270.  k  Ibid. 

1  Worthies  of  Devon,  p- 552.  ">  Westcote's  Survey  of  Devon,  MS. 

"  Coles's  Escaetr.  lib.  y.  p.  25c,  in  Ejbi.  Harlcyan. 


524  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

The  remains  of  Dennis  Rolle,  Esq. 
His  earthly  part  within  this  tomb  doth  rest. 
Who  kept  a  court  of  honour  in  his  breast : 
Birth,  beauty,  wit,  and  wisdom,  sate  as  peers, 
'Till  death  mistook  his  virtues  for  his  years. 
Or  else  heaven  envy'd  earth  so  rich  a  treasure, 
Wlierein  too  fine  the  ware,  too  scant  the  measure. 
His  mournful  wife,  her  love  to  shew  in  part, 
This  tomb  built  here,  a  better  in  her  heart. 
Sweet  babe,  his  hopeful  heir  (heaven  grant  this  boon) 
Live  but  so  well ;  but  oh  !  die  not  so  soon. 

C  Domini  1 63 8. 
Oblit  Anno  y 


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Reliquit  Filu 

(.  as,  qumque. 


iEtatis  24. 
,  unum 
quinque. 


He  married  °  Margaret,  daughter  of  John  Lord  Paulct,  bi 
whom  he  left  (as  the  inscription  mentions)  five  daughters,  anc, 
an.  only  son,  John,  who  was  but  four  months  and  ten  days  old,  at 
his  father's  decease,  and  died  anno  ]642.  Of  his  five  daughters, 
four  of  them  were  thus  disposed  of  in  marriage;  Elizabeth,  to 
William,  son  of  Sir  George  Stroud,  of  the  county  of  Sussex,  Knt. ; 
Florence,  to  Sir  John  Rolle,  Knight  of  the  Bath,  ancestor  to  the 
Lord  Rolle;  Anne,  to  WiUiam  Cook,  of  Highnam  near  Glou- 
cester, Esq.  j  and  Margaret,  to  Sir  John  Acland,  of  Columb-John 
in  Devonshire,  Bart,  who  had  issue  by  her  Sir  Arthur  Acland, 
Bart,  who  died  in  1672,  unmarried,  and  Margaret,  married  to 
John,  Lord  Arundel,  of  Trerice.  Margaret,  the  widow  of  the 
said  Dennis  Rolle,  was  secondly  married  to  Sir  Richard  Chol- 
mondley,  of  Grosmont  in  Yorkshire,  Knt.  by  whom  he  had  Lady 
Put,  mother  to  Sir  Thomas  Put,  of  Combe  in  the  county  of 
Devon,  the  last  Baronet  of  the  family,  and  Lady  Doily,  mother  to 
Sir  John  Doily,  Bart.  She  was  thirdly  married  to  Colonel  Ed- 
wark  Cook,  of  Highnam  in  Gloucestershire,  and  lies  buried  with 
her  first  husband  at  Bicton.  Her  only  son,  John  Rolle,  dying  an 
infant,  the  inheritance  of  the  estate  of  her  husband  came  to 

Henry  Rolle,  of  Beam  in  com.  Devon,  Esq.  son  of  John,  (by 
his  wife  Philippa,  daughter  of  Richard  Halse,  of  Kenedon  in  com. 
Devon,  Esq.)  who  was  brother  to  Sir  Henry  Rolle  the  elder, 

o  Cole's  Escaetr.  lib.  v.  p-  250,  in  Bibl.  Harleyan 


LORD  ROLLE.  525 

aforesaid.  He  dying  without  issue  male,  aged  forty-one,  was 
buried  in  the  church  of  St.  Giles's,  April  13th,  1647,  Where- 
upon the  estate  devolved  on  John  Rolle,  of  Marrais  in  com.  Cor- 
nub.  Esq.  son  of  Andrew,  son  of  George,  who  was  the  second  son 
of  George  Rolle,  Esq.  the  purchaser  of  Stevenstone. 

Which  George  Rolle,  Esq.  was  seated  at  Marrais,  (now  wrote 
Morris)  in  com.  Cornub,  in  right  of  his  wife  Margaret,  daugliter 
and  heir  of  Edmund  Marrais,  of  Marrais,  Esq.  by  whom  he  had 
issue 

Andrew  Rolle,  of  Marrais,  Esq.  who  was?  forty  years  of  age, 
in  162O;  after  which  he  married,  and  left  issue  John,  his  son  and 
heir,  who  succeeded  to  the  greatest  part  of  the  estate  of  his  an- 
cestors, on  failure  of  issue  male  of  Henry  Rolle,  Esq.  who  died  in 
1647,  as  before-mentioned. 

Which  Sir  John  Rolle,  K.B,  was  heartily  attached  to  the  in- 
terest of  King  Charles  H.  during  his  exile,  1  and  made  him  laro-c 
remittances.  In  the  parliament  that  restored  the  Kino-,  he"^  was 
elected  for  Barnstaple  in  Devonshire^  and  desiring  to  pay  his 
duty  to  him,  ^  he  had  leave  of  the  bouse  of  commons,  May  Sth, 
1660,  to  go  over  into  Holland.  Returning  with  his  Majesty,  he 
was  "^  made  one  of  the  Knights  of  the  Bath,  at  the  coronation  of 
Charles  II;  and  the  year  after,  on  the  calling  a  new  parliament, 
he  was  chose"  one  of  the  knights  for  Devonshire.  I'his  was 
called  the  Long  Parliament,  being  continued,  by  several  proro- 
gations and  adjournments,  for  seventeen  years,  eight  months,  and 
seventeen  days.  He  was  a  leading  member  in  the  house  of  com- 
mons ;  and  in  the  last  session  of  that  parliament,  bsgun  October 
21st,  167s,  I  find  by  the  journals,  he  was  in  the  first  committee 
appointed  for  privileges  and  elections  ;  also  in  a  second  committee, 
to  consider  of  ways  and  means  for  providing  remedies,  for  the 
better  preservation  and  safety  of  his  Majesty's  person,  and  for  re- 
moving all  popish  recusants  from  within  ten  miles  of  the  city  of 
London,  and  to  draw  up  an  address  to  his  Majesty  thereon.  He 
was  also  in  the  committee  for  examining  into  the  murder  of  Sir 
Edmund-Bury  Godfrey,  and  the  popish  plot ;  and  of  tlie  com- 
mittee, to  inquire  whether,  contrary  to  the  law  for  hindering 
dangers  that  may  happen  from  popish  recusants,  any  persons  have 

p  Vis  de  Com.  Devon.  Piaed.  <i  Ex.  Scrip  penes  Hen-  Dom.  Rolle. 

T  Willis's  Not.  Pari.  vol.  ii.  p  328.  s  Journal  1660,  p.  18. 

t  Anstis'sEsiay  on  Knighthood  of  the  Bath,  p  83 
11  Willis,  p  254. 


526  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

since  got  into  any  employment,  military  or  civil;  and  it' any  such 
appear,  that  an  address  be  made  to  his  Majesty  to  remove  them. 
But  towards  the  close  of  the  session,  absenting  the  house  without 
leave,  he  with  twenty-five  more,  mostly  of  the  counties  of  Devon, 
and  Cornwall,  were  ordered,  December  Ibth,  16/8,  to  be  sent  for 
in  custody  of  the  serjeant  at  arms.  And  being  on  the  state  of  the 
nation,  and  the  popish  plot,  they  sent  the  same  day  a  message  to 
the  lords,  that  they  resolved  to  adjouni  for  Christmas,  and  Christ- 
mas-day only,  during  the  Holydays.  But  on  December  29lh, 
following,  the  King  prorogued  them,  and  afterwards  dissolved 
them.  The  next  year  he  was  sheriff  of  Devonshire,  which  pre- 
vented his  being  chosen  again  for  the  county,  but  he  got  his  kins- 
man, Samuel  Rolle,  Esq.  elected  in  his  place;  and  he,  with  Sir 
Bourchier  Wrey,  Bart,  his  son-in-law,  represented  the  county,  as 
long  as  he  lived.  On  the  arrival  of  the  Prince  of  Orange  at 
P^xeter,  he  sent  his  second  son,  Dennis,  to  attend  him,  and  was 
well  pleased  M'ith  the  accession  of  King  William  and  Queen 
Mary  to  the  crown.  He  married,  as  afore-mentioned,  Florence, 
daughter  and  coheir  of  Dennis  Rolle,  Esq.  by  whom  he  had  issue 
John,  Dennis,  Amos,  Charles,  Margaret,  and  Florence,  married 
to  Sir  Bourchier  Wrey,  of  Tawstock,  Bart,  and  Knight  of  the 
Bath,  and  knight  of  the  shire  for  Devon,  in  the  parliaments  of  the 
first  of  Jac.  II,  and  first  of  William  and  Mary;  and  was  also  go- 
vernor of  Sheerness.  (He  was  father  of  Sir  Bourchier,  member 
in  Queen  Anne's  two  last  parliaments  for  Camelford;  and  an- 
cestor of  the  present  Sir  Bourchier  Wrey,  of  Tawstock,  Bart, 
member  for  Barnstaple  in  the  present  parliament,  descended 
from  Sir  Chichester  Wrey,  Bart,  who  married  Anne,  coheir  of 
Edward  Bourchier,  Earl  of  Bath,  and  Lord  Fitz-Warren,  whence 
comes  a  claim  to  that  Barony.) 

Sir  John  Rolle  lived  to  be  very  aged,  and  died  at  Stevenstone, 
and  was  buried  in  his  parish  church  of  St.  Giles's,  May  1st,  1/0(5. 
He  was  possessed  of  as  large  a  fortune,  as  any  commoner  of  that 
time,''  and  died  seized  of  the  manors  of  Abbots  Bickington,  Ash- 
ley Rolle,  Aylesbear,  Belsfon,  Bickton,  Bradwoodwigier^  Barton, 
in  Buckliuid  Brewer,  Buckland  Brewer,  Branton,  Bridgerule, 
Euckfast,  Coliton  Raleigh,  Dodscot  and  More,  East  Pulford,  Ger- 
mans Week,  Harpford  and  Venotery,  Highley,  Holbeton,  Kil- 
mingion,  Lancras,  Landkey,  Langtree,  Littleham  and  Exmouth, 
Moor  INIalherbe,  Norwood,  Odeham,  Parkham,  Poolapit  Tamer, 

X  Ex  Script  Hen.  Dom  Rolle. 


LORD  ROLLE.  527 

Pulcras  cum  Pottington,  Raddon,  Stevenstone,  Stowford,  Tregen- 
now,  Tythecott,  Great  Torrington,  West  Putford,  Upcot  Wood- 
bury, and  Yarnscomb,  in  com,  Devon.  And  the  manors  of  Crack- 
ington,  East  Orchard  Marrays,  Hilton,  Hole,  Nauskuke,  North 
Tamerton,  Wadfast,  Yellow  Lee;  with  the  patronages  of  Abbats 
Bickington,  Bickton,  Langtree,  Marland,  Marham  Church,  North 
Tamerton,  and  part  of  Little  Torrington,  in  the  counties  of  Devon, 
and  Cornwall;  and  the  custody  of  the  high  gaol  of  the  county  of 
Devon;  and  lands.  Sec.  in  several  other  parishes,  in  the  several 
counties  of  Cornwall,  Devon,  Northampton,  and  Somerset. 

John  Rolle,  Esq.  his  eldest  son,  died  before  his  father,  and 
was  buried  at  Bicton  (where  he  resided)  April  22d,  1689.  He 
married  Lady  Christian  Bruce,  daughter  of  Robert,  Earl  of  Ails- 
bury,  lord  chamberlain  to  King  James  IL  and  was  buried  at  Bicton 
with  her  husband,  April  23d,  172O.  She  had,  for  her  second 
husband.  Sir  Robert  Gayer,  Knight  of  the  Bath,  who  had  by  her 
two  sons,  Edward,  and  James,  By  her  first  husband  she  had  three 
sons,  first,  Robert;  second,  John;  and  third,  Dennis;  also  a 
daughter,  Diana,  married  to  Sir  Bourchier  Wrey,  of  Tawstock, 
Bart. 

Robert  Rolle,  Esq.  the  eldest  son,  was  chosen  for  Kcllington 
in  Cornwall,  in  the  two  last  parliaments  of  King  William,  and 
served  in  the  several  parliaments,  called  in  the  first,  fourth, 
seventh,  and  ninth  years  of  Queen  Anne,  for  the  county  of  De- 
von. He  died  at  Exeter  in  17 10,  and  was  buried  at  Bicton.  In 
private  life,  as  well  as  in  public,  no  person  excelled  him.  He 
married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Richard  Duke,  of  Otterton  in  com, 
Devon,  Esq.  who  was  buried  by  her  husband  at  Bicton,  September 
29th,  1716,  leaving  no  issue  by  him ;  whereupon  his  estate  de- 
volved on  his  brother  John. 

Which  John  Rolle,  Esq.  was  chosen  for  Saltash  in  Cornwall, 
in  the  first  parliament  of  Queen  Anne,  and  in  her  fourth  parlia- 
ment for  Devonshire,  on  his  brother  Robert's  decease.  In  her 
fit'th  parliament,  he  was  elected  for  the  city  of  Exeter;  and  in  the 
first  of  King  George  I,  was  chosen  for  Barnstaple;  and  in  the 
second,  again  chosen  for  the  city  of  Exeter :  also,  in  the  first 
of  King  George  II.  he  was  again  chosen  for  the  county  of 
Devon.  He>  was  offered  the  title  of  an  Earl  by  Queen  Anne's 
last  ministry,  which  he  refused.  He  died  May  6th,  1/30,  and 
was  buried  at  St.  Giles's  with  bis  ancestors.     He  had  the  esteem,, 

y  F.x  Inform  Hen.  Dom.  Rolle. 


528  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

veneration,  and  love  of  the  whole  county,  and  all  his  acquaintance, 
as  his  brother  Robert  had  :  the  first  was  esteemed  for  his  conduct 
and  generosity;  the  last  for  his  generosity;  and  both  for  their 
integrity.  He  married  Isabella,  daughter  of  Sir  William  Walter, 
of  Saresden  in  Oxfordshire,  Bart,  by  the  Lady  Mary  Bruce, 
daughter  of  R.obert,  Earl  of  Ailsbury  aforesaid,  by  whom  he  had. 
First,  Henry,  Lord  Rolle, 

Second,  John,  who  changed  his  name  to  IFalter,  on  his  suc- 
ceeding to  the  estate  of  his  uncle.  Sir  Robert  Walter,  Bart,  brother 
to  Sir  John  Walter,  clerk  of  the  green  cloth  to  Queen  Anne,  and 
member  for  the  city  of  Oxford  ;  both  sons  to  Sir  William  Walter 
aforesaid,  and  great  grandsons  to  Sir  John  Walter,  Knt.  lord  chief 
baron  in  the  time  of  Charles  IL 

Third,  William  Rolle,  died  without  issue. 
Fourth,  Dennis  Rolle,   succeeded   to  the   estates  of  Samuel 
Rolle,  Esq.   at  Tuderly  in   Hampshire,  and   Shapwick  in  com. 
Somers  ;  as  also  to  those  of  Samuel  Rolle,  of  Hudscote  in  De- 
vonshire, as  before  related.     He  was  father  to  the  present  peer. 

Henry,  Lord  Rolle,  the  eldest  son,  was  born  November  7, 
l/OS,  at  Beam,  in  the  parish  of  Great  Torrington  in  com.  Devfjn. 
He  had  both  honorary  degrees  of  niaster,  and  doctor  of  the  civil 
law,  at  the  University  of  Oxford.  In  1/30,  he  succeeded  his 
father  as  member  for  the  county  of  Devon,  and  was  chosen  for  the 
same  county  in  the  next  parliament.  In  the  third,  and  fourth-par- 
liament of  this  King,  he  was  chosen  for  Barnstaple.  And  iu 
consideration  of  his  great  merits,  was  created  a  Peer  of  this  realm, 
by  the  style  and  title  of  Lord  Rolle,  Baron  of  Steven- 
stone,  by  letters  patent,  bearing  date  January  8th,  1747-8,21 
Geo.  IL 

Christian,  his  Lordship's  sister,  was  married  to  Henry  Stevens, 
of  Smithcot  in  com.  Devon.  Esq. 

Isabella,  another  sister,  was  married  to  Robert  Duke,  of  Ol- 
terton  in  the  same  county,  Esq.  and  both  were  widows. 
Two  other  sisters,  Letitia,  and  Lucilla,  died  unmarried. 
His  Lordship  died  unmarried,  1759,  when  the   title  became 
extinct. 

Dennis  Rolle,   his  fourth  brother  and  heir,  died  July  25th, 

1797,  having  married ,  by  whom  he  had  issue 

John  Rolle,  M.  P.  in  several  parliaments  for  Devonshire,  re- 
created Lord  Rolle,  of  Stevenstoiie,  June  20th,  179^- 

His  Lordship  married  Miss  Walsand,  of  Bovey  com.  Devon, 
but  has  no  issue. 


LORD  ROLLE.        -  S'lQ 

Title.     John  Rolle,  Lord  Rolle,  Baron  of  Stevenstone. 

Creation.  Lord  Rolle,  Baron  of  Stevenstone  in  Devonshire, 
June  20th,  1796. 

Arms.  Or,  on  a  bar  dancette,  between  three  delves  azure, 
charged  with  as  many  lions  rampant  of  the  first,  three  beesants. 

Crest.     An  arm  couped  azure,  hand  or,  holding  a  flint  proper. 

Supporters.  On  either  side,  a  leopard  reguardant  gules, 
spotted  or,  each  crowned  with  a  coronet  flory,  of  the  second. 

Motto.     Nec  rege,  necpopulo,  SED  UTROaUE. 

Chief  Seats.  Stevenstone,  in  the  parish  of  St.  Giles  near 
Great  Torrington,  Bickton,  Hadscot,  and  Bovey-house,  all  in 
Devonshire. 


VOL.  vni.  *  ^^ 


530 


PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 


CAMPBELL,  LORD  CAWDOR. 

The  Editor  regrets  his  inability  to  give  a  satisfactory  account  of" 
the  ancestors  of  Lord  Cawdor,  there  being,  (if  he  is  not  misin- 
formed) no  entry  made  in  the  Heralds  Collei;;e,  and  applications 
to  the  family  for  private  information  having  failed. 

The  Campbells  of  Ca«;f/or  in  Scotland,  acquired  their  seat  and 
estate  in  Pembrokeshire  by  marrying  the  heiress  of  the  Lorts  of 
Stacpole- court,  in  that  county. 

John  Campbell,^  Esq.  of  Cawdor  in  Nairnshire,  andof  Stac» 
pole-court,  represented  the  county  of  Pembroke  in  parliament  in 
1727,  1734,  and  1742  J  and  was  made  a  lord  of  the  admiralty 
1736}  and  of  the  treasury,  1746.  He  was  also  lieutenant-colo- 
nel of  the  horse-guards,  and  governor  of  Chester.  He  had  two 
sons,  and  two  daughters,  vii. 

First,  Pryse  Campbell,  ofivhom  presently. 

Second,  Lieutenant-colonel  Alexander  Campbell,  died  Novem- 
ber, 1785,  member  of  parliament  for  Nairnshire,  having  married- 
Frances,  sister  of  the  present  Earl  Manvers,  daughter  of  Philip 
Medows,  Esq.  by  Lady  Frances  Pierrepont,  sister  of  the  late  Duke 
of  Kingston,  by  whom  he  had  a  son,  major-general  Frederick 
C.  Campbell,  of  the  first  regiment  of  foot-guards,  member  of  par- 
liament for  Nairnshire  IJQQ,  IS06;  and  a  daughter,  wife  of  her 
cousin,  the  present  admiral  Campbell. 

Third,  a  daughter. 


a  Sir  John  Campbell,  third  son  of  Archibald,  Earl  of  Argyle,  married 
Morella,  daughter  and  sole  heir  of  John  Calder  of  Calder.  But  whether  the 
oresent  Lord  Cawdor  is  descended  from  him,  I  know  noU 


LORD  CAWDOR.  531 

Fourth,  Anne,  married,  July  8th,  1752,  the  late  Matthew, 
Lord  Fortescue,  by  whom  she  was  mother  of  the  present  Earl. 

Pryse  Campbel],  Esq.  of  Cawdor,  and  Stacpole-court,  eldest 
son,  was  member  of  parliament  for  the  counties  of  Cromertie  and 
Nairn,  1762,  and  appointed  a  lord  of  the  treasury  1766.  He  had 
issue. 

First,  John,  now  Lord  Cawdor. 

Second,  George,  a  vice-admiral  of  the  Red,  now  member  of 
parliament  for  the  town  of  Carmarthen.  He  married  his  cousin, 
the  daughter  of  lieutenant-colonel  Alexander  Campbell,  already 
mentioned,  but  has  no  issue. 

Third,  Sarah,  married,  September  12th,  1782,  Thomas  Wode- 
house,  Esq.  barrister  at  law,  brother  to  Lord  Wodehouse. 

John  Campbell,  eldest  son,  now  Lord  Cawdor,  represented 
the  town  of  Cardigan  in  parliament  178O,  1/84,  179O,  and  was 
raised  to  the  Peerage  on  the  dissolution  of  that  parliament,  17Q6, 
by  the  title  of  Lord  Cawdor,  of  Castlemartin  in  the  county  of 
Pembroke,  by  patent  dated  June  21st,  1796. 

His  Lordship  married,  June  27, 1789,  Lady  Caroline  Howard, 
eldest  dau  ^hter  of  Frederick,  Earl  of  Carlisle,  K.  G.  by  Caroline 
Leveson  Gower,  daughter  of  Granville,  first  Marquis  of  Stafford, 
and  has  issue  two  sons,  viz. 
First,  John. 
Second,  George. 

Title.  John  Campbell,  Lord  Cawdor  of  Castlemartin  in  Pem- 
brokeshire, 

Creation.     Baron,  by  patent  June  21st,  1796. 

Arms.  Quarterly  of  four,  first,  or,  a  stag's  head  cabossed, 
sable  3  second,  gironny  of  eight,  or,  and  gules  j  third,  argent^  a 
ship}  fourth,  per  pale  azure  and  gules,  a  cross,  argent. 

Crest.     A  swan. 

Supporters.  On  the  dexter,  a  lion  guardantj  on  the  sinister, 
a  stag. 

Motto.     Be  mindful. 

Chief  Seats.  Stacpole-coiut,  Pembrokeshire ;  Cawdor-castle, 
Nairnshire. 


532 


PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 


WELLESLEY  LORD  \VELLESLEY. 

(MARQUIS  WZLLESLEY  IN  IRELAND  J 

The  family  of  Cowley,  Coolky,  or,  as  it  is  now  written,  Col- 
t.EY,  derives  its  origin  ironi  the  county  of  Rutland,  whence  they 
removed  into  Ireland  in  the  reign  of  King  Henry  VIII.  in  whose 
twenty-second  year  his  Majesty  granted  to  Walter  and  Robert 
Cowley,  of  Kilkenny,  Ge«/.  during  their  respective  lives,  the  office 
of  clerk  of  the  crown  in  Chancery. 

Robert,  in  that  reign,  was  made  Master  of  the  Rolls;  ap- 
pointed May  7th,  1540,  a  commissioner  for  setting  the  lands  of 
the  dissolved  abbies  j  *  and  September  ;.!Oth  that  year,  one  of  ihe 
keepers  of  the  peace  within  the  county  of  Meath,  with  power  to 
enforce  the  observation  of  the  statutes  of  Dublin  and  Kilkenny. 
He  left  a  son,  Robert  Colley,  Esq.  justice  of  the  peace  in  the 
King's  County,  to  whom  Queen  Elizabeth,  Feb.  3d,  1562,  granted 
Castletown,  otherwise  Yonng-Cowleyston,  and  other  lands  in  the 
King's  County,  to  hold  to  his  heirs  male  in  capite,  which,  on  his 
decease  without  issue,  were  granted  to  Sir  Thomas  Moore,  an- 
cestor to  the  Earl  of  Charleville.  ^ 

The  aforesaid  Walter  Cowley  was  appointed  solicitor-ge- 
neral of  Ireland  September  7th,  1537,  (29  Hen  VIII.)  with  the 
fee  of  10/.  a  year,  Irish,  which  he  surrendered  to  John  Bathe  in 
1546,  and  by  privy-seal  September  21st,  and  by  patent  November 


a  Rot.  de  anno.  io«  Maris.  M-  18.  D. 
*»  See  Earl  of  Drogheda,vol.  ix. 


LORD  WELLESLEY.  533 

5th,  1548,  was  made  surveyor -general  of  the  kingdorn,     He  left 
two  sons. 

Sir  Henry ;  and 

Walter,  who  in  1536'  was  made  customer  and  collector  of  the 
town  of  Drogheda  for  life,  with  the  salary  of  10/.  Irish. 

Sir  Henry  Colley,  of  Cas tie- Carl ery,  was  a  captain  in  the 
army  of  Queen  Elizabeth,  from  whom  he  received  a  commission 
April  2Sth,  155C),  to  execute  martial  law  in  the  territories  of 
Ofr'jley,  Kenaliegh,  and  Ferkeall,  ^\<o  throughout  the  barony  and 
places  of  Carbery,  Fertuilagh,  .and  Ferrmilandermod,  as  well 
within  liberties  as  without ;  and  in  May  following,  was  appointed 
a  commissioner  of  array  for  the  county  of  Kildare.  In  the  par- 
liament, held  at  Dublin  by  Thomas,  Earl  of  Sussex,  January  12lh, 
1559,  lie  served  for  the  borough  of  Thomastown  in  the  county  of 
Kilkenny,  with  Francis  Co^iby,  F-^q. ;  "^  2  Eliz.  he  was  knighted 
by  Sir  Htnry  Sidney,  L.  D.  who  called  him  into  the  privy-council ; 
and  Srptember  i7th,  1580,  thus  recommends  him  to  bis  successor, 
Arthur,  Lord  Gray.  "  My  good  Lord,  I  had  almost  forgotten, 
by  reason  of  the  diversity  of  other  matter,  to  recommend  unto 
you,  amongst  other  of  my  friends.  Sir  Henry  Cowley,  a  Knight  of 
niine  own  making ;  who,  whilst  he  was  young,  and  the  ability 
and  strength  of  his  body  served,  was  valiant,  fortunate,  and  a 
^ood  servant  ;  and  having,  by  my  appointment,  the  charge  of  the 
King's  county,  kept  the  country  well  ordered,  and  in  good  obe? 
diencc.  He  is  as  good  a  borderer,  as  ever  I  found  any  there.  I 
Icrft  him  at  my  coming  thence  a  counsellor,  and  tried  him  for  his 
experience  and  judgment,  very  sutficient  for  the  room  he  was 
railed  unto.  He  was  a  sound  and  fast  friend  to  me,  and  so  I  do\ibt 
nut  but  your  Lordship  shall  find,  when  you  have  occasion  to  em- 
ploy him."  '^     And  it  appears  from  Sir  Njchqlas  Malby's  account 

c  On  February  31I,  1562,  s  El''^  li<i  had  a  grant,  by  the  name  of  Henry 
Collie,  Esq.  of  the  manor  and  castle  of  Edinderry,  otherwise  Colleystown, 
Dronicowley,  and  other  lands  in  the  King's  County,  to  hold  to  his  heirs  male, 
by  the  twentieth  part  ot  a  knight's  fee,  as  of  the  castle  of  Philipstown,  to 
answer  Hostings;  and  also  of  the  castle  of  Carbery,  with  other  lands,  in  the 
county  of  Kildare,  for  a  term  of  years,  of  which  the  Queen,  in  her  letters  to 
the  L.  D.  and  council,  touching  the  suits  of  sundry  persons,  dated  April  20, 
1568,  ordered  him,  upon  surrender,  to  have  a  grant  to  him  and  his  heirs, 
vvhich  was  perfected  accordingly  March  22(1,  1576  ;  having,  June  19th  before, 
passed  patent  for  the  lands  of  Ardkill  and  Collenstown  in  the  county  of  Kil- 
dare, and  tlic  rectories  of  Carbery  and  Ballynorcher,  to  him  and  his  h?iis 
Hiale. 

*  Sidney's  Letters,  vol  i  p  zSj 


534  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

of  the  government  of  Ireland,  drawn  up  and  sent  to  the  Queen  in 
1579,  (wherein  he  ranks  and  distinguishes  all  the  men  of  power, 
both  English  and  Irish,  in  the  King's  County)  that  Sir  Henry 
Cowley  was  a  man  of  power  and  name;  and  (says  he)  *'  he  is  an 
English  gentleman,  seneschal  of  the  county,  who  governed  very 
honestly,  but  now  is  sore  oppressed  by  the  rebels,  the  Connors." 

In  1581,  he  made  a  disposition  and  settlement  of  his  estate,  * 
and  died  in  Oct.  1584  ;  and  having  married  Catherine,  ^  daughter 
of  Thomas  Cusack,  of  Cussington  in  the  county  of  Meaih,  lord 
chancellor  of  Ireland,  and  had  issue  by  her,  (who  re-married  with 
William  Eustace,  of  Castlemartia  in  the  county  ot  Kildare,  Esq.  s 
and  died  January  IQth,  1597)  three  sons. 

First,  Sir  George,  of  Edenderry. 

Second,  Sir  Henry,  of  Castle-Carbery,  ancestor  to  Marquis 
Wellesley. 

Third,  Jerome,  alias  Gerald,  an  infant  at  his  father's  death,'' 
who  was  afterwards  of  Ardree,  and  whose  daughter,  Catherine, 
was  married  to  William  Moore,  of  Barnmeath,  Esq. 

Sir  George  CoUey,  of  Edenderry,  the  eldest  s"n,  pursuant 
to  privy  signet,  dated  at  Westminster  January  31st,  1578,  was 
appointed  seneschal  of  the  country  and  barony  of  Carbery, 
and  to  a  lease  in  reversion  of  certain  lands,  then  in  the  posses- 
sion of  Sir  Henry  his  father,  upon  his  father's  surrender,  who 
being  seneschal  of  the  barony  of  Carbery,  alias  Birmingham's 
country,  had  received  no  fee  from  the  crown  ;  but  m  respect  of 
all  fees  and  duties  received  of  the  country,  lul.  Irish,  and  forty 
pecks  of  oats,  which  office,  at  his  humble  suit,  the  Queen  be- 
stowed upon  his  son  George  for  life,  January  .)  1st,  157S. '  In 
1599,  ^is  h^^'i  °^^  his  castle  of  Edenderry  for  the  Queen,  against 


•  On  the  last  day  of  February  15S1,  (having  suffered  common  recoveries 
of  his  estate)  he  made  a  settlement  thereof;  whereby  he  leserved  Castle- 
Carbery,  &c.  to  his  wife  for  life ;  and  the  lands  of  C'jonogh,  Ballyhaggan, 
Ballyvan,  and  Touregith,  in  the  county  of  Kildare,  to  the  use  of  such  of  the 
daughters  of  Sir  Adam  Lottus,  lord  chancellor, as  should  intermarry  with  one 
of  his  sons  He  settled  Castle-Cavbery,  and  othe  lands,  reserved  in  jointure 
to  his  wife,  after  her  decease,  on  his  second  son  Henry  and  his  heirs  male  ; 
remainder  to  his  third  son  Gerald  ;  remainder  to  his  eldest  son  George,  and 
their  respective  heirs  male;  remainder  to  his  own  heirs  male  forever;  and 
Edenderry,  with  the  estate  in  the  King's  County,  and  the  aforesaid  rectories, 
on  his  eldest  son  George  and  his  heir^  male ;  remainder  to  Henry  and  Gerald, 
and  their  heirs  male;  remainder  to  his  own  right  heirs. 

f  MSS  Penes,  J  L.        g  Decree  dated  at  Drogheda,  June  27th,  1604. 
h  Rot.  pat.  deunno  210  Eliz  f=  «  Rot  de  anno  ai  Eliz.  f. 


LORD  WELLESI,EY.  535 

the  abettors  of  Tyrone's  rebellion  ;  and  died  January  17th^  l6l4, 
having  had  issue  by  Margaret,  "^  seventh  daughter  of  Dr.  Adam 
Loftus,  archbishop  of  Dublin,  three  sons  ;  Sir  William,  his  heir  j 
Adam,  who  died  young j  Robert,  who  died  unmarried}  and  a 
daughter  Margaret,  married  to  George  Sankey,  of  Balenrath  in 
the  King's  County,  Esq.' 

Sir  William,  the  eldest  son,  in  the  parliament  of  )6l3,  was 
member,  with  Gilbert  Domvile,  Esq,  for  the  town  of  Kildare, 
after  which  he  was  knighted  ;  •"  and  marrying  Elizabeth,  sister  to 
Sir  John  Giffard,  of  Castlejordan,  Knt.  had  issue  by  her,  who 
died  March  1A\h,  1629,  one  daughter  Sarah,  married  to  Sir  George 
Blnndell,  ancestor  to  the  Viscounts  Blandell,  (which  title  is  ex- 
tinct), and  one  son, 

George  CoUey,  of  Edenderry,  Esq.  who,  September  8th, 
1048,  married  Eleanor,  younger  daughter  of  Sir  Dudley  Loftus, 
of  Killyan,  Knight,  (grandson  of  the  aforesaid  Adam,  arch- 
bishop of  Dublin)  by  his  wife  Cecilia,  daughter  of  the  learned 
Sir  James  Ware,  auditor-general  of  Ireland  ;  but  by  her  (who 
re-married  first,  with  Colonel  William  Duckenfield,  and  after 
with  Sir  Ed^-ard  Tyrrell, "  of  Lynn  in  Westmeath,  Bart,  who  was 

k  MSS.  Pedig.  ut  antca.  I  Idem, 

f"  In  161 9,  by  petition  to  the  King,  he  set  forth,  that  he  held,  by  virtue 
of  letters  patent  of  fee-tall,  granted  to  Sir  Henry  his  grandfather,  the  manor 
of  Edenderry,  and  divers  other  lands  in  the  King's  County  ;  and,  by  virtue 
of  other  letters  patent,  granted  to  his  said  grandfather  and  his  hairs  male,  he 
held  the  rectory  of  Cavbery  in  the  county  of  Kildare,  and  that  of  Bally- 
norcher,  extending  into  Westmeath  and  the  King's  County  :  all  which,  with 
other  hereditaments,  purchased  by  Sir  George  Cclley  his  father,  he  desired  to 
have  confirmed  unto  him  by  anew  patent,  and  to  his  heirs  male;  remainder 
to  his  brothers  Adam  and  Robert ;  remainder  to  Sir  Henry,  son  and  heir  of 
Henry,  second  son  of  the  first  mentioned  Sir  Henry  ,'his  grandfather),  and  his 
brother  Edmond  ;  remainder  to  Garret,  third  son  of  the  first  mentioned  Sir 
Henry,  and  their  respective  issue  male.  Hereupon  the  King,  "  tendering  the 
peace  and  quiet  of  such,  whose  ancestors  had  faithfully  served  him  and  his 
crown,  and  especially  remembering  the  many  acceptable  and  good  services, 
performed  to  Queen  Elizabeth  by  the  said  Sir  Henry,  who  long  served  her 
Majesty  as  a  captain  and  privy-counsellor  in  Ireland,  and  by  the  said  Sir 
George,  and  lastly,  by  himself,  who  personally  served  in  suppressing  the  re- 
hellion,  during  the  whole  course  of  it;  and  the  better  to  encourage  him  to  do 
acceptable  services  for  the  future,''  was  pleased  to  confirm  all  the  premisses, 
as  aforesaid,  by  patent,  dated  July  3d,  1619,  creating  those  in  the  King's 
County  into  the  manor  of  Edenderry,  otherwise  Cowleystown;  of  which, 
June  8th,  1635,  he  received  a  further  confirmation,  in  virtue  of  the  commission 
^or  remedy  of  defective  titles. 

"  MSS.  Pedig.  ut  antea. 


53(5  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

attainted  in  1688,  for  rebellion  ogainst  King  William,  and  died 
February  7th,  169O,  leaving  an  only  daughter,  Catherine,  married 
to  Robert  Edgworth,  of  Longwood  in  Meath,  Esq.)  having  no 
surviving  issue,  the  estate  was  carried  by  his  sister  into  her  hus- 
band's fiimily.  where  it  still  remains. 

We  now  proceed  with  Sir  Henry  Colley,  of  Castle- Carhery, 
ancestor  to  Marquis  Wellesley.  In  Queen  Elizabeth's  reign 
he  was  constable  of  the  fort  of  Philipstown  ;  seneschal  of  the 
King's  County  ;  and  June  25lh,  156l,  appointed  providore  of  the 
iirmy.  °  In  1571,  he  obliged  the  Irish  to  api^ear  before  him  at 
Philipstown,  and  bind  themselves  by  mutual  recognisances  to  pre^ 
serve  the  public  peace,  to  answer  for  each  other's  good  behaviour, 
and  to  deliver  each  other  up  to  him,  whenever  he  should  call  for 
them.  In  15/6,  (on  St.  George's  day)  l»e  was  knighted  in  Christ- 
church ;  P  and  in  1503,  he  furnished  three  archers  on  horseback, 

o  By  tlie  following  commission  : 

"  Thomas  Sussex, 

"  To  all  Mayors,  Shiiifst  Brulives,  Constables,  Controllers,  and  all  othei 

the  Oueene's  Majesty's  Officers,  Minysters,  and  lovingc  Subjectes,  and  to 

every  of  them,  greeting.     Wee  lette  youe  witte,  that  wee  have  auctorised  and 

appoynted,  and  by  these  presentes  doth  auctorise  ami  appoynt  our  well-bc- 

loved  Henry  Colley,  Esquyer,  or  the  bearere  hereof  in  his  name,  to  provyde 

and  take  up  in  all  places  to  and  for  the  furniture  of  her  Majesty's  armie,  re- 

sydent  within  the  rsalme  of  Irelande,  as  well  within  the  liberties  as  withoute, 

within  the  saide  realme  ;  sake,  wyife,  wodd,  tymber,  lymc,  brick,  and  cole, 

for  the  furnyture  of  her  saide  armie  ;  and  alsoo  shij)ps,  boats,  li{<hters,  gables, 

anchors,  horsses,  cartes,  carriages,  and  all  other  provysiou,  for  the  convei- 

aunce  of  the  same,  as  well  by  sea  as  by  lande.     And  also   bakers,  brewers, 

coopers,  millers,  maryners,  labourers,  and  all  other  artificers  and  ministers,  as 

by  hym  shall  be  thought  meete  and  convenient,  from  tyme  to  tyme,  for  the 

service  aforesaide  :  and  also  bake-houses,  brew-houses,  garnells,  and  sellers, 

for  the  stowage  of  the  same,  as  by  him  shall  be  thought  good ;  hi;  paying  for 

the  same  at  reasonable  prices,  as  hathe  bene  accustoincd.     Wherefor  we  will 

and  commaunde  youe.  and  every  of  youe,  &c.     Yeven  at  Kilmaynam  the  25 

of  June  the  yeie  aforesaid.    Willm  Fitz  Williams,  Henry  Radclill".     Francis 

Agarde.    John  Parker.    Jaques  Wyngefelde."  *    Also,  by  commission,  dated 

April  15th,  5  Queen  Eliz.  he  was  authorized  and  appointed,  (being  styled 

Surveyor  of  the  Queen's  Victuals  in  Ireland)  or  the  bearer  thereof  in  his 

name,  to  take  up  in  any  place  or  places,  three  good  6ai/e  and  sufficient  hone- 

tnylles,  with  their  furniture,  and  also  so  many  cartes  and  other  caryadges,  as 

should  be  sufficient  for  the  carriage  and  conveying  thereof  to  Armagh,  ther« 

to  remain  for  the  furniture  of  her  Majesty's  garrison  there,  paying  for  the 

same,  as  in  like  cases  had  been  accustomed.     Rot.  50  Eliz.  4H.  p.  f. 

p  Lodge  MSS.  and  Pedig. 

*  Rot  de  anno  30  Eliz  loi.  p-  f- 


LORD  WELLESLEY.  S9f 

to  the  general  hosting  at  the  hill  of  Tarah,  for  the  barony  of 
O'Kethy  and  Onghterany,  the  largest  number  furnished  by  any 
person  in  that  barony  ;  ''  commanded  in  ]5gQ,  t«'enty  foot  of  the 
army  in  Offiley  ;  nnd  in  the  parliament  of  l6.3,  served  for  the 
borough  of  Monaghan.  He  married  Anne/  second  daughter  of 
the  said  Adam  Lcftus,  archbishop  of  Dublin,  and  by  her,  who  re- 
married first  with  George  Blount,  of  Kidderminster  in  Worces- 
tt-rshire,  Esq.  and  after  with  Edward,  Lord  Blaney,  had  issue, 
first.  Sir  Henry,  his  heir;  second,  Edmund,  of  Ardree. 

And  three  dauohters;  lirst,  Mary,  married,  first,  to  Sir  Gerald 
Moore,  Viscount  Drogheda  ;  secondly,  to  Charles,  Viscount  Wil« 
mott,  of  Athlone;  and  dying  January  3d,  1054,  was  buried  by 
her  first  Lord  in  St.  Peter's  church,  Drogheda. 

Second,  Alicia,  to  Sir  Claud  Hamilton,  of  Castle-Toome  in 
the  county  of  Antrim,  Knt.  by  whom  she  had  a  son,  Robert,  who 
died  childless  at  Roscrea,  June  .5th,  1640,  and  was  there  interred; 
and  three  daughters ;  Anne,  married,  first,  to  Ralph  Gee,  and  se- 
condly, to  J Dongan,  Esqrs.  j  Alicia,   to  Thomas  Norris, 

of  Dundruni;  and  Valentina,  first,  to  Colonel  Charles  Blount, 
secondly,  to  Colonel  Knight,  and  thirdly,  to  Robert  Oliver,  of 
Clonodfoy  in  the  county  of  Limerick,  Esq. 

Third,  Jane,'  in  lOlO,  became  the  wife  of  Robert  Smith,  of 
Moyry  in  the  county  of  Armagh,  Esq,  to  whom  she  w^as  second 
wife,  and  whose  only  daughter,  Isabella,  was  married  to  the  Rev, 
Mr.  Watson,  and  had  issue. 

Sir  Henry  Colley,  who  succeeded  at  Castle-Carbery,  *  mar- 
ried Anne,  daughter  and  coheir  to  Christopher  Peyton,  Esq.  au- 
ditor-gf mral  ot  Ireland,  and  dying  in  July,  lG37,  had  issue  five 
gons  and  three  daughters;  Dudley,  his  successor;  Peyton  and 
Charles,  who  died  infants  ;  Christopher  and  Thomas,  who  died 
bachelors;  Elizabeth,  died  unmarried  before  her  father;  Mary, 
(married,  first,  January  5th,  1 65  I,  to  Sankey  SiUyard,  alderman 
©f  Dublin,  by  whom  she  had  Henry,  baptized  November  IQih, 
l652,  who  died  April  1st,  l6.;3;   Margaret,  married  to  Patrick 

«  Lodge  MSS.  and  Pedig.  r  Ibid. 

s  Ibid  and  Cliancery  Pleadings. 
t  On  February  25th,  1617,  were  granted  to  him  and  liis  heirs,  the  town 
and  lands  of  Ballykihagle,  alias  Eallykiliagh,  260  acres,  with  other  lands  it) 
the  territory  of  Kinsiielagh  and  county  of  Wexford,  under  such  covenants,  as 
the  undertakers  of  that  plantation  wer(;  subject  to,  e:4cept  that  for  building  a 
ttostle. 


538  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

Nangle ;  and  Letitia,  to  William  Latin  :  "  she  married,  secondly, 
Alexander,  brother  to  Sir  Maurice  Eustace,  chancellor  of  Ireland, 
but  by  him  had  no  issue)  ;  and  Eleanor,  first  to  Norrys,  son  of 
Sir  John  Jephson,  Knt.  by  whom  she  had  a  son  Norrys,  and  se- 
condly, to Pitts. " 

Dudley  CoHey,  of  Castle-Garbery,  Esq.  in  the  first  parlia- 
ment after  the  restoration  was  member  for  Philipstown ;  received 
his  Majesty's  directions  from  Whitehall,  August  6th,  166O,  in 
recompence  of  his  many  acceptable  services  performed  to  King 
Charles,  y  to  have  a  release  and  confirmation  of  the  towns  and 
lands  of  A.rdkill  and  Collinstown,  in  the  county  of  Kildare,  the 
inheritance  being  then  in  him,  of  which  he  had  a  grant  January 
31st  following;  February  \665,  he  was  captain  of  the  first  com- 
pany of  foot  that  should  become  void,  and  was  appointed  one  of 
•the  commissioners  for  executing  the  acts  of  settlement.  He  lies 
buried  in  the  church  of  Carbery,  under  a  monument  erected  to 
his  memory,  with  this  inscription  : 

This  monument  was  erected  by  Henry  Colley,  Esq. 

in  memory  of  his  father  Dudley  Colley,  alias  Cowley, 

Esq.  great  grandson  of  Sir  Henry  Colley,  alias  Cowley, 

of  Castle-Carbery,  Knt.  who  built  this  chapel,  and 

burial-place  for  his  family,  who  are  interred 

therein,  with  their  wives  :  Ann  Warren,  daughter  of 

Henry  Warren,  of  Grangebegg,  Esq. ;  Elizabeth, 

Daughter  of  George  Sankey,  ofBalenrathin  the  King's  County,  Esq. 

and  Catherine  Cusack,  daughter  of  Sir  Thomas 

Cusack,  Kt.  then  Lord  Justice  of  Ireland. 

Sir  Henry  Colley,  alias  Cowley,  was  knighted  hy 

Queen  Elizabeth,  in  the  2d  year  of  her  reign,  and 

made  one  of  her  Majesty's  most  honourable  privy- council. 

Henry  Colley,  now  living,  son  of  Dudley  Colley, 

married  Mary  Ussher,  and  had  issue  by  her  six  sons 

and  six  daughtsrs;  whereof  two  sons,  Henry  and 

Richard,  and  six  daughters  are  now  living. 

She  was  the  only  daughter  of  Sir  William 

Ussher,  of  Bridgefoot,  Kt.  by  his  Lady  Ursula 

u  Lodge  and  Pedigree. 
31  Ibid,  and  Chancery  Pleadings. 
y  Rot.  de  Anno  120  Car.  II-  2a.  p.  D, 


LORD  WELLE SLEY.  539 

St.  Barb,  and  lyeth  here  interred,  for  whose  memory 

also  this  monument  was  made,  the  ]0  Day 

of  July,  Anno  Dom.  1705. 

He  married  to  his  first  wife  Anne,  daughter  of  Henry  Warren, 
of  Grangebegg  in  the  county  of  Kildare,  Esq  (by  his  wife  Eliza- 
beth, daughter  of  Sir  John  Eustace,  of  Harreston)  by  whom  he 
had  eight  sons  and  seven  daughters. 

And  by  his  second  wife  Elizabeth,  widow  of  Henry  Bollard, 
of  Dublin,  Esq.  and  daughter  of  George  Sankey,  of  Balenrath  in 
the  King's  County,  Esq.  (by  his  wife  Margaret,  daughter  of  Sir 
George  Colley,  of  Edenderry),  he  had  three  daughters  ;  Jane,  who 
died  young;  Alicia,  (the  first  wife  to  Henry  Gorges,  of  Cole- 
raine,  Esq.  and  had  Jane,  who  died  youngs) ;  and  Grace,  first 
married  to  Anthony  Brabazon,  of  Corrstown  in  the  county  of 
Louth,  Esq.  by  whom  she  had  William  Brabazon,  Esq.  whose 
daughter  and  heir  Susanna,  married  Francis  Duggan,  of  the 
Queen's  County,  Esq.  and  had  issue  three  daughters,  the  eldest  of 
whom,  Susanna,  married  David  Jebb,  of  Slane  in  the  county  of 
Meath,  Esq.  second  and  only  surviving  son  of  John  Jebb,  D.D. 
dean  of  Cashel ;  she  married,  secondly,  in  February  1/00,  Caleb 
Gay,  Esq.  son  of  John  Gay,  the  elder,  Esq.  who  died  about  the 
year  l6g2;  Caleb  was  collector  of  Drogheda,  and  died  without 
issue  November  14th,  1/01,  and  she  died  July  13th,  1/42. 

The  children  by  the  first  wife  ^  were. 

First,  Henrj',  his  suscessor. 

Second,  George,  of  Monasteroris,  who  married  Susanna, 
daughter  of  Charles  Wainman,  Esq.  and  had  issue  Dudley  Colley, 
of  Rahin,  Esq.  sheriff  of  the  county  of  Kildare  in  173-+^  who  mar- 
ried a  daughter  of Reading,  Esq  and  died  without  issue 

in  February  1/63,   aet.  sixty-five  j  Charles  j  Dorothy,  and  other 
children. 

Third,  John  3  fourth,  Charles ;  and  fifth,  William,  died 
young. 

Sixth,  Christopher  j  seventh,  Thomas  j  and  eighty,  Dudley, 
died  unmarried. 

Anne,  Charity,  and  Sarah,  died  in  their  infancy. 
-     Elizabeth,   married   to   Garret  Wesley,  of  Dangan  in   the 
county  of  Meath,  Esq.^  and  died  September  8th,  16/8. 

y  MS.  Pedig.  z  Ibid,  and  Ulster. 

aThe  family  of  We  s  ley,  anciently  called  De  WisLEstsy, alias  Welse- 


540  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

Mary,  first  to  William  Ashe,  of  Ashe-fit-ld  in  Meath,  Esq. 
grandson  and  heir  to  Ptichard  Ashe,  Esq.  and  by  him,  who  died 
March  14th,  1081,  was  mother  of  Richard,  member  of  parlia- 
ment for  Trim,  v/ho  died  in  January,  17'-^7;  and  Mary:  and  she 
married,   secondly,  James  Brabazon,   Esq.  ot  Corrstown   in  the 


LEY,  was  of  Saxon  extvaclion,  *and  after  the  Norman  conquest,  became  seated 
in  thecounty  of  Sussex.  Thelirstof  the  name  in  Ireland,  entered  the  kingdom 
in  1172,  with  King  Henry  II.  to  whom  he  had  the  honour  of  being  standard- 
bearer,  and  for  his  military  services,  was  rewarded  with  large  grants  of  land  in 
the  counties  of  Meath  and  Kildare  ;  a  considerable  part  of  which  still  remains 
in  the  possession  of  the  representative  of  the  family.  His  posterity  were  men 
of  great  note  and  distinction  in  this  kingdom;  amongst  whom,  in  1303,  we 
find  Walran,  or  William  de  VVellsley,  who,  together  with  Robert  de  Perceval, 
of  the  Egmont  family,  was  slain  in  a  battle  witii  the  Irish,  October  zid  that 
year;  +  his  son  John  was  the  fatlier  of  William  who  was  summoned  to  par- 
liament in  1339,  as  a  Baron  of  the  realm,  and  had  a  grant  by  patent  from  Ed- 
ward II  of  the  custody  of  his  castle  of  Kildare  for  life;  but  that  King  after- 
wards conferring  that  office  on  John  Fitz-Thomas  (Earl  of  Kildare},  together 
with  the  county  of  Kildare,  to  hold  to  his  heirs  male  forever,  he  was  re- 
moved and  lost  tite  fee  of  20  /.  a  year  annexed  thereto ;  in  recomnence  whereof 
King  Edward  III  granted  him  a  commission  dated  at  Molyngar,  ]Marc'i  isr, 
1342,  to  have  the  custody  of  the  manor  of  Demor,  then  in  the  crown,  from 
August  I  St,  1341,  with  the  annual  fee  of  20  marcs.  By  commission  dated  at 
Trym,  March  loth,  1381,  King  Richard  II.  appointed  William  Wellesley 
keeper  and  governor  of  the  castle,  lands,  and  lordship  of  Carbery.  and  the 
lands  and  lordships  of  Totcmoy  and  KernegeJagh  for  one  year,  with  the  fee 
ef2oo  marcs,  and  the  issues  and  profits  ot"the  premisses  belonging  in  any 
manner  to  the  crown  for  that  time,  without  account,  to  receive  50  marcs  quar- 
terly before-h.md,  or  within  three  of  the  first  weeks  of  each  (juarter,  and  on 
failure  of  such  payment,  to  have  liber',  y  to  relinquish  his  commission,  with- 
out disturbance  from  the  crown;  yet  so  that  he  duly  and  faithfully  kept  the 
premisses,  resisted  and  chastised  all  and  singular  the  rebels  and  malefactors  of 
those  parts,  and  the  marches  threreof  with  all  his  posse,  and  obliged  them  to 
make  restitution  for  any  robberies  or  any  other  mischiefs  they  had  or  should 

commit  \     He  married  Johan,  eldest  daughter,  and  at  length  heir  to . 

of  Castlemartin,  and  by  her,  who  re-married  with  Richard  Fitzgerald,  of  BaU 
lysonan,  the  lordship  of  Dangan,  Momington,  Croskyle,  Clontbreny,  Kil, 
mes>an,  Belver,  &c  accrued  to  this  family  ;  §  tl.e  issue  of  this  marriage  was 
Gerald,  of  Dangan,  who  m.\rried  Margaret,  eldest  daughter  of  Sir  Thomas 
Fitzgerald,  of  Laccagh  in  the  coui.ty  of  Kildare,  Knight,  Lord  Chancellor  of 
Ireland  in  1424,  |1  and  by  her  had  Gerald,  or  Ganet,  his  heir,  styled  Lord  of 


*  Lodge  and  Information  of  Rich.  Lord  Mornington. 

f  Camden,  vol  ii.  p.  4,^5,  and  Yvery,  vol.  i,  p.  322. 

\  Rot.  annofo.  Ric.  II.  i  ,  p  f.  R.  17. 

^  Collections.  11  Leir.stCT  Pedi". 


LORD  WELLESLEY.  541 

county  of  Loulh,  who  died  in  1/23,  leaving  issue  James,  An- 
ihony,  and  Mar/. 


Djngan,  in  a  special  livery  of  his  estate,  granted  Njvembsr  lOvh,  l.i?^,  *  who  mar- 
ried to  his  first  wife  Genet,  sixt'i  daughter  of  Sir  Thomas  Casack,  of  Lismjiien  in 
the  county  of  Meath,  Kut.  appointed  Lord  Chancellor  of  Ireland,  October  2d, 
1553,  f  and  he  married,  secondly,  Anne,  second  daughter  of  Sir  Oliver  P.unket, 
Knt.;f  created  Baron  of  Louth,  and  widow  of  John  Wakely,  of  Navan  in  the 
county  of  Msatli,  Esq. ;  §  he  .^as  succeeded  by  his  son  William,  styled  Lord  of 
Dangan,  which  Wi.liain  was  father  of  Gerald,  of  the  Dangan,  who  died  May  15th, 
16i'3,  II  having  had  a  son  William,  who  by  Elizabeth,  his  wife,  djughter  of  Jame« 
Casack,  of  Portraine  in  the  county  of  Dublin,  Esq  %  had  a  numerous  issue ;  the 
elder  of  whom,  Valerian,  was  granted  in  ward  to  Sir  Thomas  Ashe,  Knt.  ;**   he 

married  Anne,  daughter  oi — ■ Cusack,  relict  of  Cnrist.jpher  Nugent,  brother 

to  Richnrd,  t'ne  tirst  Earl  of  Westmeath,  and  by  her,  who  survived  him,  and  mad« 
her  will,  October  ..'5th,  1649,  jf  which  was  proved  May '20th,  1672,  had  a  son 
Gcraid,  or  Garret,  married  as  in  the  text,  who  had  issue  by  his  said  wife  six  sons 
and  two  daughters,  VIZ.  William  ;  Geraid,  or  Garret ;  Dudley;  Valerian;  CoHey? 
Chris'.;'ph?r  :  Mary,  (which  live  last  ded  infants)  ;  and  Margaret,  ^f  who  becam« 
the  first  v.ife  of  Wentworth  Human,  of  Bawne  in  the  county  of  Longford,  Esq. 
and  died  June  15th,  16SJ.  §§  William  Wesley,  the  eidest  son,  succeeded  his 
father,  but  leaving  no  isSL'.e  male  by  his  v.ife,  a  daughter  of  Maurice  Keating,  of 
Narra^hmore  in  the  county  of  Kiid3r-,Esq  |{  Ij  hi?  brother  Garret  b.ecame  heir; 
he  served  in  several  parliaments  for  the  county  of  Meath  and  borough  of  Trim,  and 
married  Catherine,  another  daughter  of  the  said  Maurice  Keating,  but  dvin<^  sud- 
denly at  Dangan,  September  23d,  172S,  without  issue  by  her,  who  died  Aprii  14th, 
1745,  at.  seventy-eight,  did  by  his  last  wil!,  dated  March  13th,  1727,  devise  all  his 
estates  to  Richard  CcHej,  Esq.  and  his  heirs  male,  provided  that  he  and  they  re- 
spectively should  assume  and  take  upon  them  the  surname,  and  use  of  the  coat  of 
arms  of  Wesley  ;  which  he  did  upon  the  death  of  the  said  Garret,  and  made  a 
solemn  dec iaration  thereof  to  the  fullowing  effect,  "  Whereas  Garret  Weslev,  late 
of  Dangan  in  the  county  of  Meath,  Esq  deceased,  on  March  1  Jth,  1727,  made  his 
will,  and  died  September  .'3J  last,  and  by  his  said  will,  devised  all  his  real  estate  to 
Richard  CoUey,  Esq.  of  Dublin,  for  'ife,  remainder  to  his  i.ssue  male,  with  re- 
mainder over,  provided  that  he  and  his  sons,  and  the  heirs  male  of  his  body,  assumed 
and  took  upon  him  and  them,  the  surname  and  coat  of  arms  of  Wesley  :  whereupon 
the  said  Richard  Coliey,  alias  Wesley,  testified  and  declared,  that  immediately  after 
the  death  of  the  said  Garret  Wesley,  he  did  assume  the  surname  and  coat  of  arms 
of  Wesley,  according  to  the  said  proviso  of  the  said  will,  dated  November  15th, 
1728."  t^ 


*  Collections. 

f  Rot.  Anno  ic.  Maria,  f.  &  Pedig.  Cusack. 

■  I  Ulster's  Office,  and  Pedig.  Plunket.  §  Ibid.  Pedig. 

II  Ulster's  Office.  ^  Pedig.  Cusack. 

**  Decree  in  Chancery,  Nov-  17, 1621,  and  April  27th,  1630. 

ft  Prerog.  Offic.  \\-  Ulster's  Office. 

§§  fee  E.  Kingston,  in  Irish  Peer.  ||  ||  Collections. 

^^  Rot.  pat.  de  anno  2^.  Geo,  II.  2a,  p.  D.  R.  -1. 


542  PEERAGE  OF  l^NGLAND. 

Ellen,  or  Ellenor,  married,  in  April,  l66g,  to  Thomas  Moore> 
of  Croghan,  Esq.  grandfather  to  Charles,  Earl  of  Charleville.  ^ 

Catherine,  to  Nicholas  Knight,  D.D.  incumbent  of  St,  Ni-  . 
cholas  Within,  Dublin,  who  died  May  10th,  1731,  she  deceasing 
December  23d,  1730;  and 

Anne,<=  was  married  to  John  Pollard,  Esq.  and  had  Henry, 

who  died  unmarried,  and  Mary,  wife  of Brabazon,  Esq. 

in  the  county  of  Louth. 

Henry  CoUey,  Esq.  who  succeeded  at  Castle-Carbery,  alias 
Ark-hill,  in  July,  1674,  married  Mary,  only  daughter  of  Sir  Wil- 
liam Usher,  of  Dublin,  Knight,  and  dying  in  the  year  170O,  was 
bmitd  at  Carbery,  having  issue  six  sons  and  six  daughters. 

Dudley,  buried  at  St,  Audoen's  May  21st,  ]()8l3  William, 
Blaney,  George,  all  died  young. 

Henry,  his  successor. 

Richard,  Lord  Morvwgtbn. 

Anne,  married  to  William  Pole,  of  Ballyfin  in  the  Queen's 
county.  Esq, ;  ^  Elizabeth  ;  Sarah,  who  died  unmarried  May  14, 
1746  J  as  did  Frances,  June  igth,  17-13,  and  were  buried  at  St, 
Mary's,  Dublin  ;   Mary;  and  Judith.  *= 

Henry  Colley,  Esq.  the  elder  surviving  son,  was  member  of 
parliament  for  Strabane;  and  in  January,  1719,  married  the  Lady 
Mary  Hamilton,  third  daughter  of  James,  Earl  of  Abercorn  ;  died 
February  10th,  1723,  and  left  one  son,  Henry,  who  deceased, 
about  three  years  of  age,  March  1st,  after  his  father's  death  ;  and 
two  daughters,  Elizabeth,  born  December  11th,  1720;  and  Mary, 
born  July  11th,  1723,  was  married  October  20th,  .747,  to  Arthur 
Pomeroy,  Esq.  created  Baron  of  Harberton.  ^ 


b  See  Lord  Moore  in  vol.  ix,  c  MSS.Pedig.  penes  J.  L, 

d  His  ancestor,  Periam  Pole,  Esq.  was  brother  to  Sir  John  Pole,  created  a 
Baronet  September  12th,  1628,  and  second  son  of  Sir  William  Pole,  of  Shute  in 
Devonshire,  by  his  first  wife  Mary,  daughter  and  coheir  to  Sir  William  Periam, 
chief  baron  ot  the  Exchequer.  He  died  in  October,  1704,  and  had  issue  two  sons 
and  four  daughters ;  Periam,  who  died  unmarried  April  24th,  1748  ;  William,  heir 
to  his  brother;  Sarah,  who  died  unmarried;  Mary,  married,  July  6th,  1749,  to 
James  Davis,  Esq.  comptroller  of  the  ordnance:  Elizabeth,  who  died  unmarried; 
and  Anne,  married  to  Marcus  Smith,  Esq.  lieutenant-colonel  of  a  regiment  of  foot 
in  Ireland,  and  she  died  in  November,  1753.  William  Pole,  who  succeeded  Pe- 
riam, August  13th,  1748,  married  Lady  Sarah  Moore,  eldest  daughter  of  Edward, 
fifth  liarl  of  Drogheda,  and  deceasing  in  1778,  without  issue  by  his  Lady,  who  died 
that  year,  he  bequeathed  his  estates  to  the  Honourable  William  Wesley,  younger 
krother  to  the  present  Marquis, 

«  MSS,  Pedig.  penes  J.  L.  f  See  that  title  in  Irish  Peer, 


LORD  WELLESLEY.  543 

RiCHARD  CoUey,  Esq.^rs/  Peer,  the  youngest  son,  who  as- 
sumed the  surname  of  WesleY;,  as  heir  to  his  first  cousin  before- 
mentioned",  was  some  time  auditor  and  register  of  the  royal  hospital 
near  DubHn;  was  appointed,  Aug.  5th,  IJIS,  second  chamberlain 
of  the  court  of  Exchequer  j  served  the  office  of  sheriff  for  the 
county  of  Meath  in  1734  ;  and  represented  the  borouah  of  Trim 
in  parliament,  until  his  Majesty  was  pleased  to  create  him  a  Peer, 
by  privy-seal,  dated  at  Kensington  June  25th,  and  by  patent,  s  at 
Dublin  July  Qth,  1746,  by  the  title  oi  Baron  of  Mornington,^'^ 
and  as  such  he  took  his  seat  in  the  house  of  peers,  October  6th, 
1747.  ' 

December  23d,  1719)  he  married  Elizabeth,  eldest  daughter 
of  John  Sale,  L.  L.  D.  register  of  the  diocess  of  Dublin,  and  mem- 
ber of  parliament  for  the  borough  of  Carysfort;  and  by  her,  who 
died  June  17th,  1738,  had  issue  three  sons  and  four  daughters, 
of  whom  two  sons  and  two  daughters  died  in  their  infancy;  the 
survivors  were. 

Garret,  his  heir, 

Elizabeth,  baptized  April  7th,  I720j  married,  April  Qthi 
1743,  to  Chichester  Fortescue,  of  Dromiskine  in  the  county  of 
Louth,  Esq.*^  and  deceased  October  10th,  1752. 

Frances,  baptized  August  21st,  17^4,  married  August  5th, 
1750,  to  William-Francis  Crosbie,  of  Ballyheige  in  the  county  of 
Kerry,  Esq.  and  deceased  September  7th,  1/68. ' 

His  Lordship  departed  this  life  January  Slst,  1758,  and  was 
succeeded  in  the  honour  by  his  only  son 

Garret,  first  Earl  of  Morninglon,  who  was  born  July  ipth, 
1735,  and  took  his  seat  in  the  house  of  peers,  February  13th, 
1758,  on  the  decease  of  his  father  j  '"  in  June,  1759,  he  was  ap- 
pointed custos  rotulorum  of  the  county  of  Meath ;  and  August 
18th,  1760,  his  Majesty^  King  George  II.  was  pleased  by  privy- 
seal  at  St.  James's, "  and  by  patent  at  Dublin,  October  2d  follow- 


g  Rot.  pat.  de  anno  20  Geo.  II.  3a  p.  D. 
h  His  Lordship  having  built  at  his  own  expense  a  commodious  charter  working 
school,  near  the  town  of  Trim,  upon  an  acre  of  ground,  given  by  the  corporation  for 
ever;  and  having  endowed  the  same  with  eight  acres  of  land,  and  a  subscription  of 
50/.  a  year,  for  the  support  of  forty  children,  (twenty  of  each  sex)  had  the  school 
opened  with  solentinity,  November  5tb,  1748,  a  day  of  general  thanksgiving  in  this 
kingdom. 

i  Lords  Jour.  vol.  iii.  p.657.  k  See  Earl  of  Clermont. 

1  See  Earl  of  Glandore  in  Irish  Peer.  m  Lords  Jour.  vol.  iv.  p.  110. 

n  Rot.  pat,  de  anno  34  Geo.  II.  D.  R.  4?. 


445  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

ing, "  to  advance  him  to  the  dignities  of  Viscount  Wellesley  of 
Dangan  castle,  and  Earl  of  Mornington  in  the  county  of  Aleath, 
by  which  titles  he  took  his  seat  in  parliament,  November  19th, 

1761.'' 

February  6th,  1759,  his  Lordship  married  Anne,  eldest 
daughter  of  the  Right  Honourabh-,  Arthur  Hill,  created  Viscount 
Dungannon,  and  deceasing  May  22d,  1/84,  left  issue,  by  his  lady 
"who  survives  him,  six  sons  and  two  dciughters,  viz. 

First,  Richard,  now  Marquis  Wellesley. 

Second,  Arthur-Gerald,  born  May  5th,  17G1,  died  young. 

Third,  William,  born  May  20th,  1703,  formerly  representa- 
tive in  parliament  for  the  borough  of  Trim,  and  one  of  the  go- 
vernors of  the  Queen's  County  ;  now  member  of  parliament  for 
the  Queen's  County  in  the  imperial  parliament,  and  chief  secre- 
tary of  state  in  Ireland.  On  acceding  to  the  estates  of  William 
Pole,  of  Ballifin,  Esq.  who  deceased  in  1 77S,  he  assumed  the  name 
and  arms  of  Pole,  and  May  l/th,  ]784,  married  Catherine- 
Elizabeth,  eldest  daughter  of  the  Honourable  John  Forbes,  ad- 
miral of  his  Majesty's  fleet,  and  uncle  to  George  Earl  of  Granard,  ■! 
by  whom  he  has  a  family. 

Fourth,  Francis  Seymour,  died  young. 

Fifth,  Arthur,  born  May  1st,  1769,  now  Viscount  TVel/ington. 

Sixth,  Gerald-Valerian,  born  December  7th,  1771,  in  holy 
orders,  chaplain  in  ordinary  to  his  Majesty,  prebendary  of  West- 
minster, and  chaplain  at  Hampton-court  palace  5  married,  June 
2d,  1802,  Lady  Emily  Cadogan,  daughter  of  Charles  Earl  Cado- 
gan,  and  has  a  son,  born  September  19th,  1804. 

Seventh,  Henry,  born  January  20th,  1773,  appointed.  May 
15th,  1804,  a  lord  of  the  treasury,  and  in  September,  1804,  was 
appointed  envoy  extraordinary  and  minister  plenipotentiary  to 
the  court  of  Madrid,  member  of  parliament  for  Eye,  joint  secre- 
tary to  the  treasury,  married,  September  20ih,  1803,  Lady  Char- 
lotte Cadogan,  daughter  of  Charles,  Earl  Cadogan,  by  whom  he 
has  issue,  but  is  now  divorced  from  her. 

Eighth,  Anne,  born  March  13th,  1758}  married,  January 
4th,  1790,  the  Honourable  Henry  Fitzroy,  son  of  Charles  first, 
and  uncle  to  the  present.  Lord  Southampton,  who  deceasing 
March  19th,  1794,  left  issue  two  children;  her  Ladyship  mar- 
ried^ secondly^  August  9th,  1799,  Culling  Smith,  Esq. 

\ 

»  Rot.  pat.  de  anno  Si  Geo.  II.  D.  R.50. 
P  Lords  Jour.  vel.  iv.  p.  218  q  See  that  title  in  vol.  i.x. 


LORD  WELLESLEY.  543 

Ninth,  Mary-Elizabeth,  born  January  1st,  1772^  and  died 
March  3d,  I794. 

Richard,  second  Earl  of  Morning;ton, first  Marquis  Wellesley, 
and  FIRST  Lord  Wellesley  of  Wellesley,  com.  Somerset,  was 
born  June  20th,  I76O;  and  was  educated  at  Christ  Church,  Ox- 
ford, where  he  distinguished  himself  for  his  classical  attainments, 
and  won  one  of  the  prizes  for  the  best  Latin  verses;  and  after- 
wards came  into  the  English  parliament,  first  for  Saltash,  1784} 
and  afterwards  for  Windsor,  1797. 

On  March  17th,  17S3,  he,  at  the  institution  of  the  illustrious 
order  of  St.  Patrick,  was  nominated  by  the  sovereign  to  be  an  ori- 
ginal Knight  Companion  of  the  Order. 

His  Lordship  was  also  nominated  a  member  of  the  privy- 
council  in  Ireland. 

In  1786,  his  Lordship  was  appointed  a  lord  of  the  treasur}', 
and  so  continued  to  179". 

■I"  ^797>  lie  went  Governor-General  to  India,  where  he 
distinguished  himself  by  the  vigour  and  talent  of  his  measures,  par- 
ticularly his  success  in  the  Mysore,  the  defeat  of  Tippo  Sultan,  and 
the  capture  of  Seringapatam. 

Since  his  return  to  England,  his  Lordship  has  been  appointed 
ambassador  to  Spain,  and  Secretary  of  State  for  foreign  affairs. 

His  Lordship  married,  November  19th,  l/Q-i,  Hyacinth  Ga- 
brielles,  only  daughter  of  Pierre  Roland. 

On  October  10th,  1797.  his  Lordship  was  elevated  to  the 
British  peerage  by  the  title  of  Lord  Wellesley  of  Wellesley, 
com.  Somerset ;  and  December  20tb,  1 799,  was  created  Mar qui^ 
Wellesley,  of  Norragh  in  Ireland. 

Titles.  Richard  Wellesley,  Marquis  Wellesley,  Earl  of  Morn- 
ington,  Viscount  Wellesley,  and  Baron  of  Mornington,  in  Ireland  j 
Baron  Wellesley  of  Great  Britain. 

Creations.  Baron  of  Mornington,  July  9th,  1 746,  20  Geo; 
II. ;  and  Viscount  Wellesley  of  Dangan  castle,  and  Earl  of  Morn- 
ington, October  6th,  I76O,  34  Geo.  II. ;  Marquis  of  Wellesley, 
December  1st,  1/99  j  Baron  Wellesley  of  Great  Britain,  October 

20th,  1797. 

Arms.  Quarterly,  the  first  and  fourth,  gules,  a  cross,  argent, 
between  four  saltires  of  plates,  for  Wellesley ;  second  and  third,  or, 
a  lion  rampant,  gules,  gorged  with  a  ducal  coronet,  proper,  for 
CoUey.  And  his  Majesty  was  farther  pleased  to  add  to  his  armo-* 
rial  bearing,  an  escutcheon  purpure,  charged  with  an  cstoile,  radi- 

T0L.  VIII.  2  N 


465  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

ated,  wavy,  between  eight  spots  of  the  royal  tiger  in  pairs,  saltier- 
ways  proper,  being  the  standard  of  the  Sultaun  :  this  standard, 
and  the  tri-coloured  flag,  were,  by  his  Majesty's  command,  added 
also  to  the  Marqus's  crest  and  supporters. 

Crest.  On  a  wreath,  an  armed  arm  in  pale,  couped  below  the 
elbow,  the  hand,  proper,  the  wrist  encircled  with  a  ducal  coronet, 
or,  holding  a  spear  in  bend,  with  the  banner  of  St.  George  ap- 
pendant.    See  the  additional  crest  in  the  wood-cut. 

Supporters.  Two  lions,  gules.  See  additions  in  the  wood- 
cut. 

Motto.       PORRO  UNUN  EST  NECESSARIUM. 

Chief  Seat.    Trim  castle,  Meath ;  and  Upton,  Somersetshire. 


LORD  CARRINGTON.  547 


SMITH,  LORD  CARRINGTON. 

The  great  great  grandfather  of  Lord  C^rrington  was  Thomas 
Smith,  of  Crophall-Boteler  in  Nottinghamshire,  which 

Thomas  Smith,  of  Crophall-Boieler,  was  father  of 

Thomas  Smith,  of  iNottinghain,  and  of  Gaddesby,  ^  com, 
Leicester,  who  died  in  17OO,  and  had  two  wives. 

First,  Mary  Hooper,  by  whom  he  had  an  only  child, 

Mary  Smith,  married  to  John  Eggleton,  father  of  Sir  Charles 
Eggleton,''  sheriff  of  London,  1/43. 

His  second  wife  was  Fortune,  daughter  of  Laurence  Cullen, 
and  sister  of  Abel  Cullen,  of  Nottingham,  by  whom  he  had  three 
sons  :  she  died  in  1"15. 

First,  Thomas  Smith,  who  served  the  office  of  sheriff  for  the 
county  of  Leicester,  1/18,  by  the  name  of  Thomas  Smith,  of 
Broxtowin  thi^  county  of  Nottingham,  and  Gaddesby  in  the  county 
of  Leicester,  Esq.  By  Mary  Manley,  his  wife,  he  left  five  daugh- 
ters j  first,  Mary,  married  to  Thomas  Tcmson,  D,  D. ;  second, 
Elizabeth,  married  to  Giles  Eyre,  Esq.  ;  third,  Catherine,  married 
to  William  Ring,  Esq. ;  fourth,  Anne,  married  to  Henry  Walters, 
Esq.;  fifth,  Harriet,  died  unmarried. 

Second,  Samuel  Smith,  married  Ely,  daughter  of  Thomas 
Watson,  Esq.  and  had  issue  seven  sons  and  three  daught-rs. 

a  It  is  said  in  Kimber's  Baronetage,  that  he  was  possessed,  long  before  1698,  of 
his  manor  of  Keyworth  in  Nottinghamshire,  with  several  lands  and  tenements,  and 
other  valuable  estates,  in  the  counties  of  Nottingham  and  Leicester,  one  of  which 
appears  to  be  purchased  by  his  ancestor  in  1622. 

b  Sir  Charles  Eggleton,  by  his  second  wife  Sarah  Kent,  was  father  of  the  late 
Sir  Charles  Kent,  Bart,  so  created  August  8th,  1"8^  who  died  May,  iSH. 


J4S  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

Third,  Abel  S'nitb,  of  Nottingham,  banker,  married  Jane, 
daughter  of  George  Beaumont,  of  Chapelthorp  in  Yorkshire,  Esq. 
and  had  issue  three  sons ;  and  one  daughter,  Jane,  married  Iq 
Francis  Wheeler,  of  Coventry. 

Of  the  sons ; 

First,  Sir  George  Smith,  of  East  Stoke  com.  Nottingham, 
created  a  Barowe^  Oct.  31,  1757;  married,  Aug.  18,  174",  Mary, 
daughter  and  sole  heir  of  William  Howe,  Esq.  by  Elizabe^th, 
daughter  and  coheir  of  William  Pauncefote,  of  Cari^wall-hall,  com. 
Gloucester,  Esq.  (Sarah,  another  coheir  of  Pauncefote,  married 
William  Bromley,  of  Abberley  com.  Worcester,  Esq  )  which  Wil- 
liam Howe  was  son  of  Emanuel  Scroope  Howe,  Esq.  by  Ruperta, 
natural  daughter  of  Prince  Rupert.  Lady  Smith  died  May  18th, 
1/6),  and  Sir  George  married,  secondly,  February  23d,  1703,  Ca- 
therine, daughter  of  the  Rev.  Archdeacon  Vyse,  oi  Lichfiild,  by 
whom  he  had  no  issue.  He  died  in  September,  1  769,  and  was 
succeeded  by  his  only  son  Sir  George  Smith,  second  Baronet, 
who  first  took  the  name  of  Bromley,  in  177^>  3"d  afterwards 
that  of  Pauncei  OTE,  in  1803  ;  and  died  August  17th,  1808,  leav- 
ing by  his  wife,  Esther,  daughter  of  Asheton,  now  Vis.ount 
Curzon.  an  only  son  and  heir.  Sir  Robert  Howe  Bromley, 
third  Baronet,  a  captain  in  the  royal  navy. 

Second,  John  Smith,  of  London,  merchant. 

Third  Abel  Smith,  of  Nottingham,  banker,  member  of  par- 
liament for  Aldborough,  Yorkshire,  1774  j  and  fcr  Nottingham 
on  the  death  of  Sir  Charles  Sedley,  1778  ;  died  1779-  He  mar- 
ried Miss  Bird,  of  Coventry,  by  whom  he  had  iix  sons  and  two 
daughters. 

First,  Thomas,  deceased. 

Second,  Abel,  died  member  of  parliament  for  St.  Germains^ 
August,  1788. 

Third,  Eobert,  now  Lord  Carrington. 

Fourth,  Samuel,  ofWoodhall-park,  near  Ware,  Hertfordshire j 
a  banker  in  London;  member  of  parliament  for  Ilchester,  178O; 
for  Worcester,  1784;  for  Leicester,  179O,  1796,  1802,  I8O6, 
1807j  has  iisue  a  son,  Abel,  member  of  parliament  for  Malmes- 
bury,  I8O7. 

Fifth,  George,  a  banker  in  London,  and  an  East  India  Di- 
rector; member  of  parliament  for  Lestwithiel,  179I;  for  Mid- 
hurst,  1801,  1802;  for  Wendover,  I8O6,  I8O7. 

Sixth,  John,  of  Blenden-hall  near  Bexley  in  Kent,  a  banker, 
and  member  of  parliament  for  Nottingham,   I8O6,  1807;  mar- 


LORD  CARRINGTON^  549 

ned,  1811,  Miss  Leigh, '^  daughter  of  Egerton  Leigh,  Esq.  of 
High-Leigh  in  Cheshire,  (great  grandson  of  ihe  Rev.  Peter  Leigh, 
of  High-Leigh,  rector  of  Wh  tchurch  in  Shropshire,  by  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  the  Hon  Thorn  is  Egerton,  of  Tatt^ni-park,  Cheshire, 
by  Hesther,  daughter  of  Sir  John  Busby,  Knight.) 

Robert  Smith,  third  son,  now  Lord  Carrington,  was 
brouglit  up  in  the  fauiily  banking-house,  and  was  elected  ineniber 
of  parliament  for  Nottingham,  on  the  death  of  his  father,  i779> 
and  re-elected  I78O,  178-I,  179O,  l/Q^j  in  which  year,  on  July 
16th,  he  was  created  a  peer  of  Ireland  by  the  title  of  Lord  Car- 
rington,  of  Bui  cot  Lodge  in  Ireland;  and  from  thence  in  the  fol- 
lowing year,  October  20th,  1797j  was  advanced  to  a  British 
peerage  by  the  title  of  Lord  Carrington'*  of  Upton,  com. 
Nottingham. 

His  Lordship  married  Anne  Boldero  Bernard,  daughter  of 
Henry  Boldero  Bernard,  Esq.  of  South-Cave  in  Yorkshire  j  and 
has  ir>sue, 

Robert  John,  only  son  and  heir,  born  1796;  and  eleven  daugh- 
ters, of  whom, 

Catherine- Lucy,  fourth  daughter,  married,  November  ISth, 
1803,  Viscount  Mahi>n,  eldest  son  of  Charles,  Earl  Stanhope. 

c  Her  sister  married,  June  14th,  1802,  the  Hon.  James  Abercrombie. 
fl  Some  inconvenience  and  confusion  arises  from  his  Lordship's  adoption  of 
this  title,  as  it  had  been  previously  enjoyed  by  another  family  of  the  same  name, 
but  of  a  perfectly  distinct  origin.  The  f  mily  of  Smith,  alias  Carington,  on  whom  a 
British  Peerage  was  conferred,  on  October  31st,  19  Ch:irles  I.  bore  for  their  arms, 
mrgent,  a  cross,  gules,  betxveen  Jour  pea-hens,  cx-ure.  He  was  descended  from  Sir 
Michael  Carington,  standard-bearer  to  King  Richard  I.  whose  great  great  great 
grandson,  John  Carington,  took  the  name  of  Smithm  1416.  His  grandson,  iSir 
John  Smith,  was  a  Baron  of  the  Exchequer,  •i'S  Hen.  VIII.  and  left  a  fourth  son, 
Francis  Smith,  of  Ashby  Tolville  com.  Leicester,  who  died  1606,  «t.  eighty-four, 
leaving  George,  who  died  1607,  leaving  Sir  Francis,  who  died  1629,  leaving,  by 
Anne  Markham,  four  sons,  of  whom  the  third,  major-general.  Sir  Juhn  Smitli, 
Kniu;ht  Banneret,  was  celebrated  for  rescuing  the  royal  standard,  and  slain  at  Aires- 
ford  in  1644.  (See  a  curious  memoir  of  him  in  Nichols's  Leicestershire,  vol  iii. 
p.  36).  Sir  Charles  Smith,  eldest  son,  created  Lord  Carington  19  Charles  I. 
was  killed  in  France  in  February,  1664,  lea>'ing  by  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Sir 
John  Cayrill,  of  Hastings  in  Sussex,  four  sons,  of  whom  Francis,  the  eldest,  be- 
came SECOND  Lord  Carington,  and  died  April  7th,  1701,  having  had  one  only 
son,  who  died  an  infant.  His  youngest  brother,  Charles,  succeeded  as  third 
Lord  Carington,  and  died  May  17th,  1706,  when  the  title  became  extinct, 
having  married  Frances,  daughter  of  Sir  John  Pate,  of  Sy.sonby  com.  Leicester,  Knt. 
by  whom  he  left  an  only  daughter,  who  died  May  7th,  1754.  His  aunts  were  Mary, 
second  wife  of  Sir  Robert  Throgmorton,  of  Great  Coughton,  Bart.;  Anna,  mar- 
ried to  Rowland  Eyre,  of  Hassop  com.  Derb.  Esq.;  Alethea,  married  to  Christo- 
pher Anderson,  Esq.  father  of  Sir  FranciS  Anderson,  Bart.  Sec.  See  the  pedigree 
at  large  in  Nichols' >■  Ltifts{ertJbirt,Jo\.  ili.  p.  29,  under  Ashbj  Felville. 


350  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

Charlotte,  nnother  daughter,  married,  April  10th.  iSOp^  Alan 
Hyde,  second  and  present  Lord  Gardner,  and  died  1811. 
Anne,  another  daughitr,  died  M^y  lOih,  IbOS. 

Tif/e.  Robert  Sm'-th,  Lord  Carringtnn,  of  Upton  in  Not- 
tinghamshire; also  Lord  Carringtnn,  ot  Btilcot  Lodge  in  Leland. 

Crt-ations.  Lord  CarrinLtoii.  of  L^pton  in  (irt-at  Britain,  Oc- 
tober 20ih,   I7g7;   and  Lord  Carrington  of  Ireland,  July  Ibth, 

I7y6. 

Arm$.  Or,  a  chevron  cottsed,  sable,  between  three  demi- 
griffins,  roupeci,  the  two  in  chief  respectai it,  of  the  second ;  a 
mullet  for  ditJerence, 

Cresi      On  a  wreath,  an  ehphant's  head,  conped,  or. 

Supporters  'J  wo  gritfins,  the  dexter  seme  ol  fleurs-de-lis; 
the  sinister  seme  ot  trefoils. 

Motto      Tknax  in  fide. 

Ckh'f  Seait  Wy combe-abbey,  and  Wtndover-house,  Bucks  | 
and  xiulcol  Lodge,  Notts. 


LORD  BAYNING.  551 


TOWNSHEND,  LORD  BAYNING. 

The  Honourable  William  Townshend,  third  son  of  Charles, 
second  Viscount  Townshend,  by  \\\s , first  wife  Elizabeth,  daughter 
of  ThomaSj  Lord  Pelham,  (sister  to  Thomas,  Duke  ot  Newcastle) 
was  chosen  member  of  parliament  for  Yarmouth  IJli,  and  served 
the  two  succeeding  parliaments  for  the  sam-^  place.  He  vt'as  aid- 
de-camp  to  his  Majesty  J  and  on  December  7th,  1728,  appointed 
groom  of  the  bed-chamber  to  his  Royal  Highness  Frederick 
Prince  of  Wales.  He  was  also  usher  of  his  Majesty's  Exchequer, 
and  member  of  parliament  for  Great  Yarmouth  to  the  time  of  his 
death,  January-  2t)th,  i;37-8. 

He  married,  on  May  2yth,  1/25,  Henrietta,  only  daughter  of 
Lord  William  Powlet  (second  son  of  Charles,  Duke  of  Bolton), 
by  his  second  wife  Anne,  daughter  and  coheir  of  Randolph  Eger- 
ton,  of  Beiley  com.  Staiford,  Esq.  by  his  wife  Anne,  eldest 
daughter  and  coheir  of  Henry  Murray,  Esq.  by  his  wife  Anne 
Bayning,  aunt  and  heir  of  Paul,  second  Viscount  Bayning,  who 
died  16-IO,  and  created  Viscountess  Bayning  for  her  own  life. 
By  this  Lady,  who  died  in  January,  1755,  he  had  one  son,  and 
four  daughters. 

First,  Charles,  late  Lord  Bayning. 

Second,  Caroline,  married,  February  Sth,  1759,  the  Honour- 
able and  Reverend  Frederick  Comwallis,  afterwards  Archbishop 
of  Canterbury  ;   and  died  his  widow,  s.  p.  January  5th,  I8O9. 

Third,  Anne  ;  fourth,  Henrietta  ;  fifth,  Dorothy. 

Chakles  Townshend,  only  son,  fikst  Lord  Ba\nivg,  was, 
on  September  17th,  1751,  appointed  secretary  to  his  Majesty's 
embassy  to  Spain j  and  was  afterwards,  \777)  joint  vice- treasurer 


552  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

of  Ireland;  a  member  of  his  Majesty's  privy-council,  and  repre- 
sentative in  many  parliaments  for  Yarmouth  in  Norfolk ;  viz. 
from  1756,  till  1784. 

In  December,  1765,  he  was  appointed  a  lord  of  the  admiralty; 
and  in  February  1770,  a  lord  of  the  treasury.  In  April,  1783,  he 
vas  appointed  treasurer  of  the  navy. 

On  October  20th,  1797,  he  was  elevated  to  the  peerage  by 
the  title  of  IvORD  Bayning,  of  Foxley  in  Berkshire. 

His  Lordship  married  Annabella,  daughter''  of  the  Reverend 
Kichard  Smyth,  by  Annabella  his  wife,  daughter  and  heir  of  Wil- 
liam Powlet,  Esq.  by  Annabella  his  wife,  daughter  of  Charles 
Earl  of  Tankerville  (which  William  Powlet  was  son  of  Lord  Wil- 
liam Powlet),  and  by  her  had  issue. 

First,  Caroline ;  second,  Amelia ;  third,  Henrietta,  who  died 
young. 

Fourth,  Charles-Frederick,  present  peer. 

Fifth,  William,  died  young. 

Sixth,  Anne ;  seventh,  Louisa,  who  died  young. 

Eighth,  Henry. 

His  Lordship  dying  May,  1810,  was  succeeded  by  his  son  and 
heir, 

Charles-Frederick.,  second  and  present  Lord  Bayning, 
then  member  of  parliament  for  Truro. 

Title.  Charles-Frederick  Townshend,  Lord  Bayning  of  Fox- 
Jey  in  Berks. 

Creation.     Lord  Bayning  by  patent,  October  20th,  1797* 

Arms.  Same  as  Marquis  Townshend,  quartering,  Vere;  a 
mullet  for  difference. 

Crest.  The  same  also  as  Marquis  Townshend,  charged  with 
a  mullet  on  the  side  of  the  stacr. 

Supporters.  On  the  dexter  side,  a  stag,  like  Marquis  Towns- 
hend's,  with  the  addition  of  a  collar  studded  with  mullets,  and  a 
chain,  pendant  therefrom  ;  on  the  sinister,  a  leopard,  collared  with 
a  ducal  coronet  and  chain  ;  on  bis  shoulder,  a  shield  charged  with 
the  Bayning  arms. 

Motto.     Stare  super  antisuas  vias. 

Chief  Seat.     Honingham-hall,  Norfolk. 

»  Sister  to  Powlet  Smith  Powlet,  now  of  Sombourne,  Hants,  Esq. 


LORD  GLASTONBURY.  553 


GRENVILLE,  LORD  GLASTONBURY. 

The  Right  Honourable  James  Grenvil]e,ybMr/A  son  of  Richakd 
Grenville,  Esq.  of  Wotton  in  Bucks,  by  Hesther  Temple,  Coun- 
tess Temple  (so  created  October  18th,  1 7^9) >  was  born  February 
12th,  1715,  and  was  for  some  time  one  of  the  lords  commissioners 
of  trade  and  plantations,  and  deputy  pay-master  of  his  Majesty's 
forces  5  but  laid  down  these  offices  in  December,  1/55,  and  re- 
mained out  of  place  till  November  following,  when  he  was  ap- 
pointed one  of  the  lords  of  the  treasury.  He  resigned  again  in  a 
short  time;  but  on  July  2d,  17^7}  was  re-instated  at  the  treasury 
board,  and  continued  there  till  17(>1>  when  he  was  appointed 
cofferer  of  his  Majesty's  household.  On  April  23d  that  y^ar,  he 
was  sworn  of  the  privy  council,  and  kept  the  place  of  cofferer  till 
next  October,  when  he  thought  proper  to  give  it  up ;  but  con- 
tinued to  enjoy  the  office  of  receiver  of  the  crown  and  fee-farm 
rents  for  the  counties  of  Warwick  and  Leicester. 

He  was  elected  for  Old  Sarum  in  1741  ;  for  Rridport  in  1747  j 
and  in  175-i,  and  1/61,  for  the  town  of  Buckingham. 

He  died  in  September  1783,  having  married  Mary,  daughter 
of  James  Smith,  of  Harding  in  Hertfordshire,  Esq  and  by  her, 
who  died  December  15th,  1757,  had  two  sons  5  viz. 

First,  James,  now  Lord  Glastonbury. 

Second,  Richard,  formerly  a  captain  in  the  Coldstream  regi- 
ment of  foot-guards  J  a  major-general  November  12th,  1782; 
lieutenant-general  May  3d,  l/ijd  ;  and  general  January  14,  1801  ; 
and  colonel  of  the  twenty-third  regiment  of  foot  April  21st,  1786. 
He  was  elected  member  of  parliament  for  the  town  of  Bucking- 
bam,  1774. 


#54  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

James,  eldest  son,  now  Lord  Glastonbury,  was  in  1766^ 
elected  member  of  parliament  for  Thirsk  in  Yorkshire  j  in  1790, 
he  was  elected  M.  P.  for  the  town  of  Buckingham  ;  and  again 
in  1774,  1780,  1784,  which  he  vacated  December  179O,  when 
he  was  elected  for  the  county  5  to  which  he  was  again  returned 

in  1796- 

On  March  27th,  1782,  he  was  appointed  a  lord  of  the  trea- 
sury. He  was  also  a  lord  of  trade  and  plantations ;  and  sworn  of 
his  Majesty's  privy  council. 

On  October  20th,  1797.  he  was  raised  to  the  peerage  by  the 
title  of  Lord  Glastonbury,  of  Butleighin  the  county  of  Somerset^ 
■with  a  collateral  remainder  to  his  brother  General  Grenville. 

Title.     James  Grenville,  Lord  Glastonbury. 

Creation.     By  patent,  October  20th,  1/97. 

Arms  and  Crest.  Same  as  Marquis  of  Buckingham,  with  a 
mullet  for  difference. 

Supporters.  The  same  also,  except  that  they  are  collared ; 
and  the  lion  parti  per  pale  embattled. 

Motto.      UnI  RQlVVS  virtuti. 

Chief  Seat.    Butleigh-court,  Somersetshire. 


LORD  BOLTON. 


555 


POWLETT,  LORD  BOLTON. 

Charles  Powlett,  fifth  Duke  of  Bolron,  elder  brother  of  Henry 
the  last  Duke,  died  1765,  leaving  a  natural  daughter, 

Jane  Mary  Powlett,  on  whom,  (on  failure  of  issue  male  of 
the  last  Duke,  which  happened  on  December  25th,  1/94),  he  en- 
tailed the  major  part  of  his  large  estates.  She  married,  April  7th, 
1/78,  Thomas  Orde,  Esq.  d^-scended  from  an  ancient  family  in 
Northumberland  and  Durham,  which 

Thomas  Orde,  ^  afterwards  created  Lord  Bolton,  was  bora 


a  He  was  eldest  son  of  the  second  marriage  of  John  Orde,  of  East-Orde 
and  Morpeth  in  Northumberland,  hsq,  who  died  in  1787,  aged  about  eighty- 
two,  and  was  buried  at  Morpeth. 

(In  ihe  visitation  of  Durham,  1615,  is  a  pedigree  of  Gawen  Ord,  of  Fen- 
wick  in  N'orh-imshire,  whose  grandson,  John  Ord,  of  Fishborne  in  the  Bi- 
shopric, was  livii.g  1615,  ^"^'J  ^2d  then  a  son  and  heir,  Bertram,  aged  eight. 
The  t;iandfather  of  Craven  Ord,  Esq.  was  John  Ord,  of  Fenwick  in  Nor- 
hamshire  in  Northumberland.) 

John  Orde  of  East  Orde  and  Morpeth,  married,  first,  Anne,  daughter 
of  Edward  Ward,  of  Nunnikirk  com.  Northumberland,  Esq.  by  whom  he 
had, 

First,  William  Ode,  of  Nunnikirk,  Esq.  living  1790,  Who  married 
Anne,  daugh.er  of  Edwa'-d  Ward,  of  Nunnikirk,  Esq,  by  whom  he  had 
issue;  first,  John,  aged  about  eighteen,  in  1790,  since  dead  ;  second,  William, 
living  1809;  third,  Charles,  living  1809;  fourth,  Thomas,  died  since  1790. 

John  Orde,  married,  secondly,  Anne,  widow  of  the  Reverend  William 
Pye,  which  lady  died  17S8,  aged  about  sixty-eight,  and  was  buried  at  Mor^ 
peth      By  her  he  had  issue, 

Second,  Thomas,  af  erwards  Lord  Bolton. 

Third,  Sir  John  Orde,  Bart,  brought  up  in  the  navy,  and  now  an  ad* 
miral.    In  1 7731  he  was  made  a  lieutenant  i  in  1777,  promoted  to  the  rank  of 


556  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

August  30th,  1748;  was  educated  at  Eton,  and  afterwards  at 
King's  college,  Cambridge.  He  was  appointed  secretary  to  the 
treasury  17Si,  and  was  also  receiver  general  to  the  Duchy  ot 
Lancaster,  and  secretary  to  the  Duke  of  Butland,  when  lord  lieu- 
tenant of  Ireland,  and  sworn  of  the  privy-council  there.  He  was 
elected  member  of  parliament  for  Ailesbury,  1780;  at  which 
time  he  was  receiver  general  of  the  Duchy  of  Lancaster.  In  1 784, 
and  in  179^,  he  was  elected  member  of  parliament  for  Harwich. 
In  April,  179I,  he  was  appointed  governor  of  the  Isle  of  Wight, 
and  constable  of  Carisbrook  castle. 

In  1795,  he  took  the  name  and  arms  of  Powlett  on  suc- 
ceeding (in  right  of  his  wife)  to  the  estates  of  the  late  Duke  of 
Bolton  ;  and  on  October  20th,  1797.  was  elevated  to  the  British 
peerage  by  the  title  of  Lord  Bolton,  of  Bolton  castle  in  York- 
shire. ^    He  was  also  appointed  lord  lieutenant  of  Hampshire. 


commander;  in  1778,  post-captain  ;  and  in  1783,  governor  of  Dominica  On 
July  27th,  1790,  he  was  created  a  Baronet ;  in  1795.  was  promoted  to  a  flag:; 
in  1797.  was  made  vice-admiral  of  the  blue;  in  iSof,  vice-admiral  of  the 
white;  in  1804,  vice  admiral  of  the  red  ;  November  9th,  1805,  admiral  of  the 
blue;  and  in  1807.  ^'^^s  elected  member  of  parliament  for  Ya:mouth  in  the 
Isle  of  Wight.  He  married,  first,  at  Charlestown,  February  8th,  1781,  Mar- 
garet, daughter  and  heiress  of  Richard  Stevens,  Esq.  of  Beaufort  in  South 
C;iroIina,  by  whom  he  had  a  son,  John,  who  died  an  infant,  October  28th| 
J789,  and  was  buried  at  St  Mary-le-bone;  and  in  the  same  year  he  lost  his 
wife.  He  married,  secondly,  Jane,  eldest  daughter  of  John  frere,  of  Nor- 
folk, Esq.  by  whom  he  has  a  daughter. 

Fourth,  Edward,  died  an  infant,  and  was  buried  at  Morpeth, 

Fifth,  Anne,  living  unmarried  1790. 

Sixth,  Mary,  married  Robert  Lisle,  of  Acton,  com.  Northumberland, 
Esq.  living  1790- 

b  Charles  Powlett,  Marquis  of  Winchester,  and  first  Duke  or 
Bolton,  married,  Mary,  one  of  the  natural  daughters  of  tmanucl,  last  Lord 
ScROPE  OF  Bolton,  and  Earl  of  Sunderland,  from  which  marriage  were 
descended  ihe  succeeding  Dukes.  The  other  daughter  married  into  the 
family  of  Howe,  whence  the  present  Viscount  Hoive  inherits  the  seat  at  Lan- 
gar  in  N'otvinghamshire. 

Robert  de  Scrope  was  living  in  the  time  of  Hen.  II.  and  was 
father  of 

Henry  de  Scrope,  whose  son  and  heir 

William,  obtained  in  2  Hen.  III.  the  King's  charter  for  free  warren 
in  all  his  demesne  lands  at  East  Boulton,  Little  Bouhoii,  Fencotes  and  YarnC' 
wick,  com-  York.     To  him  succeeded 

Henry,  who  in  2  Edw  1(.  was  constituted  one  of  the  King's  justices 
of  his  court  cf  Common  Pleas;  and  was  made  chief  justice  of  the  King's 
Bench,  10  Edw   II.     He  died  10  Edw.  III. 

William,  his  son  and  heir,  died  loEdw,  III.  and  was  succeeded  by 
his  brother 


LORD  BOLTON.  557 

His  Lordship  was  a  man  of  verv  powerful  talents,  great  in- 
dustry in  business,  extensive  political  knowledge,  and  many 
amiable  moral  qualities.  He  had  a  zeal  in  the  cau^e  of  those, 
whose  interests  he  embraced,  which  placed  him  high  in  the  ranks 
of  benevolence.  He  had  the  eloquence  of  a  ■strong,  an  acute  and 
discriminative  understanding,  which,  though  it  may  not  have  all 
the  attractions  of  brilliant  flashes  of  the  fancy,  or  melting  appeals 


Richard  de  Scrope,  who  was  constituted  treasurer  of  the  King's  Ex- 
chequer, 45  Edw.  III.  and  afterwards  enjoyed  various  other  high  state  em- 
ployments. He  was  the  person  whn  had  the  famous  suit  in  the  court  mili- 
tary, before  Thomas  Duke  of  Gloucester,  high  constable,  with  Sir  Robert 
Grosvinor,  regarding  the  bearing  of  ax.ure,  abend,  or,  for  hi  a'ms ;  which 
was  detennined  in  his  favour.  Oa  this  occasion  Cliaucer  the  poet,  was  a 
witness.  (Set  GoJivin'i  Life  of  Chaucer.)  He  was  summoned  as  a  Peer  from 
44Edw.  III.  to  3  Ken.  IV. 

Roger,  Lord  Scrofe  of  Boltov,  his  soa  and  heir,  married  Mar- 
garet, daughter  and  coheir  of  Robert,  Lord  Tiptoi't,  and  dying  5  Hen.  IV. 
left 

Richard,  his  son  and  heir,  who  died  8  Hen.  V.  leaving  by  Margaret  hie 
wife,  daughter  of  Ralph  Xevile,  Earl  of  Westniorela.id, 

Henry,  his  son  and  heir,  who  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  John 
Lord  Scrope,  of  Masham  and  Upsal,  and  dyin»  57  Hen.  VI.  left  issue 

John,  Lord  Scropf.  of  Bolton,  his  son  and  heir,  wiio  dying  July» 
1494,  left  by  his  wife  Joane,  daughterof  William  Lord  Fitzhugh, 

Henry,  his  son  and  heir,  who  was  engaged  in  the  bat.le  of  Flodden 
against  the  Scot;>,  >5i3,  and  having  married  Isabel,  daughter  of  Thomas  Lord 
D acres,  left 

John,  Lord  Scrope  of  Bolton,  his  son  and  heir,  who  was  engaged 
in  the  in  ^u•rection,  called  The  PUgrimage  of  Grace,  28  Hen.  VIII.  and  having 
marii?d  Catherine,  eldest  of  the  four  daugnter^  of  Henry  Clifford,  Earl  of 
Cumberland,  was  father  of 

Henry,  Lord  Scrope  of  Bolton,  who  was  constituted  governor  of 
the  cas.le  of  Carlisle,  and  warden  of  the  west  marches  towards  Scotland, 
5  Eliz.  in  which  office  he  performed  many  active  services  to  the  crown,  and 
was  rewarded  with  the  order  of  the  Garter.  He  died  1592,  leaving  by  Mar- 
garet, daughter  of  Henry  Howard,  Earl  of  Surrey,  a  son  and  heir 

Thom.\s,  Lord  Scrope  of  Bolton,  wno  married  Philadelphia* 
daughter  of  Henry  Carey,  Lord  Hunsdon,  by  whom  he  was  father  of 

Emanuel,  last  Lord  Scro'pe  of  Bolton,  who  was  m.ide  lord  presi- 
dent of  the  King's  council  in  the  north,  16  James  I.  and  was  creaed  Eari. 
OF  Sunderland,  June  i6th,  3  Charles  I  But  dying  without  legitimate 
■■;sue,  the  Earldom  became  extinct,  and  the  Barony  fell  into  abeyance.  But 
he  left  natural  daughters,  between  whom  he  left  his  large  estates;  and  gave 
BohoM  Castle  xo  his  daughter  Mary,  wife  of  Charles  Powlett,  MartjUis  of  Win- 
chester, and  afterwards  Duke  of  Bolton.  His  grandson  Harry,  fourth  Duke 
of  Bolton,  died  1754,  leaving  his  eldest  son  •  harles,  fifth  Duke,  father  of 
Mary- Jane,  who  married,  as  above  Skid,  the  Right  Honourable  Thomas  Orde, 
created  Lord  Bolton,  1797. 


358  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

to  the  heart,  must  always  excite  the  admiration  of  cultivated 
minds. 

But  his  health  in  his  latter  years  much  secluded  him  from  ex- 
ertion in  public  affairs j  and  he  died  July  30th,  1807,  aged  about 
fifiy-nine. 

By  his  wife  Jane  Mary  Powlptt,  aforesaid,  his  Lordship  had 
issue. 

First,  Mary  Jane,  born  May  22^1,  l^Sl,  died  February,  1806. 

Second,  William,  present  peer. 

Third,  Anne,  died  in  November,  1804. 

Fourth,  Ihnmas,  born  October  l6th,  1787^  married,  February, 
1811,  Miss  Obrien.  of  Northamptonshire. 

Fifth,  Charles,  died  in  August,  1806. 

William,  eldest  son,  second  Lord  Bolton,  was  born  Oc- 
tober 3Ist,  1/82,  and  married  in  May,  iblO,  Maria,  eldest 
daughter  of  Guy  Carleton,  first  Lord  Dorchester. 

Title.  William  Powlett,  Lord  Bolton,  of  Bolton  castle  in 
Yorkshire. 

Creation.     By  patent,  October  20th,  1 797. 

Arms.  Sable,  three  swords  in  pile,  their  points  in  base,  pro- 
per, pomels  and  hilts,  or;  on  a  canton,  argent,  an  escutcheon, 
sable,  cha'-ged  with  a  salmon  hauriant,  proper;  which  arms  were 
assigned  to  him  on  taking  the  name  of  Powlett,  Januiry  7th, 
1795;  at  the  same  lime,  the  same  coat  was  assigned  to  his  wife 
(without  the  canton)  withm  a  bordure,  or. 

Crest.  A  falcon  rising,  or,  the  breast  and  each  wing  charged 
with  an  estoil,  gules,  and  gorged  with  a  ducal  coronet,  azure,  in 
the  beak  a  salmon,  proper;  granted  at  the  same  time. 

Suptoorters.  On  the  dexter,  an  antelope,  argent,  encircled 
with  a  ducal  coronet;   on  the  sinister,  a  Cornish  chough. 

Motto        AlMES  LOYAULTE. 

CLief  Seats.  Hackwood  park,  Hampshire;  Bolton-hall,  York- 
shire. 


LORD  MINTO.  55Q 


ELLIOT-MURRAY-KYNYN  MOUND, 
LORD  MINTO. 

Gilbert  Elliot,  of  Stobs  in  the  county  of  Roxburgh^  Esq.  (from 
whose  eldest  son  springs  tlie  present  Sir  William  Elliot,  of  Stobs_, 
Bart. ;  a. id  also  the  present  Lord  Heathfield),  had  a  fourth  son, 

Gaven  Elliot,  of  Midlem-hill  in  the  county  of  Roxburgh,  who 
was  father  of 

Sir  Gilbert  Elliot,  a  lord  of  session,  (on  which  occasion  he 
took  the  title  of  Minto)  created  a  Baronet  of  Scotland  in  170O. 
He  was  at  length  appointed  Lord  Justice  Cleuk  He  mar- 
ried Jane  Carre,  daughter  of  Sir  Andrew  Carre,  of  Cavers  in  the 
county  of  Roxburgh,  Knt.  by  whom  he  was  father  of 

Sir  Gilbert  Elliot,  second  Baronet,  who  was  also  bred  to  the 
law,  and  succeeding  to  the  same  office  of  Lord  Justice  Clerk, 
took  the  same  designation.  He  died  1766,  having  married  Helen 
Stuart,  daughter  of  Sir  Robert  Stuart,  of  Allanbank  com.  Ber- 
wick, Bart,  by  whom  he  had  issue. 

First,  Eleanor,  wife  of  John  Rutherford,  of  Edgerston,  Esq. 

Second,   Sir  Gilbert. 

Third,  Robert,  who  died  an  officer  of  the  army. 

Fourth,  Jane. 

Fifth,  Andrew,  lieutenant-governor  of  New-York. 

Sixth,  Mari  nine. 

Se\  foth,  John,  an  admiral  of  the  navy. 

Eighth,  Anne,  married  Ciiarles  Congleton,  of  East- Lothian, 
Esq. 

Ninib,  Archibald,  in  the  navy,  in  v  hich  service  he  died. 

Four  ch.iloirn  tiled  yonng. 

Sii  GiLJtJ^iix  EiiiOc^  third  Baronet,  was  a  man  celebrated  for 


560  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

hi'5  talents,  well-known  in  the  political  world;  an  active  member 
of  parliament,  and  at  one  time  a  candidate  for  the  Speaker's 
chair.-* 

He  was  member  of  parliament  for  the  county  of  Selkirk,  1754, 
1762,  and  forthat  of  Roxburgh,  1765,  1/68,  17/4.  He  was  made 
a  lord  of  the  admiralty,  1756;  treasurer  of  the  chamber,  1762; 
keeper  of  the  signet  for  Scotland,  1767?  treasurer  of  the  navy, 
177O;  died  February,  1777' 

He  m;irried  Agnes  Murray  Kynynmound,  heiress  of  Mel- 
gund  in  Forfar  and  Lochgelly,  and  Kynynmound  in  Fifeshlre,  by 
whom  he  had  issue, 

First,  Isabella. 

Second,  Gilbert,  now  Lord  Minto. 

Third,  Hugli,  late  his  Mnjesty's  minister  at  Dresden,  who 
has  a  son  a  lieutenant  in  the  tirsl  regiment  of  foot-guards. 

Fourth,  Alexander. 

Fifth,  Kynynmound,  died  in  the  East  Indies  in  the  Company's 
civil  service. 

Sixth,  Robert,  rector  of  Wbeldrake,  Yorkshire. 

Seventh,  David,  died  an  infant. 

Eighth,  Eleanor,  married  William  Lord  Aukland,  and  has 
is.sue. 

Sir  Gilbert, ybtt7-//i  Baronet,  eldest  son,  now  Lord  Minto, 
was  elected  member  of  parliament  for  Morpeth,  July,  I776,  suc- 
ceeded his  father  as  member  of  parliament  for  the  county  of  Rox- 
burgh, February,  1777>  to  which  he  was  re-elected  1780;  was 
elected  member  of  parliament  for  Ilelston,  1790;  vvas  appointed 
Vice-Roy  of  the  kingdom  of  Corsica,  June,  1795  ;  and  was  raised 
to  the  Peerage  by  the  title  of  Lord  Minto  of  the  county  of  RoX' 
kirgh,  October  2Gth,  17(.)7. 

In  1799,  his  Lordship  was  sent  envoy  extraordinary  to  Vienna  ; 
and  in  I6O6,  was  appointed  president  of  the  board  of  controul. 

In  I8O7  8,  his  Lordship  was  appointed  Governok-Genekai 
OF  Bengae,  in  which  important  command  he  still  continues. 

His  Lordship  was  born  April  23d,  1751,  and  married,  January 
3d,  1777,  Anne-Maria  Amyand,  eldest  daughter  of  Sir  George 
Amyand,  Bart,  and  sister  to  the  present  Sir  George  Cornwallj 
Bart,  by  whom  he  has  issue, 

a  He  was  author  of  the  celebrated  song, 

"  My  sheep  I  neglected;  I  broke  my  sheep-hook." 

See  Scott's  Lay  of  the  Last  Minstrel,  notes,  p.  222 
See  also  a  poem  by  him  on  the  death  of  the  Earl  and  Countess  of  Sutheirlsnd, 
in  Cemura  Literaria. 


LORD  MINTO.  56l 

First,  Gilbert,  born  November  l6th,  1/82,  married,  September 
4th,  1806,  Mary,  eldest  daughter  of  Patrick  Brydone,  Esq. 

Second,  George,  born  August  1st,  1784,  a  captain  in  the 
royal  navy. 

Third,  Anne-Maria,  born  October  26th,  178S. 

Fourth,  John. 

Fifth,  Edmund,  born  March  30tb,  1788. 

Sixth,  Harriet-Mary-Frances,  born  June  5th,  l^QO, 

Seventh,  William,  born  February  6th,  1/92. 

Eighth,  Catherine,  born  July  2d,  1797. 

Titles.  Sir  Gilbert  Elliot,  Bart,  Baron  of  Minto  in  the  county 
of  Roxburgh. 

Creations.  Lord  Minto  by  patent,  October  26th,  1797  i  also 
a  Baronet  of  Nova  Scotia,  1700, 

Arms.  First  and  fourth  quarterly,  first  and  fourth,  argent,  a 
bugle  horn,  sable,  stringed  and  horned,  gules  j  on  a  chief,  azure, 
three  stars  of  the  first,  for  Murray :  second  and  third,  azure,  a 
chevron,  argent,  between  three  fleurs-de-lis,  or,  for  Kynynmoundj 
second  and  third,  gules,  on  a  bend  engrailed,  or,  a  batton,  azure, 
with  a  bordure,  vaire,  for  Elliot ;  on  a  chief,  argent,  a  Moor's 
head,  couped  in  profile,  proper,  the  arms  of  Corsica. 

Cr€st.  A  dexter  hand,  issuing  from  clouds,  throwing  a  dart, 
all  proper. 

Supporters.  On  the  dexter,  an  Indian  sheep  3  on  the  sinister, 
a  fawn,  both  proper. 

Motto.      SUAVITER  ET  FORTITER. 

Chief  Seat.    Minto,  Roxburghshire.  , 


VOL.  yin.  %  « 


562 


PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 


WODEHOUSE,   LORD   WODEHOUSE. 


There  have  been  several  families  of  ancient  extraction  of  this 
surname,  that  have  been  denominated,  according  to  the  custom  of 
former  ages,  from  their  possessions  ;  the  pedigrees  of  t^is  family 
deduce  them  from  Bertram,  of  Wodehouse-Toiver  in  Yorkshire; 
but  hardly  any  accounts  are  to  be  depended  on. 

Mr.  Wotton,  however,  is  of  opinion,  that  they  were  surnamed 
WoDEHOusE,  from  a  tenement  and  lands  now  in  Windham, 
called  Wodekouse,  lying  in  Silfield,  Norfolk.  That  they  were 
gentlemen  of  goou  rank  in  the  time  of  King  John,  Peacham  in- 
forms us,  which  appeared  to  him  by  many  ancient  grants  and  evi- 
dences of  the  family,  which  he  had  seen,  and  from  which  the 
pedigree  was  collected ;  but  the  following  account  of  this  an- 
cient family  is  the  only  one  which  stands  supported  on  sufficient 
authority. 

First,  Sir  CoNSTANTiNE  r>E  WoDEHousE,  who  married  Isabel, 
daughter  and  heir  of  Botetort,  in  the  beginning  of  Hen.  I.  who 
was  succeeded  by  his  son  and  heir, 

Second,  Sir  Geokge  de  Wodehouse,  who  flourished  in  the 
time  of  Hen.  L  whom  he  accompanied  into  Normandy,  and 
was  at  the  burning  of  Baieux,  and  taking  of  Caen  castle.  He 
married  Winifrede,  daughter  and  heir  of  Lacy,  by  whom  he 
had, 

Third,  Sir  Henry,  his  son  and  heir,  who  married  Beatrix, 
daughter  of  the  Lord  Say, 


LORD  WODEHOUSE.  563 

Fourth,  Sir  Richard,  his  son  and  heir,  married  an  Aspall,  and 
lived  in  King  Jolm's  time. 

Fifth,  Sir  William  Wodehouse,  his  son  and  heir,  lived  at 
Flitcham  in  Norfolk.  He  married  Petronilla,  daughter  and  heir 
of  Clervaux,  and  died  about  126/ ,  52  Hen.  III. 

Sixth,  Francis  Wodehouse,  Esq.  son  of  Sir  William,  married 
the  daughter  and  coheir  of  Sir  John  Peeche,  and  was  succeeded 
by. 

Seventh,  Sir  Beutram  de  Wodehouse,  his  son  and  heir,  who 
married  Muriel,  daughter  and  heir  of  Hamo,  Lord  of  Felton,  by 
whom  he  had  three  sons. 

First,  Sir  William. 

Second,  Robert  de  Wodehouse. 

Third,  John  de  Wodehouse,  who  was  lord  chancellor  at  the 
time  of  his  death,  in  1339. 

Eighth,  Sir  William  de  Wodehouse,  eldest  son  and  heir,  was 
a  man  of  great  valour,  and,  as  such,  was  retained  by  the  Black 
Prince,  whom  he  attended  into  Spain,  40  Edw.  IIL  In  1374,  he 
was  sheriff  of  London,  with  Richard  Lions  j  he  married  the 
daughter  and  heir  of  Humphry  Luttrell. 

Ninth,  Sir  Richard  de  Wodehouse,  son  of  Sir  William,  was 
of  Rydon  in  Norfolk,  and  married  Alice,  daughter  and  coheir  of 
Sir  John  Northwood,  of  Northwood-Barningham  in  Norfolk, 
Knight,  and  was  succeeded  by  his  son. 

Tenth,  Sir  Thomas  de  Wodehouse,  who  married  Alice,  sister 
and  heir  of  John  Estmond,  or  Emond,  of  Cranworth,  son  of  Roger 
Emond,  of  Cranworth,  Esq.  who  married  Maud,  daughter  and 
heir  of  Sir  Baldwin  Botourt,  of  Cranworth,  Knt. 

Eleventh,  Sir  Edward  de  Wodehouse,  son  of  Sir  Thomas, 
married  a  daughter  and  coheir  of  Erpingham.  I  have  not  met 
with  any  account  of  his  sons  or  daughters,  besides. 

Twelfth,  Sir  John  Wodehouse,  Knight,  who  was  a  younger 
son,  and  in  favour  with  Hen.  IV.  by  whom  he  was  knighted;  he 
married  Margaret,  daughter  and  sole  heir  of  Sir  Thomas  Fastolf, 
of  Kimherley,  Knight.  In  1404,  he  was  constable  of  Rising- 
Castle,  and  had  four  sons  )  first,  John  ;  second,  Giles  de  Wode- 
house, living  1436;  third,  Thomas,  who  died  1451;  and  fourth, 
Jerome  de  Wodehouse.  He  married  Anne,  daughter  and  coheir 
of  Richard  Irming,  Esq. 

Thirteenth,  John  Wodehouse,  Esq.  eldest  son  and  heir,  in  his 
fathers  lifetime,  was  gentleman  of  the  privy-chamber  to  King 
Henry  iV.  and  in  1400,  married  Alice,  daughter  and  heir  of  Fur- 


sm  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND 

jieaux«  On  the  decease  of  Henry  IV.  his  son  King  Henry  V, 
chosft  him  esquire  of  his  own  body  3  in  1414,  he  was  admitted 
one  of  the  chamberlains  of  the  Exchequer  for  life. 

In  1415,  he  attended  the  King's  person  to  the  battle  of  Agiit- 
COURT  in  France,  where  he  won  great  renown  by  his  valiant 
prowess. 

For  his  g3llant  behaviour  the  King  granted  him  an  annuity  of 
ten  marks  a  year,  out  of  his  manor  of  Thetford,  and  made  him 
steward  of  all  the  dominion  of  the  duchy  of  Lancaster  in  Norfolk, 
and  Cambridgeshire,  with  a  salary  of  10/.  per  annum  j  and,  as  a 
perpetual  augmentation  of  honour,  assigned  him  the  crest  of  a 
hand,  issuing  from  the  clouds,  holding  a  dub,  and  this  motto, 
Frappe  forte,  Strike  strong ;  and  the  savage,  oriDild  man,  holding 
a  club,  which  was  the  ancient  crest  of  the  family,  was  now 
omitted,  and  two  of  them  placed  as  supporters  to  the  arms,  which 
had  a  further  augmentation  of  honour  added  in  the  shield,  viz.  ox 
the  chevron,  gutte  de  sang,  as  they  are  borne  to  this  day. 

He  served  no  less  than  four  times  in  parliament  for  the  county 
of  Norfolk,  viz.  in  1409,  H  Henry  IV,  with  John  Winter,  Esq.; 
in  2  Hensy  V.  with  John  Inglesthorp,  Esq. ;  in  1414,  with  Sir 
Edmund  Oldhall,  with  whom  he  served  again  in  I4l6:  he  con- 
tinued in  favour  with  the  princes  he  served,  during  his  whole  life, 
and  died  at  Rydon,  in  1430. 

Fourteenth,  Henry  de  Wodehouse,  Esq.  was  twenty-four 
years  old  at  his  father's  death.  King  Henry  V.  was  his  godfather, 
by  whom  he  was  recommended  to  Henry  VI.  At  his  father's 
death  he  lived  at  Bocking-Ash  in  Sutfolk,  and  dying  the  next 
year  without  issue,  his  estate  went  to  his  brother  John. 

Fifteenth,  John  Wodehouse,  Esq.  his  brother,  succeeded  him, 
who,  when  the  commissioners  were  appointed,  12  Hen.  VI.  to 
summon  all  persons  of  best  note,  and  tender  them  an  oath  for  the 
keeping  the  peace,  and  observing  the  King's  laws,  for  themselves 
and  retainers,  was  returned  as  one  of  the  principal  gentlemen  of 
Norfolk ;  and  because  he  would  not  take  the  honour  of  knight- 
hood, was  fined  accordingly.  He  married  Constance,  eldest 
daughter  and  coheir  of  Thomas  Geddynge,  of  Icklingham  in 
Suffolk,  Esq.  relict,  first,  of  Henry  Pooley,  Esq.  and  after  that,  of 
John  Aleyne,  Esq.  one  of  the  Barons  of  the  Exchequer,  by  whom 
he  had  one  son.  Sir  Edward,  and  a  daughter,  Alice,  married  to 
William  Clippesby,  of  Clippesby,  in  Fleg  in  Norfolk,  Esq. 

I  find  him  sometimes  called,  John  Wodehouse,  of  London, 
Esq.  where  he  aUo  had  a  house ;  he  died  at  Kimberley,  in  1465,, 


LORD  WODEHOUSEL     :  5Q3 

Sixteenth,  Sir  Edward  Wodebouse,  his  son  and  heir,  was 
knighted  at  Grafion-fieJd,  near  Tewskbury.     I  find  him  alive  io 
1473j  bat  cannot  say  exactly  when  he  died.     He  married  two 
wives^  first,  the  daughter  of  Sir  John  Tirrel,  by  whom  he  had  no 
issue  J  secondly,  Jane,  daughter  and  heir  of  Edmund  Swatbyng, 
of  Letton,  Esq.  by  whom  he  had  issue  three  sons  j  first.  Sir  Tho- 
mas ;  second,  John  >  third,  Bertram  Wodehouse,  a  priest ;  also 
one  daughter,  Eleanor,  married,  first,  to  Edmund  Hastings ;  se- 
condly, to  John  Bozun,  of  Wissingset  j  and  thirdly,  to  ......  . 

Cressiner,  Esqrs. ;   she  died  in  1487. 

Seventeenth,  Sir  Thomas  Wodehouse,  Knight,  his  son  and 
heir,  was  created  Knight  of  the  Bath,  at  the  marriage  of  Prince 
Arthur,  eldest  son  to  King  Henry  VII.  v/ith  the  Infanta  of  Spain, 
and  v/as  sent  ambassador  into  France,  where  he  married  a  lady  of 
PicaFdy,  for  his  first  wife,  but  by  her  had  no  issue  :  for  his  second 
wife,  he  had  Thomazine,  daughter  of  Sir  Roger  Tov/neshend,  of 
Kaynham  in  Norfolk^  Knight,  by  whom  he  had  issue  three  sons 
and  two  daughters. 

First,  Sir  Roger. 

Second,  John,  of  Beccles,  Esq,  who  married  Anne,  daughter 
of  William  Spelman,  Esq.  who  survived  him,,  and  afterwajds 
married Desny,  and  died  155Q.  Third,  Edward  Wode- 
house, who  embraced  a  religious  life.  The  daughters  were, 
Catherine,  married  to  Sir  Thomas  Lovell,  of  Berton-Brndish  in 
Norfolk,  Kuight>  and  Elizabeth,  to  Thomas  Wingfield,  of  Easton 
ID  Suffolk,  Esq. 

Sir  Thomas  died  tn  1487',  ^nd  was  succeeded  by  his  eldest  son. 

Eighteenth,  Sir  Roger  Wodehouse,  Knight,  who,  by  reason 
©f  his  small  stature,  was  called  Little  Sir  Roger;  he  was  knighted 
by  Edw.  VI.  in  1548,  and  is  often  called  Knight  of  the  Carpet, 
He  had  two  wives  j  first,  Elizabeth,  daughter  and  coheir  of  Sir 
Robert  Ratcliff,  Knight ;  and  secondly,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of 
John  Drury,  of  Besthorpe  in  Norfolk^  Esq.  j  by  the  first  he  had 
four  sons  and  four  daughters. 

First,  Thomas. 

Second,  Sir  William,  who  was  vice-admiral  of  the  English 
fleet,  being  knighted  for  his  valiant  acts  done  in  the  battle  of 
Musselburgh,  and  after  his  return,  became  a  man  of  much  repute 
in  his  country  j  in  1  and  2  Philip  and  Mar)',  lie  was  elected  knight 
of  the  shire,  with  Nicholas  Lestrange;  and  4  and  5  Philip  and 
Mary,  with  Sir  Henry  Bedingfield  -,  he  serred  also  for  the  couaty^ 


566  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

anno  1  Eliz.  with  Nicholas  Lestrange,  aforesaid ;  and  again,  in 
the  fifth  of  that  Queen,  with  Sir  Edward  Warner,  Knt. 

Third,  George ;  and  fourth,  John  Wodehouse,  buried  at  Kim- 
berley,  March  18th,  1579. 

The  daughters  were,  first.  Amy,  married  to  Balph  Shelton, 
Esq.  second  soi?of  Sir  John  ;  second,  Anne,  who  first  married 
Sir  Thomas  Ragland,   Kniqht,    and  secondly,   Christopher  Co- 
ningsby,  Esq.  who  was  killed  at  Musselburgh-field,  ordy  son  of 
Sir  William  Coningsby,  ofWalington  in  Norfolk,  Knight,  and 
grandson  to  Sir  Humphry  Coningsby,  Knight,  lord  chief  justice  j 
third,  Jane,   married,  first,  to  ......   Leven.s,  and  secondly,  to 

W.  Mason  ;  and  fourth,  Elizibeth,  married  to  William  Moor,  and 
was  buried  at  Kimberley,  1563. 

By  his  second  lady   (who  survived   him)  he  had  only   one 
daughter,  Ursula,  married  to  the  eldest  son  of  Sir  Thomas  Cotton, 

of in  Kent,  Knight. 

Sir  Roger  was  buried  in  Kimberley  church,  February  10th, 
1560. 

Nineteenth,  Thomas  Wodehouse,  Esq.  eldest  son  of  Sir 
Roger,  in  1  Philip  and  Mary,  was  high  sheriff  of  Norfolk  and 
Suffolk,  whicli  otfice  he  served  again,  in  5  Eliz.  and  in  4  and  5 
Philip  and  M^ry,  and  1  Eliz.  he  was  burgess  in  parliament  for  the 
borough  of  Yarmouth  in  Norfolk.  He  married  Margaret, 
daughter  of  Sir  John  Shelton,  of  Shelton,  Knight,  who  hurvived 
him,  and  was  created  Lady  IVodehause,  by  whom  he  had  five  sons 
and  three  daughters. 

First,  Sir  Roger,  successor  to  his  grandfather. 
Second,  Henry,  born  January  3d,  1546;  he  was  (as  all  his 
ancestors  for  many  generations  always  were)  justice  of  the  peace, 
'  and  twice  member  for  the  county  of  Norfolk,  viz,  in  14  and  31 
Eliz. 

Third,  Loy  3  fourth,  John;  and  fifth,  Thomas,  who  all  died 
without  issue. 

The  daughters  were,  first,  Anne,  who  married  Richard 
Stocks,  (or  Stokes,)  of  Bonham,  archdeacon  of  Norfolk;  second, 
Elizabeth,  married  to  Thomas  Jones,  of  Lynn,  Esq.  3  and  third, 
Mary,  who  married  .....  ...  Gough,  Esq.  a  gentleman  of  Ire- 
land. 

Twentieth,  Sir  Roger  Wodehouse,  Knight,  eldest  son  of 
Thomas,  served  in  parliament  for  the  borough  of  Aldborough  in 
Suffolk,  13  Eliz.  1570,  and  was  knighted  by  that  Queen^  at  Sir 


LORD  WODEHOUSE.  567 

Edward  Clare's  house,  at  Blickling  in  Norfolk,  August,  15/8. 
He  served  for  Thetford  in  parliament,  2S  Eliz  and  married  Marv, 
daughter  of  John  Corbet,  of  Sprowston  in  Norfolk,  Esq.  sister  to 
Sir  Miles  Corbet,  Knight,  who  survived  him,  and  married  Georcre 
Kemp,  of  Tottenham  in  Middlesex,  Esq,  who  in  his  will,  dated 
1606,  calls  her  Mary,  Lady  Wo.lehouse.  Sir  Roger  died  in  1588, 
and  was  buried  at  Kimberley  April  4th.  He  had  two  sons  j  Sir 
Philip,  his  successor  j  Matthew;  and  a  daughter,  Catherine,  that 
died  young. 

Twenty-first,  Sir  Philip  Wodehouse,  Knight, ^?-5if  Baronet, 
served  Queen  Elizabeth  both  by  sea  and  land,  in  Spain  and  Por- 
tugal, was  at  the  conquest  of  Cales,  in  Spain,  and  for  his  valour 
shewn  there,  was  knighted  by  Robert,  Earl  of  Essex,  and  Charles, 
Earl  of  Nottingham,  the  Queen's  generals :  on  the  accession  of 
James  I.  to  the  crown  of  England,  he  went  with  Thomas,  his 
eldest  son,  to  meet  that  King  in  his  way  from  Scotland  to  Lon- 
don, and  at  Sir  George  Fermor's  house,  in  Northamptonshire,  his 
Majesty  conferred  the  honour  of  hughthood  on  Thomas,  his  son, 
then  but  eighteen  years  of  age;  and  on  the  first  creation  oi  Ba- 
ronets, Sir  Philip  was  advanced  to  that  title,  anno  iGll. 

In  28  Eliz.  he  was  elected  burgess  in  parliament  fur  Castle- 
Rising,  was  at  the  camp  at  Tilbury,  w  as  deputy-lieutenant  for  the 
county  of  Norfolk,  and  dying  at  Kimberley,  was  there  buried, 
October  30th,  ]623.  His  wife  was  Grizell,  daughter  of  William 
Yelverton,  of  Roughani  in  Norfolk,  Esq.  widow  of  Hamon  L^- 
strange,  of  Hunstanton,  Esq.  to  whom  he  was  married,  at  Kim- 
berley, December  22d,  15S2;  she  died  August  4th,  1035.  Ey 
her  he  had  six  sons  and  two  daughters. 

First,  Sir  Thomas. 

Second,  P4.oger  Wodehouse,  Esq.  buried  at  Kimberley,  May 
22d,  1634. 

Third,  Philip;  fourth,  John;  fifth,  John;  sixth.  Miles,  who 
all  died  young. 

The  daughters  were ;  Elizabeth,  married  to  Humphry  Guy- 
bon,  of  Lynn,  Esq. ;  and  Margnret,  that  died  young. 

Twenty-second,  Sir  Thomas  Wodehouse,  Knight,  second  Ba- 
ronet, was  knighted  by  King  Jamts,  as  aforesaid,  and  v\as  gentle- 
man to  Prince  Henry,  was  twice  member  of  parliament  for  Thet- 
ford, in  King  Charles  the  First's  time,  viz.  in  1639,  and  ]6"40, 
He  married  Blnnch,  daughter  of  John,  Baron  ot  Hunsdon,  sister  to 
Henry,  Lord  Hunsdon,  Viscount  Rochford,  and  Earl  of  Dover,  bj  - 
'whom  he  bad  issue  two  sonS;, 


5(58  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND 

Sir  Philip,  his  successor;  and  John,  who  died  young. 

And  five  daughters;  first,  Mercy,  who  died  young;  second, 
Mary,  married  to  Sir  Humphry  Monnoux,  of  Wotton  in  Bedford- 
sliire,  Bart. ;  third,  Anne,  married  to  Robert  Suckling,  of  Wotton 
in  Norfolk,  Esq.;  fourth^  Jane,  v/ife  to  Sir  Hugh  Windham, 
Knight,  Serjeant  at  law;  and  fifth,  Elizabeth,  married  to  Sir 
Denner  Strutt,  of  Little- Warley  in  Essex,  Bart.  She  died  No- 
vember 6th,  165 1. 

Sir  Thomas  died  in  1058. 

Twenty-third,  Sir  Philip  "Wodehouse,  third  Baronet,  was 
one  of  the  burgesses  for  Thetford,  in  that  parliament  that  restored 
King  Charles  II.  anno  166O.  He  was  baptized  at  Kimberley, 
July  24th,  16O8,  and  was  a  man  of  good  learning,  ready  wit,  and 
exceedingly  skilful  in  music.  He  married  Lucy,  daughter  of  Sir 
Thomas  Cotton,  of  Connington  in  Huntingdonshire,  Bart,  (by 
Margaret,  his  first  wife,  daughter  of  the  Lord  William  Howard, 
of  Naworth-castle  in  Cumberland,  third  son  of  Thomas,  Duke  of 
Norfolk),  and  died  at  Kimberley,  and  was  buried  there.  May 
6th,  168I.  He  had  issue  by  his  Lady,  three  sons  and  two 
daughters. 

First,  Sir  Thomas. 

Second,  Edmond,  of  East-Lexham  in  Norfolk,  who  married, 
first,  Mercy,  daughter  of  Sir  Philip  Parker,  of  Arwarton  in  Suf- 
folk, Knight,  relict  of  William  Guybbon,  of  Thursford,  Esq.  by 
whom  he  had  two  sons;  Philip,  burled  at  Kimberley,  August 
8th,  1703  ;  and  John,  who  died  without  issue,  and  was  buried  at 
Lexham.  Also  two  daughters;  Lucy,  married  to  Lewis  Mon- 
noux, of  Sandy  in  Bedfordshire,  Esq.  ;  and  Mercy,  that  died 
without  issue.  The  said  Edmond  married  to  his  second  wife, 
Anne,  daughter  of  John  Anguish,  of  Great-Melton,  Esq.  by 
whom  he  had  no  issue  :  he  died  September  5th,  172/^  aged  eighty- 
eight,  and  was  buried  at  Kia:iberley. 

Third,  John  Wodehouse,  of  Feltwell,  Esq.  who  married 
Anne,  daughter  of  Sir  Denner  Strutt,  of  Little- Warley,  Bart, 
relict  of  William  Sarawell,  of  Wotton  in  Norfolk,  Esq.  and  died 
in  1718,  and  his  wife  in  17^0,  by  whom  he  had  one  daughter, 
EUzabeth. 

The  two  daughters  of  Sir  Philip  were,  Blanch,  married  to  Sir 
Jacob  Astley,  of  Melton-Constable  in  Norfolk  Bart. ;  and  Mar- 
garet, the  wife  of  Thomas  Savage,  of  Elmley-castle,  in  Worces- 
tershire, Esq. 

Twenty-fourth,  Sir  Thomas  Wodehouse  was  knighted  by 


I 


LORD  WODEHOUSE.  569 

King  Charles  II.  November  2d,  \666,  and  died  of  the  small  pox, 
at  Kimberley,  1671,  vita  patris.  He  married  Anne,  daughter 
and  coheir  of  Sir  William  Armine,  of  Osgodby  in  Lincolnshire, 
Bart,  who  survived  him,  and  remamed  Thomas,  Lord  Crew,  of 
Stene,  (by  whom  she  had  four  daughters ;  Jemima,  married  to 
Henry  de  Grey,  Duke  of  Kent;  Armyn,  to  Thomas  Cartwright, 
of  Aynho  in  Northamptonshire,  Esq. ;  Catherine,  to  Sir  John 
Harpur,  of  Calkein  Derbyshire,  Bart. ;  and  Elizabeth,  to  Charles 
Earl  of  Arran,  and  Lord  Butler,  of  Weston,  brother  of  James, 
Duke  of  Ormond.)  After  Lord  Crew's  death,  she  married,  a 
third  time,  to  Arthur  (Herbert)  Earl  of  Torrington. 

Sir  Thomas,  by  Anne  aforesaid,  had  only  one  son.  Sir  Johnj 
and  a  daughter,  Anne,  married  to  Sir  Nicholas  Lestrange,  of 
Hunstanton  in  Norfolk,  Bart. 

Twenty-fifth,  Sir  John  Wodehouse, /o7/r^//  Baronet,  only  son 
and  heir  of  Sir  Thomas,  who  succeeded  his  grandfather  in  title 
and  estate,  was  born  at  Kimberley,  March  23d,  1669.  I"  I695, 
he  was  elected  burgess  in  parliament  for  the  borough  of  Thetford 
in  Norfolk,  of  which  place  he  was  afterwards  recorder.  He 
served  again  for  the  borough  of  Thetford,  in  1/01,  and  1^05; 
and  in  the  pth  of  Queen  Anne,  was  elected  knight  of  the  shire 
with  Sir  Jacob  Astley,  Bart,  for  the  county  of  Nori'oik. 

He  married,  first,  Elizabeth,  sister  of  John,  Lord  Bingley,  by 
whom  he  had  no  issue. 

His  second  Lady  w^as  Mary,  only  daughter  of  William,  Lord 
Lempster,  (by  his  second  wife,  Catherine,  daughter  to  John, 
Lord  Paulet,  and  half-sister  to  John,  Earl  Paulet)  and  half-sister 
to  the  late  Earl  of  Pomfret;  she  left  issue  three  sons  and  one 
daughter. 

First,  William  Wodehouse,  Esq.  the  eldest  son,  married 
Frances,  daughter  of  Allan,  Lord  Bathurst,  and  was  elected  one 
of  the  members  for  the  county  of  Norfolk,  but  died  of  the  small- 
pox, at  London,  1733,  without  issue.  His  widow  was  re-mar- 
ried to  James  Whitshed,  of  Ireland,  Esq. 

Second,  Armine  Wodehouse,  Esq.  second  son,  of  whom  here- 
after. 

Third,  Thomas,  the  third  son,  died  unmarried. 

Sophia,  Sir  John's  only  daughter,  married  Sir  Charles  Mor- 
daunt,  of  Massingham  in  Norfolk,  and  Walton  in  Warwickshire, 
Bart,  and  died  April,  1738,  leaving  issue  two  sons  and  a  daughter, 
John,  Charlesj  and  Mary. 


5;0.  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

Sir  John  Wodehoiise  died  August  Qth,  17^4,  and  was  suc- 
ceeded by  his  eldest  surviving  son.  ' 

Twenty~i-ixth,  Sir  ARMi-SE,Jfth  Baronet,  was  five  times,  in 
the  late  arid  present  reign,  elected  kiught  of  the  shire  for  the 
county  of  Norfolk  ;  and  in  the  year  1758,  was  appointed  colonel  of 
the  eastern  battalion  of  the  militia  for  the  said  county.  He  died 
May  21st,  1777,  his  death  being  occasioned  by  a  fish  bone  stick- 
ing in  his  throat. 

He  married  Lse'itia,  eldest  daughter  and  coheir  of  Sir  Ed- 
mund Bacon,  of  Gurboldisham  in  Norfolk,  Bart,  By  this  Lady, 
who  died  in  March,  17^9,  he  had  issue  four  sons,  viz. 

First,  Edinond,  who  died  in  1755. 

Second,  John,  the  present  peer. 

Third,  Phibp,  born  in  May,  17-15,  in  holy  orders,  A.M.  pre- 
bendary of  Norwich,  and  rector  of  Ingham  in  Norfolk;  married, 
Julv  29th,  1775,  \pollonia,  daugatt-r  and  coheir  of  John  Nourse, 
of  Woode.iton  in  tlie  county  of  Oxford,  Esq.  and  has  issue  four 
sons  and  lour  daughters. 

Fourth,  Thoiuas,  born  in  1747,  a  barrister  at  law,  lately  de- 
ceased;  married,  Seitember  12ih,  i782,  Sarah,  daughter  of 
Pryce  C:^mpbell,  of  Stackpnle  i.  ourt  in  the  county  of  Pembroke, 
Esq.  and  sister  to  John,  Lord  Cawdor-,   lett  sons. 

Sir  John  Wodehouse,  sixth  Baronet,  now  Lord  Wode- 
HousE,  represented  Norfolk  in  parliament,  .uid  was  crenttd  a 
peer  October  26lh,  i7')7>  by  the  title  of  Lord  Wodehouse,  of 
Kemberley  in  Nor  I  oik. 

He  was  born  .;i  \piil,  1741,  and  married,  in  March,  1769, 
Soi)hi3,  only  child  of  Charles  Berkeley,  of  Bruton  Abbey  in  So- 
mt:r  etsh-re,  brother  to  Loid  Herkeley,  of  Stratton,  whose  titles 
became  extinct  in  1773  ;  by  whom  he  has  issue. 

First,  John,  married,  November  18th,  179^,  Miss  Norris, 
only  daugh.er  of  the  late  John  Norris,  of  Wilton  Park  in  Nor- 
folk, Esq    by  a  daughter  of  thc'  late  Dean  Townshend. 

Second,  Phdip,  a  captain  iii  the  royal  navy,  born  in  1773. 

Third,  Armine,  born  in  179^- 

Fourth,  William,  born  August  4th,  1782,  in  holy  orders, 
M.  A.  rector  of  Carleton-Forcho,  Itteringham,  and  Mannington, 
in  Norfolk;  married,  February  11th,  1  B07,  the  eldest  daughter 
of  U  horaas  Hussey,  of  Galirim  in  Irtland,  Esq. 

Fifth,  Sophia,  born  December  26th,  1709. 

Sixth,  Letitia,  born  in  1774. 


LORD  WODEHOUSE.  S71 

Seventh,  Frances,  died  young  ;  and. 
Eighth,  Frances,  born  June  21st,  1779. 

Titles.  Sir  John  Wodehouse,  Bart.  Lord  Wodehouse,  of  Kem* 
barley  in  Norfolk. 

Creation.     A  Baron  by  patent,  October  26tb,  1797- 

Arms.  Sable,  a  chevron,  or,  gutte  de  sang,  between  three 
cinquefoils,  ermine. 

Crest.  A  dexter  hand  issuing  out  of  clouds,  proper,  holding 
a  club,  with  this  motto  about  it,  frappe  forte,  and  under  the  arms, 
Agincourt. 

Supporters.  Two  wild  men,  proper,  wreathed  about  the  head 
and  waist  with  oak-leaves,  vert,  each  with  a  club  over  his  shoulder, 
of  the  last. 

Motto.     Agincourt. 

Chief  Seat.    Kemberley,  Norfolk. 


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PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 


RUSHOUT,  LORD  NORTH  WICK. 


This  family  is  said  to  be  originally  of  English  extraction,  but 
long  since  went  into  France,  and  there  settled)  where  we  find 
Thibaut  Rouhault,  SieuT  de  Boismenart,  from  whom  this 
house  derives  its  descent:  he  lived  in  the  year  1300,  and  about 
that  time  married  the  Lady  Jane  de  la  Val,  daughter  of  Guy 
Comte  de  la  Val,  of  Britany,  one  of  the  most  ancient  houses  in 
France,  by  whom  he  had  one  son,  and  one  daughter,  Tristan,  and 
Jane, 

Tristan,  Sieur  de  Boismenart,  (a  person  of  great  merit)  mar- 
ried Peronelle  de  Thouars,  daughter  of  Louis,  Viscount  de 
Thouars,  and  by  her  had  only  one  son  named  John  ;  Jane  was 
married  to  Robert  Dreux,  Baron,  and  Seigneur  D'Esneval,  by 
whom  she  had  issue. 

John,  Sieur  de  Boismenart,  only  son  of  Tristan,  was  a  valiant 
knight,  served  long  in  the  army,  and  distinguished  himself  upon 
several  occasions  j  he  married  the  Lady  Jane  de  Bellay,  daughter 
of  the  Prince  D'yvetot,  and  by  her  bad  two  sons,  viz.  Joachim 
and  Abel  (who  was  governor  of  Valogne»,  and  served  in  the 
French  army  with  great  reputation,  and  is  much  applauded  by 
Monstrelet),  who  died  issueless. 

Joachim,  Sieur  de  Boismenart,  de  Gameches,  and  de  Chatillon 
began  to  make  a  considerable  figure  about  the  year  1439,  being 
at  that  time  first  master  of  the  horse  to  the  Dauphin  of  France, 
afterwards  King  Louis  XI.  and  served  him  in  his  wars  almost 
throughout  the  whole  course  of  his  reign,  and  was  by  him  ad- 
vanced to  the  dignity  of  a  mareschal  of  France,  great  master  of  the 


LORD  NORTHWICK.  573 

horse  of  France,  and  assisted  in  that  quality  when  Louis  XL  made 
his  public  entry  into  Paris;  he  was  also  governor  of  Paris,  con- 
stable of  Bordeaux,  and  the  government  of  Berberac,  ofMont- 
quion,  of  Blau,  and  of  Fronsac  He  rendered  his  Prince  great 
service;  and  is  recorded  by  the  French  historians  in  their  cata- 
logues of  illustrious  persons,  as  one  of  the  greatest  captains  of 
those  enterprizing  times.  He  married  the  Lady  ranees  de  Volle- 
veire,  daughter  of  the  Marquis  de  Buffet,  and  by  her  had  three 
sons,  viz.  Aloph,  Thibaut,  and  John. 

Alolph,  eldest  son  to  the  mareschal  Gamaches,  married  Ga- 
brillede  Montrigny,  of  the  house  of  Sal  vert,  and  by  her  had  issue 
only  one  son,  named  Alolph,  who  married  Jaqueline  de  Soissons, 
called  Moreul ;  from  whom  was  lineally  descended,  after  several 
descents,  the  late  Marquis  de  Gamaches,  who  resided  at  Gamaches 
in  Picardy. 

Tkibaut,  the  second  son  of  the  mareschal,  was  governor  of 
Hesdin,  and  was  highly  signalized  for  his  courage  :  he  married 
Jane  de  Sauveuse,  heir  of  Sauveuse  and  Cangny,  and  by  her  had 
only  one  daughter,  married  to  the  Seigneur  de  Ja  Brosse. 

John,  the  youngest  son  of  the  mareschal  de  Gamaches,  went 
into  Flanders,  where  he  settled,  and  married  Jaqueline  de  Goderie 
(as  appears  by  the  descent  taken  out  of  the  herald's  office  at  Brux- 
elles,  where  he  is  called  Jean  Rushaut),  and  by  her  had  a  plenti- 
ful issue. 

From  whom,  in  a  direct  male  line,  after  several  generations, 
was  descended,  ^  1 

John  RusHouT,  of  May  lards  in  Essex,  Esq.  a  merchant  in 
London,  who  coming  to  England  was  naturalized,  10  Charles  I. 
He  died  October  28th,  l653,  aet.  sixty,  having  had  two  wives. 

First,  Anne,  daughter  of  Joas  Godschalk,  of  London,  Esq. 

Second,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Sir  John  Finet,  Knight,  relict 
of  John  Godschalk,  of  London,  Esq  ;  by  the  last  he  had  no  issue. 

But  by  the  first  he  had  several  sons,  who  all  died  s,  p.  except 

James,  of  whom  hereafter. 

And  three  daughters ;  first,  Abigail,  married  to  Sir  Abraham 
Cullen,  of  Upton  in  Warwickshire,  Bart. ;  second,  Catherine, 
married,  first,  to  Sir  John  Maynard,  of  Tooting  in  Surrey,  and 
Iselham  in  Cambridgeshire,  Knight ;  secondly,  to  Francis  BuUer, 
of  Chillingham  in  Cornwall,  Esq. ;  and  third,  Anne,  married  to 
Sir  William  Adams,  of  Sprowslon  in  Norfolk,  Bart. 

a  All  hitherto  stands  on  the  authority  of  the  Baronetages^ 


574  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

James  Rushout,  Esq.  only  surviving  son  and  heir,  was  ihejirst 
Baronet  of  this  family,  advanced  to  that  dignity  13  Car.  II.  He 
served  in  parliament  for  the  corporation  of  Evesham  upwards  of 
thirty  years  without  interruption,  except  in  the  convention  par- 
liament at  the  revolution,  when  he  had  the  honour  to  be  chosen 
by  the  county  of  Worcester. 

In  May,  1697,  he  was  appointed  ambassador  extraordinary  to 
the  Grand  Seignior,  but  died  in  the  February  after,  just  as  he  was 
ready  to  set  out. 

Having  married  Alice,  the  daughter  and  heir  of  Edmund  Pitt,  * 
of  Harrow  on  the  Hill,  in  the  county  of  Middlesex,  Esq.  (relict 
of  Edward  Palmer,  Esq.  second  son  of  Sir  Jeffrey  Palmer,  Bart.) 
he  had  five  sons  and  four  daughters,  viz. 

First,  William. 

Second,  Alice,  married  to  Edwin  Sandys,  of  Ombcrsley  in  the 
county  of  Worcester,  Esq. 

Third,  Catherine,  married  with  Samuel  Pytts,  of  Kyre  in  the 
county  of  Worcester,  Esq. 

Fourth,  Sir  James. 

Fifth,  William. 

Sixth,  Jane. 

Seventh,  Elizabeth,  married,  first.  Sir  George  Thorold,  of 
Harmston  in  the  county  of  Lincoln,  Bart.  3  and  secondly  George, 
late  Earl  of  Northampton. 

Eighth,  Sir  John  ;  and. 

Ninth,  George. 

And  three  of  the  sons  and  one  daughter  died  in  their  infancy. 

Sir  James  Rushout,  second  Baronet,  the  eldest  surviving  son, 
succeeded  his  father,  and  married  Arabella,  daughter  of  Sir  Tho- 
mas Vernon,  of  London,  Knight,  by  whom  he  had  issue 

One  son,  Sir  James,  and  two  daughters. 

Anne,  who  died  young  j  and  Elizabeth,  married  to  Pawlet  St. 
John,"^  of  Dogmersfeild  in  Hampshire,  Esq.  and  died  without 
issue. 

Sir  James  died  in  the  year  1/05,  and  was  succeeded  by 

Sir  James  Rushout,  third  Baronet,  his  only  son,  who  died  at 
about  «ine  years  old  at  Isleworth  in  Middlesex,  September  21sf, 
1711,  whereupon  the  title  and  estate  went  to  his  uncle. 

Sir  John  Rushout,  the  fourth  Baronet,  who  served  in  the  par- 

b  She  brought  a  large  fortune  about  Harrow  com.  Middlesex.   , 
«  Afteiw»idls  created  a  Bart.    Ob.  circ.  1780. 


LORD  NORTHWICK.  5/5 

liaments  called  in  171O,  1713,  and  1714,  for  Malmsbury  in  Wilts, 
and  in  the  second  parliament  for  King  George  I.  was  elected  a  re- 
presentative in  parliament  for  Evesham  in  Worcestershire,  which 
corporation  he  rrprtsented  till  1768. 

In  the  reign  of  King  Ge)rge  II.  he  was  a  lending  opponent  of 
Sir  Robert  Walpole  ;  and  particularly  di^tinguished  himsf-lf  agaiast 
the  excise  bill.  On  the  fall  of  that  minister,  he  was  made  one  of 
the  lords  of  the  treasury;  and  soon  after  Treasurer  of  the 
Navy.  He  lived  to  a  great  age,  dying  February  2d,  1775,  ast, 
ninety-one.  Dr.  Na-,h  says,  "  his  memory,  good-humour,  and 
politeness,  were  then  in  their  full  bloom  ;  old  age,  which  in  ge- 
neral is  not  to  be  wished  for,  seemed  in  him  rather  an  ornament 
than  a  burden.  His  mother  was  a  zealous  protestant,  and  by  her 
apprehensions  of  popery  on  the  accession  of  James  II.  is  supposed 
to  have  hastened  his  birth." 

He  married,  October,  I72g,  Lady  Anne  Compton,  fourth 
daughter  of  George,  Earl  of  Northampton,  and  by  her,  who  died 
1766,  had  issue  one  son,  John  ; 

And  two  daughters;  Elizabeth,  married  to  Richard  Myd- 
delton,  of  Chirk-Castle  in  Wales,  Esq.;  and  Anne,  unmarried. 

He  was  succeeded  by  his  only  son. 

Sir  John  Rushout,  fifth  Baronet,  and  first  Lord  North- 
wick,  who  represented  Evesham  in  parliament,  178O,  1784, 
1790 ;  and  on  October  26ih,  1797)  was  raised  to  the  Peerage,  by 
the  title  of  Lord  Northwick,  of  Northwickin  Worcestershire. 

His  Lordship  married,  June  8th,  1766,  Rebecca,  daughter  of 
Humphrey  Bowles,  of  Wanstead  in  Essex,  Esq.  and  bad  issue  j 

First,  John,  the  present  peer. 

Second,  George,  in  holy  orders;  married,  January  lOtb, 
1803,  Lady  Caroline  Stewart,  daughter  to  John,  the  eighth  Earl 
of  Galloway,  K.  T.  and  has  a  daughter,  born  October  26th,  1803. 

Third,  Anne. 

Fourth,  Henrietta,  married,  February  I3th,  1808,  Charles 
Cockerell,  of  Sesincot  in  Gloucestershire,  Esq. 

Fifth,  Elizabeth,  born  Decembtr  6'th,  1774,  married,  in  June 
1797.  to  Sydney  Bowles,  Esq.  and  has  two  daughters. 

His  Lordship  died  October  20ih,  ISOO,  and  was  succeeded  by 
his  son 

Johw,  second  and  present  Lord  Northwick,  born  Fe- 
bruary ]6th,  1770. 

Titles.  John  Rushout,  Lord  Northwick,  of  Northwick  in 
Worcestershire,  &c.  Baronet. 


576  PEERAGE  OF  ENGIAND. 

Creations.  Baron  Northwick,  by  patent,  October  26th,  1797, 
and  a  Baronet  July  17th,  l66l. 

Arms.  Sable,  two  lions  passant  guardant,  within  a  bordure 
engrailed,  or. 

Crest.     A  lion  passant  guardant,  or. 

Supporters.  Two  angels,  proper,  winged  and  crined,  or, 
habited,  argent,  powdered  with  fleurs-de-lis  and  mullets,  or,  bound 
round  the  waist  with  a  sash,  azure,  holding  in  their  hands  a  palm- 
branch,  vert. 

Motto.     Par  ternis  suppar. 

C/iief  Seats.  Northwick-park,  Worcestershire  f  Harrow, 
Middlesex. 


LORD  LILFORD. 


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POWYS,  LORD  LILFORD. 


William  Powys  mfirrled  Emrae a  widow,  anno  6  Ed- 
ward IL  by  whom  he  had 

Thomas  Powys,  who  was  father  of 

Richard  Powys,  who  had  issue 

JoHM  Powys,  ofMyvoltcom.  Montgomery,  who  had  issue, 
first,  Edward;  second,  Morrys;  third,  James;  fourth,  Lewis 
Powys,  from  whom  the  family  of  Powys,  of  Cockshoult  com. 
Salop,  arc  descended. 

James  Powys,  third  son,  was  father  of 

First,  Humph]-y  Powys. 

Second,  William  Powys,  of  Ludlowe  com.  Salop,  born  10 
Hen.  VIL     By  his  first  wife  Anne ,  he  had  issue. 

First,  Thomas  Powys,  of  Abington,  who  by  Joane  his  wife, 
had  issue,  first,  Thomas;  second,  John;  third,  Catherine,  wife  to 
Dr.  Hovenden,  Warden  of  All  Souls  College,  Oxf.  and  secondly 
to  Sir  William  Jones,  Knight,  Chief  Justice  of  Ireland,  and  after- 
wards one  of  the  Justices  of  the  King's  Bench;  fourth,  Jane,  wife 
of  John  Young,  Esq.  3  fifth,  Alicea;  sixth,  Margery;  seventh, 
Mary. 

Second,  Richard  Powys. 

Third,  John  Powys. 

He  married,  secondly,  Margaret,  daughter  of  Richard  Row- 
bury,  by  whom  he  had  issue, 

Fourth,  Isabel,  wife  of  Richard  Hail,  of  Grete, 

Fifth ,  wife  to  Richard  Bay  ley. 

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578  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

Sixth,  Thomas,  of  whom  presently. 
Seventh,  Edward  Powys,  of  Ludlow. 

Eighth,  John  Powys,  of  Brindrinocke,  who  had  issue  Thomas 
Powys,  of  Brindrinocke,  l663. 
Ninth,  William. 
Tenth,  Henry  Powys. 

Thomas  Powys,  sixth  child,  of  Snitton  com.  Salop,  born  I 
Eliz.  died  November  19th,  1639,  having  married  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  Richard  Smith,  of  Credenhill  com.  Hereford,  Esq.  by 
whom  he  had  issue. 

First,  Thomas,  of  whom  presently. 
Second,  Christopher  Powys. 

Third,  Peter  Powys,  of  Hollins  com.  Salop,  who  married, 
first,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  William  Cupper  j  secondly,  Joane, 
daughter  and  heir  of  John  Morris,  of  Rochford.     By  his  first  wife 
he  had  issue  William  Povvys. 
Fourth,  James  Powys. 

Fifth,  Winifred,  wife  to  Ambrose  Rudge,  of  Tresell  com.  Staf- 
ford ;  sixth,  Anne,  wife  of  William  Wall,  of com.  Heref.  j 

seventh,  Mary,  wife  of  John  Merston,  of  Astcoate  com.  Salop; 
eighth,  Elizabeth,  wife  of  Henry  Mitton,  of  Shipton  com,  Salop, 
Esq. 

Thomas  Powys,  eldest  son,  was  a  bencher  of  Lincoln's-Inn, 
and  aged  forty-three  in  1653.  His  first  wife  was  Mary,  daughter 
of  Sir  Adam  Littleton,  of  Stoke-Milburgh  com.  Salop,  Knt.  and 
Bart.  His  second  wife  was  Mary,  daughter  of  John  Coles,  of 
Woodcote  com.  Salop,  Esq.  by  whom  he  had  two  sons,  Robert 
and  Richard. 

By  his  first  wife  he  had  issue  a  daughter,  Anne,  and  four  sons, 

viz. 

First,  Sir  Littleton  Powys,  Knight,  aged  fifteen,  ]603;  ji 
baron  of  the  Exchequer,  October  28th,  1 695;  a  judge  of  the 
Common  Pleas,  1697  ;  a  judge  of  the  King's  Bench,  January  26, 
1700;  resigned  1/26. 

Second,  Sir  Thomas  Powys,  of  whom  presently. 

Third,  Edward  Powys :  for  whom  there  is  the  following  Epir 
taph  in  Magdalen  parish  church  in  Oxford. 

M.  S. 

Ed  ward  us  Powys 
Filius  natu  tertius 


LORD  LILFORD.  hjq 

Thomse  Powys  Armigeri 

De  Henley,  agio 

Salopiensi 

Qui  Frosapise  fuit  ornamentura, 

Ut  illi  Prosapia  : 

Faellx  admodum  naturae  dotibus, 

Quas  artium  Liberalium  studio 

Iijgeniose  auxit : 

Scholae  Salopiensis  olim  alumnus 

Nuper  Coll  :  Trin  :  Oxon  :  Commensalis^ 

In  cujus  gremio  suavissime 

Expiravit 

.  f   Salutis  ■)  166s 

Anno  )    ^     .     ). 

\  iEtatis  3    18 

Fourth,  John  Powys. 

Sir  Thomas  Powys,  Knight,  second  son,  being  brought  up  to 
the  law,  was  appointed  Solicitor  Gexeral,  April  26th,  I6s6; 
Attorney  General,  December  13th,  l687j  and  a  Judge  of 
the  King's  Bench,  June  4tb,  1713,  which  was  revoked  in  favour 
of  Sir  John  Pratt,  October  26th,  i;i4.  He  died  April  4th,  l/lp, 
aged  seventy,  having  married,  first,  Sarah,  daughter  of  Ambrose 
Holbecb,  of  MoUington  in  Warwickshire,  Esq.;  secondly,  Eliza- 
beth, daughter  of  Sir  Philip  Medows,  Knight.  By  the  former 
wife  he  was  father  of  Thomas  Powys,  his  son  and  heir. 

This  Sir  Thomas  Powys  purchased,  in  1/11,  the  manor  and 
seat  of  Lilford  in  Northamptonshire. 

The  following  account  of  his  monument  and  epitaph  at  Lil- 
ford, is  taken  from  Bridges's  History  of  Northamptonshire,  vol, 
ii.  p.  245. 

On  the  north  side  of  the  chancel  is  a  very  elegant  monument 
of  white  and  grey  marble,  having  at  the  top  the  arms  and  crest  of 
Pouys,  viz.  Or,  a  lion's  paw  erased  in  lend  letween  two  cross 
crosskls  Jitche,  gules ;  crest,  on  a  wreath  a  Uhe  paiv  holding  a 
sceptre.  Below  the  arms  are  two  cherubims  on  the  wing,  carry- 
ing a  winding-sheet,  which  falls  between  the  pediment  of  grey 
marble.  The  freeze  and  moulding  are  of  the  same  m.arble.  This 
cornice  is  supported  by  two  composite  fiuted  pillars  with  white 
marble  capitals.  Between  the  pillars,  on  a  tomb  of  while  mable, 
is  the  figure  of  Sir  Thomas  Powys  in  a  judge's  robe,  reposing  his 
body  on  his  right  arm;  and  his  left  hand,  which  is  placed  on 


580        "  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

his  left  knee,  holding  a  roll.  Joining  to  the  pillar,  at  the  head,  is 
a  very  expressive  slatue  of  Religion  ;  and  at  the  feet,  the  statue  of 
Eloquence;  both  of  white  marble.  On  a  white  mnrble  tablet, 
over  Sir  Thomas  Powys,  is  the  following  inscription^  written  by 
Matthew  Prior,  Esq.  the  poet^ 

M.S. 

Here  lyeth  interred 

Sir  Thomas  Powys,  Knt. 

Second  son  of  Thomas  Powys,  of  Henley 

in  the  county  of  Salop,  Serjeant  at  Law,  and  of 

Anne,  Daughter 

of  Sir  Adam  Littleton,  of  Stoke 

Milburgh  in  the  said 

County,  Bart. 

By  his  first  wife  Sarah,  daughter  of 

Ambrose  Holbech, 

of  Mollington  in  the  county  of  Warwick,  Esq. 

he  had  three  sons,  Thomas,  Edward, 

and  Ambrose,    " 

and  three  daughters,  Sarah,  Anne,  and 

Jane. 

By  his  second  wife  Elizabeth,  daughter  of 

Sir  Philip  Medows,  Knt, 

He  had  two  sons,  both  named  Philip. 

He  was  appointed  Solicitor  General  anno 

1686, 

Attorney  General  l6p7.  Premier  Serjeant  at 

Law  1/02, 

One  of  the  Judges  of  the  Queen's  Bench  J  713. 

He  dyed  the  4th  of  April  1719.     Aged  70. 

As  to  his  profession, 

In  accusing  cautious,  in  defending  vehement j 

In  all  his  pleadings 

Sedate,  clear,  strong: 

In  all  his  decisions 

Unprejudiced  and  Equitable ; 

He  studied,  practised,  and  governed  the  law 

In  such  a  manner,  that 

Nothing  equalled  his  knowledge 

Except  his  eloquence  j 


LORD  LILFORD.  581 

Nothing  excelled  both 

Except  his  Justice  : 

And  whether  he  was  greater, 

As  an  Advocate  or  a  Judge, 

Is  the  only  cause  he  left  undecided. 

As  to  his  life. 

He  possessed  by  a  natural  happiness 

All  those  civil  virtues,  which  form  the  perfect 

Gentleman  ; 
And  to  those  by  di'ine  s;oodness  were  added 

That  fervent  zeal,  and  extensive  charity, 
Wtiich  distinguished  the  perfect  Christian. 

The  tree  is  known  by  his  fruit. 
He  was  a  loving  husband,  and  an  indulgent 

father; 

A  constant  friend,  and  a  charitable  patron ; 

Frequenting  the  dc-'otions  of  the  church. 

Pleading  the  causf ,  and  reheving  the  necessities 

of  tlie  poor. 

What  by  his  example  he  taught  throughout 

his  life. 

At  his  death  he  recommended  to  his  family, 

and  his  friends : 

To  fear  God,  and  live  uprightly. 

Let  whosoever  read  this  stone 

Be  wise,  and  be  instructed. 

Thomas  Powys,  of  Lilford,  E'iq. 

Eldest  son  of  Sir  Thomas  Powys,  Knight, 

Succeeded  his  father  as  in  estate,  so  in  virtue. 

He  married  Catherine,  daughter  and  coheir 

Of  Thomas  Rdvenscroft, 

Of  Broadlane  in  the  county  ot  Flint,  Esq. 

And  by  his  last  will  and  testament. 

His  piety  ordered 

That  this  monument  should  be  sacred 

To  the  ashes  of  his  father  ; 

His  humility  forbad 

That  any  other  memorial 

Should  be  raised  to  himself. 

He  dyed  the  3d  of  March  l/i^,  aged  32. 


583  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

Before  the  monument,  which  is  enclosed  with  iron  rails,  arc 
two  black  marbles,  on  one  of  which  are  the  arms,  mantle,  helmet, 
and  crest  of  Sir  Thomas  Powys,  and  under  ihem  in  capitals,  Sir 
Thomas  Powys,  Knight,  ob-  April  4lh,  I719.  On  the  other  are 
the  arms,  mantle,  helmet,  and  crest  ol'  Thomas  Powys,  Esq. ;  and 
on  an  escutcheon  of  pretence,  a  cheveron  between  three  hinds  heads 
erased,  and  beneath  them  in  capitals,  Thomas  Powys,  Esa.  ob. 
March  3d,  l/if. 

THOMAb  Powys,  Esq.  of  Lilford,  alreadj'  mentioned,  who  died 
March  3d,  1720,  was  father,  by  Catherine  Ravenscroft,  of 

Thomas  Powys,  of  Lilford,  Esq.  who  by  Henrietta^  daughter 
of  Thomas  Spence,  Esq.  of  Sa.illr-row,  had  issue,  first,  Thomas; 
second,  Littleton,  born  June  15th,  1/48. 

Thomas  Powys,  eldest  son,  first  Lord  Lilford,  was  born 
May  4th,  1/43,  and  represented  the  county  of  Northampton,  1/74, 
1780,  1734,  1790,  1796;  and  having  for  many  years  been  an 
active  and  useful  member  of  the  house  of  commons,  was  on  Oc- 
tober 26th,  1797,  raised  to  the  Peerage  by  the  title  of  Baron 
Lilford,  of  Lilford  in  Northamptonshire. 

His  Lordship  married ,  sister  of  the  present  Sir 

Horace  Mann,  Bart,  by  whom  he  had  issue, 

First,  Thomas,  the  present  peer. 

Second,  Lyttleton,  in  holy  orders,  married,  July  24th,  I8O9, 
Miss  Hatsell,  of  Morden-park,  Surrey,  and  has  a  son,  born  Ja- 
nuary, 1811. 

Third,  Frederic,  in  holy  orders  ;  married,  October  15fh,  I8O7, 
the  Hon.  Mary  Gould,  sister  to  Henry,  late  Lord  Grey  de  Ruthyn, 
and  has  a  son,  born  July  22d,  1808. 

Fourth,  Charles,  in  the  royal  navy,  died  of  the  yellow  fever  at 
Jamaica,  August  13th,  1804. 

Fifth,  Henry,  a  lieutenant  in  the  fifty-second  regiment  of  foot. 

Sixth,  Helena,  married,  November  igth,  ISOO,  the  Hon.  and 
Piev.  Richard  Bruce  Stopford,  youngest  son  of  James,  late  Earl  of 
Courtown,  K.  P.  and  has  issue  a  son,  born  June  22d,  1808. 

Seventh,  Lucy- Amelia;     "hth,  Caroline,  twins. 

Ninth,  Sophia;  tenth,  Anne;  and  eleventh,  Louisa. 

His  Lordship  died  January  26th,  1800,  and  was  succeeded  by 
his  son, 

Thomas,  second  and  present  Lord  Lilford,  who  married, 
December  5th,  1797,  Anna-Maria,  eldest  daughter  and  heiress  of 
Robert  Vernon  Aiherton,  Esq.  of  Atherton-hall  in  Lancashire. 


LORD  LILFORD.  £83 

Title.  Thomas  Powis,  Lord  Lilford,  of  Lilford  in  Northamp- 
tonshire. 

Creation.     By  patent,  October  26th,  1797. 

Arms.  Or,  a  lion's  gamb  erased  in  bend,  between  two  cross 
crosslets,  fitche,  gules. 

Crest.     A  lion's  gamb  erased,  gules,  grasping  a  sceptre,  or. 

Supporers.  On  the  dexter,  an  husbandman  in  his  shirt,  with 
ears  of  wheat  round  his  hat,  all  proper,  with  a  sickle  in  his  hand, 
or,  and  a  garb  lying  at  his  feet  of  the  last :  on  the  sinister,  a  soldier 
habited,  vert,  turned  up  buff",  holding  a  sword,  point  downwards^ 
all  proper. 

Motto.     Parta  tueri. 

Chief  Seat.     Lilford,  Northamptonshire* 


584  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 


LISTER,  LORD  RIBBLESDALE. 

John  Lister,  of  Derby,  6  Edvv,  IL  1312,  married  Isabel,  daugli- 
ter  and  heir  of  John  de  Bolton,  bowbearer  of  Bolland,  and  had 
issue 

Richard  Lister,  of  Derby,  who  was  father  of 

John  Lister,  of  Barnoldswick  and  Micldop,  4  Hen.  IV.  buried 
at  Salley  Abbey,  which  estate  of  Middop  he  inheiited  from  his 
grandmother,  Isabel  Bolton  }  the  manor  of  Midhope,  one  of  the 
most  extensive  and  valuable  farms  in  Craven,  having  been  parcel 
of  the  great  possessions  of  the  above  Boltons,  and  having  passed 
into  the  Lister  family  by  the  above, marriage  in  the  reign  of  King 
Edw.  IL     He  was  father  of 

Laurence  Lister,  who  by  the  daughter  of  Richard  Banester, 
of  Brokden,  had  issue, 

Christopher  Lister,  oi  Middof,  l6  Edw.  IV.  who  married 
Joan,  daughter  of  Sir  William  Calverley,  of  Caherley,  Knight, 
by  Agnes,  daughter  of  Sir  John  Tempest,  Knight,  /  Edw,  IV. 
and  had  issue, 

First,  William,  of  Middop,  of  ivhom  presently. 

Second,  Thomas,  ancestor  to  Lord  Bihl'lesdale,  of  whom  here- 
after. 

Third,  Nicholas  Lister,  died  s.  p. 

William  Lister,  nf  Middop,  Esq.  eldest  son,  Avas  buried  at 
Gisburn,  1537,  having  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  and  coheir  of 
Thurstan  Banester,  of  Svvinden,  by  whom  he  had  issue  Chris- 
topher Lister,  13  Henry  VIIL  1521,  who  married  Eleanor, 
daughter  and  coheir  of  John  Clayton,  ol'  Clayton  in  Lancashire, 


LORD  RIBBLESDALE.  585 

Esq.  and  had  by  her  the  manor  of  Clayton.  He  was  father  of 
William  Lister,  who  is  supposed  to  have  purchased  the  manor  of 
Thornton  in  Craven,  from  John  Manners,  Esq.  By  his  second  wife 
Bridget,  daughter  of  Bartholomew  Pigot,  of  Aston  Rowen,  com. 
Oxf.  widow  of  Thomas  Banyster,  of  Broxdene,  he  had  three  sons 
and  three  daughters  5  Bartholomewj  Michael ;  and  Martin  ;  Rosa- 
mond, wife  of  Thomas,  son  and  heir  of  Sir  John  Soiithvvorth ; 
Mary,  and  Ellen.  But  by  his  first  wife,  Anne,  daughter  of  Roger 
Mydhope,  of  Skipton,  and  heir  to  her  uncle  William,  he  had 
issue,  first,  William,  ob.  s.  p. j  second,  Laurence;  third,  Chris- 
topher; fourth,  John,  died  s.  p.  in  Ireland;  fifth,  Elizabeth,  mar- 
ried John  Breres,  of  Hammerton ;  sixth,  Isabel,  married  Henry 
Bankes,  of  Bank-Newton,  Esq.  Laurence  Lister,  of  Mydhope, 
Esq.  second  but  eldest  surviving  son,  living  1585,  married  Everild, 
daughter  of  John  Sayer,  of  Richmondshire,  and  had  two  daughters 
and  a  son;  viz.  Anne,  wife  of  Giles  Parker,  by  whom  she  had 
Dorothy;  Margaret,  married  to  Stephen  Haiierton,  of  Hellefield- 
park,  Esq.;  and  Sir  William  Lister,  Knight,  oi  Thornton,  who 
died  1050,  having  married  Mary,  daughter  of  Sir  Henry  Bellasys, 
of  Newborongh  com.  York,  Bart,  by  whom  she  had,  first,  Wil- 
liam, of  whom  presently  ;  second,  Laurence;   third,  Christopher, 

who  by  Winifred  daughter  of Fletcher,  and  widow  of  Sir 

Richard  Dacres,  Knight,  had  issue  Anne;  fourth,  Edward- 
Henry;  fifth.  Sir  Martin;  sixth,  Matthew,  consul  at  Cyprus  in 
16(55;  seventh,  Michael ;  eighth,  Edmund;  ninth,  Ursula,  mar- 
ried Sampson  Slaveley;  tenth,  Frances,  n^arried  John  Lambert, 
of  Calton,  Esq.  Sir  Martin  Lister,  j?/lf/i  5o«,  married  Catherine, 
daughter  of  Sir  William  Fairfax,  of  Steeton,  Knight.  According 
to  A.  Wood,  he  was  born  at  Thornton  in  Craven,  and  bred  at 
Oxford,  where  he  became  Fellow  of  Oriel  college;  but  travelling 
abroad,  he  became  M.  D.  at  Basil,  and  was  incorporated  at  Ox- 
ford in  l6n5,  as  the  English  universities  allowed  a  more  universal 
communication  of  honours  with  those  on  the  Continent  than  is 
usual  at  present.  His  family  and  i-ountry  probably  recommended 
him  to  the  illustrious  Anne,  Countess  of  Pembroke,  whom  he  ap- 
pears to  have  served  in  the  doable  capacity  of  agent  and  physi- 
cian. By  her  recommendation  probably  he  became  physician  in 
ordinary  to  Queen  Anne  of  Denmark,  and  afterwards  to  King 
Charles  I.  from  whom  he  received  the  honour  of  knighthood  in 
1(336.  Lastly,  he  attained  to  the  summit  of  medical  honours,  in 
being  appointed  President  of  the  College  of  Physicians.  He  died 
about  1657,  at  Burweli  in  Lincolnshire,  aged  ninety-two  ;  an  in- 


585  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

stance  of  a  constitution,  which  either  needed  not  the  aids  of  his 
own  faculty,  or  proved^  their  efficacy.^  William  Lister,  Esq. 
of  Thornton,  his  elder  brother,  died  in  his  father's  lifetime, 
having  married  Catherine,  daughter  of  Sir  Richard  Hawks- 
worth,  of  Hawksworth,  Knight,  by  whom  he  had  issue,  first, 
William  Lister,  of  Thornton,  Esq.  aged  twenty-eight,  Sep- 
tember 15th,  1666,  ob.  s.  p.  ;  second,  Christopher  Lister,  of 
Thornton,  Esq.  ;  third,  Anne,  wife  of  Sir  John  Kaye,  of  Wood- 
some,  Bart.  Christopher  Lister,  of  Thornton,  Esq.  died  in 
1667,  having  married  a  daughter  of  Sir  Thomas  NorclifFe,  of 
Nunnington,  Knight,  by  whom  he  had  Christopher  Lister,  Esq. 
who  died  unmarried,  having  devised  his  estates  to  Thomas,  second 
son  of  Sir  John  Kaye,  on  condition  of  his  assuming  the  name  of 
Lister,  which  he  did,  and  dying  also  unmarried,  devised  it  to  his 
eldest  brother,  Sir  Arthur  Kaye,  and  his  issue  male  ;  and  failing 
thereof,  to  his  other  brothers  in  succession,  and  their  respective 
male  issue ;  by  which  means  the  manor  of  Thornton  devolved  suc- 
cessively upon  Sir  John  Lister  Kaye,  and  his  son  the  next  Baronet, 
by  whom  it  was  bequeathed  to  the  late  Baronet. 

Thomas  Lister  second  son  of  Christopher  Lister,  (temp,  Edw. 
IV.)  and  Joan,  daughter  of  Sir  William  Calverly,  married  the 


a  Whitaker's  Craven,  p.  9R,  99. 

b  His  gfand-nephew,  (says  Whitaker)  though  perhaps  not  of  equal  emi- 
nence in  his  profession,  yet  from  his  various  publications,  as  well  as  prox- 
imity to  our  own  times,  is  more  generally  remembered. 

Martin  Lister  was  born  in,  or  about  the  year  1638,  and  educated  under 
the  eye  of  his  uncle,  by  whom  hevvas  placed  in  St.  John's  college,  Cambridge, 
and  soon  after  his  death  took  the  degree  of  A.  B,  The  exami-le  and  instruc- 
tions of  a  court  physician  redeemed  him  from  the  disloyalty  of  his  family, 
and  he  met  with  an  early  reward  of  his  fidelity,  being  appointed  fellow  of  the 
college  by  royal  mandate,  in  the  year  of  the  restoration.  Having  taken  his 
last  degree  in  arts,  he  devoted  himself  to  the  study  of  physic,  and  about  i668f 
travelled  into  France.  On  his  return  from  that  country,  he  settled  at  York, 
and  practised  with  great  success.  His  excursions  in  the  way  of  his  profession 
afforded  him  many  opportunities  of  gratifying  his  propensity  towards  the 
study  of  natural  history  and  antiquities  ;  in  the  former  of  which  he  became 
so  eminent  as  to  be  elected  F.  R.  S.  an  honour  not  conferred  at  that  time  but 
on  men  who  had  given  some  proofs  of  their  proficiency  in  the  science  of 
nature.  It  was  probably  a  growing  indisposition  to  motion,  and  a  desire  of 
learned  and  liberal  conversation,  which  induced  him  to  remove  to  LondoHf 
where  in  1709,  he  was  appointed  physician  inordinary  to  the  Queen.  He  died 
in  February,  171 1-12,  having  published  many  works  on  medicine  and  natural 
history  ;  but  his  reputation  is  built  on  the  Synopsis  Conchyliorum.  He  pur- 
chased Carlton-Hall,  where  he  occasionally  resided  before  his  removal  to 
London.    Whitaker ^  ut  supra,  p.  99. 


LORD  RIBBLESDALE.  58/ 

daughter  and  heir  of  Roger  de  Cliderow,  of  Cliderow,  and  had 
issue 

Thomas  Lister,  Esq.  who  was  buried  at  Gisburn  1540,  having 

married   Effamia,  daughter  and  coheir   of Westby,  of 

West  by,  by  whom  he  had  issue 

Thomas  Lister,  of  Westby,  Esq.  buried  at  Gisburn,  1573, 
who  married  .\nne,  daughter  and  heir  of  Richard  King,  of  Kings- 
crosse,  near  Halifax,  buried  at  Gisburn,  October  6th,  1571,  by 
whom  he  had  issue  ;   first,  Thomas. 

Second,  John  Lister,  from  whom  the  Listers  of  Manningham 
are  descended.  He  enjoyed  Ids  mother's  estate,  which  was  granted 
to  him  9  Eliz,  by  his  brother  Thomas. 

Third,  Anthony  Lister,  buried  at  Gisburn,  August  IQth,  1588, 

who  married  Alicia,  daughter  of ,  buried  at  Gisburn,  No» 

vember  26,  I5gg. 

Fourth  J  Edmund;  fifth,  William;  sixth,  Rosamund,  mar- 
ried William  Hawksworth,  of  Hawksworth,  Esq. ;  seventh, 
another  daughter. 

Thomas  Lister,  of  Westby,  Esq.  eldest  son,  was  buried  at 
Gisburn,  March  31st,  15Q8,  having  married  Alice,  daughter  of 
Sir  Richard  Houghton,  of  Houghton-Tower  com.  Lancaster;  by 
whom  he  had  issue,  first,  Thomas,  son  and  heir. 

Second,  Richard  Lister,  of  Lanbeck  near  Westby,  baptized 
at  Gisburne,  October  24th,  1573,  having  married  Hellen,  daughter 
of  George  Pudsey,  of  Arnforth,  Esq.  by  whom  he  had  three 
daughters  and  one  son,  Charles  Lister,  who  died  1646. 

Third,  Leonard  Lister,  of  Cowgill,  baptized  at  Gisburn,  June 

6lh,  1575,  who  married  Anne,  daughter  of Loftus,  of 

Coverham  Abbey  com.  York,  by  whom  he  had,  first,  George 
Lister,  baptized  at  Gisburn,  April  20th,  16O8;  second,  Richard, 
of  Middleham  com.  York,  baptized  at  Gisburn,  August  29th, 
l6l4;  third,  William,  baptized  at  Gisburn,  September  5th,  I6175 
fourth,  Alice,  baptized  at  Gisburn,  September  2d,  1604;  fifth, 
Elizabeth,  baptized  at  Gisburn,  April  1st,  161O. 

Fourth,  Cuthbert  Lister,  baptized  at  Gisburn,  September  15th, 
1577>  buried  there  October  4th,  1643,  who  had  issue  Thomas 
Lister,  baptized  at  Gisburn,  November  5th,  l604. 

Fifth,  William  Lister,  baptized  at  Gisburn,  November  gth, 
1578. 

Sixth,  George  Lister,  baptized  at  Gisburn,  May  l6tb, 
1580. 

Seventh,  Laurence,  baptized  at  Gisburn,  August  7th,  1 582. 


'S98  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

Eighth,  Bridget,  baptized  at  Gisburn,  November  Qth,  1571. 
Ninth,  Anne,  baptized  at  Gisburn,  15y6. 
Thomas  Lister,  of  Westby,  Esq.  eldest  son,  died  at  Bracewell, 
and  was  buried  at  Gisburn,  February  8th,  1607,  having  married 
Jane,  daughter  of  John  Greenacres,  Esq  of  Worston  com.  Lan- 
caster, who  was  buried  at  Gisburn,  February  20th,  16OS,  By  her 
he  had  issue. 

First,  Thomas,  son  and  heir. 

Second,  Richard  Lister,  who  married  Hesther,  daughter  of 
William  Hartley,  of  Sturtbam  near  Westby,  and  had  issue. 
Third,  John  Lister,  ob.  s.  p. 

Fourth,  Frances,  ob.  s.  p.;  fifth,  Anne,  baptized  at  Gisburn, 
1597;  sixth.  May,  baptized  at  Gisburn,  June  5th,  1(303  3  seventh^, 
Jane,  b.iptized  at  Gisburn,  September  2lst,  iboS. 

Thomas  Lister,  of  Westby,  Esq.  eldest  son,  was  a  justice  of 
peace  for  Yorkshire,  15  James  l.  and  was  buried  at  Gisburn,  July 
lOlh,  1619,  having  married  Jane,  daughter  of  Thomas  Heber, 
Esq.  of  Marton.  She  afterwards  married  Richard  Ashe,  of 
Aughton,  Esq.  who  was  a  lawyer  of  the  Temple,  and  Master  of 
the  crown-office  during  the  usurpation.  (This  Ashe  was  counsel, 
for  the  Regicides  at  the  trial  of  the  King.)  By  her  first  husband 
she  had  issue. 

First,  Thomas  Lister,  son  and  heir. 

Second,  Josias  Lister,  baptized  at  Gisburn,  February  2d,  l(3l8, 
■who  died  at  Marton-Hall,  April  J. 9th,  1627,  and  was  buried  at 
Marton,  May  20th  following. 

Third,  Jane  Lister,  baptized  at  Marton,  January  19th,  1626. 
Thomas  Lister,  Esq.  of  VVestby,   son  and  heir,  baptized  at 
Gisburn,  November  5th,  lG05,  was  buried  there  November  19th, 
1642.,  having  married  Catherine,  daughter  of  Sir  Richard  Fletcher, 
of  Hutton,  com.  Cumberland,  Knight.     She  re-married  Sir  John 
Asheton,  of  Whalley  Abbey  com.  Lane.  Bart,  who  left  considerable 
estates  to  her  grandson  Lister.     She  was  buried  at  Gisburn,  May 
20th,  16763  and  Sir  John  Asheton  was  also  buried  there  June 
18th,  1697.     She  had  issue  by  her  first  husband. 
First,  Thomas,  son  and  heir. 
Second,  John,  of  whom  aftencarus. 

Third,  Jane,  baptized  at  Gisburn,  May,  1637,  buried  there 
April  15th,  1641. 

Fourth,  Barbara,  baptized  at  Gisburn,  May  23d,  l639;  mar- 
ried, first,  William  Nowel,  of  Merelay  com.  Lancaster  ;  secondly, 
John  Lambert,  Esq.  of  Calton  com.  York,  son  of  major-general 


LORD  RIBBLESDALE.  589 

Lambert,  by  whom  she  had  issue  Frnnces  Lambert,  married  to 
Sir  John  iMiddieton,  Bart,  of  Belsay  Castle,  com.  Northumber- 
land. 

Fifth,  Mary  Lister,  baptized  at  Gisburn,  July  22d,  1(540, 
buried  there  1643. 

Thomas  Lister,  Esq.  of  Arnoldsbiggin  and  Westby,  son  and 
heir,  born  December,  1635,  baptized  at  Gisburn,  was  buried  there 
December  1st,  l660,  having  been  married  at  that  place,  No- 
vember 15th,  l65g,  to  Mary,  daughter  of  Richard  Deane,  of 
Ovendenwood  com.  York,  who  was  buried  at  Gisburn,  November 
8th,  l6dO,  leaving  issue  by  him  a  daughter  and  heir,  Catherine, 
born  October  30th,  baptized  at  Gisburn,  November  6th,  l660, 
married,  at  KIrkby  Malhanidale  church,  December  gth,  l680,  to 
Thomas  Yorke,  Esq.  of  Richmond,  Yorkshire,  whose  grandson 
now  resides  there. 

John  Lister,  of  Arnoldsbiggin,  Esq.  brother  and  heir  male  to 
Thomas,  was  baptized  at  Gisburn,  February  2d,  l64l,  and  buried 
.•here  March  3d,  16/4,  having  married  Mary,  daughter  of  William 
Lodge,  of  Leeds,  merchant ;  she  was  buried  at  Gisburn,  June  10, 
1676.     By  her  he  had  issue. 

First,  Thomas,  son  and  heir. 

Second,  John,  baptized  at  Gisburn,  October  30th,  1666,  buried 
there  April  5th,  1695. 

Third,  William,  baptized  there  March  3d,  1667. 

Fourth,  Richard,  baptized  there  March  2d,  I668,  buried  there 
March  l6th,  16/5, 

Fifth,  Henry,  baptized  there  February  21st,  1669,  buried  there 
November  21st,  1700. 

Sixth,  Charles,  a  merchant  in  London,  baptized  there  March 
21st,  1670,  buried  there  November  9th,  1742. 

Seventh,  Mary,  baptized  there  April  8th,  1672;  buried  there 
July  1st,  J  673. 

Thomas  Lister,  of  Arnoldsbiggin,  son  and  heir,  was  baptized 
at  Gisburn,  December  5th,  l665,  and  buried  there  in  1706,  having 
married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  John  Parker,  Esq.  of  Extwisle 
com.  Lane,  She  was  buried  at  Gisburn,  1709,  having  had  issue 
by  him. 

First,  Thomas,  son  and  heir. 

Second,  John,  a  merchant  in  London,  born  November  4th, 
1690,  and  baptized  at  Gisburn,  November  l^th. 

Third,  Richard,  born  January  30th,  I692,  baptized  at  Gis- 
burn, July  11th,  buried  there  April  llih,  1747. 


$90  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

Fourth,  Henry,  born  September  13th,  baptized  at  Gisburri, 
September  15th,  1693,  buried  there  1724. 

Fifth,  Charles  Lister,  a  merchant,   born  June  6th,  baptized 
June  10th,  1697,  and  buried  tliere  October  28th,  1745. 

Sixth,  Christopher,  baptized  there  September  13th,  1699. 
Seventh,   Mary,  born  Mjj  27th,  baptized  there  May  30th, 
1695,  married,  April  IQih,  1716,  to  Ralph  Asslieton,  of  Cuerdale, 
Esq 

Thomas  Lister,  Esq.  son  and  heir,  was  of  Arnoldsbiggin  and 
Lower  Hall,  to  which  he  gave  the  name  of  Gisburn  Park,  (having 
removed  thither  after  the  death  of  Sir  John  Assheton).  He  was 
born  October  8th,  and  baptized  at  Gisburn,  October  13th,  l688. 
He  was  member  of  parliament  for  the  borough  of  Clitheroc  in 
Lancashire  for  many  sessions,  from  171O  till  his  death  He  died 
at  Gisburn  Park,  and  was  buried  at  Gisburn,  May  22d,  17'15> 
having  married  Catherine,  daughter  and  coheir  of  Sir  Ralph 
Assheton,  of  Whalley  Abbey,  Bart.  She  was  buried  at  Gisburn/ 
August  30lh,  1728,  having  had  issue  by  him. 
First,  Thomas,  son  and  heir. 

Second,  Nathaniel  Lister,  of  Armitage  near  Lichfield,  Esq. 
He  was  born  October  8th,  and  baptized  January  21st,  1725.  He 
represented  Clitheroe  in  two  parliaments,  176J,  and  1708,  and 
■was  an  ingenious  man  of  a  literary  turn."^  He  died  at  Gisburn 
Park,  December  28th,  1793,  and  was  buried  at  Gisburn,  having 
married  Martha,  daughter  of  John  Fletcher,  of  I>ichficld,  Esq.  by 
whom  he  left  several  children  ;  viz.  first,  John,  lately  in  the  first 
regiment  of  dragoon  guards;  second,  Thomas,  ^  late  of  Emanuel 
college,  Cambridge ;  third,  Mary,  wife  of  Oldershaw  Clerk,  Esq.; 
fourth,  Catherine,  wife  of  Nugent  Dunbar,  Esq.;  fifth,  Martha  j 
sixth,  Charlotte,  m  ife  of  Augustus  Bulstrode,  Esq. 

Third,  Catherine,  baptized  at  Gisburn,  December  22d,  1718, 
buried  there  May  8th,  1732. 

Fourth,  Mary,  buried  at  Gisburn,  September  3d,  1750. 
Fifth,  Anne,  baptized  at  Gisburn,  May   22d,   1722,   buried 
there  February  10th,  1755. 

Thomas  Lister,  Esq.  son  and  heir,  of  Gisburn  Park,  w^as  born 
January  l'9th,  1/23,  and  baptized  at  Gisburn,  February  4lh.    He 

c  See  a  poem  addressed  to  him  by  Miss  Seward,  on  having  read  his 
verses  in  MS.  in  her  Poems,  edited  by  Walter  Scott,  vol    ii.  p.  333. 

il  Miss  Seward  mentions  that,  "  Hii  second  son  has  given  to  the  public 
prints  repeated  proofs  of  his  fine  poetic  talents.''    Ibid. 


LORD  RIBBLESDALE.  5g\ 

represented  Clitheroe  in  parliament,  1/47,  ^754,  and  1761  ,  and 
dying  November  2gth,  1761,  set.  thirty-nine,  was  buried  at  Gis- 
burn,  December  6th,  having  married  at  Dovvnham  com.  Lan- 
caster, on  September  3d,  17-18,  Beatrix,  daughter  of  Jesop  Hulton, 
Esq.  of  Hulton  Park  com.  Lancaster.  She  was  also  buried  at 
Gisburn,  December,  1774-     By  her  he  had  issue. 

First,  Thomas,  now  Lord  Ribblesdale. 

Second,  Beatrix,  born  November  2oth,  baptized  at  Gisburn, 
December  23d,  1749,  married,  at  Giggleswick,  November  I4th, 
1778.  to  John  Parker,  Esq.  of  Browsholme,  formerly  member  of 
parliament  fur  Clitheroe. 

Third,  Catherine,  born  August  5th,  1754,  baptized  at  Gis- 
burn the  same  day,  and  buried  at  Gisbarn,  September  14thj 
1762. 

Thomas  Lister,  son  and  heir,  of  Gisburn  Park,  now  Lord 
Ribblesdale,  was  born  March  11th,  1752,  and  baptized  at  Gis- 
burn the  same  dayj  and  represented  Clitheroe  in  parliament  from 
1774-  till  1796,  soon  after  which  his  Majesty  was  pleased  to  raise 
him  to  the  Peerage,  October  20th,  1797>  by  the  title  of  Baroic 
Ribblesdale,  ofGhhurii  Park  in  the  county  of  York.  His  Lord- 
ship is  colonel  of  the  Craven  Legion  of  yeomanry. 

His  Lordship  married,  in  1789,  Rebecca,  daughter  of  Josepfi 
Fielding,  Esq.  of  Ireland,  by  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Christopher 
Jackson,  Esq.  of  Nottinghamshire,  and  by  her  has  issue, 

First,  Thomas,  son  and  heir  apparent,  born  January  23d, 
1790. 

Second,  Catherine,  born  December  23d,  1/93. 

Third,  Rebecca  Adelaide,  born  August  31st,  ISOO. 

Title.  Thomas  Lister,  Lord  Ribblesdale,  of  Gisburn  Park  la 
Yorkshire. 

Creation.     By  patent,  October  26th,  \yQ7. 

Arms.     Ermine,  on  a  fess,  sable,  three  mullets,  or. 

Crest.  A  bucks  head,  parti  per  fess,  proper  and  or,  with  a 
crescent  on  it. 

Supporters.     See  the  wood-cut. 

Motto.     Retinens  vestigia  famae. 

Chief  Seat.     Gisburn  Park,  '^  Yorkshire. 


e  "  Gisburn  Park,"  says  Dr.  Whitaker  in  his  Cravtn,  p.  jij,  "  is  beauti- 
fully situated  at  th»  conduence  of  the  Ribbleand  the  Stockbeckj  and  the 


5ij2  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

house,  with  much  simplicity,  has  a  very  elegant  and  pleasing  effect.  The 
noble  owner  may  congratulate  himself  on  the  possession  of  two  residences 
admirably  adapted  to  the  varieties  of  our  climate ;  for  if  an  epicure  in  air  and 
weather,  were  permitted  to  make  his  own  choice  in  Craven,  he  could  scarcely 
be  better  accommodated  than  by  the  warm  and  sheltered  air  of  Stockbeck  in 
winter,  and  the  keen  and  invigorating  atmosphere  of  Malmater  in  its  proper 
season.  The  rare  and  subtle  element  which  we  respire  on  all  great  elevations, 
when  combined  with  vigorous  exercise,  is  a  luxury  of  the  purest  kind,  with 
which  the  inhabitants  of  level  countries  have  no  acquaintance,''  &c. 


I 


LORD  SEAFORTH.  593 


MACKENZIE,  LORD  SEAFORTH. 

Among  the  raany  brave  Scotsmen  who  signalized  themselves  for 
the  service  of  their  country  at  the  battle  of  the  Largs  in  1263, 
there  was  a  foreigner,  one  Colin,  or  Col  in  as  Fitzgerald,  son  to 
the  Earl  of  Kildare,  or  Desmond,  of  the  kingdom  of  Ireland, 
whose  courage  and  valour  on  that  occasion  was  so  singularly  re- 
markable, that  King  Alexander  took  him  into  his  special  protec- 
tion, and  was  afterwards  pleased  to  bestow  upon  him  the  lands 
of  Kintail  in  Rosshire,  pro  bono  et  Jideli  servitio,  tarn  ifi  hello 
quam  in  pace ;  and  to  be  held  by  him  in  lileram  haroniam,  as 
the  original  charter  bears,  dated  from  Kincardine,  January  9th, 
1266.  ^ 

According  to  Dr.  George  Mackenzie,  who  has  written  a  full 
and  elaborate  history  of  this  noble  family,  he  married  a  dauc^hter 
of  Walter,  Lord  High  Steward  of  Scotland,  by  whom  he  had  a 
son, 

Kenneth,  who  succeeded  him,  and  dying  at  his  castle  of 
Island-Donan,  was  buried  in  the  famous  monastery  of  Icolmkill 
in  1278. 

His  son,  Kenneth,  second  Baron  9/ Kintail,  married  Morbae 


a  "  Original  charter  of  the  lands  of  Kintail,  by  King  Alexander  III.  to 
this  Colino  Hybernio,  is  in  the  hands  of  the  Earl  of  Seaforth,  and  was  kindly 
communicated  to  me  by  that  noble  Lord  and  excellent  antiquary  the  Earl  of 
Cromarty,  who  wrote  an  essay  on  his  own  name  and  family  of  the  Mac- 
kenzies,  which  is  in  many  hands  in  MS.  The  most  exact  copy  I  have  seen 
of  these  memoirs,  is  in  the  custody  of  Mr.  John  Mackenzie,  of  Delvin,  who 
very  civilly  gave  me  the  perusal  of  it,  and  allowed  me  to  take  notes  from  it." 
Crawfurd. 

VOL.  VIII.  2  a 


594.  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

Macdowal;  daughter  of  Alexander,  Lord  of  Lorn,  and  dying  1304, 
left 

Kenneth,  third  Baron  of  Kintail,  his  successor,  who  in  the 
Gaelic  (the  language  then  used)  was  called  Kenneth  Mackenneth, 
or  the  son  of  Kenneth.  This  in  English  came  to  be  called  Mac- 
henny,  or  Macketizie,  and  from  him  all  the  Mackenzies  in  Scot- 
land are  descended.  He  was  a  great  loyalist,  and  a  firm  friend  of 
King  Robert  Bruce,  and  behaved  gallantly  at  the  battle  of  Ban- 
nochburn  in  1314.  He  died  1328,  having  married  Margaret, 
daughter  of  David  de  Strabolgie,  Earl  of  Athol,  by  whom  he  had 

Kenneth  Mackenzie,  ybwr/A  B^fon  of  Kintail,  who  married 
Fingala,  daughter  of  Rorie  Macleod,  of  Lewis,  by  whom  he  had 
Murdoch,  his  son  and  heir. 

He  had  also  a  natural  son  called  Murdoch  Beach,  from  whom 
several  of  the  name  of  Mackenzie  are  descended. 

This  Kenneth,  at  the  instigation  of  the  Earl  of  Ross,  was 
murdered  at  Perth  in  the  flower  of  his  age,  when  he  was  going 
to  join  King  David  Bruce  in  his  expedition  to  England,  1346. 
He  was  succeeded  by  his  son 

Murdoch,  ffth  Baron  of  Kintail,  wlio  married  Isabel, 
daughter  of  Murdoch  Mac  Aula,  by  whom  he  got  the  lands  of 
Lochbroom,  &c.  and  by  her  had  a  son,  Murdoch,  his  heir. 

He  had  also  three  other  sons.  Hector,  Duncan,  and  Alexander, 
from  whom  several  of  the  name  of  Mackenzie  are  descended. 
He  died  13/5,  and  was  succeeded  by  his  eldest  son 
Murdoch,  sixth  Baron  of  Kintail,  who  married  Fenvola, 

daughter  of Macleod,  of  Herries,  and  died  1416,  leaving 

a  son, 

Alexander,  seventh  Baron  of  Kintail,  his  heir  and  successor 
in  descent,  who  in  the  reign  of  King  James  IJL  was  loukcd  on  as 
a  wise  and  prudent  man.  It  was  to  his  conduct  and  courage  the 
reducing  of  that  formidable  rebel,  John,  Earl  of  Ross,  was  in  a 
great  part  owing  :  for  which  acceptable  service  he  had  a  grant 
from  the  crown,  of  the  lands  of  Strachonnan,  Stragarvie,  and 
several  other  of  the  Earl's  lands,  by  a  charter  under  the  great 
seal,  September  /th,  14/7.  '^  By  Agnes,  his  first  wife,  daughter 
of  Colin,  Earl  of  Argyle,  he  had  Sir  Kenneth,  his  heir. 

And  by  his  second  wife,  a  lady  of  the  Macdougals,  he  had 
two  younger  sons,  Duncan  and  Hector;  of  the  first  did  ihe  Mac- 
kenzies of  Logic  and  Hilton  descend,  and  of  the  other  sprang  the 

Crawfurd. 


LORD  SEAFORTH.  SQS 

branch  of  the  Mackenzies  of  Garloch,  all  in  the  county  of  Ross. 
He  died  in  an  advanced  age,  1488,  and  was  succeeded  by  his 
eldest  son, 

Sir  Kenneth,  eighth  Baron  of  Kintail,  who  had  the  honour 
of  knighthood  conferred  upon  him  by  King  James  IV,  and  being 
a  man  of  talents  and  resolution,  greatly  contributed  to  the  civi- 
lizing the  northern  parts  of  the  kingdom.  He  died  about  1506, 
or  150/,  leaving  issue  by  Agnes  his  wife,  daughter  of  Hugh, 
Lord  Lovat, 

First,  John,  his  heir. 

Second,  Alexander,  of  whom  came  the  branch  of  Davach- 
mulnack. 

Third,  Roderick,  the  root  of  the  Mackenzies  of  Achilty,  and 
their  descendants. 

Fourth,  Kenneth,  of  whom  issued  the  families  of  Buddy,  Ord, 
and  Inveraiell.  "^ 

Likewise  two  daughters ;  Agnes,  married  to  Roderick  Mac- 
leod,  of  the  Lewis  j  and  Catherine,  married  to  Hector  Munro,  of 
Foulis. 

John  Mackenzie,  ninth  Baron  of  Kintail,  wasj  for  his  great 
wisdom  and  knowledge,  taken  by  King  James  V.  into  the  number 
of  his  privy-council,  and  much  favoured  and  esteemed  by  him. 
He  narrowly  escaped  at  the  battle  of  Flodden,  1513,  and  though 
an  old  man,  fought  gallantly  at  the  battle  of  Pinkie,  154/.  He 
died  before  1 554. 

He  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  the  Laird  of  Grant,  and 
had 

Kenneth,  his  successor,  who  married  Lady  Elizabeth  Stewart, 
daughter  of  John,  second  Earl  of  Athole.     By  her  he  had. 

First,  Colin,  his  son  and  heir;  and. 

Second,  Roderick,  who  was  the  ancestor  of  the  Mackenzies 
of  Reidcastle  and  Kincraig, 

Likewise  sundry  daughters ;  Janet,  married  to  Alexander 
Macdonald,  of  Glengary,  and  again  to  Alexander  Chisolm,  of 
Comer  J*!   Agnes,   to   Lauchlan   Mackintosh,   of  Dunachtanej^ 

Margaret,  to  Sir  Walter  Innes,  of  that  ilk ; to  David 

Ross,  of  Balnagown  ;   Elizabeth,  to  Walter  Urquhart,  of  Cro- 
marty, ''  and  had  issue. 

c  Crawfurd. 
d  Charta  in  Pub.  Arch,  ad  annum,  157':.  "^  Ibid- 

Ibid, 


596  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

And  departing  this  life  June  6th,  1568,  was  succeeded  by 

Colin,  his  son,  who  in  the  reign  of  Queen  Mary,  after  the 
troubles  broke  out,  adhered  firmly  to  that  unfortunate  Princess. 
was  on  her  behalf  at  the  battle  of  Langside,  for  which  he  was 
obliged  to  take  a  remission  from  the  regent ;  but  upon  King 
James's  accepting  the  government  on  himself,  he  chose  this  gen- 
tleman to  be  of  his  privy-council,  and  committed  the  quelling  of 
several  insurrections  in  the  Highlands  to  him,  which  he  performed 
with  courage,  dexterity,  and  success.  He  married,  first,  Barbara, 
daughter  of  John  Grant,  of  that  ilk,  s  by  whom  he  had. 

First,  Kenneth,  thereafter  Lord  Kintail. 

Second,  Sir  Roderick  Mackenzie,  of  Tarbat,  ancestor  to  the 
Earls  of  Cromarty. 

Third,  Colin,  of  whom  the  branch  of  Kinnock.  •* 

Fourth,  Alexander,  ancestor  to  the  Mackenzies,  of  Kelroy. 

Also   three  daughters;    first,   Margaret,   married   to  Simon, 

Lord  Lovat  3  second, ,  to  Lauchlan  Maclean,  of  Dowart ; 

third, ,  to  Sir  Donald  Macdonald,  of  Slate,  but  had  no 

issue. 

His  second  wife  was  Mary,  daughter  of Mackenzie,  of 

Davachmulanack.     By  her  he  had  a  son. 

Fifth,  Alexander,  of  whom  the  Mackenzies  of  Applecross, 
Cowl,  and  Assint,  are  descended. ' 

And  departing  this  life  June  14th,  15g4,  ^  was  succeeded  by 

Kenneth,  his  son,  _first  Peer,  who  being  a  person  of  great 
spirit  and  courage,  and  of  a  fair  fortune,  his  Majesty,  King  James 
VL  was  pleased  to  raise  him  to  the  honour  of  the  peerage  by  the 
title  of  Lord  Mackerizie,  of  Kintail,  on  November  igth,  1609, 
and  giving  way  to  fite  in  March,  1611, '  he  left  issue  by  Anne, 
his  first  wife,  daughter  of  George  Ross,  of  Balnagown, 
First,  Colin,  his  successor,  first  Earl. 
Second,  John,  of  Lochlyne,  died  s.  p.  m. 
Also  two  daughters  ;   Barbara,  married  to  Donald,  Lord  Rae, 
and  Janet,  to  Sir  Donald  Macdonald,  of  Slate,  Bart,  and  had 
issue. 

Also  by  Isabel,  his  second  wife,  daughter  of  Gilbert  Ogilvie> 
of  Powrie,  he  had 

Third,  George,  thereafter  Earl  of  Seaforth. 

s  Earl  of  Cromarty's  Essay  on  the  family  of  Seaforth. 

h  Ibid.  i  Ibid. 

k  Charta  in  Cancel.   S.D.N.  R.  1  Ibid. 


LORD  SEAFORTH.  597 

Fourth,  Thomas  Mackenzie,  of  Pluscarty. 

Fifth,  Simon  Mackenzie,  of  Lochslin,  the  father  of  Sir  Geoige 
Mackenzie,  of  Rosehaugh,  King's  advocate. 

And  a  daughter,  Sibilla,  married  to  John  Macleod,  of  that 
ilk.  \ 

Colin,  second  Lord  AlacJcenzie,  being  a  nobleman  of  great 
parts  and  signal  loyalty,  was  by  the  special  favour  of  King  James 
VI.  honoured  with  the  title  ot  Earl  of,Seaforth,  by  letters  patent, 
bearing  date  December  3d,  l6'i3.  ™ 

*  He  married  Margaret,  daughter  of  Alexander,  Earl  ofDun- 
fermling,  by  whom  he  had 

Two  daughters ;  Jane,  married,  first,  to  John,  Lord  Berin- 
dale,  by  whom  she  was  mother  of  George,  fifth  Earl  of  Caith- 
ness} and  after  to  Alexander,  Lord  Duffus  3  and  Anne,  to  Alex- 
ander, Earl  of  Balcarras,  and  again  to  Archibald,  Earl  of  Argyle. 

And  dying  without  sons,  on  April  15th,  l633,  " 

George,  his  brother  of  the  half  blood,  succeeded  him  in  his 
estate  and  honour  as  second  Earl  of  Seaforth.  This  noble  Earl, 
for  his  firm  adherence  to  King  Charles  L  had  his  estate  seques- 
trated, and  himself  excommunicated,  and  forced  to  leave  the 
kingdom.  After  the  murder  of  the  King,  he  repaired  to  his  JNIa- 
jesty  King  Charles  IL  while  he  sojourned  in  Holland,  who  re- 
ceived him  graciously,  and  made  him  principal  secretary  of  state 
for  Scotland  3  in  which  honourable,  though  not  at  that  time  very 
profitable  employment,  he  died,  anno  1651."^ 

He  married  Barbara,  daughter  of  Arthur,  ninth  Lord  Forbes, 
by  whom  he  had. 

First,  Kenneth,  his  son  and  heir. 

Second,  Mr.  Colin  Mackenzie  5  "  the  father,"  says  Crawfurd, 
"  of  my  excellent  friend  the  learned  Dr.  George  Mackenzie,  who 
hath  already  obliged  the  world  with  two  volumes  of  a  biography 
of  his  learned  countrymen  3  for  whose  great  worth  and  virtues  I 


m  Charta  in  Cancel.    S.D.  N.  R.  m  Ibid- 

o  Memoirs  of  the  family  of  Seaforth,  in  the  dedication  to  the  Lord  Sea- 
forth, by  Dr.  George  Mackenzie,  in  his  first  volume  of  his  Biography, 
"  who,''  says  Crawfurd,  "  I  am  hopeful  will  oblige  the  nation,  by  writing 
at  large  the  memoirs  of  this  noble  family,  of  which  he  lias  the  honour  to  de- 
rive his  descent,  and  which  I  know  the  Doctor  is  so  well  supplied  with  ma- 
terials for,  and  for  that  very  reason  I  have  been  the  less  particular  in  my  ac- 
count of  this  noble  family,  than  perhaps  I  might  have  been,  presuming  that 
that  more  exact  work  of  his  will  in  due  time  be  communicated  to  the  world." 
Crawfurd. 


598  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

have  that  esteem  which  he  has  from  all  the  lovers  of  his  country, 
and  very  deservedly." 

Kenneth,  third  Earl  of  Seaforth,  his  son,  was  very  eminent  in 
his  loyalty  to  King  Charles  II.  during  the  usurpation  j  for  he  was 
so  far  from  being  discouraged  by  the  sufferings  of  his  father  for  the 
royal  family,  that  he  did  very  firmly  adhere  to,  and  support  the 
royal  cause  as  long  as  there  was  any  to  appear  in  the  field  for  itj 
and  when  he  was  obliged  to  submit  to  the  powers  that  then  pre- 
vailed, he  was  committed  to  prison,  where  with  great  constancy 
and  firmness  of  mind,  he  endured  a  long  and  tedious  imprison- 
ment, till  he  was  relieved  by  the  restoration  of  the  King. 

He  married  Isabel,  daughter  of  Sir  John  Mackenzie,  of  Tar- 
bat,  and  departing  this  life  in  the  month  of  December,  16/8,  left 
issue  by  his  wife  aforesaid. 

First,  Kenneth,  his  successor. 

Second,  John  Mackenzie,  of  Assint;  and. 

Third,  Colonel  Alexander  Mackenzie,  grandfather  of  the  pre- 
sent peer. 

Likewise  four  daughters ;  Lady  Margaret,  married  to  James, 
Lord  Duffus ;  Lady  Anne  j  Lady  Isabel,  to  Roderick  Macleod, 
of  that  ilk,  but  had  no  issue  ;  and  again  to  Sir  Duncan  Campbell, 
of  Lochenell  j  Lady  M^ary,  to  Alexander  Macdonald,  of  Glengary, 
and  had  issue. 

Kenneth, yoM7-^/^  Earl  of  Seaforth,  was  one  of  the  lords  of 
the  privy-council  to  King  James  VII.  by  whom  he  was  chosen 
one  of  the  knights  companions  of  the  most  noble  Order  of  the 
Thistle,  anno  168/,  which  that  Prince  was  then  pleased  to  re- 
vive. 

Upon  the  revolution,  when  his  unfortunate  master  was  forced 
to  retire  into  France,  and  thence  into  Ireland,  the  Earl  soon  fol- 
lowed him  thither  J  at  which  time  King  James  created  hira  a 
Marquis.  He  married  the  Lady  Frances  Herbert,  daughter  of 
William,  Marquis  of  Powis,  of  the  kingdom  of  England,  by  whom 
he  had 

William,  his  successor. 

And  a  daughter,  Mary,  married  to Caryll,  Esq. 

And  dying  in  January,  17OI,  was  succeeded  in  his  estate  and 
honour  by 

William,  his  son,  the  fifth  Earl,  who  being  engaged  in  the 
rebellion  of  1/15,  forfeited  his  estate  and  honours  to  the  crown. 

He  made  his  escape  to  France,  where  he  remained  till  King 
George  1,  granted  him  a  pardouj  1726,  on  which  he  returned  to 


LORD  SEAFORTH.  5g9 

Scotland,  and  spent  the  reniainder  of  his  days  in  a  quiet  retire- 
ment. He  died  17'iO^  having  married  Mary,  only  daughter  and 
heiress  of  Nicholas  Kennet,  of  Coxhow  in  Northumberland,  Esq. 
by  whom  he  had  three  sons. 

First,  Kenneth,  Lord  Fortrose. 

Second,  Ronald,  who  died  unmarried. 

Third,  Nichol  Mackenzie,  Esq. 

Fourth,  Lady  Frances,  married  to  John,  representative  of  the 
family  of  Kenmure,  and  had  issue. 

Kenneth,  Lord  Fortrose,  eldest  son  of  Earl  William,  had  it 
not  been  for  his  father's  attainder,  would  have  been  sixth  Earl  of 
Seaforth. 

He  was  elected  member  of  parliament  for  the  boroughs  of 
Fortrose,  &c.  in  1/41,  and  for  the  county  of  Ross  in  174/,  and 
1754. 

He  married  Lady  Mary  Stewart,  daughter  of  Alexander,  Earl 
of  Galloway ;  by  whom  he  had  Kenneth,  his  heir,  and  six 
daughters  5  Margaret,  Mary,  Agnes,  Catherine,  Frances,  and 
Euphemia. 

His  Lordship  dying  17(52,  was  succeeded  by  his  only  son, 

Kenneth,  who  was  raised  to  the  Irish  Peerage,  October  2Sth, 
1766,  by  the  title  of  ^5coMwf  For^roje,  and  farther  advanced  to 
be  Earl  of  Seaforth,  November  22d,  1771'  He  married,  October 
7th,  1755,  Lady  Caroline  Stanhope,  daughter  of  William,  second 
Earl  of  Harrington,  who  died  March  24th,  1767,  leaving  an  only 
daughter  by  him. 

Lady  Caroline,  who  became  his  heir. 

His  Lordship  dying  1781,  without  male  issue,  his  titles  became 
extinct ;  and  his  estates  descended  to  his  next  collateral  heir  male, 
the  present  peer. 

Colonel  Alexander  Mackenzie,  already  mentioned,  third  son 
of  Kenneth,  third  Earl  of  Seaforth,  by  Isabel,  daughter  of  Sir 
John  Mackenzie,  of  Tarbat,  was  father  of 

Major Mackenzie,  who  married  Mary,  daughter  of 

Matthew  Humberston,  Esq.  by  whom  he  had  issue  four  daughters 
and  two  sons ;  viz.  first,  Frances-Cerjet,  married  to  Sir  Vicary 
Gibbs,  Knight,  attorney-general  5  second,  Maria-Rebecca,  mar- 
ried to  Alexander  Mackenzie,  Esq.;  third,  Elizabeth j  fourth, 
Helen,  married  Colonel  Alexander  Mackenzie. 

The  sons  were, 

First,  Thomas  Frederick  Humberston  Mackenzie. 

Second,  Francis  Humberston  Mackenzie,  pre5e?z^ peer, 


600  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

Colonel  Thomas  Frederick  Humbesston  Mackenzie,  eldest 
son,  not  long  after  the  breaking  out  of  the  American  war,  raised 
a  Highland  regiment,  and  was  sent  to  Jersey ;  but  this  being  a 
scene  too  inactive  for  his  enterprizing  genius,  he  obtained  leave 
to  raise  a  regiment  for  the  East  Indies,  which  he  performed  in  a 
few  months,  and  embarked  with  his  battalion  in  the  spring  of 
178I.  As  soon  as  he  arrived  in  India,  he  obtained  a  separate 
command  on  the  Malabar  coast ;  where  he  displa)'ed  great  mili- 
tary genius,  and  executed  important  services  to  the  company.  But 
on  his  return,  1782,  from  Bombay  to  the  southern  part  of  the 
coast,  by  sea  in  a  small  vessel,  he  fell  in  with  a  squadron  of  Ma- 
ihatta  ships,  by  whom  the  little  vessel  was  soon  overpowered,  though 
not  till  after  a  gallant  but  rash  resistance,  in  which  he  received 
wounds  of  which  he  died.  "  Too  much  cannot  be  said  in  praise 
of  a  person  who  promised  to  be  the  ornament  of  his  family;  and 
a  most  useful  member  of  the  state  j  and  no  panegyric  is  neces- 
sary, but  the  transactions  in  which  he  had  been  engaged.  These 
may  be  considered,  as  an  earnest  of  greater  future  exploits,  to 
which  his  aspiring  and  enterprizing  genius  would  naturally  have 
carried  him,  and  to  which  his  high  rank  would  have  entitled  him 
in  more  mature  life.  If  we  were  to  look  for  a  character  in  that 
war,  parallel  to  that  of  General  Wolfe  in  the  former  war,  it  may 
be  questioned,  if  we  could  find  any  thing  more  resembling  it,  than 
that  of  Colonel  Humberston."  p 

His  only  brother,  Francis  Humberston  Mackenzie,  now 
Lord  Seaforth,  succeeded  him  in  the  estates.  He  was  born 
June  9th,  1754,  and  having  raised  a  regiment  at  the  beginning  of 
the  late  war,  and  in  consideration  of  the  ancient  titles  of  his 
family,  was  raised  to  the  Peerage  October  26th,  I797i  by  the  title 
of  Baron  Seaforth,  of  Klntail  in  the  county  of  Ross. 

His  Lordship  was  raised  to  the  rank  of  major-general  I8O23 
and  of  lieutenant-general  1808. 

In  1800,  he  went  out  governor  to  Barbadoesj  and  since  to 
Demarara  and  Berbice. 

He  is  also  lord-lieutenant  of  Rosshire. 

His  Lordship  married  Mary,  daughter  of  the  late  Rev.  Baptist 
Proby,  dean  of  Lichfield,  uncle  to  the  Earl  of  Carysfort,  by  whom 
he  has  issue. 

First,  William  Frederick. 

P  Sec  his  character  in  the  New  Annual  Register.'vol.  v.  p.  49,  of  Cha- 
racters 


LORD  SEA  FORTH.  60l 

Second,  George  Levcson  Boucherett, 

Third,  Francis-John,  a  midshipman,  lately  in  the  Mediterra- 
nean. 

Fourth,  Mary. 

Fifth,  Frederica-Elizabeth,  married,  1804,  Admiral  Sir  Samuel 
Hood,  K.  B.  &c. 

Sixth,  Frances  Catherine. 

Seventh,  Caroline. 

Eighth,  Charlotte-Elizabeth, 

Ninth,  Augusta-Anne. 

Title.  Francis  Humberston  Mackenzie,  Lord  Seaforth,  of 
Kintail  in  Rosshire. 

Creation.     By  patent,  October  26th,  1797* 

Arms.     Azure,  a  deer's  head  cabossed,  or. 

Supporters.    Two  savages  with  clubs,  burning  on  the  top. 

Crest.     A  mountain  in  a  flame. 

Motto.      LUCEO  NON  URO. 

Chief  Scat.     Brahan  Castle,  Rosshire. 


602 


PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 


SCOTT,  LORD  ELDON. 


The  present  illustrious  peer  owes  his  elevation  to  the  law,  the 
fountain  from  whence  so  many  other  great  families  have  sprung. 
The  names  of  Bacon,  Hyde,  Somers,  Yorke,  and  Murray,  are 
alone  sufficient  to  cover  this  source  with  unfading  rays  of  glory. 
Nor  probably  will  Lord  Eldon  be  sooner  forgotten  in  the  legal 
annals  of  his  country. 

William  Scott,  a  merchant  of  Newcastle-upon-Tyne,  in 
Northumberland,  whose  widow  died  July  18th,  1800,  aged 
ninety-two,  had  three  sonsj  first,  Henry,  a  merchant  at  New- 
castle ;  second.  Sir  William;   third,  John,  the  present  peer. 

Sir  William  Scott,  second  son,  who  presides  over  the  courts 
of  admiralty  with  such  distinguished  talents  and  integrity,  was 
educated  at  University  College,  Oxford,  of  which  he  became 
Fellow ;  and  where  he  obtained  great  reputation,  and  took  the 
degree  of  LL.  D.and  was  appointed  Camden  Professor  of  His- 
tory, in  which  Gibbon  has  borne  testimony,  that  "  his  lectures 
would  compose,  were  they  given  to  the  public,  a  most  valuable 
treatise."  He  has  since  arrived  at  the  highest  eminence  in  the 
civil  law,  in  which  he  has  for  many  years  filled  the  impoitant 
office  of  Judge  of  the  High  Court  of  Admiralty,  where 
his  decisions  have  acquired  universal  applause.  He  also  repre- 
sents the  University  of  Oxford  in  parliament.  He  married  Miss 
Bagenal,  of  Berkshire  :  by  her,  who  died  September  4th,  I8O9,  he 
has  a  daughter,  married  to  Colonel  Townshend,  of  Honington  in 
Warwickshire,  and  also  sons. 

Sir  John  Scott,  now  Lord  Eldon,  was  born  about  1750, 


LORD  ELDON.  603 

educated  at  the  University  of  Oxford,  where  he  earlv  discovered 
his  talents  and  acquirements  j  and  thence  removed  to  the  Middle 
Temple  to  study  the  law,  where  having  been  called  to  the  bar, 
though  it  was  sometime  before  his  merits  became  known,  yet  as 
soon  as  an  opportunity  occurred  of  displaying  his  talents,  he  made 
a  rapid  progress  at  the  Chancery  bar,  and  particularly  attracted 
the  notice  and  countenance  of  Lord  Chancellor  Thurlow.  He 
was  soon  rewarded  with  a  silk  gown,  and  brought  into  parliament 
for  the  borough  of  Vv''eobley  com.  Hereford  ;  and  afterwards  for 
Eoroughbridge. 

In  1/88,  he  was  appointed  Solicitor-General  j  and  in 
1793,  succeeded  Sir  Archibald  Macdonald  as  Attorney-Ge- 
neral. 

In  1799>  ^^  was  appointed  Chief  Justice  of  the  Common 
Pleas  ;  and  raised  to  the  peerage  by  the  title  of  Lord  Eldon,  o/~ 
Eldon  in  the  county  of  Durham,  by  patent  dated  July  18th  of  that 
year. 

In  1801,  he  was  appointed  Lord  High  Chancellor,  which 
he  resigned  in  1806^  and  to  which  he  was  again  appointed  in 
ISO7,  on  the  resignation  of  Lord  Erskine. 

It  is  most  ditficult  to  speak  of  those  who  are  living  without 
being  suspected  of  flattery  or  detraction.  When  this  virtuous  and 
acute-minded  man  descends  to  the  grave,  the  page  of  the  histo- 
rian and  biographer  will  speak  of  him  in  the  glowing  colours  which 
he  deserves,  unchecked  by  the  fear  of  being  censured  for  adula- 
tion. Of  all  who,  in  the  long  lapse  of  ages,  have  filled  the  sacred 
seat,  on  which  he  now  sits,  none  ever  had  purer  hands,  none  ever 
had  a  conscientious  desire  of  equity  more  ardent  and  incessant 
than  Lord  Eldon.  The  amazing  expanse  of  his  views,  the  inex- 
pressible niceness  of  his  discrimination,  his  unrelaxing  anxiety  to 
do  justice  in  every  individual  case,  the  kindness  of  his  heart,  and 
the  ductility  of  his  ideas,  all  insure  that  attention  to  ever}-  suitor, 
which  must  necessarily  obtain  the  unbounded  admiration  and  at- 
tachment of  the  virtuous  and  the  wise.  If  there  are  those,  to 
whose  interests  a  more  expeditious,  more  rash,  and  venturous, 
and  less  sparing  mode  of  dispatching  the  decisions  of  the  court 
would  be  more  consonant,  it  only  shews  that  in  this  frail  world 
there  are  men,  to  whom  a  nice  and  sublime  virtue  is  less  pleasing, 
than  a  coarser  or  more  common-place  and  unfeeling  line  of  con- 
duct. Lord  Eldon's  eloquence  is  rather  adapted  to  cultivated  and 
thinking  minds,  than  to  a  popular  audience.  It  generally  addresses 
the  understanding  rather  than  the  fancy.     It  frequently  wants 


604  LORD  ELDON. 

fluency  j  but  occasionally  is  tinged  with  a  high  degree  of  moral 
pathos.  ' 

His  Lordship  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Aubone  Surtees, 
of  Newcastle-upon-Tyne,  Esq.  by  whom  he  has  had  issue. 

First,  John  Scott,  M.  P.  for  Boroughbridge,  married,  August 
22d,  1804,  Miss  Ridley,  only  daughter  of  Sir  Matthew  White 
Ridley,  Bart,  by  whom  he  had  issue  John,  born  in  December, 
1805.  He  died  December  24th,  1805,  and  his  widow  re-married 
in ,  1811, Farrer,  Esq.  of  Elthara  in  Kent. 

Second,  Elizabeth. 

Third,  William  Henry. 

Fourth,  Frances. 

Titles.  John  Scott,  Knt.  Lord  Eldon,  Lord  High  Chancellor 
of  England. 

Creation.     By  patent  July  18th,  1799. 

Arms.  Argent,  three  lions  heads  erased,  gules,  between  the 
two  at  top  an  anchor,  sable  j  on  a  chief  wavy,  azure,  a  portcullis 
with  chain,  or  ;  a  mullet  for  difference. 

Crest.  A  lion's  head  erased,  gules,  charged  on  the  neck  with 
a  portcullis  chained,  or,  and  a  mullet,  argent. 

Supporters.  Two  lions  guardant,  proper,  gorged  with  a  port- 
cullis and  chained,  or,  with  a  shield,  argent,  charged  with  a  circle 
of  laurel  leaves,  vert. 

Motto.     Sed  sine  labe  decus. 

Chief  Seat.     Newby  Park,  Yorkshire. 

a  See  a  high  panegyric  on  him,  concordant  with  the  opinions  here  ex- 
tracted from  the  Biographical  Peerage,  in  a  speech  of  Sir  Samuel  Romilly,  in  a 
debate  in  the  House  of  Commons  in  the  early  part  of  the  present  year,  181 1. 


LORD  FITZGIBBON. 


60: 


FITZGIBBON,  LORD  FITZGIBBON. 

(EARL  OF  CLARE  IN  IRELAND. J 


John  Fitzgtbbon,  Esq.  an  eminent  lawyer  at  the  Irish  bar,  died 
April  nth,  178O,  aged  seventy-two,  having  had  by  the  daughter 
of  John  Grove,  Esq.  of  Ballihimock,  two  sons  and  three  daughters. 

Arabella,  married  James  St.  John  Jeffries,  Esq.  of  Blarney- 
Castle. 

Elizabeth,  married  June  12th,  1763,  the  Hon.  William  Beres- 
ford,  archbishop  of  Tuam. 

Eleanor,  married  Dominick  Trant,  Esq. 

The  other  son  died  young. 

John  Fitzgibbon,  only  surviving  son,  first  Lokd  Fitz- 
GiBBON,  and  Earl  of  Clare,  was  born  1749,  educated  at  the  uni- 
versities of  Dublin  and  Oxford,  and  afterwards  entered  upon  the 
study  of  the  law,  of  which  profession  he  became  the  great  orna- 
ment in  his  native  country. 

In  1784,  he  was  appointed  Attorney-General  on  the  ele- 
vation of  Mr.  Scott  to  the  Bench,  and,  on  the  decease  of  Lord 
Chancellor  LifFord,  1789,  he  was  appointed  Lokd  Chancellor 
OF  Ireland,  and  was  raised,  on  June  l6th,  1789,  to  the  dignity 
of  the  peerage  by  the  title  of  Baron  Fitxgihhon  of  Lower  Connello. 
To  these  dignities  were  added  the  titles  of  Viscount  Clare,  De- 
cember 20th,  1793,  and  Eartof  Clare,  June  10th,  \7Q5  ;  and  the 
English  Barony  o/'Fitzgibuon  of  Sidbxjry,  cow.  Devon,  Sep- 
tember 24th,  1709. 

In  the  elevated  situation  of  Chancellor,  he  uniformly  acted 
with  a  manly  decision  and  ability,  that  extorted  applau:.*  even 


606  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

from  his  political  adversaries;  he  banished  chicanery  and  unne- 
cessary delay  from  his  court,  and  was,  on  every  emergency,  the 
firm  and  undaunted  supporter  of  the  constitution  of  the  British 
realms.  But  these  exertions  were  too  much  for  his  strength.  He 
enjoyed  his  last  honours  scarcely  a  year  and  half. 

His  Lordship  had  been  for  some  time  in  a  declining  state  of 
health  before  his  death;  but  latterly,  his  disease  assumed  so 
alarming  an  aspect,  that  his  physicians  thought  proper  to  recom- 
mend a  more  genial  climate ;  and  in  conformity  with  this  recom- 
mendation, he  had  arrived  in  Dublin  from  his  country  scat  at 
Mountshannon  in  January,  1802,  designing  to  proceed  imme- 
diately to  Bath,  or  if  his  strength  permitted,  to  the  south  of 
France.  The  immediate  cause  of  his  death  was  the  loss  of  a  great 
quantity  of  blood  while  at  Mountshannon,  which  was  followed 
by  such  extreme  weakness,  that  upon  his  arrival  at  Dublin  on  the 
25th,  there  was  reason  to  fear  he  could  not  survive  the  ensuing 
day;  on  Wednesday  these  alarming  appearances  increased  so 
much,  that  upon  a  consultation  of  physicians  he  was  given  over. 
Even  on  being  made  acquainted  with  this  melancholy  truth,  the 
firmness  of  his  Lordship's  mind  did  not  forsake  him.  To  prevent 
any  impediment  to  the  public  business,  he  directed  the  law  officers 
to  be  called,  and  from  liis  bed  administered  to  them  the  necessary 
oaths.  Soon  after  his  Lordship  fell  into  lethargic  slumber,  and 
continued  motionless  until  Thursday,  January  28th,  when  he 
ceased  to  breathe. 

On  the  31st,  his  remains  were  interred  in  St.  Peter's  church, 
Dublin ;  the  gentlemen  of  the  law  to  the  number  of  six  hundred, 
and  seventy-four  of  the  nobility  and  gentry,  making  up  the  pro- 
cession. The  pall  was  borne  by  the  Marquis  of  Ely,  the  Earl  of 
Shannon,  and  the  Lords  Kilwarden  and  Tyrawley.  ^ 

It  cannot  be  denied  that  his  Lordship  was  a  man  of  superior 
talents,  and  great  vigour  of  mind  and  temper,  suited  to  the  trying 
crisis  in  which  he  acted  so  conspicuous  a  part  on  the  theatre  of 
public  affairs. 

His  Lordship  married,  July  1st,  1 786,  Miss  Whaley,  daughter 
of  Richard  Chapel  Whaley,  Esq.  of  Whaley-abbey  in  Ireland,  by 
whom  he  had  issue. 

First,  John,  present  peer. 

Second,  Richard  Hobart  Fitzgibbon,  born  October  2d,  1793, 
an  ensign  in  the  tirst  regiment  of  foot-guards, 

a  Gent.  Mag.  1802. 


LORD  FITZGIBBON.  607 

Third,  Isabella,  died  young. 
Fourth,  Lady  Isabella,  born  January  11th,  1795, 
John,  eldest  son,  second  Lord  Fitzgibbon,  and  second  Earl 
of  Clare,  was  born  June  10th,  ^79"^- 

Ttles.  John  Fitzgibbon,  Lord  Fitzgibbon,  of  Sidbury  in  De- 
vonshire j  also  Earl  and  Viscount  Clare,  and  Lord  Fitzgibbon  in 
Ireland. 

Creations.  Lord  Fitzgibbon  of  Sidbury  by  patent,  September 
24th,  1/99;  also  Baron  Fitzgibbon  of  Ireland,  June  l6th,  1789; 
Viscount  Clare,  December  20th,  1793)  and  Earl  of  Clare,  June 
10th,  1795. 

Arms.  Ermine,  a  saltier,  gules,  on  a  chief,  or,  three  annulets 
of  the  second. 

Crest.  A  boar  passant,  gules,  bristled,  or,  charged  on  the 
body  with  three  annulets,  or. 

Supporters.  On  the  dexter  a  lion,  gules;  on  the  sinister  a 
griffin,  argent. 

Motto.     Nil  admirari. 

Chief  Seat.     Mount  Shannon,  near  Limerick. 


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T.  Bensley,  Printer. 
B«it  Court,  Fleet  Street,  London , 


ADDENDA  ET  CORRIGENDA. 


LORD  ELIOT.— P.  3. 

P,  6.     The  Henourable  William  Eliot  married,  thirdly,  March 
7thj  1812,  Miss  Robinson,  daughter  of  General  Robinson. 


LORD  SOMERS,— P.  ig. 

P.  24.  Maria,  daughter  of  Thomas  Somers  Cocks,  banker, 
married.  May  11th,  1811,  Admiral  William  Hargood. 

P.  26,  27.     His  Lokdship's  issue  are. 

First,  Edward  Charles,  born  July  27th,  1786,  late  a  captain 
in  the  sixteenth  dragoons,  now  a  major  in  the  army. 

Second,  John  Somers,  born  March  19th,  1/87,  a  captain  in 
the  second  dragoon  guards. 

Thirds  James  Somers,  born  January  9th,  1 79O. 

Fourth,  Margaret  Maria,  born  August  6th,  1791. 

LORD  BORINGDON.— P.  28. 

P.  32.  His  Lordship  married,  secondly,  August  23d,  I8O9, 
Miss  Talbot,  descended  (as  I  am  informed)  from  the  Talbots  of 
Basham  in  Yorkshire,  for  whose  pedigree  see  Whitaker's  History 
of  Craven^  (second  edition,  just  published.) 

LORD  BERWICK.— P.  33. 

P.  38.  His  Lordship  married,  February  8thj  1812,  Miss 
Dubochet. 


LORD  DOUGLAS  OF  AMBRESBURY.— P.  58. 

P.  73.  James,  Lord  Douglas,  zvd  Duke  of  Queensberry, 
died  December23d,  1810,  aet,  eighty-six^  and  the  English  Peerage 
expired  with  him.      *^His  Grace  had  been  for  some  days  afflicted 

VOL.    VIII.  2  R 


610  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

with  a  severe  flux,  which  all  the  powers  of  medicine  could  not 
check.  He  was  appointed  Lord  of  the  Bedchamber  to  his 
Majesty  on  his  coming  to  the  throne;  but  in  consequence  of  the 
part  he  took  in  the  question  of  the  Regency  in  l/Sp,  his  name  is 
not  to  be  seen  in  the  Royal  Household  after  that  period.  He 
succeeded  to  the  Dukedom  of  Queensberry  in  1/78.  He  was 
never  married.  His  Grace  was  more  generally  known,  and  for  a 
much  longer  period,  than  any  of  his  cotemporaries;  and  though 
he  did  not  display  those  talents  which  naturally  attract  the  at- 
tention of  mankind,  he  never  ceased  from  his  first  appearance 
in  the  world  to  the  moment  when  he  left  it  for  ever,  to  be  an  ob- 
ject nf  comparative  notoriety.  There  was  no  interregnnm  in  the 
public  course  of  his  existence.  His  first  distinction  v.'as  that  of 
theTnrf:  his  knowledge  of  which,  both  in  theory  and  practice, 
was  considered  as  equal,  if  not  superior,  to  the  most  acknowledged 
adepts  of  Newmarket.  He  rode  himself  in  all  his  principal 
matches,  and  was  the  rival  in  that  branch  of  equitation  of  the 
most  professionnl  jockies.  His  famous  match  with  the  Duke  of 
Hamilton,  the  father  of  the  la^t  nobleman  of  that  title,  and  that  of 
the  machine  which  bore  his  own  name,  were  long  distinguished 
articles  in  the  annals  of  Newmarket,  and  are  not  yet  forgotten. 
ITe  blended  however  his  pursuits  of  the  Turf  with  the  more  ele- 
gant attainments  of  high  life,  and  was  long  considered  as  the  first 
fisrure  in  the  brilliant  circles  of  fashion.  He  was  the  model  in 
dress,  equipage,  and  manners,  for  all  those  who  as])ired  to  a  supe- 
riority in  e.\.terior  appearances.  After  he  had  quitted  the  Tnrf, 
and  had  succeeded  to  the  Queensberry  titles  and  estates,  his  life 
was  distinguished  by  little  else  but  his  enjoyments,  in  which  he 
continued  to  indulge  himself,  while  the  faculties  of  receiving  gra- 
tification from  them  remained.  His  constant  residence,  and  the 
scene  of  his  pleasure,  was  London,  or  its  vicinity.  Scotland  he 
seldom,  if  ever,  visited.  His  house  at  Ambresbury  in  Wiltshire, 
the  work  of  Inigo  Jones,  and  the  classical  mansion  of  a  former 
period,  he  let ;  and  his  country  pleasures  were  found  in  his  villa 
at  Richmond,  which  he  had  fitted  up  in  a  style  of  superior  ele- 
gance. There  he  occasionally  lived  in  splendour,  till  the  folly  of 
the  inhabitants  by  a  vexatious  claim  at  law  drove  him  away. 
Latterly  he  lived  altogether  in  Piccadilly,  where  his  figure  was 
daily  visible  in  his  balcony,  and  had  become  fiimiliar  to  every  one, 
who  was  in  the  habit  of  passing  through  that  great  metropolitan 
thoroughfare.  7'he  Duke  of  Queensberry  was  obviously  for 
many  years  a  subject  of  continual  remark.     Anecdotes  without 


ADDENDA  ET  CORRIGENDA.  6ll 

end  were  disseminated  about  him,  many  of  which  were  false  3 
and  most  of  them  exaggerated.  But  no  man  contrived  to  make 
so  much  of  life  as  he  appeared  to  have  done.  When  his  eye, 
for  he  had  but  one,  was  grown  dim,  and  his  hearing  almost  gone, 
he  did  not  lose  his  spirits,  or  fail  in  making  efforts  to  enjoy  what 
little  was  left  him.  He  had  long  lived  secundum  artevi;  and  the 
prolongation  of  his  life  may  be  attributed  to  tliis  precautionary 
practice.  The  predominant  feature  of  the  Duke  of  Queensberry's 
character  was,  to  use  a  common  phrase,  to  do  what  he  liked, 
without  caring  who  was  pleased  or  displeased  at  it.  His  charities 
at  Richmond  were  indeed  considerable,  and  his  occasional  contri- 
butions for  national  purposes  were  noble  ones ;  and  that  is  all  we 
have  heard  of  his  public  or  private  benevolence.  All  therefore 
that  can  be  said  of  him  is,  that  he  reached  an  age  beyond  the  com- 
mon allotment  of  men  ;  and  was  one  of  the  most  wealthy  subjects 
of  the  British  empire.     "  Gent.  Mag.'' 

Sir  Charles  Douglas,  ofKelhead,  Bart,  was  declared  entitled 
to  the  Scotch  Marquisate  of  Queensherry,  by  a  vote  of  a  Com- 
mittee of  Privileges,  July  9th,  1812. 

His  Grace's  personal  fortune  was  very  large,  and  distributed 
among  numerous  legatees.  His  landed  estates  are  said  to  have 
passed  under  entails  in  various  portions  to  the  present  Marquis; 
to  the  Duke  of  Buccleugh;  and  Lord  Douglas.  His  personal 
property  was  estimated  at  nearly  a  million.  Lord  Yarmouth  has 
150,000/,  and  is  residuary  legatee.  Mr.  Douglas  100,000/.;  and 
Lord  Douglas  100,000/. 


COURT  OF  CHANCERY,   Friday,  July  17,  1812. 

Thomas  and  others,  Legatees  and  Annuitants  of  the  Duke  of 
Queensherry,  against  Montgomery,  Bart,  and  others,  his 
Grace's  Executors,  and  others. 

Mr.  Richards  stated  to  the  Lord  Chancellor,  that  the  Master 
had  made  his  separate  report  of  the  debts  due  from  the  late  Duke, 
and  of  the  legacies  given  by  his  will  and  codicils,  which  there  was 
a  very  large  fund  in  court  to  discharge ;  but  there  were  most 
serious  difficulties  for  the  executors  to  encounter,  arising  from  the 
claims  made  by  the  Marquis  of  Queensherry,  Lord  "VVemys,  and 
others,  in  Scotland,  in  consequence  of  the  Duke  having  granted 
various  leases  for  terms  far  exceeding  his  legal  powers,  and  re-» 


6j2  peerage  of  ENGLAND. 

ceived  fines  or  grassums  for  the  same.  The  learned  counsel  ob" 
served,  that  these  claims  were  ascertained  in  some  degree  by  the 
Master's  report,  which  specified  them  to  be  upwards  of  350,000/. 
and  as  there  was  property  in  court  greatly  beyond  that  amount, 
he  trusted  his  Lordship  would  consider  the  extreme  hardship  on 
the  creditors,  annuitants,  and  legatees,  (many  of  whom  were  in 
great  distress),  that  their  claims  should  be  postponed  until  the 
suits  in  Scotland  were  concluded,  which  must  occupy  a  long 
period,  and  he  hoped  that  an  order  would  be  made  for  the  dis- 
charge of  the  debts,  and  payment  of  a  part  of  the  legacies  at  least, 
reserving  a  sum  adequate  to  the  amount  of  the  claims  specified  in 
the  Master's  report. 

The  Lord  Chancellor  observed,  that  he  could  not  make  such 
an  order  with  notice  of  the  claims  in  Scotland,  as  their  amount 
appeared  enormous,  and  to  his  knowledge  proceedings  were  going 
on  in  the  Court  of  Session,  to  vacate  the  long  leases  which  the 
Duke  had  granted,  and  it  was  impossible  to  foresee  the  conse- 
quences. 

Sir  Samuel  Romilly,  on  the  part  of  the  executors,  expressed 
their  anxiety  to  promote  the  wishes  of  the  petitioners,  for  whom 
they  felt  much,  and  they  were  most  desirous  of  facilitating  the 
payment  of  their  claims  by  any  measure  which  could  be  adopted 
consistent  wiih  their  duty. 

The  Lord  Chancellor  replied,  that  he  could  not  venture  to  do 
more  than  refer  it  to  the  Master  to  ascertain  from  the  proceed- 
ings the  full  amount  of  the  Scotch  demands;  after  which,  the 
parties  must  again  apply  to  tlie  court.  His  Lordship  remarked, 
that  he  was  fully  convinced  that  the  executors  and  all  parties  had 
done  every  thing  possible  to  assist  the  petitioners  j  but  he  could 
not  at  present  relieve  them  by  an  order  for  payment  of  any 
thing. 

Mr.  Home  appeared  for  Mr.  Fuller,  ^  one  of  his  Grace's  cre- 
ditors, who  had  obtained  a  judgment  against  the  executors,  and 
pressed  the  immediate  payment  of  his  debt,  and  interest  from  the 
time  of  judgment  being  signed.  His  Lordship  said,  he  would 
order  the  debts  to  be  paid,  but  certainly  would  not  allow  interest 
on  that  in  question,  as  the  creditor  could  only  go  according  to 
the  rules  of  the  court;  for  had  he  attempted  to  prosecute  his 
judgment,  the  court  would  have  stopped  his  proceedings. 

a  Mr.  Fuller,  his  apothecary,  who  having  attended  his  Grace  for  many- 
years  without  remuneration,  and  having  no  provision  by  the  will,  brought  his 
action,  and  recovered  a  verdict  for  a  large  sum  against  his  executors. 


ADDENDA  ET  CORRIGENDA.  6l3 

The  cause  is  therefore  sent  back  to  the  Master,  and  for  the 
pre.-ent  the  immense  property  of  his  Grace,  after  payment  of  the 
debts,  which  are  under  gOOOl.  will  remain  in  court  to  accumulate 
until  it  can  be  appropriated. 

LORD  TYRONE.— P.  74. 

P.  Q5.  Lieutenant  J.  Beresford  of  the  eighty-eighth  foot, 
eldest  son  of  Marcus  Beresford,  by  Lady  Frances  Arabella  (Leeson), 
died  in  January,  1812,  of  the  wounds  received  at  the  storm  of 
Ciudad  Rodrigo. 

P.  97.  Elizabeth  Frances,  daughter  of  Lady  Araminta  Monck. 
married,  July  25th,  1811,  William  Ogle  Wallis  Ogle,  Esq.  of 
Causey  Park,  Northumberland. 

P.  99.  Lady  Isabella  Anne  Beresford,  married,  April  14tb, 
1812,  at  Marybone  church,  John  William  Head  Brydges,  Esq.  of 
Wootton  Courts  Kent. 

Add  to  the  issue  of  the  present  Bakon  and  Marquis, 

A  daughter,  born  April  26th,  1811. 

LORD  CAKLETON.— P.  lOl. 

P.  103,  10-1.  Hardy,  in  his  Life  of  Lord  Charkraont,  speaks 
thus  of  ihejirst  Earl  of  Shannon. 

"  The  contest  between  Primate  Stone  and  Mr.  Boyle  (the 
Speaker),  was  merely  for  power ;  but  in  that  contest  Stone  sought 
the  aid  of  the  crown  ;  and  Boyle,  who  was  a  W  hig,  sought  the  aid 
of  the  people,"  &c.  "  In  17-53,  the  particular  question,  which  be- 
came the  trial  of  strength,  was  decided  in  favour  of  the  latter." 
&c.  "  Several  adherents  of  Mr.  Boyle  had  been  dismissed  from 
their  situations,  but  the  English  Cabinet  stopped  itself  in  mid 
career.  The  cnembers  of  that  Cabinet  saw  the  diiSculties  with 
which  they  were  surrounded  ;  and  though  perfectly  convinced  of 
the  obliquity  of  many  who  opposed,  they  dreaded  the  too  great 
success  of  many  who  combated  even  on  their  own  side.  Primate 
Stone  was  made  use  of  in  supporting  w^hat  was  fatally  termed  the 
English  interest  5  but  his  intriguing  and  aspiring  temper  gave 
much  umbrage,  and  cause  of  suspicion  to  tho^e  who  co-operated 
with  him.  Mr.  Boyle  had  given  much  ofience  to  ministers,  but 
they  felt  and  acknowledged  the  superiority  of  his  understanding. 
He  was  a  Whig,  allied  to  some  of  the  first  families  of  that  con- 
nection 3  and  though  on  some  occasions,  and  in  a  recent  trans- 


614  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

action  (the  Dublin  election)  particularly,  he  had  overstepped  the 
limits  of  moderation,  such  flights  were  not  common  on  his  part, 
and  it  was  with  truth  believed,  that  in  some  instances  he  yielded 
to  others,  and  felt  his  error,  though  too  late.  His  peculiar  sphere 
was  the  House  of  Commons,  not  as  an  orator,  but  director.  The 
management  of  contested  elections  he  took  almost  entirely  to 
himself,  and  with  such  a  high  and  firm  hand,  that  few  country 
gentlemen  would  continue  a  canvass,  in  their  particular  counties, 
without  a  certainty  of  Mr.  Boyle's  support,  if  petitioned  against. 
He  was  a  warm  sincere  friend,  and  undisguised  enemy  5  so  that 
he  was  for  many  years  relied  on  by  ministers ;  for  those  of  the 
most  sound  and  comprehensive  intellect  preferred  him  to  Stone, 
and  thought  that  Ireland  would  be  safer  in  his  hands,  and  give 
them  less  molestation  than  in  those  of  the  Primate." 

"  Lord  Northumberland  left  Ireland  in  May,  1/64;  and  put 
the  government  into  the  hands  of  the  Primate,  as  well  as  those  of 
the  Earl  of  Shannon,  and  Mr.  Ponsonby,  ^  the  Speaker.  Death 
soon  after  closed  the  eyes  of  the  two  great  rivals.  Stone  and  Shan- 
non. They  both  died,  while  justices,  in  December  following, 
and  within  nine  days  of  each  other,"  &c.  "  The  sound  superior 
sense  of  Lord  Shannon  would  perhaps  in  any  sifuation  have 
taught  him  general  moderation  j  but  Stone's  ambition  in  truth 
knew  no  limits." 

The  PRESENT  Peer  has  a  son  and  heir.  Viscount  Boyle,  born 
May  5th,  ISO9. 

LORD  DORCHESTER.— P.  109. 
P.  117.     Honourable  Mrs.  Orde  died  1812. 

LORD  KENYON.—P.  127. 

P.  132.     Add  to  the  issue  of  the  present  Peer, 
Sixth,  a  son,  born  June  ilth,  1810. 
Seventh,  a  son,  born  December,  1811. 

\>  "  In  1771,"  says  Mr,  Hardy,  «' the  triple  alliance  of  aristocracy,  un- 
dertakers, and  their  newly-confederated  powers  gave  way.  To  this  surrender 
the  ;)rincipal  event  which  contributed,  was  Mr.  Ponsonby 's  resignation  of  the 
chair  of  the  House  of  Commons.  That  Gentleman,  allied  to  the  principal 
Whig  families  in  both  kingdoms,  possessed  not  only  great  influence  from 
such  connections,  and  his  high  stations,  but  from  personal  disposition,  which 
was  truly  amiable.  His  manners  were  exactly  such  as  a  parliamentary  leader 
should  have.  Open,  aifable,  and  familiar,  he  had  a  peculiar  dignity  of  per- 
son, at  oiice  imposing  and  engaging,"  vol  i.  p.  293.  This  should  have  been 
inserted  (but  for  an  iioadvertencej  under  Fomonh^  oflmokilly,  vol.  ix. 


ADDENDA  ET  CORRIGENDA.  6X5 

LORD  FISHER  WICK.— P.  177. 

P.  207.     Add  to  the  issue  of  the  pkesext  Peek, 
Fifth,  a  son,  born  March  pth,  IS  10, 

LORD  VERULAM.— P.  209. 

P.  222.  The  Hon.  William  Grimston  Bucknali's  daughter 
and  heir,  Sophia,  married,  November  2d,  1S04,  the  Honourable 
Berkeley  Paget. 

P.  225.     Add  to  the  issue  of  the  present  Peer, 

A  daughter,  born  April  13th,  1810. 

LORD  DOUGLAS  OF  DOUGLAS.— P.  227. 

P.  247.  Caroline  Lucy,  his  Lordship's  youngest  daughter, 
married,  October  27th,  1810,  Captain  Scott  of  the  royal  navy. 

LORD  DOUGLAS  OF  LOCHLEVEN.— P.  27 1. 

P.  282.  The  issue  of  the  Honourable  John  Douglas,  by 
Frances  Lascelles,  are, 

First,  Frances,  wife  of  the  Honourable  William  Stuart. 

Second,  Anne,  died  an  infant. 

Third,  George  Sholto,  born  December  23d,  l^SQ. 

Fourth  and  fifth,  Edwin  and  George,  twins,  died  infants. 

Sixth,  Charles,  born  March  lOth,  1798. 

Seventh,  Harriet,  born  June  Sth,  1792,  married,  November 
25th,  I8O9,  Viscount  Hamilton,  eldest  son  of  the  Marquis  of 
Abercorn. 

Eighth,  Charlotte,  born  July  Uth,  1798. 

Ninth,  Emma. 

Tenth,  Elizabeth,  born  October  Sth,  1794. 

P.  2SJ.  Add  the  date,  August  11th,  1791,  to  the  creation  of 
the  English  Barony. 

LORD  THURLOW.— P.  284. 

P.  286.     The  PRESENT  Peer  has  given  proofs  of  his  literary 
and  poetical  talents,  by  a  new  edition  of  Sir  Philip  Sydney's  De- 
fence of  Poetry,  to  which  are  prefixed  some  beautiful  original 
sonnets;  and  by  a  subsequent  volume  of  poems,  printed  in  1812. 


6i6  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

The  first  wife  of  the  Reverend  Edward  South  Thurlow,  died  June 
20,  1808  J  and  he  married,  secondly,  Susanna,  youngest  daughter 
of  the  Reverend  John  Love,  Rector  of  Somerby,  com.  Suffolk. 
His  eldest  son,  Edward  John  Thuilow,  Esq.  married,  July  7th,. 
1812,  Miss  Alston,  of  Clapham  Common,  Surry. 

LORD  MULGRAVE.— P.  311. 

Since  this  article  was  written,  I  have  ^  met  with  a  little  octavo 
volume,  entitled  "  The  Life  of  his  Excellency  Sir  JFilUam  Phip, 
Knt.  late  Captain  General  and  Governor  in  Chief  of  the  Province 
of  the  Massachuset  Bay,  New  England,  containing  the  memoralle 
changes  undergone,  and  actions  performed  ly  him,  written  by  one 
intimately  acquainted  with  him.  London,  printed  ly  Sam. 
Bridge  in  Austin  Friers,  for  Nath.  Hiller,  at  the  Prince's  Jrms  in 
Leaden-hall-street,  over  against  St.  Mary  Ax,  l6()7." 

The  author  was  Nath.  Mather.     By  this  it  appears,  that  Sir 
William  was  born  February  2d,  1650,  at  a  despicable  plantation 
on  the  river  of  Kennebech,  and  almost  the  furthest  village  of  the 
eastern  settlement  of  New  England.    His  father  was  James  Phips, 
a  gunsmith,  once  of  Bristol.     "  His  fruitful  mother,  yet  living 
(1697),  had  no  less  than  twenty-six  children,  whereof  twenty-one 
were  sons  ;  but  equivalent  to  them  all  was  William,  one  of  the 
youngest,  whom  his  father  dying,  left  young  with  his  mother,  and 
with  her  he  lived,   till  he  was  eighteen  years  old.     His  friends 
earnestly  solicited  him  to  settle  aniong  them  in  a  plantation  of  the 
East;  but  he  had  an  unaccountab  e  impulse  upon  his  mind,  per- 
suading him  that  he  was  born  to  greater  matters.     To  come  at 
those  greater  matters,  his  first  contrivance  was  to  bind  himself  to 
a  ship  carpenter  for  four  years  ;  in  which  time  he  became  a  master 
of  the  trade,  that  once  in  a  vessel  of  more  than  forty  thousand 
tons  repaired  the  ruins  of  the  earth.     He  then  betook  himself 
an   hundred  and  fifty  miles  further  afield,  even  to  Boston,  the 
chief  town  of  New  England  ;  which  being  a  place  of  the  most 
business   and  resort  in   those  parts  of  the  world,   he  expected 
there  more  commodiously  to  pursue  the  Spes  Majorum  et  Me- 
liorum,  hopes   which  had  inspired  him.     At  Boston,   where  it 
was  that  he  now  learned  first  of  all  to  read  and  write,  he  fol- 
lowed his   trade  for  about  a  year,  and  by  a  laudable  deport- 
ment so  recommended  himself,  that  he  married  a  young  gentle- 
woman of  good  repute,  who  was  the  widow  of  one  Mr.  John 

St  By  the  favoHr  of  Mr.  Cochrane,  of  Fleet-street. 


ADDENDA  ET  CORRIGENDA.  617 

Mull,  a  well-bred  merchant,  but  the  daughter  of  one  Captain 
Roger  Spencer,  a  person  of  good  fashion,  who  having  suffered 
much  damage  in  his  estate  by  some  unkind  and  unjust  actionSj 
which  he  bore  with  such  patience,  that  for  fear  of  thereby  injur- 
ing the  public,  he  would  not  seek  satisfaction,  posterity  might 
afterwards  see  the  reward  of  his  patience,  in  what  Providence 
hath  now  done  for  one  of  his  own  posterity.  Within  a  little  while 
after  his  marriage,  he  indented  with  several  persons  in  Boston,  to 
build  them  a  ship  at  Sheepscote  river,  two  or  three  leagues  east- 
ward of  Kennebech  j  where  having  launched  the  ship,  he  also 
provided  a  lading  of  lumber  to  bring  with  him,  which  would  have 
been  to  the  advantage  of  all  concerned.  But  just  as  the  ship  was 
hardly  finished,  the  barbarous  Indians  on  that  river,  broke  forth 
into  an  open  and  cruel  war  upon  the  English  ;  and  the  miserable 
people,  surprized  by  so  sudden  a  storm  of  blood,  had  no  refuge 
from  the  infidels  but  the  ship  now  finishing  in  the  harbour. 
Whereupon  he  left  his  intended  lading  behind  him,  and  instead 
thereof  carried  with  him  his  old  neighbours  and  their  families  free 
of  all  charges  to  Boston,  So  the  first  action  that  he  did  after  he 
was  his  own  man,  was  to  save  his  father's  house  with  the  rest  of 
the  neighbourhood  from  ruin ;  but  the  disappointment  which 
befell  him  from  the  loss  of  his  other  lading,  plunged  his  affairs 
into  greater  embarrassments  with  such  as  had  employed  him, 

"  But  he  was  hitherto  no  more  than  beginning  to  make  scnf- 
folds  for  further  and  higher  actions.  He  would  frequently  tell  his 
wife,  that  he  should  yet  be  captain  of  a  King's  ship;  that  he 
should  come  to  have  the  command  of  better  men  than  he  was  now 
accounted  himself:  and  that  he  should  be  owner  of  a  fair  brick 
house  in  the  green  lane  of  North  Boston  ;  aod  that  it  may  be,  this 
would  not  be  all  that  the  Providence  of  God  would  bring  him  to. 
Being  thus  of  the  true  temper  for  doing  of  great  things,  he  betakes 
himself  to  the  sea,  the  right  scene  for  such  things;  and  upon  the 
advice  of  a  Spanish  wreck  about  the  Bahaiiias,  he  took  a  voyage 
thither,  but  with  little  more  success  than  what  just  served  him  a 
little  to  furnish  him  for  a  voyage  to  England,  whither  he  went  in 
a  vessel  not  much  unlike  that  which  the  Dutchmen  stamped  on 
their  first  coin  with  these  words  about  it,  Incertum  quo  fata  ferant. 
Having  first  informed  himself,  that  there  was  another  Spanisii 
WTCck,  wherein  was  lost  a  mighty  treasure  hitherto  undiscovered,  he 
had  a  strong  impression  upon  his  mind,  that  He  must  be  the  dis- 
coverer ;  and  he  made  such  representations  of  his  design  at  White- 
hall, that,  by  the  year  1(JS3,  he  became  the  captain  of  a  King's 


618  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

ship,  and  arrived  at  New  England,  commander  of  the  Algier 
Rose,  a  frigate  of  eighteen  guns,  and  ninety-five  men," 

At  length,  "  he  fished  out  of  a  very  old  Spaniard,  (or  Portu- 
guese) a  little  spot  where  lay  the  wreck,  which  he  had  hitherto  been 
seeking  as  unprosperously,  as  the  chymists  have  their  aurifick  stone, 
that  it  was  upon  a  reef  of  shoals,  a  few  leagues  to  the  northward  of 
Port  de  la  Plata,  upon  Hispaniola  ;  a  port  so  called,  it  seems,  from 
the  landing  of  some  of  the  shipwrecked  company,  with  a  boat  full 
of  pl^te,  saved  out  of  their  sinking  frigate.  Nevertheless,  when  he 
had  siearched  very  narrowly  the  spot,  whereof  the  old  Spaniard 
had  advised  him,  he  not  hitherto  exactly  lit  upon  it.  Still  not 
despairing,  he  returned  to  England,  whence  he  again  set  sail  for 
the  fishing  ground,  which  had  been  so  well  baited  half  an  hun- 
dred years  before.  At  length  he  arrived  with  a  ship  and  tender 
at  Port  de  la  Plata. 

"'  At  last  they  fell  upon  the  room  in  the  wreck,  where  the 
bullion  had  been  stored  up;  and  they  so  prospered  in  this  new 
fishery,  that  in  a  little  while  they  had,  without  the  loss  of  any 
man's  life,  brought  up  thirty-two  tons  of  silver.  Besides  that  in- 
credible treasure  of  plate,  in  various  forms,  thus  fetched  up  from 
seven  or  eight  fathom  under  water,  there  were  vast  riches  of  gold, 
and  pearls,  and  jewels,  which  they  also  lit  upon;  and,  indeed, 
all  that  a  Spanish  frigate  used  to  be  enriched  with." 

"  Captain  Phips  now  coming  up  to  London,  in  the  year  1687, 
■with  near  three  hundred  thousand  pounds  sterling  aboard  him, 
did  acquit  himself  with  such  an  exemplary  honesty,  that,  partly 
by  his  fulfilling  his  assurances  with  his  seamen,  and  partly 
by  his  exact  and  punctual  care  to  have  his  employers  defrauded 
of  nothing  that  might  conscientiously  belong  to  them,  he  had 
less  than  sixteen  thousand  pounds  sterling  left  to  himself." 

"  The  King,  in  consideration  of  the  service  done  by  him  in 
bringing  such  a  treasure  into  the  nation,  conferred  upon  him  the 
honour  of  Knighthooii, 

He  returned  to  New  England,  with  the  patent  of  High  She- 
riff. Thus  furnished,  he  sailed  in  company  with  Sir  John  Nar- 
borough,  and  having  made  a  second  visit  to  the  wreck,  not  so 
advantageous  as  the  former,  arrived  there  in  the  summer  of  l6S8  ; 
able,  after  five  years  absence,  to  entertain  his  lady  with  some  ac- 
complishment of  his  predictions,  and  then  built  liimsdf  a  fair 
brick  house  in  the  very  place  predicted. 

Resenting  the  bad  administration  of  this  province,  he  returned 
to  England  in  l6S8;  when  King  James  otiered  him  the  govern- 


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ment,  which  he  would  not  accept ;  but^  returning  home  again, 
found  his  country  in  new  troubles  from  the  Indians.  The  English 
revolution  which  followed,  was  hailed  with  joy  in  this  remote  set- 
tlement, which  now  sent  a  naval  force,  with  about  seven  hundred 
men,  under  the  conduct  of  Sir  William  Phips,  against  L'Acady 
and  Nova  Scotia,  which  he  recovered  from  the  French,  in  169O. 

In  the  same  year  he  led  an  expedition  against  Canada,  which, 
however,  did  not  succeed.  But  the  scheme  of  Canada  lay  at  Sir 
William's  heart,  and  he  took  another  voyage  to  England.  Arriving 
at  Bristol,  he  hastened  to  London,  and  made  application  for  aid  to 
renew  his  expedition. 

In  this  visit  Sir  William  was  nominated  Captain-General,  and 
Governor  in-Chief  over  the  province  of  Massachuset's  Bay,  in 
New  England.  Having  kissed  the  king's  hand,  on  January  3d, 
1691,  he  hastened  away  to  his  government  j  and,  arriving  at 
New-England,  May  ]4th  following,  was  received  with  accla- 
mations. 

"  New-En?land  had  now  a  Governor  that  became  wonder- 
fully  agreeably  to  her.  He  employed  his  whole  strength  to  guard 
his  people  from  all  disasters,  which  threatened  them  either  by  sea 
or  land  ;  and  it  was  remarked,  that  nothing  remarkably  disastrous 
befell  that  people  from  tlie  time  of  his  arrival  to  the  government, 
till  there  arrived  an  order  for  his  leaving  it," 

Articles  were  at  length  exhibited  to  the  King  against  his 
government,  "  But  it  was  by  most  men  believed,  that  if  he  would 
have  connived  at  some  arbitrary  oppressions  too  much  used,  by 
some  kind  of  officers  on  the  King's  subjects,  few  perhaps,  or  none 
of  those  articles  had  ever  been  formed  ;  and  that  he  apprehended 
himself  to  be  provided  with  a  full  defence  against  them  all." 

In  obedience  to  the  King's  command,  he  took  his  leave  of 
Boston,  November  17th,  i6q4.  Arriving  at  Whitehall,  he  found 
that  he  had  all  human  assurance  of  returning,  in  a  very  few  weeks, 
again  Governor  of  New-England.  But  about  the  middle  of  Fe- 
bruary, 1694-5,  he  found  himself  indisposed  with  a  cold,  which 
obliged  him  to  keep  his  chamber.  Under  this  indisposition  he 
received  the  honour  of  a  visit  from  a  very  eminent  person  at 
Whitehall,  who  upon  sufficient  assurance  bade  him  get  well  as 
fast  as  he  could,  for  in  one  month's  time  he  should  be  ao;ain  dis- 
patched  away  to  his  government  of  New-England. 

"  Nevertheless  his  distemper  proved  a  sort  of  malignant  fever, 
whereof  many  about  this  time  died  in  the  city,  and  it  suddenly  put 
an  end  at  once  to  his  days  and  thoughts,,  on  the  18th  of  February., 


610  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 

to  the  extreme  surprize  of  his  friends,  who  honourably  interred 
him  in  the  church  of  St.  Mary  Wolnoth^  and  with  him  how 
much  of  New-England's  happiness!" 

"  For  his  exterior,  he  was  tall  beyond  the  common  set  of 
men,  and  thick  as  well  as  tall,  and  strong  as  well  as  thick.  He 
was  in  all  respects  exceedingly  robust,  and  able  to  conqrier  such 
difficulties  of  diet  and  travel,  as  would  have  killed  most  men ; 
nor  did  the  fat,  wherein  he  grew  very  much,  in  his  later  years, 
take  away  the  vigour  of  his  motions.  He  was  well-set,  and  of  a 
comel}'-,  though  manly  countenance,  in  which  might  be  read  the 
character  of  a  generous  mind.  His  generosity  was  incompara- 
ble. He  never  once  deliberately  revenged  an  injury.  In  fine,  he 
was  of  so  sweet  a  temper,  that  they  who  were  most  intimately 
acquainted  with  him,  would  commonly  pronounce  him  the  best 
conditioned  gentlemau  in  the  world. 

"  The  love,  even  to  kindness,  with  which  he  always  treated 
his  lady,  was  a  matter  not  only  of  observation,  but  even  of  such 
admiration,  that  every  one  said,  the  age  afforded  not  a  kinder 
husband !  This  kindness  appeared  not  only  in  his  making  it  no 
less  his  delight  than  study  to  render  his  whole  conversation  agree- 
able to  her,  but  also,  and  perhaps  chiefly,  in  the  satisfaction  which 
it  gave  him,  to  have  his  interests  very  much  at  her  command. 
Before  he  first  went  abroad  upon  wreck  designs,  he,  to  make  his 
long  absence  easy  unto  her,  made  her  his  promise,  that  what 
estate  the  God  of  Heaven  should  then  bestow  upon  him,  should 
be  entirely  at  her  disposal,  in  case  that  she  should  survive  him. 

And,  \\hen  Almighty  God  accordingly  bestowed  on  him  a 
fair  estate,  he  not  only  rejoiced  in  seeing  so  many  charities  done 
every  day  by  her  bountit'ul  hand,  but  he  also  (not  having  any 
children  of  his  oivvj  adopted  a  nei'hew  of  hek's  to  be  his 
HEIR.  And  reckoning  that  a  verbal  intimation  unto  her  of  what 
pious  and  public  uses  he  would  have  any  part  of  his  estate,  after 
his  death,  put  unto,  as  well  as  what  supports  he  would  iav^ 
afforded  unto  his  own  relations,  would  be  as  much  attended  by 
her,  as  if  he  had  otherwise  taken  the  most  effectual  care  imagina- 
ble, he  contented  himself  with  bequeathing  all  he  had  entirely  to 
her,  in  his  last  will  and  testament.  He  knew  very  well  that  her  will, 
in  point  of  a  liberal  disposition  to  honour  the  Lord  with  the  sub- 
stance, which  the  Lord  had  in  so  strange  a  manner  enriched  them 
withal,  would  not  fiil  of  being  equal  with  his  own. 

Ey  this  account  it  appears  that  Sir  William  Phips  was  not 
himself  the  ancestor  of  Lord  Mulgrave,  though  I  had  followed 


ADDENDA  ET  CORRIGENDA.  621 

the  Irish  Peerage  by  Archdall,  in  asserting  him  to  be  so.  The 
adopted  nephew  of  his  wife  was  probably  the  true  ancestor. 

The  PKESENT  Peer  has  had  issue. 

First,  Henry  Constantine,  born  May  15th,  1797,  died  De- 
cember 4th,  1808. 

Second,  Henrietta  Sophia,  born  May  2Sth,  lygg. 

Third,  Charles  Beaumont,  born  December  27th,  1801. 

Fourth,  a  son,  born  December  7th,  1803. 

Fifth,  a  son,  born  October  1 8O9. 

LORD  BRADFORD— P.  367. 

P.  374.     The  issue  of  the  present  Peer  are, 

First,  George  Augustus  Frederiok  Henry,  born  October  23d, 
1789. 

Second,  Charles  Orlando,  in  the  navy. 

Third,  Orlando,  appointed  an  ensign  in  the  first  regiment  of 
foot  guards,  February  14th,  1811. 

Fourth,  Henry  Edmund,  born  September,  1797' 

Fifth,  Lucy  Elizabeth  Georgina,  born  in  1792;  married,  Ja- 
nuary 22d,  I8O9,  William  Wolriche  Whitmore,  Esq.  of  Dudmas- 
ton,  Shropshire,  lieutenant-colonel  of  the  Shropshire  militia. 

Sixth,  a  daughter,  born  September  14th,  1799- 

LORD  SELSEY— P.  370. 

P.  378.  James,  eldest  son  of  the  present  Peer,  died  No- 
vember 8  th,  1811. 

LORD  YARBOROUGH.— P.  387. 
P.  398.     Honourable  Caroline  Elwes  died  July  13th,  1812. 

LORD  HOOD.— P.  400. 

P.  400.  The  Honourable  Samuel  Hood  has  a  daughter  born 
in  November,  1811. 


632  PEERAGE  OF  ENGLAND. 


LORD  STEWART  OF  GARLIES.— P.  4lS, 

P.  444,     Lady  Sophia,  wife  of  the  Honourable  William  Bligh, 
«l4ed  July  25 tb,  IdOg. 


LORD  SALTERSFORD.—P.  445. 

P.  451.     The  issue  of  his  Lordship  have  been. 

First,  George  Henry,  born  November  13th,  l/QI,  died  young. 

Second,  Charles,  born  February  20th,  1793,  died  young. 

Third,  James  Thomas,  Fiscount  Stopford,  born  March  27th, 
1794. 

Fourth,  Edward,  born  June  llth,  1/95. 

Fifth,  Henry  Scott,  born  October  21st,  1/9/. 

Sixth,  Montague,  born  November  11th,  1798. 

Seventh,  Lady  Mary  Frances,  born  April  21st,  1801, 

Eighth,  Robert,  born  November  23d,  1802. 

Ninth,  Lady  Elizabeth  Anna,  born  January  9th,  1805. 

Tenth,  Lady  Jane,  born  February  25th,  I8O6. 

Eleventh,  Lady  Charlotte,  born  September  7th,  1 807. 

Twelfth,  a  daughter,  born  September  17th,  1811. 

Rear  Admiral  Robert  Stopford  married,  June  23d,  I8O9,  Mary, 
daughter  of  Robert  Fanshaw,  Esq.  Commissioner  of  his  Majesty's 
dockyard  at  Plymouth. 

The  PRESENT  Peer  was  appointed  Captain  of  the  Band  of 
Pensioners,  April  11th,  1812. 

LORD  DAWNAY.— P.  453. 

P.  458.  LoRA,  Viscountess  Downe,  mother  of  the  present 
Peer,  died  in  Charles-street,  Berkeley-square,  aged  seventy-two, 
April  24th,  1812. 

William  Henry,  third  son,  of  Sesay,  in  Yorkshire,  is  in  holy 
orders. 

Thomas  Dawnay,  fifth  sen,  of  Ashwcll,  co.  Rutland,  is  also 
in  holy  orders. 

I-ORD  BRODRICK.— P.  460. 

P.  474.  The  Hon.  Major  General  John  Brodrick  is  Governor 
snd  Commander  of  the  forces  in  Martinique.     He  married,  Sep- 


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tember  6th,  IBOg,  Anne,  daughter  of  Robert  Graham  of  Fintrj', 
Esq. 


LORD  ROUS.— P.  47c, 

P,  480.     Add  ro  HIS  LoRi>sHip's  issue, 
A  son^  born  August  4th,  1 810. 


LORD  GWYDIR.— P.  496. 

P.  501.  The  Hon.  Peter  Robert,  eldest  son,  has  a  dau^h- 
ter,  born  September  2d,  I8O9. 

I'he  Hon.  Lindsey  Merrick  Burrell  has  a  son,  William  Brown- 
low  Lindsey  Peter, 

LORD  CAWDOR.— P.  530. 

P.  531.  His  Lordship  has  another  brother,  a  captain  in 
the  navy. 

LORD  WELLESLEY.— P.  532. 

P.  544.  ■\Villiam  Wejlesley  Pole,  only  son  of  the  Right  Hon. 
William  Wellesley  Pole,  married,  March  14th,  1812,  Catherine, 
eldest  daughter  and  coheir  of  the  late  Sir  James  Tilney  Long  of 
Dra}  cot-house,  in  Wiltshire,  and  Wanstcad,  in  Essex,  Bart,  and 
has  added  the  names  of  Tilney  Long  to  his  own. 

Arthur  is  eldest  son  of  the  Hon.  Gerald  Valerian  Wellesley, 
who  has  another  son,  born  Jnnuary  loth,  1808. 

The  Right  Hon.  Sir  Henry  Wellesley  was  made  a  knight  of 
the  Bath,  1S12. 

The  PRESENT  Peer  was  appointed  Secretary  of  State  for 
the  Foreign  Department,  in  1610,  and  resigned  it  in  May,  IS12. 


LORD  MINTO.— P.  559. 

P.  561.  The  Hon.  Edmund  Eliott  married,  October  23d, 
I8O9,  Amelia,  third  daughter  of  James  Henry  Casamajor,  Esq. 
one  of  the  Members  of  the  Supreme  Council  at  Madras. 

Hon.  William  Eliott  died  June  5th,  1811. 


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LORD  WODEHOUSE.— P.  562. 

P.  571.  The  Hon.  Letitia  Wodehouse  married,  November 
30tb,  181],  Sir  Thomas  Maynard  Hesilrigge,  Bart. 

LORD  LILFORD.— P.  ^'JT. 

P.  582.  The  Hon.  Capt  i;.  Henry  Po>vys  of  the  eighty-third 
Foot,  died  of  his  wounds  at  tiie  capture  of-Badajos,  in  the  Spring 
of  1812. 

LORD  FITZGIBBON.— P.  605. 

P.  606.  The  Hon.  R,  H.  Fitzgibbon  has  retired  from  th<; 
army. 


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