who m. in 1796, Jane, daughter and heiress of Simon Debank, esq. of Leek, and has issue. Clement, of Huntley Hall, who m. first, in 1812, Helen, daughter of Roger Swetenham, esq. of Somerford Booth, in Cheshire; and, secondly, in 1825, Eliza-Catherine Cotton, daughter of J. Green, esq. of Dalbury, Derbyshire. THOMAS, who has assumed the surname of KYNNERSLEY, and is the present THOMAS SNEYD-KYNNERSLEY, esq. of Loxley. 3. Elizabeth, m. to William Lloyd, esq. of Aston, in the county of Salop. 4. Susanna, m. to H. Powys, esq. of Underdale. Arms-Quarterly; first and fourth, for KYNNERSLEY, az. semée of crosses croslet, a lion rampant arg. Second and third, for SNEYD, ar. a scythe, the blade in chief, the sned, or handle, in bend sinister, sable; in the fess point a fleur-de-lis of the second. Crests-For KYNNERSLEY, a mount vert, thereon a greyhound sciant arg. collared or, under a hawthorn tree ppr. For SNEYD, a lion statant guardant, the tail extended sa. Motto-Nec opprimere nec opprimi. Estates-In Staffordshire. Seat-Loxley Park, in the county of Staf ford. MOORE, OF APPLEBY-PARVA. MOORE, GEORGE, esq. of Appleby-Parva, in the county of Leicester, b. 17th September, 1811, s. his father 23rd June, 1827.. Lineage. This family derives from the Moores, of Moor and Bank Hall, in Lancashire, and is of great antiquity. Amongst its ancestors honorable mention may be made of Sir William de-la-More, who was advanced to the rank of knight-banneret by EDWARD the Black Prince upon the field of POICTIERS. CHARLES MOORE, of Stretton, in the county of Derby, purchased in the 41st ELIZABETH, of Sir Edward Griffin, knt. the manor of Appleby Parva, in the counties of Leicester and Derby. He espoused Cicely Yates, and had, with several other children, CHARLES, his successor. John (Sir), knt. a citizen of London, who was elected alderman of Walbrook ward in 1671, chosen sheriff of London in 1672, and raised to the civic chair in 1681. For his eminent services during his mayoralty, King CHARLES II. granted to him and the descendants of Charles Moore, his father, an honourable augmentation to their arms, viz. " on a canton gu. a lion of England." Sir John Moore d. s. p. in 1702. George, from whom descend the MOORES of Kentwell Hall. The eldest son, CHARLES MOORE, esq. lord of the manor of Appleby Parva, who succeeded his father in 1654, m. Rebecca, daughter of the Rev. Thomas Mould, rector of Appleby, and dying in 1700, was s. by his eldest son, THOMAS MOORE, esq. lord of the manor of Appleby Parva. This gentleman m. Mary, daughter of Thomas Heafield, esq. of Appleby, and had four sons, viz. 1. Charles, d. in infancy. 2. GEORGE, successor to his father. for Leicestershire in 1794, and deputy- THOMAS, in holy orders, of whom GEORGE MOORE, esq. of Snarestone Lodge, in the county of Leicester, who, besides inheriting from his father the manor of Ap brother. John, in holy orders, of Bentley, Mr. Moore d. in 1725, and was s. by his counties of Leicester, Derby, Warwick, and Stafford, succeeded to the possessions at Bentley upon the decease, issueless, of his uncle the Rev. John Moore. He served the office of sheriff for Leicestershire in 1821, and m. first, Susan, daughter of John Drum GEORGE MOORE, esq. of Appleby Parva, mond, esq. of Megginch Castle, in the counwho served the office of sheriff for Leicester-ty of Perth, by whom he had issue, shire in 1728. He died unmarried, 13th July, 1751, when the estates devolved upon his nephew, CHARLES MOORE, esq. LL.D. F.R.S. &c. of the Middle Temple, barrister-at-law, who m. Elizabeth, daughter of John Mould, esq. of Kentwall Hall, Suffolk, but having no issue, was s. at his decease, 18th May, 1775, by his cousin, THE REV. THOMAS MOORE, M.A. of Appleby Parva and of Bentley, in the county of Warwick, an estate he inherited from his father. The Rev. Mr. Moore dying unmarried, 9th February, 1793, devised his manor and estates of Bentley to his youngest brother, and the possessions at Appleby to his eldest, GEORGE MOORE, esq. of Appleby, sheriff GEORGE, present proprietor. He espoused, secondly, Elizabeth, daughter Arms---Ermine three greyhounds courant, in pale, sa. collared gu. and on a canton of the third, a lion of England. Crest---A moorcock sa. gutté or, the beak, comb, wattles and legs gu. the wings expanded, holding in the beak a branch of heath ppr. Motto---Non civium ardor. Seat---Snarestone Lodge, Leicestershire. WHARTON-MYDDLETON, OF OLD PARK. MYDDLETON-WHARTON, ROBERT, esq. of Old Park, in the county of Durham, and of Grinkle Park, in Yorkshire, b. in 1760, m. first, Miss Penelope Stainsby, and has issue, M M RICHARD, b. in 1795, an officer in the army, m. Frances Mr. Wharton-Myddleton espoused, secondly, Elizabeth He s. to the family possessions upon the demise of his father, in 1794, and inheriting the Bowlby estates at the death of Sir Thomas Heron-Myddleton, bart. in 1801, he assumed the surname of MYDDLETON, in pursuance of the will of his maternal granduncle, Francis Myddleton, esq. of Offerton. -- Lineage. This family, which derived its surname from "a fair lordship," situated upon the river EDEN, is of great antiquity in the north of England. One of its members espoused in the reign of King EDWARD I. the daughter and heiress of Hastings, and thereby acquiring the lands of Croglin, in Cumberland (which remained in the family until the demise of Philip, Duke of Wharton, in 1731), assumed her arms; ensigns which still continue with their descendant, the present Robert Wharton Myddleton, esq. The greatgreat grandson of the heiress of Hastings, HENRY WHARTON, of Wharton, on the banks of the Eden, living in 1409, possessed of Croglin, m. Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Thomas Musgrave, knt. of Harcla Castle, in the county of Westmoreland, and had a son and successor, THOMAS WHARTON, of Wharton, who held Croglin, and marrying the daughter of Sir Robert Lowther, knt. of Lowther, had issue, 1. HENRY, of Wharton and Croglin, who was grandfather of SIR THOMAS WHARTON, knt. Governor of the town and castle of Carlisle, who, in the 34th HENRY VIII. assisted by Sir William Musgrave, at the head of only three hundred men, gallantly resisted an incursion of the Scots, put them to the rout, and made prisoners of the Earls of Cassilis and Glencairn, with several other personages of note. In two years afterwards he marched into Scotland with the Lord Dacre, and was at the taking of Dumfries; for which, and other eminent services, he was summoned to parliament as BARON WHARTON, 30th January, 1545. The lineal descendant and representative of this eminent nobleman, PHILIP WHARTON, Sixth Lord and second Marquis of Wharton, was created DUKE OF WHARTON 20th January, 1718. Of this, the eccentric, witty, and gifted Lord Wharton, Walpole thus speaks, "With attachment to no party, though with talents to govern any, this lively man changed the free air of Westminster for the escurial; the prospect of King GEORGE'S Garter for the Pretender's; and, with indifference to all religion, the frolic lord, who had written the ballad on the Archbishop of Canterbury, died in the habit of a capuchin. Kier His Grace, who had been attainted for joining the CHEVALIER, d. in 1731, when all his honours, save the BARONY OF WHARTON, independently of the attainder, became EXTINCT (See Burke's Extinct and Dormant Peerage); but were that act repealed, the BARONY Would then be vested in the present Marchioness Dowager of Cholmondeley, Lord Willoughby de Eresby and Charles Kemeys-Tinte, esq. M.P. of Halsewell House, in the county of Somerset, as descendants of Philip, fourth Lord Wharton. 2. GILBERT, of whom presently. The second son, GILBERT WHARTON, m. Joan, daughter and heiress of --- Kirkby, of Kirk by Thore, in the county of Westmoreland, and had issue, JOHN, his successor. Edward, Rector of Wharton. Henry, Rector of Kirkby Thore. Gilbert Wharton dying in 1436, was s. by his eldest son, JOHN WHARTON, Oof Kirkby Thore, living in 1461, who espoused Isabel, daughter and co-heir of John Lancaster, of Brampton, and relict of De Fleming, by whom he had two sons, viz. -- of Crackenthorpe, of Newbiggin, by He espoused, secondly, Elizabeth, daughter whom he had, with other issue, ANTHONY, of Rigwell Grange, from whom sprang the Whartons of Gillingwood, since extinct in the male line, but now represented through females by JOHN-HALL STEVENSON, esq. of Skelton Castle, who has assumed by royal license the surname and arms of WHARTON in place of those of Stevenson. Gilbert Wharton d. in 1551, and was s. by his eldest son, JOHN WHARTON, esq. of Kirkby Thore, who m. Cicely, daughter of Sir William Thornborough, of Selsall, in the county of Westmorland, and had issue, THOMAS, of Kirkby Thore, whose male The second son, JOHN WHARTON, of Winston, in the county of Durham, was s. by his son, JOHN WHARTON, esq. of Winston, who m. Elizabeth, daughter of Roger Hodgson, of Winston. This gentleman, who purchased Old Park, d. in 1628, and was s. by his son, THOMAS WHARTON, M.D. of Old Park, b. in 1614. This gentleman was the celebrated Doctor Wharton, who continued to practice physic in London during the dreadful plague of 1665, and to whom King CHARLES II. granted, in consideration of his eminent services in attendance upon the sick of the foot guards, an honourable augmentation to his paternal coat of arms, viz. a canton or. Dr. Wharton, the friend and companion of Asholme and Sir William Lilly, the astrologer, d. in 1674, leaving by his wife, Jane, daughter of William Aldridge, esq. of London, an only surviving son and successor, THOMAS WHARTON, M.D. of Old Park, who married twice, but had issue only by his first wife, Mary, daughter of John Hall, of Durham, viz. GEORGE, his successor. and d. in 1745. Jane, both d. unmarried. Jane, m. to John Carter, esq. of Essex. Dr. Thomas Wharton dying in 1714, was s. by his eldest son, GEORGE WHARTON, M.D. of Old Park, at whose decease, without issue, the family possessions devolved upon his brother, ROBERT WHARTON, esq. of Old Park, mayor of Durham, who m. Mary, daughter of Richard Myddleton, esq. of Offerton, in the county palatine (refer to descendants of CHRISTOPHER, second son of JOHN WHARTON, of Kirkby Thore, living in 1461), and had issue, eldest son, THOMAS WHARTON, M.D. A.M. of Old Park, the friend and correspondent of Gray, the poet. This gentleman wedded Margaret, daughter of Anthony Wilkinson, esq. of Cross Gate, in the county of Durham, by whom (who d. in December, 1803) he had issue, ROBERT, present proprietor. Richard (deceased), sometime of Offer- Elizabeth. Deborah, m. to the late Rev. Thomas Catharine, m. to Major-general Anthony Salvin, and d. in 1790. Dr. Wharton d. in 1794, at the age of seventy-seven, and was s. by his eldest son, ROBERT WHARTON, esq. now representative of the family. Arms---First and fourth GRAND QUARTERS, first and fourth quarterly gu. and or, in the first a cross patonce argent, for MYDDLETON; second and third, az. a maunch or for CONYERS; SECOND AND THIRD GRAND |