The family of LEIGHTON was in England long before the NORMAN CONQUEST, and is styled by Camden in his Britannia, Nobilem, et Equestrem Familiam.

SIR TITUS DE LEIGHTON, Knight of the Sepulchre, son and heir of Cuthbert, and grandson and heir of Totilus de Leighton, was a co-founder, upon his return from the Holy Land, of the Abbey of Buldewas, in Salop, of which mention is made in some old manuscripts written by Roger and John Challingworth. The son of this gallant knight,

SIR RICHARD DE Leighton, knt. had a reconveyance of the manor of Leighton from William Fitz Allan soon after the Conquest, and out of this manor, which lay close to the Abbey of Buldewas, Sir Richard gave lands to that house, as appears by his grant without date, inserted in Dugdale's Monasticon, prior to that in which King STEPHEN confirmed the said abbey. From this Sir Richard we pass over a long line of distinguished individuals to

EDWARD LEIGHTON, esq. of Watlesborough, in the county of Salop, who was created a BARONET on the 2nd March, 1692, and represented the shire in parliament in the reign of WILLIAM III. He m. first, Dorothy, daughter of Sir Job Charlton, bart. of Ludford, in the county of Hereford, and had surviving issue,

EDWARD, second baronet.

Lettice, who d. unmarried.

Sir Edward espoused secondly, Jane, dau. of Daniel Nicholl, esq. of the city of London,

and had

DANIEL, of whom presently.

Francis, a lieutenant-general in the

army, and colonel of the 32nd regiment of foot.

Gerard, a captain in the army.

Jane, m. first to Thomas Jones, esq. of
Shrewsbury, and secondly to Sir
Charles Lloyd, bart. of Garth, in the
county of Montgomery.

Victoria, m. to Edward Kynaston, esq.
of Hardwick.

Sir Edward Leighton d. in 1711, and was s. in the baronetcy by his eldest son. (See Burke's Peerage and Baronetage.) The second son,

DANIEL LEIGHTON, esq. a lieutenant-colonel in General Evans's horse, m. Jane, dau. of Nathaniel Thorold, esq. of the city of Lincoln, (this lady was bedchamber woman to the Princess of Wales,) and had issue, HERBERT, his successor.

Edward, lieutenant in the royal navy, d. unmarried, of a wound received in the battle of Toulon.

Jane, m. first to Captain Cathcart, and secondly to Jonathan, eldest son of Sir John Cope, bart.

m. to Captain Sabine. Colonel Leighton was s. at his decease by his elder son,

HERBERT LEIGHTON, esq. a captain in the army, gentleman usher to Frederick, Prince of Wales, (father of King GEORGE III.) and page to the Princess Dowager of Wales. He m. Harriet, eldest daughter of Henry Wilson, esq. of Ashwelthorpe, in the county of Norfolk, by Elizabeth, eldest daughter and co-heir of John Knyvett, and had a son and successor,

THE REV. FRANCIS LEIGHTON, who m. Clare, sister and co-heir of John Boynton Adams, esq. of Camblesforth, in the county of York, by whom he had a child, the present COLONEL FRANCIS KNYVett-Leighton, now representative of this branch of the Leighton family.

Arms-Quarterly, per fess, indented or and gu.

sa.

Crest-A wivern, with wings expanded

Motto-Dread shame.

Estates Bewsley, in the county of Montgomery, at the foot of the Brydden mountain, in the family time immemorial. Also a divided property in Yorkshire, at or near Copmarthorpe, Balwith, and Howden, acquired with Clare, the daughter and coheiress of John Boynton Adams, esq. Residence-Shrewsbury.

The family of HUSSEY came into England at the CONQUEST, and boasts an alliance with the DUKES OF NORMANDY. It has, at various periods, enjoyed great landed possessions in many parts of the kingdom, and no less than four of its different scions have been elevated to the peerage.

The branch immediately before us derives from

EDWARD HUSSEY, esq. of Little Shelsley, in the county of Worcester, who espoused, in 1641, Jane - and was s. by his son,

EDWARD HUSSEY, esq. of Norgrove's End, in Bayton, in the county of Worcester, who married twice, and left at his decease, 27th May, 1707, an only son, (by his first wife, Elinor, third daughter of Edward Cresset, esq. of the Cotes, in the county of Salop, an ancient and respectable family of that shire,) viz.

THOMAS HUSSEY, esq. of Burwash, in the county of Sussex, who espoused Frances, daughter and co-heiress of Thomas Lake, esq. of Taywell, by whom he had issue,

THOMAS, his successor.
John, d. in 1754.
Edward, d. in 1742.

Frances, m. to George Weller, esq. of
Tunbridge, and had issue. Mr. Wel-
ler subsequently took the surname of
POLEY.

Mr. Hussey d. in 1735, and was s. by his eldest son,

THOMAS HUSSEY, esq. of Burwash and of Ashford, in the county of Kent, b. in 1722, who

m. 8th October, 1747, Anne, only child of Maurice Berkeley, esq. by Anne, only daughter and eventually heiress of the Rev. Roger Calow, of Warbleton, in Sussex, and had issue,

1. Thomas, who predeceased his father
in 1754.

2. EDWARD, successor to the estates.
3. John, in holy orders, who left at his
decease an only son, (by his wife,
Miss Jennings, an heiress,) viz.

Thomas-John, in holy orders, b. in

1792.

Frances.

Philadelphia.

Mary-Anne.

Harriet (deceased).
Elizabeth.

5. Anne,
6. Elizabeth,
7. Martha,
8. Charlotte,

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all d. unmarried.

9. Frances, m. to S. Streatfield, esq. and had issue.

10. Philadelphia, m. to Thomas Rutton, esq. but d. issueless.

11. Harriet, m. to John Austen, esq. Thomas Hussey d. in 1779, and was s. by his son,

EDWARD HUSSEY, esq. of Scotney Castle, Kent, who m. in 1775, Elizabeth-Sarah, only daughter and heiress of Robert Bridge, esq. of Bocking, in the county of Essex, by whom (who d. 1793) he left a son and successor,

EDWARD HUSSEY, esq. of Scotney Castle, who m. Anne, daughter and co-heiress of

William Jemmet, esq. of Ashford, and dying in 1817, left surviving issue an only son and daughter, viz.

EDWARD, his heir.

Eleanor, who d. in 1820.

Mr. Hussey was s. at his decease by his son, the present EDWARD HUSSEY, esq. of Scotney Castle.

Arms-Or a cross vert. QUARTERINGS.

HUSSEY. Or, a cross vert.

HUSSEY. Barry of six, erm and gu. LAKE. Sa. a bend between six cross crosslets fitchée arg.

LUCAS. Arg. a fess between six annulets gu.

BERKELEY. Gu. a chevron ermine between ten crosses patée.

CALOW. Arg. on a chevron between three leopards' faces sa. three annulets of the first.

BRIDGE. Arg. a chief gu. over all a bend engrailed sa. a chaplet of the field, on a dexter chief.

JEMMET. Party per chevron gu. and

This very ancient Cumberland family is said to have been located at DYKESFIELD, in that shire prior to the NORMAN CON

QUEST.

WILLIAM DEL DYKES was grandfather of

ROBERT DEL DYKES, who granted lands at Burgh to William del Monkys, in a deed supposed to have been made in the time of HENRY III. The grandson of this Robert,

WILLIAM DEL DYKES, living in the reign of EDWARD II., espoused Agnes, heiress of Sir Hugh Waverton, and had (with a daughter Agnes, the wife of J. de Ormsby,) a son and successor,

WILLIAM DEL DYKES, who flourished temp. EDWARD III. and was father of

WILLIAM DEL DYKES, who m. in the reign of RICHARD II. Jane, heiress of Sir H. Distington, and was s. by his son,

WILLIAM DEL DYKES, living temp. HENRY IV., who espoused Katherine Thwaites, of Thwaites, and was s. by his son,

WILLIAM DEL DYKES. This gentleman represented the county of Cumberland in parliament, in the reign of Henry VI. He m. Elizabeth, daughter of Sir William Lee, knt. of Isell, (a descendant of Lucea, daughter of Hugh, Earl of Chester, whose mother was

sister of WILLIAM the Conqueror.) In the 9th of HENRY VI., he had a grant of lands at Wigton, from Henry, Earl of Northumberland. He was s. at his decease by his son, WILLIAM DEL DYKES, who espoused Christiana, co-heir of Sir Richard Salkeld, of Corby, and was s. by his son,

THOMAS DYKES, esq. who furnished horse in the Border Service, temp. HENRY VII., as having the ward of the district between the Ellen and Derwent. He m. Isabel, heiress of John Pennington of Muncaster, and was father of

LEONARD DYKES, esq. This gentleman espoused in 1541, Anne Layton, of Dalemain, and was s. by his son,

THOMAS DYKES, esq. who wedded Jane, daughter of Lancelot Lancaster,* of Sockbridge, and was s. by his son,

LEONARD DYKES, esq. who was sheriff for the county of Cumberland, and, in the 19th CHARLES I., treasurer of the King's Forces in that shire. He m. first, Anne, heiress of Radcliffe, of Cockerton, and had, inter alios, THOMAS, his successor. He espoused secondly, Margaret Frescheville, niece of Lord Frescheville, of Staveley, and had a daughter Elizabeth, m. to Lawson Irton. Mr. Dykes was s. by his son,

THOMAS DYKES, who was distinguished by devotion to the cause of CHARLES I., and eventually fell into the hands of the parliamentarians, being discovered concealed amongst the branches of a mulberry tree in front of his house. Thence he was conveyed to Cockermouth, and there had an offer made to him, that his property should be restored, if he simply recanted. This proposition he met however, with a decided negative, adding "prius frangitur quam flectitur," a sentiment since adopted as the family motto. This gallant cavalier m. first, Joyce Fretcheville, niece of Lord Fretcheville, of Staveley, and had issue,

LEONARD, his heir.

Joyce, m. to Thomas Curwen, esq. of
Workington.

He espoused secondly, Margaret, heiress of Ralph Delavale, and had other issue. He was s. by his son,

LEONARD DYKES, esq. who m. Grace Salkeld, and had issue,

FRETCHEVILLE, his successor.

Barbara, m. to J. Lathes, of Dalehead. Mr. Dykes, who was sheriff of Cumberland twice in the reign of CHARLES II., was s. at his decease by his son,

FRETCHEVILLE DYKES, esq. This gentleman m. about the year 1697 Jane, eldest sister of Sir Gilfrid Lawson, of Brayton, and had (with another son, Fretcheville, a captain in the navy and lost at sea,) his successor,

The Lancasters derive from John de Tailboys, brother of Fulk, Earl of Anjou.

Leonard Dykes, esq. who espoused about the year 1728 Susanna, daughter of the Rev. Thomas Capstack, of Newburn, in Northumberland, by Hester, his wife, grandaughter of Sir John Lowther, and had issue,

FRETCHEVILLE, of Warthole, who m. Mary, daughter of John Brougham, esq. of Cockermouth, and had an only daughter,

MARY, who inherited the property of her uncle Peter Lamplugh Brougham, esq. of Dovenby, and espoused her cousin, Joseph Dykes Ballantine-Dykes, esq.

LAWSON.

The younger son,

LAWSON DYKES, esq. m. in 1765 Jane, daughter and heiress of JOHN BALLANTINE, esq. of Crookdale, and assumed, in consequence, the additional surname and arms of that family. He had issue,

JOSEPH, his successor.

Fretchville, political agent, and colonel
commandant in the East India Com-
pany's service.

Mary, m. to James Spedding, esq. of
Summer Grove.

Mr. Dykes-Ballantine was s. at his decease by his elder son,

JOSEPH DYKES-BALLANTINE, esq. of Dovenby Hall, in the county of Cumberland,who m. Mary, daughter of Fretcheville Dykes, esq. (by Mary, daughter of John Brougham, esq. of Cockermouth, and sister and heiress of Peter Lamplugh-Brougham, esq. of Scales), by whom he had issue,

FRETCHEVILLE-LAWSON, his heir.

Joseph, in holy orders, M.A. a Fellow
of Queen's College Oxford.
Lamplugh-Brougham, a Fellow of Peter
House, Cambridge.

Lawson-Peter.
Leonard-John.

James-William.

Mary, m. in 1828, to John Marshall,
esq. son of John Marshall, esq. of
Headingley.
Jane-Christiana.

Ellen. Frances.

Susan.

Mr. Ballantine, who assumed upon his marriage the additional surname of DYKES, was sheriff of Cumberland in 1807. He d. in 1830. Arms—Or, three cinquefoils sa. Crest-A lobster or crayfish vert. Motto-Prius frangitur quam flectitur. Estates-WARTHOLE, where the family settled in the reign of HENRY VI. Landed property at Dovenby, Scales, Bridekirk, Dearham, Allerby, &c. inherited by Mrs. Dykes, from her maternal ancestor, Richard Lamplugh, esq. of Ribton. The heiress of Dolphin, (whence the name of Dovenby)

conveyed the manor to the De Rolls, in the reign of HENRY III. LUCY held it in the time of EDWARD I., from the Lucys, it passed to the KIRKBRIDES, (descendants of Odard, baron of Wigton,) whose heiress, temp. RICHARD II. married a brother of Sir Thomas Lamplugh, from whom descended Anthony Lamplugh, whose great grandaughter, MISS MOLINE, espoused Richard Lamplugh, of Ribton, and their great grandaughter Miss Brougham, (of the present Lord Chancellor's family,) married Fretchville Dykes, esq. of Warthole. This lady's brother assumed the surname of LAMPLUGH, and his property at his decease devolved upon his niece, Mrs. Dykes. CROOKDALE and IREBY came into the family by the marriage of Lawson Dykes with the heiress of Ballantine. Sir John Ballantine espoused the heiress of Musgrave, to whom Crookdale came from the LOWTHERS of that place; Ireby came into the Musgrave family by their alliance with the heiress of Colvil, which family of Colvil had previously obtained the heiress of Tilliol. SCALES* was inherited by the

* Descent of the Estate of Scales Hall. THOMAS BROUGHAM, of Brougham, m. the daughter and heiress of John Vaux, of Catterlen and Tryermayne, and was father of

PETER BROUGHAM, of Blackhall, in Cumberland, who wedded Anne, daughter and heiress of John Southaike, of SCALES, in the same shire, and thus acquired that estate. He d. in 1570, and was s. by his son,

HENRY BROUGHAM, of Scales and Blackhall, high sheriff for Cumberland, who d. in 1622, leaving by his second wife, Catherine Fallowfield, a son and heir,

He

THOMAS BROUGHAM, of Scales. This gentleman served the office of sheriff for Cumberland. m. Mary, daughter of Sir Daniel Fleming, of Rydale, and dying in 1648, was s. by his son,

HENRY BROUGHAM, esq. of Scales, who enlarged his possessions there, and erected SCALES HALL. By his second wife, Elizabeth, daughter of John Lamplugh, esq. of Lamplugh, he had issue,

1. Thomas, both d. s. p.
II. Bernard,

III. JOHN, commonly called Commissioner
Brougham, who purchased back from the
grandchildren of James Bird, the ancient
seat of the family, BROUGHAM HALL. He
d. s. p. and was s. by his nephew.
IV. Peter, m. Elizabeth, daughter and heiress
of Christopher Richmond, esq. of High-
head Castle, grandson through his mother,

mother of the present proprietor from the family of BROUGHAM.

Seat-Dovenby Hall, Cumberland.

Mabel, of John Vaux, of Catterlen, by whom he left two sons, who both died issueless.

v. Samuel, who m. Dorothy, only daughter of John Child, esq. and had two sons,

1. Jons, a bencher of Gray's Inn, who d. issueless.

2. HENRY, of Brougham, who, upon his son's attaining majority, in 1763, suffered a recovery of SCALFS, and other estates. He d. in 1782, and was s. by his son,

HENRY BROUGHAM, esq. of Brough-
am, b. in 1742, who sold SCALES
to Peter Lamplugh-Brougham,
esq. in 1786. He m. Eleanor,
only child of James Syme, D.D.
by Mary, sister of Robertson, the
Historian of Scotland, and had
issue,

HENRY, LORD BROUGHAM and
VAUX, LORD HIGH CHAN-
CELLOR. (See Burke's Peer-
age.)

James, M.P. Peter, d. s. p.

John-Waugh, who d. in 1829, leaving issue.

William, one of the masters in chancery, and M.P. for Southwark.