DURHAM, OF LARGO, N.B. DURHAM, JAMES, esq. of Largo, in the county of Fife, a general officer in the army, b. 14th January, 1754, m. first, 1779, Elizabeth, daughter of Colonel Shelden, of Flitwick, in the county of Bedford, by whom he had no issue. General Durham espoused, secondly, in 1827, Margaret, eldest daughter of Colonel John Anstruther Thomson, of Charlton, in Fifeshire. Lineage. The surname of DURHAM, although supposed to have originated in England, has long been established upon the southern borders of Scotland. SIR WILLIAM DURHAM, a personage of rank, and highly distinguished in the reign of ROBERT BRUCE, had a grant in 1322, from that monarch of the lands of Grange. He died temp. King DAVID, and from him lineally descended, ALEXANDER DURHAM of Grange, living in 1525, who married Janet, daughter of John Erskine, baron of Dun, and had three sons, WILLIAM, his successor at Grange, who continued the senior line of the family. JOHN. James, the ancestor of the DURHAMS, of Duntarvie The second son, JOHN DURHAM, having realized a fortune by commercial pursuits, acquired a considerable estate, including the lands of Pittkerrow, Omachie, &c. He wedded Isabel, daughter of Kyd, of Craigie, in the county of Forfar, and dying temp. MARY OF SCOTLAND, was s. by his eldest son, JAMES DURHAM, of Pittkerrow, who m. Janet, daughter of Sir James Wishart, and dying in the reign of JAMES VI., was s. by his son, ALEXANDER DURHAM, of Pittkerrow, living in 1620, who m. Jean, daughter of David Ramsay, of Balmain, and had with several other children, a son and successor, SIR JAMES DURHAM, who received the honor of knighthood from King CHARLES I. He m. Janet, daughter of James Durham, of Duntarvie, and had (with two daughters) four sons, viz. JAMES, his heir. William, who acquired lands in Lenlithgow. John, Robert, Sir James d. eldest son, These gentlemen, with many other natives of Scotland, entered into the service of GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS, of Sweden. in 1633, and was s. by his SIR JAMES DURHAM, knt. of Pittkerrow, an eminent lawyer, and constituted by King CHARLES I. clerk of the exchequer, and director of the rolls, from which offices he was removed during the usurpation; but reinstated after the restoration of the monarchy, when he received the honor of knighthood from King CHARLES II. Sir James wedded a daughter of Hepburn, of Humbie, and had issue, 1. JAMES, his successor. 2. Adam, from whom descended the DURHAMS of Luffness. 3. ALEXANDER (Sir) who for his eminent services in the royal cause received the honor of knighthood from King CHARLES II., and was constituted LORD LYON, KING OF ARMS, immediately after the restoration. Sir Alexander was likewise colonel of a regiment, and receiver of the land tax in Scotland. He died unmarried, when he bequeathed the lands of LARGO, which he had acquired, to (the son of his eldest brother James of Pittkerrow) his nephew, FRANCIS DURHAM. 4. Adolphus, who d. s. p. 5. Grizel, m. to John, first EARL OF MYDDLETON, and had issue, Charles, second EARL OF MYDDLE TON. Grizel, m. to William, fourth EARL OF MORTON. Helen, m. to Patrick, EARL OF Sir James was s. by his eldest son, This JAMES DURHAM, of Pittkerrow. gentleman commenced his career, as a captain in his brother's regiment, then actively engaged in supporting the royal cause, but he subsequently directed his enthusiastic mind to the study of theology, and became an eminent and learned divine. He was one of the ministers of Edinburgh, and chaplain to the King; in which latter capacity he attended his majesty at the battle of Dunbar. He wedded Margaret, daughter of Sir Mure, of Glanderston, (relict of the celebrated Zacharias Boyd), and was s. at his decease by his elder son, FRANCIS DURHAM, esq. who inherited the estate of LARGO, from his uncle Sir Alexander Durham. He m. Jean, daughter of Sir James Scott, of Ardross, but dying issueless, was s. by his only brother, JAMES DURHAM, esq. of Largo. This gentleman espoused Margaret,* daughter of Sir Thomas Rutherford of Hunthill, by whom he had (with four daughters) three sons, viz. * This lady became heir of line to the honors of Lord Rutherford upon failure of issue of her father and brother, upon which account General Durham quarters the arms of Rutherford with his own, and the family claims the peerage of Rutherford. JAMES, his heir. Alexander, an officer in the army, The Laird was s. by his eldest son, JAMES DURHAM, esq. of Largo, who m. twice, but had issue only by his second wife, Anne, daughter of Sir Robert Anstruther, bart. inter alios, a son and heir, JAMES DURHAM, esq. of Largo, who wedded Anne, daughter of Thomas Calderwood, esq. of Polton, (son and heir of Sir William Calderwood, one of the senators of the, College of Justice, by Margaret, his wife, daughter of Sir James Stewart, bart. of Goodtrees,) and had issue, JAMES, present LAIRD OF LARGO. The Laird was s. at his decease, by his eld- az. Crest-A dolphin ppr. Quartering the arms of the Lords Rutherford. Estate BARONY OF LARGO, in the county of Fife, acquired by Sir Alexander Durham, in 1663. Seat-LARGO HOUSE, in Fifeshire. PLUMBE-TEMPEST, OF TONG. TEMPEST-PLUMBE, JOHN, esq. of Tong Hall, in Yorkshire, and of Aughton, in the county of Lancaster, colonel of the first Royal Lancashire militia, and a magistrate and deputy lieutenant of both shires, espoused Sarah, second daughter of the Rev. William Plumbe, rector of Aughton, and has had issue, THOMAS-RICHARD, major of the 60th, or Duke of York's only rifle corps, a magistrate and deputy lieutenant for Lancashire and the West Riding of the county of York. Catharine-Elizabeth. Henrietta-Townley, d. in 1808. Frances-Penelope, m. 26th July, 1824, to Thomas, son Frances Penelope Rawson. This gentleman, whose patronimic is PLUMBE, assumed by sign manual in 1824, the additional surname and arms of "TEMPEST." Lineage. The family of TEMPEST has maintained a leading position in the county of York from a remote period, and many of its members held places of great trust upon the Scottish Border, in the reigns of the EDWARDS and the HENRIES. ROGER TEMPEST, lord of the manor of Bracewell, living temp. HENRY I. and witness to several charters cited in the Monasticon, was father of RICHARD TEMPEST, whose name is attached to the charter of Silsden Mill, in the 18th of King STEPHEN. He was s. by his Norton, of Norton Conyers, in Yorkshire. DIONYSIA, m. to William Mallorie, to whom she conveyed the manor of Studley; and from this marriage the present MRS. LAWRENCE, OF STUDLEY, derives. 2. Rowland (Sir), of Holmeside, which he acquired by gift of Sir Robert Umfraville; and in the 18th of HENRY VI. he also obtained lands from his brother. He m. Isabella, daughter and co-heir of Sir William Elmdon, knt. by Elizabeth, sister and co-heir of Gilbert Umfraville, (great grandson of Robert Umfraville, Earl of Angus.) From this Sir Rowland Tempest descended the TEMPESTS of Holmeside, Stella, Brancepeth, WYNYARD, &c. in the county of Durham, and the TEMPESTS of Cranbrook, in Kent. John Tempest died in 1351, and was s. by his elder son, SIR JOHN TEMPEST, of Bracewell, who had a military summons in the 17th of EDWARD II. He wedded Margaret, daughter of Sir Robert Holand, knt. and sister of Thomas Holand, Earl of Kent, K.G. (the husband of JOAN PLANTAGENET, the celebrated "FAIR MAID OF KENT," whom. subsequently, the BLACK PRINCE) and had issue, RICHARD (Sir), his successor. Margaret, m. to Sir James Ratcliffe, ancestor of the Ratcliffes, Viscounts Fitz Walter, and Earls of Sussex. Sir John was s. by his only son, SIR RICHARD TEMPEST, knt. of Bracewell, living temp. RICHARD II. who m. Isabel, daughter and heiress of Sir John Leggard, knt. and widow of John Graas, of Gemelyne, and had issue, 1. PIERS (Sir), his heir. 3. Peter. 4. Robert (Sir). He was s. by his eldest son, SIR PIERS TEMPEST, of Bracewell, who accompanied HENRY V. into France, and shared in the glories of AZINCOURT, upon which celebrated field he received the honor of knighthood. He wedded the daughter and heiress of Sir Nicholas Hebdon, of Hebdon (by his wife, the heiress of the ancient family of Rie), and had, with two daughters, Elizabeth, wife of Sir Thomas Holland, and Margaret, of Richard Banks, of Bank Newton, in Yorkshire, a son and successor, SIR JOHN TEMPEST, knt. of Bracewell, who served the office of sheriff for the county of York, in the 18th and 37th of HENRY VI. and of Lincolnshire in the 34th of the same reign. Sir John, who was zealously devoted to the house of Lancaster, afforded a place of concealment at one period to its royal chief, the unfortunate King HENRY, at Bracewell. He m. Alice, daughter of Sir Robert Sherburne, of Stonyhurst, in Lancashire, and had inter alios, NICHOLAS, his successor. MARGARET, m. to Sir Thomas Tem- Alice, m. to Sir Thomas Talbot, of Jane, m. to William Ratcliffe, esq. of Sir John was s. by his elder surviving son, SIR RICHARD TEMPEST, knt. of Bracewell, who had a command (and fought gallantly) under the Earl of Surrey, at Floddenfield. He wedded Rosamond, daughter and heiress of Tristram Bolling, esq. of Bolling Hall, in the county of York, and acquired thereby that estate. He had issue, He 1. THOMAS (Sir), sheriff of Yorkshire in the 34th of HENRY VIII. served under the Earl of Surrey, and burnt Jedburgh. Sir Thomas was also one of the council of the north in the same reign. He m. first Margaret, daughter and heiress of William Bosville, esq. of Chevit, and sesondly Margaret, daughter of his great uncle, Sir Thomas Tempest, knt. but d. s. p. 2. JOHN (Sir), who inherited Bracewell. This gentleman was sheriff of Yorkshire in 1546. He m. Anne, daughter of Mr. Speaker Lenthall, but d. issueless. 3 NICHOLAS, of Bracewell and Bolling. This gentleman was involved with Lord D'Arcy in the Pilgrimage of Grace temp. HENRY VIII. He m. Beatrice, daughter and heiress of John Bradford, esq. of Bradford, and had issue, Richard, who m. Elizabeth, dau. of T. Wentworth, esq. of North Empsal, but d. s. p. 23rd ELIZA BETH. ROBERT, m. Anne, daughter of Richard Pigot, esq. of the county of Derby, and had an only son, RICHARD (Sir), of Bracewell and Bolling, sheriff of Yorkshire temp. JAMES I. He m. Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Francis Rodes, knt. one of the judges of the Common Pleas, and had, with two daughters, TROTH, wife of Sir Thomas Tempest, bart. of Stella, and FRANCES, wife (first) of John Osbaldeston, esq. of Osbaldeston, and afterwards of John Ward, M.D., a son and suc cessor, RICHARD, of Bracewell and ELIZABETH, m. to JOHN 4. Tristram, m. to Joan Methley, an 5. HENRY, of whose line we are about to treat. 6. Elizabeth, m. to Sir Peter Fretchvile, knt. 7. Jane, m. to Sir Thomas Waterton, knt. of Walton, in Yorkshire. 8. Anne, m. to John Lacy, esq. 9. Beatrice, m. to Wm. Gascoigne, esq. The fifth and youngest son, HENRY TEMPEST, esq. espoused Ellinor, daughter and heiress of Christopher Mirfield, esq. of Tong Hall,* by whom he acquired that estate, and dying in 1591, was 8. by his eldest son, * RICHARD DE TONG held the manor of TONG, in 1194, of Hugh Neville, of Brearly, as lord of the fee, and it continued in his family until the reign of HENRY VI., when HUGH DE TONG left an only daughter and heiress, MARGARET, who conveyed the lordship of TONG to her husband Robert, son and heir of William Mirfield, esq. RICHARD TEMPEST, esq. of Tong Hall, who wedded Elizabeth, daughter and coheir of Thomas Savile, esq. of Overthorpe, and was s. at his decease in 1607, by his only son, RICHARD TEMPEST, esq. of Tong Hall. This gentleman m. Alice, daughter of William Mauliverer, esq. of Arncliffe, and dying in 1613, was s. by his eldest son, JOHN TEMPEST, esq. of Tong Hall, who espoused Katherine, daughter of Robert Duckenfield, esq. of Duckenfield, in the county of Chester, by whom (who m. after Mr. Tempest's death, Henry Fairfax, esq. of Bolton Percy), he left at his decease in 1623, a son and successor, HENRY TEMPEST, esq. of Tong Hall, baptized in September, 1621, elected knight of the shire for the county of York, in 1654 and 1656. He m. Mary, daughter of Nicholas Bushall, esq. of Bagdall Hall, and dying in 1657, was s. by his son, Huzzars; m. Elizabeth, fourth dau. of William Scrimshire, esq. of Cotgrave, Notts, and had issue, John, major in the Royal Horse Guards, d. unmarried, in 1786. ELIZABETH, who became representative of the family at the decease of her cousin, SIR HENRY TEMPEST, bart. Anne, m. to the Rev. Nathan Haines, D.D. vicar of Nottingham, and dying in 1811, left an only child, Nathan Tempest Haines. Henrietta, d. unmarried in 1823. Sir George d. in 1745, and was s. by his eldest son, SIR HENRY TEMPEST, third baronet, who wedded Maria, eldest dau. of — Holmes, esq. of Wegston, in the county of Leicester, and was s. by his only son, SIR HENRY TEMPEST, fourth baronet, of Thorpe House, near Staines, in the county of Middlesex. This gentleman m. Sarah Pritchard, only child of Lambert, esq. SIR JOHN TEMPEST, of Tong Hall, who was created a BARONET in 1664. This gentleman by the decease of Richard Tempest, esq. of Bracewell, without male issue, of Hope End, in Herefordshire, and acquirin 1657, became chief of the family of TEM-ing that estate, served the office of sheriff PEST. He m. Henrietta, daughter and heir for the county, in 1799. But dying s. p. of Sir Henry Cholmley,* of Newton Grange, in 1819, the baronetcy became EXTINCT, and had issue, and the representation of the family deVolved upon his cousin, 1. HENRY, who inherited NEWTON 2. GEORGE, heir to his father. SIR GEORGE TEMPEST, of Tong Hall, second baronet, who wedded Anne, daughter and heiress of Edward Frank, esq. of Campsal, by whom (who d. in 1746), he had issue, 1. HENRY, his heir. 2. Nicholas, who m. Miss Ellen Galley, of Houley Hall, in the county of York. The great CHRISTOPHER MIRFIELD, esq. of Tong Hall, ELLINOR MIRFIELD, the lady mentioned in the text. Sir Henry Cholmley was grandson of Henry Clifford, first Earl of Cumberland, and his wife, daughter of Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland. (See Burke's Extinct and Dormant Peerage.) ELIZABETH TEMPEST, of Tong Hall, grandaughter of Sir George Tempest, the second baronet. This lady became likewise representative of the very old families of TONGES and MIRFIELDS, of TONG. She espoused THOMAS PLUMBE, son and heir of WILLIAM PLUMBE, esq. of Wavertree Hall, and of Aughton, both in the county of Lancaster, (see family of Plumbe at foot), and had issue, Thomas Plumbe, d. in 1780, unmarried. Henrietta-Mildred Plumbe. Henry Dixon, captain in the 81st William Dixon, in holy orders. |