army, who was drowned in January, 1828. Laetitia, who d. unmarried. Arms-Azure, a hand, book and pen, or. QUARTERINGS.-Sir John Conroy quarters the arms of many of the most eminent houses in England, including Lyttleton, Fitzwarin, Grey, Talbot, Neville, Bigod, Clavering, &c. &c. Crest-A wreath of laurel. Motto-L'antiquité ne peut pas l'abolir. Estates Corcloughernough, Bettyfield, &c. in the county of Roscommon; Llanbrynmair, in Montgomeryshire. Residence-Kensington, Middlesex. CUSTANCE, OF WESTON. CUSTANCE, HAMBLETON-THOMAS, esq. of Weston House, in the county of Norfolk, b. 12th February, 1779, m. 11th February, 1809, Mary, only daughter of the late Miles Bower, esq. and niece of John-Bower Jodrell, esq. of Henbury Hall, in Cheshire, by whom he has issue, HAMBLETON-FRANCIS, b. 8th November, 1809. William-Neville, b. 24th October, 1811, an officer in the army. Mr. Custance, who is a magistrate and deputy-lieutenant for the county of Norfolk, s. to the estates upon the demise of his father, 13th August, 1822. Lineage. ROBERT CUSTANCE, who possessed estates in Norwood Barningham, Winter Barningham, and Bodham, Norfolk, died in 1549, leaving (with a younger son, Edmund, who wedded Cicely, daughter of John Palmer, esq. of Winter Barningham) his successor, WILLIAM CUSTANCE, b. in 1533, who m. Frances, daughter of Thomas Bacon, esq. and was s. at his decease, 6th September, 1601, by his son, WILLIAM CUSTANCE, esq. b. in 1570, who espoused his cousin, Katherine, daughter of Clement Bacon, esq. of Gresham, in Norfolk, and d. in 1621, leaving a son and successor, This WILLIAM CUSTANCE, esq. b. in 1599. gentleman espoused Cicely, daughter of Athill, esq. of Geistwick, and died 28th June, 1649. His son and heir, WILLIAM CUSTANCE, esq. b. 17th June, 1632, m. Bridget, daughter of the Rev. Mr. Atkins, and had (with an elder son, William, who married and left issue, which is now extinct) a second son, JOHN CUSTANCE, an eminent merchant and alderman of Norwich, who purchased in 1726, the Weston estates. He m. Sarah, daughter and co-heiress of John Hambleton, esq. of Banham, in Norfolk, by whom (who d. 22nd November, 1756) he had issue. East India Company's Service, who Frances-Anne, m. to Robert Marsham, Emily, m. to the Rev. B. Edwards, Mr. Custance, who was a gentleman of the Arms-Or, an eagle displayed gu. charged on the breast with a star of six points of the first. Crest-A demi eagle displayed, as in the arms. Motto-Appetitus rationi pareat. Seat-Weston House, near Norwich. OLIPHANT, OF CONDIE. OLIPHANT, LAURENCE, esq. of Condie, and Newton, both in the county of Perth, b. 22nd June, 1791, m. first, in 1814, Eliza, second daughter of Hercules Ross, esq. of Rossie Castle, in Forfarshire, by whom, who died in 1820, he had no issue. He espoused secondly, in 1825, Margaret G. Barrett, relict of Samuel Barrett, esq. of Jamaica. Mr. Oliphant, who succeeded to the estates upon the demise of his father in 1806, represents the borough of Perth in parliament. C Lineage. DAVID OLIFARD, the first of this ancient family on record, served in the army of King STEPHEN against the Empress Maud, anno 1141, and having, during the war, rescued from an ambuscade DAVID I. of Scotland, who had espoused the opposite cause, received from that monarch a grant of the lands of Crailing and Smallham, in Roxburghshire; and had the honor of being the earliest justiciary of Scotland of whom any record appears. He was s. at his decease, by his eldest son, DAVID OLIFARD, who died towards the close of the twelfth century, leaving a son and successor, SIR WALTER OLIFARD, who acquired great popularity as justiciary of Lothian, for more than twenty years under ALEXANDER II. "No person," says Douglas, " during that period in Scotland, was more trusted in public council or private affairs, or was more worthy of trust than Walter Olifard." He died in 1242, and was honorably interred in the choir of the Abbey of Melrose. By his wife, Christian, daughter of the Earl of Strathern, he left a son and heir, | Lady Elizabeth Campbell, third daughter of WALTER OLIFARD, also justiciary of Lo- Colin, first Earl of Argyle, and had two sons, thian, whose eldest son, COLIN. SIR WILLIAM OLIPHANT, of Aberdalgy, submitted to EDWARD I. in 1297. This knight, the gallant defender of Stirling Castle, died in 1329, and was s. by his son, SIR WALTER OLIPHANT, of Aberdalgy, who wedded Elizabeth, youngest daughter of ROBERT I. as appears from a charter of King DAVID II. to "Waltero, dilecto et fideli suo, pro bono servitio nobis impenso, et Elizabethæ, sponsæ suæ, delecta sorori nostræ;" regranting them the lands of Turin in Forfarshire. The son and heir, WALTER OLIPHANT, of Aberdalgy, espoused Mary, daughter of Sir Robert Erskine, of Erskine, and had two sons, JOHN (Sir), his heir, and Malcolm, of Hasleside, in Ayrshire; by the elder, SIR JOHN OLIPHANT, he was succeeded. This gentleman, who was knighted by RoBERT II. m. first, a daughter of Sir William Borthwick, of that Ilk, and had one son, WILLIAM, his heir. He wedded, secondly, a daughter of Sir Thomas Home, of Home, and had another son, Thomas, ancestor of the Oliphants of Kelly, in Fife. Sir John died about the year 1420, and was s. by his son, SIR WILLIAM OLIPHANT, of Aberdalgy, living in 1423, who m. Isabel, daughter of John Stewart, of Innermeath, Lord of Lorn, and was s. by his son, SIR JOHN OLIPHANT, of Aberdalgy. This gentleman took part with the Ogilvys in their feud with the Lindseys, and was slain in the rencounter between the contending parties at Arbroath in 1445, when the Earl of Crawfurd also fell. He espoused Isabel, daughter of Walter Ogilvy, esq. of Auchterhouse, and had issue, LAURENCE (Sir), his heir. Margaret, m. to William Wardlaw, Isabel, m. to Alexander Blair, of Balthyock. The eldest son, SIR LAURENCE OLIPHANT, of Aberdalgy, sate in parliament as a BARON, who wedded the Lady Isabel Hay, youngest dau. of William, first Earl of Errol, and had three sons, JOHN, his heir. William, who wedded Christian, only His Lordship died about the year 1500, and JOHN, SECOND LORD OLIPHANT, who m. | Laurence, abbot of Inchaffray, who fell at Flodden. The elder, COLIN, MASTER Oliphant, espoused Lady Elizabeth Keith, second daughter of William, third Earl Marishall, and had issue, LAURENCE, who s. his grandfather, in 1516, as third Lord; and from him descended the LORDS Oliphant. WILLIAM. The Master of Oliphant was slain with his brother at the field of Flodden. His second son, WILLIAM OLIPHANT acquired, in 1543, the lands of Newton, part of the present Mr. Oliphant's estate. He married his cousin the dau. and heiress of Sir William Oliphant, of Berriedale, in Caithness, and thereby acquired those and various other possessions. The grandson of William Oliphant, and the heiress of Berriedale, was LAURENCE OLIPHANT, esq. first of Condie, (an estate purchased in 1601) wedded Miss Murray, of Tullibardine, ancestor of the Athol family, by whom he had issue, 1. LAURENCE, who m. Marriot, daughter and heiress of Sir John Blackadder, of Tullialan, and thereby disobliging his father was in a great measure disinherited. 2. Thomas, who had the lands of ROSSIE, and was ancestor of the OLIPHANTS of that place. 3. William, whom. Eslpeth, daughter of Sir Henry Stirling, bart. of Ardoch. This gentleman subsequently sold his portion of the estate to his elder brother. 4. James, ancestor of the OLIPHANTS of Kinneder in Fife. 5. Colin. Laurence, first of Condie, being displeased as stated above, by the marriage of his eldest son, bequeathed his extensive estates among his younger children. The disinherited son, LAURENCE OLIPHANT, esq. second of Condie, was succeeded, at his decease, by his son, LAURENCE OLIPHANT, esq. third of Condie, who wedded Helen, sister of Sir James Wemyss, bart. of Bogie, by whom he had, with several other children, a son and heir, LAURENCE OLIPHANT, esq. fourth of Condie, who m. Jeannette Meldrum, daughter of Meldrum, of Lethers, in the county of Aberdeen, (whose half sister, Mary Ogilvie, wedded, Charles, seventh Lord Oliphant), and had a son and successor, LAURENCE OLIPHANT, esq. fifth of Condie, who dying early in life, his widow * His tombstone is still preserved in Aberdalgy espoused the last Drummond, of Invermay church yard. which gentleman bequeathed to his wife's son, Laurence Oliphant, a considerable fortune. This lady married for her third husband, James Oliphant, esq. second son of Gask. Condie was s. at his decease by his only son, LAURENCE OLIPHANT, esq. sixth of Condie, who espoused Miss Oliphant, of Gask, sister to his mother's third husband, and was succeeded by his only son, LAURENCE OLIPHANT, esq. seventh of Condie. This gentleman married Margaret, daughter of Anthony Murray, esq. of Dollorie, by whom he had issue, EBENEZER, his heir. Margaret, m. to George Græme, esq. of Inchbreakie. attorney-general at the Cape of Good Hope, who m. Miss Campbell, daughter of Colonel Campbell, and has one son, LAURENCE. James, resident engineer Hyderbad, Mr. Oliphant died in 1806, and was s. by Arms-Gu. three crescents argent, within a bordure, quartering the ensigns of STIRLING, of Ardoch, for the present possessor's mother, of BLACKADDER for the heiress of Tullialan, also DUFFUS and CHYNE for the heiress of Berridale. Crest-A unicorn's head, couped, arg. armed and maned or. Supporters-Two elephants ppr. Estates-In Perthshire. Seat-Condie, in the county of Perth. RASHLEIGH, OF MENABILLY. RASHLEIGH, WILLIAM, esq. of Menabilly, in the county of Cornwall, some time member of parliament for the borough of Fowey, m. first, Rachael, daughter of William Stackhouse, esq. of Trehane, but has no surviving issue by that lady. He espoused secondly, Caroline, daughter of Henry Hinxman, esq. of Ivychurch, in the county of Wilts, and has issue. Lineage. JOHN RASHLEIGH, who settled as a merchant at Fowey, about the middle of the sixteenth century. He m. Rice, daughter of William Lanyon, esq. and dying 10th August, 1582, left, with six daughters, one son, his successor, JOHN RASHLEIGH, esq. who erected the mansion at Menabilly, the beautiful seat at which the family have continued ever since to reside. He was member for Fowey, in the 31st and 39th of ELIZABETH, and died in 1624, leaving by his wife, Alice, daughter of Richard Bonythorn, esq. of Carclew, several children, of whom the second son, JONATHAN RASHLEIGH, esq. (on the death of his elder brother, John, without issue) succeeded to the property. This gentleman, like his father, represented the borough of Fowey, in several parliaments. He d. in 1675, having had by his second wife, Mary, daughter of John Harris, esq. of Radford, near Plymouth, a son (who died before himself), namely, JOHN RASHLEIGH, who m. Joan, daughter of John Pollexfen, esq. of Merthcombe, and left, with several other children, JONATHAN, successor to his grandfather. Mr. Rashleigh was s. by his grandson, JONATHAN RASHLEIGH, esq. of Menabilly, who served the office of sheriff for Cornwall, in the 2nd of King JAMES II. Sarah, eldest daughter of Sir John Carew, bart. of Antony, and had issue, He m. PHILIP, who d. s. p. in 1736. Sarah, m. to Carolus Pole, brother of Rachael, m. to the Rev. John Hawkins, D.D. Mary. The eldest son dying without issue, the estates devolved upon the second son, JONATHAN RASHLEIGH, esq. of Menabilly, who represented the borough of Fowey for half a century in parliament. He m. Mary, daughter of Sir William Clayton, bart. and had, with other issue, PHILIP, his successor. of Trehane, and left, with other issue, WILLIAM RASHLEIGH, who inherited the estates of the family at the decease of his uncle, and is its present representative. John, of Penquite, m. Catherine, daughter of William Battie, M.D. and had, with younger children, the present SIR JOHN COLEMAN RASHLEIGH, Jane, m. to Robert Duke, esq. of Lake Mary, m. to William Stackhouse, esq. Rachael, m. to John Gould, M.D. of Mr. Rashleigh was s. at his decease, by his eldest son, PHILIP RASHLEIGH, esq. of Menabilly, his cousin Jane, daughter of the Rev. CaM.P. for Fowey. This gentleman wedded rolus Pole, but had no issue. Mr. Rash leigh's collection of minerals formed the most splendid cabinet of that description in Europe. He was s. at his decease by his nephew, the present WILLIAM RASHLEIGH, esq. of Menabilly. Arms-Sa. a cross or, between, in the first quarter, a Cornish chough, arg. beaked and legged, gules; in the second quarter, a text T; in the third and fourth quarters, a crescent, all of the third. Note.-Mr. Lysons observes, that "the younger branches of Rashleigh, and Peter, on removing into Cornwall, both adopted the Cornish chough, as a difference. Estates-In Cornwall. Seat-Menabilly, in Cornwall. |