CONROY, OF LLANBRYNMAIR. CONROY, SIR JOHN, knt. D.C.L. of Bettyfield, in the county of Roscommon, and of Llanbrynmair, in Montgomeryshire, b. 21st October, 1786, m. Elizabeth, daughter and sole heir of Majorgeneral Benjamin Fisher, niece of the late Right Rev. John Fisher, D.D. Lord Bishop of Salisbury, (preceptor to their late Royal Highnesses the Princess Charlotte of Wales, and the Duke of Kent) and woman of the bedchamber to the Duchess of Kent, by whom he has issue, EDWARD, b. in 1809, attached to the British Mission at Brussells. Arthur-Benjamin, b. in 1813, deceased. Stephen-Rowley, b. in 1815, a lieutenant in the Coldstream Guards. Henry-George, b. in 1817. Victoire-Marie-Louise. This gentleman, who is a captain upon the retired list of the royal artillery, was made a knight-commander of the Guelphic Order by King GEORGE IV. He is equerry and private secretary to H.R.H. the Duchess of Kent, and was equerry to his late R.H. the Duke of Kent, and a commissioner of the late Colonial audit-board. Sir John is a magistrate for the county of Montgomery, for which shire he has been excused serving the office of sheriff. Lineage. By reference to the records in the office | Roscommon, being the residue of the of the Ulster king at arms, it is established property spared by the confiscations to that the Milesian house of CONROY, which which the Irish families had been so rewas formerly written Mulconry, O'Mul-peatedly subject; and of these the Conroys conry, and O'Mulconaire, is of great antiquity, and assumes its descent from Niullus Magnus, monarch of Ireland. It enjoyed for many successive generations the hereditary office of seanchie, or herald to the kings of Connaught. The early part of the pedigree is to be found in the registry entitled "Funeral Entries," one of the books of record in the Irish college of arms, for 1637, when the funeral and lineage of Moylin O'Mulconry, esq. was duly established and registered as the forty-third in lineal descent of this ancient family, and received as such, the warranty, dated 6th July, 1638, of Thomas Preston, then Ulster king at arms. this From MOYLIN O'MULCONRY, esq. descended, altering their surnames, THORNA O'MULCONRY, esq. JOHN CONRY, or MULCONRY, esq. and CHARLES CONRY, esq. who had a regrant from CHARLES II. dated 10th August, 1678, of various lands in the county of were deprived of a further portion in consequence of their adhesion to the cause of JAMES II. Charles Conry was succeeded by his son, FEARFASSA CONRY, esq. of Bettyfield, in and was s. by his son, the county of Roscommon, who died in 1746, This JOHN CONROY, esq. b. in 1704. gentleman espoused Elizabeth, daughter and sole heiress of Robert Fowke, esq. who was, by marriage of his great-grandfather with Elizabeth, daughter and co-heiress of John Lyttleton, esq. of Holbeach, a representative of branches of the distinguished houses, whose arms the Conroy family are entitled to quarter. Mr. Conroy died in 1769, and was s. by his only son, JOHN PONSONBY CONROY, esq. born in 1761, who wedded Margaret, daughter of Francis Vernon Wilson, esq. of Tully, in the county of Longford, and dying in 1797, left issue, 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, WILLIAM CUSTANCE, esq. b. in 1599. This 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. HAMBLETON, his heir. Sarah, m. in 1736, to Anthony Norris, esq. of Barton Turf, in Norfolk. Mr. Custance d. 31st May, 1752, and was buried in St. Andrew's Church, Norwich. His son and heir, HAMBLETON CUSTANCE, esq. of Weston, b. in 1715, m. Susannah, daughter and heiress of John Press, alderman of Norwich, by whom (who died in 1761) he had JOHN, his heir. Susanna, m. to Sir Thomas Durrant, Mr. Custance, who was high sheriff in 1753, JOHN CUSTANCE, esq. of Weston, b. in 1749, who wedded Frances, second daughter of Sir William Beauchamp Proctor, bart. of Langley Park, by whom he had five sons and three daughters, viz. HAMBLETON THOMAS, his heir. East India Company's Service, who Frances-Anne, m. to Robert Marsham, Emily, m. to the Rev. B. Edwards, rector of Ashill. Charlotte, d. young. Mr. Custance, who was a gentleman of the privy chamber, d. 13th August, 1822, and was s. by his eldest son, the present HAMBLETON THOMAS CUSTANCE, esq. of Weston. 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. Estates In the parishes of Weston, Morton, Lyng, Paston, and South Lyng, in Norfolk, purchased in 1726. 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. the Earl of Strathern, he left a son and heir, WALTER OLIFARD, also justiciary of Lothian, whose eldest son, 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 was s. by his eldest son, JOHN, SECOND LORD OLIPHANT, who m. Lady Elizabeth Campbell, third daughter of Colin, first Earl of Argyle, and had two sons, COLIN. 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. Grace. Helen. Mr. Oliphant was drowned crossing the river May, and was s. by his only son, EBENEZER OLIPHANT, esq. eighth of Condie, married in 1790, Mary, third daughter of Sir William Stirling, bart. of Ardoch, and had issue, LAURENCE, his heir. William, who died in India. Anthony, b. in 1793, His Majesty's 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. T 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, |