WILLIAM ANDERTON, esq. of Euxton, espoused Frances, daughter and heiress of Christopher Ince, esq. of Ince Hall, in the county of Lancaster, representative of one of the most ancient families in that shire and had, with three other sons, Robert, Thomas, and Francis, a successor, at his decease in 1811, the present WILLIAM INCE ANDERTON, esq. of Euxton and Ince.

Arms-Sa. a chevron between three shackbolts arg. quartering the ensigns of INCE.

The following is extracted from an ancient heraldry book.-" He beareth sa. 2 single shackbolts, and one double arg. by the name of ANDERTON. These kinde of armes may also well be given to such a brave spirit who by his prowesse can fetch off with strength, or by his charity redeeme any of his fellow souldiers in captivity."

Crest-A curlew ppr.
Motto-We stoop not.

Estates-Euxton, near Chorley; Clayton, near Preston; and Ince, near Wigan, all in Lancashire.

Seats-Euxton Hall, near Chorley; and Ince Hall, near Wigan. Over the fire-place in the entrance hall at Euxton, is a bust on the wall of King JAMES II. crowned with laurel, and surrounded by military instruments and trophies.

Andertons, of Lostock.

From a third son of the house of Anderton, of Anderton, descended LAWRENCE ANDERTON, who founded the family of Lostock. He was father of

CHRISTOPHER ANDERTON, esq. of Lostock, who m. Dorothy, daughter of Peter Anderton, esq. of Anderton, and dying in 1593, left issue,

1. JAMES, who went abroad, and be-
came a catholic clergyman. He
was a learned writer, and for his
eloquence obtained the appellation
of "Golden mouthed Anderton."
2. CHRISTOPHER, who succeeded at
Lostock.

3. Roger, of Birchley, 'a popish recu-
sant, who m. Ann, daughter of
Edward Stafford, esq. and d. in 1640.

7. Ann, m. to Roger Bradshaw, esq. of Haigh.

8. Isabell, m. first, to Langtree, esq. and second to George Rockley, esq. The second son,

CHRISTOPHER ANDERTON, esq. of Lostock, wedded Mary, daughter of Scarisbrick, esq. of Scarisbrick, and had with two daughters, Dorothy, wife of Anthony Munson, esq. of Carleton, and Margaret, of Turnel, esq. of Alston, a son,

CHRISTOPHER ANDERTON, esq. of Lostock, who succeeded his father in 1623. He m. first, a daughter of John Preston, esq. of the manor, in Furness, by whom he had an only child, Margaret, who died unmarried. He espoused, secondly, Alathea, daughter of Sir Francis Smith, of Wolston Waven, in Warwickshire, and had, with several younger children,

FRANCIS (Sir), his heir.

Mary, m. to William Jones, esq. of
Trevan, in Monmouthshire.

Ann, m. to John Turberville, esq. of
Penclin Castle, Glamorganshire.
He d. about the year 1650, and was s. by
his son,

SIR FRANCIS ANDERTON, of Lostock, who He m. Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Charles was created a BARONET by CHARLES II. Somerset, second son of Edward, earl of Worcester, lord privy seal, and dying at Paris, 9th of February, 1698, was interred in the church of the English Benedictine Monks, where an inscription is engraven to his memory. Sir Francis was s. by his eldest son,

SIR CHARLES ANDERTON, bart. of Lostock, who m. a daughter of Ireland, esq. of Lidiate, in Lancashire, and had issue,

Charles (Sir), who both died young.
James (Sir),

Lawrence (Sir), a monk, who died at

London, s. p. 30th September, 1724. FRANCIS (Sir), who m. Margaret, daughter of Sir Henry Bedingfeld, bart. of Onborough. Sir Francis had his estate sequestered for his participation in the rebellion of Preston.

This is a branch of an ancient Livonian family established in England, about the year 1740, by

ANDREW GROTE, who married, first, Miss Adams, of an old Oxfordshire family, by whom he acquired estates in that county, and had an only son, JOSEPH, his heir. He wedded secondly, Miss Culverden, and had, with two sons, GEORGE, successor to his half brother, and Andrew, who died young, several daughters; of whom one married Admiral Stirling, another, A. Gregory, esq. of Stivishall, in Warwickshire, a third was wife of Prescott, esq. a fourth, Lætitia, died unmarried, and a fifth was married to W. Gregory, esq. of the East India Company's civil service. Mr. Grote purchased in 1780, landed property in the county of Lincoln, which he entailed on his elder son,

JOSEPH GROTE, esq. of Badgmoor, Oxon, who likewise inherited an estate in Oxfordshire, from his mother, Miss Adams. He died unmarried in 1815, and was s. by his brother,

GEORGE GROTE, esq. a justice of the peace for the counties of Kent and Oxford, and sheriff of the former shire, in 1809. He m. Selina-Mary, daughter of the Reverend

*

Dr. Peckwell, by his wife, a lady of the family of Blosset, by whom he had, GEORGE, his successor.

William-Henry, major in His majesty's 33rd regiment of foot.

Andrew, Hon. East India Company's civil service, Bengal, who m. in 1829, Miss Macdonald, and has one son and a daughter.

Joseph, commander of a private trader
to the East Indies.

Charles, banker, in London, a partner
in the firm of Prescott and Co.
John, of Trinity College, Cambridge.
Arthur, East India Company's civil
service, Bengal.

Francis, student, at Oxford.

Selina, m. in 1825, to lieutenant colonel Frederick, of the East India Commany's Military Service, Bombay, and died in 1826.

Mr. Grote died 3rd July, 1830, and was s. by his eldest son, the present GEORGE GROTE, esq. M.P.

Arms-Ärg. on a mount vert, three pine trees ppr. a dexter side or.

Crest A pine tree between 'two elephants' proboscides erect ppr.

Motto-Prodesse quam conspici. Estates-A freehold in Oxfordshire; a freehold entailed on heirs male, with two manors thereunto annexed, at Long Benington and Foston, in Lincolnshire.

Seat-Dulwich Wood, Surrey.

* The BLOSSETS were a French family of the Touraine, who expatriated at the revocation of the edict of Nantes in 1589, and seeking an asylum in Ireland, settled in the county of Dublin, where the family estate lies. The late Sir Robert Henry Blosset, knt. chief justice of Bengal, (the son of Doctor Peckwell, by assumption Blosset) dying unmarried in 1828, bequeathed his fortune to his only sister, Selina-Mary Grote, who now enjoys it, and after her death to George Grote, or any other of her sons, she should fix upon in preference, with entail on the remaining sons, in default of male issue to her immediate heir.

ANTHONY, baptized 31st May, 1642. inherited Floiers Hayes at the decease of his father, and d. in 1701, leaving issue, by Sarah, his second wife, daughter of John Gould, esq. of Upway, in the county of Dorset.

1. ANTHONY, of Floiers Hayes,
who d. s. p.

2. WILLIAM, in holy orders.
3. Hubert-Charles.
The second son,

The Rev. WILLIAM FLOYER, b. in
1676, was rector of Trusham, in
the county of Devon. He m.
Sarah, daughter of Amy Bur-
well, of London, and dying in
1742, left with other issue,

1. ANTHONY, of Dorchester. 2. John-Gould, in holy orders, rector of Esher, in Surrey, d. unmarried in 1777. 3. WILLIAM. The youngest son, WILLIAM FLOYER, esq. of Reesby, in Lincolnshire, and of Athelhampton, in the county of Dorset, m. in 1752, Frances, daughter and co-heir of Edward Aiscough, esq. of Louth, in the county of Lincoln, and dying in 1759, was s. by his son,

ANTHONY, Who m. in 1784, Elizabeth, daughter of George Brabines, esq. of Blannington Hall, in Lincolnshire, and dying 8th March, 1814, left an only son and heir, JOHN GOULD FLOYER, esq.now of Ketsby, in the county of Lincoln, b. in July, 1785, m. in 1815, Sarah, daughter of the Rev. Richard Wright, of Wrangle, and has issue, 1. JOHN WADHAM, b. in 1818. 2. Richard Aiscough-Martin. 3. Ayscough. Mr. Floyer wedded, secondly, Elizabeth,

WILLIAM FLOYER, esq. of Berne, in the county of Monmouth, who m. first in 1677, Mary, dau. and co-heir of Sir William Pole, knt. of Shute, in the county of Devon, eldest son of Sir John Pole, bart. and had issue, William, who d. in the life time of his father.

JOHN, his successor.

Catherine, m. to Humphrey Sydenham, esq. of Dulverton, in the county of Somerset.

He wedded, secondly, in 1700, Grace Cossins, of Broadwindson, in Dorsetshire, but had no further issue. He d. 13th Jannary, 1711, und was s. by his son,

JOHN FLOYER, esq. of Upway, in the county of Dorset, and of Lincoln's Inn, barrister-at-law. This gentleman m. first, 22nd July, 1714, Mary, daughter of John Ellis, of St. James's, Westminster, but had no issue. He espoused, secondly, 11th April, 1741, Anne, daughter of James Richards, esq. of West Knighton, in the county of Dorset, and co-heir of her brother. By this lady he had two sons and a daughter, namely, JOHN, his successor.

WILLIAM, Successor to his brother. Anne, b. 28th February, 1742, m. to the Rev. Charles Russell, of Bath. He was s. by his elder son,

JOHN FLOYER, esq. of Upway, b. 28th May, 1744, m. Jane, only daughter of the Rev. Samuel Davison, rector of Dalbury, in Derbyshire, (by Elizabeth his wife, sister of Sir Edward Wilmot, bart. of Chaddesden, and relict of James Acton, of West Stafford). He d. s. p. in 1789, when the estates devolved upon his brother,

The Rev.

WILLIAM FLOYER, b. 5th January, 1745, rector of West Stafford, and vicar of Stensford, in the county of Dorset, who m. 3rd February, 1801, Elizabeth, youngest dau. and co-heir of Stephen Barton, esq. of Blandford, and had issue,

WILLIAM, his successor.
JOHN, heir to his brother.
Elizabeth-Margaret, b. 11th August,
1805, d. in 1817.

Elizabeth, m. in July, 1831, to Christopher Wriothesley-Digby, esq. eldest son of the Rev. Charles Digby, rector of Bishop's Caundle, in Dorsetshire, and canon of Windsor. Mr. Floyer d. 29th December, 1819, and was s. by his elder son,

WILLIAM FLOYER, esq. b. 29th December, 1803, of West Stafford, a midshipman in the royal navy, drowned off Portland, 11th July, 1822, and was s. by his brother, the present JOHN FLOYER. esq. of West Stafford.