ter and sole heiress of Humphrey Wyndham, esq. of Wiveliscombe, and was s. at his decease by his son,

SIR WILLIAM PORTMAN, bart. who was made a knight of the bath by King CHARLES II. He m. first, Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of Sir John Cutter, bart. secondly, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Southcote, and thirdly, Mary, daughter and heiress of Sir John Holman, but had no issue. By a release dated 26th February, he devised Orchard-Portman, together with other estates to a large amount, to his cousin,

HENRY SEYMOUR, esq. (refer to issue of ANNE, sixth child of the first baronet) who, upon inheriting, assumed the surname and arms of PORTMAN. He m. first, Penelope, daughter of Sir William Haslewood, of Maidwell, and secondly, Meliora, daughter of William Fitch, esq. of High Hall, Dorsetshire, but dying s. p. the property devolved by further limitation upon his relative,

WILLIAM BERKELEY, esq. (refer to issue of JOAN fifth child of the first baronet,) who likewise took the name of PORTMAN only. He m. Anne, daughter of Sir Edward Seymour, of Bury Pomeroy, and grandaughter of Anne Portman, by whom he had issue, HENRY-WILLIAM-BERKELEY, his suc

cessor.

Edward Berkeley, esq. of Pylle, who m. Anne, daughter of Thomas Ryves, esq. of Ranston, and had two daughters, viz.

1. Letitia, m. to Andrew Napier, esq. of Tintenhall, in the county of Somerset.

2. Arundell, m. to Thomas Troyte, esq. of Huntsham, in the county of Devon.

Letitia, m. to Sir John Burland, knt. L.L.D. one of the barons of the Exchequer, and had a son, John-Berkeley Burland, esq. of Stock House, Dorset. Mr. Portman was s. at his decease by his

eldest son,

HENRY-WILLIAM-BERKELEY PORTMAN, esq. of Orchard Portman, in the county of Somerset, and of Bryanston, in the county of Dorset, who espoused Anne, daughter of William Fitch, esq. of High Hall, and dying in 1761, was s. by his son,

HENRY-WILLIAM PORTMAN, esq. of Orchard Portman, and of Bryanston, who inherited the family estates of Pylle, upon

the demise of his aunt, Lady Burland. He wedded Anne, daughter of William Wyndham, esq. of Dinton, and had issue,

1. HENRY-BERKELEY, who m. Lucy-
Elizabeth, daughter of Lord Dormer,
and d. in 1804, leaving,
CHARLOTTE-LUCY, who wedded
John, present Earl Poulet, and
has issue.

2. EDWARD-BERKELEY, successor to his

father.

3. Anne-Mary.

4. Henrietta, m. to L. G. D. Tregonwell, esq. of Cranborne, Dorsetshire, and has issue.

5. Wyndham.

The second son and successor,

EDWARD-BERKELEY PORTMAN, esq. of Bryanston, and of Orchard-Portman, m. first, Lucy, daughter of the Rev. Thomas Whitby, of Creswell Hall, in Staffordshire, and had issue,

1. EDWARD-BERKELEY, now representative of the family.

2. Henry - William - Berkeley, b. 8th
May, 1801, who m. Harriet-Emily,
second daughter of T. L. Napier
Sturt, esq.

3. Wyndham-Berkeley, b. 4th June,
1804, who m. Sarah, daughter of
Thomas Thornhill, esq. of Riddles-
worth, in Norfolk, and has issue.
4. Fitzhardinge-Berkeley, b. 23rd Jan.
1811, a fellow of All-souls.
5. Lucy-Mabella, m. to G. Digby-Wing-
field, esq.

6. Marianne, m. to George Drummond,
esq. and has issue.

7. Harriet-Ella, m. to W. Stratford

Dugdale, esq. M.P. and has issue. Mr. Portman espoused secondly, in March, 1816, Mary, eldest daughter of Sir Edward Hulse, bart. of Breamore House, Wilts. He died at Rome, 19th January, 1823, and was s. by his eldest son, the present EDWARD-BERKELEY PORTMAN.

FAMILY OF BERKELEY.

This is a branch of the very ancient and eminent house of BERKELEY, of BERKELEY CASTLE, but more immediately connected with the Lords Berkeley, of Stratton.

*For a full account of the early Berkeleys, refer to Burke's Extinct Peerage.

SIR MAURICE BERKELEY, K.B. of Bruton, in the county of Somerset, standard-bearer to HENRY VIII. EDWARD VI. and Queen ELIZABETH. Of this gentleman it is mentioned, that, in the first year of Queen MARY, riding casually in London, he met with Sir Thomas Wiat at Temple Bar, and, persuading him to yield himself to the queen, Sir Thomas took his advice, and, mounting behind Sir Maurice, rode to the court. Sir Maurice m. first,Catherine, daughter of William Blount, Lord Mountjoy, and had, with several other children, a son, HENRY, his successor. He espoused, secondly, Elizabeth, daughter of Anthony Sands, esq. by whom he had two sons and a daughter. Sir Maurice was s. at his decease by his eldest son,

2. HENRY (Sir), from whom descend the BERKELEYS of Yarlington.

3. EDWARD (Sir), of whom we are about

to treat.

The third son,

SIR EDWARD BERKELEY, knt. of Pylle, espoused Margaret, daughter of John Holland, esq. of Sussex (whose ancestor, Thomas Holland, Earl of Kent, m. Joan, the Fair Maid of Kent, grandaughter of King EDWARD I.) Sir Edward built the mansion house at Pylle, where he resided until his decease, in 1654, when he was s. by his son,

EDWARD BERKELEY, esq. of Pylle, who m. PHILIPPA, daughter of George Speke, esq. of Whitelackington, by Joan, daughter of SIR JOHN PORTMAN, bart. and dying in 1669, was s. by his son,

EDWARD BERKELEY, esq. of Pylle, who m. Elizabeth, daughter of John Ryves, esq. of Ranston, and had (with another son, who d. s. p.)

WILLIAM, who assumed (as stated above) the surname and arms of PORTMAN, upon inheriting the estates of that family.

Arms-Quarterly, first and fourth or, a fleur-de-lis az. for PORTMAN: second and

1. MAURICE (Sir), from whom derived the VISCOUNTS FITZHARDING, the BARONS BERKELEY, of Stratton, and the gallant EARL OF FALMOUTH.

Crest-First, a talbot sejant or, and second, a unicorn gu.

Estates-In the counties of Dorset, Somerset, and Middlesex.

Seats-Bryanston, near Blandford; Orchard-Portman, near Taunton.

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This family was settled in the parish of Hurst, in the county of Berks, about the year 1600.

THOMAS PALMER, esq. was b. in 1678, and dying in 1762, æt. 84, was buried in the chancel of Hurst church. He left three sons, viz.

1. RICHARD, in holy orders, fellow of
Trinity College, Cambridge, and rec-
tor of Brading in the Isle of Wight,
who d. unmarried, in 1763.
2. ROBERT, of whom presently.

3. Samuel, who d. in 1796, leaving issue.

The second son,

ROBERT PALMER, gent. of Great Russellstreet, Bloomsbury-square, attorney-at-law, was for many years agent to his grace the Duke of Bedford. He m. first, Miss Le Grys, of Great Yarmouth, in Norfolk, by whom he had several children, who all d. young; and, secondly, Miss Charlotta Wakelin, and by her (who d. in 1768) he left at his decease, in 1787 (with four daughters), an only son and successor,

RICHARD PALMER, esq. b. in 1765, who m. in 1791, Jane, eldest daughter of Oldfield Bowles, esq. of North Aston, in the county of Oxford, by whom (who d. in 1812) he had eleven children, six of whom, viz. three sons and three daughters, now survive. He d. in 1806, and was s. by his eldest son, ROBERT PALMER, esq. present representative of the family.

Arms-Chequez or and sa. on a chief gu. two mullets of the first.

Crest-A talbot sejant, erminois. Estates-In the parishes of Sonning and Hurst, in the county of Berks.

Seat-Holme Park, near Reading, Berks.

Lucy-Ella.

FAMILY OF PORTMAN.

The PORTMANS appear to have been of distinction in the county of Somerset, in the reign of EDWARD I. at which period flourished

THOMAS PORTMAN, whose grandfather had borne the arms still used by the family. The lineal descendant of this Thomas,

WILLIAM PORTMAN, settled at Taunton, temp. HENRY IV. and was a munificent benefactor to the priory of that place, where he was interred. His son and successor,

WALTER PORTMAN, espoused Christian, daughter and heiress of William Orchard, of Orchard, and was s. by his son,

JOHN PORTMAN, of the Middle Temple, who d. in 1521, and was s. by his son,

SIR WILLIAM PORTMAN, knt. an eminent lawyer, who was appointed sergeant-at-law to King HENRY VIII. afterwards one of the justices of the Court of Common Pleas, and eventually lord chief justice of England, in which elevated station he distinguished himself by displaying a degree of integrity and independence very unusual among the judges of those arbitrary and despotic times. He d. in 1555, and was buried in St.

Dunstan's Church, London, where a monument was erected to his memory.

SIR HENRY PORTMAN, knt. son and successor of the judge, espoused Joan, daughter of Thomas Michell, esq. and dying in 1590, was s. by his son,

JOHN PORTMAN, esq. of Orchard-Portman, who was created a BARONET, 25th November, 1612. He m. Anne, daughter of Sir Henry Gifford, knt. and left issue, 1. HENRY (Sir), his successor, who m.

Lady Anne, Stanley, but d. s. p. in 1621.

5. Joan, m. to George Speke, esq. of Whitelackington, and had a daughter,

PHILIPPA, M. to Edward Berkeley, esq. of Pylle, and the grandson of this marriage,

WILLIAM BERKELEY, esq. of Pylle, ultimately inherited the estates, and assumed the surname of PORTMAN, only. 6. Anne, m. to Sir Edward Seymour, of Bury Pomeroy Castle, and had, with other issue,

EDWARD (eldest son), from whom
EDWARD, present DUKE OF So-
MERSET, descends.

HENRY (fifth son), of whom here

after, as heir of the Portmans.

7. Elizabeth, m. to John Bluet, esq. of Holcombe.

8. Grace, d. unmarried.

The baronetcy and representation of the family eventually devolved upon Sir John's fourth son,

SIR WILLIAM PORTMAN, bart. who m. Anne, daughter and co-heiress of John Colles, esq. of Barton, by Elizabeth, daugh