daughter of Charles O'Conor, esq. and had had a son, Luke, who d. in infancy. He was issue, MILES (Sir), his successor. Theobald (surnamed the Strong), of His lordship d. 18th June, 1629, and was s. SIR MILES BOURKE, second viscount, who took his seat in parliament 4th November, 1634. His lordship m. first, Honora, daughter of Sir John Bourke, of Derrymaclaghtny, in the county of Galway, by the Lady Margaret Bourke, daughter of Ulick, third Earl of Clanricarde, and had, with other issue, THEOBALD (Sir), his successor. The viscount espoused, secondly, Miss Freake, and dying before 1649, was s. by his son, SIR THEOBALD BOURKE, third viscount, who was educated in the university of Oxford, under the great Archbishop Laud. His lordship was accused by the high court of justice, in the time of the commonwealth, of having taken part in the massacre at Shrule, and, being found guilty, was shot at Galway 15th December, 1652. He m. first, Eleanor, daughter of Talbot, esq. of the county of York, and had issue, THEOBALD (Sir), his successor. sent HOWE-PETER-BROWNE, Marquess Margaret, m. Sir Henry Lynch, and d. s. p. His lordship espoused, secondly, Eleanor, daughter of Sir Luke Fitzgerald, of Tucroghan, in the county of Meath, by whom he s. by his eldest son, SIR THEOBALD BOURKE, fourth viscount, who obtained, after the restoration of the king, a regrant of his estate, consisting of 50,000 acres of land and five manors, in the county of Mayo. His lordship m. first, Eleanor, daughter of Sir Arthur Loftus, of Rathfarnham, knt.; and, secondly, Anne, Lady Owens; but dying in 1676, issueless, the honors devolved upon his next brother, MILES BOURKE, fifth viscount, who m. Jane, youngest daughter of Francis, Lord Athenry, and was s. at his decease, in 1681, by his only child, THEOBALD BOURKE, sixth viscount, who m. first, his cousin Mary, youngest daughter of John Browne, esq. of Westport, by whom he had issue, THEOBALD, his successor. JOHN, who inherited as eighth viscount. 1. Brian, d. in 1750. 2. John (Sir), who m. Miss Royse, of the county of Limerick, and had Thomas and Anabella. 3. Thomas, whom.Susanna Bourke, of the county of Galway, and had a son, John Bourke O'Flaherty, LL.D. and M.P. for Callan. His lordship m. secondly, Margaret, eldest He was s. BRIDGET, sole surviving child and heir, who m. EDMUND LAMBERT, esq. of Boyton, and had an only son, AYLMER-BOURKE LAMBERT, now representative of the BOURKES, VISCOUNTS BOURKE, of Mayo. SIR THEOBALD BOURKE, seventh viscount, who took his seat in parliament in 1741. His lordship m. in 1726, Ellis, elder daughter of James Agar, esq. of Gowran, in the county Arms-Arg. on a bend engrailed between of Kilkenny, by whom (who was created in two lions rampant sa. three annulets or, for 1758, COUNTESS OF BRANDON) he had two for LAMBERT, quartering the ensigns of the sons, who both died young, when the family Viscounts Bourke, of Mayo, viz. party per titles and estates devolved upon his lord-fess or and ermine, a cross gu. the first ship's only brother, quarter charged with a lion rampant sa. and the second with a dexter hand, couped at the wrist and erect, gu. JOHN BOURKE, eighth viscount, who took his seat in parliament in 1743. His lordship m. Catharine, daughter and heiress of Major Whitgift Aylmer (a descendant of Dr. John Whitgift, archbishop of Canterbury, temp. Queen ELIZABETH), by whom (who remarried in 1770, Edmond Jordan, esq. Legan, in the county of Mayo) he had issue, AYLMER, b. 17th November, 1743, who d. at an early age. of Crest-A demi-pegasus, with wings expanded, ermine. Estates-Boyton, Corton, and Sherrington, in the county of Wilts. Town Residence-Lower Grosvenor-street. WILKINSON, OF COXHOE. WILKINSON, ANTHONY, esq. of Coxhoe, in the county of Durham, succeeded his father in November, 1825. Lineage. WILLIAM WILKINSON, esq. of Crossgate, in the county of Durham, youngest son of Richard Wilkinson, of the same place, d. in 1717, leaving surviving issue, four sons and two daughters, viz. 1. THOMAS, of the city of Durham, bar rister-at-law, m. 17th December, 1717, Mary, daughter and heir of William Featherstonhalgh, esq. of Brancepeth and Stanley, by whom he had an only daughter, MARY, b. 27th December, 1718, d. 2nd February, 1720. He d. 20th February, 1733, and his widow espoused Sir William Williamson, bart. of Monk-Wearmouth, in the county of Durham. 2. Joh, of Elvet, d. in 1734, s. p. 3. ANTHONY. 4. Richard, who m. first, Frances Thomas, who d. s. p. in his father's Richard, m. to Elizabeth, daughter of Christopher Mickleton, of Durham, gent. and left an only daughter, FRANCES, heir to her grand- of the county of Northumberland in 1757. father, but d. s. p. Elizabeth. He wedded secondly, Hannah Richardson, relict of Anthony Sutton, of Gateshead, merchant, but had no other issue. He d. 10th March, 1758. 5. Elizabeth, m. 3rd September, 1692, to John Trotter, esq. of Morton Hall, Mid Lothian. 6. Eleanor. The second surviving son, ANTHONY WILKINSON, esq. of Crossgate, a justice of the peace for the county of Durham, baptized 19th September, 1684, m. Deborah, daughter and co-heir of Gilbert, Machon, esq. and had issue, WILLIAM, his successor. 1. Deborah, m. to Calverley Be- 3. Jane, m. to Fewster Johnson, ham. 4. Maria-Isabella. Gilbert, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, merchant, afterwards of Brancepeth, m. Jane, only daughter of Hauxley Surtees, of the same place and profession, and had an only child, Anthony, who d. in infancy. Margaret, m. to Thomas Wharton, of Old Park, M.D. Isabel, m. to John Richardson, esq. of Framwellgate. Anne, m. to Timothy Hutchinson, esq. of Eglestone. Deborah, m. to William Reed, esq. of Sand Hutton, in the county of York. Elizabeth, m. first, to George Mowbray, esq. of Ford, in Cheshire, and secondly, to John Goodchild, esq. of Pallion, in the same county. She d. in 1828. Mr. Wilkinson d. in 1758, and was s. by his eldest son, He m. Philadelphia, daughter and, eventually, sole heiress of Thomas Clennel, esq. of Clennel, in Northumberland, and had issue, 1. ANTHONY, his successor. 2. THOMAS, who succeeded his brother. 3. Richard of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, d. s. p. 4. Wilfred, an officer in the army, d. in America. 5. William, a general in the army, and 7. Percival, m. and had issue. 9. Dorothy, m. to Henry Collingwood, Mr. Wikinson d. 14th October, 1768, and was s. by his eldest son, ANTHONY WILKINSON, esq. who d. unmarried, and was s. by his brother, THOMAS WILKINSON, esq. This gentleman espoused Hannah-Elizabeth, daughter and co-heir of Robert Spearman, esq. of Oldacres, in the county palatine of Durham, by whom (who d. 27th April, 1831) he had issue, 1. ANTHONY, his successor. 2. Clennell. WILLIAM WILKINSON, esq. of Newcastleupon-Tyne, who served the office of sheriff Mr. 3. Perceval-Spearman, in holy orders, m. in 1817, to Sophia, only child of P. J. Anstruther, esq. (who was the only son of Lieutenant-general Anstruther), and has issue, Perceval-Spearman. Clennell. Sophia-Elizabeth. Hannah-Harriet. Mary-Anstruther. Isabella-Christiana-Jane. 4. Wilfred, of the R. N. d. in the West Indies. 5. Elizabeth-Philadelphia, m. in 1816, to Calverly-Bewicke Bewicke, esq. of Close House, Northumberland, and has issue. 6. Hannah-Isabella, m. to Warren Maude, esq. of Green Bank, Durham, and has issue. Wilkinson d. in November, 1825, and was s. by his eldest son, the present AN- | Sheraton, and the Granges, Hurworth Bryan, THONY WILKINSON, esq. of Coxhoe. White Hurworth, Langdale, Stanley, Holm Arms-Gules, a fessy wavy, between three side, Tursdale, Whitton, Brafferton, Woodunicorns' heads ar. ham Burn, Rushyford and Stobbalee, in Crest-Out of a mural coronet gu. a uni- the county palatine of Durham. corn's head, ar. Estates - Hulam, Coxhoe, Edderacres, Seat-Coxhoe. PLUMER-WARD, OF GILSTON. WARD-PLUMER, ROBERT, esq. of Gilston Park, in the county of Herts, b. 19th March, 1765, m. first, 2nd April, 1796, CatherineJulia, daughter of C. J. Maling, esq. of Hilton, Durham, (and sister of Admiral Maling, and of the Countess Dowager of Mulgrave) by whom he has issue, HENRY-GEORGE, late minister plenipotentiary for acknowledging the Mexican Republic, m. Emily, second daughter of Sir John Swinburne, bart. of Capheaton, and has (with four daughters) two sons, viz. 1. Dudley. 2. Swinburne. Anne. 串 Mr. Ward espoused secondly, 16th July, 1828, Jane, relict of William Plumer, esq. of Gilston Park, and daughter of the Hon. and Rev. George Hamilton, son of James, seventh Earl of Abercorn (by his countess, Anne, daughter of Colonel John Plumer, M.P. of Herts, 1680.) In consequence of this alliance and his marriage settlement, Mr. Ward assumed by sign manual, the additional surname and arms of PLUMER. He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford; called to the bar, and appointed in 1805, one of the Welsh judges, but retired from the profession to become under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. He was afterwards, from 1807 to 1811, a Lord of the Admiralty; Clerk of the Ordnance from 1811 to 1823; and finally Auditor of the Civil List, until the abolition of that office in 1831. Mr. Plumer-Ward is now (1832) High Sheriff for the county of Herts. He is distinguished in the literary world as the author of the History of the Law of Nations, and of TREMAINE, DE VERE, &c. &c. The eminent house of SWINBURNE is amongst the most ancient in the kingdom deriving from the flower of the nobility of Europe, and bearing no less than eighty-six quarterings in its shield. It enumerates as lineal progenitors, the early kings of France, many emperors, dukes of Normandy, the Plantagenets, kings of England, the Percies, (including HOTSPUR) the Nevilles, all the Greys, the Willoughbys D'Eresby, the Warrens, Howards, Cliffords, Vescis, Mortimers, Fitzhughs, Fitzalans, Fitzwalters, Ratcliffs; the Bohuns, Vauxes, Dacres of the North, Widvilles, De Ross, De la Poles, Mowbrays, Beauchamps, &c. &c. Of the twenty-five barons who wrenched MAGNA CHARTA from JOHN, it is a fact worthy of observation, that eighteen were direct ancestors of the Swinburnes. Lineage. This branch of the family of WARD has long borne the same ARMS as the noble house of WARD, Viscounts Bangor, as SETH WARD, Bishop of Salisbury, in the time of CHARLES II., as Chief-baron SIR EDWARD WARD, as the WARDS of Pomfret, and as JOHN WARD of Squirries, Kent; but nothing positive has, as yet, been ascertained regarding its foundation, prior to the year 1704, owing to the fact of 3. Elizabeth, d. unmarried. 4. Charity, m. to William Saunders, M.D. FAMILY OF PLUMER. Tra The PLUMERS came from Old Windsor, about the year 1660, upon acquiring Gilston and Blakesware in Hertfordshire. ditionally they derive from a Saxon knight, but the pedigree in the herald's college dates JOHN WARD, esq. having died in the gar- only from the time of ELIZABETH, at which rison of Gibraltar, where he had previously period they were a family of great opulence. served at the taking of that celebrated for- In 1680, Walter Plumer was created a batress, under Admiral Rook and the Prince ofronet, but the title is now extinct. Hesse. He left an only son, an infant, under guardianship, JOHN WARD, esq. born in the garrison, and who resided almost all his life in Spain. He was a merchant there, and only settled in England in 1782, having previously espoused a Spanish lady, by whom he had issue, 1. GEORGE, of Northwood Park, in the Isle of Wight, a merchant of great eminence in the city of London, who m. Miss Mary Woolfell, and had the following children, viz. GEORGE, of Northwood Park, m. Mary, daughter of Dr. Saunders. William, a director of the bank, and late member of parliament for the city of London, m. Emily, dau. of Hervey Combe, esq. an alderman, and M.P. for the city of London. Henry, m. Harriet, daughter of R. Davies, esq. director of the East John, m. Miss Grace Lind, of Ire- Henry, in holy orders, m. Miss Harriet Seymour, niece of Horace, Lord Rivers. Richard, a lieutenant in the 7th hussars. Emma. Frances. Charlotte. Harriet, m. to J. Beckford, esq. a commander in the R.N. cousin of Lord Rivers. Honora. 2. ROBERT, of Gilston Park. COLONEL JOHN PLUMER, of Blakesware, in the county of Hertford, M.P. for that shire, espoused, in 1680, Mary Hale, of the Hertfordshire family, of King's Walden, and his eldest daughter, ANNE PLUMER, m. James Hamilton, se venth Earl of Abercorn, by whom she had, with other children, JAMES HAMILTON, who succeeded as eighth Earl of Abercorn. John Hamilton, father of JOHN-JAMES HAMILTON, who inherited as ninth earl, and was created Marquess of Abercorn. His lordship was s. at his decease, in 1818, by his grandson, JAMES, present MARQUESS OF GEORGE HAMILTON, in holy orders, one of the canons of Windsor, rector of Taplow, and vicar of Bray, in Bucks, m. Elizabeth, daughter of Lieutenantgeneral Richard Onslow, and left, with other issue, at his decease, in 1787, JANE HAMILTON, who espoused first, William Plumer, esq. of Gilston Park, forty years member of parliament for the county of Hertford. This gentleman, no MALE PLUMER being then left, named his wife sole heiress to his estates, and she inherited accordingly at his decease. Mrs. Plumer m. secondly, ROBERT WARD, esq. who thereupon, as already stated, assumed the additional surname and arms of PLUMER, and is the present Mr. PLUMER-WARD. |