STANLEY, OF DALEGARTH. STANLEY, EDWARD, esq. of Dalegarth and Ponsonby Halls, in the county of Cumberland, b. in 1790, m. in December, 1821, Mary, daughter of William Douglas, esq. one of the judges in the East EDWARD, b. September, 1822, d. 1825. George-Edward, b. November 21st, 1831. Mr. Stanley succeeded to his estates at the decease of his father, November 17th, 1806. He is a magistrate and deputy lieutenant of the county of Cumberland, and was sheriff of that shire in 1823. Lineage. The Stanleys rank amongst the most ancient and influential families in the kingdom. They were of consequence, says Camden, half a century before the conquest, and they have invariably held an eminent place in history. The branch, of which we are more immediately about to treat, has been located in the north for several centuries, and the most ancient of their estates in Cumberland have descended through an unbroken succession of father and son over a period of not less than five hundred years, to the present proprietor. From HENRY STANLEIGH DE STONELEY, who lived forty years before the conquest, lineally descended SIR WILLIAM DE STANLEY, who, espousing Joan, eldest daughter and co-heir of Sir Philip Baumville, Lord of Stourton, became possessed of the manor and bailywick of Wyrall Forest, and thereupon assumed the armorial bearings since used by his descendants, viz. three stags' heads on a bend. By the heiress of Stourton he had, with other issue, a son and successor, JOHN STANLEIGH, Lord of Stanley and Stourton, who m. Mabel, daughter of Sir James Hawsket, knt. and had issue, 1. WILLIAM, who m. Margaret, 3. Henry. Greswithen, in the county of Cumberland, liament, 20th Edward III. His son and heir, JOHN STANLEIGH, of GreswitHEN, living temp. EDWARD III. bought lands in Embleton and Brackenthwaite, in the county of Cumberland, in 1335, and was s. at his decease by his son, NICHOLAS STANLEIGH, of Greswithen, who marrying Constance, daughter and heiress WILLIAM (Sir), Lord of Stanley and of Thomas de Awsthwaite, Lord of Awsth Stourton, who had three sons, waite, acquired that manor (now denomi nated Dalegarth), as appears by deed dated but the penalty was subsequently mitigated.* anno 1345. The lordship of Awsthwaite | He obtained a grant from the crown, of the was granted by Arthur Boyvill, in 1102, to Adam de Awsthwaite, in whose family it continued for 225 years, until the heiress married with the Stanleys. In 1388, Nicholas Stanleigh obtained by purchase, the manor and demesne of Ponsonby. He was s. by his son, THOMAS STANLEIGH, Lord of Awsthwaite, (in the records, called Stanlaw), living in the reign of HENRY VI. who represented the city of Carlisle in parliament. NICHOLAS STANLEIGH, esq. Lord of Awsthwaite, his son and heir, was s. by his son, THOMAS STANLEY, esq. of Dalegarth, who, espousing Ann, daughter of Sir Richard Hudleston, knt. acquired lands called Hyton, and was s. by his son, WILLIAM STANLEY, esq. of Awsthwaite and Dalegarth, living 17th HENRY VII. who m. Alice, daughter of Sir Richard Ducket, knt. and had a son, THOMAS STANLEY, esq. of Dalegarth, who m. Margaret, daughter of John Fleming, esq. and had issue, JOHN, his successor. Thomas, who was appointed master of MARY, who m. the Honourable Sir The eldest son, JOHN STANLEY, esq. of Dalegarth, m. Margaret, daughter of Thomas Senhouse, esq. and was s. by his son, THOMAS STANLEY, esq. of Dalegarth, who purchased, in 1577, the manor of Birkby, in the county of Cumberland, from his cousin german, the Countess of Powis. He m. Isabel, daughter of John Leake, esq. of Edmonton, and was s. by his son, EDWARD STANLEY, esq. of Dalegarth, who m. Ann, daughter and co-heiress of Thomas Briggs, esq. of Cawmire, in the county of Westmoreland, and had a son, JOHN STANLEY, esq. of Dalegarth, his sucThis gentleman, an active and zealous royalist, was heavily fined by parliament; cessor. fair and weekly market of Ravenglass, and likewise purchased the manor of Birker. Mr. Stanley espoused, first, Mary, daughter of Thomas Stanley, esq. of Lee, in the county of Sussex; and secondly, Dorothy, daughter of Henry Featherstonhaugh, of Featherstonhaugh, in the county of Northumberland. He was s. at his decease by his son, EDWARD STANLEY, esq. of Dalegarth, who m. Isabel, eldest daughter of Thomas Curwen, esq. of Sella Park. This gentleman was high sheriff for the county of Cumberland at the revolution, and proclaimed King WILLIAM. His son and successor, Whereas it appeareth by certificate, under the hand of Mr. Leech dated 29 Jan. 1648, that John land Esq. hath compounded and paide in and seStanley of Dalegarth in the county of Cumbercured his fine, at the committee at Goldsmith's Hall: these are therefore to require you, on sight hereof, to forbear to offer violence to his person or to any of his family, at his house at Dalegarth in the county of Cumberland, or to take away any of his horses or other things, they doing nothing prejudicial to the parliament or army. Given under my hand and seal 1st Feb. 1648. T. FAIRFAX. any To all officers and soldiers under L. S. Six quarterings. Whereas John Stanley of Dalegarth in the co. of Cumberland esq. hath subscribed to his composition and paid and secured his fine, according to the direction of Parliament: these are therefore to require and command you to permit and suffer him and his servants, quietly to pass into Dalegarth abovesaid, with their horses and swords, and to forbear to molest or trouble him or any of his familie, there, without seizing or taking away any of his horses or other goods or estate whatsoever; and to permit and to suffer him or any of his or their occasions, without offering any injury his family, at any tyme, to pass to any place, about or violence to him or any of his family, either at Dalgarth, or in his or their travells, as you will answer your contempt, at your utmost perrils. Given under my hand and seal this second of February, 1648. O. CROMWELL. To all officers and souldiers and all others whom these may concern. JOHN STANLEY, esq. of Dalegarth, bought | Fleming, bart. of Rydal, by whom (who d. the rectory of Ponsonby, and the tithes and in 1786) he had two daughters, Mildred and church lands thereunto belonging; with Elizabeth. He espoused, secondly, in 1789, many other valuable estates in that parish. Elizabeth, daughter of Morris Evans, esq. On his marriage, he built Ponsonby Hall, of the county of Middlesex, and had further to which seat he removed in 1687 from Dale-issue, garth, the ancient residence of the family. He wedded Dorothy, co-heiress of Edward Holt, esq. of Wigan, in the county of Lancaster, and had three sons, EDWARD, his successor. The eldest son, EDWARD, present proprietor. Jane. Mr. Stanley, who served the office of sheriff for Cumberland in 1774, was s. at his decease by his elder son, EDWARD STANLEY, esq. of Dalegarth and Ponsonby, now representative of the family, and twenty-fourth in direct lineal descent from HENRY STANLEIGH, of Stoneley. Arms Arg. on a bend cottised vert az. three bucks' heads cabossed or, quartering the AWSTHWAITE arms, viz. gu. two bars arg. in chief three mullet of six points pierced or. Crest-A stag's head argent, attired or, collared vert. Motto-Sans changer. EDWARD STANLEY, esq. of Dalgarth, espoused Mildred, youngest daughter of Sir George Fleming, bart. lord-bishop of Carlisle, by whom he had (with four daughters beside, who all d. unmarried), GEORGE - EDWARD, his successor, b. descended from father to son to the present March, 1748. Dorothy,m. to lieutenant Joseph Dacre, and d. the year after marriage. Estates-Dalegarth, an extensive property in Eskdale, which came into possession of the Stanley family in 1345, and has proprietor; the manors of Binker-Awsthwaite and Binkby; Ponsonby Hall, together with the manor and nearly the whole of the Edward Stanley d. in 1751, and was s. by his parish of the same name; fisheries of salonly son, GEORGE-EDWARD STANLEY, esq. of Ponsonby and Dalegarth, who m. first, in 1774, Dorothy, youngest daughter of Sir William mon; and the tithes and patronage of the churches in Eskdale and Ponsonby. Seats-Dalegarth Hall, and Ponsonby Hall, both in the county of Cumberland. SMITH, OF ASHLYNS HALL. SMITH JAMES, esq. of Ashlyns Hall, in the county of Herts, m. first Frances, sister of the Right Honorable Charles Arbuthnot, by whom he had an only son, JAMES, b. in 1800, d. in 1811. He espoused secondly, in 1803, Mary-Isabella, daughter of the late Augustus Pechell, esq. receiver general of his Majesty's customs, and niece of Sir Thomas Pechell, by whom (who d. in 1823) he has had issue, AUGUSTUS, b. 15th September, 1804. Frederick-George, b. 20th March, 1806, d. in June, 1826. Paulina-Wilhelmina. Mr. Smith served the office of high sheriff of the county of Herts, in 1831. Lineage. This family, with the collateral branches of Sir George Bromley and Lord Carrington, derive immediately from Thomas Smith, of Reyworth, in the county of Nottingham, and of Gadesby, in Leicestershire, who was a descendant of the Smiths, of Ashby Folville and Gadesby, and from whom he inherited this latter property in 1699. The Smiths of Ashby deduced their origin from Sir Michael Carrington, standard-bearer to King RICHARD I. in the Holy Land, one of whose descendants changed his name to SMYTH during the conflicts between the houses of York and Lancaster, for purposes of concealment, which surname remained afterwards that of the family. THOMAS SMITH, esq. of Reyworth, m. Fortune, daughter of Laurence Collin, esq. banker, at Nottingham, and had issue, THOMAS, who served the office of high sheriff for the county of Leicester. He m. Miss Mary Manley, and had five daughters, viz. SAMUEL, of whom hereafter. Abel, of Nottingham, banker, m. Jane, daughter of George Beaumont, esq. of Chapelthorpe, in Yorkshire, and had issue, 1. GEORGE, created a baronet in 2. John, of London, merchant. ROBERT, was elevated to the SAMUEL SMITH, esq. (the second son of Thomas Smith, of Reyworth), left issue, John, who d. unmarried. Thomas, who m. Dorothy, daughter of 1. Mary, m. to Thomas Tomson, The third son 2. Elizabeth, m. to Giles Eyre, esq. esq. 4. Anne, m. to Henry Walters, esq. 5. Harriet d. unmarried. SAMUEL SMITH, esq. who m. Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Watson, esq. and had issue, SAMUEL, M.P. for Worcester, who m. Miss Lockyer, daughter and heiress of George Lockyer, of Mappleton, Somersetshire, and left issue three daughters. Thomas, who m. the Hon. Mary Hutchinson, daughter of the Right Hon. John Hely-Hutchinson, and aunt of the present Earl of Donoughmore by whom (who d. in 1821) he had issue, 1. Hely-Hutchinson, in holy orders, now deceased. 2. A daughter. 3. C. Jocelyn Mary, m. to the Rev. H. B. Tristram, and d. 3rd August, 1830, leaving two sons and four daughters. William, d. young. Charles, who d. leaving three sons and George, d. leaving three sons and a JAMES, present possessor of Ashlyns. Arms---Or, a chevron cottised between three demi-griffins, the two in chief respectant sa. Crest---An elephant's head, erased or, eared gu. Motto---Preignes haleine tire fort. Estate---Ashlyns Hall, near Great Berkhampstead, Herts, purchased in 1801. Seat---Ashlyns Hall, Herts. ALDERSEY, OF ALDERSEY. ALDERSEY, SAMUEL, esq. of Aldersey and of Spurstow, in the county of Chester, m. 9th August, 1824, Lucy, daughter of George Baylis, esq. of Shifnal, Salop, and has issue, HUGH-ROBERT, b. 19th November, 1828. Susan-Mary. Lucy-Anne. Mr. Aldersey, who served the office of high sheriff for the county of Chester in 1816, s. his father in 1803. |