ARTHUR CAMPBELL, of Auchmannoch, who married, in March 1779, Burella, second daughter of Robert Hunter, esq. of Pisgah, in the parish of Craigie, in Ayrshire (descended of Hunterston), late professor of Greek in the university of Edinburgh, and had four sons and one daughter, 1. JOHN, who died at Calcutta, in the SANDBACH, OF WOODLANDS. SANDBACH, SAMUEL, esq. of Woodlands, in the county of Lancaster, b. 19th August, 1769, m. 15th December, 1802, Elizabeth, daughter of the Reverend Harry Robertson, D.D. minister of the parish of Kiltearn, in the county of Ross, and has issue, HENRY-ROBERTSON, m. 4th May, 1832, Margaret, dau. of the justly celebrated WILLIAM ROSCOE, of Liverpool. William-Robertson. Gilbert. Samuel. Anne, m. 26th May, 1825, to Charles Stuart Parker, esq. of Liverpool, merchant. Margaret, m. 16th April, 1833, to John Abraham Tinne, esq. of Liverpool. Mary-Rosina, m. 7th July 1835, to Henry Harrison, esq. of Liverpool, merchant. Elizabeth. Martha. Mr. Sandbach, who has realized a considerable fortune as a West India merchant at Liverpool, served the offices of bailiff, coroner, and mayor for the borough, and is a justice of the peace for the county of Lancaster. Lineage. The name of Sandbach belongs to a town in Cheshire, which was founded in Saxon times. ADAM SANDBACH, of Tarporley, in that county, married Miss Martha Oulton, and had issue, John, who d. in the Island of Granada. Mary, m. to Mr. Ankers, and survives Margaret, m. to Mr. Davies, and now living at Tarporley. Arms-Az. on a fesse between three garbs or, a wreath of oak vert, between two estoiles gu. Crest-A rein-deer's head erased per fesse arg. and or, attired gold, gorged with a wreath of oak, and in the mouth an ear of wheat vert. Motto-Virtutis gloria merces. Estates-Manor and estate of Handley, in Cheshire, purchased in 1827; estate of Hafodunos, in Denbighshire, purchased in 1833; Woodlands and Hayton, in Lancashire. Seat-Woodlands, in the county of Lan caster. POWNALL, OF POWNALL. POWNALL, JAMES, esq. of Pownall, in the county of Chester, b. 27th November, 1791, m. 25th May, 1818, Maria-Anne, only child of Patrick Kewley, esq. of Liverpool, and coheir of her maternal uncle, the Rev. Richard Assheton, M.A. Fellow of the Collegiate Church, Manchester. By this lady he has issue, WILLIAM, b. 26th July, 1819. Mr. Pownall succeeded his father in 1814. Lineage. In the writings of ORDERICUS VITALIS, compiled by du Chesne, we find enumerated in the train of the Conqueror, who came into England from Normandy, RADULPHUS FULCO, JOHANNES, and HUGONE PAGANEL; and those persons appear subsequently, by other evidence, to have seated themselves at Newport Pagnel, in the county of Buckingham, at Dudley Castle, in Worcestershire, at Drax, in the county of York, and at Bampton, in Oxfordshire. VITALIS too, in alluding to the names of those men styled "illustrious," who had died, to the great grief of their Norman countrymen, in the same year with their victorious chief, mentions Gulielmus Paganellus. Dugdale also reverts frequently to those gallant soldiers and their descendants. According to a more modern authority, BROOKE, Somerset Herald, the family of POWNALL is of great antiquity in the county of Chester, the mention of the name connecting them with that Shire occurring so early as the time of King STEPHEN, when AVICIA DE ROMELLI, daughter and coheir of William de Meschines, Lord of Copeland, and cousin of Ranulph de Meschines, third Earl of Chester, married for her second husband William Paganel,* The only daughter and heir of this marriage, ALICE PAGANEL, wedded Robert de Gant, uncle and heir of William de Gant, Earl of Lincoln, see BURKE'S Extinct and Dormant Peerage, Gant, Earls of Lincoln. Lord of Were. This William, with his kinsmen Raffe and Gervase Paganell, are afterwards described amongst the most active of the adherents of Earl Randle and his barons in sustaining the interests of the Empress MAUDE and her son HENRY against King STEPHEN, which services were rewarded by the earl with grants of lands in fee out of his demesnes in Cheshire and elsewhere: and although the origin of the grant under which the fee of Pownall (comprising an entire township), passed has not been specifically recorded, yet the presumption is strongly supported, that like the other grants in the same locality, it was the recompense of military services. "Although (says Brooke) from the seat of their property in Cheshire, the Pownalls were denominated according to the true British orthography of the name, and were styled after the Norman custom "de Pownall," yet they were at the same time styled in the records, written in Norman, Paiinel, Payanell, and Paynel, and in those written in Latin Paganell. It appears on the register that they repeatedly held the high office of Chamberlayne to the kings,t as earls of Chester, in the 10th of EDWARD II., in the 1st, 5th, and 10th of EDWARD III., on which account, in allusion to their office and their name, they bore for a crest a lion's paw, holding a golden key." The elder branch of the family residing at Pownall became extinct in the direct line in the year 1328 by the decease of ROBERT DE POWNALL, whose only child MARGERY wedded HUGH, second son of JOHN FITTON, Lord of Bollyn; a cadet branch continued still, however, settled in Morley, within the township of Pownall Fee, when the manor Of the office of Chamberlain, the following explanation occurs in Ormerod's History of Cheshire. "And to this day the county palatine of Chester hath bad a Chamberlayne, who supplieth the place of Chancellor, and also Justices, before whom the causes which of their nature should otherwise belong respectively to the King's Bench and Common Pleas, are triable," &c. of Bollyn was divided between the Booths SIR GEORGE POWNALL, knt. b. in 1755, and the Traffords, 9th Henry V. (1422), re- who was appointed Secretary of the province presented by THOMAS POWNALL, esq. whose of Lower Canada, and afterwards Provost son HUMPHREY removed to Witton and Barn- Marshal General of the Leeward Islands. ton in the same county, and from him, He died at Brighton, a bachelor, 17th OctoHUMPHREY POWNALL, descended, accord-ber, 1834, when this branch of the family ing to well founded tradition, became extinct. THOMAS POWNALL, esq. of Barnton, who was baptized at Great Budworth, in the county of Chester, in 1650. He wedded Mary, daughter and heir of Richard Browne, esq. of Saltfleetby, in the county of Lincoln, and was s. by his son, WILLIAM POWNALL, esq. who d. in 1731, leaving issue, Another collateral branch, taking its descent also from the Barnton family, continued settled in Cheshire until its head, WILLIAM POWNALL, esq. b. in 1718, removed to Liverpool, and rendered himself eminent as a merchant in that great commercial place, of which he was elected Mayor in 1767, and died before the close of his year of office, JOHN, his successor. owing to an overzeal in the discharge of THOMAS, of North Lynn, in Norfolk, his magisterial duties. A local periodical and Everton House, in the county of publication, in announcing this worthy genBedford, b. in 1722, m. in 1765 Lady | tleman's demise, thus concludes: "His perFaukener, dau. of General Churchill, sonal virtues were well known to all who had and died at Bath, without issue, in the happiness of an intimate acquaintance 1805. Of this gentleman the follow- with him; his public character reflected hoing account is given in the Gentleman's nour on the society to which he was related, Magazine of that year, p. 288: and both will render his name respected by It may be said of Governor Pow-posterity." He m. Mary, daughter of Jesse nall, that in every station of life he Gerrard, esq. of Moreton Say, in the county sustained a high character for ability, of Salop, and had two sons, WILLIAM and zeal, and rectitude of conduct. In the John. The only brother of this highly reyear 1753 he succeeded Sir Thomas spected citizen, Danvers Osborne, bart. in his office of Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey. In 1757 he was appointed Captain General and Governor of Massachusets Bay, and, when in 1761 he returned to this country, he received the appointment of Director General of the office of Control, with the rank of Colonel in the army, under the command of Prince Ferdinand in Germany. In 1765 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society, and in 1768 returned to parliament for Tregony, in Cornwall." Governor Pownall was the author of numerous works on political economy, on antiquities, and in the Archæologia of the Antiquarian Society, of which institution he was a member. The elder son and heir, JOHN POWNALL, esq. b. in 1720, m. Mary, daughter of Bowden Lillingston, esq. and had issue, GEORGE (Sir), his heir. John Lillingston, b. in 1757, a commis- Mr. Pownall, who was a magistrate of the JOHN, likewise of Liverpool, b. in 1723, m. 20th February, 1744, Jane, daughter of John Crouchley, esq. of Flixton, in the county of Lancaster, and had two sons, WILLIAM and John. He d. 8th June, 1812, and was s. by the elder, WILLIAM POWNALL, esq. of Litherland, in He d. 22nd November, 1814, and was s. by WARD, OF SALHOUSE. WARD, ROBERT, esq. of Salhouse Hall, in the county of Norfolk, b. 3rd Sep tember, 1767, m. 20th December, 1794, Lydia, third daughter of Richard Rawle, esq.* of Liskeard and Trevill, in the county of Cornwall, and has had issue, 1. Robert, b. in 1795, who whilst serving as a midshipman on board H. M. S. Topaz, was mortally wounded in an attack on the North Fort of Mocha, in the Red Sea, 7th December, 1820. II. RICHARD, b. 14th June, 1799. III. William-Henry, b. in 1801, a student for holy orders, of Exeter College, Oxford, d. 8th December, 1819. 1. Lydia, b. in 1797, m. to her cousin, William Ward, esq. and d. 12th October, 1834, leaving issue one daughter, Elizabeth Ward. Her widower m. secondly, 5th November, 1835, Sarah, second daughter of the late Francis Hopkinson, esq. of Peterborough. II. Frances, b. in 1808, d. in 1825. This gentleman, formerly an officer in the royal navy, whilst serving as a midshipman on board the Monmouth, in the fleet commanded by Sir Edward Hughes, was in six general actions in India, from 1780 to 1784, in one of which he was seriously wounded by a splinter from a gun-shot, and for some time considered lifeless. Mr. Ward is in the commission of the peace for the county of Norfolk, and succeeded to his estates on the demise of his mother in 1828. Lineage. The Wards have long been seated in the county of Norfolk; they held adjoining estates at Walcotte and Happisburgh, in the sixteenth century, which have descended in direct succession from father to son to the present generation. In the reign of JAMES I. we find by a document still preserved, that needy monarch, when issuing his privy seal for the purpose of raising money, including amongst his loyal subjects Robert Ward, of Walcotte: "To our trusty and wel beloved Robert Ward, of Walcotte. 66 BY THE KING. "Trustie and welbeloved, Wee greete you well. Having observed in the presidents and custome of former times, that all the kings and queenes of this realme, upon extraordinary occasions, have used either to resort to those contributions which arise from the generalitie of subjects, or to the private helpes of some well affected in particular, by way of loane: in which later course wee being at this time inforced to proceed, for some supply of some portions of treasure for divers publique services, and particularly for continuing and encreasing our magazines in some large proportion, in our realme of Ireland, in our navie, and in our fortes: (in all which greater summes have bene expended of late, both in building, and repairing, and in making sundry provisions, then have been in twentie yeeres before :) wee have now in our eye an especial care that such discretion may be observed in the choise of the lenders, and such an indifferent distribution, as the summes that wee shall receive may be raised with an equall consideration of men's abilities; and therefore, seeing men have had so good experience of our repayment of all those The family of Rawle is of great antiquity in Cornwall. They were seated at Kennett and Trevill, in St. Juliet, in the reign of EDWARD IV. about 1460. Their representatives now reside at Liskeard and Plymouth, but still hold the manor of Tresparrett, a moiety of the rectory of St. Juliet, and several estates in that parish, which have descended to them for many generations. William Rawle, in 1632, m. Catherine, daughter of John Webber, esq. of Middle Amble, in St. Kew, by Susanna, daughter of Degory Polwhele, esq. an ancestor of the historian. Francis Rawle, esq. in 1658, m. Thomasine, daughter of Francis Buller, esq. of Tregarrick, who was high sheriff of Cornwall. Richard Rawle, esq. of Liskeard, the father of Mrs. Ward, m. Anne, eldest daughter of William Carthew, esq. of St. Austell. The Rawle arms, sculptured of a very early date, are still affixed to the old manor house of the family: viz. Sable, three swords in pale, the middlemost pointed in chief, arg.-See Lyson's Magna Britannia, vol. iii. and Gilbert's History of Cornwall. summes which wee have ever required in | Privy seal, 28th of Jan. 1611, CHARLES CORNWALLIS." Westminster, of which family was Lord Margaret. HOLT ROBERT WARD, esq. of Walcot and 11. RICHARD, his successor. 11. Sarah-Maria. The second son and successor, RICHARD WARD, esq. of Walcot and Salhouse, b. 12th October, 1730, d. in 1799, a captain of Dragoons, and major of brigade to the Cavalry in South Britain, a deputy lieutenant and justice of the peace for the county of Norfolk, and lieutenant-colonel of the East Norfolk regiment of Militia, which command, from his well known military experience, he accepted in an eventful era of his country's history, at the urgent solicitations of the lord lieutenant, and other influential noblemen of the county. He m. ROBERT WARD, esq. who d. 2nd April, Amelia, fourth daughter of Stamp Brooks1639, erected the family residence at Wal-bank, esq. M. P. of Helaugh, Yorkshire, cotte, now called Walcot, in Norfolk. This structure, although curtailed in size, is still standing, and bears the date of its erection, 1619; and from the elaborate architecture of its chimneys, is commonly called in the neighbourhood and styled in the map of Norfolk, "the Chimney House." He wedded Bridget, daughter of Callow, esq. and had issue, 1. Edmund. II. Solomon. III. HUMPHREY, his successor. IV. Isaac. v. Samuel. VI. Francis. VII. Robert. HUMPHREY WARD, of Walcotte (the third son) died 1643, and had by his wife, Alice, a son and successor, ROBERT WARD, esq. who wedded Mary, daughter of Richard Gaze, gent. and died 1st December, 1663, leaving with two daughters, Mary and Alice, a son, JOSEPH WARD, esq. of Walcotte, who died 1678 (his widow m. secondly, Richard Ellis, esq. of Northrepps, Norfolk), and had a daughter, Mary, and a son, ROBERT WARD, esq. who m. Margaret, daughter of William Holt, esq. of St. James, Middlesex. His merits as a soldier, a magistrate, and a gentleman, are glowingly depicted on his monument in Salhouse Church, and in the obituary of the Gentleman's Magazine, 1799, from the pen of his intimate friend, the late Rev. John Longe, rector of Spixworth, Norfolk. He had issue, and Hackney House," 1. Richard Dalrymple, an officer in the Royal Artillery, who served in the American war, d. in 1765. II. ROBERT, his successor. Hackney House was erected by Mr. Brooksbank in the reign of GEORGE I. at an expenditure of upwards of £28,000: it stood in a lawn of eighteen acres, surrounded by a wall. On Mr. Brooksbank's decease it was sold to J. Hopkins, esq. of Brittons, in Essex, heir to the famous Vulture Hopkins, concerning whom Pope has the following lines: "When Hopkins dies, a thousand lights attend The wretch that living saved a candle's end." From Mr. Hopkins it passed through various hands, and finally, in 1802, the building was razed to the ground, the whole having been allotted for building, and become a populous neighbourhood. See Universal Magazine, 1791, for further particulars. |