FORDE, OF SEAFORDE. FORDE, MATHEW, esq. of Seaforde, in the county of Down, and of Coolgreany, in the county of Wexford, b. in 1785, succeeded his father in 1812, m. first, in 1814, Mary-Anne, only child of Francis Savage, esq. of Hollymount and Ardkeen, in the county of Down, by Jane Crawforde, his wife; and secondly, in 1829, Lady Harriet Savage, third daughter of Henry-Thomas Butler, second Earl of Carrick, and widow of Francis Savage, esq. Colonel Forde is colonel of the Royal North Downshire militia, a magistrate and deputy-lieutenant of the county of Down, which county he represented in parliament from 1821 to 1826, and served the office of sheriff in the year 1820. Lineage. The Fordes or Ffordes of Seaforde, originally from the principality of Wales, were for several generations seated at Coolgreany, in the county of Wexford. NICHOLAS FORDE, of Coolgreany, who died in 1605, m. Catherine White, and left five sons, Clement, m. Margaret, daughter of MATHEW, heir to his father. Lucas. MATHEW FORDE, of Dublin, the second son succeeded to the estates, and obtained a grant of part of Kinelearty, alias M'Cartans county, in the county of Down, from Thomas Cromwell Baron Lecale, by deed, dated 22nd June, 1637; he sat in the Irish House of Commons in 1642, and died before the year 1657, leaving his only son, NICHOLAS FORDE, of Killyleagh, in the county of Down, his heir and successor at Coolgreany, who m. Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Adam Loftus, of Rathfarnham, knt. (which lady wedded, secondly, John Muschamp, esq.) Mr. Forde was succeeded at his death by his only son, MATHEW FORDE, of Coolgreany, who was "La Belle Hamilton," the celebrated Comtess de Grammont, was sister of Mrs. Forde, being the eldest daughter of Sir George Hamilton. Walpole mentions the portraits (originals) of M. M. P. for the county of Wexford, from 1695 to 1713; he married* Margaret, youngest daughter of Sir George Hamilton, bart. (the fourth son of James, first Earl of Abercorn) by Mary Butler his wife, daughter of Thomas Lord Thurles, and sister of James, first Duke of Ormond. Mr. Forde left at his decease in 1709, with two daughters, the eldest of whom, Lucy, m. in 1695, Sir Laurence Esmonde, bart. of Ballynester, and the younger, Jane, John Walsh, of Shanganagh, an only son and heir, MATHEW FORD, esq. of Coolgreany, who removed from Wexford to his estates in the county of Down, and built the mansion-house and village at Neaghen, (near Clough) since called Seaforde, where his descendants have since uninterruptedly resided; he served in parliament from 1703 to 1713, for the borough of Downpatrick, and married, in 1698, Anne, daughter of William Brownlow, of Lurgan, and had three sons and three daughters, 1. MATHEW, his heir. II. Francis, a colonel in the army, who was conspicuous in Lord Clive's wars in India, where he realized a considerable fortune, and on his return to Ireland purchased the estate of Johnstown, in the county of Meath. He m. in 1728, Martha George, widow; he was lost at sea on his way to India, whither he was a second time proceeding as a commissioner from the East India Company, and left a son and three daughters: his descendants are still seated at Johnstown. III. Arthur, in holy orders, rector of Lurgan, died in 1767, leaving several children by Alice, his wife. 1. Jane, m. John Baillie, of Inishargie in the county of Down, died in 1781. 11. Letitia, m. to Mr. Nash. III. Margaret, died unmarried in 1773. Comte de Grammont and Count Anthony Hamilton being at Coolgreany; those portraits are now at Seaforde, where are also the portraits of Lady Esmonde and her brother, Mathew Forde. Mr. Forde died in 1729, and was succeeded by his eldest son, MATHEW FORDE, esq. of Seaforde and Coolgreany, who was returned to parliament in 1751 for the borough of Bangor, he m. in 1724, Christian, daughter of John Graham, of Platten, in the county of Meath, and had issue, 1. MATHEW, his successor. 11. John, a major in the army, m. in 1761, Isabella, relict of George Mathew, of Thomastown, in the county of Tipperary, daughter of William Brownlow, of Lurgan, by Lady Elizabeth, his wife, daughter of James Hamilton, sixth Earl of Abercorn. Mrs. Forde survived her second husband some years, and died in Merrion Square, Dublin, in 1815, without issue. III. William. IV. Edward, settled at Liverpool. v. Arthur, a military officer. VI. George, died abroad. VII. Pierce, barrister at law. 1. Charity, m. Francis Price, of Saint- II. Anne, married John Gilmore, of III. Elizabeth, m. James, son of Arthur MATHEW FORD, esq. of Seaford and Coolgreany, who was returned for the borough of Downpatrick, in several parliaments. He m. in 1750, Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Knox, of Dungannon, and sister of Thomas, first Viscount Northland, and had issue, MATHEW, his heir. Anne, who died unmarried. Elizabeth, m. in 1785, Thomas Doug- Jane, m. in 1796, to John Christopher Mr. Forde, died in 1796, and was succeeded by his only son, MATHEW FORDE, esq. of Seaforde and Coolgreany, who rebuilt the mansion at Seaforde, and served as high sheriff for the county of Down in 1803. He m. in 1782, Catherine, eldest daughter of the Right Hon. William Brownlow, of Lurgan, M. P. for the county of Armagh, and by her, who died in 1808, had issue, 1. MATTHEW, his heir. 11. William-Brownlow, in holy orders, rector of Annahilt, in the county of Down, m. in 1812, Theodocia, second daughter of Thomas Douglass, of Grace Hall, and has issue, 1. Matthew-Thomas, cornet 3rd 2. William-Brownlow. 2. Elizabeth-Theodocia-Catherine. III. Thomas-Arthur, formerly assistant barrister of the county of Down and county of Roscommon, m. in 1814, Louisa, tenth daughter of Michael Head, of Deny, in the county of Tipperary, and has issue, 1. Thomas-Head. 4. John-Vesey. 5. Arthur-Knox. 6. Francis-Clayton-Octavus. 2. Frances-Mary-Anne. IV. Arthur, who m. Selina, daughter of William Blundell, and died in India in 1828, leaving, 1. Mathew-William. 2. Arthur. 3. William, died young. v. Francis-Charles, captain in the Royal Scots Greys. 1. Anne, m. first, in 1816, Francis Hoey, of Dunganstown, in the county of Wicklow, by whom, who died in 1818, she has two daughters, Catherine and Frances-Hoey. She m. secondly, in 1825, Captain George King, of the Royal Navy, and by him has another daughter, Georgina King. 1. Isabella-Jane-Octavia, m. in 1821, Clayton Bayly, of Norelands, in the county of Kilkenny. Mr. Forde m. secondly, in 1811, Sophia, daughter of the Very Rev. Stewart Blacker, of Carrick, Dean of Leighlin, but by her (who wedded, secondly, in 1818, William Stewart Hamilton, of Brown Hall, and died in 1829,) he had no issue. He died in 1812, and was succeeded by his eldest son, the present MATHEW FORDE, esq. of Seaforde and Coolgreany. Arms-Az. two flaunches or, charged with three roses in fesse, the centre rose gold, the two exterior (on the flaunches) gu. between two martlets of the second. Crest-A martlet or. Motto-Incorrupta fides nuda que veritas. Estates In the counties of Down and Wexford. Seat-Leaford, Downshire. DRAKE, OF DRAKERATH. DRAKE, CHRISTOPHER, esq. of Roristown, in the county of Meath, representative of the ancient families of Drakestown and Drakerath, b. COLUMBUS-PATRICK, b. in 1818. He wedded secondly, in 1821, Mary, eldest daughter of the Christopher-Somers, b. 17th February, 1823. Mary-Elizabeth. Mr. Drake succeeded his father, the late Columbus Drake, esq. Lineage. This family, and that of Shardeloes, (vol. i. page 580) derive from a common progenitor, but the settlement in Ireland must have taken place at a remote period, for we find the "Drake of Drakerath" a distinguished person in the annals of that kingdom throughout the turbulent and tyrannic rule of the TUDORS and the STUARTS, the sanguinary despotism of CROMWELL, and the confiscating reign of WILLIAM. The mansion of DRAKERATH was situated in the barony of Kells, in the county of Meath, (where the ruins still remain,) and was erected by a member of the family of DRAKE of ASHE,* in the county of Down, who acquired large estates in that part of Ireland, and settled there. Those estates continued vested in his descendants until the rebellion of 1641, when they were forfeited, but a small portion was subsequently restored by the court of claims in the beginning of CHARLES II.'s reign. A cadet of the family, Captain Peter Drake, a soldier of fortune, who followed the wars through all the fields of Europe in the beginning of the last century, published a very amusing detail of his adventures, which he begins with the situation of his house at the time of the Revolution. "I was born (he says) 12th October, 1671. My father's name was George, he was eldest son of William Drake, of Drakerath, and married Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Patrick Stanley, esq. of Marlstown, in the county of Louth, and niece of John Stanley, esq. of Finner, near Slane, in Meath. The family remained in peaceable possession of the estate from their first arri From which also the DRAKES OF SHARDELOES. val until the war of 1641, when with many more they forfeited, and were driven to shift for themselves. At the beginning of CHARLES II.'s reign, there was a court of claims set on foot, by which a few of the proprietors were restored, and my father was of the number. He became, however, possessed only of a part, and was at the eve of being restored to the whole, when an order came from the king to dissolve the court, so that an end for that time was put to his hopes. My father had some time before this with his family settled in the county of Kildare, having taken some lands from William, Lord Dungan, (to whom he had the honour of being related,) at Kildroughet, where he built a handsome seat. Here he continued until the Revolution, when his affairs took a new turn. Some time before, or about the beginning of the troubles, Lord Dungan was created Earl of Limerick, and if I remember rightly, constituted governor of that city; thither his lordship repaired, taking my father with him, whom he soon after promoted. He was appointed one of the commissioners of the customs, and chief comptroller of the mint. As soon as King James came to Dublin, and called a parliament, my father was put into the commission of the peace for the county of Kildare, and declared himself a candidate for the borough of Navan. He was at the same time restored to the remainder of his estates; after which he returned to Limerick to fulfill his official duties. June, 1690, he came to visit his family, and settle his affairs; but the loss of the battle of the Boyne (which happened the 1st July following) obliged him with all expedition to move off with his family for Limerick, In staying but one day after the battle to inter Lord Dungan, only son to the Earl of Limerick, who was that day killed by a cannon ball, and brought to Castletown, the earl, his father's seat. This melancholy affair being at an end, the next day we set forward on our journey. Arriving at Limerick, we found all hands employed in repairing the old, and throwing up new works for the defence of the place, which was soon after besieged; the particulars of which are so well known already, that it | would be needless to descend to minute relation." From the Irish records it appears that in the 9th of RICHARD II., the King conceded to RICHARD DRAKE, of Drakestown, the office of high sheriff of the county of Meath; and that, in the 9th of Henry V., the same appointment was granted to John Drake, of Drakestown, to be held during pleasure. Among the other early ancestry of the family, Catherine, sister and heiress of Nicholas Drake, of Drakerath, married Richard Nugent, 2nd baron of Delvin, living in 1428; and about the same period, Sir Christopher Barnewall, of Crickstown, lord high treasurer of Ireland, married Matilda, dau. of the then Drake of Drakerath.* The immediate progenitor of the family before us, COLUMBUS DRAKE, esq. of Drakerath, in Meath, son of Patrick Drake, esq., was born in 1670, and married in 1705, Anne, only daughter of Jennett, esq. of Oldbridge, in the county of Louth, who was slain at the battle of the Boyne in 1688, together with all his sons except the youngest, Contemporaneous with the branch of the family settled in Ireland, flourished in high repute the Drakes, of Ashe, in the county of Devon, of which, as stated in the beginning of the lineage, the Drakes, of Drakerath, were a scion. George, b. in 1760, m. in 1796, Emily, daughter of O'Reilly, esq. of Dun bike, in the county of Wicklow. Catherine, m. in 1768, to George Dowdall, esq. of Causestown. Elizabeth, m. to Anthony Browne, esq. COLUMBUS DRAKE, esq. of Roristown, b. in 1750, wedded 13th October, 1777, Anne, only daughter of Christopher Barnewall, esq. of Fyanstown Castle, in Meath, and had issue, PATRICK, b. in 1782, d. in 1801. CHRISTOPHER, successor to his father. Frances, d. unmarried in 1799. Anne. Mr. Drake was s. at his decease by his only surviving son, the present CHRISTOPHER DRAKE, esq. of Roristown. Arms Arg. a wivern, wings displayed and tail nowed, gu. Crest-A wivern as in the arms. FRAMPTON, OF MORETON. FRAMPTON, JAMES, esq. of Moreton, in the county of Dorset, b. 4th September, 1769, lieutenant-colonel commandant of the Dorset regiment of yeomanry cavalry, m. September 9th, 1799, the Lady Harriot Strangways, third daughter of Henry-Thomas, second Earl of Ilchester, and has had issue, 1. James, b. 28th March, 1802, d. 9th May, 1818. 11. HENRY, b. 7th May, 1804, m. in May, 1833, Char- III. William-Charlton, b. 4th June, 1811. 1. Harriot-Georgiana, m. 28th October, 1830, to William, only son of Francis Mundy, esq. of Markeaton, in the county of Derby, and M.P. for that county. 11. Louisa-Charlotte. Colonel Frampton served as high sheriff for the county of Lineage. JOHN DE FRAMPTON was returned to serve in parliament for the borough of Dorchester, 31 Edward III. He is supposed to have had two sons, namely, John de Frampton, (who was returned to parliament as a burgess for the borough of Weymouth, 1355 and 1360; for Dorchester, 1357 and 1362; and as knight of the shire for the county of Dorset, 1372 and 1380, and seems to have been the father of Sir Henry Frampton, who was M. P. for Melcombe Regis in 1380, 1383, and 1384, and d. s. p.) and * knt. of Catherston, county of Somerset, his second wife, he had three sons, 1. ROBERT, who succeeded him at Moreton. 11. JOHN, M. P. for the borough of Lyme Regis, father of JOHN, of Potterne and Echilhamp ton, Wilts, who, by Johanna, his ROGER, of Potterne, who even- III. William, who was M.P. for Dor chester, 1431 and 1450, and for Wey mouth, 1433. John Frampton d. 26th May, 1426, leaving Margaret, his third wife, surviving him, and was succeeded at Moreton by his eldest son, WALTER DE FRAMPTON, who was M.P. for the borough of Melcombe Regis in 1357, 1362, and 1368. He was lord of the manor, and possessor of the advowson of Buckland Ripers, an estate adjacent to the towns of Weymouth and Melcombe Regis, in the county of Dorset, and acquired the manor and estate of Moreton, with other lands in its vicinity, by his marriage, which took place in or previous to 1366, with Margaret, the heiress of that property. What her surname was has not been positively ascertained, but it seems nearly certain that she ROBERT FRAMPTON, of Moreton, who was was of the family of Husee, who were lords twenty-six years of age and upwards at his of this manor at a time immediately pre- | father's death, 4 HENRY VI. His name ceding the period at which it passed into the appears in a list of considerable men of the possession of the family of Frampton. Wal- county of Dorset, who were able to spend ter de Frampton d. 14th October, 1389, his £12 per annum, returned into chancery 12 wife having died before him, and left issue | HENRY VI. By Alice, his first wife, daughby her, besides a daughter, Joan, m. to Sir ter and heir of Hugh Deverell, he acquired Thomas Stewell, knt. of Catherston, county lands in Coomb Deverell, in the county of Somerset, a son, Dorset, and had several children, who all predeceased their fathers. p. His second wife was Alianor, daughter and heiress of William Browning, of Melbury Sampford, Dorset, and of Upton Lovell, in the county of Wilts (who m. secondly, Walter Barough, of Charford, in the same shire), and dying 4th February, 1465, left by her, JOHN FRAMPTON, of Moreton, who was twenty-four years of age at his father's death. He was at the battle of Agincourt, and was returned six times to parliament as knight of the shire for the county of Dorset, from 1387 to 1405; and in 4 HENRY V. was appointed a commissioner to array the county of Dorset against a French invasion. He was three times married. By his first wife, Isabel, daughter of Robert Prouse, he had one daughter, Margaret, who m. Robert Bingham, of Binghams Melcombe, in the county of Dorset, whose marriage articles, dated at Moreton, 21st September, 9 HENRY IV. are still extant amongst the family documents at Melcombe. By Edith, daughter of Sir Matthew Stawell, * In 31 EDWARD I. 1303, John Husee had a grant of free warren in all his demesne lands at Moreton. Roger Husee, his son and heir, was summoned to parliament 22 and 23 EDWARD III. amongst the barons of the realm, and died 35 EDWARD III. 1361, seized, amongst other lands, of the manor and advowson of Moreton. Leaving no issue, his estates devolved, by virtue of an entail, on John Husee, jun. then thirty years of age and | JAMES FRAMPTON, of Moreton, his son and heir, who was born in 1452. He m. Anastasia, daughter of Sir John Newborough, knt. of Lullworth, in the county of Dorset, and d. 5th June, 1523, as appears by a monument to his memory, whereon is his effigy in brass, in the church at Moreton. Leaving no legitimate issue, he settled his estates on James Frampton, his bastard son, who m. Avice, daughter of Sir Thomas de la Lynde, knt. of Winterborn upwards. Of the death or heir of this John Husee, we have no certain account, but as the manor of Moreton was settled upon him and the heirs of his body, with remainder to the right heirs of the aforesaid Roger, it may be conjectured with the greatest probability, that Margaret, the wife of Walter Frampton, was daughter of the last mentioned John Husee, and succeeded to the property by virtue of this entail. |