11. Thomas, b. in December, 1671, Captain R.N. who distinguished himself in various engagements. He commanded a line of battle ship in the Mediterranean, and on that occasion made himself more conspicuous for benevolence than discretion. Hearing that a poor Jew was to be the subject of an auto da fe, he landed his boats' crew and carried off the unfortunate creature out of the power of his tormentors. The Spanish government, preferring a complaint, he was ordered home and deprived of his command, but, by the favour of the Queen, was soon afterwards reinstated. Captain Thomas Willyams m. the only daughter of Admiral Cooper, and was s. by his son, JOHN, also a captain in the R.N. III. William, b. in April, 1678, collector *The present Lord Sidmouth is of the same family. There are some memorials of the Addingtons, in a very perfect state, in the parish church. v. Charles, b. in July, 1681. 11. Jane, b. in November, 1765, m. to III. Elizabeth, b. in April, 1683. This v. Honour, b. in January, 1685, m. to Williams, of Trehane and Trewithan. The eldest son, JOHN WILLYAMS, esq. of Roseworthy, b. in September, 1660, m. first in 1685, Bridgman, youngest daughter and co-heir of colonel Humphry Noye, of Carnanton, "only son of William Noye, attorney-general to CHARLES I. of blessed memory," as his monument in Mawgan church imports, and by whom came the Carnanton estate to the family. Her mother was Hester, sister of the last Baron Sandys, of the Vine, which nobleman died s. p. when the title fell into abeyance among his sisters. By her, who died in 1699, he had no issue. He m. secondly, Dorothy, heiress of Peter Day, esq. of Resuggan, in St. Columb, and had issue, 1. JOHN, b. in March, 1701, who held a John Oliver, b. in May, 1731, m. 11. Humphry, d. young. Mr. Willyams, conspicuous for his active and zealous adherence to the Stuarts, suffered much persecution for his attachment to that unfortunate House. He was deprived of his commission of the peace during the reign of WILLIAM and MARY, but restored soon after the accession of Queen ANNE. A good picture of King JAMES, now at Carnanton, was found secreted in the roof of the old mansion, when it was taken down, about eighty years since. His third son, JAMES WILLYAMS, esq. b. 8th March, 1780, wedded Anne, daughter of William Jane, and had issue, 1. JAMES, his heir. 11. John, b. in 1752, d. in 1774. III. Humphry, in holy orders, b. in February, 1755, m. first, Sarah, only daughter of Bate, and half sister to Sir George Shuckburgh, bart. who d. s. p. He m.secondly, Mary, sister of Pascoe Grenfell, esq. M..P. and d. in September, 1732, leaving an only daughter, Charlotte Bridgeman, m. to Captain F. Rogers, R. N. son of John Rogers, esq. of Penrose, by Margaret, his wife, sister of the late Lord De Dunstanville. 1. Anne, born in 1774, d. in 1757. 11. Bridgeman, b. in 1748, d. unmarried, in 1770. III. Jane, b. in 1750, d. also unmarried, in 1790. IV. Christian, both d. young. The eldest son and heir, JAMES WILLYAMS, esq. of Truro, b. 30th September, 1741, travelled, during the earlier period of his life, over various parts of Europe and America, but returning to England, he married, in 1770, Ann, only daughter of William Champion, esq. of Wormley, in Gloucestershire, and of the city of Bristol, by which lady he had issue, 1. JAMES BRYDGES, b. 1st January, 1772, took his degrees at St. John's College, Cambridge. This gentleman had, for many years, the command of the Cornwall militia, and on its being disembodied in 1816, he devoted himself to literature. He published "The Influence of Genius," a poem, after the style of Beattie, having already appeared before the public in a work entitled "A Treatise on Modern Education," embellished with designs from his own pencil. He m. Sarah, only daughter and heiress of Mendez Da Costa, and died in November, 1820, leaving no issue. II. John-Champion, b. in June, 1785, entered the India service, but died 2nd June, 1803, on board the Marchioness of Exeter, Indiaman, and was buried at St. Helena. III. HUMPHRY, successor to his father. 1. Anne, m. in 1800 to Captain Bowen, of Haverfordwest, who served in Hol- II. Eliza-Bridgeman, m. in 1800 to a v. Sarah, m. to the Rev. Thomas Grylls, rector of Cardynham, and one of the prebendaries of the cathedral church of Exeter, and has issue. Mr. Willyams, a magistrate, deputy-lieutenant and deputy warden of the Stanneries, served for many years during the war, holding the rank of field officer in the Cornwall militia, and succeeded, on the demise of his relative, John Oliver Willyams, in 1809, to the Carnanton estate. He d. 10th February, 1828, and was succeeded by his only son, the present HUMPHRY WILLYAMS, esq. of Carnanton. Arms-A fess checky, gu. and vert, between three griffins' heads, erased of the third; each gorged with a ducal coronet, or. Crest-On a ducal coronet, a falcon, close ppr. belled, or. Motto-In domino confido--Cornish motto, "Meor ras tha Dew." Estates-In Cornwall. LOWE, OF BROMSGROVE. LOWE, The Reverend THOMAS HILL PEREGRINE FURYE, precentor and canon residentiary of Exeter, b. 21st December, 1781, m. THOMAS, b. 28th January, 1811. Lucy,m. to her cousin, the Reverend Thomas James Rocke, Helen. Anna. Emma. Harriet. Mr. Precentor Lowe is a magistrate for Shropshire. The family of Lowe was established in England by one of the companions in arms of the CONQUEROR, and has preserved a male succession since that remote era. "I must not forget," says Mr. Abingdon, in speaking of the abbot and convent of Worcester, "to mention theyre benefactors. There were in thys Lordshyp twoe auncient inhabitantes; one Lowe, wrytten (formerly and still pronounced heere LAWE) whose auncestor was one of the captaynes who fought under Duke William of Normandye, in the conquest of England, as appeareth in a rowle most exactly drawn and carefully kept in Flanders, the copy whereof was sent mee by a gentleman of this family, to give me light in the obscurity of antiquityes. Neyther can this derogat from Lowe of Shropshire; where Guido Lowe de Clive, 7th HENRY VI. was returned into the exchecker to attend the King, as an esquire, qui portabat arma ab ancestriâ; for why may they not bothe springe from one roote? But to return to my purpose; Stephanus de Lawe (son of Alanus de Lawe, and direct ancestor of the family before us) gave all his land in Lawefield, which he held in More, of the monkes of Worcester, to the same priory. He moreover, by the consent of Dionysia, his wife, gave to his lords the said prior and convent, in pure and perpetual alms, certain assart or new cleared land, called the Seken, lying under the Menhey, with all the Grove there; but for the surrender of these and other lands, the Priour and Monkes yealded him some recompense and were most charitable to him, for being by the Jews at Worcester detained in prison, and loaded with heavy * Low is the old English word for a small hill; and the seat of the family being on a gentle elevation on the north side of the river Ferne, they apparently took their name from it. chains, and by exquisite torments compelled to redeem himself, his said lords the priour and convent, being moved with pity, and seeing him forsaken of all his friends, did, by the expending of much money, free him from his bonds, and restore him to life and liberty. Thus did the religious deliver him out of the jawes of hys cruel creditors. The other auncient gentleman was Penhull, of whom Aluredus de Penhull, falling likewise into the merciles handes of these devouring usurarious Jewes, then dwellinge in Worcester, was also by the Priour and Monkes redeemed out of that thralldome." The family continued for a long series of years resident at the Lowe, and among the eminent persons it produced in early times, we may mention JOHN LOWE, an Augustine monk, at Worcester, consecrated bishop of St. Asaph, in 1433, HUMPHREY LOWE, high sheriff of Shropshire, in 1439, and RICHARD Lowe, who was retained to serve in France with one man at arms and three archers, temp. EDWARD IV. THOMAS LOWE, of the Lowe, in the parish of Lindridge, Worcestershire, head of this ancient house towards the close of the 16th century, married Anne Foster, and was father of HENRY Lowe, of the Lowe, living in 1594, but dead before 1602, who wedded at Knighton chapel, 3rd February, 1566, Dorothy, daughter of William Baylies, of the Bower, in the parish of Rock, and had issue, I. THOMAS, of the Lowe, who died before 1631, leaving, with two other sons, who died without issue, ARTHUR LOWE, esq. of the Lowe, who m. Elizabeth, daughter of Anthony Pembruge, esq. of Wellington, in Herefordshire, and by her, who wedded, secondly, Francis Meysey, esq. had (with a daughter, Elizabeth, who m. John Percy, of Worcester, and was great grandmother of Dr. Percy, the bishop of Dromore) a son and successor, ARTHUR Lowe, esq. of the Lowe, who had such a reverence for the old mansion and place whence he derived his name, that he left this particular clause in his will: "Item. I will that my house at the Lowe, wherein I now live, being the ancient seat of my ancestors, be from time to time kept up and repaired by whoever shall be seized of my estate at the Lowe, as need shall require, but by no means to be pulled down or demolished." He m. Mary, daughter and co-heir of Thomas Packington, esq. and dying 25th December, 1724, left an only child and heiress, ELIZABETH LOWE, born in 1666, who espoused Joshua Lowe, of Birmingham, and died in 1727, leaving two daughters, of whom the younger, Mary Packington Lowe, died unmarried in 1768, but the elder, ELIZABETH Lowe, b. 14th August, 1698, married 27th August, 1725, the Rev. William Cleiveland, A.M. rector of All Saints, in Worcester, and had a son, THE REV. WILLIAM CLEIVELAND, A.M. who inherited the estate of THE LOWE, and was living in 1779. 1. Arthur, of London, living in 1637, having then three sons. III. Anthony, of the Inner Temple, an eminent lawyer, who m, Mary, daughter of Richard Hammond, esq. of Debden, in Essex, and had issue. Iv. Henry. v. HUMPHREY, of whom presently. I. Anne, m. to Thomas Lewes. 1. Elizabeth, m. to Richard Caswall, of Wicton, in Herefordshire. III. Mary, Iv. Jane, m. in 1610, to Humphrey Soley, of Orleton. The youngest son, HUMPHREY LOWE, esq. died before the year 1637, leaving two sons, THOMAS, who died unmarried, and HUMPHREY LOWE, esq. of Bromsgrove, in Worcestershire, who m. Rebecca, eldest daughter of Benjamin Jolliffe, esq. of Cofton Hall (see vol. i. p. 517) and had issue, THE REV. THOMAS LOWE, rector of Chelsea, married Elizabeth, daughter and co-heir (with her sister Mrs. Ellison) of Colonel Furye,* of Fernham, in Berkshire, and of Norbiton House, Surrey, and had an only child, THOMAS HUMPHREY LOWE, esq. of Bromsgrove, who m. 2nd April, 1780, Lucy, elder daughter and co-heir of Thomas Hill, esq. of Court of Hill, in the county of Salop, M.P. for Leominster (see vol. i. p. 654,) and by her, who wedded, secondly, in 1803, Thomas Fowler, esq. of Abbey-cwmhir, in Radnorshire, had two sons and two daughters, namely, 1. THOMAS-HILL-PEREGRINE-FURYE, his heir. II. Arthur-Charles, born 30th August, 1796, captain 16th regiment of Lan cers. 1. Louisa-Elizabeth, m. 12th May, 1827, to Thomas Hastings, esq. post captain in the royal navy, and a magistrate for Herefordshire, (eldest surviving son of the Rev. James Hastings, rector and impropriator of the livings of Martley and Areley Regis, in Worcestershire) and had a son, b. and d. in 1828. II. Harriet, m. to Charles Bullock, esq. of Faulkbourn, in Essex, and has issue. (See vol. iii.) Arms Quarterly, 1st and 4th argent, on a bend sinister cotised sable three wolves' heads erased for Lowe, of Bromsgrove; 2nd and 3rd erm. on a fesse sa. a castle triple towered arg. for HILL, of Court of Hill. Crest-A demi griffin ramp. or. Motto-Spero meliora. Estates In the parishes of Burford and Silvington, Salop; Kingston, Surrey; Fernham, Berks; and Wanborough, Wilts. Seats-Court of Hill, Salop; and Norbiton House, Surrey. * Colonel Furye was slain at the battle of Belleisle. STEWART, OF ST. FORT. STEWART, ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL, esq. of St. Fort, in the county of Fife, b. in 1795, succeeded to the estate on the demise of his father. Lineage. This is a branch of the royal house of He was succeeded at his decease by his eldest Stewart. JOHN STEWART, the first, of Urrard, was lineally descended from John Stewart, progenitor of the Athol Stewarts, who was fourth son of Alexander Lord Badenoch, Earl of Buchan, a younger son of King ROBERT II. (See BROWN'S Tree of the Stewarts.) He m. a daughter of M‘Grigor, and was father of ROBERT STEWART, of Urrard, who married a daughter of Robertson, of Fascally, and had, with other issue, Alexander, his heir, and George, of Baloan. Tradition affirms that this Robert, being on a foray with the Marquis of Athol, and returning home on verbal leave, his lands of Urrard were seized as those of a vassal who had deserted his lord superior. Craig Urrard is situated behind Blair Castle, and the site of the old mansion of the family is still pointed out in the park of Blair. The son and suc son, JAMES STEWART, of Urrard, who m. first, Anne, daughter of Campbell, of Balgershoe, and had by her two sons and six daughters, viz. JOHN, his heir. Samuel, merchant in Perth, whose son, Samuel, also a merchant in the same city, purchased the lands of Coltenchar, and others, but d. unmarried. Christian, m. to Mungo Campbell, of Clunimore, afterwards of Monzie. Jean, called "Minay n'm léan," m. to Niel M'Glashan, of Clune. This lady acted a remarkable part in Stirling Castle, after the battle, in 1715. Barbara, m. to Hamilton, minister of Blair. Margaret, m. to Alexander Stewart, of Clochfoldich. Anne, m. to William Small, of Kindrogan. Another daughter. James Stewart espoused, secondly, a daughter of Robert Menzies, of the Weem family, but by her had no issue. He was succeeded at his decease by his elder son, JOHN STEWART, of Urrard, who m. Susan, daughter of Lord Niel Campbell, of Ardmadie, governor of Dumbarton Castle (second son of Archibald, Marquis of Argyll, who was beheaded at Edinburgh, 27th May, 1661,) and had issue, JAMES, his heir. Robert, who went to Tobago as commissioner for the islands ceded by France, and died there unmarried, in 1773. Niel, of London, d. unmarried. Archibald, d. unmarried. The eldest son, JAMES STEWART, of Urrard, born in 1726, was eldest ensign in Loudon's Highlanders, raised in 1745, and became subsequently captain in the Black Watch (or 42nd Highlanders,) with which regiment he served in America and the West Indies, from 1758 to 1762. He was wounded at Ticonderoga, and after the peace of 1763, sold out of the army. Captain Stewart m. first, in 1751, Grace, daughter of - Robertson, of Fascally, but by her (who died in December of the following year) he had no child; and secondly, 11th February, 1766, Elizabeth, |