Ringrose Atkins, esq. justice of the peace, of Prospect Hill, in the county of Cork, sine prole. 2. William, a settler in Van Dieman's Land, who is married, but has no issue. 3. Robert, d. unm. in Spain. 4. Mathew, a settler at Van Dieman's Land, m. and has issue. Thomas Franks married a daughter of Maunsell, esq. of Ballybrood, and left no surviving issue. The fifth surviving son, ROBERT ATKINS, esq. b. in 1751, was of Firville, near Mallow, in the county of Cork, a justice of the peace for that county, and major in the Mallow cavalry; he m. Mary, daughter of John Hastings, esq. and sister and co-heiress by blood, and sole heiress in property to her brother, Stephen Hastings, esq. of Forthenry, in the county of Tipperary, justice of the peace for the counties of Tipperary, Clare, and Limerick; and has had issue, I. ROBERT, his heir, now of Firville, to whom his father, being advanced in years, gave up that estate. 11. Stephen-Hastings, of Forthenry, in the county of Tipperary, justice of the peace for several years for the counties of Tipperary, Clare, and Limerick; he was b. 29th March, 1793, and m. 1st December, 1815, Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Myles O'Reilly, * WILLIAM, 1st Lord HASTINGS, K.G. m. Catherine, widow of Lord Bonville and Haryngton, and daughter of the renowned Richard Neville, Earl of Salisbury, and sister of the celebrated Earl of Warwick, and had issue, inter alios, EDWARD HASTINGS, second Lord Hastings, who died November, 1507, leaving issue, by Mary, Baroness Hungerford, one son, and one daughter, viz. GEORGE, first Earl of Huntingdon, his heir. Anne Hastings, m. first to Thomas Stanley, Earl of Derby; secondly, to Lord Fitzwalter; and thirdly, Sir Richard Sacheverell. GEORGE HASTINGS, first Earl of Huntingdon, m. Anne, second daughter and co-heiress of Henry Stafford, second Duke of Buckingham and Sheffield, and widow of Sir Walter Herbert, son of William Earl of Pembroke, and died 24th March, 35 HENRY VIII., leaving issue, FRANCIS HASTINGS, second earl his heir. III. George, died a student in Trinity college Dublin. unmarried. 1. Mary, m. to Thomas Lidwill, esq. of Connackstown, county of Tipperary, and of Clonmore, on the demise of his uncle - Lidwill, esq. and had issue, Robert-Atkins Lidwill, esq. now of Clonmore, and of Connackstown, &c., in the county of Tipperary, justice for the peace of the said county. Thomas, who is married. FRANCIS HASTINGS, K. B. and K.G. second Earl of Huntingdon, m. Catherine, eldest daughter and co-heiress, with her sister, Winifred, Lady Hastings, of Henry de la Pole, Lord Montacute, son and heir of Sir Richard Pole, by Margaret Plantagenet, daughter and heiress of George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence. Lady Huntingdon's mother was daughter and heiress of the celebrated KingMaker, Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick. He died in 1561, and left issue, Henry Hastings, third earl, who by his countess, Catherine, daughter of John Dudley Duke of Northumberland, had no issue. George Hastings, fourth earl, whose descendants terminated in the Countess of Moira. William Hastings, d. s. p. SIR EDWARD HASTINGS, of whom hereafter. Walter Hastings, from whom, through his fourth son, Ferdinand, descends the present earl. SIR EDWARD HASTINGS, the fourth son of Francis, second Earl of Huntingdon, m. Barbara, daughter of the Honourable Sir Edward Devereux, third of Clare, eldest son of William Brown, esq. of Bridgetown, by his wife, a daughter of Colonel William Odell, of Grove, M.P. for Limerick, for thirty years. Mr. Brown has issue, John, Mary, Ismenia, and two other daughters. Lucinda-Eliza Lidwill, m. to Captain Arthur Sayers, of Limerick, and left issue two children. Helen Lidwill, m. to the Rev. George Wilkinson, curate of Cloghjordon. Thomas to Ismenia Cowley Lidwill, m. Anne, died unmarried. 11. Elizabeth, m. to Robert Twiss, esq. justice of the peace, of Cordel House, in the county of Kerry, high sheriff of the said county in 1802, and uncle to Arthur Blennerhassett, esq. of Ballyseedy, now M.P. for that county, and had issue, George Twiss, his heir. Robert-Atkins Twiss, M.D. now of Parteen in the co. of Tipperary. Hastings Twiss. Arthur Twiss. Maria-Hastings Twiss. Dorcas-Georgiana Twiss. Letitia Twiss. Margaret-Ormsby Twiss. III. Anne, m. to Richard-Harding Wigmore, esq. of Ballynona, in the county of Cork, and of Ross House, county of Clare, and has issue, Henry Wigmore. Robert Wigmore. William Wigmore. Arthur Wigmore. Mary Wigmore. Sarah Wigmore. iv. Margaret, m. Arthur Ormsby, esq. of Bird Hill House, county of Tipperary, and now of Brookdale, county of Cork. v. Hannah, m. to William Fitzgerald, esq. of Adrival, county of Kerry, and of Black fort, county of Tipperary, widower of her cousin, Miss Minnitt, of Black fort, and has issue, one son and two daughters, viz. William Fitzgerald. Mary Fitzgerald. Margaret-Ormsby Fitzgerald. VI. Henrietta, m. first to the Rev. Warham Leader, rector of Upper Shandon, Cork, second son of William Leader, esq. of Mount Leader, in the county of Cork; and secondly, to the Rev. Mathew Moore, now rector of Cahirconlish, in the county of Limerick, second brother of M. Crosbie Moore, esq. of Mooresfort, in the county of Tipperary, justice son of the Viscount Hereford, and widow of to the family of Perton Hall, Staffordshire, and Case, esq. had issue one son, SIR HENRY HASTINGS, who m. Mabel, daughter of Sir Anthony Faunt, of Foston, and had issue, with three elder sons, a fourth son. ANTHONY HASTINGS, esq. who m. a daughter of Stephen Watkins, esq. and had issue, HENRY, his heir. George. Edward. The eldest son, had issue, 1. STEPHEN, his heir, who m. and had issue, inter alios, GEORGE HASTINGS, esq. who m. Isabella, daughter of - Brady esq. of Raheen, county of Clare, and grandaughter of Joseph, second son of Colonel Richard Ringrose, of Moynoe House, and had issue, with three daughters, one son, HENRY, a lieutenant in Lord Moira's regiment, died unmarried, when his father gave up 'his birthright, the earldom of Huntingdon, which he had been claiming for years. 11. JOHN HASTINGS, m. Mary, daughter and co-heiress of John Minnitt, esq. of Knygh Castle, in the county of Tipperary, and had issue, Joseph, who m. Isabella, daughter of Brady, esq. of Raheen, in Clare, and had two sons, Jacob and Philip, whose descendants still exist, and a daughter, Isabella, who m. her cousin, Anthony Brady, esq. of Raheen, and had issue. Jacob, who m. first, Elizabeth, eldest daughter of George Crofts, esq. of Velvertstown, in the county of Cork, by whom he had a daughter, ELIZABETH, M. to Robert Atkins, esq. of Fountainville, and had issue. He m. secondly, and had another daughter, JANE, m. first, to Crorsdale, esq. and secondly, to James Moloney, esq. of Kiltarman, in Clare, and had issue, by both. Isaac. Col. Ringrose died, it is stated, at a very great age, and was s. by his son, JOHN RINGROSE, esq. of Moynoe House, in the county of Clare, Col. in the army, who m. Avarina, daughter and co-heiress of Col. Bartholomew Purdon, of the county of Cork, and had issue, 1. Richard, was poisoned by mistake at the age of twenty-one. II. ALICE-SYNGE, who m. John Bowerman, esq. of Coolinah, in the county of Cork, son of Col. Kyrle Bowerman, of the Isle of Wight, and had issue, 1. HENRY BOWERMAN, esq. of Coolinah, who m. Amelia, daughter Evans, esq. of Carkir, and had an only daughter and heir, BRIDGET, who m. Richard Ne of ville, esq. of Furnace, in the county of Kildare, M.P. and d. 12th January, 1807, leaving three daughters, viz. HENRIETTA NEVILLE, M. AMELIA NEVILLE, d. unm. 2. John Bowerman, who m. the widow of Levallin, esq. 3. Richard Ringrose Bowerman, esq. of Moynoe House, in Clare, who m. Avarina, daughter of Simon Purdon, esq. of Tinneranna, in Clare, and had issue, John, d. unm. Richard, who m. Grace Anderson, daughter of George Davis, esq. and had issue, George, of Limerick, m. Anne, daughter of Massey, esq. and niece of Col. Massey, of the county of Cork. Henry, of Baltimore, Richard, S in America. John, of Limerick. Grace, m. to John Lloyd, esq. Elisha, m. to William Shannon, esq. esq. Hannah. Jane Neville, d. unm. Henry, major in the army, who Elisha, m. to Michael Eyre Dalton, esq. of Wood Park, in Clare. Eliza, d. unm. 4. Jane, m. to the Rev. Robert Nettles, rector of Ballinamona, in the county of Cork, and had issue. 5. Catherine, m. to John Ryves Nettles, esq. 6. Elizabeth, d. unm. III. MARGARET, m. to Francis Drew, esq. of Drewscourt, in the county of Limerick, high sheriff in 1718, and had issue, 1. Barry Drew, esq. of Drews Court. 2. Ringrose Drew, esq. of Drewsborough, who m. a daughter of James Molony, esq. and had a son, Ringrose, of Drewsborough, who had, with two daughters, GRAHAM, OF LEITCHTOWN. GRAHAM, JAMES, esq. of Leitchtown, in the Stewartry of Monteith, and county of Perth, succeeded his father in 1810; m. in 1835, Ellenor Smith, only surviving daughter of the late John Thwaites, esq. of Topsham, in Devon. Mr. Graham is in the commission of the peace for Perthshire. of Perth, now known by the name of Leitchtown. By her he had issue, GILBERT GRAHAM, who succeeded to his father in the lands of Leitchtown. He m. Janet, daughter of James Smith, by whom he had several sons. The names of the younger sons cannot be actually traced in consequence of the family papers having been lost during the rebellion of 1715. Gilbert died in 1704, when his eldest son succeeded him, viz. PATRICK GRAHAM, of Leitchtown, who m. in 1695 Margaret, only daughter of William Napier, of Culragsean, who was killed by the Camerons at Inverary. He had issue, I. JAMES, his heir. II. William, died abroad without issue. 1. Margaret, m. to Robert Forrester. JAMES GRAHAM, was bred a surgeon, and went early abroad. On his return he married Ann, daughter of the Rev. Thomas Leckid, minister of Kilmaronock, and sister of William Leckie, of Broitch, in Stirlingshire, by whom he had issue, 1. Thomas, died abroad unm. DAWE, OR DAWES, OF DITCHEAT. DAWE, HILL, esq. of Ditcheat, in Somersetshire, b. 16th December, 1771, s. his father, 24th December, 1820, and is in the commission of the peace for the county. Lineage. This family, which settled at Ditcheat in 1669, having bought the manor and advowson of the parish church, which were a part of the property of Lord Hopton, is a scion of the Dawes, of Dorsetshire, of the time of EDWARD IV. In the Harleian MSS. we find" Dawe, fam. Ped. 1500, 33, (fol. 316.) by Mr. Sampson Lennard, Blue-Mantle," Henry Dawe is described as living temp. EDWARD IV. at East Chelborough, Dorset, and marrying Christiana, daughter and coheir of Joh. Osmond de West Chelborough, and in the pedigree their descendants intermarry with the Leighs of Frome, St. Quentin, Allens of Melberie, Fishers of Evershott, Harbins of Charminster, Mollins of Godmanton, Guppies of Benfield, and Portland in Halstook, Trewars of Tintenhull, Palmer of Rampesham, and Hunt of Speckington, Somerset. EDMUND DAWE, of Ditcheat, who m. Anne Salmon, of Stratton on the Fosse, had eight children, viz. EDMUND, b. 1670, his heir. Thomas, of New Inn Middlesex, and of |