This family originally of German descent, deriving (it is said) its patronymic from the town of Leer, on the Ems in Westphalia, has been seated many centuries in the county of Devon. Sir Peter Lear, its chief, was created a baronet in the year 1660, and possessed very extensive property and manors. He held lands in Radway, Bishops Teignton, West Teignmouth, Ideford, Hestor, Wood, Humber Moor, with Wols and Leworthy. Stancombe, Teigngrace, Torbryan, Whitechappel in Bishops Nympton, the barton and manor of Collyton, Shippy in Mary Church, the barton and farm of Lyndridge, the advowsons of Bishops Teignton, and West Teignmouth, lands in Plympton St. Mary, Denbury, borough and parish of Ashburton, in Bristor, in Kingsteignton, and an estate in Barbadoes. The family residences were Lyndridge Hall, Wood, and Shippy. The first that settled in Somersetshire, RICHARD LEIR, B.A. of Exeter, was presented to the rectory of Charlton Musgrove, by Sir Francis Glanville, in the reign of JAMES I. in 1617. He m. Joane Taylor, of Ottery St. Mary, Devon, and left issue, 1. THOMAS, b. 14th May, 1620. II. Richard, 1624, d. s. p. III. George, 1630, m. Mary Magsfield, IV. William, 1633, who left by his wife, 1. Elizabeth, 1626, d. s. p. Richard Leir died 11th April, 1654; but owing to the troubled state of affairs and the influence of the Puritans, his son The REV. THOMAS LEIR, was not instituted to the living until after the death of Oliver Cromwell, in 1659. He m. Mary, daughter of the Rev. William Seaman, rector of Upton Scudamore, Wilts, by whom he left issue, THOMAS, b. 3rd September, 1672. William, b. 30th April, 1675, rector of Charlton, d. s. p. Mary, b. 1661, d. s. p. Elizabeth, b. 1667, d. s. p. Anne, b. 1670, m. the Rev. Thomas Gapper, rector of Yarlington, Somer set. Mary, b. 1701, m. Norman, esq. of Stoke Lane, Somerset. Anne, b. 1703, m. James-Chaffey Cooper, esq. of Galhampton House, high sheriff for Somersetshire, 1738. Jane, b. 1707, m. to John Bythesea, esq. of Week House, and Chapmanslade, in the commission of the peace for Wilts. (See vol. ii. p. 664.) Elizabeth b. 1711, m. Mr. Phelps, of Holt, Wilts. The son and heir, The REV. THOMAS LEIR, succeeded his father in the living of Ditcheat, 1730, and his uncle William Leir, in the living of Charlton Musgrove in 1743. He m. Elizabeth, daughter of Paul Methuen, esq. of Bradford, (see METHUEN, of Corsham), by his wife, a daughter of William Gould, of Upway and Fleet, Dorset; and had issue, THOMAS, his heir, b. 14th April, 1738. Elizabeth, b. 1736, m. the Rev. C. wife, daughter of Christopher Wilson, lord bishop of Bristol, and has two sons and seven daughters, viz. William-Marriott, M.A.; Charles-Marriott, B.A.; Harriett-Mary, wife of George Augustus Woodforde, esq.; Elizabeth; Charlotte; Marianne; Sophia, m. to Captain Charles Dawe; Emma; Frances; and Hester. IV. Paul, b. 9th June, 1770, succeeded his father in the living of Charlton Musgrove in 1812: m. Fanny, widow of William-Morton Pleydell, esq. of Whatcombe, Dorset, and daughter of William Freke, esq. of Hannington House, Wilts. v. Richard, b. 17th January, 1772, barrister-at-law. VI. Charles, b. in 1779, d. s. p. 1. Mary, b. in 1773. 11. Maria, b. in 1775. The eldest son, all d. s. p. THOMAS LEIR, esq. of Weston, b. 17th October, 1765, s. his father in the estates of Jaggards, Weston, and Whitby, in 1812, and was in the commission of the peace for Somersetshire. He m. Jane, daughter of the Rev. John Jekyll, D. D. vicar of Evercreech, and precentor of St. David's cathedral, by his wife, the daughter of Nathaniel Webb, esq. of Roundhill House, Somersetshire, and left two sons, and four daughters, viz. THOMAS-MACIE, his heir; John-Macie; Jane-Elizabeth; Mary, wife of the Rev. Edward Wilkins; Aune; and Helen. Mr. Leir died 9th May, 1836, and was s. by his son, the present THOMAS-MACIE LEIR, esq. of Jaggard's House. Arms—Az. a fess raguly between three unicorns' heads, erased or. Crest-A demi-unicorn rampant, having between his legs a staff raguly. Estates-In Wiltshire and Somerset. KNOX, OF RAPPA CASTLE. KNOX, ANNESLEY-GORE, esq. of Rappa Castle, in the county of Mayo, m. 28th July, 1793, Harriette, sister of Sir Ross Mahon, bart. of Castlegar, in the county of Galway, and has had issue, Mr. Knox, who succeeded his father in March, 1813, is a magistrate for the counties of Mayo and Sligo, and served the office of sheriff for the former in 1825. Lineage. WILLIAM KNOX, esq. of Lifford in the county of Donegal, of ancient Scottish descent, m. a lady named Campbell, and by her, who wedded secondly in 1655, Edmonston of Foghill, left at his decease in 1650, (with three daughters, the eldest Anne, wife of Thomas Kirkwood; the second, of Alexander Rogers; and the third, of Ar thur Wallace, of Dublin, merchant), three sons, JOHN (Sir), knight, who settled in Dublin, and became sheriff of that city in 1675, and lord mayor in 1685-6. During his mayoralty, he received the honour of knighthood, in the cathedral of Christchurch, from Henry Earl of Clarendon, lord-lieutenant of Ireland. He had a grant by privy seal, dated at Whitehall, 23rd October, 1685, confirmed afterwards by another, dated at Dublin, 29th Dec. in the same year, giving him the exclusive right of a copper coinage for the kingdom of Ireland for twentyone years. He m. Hannah, sister of Colonel Roger Moore, or O'Moore, of Johnstown, in the county of Kildare, M.P. for Philipstown and for Mullingar in 1692, and 1695. Sir John d. s. p. 3rd November, 1687, and was buried in the chancel of St. Audeons Church, Dublin. WILLIAM, of whose descendants we have to treat. The second son, WILLIAM KNOX, esq. of Castlerea, in the county of Mayo, b. in 1630, whose name appears to the loyal addresses from that county to CHARLES II. in 1682, and 1683, m. first, Mary, daughter of Francis Palmer, esq. of Farrow, and had by her, I. FRANCIS, of Moyne, in Mayo, his II. ARTHUR, ancestor of the present He wedded secondly, the daughter and heir of Crofton, of Rappa Castle, and had by that lady, two sons and a daughter, viz. William, of Dublin, clerk of the crown for the counties of Mayo, Sligo, Roscommon and Leitrim, and for the town of Galway. He m. (licence dated in 1733), Mary, daughter of Henry Osborne, esq. of Dardistown, in Meath, and had issue, Thomas, d. unm. v. p. JAMES, of Moyne, b. 22nd July, 1724; high sheriff of Mayo, m. Dorothea, second daughter of Peter Rutledge, esq. of Cornfield, in that county, and died in 1806, having had issue, FRANCIS, of Moyne, b. in 1754, assistant-barrister for the county of Sligo, and king's-counsel. In 1797, he represented Philipstown in parliament. He d. unm. 12th April, 1821, and was buried in Moyne Abbey. JOHN, of Summer Hill, Dublin, James, captain 51st foot, died at Elizabeth, m. to Dowell O'Reilly, Dorothea, d. unmarried in August, FRANCIS, of whom presently. to Thomas Rutledge, esq. of Killala. Ellinor, b. 22nd November, 1730, died unm. Mary-Anne, b. 3rd May, 1728, d. unm. 1800. Francis Knox, whose will dated 28th February, 1729, was proved 16th February, 1731, died in 1730, and lies buried at Killala. His third son, FRANCIS KNOX, esq. b. 16th July, 1726, settled at Rappa Castle, in Mayo, of which county, as well as of Sligo, he served as high sheriff. He m. 25th March, 1761, Mary, fourth daughter and co-heir of Annesley Gore, esq. of Belleck, brother of Arthur first Earl of Arran, and by her, who died 31st October, 1818, had issue, ANNESLEY-GORE, of Rappa Castle, his Francis, a magistrate for the county of JAMES. (See KNOX GORE, p. 582.) KNOX of NETLEY PARK, p. 583.) Arthur of Bushfield, in Mayo, b. in 1785, m. Barbara, only daughter of Joseph Lambert, esq. of Brookhill, and had issue. John, of Greenwood Park, in Mayo, b. 3rd November, 1786, m. Jane, daughter of Samuel Handy, esq. Eleanor-Anne, m. 24th December, Anne, m. 14th November, 1803, to An- KNOX-GORE, OF BELLECK ABBEY. GORE-KNOX, FRANCIS-ARTHUR, esq. of Belleck Abbey, in the county of Mayo, lieutenant-colonel of the North Mayo Militia, b. CHARLES-JAMES, b. 20th September, 1832. Matilda. Colonel Knox-Gore, who is lord-lieutenant of the county of Sligo, and in the commission of the peace for that co. and for Mayo, succeeded to the estates of his great-grandfather, Annesley Gore, esq. brother to the first Earl of Arran, on the demise in February, 1821, of the Right Hon. Henry King, who had a life interest in the property. Lineage. JAMES KNOX, esq. b. 25th March,_1774, third son of Francis Knox, esq. of Rappa Castle, in the county of Mayo, was called to the bar in 1797, and returned by the borough of Taghmon to the last Irish Parliament. He settled at Broadlands Park in Mayo, and became a magistrate in 1803, and deputy-governor of that county. In 1813, he assumed by sign manual, in compliance with the will of his maternal grandfather, Annesley Gore, esq. the surname and arms of GORE, in addition to those of Knox.. He m. 19th January, 1800, Lady Maria-Louisa Gore, eldest daughter of Arthur Saunders, second Earl of Arran, by Anna, his second wife, daughter of the Rev. Boleyn Knight, of Ottley, in Yorkshire, and had issue, FRANCIS-ARTHUR, his heir. James, who m. in April, 1833, Harriette, daughter of Annesley GoreKnox, esq. of Rappa Castle. Henry-William. Annesley. George-Edward. Anna-Maria, m. to John-Frederick Knox, esq. of Mount Falcon, in the Louisa-Maria, m. to Captain Cuff, of ner, of Farea Hill, county of Mayo. Charlotte-Catharine. Mr. Knox-Gore, who was ranger of the Curragh of Kildare, died 21st October, 1818, and was s. by his eldest son, the present FRANCIS-ARTHUR KNOX-GORE, esq. of Belleck Abbey. Arms-1st and 4th gu. a fesse between three crosses crosslet or, for GORE; 2nd and 3rd gu. a falcon, wings expanded within a bordure engr. or, on a canton of the same, a fesse chequy arg. and az. for KNOX. Crests-1st a wolf saliant arg. collared gu. for GORE, 2nd a falcon close, on a perch, ppr. for KNOX. Motto- In hoc Signo Vinces. Seat-Belleck Abbey, county of Mayo. KNOX, OF NETLEY PARK. KNOX, HENRY-WILLIAM, esq, of Netley Park, in the county of Mayo, b. 9th December, 1809, m. 7th December, 1835, Isabella-Antoinette, youngest daughter of John Peel, esq. of Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire. Mr. Knox, who succeeded his father in October, 1816, is a magistrate and deputylieutenant for Mayo, and captain of the North Mayo Militia. MARRIOTT, WILSON-TREVES, esq. b. 27th February, 1812, an officer in the 6th regiment of the Hon. E. I. company's native cavalry, in the Bombay Presidency, succeeded his father Major-general Randolph Marriott, who d. at Paris, 9th March, 1821. Lineage. This family traditionally derives its patronymic from the town of Marriott in Normandy, whence three brothers Rudolphus, Augustin, and Gulielmus, are stated to have accompanied the Conqueror to England. From them several families have emanated and settled in Yorkshire, Leicestershire, and Kent. The Yorkshire branch was founded by AUGUSTINE MARRIOTT, who m. 5th November, 1689, Sarah, daughter of Peter Tooke, esq. a merchant at Constantinople, and left issue, seven children, of whom THE REV. RANDOLPH MARRIOTT, D.D. his heir, became rector of Darfield in Yorkshire. He m. 26th October, 1731, Lady Diana Fielding, daughter of Basil and Hester, fourth Earl and Countess of Denbigh, and had fourteen children, 1. Charles, b. 1733, d. s. p. iv. Thomas, b. 1737, m. Anne, daugh- v. John, b. 1739, and m. Margaret Gaw |