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The first mention we find of this family is by Sir William Dugdale, thus: "At a great just or turnament held at Castle Peverel, in the Peak of Derbyshire, where, among divers other persons of note, Owen, Prince of Wales, and a son of the King of Scots, were present; there were also two sons of the Duke of Brettaign, and that the youngest of them, Guy, was called Guy L'Estrange, from whom the several families of the L'Estranges do descend.”

HAMON L'ESTRANGE, who obtained, temp. EDWARD II. Hunstanton,* in Norfolk, by gift of his brother, John L'Estrange, sixth Baron Strange, of Knockyn, m. Margaret, dau. of Ralph Vernon, and was s. by his son, HAMON L'ESTRANGE, of Hunstanton, who m. Catharine, daughter and heir of John, Lord Camois, and had issue,

SIR JOHN L'ESTRANGE, knt. who m. Eleanor, daughter and heir of Sir Richard Walkefare, knt. and dying in 1714, was s. by his son,

JOHN L'ESTRANGE, esq. who espoused Alice, daughter and heir of Nicholas Beaumont, and was s. by his son,

HENRY L'ESTRANGE, esq. who m. Catherine, daughter of Roger Drury, esq. of Halsted, in Suffolk, and dying in 1485, was s. by his son,

SIR ROGER L'ESTRANGE, of Hunstanton, esquire of the body to HENRY VII. who m. Anne, daughter of Sir Christopher Heydon, knt. and dying s. p. in 1506, was s. by his brother,

SIR ROBERT L'ESTRANGE, of Hunstanton, who m. Ann, daughter and co-heir of Thomas, son of Sir Thomas L'Estrange, of Willisborn, in Warwickshire, and by her, (who m. secondly, Sir Edward Knyvet,) left, at his decease in 1511, a son and successor,

SIR THOMAS L'ESTRANGE, high sheriff of Norfolk in 1532, who m. Anne, daughter of Nicholas, Lord Vaux, and had sixteen children; of whom

1. NICHOLAS, of Hunstanton, the eldest, was ancestor of the L'Estranges of Hunstanton, in Norfolk, of whom was the celebrated SIR ROGER L'ESTRANGE. The last male heir, SIR HENRY L'ESTRANGE, bart. d. s. p. 2nd September, 1760, his estates devolving on the families of Styleman and Astley. (See BURKE's History

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* CAMDEN, speaking of Hunstanton, says: It is the place where King EDMUND resided near a whole year, endeavouring to get by heart David's Psalms in the Saxon language. The very book was religiously preserved by the monks of St. Edmund'sbury till the dissolution of the monasteBut neither is the place to be omitted upon

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RICHARD L'ESTRANGE, settling in Ireland, was ancestor of

THOMAS L'ESTRANGE, esq. of Castle Strange, in the county of Roscommon, who purchased Moystown, in the King's County, in 1633, from Sir Thomas Rotheram. The town of Shannon Bridge, with the psheves on the Shannon, and the manor of Baghra, are held by a patent from JAMES I. His successor,

HENRY L'ESTRANGE, esq. of Moystown, M.P. for the King's county, died 20th Jan. 1665, leaving by his wife, Miss Sandes, of the Queen's County, a son and successor,

THOMAS L'ESTRANGE, esq. of Moystown, living in 1732, then aged seventy-six, m. Miss Peisley, daughter and heiress of Sir Francis Peisley, bart. and had a son and

successor,

HENRY L'ESTRANGE, esq. of Moystown, M.P. for Banagher, who m. Frances Malone, of Litter, and left five children,

HENRY-PEISLEY, his heir.

Thomas, in holy orders, rector of Roscrea, m. Miss White. Richard, capt. in the army, d. unm. Lucy, m. to Stephens, esq. Frances, d. unm. The eldest son,

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HENRY-PEISLEY L'ESTRANGE, esq. of Moystown, m. Mary, daughter of Christopher Carleton, esq. of Market Hill, in the county of Fermanagh, and had issue,

1. HENRY-PEISLEY, his heir.
II. Christopher, late major of the King's
County militia, who assumed the sur-
name and arms of CARLETON at the
decease of his mother,† and served as
high sheriff of the county of Ferma-
nagh in 1811. He m. Jane, daughter
of G. Jackson, esq. formerly M.P. for
the county of Mayo, and has had issue,
1. Henry. 2. George-Jackson.
3. Christopher-Carleton.
4. William-Jackson.
5. Guy-James.

1. Mary.

2. Jane, m. in 1837, to William Orme, esq. of Milbrook, in Mayo. 3. Elizabeth, d. in 1835. 4. Alicia.

this account, that it has been the seat of the famous family of L'Estrange, knights ever since John, Baron Le Strange, of Knockyn, bestowed it upon his younger brother Hamon, which was in the reign of EDWARD IV."

+Major Carleton's children retain their patronymic, "L'ESTRANGE."

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7. Sarah, d. in 1838.
III. George-Guy-Carleton (Sir), a ma-
jor-gen. in the army, C.B. who dis-
tinguished himself during the Penin-
sular war, commanding the 31st re-
giment of foot, as lieut.-col. at the
battle of Albuera, and served on the
staff at the Mauritius for seven years.
He m. 5th June, 1817, Sarah, daugh-
ter of Benjamin Rawson, esq. of
Nidd Hall, in the county of York.
(See vol. ii. p. 47.)

1. Henrietta, m. Edward L'Estrange, esq.
II. Frances, m. to John Robbins, esq.
III. Lucy, m. to Dennis Kelly, esq.
IV. Alicia, m. to Herbert Rawson Step-
ney, esq.

Mr. L'Estrange died in 1796, aged sixtyfour, and was s. by his son,

HENRY-PEISLEY L'ESTRANGE, esq. of Moystown, colonel of the King's County militia, and a governor of the county, who m. in 1789, Grace, daughter of George Burdett, esq. M.P. and had issue,

HENRY-PEISLEY, his heir.
George-Burdett, lieutenant 3rd foot
guards; served formerly in the Pe-
ninsula, in the 31st regiment; m.
his cousin, Miss Louisa V. Stepney.

Arthur, an officer in the army.
Guy-Perceval, in holy orders, rector of

Drumlaine, in the county of Cavan.
Edmund, who m. Miss Harriet Lumley.
Jane-Anne, m. to Lieutenant-colonel
Alexander Perceval, M.P. for the
county of Sligo.

Mary, m. first to Richard E. Digby, esq. of Geashill; and secondly to Marcus G. Beresford, son of the bishop of Kilmore.

Sophia, m. to Edward J. Cooper, esq. M.P. for the county of Sligo, and died the year after her marriage.

Grace. Frances, m. to Captain Stepney St. George, H. P. 52nd foot, only brother of Richard Mansergh St. George, esq. of Headford Castle. Colonel L'Estrange died in 1824, and was s. by his son, the present HENRY-PEISLEY L'ESTRANGE, esq. of Moystowd.

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STANDISH, OF DUXBURY.

STANDISH-HALL, FRANK, esq. of Duxbury Park, in the county of Lancaster, and of Eaglescliffe, in Durham, b. 2nd October, 1799, succeeded to the estates upon the demise of Sir Frank Standish, bart. in May, 1812.

Lineage.

The Standishes of Duxbury, a family of antiquity and note, derived from a common ancestor with the Standishes of Standish. RALPH STANDISH (son of Thurston de Standish, living in 1221), had two sons,

JORDAN, heir to his father, living in 1271, ancestor of the Standishes of

Standish, now represented by CHARLES STRICKLAND-STANDISH, esq. M.P. of Standish. (See vol. ii. p. 64.) HUGH, from whom the Standishes of Duxbury.

The second son,

HUGH STANDISH, m. (34 EDWARD I.) Alice, daughter of Sir Richard Molyneux, of Sefton, in Lancashire, and had two sons, William Standish, who died young, and

RICHARD STANDISH, of Duxbury, living 9 EDWARD, III.; he was father of two sons, Hugh and John. The elder,

HUGH STANDISH, of Duxbury, wedded in 1369, his kinswoman, Alice, daughter of Henry Standish, of Standish, and had three sons and a daughter, viz. William, AlexThe ander, Christopher, and Clemence. only son to survive youth,

CHRISTOPHER STANDISH, of Duxbury, m. (9 RICHARD II.) Margaret, daughter of Sir Thomas Fleming, and had issue,

RALPH, who m. (7 HENRY V.) Joan,

This

daughter of Sir Thomas Gerrard, knt. but d. s. p. ROWLAND (Sir), who received the honour of knighthood 19 HENRY VI. He brought the relics of St. Lawrance from Normandy to Chorley Church. He d. s. p.

JAMES, the continuator of the family.

JAMES STANDISH, of Duxbury, living 6 EDWARD IV. left by Alice, his wife, a son and successor,

CHRISTOPHER STANDISH, esq. of Duxbury, who m. Elizabeth, daughter of William Bradshaigh, esq. of Haigh, and was s. by

his son,

JAMES STANDISH, esq. of Duxbury, father, by Alice, his wife, of

CHRISTOPHER STANDISH, esq. of Duxbury, whose son,

SIR CHRISTOPHER STANDISH, of Duxbury, was knighted by RICHARD III. He married and had issue, THOMAS, James, Hugh, Alexander, Rowland, Anne, and Maud, wife of William Bradshaigh, esq. of Haigh. The eldest son,

THOMAS STANDISH, esq. of Duxbury, m. in 1497, Catharine, eldest daughter of Sir Alexander Standish, of Standish, (knighted at Hutton Field in 1482,) by Sibilla, his wife, daughter of Henry Bold, esq. of Bold, in Lancashire, and had a son and successor,

m.

JAMES STANDISH, esq. of Duxbury, who first, Elizabeth, daughter of Evan Hadock; and secondly, Elizabeth, daughter of John Butler, esq. of Rawcliffe. He was s.

by his son,

THOMAS STANDISH, esq. of Duxbury, who m. Margaret, daughter of Sir Thomas Hoghton, of Hoghton Tower, in Lancashire, and was s. by his son,

ALEXANDER STANDISH, esq. of Duxbury, father, by Margaret, his wife, daughter of Sir Ralph Assheton, bart. of Whaley Abbey, of several children. The eldest son,

THOMAS STANDISH, esq. of Duxbury, m. first, Anne, elder daughter of Sir Thomas Wingfield, knt. of Letheringham, in Suffolk, and had by her, THOMAS, ALEXANDER, RICHARD, Anne, and Ratclyffe. He m. secondly, Anne, daughter of Christopher Whittingham, esq. of Suffolk, by whom he had Ralph, Gilbert, Henry, Catherine, Margaret, and Dorothy. Mr. Standish was s. at his decease by his eldest son,

THOMAS STANDISH, esq. of Duxbury,whom. Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Vaux, esq. of Dotchet, and had a daughter who died young at Exford. Mr. Standish was slain at Manchester by the parliamentarians, and leaving no issue, was s. by his next brother,

ALEXANDER STANDISH, esq. of Duxbury, who m. first, Alice, daughter of William Farington, esq. of Shawe Hall, Lancashire,

| and relict of Banister of Bank; and secondly, Margaret, relict of Colonel Clifton. He d. however, without issue, and was s. by his brother,

RICHARD STANDISH, esq. of Duxbury, who m. Elizabeth, daughter of Piers Legh, esq. of Lyme, (eldest son of Sir Peter Legh, M.P. for Cheshire 43 ELIZABETH,) by Anne, his wife, daughter of Sir John Saville, of Howley, in the county of York, and had issue, RICHARD, his heir, Peter, Alexander, Ralph, John, Hugh, Elizabeth, Anne, and Frances. The eldest son,

RICHARD STANDISH, esq. of Duxbury, was created a BARONET 8th February, 1676-7. He m. Margaret, daughter of Thomas Holcroft, esq. of Holcroft, in Lancashire, and had by her, (who wedded, secondly, Sir Thomas Stanley, bart. of Bickerstaff, and d. in October, 1735, aged nearly a hundred,) three sons and three daughters, THOMAS, his heir, Peter, Charles, Elizabeth, Margaret, and Frances. The eldest son,

SIR THOMAS STANDISH, bart. of Duxbury, m. Jane, daughter of Charles Turnor, esq. of Cleveland, in Yorkshire, and had, with several other children, a son,

THOMAS, who m. Catherine, widow of John Smith, esq. of Heath, in Yorkshire, and daughter and co-heir of Robert Frank, esq. of Pontefract, recorder and M.P. for that town. By her he left at his decease v. p. an only surviving child,

FRANK, successor to his grandfather.

Sir Thomas Standish died in December,

1756, and was s. by his grandson,

SIR FRANK STANDISH, bart. of Duxbury, at whose decease s. p. 18th May, 1812, the devolved on his cousin, BARONETCY became EXTINCT, and the estates

FRANK HALL, esq. only son of the late Anthony Hall, esq. by Miss Charlotte Rey,* his wife, and grandson of Mr. Hall, by MARGARET, his wife, daughter of SIR THOMAS STANDISH, the second baronet, and relict of William Wombwell, esq. Mr. Frank Hall assumed the surname of STANDISH, and is the present proprietor of Duxbury.

Arms-Az. three standishes arg.
Crest-A cock arg.

Motto-Constant en tout.

Estates-In Lancashire and Durham. Seat-Duxbury Park, Lancashire.

• This lady m. after her first husband Mr. Hall's decease, Sir William Purves Hume Campbell, bart.

5. Louisa.

6. Sidney-Frances.

7. Sarah, d. in 1838. III. George-Guy-Carleton (Sir), a major-gen. in the army, C.B. who distinguished himself during the Peninsular war, commanding the 31st regiment of foot, as lieut.-col. at the battle of Albuera, and served on the staff at the Mauritius for seven years. He m. 5th June, 1817, Sarah, daughter of Benjamin Rawson, esq. of Nidd Hall, in the county of York. (See vol. ii. p. 47.)

1. Henrietta, m. Edward L'Estrange, esq. II. Frances, m. to John Robbins, esq. III. Lucy, m. to Dennis Kelly, esq. IV. Alicia, m. to Herbert Rawson Stepney, esq. Mr. L'Estrange died in 1796, aged sixtyfour, and was s. by his son,

HENRY-PEISLEY L'ESTRANGE, esq. of Moystown, colonel of the King's County militia, and a governor of the county, who m. in 1789, Grace, daughter of George Burdett, esq. M.P. and had issue,

HENRY-PEISLEY, his heir.
George-Burdett, lieutenant 3rd foot
guards; served formerly in the Pe-
ninsula, in the 31st regiment; m.
his cousin, Miss Louisa V. Stepney.

Arthur, an officer in the army.
Guy-Perceval, in holy orders, rector of

Drumlaine, in the county of Cavan.
Edmund, who m. Miss Harriet Lumley.
Jane-Anne, m. to Lieutenant-colonel
Alexander Perceval, M.P. for the
county of Sligo.

Mary, m. first to Richard E. Digby, esq. of Geashill; and secondly to Marcus G. Beresford, son of the bishop of Kilmore.

Sophia, m. to Edward J. Cooper, esq. M.P. for the county of Sligo, and died the year after her marriage.

Grace. Frances, m. to Captain Stepney St. George, H. P. 52nd foot, only brother of Richard Mansergh St. George, esq. of Headford Castle. Colonel L'Estrange died in 1824, and was s. by his son, the present HENRY-PEISLEY L'ESTRANGE, esq. of Moystowd.

Arms-Gu. two lioncels passant guardant

arg.

Motto-Memento mei.

Estate-In the King's county. Seat-Moystown, near Banagher.

STANDISH, OF DUXBURY.

STANDISH-HALL, FRANK, esq. of Duxbury Park, in the county of Lancaster, and of Eaglescliffe, in Durham, b. 2nd October, 1799, succeeded to the estates upon the demise of Sir Frank Standish, bart. in May, 1812.

Lineage.

The Standishes of Duxbury, a family of antiquity and note, derived from a common ancestor with the Standishes of Standish.

RALPH STANDISH (son of Thurston de Standish, living in 1221), had two sons,

JORDAN, heir to his father, living in

1271, ancestor of the Standishes of

Standish, now represented by CHARLES STRICKLAND-STANDISH, esq. M.P. of Standish. (See vol. ii. p. 64.) HUGH, from whom the Standishes of Duxbury.

The second son,

HUGH STANDISH, m. (34 EDWARD I.) Alice, daughter of Sir Richard Molyneux, of Sefton, in Lancashire, and had two sons, William Standish, who died young, and

RICHARD STANDISH, of Duxbury, living 9 EDWARD, III.; he was father of two sons, Hugh and John. The elder,

HUGH STANDISH, of Duxbury, wedded in 1369, his kinswoman, Alice, daughter of Henry Standish, of Standish, and had three sons and a daughter, viz. William, Alexander, Christopher, and Clemence. The only son to survive youth,

CHRISTOPHER STANDISH, of Duxbury, m. (9 RICHARD II.) Margaret, daughter of Sir Thomas Fleming, and had issue,

RALPH, who m. (7 HENRY V.) Joan,

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his son,

JAMES STANDISH, esq. of Duxbury, father, by Alice, his wife, of

CHRISTOPHER STANDISH, esq. of Duxbury, whose son,

SIR CHRISTOPHER STANDISH, of Duxbury, was knighted by RICHARD III. He married and had issue, THOMAS, James, Hugh, Alexander, Rowland, Anne, and Maud, wife of William Bradshaigh, esq. of Haigh. The eldest son,

THOMAS STANDISH, esq. of Duxbury, m. in 1497, Catharine, eldest daughter of Sir Alexander Standish, of Standish, (knighted at Hutton Field in 1482,) by Sibilla, his wife, daughter of Henry Bold, esq. of Bold, in Lancashire, and had a son and successor,

JAMES STANDISH, esq. of Duxbury, who m. first, Elizabeth, daughter of Evan Hadock; and secondly, Elizabeth, daughter of John Butler, esq. of Rawcliffe. He was s.

by his son,

THOMAS STANDISH, esq. of Duxbury, who m. Margaret, daughter of Sir Thomas Hoghton, of Hoghton Tower, in Lancashire, and was s. by his son,

ALEXANDER STANDISH, esq. of Duxbury, father, by Margaret, his wife, daughter of Sir Ralph Assheton, bart. of Whaley Abbey, of several children. The eldest son,

THOMAS STANDISH, esq. of Duxbury, m. first, Anne, elder daughter of Sir Thomas Wingfield, knt. of Letheringham, in Suffolk, and had by her, THOMAS, ALEXANDER, RICHARD, Anne, and Ratclyffe. He m. secondly, Anne, daughter of Christopher Whittingham, esq. of Suffolk, by whom he had Ralph, Gilbert, Henry, Catherine, Margaret, and Dorothy. Mr. Standish was s. at his decease by his eldest son,

THOMAS STANDISH, esq. of Duxbury, whom. Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Vaux, esq. of Dotchet, and had a daughter who died young at Exford. Mr. Standish was slain at Manchester by the parliamentarians, and leaving no issue, was s. by his next brother,

ALEXANDER STANDISH, esq. of Duxbury, who m. first, Alice, daughter of William Farington, esq. of Shawe Hall, Lancashire,

and relict of Banister of Bank; and secondly, Margaret, relict of Colonel Clifton. He d. however, without issue, and was s. by his brother,

RICHARD STANDISH, esq. of Duxbury, who m. Elizabeth, daughter of Piers Legh, esq. of Lyme, (eldest son of Sir Peter Legh, M.P. for Cheshire 43 ELIZABETH,) by Anne, his wife, daughter of Sir John Saville, of Howley, in the county of York, and had issue, RICHARD, his heir, Peter, Alexander, Ralph, John, Hugh, Elizabeth, Anne, and Frances. The eldest son,

RICHARD STANDISH, esq. of Duxbury, was created a BARONET 8th February, 1676-7. He m. Margaret, daughter of Thomas Holcroft, esq. of Holcroft, in Lancashire, and had by her, (who wedded, secondly, Sir Thomas Stanley, bart. of Bickerstaff, and d. in October, 1735, aged nearly a hundred,) three sons and three daughters, THOMAS, his heir, Peter, Charles, Elizabeth, Margaret, and Frances. The eldest son,

SIR THOMAS STANDISH, bart. of Duxbury, m. Jane, daughter of Charles Turnor, esq. of Cleveland, in Yorkshire, and had, with several other children, a son,

THOMAS, Who m. Catherine, widow of John Smith, esq. of Heath, in Yorkshire, and daughter and co-heir of Robert Frank, esq. of Pontefract, recorder and M.P. for that town. By her he left at his decease v. p. an only surviving child,

FRANK, successor to his grand

father.

Sir Thomas Standish died in December, 1756, and was s. by his grandson,

SIR FRANK STANDISH, bart. of Duxbury, at whose decease s. p. 18th May, 1812, the devolved on his cousin, BARONETCY became EXTINCT, and the estates

FRANK HALL, esq. only son of the late Anthony Hall, esq. by Miss Charlotte Rey, his wife, and grandson of Mr. Hall, by MARGARET, his wife, daughter of SIR THOMAS STANDISH, the second baronet, and relict of William Wombwell, esq. Mr. Frank Hall assumed the surname of STANDISH, and is the present proprietor of Duxbury.

Arms-Az. three standishes arg.
Crest-A cock arg.

Motto-Constant en tout.

Estates-In Lancashire and Durham. Seat-Duxbury Park, Lancashire.

This lady m. after her first husband Mr. Hall's decease, Sir William Purves Hume Campbell, bart.

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