Sophia.

Elizabeth.

Charlotte.

HENRY FANE, esq. (of the Treasury), of Wormsley, in the county of Oxford (younger brother of Thomas, eighth Earl of Westmoreland (see Peerage), and son of Henry Fane, esq. by Anne, his wife, sister and coheir of John Scrope, esq. of Wormsley), represented the borough of Lyme Regis in parliament. He m. first, Charlotte, only daughter of Nicholas Rowe, esq. the celebrated poet, by whom he had an only daughter, Charlotte, m. to Sir William St. Quintin. He espoused, secondly, Anne, daughter of Dr. John Wynn, Bishop of Bath and Wells, and had by her a daughter, Mary, m. to Sir Thomas Stapleton, bart. of Greys. wedded, thirdly, in 1748, Charlotte, daughter and co-heir (with her sister Rebecca, m. to JOHN TAYLOR, esq. of the Circus, Bath,) of RICHARD LUTHER,* esq. of Myles's, in Essex, and had issue,

JOHN, his heir.

He

Francis, of Spetisbury, Dorset, and

* For a detailed account of the ancient and influential family of LUTHER, now represented by MR. FANE and DR. TAYLOR, of Clifton, refer to the lineage of the latter, p. 9.

Green Park Place, Bath, M.P. for Dorchester, who succeeded under the will of his uncle, John Luther, esq. to the large estates of Myles's, &c. and died without issue, when those estates passed by entail to his elder brother.

The eldest son,

JOHN FANE, esq. of Wormsley, LL.D. an eminent agriculturist, and for many years representative in parliament for the county of Oxford, married Lady Elizabeth Parker, dau. of Thomas, third Earl of Macclesfield, and by her, who d. 10th June, 1829, had JOHN, his heir.

Francis-William, captain R.N. of Bath,
b. 14th October, 1778, m. 20th July,
1824, Anne, daughter of William
Flint, esq. and has no issue.
Elizabeth-Sarah, m. 21st December,
1813, to Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas
Drake (son of the Rev. Dr. Drake,
of Amersham, Bucks), now holding
the appointment of Quarter-Master-
General in the Mediterranean, and
has issue.

Mary.

Charlotte, m. 28th December, 1813, to Colonel John Potter Hamilton, and has issue.

Georgiana, m. 9th December, 1816, to Joseph Warner Henley, esq. and has issue.

Augusta, m. 25th April, 1815, to Benjamin Keene, esq. and has no issue. Mr. Fane d. 8th February, 1824, and was s. by his elder son, the present JOHN FANE, esq. of Wormsley.

Arms-Az. three dexter gauntlets, backs affronté, or.

Crest-Out of a ducal coronet or, a bull's head arg. pied sa. armed of the first, charged on the neck with a rose gu. barbed and seeded ppr.

Motto-Ne vile Fano.

Estates-In Oxfordshire and Essex. By the singularly expressed will of the late John Luther, esq. M. P. for Essex, we find that he made munificent bequests to (his housekeeper) Mrs. Williams, and to (his private tutor) Dr. Watson, Bishop of Llandaff, who was also his executor; and after other minor legacies, he devised his large estates (by entail) first to FRANCIS FANE, the second son of his sister Charlotte, then to revert to JOHN, the eldest, and in default of male issue, to his other nephews, the TAYLORS, with a strict injunction to the latter to take his name of LUTHER, which is at present extinct Mr. Luther has given a power to each possessor of his estates to secure a jointure to his wife.

Seat-Wormsley, Oxfordshire.

This name seems to import Anglo-Saxon derivation. Thwaite, signifying a piece of ground cleared of wood, and the prefix Lowe, a hill, give the ancient orthography of the name. The family appear from ancient documents to have held lands in various parts of Cumberland from an early period. We, however, confine ourselves here to a faithful copy from the records of the College of Arms, and authentic documents, registers, &c. since they were seated at Broad Gate.

THOMAS LEWTHWAITE, of Whicham, m. a daughter of Newby, of Haverigg, and had

a son,

THOMAS LEWTHWAITE, b. 8th December, 1588, m. a daughter of Askew, of Grey

11. Joseph.

II. Elizabeth. IV. Ann.

mains. This Thomas purchased Broad Gate, and died in 1667, having had three children,

I. JOHN, a captain in a regiment of foot
raised by Sir William Hudleston, of
Millom Castle, for the service of
King CHARLES I. in which loyal cause
he was slain at Edge Hill, in 1642,
s. p.

II. JAMES, who succeeded his father.
1. Margaret, m. William Benson, of
Warburgthwaite.

The second son,

JAMES LEWTHWAITE, of Broad Gate, m. Agnes, daughter of William Dickson, esq. of Beckbank, and had issue,

I. JOHN, who succeeded his father.
11. Ralph, died in London in 1697 s. p.
III. William, born at Broad Gate 7th
December, 1667, a merchant at Gales-
head, in the county of Durham, m.
Catherine, daughter of Sir Gilfrid
Lawson, bart. of Brayton, and had
issue,

1. Alfred, who died an infant.
2. John, a merchant at White-
haven, m. Grace, daughter of
Robert Jackson, esq. of Bransty
House, and had one son,

Gilfred, drowned whilst bath-
ing behind the North Pier,
Whitehaven, and was buried

II. Elizabeth, m. John Addison, gent. of Ravenglass, and had issue,

1. Henry Addison, died in London, leaving no issue.

2. John Addison, died in London, leaving no issue.

1. Eleanor Addison, m. George
Fenwick, esq. of Lambton, in
the county of Durham, and had
issue,

William Fenwick.
George Fenwick.
John Fenwick.
Addison Fenwick.
Ralph Fenwick.

Robert Fenwick. 2. Elizabeth, d. unm. The eldest surviving son,

WILLIAM LEWTHWAITE, of Broad Gate, m. Elizabeth, daughter of John Towers, esq. of Hockler Hall, in the county of Lancaster, and had issue,

I. JOHN, who succeeded his father.

II. WILLIAM, of whom hereafter.
III. George, a merchant in Antigua,
and died there unmarried.

1. Eleanor, m. William Postlethwaite,
gent. of Elvanfort (now Mary Port),
and had issue,

1. Thomas Postlethwaite, died in London unmarried.

2. William Postlethwaite, died in London unmarried.

1. Elizabeth Postlethwaite, died unmarried.

2. Agnes Postlethwaite, m. John Wild, gent. of Broughton, and d. s. p.

II. Elizabeth, m. William Hunter, esq. of Cross House, in Millom, and d. s. p.

III. Agnes, m. Thomas Bailey, gent. of Broughton, in Furness, and d. s. p. IV. Margaret, m. Taylor, solicitor, of Liverpool, and d. s. p. The eldest son,

JOHN LEWTHWAITE, a merchant in Lancaster, died on his plantations in Dominica in June, 1781. Having married Mrs. Grice, of the Island of Antigua, and leaving no issue, he was succeeded by his brother,

WILLIAM LEWTHWAITE, esq. of Broad Gate and of Whitehaven, in the commission of the peace for the county of Cumberland, m. Mary, daughter and co-heir of Joseph Nicholson, esq. of Milholm, in Bootle, and had issue,

1. WILLIAM, Succeeded his father at Broad Gate.

II. John, m. Margaret, eldest daughter of Roger Taylor, esq. of Stott Park, in the county of Lancaster, and had issue,

1. William.

2. Gilfrid.

1. Marianne.

2. Frances-Jane.

Ralph, as well as that of the older and nobler house of de la Bruer, Sir Ralph Downe, the great grandfather of Isabel Downe, having married Isabel de la Bruer, the daughter and co-heiress of Sir William de la Bruer, the son of the celebrated Sir Geoffrey de la Bruer, who was the great grandson of Reginald, Earl of Cornwall, the natural son of King HENRY I. These estates remained in the family till about 1600, when Hole, &c. was sold (by Gilbert Holcombe, the last of the family who resided in Devonshire) to Ellis Bartlett, and Downe Ralph and Tinge Bruer to Mr. Mallock. The marriage of Christopher Holcombe, the brother of Gilbert Holcombe, is mentioned in the visitation of 1620, and in 1660 we find his son William settled in Pembrokeshire, and in 1694, he was appointed mayor of the borough of Pembroke.

John Holcombe, who married Miss Downe, was the grandfather of Roger Holcombe, who was living in the 19th of EDWARD IV. He was succeeded by his son Charles, who had issue Ellis, who married Elizabeth, the daughter of Thomas Sydenham, of Lynford Eagle, in the county of Dorset, and by her had issue, Thomas, who had issue, Gilbert, Christopher, and Josias. Christopher, from whom this family derive their origin, married an Irish lady, and by her had issue,

* Lord William Bruer was one of the most powerful noblemen of his day, and enjoyed the singular good fortune of being the favourite of four successive monarchs, King HENRY II., King RICHARD, King JOHN, and King HENRY III. On King RICHARD's going to the Holy Land, he was with the bishops of Durham and Ely, and Hugh Bardulph, appointed to the government of the realm. King JOHN granted him many manors, and King HENRY III. made him sheriff over twelve counties. He founded the abbeys of Tor and Dunkeswell, the hospital of St. John's, Bridgewater, and the priory of Motisford; he likewise built the castle of Bridgewater, made the haven, and began the stone bridge, which was afterwards completed by one Trivet. He married Beatrix de Valle, supposed to be the daughter of Reginald, Earl of Cornwall, the natural son of King HENRY I. as Henry, the son of Reginald, in a part of the manor of Karswell, calls him brother. His sons dying without issue, his daughters succeeded to his vast inheritance, one of whom married William de la Bruer, the great grandfather of Lady Downe. Antony de la Bruer, the father of the above named William, held Jirge Bruer, and five knights' fees, in King HENRY II. The heirs male failed in the latter end of King HENRY III. The heirs general were married unto Graas, from whom is descended Copleston, and unto Sir Ralph Downe, from whom descended the Strodes, of Dorsetshire, and the Holcombes, of Hole.

WILLIAM HOLCOMBE, the first of the family who settled in Pembrokeshire, and was mayor of Pembroke in 1694. He died in 1700, leaving by his wife, Miss Mears, of the county of Pembroke, WILLIAM, who succeeded him, and JANE, first married to Mr. Nixon, secondly to Mr. Cuny. The son and heir,

WILLIAM HOLCOMBE, married Miss Meyrick, of Bush, in Pembrokeshire, and had, 1. WILLIAM, a captain in the H. E. I. C. service, d. s. p.

11. John, rector of Tenby and Gumfres-
ton, in Pembrokeshire, d. s. p.
III. Essex, an admiral in the R.N. m.
Miss Corbet, daughter of Thomas
Corbet, esq. of Nash, in Pembroke-
shire, and had issue,

IV. GEORGE, of whom presently.
1. Jane.

II. Alice. The fourth son,

The Venerable GEORGE HOLCOMBE, rector of Pulchedhor, in the county of Pembroke, and archdeacon of Carmarthen, married first, Mrs. Bowen, and secondly, Catherine, daughter of - Stackhouse, governor of Bombay. By the latter he had issue,

1. Richard, deceased.

II. George, rector of Leke, in Notts, and prebendary of Westminster, m. Catherine, daughter of Francis Hurt, esq. of Alderwasley, in Derbyshire, and has issue.

III. John, of Cosheston.

1. Eliza, m. to the Rev. James Bowen, rector of Rhoscrowther, in Pembrokeshire, and has issue.

II. Catherine, deceased.

III. Jane, m. to Captain Leacroft, of Cliff House, Derbyshire, and has issue.

IV. Corbetta, m. to Major William Lloyd, and has issue.

v. Anne, deceased. vi. Mary, deceased.

VII. Sophia, m. John Adams, esq. of Holyland.

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Crest-A man's head full faced, couped at the breast ppr. wreathed round the temples or and az.

Estates-In Pembrokeshire.
Seat-Cosheston, Pembrokshire.