ter, Killaney More, Killaney Beg, Kinard, Lower Ballyquiltinane, Parkavohane Freehold, Tulliglass, and the town of Glyn, being a market and post town, all in the barony of Shanid, in the county of Limerick and parish of Kilfergus, containing 5,836 acres, held by re-grant from Queen ELIZA- MONCK, OF COLEY PARK. MONCK, JOHN-BLIGH, esq. of Coley Park, in the county of Berks, b. 8th August, 1811, succeeded his father in December, 1834. Lineage. This is a branch of the ancient stock of MONCK, of Potheridge, in the county of Devon (whence sprung the celebrated George, Duke of Albemarle), which was established in England by one of the companions in arms of the CONQUEROR. Catherine,married to Lord Elizabeth, m. to Rear-ad- Sarah, m. to Robert Mason, esq. esq. Jane, d. in infancy. Rebecca, m. to Chief-Justice John Forster, and had, with other issue, a dau. who m. in 1728, George Berkeley, D.D. the celebrated Bishop of Cloyne. Elizabeth, m. in 1707, to Joseph Kelly, esq. of Kellymount. The third son, CHARLES MONCK, esq. grandson of Robert Monck, of Hatherby, in Devon, a younger WILLIAM MONCK, esq. of the Middle Temson of William Moyne or Monck, of Pothe-ple, bapt. 27th October, 1692, m. Dorothy, ridge, was constituted, in 1627, surveyorgeneral of all the customs in Ireland, and purchased estates in the county of Westmeath. He m. Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Sir John Blennerhasset, one of the barons of the Exchequer, and was s. by his only son, HENRY MONCK, esq. who m. 1st May, 1673, Sarah, daughter and heiress of Sir Thomas Stanley, knt. of Grange Gorman, in the county of Dublin, and had issue, GEORGE, his heir, who m. the Hon. sister of John, first Earl of Darnley, and fourth daughter of Thomas Bligh, esq. of Rathmore, M.P. for the county of Meath, by Elizabeth, his wife, younger daughter of Colonel James Naper, of Loughcrew. Mr. Monck was s. at his decease by his son, 66 JOHN MONCK, esq. of Bath, who resided in that city for more than forty years, and at length died there 12th November, 1809. Many," says a writer in the Gentleman's Magazine, "will recollect with regret the urbanity of his manners, his cultivated taste, and his various and extensive attainments in literary pursuits." He possessed great wealth, and bequeathed a very considerable fortune to his second son, JOHN BERKELEY MONCK, esq. of the Middle Temple, barrister-at-law, who purchased Coley and other estates in the neighbourHenry, of Fowre, in West- hood of Reading. At the dissolution of parmeath, who left by Eliza-liament in 1812, Mr. Monck was invited to beth, his wife, daughter of stand for that borough, but after a severe the Earl of Arran, two contest with Messrs. Lefevre and Simeon, daughters, suffered a defeat. In 1820, however, he was more successful, and he continued for several years to represent the same constituency, who marked their sense of his public conduct by presenting him, in 1831, with a magnificent piece of plate. Mr. Monck published, in 1808, "Some occasional verses on the opening of the Reading Literary Institution," and was elected president of the Philosophical Institution of that town, at its establishment in 1831. He m. in 1810, Mary, daughter of William Ste | phens, esq. of Aldermaston, in Berkshire, and left at his decease, 13th December, 1834, (with a younger son and two daughters), the present JOHN BLIGH MONCK, esq. of Coley Park. Arms-Gu. a chev. between three lions' Estates-In Berkshire and Norfolk. KEMEYS-TYNTE, OF HALSEWELL AND KEVANMABLY, TYNTE-KEMEYS, CHARLES-KEMEYS, esq. M.P. of Halsewell House, in the county of Somerset, and of Kevanmably, in Glamorganshire, F.A.S. colonel of the West Somerset Cavalry, b. 29th May, 1779, m. Anne, daughter of the Rev. T. Leyson, and relict of Thomas Lewis, esq. of St. Pierre, in the county of Monmouth, by which lady, who died in April, 1836, he has issue, CHARLES-JOHN, F.R.S. M.P. for the Western Division of Somersetshire, and major in the West Somerset Cavalry, a magistrate and deputy-lieutenant for that county and for Monmouthshire, m. in 1820, Elizabeth, daughter and co-heir (with her sisters, Mrs. Bagot and Lady Pilkington,) of Thomas Swinnerton, esq. of Butterton Hall, in the county of Stafford, by Mary, his wife, daughter and heir of Charles Milbourne, esq. of the Priory of Abergavenny, by Martha, second daughter of Edward, third Earl of Oxford (see vol. iii. p. 601), and has issue, CHARLES-KEMEYS, b. in 1822. Anne, m. in 1827, to Sir William H. Cooper, bart. of Gogar, who d. in January, 1836. Jane, d. unm. in 1834. Louisa, m. in 1834, to Simon Fraser Campbell, esq. kinsman to the Duke of Henrietta-Anne, m. in 1833, to T. A. Kemmis, esq. of the Grenadier Guards, late Colonel Kemeys-Tynte, a magistrate and deputy-lieutenant for the counties of Somerset, Glamorgan, Monmouth, and Surrey, represents the borough of Bridgewater in parliament. He is co-heir to the ancient baronies of WHARTON and of GREY DE WILTON. (See BURKE'S Extinct and Dormant Peerage.) Lineage. The family of TYNTE has maintained for centuries a leading position in the West of England; of its surname tradition has handed down the following derivation: In the year 1192, at the celebrated battle of AscaIon, a young knight of the noble house of Arundel, clad all in white, with his horse's housings of the same colour, so gallantly distinguished himself on that memorable field, that RICHARD Coeur de Lion remarked publicly after the victory, "that the maiden knight had borne himself as a lion, and done deeds equal to those of six Croises (or Crusaders)," whereupon he conferred on him, for arms, a lion gu. on a field arg. between six crosslets of the first, and for motto, "Tynetus cruore Saraceno." His descend- | daughter and co-heir of Robert Fortescue, ants thence assuming the surname of TYNTE, settled, after some generations, in Somersetshire, enjoying considerable influence, and intermarrying with the principal county families. The representative of the Tyntes at the close of the sixteenth century, EDWARD TYNTE, esq. of Wrexhall, in the county of Somerset, living in 1585, married, and had two sons, EDWARD, his heir; and ROBERT (Sir), knt. who settled in Ireland in 1645, and who was ancestor of the baronets of the name, resident in that part of the kingdom. The elder son, EDWARD TYNTE, esq. of Wrexhall, was father of EDWARD TYNTE, esq. who purchased from bis brother-in-law, John Aishe, esq. the manor of Chelvey, in the county of Somerset. He espoused Anne, daughter of Sir Edward Gorges, knt, of Wrexhall, in the same shire, and had JOHN, Robert, Hugh, Dorothy, and Florence. He d. in 1629, and was s. by his eldest son, JOHN TYNTE, esq. of Chelvey, M. P. for Bridgewater in 1661, a devoted adherent of Royalty during the civil wars, and named in the list of gentlemen of large estates, intended to have been created knights of the Royal Oak. He m. Jane, daughter and heiress of Hugh Halsewell, of Halsewell, in the county of Somerset, son of Sir Nicholas Halsewell, and thus acquired the estate which has since been the chief residence of the family. By the heiress of Halsewell, he left a son and successor, HALSEWELL TYNTE, esq. of Halsewell, who was created a BARONET 7th June, 1673, in consideration of his father's distinguished services, and represented the town of Bridgewater in parliament in 1678. He m. Grace, The family of Halsewell, or De Halsewell, one of remote antiquity, possessed the estate now enjoyed by their representative, Colonel Kemeys Tynte, immediately after the Conquest. Through the Hassells the family derived, in direct descent, from the royal house of Plantagenet: Jeffery-Maud, Empress to EDWARD III. King of England. esq. of Filleigh, in the county of Devon, by Grace, his wife, daughter of the gallant Sir Beville Granville, knt. of Stow, and had issue, HALSEWELL, of New College, Oxford, who predeceased his father unm. FORTESCUE, who m. the daughter of Giffard, esq. of Cannington, but d. v. p. s. p. His widow wedded secondly Hopton Wyndham, esq. and thirdly Codrington, esq. of Gloucester shire. JOHN, successor to his father. Grace, m. to Arthur Tremaine, esq. of Sir Halsewell d. in 1702, and was s. by his eldest surviving son, SIR JOHN TYNTE, second baronet of Halsewell, who married Jane, eldest daughter of SIR CHARLES KEMEYS, bart, of Kevanmably, in Glamorganshire, by Mary, his wife, dau. of Philip Lord Wharton, and had three sons and a daughter, viz. HALSEWELL, JOHN, successive barts. }s CHARLES-KEMEYS,. JANE, m. in 1737 to Major HASSELL,† of the Royal Horse Guards, Blue, son of John Hassell, esq. by Anne, his wife, daughter and heir of Thomas St. Quintin, esq. son of Sir William Quintin, bart. and had an only dau. and heiress, JANE HASSELL, of whom presently, as inheritor of the estates of the families of KEMEYS and TYNTE. Sir John d. in March, 1710, and was s. by his eldest son, John Constable, m. Dorothy, daughter and heir of Sir Robert Oughtred. Marmaduke Constable, m, Audry, daughter of Robert Hungate. Marmaduke Constable, m. Katherine, daughter of Anthony Teale. SIR HALSEWELL TYNTE, third baronet, of | possessions, and as Lords of Camaes and St. Halsewell, who was returned to parliament Dogmaels, exercised almost regal sway. In by the borough of Bridgewater, 1 GEORGE II. the conquest of Monmouthshire and GlaHe m. Mary, daughter and heiress of John morganshire, the Camays were much distinWalter, esq. of Brecon, and by her, who guished, and were rewarded with grants of wedded secondly, in 1736, Pawlet St. John," Kemey's Commander," and "Kemey's esq. of Dogmersfield, had two daughters, Inferior." One branch became established who both died young. Sir Halsewell died at Llanvarr Castle in Monmouthshire (now in November, 1730, and was succeeded by in the possession of Colonel Kemeys-Tynte); his brother, and another, fixing itself at the Began, in Glamorganshire, erected the mansion of Cefn-Mably, the residence of the present chief of the family. SIR JOHN TYNTE, fourth baronet, of Halsewell, in holy orders, rector of Goathurst, in Somersetshire, at whose decease unm. in August, 1740, the estates and representation of the family devolved on his brother, SIR CHARLES-KEMEYS TYNTE, fifth baronet, of Halsewell, LL.D. who represented the county in seven parliaments, and was colonel of the second battalion of Somerset militia. Sir Charles became, at the decease of his uncle, Sir Charles Kemeys, bart. of Kevanmably, representative of that very ancient family, and inherited their large estates in the counties of Glamorgan, Brecon, and Monmouth. He m. in March, 1737-8, Anne, daughter and co-heir of the Rev. Dr. Bushby, rector of Addington, in Bucks, but dying without issue, in 1785, his great possessions became vested in his niece, JANE HASSELL, who married Colonel Johnstone, of the 1st regiment of Foot Guards, groom of the bedchamber, and comptroller and master of the household to his Royal Highness, George, Prince of Wales (afterwards GEORGE IV.), who assumed, by royal license, the surnames of KEMEYS-TYNTE. Colonel Kemeys Tynte d. in 1807, and his widow in 1825, leaving, with two daughters both unmarried, an only son, the present CHARLES-KEMEYS KEMEYSTYNTE, esq. of Halsewell House, in Somersetshire, and of Kevenmably, in Glamorganshire. Kemeys, of Kebanmably. The house of KEMEYS, originally De Camois, Camoes, and Camys, is of Norman extraction, and the name of its patriarch is to be found on the roll of Battle Abbey. Large possessions were granted to the family in the counties of Sussex and Surrey, and so early as the year 1258 Ralph de Camois was a baron by tenure. He was succeeded by his son, Ralph de Camois, who was summoned to parliament 49 HENRY III. and his descendants sat among the peers of the realm until the demise issueless in 5 HENRY VI. of Hugh de Camois, who left his sisters, Margaret, m. to Ralf Rademelde, and Aleanor, wife of Roger Lewknor, his coheirs, (see BURKE'S Extinct Peerage). A branch of the family, which had settled in Pembrokeshire, there enjoyed large EDWARD KEMEYS, son of Edward Kemeys, who was at the conquest of Upper Gwent, married Nest, daughter and heiress of Andrew de Began, lord of Began, a lineal descendant of Blethyn Maynarch, lord of Brecon, and thus acquired the lordship of Began, which for centuries after was the principal abode of his descendants. His greatgreat-great-grandson, JENKIN KEMEYS, of Began, married Crisley, daughter of Morgan ap Llewellen, and had one son and a daughter, viz. JEVAN, his heir. Margaret, m. to Jevan ap Morgan, of New Church, near Cardiff, in the county of Glamorgan, and was grandmother of Morgan Williams, living temp. HENRY VIII. who espoused the sister of Thomas Cromwell, Earl of Essex, and had a son, Sir Richard Williams, who assumed at the desire of HENRY VIII. the surname of his uncle CROMWELL, and through the influence of that once powerful relative obtained wealth and station. His great-grandson was the Lord Protector OLIVER CROMWELL. From Jenkin Kemeys' son Jevan lineally descended Glamorganshire, who m. Katherine, dau. of DAVID KEMEYS, esq. of Kevanmably, in Sir William Bawdripp, and was succeeded by his son, RHYS KEMEYS, esq. of Llanvary, who wedded a daughter of William Aubrey, D.D. and was father of SIR NICHOLAS KEMEYS, of Kevanmably, who represented the county of Glamorgan in parliament, and was created a BARONET 13th May, 1642. This gentleman, remark * A branch settled in Ireland, and founded the present highly respectable house of the name in that kingdom, of which H. Kemmis, esq. of Dublin, late captain in the Grenadier Guards, and M.P. for East Looe, is married to Colonel Tynte's youngest daughter, Henrietta. son, of nel KEMEYS - TYNTE, Halsewell and Kevanmably. able for his gigantic stature and strength, was preeminently distinguished by his loyalty to King CHARLES I. and on the break- Sir Charles d. in 1702, and was s. by his ing out of the civil war, having raised a regiment of cavalry, was invested with the command of Chepstow Castle, which he gallantly defended against a very superior force, under Cromwell himself; but that general's presence being required elsewhere, be left Colonel Ewer to prosecute the siege with seven companies of infantry, a train of artillery, and two squadrons of cavalry. The gallant Sir Nicholas Kemeys, however, with his son (afterwards Sir Charles) as his lieutenant, and one hundred and sixty men, held out and made several brilliant sorties, until, the garrison being worn down with fatigue, a breach was made, and the brave governor and forty men died in defending the castle to the last. Of such importance did Crom- | well consider the capture of the castle of Chepstow, that parliament voted thanks to Colonel Ewer and his army, and ordered fifty pounds to be given to the messenger who brought the intelligence. SIR CHARLES KEMEYS, fourth baronet, of Kevanmably, knight of the shire for Monmouth in the last parliament of Queen ANNE, and for Glamorgan in the two succeeding parliaments. This gentleman when on his travels was shewn great attention by George I. of Hanover, and frequently joined the private circle of the Elector. When his ma jesty ascended the British throne, he was pleased to enquire why his old acquaintance Sir Charles Kemeys had not paid his respects at court, and commanding him to repair to St. James's, sent him a message, the substance of which was, that the King of England hoped that Sir Charles Kemeys recollected the number of pipes he had smoked with the Elector of Hanover in Germany. Sir Charles, who had retired from parliament, and was a staunch Jacobite, replied that he should be proud to pay his duty at St. James's to the Elector of Hanover, Sir Nicholas m. Jane, daughter of Sir but that he never had had the honour of Rowland Williams, knt. of Langibby, and smoking a pipe with the King of England. left at his decease a son and successor, Sir Charles Kemeys d. s. p. when the baSIR CHARLES KEMEYS, the second baro-ronetcy expired, while his extensive estates net, of Kevanmably, M. P. for Glamorgan- devolved on his nephew, SIR CHARles Keshire, who m. first, Blanch, daughter of Sir MEYS-TYNTE, bart. of Halsewell, at whose Lewis Mansel, bart. but by her had no issue; demise also issueless, his possessions vested and secondly, Margaret, daughter of Sir in his niece, JANE HASSELL, who m. Colonel George Whitmore, lord mayor of London in JOHNSTONE, afterwards KEMEYS-TYNTE, and 1631-2, by whom he left at his decease a son was mother of the present Colonel KEMEYSand successor, TYNTE, of Halsewell and Kevanmably. SIR CHARLES KEMEYS, third baronet, of Kevanmably, who represented the county and borough of Monmouth in several parliaments. He m. Mary, relict of William Thomas, esq. of Wenvoe, and daughter of Philip, fourth BARON WHARTON, by his lordship's second wife Jane, daughter and heir of Arthur Goodwin, esq. of Upper Winchendon, in the county of Buckingham, and had issue, SIR CHARLES KEMEYS-TYNTE, bart. Arms-Quarterly: first quarterly; 1st and 4th, gu. a lion couchant, between six cross crosslets, arg.; 2nd and 3rd, vert on a chev. arg. three pheons' heads sa.; second, az. two bars wavy arg. over afl a bend gu. for HALSEWELL; third, sa. a mauch arg. within a border or, an orle of lion-gambs erased in saltier gu. for WHARTON; fourth, az. a wolf's head erased arg. for LUPUS, Earl of Chester. Crests-1st, on a mount vert, a unicorn 2nd, issuant from a ducal coronet, a demiaz. sejant, armed, crined, and unguled, or: griffin, or. Supporters-Two griffins or, as carved in various parts of the family residence, and on the ancient plate and seals. Motto-Dwu-dy-Ras. Estates-In the counties of Somerset, Glamorgan, Monmouth, Surrey, Brecon, and Hereford. JANE HASSELL, who wedded Seats Halsewell House, Somersetshire; Colonel Johnstone, and was Kevanmably, or Cefn Mably, Glamorganmother of the present Colo-shire; and Burhill, in Surrey. |