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war. Since his decease the BARONETCY has, we believe, remained DORMANT.

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THOMPSON.

SIR THOMAS THOMPSON, of Duddingston, obtained a BARONETCY (now EXTINCT) in 1636.

VERNATE.

SIR PHILIP VERNATE, of Carleton, in the county of York, was created a BARONET of Nova Scotia in 1634, but the title did not long endure.

WEIR, OF BLACKWOOD.

SIR GEORGE WEIR, of Blackwood, in the county of Lanark, representative of the very ancient family of VERE, or WEIR, founded by Baltredus de Vere, temp. MALCOLM IV., was created a BARONET by WILLIAM III. 28th November, 1694. He m. Catherine, daughter of Sir John Jardine, of Applegirth, by Lady Margaret Douglas, his wife, daughter of James, Earl of Queensbury, and had two sons and two daughters.

1. WILLIAM (Sir), his heir.

II. GEORGE (Sir), who, upon the death of his brother without issue male, succeeded to his title, and was third Baronet. He was a captain in the Scots Royal Regiment of Foot, but dying unmarried anno 1735, the BARONETCY became

EXTINCT.

1. Margaret, m. to William Hamilton, of Dalserf, esq. and had issue.

11. Catherine, m. to John Lockhart, of Cleghorn, esq. and had issue.

Sir George d. in February, 1716, and was s. by his eldest son,

SIR WILLIAM WEIR, second Baronet, of Black wood, who m. Rachael, daughter of James Hamilton, of Pencaitland, one of the Senators of the College of Justice, by Catherine Denholm, his wife, a daughter of Westshiells. By her he had one daughter,

Catherine, who carried on the line of this family. He m. secondly, Christian, daughter of Sir Philip Anstruther, of Anstrutherfield, but had no other issue. Sir William d. in 1722, (his widow m. John, sixth Earl of Traquair, and was grandmother of the present earl), when the Baronetcy devolved upon his brother,

Sir GEORGE, as before observed, and expired with that gentleman in 1735. Sir William's only child,

CATHERINE WEIR, m. in 1733, the Hon. Charles Hope, of Craigie Hall, second son of Charles, second Earl of Hopetoun, by Lady Henrietta Johnston, only daughter of William, first Marquess of Annandale, and had four sons and two daughters, of whom the eldest surviving son, WILLIAM HOPE-VERE, esq. of Blackwood, m. Sophia, daughter of Joseph Corrie, esq. of Dumfries, and d. in 1811, leaving a son and heir, the present JAMES JOSEPH HOPE-VERE, esq. of Blackwood and Craigie Hall.

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WHITEFOORD, of BLAIRQUHAR.

The WHITEFOORDS of Blairquhar, in the county of Ayr, descended from a younger son of Whitefoord of that Ilk, who took up his residence in the shire of Ayr with his brother, who was Abbot of Corsragwall, temp. JAMES IV. were designed Heritable Coroners of the Jurisdiction of Carrick, and intermarried at various periods with many eminent northern houses, Blair of that Ilk, Kennedy of Ardmillan, Cathcart of Carnock, Inglis of Sheel. Its representative,

SIR ADAM WHITEFOORD, Baronet, of Blairquhar, m. Margaret, only daughter of Allan, Lord Cathcart, and by her, who d. in January, 1742, he had issue, which, however, and the title have become EXTINCT. Arms-Ar. a bend between two cotises, sa, with a garbin chief of the last.

WIDDRINGTON.

(See Extinct Baronetage of England.)

WOOD.

The name of Wood, styled in old evidences and writs De Bosco, occurs at a very early period; and in a charter of King WILLIAM to the town of Inver ness, we find Willielmus de Bosco, Cancellarius Regis, and Hugo de Bosco mentioned as witnesses therein. The representative of the chief family of the name, SIR JOHN WOOD, of Bonnytoun, was created a BARONET in 1666, and bore for his

Arms—Az. an oak tree, growing out of a mount in base, ppr. between two crosses-crosslet fitchee or: the last being a part of the arms of Tullochy, of Bonnytoun, which the Woods bore in commemoration of the heiress with whom those lands came into the family.

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ADDENDA.

INCLUDING THOSE BARONETCIES WHICH HAVE BECOME EXTINCT OR

OMITTED DURING THE PROGRESS OF THE WORK.

ASHHURST, OF WATERSTOCK.

In the 12th of EDWARD III. (1339), SIR ADAM DE ASHHURST was appointed clerk marshall for life.

THOMAS ASHHURST, esq. of Ashhurst, representative of the family, temp. CHARLES II. son and heir of William Ashhurst, esq. of Ashhurst, member of the Long Parliament, and in 1654 one of the knights of the shire for Lancashire, m. (as stated at page 17) Susanna, daughter and co-heir of Thomas Bosville, esq. of Edlington, county of York, and had a son and successor,

THOMAS HENRY ASHHURST, esq. of Ashhurst, b. in 1672, who m. Diana, daughter of Sir Richard Allen, bart. of Somerleyton, in the county of Suffolk, by Frances, his wife, daughter of Sir Henry Ashhurst, bart, and d. in 1744, leaving, with other issue,

SIR WILLIAM HENRY ASHHURST, of Waterstock, in the county of Oxon, b. at Ashhurst, in 1725, who became one of the judges of the court of King's Bench (from 1770 to 1800), and was twice a lord commissioner of the great seal. He m. Grace, daughter of Robert Whalley, M.D. of Oxford, and had issue,

WILLIAM HENRY, his heir.

Thomas-Henry, in holy orders, D.C.L. fellow of
All Souls College, Oxford.

Grace, m. the 6th of October, 1796, to George
Dorrien, esq. and d. leaving issue,

Sir William Henry Ashhurst, d. in 1807, and was s. by his son, the present

WILLIAM HENRY ASHHURST, esq. of Waterstock, b. the 19th of October, 1778, who m., first, the 10th of December, 1806, Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Oswald Mosley, esq. of Bolesworth Castle, Cheshire, by whom he had five sons and three daughters; and secondly, 15th of August, 1839, Selina, widow of Sir Charles Mill, bart. and eldest daughter of Sir John Morshead, bart.

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BANKES, OF REVESBY ABBEY.

WILLIAM BANKES, esq. (younger brother of John Bankes, esq. of Bank Newton, from whom sprang the late SIR JOSEPH BANKES), purchased, about the year 1585, the estate of Winstanley, in the county of Lancaster, and was ancestor of the family of BANKES of that place, now represented by

MEYRICK BANKES, esq. of Winstanley Hall and
Up-Holland House, in the county of Lancaster.

BERRY OF CATTON.

CREATED 12th Dec. 1806.-EXTINCT 13th Feb. 1831.

Lineage.

EDWARD BERRY, esq. merchant of London, who d. in 1785, left, by Elizabeth, his wife, daughter of the Rev. Thomas Forster, F.R.S. of Bardadoes, four sons and four daughters, viz.

EDWARD, of whom presently.

John, who m. Henrietta, daughter of the Rev.
Christopher Smear.

Titus, who m. Catherine, daughter of Samuel
Horton, esq.

George, who d. in the West Indies, in 1794.
Marianne, m. in 1800, to the Rev. Charles Free-
man Millard, of Norwich.

Louisa, m. in 1796, to William Carpenter, esq. of
Toft Monks, in the county of Norfolk.
Frances, m. in 1803, to Jacob Phillips, esq.
Patty, m. in 1804, to Richard Walford, esq. of
London.

The eldest son,

1. SIR EDWARD BERRY, of Catton, in the county of Norfolk, K.C.B. rear-admiral of the White, b. in 1768, was created a BARONET in 1806. He m. 12th December, 1797, Louisa, daughter of the Rev. Samuel Forster, of Norwich, D.D. but had no issue.

This distinguished officer, having evinced an early predilection for the sea-service, was introduced into the royal navy, under the auspices of Lord Mulgrave, on the 5th February, 1779, when he wanted some months of being eleven years of age, and made his first voyage to the East Indies, in the Burford, of seventy guns. From this period, Sir Edward was engaged in continual active service, and reaped an abundant harvest of laurel, during the war previous to the short piece of Amiens, having been the associate of the gallant Nelson, at the Nile, and in other great achievements. Upon the renewal of hostilities, Captain Berry again sailing under the command of the hero of the Nile, engaged in the van division of the fleet in the memorable engagement off Cape Trafalgar, on the 21st of October, 1805, and, as usual, sustained his high and bravely-earned reputation. After this engagement, Sir Edward, (who had received the honour of knighthood, on the 12th December, 1798,) proceeded to the West Indies, in the same ship, the Agamemnon, and participated in the victory gained by Sir Thomas Duckworth, 6th February, 1806, off St. Domingo. Upon his subsequent return home, Sir Edward received two medals from the king; one for this action, and another for Trafalgar; and, having previously

obtained one for the Nile, he was the only captain in his majesty's service who had been honoured with three medals. He d. in 1831, when the BARONETCY became EXTINCT.

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CLAYTON. Lineage.

JOHN CLAYTON, esq. (cousin of Dr. Robert Clayton, bishop of Clogher, and brother of the Right Hon. Richard Clayton, lord-chief-justice of the court of common pleas in Ireland), m. Elizabeth, daughter of the Reverend Doctor Goodwin, rector of Tankerley, in the county of York, by whom he had issue, RICHARD, his heir.

ROBERT.

William, deceased.

John, in holy orders, rector of Evershot, m. Catharine, daughter of Edward Fisher, esq. of Skerington, in the county of Lancaster, and d. s. p. The eldest son,

RICHARD CLAYTON, esq. of Adlington Hall, in the county of Lancaster, F.A.S. consul at Naples, was created a BARONET 19th May, 1774, with remainder to the male issue (in case of failure of his own) of his father, John Clayton, esq. deceased. He m. in 1780, Anne, daughter of Charles White, esq. of Manchester, by whom he had one daughter,

Henrietta, b. 12th February, 1782; m. in 1803, to Lieutenant-General Robert Browne, who assumed the additional surname of CLAYTON, and had issue.

Sir Richard, d. in April, 1828, and was s. by his brother,

SIR ROBERT CLAYTON, second bart, a major in the army, b. in 1746; who m. in 1786, Christophora, daughter of the Reverend Doctor Baldwin, prebendary of Carlisle, and rector of Aldingham, but d. s. p., when the title became extinct.

DOLBEN.

CREATED 1st April, 1704.-EXTINCT 27th Sept. 1837.

Lineage.

This ancient family is descended from that of D'Albini, Earls of Sussex and Barons Dutton, temp. HENRY II. The present genealogy ascends to the reign of EDWARD IV. at which time they had large possessions in Caernarvonshire and Denbighshire, and were connected by marriage with some of the first families in the Principality. In the line of descent they stand thus: Hugh D'Albini, Humphrey Dalbin, John Dalbin, William Dalben; this last was rector of Stanwick, in Northamptonshire, and nominated bishop of Rochester, but died before consecration. He was first cousin to David Doulben, or Dolben, rector of Hackney, and bishop of Bangor.

JOHN DOLBEN, archbishop of York, prior to entering into holy orders, was a military officer, and distinguished himself upon active service during the civil wars, under the royal standard, particularly at the defence of York, where he was severely wounded. He was lord high-almoner and clerk of the closet to CHARLES II. and, during the prohibition of the Liturgy, was accustomed to read it in a house opposite All

Souls' College, of which a memorial is preserved in a fine painting, by Sir Peter Lily, at Finedon, a copy of which hangs in the hall of Christ Church, Oxford. He m. Mary, niece of Archbishop Sheldon, and was &. by his son,

1. GILBERT DOLBEN, one of the justices of the Court of Common Pleas in Ireland, who was created a BaRONET, 1st April, 1704. Sir Gilbert m. Anne, eldest daughter and co-heir of Tanfield Mulso, esq. of Finedon, in the county of Northampton, and dying in 1722, (two years after his retirement from the bench,) was s. by his only son,

II. THE REV. SIR JOHN DOLBEN, prebendary of Dur. ham, b. 12th February, 1683-4, who m. Elizabeth, second daughter of William, Lord Digby, by whom he had,

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He d. 20th November, 1756, and was s. by his son, III. SIR WILLIAM DOLBEN. This gentleman, who represented the University of Oxford for more than thirty years in parliament, m. first, 17th May, 1748, Judith, daughter and sole heir of Somerset English, esq. by whom he had

JOHN-ENGLISH, 4th baronet.
Anne-Juliana, d. in 1804.

He wedded, secondly, 14th October, 1799, Charlotte, daughter of Gilbert Affleck, esq. of Dalham Hall, in Suffolk, and widow of John Scotchmer, esq. but by her, who d. 12th March, 1820, had no issue. He d. 20th March, 1814, and was s. by his son,

IV. SIR JOHN ENGLISH DOLBEN, b. in 1750, who m. in 1779, Hannah, daughter of William Hallet, esq. of Cannons, in Middlesex, and had issue,

WILLIAM SOMERSET, who m. Frances, daughter of
Captain Walter Saunders, and died in 1817,
leaving two daughters,
ANNE-JULIANA.

FRANCES, m. 1st July, 1835, William Harcourt
Isham Mackworth, esq. who assumed upon
his marriage, by royal licence, the additional
surname and arms of DOLBEN.

Juliana.

Charlotte, m. in 1806, to the Rev. Samuel Wood-
field Paul, and has issue,
Louisa.

Sir English died 27th September, 1837, when the BARONETCY became EXTINCT. "This remarkable personage," says a recent writer in the Gentleman's Magazine," was much attached to classical literature and antiquities, and like his father, was a zealous supporter of the Established Church, but a sincere friend to toleration. Previously to his final retirement into the country, he lingered with much affection about the haunts of his youthful studies and amusements, being alike remarkable for his venerable deportment and harmless eccentricity. He was a constant visitor at the commemoration dinners at Christchurch; and he frequently joined the juvenile ranks at Westminster School, whom he would accompany to service at the Abbey, saying he was the youngest among them, beginning to count afresh from the age of seventy. He had his cards printed in black letter type, saying that he was himself" old English," and that was the most appropriate style for him. He carried so many small volumes about with him in his numerous and capacious pockets, that he appeared like a walking library; and his memory, particularly in classical quotations, was equally richly stored. About 1820, he visited Italy, taking with him Mr. G.

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This family, of considerable antiquity in Devonshire, acquired the estate of Sheepstor, in that county, by marriage with Joan, daughter and co-heir of John Scudamore, of Scudamore, whose ancestors appear to have held that place as early as the reign of RICHARD II.

JOHN ELFORD, of Sheepstor, son of Joan Scudamore, d. in 1517, From him descended

JOHN ELFORD, of Sheepstor, b. in 1604, who had for his second wife, Anne, daughter of John Northcote, of Hayne, in the county of Devon, by whom he had issue,

Walter, of Sheepstor, whose son John, d. s. p.
in 1748, when that line became extinct.
Jonathan, of Bickham, in the county of Devon,
who d. in 1690, leaving a son John, M.P. for
Saltash, who d. s. p. November, 1755.
WILLIAM.

The youngest son,

WILLIAM ELFORD, a merchant of Plymouth, m. Mary, daughter of John Tollard, esq. and left an only surviving son,

JOHN ELFORD, esq. of Plymouth, who m. Jenny, daughter of Thomas Cromphorne, esq. and dying in 1732, left issue,

Jonathan, b, in 1717, d. unm. in 1755.
LANCELOT, of whom presently.
Agnes, m. to William Wyatt, esq.

Jenny, m. to Thomas Veale, esq. of Coffleet.
Lucretia, m. to the Rev. John Bedford.
Sarah.

Amy, d. unm.

The second son,

THE REV. LANCELOT ELFORD, vicar of Plympton, in the county of Devon, m. Grace, daughter of Alexander Wills, of Kingsbridge, in the county of Devon, and d. in February, 1782, leaving issue,

WILLIAM, present baronet.

Jonathan, of Devonport, m. Mary, daughter of Henry Luxmore, esq. of Oakhampton, in the county of Devon.

Jenny, m. George Leach, esq. of Plymouth. The elder son,

1. WILLIAM ELFORD, esq. of Bickham, in the county of Devon, F.R.S. was created a BARONET, 26th November, 1800. He m. first, Mary, daughter of the Rev. John Davis, of Plympton, by whom (who d. in 1817) he had issue,

Jonathan, m. in 1810, Charlotte, only daughter and heiress of John Wynne, esq. of Abercynlleth, in the county of Denbigh, and d. s. p. 11th March, 1823.

Grace-Chard.

Sir William m. secondly, Mrs. Walrond, relict of Colonel Walrond, and daughter and co-heiress of Humphrey Hall, esq. of Manedon, Devonshire. Sir William, who was recorder of Plymouth, d. in 1837, when the title became EXTINCT.

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John Digby Fowell, b. in 1820. Francis Newton Fowell, b. in 1822.

Samuel Cummin Fowell, b. in 1824. Frederick Charles Fowell, b. in 1826. George Kirkham Fowell, b. in 1828.

GOODRICKE. Lineage.

This family was originally of the county of Somerset, and thence removed into Lincolnshire, upon the marriage of

HENRY GOODRICKE, esq. third son of Robert Goodricke, esq. of Nortingley, with a Lincolnshire heiress, Miss Strickford. In this county the Goodrickes flourished for six subsequent generations, until

HENRY GOODRICKE, esq. (youngest son of William Goodricke, esq. and brother of the Right Rev. Thomas Goodricke, lord bishop of Ely, and lord-chancellor of England, temp. EDWARD VI.) purchased Ribstone and other estates, in the county of York, from Charles Brandon, duke of Suffolk. Mr. Goodricke m. Margaret, daughter and co-heiress of Sir Christopher Lawson, knt. of London, and dying in 1556, was s. by his eldest son,

RICHARD GOODRICKE, esq. of Ribstone, in the county of York, high sheriff of that shire in 1579, who m. Clare, daughter of Richard Norton, esq. of Norton Conyers, and was s. by his son,

RICHARD GOODRICKE, esq. high-sheriff of Yorkshire in 1591. This gentleman m. Meriol, daughter of William, Lord Eure, and dying in 1601, was s. by his

son,

SIR JOHN GOODRICKE, knt. who m. Jane, daughter of Sir John Saville, of Methley, in the county of York, knt., and was s. at his decease by his son,

1. SIR JOHN GOODRICKE, knt. of Ribstone Hall. This gentleman was a great sufferer during the civil wars, having been confined first at Manchester, and then in the Tower, from whence he was fortunate enough to escape into France, where he continued to reside until the Restoration. Sir John, who was created a baronet on the 14th August, 1641, m., first, Catharine, daughter and heiress of Stephen Norcliff, esq. by whom he had a son; and, secondly, Elizabeth, Viscountess-dowager Fairfax, by whom he had another son. He was s. in 1670, by the elder.

II. THE RIGHT HON. SIR HENRY, lieutenant-general of the Ordnance, who d. without issue, in 1704-5, when the title devolved upon his half-brother,

III. SIR JOHN, who m. Sarah, daughter of Sir Richard Hopkins, knt.,M.P., serjeant-at-law, and was s. in 1705, by his eldest son,

IV. SIR HENRY. This gentleman had four sons and four daughters,

JOHN, his heir.

Henry.

Thomas-Francis, lieutenant-colonel in the army, father of a daughter, Harriott, and of a son, THOMAS, the last baronet.

Harry, prebendary of York, m., first, Margaret, daughter of John Taylor, esq. of Beverley; and, secondly, Anne, daughter and heir of Philip Harland, esq. of Sutton Hall, in the county of York, and relict of Charles Hoar, esq. but d. s. p. in 1801.

Elizabeth, d. unmarried, 1761.

Sarah, m. to T. Clough, esq. of Otley.

Jane, m. to the Reverend Francis Wanley, D.D. dean of Ripon.

Sir Henry was s. in 1738, by his eldest son,

V. SIR JOHN, who was sworn of his Majesty's most honourable privy-council, and resided at Stockholm, as envoy-extraordinary from the court of London. Sir John represented Ripon in parliament. He m. in 1731, Mary, natural daughter of Robert Benson, Lord Bingley, and had a son,

HENRY, who died v. p. 9th July, 1784, leaving issue,

HENRY, successor to his grandfather.

Harriet, m. to her cousin, Sir Thomas Good-
ricke, bart.

Mary, m. to Charles Gregory Fairfax, esq. of
Gilling Castle, in the county of York.
Elizabeth, d. 8th March, 1838.

Sir John d. in 1799, and was s. by his grandson,

VI. SIR HENRY, who m. Charlotte, second daughter of the Right Hon. James Fortescue, and sister of Viscount Clermont, by whom he left, at his decease, in 1820, an only son,

VII. SIR HARRY, b. 16th September, 1797; who d. unmarried, 21st August, 1833, and was s. by his cousin,

VIII. SIR THOMAS, b. 24th September, 1762; who m. Harriet, daughter of Henry Goodricke, esq. but d. s. p. when the title became EXTINCT.

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PALMER.

CREATED 29th June, 1621.-EXTINCT

Lineage.

I. SIR THOMAS PALMER, knt. of Wingham, in the county of Kent, (son of Sir Henry Palmer, knt.) was created a BARONET on the 29th June, 1621. He m. Margaret, daughter of John Foley, esq. of Badley, in the county of Suffolk, and had three sons:

1. Thomas (Sir), m. Margaret, daughter of Herbert
Pelham, esq. and, dying before his father, left
THOMAS, who inherited the title.

Herbert, president of Queen's College,
Cambridge, d. unmarried.

11. Roger (Sir), K.B. cupbearer to Henry, Prince
of Wales, and to his brother Charles (after
wards King Charles I.), d. s. p.

III. James (Sir,) knight of the bedchamber to King James I. and chancellor of the order of the Garter; m., first, Martha, daughter of Sir William Garrard, of Dorney, Bucks, by whom he had a son, Philip; and, secondly, Catherine, daughter of William Herbert, earl of Powys, and relict of Sir Robert Vaughan, and had a son,

Roger, created Earl of Castlemaine, in Ireland; m. Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland.

Sir James was s. by his elder son,

Philip (Sir,) cupbearer to King Charles II.; m. Phoeby, daughter of Sir Henry Palmer, knt. and his youngest, but longest surviving son,

Charles, succeeding to the estates of his three elder brothers, m. Jane, daughter of John Jennings, esq. and left, with other issue, in 1714,

CHARLES, of whom hereafter, fifth BARONET.

PHILIP, of Richmond, Surrey,

m. Jane, daughter and sole her
John Thompson, esq. of Nerd
den, Bucks, and left, with th
sons, Philip, John, and Chara
who all d. unmarried, two dang
ters,

JANE, who d. unmarried.
ANNA, who m. James Landa
esq. of Cheshunt, Herts, an
had, with three daught
five sons, viz.

1. James Landon, who
Margaret-Maria, dans
ter of Admiral Sir D.
by Dent, but d. s. p.
Madras, in 1794.

11. Charles-Richard Landa in holy orders, who a Caroline-Mann, daug ter of Josiah Harr esq. and d. in 1834, lea ing, with three dang ters, four sons, Charis Ginkell, of the Benc Infantry; Francis-Nes combe; Arthur-Joer and Edward Henry, a holy orders.

111. John Landon.

IV. Philip Landon.

v. Samuel, of Sunbury Pari Middlesex.

Sir Thomas d. in 1625, and was s. by his grandson, II. SIR THOMAS PALMER, who m. Elizabeth, dangh ter and co-heiress of Sir John Shirley, knt. of Isfield. in the county of Sussex, and had six sons, and six daughters, of whom

Henry, s. to the title.

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