erton, of the fourth dragoon guards, by Miss Dowdal, of Carrickfergus, in Ireland,) b. the 22nd June 1727, received the honour of knighthood in 1773, upon the occasion of steering his late majesty's barge at a naval review off Portsmouth. Sir Richard had previously distinguished himself as a naval officer, and conti nued to acquire so much renown in his gallant profession, that he was created a BARONET, 19th May, 1778. He was, subsequently, a participator in the achievements of Sir Edward Hughes in the Indian Seas, and attained the rank of rear-admiral of the blue. He m. in 1758, Maria-Anne, daughter of Thomas Hussey, esq. of Wrexham, and heiress of her brother Lieut.-Gen. Vere Warner Hussey, of Wood Walton, and dying in 1792, left (with two daughters, Jane, who d. unm: in 1827, and MARIA, now of UPWOOD) a son,

II. SIR RICHARD BICKERTON, of Upwood, in the county of Huntingdon, K.C.B, K.C. and F. R. S. admiral of the white, lieutenant-general of marines, and a director of Greenwich Hospital; b. 11th October, 1759; m. 25th September, 1788, Anne, daughter of James Athill, esq. of the Island of Antigua, but had no issue. He assumed, by royal license, in 1823, his maternal surname and arms of " HUSSEY." Sir Richard Hussey-Bickerton dying s. p. in 1832, the Baronetcy EXPIRED, while the estate of Upwood (a property which formerly belonged to Henry Cromwell, uncle of the Protector) devolved on his only surviving sister, MISS BICKERTON, and that of Wood Walton passed to his cousin, (the second son of his aunt Arabella Warner and her husband Robert Moubray, esq. of Cockairny) rear-admiral Richard Hussey Moubray, the present SIR RICHARD HUSSEY HUSSEY, K.C.B. of Wood Walton. (See BURKE'S Commoners, vol. ii. p. 358.) Arms-Sa. on a chev. erminois three pheons az.

11. Mary, m. to William Hoo, esq. of the Hoo, and had

Thomas Hoo, of the Hoo, in the county of

Hertford, d. s. p. when his sister became his heir.

Susannah Hoo, who married Sir Jonathan
Keate, bart. and carried the inheritance of
Hoo to her husband. Doctor Kidder, af-
terwards Bishop of Bath and Wells, gives
this lady a high character, for her great
piety, humility, wisdom, discretion, &c. in
a sermon he preached at her funeral, 19th
June, 1673, at Kimpton, in Hertfordshire,
and adds at the end of it," Her extraction
was honourable, in a direct line from the
Lord of Hastings and Hoo, of whose fa-
mily she was the heir general, and the
sole inheretrix of those ancient posses-
sions that remained to the barony; the
Lord, her ancestor, being a person of that
renown, that in the fatal quarrels between
the houses of York and Lancaster, and
when those quarrels were at the height,
he was pitched upon to treat and mediate
between the parties."

III. Elizabeth, m. to Mr. Cotton, of London.
IV. Amy, d. unm.

Sir Francis died at the advanced age of ninety, 11th
August, 1670, and was interred in a vault of his own
erecting, in Mortimer's chapel, in Attleburgh church.
He was s. by his eldest son,

II. SIR FRANCIS BICKLEY, of Attleburgh Hall, in the county of Norfolk, who m. Mary, daughter of Mr. Alderman Mawe, of the city of Norwich, and had five sons and four daughters, viz.

1. FRANCIS, his successor.

II. Thomas, a mercer, in London, d. unm. 111. John, of Magdalen College, Cambridge, d. unm. IV. Nathaniel, a lieutenant in the Duke of Norfolk's regiment, died unm. in Ireland.

v. Charles, a lieutenant in the same regiment, who after the fatigues of the Irish war, came to visit his relations in England, and was barbarously murdered by one Hickford, at New Buckenham, in Norfolk. He died unm.

1. Elizabeth, m. to Mr. Ware, of London. II. Amy, m. to the Rev. Thomas Church, rector of Hetherset, near Norwich.

111. Mary, m. to her cousin, the Rev. Richard Bickley, rector of Attleburgh.

Iv. Jane, m. to Mr. Barnet, an apothecary, in London.

Sir Francis d. in 1681, and was s. by his eldest son, III. SIR FRANCIS BICKLEY, of Attleburgh. This gentleman wedded first, Deborah, daughter of Sir Cornelius Vermuyden, knt. and had a son and daughter, viz. FRANCIS, his heir.

Anne, d. unm.

THOMAS BIGG, son of John Bigg, of Sherborn and Radford, in Gloucestershire, was of Lenchwick, in the county of Worcester. He died 25th June, 1581, aged seventy-four, leaving by Magdalen, his wife, sister of Sir Philip Hoby, a son and successor,

SIR THOMAS BIGG, of Lenchwick, who received the honor of knighthood 23rd July, 1603. This gentleman erected the mansion at Lenchwick. He wedded Ur

sula, fourth daughter of Clement Throckmorton, esq. of Haseley, in Warwickshire, and had issue,

SIR ROBERT BINDLOSSE, who died about the year 1629, was the first of the Bindlosse family who settled at Borwick Hall, in the county of Lancaster. He . first, Alice, daughter and co-heir of Lancelot Dockwray, esq. of Dockwray Hall, in Kendal, and had by her two daughters, Anne, the wife of Henry Denton; and Alice, of Henry Bank, esq. of Bank Newton, in Yorkshire. Sir Robert m. secondly, Mary, daughter of Edmund Eltoft, esq. of Thornhill, and had by her one son and three daughters, namely,

The son and successor,

1. SIR ROBERT BINDLOSSE, of Borwick Hall, in the county of Lancaster, was created a BARONET 16th June, 1641. He m. Rebecca, daughter and co-heir of Sir Hugh Perry, knt. alderman of London, and had an only daughter and heiress,

CECILIA, m. to WILLIAM STANDISH, esq. of Standish, in Lancashire, and is now represented by CHARLES STRICKLAND STANDISH, esq. of Stan dish.

Sir Robert died in November, 1688, when the BARONETCY became EXTINCT, but the estates descended to his daughter, Mrs. Standish.

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This family was seated at a remote period and for a long time at Wylam, in Northumberland.

NICHOLAS BLACKKT, of Woodcroft, (lineally descended from Sir John Blackett, knt. of Woodcroft, one of the heroes of Agincourt) m. Alison, dau. and co-heir of Sir Rowland Tempest, of Holmside, in the county of Durham. His great-grandson,

WILLIAM BLACKET, of Hoppyland, in Durham, who wedded Isabel, daughter of Crook, of Woolsingham, and had

1. CHRISTOPHER, of Hoppyland, an officer in the
army of CHARLES I. ancestor of the present
head of the family, CHRISTOPHER BLACKETT,
esq. of Wylam, in Northumberland. (See
BURKE'S Commoners, vol. i. p. 257.)

11. Edward, whose line is extinct.
III. WILLIAM, of whom we have to treat.

The third son,

WILLIAM BLACKETT, esq. M.P. for Newcastle upon Tyne, who amassed a considerable fortune by the product of his mines and collieries, and was created a BARONET by King CHARLES II. 12 December, 1673. Sir William m. first, Elizabeth, daughter of Michael Kirkley, of Newcastle, merchant, and had issue,

1. EDWARD, his successor, from whom the extant baronets now represented by SIR WILLIAM BLACKETT descend.

II. Michael, who m. Dorothy, daughter of

Barnes, esq. of Darlington, in Durham, and
had an only child, Elizabeth, who d. young.
His wife survived him, and m. secondly, Sir
Richard Brown, bart.; and thirdly, Dr. John
Moor, Bishop of Ely.

III. WILLIAM, of Wallington, in Northumberland, of whom presently.

IV. Elizabeth, m. to Timothy Davison, esq. of Bemish, in Durham.

v. Isabel, m. to Shem Bridges, esq. of Ember Court, Surrey.

vi. Christian, m. to Robert Mitford, esq. of Seahill, in Northumberland.

He wedded, secondly, Mrs. Rogers, widow of Captain John Rogers, of Newcastle, and daughter of Mr. Cock, but had no other issue. His eldest son, EDWARD, SUCceeded him in the baronetcy. The youngest son,

1. WILLIAM BLACKET, esq. of Wallington, in Northumberland, where he erected a mansion-house, was Created a BARONET by King JAMES II. 23rd January, 1685. Sir William distinguished himself in parlia went as a popular speaker, and was offered public employment by King WILLIAM after the Revolution.

SIR RICHARD TEMPEST, of Studley, was father of SIR WILLIAM TEMPEST, of Studley, who m. Eleanor, daughter and sole heir of Sir William Washington, knt, and was ancestor of the TEM

He m. in 1684, Julia, daughter of Sir Christopher Conyers, bart. of Horden, in Durham, and by that lady (who wedded after his decease Sir William Thompson, one of the Barons of the Exchequer,) had issue,

1. WILLIAM, his successor.

II. Christopher, d. in infancy.

III. JULIA, m. to Sir Walter Calverley, bart. and had

SIR WALTER CALVERLEY, bart. who eventually inherited the BLACKET estates. Julia Calverley, m. to Sir George Trevelyan, bart. of Nettlecombe.

IV. Elizabeth, m. to William Marshall, esq. of Reavley, in the county of Huntingdon, and had two daughters, who both d. s. p.

v. Isabella, d. young.

vi. Frances, m. in 1729, to Robert, only son of Charles, Lord Bruce, heir apparent of Thomas, Earl of Ailsbury, but had no issue.

VII. Isabella, m. in 1743, to David, Earl of Buchan, and d. s. p. in 1763.

VIII. Mary, d. young.

IX. DIANA, m. to Sir William Wentworth, bart. of Bretton, in the county of York, and had issue,

1. THOMAS WENTWORTH, who s. his father, and was fifth baronet of Bretton. He also inherited the estates and assumed the surname of BLACKETT. He d. unm. in 1792, and left his estates to his natural daughter, DIANA, wife of Thomas R. Beaumont, esq. of the Oaks, whose son, THOMAS WENTWORTH BEAUMONT, esq. M.P. of Bretton and Hexham Abbey, now possesses them. (See WENTWORTH of West Bretton.)

2. Diana Wentworth, m. to Godfrey Bosvile, esq. of Gunthwaite, and had issue, William Bosvile, of Gunthwaite, who devised his estate to his nephew,

Godfrey Macdonald, third Lord Macdonald, who assumed the additional surname of Bosvile. Thomas Blacket Bosvile, Capt. Coldstream Guards, slain at Liencells. Elizabeth Diana Bosvile, who m. Alexander, first Lord Macdonald. See BURKE'S Peerage and Baronetage. Julia Bosvile, m. to William Ward,Viscount Dudley.

3. Elizabeth Wentworth, m. to James Watson, M.D. of Springhead.

4. Julia Wentworth, m. in 1760, to the Rev. John De Chair, D.D. Rector of Rissington, and was grandmother of the Rev. Richard De Chair.

5. Arabella Wentworth, d. unm.

x. Anne, m. first, to John Trenchard, esq. of Abbots Leigh, in the county of Somerset, and secondly, to- Gordon, esq. She d. s. p.

Sir William d. in Dec. 1705, and was s. by his son, II. SIR WILLIAM BLACKET, of Wallington, Member in several Parliaments for Newcastle on Tyne, who m. Lady Barbara Villiers, daughter of William, second Earl of Jersey, but dying without legitimate issue 25th September, 1728, (his widow m. Bussy Mansel, esq.) the BARONETCY became EXTINCT, but he bequeathed his estates to his illegitimate daughter, ELI

PESTS of Holmside, Stella, Stanley, Studley, and Wynyard. BURKE'S Commoners, vol. i. page

474.

ZABETH ORDE, on condition that she should, within twelve months, intermarry with Sir William's nephew, WALTER CALVERLEY, and that Mr. Calverley should assume the surname of BLACKETT. These conditions being complied with, Mr. Calverley became (having inherited the baronetcy of his own family)

SIR WALTER CALVERLEY BLACKETT, bart. He d. in 1777, without surviving issue, (his only daughter, Elizabeth, predeceased him, unm. in 1752,) and the chief estates of the BLACKETTS are now possessed by THOMAS WENTWORTH BEAUMONT, esq. M.P. for Northumberland. (See BURKE's Commoners, vol. ii. p. 324.)

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WILLIAM, in 1697, knight harbinger and gentleman of the privy chamber. In the next year he was knighted, and accredited envoy extraordinary to the court of Tuscany, and republic of Genoa, and remained in office during the whole of King WILLIAM's and the first three years of Queen ANNE. In 1719 he was returned to parliament by the borough of Welton, in Wiltshire, and was created a BARONET by King GEORGE I. He m. Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Sir Joseph Herne, knt. and had issue,

CHARLES, his successor.

Elizabeth, m. to Sir Robert Lawley, and was grandmother of SIR ROBERT LAWLEY, bart. created LORD WENLOCK in 1831.

He d. 27th October, 1727, and was s. by his son,

II. SIR CHARLES BLACKWELL, who wedded Anne, daughter of Sir William Clayton, bart. of Merden, in Surrey, and by that lady, who wedded secondly, Doctor Thomas, Bishop of Rochester, left, with one daughter, at his decease 18th July, 1741, an only son,

III. SIR LAMBERT BLACKWELL, who d. unmarried 9th May, 1801, aged sixty-nine, when the BARONETCY became EXTINCT.

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BLAKISTON, OF BLAKISTON.

Lineage.

1. SIR RICHARD BLACKHAM, of London, Turkey merchant, descended of a family settled in Warwickshire and Staffordshire, was one of the greatest traders and promoters of the woollen manufactures in the kingdom, and in recompense for his meritorious public services was advanced to the degree of BARONET by WILLIAM III, in 1696. He m. Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Appleyard, esq. of Ulceby, in Lincolnshire, and niece of Sir John Boynton, of Rockliffe, in Yorkshire, by whom he left at his decease 29th June, 1728, a daughter Frances, and a son,

11. SIR JOHN BLACKHAM, who survived his father but three days, and at his decease the BARONETCY

"Few families of private gentry," says Surtees, "have spread more wide, or flourished fairer, than Blakiston; but all its branches, Gibside, Newton Hall, Old Malton, Seaton, and Thornton Hall, have perished like the original stock. One family alone remains within the county of Durham which can trace its blood, without hereditary possessions; and a dubious and a distant kindred to the old tree of Blakiston, is asserted by some families who bear the name in the south." The representative of this "long descended line" in the middle of the 16th century,

JOHN BLAKISTON, esq. of Blakiston, aged twenty-two in 1557, d. in 1587, leaving by Elizabeth, his first wife, daughter and co-heir of Sir George Bowes, knt. of Streatlam, inter alios,

WILLIAM, his heir.

Thomas, of Old Malton, in Yorkshire, whose male descendants became extinct in 1684. Christopher, of Coxhow, in Durham, whose only daughter and heir m. William Kennet, esq. Marmaduke, prebendary of Durham, ancestor of the Blakistons of Newton Hall, in Durham, and of Robert Blakiston, esq. of Bishop Wearmouth, who was living at Gateshead in 1821, married, with a numerous family.

Muriel, m. to William Wyclyffe, esq. of Wyclyffe, in Yorkshire.

The eldest son,

SIR WILLIAM BLAKISTON, knt. of Blakiston, b. in 1553, knighted at Whitehall, 23rd July, 1603, m. 26th

I. SIR THOMAS BLAKISTON, of Blakiston, baptised at Norton, Sth July, 1582, was created a BARONET 27th May, 1615. He m. Mary, daughter of Sir Henry Constable, of Burton Constable, in Yorkshire, and sister to Henry, Viscount Dunbar, by whom he had two daughters, Margaret, b. in 1614, and Mary, m. to Sir Thomas Smith, knt. of Broxton, Notts, and had issue. Sir Thomas d. in 1630, when the BARONETCY became EXTINCT. The estate he had sold in 1615, to Alexander Davison, of Newcastle, merchant, who afterwards died under arms in the service of King CHARLES, at the age of eighty-one, during the memorable siege of Newcastle, in 1644. His son, Sir Thomas Davison, inheritor of his father's spirit and loyalty, was high sheriff of Durham after the Restoration, and for a long series of generations his descendants continued to reside at Blakiston, until their marriage with the heiress of BLAND induced them to desert their ancient resi dence for Kippax, the seat of the latter family. The manor of Blakiston was sold again some years since to William Russell, esq. of Brancepeth Castle, in Durham,

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BLAKISTON, OF GIBSIDE.

CREATED 30th July, 1642.-EXTINCT 8th Oct. 1713.

Lineage.

WILLIAM BLAKISTON, esq. a younger son of the very ancient house of Blakiston, of Blakiston, m. Eleanor Millot, of Whithill, in Durham, and left at his decease (his will bearing date 15th January, 1561), a daughter, Dorothy, wife of Christopher Fulthorpe, esq. of Tunstall, and a son,

ROGER BLAKISTON, esq. who m. Elizabeth, daughter and sole heir of Richard Marley, esq. of Gibside, in Durham, and had issue,

1. William, of Gibside, who m. Joane, daughter of Robert Lambton, esq. of Lambton, but d. s. p. 1608.

11. GEORGE, of whom presently.

11. Thomas.

1. Anne, m. to George Lumley, esq. of Axwell House, Durham.

VI. William.

VII. Henry, m. and had issue.

1. Margaret, m. to Roger Fenwick, esq. of Shortflatt.

11. Jane, m. to Toby Dudley, esq. of Chopwell. III. Dorothy.

Iv. Barbara, m. Lindley Wren, esq. son and heir of Sir Charles Wren, knt.

Sir William d. in 1641, and was s. by his son,

I. SIR RALPH BLAKISTON, of Gibside, aged twentysix in 1615, who was created a BARONET. 30th July, 1642. He m. Margaret, daughter of Sir William Fenwick, knt. of Wallington, in Northumberland, and had issue,

I. WILLIAM, his heir.

11. FRANCIS, successor to his brother. III. Henry, d. young.

Iv. George, of Lintz Hall, d. unm. will dated 1682. v. Robert, d. s. p.

1. Margaret, m. to Thomas Moore, esq. of Angram Grange, in Yorkshire.

11. Mary, of New Elvet, d. unm. 1677. Sir Ralph d. in 1651, and was s. by his eldest son,

II. SIR WILLIAM BLAKISTON, of Gibside, who m. Mary, daughter of Cecil Calvert, Lord Baltimore, but leaving no surviving issue at his decease in 1692, was s. by his brother,

III. SIR FRANCIS BLAKISTON, of Gibside, who m. Anne, daughter of Sir George Bowes, knt. of Bradley, and dying 8th Oct. 1713, the BARONETCY became EXTINCT, but the estates descended to Sir Francis's only surviving child and heir,

ELIZABETH, m. in 1693, to SIR WILLIAM BOWES, knt. of Streatlam Castle.

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second.