The elder son, WILLIAM HALLIDAY, esq. of Berngaw, wedded Miss Bell, of the Bells of Middlebie, and left three sons and two daughters, viz. THOMAS, John, Walter, Jane, and Bridget. He was s. in 1745, by the eldest, THOMAS HALLIDAY, esq. of Berngaw, who m. Margaret, daughter of Archibald Porteous, Portioner of the Copewood, and died in 1804, leaving an only surviving son, the present, SIR ANDREW HALLIDAY, K.G.H. deputy inspector general of army hospitals, &c. &c. one of his majesty's justices of the peace for the county of Middlesex, a Fellow of the Colleges of Physicians of London and Edinburgh, and of many Royal and Learned Societies, m. Helen Carmichael, daughter of Peter Carmichael, esq. merchant in the city of Edinburgh. Note-MR. HALLIDAY, of Chapmanton, and Doctor ALEXANDER HALLIDAY, of Calcutta, are of the Galloway line of the family. Doctor Halliday, who distinguished himself TOLSON, OF BRIDEKIRKE. TOLSON, RICHARD-HENRY, esq. F.S.A. of Woodland Lodge, in the county of Somerset, and of Bridekirke, in Cumberland, a major in His Majesty's service, and late of the 2nd regiment of Life Guards, baptized, at St. Martin's in the Fields, London, 29th July, 1776, m. 17th June, 1797, Jane, eldest daughter of John Collins, esq. of Hatch Court, in Somersetshire, and sister of Henry Powell Collins, esq. M.P. for Taunton in 1820, by whom (who died in 1807) he has an only child, JANE-DINNISS-TOLSON TOLSON, b. at Hatch Court, and baptized at Hatch-Beauchamp, in Somersetshire, married at St. Mary Magdaline, Taunton, 22nd May, 1819, to Richard Harcourt Symons, esq. of Fairfield Lodge, in the county of Dorset, second son of the late Thomas Symons, esq. of Mynde Park, in the county of Hereford, and has an only surviving daughter, MARY-LOUISA SYMONS, baptized at Lyme-Regis, in the county of Dorset, 6th March, 1820. Major Tolson s. at the decease of his father, the 12th June, 1815, and petitioned his majesty, in 1830, for a writ of summons, as heir, through the SAVILES,* to the BARONY OF DARCY, of Darcy. Lineage. This family claims importance in the Saxon era of our history, and its founder, HENRICUS, is said, in proof of his rank in Saxon times, to have been one of those great persons who in the upper part of his hall had a Dais to receive and entertain his guests, and at the lower end a bower or recess, wherein he might himself repose, with a streamlet flowing through the premises into the river Derwent, in which he The HoN. ANN DARCY, m. Thomas Savile, and her descendant, MARGARET SAVILE, wedded HENRY TOLSON. is stated to have baptized his children, in the forest of Kokermouth, in Cumbri, in the district of Cumberland, being part of the Brigantes, and ancient kingdom of the Northumbers. This Henricus had lands granted from Gulielmi de Koknat, as appears by deed, bearing date 859, which lands were called Koknat and Derwent, and were granted from Alice de Vumeley, daughter of Gulielmi, son of Latcey, to the said Gulielmi. The fifth in descent from Henricus, another HENRICUS, assumed the surname of " DE TOLSON," and was s. by his son, HENRICUS DE TOLSON, who was found guilty of high treason in the time of EDWARD I. but received a free pardon from that monarch. He held lands at Brydekirk, in Cumberland, appertaining to the Monastery of Gysburne, in the county of York. His lineal descendant, HENRY TOLSON, esq. at the dissolution of the Monastery of Gysburne, temp. HENRY VIII. obtained a grant, by patent from the crown, dated 29th July, in the 35th year of that king's reign, of the manor of BRYDEKIRKE, to himself and his heirs for ever. His son and successor, HENRY TOLSON, esq. was sheriff of the county of Cumberland, in the 17th ELIZABETH, and was seized of the manor of Brydekirke, in 1590. He had two sons, RICHARD, his heir. tober, 1670, m. — - daughter of Samuel Plummer, esq. and d. s. p. 22nd September, 1713. Will proved in the prerogative court of Canterbury, 30th of the same month. 3. Lancelot, of Plastow, in 4. Mary, m. to Charles Ham- Launcelot Tolson Tilly, of Beckenham, in Kent, esq. who died 20th November, 1741, (will proved 6th September, 1743) leaving by his wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Gabriel Bestman, esq. an only child, ELIZABETH TOLSON TILLY, who d. unm. and was buried at Beckenham, 26th Sept. 1743, administration granted to her mother the same year. III. Jane, m. to the Rev. William Fairfax, rector of Bolton, in Cumberland. IV. Frances. Wath-upon-Dearne, in the county of York, and dying in October, 1663, (he was buried at Bridekirke, on the 30th of that month) left an only son and heir (see the will of her father, Henry Savile, proved at York, | 17th September, 1641), RICHARD TOLSON, esq. of Bridekirke, b. in 1623, of Lincoln's Inn, barrister-at-law, and a justice of the peace, and quorum in the county of Westmorland, high sheriff for the county of Cumberland, M.P. for Cockermouth, in the parliaments of the 12th and 13th of CHARLES II. and receiver-general to the Queen, m. Anne, aged forty-two, in 1665, daughter of Gilbert Gregory, esq. of Barnby-upon-Dun, in the county of York, (marriage settlement dated 13th June, 1672) by whom (who d. in March, 1714) he had issue, 1. HENRY, his heir. 1. Richard, b. in 1658, barrister-at- 2. Sarah, plaintiff in a suit in Iv. Wilfred, baptized 19th September, 1664, will proved at York, 17th April, 1733, died issueless. v. Edward, baptized 11th December, 1665, died s. p. vi. Elizabeth, b. in 1655, m. to Philip VII. Catherine, b. in 1662, d. unm. IX. Anne, m. 1st September, 1698, to This Richard Tolson settled, by deed bearing date 18th June, 1672, enrolled in chancery 13th February, 1827, 4 P. R. I. Ensom, the several manors of Bridekirke, Brundholme, Papcastle, Tallantire, Broughton, Dundraw, in the county of Cumberland, and Wath, Brampton, Byerlow, and Holmefrith, in the parish of Wath-uponDearne, in the county of York, upon his eldest son, Henry, and Frances, his wife, for their lives, and their issue in tail, male, of such marriage, and to his other sons, in | tail, male, and then to his cousin, THOMAS TOLSON, esq. of Beakesbourne, in Kent, and his heirs in tail, and then to his right heirs at law. He was buried at Wath-upon-Dearne, 2nd July, 1690, and was s. by his eldest son, HENRY TOLSON, esq. baptized at Woodhall, in the parish of Bridekirke, 15th April, 1651, entered at St. Alban's Hall, Oxford, in 1666, m. Frances, daughter of Sir Wilfred Lawson, bart. of Isell, in the county of Cumberland, and had one surviving son and two daughters, viz. HENRY, his successor. Jane, baptized 24th May, 1671. Malcah, baptized 12th February, 1678. This gentleman was plaintiff in chancery with his younger brother, in 1703. He was buried at Bridekirke, 27th September, 1724, and was s. by his son, HENRY TOLSON, esq. of Woodhall, baptized at Bridekirke, 31st December, 1673, m. Sarah -* and had issue, HENRY, his heir. WILLIAM, born at Woodhall, and baptized at Bridekirke, 1st March, 1706. This gentleman was lieutenant-governor of Tilbury Fort and Gravesend. He m. 5th September, 1732, Margaret, daughter and sole heir of Patrick Mathewson, esq. of Perth and Mugdrum, in Scotland, and had a son and daughter, namely, RICHARD, of whom presently, as representative of the family, at the decease of his uncle HENRY. Anne, m. to William Prosper Popple, esq. governor of Bermuda. Governor Tolson having died of wounds he had received in action, was buried at St. George's Hanover Square, 4th September, 1748. George, born at Woodhall, baptized at Cockermouth, in Cumberland, 28th June, 1711. He was of Cheapside, London, merchant, and married Sarah, daughter of Patten, esq. by whom he had, Richard, baptized 19th August, 1750, a solicitor, residing at Lambeth, buried there, 10th October, 1822. The leaves of the This marriage is supposed to have been solemnized at Bridekirke. parish of Bridekirke church-book having been torn out or destroyed about this period, it is proved by an indenture of Fine of Trinity Term, Dower; and also by the will of Miss Frances 7th ANNE, without proclamations to bar the wife's Lawson, proved at Carlisle, 8th April, 1711, and by a manuscript in the hand writing of the late Ralph Bigland, esq. who died 1784, now in the possession of Sir Ralph Bigland, esq. Garter king of arms. HENRY TOLSON, esq. of Woodhall, of the town of Derby, and of Richmond, in Surrey, baptized at Bridekirke, 24th February, 1703. This gentleman died a bachelor, seized of the estates under the settlement of 18th June, 1672, and was buried at St. Vedas, Foster Lane, 2nd February, 1763. He was s. in the representation of the family by his nephew, RICHARD TOLSON, esq. of Weston, in the county of Somerset, born at Tilbury Fort, baptized at Milton, near Gravesend, in Kent, 20th October, 1746. This gentleman, a lieutenant-general in the army, was a minor at the time of his uncle, Henry Tolson's decease, and then serving abroad: he m. at St. Martin's, in the Island of Guernsey, 22nd July, 1766, Dinniss Oram, widow, of St. James's, Westminster, and of Hampstead, Middlesex, by whom, (who was buried at the latter place, 9th March, 1811) he had one son and two daughters, viz. RICHARD - HENRY, who was created heir in tail, and heir at law of his Harriott, m. at St. George's, Hanover Lieutenant-general Richard Tolson was buried at St. James's, Piccadilly, 19th June, 1815, will proved in the prerogative court of Canterbury, London, on the 30th of the same month. He was s. by his son, the present RICHARD-HENRY TOLSON, ESQ. OF BRIDEKIRKE, and WOODLAND LODGE. Arms---Vert on a chief az. three martlets or, all within a border of the third pelletté. Crest-Out of a ducal coronet, a lion's paw holding a plume of feathers. Motto---Ferro Comite. Estates---Woodland Lodge, Somerset, and Lord of the manor of Bridekirke, Cumberland. Seat---Woodland Lodge, and Bridekirke. LEITH-HAY, OF RANNES AND LEITH HALL. HAY-LEITH, ALEXANDER, esq. of Rannes and Leith Hall, in the county of Aber 卉 00 deen, a general officer in the army, b. 21st December, 1758, m. in 1784, Mary, daughter of Charles Forbes, esq. of Ballogie, and has had issue, ANDREW, lieutenant-colonel in the army, M. P. for the Elgin district of burghs, m. in 1816, Mary-Margaret, daughter of William Clark, esq. of Buckland House. John, captain R.N. Harriot-Christian, m. to Sir Harry N. Lums den, bart. and d. in 1820. Mary, m. to Major Mitchell, of Ashgrove. This gallant officer s. his elder brother, JOHN LEITH, esq. in 1778, and inherited the estate of Rannes upon the demise of ANDREW HAY, esq. in 1789, when he assumed the additional surname and arms of HAY. General Leith-Hay is a deputy-lieutenant and justice of the peace for the county of Aberdeen. Lineage. The surname of LEITH is deemed of great antiquity in Scotland, and those who bore it held, in a remote era, vast possessions, including the barony of Restalrig, and others in the shire of Mid Lothian and territory of Leith, whence it is presumed the name was assumed. The immediate ancestor of the family before us, WILLIAM LEITH, of Barnis, living in the time of David Bruce, and said to have been the male representative of the Leiths, of Edingarrock, was provost of Aberdeen in 1350, and proprietor of the lands of Caprington, in Aberdeenshire. He m. a daughter of Donald, twelfth Earl of Marr, and had two sons, LAURENCE, his heir. William Leith died some time in the reign of ROBERT II. and was buried in the church of Aberdeen, where his monument, nane, and arms are still extant. He was s. by his elder son, LAWRENCE LEITH, of Barnis, in the county of Aberdeen, and provost of Aberdeen in 1401, 1403, and 1411; to which town he presented their largest bell, on which his name is still visible. He died in the time of JAMES II. and was s. by his son, NORMAN LEITH, who m. Elizabeth, dau. of William Leslie, fourth Baron of Balquhain, by Agnes Irvine, his wife, daughter of the Baron of Drum, and had three sons, viz. HENRY, his heir. the present WILLIAM GORDON, esq of Haffield (see that family). Between his two daughters, George Leith, at his decease, in 1505, divided the lands of Barnis, &c., but the representation of the family devolved upon his brother, WILLIAM LEITH, esq. of Edingarrock, which estate he had acquired by charter from George Leslie, of Leslie, dated on the last day of January, 1499. He m. a daughter of Gordon, of Strathdon, and was s. by his elder son, PATRICK LEITH, esq. of Edingarrock, who died without issue, and was succeeded by his brother, GEORGE LEITH, esq. of Edingarrock, who, in 1550, was served and returned heir male to his uncle, George Leith, of Barnis, before John Leslie, of Balquhain, sheriff of Aberdeen, and an inquest composed of fifteen of the leading gentlemen in the county. He died at an advanced age, about the close of Queen MARY's reign, and was succeeded by his son, Nicholas, m. to George Leslie, fourth Margaret, m. to Stephen Leslie, fourth This Patrick acquired, in his father's time, ther-in-law, John Leslie, of Balquhain, on the lands of Kirkton de Rain from his browhose resignation he got a charter from the Archdean of Aberdeen, dated 13th August, 1561, to which Patrick Leith, of Harthill, is a subscribing witness. He died in the end of the reign of JAMES VI. and was s. by his eldest son, PATRICK LEITH, esq. of Edingarrock, who sold that estate and the lands of Likliehead to John Forbes, of Leslie. He was afterwards, anno 1629, enfeoffed in the lands of Innogathill, upon a precept of clare constat from George, Marquess of Huntly, as heir to William Leith, of Edingarrock, his great grandfather. Dying s. p. he was s. by his brother, |
