Robert, of Bogtown, father of a son,
Sir Adam Blair, of Bogtoun, and of
a daughter Marrian, m. to Quintin
M'Adam, of Grimat.

Jean, living in 1591, unm.
Margaret, m. to Ker, of Kersland.
Grizel, m. to David Blair of Adamton.
John Blair died in 1609, and was s. by his

son,

BRYCE BLAIR, of that Ilk, who was returned, 10th April, 1610, heir on the whole lands and barony of Blair. He had long previously married, Annabell Wallace, and had two sons and five daughters, viz.

BRICE, successively Lairds of Blair.
JOHN,

Margaret, m. in 1613, to Archibald
Stewart, of Blackhall.

Isabell, m. in 1619, to James Chalmers,
of Gadgirth.

Anne, m. in 1633, to Robert Boyd, of
Pitcon.

Janet, m. in 1636, to Ninian Stewart, of
Ascog.

Agnes, m. in 1640, to William Shaw,
provost of Newton.

The laird died 4th February, 1639, and was s. by his son,

SIR BRYCE BLAIR, of that Ilk, who was knighted by CHARLES I. He married in 1618, Marian, daughter of Sir Walter Dundas of Dundas, by Anne, his second wife, daughter of Monteith, of Carse, and dying a few months after his father, was succeeded by his son,

JOHN BLAIR, of that Ilk, retoured heir to his father and grandfather in 1645. He died soon after, without issue, and was s. by his uncle,

JOHN BLAIR, of that Ilk, who m. Lady Jean Cunninghame, daughter of William, eighth Earl of Glencairn, and dying in 1662, was s. by his son,

WILLIAM BLAIR, of Blair, who acted a prominent part in the troubled times in which he lived. Though so much esteemed by the court party as to be put in the commission in Ayrshire, for holding courts on the covenanters, he soon embraced the party which effected the Revolution, was a member of the convention of estates, 16th March, 1689, and one of the committee for settling the government. In that year he raised a troop of horse in support of King WILLIAM, and marched with it into Perthshire, but was surprised by Dundee, and carried prisoner to the Highlands, where he died very soon after. He m. Lady Margaret Hamilton, daughter of William, second Duke of Hamilton, and was s. by his son,

WILLIAM BLAIR, of Blair, who was a commissioner of supply for the county of Ayr,

MAGDALINE BLAIR, who m. William Scott, esq. advocate, second son of John Scott, esq. of Malleny, in Midlothian (for an account of the Scotts of Malleny, an ancient branch of Buccleuch, see vol. iii. p. 172,) and had a

son,

WILLIAM, her heir.

The heiress of Blair died probably before the year 1715, and Mr. Scott, her widower, who had assumed the surname of BLAIR, wedded, secondly, Catherine, only daughter of Alexander Tait, of Edinburgh, merchant, and had by her five sons and six daughters, viz.

HAMILTON, Successor to his half-brother,
William.

Alexander, surveyor of the Customs
at Port Glasgow, who m. Elizabeth,
only daughter of John Hamilton, esq.
of Grange, and had issue.

John, capt. of foot, killed at Minden in 1759.

Thomas, cornet in the Scots Greys,

killed at the battle of Vald, in 1747. William, lieutenant of foot, slain at Oswego, in India, in 1756.

Anne, m.to David Blair, esq. of Adam-
ton, and had an only daughter and
heir, Catherine Blair, who m. Sir
William Maxwell, bart. of Monreith,
and conveyed to him the estate of
Adamton.

Magdaline, m. to Sir William Maxwell,
bart. of Monreith, and had issue,
Sir William Maxwell, bart. of
Monreith.

Hamilton Maxwell.
Dunbar Maxwell.

Catherine Maxwell, m. to John
Fordyce, esq. of Ayton.

Jane Maxwell, m. to Alexander,
Duke of Gordon.

Eglinton Maxwell, m. to Sir Thomas

Wallace Dunlop, bart.

Janet, m. to Alexander Tait, esq. one of the principal clerks of session, and had issue.

Barbara, m. to William Fullarton, esq. of that Ilk.

Catherine, died unmarried.

Mary, m. to Sir John Sinclair, bart. of Stevenston and had issue. Magdalene Blair was succeeded, at her decease, by her son,

WILLIAM BLAIR, esq. of Blair, who died unmarried in 1732, and was s. by his halfbrother,

HAMILTON BLAIR, esq. who then became "of Blair." Early in life he entered the army, and in 1760, was major of the Scots

Greys. Hem. Jane, daughter of Sydenham Williams, esq. of Herringston, in the county of Dorset, (see vol. i. p. 617,) and had issue, WILLIAM, his heir.

Agatha, m. to lieut.-gen. Avarne. Jane, m. to Robert Williams, esq. of Cerne Abbas, in Dorsetshire, and had issue. (See vol. i. p. 617.) Major Blair died in 1782, and was s. by his son, the present WILLIAM BLAIR, esq. of Blair.

Arms-Quarterly, 1st and 4th arg. on a saltire sa. nine mascles of the field for BLAIR; 2nd and 3rd or, on a bend az. a star between two crescents of the field, and in base an arrow bend-wise ppr. feathered, headed, and barbed, arg. for SCOTT. Crest-A stag lodged ppr. Motto-Amo probos. Estates-In Ayrshire. Seat-Blair, near Dalry.

ROBERT YATE, of Dursley, in Gloucestershire lineally descended from De la Yate, who came into England with the CONQUEROR, was father of

JOHN YATE, who m. Margaret, daughter and co-heir of John Berkeley, son of Sir Robert Berkeley, of Arlingham, in the county of Gloucester, and grandson of Maurice, Lord Berkeley, who died 4th April, 1281. By Margaret, Robert Yate acquired the estate of Arlingham, and was s. by his

son,

JOHN YATE, of Arlingham, who m. his cousin, Janet, daughter of James Clifford, of Frampton on Severn, and was father of

WILLIAM YATE, of Arlingham, whose son, RICHARD YATE, of Arlingham, was escheator for the county of Gloucester. He died in 1531, and was s. by his son,

WALTER YATE, of Arlingham, also escheator for Gloucestershire, who m. Joan, daughter and heir of John De Box, and by her, who died 23rd September, 1586, had issue,

1. RICHARD, of Arlingham, high sheriff of Gloucestershire in 1575; who m. Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Wye,

esq. by Jane, his second wife, daughter of Sir Alexander Baynham, and died 24th July, 1581, leaving (with other issue who d. s. p.)

THOMAS YATE, esq. of Arlingham, who had, besides three daughters Abigail, Rebecca, and Mary, who all died issueless, an only

son,

RICHARD YATE, esq. of Arlingham, father of

WALTER YATE, esq. of Arlingham,

high sheriff of Gloucestershire, whose son and successor, RICHARD YATE, esq. of Arlingham, married Elizabeth, daughter and co-heir of Thomas Price, and had issue,

CHARLES, his heir.

John, barrister-at-law, d. s. p.

about 1748.

ELIZABETH, eventual heiress, m. to Charles Yate, who was born in 1660, and had issue, 1. HENRIETTA, m. Richard Warren, esq. of Radcliff, in Somersetshire, and had an only daughter and heir. DOROTHY, of Arlingham Court, who m. in 1760, Sir Richard Mill, bart. of Camoi's Court, and left an only surviving daughter, SOPHIA, present possessor of Arlingham Court, m. to the Count del Caina, a Nea

WALTER YATE, esq. of Hook House, in the parish of Bromesberrow, a magistrate and deputy lieutenant for Gloucestershire, and lieut. col. of that county's militia. He m. Elizabeth, daughter of Charles Dowdeswell, esq. of Forthampton Court, and by her (who d. 26th April, 1710, aged twenty-five,) had issue,

Walter, who d. s. p. 28th June, 1738. Catherine, d. 2nd May, 1713, aged five. Col. Yate died 12th December, 1744, aged seventy-six, was buried at Bromesberrow, and succeeded by his grand-nephew,

ROBERT DOBYNS, esq. of Evesbatch, in Herefordshire, b. in 1728, who assumed the surname and arms of YATE by act of parliament, in 1759. He was in the commission of the peace for the counties of Hereford and Gloucester, and served as high sheriff of the latter. He m. Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Gorges, esq. of Eye, in Herefordshire, high sheriff of that county, and sister of Richard Gorges, esq. M.P. for Leominster, and had issue,

Tibberton Court, Gloucestershire, and of Antigua, in the West Indies, barrister-at-law, and dying 13th December, 1819, left an only surviving child,

CAROLINE-ANNE DONOVAN, bapt. at Stanmore, in Middlesex, m. 3rd May, 1819, at Bath, to James Scott, esq. of Tibberton Court Gloucestershire, capt. R. N. eldest surviving son of Thomas Scott, esq. of Galloway, in Scotland, and of Ham Common, Surrey, and has issue,

Honywood Dobyns Yate Scott, b. in 1821.

Richard Donovan Yate Scott, b. in 1823.

Caroline Anne Yate Scott. Anna Maria, died young, 1783. Mr. Dobyns Yate died 26th May, 1785, aged thirty-three, and was s. by his son, the pre

sent

WALTER HONY WOOD YATE, esq. of Bromesberrow.

Family of Dobyns.

Catherine-Gorges, m. to Benjamin Hyett, esq. of Painswick, in Gloucestershire.

Eleanora, m.to the Rev. Dr.Drake, D.D. vicar, of Rochdale in Lancashire, who died 12th September, 1819, aged seventy-five. She died about 1824. Anne, m. to the Rev. Robert Foot, M.A. prebendary of Llandaff, and d.

s. p.

Elizabeth, died in June, 1784, aged

nineteen. Mr. Dobyns Yate died 10th January, 1766, and was s. by his son,

ROBERT GORGES DOBYNS YATE, esq. of Bromesberrow, bapt. there, who m. in July, 1775, Annabella Christiana, only daughter of William Honywood, esq. of Malling Abbey, in Kent, sister of Sir John Honeywood, bart. of Evington, and niece of Viscount Courtenay. By her, who died in April, 1808, he had issue,

WALTER-HONYWOOD, his heir.
Robert-Gorges, b. in 1782; d. unm.
5th April, 1802.
Annabella-Christiana, died young in

1789.

Caroline-Elizabeth, m. 12th September, 1797, to Richard Donovan, esq. of

Aure, Gloucestershire,) married Frances, daughter of John Haviland, of Wilkeshood, parish of Langley, Isle of Purbeck, by Mary Carew, his wife, and had a son and succes

sor,

JOHN DOBYNS, esq. an eminent barrister, who purchased from Charles Morton, the fordshire. He m. Dorothy, daughter of the manor and advowson, of Evesbatch, in HereRev. Henry Bright, prebendary of Worcester, by Joan, his wife, daughter of Rowland Berkeley, esq. of Spetchley, and dying in 1639, was interred, in Worcester Cathedral, and s. by his son,

ford, and of Evesbatch, who was in the comROBERT DOBYNS, esq. of the city of Hereford, and a barrister of the Middle Temple. mission of the peace for the county of HereEdward Vernon, of Sudbury, in the county He married first, Margaret, daughter of Sir of Derby, which lady died s. p. 26th October, 1658, and secondly, Bridget, eldest daughter of Fulke Walwyn, esq. of Hellins, in Much Marcle, by Margaret, his wife, daughter of Sir Walter Pye, knt. of the Mynde. By his second wife, who d. 1st November, 1698, Richard Dobyns left at his decease 3rd October, 1710, a daughter, Margaret, b. in 1663, wife of John Hill, and

a son,

ROBERT DOBYNS, esq. of Evesbatch, b. 10th September, 1662, who m. CATHERINE, daughter of RICE YATE, esq. of Bromesberrow, and dying in 1713, left a son,

ROBERT DOBYNS, esq. of Evesbatch, assumed, as already shewn, the surname and arms of YATE.

Arms-Quarterly, 1st and 4th az. a fess. and in chief two mullets or, for YATE; 2nd

or, for DOBYNS.

Crests-1. An elephant's head arg. tusked ог. 2. A falcon volant or.

Mottoes Quo,virtus vocat for YATE: Quod pudet hoc pigeat.

Estates-In Gloucestershire.

Seat-Bromesberrow, Gloucestershire.

RALPH MILBANKE, who held the honourable office of cupbearer to Mary Queen of Scots, having been involved in a duel in his native country, was forced to seek an asylum in England, where he purchased the estate of Chirton, near North Shields, in the county of Northumberland, and settling there, founded the family of Milbanke, which subsequently became so influential in the neighbouring county of York. His grandson,

MARK MILBANKE, esq. high sheriff of Northumberland, took a prominent part in the restoration of CHARLES II. and was one of the gentlemen of the town of Newcastle who raised a sum of money and sent it to the king when an exile at Breda. He m. Dorothy, daughter and co-heir of Ralph Cock, esq. and had issue,

William, died unm.

MARK, of whom presently.

Judith, m. to Sir Barrington Bourchier, knt. of Benningborough. The only surviving son and heir,

MARK MILBANKE, esq. of Halnaby, in the county of York, was created a BARONET 7th August, 1661. He m. first, Elizabeth, daughter, and sole heir of John Acclom, esq. of Moorby, in the same shire, and had by her four sons and one daughter, viz.

1. MARK, who succeeded as second ba

ronet, and married Jane, only daughter of Sir Ralph Carr, knt. of Cocken, by whom he left at his decease, in 1698, three sons and two daughters viz.

MARK (Sir), third bart. of Halnaby, d. unm. in 1705.

Ralph (Sir), fourth bart. of Halnaby, ancestor of the present Sir JOHN PENISTON MILBANKE, bart. (See BURKE'S Peerage and Baronetage.) Acclom.

Judith, m. to Cuthbert Routh, esq. of Low Dimsdale, in the county of Durham.

Dorothy, m. to John Milbank, esq.

of Thorp Perrow.

II. Acclom, who inherited the Barningham property. He m. first, a lady of Cambridgeshire, by whom he had three daughters, and secondly, Anne, daughter of Timothy Davidson, esq. by whom he left at his decease, 26th April, 1704, a son Mark, who died in April, 1758.

III. Ralph, who m. Anne, daughter of Dr. Martin, of Oxford, but left no issue. IV. JOHN, of whom presently.

1. Elizabeth, m. to Nicholas Cole, esq. eldest son and heir of Sir Ralph Cole, bart. of Brancepeth Castle, and had issue.