the county of Northampton, and was s. by his eldest son, RALPH LEYCESTER, of Toft, who m. in 1489, Ellen, daughter of Ralph Egerton, of Ridley, in Cheshire, by whom (who espoused after his decease Robert Honford, of Chorley) he had a son and successor, SIR RALPH LEYCESTER, of Toft, who received the honour of knighthood at Leith, in Scotland, 11th May, 1544, at which time the Earl of Hertford, being then general, knighted several Cheshire gentlemen. Sir Ralph m. first, Ellen, daughter of Philip Legh, of Boothes, and had issue, Ralph, who d. young. Laurence, who m. Jane, daughter of Elizabeth, m. first, to Sir Randle Man- Anne, m. to Philip Manwaring, brother and heir to Sir Randle. Ellen, d. young. SIR GEORGE LEYCESTER, of Toft, his eldest surviving son and successor, m. Alice, eldest daughter of Peter Leycester, esq. of Tabley, (and co-heir to the lands of Colwick, in Staffordshire, in right of her mother, daughter and heiress of Edward Colwick, esq. of Colwick), and had issue, William, both d. young. RALPH, his successor. Katharine, m. first, to William Tatton, Mary, m. in 1611, to James Massy, esq. Alice, m. to John Bradshaw, esq. of The following appointment appears, from Mary, m. to Hugh Calverley, of Lea, countries, for the good opinion we have of in Cheshire. the fidelity of this gentleman, George Leycester, our servant, we have appointed him captain of 150 foot-men, and Hugh Starkey his lieutenant." Sir George was knighted Sir Ralph espoused, secondly, Jane, daughter of Sir John Calverley, of Lea, and relict of John Edwards, of Chirk, in Denbighshire, but had no further issue. He d. 23rd Fe-about the 44th of Elizabeth, and was made bruary, 1572, and was s. by his eldest surviving son, sheriff of Cheshire by patent, dated 29th December, 45th of Elizabeth, but the queen dying in March following, he had another patent for the same durante beneplacito. He departed this life, with the reputation of having been a person most serviceable to his country, in 1612, and was s. by his only surviving son, RALPH LEYCESTER, esq. of Toft, who m. Mary, daughter of Anthony Woodhull, esq. of Mollington, in the county of Oxford, and had issue, GEORGE, his successor. } Mary, m. first, to Culvert Chambers, Jane, m. first, to Captain Conney; and, Ralph Leycester disposed of his part of the lands of Colwick, and dying in 1640, was s. by his eldest son, GEORGE LEYCESTER, esq. of Toft, who m. Dorothy, daughter of John Clayton, esq. and sister and co-heir of Richard Clayton, esq. of Crooke, in Lancashire, and had several children, by the eldest of whom, RALPH LEYCESTER, esq. of Toft, he was succeeded at his decease, in 1671. This gentleman espoused Eleanor, daughter of Sir Peter Leycester, bart. of Tabley, the well known historian of Cheshire, and had issue, GEORGE, his successor. Ralph, a military officer, who d. in Susannah-Norris, d. young. Theodosia, m. to the Rev. Egerton Leigh, archdeacon of Salop, and rector of Lymme. Susannah, m. to the Hon. John Grey, third son of the Earl of Stamford. Mr. Leycester d. in 1777, and was s. by his eldest son, GEORGE LEYCESTER, esq. of Toft, at whose decease unmarried, in 1809, the family estates devolved upon his brother, RALPH LEYCESTER, esq. of Toft, who m. in 1762, Charlotte, third daughter of the Eleanor, m. to Thomas Molesworth, Rev. Dr. Lushington, of Eastbourne, Sussex, esq. of Wincham. Elizabeth, died unmarried. Dorothy, Frances, m. to Thomas Rigby, esq. of the county of Lancaster. Anna-Byrom. Joan. Byrom. He d. in March, 1685, and was s. by his elder son, GEORGE LEYCESTER, esq. of Toft, who m. Jane, daughter of Oswald Moseley, esq. of Ancoats, in the county of Lancaster, and of Rolleston, in the county of Stafford, by whom he had (with several daughters, who all died unmarried) three sons, RALPH, his successor. George, a merchant in London. The eldest son and successor, RALPH LEYCESTER, esq. of Toft, b. in 1699; espoused Katherine, daughter and co-heiress of Edward Norris, esq. of Speke, in the county of Lancaster, by Anne, daughter and heiress of Peter Gerard, esq. of Crewood, and by her (who d. in 1799, at the advanced age of ninety) he had issue, and had issue, RALPH, present proprietor. Henry, a captain in the navy, d. at Pisa. George, fellow of King's College, Cambridge. William, m. in the East Indies, daughter of Friel, esq. and has issue. Charlotte, m. to Charles Dumbleton, esq. of Bath. Harriet, m. to the Rev. Robert Cox, vicar of Bridgenorth. Susanna. Mr. Leycester was s. at his decease by his eldest son, RALPH LEYCESTER, esq. present representative of the family. Arms-Az. between two fleurs-de-lis or, a fesse of the second fretty gu. Crest-A roebuck party per pale or and gu. attired of the second, holding in his mouth an acorn branch, ppr. Estates-Toft, Cheshire, possessed from time immemorial. In the female until the reign of RICHARD II. when a Leycester, of Tabley, married the heiress of Toft, from which period it has come down to the present proprietor in hereditary male descent. Seat-Toft Hall, Knutsford, Cheshire. GEORGE, his successor. This mansion stands about one mile south RALPH, heir to his brother. of Knutsford, at the end of a venerable and Edward, d. unmarried in 1756. spacious avenue formed by triple rows of Hugh, b. in 1748; king's counsel and ancient elms. The ground slopes gradually one of the judges of North Wales. behind the house to the Great Vale of CheOswald, b. in 1752; in holy orders, shire, over which there is a rich and extenM.A. rector of Stoke upon Tern, who sive prospect. The principal front of the m. first, Mary, daughter of P. John- hall, which closes up the avenue, is brickson, esq. of Semperly; and, secondly, | built, and of two stories, excepting the proEliza, daughter of Charles White, jecting wings, which are of three, and teresq. of Manchester. minate in gables, and a square tower of four Anne, m. to Rev. Dr. Norbury. stories, which rises from the centre. DONOVAN, OF FRAMFIELD PARK. DONOVAN, ALEXANDER, esq. of Framfield Park, in the county of Sussex, and of Chillowes Park, Surrey, a gentleman of the king's most honorable Privy Chamber, b. 25th October, 1778, m. first, Miss Anne Foster, of the family of Lord Ferrard, and has issue, HENRY. Anne, m. to T. Braddell, esq. of Prospect, in the county of Wexford. Louisa, m. to R. Stone, esq. of Gale House, in Sussex. He espoused, secondly, Eliza, daughter of Charles Mellish, esq. of Blythe, in Nottinghamshire; and thirdly, in May, 1817, the Honorable Caroline Vanneck, second daughter of Joshua, first Lord Huntingfield; by the last lady he has further issue, Alexander, b. in June, 1819. Maria. At the general election of 1826, Mr. Donovan became a candidate for the borough of Lewes, together with Sir John Shelley, bart. and Thomas-Read Kemp, esq. The contest commenced 7th June, and was continued until the 10th, when Mr. Donovan retired.* He is High Sheriff for the county of Sussex in the present year (1832.) Lineage. This family is of Milesian Irish extraction. During the usurped sway of OLIVER CROMWELL, CORNELIUS O'DONOVAN, a descendant of the very ancient house of O'Donovan, in the county of Cork, having embraced the protestant religion, obtained from the protector the command of a troop of horse, and dropping the original O, as savouring too much of Catholicism, was gazetted as Captain Donovan. On his retirement from the army, he purchased an estate in the county of Wexford, where his family continued to reside until their settlement in England. JAMES DONOVAN, esq. of Chillowes Park, Surrey, the lineal descendant of Captain Donovan, m. in 1772, Miss Margaret Moore, of Dublin, and had issue, ALEXANDER, present representative of the family. James, of Buckham Hill, Sussex, who m. Miss Thompson, eldest daughter of George Thompson, esq. of Dublin. Mary, m. to George Braddell, esq. of Prospect, in the county of Wexford. Mr. Donovan d. in 1831, and was s. by his eldest son, the present ALEXANDER DONOVAN, esq. of Framfield Park. Arms—Arg. an arm lying fessways, couped at the elbow, and holding a sword erect; entwined round the blade a serpent, all ppr. Crest-A hawk, wings displayed, ppr. Motto-Adjuvante deo in hostes. Estates-Framfield Place, Sussex, purchased in 1817, and other adjoining estates since acquired; Horham Thorp Hall, in Suffolk, in right of the present Hon. Mrs. ELLISON, CUTHBERT, esq. of Hebburn, in the county of Durham, b. 12th July, 1783, m. Isabella-Grace, daughter and co-heiress of Henry Ibbetson, esq. of St. Anthony's, in the county of Isabella-Caroline, m. in 1824, to Hon. George John Henrietta, m. in January, 1824, to William-Henry Louisa, m. 8th April, 1829, to Lord Viscount Stormount, Sarah-Caroline. Anne. Mr. Cuthbert Ellison, who represented for some time Newcastle-upon-Tyne in parliament, and is High Sheriff for the county of Durham, s. to the family estates upon the demise of his father, 20th August, 1795. Lineage. CUTHBERT ELLISON, of Newcastle-upon- His son and successor, Tyne, merchant adventurer, served the office CUTHBERT ELLISON, esq. of Hebburn, m. of sheriff of Newcastle in 1544-1549-1554, in 1663, Jane, daughter of William Carr, and was s. at his decease by his son, CUTHBERT ELLISON, of Newcastle-uponTyne, merchant adventurer, who m. Elizabeth, daughter of - Metcalfe, esq. of Gloster Hill, in the county of Northumberland, and had a son and successor, upon his demise, in 1580, CUTHBERT ELLISON, of Newcastle-uponTyne, merchant adventurer, who m. Jane, daughter of Charles Isle, esq. and was 8. by his son, ROBERT ELLISON, esq. who served the office of sheriff of Newcastle in 1646, and represented that borough several years in parliament. He m. first, Elizabeth, daughter of Cuthbert Grey, esq. of Newcastle, and of Backworth, in the county of Northumberland, by whom he had a son, CUTHBERT, his successor. He espoused, secondly, 27th July, 1672, Agnes, relict of James Briggs, of Newcastle, merchant, but had no further issue. esq. of Newcastle, and sister of Sir Ralph Carr, and was s. at his decease by his son, ROBERT ELLISON, esq. of Hebburn, who espoused, in 1696, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Henry Liddell, of Ravensworth Castle, and had issue, CUTHBERT, his successor. Henry, b. 3rd March, 1699, who m. in 1729, Hannah, daughter and co-heiress of William Coatsworth, esq. and had a son, HENRY, who s. his uncle in the family estates. Robert, b. in November, 1710, colonel of the 44th regiment of foot, d. s. p. 23rd October, 1765. Mr. Ellison was s. by his eldest son, CUTHBERT ELLISON, esq. of Hebburn, a general officer in the army, and M.P. for Shaftesbury, at whose decease, unmarried, 11th October, 1785, the family possessions devolved upon his nephew, HENRY ELLISON, esq. of Hebburn, who m. 15th May, 1779, Henrietta, daughter of John Isaacson, esq. and dying in 1795, was 8. by his son, CUTHBERT Ellison, esq. present representative of the family. Arms-Gu. a chevron or, between three eagles' heads erased, arg. Estates At Hebburn, Monkton, Jarrow Grange, Newton Garth, Gateshead Park, and Shipcote, in the county of Durham; and also Westons, Nether Houses, and Kellyburn, in the county of Northumberland. Town Residence-Whitehall Gardens. Seat-Hebburn, in the county of Durham. FITZ-HERBERT, OF NORBURY AND SWINNERTON. FITZ-HERBERT, THOMAS, esq. of Norbury, in the county of Derby, and of Swin nerton, in Staffordshire, b. 21st January, 1789, s. his father 22nd Nov. 1799, m. 15th July, 1809, Marian, daughter of John-Palmer Chichester, esq. of Arlington, in the county of Devon, and has issue, The family of FITZ-HERBERT, whose WILLIAM FITZ-HERBERT, Lord of Nor JOHN FITZ-HERBERT, Lord of Norbury, who was s. by his son, another JOHN FITZ-HERBERT, of Norbury, who was s. by his son, SIR WILLIAM FITZ-HERBERT, of Norbury, to whom King HENRY III. granted Freewarren in Norbury, A.D. 1252. He had three sons, viz. name appears in the Roll of Battle Abbey,* | bury, living in 1166, who was s. by his son, descends from a Norman knight, called HERBERT, which in conformity to a prevalent custom amongst the Normans of describing themselves as the son of some eminent ancestor, became the patronymic of the family. In Latin, Filius Herberti; in Norman, Fils, or Fitz-Herbert. In the year 1125, (25th HENRY I.) William Prior, of Tutbury, by his charter, attested by Robert de Ferrers, Earl of Derby, the superior Lord of Tutbury, and his two sons, Robert and William de Ferrers, Hawise, his wife, the Bishop of Litchfield, Abbot of Burton, and divers other distinguished persons, granted to WILLIAM FITZ-HERBERT,† the manor of Norbury, in the county of Derby, (The original charter, with the manor, are in the possession of the present Mr. Fitz-Herbert). He was s. by his son, * See Burke's Extinct and Dormant Peerage. WILLIAM, the son of Herbert. 1. HENRY (Sir), his successor. 2. Thomas, Lord of Somersall, in the RICHARD FITZ-HERBERT, esq. of |
