WENTWORTH-MARQUESSES OF ROCK INGHAM. (Refer to WATSON, Barons Rockingham, &c.) The HON. THOMAS WATSON, 2nd son of Edward Watson, 2nd Lord Rockingham, by Lady Anne Wentworth, succeeded to the Wentworth estates on the demise of his uncle, William, Earl of Strafford, in 1695, and assumed the additional surname of WENTWORTH; from this gentleman descended the Marquesses of Rockingham. WENTWORTH-EARL OF CLEVELAND, Earldom, by Letters Patent, dated 7 February, 1625. Lineage. This family, although of great antiquity in the co. York, did not attain the honour of the peerage until the time of HENRY VIII., when THOMAS WENTWORTH, Esq., son of Sir Richard Wentworth, Knt., of Nettlested, co. Suffolk, was summoned to parliament by writ, as BARON WENTWORTH. His lordship m. Margaret, dau. of Sir Adrian Fortescue, Knt., by Anne, his wife, dau. and heir of Sir William Stonor, Knt. (by Anne, dau. and co-heir of John Nevil, Marquess of Montacute), and had issue, His lordship, who was lord chamberlain of the household, d. in 1551, and was 8. by his eldest son, THOMAS WENTWORTH, 2nd baron, summoned to parliament, from 23 January, 1552, to 4 February, 1589. This nobleman, on the demise of EDWARD VI., was one of the first who appeared for Queen MARY, and upon her Majesty's accession his lordship was sworn of the privy council, and constituted deputy of Calais, and the marches thereof, in which high trust he continued until the surrender of that place, January, 1558, to the overwhelming force of the Duke of Guise, after being held by the English for upwards of two centuries. Lord Wentworth was subsequently tried by his peers on suspicion of cowardice or treachery, but honourably acquitted. In the reign of ELIZABETH, his lordship was one of the noblemen who sat in judgment upon the Duke of Norfolk, and upon MARY, Queen of Scotland. He m. Anne, dau. of Sir John Wentworth, Knt., of Gosfield, co. Essex, and had issue, Thomas, who m. Elizabeth, dau. of William Cecil, Lord Burghley, but d. s. p., v. p. HENRY, his successor. Elizabeth, m. to William Hynde, Esq., son and heir of Sir Francis Hynde, Knt. His lordship d. in 1590, and was s. by his son, HENRY WENTWORTH. 3rd baron, summoned to parliament, 19 February, 1593. His lordship m. Anne, dau. of Sir Owen Hopton, Knt., and widow of Sir William Pope, Knt., by whom he had issue, Jane, m. to Sir John Finet, Knt., of West Keele, co. Lincoln. His lordship d. in 1594, and was s. by his elder son, THOMAS WENTWORTH, 4th baron, who was created 7 February, 1625, Baron Wentworth, of Nettlested, and EARL OF CLEVELAND. This nobleman was one of the most zealous supporters of the royal cause during the unhappy times of CHARLES I., and suffered much, including imprisonment in the Tower of London. He had the satisfaction, however, of witnessing the restoration of the monarchy, and headed a body of 300 noblemen and gentlemen in the triumphal procession of CHARLES II. into London. His lordship m. 1st, Anne, dan of Sir John Crofts, of Saxham, co. Suffolk, Knt., and had surviv ing issue, THOMAS, who was summoned to parliament as Lord Wentworth, of Nettlested, 16th CHARLES 1. His lordship m. Philadelphia, dau. of Sir Ferdinando Carey, Knt., and dying v. p. (in 1664), left an only dau., HENRIETTA WENTWORTH, who 8. her grandfather in the ANNE, who m. John, Lord Lovelace, and s. her niece in the The earl m. 2ndly, Catherine, dau. of Sir John Wentworth, Knt., of Gosfield Hall, co. Essex, and had an only child, Catherine, who m. William Spencer, Esq., of Cople, co. Bedford, and d. 8. p. His lordship d. in 1667, when the Earldom of Cleveland became EXTINCT, and the old Barony of Wentworth devolved upon the grand-dau., HENRIETTA WENTWORTH, as Baroness Wentworth. This lady resided at Toddington, co. Bedford, with James, Duke of Monmouth, whose attachment to her ladyship continued until his decease. Lady Wentworth survived his grace's execution but a few months, and her remains were interred under a costly monument at Toddington (refer to SCOTT, Duke of Monmouth). Her ladyship d. in 1686, when the barony reverted to her aunt (refer to issue of the Earl of Cleveland), LADY ANNE WENTWORTH, as Baroness Wentworth. This lady (as stated above) m. John, Lord Lovelace, and had issue, JOHN, who s. to the Barony of Lovelace on the death of his father, and dying in the life-time of his mother, left, by his wife, Martha, dau. and co-heir of Sir Edmund Pye, Bart, of Bradenham, co. Bucks, an only surviving child, MARTHA LOVELACE, who 8. her grandmother in the Barony of Wentworth. Anne, d. unm. Margaret, m. to Sir William Noel, Bart., of Kirkby-Malory, co. Leicester, and had issue, SIR THOMAS NOEL, Bart., who d. in 1688, s. p., and was & by his brother, SIR JOHN NOEL, Bart., who n. Mary, dau. and co-heir of Sir John Cloberry, of Winchester, Knt., and had two SODS and a dau., viz., 1 SIR CLOBERRY NOEL. Bart., who m. Elizabeth, dan. of Thomas Rowney, Esq., of Oxford, and had a son, SIR EDWARD NOEL, who inherited the Barony of Wentworth on the decease of Martha Lovelace, Lady Wentworth, in 1745. 2 William Noel, one of the judges of the court of Com mon Pleas, m. Susanna, dau. of Sir Thomas Trollope, Bart., of Casewick, co. Lincoln, and had four daus, his co-heirs, viz., Susanna-Maria, m. to Thomas Hill, Esq., and was mother of NOEL HILL, created in 1784, BARON HILL. Anne, d. unm. Frances, m. to Bennet, 3rd Earl of Harborough. 3 Anne Noel, who m. 1713, Francis Mundy, Esq. of FRANCIS-NOEL-CLARKE MUNDY, Esq., of Markeaton. FRANCIS MUNDY, Esq., of Markeaton, M.P. for co. WILLIAM MUNDY, Esq., of Markeaton, co. Derby, M.P., m. 1830, Harriet-Georgiana, eldest dan. of James Frampton, Esq., of Moreton, ca Dorset, by the Lady Harriet Strangways, his wife, and has a son, FRANCIS-NOEL, 6. 1833. Anne, Lady Wentworth, d. in 1697, and was s. by her granddau. (the barony being adjudged to her in parliament by descent, and confirmed in 1702), MARTHA LOVELACE, as Baroness Wentworth. This lady assisted at the coronation of Queen ANNE, and walked in the procession, in her place, as a peeress. She m. Sir Henry Johnson, Knt., but d. 8. p. in 1745, when the Barony of Wentworth passed to the family of Noel, and her ladyship's cousin (refer to issue of Margaret, dau. of Lady Anne Wentworth, Baroness Wentworth), SIR EDWARD NOEL, Bart., of Kirkby Malory, became BARON WENTWORTH. His lordship m. Judith, dau. and heir of William Lamb, Esq., of Farndish, and had issue, THOMAS, his successor. JUDITH, m. to Sir Ralph Milbanke, Bart. This lady and her husband assumed the additional surname of NOEL at the decease of her brother, Thomas, Viscount Wentworth. She d. in 1822, leaving an only dau. and heiress (Sir Ralph d. in 1825), ANNE-ISABELLA, b. 17 May, 1792, who m. 2 January, 1815, the celebrated poet, GEORGE GORDON, LORD BYRON, and had an only child, AUGUSTA-ADA BYRON, b. 10 December, 1815, m. 8 July, Lady Byron became, at the death of her cousin, Lord Elizabeth, m. in 1777, to James-Bland Burgess, Esq. (after- NATHANIEL CURZON, 3rd Baron Scarsdale, who d. unm. 12 William Curzon, killed at Waterloo. Sophia-Caroline Curzon, m. in 1800, to Robert, Viscount His lordship was advanced, by letters patent, dated 4 May, 1762, to the dignity of VISCOUNT WENTWORTH, of Wellesborough, co. Leicester, and dying in 1774, was s. by his son, THOMAS NOEL, 2nd Viscount Wentworth, and 9th successor to the Barony of Wentworth. His lordship d. s. p. 17 April, 1815, when the Viscounty became EXTINCT, but the Barony of Wentworth fell into ABEYANCE between his lordship's sister, JUDITH, LADY MILBANKE, and his nephew, the HoN. NATHANIEL CURZON, afterwards 3rd Lord Scarsdale. Judith, Lady Milbanke, d. 22 January, 1822, and Nathaniel, 3rd Lord Scarsdale, d. unm. 12 November, 1856. On the occurrence of the latter event, Lady Milbanke's only child, Anne-Isabella, Lady Byron, became Baroness Wentworth. Arms-Of the WENTWORTHS-Sa., a chevron between three leopards' heads, or, a crescent for difference. The 4th son, Alsworth, Esq., and d. in 1660, THOMAS WESTERN, of Rivenhall Place, Esq. (which estate he purchased in 1693), fined for alderman of London, and d. 11 January, 1707, æt. eighty-three, having m. 30 September, 1651, Martha, dau. of Samuel Gott, M.P. for Winchelsea, and by her left issue, 1. Samuel Western, Esq., thrice M.P. for Winchelsea, m. AnnaMaria, only dau of William Finch, Esq., and d. v. p. 20 August, 1699, having had issue, 1 Samuel, d. 5 February, 1697. 2 WILLIAM WESTERN, of Rivenhall Place, Esq. (to which estate he s. on the death of his grandfather, 1707), m. Anne, dau. of Sir James Bateman, Knight, lord inayor of London, Esq II. THOMAS, of whom presently. III. MAXIMILIAN, of Great Abington, co. Cambridge, Esq., m. Anne, dau. of Mathews, Esq., and had, with other issue, 1 THOMAS, his successor. 2 Maximilian, of Cokethorpe, co. Oxford, and of Lincoln's Inn-fields, co. Middlesex, a director of the East India Company, m. Anne, dau. of — Tahourden, Esq., and d. leaving issue, Maximilian, who m. a dau. of Fowkes, Esq., of Norfolk, Maximilian, who m. Miss Loder, but d. 8. p. Frances, m. Walter Strickland, Esq., of Flamborough, co. York, 3rd son of Sir George Strickland, Bart. Frances, m. 14 August, 1773, John Larpent, Esq., of East Sheen, co. Surrey (secretary to the Marquess of Hertford, lord lieutenant of Ireland), the father of the late Sir George-Gerard de Hochepied Larpent, Bart., M.P., for Nottingham. Dorothy, m. 12 May, 1796, Sir Edmund Head, Bart., of the Hermitage, co. Kent, who d. 21 November, 1796; she d. 8. p. in 1807. Olive. 1 Olive, m. Thomas White, Esq., of Tattingstone Place, co. Suffolk, and had issue. The eldest son of Maximilian, of Great Abington, THOMAS WESTERN, Esq., b. June, 1694; m. 19 December, 1726, Catherine, younger of the two daus. and co-heirs of Charles-Harman Le Gros, Esq., of Crostwight, co. Norfolk (grandson of Sir Charles Le Gros, Knight, by Muriel, his wife, eldest dau. of Sir Thomas Knyvett, Knight., great-grandson of Edmund Knyvett, Esq., Serjeant Porter to King HENRY VIII., by Jane, his wife, dau. and co-heir, and eventually sole heir of Sir John Bourchier, Lord Berners, K.G., temp. EDWARD IV., who was great grandson, of Sir William Bourchier, who was created by patent, 10 June, 1419, Earl of Ewe, in Normandy, who m. the Lady Anne Plantagenet, dau. of Thomas (of Woodstock), Duke of Gloucester, K.G.. 6th and youngest son of King EDWARD III.); by this marriage Mr. Thomas Western was father of (besides two daus., Anne, m. Richard Townley, Esq., of Belfield, co. Lancaster; and Frances, b. in February, 1733; m. 22 November, 1767, Elisha Biscoe, Esq., of London), an only son. THOMAS WESTERN, of Great Abington, Esq., b. 22 July, 1735 m. 7 May, 1759, Jane, dau. of Felix Calvert, Esq., of Albury Hall, co. Herts, M.P. for Wendover, and d. 30 June, 1781, leaving issue, 1. CHARLES, M.A., of Great Abington, rector of Kingham, co. Oxford, b. 22 March, 1760; m. 7 July, 1784, MaryPeniston (who d. 15 January, 1849), dau. of William Goo8trey, captain R.N., and d. 1 October, 1835, having had issue, an only dau., Hannah-Maria, who d. unm. 5 August, 1851, and a son, CHARLES-MAXIMILIAN-THOMAS WESTERN, Esq., lieut.colonel in the army, and knight-commander of the Portugese order of the Tower and Sword, b. 4 June, 1790; m. 4 November, 1813, Harriet, dau. of Christopher Clark, of Twickenham, King's co., in Ireland, captain in the army; she d. in June, 1846; he d. 14 May, 1824, leaving with two surviving daus., Mary Harriet, m. 18 August, 1840, to Edward Lees, Esq., of Dublin, and Jane-Harriet, m. November, 1842, to Patrick Byrne, Esq., of Coltique, co. Wexford, a son and heir, CHARLES-MAXIMILIAN-THOMAS, present representative of the Western family, b. 14 February, 1824; m. 3 October, 1850, Harriet, dau. of William Balfour, Esq., of Trenaby, in Orkney, and has issue, 1 Charles-Maximilian-Thomas, b. 2 September, 1855. 3 William-George-Balfour, b. 2 May, 1861. I THOMAS, of Tattingstone Place, co. Suffolk, and of Ald- 1 THOMAS-BURCH, created a baronet, 20 August, 1861 (see BURKE's Peerage and Baronetage). 11. George, one of the surveyors of the General Post Office, b. 1 August, 1762; d. um. April, 1821. IV. John, lieutenant R N., b. 22 June, 1770; killed in the expedition to Holland, 21 March, 1793. v. James, of Bath, co. Somerset, b. 6 February, 1774; m. 7 December, 1805, Charlotte, eldest dau. of Rev. Robert Hallifax, vicar of Standish, co. Gloucester, and d. 15 November, 1864, having by her (who d. 4 June, 1864) with other issue, Edward, b. 22 August, 1808; m. 23 April, 1835, Frances, eldest dan. of John-Adolphus Young, Esq.. of Hare Hatch, co. Berks, and d. 10 April, 1862, leaving Edward-Young, b. 3 March, 1827; George-Adolphus, m. 4 October, 1865, Emily, dau. of Guy Atkinson, Esq., of Cangort; and other issue. VI. Roger-Peter, of the East India Company's service, b. 26 April, 1775; m. 1st, in 1798, Helen, widow of Major Thomas Hook, of Bombay; 2ndly, Anna-Maria Wiggett, who d. 20 August, 1853; he d. s. p. 28 November, 1834. VII. William-Brydges, an officer in the East India Company's service, at Bengal b. 12 November, 1779; d. um. 18 October, 1818. 1. Jane, d. unm. 5 March, 1852. II. Anne, m. 1st, Rev. Chaloner-Byng Baldock, vicar of Milton Abbey, co. Dorset: 2ndly, in December, 1800, Rev. Edward Valy, rector of Stanford, co. Berks, and had issue by both husbands. I. Mary, d. young. IV. Charlotte, d. unm. 1 August, 1859. v. Caroline, m. 21 June, 1794, Edward Knipe. Esq., of Epsom, co. Surrey, and d. s. p. 17 November, 1837. VI. Mary, d. unm. 30 August, 1853. IV. William Western, of Rivenhall, co. Essex, Esq., d. unm. in 1706. v. Robert, of the parish of St. Peter's, Cornhill, m. 26 December, 1698, Anne, eldest sister and co-heir of the said Sir Richard Shirley, Bart., of Preston, co. Sussex, and d. in June, 1728, leaving issue, an only son, Thomas, who d. 8. p., and three daus., his co-heirs, viz: 1 Judith, m. John Morris, Esq., and had issue. 2 Sarah, m. Sir Thomas Mostyn, Bart., of Mostyn. co. Flint, and d. 28 March, 1740, leaving issue. 3 Anne, m. Hugh-Hume-Campbell, Viscount Polwarth, afterwards Earl of Marchmont, and d. 9 May, 1747. 1. Elizabeth, d. an infant. WESTON-BARONS WESTON, OF NEY- Barony, by Letters Patent, dated 13 April, 1628. Lineage. This family derived its origin from Hamon de Weston, Lord of Weston-under-Lyzard, co. Stafford, temp. HENRY II. The first of the family to settle in Essex, about 14th EDWARD I., was MICHAEL WESTON, younger son of Sir William de Weston, Knt., of Boston. He left two sons, Thomas (Sir), whose only dau. and heir, Margaret, m. John de Loveyn, Lord of Little Estayne, and whose dau. and heir, m. Sir William Bourchier, Knt., from whom the Earl of Essex, of that name derived; and HUMFREY DE WESTON, who settled at Prested Hall, in Fering, co. Essex, where he was living in 1360, and where his descendants continued for several generations. Of these WILLIAM WESTON, was of Prested Hall, and of London, in 1512; by Margaret, his wife, he had, with other issue, Richard, his eldest son and heir, whose grandson, Robert, of Prested Hall, d. 6 June, 1601, leaving two daus. and coheirs. JOHN, 4th son, of whose line we treat. The latter, JOHN WESTON, left (besides a dau., Mary, wife of John Ball, of Suffolk) a son. RICHARD WESTON, who, being bred to the law, laid the foundation of the greatness of the family. He was appointed one of the judges of the Common Pleas in 1559. He m. 1st, Wiburga, dau. of Michael Catesby, of Seaton, co. Northampton, and relict of Richard Jenour, of Great Dunmow; 2ndly, Miss Burnaby; and 3rdly, Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Lovett, of Astwell, co. Northampton, and widow 1st of Anthony Cave, Esq., of Chicheley, and 2ndly of John Newdegate, Esq., M.P., and had issue by the first only, a son, JEROME, and two daus., Amphalis, m. to Sir Benjamin Tichborne, and II. Martha, m. Peter Gott, Esq., of Fairchurch in Wadhurst, Margaret, m. 1st, to John Loveday, and 2ndly, to Andrew co. Sussex. III. Elizabeth, d. an infant. IV. Mary. m. Francis Tyssen, of Hackney, co. Middlesex, who d. in 1710, leaving issue. v. Sarah, m. Hon. Francis Brydges, receiver-general of the salt duty. 3rd son of James, 8th Lord Chandos, and brother of James, 1st Duke of Chandos; he d. s. p. 25 September, 1714. VI. Frances, m. Heneage Featherstone, Esq., of Terling, co. Essex (jure uxoris), who d. 19 June, 1711; she d. 24 June, 1746. The 2nd son of Thomas Western, of Rivenhall, and Martha Gott, his wife, THOMAS WESTERN, Esq., m. Ann, dau. of Captain Fisher, and dying 1 April, 1733, left an only child, THOMAS WESTERN, Esq., who s. to Rivenhall at the decease of his cousin James in 1730, and was M.P. for Sudbury: he m. Mary, sister and co-heir of Richard Shirley, Esq., of Preston, in Sussex, and was s. by his only son, THOMAS WESTERN, Esq., of Rivenhall, who m. Ann, dau. of Robert Callis, Esq., and sister of Admiral Smith Callis, and by that lady (who d. January, 1776,) left at his decease, 1765, aged fifty-six (with three daus., Anna, m. in 1768, to Sir Thomas Shirley, Bart.; Frances; and Judith, the wife of Robert Houlton, Esq.), two sons to survive him, viz., CHARLES, his heir, and Thomas-Walsingham, LL.D., rector of Rivenhall, d. s. p., 2 September, 1824. The son and heir, CHARLES WESTERN, Esq., of Rivenhall, b. 27 September, 1747, m. 24 October, 1766, Frances Shirley, only child of William Bollan, Esq., of London (by Frances, his wife, sister of Sir Thomas Shirley, Bart., of Oathall), and left at his decease, 24 July, 1771 (with a younger son, Shirley, in holy orders, rector of Rivenhall, who d. unm., 30 April, 1824), an elder on and heir, CHARLES-CALLIS WESTERN, of Rivenhall Place and Felix Hall, Essex, b. 9 August 1767, M.P. for Essex for twenty years, and for Maldon for twenty-two years, who was created BARON WESTERN, of Rivenhall, co. Essex, 28 January, 1833, but d. unm. 4 November, 1844, when the title became EXTINCT. Arms-Sa., a chevron, between two crescents and a trefoil. slipped in base, or. Glascock. He d. 6 July, 1572, and was 8. by his son, SIR HIEROME WESTON, Knt., of Roxwell, in Essex, high sheriff of the county 41st ELIZABETH, who m. 1st, Mary, dalt. and co-heir of Anthony Cave, Esq., of Chicheley, Bucks, and 2ndly, Margery, dau. of George Pert, of London, and relict of- Thwayts, and by the former had issue, RICHARD, his heir. William. Anne, m. to John Williams, of Brentwood, executed for trea son. wife of - Gardner, of Sussex. Winifrida, m. to Nicolas Cotton, Esq., of Romford. Dorothy, m. to Sir Edward Pinchon, Knt, of Writtle: their son, John Pinchon, Esq, of Writtle, left daus., his co-hei's, one of whom, Anne, m. John Woolfe, Esq., and was mother of a dau. and co-heir, Bridget, wife of John Webbe, Esq.. ancestor by her of the family of Webbe-Weston, of Sutton Place, co. Surrey. Margaret, m. to Edward Leventhorp. He d. 31 December, 1603; his elder son and heir, SIR RICHARD WESTON, Knt., b. 1577, was employed in the reign of JAMES I., as ambassador to Bohemia and subsequently to Brussels, to treat with the ambassadors of the emperor and king of Spain, regarding the restitution of the palatine. Soon after which he was constituted chancellor of the Exchequer, and elevated to the peerage, 13 April, 1628, as BARON WESTON, of Neyland, co. Essex. His lordship was sub sequently made lord treasurer of England, invested with the Garter, and created, 17 February, 1633, EARL OF PORTLAND. He m. 1st, Elizabeth, dau. of William Pinchon, Esq., of Writtle, co. Essex, by whom he had issue, Richard, who d. unm. in the earl's lifetime. Elizabeth, m. to Sir John Netterville, Knt., son and heir of Viscount Netterville. Mary. m. to Sir Walter Aston, Knt., son and heir of Walter, Lord Aston. The earl m. 2ndly. Frances, dau. and co-heir of Nicholas Walgrave, Esq., of Boreley, in Essex, and had four sons and four daus., viz., JEROME, his successor. THOMAS, who s. his nephew as Earl of Portland. Benjamin, of Walton-on-Thames, who m. Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Sheldon, Esq., of Houby, in Leicestershire, and widow of Charles Villiers, Earl of Anglesey, and had two daus., Elizabeth, m. to Sir Charles Shelley, Bart., and Anne, d. an infant. WII A Anne, . to Basil Fielding, son and heir of William, Earl of Denbigh. Mary-Frances, m. to Philip Draycote, Esq. of Paynsly, co. Stafford. Catherine, m. to Richard White, Esq., of Hutton, in Essex. His lordship d. 13 March, 1634, and was s. by his eldest son, JEROME WESTON, 2nd Earl of Portland, who . Lady Frances Stuart, dau. of Esme, Duke of Lennox, and had CHARLES, his heir, with four daus., Henrietta-Mary, Frances, Katharine, and Elizabeth, all of whom entered into religious orders. His lordship d. 16 May, 1662, and was s. by his son, CHARLES WESTON, 3rd Earl of Portland. This nobleman, falling in the great naval engagement with the Dutch, 3 June, 1665, and dying s. p., was s. by his uncle, THOMAS WESTON, 4th Earl of Portland, who m. Anne, dɛu. of John, Lord Butler, of Bramfield, and widow of Mountjoy Blount, Earl of Newport, but d. s. p. about the year 1688, when his estates passed to his nieces (the children of the 2nd earl), as co-heirs, while the honours became EXTINCT. Arms-Or, an eagle regardant and displayed, sa. 1. Gilbert, who m. Joan, dau. and heir of Kirkby, of Kirkby Thore, and was ancestor of the WHARTONS, of Kirkby Thore, co. Westmoreland; the WHARTONS, of Old Park, co. Durham; the WHARTONS, of Dryburn, also in Durham; the WHARTONS, of Gillingwood and Skelton Castle, co. York, &c. The elder son, THOMAS WHARTON, Esq., of Wharton and Croglin, m. a dau. of Lowther, of Lowther, and was father of HENRY WHARTON, who m. Alice, dau. of Sir John Conyers, of Hornby, and had a son and heir, THOMAS WHARTON, of Wharton, who m. Agnes, dau. of Reginald Warcop, Esq., and was father of SIR THOMAS WHARTON, Knt., governor of the town and castle of Carlisle, who in the 34th HENRY VIII., assisted by Sir William Musgrave, at the head of only 300 men, gallantly resisted an incursion of the Scots, put them to the rout, and made prisoners of the Earls of Cassilis and Glencairn, with several other personages of note. In two years after he marched into Scotland with the Lord Dacre, and was at the taking of Dumfries; for which and other eminent services, he was summoned to parliament as BARON WHARTON, from 30 January, 1545, to 30 September, 1566. In the 1st PHILIP and MARY, his lordship was constituted warden of the middle marches, and the next year he was made general warden of all the marches towards Scotland, and governor of Berwick. His lordship m. 1st, Eleanor, dau. of Sir Bryan Stapleton, of Wighill, co. York, and had issue, THOMAS, his successor. Henry (Sir), m. Jane, dau. and heir of Sir Thomas Mauleverer. Joane, m. to William Penington, Esq., of Muncaster, co. Cumberland. Anne, m. to Sir Richard Musgrave, Knt., of Harcla Castle, in Westmoreland. He m. 2ndly, Lady Anne Talbot, dau. of George, Earl of Shrewsbury, but had no other children. He d. in 1568, and was s. by his elder son, THOMAS WHARTON, 2nd baron, summoned to parliament from 2 April, 1571, to 8 May, in the next year. His lordship me. Lady Anne Devereux, dau. of Robert, Earl of Sussex, and had issue, PHILIP, his successor. Mary, m. to Roger Gower, Esq., of Henham, in Yorkshire. Anne, m. to William Woolrich, Esq. His lordship d. in 1572, and was s. by his son, then seventeen years of age, PHILIP WHARTON, 3rd baron, summoned to parliament, from 6 January, 1581, to 17 May, 1625. This nobleman m. Lady Frances Clifford, dau. of Henry, Earl of Cumberland, and had issue, George (Sir), who m. Lady Anne Manners, dau. of John, Earl of Rutland. Sir George Wharton fell in a duel with his In this friend, Sir James Stuart, son of Lord Blantyre. unfortunate conflict both combatants were slain, and both interred in one grave at Islington, by the king's command, 10 November, 1609. Sir George d. s. p. THOMAS (Sir), m. Lady Philadelphia Carey, dau. of Robert, Earl of Monmouth, and dying v. p. in 1622, left two sons, PHILIP, successor to his grandfather. Thomas (Sir), K. B., of Edlington, co York, m. Mary, dau. Margaret, m. to Edward Wotton, Baron Wotton. His lordship d. in 1625, and was s. by his grandson, PHILIP WHARTON, 4th baron, b. 1613, summoned to parliament from 3 November, 1639, to 19 May, 1685. This nobleman who attained majority in 1634, m. 1st, Elizabeth, dau. of Sir Rowland Wandesford, Knt., of Pickhay, co. York, and had an only dau., Elizabeth, who m. Robert Bertie, then Lord Willoughby de His lordship m. 2ndly, 7 Sept. 1637, Jane, dau. and heir of Arthur Goodwyn, Esq., of Upper Winchendon, co. Bucks, and had two sons and four daus., viz., 1. THOMAS, his successor. 11. Goodwin, M.P., d. 1704. 1. Anne, m. to William, only son of William Carr, groom of the bedchamber to King JAMES I. II. Margaret, m. 1st, to Major Dunch, of Pusey, in Berkshire, Jane Danch, m. Francis Keck, Esq. of Great Tew, co. Margaret Dunch, d. unm. 1690. III. Mary. m. 1st, to William, son and heir of Edmund Thomas, Esq., of Wenvoe, co. Glamorgan; and 2ndly. to Sir Charles Kemeys, Bart., of Kevanmably, in the same shire, M.P. for the county. Her ladyship's children by her 1st husband, d. s. p.; her dau. and heiress by her 2nd husband, JANE KEMEYS, m. Sir John Tynte, 2nd bart., of Halsewell, M.P. for Bridgwater, and was mother of 1 SIR HALSEWELL TYNTE, 3rd baronet, who d. s. p. in 1730. 2 SIR JOHN TYNTE, 4th baronet, in holy orders, d. unm. in 1740. 3 SIR CHARLES KEMEYS-TYNTE, 5th baronet, who, on the decease of his uncle, Sir Charles Kemeys, Bart, s. p., became representative of that ancient family, and inherited its great estates. Sir Charles Tynte represented the co. of Somerset in parliament. He d. s. p. 1755, when the baronetcy EXPIRED, and his estates devolved upon his only sister's dau. 4 JANE TYNTE, m. to Major Hassell, of the royal horse guards (blue), son of John Hassell, Esq., by Anne, his wife, dau. and heir of Thomas St. Quintin, Esq., and left a dau., JANE HASSEL, who inherited the estates of the Kemeys and Tynte families upon the death of her uncle, Sir Charles Kemeys-Tynte. She. Colonel Johnstone, of the foot guards, groom of the belchamber to George, Prince of Wales, afterwards GEORGE IV.. who assumed, by sign manual, the surnames of KEMEYS-TYNTE. He d. in 1807, and was 8. by his only son, CHARLES-KEMEYS KEMEYS-TYNTE, Esq., M.P. for Bridgwater, colonel of the Somerset cavalry, who m. Anne, dau. of the Rev. T. Leyson. relict of Thomas Lewis, Esq., of St. Pierre, co Monmouth, and had issue, 1 CHARLES-JOHN KEMEYS-TYNTE, Esq, of Halsewell House, co. Somerset, and of Kevanmably, ca Glamorgan, one of the co-heirs of the Barony of Wharton. 1 Anne, m. to Sir William-Henry Cooper, Bart., of Gogar, who d. 1836. 2 Jane, d. unm. 1834. 3 Louisa, m. to Simon-Fraser Campbell, Esq. 4 Henrietta-Anne, m. to T.-A. Kemmis, Esq. IV. Philadelphia, m. 1st, to Sir George Lockhart, Knt., of Carnwath, and 2ndly, to Captain John Ramsay. Of the marriage of Hon. Philadelphia and Sir George Lockhart, the co-representatives are ALEXANDER-DUNDAS ROSS-WISHARTBAILLIE-COCHRANE, Esq. of Lamington, co. Lanark, and GEORGE-ANTHONY AUFRERE, Esq., of Foulsham, Norfolk, who are both co-heirs of the Barony of Wharton. Lord Wharton m. 3rdly, Anne, dau. of William Carr, already mentioned as groom of the bedchamber to King JAMES I., and widow of Edward Popham, Esq., by whom he had a son, William, killed in a duel December, 1689. His lordship who was a violent Puritan, and an active parliamentary partisan, temp. CHARLES I, d. 5 February, 1695, and was s. by his eldest son, THOMAS WHARTON, 5th baron. This nobleman, who was esteemed a profound and eloquent statesman, having devoted himself zealously to accomplish the Revolution, was created by Queen ANNE, by letters patent, dated 24 December, 1706, VISCOUNT WINCHENDEN, Co. Bucks, and EARL WHARTON, in Westmoreland. His lordship was advanced, 15 February, 1715, to the dignities of MARQUESS OF MALMESBURY, in Wiltshire, and MARQUESS OF WHARTON; and, 12 April, following, he was made a peer of Ireland, as Baron Trim, Earl of Rathfarnham, and Marquess of Catherlough. His lordship m. 1st, 1654, Anne, one of the two daus. and co-heirs of Sir Henry Lee, of Ditchley, co. Oxford, but by that lady had no issue. He m. 2ndly, Lucy, dau. of Adam Loftus, Lord Lisburn, in Ireland, by Lucy, his wife, dau. of George Brydges, Lord Chandos, and by her (who d. 1716) had issue, PHILIP, his successor. Jane, both d. s. p. Lady Jane m. 1st, John Holt, Esq.. Lucy, and 2ndly, Robert Coke, Esq., of Hillingdon; and Lady Lucy m. (and was divorced from) Sir William Morice. Lady Jane Coke, the survivor of the two sisters, bequeathed her estate by will, proved 19 January, 1761, to Miss AnnaMaria Drayton, of Clarges Street, London, afterwards the wife of George, 2nd Earl of Pomfret. The marquess filled, with great éclat, the high appointment of Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, and took with him Addison as his Secretary. His lordship d. in London, 12 April, 1715, and was 8. by his only son, PHILIP WHARTON, 6th baron, and 2nd marquess, who was created DUKE OF WHARTON, 20 January, 1718. Of this, the profligate, eccentric, witty, and gifted Lord Wharton, Walpole thus speaks: "With attachment to no party, though with talents to govern any, this lively man changed the free air of Westminster for the gloom of the Escurial; the prospect of King GEORGE's garter for the Pretender's; and with indifference to all religion, the frolic lord, who had written the ballad on the archbishop of Canterbury, died in the habit of a Capuchin." After he had received a dukedom from GEORGE I. he became a strenuous opponent of the king's government, eventually espoused the tenets of the ancient church, and adopted the cause of the banished dynasty. In parliament his grace attained the reputation of an able and eloquent speaker; and his speeches against the ministers were delivered with much effect: in the instance of the South Sea affair Lord Stanhope was so excited by one of those tirades, that, in replying with extreme warmth, he burst a blood-vessel and died. On the bill of Pains and Penalties against Bishop Atterbury, his grace is accused of having deceived the minister by pretending to take part against the bishop, and having thus extorted from him, immediately prior to the third reading of the bill, the whole of his argument, came down to the House of Lords the next day, after a night of debauch without going to bed, and made one of the most masterly speeches in favour of the prelate, anticipating and answering all the arguments which could be adduced against him. His grace subsequently, retired into Spain, openly adopting the colours of the "Pretender" (by whom he was given the title of "Duke of Northumberland "), was a volunteer in the Spanish army before Gibraltar in 1727, and was attainted by parliament in the following year. The duke m. 1st, Martha, dau. of MajorGeneral Holmes, by whom he had an only child, Thomas, who d. an infant; and 2ndly, Maria-Theresa-O'Neill O'Beirne, maid of honour to the Queen of Spain, and dau. of Colonel Henry O'Beirne, an Irish officer, in the Spanish service, by Henrietta, his wife, dau. of Henry O'Neill, by whom (who survived until 1777) he had no issue. The duke retired at last into the Spanish monastery of St. Bernard, near Tarragona, and d. there 31 May, 1731, age thirty-two, when all his honours, save the Barony of Wharton, independently of the attainder, became EXTINCT; but were that act repealed the barony would be in abeyance between the Marquess Cholmondeley, Lord Wil loughby de Eresby, Charles-J.-K. Kemeys-Tynte, Esq., M.P., of Halsewell House, in Somersetshire, Alexander-Dundas RossWishart-Baillie-Cochrane, Esq., and George-Anthony Aufrere, Esq. Arms-Sa., a manch, arg., within a border, or, an orle of lions' gambs, erased in saltier, gu. The border, &c., being an augmentation granted by EDWARD VI. WHARTON-MARQUESS OF CATHER LOUGH. (See WHARTON, Duke of Wharton.) WHITWORTH-BARON WHITWORTH. By Letters Patent, dated 9 January, 1720. Lineage. The Whitworths were an ancient and respectable Staffordshire family. The eldest of the six sons of RICHARD WHitworth, Esq. of Adbaston, in that co., by Anne, his wife, dau. of the Rev. Francis Mosley, rector of Winslow, co. Chester, uncle of Sir Oswald Mosley, 1st Bart., of Rolleston and Ancoats, was CHARLES WHITWORTH, Esq., a distinguished diplomatist, celebrated for the number and importance of his embassies, who was raised to the peerage of Ireland, 9 January, 1720, as BARON WHITWORTH, of Galway; but d. s. p. 20 October, 1725, when the title EXPIRED. His lordship's youngest brother, FRANCIS, who represented Minehead, was grandfather of CHARLES, EARL WHITWORTH, in the peerage of England. (See that title.) Arms-Same as Earl Whitworth. The Whitworths, an ancient Staffordshire family, produced a nobleman of the kingdom of Ireland, in the beginning of the last century, CHARLES WHITWORTH, Baron Whitworth, of Galway, between whom and his namesake, the eminent person of whom we are about to treat, there are many points of singular similarity. Like his noble kinsman (our English lord,) he was celebrated for the number and importance of his embassies, like him created Baron Whitworth, of Galway, and, as if to complete the resemblance, d. in the year 1725 (the last lord, it will be seen, d. in 1825,) leaving no heir to his title. The brother of this Lord Whitworth, of Galway, FRANCIS WHITWORTH, Esq. (youngest son of Richard Whitworth, Esq. of Adbaston, co. Stafford, by Anne, his wife, dau. of Rev. Francia Mosley, rector of Winslow), was M.P. for Minehead, surveyor-general of woods and forests, and secretary of Barbadoes, settled at Leybourne, in Kent. He d. in 1743, and was s. by his son, SIR CHARLES WHITWORTH, Knt., of Leybourne, co. Kent, and of Millington, co. Chester, M.P. for Saltash, lieutenantgovernor of Tilbury Fort, governor of Gravesend, and treasurer of the Foundling Hospital, who m. in 1749, Martha, eldest dau. of Richard Shelley, Esq., commissioner of the Stamp Office, brother of Sir John Shelley, Bart., and had three sons and four daus., 1. CHARLES, his heir. II. Francis (Sir), lieut.-col., d. 1805. 1. Priscilla, m. 1st, to Sir Bellingham Graham, Bart.; and 2ndly, to Francis-Gerard, 2nd Viscount Lake. III. Richard, capt. R N., lost at sea. II. Catherine, m. 1st, 1774, to Henry, 4th Lord Aylmer; and 2ndly, to Howel Price, Esq. She d. 1805. III. Mary, m. to Thomas Lloyd, Esq. iv. Anna-Barbara, m. 1782, Sir Henry Russell, Bart., chief justice of Bengal, and d. 1814. |