Shaw, of New York, who after his death, 1788, became the wife of Alexander Cochrane, brother to the Earl of Dundonald. He died in 1783, and was succeeded by his brother,

Cerberus, and married Maria, daughter of

VI. The Rev. Sir JOHN THOMAS WHEATE, Bart. A. M. vicar of Leachlade, born at London, Sept. 15, 1750, unmarried, 1784.

ARMS-Vert, a fess dauncette or, three garbs in chief of the last. CREST-On a wreath, a buck's head, couped, or, in his mouth, three ears of wheat, proper.

SEAT-At Leachlade, Gloucestershire.

216. BUCKWORTH, of SHEEN, near Richmond,

Surry.

Created Baronet, April 1, 1697.

1, Richard Buckworth, of Wisbeach, in the Isle of Ely, who married Rose, daughter and coheiress of Skegnes, of Skegnes, in Lincolnshire, Esq. by

whom he had,

2, Everard Buckworth, of Wisbeach, Esq. living 1619, who married Emme, daughter of Thomas Oxburgh, of Lenne, in Norfolk. and died 1641, aged 70, by whom he had, Everard Buckworth, of Wisbeach, Esq. and other children.

3, Sir John Buckworth, Knt. and alderman of London, was a younger brother of Everard before-mentioned; he married and had one son, Sir John, and

three daughters, Margaret, wife of Sir Peter Vandeput, Knt. sheriff of London, 1684; Elizabeth, of Thomas Hartopp, Esq. alderman of London; and Mary, wife of Sir William Hussey, Knt. who went ambassador from King William to the Ottoman Porte. Sir John died Dec. 1687 *.

* Dr. Scott, who knew him well, gives him the following character (a): "This excellent person, Sir John Buckworth, was as eminently known as ever any merchant that trod the exchange of London; and indeed, considering the great share he had of intellectual endowments, he was a gentleman that seemed to have been marked out by providence to make a considerable figure among men. For first, nature had enriched him with a clear bright mind, with a quick apprehension, a prompt memory, a steady and piercing judgment, together with a natural presence of mind, and fluency and readiness of speech, which enabled him, upon all occasions, easily to express his own conceptions of things, in very clear and apt language. All which natural endowments he had vastly improved and cultivated, by a long and curious observation and experience; for as nature had fitted him for an active life, so providence soon introduced him upon the stage of action; for, as he was born a gentleman, so he was educated a merchant, which, perhaps, is one of the most advantageous academies in the world to instruct the mind in the knowledge of men, and the management of human affairs, His education furnished him with a fair opportunity of seeing the world, as well abroad as at home, and of prying into the intrigues of commerce, and into the manners and interests of men, whence he drew so many wise and useful observations, as rendered him a prince among merchants and an oracle of trade; insomuch, that he was thought worthy to be chosen deputy-governor of that wise and great company of the Turkey merchants; and was, perhaps, as much consulted by his superiors about the interest of the English trade, and the mysteries of commerce, as any one merchant of this city or nation. Thus for his intellectuals.

"As for his morals, I believe that all that knew him, will allow him this character; that he was a gentleman of great integrity and fidelity to his trust; of exact justice and righteousness in his commerce and dealings that he was a studious and successful peacemaker; and great part of his time, before he was called up by his prince into a more busy and active station, being spent in arbitrating differences between man and man; in which he was so expert, so impartial and prosperous, that I am apt to think he ce

(a) Dr. Scott was rector of St. Peter-le-Poor, London, and preached his funeral sermon there, Dec. 29, 1687.

I. Sir JOHN BUCKWORTH, of Sheen, Knt. his only son and heir, the first Baronet of this family, was a person of extraordinary parts, and spoke Latin as fluently as he did English, (though few spoke English better) and having been well grounded in classical learning, travelled into Turkey, and other places, where he improved his natural and acquired abilities; was universally esteemed by all that knew him. He died at his seat at Sheen, Jure, 1709, in the flower of his age, and was buried with his father. He left by his wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. Hall, a merchant, two sons, Sir John, his successor, and Everard Buckworth, Esq.; also one daughter, Elizabeth, who died unmarried. His wife surviving him, married Mr. Hiccocks, one of the masters in chancery. Lady Buckworth died at Sheen, in Surry, May 20, 1737.

II. Sir JOHN BUCKWORTH, Bart. his eldest son and successor, was member of parliament for Weobley, in Herefordshire; he married Mary-Jane, daughwho died June 26, 1775. Sir John died Dec. 1758, and was suc

ter of

ceeded by his brother,

mented as many broken friendships, reconciled as many quarrels, and adjusted as many differences, (which otherwise might have flained out into destructive breaches) as most of those blessed peacemakers that are gone before him.

"Consider him in his respective relations, and there all that knew him, I am sure, will allow him to have been a faithful, a loyal, and useful subject to his prince, a kind and obliging husband to his lady, a tender and a wise father to his children, a prudent, careful, and benevolent master to his servants; and, in a word, a wise counsellor, a faithful friend, and a just and diligent correspondent.

"As for his religion, he was a hearty Protestant of the Church of England, which, upon mature judg ment, and upon thorough information, he preferred for the loyalty of its principles, the simplicity of its doctrines, and the primitive purity of its worship and discipline, before all the churches in the world; and what his judgment was of our church, he visibly expressed by his constant attendance upon the public offices of our religion, upon the Lord's day, from which he never absented, but when he was either detained by sickness, or some very urgent and unavoidable occasion, and in which he always demeaned him with all the profound reverence and devotion that outwardly expresses a mind inspired with a pious sense of its duty, and of the awful presence of the great majesty of heaven.

"Thus he lived; and, as for his death, though it was accompanied with all the circumstances that could render a man fond of life, though he had a plentiful estate, a loving and beloved wife, dutiful and hopeful children, and these all of them happily disposed of, and settled in the world, to his own heart's content-to leave all which at once, seems a very hard chapter to a mind not well resolved; yet all these together had no such effect upon him. Indeed, not long before his death, though then in perfect health, he seemed to have a boding of his approaching fate; for having, to his heart's desire, disposed of his only son in marriage (who was the last of his children undisposed), he hath been often heard to say, that now he thanked God his business in this world was all finished, and that it was high time for him to think of his departure into the other; and when, soon after, he was seized with his last sickness, he bore it with an invincible courage and constancy; and though the last part of it was extremely painful to him, he underwent it without complaint or murmuring, with a mind that seemed entirely resigned to the sovereign disposer of all events. And when he perceived the approaches of death, and found that he was going off this stage of mortals, he never shewed the least sign of regret or reluctancy, but took a solemn leave of his friends, and which was much harder, of his dearest relatives, who stood lamenting and weeping about him; and this with a mind very serious indeed, but in all appearance very calm and composed. And finally, he gave up the ghost like a brave man and a good christian, with a firm and undaunted mind, and as one that had placed his main hope on the other side the grave, and did expect to exchange an uneasy mortal life for an immortal one of pleasure. And therefore, though I make no doubt after all, but that as a man, he had his faults, (and he that hath none, let him cast the first stone), yet I am sure he had his virtues, and those very eminent ones too; and therefore it will highly become us who survive, in charity to cast a veil over the one, and in piety imitate and transcribe the other."

III. Sir EVERARD BUCKWORTH, Bart. who was assistant gentleman. usher to his Majesty, and married Mary, daughter of William Dipple, of the county of Worcester, Esq. who died in Nov. 1767, by whom he had one daughter Charlotte, who died Dec. 5, 1773, as she was entering the drawing-room of Dr. Baker, in Jermyn-street; he died Feb. 10, 1779, and was succeeded by his son, IV. Sir EVERARD BUCKWORTH, Bart.

ARMS-Sable, a cheveron, between three crosslets, fitchy, argent.

CREST-On a wreath, a man's head, full-faced, armed with an helmet, the beaver open, all proper.

SEAT-At Sheen, near Richmond, in Surry.

217. CLARKE, of SNAILWELL, Cambridgeshire.

Created Baronet, July 25, 1698.

1, JOHN CLARKE, of Bocking, in Essex *, descended from a family of that name in Kent, had one son,

wife of Tho

2, John Clarke, of Bury, in Suffolk, who married Margaret, daughter of Bourne, of Bury, and died about 1681, leaving a daughter, mas Barnardiston, of Hackney, in Middlesex, Esq. and a son,

I. SAMUEL CLARKE, of Snailwell, in the county of Cambridge, Esq. who was advanced to the dignity of an English Baronet in the tenth year of the reign of his Majesty King William III. He married Mary †, daughter of Major Robert Thomson, of Newington-Green, in the county of Middlesex, who, in the late Civil Wars, distinguished himself for the liberty of his country; he had two sons, Sir Robert, his successor, and Samuel, who died unmarried; and three daughters ‡, Frances, wife of Thomas Lucke, Esq. barrister at law, (she died Nov. 1, 1718;) Margaret, wife of the Rev. Malabar, rector of Barton-Togry, in Suffolk; and Mary, who died unmarried. Sir Samuel died March 8, 1719, and was succeeded by his son,

II. Sir ROBERT CLARKE, Bart. who in the year 1717, was chosen representtative in parliament for the county of Cambridge§. He married Mary, the only surviving daughter of Arthur Barnardiston, Esq. (youngest son of Sir Nathaniel Barnardiston, of Barnardiston, in the county of Suffolk, the twenty-third knight, in a lineal descent, of that family) by whom he had ten children; seven whereof lived to maturity; viz. 1, Sir Samuel, his successor, born May 21, 1712; 2, Sir Robert, successor to his brother, born Jan. 22, 1714; 3, Sir Arthur, the present Baronet, born Feb. 6, 1715; 4, John, born May 15, 1717; 5, Mary, born April 15, 1720; 6, Anne, born Feb. 4, 1724; and 7, Jane, born April 7, 1727. Lady Clarke died Jan. 1732-3. One of the daughters was wife of Benjamin Lane, of Hampstead, Esq. Sir Robert died 1746, and was succeeded by his eldest son,

III. Sir SAMUEL CLARKE, Bart. who served the office of high-sheriff for the counties of Cambridge and Huntingdon in 1753, and dying unmarried Nov. 1758, was succeeded by his brother,

IV. Sir ROBERT CLARKE, Bart. who married Elizabeth, daughter of Littel, by whom he had one son John. Sir Robert died Aug. 18, 1770, and was succeeded by his son,

V. Sir JOHN CLARKE, Bart. who died young, Nov. S, 1782, and was succeeded by his uncle,

VI. Sir ARTHUR CLARKE, Bart. whose lady died Oct. 24, 1792.

* Le Neve's MSS. vol. iii. p. 304.

Le Neve, ibid.

† Ex inf. Dom. Rob. Clarke, Bar. 1727.

$ Ex inf. Dom. Rob. Clarke, Bar. 1727.