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IV. Sir WILLIAM CLAYTON, the present Baronet, son of William, second surviving son of Sir William, the first Baronet, by his second lady. He was of Harleyford, in Bucks, and of Marden Park aforesaid. He was born in Stan-. hope-street, May Fair, April 16, 1762, and married, July 16, 1785, Mary, daughter of Sir William East, of Hall Place, in Berks, Bart. by whom he has five sons and two daughters, 1, William-Robert, born Aug. 28, 1786; 2, Catharine-Emilia, born Nov. 13, 1789; 3, East-George, born April 9, 1794; 4, John-Lloyd, horn Aug. 19, 1796; 5, Rice-Richard, born Nov. 15, 1797; 6, Augustus-Philip, born 1789; 7, Mary-Caroline, born 1800.

ARMS-Argent, a cross, sable, between four pellets.

CREST-In a mural crown, gules, a leopard's paw erect, argent, grasping a pellet.

MOTTO-Virtus in actione consistit.

SEATS-At Marden, near Godstone, in Surrey; and Harleyford, near Great Marlow, Bucks.

Aug. 5, 1745, Colonel Clayton, son of the late General Clayton, married Buckworth, Esq. and niece of Sir John Buckworth, with 20,0001. fortune.

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245. BROWN, of WESTMINSTER.

Created Baronet, March 11, 1731–2.

I. ROBERT BROWN, a merchant at Venice, having been his majesty's -resident abroad, was advanced to the dignity of a Baronet, 5 Geo. II. with a remainder in his patent, in case of failure of issue male of his body lawfully begotten, to his brother Colonel James Browne, Esq. and his heirs male; and in default of such issue, to Edward Brown, Esq. another brother of the said Robert, and the heirs male of his body, lawfully begotten.

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Sir Robert was elected in the eighth and ninth parliament of Great Britain for Ilchester, in Somersetshire, and in May, 1741, was appointed pay-master of his Majesty's works, concerning the repairs, new buildings, and well keeping of any of his Majesty's houses of access, and others, in time of progress. ried Margaret Cecil, sister of the Right Rev. Dr. Cecil, rector of Hatfield, in Hertfordshire, and bishop, first of Bristol, and afterwards of Bangor, by whom he had two daughters, who died unmarried. Lady Brown died on Ash-Wednesday, Feb. 13, 1782, aged 84, and was buried at Audley-street Chapel, as was her husband and two daughters. Sir Robert died Oct. 5, 1760, and was succeeded by his nephew,

II. Sir JAMES BROWN, Bart. who married, by whom he had one son William-Augustus. Sir James died April 20, 1784, and was succeeded by his only son,

III. Sir WILLIAM-AUGUSTUS BROWN, Bart. who has been a long time insane, and living in the same house with his mother, in 1794, in the absence of his keeper took up a coal-scuttle, and dashed her brains out.-Gent. Mag. p. 579.

ARMS-Gules, a cheveron, between three fleur-de-lis, or.

CREST-On a wreath, a demi-lion rampant, gules, holding in its dexter paw a fleur-de-lis, as in the arms.

MOTTO-Gaudeo.

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246. HEATHCOTE, of LONDON.

Created Baronet, Jan 17, 1732-3.

THIS was a private gentleman's family of great respectability in the county of Derby. Gilbert Heathcote married Anne, daughter of Thomas Dickins, Esq. of Chesterfield, by whom he had seven sons; 1, Gilbert; 2, John; 3, Samuel, ancestor to the Heathcotes, of Hursley; 4, Josiah; 5, William; 6, Caleb; 7, George.

I. Sir GILBERT, the eldest son and heir, knighted by Queen Anne, was one of the directors and first founders of the Bank of England; lord-mayor of the city of London, which he represented in four successive parliaments in the reigh of Queen Anne. In the year 1714, he was chosen to serve in parliament for Helston, in Cornwall; in 1722, for Lymington, in Hampshire; and, in 1727, for St. Germain's, in Cornwall. He was advanced to the dignity of a Baronet 5 Geo. II. He married Hester, daughter of Christopher Rayner, Esq. by whom he had one son Sir John, his successor; and two daughters, Anne, wife of Sir Jacob Jacobson, Knt.; and Elizabeth, to Sigismond Trafford, of Dunston-Hall, Lincolnshire, Esq. Sir Gilbert died Jan. 25, 1732-3, aged 82, and was buried at Normanton, his seat in Rutlandshire, where a handsome monument, by Mr. Rysbrach, was erected for him*.

II. Sir JOHN HEATHCOTE, Bart. only surviving son and successor to Sir Gilbert, was member of parliament for Grantham, in Lincolnshire, in one parliament, and for Bodmin, in Cornwall, for two others. He was appointed, by the will of Sir Hans Sloane, Bart. to be one of the trustees to the British Museum, and elected one of the vice-presidents of the Hospital for the Maintenance and Education of exposed and deserted Infants, May 14, 1755. He married, July 1720, Bridget, daughter of Thomas White, of Tuxford and Walling Wells, in

* Whereon is the following inscription:

To the memory of Sir Gilbert Heathcote, Knt. and Bart. a person
of just natural endowments, improved by long experience, ready to
apprehend, slow to determine, resolute to act, and a zealous friend
to the rights and liberties of mankind; in offices of power and
trust, true to his country's honour; a great instrument in founding
and well governing the Bank of England. In the year 1711, was
lord-mayor of London, which city he governed with courage and
temper, after having represented it in four successive parliaments
with dignity and integrity.

A kind landlord, a steady friend, an affectionate relation, and in his
character unblemished.

Sir Gilbert Heathcote, born at Chesterfield, in Derbyshire, married
Hester, daughter of Christopher Rayner, Esq. left issue Sir John
Heathcote, and Ann, married to Sir Jacob Jacobson, Knt.; and
Elizabeth, married to Sigismond Trafford, of Lincolnshire, Esq.

Nottinghamshire, clerk of the ordnance, and M. P. for Retford, who died May 5, 1772, and was buried at Normanton, where an elegant monument is erected to her memory. By her he had two sons and five daughters; 1, Sir Gilbert, his successor; 2, John, who married Lydia, daughter of John Moyer, Esq. by whom he had two children; 3, Bridget, wife of James, Earl of Morton; 4, Anne, of Sir Archibald Edmonston, Bart.; 5, Hester, of Sir Robert Hamilton, Bart; 6, Mary, of Charles White, Esq.; and 7, Henrietta, of Henry Calthorp Campion, of Hurst Pierpoint, Esq. Sir John died at Normanton, Sept. 5, 1759, and was succeeded by his eldest son,

III. Sir GILBERT HEATHCOTE, Bart. who married, June 22, 1749, Margaret, youngest daughter of Philip, Earl of Hardwicke, and lord-high-chancellor of England, who died in childbed Aug. 11, 1769. Sir Gilbert married secondly, March 27, 1770, Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Hudson, Esq, of Teddington, in Middlesex, by whom he had three sons and one daughter, 1, Sir Gilbert, his successor; 2, John; 3, Robert; and 4, Elizabeth, wife, in 1797, of Thomas Grosvenor, Esq. a colonel in the third regiment of guards, and nephew to the Earl of Grosvenor. Sir Gilbert died at North-End, near Kennington, Dec. 4, 1785, and was succeeded by his eldest son, then a minor.

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IV. Sir GILBERT HEATHCOTE. Bart. born Oct. 1773. He married Catharine-Sophia, second daughter of John Manners, of Buckminster Park, in the county of Leicester, Esq. by the Right Honourable Lady Louisa, daughter of Lionel, Earl of Dysart, by whom he has issue three sons, 1, Gilbert-John, born Jan. 16, 1794; 2, Lionel-Edward; and 3, William-Henry.

ARMS-Quarterly: first and fourth, ermine, three pomeis, each charged with a cross, or; second and third, azure, a saltire engrailed, ermine.

CREST-On a mural crown, azure, a pomeis, charged with a cross, or, between two wings displayed, ermine.

SEATS-Normanton Park, in Rutlandshire, and Stamford, in Lincoln

shire.

247. HEATHCOTE, of HURSLEY, Hampshire.

Created Baronet, Aug. 16, 1733.

SAMUEL HEATHCOTE, Esq. third son of Gilbert Heathcote, of Chesterfield, in the county of Derby, Esq. went over a merchant to Dantzic, where he got a considerable estate with great reputation; on his return, he was esteemed by all that knew him, being a man of exceeding good understanding, and great honour and integrity in all his dealings.

He was very intimate with the great Mr. Locke, who advised with and had great assistance from him in that useful work, the regulating the coin of the kingdom, as well as in several other public affairs. He died greatly lamented by all his relations and acquaintance, Nov. 13, 1708, aged 53. He married, Jan. 22, 1690-1, Mary, second daughter of William Dawsonne, of Hackney, Esq. and sister of the late William Dawsonne, Esq. (who was many years a director of the East-India Company, and executed that trust with the greatest reputation), a lady of great merit and virtue; she died Feb. 10, 1719-20, aged 50, by whom he had issue four sons, two of whom, Sir William, his successor, and Samuel, member of parliament for Boralston in the 8th and 9th parliaments of Great Britain, in Devonshire, survived him; and two daughters, one of whom was wife of Sir Francis-Henry Drake, of Buckland-Monachorum, in Devonshire, Bart.

* Ex inf. Dom. Wil. Heathcote, Bar. 1741.

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