a burgess for the University of Oxford. Such is the noble example of independence and untainted purity in elections, set to all electors, by that most learned and most respectable body, that to declare, to canvass, to treat, or even to be seen within the limits of the University, during a vacancy, would be, in any candidate, a forfeiture of all favour, and an uttter exclusion. By this distinguished conduct, invariably pursued, by the honour they confer on the object of their choice, they reflect the highest honour upon themselves. Thus honoured was Sir Roger Newdigate, not knowing that he was proposed, supported, and elected, till he received a letter from the vice-chancellor by one of his beadles, and in the same manner, without application or expence whatsoever, he was re-elected in 1754, and again in 1761, and in 1768: and, for the fifth time in 1774, being then absent in Italy, which he had revisited that summer. Upon the dissolution of that parliament. in 1780, after 35 years service in parliament, advanced in years, and his health affected by a town life, much ill health in his family, and wishing for repose, he solicited his dismission, and retired from public life. In 1776, he married his second lady, Hester, daughter of Edward Mundy, of Shipley, in Derbyshire, Esq. and sister to Edward Miller-Mundy, Esq. Knt. of the shire for that county, who died Sept. 30, 1800. In 1786 he built a villa, in a beautiful situation which overlooks the valley of the river Colney, with in a, mile of Uxbridge.. ARMS-Three lions gambs, erased, argent, on a field, gules.. CREST-Fleur de lis, argent, swan, and horse, MOTTO-Confide rectè agens, and foyall loyall. SEATS Harefield Lodge, Middlesex, Arbury and Astley Castle, Warwickshire. 197. POOLE, of POOLE, Cheshire. Created Baronet, Oct. 25, 1677.. THIS family is very ancient, and the stem of many eminent branches; as, the Poles, of Devonshire, and others. They are denominated, according to the custom of early times, from the lordship of Poole, in Wirrall hundred, in Cheshire; where, as Mr. Camden observes, they had lived honourably, and in a flourishing condition, many years. 1, Robert Pull*, alias Poole, alias De la Poole, lord of Barretspoole, 8 Ed. I.. by Elizabeth, daughter of Hugh Raby, was father of, 2, Reginald, who was the father of, 3, James, who died, 1 Ed. II. leaving, * Ex inf, Dom, Fra, Poole, Bar. 1726-7. 4, Robert de Pull, his son and heir, who married, 2 Rich. II. daughter and heiress of Thomas de Capenhurst. the 5, Sir John de Pull, Knt. his son, lived 8 Hen. IV. and 3 Hen. V. and was father of, 9 daughter of 6, Sir John Poole, of Poole, in Wirrall, living about 19 Rich. II. who, by Mainwaring, of Peover, had issue, 1, Sir Thomas Poole, of Poole, Knt. lord of Poole, and Capenhurst, 35 Hen. VI.; 2, Robert Poole, who left posterity; 3, Sir Richard Poole, Knt. who had progeny; and, 4, James Poole, grandfather to John Poole, of Stratford, in Essex. 7, Sir Thomas Poole, eldest son, married Elizabeth*, daughter of Sir William Stanley, of Hooton, in Cheshire, Knt. by whom he had, 8, Thomas, who married daughter of Sir Edward Fitton, of Gawsworth, in Cheshire, Knt. by whom he was father of, 1, Sir Thomas; 2, John, who died without issue; 3, Randle, a priest; 4, Sir William Poole, of Poole, Knt.; also several daughters, Elizabeth, wife of John Minshul!, of Minshull, Esq.; Margaret, of Thomas Scarbridge; Elizabeth, of Hurliston; Blanch, of of Bunbury, of Staney; another, of Billington, of Chester; another, 9, Sir Thomas Poole, of Poole, Knt. before-mentioned, intailed all his lands on his heirs male †, and married, 11 Hen. VII. Mary, daughter of Sir John Mainwaring, of Peover. 10, Thomas, his son, living temp. Hen. VII. married heiress of Thomas Dedwood, of Chester. daughter and 11, Sir Thomas, his son, married Maud, daughter of Randle Mainwaring, of Peover, by whom he had, 12, Sir William, who was sheriff of Cheshire (durante bene placito) 16 Hen. VIII. He married Margaret, daughter of Thomas Hough, of Leighton, by whom he had, Thomas, and a daughter, Matilda, first the wife of Sir Thomas Grosvenor, Knt. and afterwards of Robert Fletcher. 13, Thomas Poole, of Poole, Esq. married Mary, daughter of Sir John Talbot, of Grafton, Knt. by whom he had four sons, 1, John; 2, Randle, or Ranulph, who married Eleanor, daughter of Sir Henry Delves, Knt. but left no issue; 3, Thomas, who married Elizabeth, daughter of Lawrence Rope, of Stapeley; and 4, Barnabas; also three daughters, 1, Margaret, wife of George Vernon, of Richmond; 2, Elizabeth, of John Butler, of Dunstable; and 3, Frances. 15, John Poole, of Poole, Esq. eldest son, living 1566, married, first, Susan, daughter of Sir John Fitton, of Gawsworth, in Cheshire, Knt. but by her had no issue; secondly, Catharine, daughter of John Minshull, of Minshull, Esq. by whom he had four sons, 1, John; 2, William; 3, Rowland; and 4, Reginald, who married Cecily, daughter of Matthew Wood, vicar of Wibbenbury, and had issue; also four daughters, 1, Margaret, wife of Richard Skrymshire, of Norbury manor, in Staffordshire, Esq.; 2, Maude; 3, Anne, wife of John * Ex inf. Dom. Fra. Poole, Bar. 1726-7. † Ibid. Culchith, in Lancashire Esq.; and 4, Bridget, wife of Sir Thomas Steward, of Ely, Knt. He died Dec. 5, 1618. 15, John Poole, Esq. eldest son, married, temp. Eliz. Mary, daughter of Sir Rowland Stanley, of Hooton, Knt. sister to Margaret, wife of Sir John Egerton, of Egerton, Knt. and dying in his father's life-time, left issue, John Poole, heir to his grandfather, living 1613, Francis, who married Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Frogge, of Minshull; and Henry; also two daughters, Mary, wife of Ralph Peshall, of Oulton, in Staffordshire, Esq. third son of Sir John Peshall, of Horseley, Bart.; and Eleanor, of John Bowes. 16, John Poole, Esq. successor to his grandfather, as before-mentioned, married Dorothy, daughter of Thomas Tildesley, of Morleys, in Lancashire, Esq. by whom he had, James, Thomas, and Margaret. He died, May, 1641. James, son and heir, aged ten, 1613, married, first, Catharine, daughter of Sir John Talbot, of Grafton, in Worcestershire, Knt.; secondly, Catharine, daughter of Sir John Peshall, of Horsley, in Staffordshire, Bart. by whom he had a daughter, Margaret, who died unmarried. He died of his wounds, received at the siege of Chester, about 1645, and was buried at Namptwich, in Cheshire. 17, Thomas Poole, Esq. second son, and heir to his brother, James, married, first, Dorothy, daughter of John ap Meredith Vychan, of Merionethshire, Esq. by whom he had, James: he married, secondly, Ellen, daughter of Francis Draycott, of Staffordshire, Esq. by whom he had no issue. She, surviving him, was remarried to Sir Edward Mostyn, of Talacre, in Flintshire, Bart. and was buried at St. Giles's in the Fields, Middlesex. 18, James Poole, of Poole, Esq. married Mary, daughter of John, and sister of Sir Edward Mostyn, of Talacre, in Flintshire, Bart. who, surviving him, remarried with Sir William Gerard, of Garswood, in Lancashire, Bart.: by her he had issue, James, and William, who married Mrs. Hesketh. daughter of Hesketh, in Yorkshire, Esq.* and had issue. I. JAMES, his eldest son, was created a Baronet by King Charles II. which title was, on failure of issue-male of his body, further limited to his brother, William, and the heirs-male of his body. He married, first †, Anne, daughter of Thomas Eyre, of Hassop, in Derbyshire, Esq. by whom he had three sons, and a daughter; John, died young; James, married Meliora, daughter of Gumbleton, of Kent, but had no issue; and Sir Francis, of whom hereafter; Anne, his daughter, was wife of Robert Molineux, of Mosborough, in Lancashire, Esq. His second lady was, Anne, daughter of Kirkham, of Devonshire, Esq. relict of Sir Thomas Escourt, of Pinkney, in Wiltshire, Knt. * Quære, if this William was not of Birchley, in Lancashire, and married Mary, daughter of Sir Thomas Estcourt, of Cherston-Pinkney, in Wiltshire, Knt. and had issue, William, about eight years old, 1704, and other children.-Le Neve's MSS. Vol. III. p. 219. This William, son and heir of William, (I take it) was treasurer of the Stamp-office, and married the sister of Thomas Pelham, of Stanmer. Place, in Sussex, Esq. member of parliament for Lewes, and had a brother, Edward Poole, M. D. † Ex inf. Dom. Fra. Poole, Bar. 1726–7. master in chancery, (she died, March, 1698, and was buried at Easton, in Cheshire); by her he had three sons, William, and Thomas, who died young, and Rowland, who married Bridget, daughter of Richard Hudleston, of Milom Castle, in Cumberland, Esq. and had issue three daughters, Bridget, Anne, and Elizabeth. Sir James, married to his third wife, Frances, one of the daughters and coheiresses of Major-general Randolph Egerton, of Betley, in Staffordshire, (relict of Sir John Corbet, of Stoke, and Adderley, in Shropshire, Bart.) but by her had no issue. He was succeeded by his only surviving son, II. Sir FRANCIS POOLE, Bart. who married Frances, daughter of Henry Pelham, of Lewes, in Sussex, Esq. brother to the late Lord Pelham, by whom he had two sons, Henry, and Ferdinando, successively Baronets; and one daughter, Frances, wife, Oct. 6, 1767, of Henry Temple, Lord Viscount Palmerston, who died at his lordship's house, in the Admiralty, June 1, 1769, without issue. Sir Francis † was elected representative in parliament for Lewes, in Sussex, in 1743; and died, Feb. 16, 1763, and was succeeded by his eldest son, III. Sir HENRY POOLE, Bart. who was appointed one of the commissioners of the Excise, in 1763, and, by a new commission, in 1765. He died, July 8, 1767, and was succeeded by his only brother, IV. Sir FERDINANDO POOLE, Bart. who married. in 1772, daughter of White, of Horsham, in Sussex. He was sheriff of Sussex, in 1789. * Epitaph in Ramsey Church, Hants. In the vault beneath are deposited the remains of Frances, Viscountess Palmerston, Daughter of Sir Francis Poole, Bart. She was married to Henry, Viscount Palmerston, Oct. 6, Her sense was strong, her judgement accurate, her † Lodge, Vol. V. p. 244. He, for whom she joined those tender names, |