fought bravely and successfully till the battle of Worcester, when he was taken prisoner with the Earl of Derby, and beheaded at Bolton, in Lancashire. This event hurt the estate of this particular line, but not irrecoverably, for the descendants of this gentleman are still very respectable, both in character and fortune. The last-mentioned Albany Fetherstonhaugh, father of Henry, and grandfather of Timothy, had opulent manors and possessions; but they became, in process of time, reduced to the single castle, with its domains, which is now inherited, as before-mentioned, by the present Baronet, who is descended from this branch of the family.

, great-grandfather of the late Sir Matthew, possessed an estate_at Alton Moor, in Northumberland, which was part of the estate belonging to Fetherstonhaugh, and given to his ancestors as a younger brother's fortune. He left son, who married daughter of Matthew Whitfield, Esq. of Whitfield-Hall, in Northumberland, by whom he had one son,

Matthew Fetherstonhaugh, Esq. who was twice mayor of Newcastle, and married, in 1710, —, daughter of Robert Brown, Esq. who, upon the death of her only brother, became heiress of a large fortune, and died 1767. ile died Feb. 17, 1762, aged 102. He had two sons, Sir Matthew, and the Rev. Ulrick, rector of Stanford-le-Hope, in Essex, &c. who married -, daughter of- Stillingfleet Durnford, of the office of ordnance, by whom he left issue, and died Dec. 26, 1708; and two daughters, wife of Captain Day, and

-, of Christopher Richardson, of Randal-Holme-Hall, in Cumberland, Esq. He was succeeded in his estates by his son,

I. MATTHEW FETHERSTONHAUGH, Esq. wlio, upon the death of the late Sir Henry Fetherstonhaugh, Bart. who died Oct. 1746, without issue, had bequeathed to him the greatest part of his possessions and fortune, wishing him also to obtain a continuation of the title, whereupon he obtained a patent as above-mentioned. Sir Matthew married, Dec. 24, 1746, Sarah, only daughter of Christopher Lethieullier, of Belmont, in Middlesex, Esq. who died Aug. 27, 1788, leaving one son Henry, the present Baronet. Sir Matthew was member of parliament for Morpeth, in Northumberland, and after that for Portsmouth; he was governor of St. Thomas and the Middlesex hospitals, and fellow of the Royal Society. He died May 24, 1774, and was succeeded by his only son, II. Sir HARRY FETHERSTONHAUGH, the present Baronet.

ARMS-Gules, on a chevron, between three ostriches feathers, argent, a

pellet.

CREST-An antelope statant, argent, armed, or.

SEATS-Up-Park, in Sussex; Harringbrook, in Essex; and Fetherstonhaugh Castle, in Northumberland.

Of the Stanhope family, who were distinguished by the addition of Halge, were Sir Heneage and Sir Fetherston, Baronets, first so created in 1660.

So also was Colonel Fetherstonhalge, killed at the battle of Blenheim, the last possessor of the Stanhope estate; which was, after his decease, sold to the Earl of Carlisle, and put a period to the name there; he had twice represented the county palatine of Durham.

Cuthbert Fetherston, Esq. great-grandfather of the late Sir Fetherston, Bart. came from Stanhope to

London in 1550.

256. IBBETSON, of LEEDS, in Yorkshire.

Created Baronet, May 12, 1748.

THIS family is of considerable antiquity in this county, where they have divided into several branches.

I. HENRY IBBETSON, of Leeds, in Yorkshire, Esq. (second son of Mr. Ibbetson, an eminent merchant there) was created a Baronet by letters-patent bearing date May 12, 1748, 21 Geo. II. He married, in 1740, Isabella, daughter of Ralph Carr, of Cocken, near Durham, Esq. by whom he had ten children; 1, Isabella 2, Harriet; 3, Sir James, his successor; 4, Elizabeth; 5, Henry; 6, Margaret; 7, Carr; 8, Catharine; 9, Denzil, who was killed by an accidental discharge of his gun, when out a shooting in the woods at Cocken, near Durham, the seat of his uncle Ralph Carr, Esq.; 10, Thomasine, wife of James Fenton, of Leeds, Esq. Sir Henry died June 22, 1761, and was succeeded by his eldest son,

II. Sir JAMES IBBETSON, Bart. who, in 1768, married Jenny, daughter of John Caygill, of Halifax, in Yorkshire, Esq. by whom he had four sons and three daughters, 1, Sir Henry-Carr Ibbetson, the present Baronet; 2, Anne-Frances; 3, Isabella; 4, Harriet; 5, Charles; 6, James, who was killed by a fall from his horse; and 7, John-Thomas. (The brother of Sir Henry Ibbetson, the first Baronet, was Samuel, who married by whom he had one daughter Alice, who was wife of Lord Shipbrook.) Sir James Ibbetson died Sept. 4, 1795, aged 48, and was succeeded by his eldest son,

III. Sir HENRY-CARR IBBETSON, the present Baronet, who was captain in the third, or Prince of Wales's dragoon guards, and afterwards lieutenantcolonel of the West York militia; he is unmarried.

ARMS-Gules, on a bend, cottized, argent, between two fleeces, or, three escallops of the field.

CREST-On a wreath, an unicorn's head, erased, per fess, argent and gules, and charged with three escallops counterchanged, two and one, of the last. MOTTO-Vixi liber et moriar.

257. GIBBONS, of STANWELL-PLACE, Middlesex.

Created Baronet, April 21, 1752.

I. WILLIAM GIBBONS, Esq. governor of the Island of Barbadoes, was advanced to the dignity of a Baronet, April 21, 1752. He died in May, 1760, and was succeeded by his son,

II. Sir JOHN GIBBONS, Bart. who was elected a knight of the most noble order of the Bath, in March, 1761, and installed the May following, and died at Stanwell, July 9, 1776, aged 59, and was succeeded by his son,

III. Sir WILLIAM GIBBONS, Bart. LL.D. who, July 2, 1789, was appointed a commissioner of the Sick and Hurt Office. He married, Sept. 3, 1771, -, daughter of Admiral Watson, by whom he has one son John, who, in 1795, married, daughter of the late Richard Taylor, of Charlton-House, Esq.

ARMS-Gules, a lion rampant, or, debruised by a bend, argent, charged with a torteaux, between two crosses, formée fitchy, sable.

CREST-On a wreath, a lion's gamb, erased and erect, gules, charged with a bezant, holding a cross, formée, fitchy, sable, on the gamb, a bezant. SEAT-At Stanwell-Place, Middlesex.

THIS family is undoubtedly of great antiquity in the county of Cheshire; for we find, in the reign of Edward I. 1275, they were lords of the manor of Winnington, near Namptwich, in Cheshire, where they continued to reside till the beginning of the last century, and intermarried with many of the principal families in that county.

1, Richard Winnington had one son,

2, Richard Winnington, Esq. who, temp. Edward III. married Emma, eldest daughter of William Mainwaring, Esq. (who was lineally descended from Ranalphus Mainwaring, who came over with the Conqueror), by whom he had one

son,

3, Richard-Mainwaring Winnington, who married Catharine, third daughter and one of the coheiresses of Robert le Grosvenor, lord of Hulme, by which marriage he obtained the lordship of Putford, and several other lands, in Cheshire.

4, Richard Winnington, their eldest son, married Joan Smith, by whom he had two daughters, Catharine, who died without issue, 23 Hen. VII. and Elizabeth, wife of Sir Piers Warburton, of Orley, 1511, being then sole daughter and heiress of Richard Winnington, who died 19 Hen. VII. By this match, the Warburtons of Arley became possessed of the manors of Winnington and Put

ford, and all the estates belonging to the Winningtons, which they continued in possession of till the marriage of the sole daughter and heiress of General Waiburton to Samuel Pennant, Esq. late member of parliament for Liverpool.

One of the younger branches of this family settled at Powick, near Worcester, and left one son,

1, Francis Winnington, who was an officer in the army in the reign of Cha. I. and married —, by whom he had one son,

2, Francis Winnington, born at Worcester, Nov. 7, 1634; he was bred to the law, and had the honour of knighthood conferred on him by Charles II. to whom, as well as to James II. he was solicitor-general. Sir Francis married first, Elizabeth, daughter of Herbert, Esq. by whom he had one daughter Elizabeth, wife of William Dodeswell, of Pull-Court, Esq. He married secondly, Elizabeth, third sister and coheiress of Edward Salway, of Stanford-Court, Worcestershire, by whom he had four sons; 1, Salway, who married, July 24, 1690, Anne, sister of Thomas, Lord Foley, of Great Whitby, in Worcestershire, by whom he had eight children, (1, Elizabeth, born Oct. 18, 1692. who died the same year, and was buried at St. Giles's in the Fields, in the county of Middlesex; 2, Francis, born Jan. 15, 1693, who died on his travels, at Vienna, August 19, 1718, and was interred in the burial place of the Protestants of that city; he was a youth of great hopes, and beloved and admired by all that knew him; 3, Thomas, born Dec. 31, 1699, who, Aug. 6, 1719, married Love, the fourth daughter of Sir James Read, of Brocket-Hall, in Hertfordshire, Bart. sister and coheiress of Sir John Read, Bart. by whom he had one son FrancisRead, born July 16, 1720, who died in his infancy; 4, Anne, wife of John Wheeler, of Wooton-Lodge, in Staffordshire, Esq.; 5, Mary, who died April 18, 1730, unmarried; 6, Edward, born April 10, 1704, and died April 18, 1711, and was buried at St. James's, in the county of Middlesex; 7, Helena, born in May, 1705, died Aug. 10, 1725, unmarried; 8, Henrietta, wife of Samuel, Lord Masham). The other sons of Sir Francis Winnington were, 2, Francis, of whom hereafter; 3, John, who died unmarried; 4, Edward, who married

daughter of Jefferies, of Ham-Castle, by whom he had several .children, who all died in their infancy. This gentleman was bred to the law, in the knowledge of which none of his contemporaries excelled him, in his practice none equalled him; for having, by his marriage, acquired a very considerable estate, he often pleaded the cause of the oppressed and indigent without fee or reward: he for many years represented the borough of Droitwich.

Sir Francis had likewise, by his second lady, two daughters; Honora, wife of Bruen, of Bruen-Stapleford, in Cheshire, Esq.; and Mary, of John Calvert, of Albury-Hall, Hertfordshire, Esq. Sir Francis was eminent for his knowledge in the laws of England, was a great master of eloquence, and a most zealous defender of the liberties of his country. He for some time represented the county of Worcester, and afterwards that city, as also the boroughs of Tewksbury and Windsor, in parliament, where he gave a remarkable instance of his zeal for the 'Protestant religion, by resigning his office of solicitor general to James II. that he