one daughter Florence, born May 27, 1769. Sir Jarrit Smyth died Jan. 25, 1783, having almost attained his 92d year, and was succeeded by his eldest son,

II. Sir JOHN-HUGH SMYTH, Bart. who married, Sept. I, 1757, Elizabeth, only daughter and heiress of Henry Woolnough, of Pucklechurch, in Gloucestershire, Esq. He died June 15, 1789, and was succeeded, as I am informed, by III. Sir JOHN SMYTH, Bart. but whether son or nephew, or either, I cannot learn.

ARMS-Gules, on a cheveron, between three cinquefoils, argent, as many leopards' faces, sable.

CREST-A griffin's head erased, gules, charged on the neck with two bars, or, beaked and eared, of the last.

MOTTO-Qui capit capitur.

SEAT-At Long Ashton, near Bristol, in Somersetshire; Pucklechurch, and Maize-Hill, both in Gloucestershire.

277. BLAKISTON, of LONDON.

Created Baronet, April 22, 1763.

THIS family, I understand, is descended from an ancient family of that name, in the county of Durham; but not being favoured with any thing concerning it, I give the following, being all I have been able to collect.

Matthew Blakiston, Esq. received the honour of knighthood at Kensington, June 8, 1759, upon his present Majesty (then Prince of Wales) coming of age; and by patent, bearing date as above, was farther advanced to the dignity of a Baronet of this kingdom.

On the death of Sir Samuel Pennant, Knt. alderman of Bishopsgate Ward, London, Matthew Blakiston, Esq. was proposed and elected to succeed him; but a petition from some of the principal inhabitants of that ward being presented to the court of aldermen, signifying their apprehension of his being disqualified for that office, by not residing within the said city, the court took their petition into consideration: the majority declared in his favour, and he was accordingly sworn into that important trust, June 12, 1750. He was chosen sheriff of the said city in 1753; in 1760, he served the high office of lord-mayor, and was colonel of the green regiment of the militia in the city of London.

Sir Matthew married first, ―, who died Jan. 8, 1754, by whom he had one son Matthew, who died Sept. 7, 1758, unmarried. April 8, 1760, Sir Matthew married secondly, Annabella Baillie, by whom he had one son Matthew. Sir Matthew died July 14, aged 72, and his lady, Aug. 25, 1776, became the wife of Hugh Cane, Esq. lieutenant-colonel of the fifth regiment of dragoon guards. Sir Matthew was succeeded by his only son,

II. Sir MATTHEW BLAKISTON, Bart. who, in Sept. 1782, married daughter of John Rochford, Esq.

ARMS-Argent, two bars, gules, in chief, three cocks of the last.
CREST-A cock, gules.

1, WILLIAM HORTON married Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Hanson, of Tooth-hill, in the parish of Halifax, (her will was dated July 16, 1660), by whom he had three sons, William, Joshua, and Thomas; and two daughters, Sarah, wife of John Geldhill, of Bark-Island, and Elizabeth. He was succeeded by his eldest son,

William Horton, who was of Firth-House, in Bark-Island. He bought Howroyd, in Bark-Island, 15 Car. I. which he made the place of his residence: his will is dated 1655. He married Elizabeth (whose will is dated July 13, 1670), daughter of Thomas Geldhill, of Bark-Island, by whom he had two sons and three daughters; 1, Thomas, of Bark-Island Hall, born about 1651 (whose will is dated Dec. 20, 1698); he died on the 2d of January following, and was buried at Eland. He married Elverida, daughter of John Thornhill, Esq. by whom he had three daughters; 1, Elizabeth, wife of Richard Bold, of Bold, in Lancashire, Esq.; 2,

Susanna, of Richard Beaumont, of Whitley, in Yorkshire, Esq.; 3, Anne, died without issue. William, the second son, of Howroyd, died Feb. 19, 1715-16; he married Mary, fourth daughter of Sir Richard Musgrave, of Hayton-Castle, in Cumberland, Bart. by whom he had William, of Coley, in Halifax parish, who was a justice of the peace, and died in 1739-40. By Mary, his wife, daughter of - Chester, Esq. he had one daughter Mary, living in 1766: the other son was Richard, who died S. P. The three daughters of the above William werc, 1, Elizabeth, wife of William Batte, of Okewell, in Yorkshire, Esq.; 2, Sarahı, of Alexander Butterworth, of Belfield, in Lancashire, Esq.; and 3, Judith, who died unmarried.

Thomas Horton, third son of the first-mentioned William Horton, was a merchant of Liverpool, and died March 30, 1660. He married Frances, eldest daughter of Thomas Throppe, of Chester, alderman and justice of the peace, but it does not appear by the pedigree that he had any issue.

2, Joshua Horton, Esq. second son of the first William, was born in 1619; he was a justice of the peace, and died of the stone, at Sowerby, April 7, 1679, and was buried there. He purchased the manor of Horton, near Bradford, in Yorkshire; and by Martha, his wife, daughter and coheiress of Thomas Binns, of Rushworth, in the parish of Bingley, Esq. who died July 23, 1694, and was buried at Sowerby, he had four sons and three daughters; 1, Joshua, died an infant; 2, Joshua, of whom hereafter; 3, Elkana, of Thornton, in Yorkshire, born Aug. 31, 1659, and died without issue at Sowerby, where he was buried, Jan. 28, 1728-9, having been a counsellor-at-law; 4, Thomas, who was a doctor of physic, born Nov. 26, 1660, died in London, March 4, 1694, and was buried in St. Thomas's Church, Southwark. He married daughter of — Watmough, of London, M. D. The daughters were, 1, Sarah, born June 22, 1654, who died Sept. 4, 1670; 2, Martha, born April 30, 1656, wife of John Gill, of Carr-House, near Rotherham, in Yorkshire, Esq.; 3, Elizabeth, died young.

3, Joshua Horton, Esq. second son of the above Joshua Horton, and grandson of the first William Horton, was born Jan. 2, 1657, and dying Dec. 15, 1708, was buried in his chapel in Oldham Church. He purchased Chaderton, which he made his residence, and which is now the seat of the present Baronet. He married, Feb. 27, 1678, Mary, daughter of Robert Gregg, of Bradley, or Harpsford, in Cheshire, by whom he had seven sons and five daughters; 1, Thomas, who died young; 2, Thomas, of whom hereafter; 3, William, baptized Oct. 12, 1686; 4, William, baptized Sept. 27, 1692; 5, Joseph, baptized March 8, 1693; 6, James, baptized April 18, 1695, who died unmarried; 7, Joshua, born Feb. 1, 1697, who died young. The daughters were, 1, Martha, wife, Nov. 30, 1697, of Richard Clayton, of Adlington, in Lancashire, Esq.; 2, Jane, of John Parr, of Liverpool, merchant; 3, Elizabeth, of William Williamson, of Liverpool, merchant; 4, Mary, baptized Feb. 4, 1690, and died without issue; and 5, Mary, baptized Aug. 13, 1696.

4, Thomas Horton, Esq. second son of Joshua, was of Chaderton, born May 4, 1685; he was governor of the Isle of Man, and justice of the peace for Lanca

shire. He married Anne, daughter and coheiress of Richard Mostyn, of London, merchant (a younger branch of the Mostyns, of Mostyn, in Wales, Bart. who died at Chaderton, June 17, 1725, in the 39th year of her age, and was buried at Oldham), by whom he had three sons and five daughters; the daughters were, Susanna, married to George Lloyd, of Holme, near Manchester, Esq. by whom she had Gamaliel Lloyd, of Hampstead, Esq. Sarahı, Jane, Anne, and Mary; 1, Sir William, of whom hereafter; 2, Thomas, who died young, at Castletown, in the Isle of Man, June 20, 1726; 3, Joshua, of Howroyd, baptized June 1, 1720, and married first, Anne, daughter of George Clarke, Esq. governor of New York, who died without issue, May 25, 1764, and was buried at Oldham, in Lancashire; he married secondly, Oct. 20, 1765, Mary Bathier, daughter of the Rev. John Woolin, rector of Emley, in Yorkshire, and vicar of Blackbourn, in Lancashire. Thomas Horton died March 18, 1757, at Manchester, was buried at Oldham, and was succeeded in his estates by his eldest son,

I. Sir WILLIAM HORTON, Bart. created to that dignity Jan. 14, 1764, being at that time high-sheriff for the county of Lancaster, and was one of his Majesty's justices of the peace for the said county. Sir William married'

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Susanna, daughter and heiress of Francis Watts, of Barnes-Hall, in Yorkshire, Esq. by whom he had three sons; 1, Sir Watts, of whom hereafter; 2, Thomas, born July 21, 1758, who married Stanley, eldest daughter of the late Lord Strange, and sister to the Earl of Derby; 3, William, born Oct. 21, 1767. Sir William died Feb. 25, 1774, and was succeeded by his eldest son,

II. Sir WATTS HORTON, Bart. who was born Nov. 17, 1753, and married, June 3, 1778, Harriet, sister to the Earl of Derby, by whom he has

issue.

ARMS-First and fourth, gules, a lion rampant, argent, charged on the breast, with a boar's head, couped, azure, all within a bordure, engrailed, argent. Second and third, per bend, sinister, ermine and sable, a lion rampant, argent.

CREST-On a wreath, a red rose, seeded and barbed, proper, surrounded with two laurel branches, proper.

SEAT-At Chaderton, in the county of Lancaster.

The account of this family is taken from a pedigree in the Herald's College, and registered in 5th D. 14, fo. 237, certified by Ralph Bigland and Isaac Heard, Esqrs. Somerset and Lancaster heralds.

279. AMYAND (now CORNEWALL), of LONDON, now of MOCCAS-COURT, Herefordshire.

Created Baronet, Aug. 4, 1764.

THE great-grandfather of the present Baronet was driven from France into England by the edict of Nantes.

Claudius Amyand, his son, was eminent in his profession, and was appointed principal surgeon, and surgeon in ordinary to his Majesty King George II. Oct. 7, 1727, and continued such till his death, which happened July 6, 1740, occasioned by the bruises he received from an accidental fall, as he was walking the day before in Greenwich Park.

He left three sons and three daughters; 1, George, of whom hereafter; 2, Claudius, who, in December, 1745, was appointed library-keeper to his Majesty, and under secretary of state to his Grace the Duke of Newcastle, principal secretary of state in 1750 and 1751; secretary to the lords justices during his Majesty's absence, in the years 1752 and 1755; was appointed principal secretary to the Right Honourable Sir Thomas Robinson (late Lord Grantham), on his promotion to the office of secretary of state for the southern department in 1754; as he was like