1735. The family having been settled in Spain, for about sixty years, we cannot take upon us, with any certainty, to say who is the present Baronet. ARMS-Argent, a cheveron, and in base, a lion rampant, azure. THIS family is descended from the second marriage of a worthy family in Dorsetshire*, and from thence transplanted into Somersetshire. George Dashwood, Esq. a younger son of the said family, 21 Car. II. †, undertook, (with other persons,) the farming the whole revenue of the kingdom of Ireland, and afterwards was one of those who farmed the whole revenues of excise, and hearth-money in England, so long as those revenues were continued in a farm, and was, (whilst managed by commission,) continued one of the commissioners, till his death, 1682. He married Margaret, daughter of - Perry, of Thorpe, in Surry, Esq. sister to Col. Perry, by whom he had three sons and two daughters, 1, Robert, of whom hereafter; 2, Richard, who married Mary, daughter of Garrat, of London, Esq.; 3, George, lientenant-colonel of a regiment of foot, and died at Torbay 1706, married Angelina, daughter of Sir Algernoon Peyton, of Doddington, in the Isle of Ely, Bart.; Elizabeth, wife of Sir Thomas Hare, of Stow-Bardolph, in Norfolk, Bart.; and Anne, of Sir Sewster Peyton, of Doddington, in the Isle of Ely, Bart. I. ROBERT DASHWOOD, Esq. the eldest son, was advanced to the dignity of a Bart. 36 Car. II.* with remainder (in case of failure of issue male) to the issue male of Geo. Dashwood, Esq. the father, which favour was granted to the family, as likewise, the precedence of a Baronet's widow, to Margaret, widow and relict of the aforesaid George Dashwood, Esq. in consideration that the said George Dashwood, Esq. had a warrant for a Baronet's patent, for some time lying by him, which he did not take out, as fully expressed in the patent. Sir Robert, served in several parliaments, in the reign of King William, for Banbury, in Oxfordshire, and married Penelope, daughter and coheiress of Sir Thomas Chamberlayne, of Wickham, in Oxfordshire, Bart. by whom he had five sons, and four daughters; 1, Chamberlayne, who died a batchelor; 2, George, and 3, Charles, who died infants; 4, Robert, married Dorothea, daughter and coheiress of Sir James Read, of Brocket-hall, in Hertfordshire, Bt. by whom he had three sons, 1, Robert; 2, Sir James, successor to his grandfather; 3, George, and one daughter Love, who all died under age except Sir James. This Robert Dashwood, Esq. died at Paris, Sept. or Oct. 1728, and was brought over, and interred in Oxfordshire, as was George, his son. Richard, the fifth son, married Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Lewis, of Stanford, in Nottinghamshire, Esq. and died April 1737, leaving two sons, Robert, and Chamberlayne. The four daughters of Sir Robert were, Margaret, who died an infant; Penelope, wife of Sir John Stonhouse, of Radley, in Berks, Bart.; Catharine, of Sir Robert-Banks Jenkinson, of Walcot, in Oxfordshire, Bart.; and Anne, of Anthony Cope, Esq. brother to Sir Jonathan Cope, of Breworn, in Oxfordshire, Bart. † Sir Robert died July, 1734, at Northbrooke, and was succeeded in dignity and estate by his grandson, II. Sir JAMES DASHWOOD, who married Feb. 1738-9, Elizabeth, daughter and coheiress of Edward Spencer, of Rendlesham, in Suffolk, Esq. (the other daughter and coheiress was married to James, Duke of Hamilton,) by whom he had three sons and three daughters, 1, James, died an infant; 2, Sir HenryWatkin, his successor; 3, Thomas; 1, Elizabeth, wife of George, Duke of Manchester; 2, Anne, of John, Earl of Galloway; 3, Catharine, of Lucy Knightly, of Fawsley, in Northamptonshire, Esq. Sir James was L.L.D. high-steward of the university of Oxford, which county he represented in several parliaments. Sir James died Nov. 10, 1779, aged 64, and was succeeded by his eldest surviving son, III. Sir HENRY-WATKIN DASHWOOD, Bart. who married, July 17, 1780, Mary-Ellen, eldest daughter of Graham, formerly a member of the council in Bengal, and niece to the late William, Lord Newhaven, governess to the Princess Charlotte, by whom he has four sons and two daughters, 1, Henry-GeoMagne, born June 26, 1782; 2, Anna-Maria, born Feb. 16, 1785; 3, George, page of honour to his Majesty, born Sept. 17, 1786; 4, Charles, born Dec. 9, 1787; 5, Augustus, born Feb. 25, 1795; 6, Georgiana-Carolina, born Mar. 16, 1796. *Ex inf. Dom. Rob. Dashwood, Bar. 1727. + Sir Robert was seised, in fee simple, of divers messuages, farms, lands, tenements, and hereditaments, situate, lying, and being in Kirtleton, Bletchingdon, Bignell, Banbury, Baynton, Dunstew, North Aston, Bicester, Wiggington, and Tackley, in Oxfordshire; and also of divers fee-farm rents, tenths, and pensions, arising, or payable in the counties of Oxford, Nottingham, and other counties in England. ARMS-Argent, on a fess, double cottised, gules, three griffin's heads erased, per fess, erminois, and gules. CREST-On a wreath, a griffin's head erased, per fess, erminois, and gules. SEAT-Kirtlington Park, near Woodstock, Oxfordshire. 207. CHILD, of SURAT, in the East Indies. Created Baronet, Feb. 4, 1684. JOHN CHILD, of London, Gent. is the first of this family we have any account of: he married Frances, daughter of Francis Goodyer, of Hereford, by whom he had one son John, and two daughters; wife of Ward, of Bombay, in the East Indies, merchant; and Dorcas, of Thomas Mitchel, of Bombay, merchant, descended from those in Sussex. I. JOHN CHILD, Esq. only son and heir, was general of all the English forces by sea and land, in the northern parts of India, and president of the East India Company's council at Surat, at the time he was created a Baronet, as the patent mentions. He continued in India till the time of his death, at Bombay, where he was buried about 1690. He married, in India, Mary, daughter of Jolin Shackstone, Esq. deputy-governor of Bombay, and had two sons, Sir Cæsar, his successor, and John, who died of the small-pox, unmarried, 1718. II. Sir CÆSAR CHILD, Bart. successor to the title and estate in 1698, married Hester, daughter of John Evance, of London, Knt. and goldsmith, by whom he had four sons, 1, Sir Cæsar, his successor; 2, John, who died an infant; 3, Stephen; 4, John, who both died unmarried: and five daughters; 1, Hester, the wife of John Tyssen, Esq. and died 1723; 2, Susanna, of William Cleland, Esq.; 3, Anne, of James Collet, Esq. and died in childbed 1725; 4, Elizabeth, of William Cleland, of Tapley-Hall, in Devonshire, Esq. by whom she had three sons and three daughters; 5, Frances, of Nicholas Corselis, of Wivenhoe, in Essex, Esq. Sir Cæsar died of the small-pox March 7, 1724, and was succeeded in dignity and estate by his eldest son, III. Sir CÆSAR CHILD, Bart. ARMS-Vert, two bars engrailed, between three leopard's faces, or. JOHN CHILD FRANCES GOODYER TABLE. BARONETS CREATED BY KING JAMES II. 208. BLOIS, of GRUNDISBURGH-HALL, Suffolk. Created Baronet, April 15, 1686. THIS ancient family derives its name from Blois, a city in France, and came into England at the conquest. The seat was at Norton, in Suffolk, till the reign of King Henry VII. when it was removed to Grundisburgh-Hall, now in possession of the present Baronet. 1, Thomas Blois, living at Norton, 1470, was father of, 2, Thomas Blois, of the same place, whose son, 3, Thomas Blois, married Margery, the daughter of William Styles, of Ipswich, he died 1528. 4, Richard Blois, of Grundisburgh, son of Thomas, first married Elizabeth, daughter of Roger Hill, of Needham, by whom he had a son, William; his second wife was Rose, daughter of John Fisher, by whom he had six sons: 1, Thomas; 2, Richard; 3, Ralph; 4, Thomas; 5, 'John; and 6, Philip, and a daughter, Martha, wife of John Knapp, of Newplace, in Stoke, near Ipswich, he died anno 1559. 5, William Blois, son of Richard, married Alice, daughter of William Nottingham, by whom he had two sons, and two daughters; 1, William; 2, Robert, died young; Dorcas, died unmarried; Alice, wife of William Peck, of Spikesworth in Norfolk. He died 1607. 6, William Blois, of Grundisburgh, son of William, married Frances, daughter of John Tye, of Ipswich, by whom he had three sons, and five daughters: John, and Ann, who died young; Mary, buried at Grundisburgh, 1631; Francis, who was of Grays-Inn, buried at Grundisburgh, 1623; Dorcas, wife of George Down |