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John (Sir), his heir, who m. Isabel, daughter and heir of Sir John Chedder.

Thomas (Sir).

The younger son,

SIR THOMAS NEWTON, m. temp. EDWARD IV. Joan, daughter and heir of Sir John Barr, of Barrs Court, and acquired that, the manor of Bitton, and other estates. His son and heir,

JOHN NEWTON, esq. of Barrs Court, in the county of Gloucester, m. Margaret, daughter of Sir Edmund Gage, of Wraxwell, in the county of Somerset, and left a son and heir,

SIR JOHN NEWTON, who m. Margaret, daughter of Sir Anthony Pointz, and was father of

SIR HENRY NEWTON, who by Catherine, his wife, daughter of Sir Thomas Paston, left a son and heir,

SIR THEODORE NEWTON, lord of Bitton in 1608, who m. Penelope, daughter of Sir John Rodney, of Rodney's Stoke, in the county of Somerset, and was s. by his son,

1. JOHN NEWTON, esq. of Barrs Court, who was created a BARONET by King CHARLES II. 16th August, 1660, with remainder, default his own male issue, to JOHN, son of Thomas Newton, esq. of Gunwarley, in Lincolnshire. Sir John m. Grace Stone, but died issueless in 1661, leaving his estate to his successor, according to limitation in the patent of baronetcy,

II. SIR JOHN NEWTON, b. 9th June, 1626, who m. Mary, daughter of Sir Gervase Eyre, knt. of Rampton, Notts, and had a numerous family, of which Gervase, d. s. p.

JOHN, succeeded to the title.

Elizabeth, m. to Francis Stringer, esq. of Suttonupon-Lound, Notts.

Mary, m. Marwood, esq. of Laughton, in Lin-
colnshire.

Jane, m. William Sacheverell, esq. of Morley, in
Derbyshire.
Lucy, m. to

shire.

Scroop, esq. of Louth, in Lincoln

Hester, m. to Colonel Seymour.

Frances, m. to Winfield, esq. of Eggington, in
Derbyshire.

He d. 31st May, 1699, aged seventy-three, and was s. by his son,

III. SIR JOHN NEWTON, who m. first, Abigail, daughter of William Heveringham, esq. of Heveringham, in Suffolk, and had a daughter Cary, who m. Edward Coke, esq. of Holkham, and was mother of Thomas Coke, created Earl of Leicester in 1744, and greatgrandmother of Thomas William Coke, esq. of Holkham, raised to the same dignity in 1837. Sir John Newton m. secondly, Susannah, sister and co-heir of Sir Michael Wharton, knt. of Beverley, in Yorkshire, and relict of Sir John Bright, of Badsworth, and by that lady had a daughter m. to John Archer, esq. and a son, viz.

MICHAEL (Sir), his heir, made a knight of the Bath in 1725. He inherited a large estate at the death of his uncle, Sir Michael Wharton. He d. aged eighty-five, 12th February, 1734, and was s. by his son,

IV. SIR MICHAEL NEWTON, K. B. who married Lady Margaret Coningsby, daughter of Thomas, Earl of Coningsby (by his second wife, Frances, daughter and co-heir of Richard, Earl of Ranelagh). Her ladyship was created in the lifetime of her father (1716) Baroness and Viscountess Coningsby, of Hampton Court, and after his decease, inheriting his lordship's English peerage (see BURKE's Extinct Peerage), became COUNTESS OF CONINGSBY. By this lady Sir Michael had an only child, JOHN, who died an infant.

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I. ADAM NEWTON, installed dean of Durham, 27th September, 1606, was chosen by King JAMES I. to be tutor to his son, Prince HENRY, and treasurer to his highness's revenue, and created a BARONET, as SIR ADAM NEWTON, of Charlton, in the county of Kent, which manor was conferred by grant from the crown, and upon which he erected a noble mansion, and designed to have rebuilt the parish church; but departing this life, 13th January, 1629, "he left (observes PHILPOT, in his Villary Cantiarium) to Sir David Cunningham, knt. and bart. late cofferer to Prince CHARLES, Mr. Newton, his brother, and Mr. Peter Newton, gentleman usher to King CHARLES, who have most amply discharged the trust, and in a manner new built a great part thereof, and erected the steeple new from the ground, and furnished it with a new ring of bells, decorating the said church without and within, that it surpasses most in the shire." Sir Adam m. Dorothy, daughter of Sir John Puckering, knt. lord keeper of the great seal, temp. ELIZABETH, and was s. by his elder son,

II. SIR WILLIAM NEWTON, of Charlton, who died unm. and was s. by his brother,

III. SIR HENRY NEWTON, who inherited by deed of settlement the estates of his uncle, SIR THOMAS PUCKERING, bart. on the decease of that gentleman's only surviving child, JANE PUCKERING, and assumed in consequence the surname of Puckering, taking up his abode at the Priory, in Warwickshire, the seat of his said uncle. Sir Henry espoused the royal cause in the civil wars, and was at the battle of Edge Hill. He was chosen by the town of Warwick, member in the convention parliament which restored CHARLES II.; and was afterwards representative for the same place in the Long Parliament. He was deputy lieutenant for Warwickshire, and was appointed by patent, by King CHARLES II. paymaster-general of the forces. "His good housekeeping and liberality to the poor, who scarcely ever went away unfed from his gates, gained him the general love and esteem of his neighbours, and he was distinguished throughout the kingdom for being a generous benefactor to the poor cavaliers, whose services were not rewarded by King CHARLES II." He d. 22nd January, 1700, at the advanced age of eighty-three, leaving no surviving issue by his wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Murray, esq. when the BARONETCY became EXTINCT. Sir Henry's estate devolved, by his own settlement, upon

his wife's niece, JANE daughter and co-heir of Henry | acquired from Anthony Morgan, esq. was born at Murray, esq. groom of the bedchamber to CHARLES II. widow of SIR JOHN BOWYER, bart. of Knippersley, in the county of Stafford for her life, remainder to VINCENT GRANTHAM, esq. of Goltho, in Lincolnshire.

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The name of this family was spelt at different periods, Nycol, Nicoll, Nicolls, Nicholls, and Nicholl. The arms, "sa. three pheons arg." were borne by William Nicoll, of Hardwick, Northamptonshire, who was born in the reign of EDWARD IV. and died at the advanced age of ninety-six. His grandson, Francis Nicolls, esq. of Hardwick, had a confirmation of these arms, with the addition of "a canton arg." The exact same coat armour was also used by the Nicholls, of Llantwitt Major, in Glamorganshire, and by the Nicholls of Cornwall, who derived probably from a common ancestor with the Northamptonshire family, but which branch is the senior it is difficult to ascer tain.

THOMAS NICOLLS, esq. serjeant-at-law, (son of William Nicolls, who was buried in Hardwicke Church, in 1575, aged ninety-six,) purchased, temp. ELIZABETH from Wiston Brown a third part of the manor of Hardwicke, Northamptonshire. He m. Anne, daughter of John Pell, esq. of Eltington, and had issue,

FRANCIS, of Hardwicke, b. in 1557, governor of Tilbury Fort, in 1588, who m. Anne, daughter of David Seymour, esq. and was father of

FRANCIS, of whom presently as heir to his uncle.

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Ecton, in Northamptonshire. Adopting the legal profession, he entered himself at the Middle Temple, and was reader in the last year of ELIZABETH. During her majesty's reign he obtained the coif, and by JAMES I. was made king's serjeant. He eventually became one of the judges of the court of Common Pleas. He m. Mary, widow of Edward Bagshaw, esq. but had no issue. Sir Augustine died in 1616, while on the northern circuit, at Kendall, in Westmoreland; and, Fuller informs us, that a monument was there erected to his memory. By the inquisition taken after his decease, the manor of Faxton with its appurte nances devolved on his nephew and heir,

1. FRANCIS NICOLLS, esq. of Hardwicke, in Northamptonshire, M.P. for that county in 1627, and high sheriff in 1631, who was created a BARONET in 1641. He m. Mary, daughter of Edward Bagshaw, esq. and had with a daughter, Mary, a son and successor,

II. SIR EDWARD NICOLLS, of Hardwicke and Paxton, who m. first, Judith, daughter of Sir Rowland St. John, knt. by whom he had seven daughters; and secondly, Jane, daughter of Sir Stephen Soames, of Haydon, in Essex, by whom he had a son and two daughters, namely,

EDWARD, his heir.

Anne, d. 17th April, 1676.

Susanna, m. to Sir John Danvers.

Jane, m. first, to John Rainsford, esq.; and secondly, to- Kemsey, esq.

Sir Edward died 28th February, 1682, and was s. by his son,

III. SIR EDWARD NICOLLS, of Hardwicke and Faxton, at whose decease s. p. in 1717, the BARONETCY became EXTINCT; the estates devolving on his two sisters, Lady Danvers and Mrs. Kemsey. By her will Sir Edward settled lands in Hardwick and other places for augmenting the eight following livings, All Saints in Northampton, Oundle, Kettering, Rothwell, Hardwick, Moulson, Grulsborough, and Spratton with £30 each yearly.

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From the Nicholls, of Llantwitt Major, descend the Nicholls of Monmouthshire, now represented by Mrs. Jane Hawkins, of the Gaer, in the parish of Tredunnock; and the Nicholls of Ham, of Dimlands, and of Merthyr Mawr. (See BURKE's Commoners.)

THOMAS, sheriff of Staffordshire, temp. HENRY II. and RICHARD I. m. Margaret, eldest daughter of Guy le Strange, Lord of Knockyn, and co-heir of her brother, Ralph le Strange, by whom he left two daughters, viz.

ALICE NOEL, m. to William de Harcourt, lord of Stanton Harcourt, in the county of Warwick, and had Ellenhall, and other estates as her moiety of her father's property. (See BURKE'S Commoners, vol. ii. p. 221.)

JANE NOEL, m. to William de Dunston, and had for her share Ronton, &c.

PHILIP.

The younger son,

PHILIP NOEL, of Hilcote, in the county of Stafford, which estate he had from his father, left a son and heir,

ROBERT NOEL, of Hilcote, who m. Joan, daughter of Sir John Acton, knt. and hence descended in a direct line,

JAMES NOEL, esq. of Hilcote, who was appointed by act of parliament, 5 HENRY VIII. one of the justices of the peace for assessing and collecting the pole tax. He m. a daughter of Richard Pole, esq. of Langley, in the county of Derby, and was s. at Hilcote by his eldest son, while a younger son,

ANDREW NOEL, esq. became the founder of a distinct branch. At the dissolution of the monasteries, he had a grant of the manor and scite of the late preceptory of Dalby-upon-Wold, in Leicestershire, which had belonged to the knights of St. John, and of the manor of Purybarre, in the county of Stafford. He served as sheriff of Rutland, 28 HENRY VIII. again in the reign of EDWARD VI. and afterwards in the time of MARY. He m. first, Elizabeth, daughter and heir of John Hopton, esq. of Hopton, in Shropshire, and widow of Sir John Perient, by whom he had ANDREW, his heir, with other children. He wedded secondly, Dorothy, daughter of Richard Conyers, esq. of Wakerley, in the county of Northampton, widow of Roger Flower, esq. and by that lady had a son, JOHN, from whom the NOELS of Kirby Mallory. He was s. at his decease by his eldest son,

SIR ANDREW NOEL, knt. of Dalby, in the county of Leicester, a person of great note in the days of good Queen Bess, living in such magnificence as to vie with the nobility of the largest fortune. Fuller says, "that for person, parentage, grace, gesture, valour, and many other excellent parts, (amongst which skill in music), Sir Andrew Noel was of the first rank in the court." He was knighted by the queen, and became a favourite; but the expenses consequent on his mode of living, forced him to alienate Dalby, on which his royal mistress is said to have made the following couplet :

"The word of denial, and letter of fifty,

Is that gentleman's name who will never be thrifty." Sir Andrew was thrice sheriff of Rutland, and knight of the shire in several parliaments. He m. Mabel, sixth daughter of Sir James Harrington, knt. sister of John, Lord Harrington, of Exton, and had issue,

EDWARD, (Sir), his heir.

Charles, d. unm. in 1619.

Arthur.

Alexander, of Whitwell.

Lucy, m. to William, Lord Eure.

Theodosia, m. to Sir Edward Cecil, afterwards
Lord Wimbledon.

Elizabeth, m. to George, Earl of Castlehaven, in
Ireland.

Sir Andrew d. at his seat, Brook, 9th October, 1607, and was s. by his eldest son,

1. SIR EDWARD NOEL, knt. of Brook, in the county

of Rutland, who was created a BARONET, 20th June, 1611, and advanced to the peerage as Baron Noel, of Ridlington, 23rd March, 1616-17. He m. Julien, eldest daughter and co-heir of Sir Baptist Hicks, bart. who was subsequently, 5th May, 1628, created Baron Hicks, of Ilmington, and Viscount Camden, with remainder to his son-in-law, Lord Noel, and dying in the October of the following, those honours so descended. Lord Noel had issue,

BAPTIST, his heir.

Henry, m. Mary, daughter of Henry Perry, esq. of London, and d. s. p. His widow m. Sir William Fermor, bart. of Easton Neston, in the county of Northampton, and was grandmother of the first Earl of Pomfret.

Anne.

Penelope, m. to Viscount Chaworth.
Eleanor.

Mary, m. to Sir Erasmus de la Fountain, of Kirby
Bellers, in the county of Leicester.

His lordship d. 10th March, 1643, and was s. by his eldest son,

II. SIR BAPTIST NOEL, second Lord Noel, and third Viscount Campden. This nobleman following his father, raised troops for the royal cause, and took an active part in the war. He was in consequence compelled to pay to the sequestrators £9000 composition for his estate, and an annuity of £150. His princely residence, at Campden, was burnt down by the royal army to prevent its becoming a garrison to the parliamentarians. On the restoration, his lordship was constituted lord-lieutenant of the county of Rutland. He m. first, Lady Anne Fielding, daughter of the Earl of Denbigh, but by her ladyship had no surviving issue. He m. secondly, Anne, daughter of Sir Robert Lovett, of Liscombe, Bucks, Countess Dowager of Bath, and again had no surviving child. His lordship m. thirdly, Hester, daughter and co-heir of Thomas, Lord Wotton, and had, by that lady,

EDWARD, his successor, who was created in 1681,
Baron Noel, with remainder, default of male
issue, to his brothers.

Henry, of North Luffenham, in the county of
Rutland, m. Elizabeth, daughter and heir of
Sir William Wale, and left an only daughter
and heir,

JULIANA NOEL, who m. Charles Boyle, Earl
of Burlington.

Mary, m. to James, Earl of Northampton. Juliana, m. to William, Lord Allington. Elizabeth, m. to Charles, Earl Berkeley. Lord Camden m. fourthly, Lady Elizabeth Bertie, daughter of Montagu, second Earl of Lindsey, and had four other children, viz.

BAPTIST, of Luffenham, M. P. for the county of
Rutland, m. Susannah, daughter and heir of
Sir Thomas Fanshaw, and left an only son,
BAPTIST, who eventually inherited the ho-
nours of the family.

John, m. Elizabeth, daughter of Bennet, Lord
Sherrard, and had issue,

John, M. P. for Northamptonshire, d. unm.
Thomas, m. Elizabeth, widow of Baptist Noel,
fourth Earl of Gainsborough.

Bennet, m. Miss Adam.

Elizabeth, d. unm.

Bridget, m. to David, Lord Milsington.

Alice.

Catherine, m. to John, tenth Earl of Rutland.
Martha-Penelope, m. to- Dormer, esq.

His lordship d. 29th October, 1682, and was s. by his eldest son,

III. SIR EDWARD NOEL, third Lord Noel, and fourth

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His lordship m. secondly, Mary, daughter of James, son of Philip, Earl of Pembroke, and widow of Sir Robert Worseley, bart. He d. in 1689, and was s. by his son,

IV. SIR WRIOTHESLEY-BAPTIST NOEL, fourth Lord Noel, fifth Viscount Campden, and second Earl of Gainsborough. His lordship m. Catherine, daughter of Fulke Greville, fifth Lord Brook, and left two daughters, his co-heirs, viz.

Elizabeth, m. in 1704 to Henry, first Duke of
Portland.

Rachel, m. in 1705-6, to Henry, second Duke of
Beaufort.

He d. 21st September, 1690, when all his honours devolved upon his kinsman, (refer to issue of Sir Baptist, second baronet, and third Viscount Campden,)

v. SIR BAPTIST NOEL, of Luffenham, in the county of Rutland, third Earl of Gainsborough, whom. Lady Dorothy Manners, daughter of John, Duke of Rutland, and had issue,

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Sophia, m. to Christopher Nevile, esq. and had a son, CHRISTOPHER NEVILE, esq. who assumed his maternal surname, and is the present CHRISTOPHER NOEL, esq. of Wellingore, near Lincoln. He d. 21st March, 1751, and was s. by his eldest son, VII. SIR BAPTIST NOEL, fifth Earl of Gainsborough, who d. a minor, on his travels, at Geneva, in 1759, unm. and was s. by his brother,

VIII. SIR HENRY NOEL, sixth Earl of Gainsborough,

who d. unm. 8th April, 1798, when all his honours, including the BARONETCY, became EXTINCT. His es

tates devolved upon (the son of his sister Jane) his nephew,

GERARD EDWARDS, esq. of Welham Grove, who thereupon assumed the surname and arms of NOEL, and having inherited a baronetcy, in 1813, is the present (1837)

SIR GERARD NOEL, bart. of Exton Park, in the county of Rutlaud.

Arms-Or, fretty gules, a canton ermine.

NOEL, OF KIRKBY MALLORY. CREATED 4th July, 1660.-EXTINCT 17th April, 1815.

Lineage.

ANDREW NOEL, esq. a younger son of James Noel, esq. of Hilcote, acquired by grant from the crown, temp. HENRY VIII. the manor and scite of the preceptory of Dalby-upon-Wold, in the county of Leices ter, and settled there. He m. first, Elizabeth, daughter and heir of William Hopton, esq. of Hopton, in Salop, and relict of Sir John Pengent, knt. by whom he had a son, SIR ANDREW NOEL, of Dalby, ancestor of the Earls of Gainsborough; and two daughters, Lucy, m. to William Lord Evers, and Theodosia, m. to Cecil Viscount Wentworth. His second wife was Dorothy, daughter of Reginald Conyers, esq. of Wakerley, in Northamptonshire, and widow of Roger Flower, esq. by her he left another son,

JOHN NOEL, esq. of Whellesburgh, who m. Anne, daughter and heir of John Fowler, esq. of Whellesburgh, by Barbara, daughter and co-heir of Thomas Harvey, esq. of Elmsthorpe, and was father of

WILLIAM NOEL, esq. of Kirkby Mallory, sheriff of Leicestershire in 1604, and of Warwickshire in 1621. He m. Frances, eldest daughter and co-heir of John Fulwood, esq. of Frere Hall, in the county of Warwick, and had issue,

WILLIAM, his heir.

VERE, successor to his brother.

Edward, rector of Sibbesdon, aged eleven in 1619; m. Elizabeth, daughter of the Rev. John Prestgrave, rector of Broughton Astley, and had issue. Henry, of Pickering Grange, barrister-at-law, d. s. p. in 1694.

Andrew, of Congeston, who left an only daughter
and beir.

Elizabeth, m. first, to Ralph Adderley, esq. of Ab-
rewas, in Staffordshire, by whom she had a son,
Sir Charles Adderley, knt. of Hams Hall, and
secondly, to Ralph Floyer, esq. of Hints.
Anne, m. to Thomas Grey, esq. of Langley.
Frances m. to Henry Kendal, esq. of Smythesby,
in Derbyshire.

Eleanor, m. to John Stafford, esq. of Huncote.
Catharine, m. to Richard Corbet, esq. of Salop.
Grace.

William Noel died in 1641, and was s. by his son, WILLIAM NOEL, esq. of Kirk by Malory, aged sixteen in 1719; who m. Frances, daughter and co-heir of Richard Creswell, esq. serjeant-at-law, of Evesham in the Vale, but dying s. p. in 1651, was succeeded by his brother,

1. VERE NOEL, esq. of Kirby Mallory, in the county of Leicester, aged eleven in 1619, who was created a BARONET 4th July, 1660. Sir Vere m. Elizabeth, daugh ter of Sir Wolston Dixie, knt, of Bosworth, and dying in 1670, was s. by his son,

II. SIR WILLIAM NOEL, who m. first, Margaret,

daughter of John, Lord Lovelace, by ANNE, BARONESS WENTWORTH, and had issue,

THOMAS, his successor.

JOHN, heir to his brother.

Sir William m. secondly, Frances, third daughter of
Humble, Lord Ward, and had by her a daughter,

Frances, aged about nine in 1681, m. first, to Sir
Charles Skymsher, knt. of Norbury Manor;
and secondly, to Sir John Chester, bart. of
Chichley.

Sir William d. 13th April, 1665, aged thirty-three, and was s. by his son,

III. SIR THOMAS NOEL, of Kirkby Malory, who m. in 1681, Anne, daughter of William Whitlock, esq. of Phillis Court, Oxfordshire, but dying s. p. in 1688, was s. by his brother,

IV. SIR JOHN NOEL, of Kirkby Malory, who m. Mary, daughter and co-heir of Sir John Clobery, knt. of Winchester, and by her, who d. in 1751, had issue, CLOBERY, his heir.

William, b. 19th March, 1695, an eminent lawyer,
who sat for several years in parliament for the
boroughs of Stamford and West Looe, and be-
came, eventually, one of the judges of the court
of Common Pleas. He m. Elizabeth, daughter
of Sir Thomas Trollope, bart. of Casewick, in
the county of Lincoln, and d. 8th December,
1762, having had issue,

Mary, m. to Thomas Hill, esq. of Tern, in
Shropshire, and had a son, Noel Hill, cre-
ated in 1784, BARON BERWICK, of Attingham.
Anne, d. unm.

Frances, m. to Bennet, Earl of Harborough,
and had a daughter, Frances, m. to Major-
Gen. Morgan.

Elizabeth.

Anne, m. to Francis Mundy, esq. of Osbastou. Sir John d. 1st July, 1697, and was s. by his son,

V. SIR CLOBERY NOEL, M.P. of Kirkby Malory, sheriff of Leicestershire in 1718, who m. Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Rowney, esq. of Oxford, and by her, who d. 24th June, 1743, aged forty-nine, had issue, EDWARD, his heir.

Clobery, in holy orders, M. A. b. 31st July, 1716, d. s. p. in 1763.

Thomas, captain, R. N. b. 26th September, 1717,

d. 5th June, 1756, of wounds received in the action off Minorca, under Admiral Byng. John, in holy orders, rector of Steeple Aston, in Oxfordshire, and vicar of Aston, in Warwickshire, d. s. p.

Rowney, b. 26th July, 1726, rector of Elmsthorpe

and Kirkby Malory, D. D. and dean of Salisbury, m. Maria, daughter of Thomas Boothby Skrimsher, esq. of Tooley Park, and d. s. p. 6th July, 1786.

Mary.

Sir Clobery d. 30th July, 1733, aged thirty-nine, and was s. by his son,

VI. SIR EDWARD NOEL, of Kirkby Malory, who became BARON WENTWORTH upon the demise of his cousin, Martha Lovelace, Lady Wentworth, in 1745. His lordship m. Judeth, daughter and heir of William Lamb, esq. of Farndish, in the county of Northampton, and had issue,

THOMAS, his successor.

Judeth, m. to Sir Ralph Milbanke, bart. This lady and her husband assumed the additional surname of "NOEL" upon the decease of her brother, Thomas, Viscount Wentworth. She d. in 1822, leaving an only daughter and heiress, (Sir Ralph d. in 1825,)

ANNA-ISABELLA, b. 17th May, 1792, m. 2nd
January, 1815, to the celebrated poet, George,
LORD BYRON, and has an only child,

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Elizabeth, m. in 1777, to James-Bland Burgess,
esq. (afterwards Sir James Lamb, bart.) but died
s. p. in 1779.

Sophia-Susanna, m. in 1777, to Nathaniel, Lord
Scarsdale, and dying 1782, left issue,

NATHANIEL CURZON, Baron Scarsdale.
William Curzon, killed at Waterloo.

Sophia-Caroline Curzon, m. in 1800, to Robert,
Viscount Tamworth, who d. in 1824, issue-
less.

His lordship was advanced, by letters patent, dated 4th May, 1762, to the dignity of Viscount WENTWORTH, of Wellesborough, in the county of Leicester, and dying in 1774, was s. by his son,

VII. THOMAS NOEL, second Viscount Wentworth, and ninth successor to the Barony of Wentworth. His lordship died s. p. in 1815, when the VisCOUNTY became EXTINCT, but the BARONY of WENTWORTH fell into ABEYANCE between his lordship's sister, JUDETH, Lady Milbanke, and his nephew, the Honourable NATHANIEL CURZON, as it still continues between Lady Milbanke's only child,

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The eldest son,

SIR WILLIAM NORREYS, knt. of Speke, married Catherine, daughter of Sir Henry Bold, of Bold Hall, and from Sir William, the manor of Speke passed to his line of descendant,

THOMAS NORREYS, esq. of Speke, b. in 1618, who m. Catherine, daughter of Sir Henry Garraway, knt. and died in 1700, leaving issue,

1. THOMAS, his heir, of Speke, M.P. for Liverpool, temp. WILLIAM III. who m. Miss Aston, daughter of Sir William Aston, bart. and left an only daughter and heir,

MARY, who conveyed Speke to her husband,

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