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the ode in which the four friends and commanders were thus mentioned:

"The four wheels of Charles's wain, Granville, Godolphin, Trevanion, Slanning, slain." Clarendon, in recording the storming and reduction of Bristol, says," here both Slanning and Trevannion fell, the life and soul of the Cornish regiments; both young, neither of them above eight-and-twenty, of entire friendship to each other and to Sir Bevill Granville, whose body was not yet buried;" and declares his death to have had "the royal sacrifice of his sovereign's very particular sorrow."

Sir Nicholas Slanning m. Gertrude, daughter of Sir James Bagge, knt. of Saltram, in Devon, by Grace, his wife, second daughter of John Fortescue, esq. of Buckland Filleigh, and had issue,

NICHOLAS, his heir.

Margaret, m. to Sir John Molesworth, bart. of
Pencarrow, and d. s. p.

Elizabeth, m. to Sir James Modyford, bart. of
London, governor of Jamaica, and had, with
other issue, a daughter, Grace, who wedded Peter
Heywood, esq. and was grandmother of James
Modyford Heywood, esq. of Maristow, who died
in 1798, leaving four daughters, his co-heirs, who
sold Maristow, with the manors of Bickleigh,
Buckland, &c. to Sir Manasseh Masseh Lopes,
bart.

Sir Nicholas was s. by his son,

1. SIR NICHOLAS SLANNING, K.B. F.R.S. standardbearer to the band of gentlemen pensioners, and cupbearer to the queen, who was created a BARONET 19th January, 1662-3. He m. first, Anne, daughter of Sir George Carteret, bart. of St. Owen's, Jersey; secondly, Mary, daughter of Sir Andrew Henley, bart. of Henley, Somersetshire; thirdly, Mary, daughter and coheir of James Jenkin, esq. of Treseny, in Cornwall; and fourthly, a daughter of Edmond Parker, esq. of Bovingdon. He left issue only by the second, a son and successor,

II. SIR ANDREW SLANNING, of Maristow, aged twenty in 1694, who m. Elizabeth, daughter and co-heir of

Hele, esq. of South Tawton, in Devon, but had no issue. He died 21st November, 1700, in consequence of a wound received in a scuffle at the Rose Tavern, Covent Garden, three days previously. The title ExPIRED with him, but his extensive possessions passed to the heirs of Elizabeth, his aunt, wife of Sir James Modyford, bart.

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SLINGSBY, OF SCRIVEN.

Margery, daughter of Simon Pooley, esq. of Badley, in Suffolk, and d. in 1513, leaving, with other issue, THOMAS, of Scriven, his heir, ancestor of the present SIR CHARLES SLINGSBY, bart. of Scriven, (See BURKE'S Peerage and Baronetage.) SIMON.

The youngest son,

SIMON SLINGSBY, esq. was father of

PETER SLINGSBY, esq. whose son,

I. SIR ANTHONY SLINGSBY, was created a BARONET 23rd October, 1628, being at the time governor of Zutphen, in Holland. He d. s. p. in 1630, when the title became EXTINCT.

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SLINGSBY, Of bifrons.

CREATED 19th Oct. 1657.-EXTINCT

Lineage.

SIR GUILFORD SLINGSBY, knt. comptroller to the navy to King JAMES I. eighth son of Francis Slingsby, esq. of Scriven, by Mary, his wife, only sister of Thomas Percy, Earl of Northumberland (see BURKE'S Peerage and Baronetage), m. Margaret, daughter of William Water, esq. alderman of York, and had, with other issue, a son,

1. SIR ARTHUR SLINGSBY, of Bifrons, in Kent, who received the honour of knighthood at Brussels 24th June, 1657, and was created a BARONET, by letters patent dated at Bruges, 9th October following. He m. a Flemish lady, and had two sons and two daughters,

CHARLES.
PETER.

Anne-Charlotte.

Mary, b. subsequent to the date of his will in 1664. Sir Arthur d. in 1665, and was s. by his son,

II. SIR CHARLES SLINGSBY, of Bifrons, who in 1669 was, together with his brother, beyond seas, as appears by the will of his uncle, Francis Slingsby, of St. Martin's in the Fields, proved the ensuing year at the Prerogative Office. Sir Charles sold Bifrons® în 1677. Since that year no further particulars have been obtained of the BARONETCY, which is presumed to be

EXTINCT.

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SLINGSBY, OF NEWCELLS.

CREATED 16th March, 1660-1.-EXTINCT in 1660-1.

Lineage.

1. ROBERT SLINGSBY, esq. of Newcells, in Herts, supposed to have been second son of Sir Guilford Slingsby, knt. and elder brother of Sir Arthur Slingsby, bart. of Bifrons, was created a BARONET 16th March, 1660-1. He m. first, Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Robert Brooke, esq. of Newcells; and secondly, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Edward Radclyffe, knt. of Dilston, in Northumberland, and widow of Sir William Fenwick, bart. of Meldon; but d. s. p. before the close of the year in which he had been created, when the BARONETCY became EXTINCT.

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• Bifrons became subsequently for many generations the residence of the Taylor family.

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ALEXANDER SLOANE, of Killileagh or White's Castle, in the county of Down, in the kingdom of Ireland, receiver-general to the Lord Claneboy of the taxes of that county, wherein he resided before and after the civil war, m. Sarah, daughter of the Rev. Dr. Hicks, of Winchester, chaplain to Archbishop Laud, and had issue,

1. JAMES, of the Inner Temple, barrister-at-law, some time M.P. for Thetford, in Norfolk, died 5th November, 1704, and was buried in the Temple Church. He left by Mary Rumbold, his wife, daughter of the keeper of the wardrobe to CHARLES II. one son, Joseph, who d. s. p. 11. Alexander, both died issueless. 111. Henry, IV. William, of Chelsea, b. at Killyleagh in 1658, m. Jane, daughter of Alexander Hamilton, esq. of Killileagh, in the county of Down, and had one son and one daughter,

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William, of Chelsea, and of Stoneham, Hants, living in 1741, m. first, Barret, daughter of Dacres-Leonard Barret, esq. of Belhouse, in Essex; secondly, Hesther, daughter of Sir Gilbert Heathcote, knt. an alderman of London; but by neither of those ladies had issue. He wedded, thirdly, Elizabeth, only daughter of John Fuller, esq. of Rose Hill, Sussex, and had three daughters. Sarah, m. first, to Sir Richard Fowler, bart. of Harnage Grange, Shropshire; and secondly, to Francis Annesley, esq. of the Temple; by the former she left, with other issue, a son, SIR HANS FOWLER, bart. and a daughter, Sarah Fowler, wife of Colonel Hodges, of the Guards, whose son Thomas assumed the surname of FOWLER, and d. in 1820, leaving an only daughter.

v. John,
vi. Robert, f
VII. HANS.

The youngest son,

d. issueless.

1. HANS SLOANE, M. D. of Chelsea, b. at Killyleagh 16th April, 1660, having attained great celebrity in his profession, and presided several years over the College of Physicians, was created a BARONET by King GEORGE I. 3rd April, 1716. Sir Hans m. Elizabeth, relict of

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Fulk Rose, esq. of Jamaica, and daughter and co-heir of John Langley, esq. an alderman of London (by Elizabeth, his wife, daughter and co-heir of Richard Middleton, also an alderman of London): by that lady (who died 27th September, 1724, and was buried at Chelsea,) he had two surviving daughters, his co-heirs, viz.

SARAH, m. to George Stanley, esq. son of George
Stanley, esq. of Poultons, in the county of
Southampton, and left one son and two daugh-

ters,

HANS STANLEY (the Right Hon.), a lord of the
Admiralty from 1757 to 1763, and in 1765
ambassador-extraordinary to the Empress
of Russia. He d. 13th January, 1780, having
bequeathed his moiety of the manor of
Chelsea to his sisters, with a reversion to
Lord Cadogan.

Anne Stanley, m. to Welbore Ellis, afterward
Lord Mendip.

Sarah Stanley, m. to Christopher D'Oyley,
esq. M.P.

ELIZABETH, M. to Charles, second Lord Cadogan, and was grandmother of the present (1838) EARL OF CADOGAN.

Sir Hans Sloane, who was chosen president of the Royal Society at the vacancy caused by the decease of Sir Isaac Newton, 20th March, 1727, d. 11th January, 1753, and was interred in seven days after in the churchyard of Chelsea in the same vault with his deceased wife, under a handsome monument erected by his daughters. As he left no male issue, the BARONETCY EXPIRED with him. The manor of Chelsea, which Sir Hans purchased in 1712 from William, Lord Cheyne, second Viscount Newhaven, descended to his two daughters as co-heirs.

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The manor of Hatherton was sold by the representatives of Sir Thomas Smith, the first baronet, about the year 1700, to Mr. Salmon, from whose grandson, the Rev. Matthew Salmon, it was purchased in 1784 by Charles Bate, esq. of Nantwich. This gentleman died in 1814, bequeathing the manor of Hatherton to his wife, Joan Bate, for life, and after her death to her nephew, Mr. Matthew Mare, of Basford.

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SMITH, OF EDMONTHORPE.

Lineage.

SIR THOMAS SMITH, knt. of Hough, in Cheshire, who died 1st July, 1538, left by Katherine, his wife, daughter of Sir Andrew Brereton, of Brereton, with other issue, two daughters, Ursula, m. to Sir Rowland Stanley, of Hooton, and Bridget, to Robert Fulleshurst, and a son,

SIR LAURENCE SMITH, of Hough, knighted at Leith in 1544, who was sheriff of Cheshire in 1553, and mayor of Chester in 1558, 1563, and 1570. He m. first, Anne, daughter of Thomas Fulleshurst, esq. of Crue; and secondly, 20th January, 1560-1, Jane, daughter of Sir Piers Warburton, of Arley, and widow of Sir William Brereton, knt. of Brereton. By the former he had issue,

Laurence, sheriff of Cheshire in 1567, d. s. p.
THOMAS.

Edward.

Eleanor, m. to Thomas Cowper, esq. of Chester. Mary, m. 16th January, 1562, to John Hurleston, esq. of Picton.

Sir Laurence d. 23rd August, 1582, aged sixty-six, and was s. by his son,

SIR THOMAS SMITH, knt. of Hatherton, in Cheshire, mayor of Chester in 1596, and sheriff of Cheshire in 1600, who m. Anne, daughter of Sir William Brereton, of Brereton, and had, with a daughter, Jane, wife of Sir Randle Mainwaring, the younger, of Over Peover, a son and successor,

LAURENCE SMITH, esq. of Hatherton, who m. Anne, daughter of Sir Randle Mainwaring, of Over Peover, and had two sons, THOMAS, his heir; and Stephen, gentleman usher to the Marquess of Ormond in Ireland, where he died in 1665, leaving issue. The elder,

SIR THOMAS SMITH, knt. of Hatherton, mayor of Chester in 1622, and sheriff of Cheshire in 1623, married Mary, daughter of Sir Hugh Smith, knt. of Long Ashton, in Somersetshire, and had twenty-two children. The eldest daughter, Mary, m. first, George, son of Thomas Cotton, esq. of Combermere; and secondly, Sir Robert Holt, bart. of Aston. The elder son,

1. THOMAS SMITH, esq. of Hatherton, was created a BARONET in 1660. He m. Abigail, daughter and coheir of Sir John Pate, bart. of Sisonby, in Leicestershire, and had issue,

FRANCES-PATE, b. 2nd November, 1663, married to
Richard Lister, esq. of Sisonby, and had a son,
John Pate Lister, esq. and a daughter, Abigail,
m. to Henry Browne, esq. of Shelbroke, in
Yorkshire.

Sir Thomas d. 22nd May, 1675, and was succeeded by his nephew,

11. SIR THOMAS SMITH (son of his brother, Laurence Smith, of Bow, Middlesex, to whom the title was nited). This Sir Thomas died without male issue in when the BARONETCY EXPIRED.

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The original name of this family was HERIZ, but in the reign of HENRY VII. William Heriz, of Withcock, in Leicestershire, assumed the name and arms of SMITH.

ERASMUS SMITH, esq. of Somerby, third son of John Smith, of Withcock, purchased the manor of Husband's Bosworth, Leicestershire, in 1565. He m. first, a lady named Bydd; and secondly, Margery, daughter of William Cecil, Lord Burleigh, and relict of Roger Cave. By the former he left a son,

SIR ROGER SMITH, of Husband's Bosworth and of Edmonthorpe, in Leicestershire, knighted at Whitehall in 1635. He m. first, Jane, daughter of Sir Edward Heron, serjeant-at-law, and had by her (who d. in 1599) a son,

EDWARD, who predeceased his father in 1632, leaving by Elizabeth, his wife, daughter of Sir Edward Heron, K.B. of Cressy Hall, a son, EDWARD, successor to his grandfather. Sir Roger m. secondly, Anna, daughter of Thomas Goodman, esq. of London, and by her (who d. in 1652, aged sixty-six,) had issue,

ERASMUS, of Weald Hall, Essex, living in 1683, aged seventy-three, who m. Mary, daughter of Hugh Hare, Lord Coleraine, and had, with three daughters, six sons, who all d. s. p. excepting the fourth,

HUGH, of Weald Hall, high sheriff of Essex 11 GEORGE II. who m. Dorothy, daughter of Dacre-Barret Lennard, esq. of Belhouse, and d. in 1745, aged seventy-three, leaving two daughters,

DOROTHY, M. to the Hon. John Barry. LUCY, m. to James, Lord Strange, eldest son of Edward, fifth Earl of Derby. Roger, who m. Anna, daughter of Thomas Cotton, esq. of Laughton, and died in London about 1667, leaving several children, of whom the eldest was Roger Smith, of Frolesworth.

Anna, m. to Sir John Norwich, bart. of Bramp

ton.

Mary, m. to Sir William Dudley, bart.

Sir Roger Smith died in 1655, aged eighty-four, and was s. by his grandson,

1. EDWARD SMITH, esq. of Edmonthorpe, high sheriff of Leicestershire in 1666, was created a BARONET in 1660-1. He m. first, Constantia, daughter of Sir William Spencer, bart. of Yarnton, Oxfordshire; secondly, Frances, daughter of Sir George Marwood, of Busby, in Yorkshire, and relict of Sir Richard Weston; and thirdly, Bridget, widow of Richard Baylis, of Woodford, Essex. By the two last he had no child; but by the first he had four sons and a daughter,

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11. SIR EDWARD SMITH, of Edmonthorpe, who married Olivia, daughter and heir of Thomas Pepys, esq. of Merton Abbey, Surrey, but died without surviving issue 15th February, 1721, when the title became EXTINCT. He devised his estate at Edmonthorpe to his cousin, Edward Smith, esq. M. P. for Leicestershire, descended from Roger Smith, of Frolesworth. He d. in 1762 s. p. the last of the family at Edmonthorpe, which was sold after his death to William Pochin, esq. of Barkby.

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Helen, m. to Sir Francis Rogers, knt. of Cannington, in the county of Somerset.

Mary, m. to Sir Thomas Smith, bart. of Hatherton, in Cheshire.

He was s. by his son,

THOMAS SMITH, esq. of Long Ashton, who m. Florence, daughter of John, Lord Poulet, of Hinton St. George, in Somersetshire, and by that lady (who survived him and m. secondly, Thomas Pigott, esq. of Ireland,) left a son and heir,

1. HUGH SMITH, esq. of Long Ashton, who was created a BARONET by King CHARLES II. 16th May, 1661. Sir Hugh m. Elizabeth, daughter of John Ashburnham, esq. of Ashburnham, and was s. by his only

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III. SIR JOHN SMITH, who married in 1728-9, Miss Pym, daughter of Mr. Pym, of Oxford, but died without issue in 1741, when the BARONETCY EXPIRED, and the estates passed to his sister FLORENCE, whose second husband,

JARRIT SMYTH, esq. M.P. for Bristol in 1756 and
1761, was created a BARONET, as "SIR JARRIT
SMYTH, of Long Ashton," in January, 1763.
Their great-grandson is the present (1837)

SIR JOHN SMYTH, bart. of Long Ashton.

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HUGH, who m. the daughter of Arthur Beckhaw, and left a daughter,

ELIZABETH, M. to William Morgan, esq. of Llantarnan Abbey, in the county of Monmouth.

MATTHEW.

The younger son,

MATTHEW SMITH, esq. m. Jane, daughter and co-heir of John Tyther, esq. and left a son and heir,

SIR HUGH SMITH, knt. of Long Ashton, in the county of Somerset, who m. Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Thomas Gorges, knt. of Langford, in the county of Wilts, (sister of Lord Gorges), and had issue, THOMAS, his heir.

CREATED 20th April, 1694.

EXTINCT 11th Oct. 1760.

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Lineage.

JAMES SMITH, esq. of Hammersmith, an alderman of London, m. first, Mary, daughter of Mr. Allen, of London, and by her had issue,

By Helen, his wife, daughter of Wolfangus Snavenburgh, of Sweden, and relict of William Parr, Marquess of Northampton.

RICHARD, d. s. p.

James, married first, Elizabeth Stanton; and secondly, Mary, daughter of William Goddard, of London.

Anne, m. first, to Adrian Dent, of London; and secondly, to Andrew Harbyn, of Parendon Magna, in Essex.

He m. secondly, Sarah, daughter of Robert Cotton, esq. of West Barge Holt, in Essex, by whom he had no less than fifteen children, of whom

JOHN received the honour of knighthood, and of him presently.

Sarah, m. Bud Wase, esq. of Dalchet, Bucks. Elizabeth, m. Henry Street, esq. of London. Mary, m. Abraham Otgar, of London, merchant. Several of his children lie buried in Hammersmith Church, where a very noble monument was erected to his memory, of black and white marble. The eldest son of the second marriage,

SIR JOHN SMITH, knt. alderman of the city of London, and sheriff in 1669, m. first, Anne, daughter of William Wase, esq. of Dalchet, in Bucks, and had a

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Sir John d. in 1670, and was s. by the eldest son of his second marriage,

1. JOHN SMITH, esq. of Isleworth, who having advanced several sums of money towards carrying on the war with France, was created a BARONET (6 WILLIAM and MARY) 20th April, 1694, and was one of the gentlemen of the privy chamber to King WILLIAM and to Queen ANNE. Sir John m. 22nd September, 1691, Mary, second daughter of Sir John Eyles, knt. an alderman of London, and by that lady (who died in December, 1724,) left two sons and two daughters,

viz.

JOHN, his successor.
James, d. s. p.

MARY.
ELIZABETH.

He d. 16th August, 1726, and was succeeded by his elder son,

11. SIR JOHN SMITH, who d. unm. 11th October, 1760, when the BARONETCY EXPIRED.

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I. DAVID-WILLIAM SMITH, esq. only child of the late Colonel John Smith, who died in 1795 in the command of Fort Niagara, North America, by Anne, his wife, daughter of William Waylen, esq. of Rowde Hill and Devizes, Wilts, entered at an early period his father's regiment, and attained the rank of captain. Afterwards, having settled in Canada, he was called to the bar in that colony, with precedence as deputy-judgeadvocate, filled several high official appointments, and was finally speaker of the House of Assembly. For these public services he obtained his patent of creation 30th August, 1821. "The consummate ability (we quote a recent writer in the Gentleman's Magazine) with which for a long period be administered the affairs of the Duke of Northumberland, is well known; the kindness and warm-hearted generosity of his character, united with the manners of a high-minded English gentleman, endeared him to all who had the honour of his acquaintance, and will cause him to be long remembered in the neighbourhood of Alnwick, where his death has caused a blank which will not be readily filled."

Sir David Smith, who was born 4th September, 1764, m. first, 3rd November, 1788, Anne, eldest daughter of the late John O'Reilly, esq. of Ballykilerist (now Anne's-ville), in the county of Longford, by whom (who died 5th November, 1798,) he had issue,

DAVID-WILLIAM, R.N. born 6th June, 1794, killed
by a shot from a French battery when on board
the Spartan frigate, 11th May, 1811.
MARY-ELIZABETH, m. in 1814, to Charles Tylee,
esq. and has issue,

Robert Tylee.

David Tylee, an officer in the army.

Mary Tylee.

Anne Tylee. Sarah Tylee.

SARAH. ANNE.

He wedded, secondly, 11th April, 1803, Mary, young est daughter of the late John Tylee, esq. of Devizes, and had by that lady, who survives, one daughter, HANNAH.

Sir David died 9th May, 1837, when the BARONETCY became EXTINCT.

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