1. GEORGE, of Little Usworth, in the county of Durham, who m. Mabella, daughter and heir of Sir Reginald Carnaby, knt. and had, with three daughters, Dorothea, Elizabeth, and Mabella, four sons, viz.

1. THOMAS, who sold Little Usworth to Sir Wilfrid Lawson, and d. unm.

2. Edward, who m. Mary, daughter of John Copley, esq. of Skelbrooke, and had Wifrid, who m. Mary, daughter of Joseph Watkinson, and had a daugh.ter,

Elizabeth, m. to Richard Wilton, esq. of Wakefield.

John, a merchant in Denmark. Godfrey, mayor of Leeds in 1669: he m. Elizabeth, daughter of Joseph Watkinson, and d. in 1709, leaving a son, George, who d. s. p. and two daughters, Mary, m. to Ralph Lowther, esq. and Elizabeth, m. to John Trotter, esq. of Skelton Castle.

3. Robert, m. and d. s. p.

1. Elizabeth, m. to John Stapleton, esq. of Wartre, in Yorkshire.

II. Judith, m. to Miles Pennington, esq. of Seaton, in Cumberland.

III. Katherine, m. to Andrew Hudleston, esq. of Hutton-John, in Cumberland.

IV. Jane, m. to Robert Constable, of Catfess, in Yorkshire.

v. Frances, m. to Henry Tolson, esq. of Woodhall, in Cumberland.

VI. Mary, m. to Christopher Richmond, esq. of Ca

terlane.

VII. Isabel, m. to D'Arcy Curwen, esq. of Sells Park.

VIII. Winifrid, m. to John Swinburne, of Hewthwaite.

Sir Wilfrid represented the county of Cumberland in parliament at the Restoration, and the year following served for Cockermouth, and dying in 1689, was s. by his grandson,

II. SIR WILFRID LAWSON, M.P. for Cockermouth 2nd WILLIAM and MARY, m. Elizabeth, only daughter and heir of George Preston, esq. of Holker, in Lancashire, and had issue,

WILFRID, his successor, b. in 1696.
William, d. unm.

John, an officer in the army on the Irish establish-
ment, lost his life at a review in Dublin, by a
ball aimed at another officer, and d. s. p.

Sir Wilfrid d. in 1704, leaving a character of the highest probity behind him. Amongst other remarkable traits of nice conscientious feeling, was his relinquishing the impropriate tithes of Isell to the living for ever; which he did with so much exactness, that with the profits he had received himself to that time, he bought a piece of land, which he settled likewise on the living. He acted somewhat similarly towards government regarding his estate, which finding undertaxed, he computed the difference, and left £600 to be paid to make up the loss to the state. Queen ANNE gave the money back, however, to his family. He was 8. by his eldest son,

III. SIR WILFRID LAWSON, F.R.S. one of the grooms of the bedchamber to King GEORGE I. and M. P. for Cumberland temp. GEORGE I. and GEORGE II. He m. Elizabeth-Lucy, daughter of Lieutenant general Harry Mordaunt, and niece of Charles, third Earl of Peterborough, by whom he left two sons and two daughters, viz.

He d. 13th July, 1737, and was s. by his elder son, IV. SIR WILFRID LAWSON, who d. 2nd May, 1739, aged seven years, and was s. by his brother,

V. SIR MORDAUNT LAWSON, who d. 8th August, 1743, aged ten, and was s. by his cousin, (refer to second son of the first baronet,)

VI. SIR GILFRID LAWSON, who d. 23rd August, 1749, s. p. and was s. by his brother,

VII. SIR ALFRED LAWSON, who d. 14th February, 1752, and was s. by his son,

VIII. SIR WILFRID LAWSON. This gentleman served the office of sheriff of Cumberland in 1756, and was elected knight of the shire in 1761. He d. 1st December, in the following year, and was s. by his brother,

IX. SIR GILFRID LAWSON, who m. Emilia, daughter of John Lovitt, esq. by whom (who d. 29th May, 1769) he had a daughter, Emilia, who d. unmarried in 1798, and a son, his successor, in 1794,

X. SIR WILFRID LAWSON, who m. Anne, daughter of John Hartley, esq. of Whitehaven, but died issueless 14th June, 1806, when the BARONETCY EXPIRED. Sir Wilfrid bequeathed his estates to the nephew of his wife,

THOMAS WYBERGH, esq. (second son of Thomas Wybergh, esq. of Clifton Hall, Westmoreland, and Isabella Hartley, Lady Lawson's sister) who assumed in consequence the surname and arms of LAWSON. He d. s. p. in 1812, and was s. by his brother, who, having taken the name and arms likewise of Lawson, on inheriting be

came

WILFRID LAWSON, esq. of Brayton House, and Isell, in Cumberland, and having been created a BARONET in 1831, is now (1837) SIR WILFRID LAWSON. (Refer to BURKE's Peerage and Baronetage.)

Arms-Per pale, arg. and sa. a chevron counterchanged.

1. PETER LEAR, esq. who acquired a considerable fortune in Barbadoes, was on his return from the island created a BARONET, 2nd July, 1660, but dying issueless about the year 1684, the title under that patent became EXTINCT, but he had previously obtained another patent, dated 2nd August, 1683, with special remainder to his nephews, and was succeeded accordingly by the elder, as

II. SIR THOMAS LEAR, of Lindridge, in the county of Devon. He represented Ashburton in parliament 13 WILLIAM III. and 1st of Queen ANNE, and m. Isabella, daughter of Sir William Courtenay, knt. of Powderham Castle, but dying s. p. in December, 1705, was s. by his brother,

III. SIR JOHN LEAR, who m. the daughter of Christopher Wolston, gent. of Devon, and had an only child, MARY LEAR, who m. Sir Thomas Tipping, bart. Sir John d. sometime before 1740, when the BARONETCY EXPIRED.

1. SIR HENRY LEE, who was declared heir to his cousin, Sir Henry Lee, K. G. and thus became "of Quarendon." He received the honour of knighthood from King JAMES I. and was created a BARONET 25th June, 1611. Sir Henry m. Eleanor, daughter of Sir Richard Wortley, of Wortley, in the county of York, and dying about the year 1631, was s. by his son,

11. SIR FRANCIS HENRY LEE, of Quarendon, Berks, and Ditchley, in Oxfordshire, m. Anne, daughter of Sir John St. John, of Lidiard Tregoze, in the county of Wilts, bart. and dying about the year 1641, was s. by his son,

III. SIR HENRY LEE, who m. Anne, daughter of Sir John Danvers, of Cornbury, in the county of Oxford, and sister and heir of John Danvers, esq. but having daughters only was s. at his decease by his brother,

IV. SIR FRANCIS HENRY LEE, of Ditchley, who m. Lady Elizabeth Pope, daughter and heir of Thomas, Earl of Downe, in Ireland, by whom (who married, secondly. Robert, third Earl of Lindsey), he had a son and successor,

V. SIR EDWARD HENRY LEE, who was raised to the peerage in 1674, as Baron of Spellesbury, Viscount Quarendon, and Earl of Lichfield. He m. Lady Charlotte Fitzroy, natural daughter of King CHARLES II. by Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland, and had issue,

Edward, d. unm.

James, m. Sarah, daughter of John Bagshaw, and d. in 1711.

Charles, d. unm.

GEORGE-HENRY, successor to his father.
Fitzroy-Henry, d. s. p. in 1720.
ROBERT, who s. his nephew.

Charlotte, m. to Benedict Calvert, Lord Baltimore.
Anne.

Barbara, m. first, to Colonel Lee, and secondly,
to Sir George Browne, bart.; by the latter she
had a daughter,

BARBARA BROWNE, heir of her father, who m. Sir Edward Mostyn, bart. of Talacre. His lordship, who refused to swear allegiance to the new government at the Revolution, d. 14th July, 1716, and was s. by his son,

VI. SIR GEORGE-HENRY LEE, second Earl of Lichfield, who m. Frances, daughter of Sir John Hales, of St. Stephens, Tunstall, and Woodchurch, in Kent, and had issue,

GEORGE-HENRY, his successor,

James, d. in 1742.
Charles-Henry, d. in 1740.

CHARLOTTE, M. to Henry, eleventh Viscount Dil

VII. SIR GEORGE HENRY LEE, third Earl of Lichfield, chancellor of the university of Oxford, captain of the band of gentlemen pensioners, and custos brevium of the court of Common Pleas. He m. Diana, only daughter and heir of Sir Thomas Frankland, bart. but dying s. p. in 1775, was s. by his uncle,

VIII. SIR ROBERT LEE, fourth Earl of Lichfield, previously M. P. for the city of Oxford. He m. Katherine, daughter of Sir John Stonehouse, of Radley, Berks, but died issueless, in 1776, when all his honours, including the BARONETCY, EXPIRED. The estates devolved upon his niece, CHARLOTTE, Viscountess Dillon. Her grandson, Henry Augustus, thirteenth Viscount Dillon, assumed the additional surname and arms of Lee, which are borne by his son and successor, CHARLES-HENRY DILLON-LEE, present (1837) VISCOUNT DILLON.

The manor of Quarendon was sold by the late Lord Dillon, in 1802, to James Dupré, esq. of Wilton Park. Arms Arg. a fesse between three crescents sa.

This family, supposed to have been a younger branch of the Leghs of Cheshire, settled in Bucks in the beginning of HENRY IV.'s reign.

WILLIAM LEE, of Moreton, in the parish of Ditton, died in 1486; fourth in descent from him,

SIR THOMAS LEE, knt. of Moreton, married Eleanor, daughter and eventually heiress of Michael Hampden, esq. of Hartwell, and had no less than twentyfour children. His eldest son and heir,

THOMAS LEE, esq. possessed Moreton and Hartwell. He was sheriff of Bucks, 4 CHARLES 1. and marrying Jane, daughter of Sir George Throckmorton, knt. of Fulbrook, was s. at his decease, in 1642, by his son,

THOMAS LEE, esq. of Moreton and Hartwell, who married about 1632, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir George Croke, knt. one of the justices of the King's Bench, by whom (who m. secondly, Sir Richard Ingoldsby, K.B.) he had three sons, THOMAS, William, and George, and a daughter, Mary, the wife of Sir William Morley, knt. of Barecourt. He was s. by his eidest son,

1660.

1. THOMAS LEE, esq. of Hartwell, in the county of Bucks, who was created a BARONET 16th August, "He was (says Browne Willis, who drew up the pedigree of the family) a gentleman of great accomplishments, and at the Restoration, and for several years afterwards, as long as he lived, was returned to serve in parliament, and was much admired for his elegant speeches in the House of Commons, where he was a leader in the debates." He married Anne, daughter and heir of Sir John Davis, knt. of Pangborne, Berks, and by her (who d. in 1708), had issue, THOMAS, his successor. John, a captain in the army. Lyonel.

Mary. Frances. Jane.

LEE

Anne, m. first, to Richard Winkworth, esq. of
Maudlins, in Ireland, and secondly, to Captain
Nashack.

Martha, m. to John Padmore, esq.
Elizabeth, m. to Colonel Richard Beck.

He d. in February, 1690, and was s. by his eldest

son,

11. SIR THOMAS LEE, M. P. who m. Alice, daughter and heir of Thomas Hopkins, esq. of London, merchant, and had issue,

1. THOMAS, his successor.

II. WILLIAM (Sir), lord chief justice of England, and a privy councillor, m. first, Anne, daughter of Mr. Goodwin, of Bury, and had a son, WILLIAM, Who m. Philadelphia, daughter of Sir John Dyke, bart. and dying in 1778, left (with four daughters, Philadelphia; Harriet, wife of John Fiott, esq. merchant of London; Louisa, and Sophia), a son, WILLIAM, who, in pursuance of the will of Mr. Antonie, of Colworth, in Bedfordshire, took the name of AN

TONIE.

Sir William Lee married secondly, Margaret, relict of Mr. Melmoth, and daughter of Roger Drake, esq. but by that lady had no issue. 111. John, colonel in the Guards, m. first, a daughter of Sir Thomas Hardy, knt, and secondly, Mary, daughter of Browne, esq. of Arlsey, in Bedfordshire; by the latter (who wedded secondly, Colonel Schutz), he had

Thomas, of Hampton Court, equerry to the
Duke of Gloucester.

John, an ensign in the Foot Guards.
Colonel Lee d. in 1760.

iv. George (Sir), LL. D. a privy councillor, one of the lords of the Admiralty, and treasurer to her royal highness the Princess Dowager of Wales, m. Judith, daughter of Humphrey Morice, esq. but dying without issue, 18th December, 1758, left his fortune to his nephew, Sir William Lee, bart.

1. Sarah, d. in 1693.

Sir Thomas was s. at his decease by his eldest son,

III. SIR THOMAS LEE, M. P. for the county of Bucks,

1. HUMPHREY LEE, esq. of Langley and Acton Burnell, in Shropshire, son of Richard Lee, esq. of Langley, by Eleanor, his wife, daughter of Walter Wrottesley, esq. of Wrottesley, was fourth in descent from Richard Lee, esq. sheriff of the county in 1479, and representative of one of the oldest families in England. In 1620 he was created a BARONET, being the first Shropshire gentleman who received that honour. He m. Margaret, daughter of Richard Corbett, esq. of Stoke, one of the judges of the court of King's Bench, and had issue,

RICHARD, his heir.

Margaret, m. to Sir Francis Kynaston, knt. of Oteley, in Salop.

Cecilia. Alice. Mary.

Sir Humphrey was succeeded by his son,

II. SIR RICHARD LEE, of Langley and Acton Bur

esq. and had issue,

WILLIAM, his heir.
Thomas.

Anne, m. to George Vernon, esq. created, in 1762,
Lord Vernon, of Kinderton.

He d. in December, 1749, and was s. by his son,

IV. SIR WILLIAM LEE. This gentleman devoted himself to the improvement of his seat at Hartwell, displaying great taste in his manner of planting and laying out the grounds, and his additions to the mansion house, the east and south fronts of which he rebuilt: he also rebuilt the parish church, to which his uncles contributed, viz. the Chief Justice £1000, and Sir George Lee £500. He was distinguished by his benevolent attentions to the poor, and having studied the science of medicine, was their gratuitous physician. Sir William m. in 1763, Lady Elizabeth Harcourt, daughter of Simon, Earl of Harcourt, and had issue,

He d. 6th July, 1799, and was s. by his elder son, V. SIR WILLIAM LEE, who adopting a military life, was lieutenant-colonel of the 16th Light Dragoons, in

cause, and had to compound for his estate in the sum of £3719. He m. Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Edward Allen, knt. alderman of London, and left at his decease, in April, 1660, issue, to survive him, two daughters, his co-heirs, viz.

RACHAEL, m. to Ralph Cleaton, esq. second son of Ralph Cleaton, of Oneley, in Salop; she obtained for her inheritance Lea Hall and the other estates of her ancestors in that neighbourhood, and transmitted them to her descendant in the third generation,

RICHARD CLEATON, who had two daughters,

ALATHEA, m. to James Apperley, M.D.
JANE, m. to Watkin Williams Wynne, esq.
of Voclas, in Denbighshire, whose daugh-
ters married, the one the Hon. Charles
Finch, and the other, Thomas Assheton
Smith, esq.
of Tedworth, Hants. Lea Hall
and the other estates were sold to Sir
Thomas Tyrwhitt Jones, bart.

MARY, m. to Edward Smythe, esq. who was created
a BARONET, ancestor of the present

SIR EDWARD SMYTH, bart. of Acton Burnell and Langley.

The LEICESTERS, (or LEYCESTERS, as formerly writ ten,) are of great antiquity in the county of Chester, and enjoyed lands there so early as the time of King JOHN.

SIR NICHOLAS DE LEICESTER, knt. who d. in 1295, m. Margaret, daughter of Geffery Dutton, and ac quired thereby the village, manors, and mansion of Nether-Tabley, Wethall, &c. His son and heir,

ROGER LEICESTER, resided at Wethall, and had a grant from Sir John de Grey, son of Reginald de Grey, justice of Chester, of a third part of Over Tabley, cum Ludlow, which places were given to the said Sir John by William de Tabley, Lord of Tabley and Knutsford. This Roger died about the year 1349, and was s. by his son,

NICHOLAS LEICESTER, who died in the same year, leaving by his wife, Mary, daughter of William Mobberley, of Mobberley, co-heir of her mother, Maud, and half sister of Sir Ralph Mobberley,

for, previously to the enactment of that law, few were written of any place or with the title of esquire. Certain it is, that this William lived at his manor house of Nether Tabley, which continues to the present time the seat of his descendants. He m. two wives, but left issue only by one, Agnes, sister of Sir Piers Dutton, viz. JOHN, Lawrence, and Jeffery. He d. in 1428, and was s. by the eldest,

JOHN LEICESTER, esq. of Nether Tabley, who m. in 1422, Elizabeth, daughter of Hammon Massey, esq. of Rixton, in Lancashire, and had six sons, JOHN, his heir; Hammon, parson of Mobberly; Randle; Nicholas; Henry; and William. He d. in 1462, and was s. by his eldest son,

JOHN LEICESTER, esq. of Tabley, who m. in 1442, Margery, daughter of John Legh, esq. of High Legh, in Westhall, and dying in 1496, was s. by his eldest

son,

THOMAS LEICESTER, esq. of Nether Tabley, who m. Margaret, sixth daughter and co-heir of Robert Grosvenor, esq. of Houlme, near Peover, and so acquired a moiety of Nether and Little Peover, and one-third of Over Alderley, with lands in Allostock and Hope; by this lady he had a son, JOHN, his heir: after her decease, he married three other wives, by the first of whom he had two other sons. He d. in 1526, and was s. by his eldest son,

JOHN LEICESTER, esq. of Tabley. This gentleman m. first, in 1479, Lucy, daughter of John Ratcliffe, of Ratcliffe, in Lancashire, and had a son, William, who wedded Anne, daughter of Richard Sneyd, of Bradwell, in Staffordshire, but died issueless. He (John) m. secondly, in 1499, Alice, daughter of Henry Henshaw, esq. of Milne House, by Chelford, and by that lady had issue,

PETER, his heir. Richard.

James, ancestor of the Leicesters of Halelowe.
Laurence.

Isabel, m. to John Ogle, esq. of Roby.

He d. in 1543, and was s. by his eldest son,

PETER LEICESTER, esq. of Tabley, who married Alice, daughter of Sir John Holford, of Holford, and had PETER, his heir; ADAM; William, from whom the Leicesters of Legh, in Staffordshire; Alice, m. to Geoffery Brereton; and Margaret, m. to Richard Birkenhead. He d. 8th April, 1577, was buried at Budworth on the 11th, and s. by his eldest son,

PETER LEICESTER, esq. of Tabley. This gentleman m. Elizabeth, daughter and sole heir of Edward Colwich, esq. of Colwich, in Staffordshire, and died 21st July, 1581, leaving three daughters, Alice, m. to Sir George Leycester, of Toft; Elizabeth, m. to George Legh, esq. of East Hall, in High Legh; and Katharine, m. to John Ireland, esq. of Hutt; when he was s. by his brother,

ADAM LEICESTER, esq. of Tabley, who m. Dorothy, daughter of Peter Shakerly, esq. of Houlme, and widow of Thomas Holford, and dying 17th June, 1591, was s. by his son,

PETER LEICESTER, esq. of Tabley, who d. 7th March, 1647, aged fifty-nine, and was buried at Budworth. He m. Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Randle Mainwaring, of Over Peover, and had issue,

PETER, his heir.

Philip, fellow of Brasenose College, d. unm. 1653.

of Nether Tabley still belongeth. He was afterwards Sir Nicholas Leicester, knt. so styled in 1292, and was seneschal to Henry Lacy, Earl of Lincoln, constable of Cheshire. His son Roger's son and heir, Nicholas, died in 1349, and his son, John Leicester, who served in the wars of France, under John of Gaunt, in 1373 and 1380, built the old manor hall of Nether Tabley.