SIR JOHN BAKER, knt. of Sisinghurst, adopting the legal profession, attained considerable eminence, and when a young man was sent ambassador to Denmark. On his return he became Speaker of the House of Commons, and was soon after appointed attorneygeneral and sworn of the privy council, but gained no further preferment until 1545, when, having recommended himself to the king by his activity in forwarding a loan in London and other imposts, he was made chancellor of the Exchequer. HENRY VIII. constituted him an assistant trustee for the minor successor, after whose accession his name is scarcely mentioned in history, except in one instance, which ought not to be forgotten: he was the only privy counsellor who steadfastly denied his assent to the last will of that prince, by which Mary and Elizabeth were excluded from inheriting the crown. He was succes

sively recorder of London, attorney and chancellor of the Exchequer. He was likewise a privy counsellor to HENRY VIII, EDWARD VI., MARY, and ELIZA BETH. Sir Richard m. Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Thomas Dinley, and widow of George Barret, by whom he had issue,

RICHARD (Sir), his heir.

John, of London, who m. Catharine, daughter of Sir Reginald Scott, knt. of Scott's Hall, and left

a son,

SIR RICHARD BAKER, b. about the year 1568,
the celebrated CHRONICLER. This distin-
guished writer m. Margaret, daughter of Sir
George Manwaring, of Ightfield, by whom
he had two sons and three daughters. Sir
Richard, who possessed the manor of Middle
Aston, and other estates in Oxfordshire,
served the office of high sheriff for that coun-
ty in 1620, but having become surety for
some of the debts of his wife's family, was
thereby reduced to poverty and thrown into
the Fleet prison, where he died 18th Fe-
bruary, 1645, and was buried in St. Bride's
Church, Fleet Street.

Elizabeth, m. to Sir Thomas Scott, knt. of Scott's
Hall.

Cecilia, m. to the Lord Treasurer Dorset.

Mary, m. to George Tufton, of Heathfield, in Kent. Sir Richard d. in 1558, and was interred at Sisinghurst, where he possessed a fine estate formerly belonging to the family of De Berham, and a noble mansion built by himself, Sisinghurst Castle, which remained for centuries with his descendants, but has since bowed down its battlements to the unfeeling taste of modern times. His eldest son and heir,

SIR RICHARD BAKER, knt. of Sisinghurst, entertained Queen ELIZABETH in her progress into Kent July, 1573. He m. first, Catherine, daughter and heir of John Tirrell, youngest son of Sir Thomas Tirrell, knt. and had

JOHN, his heir.

Thomas (Sir), knt. of Whittingham, in Suffolk, m. and had issue.

Anne, m. first, to John Goodwin; secondly, to

Drew; and, thirdly, to Baron Sandys, of the
Vine, in Hampshire.

Sir Richard wedded, secondly, Mary, daughter of
John Gifford, and had by her two daughters,

Grisagon, m. to Henry Lennard, Lord Dacre.
Cecilia, m. to Richard Blunt, son and heir of Sir
Michael Blunt.

The elder son,

JOHN BAKER, esq. of Sisinghurst, succeeded his father in 1594. He m. Mary, daughter of Sir Thomas Guildford, knt. of Hempsted, in Kent, and had, with a daughter, Catharine, wife of Edward Yates, esq. of Buckland, two sons, Henry and Edward. The elder

1. HENRY BAKER, esq. of Sisinghurst, was created a BARONET 29th June, 1611. He m. Catharine, eldest daughter of Sir John Smith, knt. of Ostenhanger, and dying in 1623, was s. by his son,

II. SIR JOHN BAKER, of Sisinghurst, who m. Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Robert Parkhurst, knt. and by her, who died in 1639, left at his decease, in 1653, an only surviving child,

III. SIR JOHN BAKER, of Sisinghurst, who m. Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Sir Robert Newton, bart. of London, and by her (who wedded, secondly, Philip Howard, and died in 1693), had four daughters, his co-heirs, viz.

ANNE, m. to Edmund Beaghan, esq. and dying in 1685, left a son,

EDMUND-STUNGATE BEAGHAN, esq. of Sisinghurst, who sold in the year 1730, to the trus

tees of SIR HORACE MANN, knt. his portion of the Sisinghurst estates.

ELIZABETH, M. to Robert Spencer, esq. and d. s. p. in 1705.

MARY, m. to John Dowel, esq. of Over, in Gloucestershire, and had a son,

JOHN-BAKER DOWEL, esq. of Over, who d. in 1738, and was s. by his son,

JOHN-BAKER BRIDGES DOWEL, esq. of Over, who d. in 1744, bequeathing his interest in the Baker estates to the Rev. Staunton Degge, who conveyed them to Galfridus Mann, esq. father of SIR HORACE MANN.

KATHERINE, m. to Roger Kirkby, and d. in 1733. Sir John Baker died in 1661, and leaving no male issue, the BARONETCY expired, while his estates passed to his daughters, from whose heirs they were purchased by Sir Horace Mann's family.

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BAILLIE, OF PORTMAN SQUARE. CREATED 11th Dec. 1812.-EXTINCT 21st Aug. 1820. Lineage.

WILLIAM BAILLIE, esq. son of Alexander Baillie, esq. of Dockfour, m. first, Elizabeth, daughter of Alexander Sutherland, esq. of Cleyn, in the county of Ross, by whom he had (with an elder and younger Bon) EWEN, of whom presently; and, secondly, Miss Margaret Mackay, of Biggens, in the county of Caithness, and had, with other children,

Catherine, who m. in 1769, Roderick Mackenzie,
esq. of Fairburn, by whom she had
ALEXANDER MACKENZIE, the present baronet
of Fairburn. (See BURKE's Peerage and
Baronetage.)
With other issue.

1. EWEN BAILLIE, esq. having attained the rank of major general in the army, with the colonelcy of the ird regiment of native infantry in Bengal, and being some time commander-in-chief of the forces there, was created a BARONET on the 11th December, 1912, but having no issue he obtained a second patent 26th May, 1813, with remainder to his nephew. ALEXANDER MACKIZIK. Sir Ewen d. s. p. in 1820, when the title under the first patent became EXTINCT, while that 13Fr the second passed according to the limitation.

SIE JOHN BALE, knt. of Carleton Curlieu and Sadagion, the representative of a respectable Leicester

shire family, married Frances, daughter of Bernard Brocas, of Beaurepaire, in Hampshire, and by her, who d. in 1629, aged eighty, had issue,

GEORGE, his heir.

Robert, d. s. p.

John, of Sadington.

Francis, of London, merchant, who m. Margaret, daughter of John Maninge, also of London, merchant, and had issue,

Charles, b. in 1625. Elizabeth, b. in 1614. Margaret, b. in 1623.

Edmund, of Sadington, m. Joice, daughter of Sir Richard Roberts, of Sutton Cheynell, and had three sons, William, b. in 1610, John and Richard; and four daughters, Elizabeth, Frances, Dorothy, and Joice.

The eldest son,

GEORGE BALE, esq. of Carleton Curlieu, espoused Elizabeth, daughter of Valentine Hartopp, esq. of Barton Lazars, and by her (who m. secondly, Sir William Roberts, of Sutton Cheynell), had issue,

JOHN (Sir), his heir.

Valentine, of Humberston, who m. Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Tobias Chippingdale, son and heir of John Chippingdale, doctor of civil law, and had a son, John, b. in 1618, and two daughters, Elizabeth and Emma.

Frances, m. to William Roberts, esq. of Barwell. The elder son,

SIR JOHN BALE, received the honour of knighthood from JAMES I., and served as high sheriff for Leicestershire in 1624. He m. first, Emma, daughter of William Halford, of Welham, which lady died in 1630; and, secondly, a daughter of John Bainbrigge, esq. of Lockington. By the former he had issue, JOHN, his heir.

William, of Humberston, m. Elizabeth, daughter of William Jerveis, of Peatling, and was s. by

his son,

Samuel, of Humberston, who m. Elizabeth, fourth daughter of George Faunt, esq. of Foston, but d. s. p. in 1687.

George, d. s. p.

Thomas, killed in the royal cause at Ashby-de-laZouch.

Samuel, b. in 1625. Francis, d. in 1631. Richard, d. in 1657.

Frances, m. to William Warner, esq. of Lubbenham.

The eldest son,

1. JOHN BALE, esq. of Carleton Curlieu, one of the loyalists to whom the king's commission of array was addressed in June, 1642, was created a BARONET 9th November, 1643. During the civil wars he adhered with devoted attachment to the ill-fated king, and in 1645 his house at Carleton Curlieu was garrisoned in the royal cause. Sir John contributed also largely to the expenses of the war, by voluntary gifts to the monarch, and by the fines which were levied by parlia ment. He m. Anne, daughter and heir of Sir Thomas Puckering, bart. of Warwick, but having no issue at his decease about 1653, the BARONETCY became EXTINCT, and his property at Carleton was purchased by a London scrivener named Prudham, who sold it in 1654 to SIR GEOFFREY PALMER, of Carleton, in Northamptonshire.

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This family is descended from Simon Banke, who m. the daughter and heiress of Caterton, of Newton, Yorkshire, 7th EDWARD III. By this marriage the manor of Newton, in the Wapentake of Staincliffe, came to the family of Banke, and was afterwards called Banke Newton. It was sold to Mr. Townley, of Royle, about the middle of the seventeenth century.

HENRY BANKE, of Banke Newton, the tenth in lineal descent from the said Simon, m. Isabella daughter of William Lister, of Thornton and Medhope, in the county of York, by whom he had two sons, Henry and Robert. The elder son, Henry, of Banke Newton, living in 1612, m. first, Alicia, daughter of Robert Byncloes, of Bewick, in Lancashire, by whom he had Thomas, aged eleven, in 1612, and Isabella. He married, secondly, Johanna, daughter of Nicholas Parker, of Horracforth, in Lancashire, by whom he had four sons and two daughters,

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Rev. Robert Banks, born 22nd June, 1650, vicar of Trinity, in Hull, and prebendary of York in 1712. He m. first, Margaret, daughter of the Rev. Robert Thornton, rector of Birkin, in Yorkshire, by whom he had four sons and three daughters,

Robert Banks, of Bawtrey, in Yorkshire, attor-
ney-at-law, and clerk of the peace for the county
of Nottingham. He m. first, Jane, daughter of
Wharton, by whom he had one son,
Robert Banks, of Bawtrey, attorney-at-law,
who m. Elizabeth, daughter of Francis Ward,
of Wittington, in Derbyshire, by whom he
had two sons, Robert and Joseph, who both
died in their infancy.

11. Rev. Joseph Banks, rector of Stooton-Roberts, in
Yorkshire, and buried there. He m. Mary,
daughter of Mr. Alderman Sykes, of Leeds (buried
at Stooton-Roberts), by whom he had issue, three
sons and one daughter,

Robert Banks, of London, merchant, who m.
but died without surviving issue.
Joseph Banks, LL.B. of Mortlake, in Surrey,
chancellor of the diocese of York 1780, bar-
rister-at-law, of Lincoln, died at Walton

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Anne.
Aurelia.

The second son,

ROBERT BANKES was an eminent attorney at Giggleswick, in Yorkshire, temp. ELIZABETH and JAC. I. and lived at Beck, jure uxoris. He m. Anne, daughter of Joseph Crake, of Beck Hall, in the parish of Giggleswick, by whom he had three sons and two daughters, 1. Luke, died in the king's service in the civil wars: he m. Hester, daughter of Alan Bellingham, esq. by whom he had one daughter, Anne, who was the first wife of Roger Pepys, esq. of the Middle Temple, London. She d. about 1641, without issue: he was afterwards recorder of Cambridge, and m. a daughter of Judge Bacon, by whom he had several children.

II. Robert, in holy orders, of whom hereafter. 1. Joseph, a barrister-at-law, one of the six clerks in Chancery: he died without issue at Giggleswick.

1. Anne, was wife of Ralph Baynes, gent. of Mewith-Head, of the parish of Bentham, in Yorkshire.

11. Margaret, m. to William Pukering, A.M. rector of Swillington, in Yorkshire. He d. in 1646, and she in 1686.

REV. ROBERT BANKES, of Beck Hall, second son, living 16th February, 1641, 17th CAR. I. as per ded: he was heir to his niece, Anne Pepys, and m. Anne, daughter of Stephen Pudsey, esq. by whom he had a

son,

REV. ROBERT BANKS, of Beck Hall, born there 27th March, 1630; m. Margaret, daughter of John Frankland, of Rathmell, and sister of the Rev. Richard Frankland, also of Rathmell, by whom he had two sons, Robert, and

JOSEPH BANKS, esq. of Revesby Abbey, in Lincolnshire, sometime of Sheffield, M. P. for Grimsby, in Lincolnshire, and Totness, in Devonshire, born at Giggleswick 6th September, 1665, d. 27th September, 1727, buried at Revesby. He m. Mary, daughter of the Rev. Rowland Handcock, of Shircliffe Hall, in the parish of Ecclesfield, in Yorkshire, by whom he had one son, JOSEPH, and one daughter, Mary, wife of Sir Francis Whichcote, bart. of Aswarby, in Lincolnshire. She died s. p. and was buried at Chesham, in Buckinghamshire. The son and heir,

JOSEPH BANKS, esq. aged twenty-nine years 1719, was high sheriff of Lincolnshire 1736, and sometime

upon Thames, in Surrey. He married his
cousin Mary, daughter of the Rev. William
Steer, who died at Margate, in Kent, 18th
November, 1789, by whom he had an only
daughter,

Aune, m. at Walton 29th November, 1784,
to Henry-John Kearney, esq.
Samuel, governor of Vigapatam, in the East
Indies, where he died s. p.

Mary, the daughter, was wife of the Rev. Mr.
Wilkinson, vicar of Gargrave, in York-
shire.

Hamon, third son of Robert, m. Anne, daughter of - Rogers, and died s. p.

IV. John, died s. p.

Of the daughters of Robert,

1. Anne, was wife of William Steer, vicar of Ecclesfield, and prebendary of York, by whom she had one daughter,

Mary, wife of her cousin, Joseph Banks, abovementioned.

11. Elizabeth, was wife of the Rev. Mr. Wilkinson, vicar of Trinity church, Hull, and died s. p.

M.P. for Peterborough. He m. first, Anne, daughter and heiress of William Hodgkinson, esq. of Overton, in Derbyshire receiver-general of the customs, by whom he had three sons and four daughters,

1. Joseph, who d. vita patris.

11. WILLIAM, of whom hereafter.

1. Robert-Hodgkinson, of Overton, succeeded to that estate by his grandfather's will, when his brother William succeeded to the Revesby estate, F.R.S. and F.S.A. aged four 1726, highsheriff for Carmarthenshire 1784, died 11th November, 1792, and was buried at Battersea. He m. 1st October, 1757, Bridget, daughter and co-heiress of Thomas Williams, esq. of Edwinsford, Carmarthenshire, chancellor and chamberlain of the counties of Carmarthen, Pembroke, and Cardigan.

1. Lettice-Mary, died unmarried at Revesby Abbey, 1757.

11. Elizabeth, died young.

III. Elizabeth, wife (1744) of James Hawley, M. D.
of Brentford, in Middlesex, and of Leybourne
Grange, Kent, died 1777, aged seventy-two.
IV. Margaret-Eleanor, wife of the Hon. Henry
Grenville, uncle to the Marquess of Bucking-

ham.

WILLIAM BANKS, b. 1719, assumed the surname and arms of Hodgkinson for the Overton estate, before his eldest brother's death. He m. Sarah, daughter of William Bate, of Fausson, in Derbyshire, by the daughter and co-heiress (with her sister, HannahSophia, wife of Brownlow, eighth Earl of Exeter) of Thomas Chambers, esq. of London, by whom he had ane daughter, Sarah-Sophia, b. 17th October, 1744, and one son, JOSEPH. Mr. Banks d. 1761, and was s. by his sun, the celebrated

L. RIGHT HON. SIR JOSEPH BANKS, bart. president of the Royal Society, knight of the most honourable order of the Bath, and one of his majesty's most honourable privy council, b. 13th December, 1743. He. 23rd March, 1779, Dorothea, daughter and coheiress (with her sister Mary, wife of Sir Edward Knatchbull) of William-Weston Hugessen, esq. of Provender, in the parish of Norton, in Kent, but dying seless, 19th June, 1820, the BARONETCY, which had been conferred on him in 1781, expired.

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1. SIR HENRY BARD, colonel in the royal army during the civil commotions of the reign of CHARLES I. was created a BARONET in 1644, and in two years after raised to the peerage of Ireland as Baron Bard, of Drombey, and VISCOUNT BELMONT. His lordship proceeding on an embassy from CHARLES II., then in exile, to the court of Persia, was overtaken in that country by a whirlwind and choked by the sand; the melancholy event occurred in the year 1660, when all his honours, including the BARONETCY, EXPIRED.

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This family resided at Ipswich from a very remote period, and so early as the time of EDWARD III. it gave its name to a street in that borough.

ROBERT BARKER, of Ipswich, m. Anne, daughter of Bestney, esq. of Cambridgeshire, and left by her a son and heir,

ROBERT BARKER, a burgess of Ipswich in the 1st of ELIZABETH. He m. a daughter of Kempe, of Suffolk, and had a son,

JOHN BARKER, a burgess of Ipswich in the 26th and 30th of ELIZABETH, who m. first, Willemina, daughter and heir of John Bomart, a merchant at Bremen, and by that lady had issue,

ROBERT (Sir), his heir.

Margery, m. to Thomas Clench, esq. son and heir of Mr. Justice Clench, of the court of King's Bench.

Thomasine, m. to Sir Robert Gardiner, knt. of the county of Suffolk, lord deputy of Ireland. He wedded, secondly, Anne, daughter of Mr. Alderman Herdson, of London, and widow of George Stoddart, esq. by whom he had another daughter, Abigail, m. to Sir Edward Waterhouse, knt. of Halifax, in the county of York. He was s. at his decease by his

eldest son,

SIR ROBERT BARKER, M.P. for Ipswich 35th ELIZABETH, who was made a KNIGHT OF THE BATH at the coronation of King JAMES I. (1603). This gentleman fixed the seat of the family at Grimstou Hall, in the parish of Trinley St. Martin, eight miles south-east from Ipswich, whither he removed. He m. first, Judith, daughter of George Stoddard, esq. of Mottingham, in Kent, and by her had

JOHN, his heir.

Robert, who d. sp.

Anne, m. to Sir Arthur Jenney, knt. of Knotishall.

Sir Robert wedded, secondly, Susanna, daughter of Sir John Crofts, knt. of Saxham, in Suffolk, by whom he had

THOMAS (Sir), heir of his mother, was of Besford,
in the county of Suffolk, and marrying Pene-
lope, daughter of Sir John Tasborough, knt. of
the same shire, had several children.
Edward, m. first, Mary, daughter and sole heir of
Edward Wigmore, esq. of Twickenham, and
widow of Sir Thomas Holland, knt. of Quidden-
ham, in Norfolk; and, secondly, a daughter of
James Pooley, esq. of Boxted.

WILLIAM, an alderman of London, from whom the
BARKERS, of Bocking Hall.

II. SIR JERMY BARKER, died unmarried about the year 1665, and was s. by his brother,

IV. SIR JOHN BARKER. This gentleman wedded Bridget, daughter of Sir Nicholas Bacon, K. B. of Shrubland, and had a son and daughter, namely, WILLIAM, his successor.

Grace, m. to Philip Bacon, esq. of Ipswich, grandson of Sir N. Bacon, of Shrubland.

Sir John returned back to Ipswich, and again made that the place of abode of the family. He represented the borough in several parliaments, in the reigns of CHARLES II., JAMES II., and WILLIAM and MARY. He d. in 1696, and was s. by his son,

V. SIR WILLIAM BARKER, who m. first, Mary, only daughter of John Bence, esq. of Heveningham, in

Suffolk, and by her, who d. 1st January, 1715-16, bad an only child, JOHN, his successor. He wedd- d, secondly, 9th February, 1731, Anne, relict of Edward Spencer, esq. of Rendlesham, in Suffolk, but had no issue by that lady. Sir William sat in parliament for Ipswich in the reign of Queen ANNE, and he was one of the knights of the shire for Suffolk, in the reigns of GEORGE I. and of GEORGE II. He d. 23rd July, 1731, and was s. by his son,

VI. SIR JOHN BARKER. This gentleman m. 28th October, 1741, Alice, only daughter of Sir Comport Fytch, bart. of Mount Marksall, in Kent, and heir of her brother, SIR WILLIAM, who died a minor in 1736, by this lady he had

JOHN-FYTCH, his heir, b. 25th July, 1741. He d. 7th June, 1757, and was s. by his son,

VII. SIR JOHN-FYTCH BARKER, who m. Lucy, danghter of Sir Richard Lloyd, of Hintlesham, in Suffolk, but d. s. p. 3rd January, 1766, when the BARONETCY became EXTINCT.

Samuel, of South Luffenham, who m. Dorothy
Dixey, and was father of

Samuel, who m. Elizabeth Wildbore, widow
of-
Chaloner, esq. of Duffield, and died in
1676, when he was s. by his son,
Augustin, of South Luffenham, who m. Tho-
masin Tryst, of Maidford, Northampton-
shire, and d. in 1689, leaving a son,
Samuel, b. in 1686, who m. in 1717, Sarah,
daughter of the Rev. William Whiston, well
known to the philosophers and controver-
sialists of his time, and dying in 1759, was
s. by his son,

Thomas, b. in 1722, who m. in 1751, Anne,
daughter of John White, esq. of Salborn,
Hants, and dying in 1809, left (with four
daughters, Sarah, m. to Edward Brown, esq.
of Walcot, Anne, Mary, and Elizabeth, who
all died unmarried), a son,

Samuel, of Lyndon, in Rutlandshire, b. 21st
January, 1757, who served the office of hi h
sheriff for that county in 1815. He m. 7th
October, 1786, Mary, daughter of the Rev.
George Haggitt, rector of Rushton, North-
amptonshire, and had one son and two
daughters, viz.

Thomas, who d. in 1802, aged nine years.
Mary.
Anne.

The elder son,

ABEL BARKER, esq. of Hambleton, in the county of Rutland, m. Elizabeth Wright, and was s. by his son, 1. ABEL BARKER, esq of Hambleton, b. in 1618, who was created a BARONET 9th September, 1665. He m. first, Anne, daughter of Sir Thomas Burton, bart. of Stokerston, in Leicestershire; and, secondly, Mary, daughter of Alexander Noel, esq. of Whitwell, in Rutlandshire. By the latter he had no issue, but by the former he had a son, THOMAS, his heir. Sir Abel