ANTIENT BARONY of BERNERS. She m., 1st, John Harris, of London, gent.; and, 2dly, Richard Bockenham, of Weston Mercate, co. Suffolk, but d. without issue by either, 23 Nov. 1743, when the barony fell into abeyance between Elizabeth, wife of Henry Wilson, esq., and Lucy, then wife of John Field, whose descent we now proceed to set forth. THOMAS KNYVETT, 2d son of Thomas above mentioned, and uncle of Catherine, baroness Berners, d. 1656, leaving an only son and heir, JOHN KNYVETT, of the city of Norwich, esq., m. Lucy, da. and co-h. of Charles Suckling, esq., and d. 1731, having had a numerous issue, of whom only three survived him, viz. a son, JOHN, who d. unm. 1741, and two das.; 1. Elizabeth, of whom presently; and 2. Lucy, m., 1st, Thomas Holt, nephew of chief justice Holt; and, 2dly, John Field, and left issue by both. ELIZABETH, eldest da. and co-h., (and also on the death of Catherine, baroness Berners, eldest co-h. of that barony,) m., 2 May 1720, Henry Wilson, of Heigham and Didlington, co. Norfolk, esq., and d. 1757, leaving issue by him, (who d. 1742,) besides other children, a son and heir, HENRY WILLIAM WILSON, of Kirby Cane, Didlington, and Ashwellthorpe, b. 1728, m., 1757, Mary, da. of sir John Miller, of East Lavant, co. Sussex, bart., and d. 6 Sept. 1796, leaving issue by her, (who d. 13 Aug. 1772,) 1. ROBERT, late baron. 2. HENRY, present baron. 3. KNYVETT, d. 1796, unm. 4. WILLIAM, d. young. 5. GEORGE WILSON, in holy orders, vicar of Didlington, and rector of Eccles St. Mary, co. Norfolk, m., 1797, Anna-Maria, da, of rev. Charles Millard, and d. 8 Aug. 1837, leaving issue. ROBERT WILSON, esq., eldest son, in whose favour his late Majesty king William IV. was pleased to terminate the abeyance of the barony of Berners, was summoned to parliament by writ dated 7 May 1832; born 1760, d. unm. 25 March 1838. Heir Apparent-Hon. HENRY-WILLIAM WILSON, his lordship's son. Creation-26 May 1455. Arms-Quarterly of 6. 1st and 6th. Sable, a wolf saliant or, in chief a fleur-de-lis argent between two bezants-WILSON. 2d. Argent, a bend plain within a bordure engrailed sable-KNYVETT. 3d. Argent, a cross engrailed between four water-bougets sable, a label azure, charged with three lions rampant or-BOURCHIER. 4th. France and England quarterly within a bordure argent -WOODSTOCK. 5th. Quarterly, or and vert-BERNERS. HENRY-PEYTO VERNEY, BARON WILLOUGHBY DE BROKE, succeeded his brother, John, the late lord, 1 Sept. 1820; born 5 April 1773; married, March 1829, Margaret, 3d da. of sir John Williams, bart. ROBERT DE WILLOUGHBY de Broke, chevalier, was summoned to parliament by writ, dated 12 Aug., 7 Henry VII., and was succeeded by his son and h., Robert, 2d baron, who d. 1521, without surviving male issue, leaving Elizabeth, his grandda. and h., wife of sir Fulke Greville. From this time the title remained dormant till 1695, when it was claimed by sir Richard Verney, as grandson and h. of Margaret Verney, who was grandda. and h. of the above-named Elizabeth Greville, and the claim being allowed, the said Sir RICHARD VERNEY was summoned to parliament, and took his seat accordingly, as 3d lord Willoughby de Broke; he d. 1711, aged 91, and was succeeded by his only surviving son, GEORGE VERNEY, D.D., dean of Windsor, 4th lord Willoughby de Broke, succeeded his father in the barony, 18 July 1711, m. Margaret, da. and sole h. of sir John Heath, of Brasted, co. Kent, knt., and by her (who d. 1729) had issue, 1. THOMAS, m. Eleanor, youngest da. of Thomas, lord Leigh, of Stoneleigh, co. Warwick, and d. 1710, leaving issue by his lady, (who d. 1756,) 4. MARGARET, m. Anthony, lord Feversham, d. without issue 1755. His lordship d. and was succeeded by his 2d son, RICHARD, 5th lord, m., 1st, Rebecca, da. of C. Packe, esq., and 2dly, Margaret, da. of Nehemiah Williams, of Newport, co. Monmouth, and d. 1752, without issue, and was succeeded by his nephew, JOHN-PEYTO, 6th lord, b. 4 Aug. 1738, m., 8 Oct. 1761, Louisa North, da. of Francis, 1st earl of Guildford, and by her (who d. 2 Feb. 1798) had issue, besides four sons and four das., who d. infants, 1. JOHN-PEYTO, 7th lord. 2. HENRY-PEYTO, present lord. 3. LOUISA, b. 20 June 1769, m., 31 Oct. 1793, rev. Robert Barnard, prebendary of Winchester, (who d. 25 Feb. 1834,) and d. 3 Feb. 1835, leaving issue, 1. Louisa, b. 24 July 1802, m., 9 June 1825, Joseph Townshend, esq. 2. Robert, b. 17 Oct. 1809. 3. A son, b. 2 June 1815, d. young. His lordship d. 15 Feb. 1816, and was succeeded by his eldest son, JOHN-PEYTO, 7th lord, D.C.L., b. 28 June 1762, d. 1 Sept. 1820, without issue, and was succeeded by his only surviving brother, HENRY-PEYTO, present and 8th lord. Heir Presumptive- ROBERT BARNARD, esq., his lordship's nephew. Creation-12 Aug. 1492. Arms-Quarterly of 4. 1st. Gules, three crosses recercelée or, and a chief vairy ermine and ermines-VERNEY. 2d. Sable, a cross and border engrailed or, the cross charged with five pellets-BROKE. 3d. Or, fretty azure-WILLOUGHBY. 4th as 1st. Crest-A man's head couped at the shoulders, and affrontée proper, ducally crowned or. Supporters-Two antelopes argent, horned or, and semée of torteaux. Motto-Virtue vaunceth. Virtue prevails. HENRY PAGET, BARON PAGET, of Beaudesert, co. Stafford, (commonly called Earl of UXBRIDGE,) eldest son of the marquess of Anglesey; summoned to parliament by writ 15 Jan. 1833, and placed in his father's barony of Paget, of Beaudesert, a Lord in waiting to her Majesty; born 6 July 1797; married, 1st, 5 Aug. 1819, Eleanora, 2d da. of John Campbell, of Shawfield, esq., and by her (who d. 3 July 1828) had issue, -1. ELEANORA-CAROLINE, b. 13 May 1820;- 2. HENRY. WILLIAM-GEORGE, lord Paget, b. 9 Dec. 1821; 3. CONSTANCEHENRIETTA, b. 22 Jan. 1823. His lordship m., 2dly, 27 Aug. 1833, Henrietta-Maria, 3d da. of the right hon. sir Charles Bagot, and has issue, 4. A SON, b. 25 Dec. 1835; -5. A DA., b. 26 Oct. 1837. For descent, arms, &c., see marquess of ANGLESEY. -- Creation-3 Dec. 1549. ST.-ANDREW-BEAUCHAMP ST. JOHN, BARON ST. JOHN, of Bletshoe, and a Baronet; born 8 Nov. 1811; succeeded his father, St. Andrew, the late lord, 15 Oct. 1817; married, 12 March 1838, Eleanor, 2d da. of vice-admiral sir Richard-Hussey Hussey, of Wood Walton, K.C.B. SIR OLIVER ST. JOHN m. Margaret, sister and sole h. of John Beauchamp, of Bletshoe, (whose grandfather, Roger de Beauchamp, had summons to parliament, from 37 E. III. to 3 R. II.,) and had with her the lordship of Bletshoe. He was father, by her, of sir JOHN ST. JOHN, ancestor of the present baron, and of sir Oliver St. John, who was seated at Lydiard Tregoze, and from whom the viscounts Bolingbroke and St. John are descended. (See that title.) Sir OLIVER ST. JOHN, great grandson of sir John above named, was created by patent, 13 Jan., 1 Eliz. 1558, baron St. John, of Bletshoe, and d. 1582, leaving issue, 1. ST. JOHN, 2d baron, whose only da. and h., Anne, m. William, lord Howard, of Effingham; and 2. OLIVER, 3d baron. OLIVER, 3d baron, had 7 sons and as many das., but only 2 of his sons left male issue, viz. sir OLIVER, the eldest, and sir ROWLAND, K.B., the 5th, of whom hereafter. Sir OLIVER, 4th baron St. John, was created, 28 Dec. 1624, earl of Bolingbroke, he d. 1646, having survived all his children; and his eldest son, Oliver, having died without male issue, he was succeeded by his grandson, (son of his 2d son, sir Paulet,) OLIVER, 2d earl and 5th baron, who d. s.p. 1688, and was succeeded by his only brother, PAULET, 3d earl and 6th baron, on whose death in 1711, the earldom became extinct; but the barony devolved on Paulet-St.-Andrew St. John, great-great-grandson of sir Rowland, 2d son of the 3d lord, to whom we now return. Sir ROWLAND ST. JOHN was father of sir Oliver St. John, who was created a bart. 28 June 1660, m. Barbara, da. and h. of John St. Andrew, of Goatham, co. Notts, esq., and had issue, Sir ANDREW ST. JOHN, who, by Jane, da. of sir William Bloys, knt., had issue, 1. sir Oliver, d. unm. 1709; 2. sir Andrew, who had an only son, PAULET-ST.-ANDREW, who became, as above recited, 7th baron St. John, and d. unm. 1714; 3. Paulet, d. unm. 1709; 4. WILLIAM, succeeded his nephew, Paulet-St.-Andrew, as 8th baron, and d. unm. 1720; 5. Beauchamp, d. unm. 1716; 6. ROWLAND, succeeded his brother, William, as 9th baron, and d. unm. 1722; 7. JOHN, 10th baron; and other issue. JOHN, 10th baron, m., 6 March 1725, Elizabeth, da. of Sir Ambrose Crawley, of Greenwich, knt,, and by her (who d. 24 Oct. 1769) had 1. JOHN, 11th baron. 2. ST.-ANDREW, D.D., dean of Worcester, b. 17 Jan. 1732, and d. 23 March 1795, having m. Sarah, da. of Thomas Chase, of Bromley, co. Kent, esq., by whom he had issue, 1. Ambrose, b. 27 Sept. 1760, m., 22 Feb. 1790, Arabella, da. of sir James Hamlyn, bart., and d. Nov. 1823, leaving issue by her, (who d. 18 June 1805,) 1. Sarah-Anne, b. 27 Dec. 1791; 2. Arabella, b. 25 Dec. 1792, m., 18 July 1814, John Mootham, esq.; 3. St. Andrew, b. 28 June 1794; 4. Maud, b. 23 May 1796; 5. Elizabeth, b. 31 July 1797; 6. Jemima, b. 9 Sept. 1798; 7. Beauchamp, b. 10 May 1801. 2. John-Francis-Seymour Fleming-St.John, M.A., prebendary of Worcester, b. 15 Nov. 1761, m., 26 May 1788, Frances, da. of Richard Fleming, esq., and d. 4 Dec. 1832, leaving issue, 1. rev. John Fleming, rector of Severnstoke, &c., b.9 April 1789, m., 1829, miss Hurt; 2. William-St.-Andrew, lieut. R. N., 6.9 May 1790, d. 1822; 3. Barbara, b. 6 May 1791, m., 1st, 29 March 1814, John Baker, esq., 2dly, John Balguy, esq., barrister-at-law; 4. Frances, b. 22 May 1792, m., Jan. 1813, rev. Robert-Thomas St. Aubyn, rector of Ruan-Minor, co. Cornwall; 5. Susannah-Louisa, b. 8 June 1793, m. John Scott, esq.; 6. Sarah, b. 3 Sept. 1794, d. 21 Nov. 1797; 7. MaryAnne, b. 6 Nov. 1795, m., Oct. 1826, rev. Marmaduke Vavasour; 8. rev. Henry-St.Andrew, in holy orders, b. 30 Nov. 1796, vicar of Addingham, co. Cumberland, m., 12 May 1835, Emily - Murray, 2d da. of Andrew Belcher, esq.; 9. Richard-Fleming, lieut. R.A., b. 29 Nov. 1797; 10. rev. George, in holy orders, b. 25 Dec. 1798, m., June 1831, Marianne, da. of I.-S. Biscoe, esq.; 11. Fleming, b. 25 March 1801, m., 15 May 1832, Mary, 4th da. of John Freeman, esq., and has issue, a da., b. 14 Dec. 1833. 3. Thomas, b. 19 May 1765, m., 1st, 26 July 1796, Frances, da. of Germain Lavie, esq., (who d. 15 Nov. 1810,) and had issue, 1. Thomas, b. 7 June 1797, m., 6 July 1822, Ann, da. of Joseph Shelton, esq., and d. Jan. 1834; 2. Frances, b. 22 Nov. 1798; 3. Oliver, in the Indian army, b. 6 Aug. 1800, m., 5 Nov. 1835, Helen, da. of John Young, of Westridge, in the Isle of Wight, esq., and relict of Henry-Anson Nutt, esq., and has issue, a son, b. 21 March 1837 ; 4. Robert, b. 13 Aug. 1803, in the Indian army. He m., 2dly, 8 June 1816, miss Brookes, and had issue, 5. Elizabeth, b. 26 Sept. 1819. 4. St.-Andrew, LL.D., b. 31 Oct. 1766, d. 2 Nov. 1836, having m., 9 March 1799, Anne, da. of Samuel Hardwicke, esq., (who d. 30 March 1807,) and had issue, 1. Anna-Theodora, b. 28 Dec. 1799, m., 1 Jan. 1823, Edward Everard, ésq.; 2. St. Andrew, b. 11 Dec. 1801, m., 7 Aug. 1830, Dorcas-Serrell, da. of A. Iremonger, esq.; 3. John Beauchamp, b. 15 Jan. 1803; 4. Charlotte, b. 25 March 1804; 5. Matilda, b. 29 Dec. 1806. 5. Henry, b.2 Jan. 1768, d. 20 Aug. 1833, having m., 21 April 1797, Catherine, da. of rev. Henry Wigley, and had issue; 1. Catherine-Wigley, b. 18 Jan. 1798, m., 30 Sept. 1824, Robert Philip Tyrwhitt, esq.; 2. Henry, b. 8 June 1799, d. unm. 3 Aug. 1835; 3. Sarah, b. 12 Jan. 1807, m., 27 Aug. 1831, Robert-Burnett Brander, esq.; 4. Frederick, b. 24 Jan. 1809; 5. Ambrose, b. 29 June 1815. 6. Sarah, b. 6 Jan. 1770, m., 14 March 1815, rev. Thomas Barne, rector of Sotterley, co. Suffolk, and chaplain to the king, who d. 22 July 1834. 3. HENRY, capt. R.N., m. miss Mary Schuyler, of New York in America, and d. April 1780, leaving issue, Henry, who m. miss Logie, and d. 5 March 1834. 4. AMBROSE, in holy orders, b. 17 Oct. 1743, d. 18 July 1775, leaving, besides other issue, Ambrose, who d. 29 Nov. 1822. 5. MARY, m., 16 Oct. 1754, Thomas ErleDrax, of Charborough, co. Dorset, esq., and d. Nov. 1789. 6. ELIZABETH, d. unm. 1780. 7. JANE, m. Humphrey Hall, esq., and d. July 1799. 8. BARBARA, m. George-William, earl of Coventry. 9. ANNE, m. Robert-Cotton Trefusis, esq., and d. March 1776. 10. LETTICE, d. unm. Oct. 1791. His lordship d. 24 June 1757, and was succeeded by his eldest son, JOHN, 11th lord, b. 15 Nov. 1725, m., 13 Dec. 1753, Susannah Louisa, da. of Peter Simmond, esq., merchant of London, and by her (who d. Nov. 1805) he had issue, 1. JOHN-PETER, who d. an infant, 1760. 2. SUSANNAH, b. 18 Sept. 1757, d. 12 July 1800. 3. HENRY-BEAUCHAMP, 12th lord. 4. ST.-ANDREW, 13th lord. 5. MATILDA, b. 30 Jan. 1761, m., 12 Jan. 1788, William Villiers, esq., and d. 24 July 1820. 6. ELIZABETH-Barbara, b. 22 Feb. 1762, m., 31 March 1795, sir Henry Halford, (late Vaughan,) bart., M.D., physician extraordinary to king George IV., and d. 17 June 1833. 7. CHARLOTTE, b. 15 March 1763, m., 28 March 1787, Joseph Yates, esq., only son of the late judge Yates, and d. 24 July 1803. 8. GEORGE, b. 19 Oct. 1764, col. in the army, m., 10 May 1795, Lavinia, da. of William Wolstenholm, esq., and was drowned, with his wife and four children, on the passage from Bombay to England, 1804, leaving issue, 1. Edward-Beauchamp, in holy orders, b. 26 March 1795, m., 25 July 1820, Jane, da. of James Slade, esq., by whom (who d. 3 June 1831) he has issue, 1. Lavinia-Barbara, b. 14 April 1821; 2. Henry-Beauchamp, b. 22 April 1822; 3. Laura, b. 10 June 1823; 4. Jane, b. 19 Dec. 1824; 5. Eliza, b. 4 May 1826; 6. St.-Andrew, b. 30 June 1827. 2. Henry - Barbut, b. 12 Oct. 1797, d. 1830. 9. LOUISA-THEODOSIA, b. 5 Oct. 1765, d. an infant. His lordship d. June 1767, and was succeeded by his son, HENRY-BEAUCHAMP, 12th lord, b. 2 Oct. 1758, m., 2 Dec. 1780, Emma-Maria-Elizabeth, 2d da. of the late Samuel Whitbread, of Cardington, co. Bedford, esq., and by her (who d. 10 July 1825) had issue, 1. EMMA, b. 1 Jan. 1782, m., Feb. 1806, the rev. John Forster, of West Thurrock, co. Essex. 2. AUGUSTA, b. 3 Dec. 1782, m., 20 Dec. 1803, sir John Vaughan, baron of the exchequer, and d. 30 Jan. 1813. 3. HENRY-BEAUCHAMP, b. 26 March 1784, d. 25 March 1791. 4. MARGARET-LETITIA-MATILDA, b. 31 Oct. 1785, m., 20 April 1813, sir Albert Pell, judge of the bankruptcy court, who d. 6 Sept. 1832. 5. BARBARA, b. 19 Sept. 1789, m., 20 July 1813, the rev. Thomas Bedford, of Hawnes, co. Bedford, who d. 9 March 1816. His lordship d. 19 Dec. 1805, without issue male, and was succeeded by his only brother, ST.-ANDREW, 13th lord, D.C.L., b. 22 Aug. 1759, m., 16 July 1807, Louisa, eldest da. of the late sir Charles-William-Rouse Boughton, of Rouse Lynch, co. Worcester, and of Downton Hall, co. Salop, bart., F.R.S., by whom (who m., 2dly, 4 Aug. 1823, sir John Vaughan, knt., one of the barons of the exchequer) he had issue, 1. ST.-ANDREW BEAUCHAMP, present lord. 2. WILLIAM, b. 25 June 1813, d. an infant. 3. A posthumous da., LOUISA-BARBARA, b. 14 Jan. 1818, m., 15 July 1837, Norman MacLeod of Dunvegan in the Isle of Skye, CHARLES-AUGUSTUS ELLIS, BARON HOWARD DE WALDEN, co. Essex, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Lisbon; succeeded to this barony on the death of his great grandfather, Frederick Hervey, 4th earl of Bristol, and lord bishop of Derry, 8 July 1803; born 5 June 1799; married, 8 Nov. 1828, lady Lucy Bentinck, da. of the duke of Portland, and has, - 1. ELIZA-HARRIETT, b. 19 Aug. 1829, d. 2 Oct. 1830; 2. FREDERICK-GEORGE, b. 9 Aug. 1830; 3. HARRIETT-GEORGIANA, b. 3 Sept. 1831;-4. A SON; b. 22 July 1835;— -5. Lucy, b. 2, and d. 6 July 1837. LORD THOMAS HOWARD, 2d son of Thomas Howard, 4th duke of Norfolk, but eldest son, by his 2d wife, Margaret, da. and h. of Thomas, lord Audley of Walden, (who had been so created by patent, 29 Nov. 1538, was also lord chancellor and K.G., and d. without issue male 1544,) was summoned to parliament by writ, 24 Oct. 1597, as baron Howard de Walden, and was, in 1603, created earl of Suffolk (see that title). His grandson and heir, JAMES, 3d earl of Suffolk, d. without issue male, 1688, and was succeeded in the earldom by his next brother, George, but the barony of Howard, of Walden, fell into abeyance between his 2 das., Essex, wife of Edward, lord Griffin, and Elizabeth, wife of sir Thomas Felton, bart., and so continued till, in 1784, the abeyance was determined in favour of Sir JOHN-GRIFFIN GRIFFIN, K.B., who was then h. of the body of lady Essex, the eldest co-h., viz. son and h. of William Whitwell, esq., by Anne, youngest sister and co-h. (but only one who left issue) of Edward, 3d lord Griffin, who was son and h. of James, 2d lord Griffin, son and h. of Edward, lord Griffin, and lady Essex Howard. Sir JOHN GRIFFIN, who had taken the name of Griffin by act of parliament, 1749, had summons to parliament as baron Howard de Walden 1784, and was, in 1788, created baron Braybrooke, with remainder to Richard-Aldworth Neville, esq. (see baron Braybrooke.) He d. without issue, 25 May 1797, leaving an only surviving sister, Mary, wife of rev. William Parker, D.D., on whose death, in 1799, the whole issue of the body of lady Essex Howard became extinct, and the barony of Howard de Walden devolved on FREDERICK HERVEY, 4th earl of Bristol, who was last surviving grandson and h. of the body of John, 1st earl of Bristol, and of Elizabeth, his wife, only child and h. of lady Elizabeth Felton, 2d da. and co-h. of the earl of Suffolk. The earl of Bristol m. Elizabeth, da. of sir Jermyn Davers, bart., by whom he had, besides other issue, John-Augustus, lord Hervey, m. Elizabeth Drummond, and d. in his father's lifetime, 1796, leaving an only da. and h., Elizabeth-Catherine - Caroline, d. 21 Jan. 1803, having m., 2 Aug. 1798, Charles-Rose Ellis, esq., who was created, 1826, baron Seaford, (see that title,) and had issue, 1. CHARLES-AUGUSTUS, present lord; 2. Augustus-Frederick, b. 1800, lieut.-col. 60th foot, m., 25 June 1828, Mary Frances Thurlow, eldest da. of sir David Cunynghame, of Milncraig, bart. of N.S., and had a son, d. 8 Dec. 1830; and 3. Eliza-Georgiana-Caroline, b. 3 July 1802, d. 18 Aug. 1820. The earl d. 8 July 1803, having survived both his eldest son and his grandda., and was succeeded in the earldom by his next surviving son, Frederick-William, and in the barony of Howard, of Walden, by his great-grandson, CHARLES-AUGUSTUS, present lord, whose claim to this barony was confirmed by a resolution of the house of lords, 10 March 1807. Heir Apparent-FREDERICK-GEORGE, his lordship's son. Creation-24 Oct. 1597. Arms-Quarterly of 4. 1st. Erminois, a cross sable, charged with five crescents argent-ELLIS. 2d. Gules, on a bend argent, three trefoils slipped vert-HERVEY. 3d. Gules, two lions passant argent, ducally crowned or-FELTON. 4th. Gules, a bend between six cross crosslets fitchée argent; on the bend an escocheon or, charged with a demi lion rampant, erased and pierced through the mouth with an arrow, within a double tressure flory counter flory, all gules. HOWARD. Crest-On a mount vert a goat's head argent. Supporters-Two lions argent, each charged on the neck with three trefoils slipped vert, within a collar gemel, gules. Motto-Non quo, sed quomodo. Not by whom, but in what manner. GEORGE-HARRY GREY, BARON GREY, of Groby; born 7 Jan. 1827; succeeded his father, George-Harry, late lord, 24 Oct. 1835. WILLIAM-FRANCIS-HENRY PETRE, BARON PETRE, of Writtle, co. Essex, F.R.S.; born 22 Jan. 1793; succeeded his father, RobertEdward, the late lord, 28 March 1809; married, 2 June 1815, FrancesCharlotte, eldest da. of sir Richard Bedingfeld, bart., and by her (who d. 29 Jan. 1822) had issue, LIAM, b. 20 Dec. 1817;LOTTE, b. 25 Jan. 1822. 1. MARY, b. 22 April 1816;- -2. WIL-3. HENRY, b. 23 Jan. 1820; -4. CHARHis lordship m., 2dly, 2 April 1823, Emma, 2d da. of Henry Howard, of Corby Castle, esq., and has,-5. JOHN, b. 9 and d. 29 Feb. 1824;- -6. FREDERICK, b. 22 Dec. 1824;- -7. AGNESCATHERINE-LOUISA, b. 29 Jan. 1826;- 8. ARTHUR, b. 29 March 9. A SON, b. and d. 8 Jan. 1828;- 10. EDMUND, b. 23 June 1829; 11. A SON, b. Dec. 1830, d. 26 June 1831;-12. ALBERT, b. March 1832. 1827; SIR WILLIAM PETRE, ant., filled many important situations in the reign of Henry VIII., Edward VI., and queen Mary, to whom he was principal secretary of state He obtained large grants of the dissolved monasteries, by which he accumulated a vast estate. His son, sir JOHN PETRE, knt., was created lord Petre, of Writtle, co. Essex, 21 July 1603, from whom descended ROBERT, 7th lord Petre, succeeded his father, Thomas, 6th lord, June 1707, and m., 1 March 1712, Catherine, da. of Bartholomew Walmsley, esq., (who, April 1733, m., 2dly, Charles, 14th lord Stourton, and d. 31 Jan. 1785, aged 88,) and dying March 1713, eft his lady with child of a son, ROBERT-JAMES, 8th lord Petre, b. 3 June 1713, and m., 2 May 1732, Mary, da. of James, earl of Derwentwater, and by her (who d. 31 March 1760) he had issue, 1. ROBERT-EDWARD, 9th lord. 2. CATHERINE, m. George-Fieschi Heneage, of Hainton, co. Lincoln, esq., and d. 13 Oct. 1783. 3. BARBARA, m. Thomas Gifford, of Chillington, co. Stafford, esq. 4. JULIA, m. James, 5th son of Thomas Weld, of Lullworth Castle, co. Dorset, esq., and d. 16 June 1772. His lordship dying July 1742, was suc |