CHARLES FITZROY, 1st lord Southampton, next brother to Augustus, 3d duke of Grafton, K.G., was created lord Southampton, 17 Oct. 1780, lieut.-gen. in the army, and col. 3d regiment of dragoons, b. 25 June 1737, m., 27 July 1758, Anne, da. and co-h. (with her sister, Charlotte, countess of Abingdon) of vice-admiral sir Peter Warren, K.B., by whom (who d. 13 July 1807) he had issue,

1. ANNE-CAROLINE, b. 9 May 1759, d. an infant.

2. SUSANNAH-MARIA, b. 7 Sept. 1760, d. unm. 27 Jan. 1795.

3. CHARLOTTE, b. 3 July 1767; m. ArthurHill Trevor, 2d viscount Dungannon.

4. EMILY, b. 26 Dec. 1770, m. William, 2d lord Bagot.

5. LOUISA, b. 12 Dec. 1771, m., 18 Dec. 1792, James Allen, of Broomsgrove, co. Worcester, esq., d.

6. GEORGIANA, b. 13 Oct. 1782, m., 20 Jan. 1807, major-gen. sir William Ponsonby, K.C.B., brother to John, lord Ponsonby, of Imokilly, and d. 6 Feb. 1835.

7. GEORGE-FERDINAND, 2d lord.

8. CHARLES, b. 5 Sept. 1762, a general, and col. 25th regiment of infantry, m., 21 Sept. 1816, the relict of Clavering Savage, esq., and d. 18 Oct. 1831.

9. WILLIAM, b. 21 July 1764, d. 28 Aug. 1786.

10. HENRY, b. 13 Sept. 1765, m., 4 Jan. 1790, Anne, da. of Garret, 1st earl of Mornington, and sister to Richard, marquess Wellesley, K.G., and d. 19 March 1794, leaving issue by her, (who m., 2dly, Aug. 1799, Culling-Charles Smith, esq.,)

1. Anne-Caroline, b. 29 Sept. 1791, d. unm. 16 Dec. 1835.

2. Georgiana-Frederica, b. 3 Oct. 1792, m., 25 July 1814, Henry, marquess of Worcester, (now duke of Beaufort,) and d. 11 May 1821.

11. WARREN, b. 1 Sept. 1768, m., 11 Feb. 1794, Maria-Theresa-Josepha, da. of Andrew d'Isaac, of Bonne, a counsellor of state, and d. at Vienna, 24 May 1806, leaving issue a son and a da.

12. FREDERICK, b. 10 Oct. 1769.

13. WILLIAM, lieut.-gen. in the army, b. 12 Dec. 1773, m., 20 May 1801, CatherineHaughton, da. of sir Simon Clarke, of Jamaica, bart., and d. 19 June 1837, leaving issue by her, (who d. 16 May 1808,)

1.

William-Simon-Haughton-Clarke, b. 8 Dec. 1802, in the army, m., 21 July 1829, -, youngest da. of Thomas Bagge, esq., of Stradset Hall, co. Norfolk. 2. George-William - Howe, b. 17 Dec. 1803, killed at Navarino, 21 Oct. 1827. 3. Arthur-William-Bagot, b.7 Nov. 1805, in the Indian army.

4. Charles-William - Henry-Gage, b. 7 Jan. 1807, R.N., m., 18 May 1837, Caroline-Emily, 3d da. of Richard Phayre, of Shrewsbury, esq.

5. Frederick-Thomas-William-Coke, in holy orders, rector of Grafton Regis, co. Northton, b. 30 Jan. 1808, m., 31 May 1834, Emilia L'Estrange, eldest da. of Henry Styleman, of Snettisham, co. Norfolk, esq., and has issue, 1. a da., b. 24 May 1835; 2. a son, b. 7 July 1836.

The general m., 2dly, 4 July 1811, Elizabeth Fitzroy, 2d da. of Augustus, 3d duke of Grafton, K.G., by his 2d marriage.

14. ROBERT, b. 25 May 1775.

15. EDWARD-SOMERSET, b. 25 Oct. 1776, d. His lordship d. 21 March 1797, and was succeeded by his son,

GEORGE-FERDINAND, 2d lord, lieut.-gen. and col. 34th regt. of foot, b. 7 Aug. 1761, m., 1st, June 1784, Laura Keppel, 3d da. of the hon. Frederick Keppel, (bishop of Exeter,) son of William-Anne, 2d earl of Albemarle, and by her (who d. 20 June 1798) had issue,

1. GEORGIANA-MARIA, b. 28 March 1785, m., 2 June 1814, J.-H.-S. Stapleton, esq., nephew of lord le Despencer, and d. 8 Aug. 1830.

His lordship m., 2dly, 2 Dec. 1802, FrancesIsabella, 2d da. of Lord Robert Seymour, (son of Francis, 1st marquess of Hertford, K.G.,) and had issue,

2. ANNE-CAROLINE, b. 25 Sept. 1803, m., 16 Oct. 1828, rev. Humphry Allen, M.A. 3. CHARLES, present lord.

4. LAURA-ISABELLA, b. 15 Sept. 1805.

THE family of NORTON is descended from a branch of the noble house of Conyers. Sir John Conyers, otherwise NORTON, of NORTON-CONYERS, was sheriff co. York, 1507; his grandson, RICHARD NORTON, of Norton-Conyers, was attainted 1569, being engaged in the insurrection of the earls of Westmorland and Northumberland; he m. Susan, da. of Richard Neville, lord Latimer, from whom descended, in the 7th degree, Thomas Norton, of Grantley, co. York, father of THOMAS NORTON of Grantley, who d. 1719, leaving 3 sons, the eldest of whom,

Sir FLETCHER NORTON, was, 9 April 1782, created lord Grantley, baron of Markenfield, co. York, b. 23 Jan. 1716; being bred to the law, he was, Dec. 1761, appointed solicitor-gen., and received the honour of knighthood while holding that office. In Nov. 1763, he was made attorney-gen.; and 1769, appointed chief justice in Eyre south of Trent; 1770, was chosen speaker of the house of commons, in which station he continued till 1780; and was advanced to the peerage, 9 April 1782; m., 21 May 1741, Grace, da. of sir William Chapple, knt., one of the judges of the court of King's Bench, by whom (who d. 30 Oct. 1803) he left issue,

1. WILLIAM, 2d lord.

2. FLETCHER, one of the barons of the exchequer in North Britain, b. 16 Nov. 1744, m., 18 July 1793, Caroline-Elizabeth, da. of James Balmain, d. 19 June 1820, leaving the following issue, who all rank (by warrant dated 15 Nov. 1831) as the children of a baron.

1. FLETCHER, present lord.

2. George-Chapple, barrister-at-law, and recorder of Guildford, b. 12 Aug. 1800, m., 30 July 1827, Caroline-Elizabeth-Sarah, 2d da. of Thomas Sheridan, esq., and has issue, 1. Fletcher - Cavendish-Charles- Conyers, b. 10 July 1829; 2. Thomas-Brinsley, b. 14 Nov. 1831; 3. William-Charles-Chapple, b. 26 Aug. 1833.

3. Charles-Francis, in the army, assistant military sec. to the governor of Halifax, 6.4 Feb. 1807, m., 29 Dec. 1831, MariaLouisa, eldest da. of sir Colin Campbell, K.C.B., and d. 20 Oct. 1835, leaving issue, 1. a da., b. 12 Jan. 1834; 2. a son, b. 23 May 1835.

4. James, b. 3 Jan. 1808, in holy orders. 5. Grace-Conyers-Charlotte, b. May 1794, m., 3 Dec. 1816, sir Neil Menzies, bart. 6. Caroline-Elizabeth, b. 1798. 7. Mary-Ellen, b. 1801.

8. Augusta-Anne, b. 1803.

3. JOHN-CHAPPLE, gen. in the army, and col. 56 regt. of foot, b. 2 April 1746, d. 19 March 1818.

4. EDWARD, b. 1750, who d. 1786.

5. GRACE, b. 8 Nov. 1752, m. JohnCharles, 3d earl of fortsmouth.

His lordship d. 1 Jan. 1789, and was succeeded by his son,

WILLIAM, 2d lord, m., 27 Sept. 1791, Anna-Margaretta, da. of Jonathan Midgeley, of Beverley, co. York, esq., by whom (who d. 23 April 1795) he had 2 sons, both d. infants.

His lordship d. without surviving issue, 12 Nov. 1822, and was succeeded by his nephew,

FLETCHER, present and 3d lord.

Heir Presumptive - Hon. GEORGE-CHAPPLE NORTON, his lordship's brother. Creation-9 April 1782.

Arms-Azure, a maunch ermine surmounted by a bend gules.

Crest-A blackamoor boy's head affronté, couped at the shoulders proper, wreathed round the temples with laurel, and round the neck a torse argent and azure.

Supporters-Dexter, a lion, and sinister a griffin, wings elevated, both argent and ducally gorged or, and pendent from the coronets by a red ribbon, a shield of the arms of NORTON.

Motto-Avi numerantur avorum. A long train of ancestry is enumerated.

His lordship is descended from a younger branch of a family of Rodney, which was seated at Rodney-Stoke, and other places in the county of Somerset, as early as the time of Maud the empress; the elder line of which ended in co-heiresses about the middle of the 17th century.

HENRY RODNEY, of Walton-uponThames, co. Surrey, his lordship's greatgrandfather, (who d. 25 Dec. 1737,) m., 1714, Mary, da. and co-h. of sir Henry Newton, knt., D.C.L., envoy extraordinary to Genoa, Tuscany, &c., judge of the high court of admiralty, and chancellor of the diocese of London, &c., and had issue,

1. MARIA-CONSTANTIA, m. Charles Nethercott, esq., d. 22 April 1782. 2. CATHERINE, d. an infant.

3. GEORGE-BRYDGES, 1st lord.

4. JAMES, b. 28 Aug. 1724, m., 1751, Anne, da. of Stephen Newcombe, esq., governor of Bencoolen, who, dying 27 Feb. 1774, he m., 2dly, Sarah, da. of Nicholas Russell, esq., who d. 19 Nov. 1798, without issue.

Sir GEORGE-BRYDGES RODNEY, bart., K.B., b. Feb. 1718; at an early age entered the royal navy, and in remuneration of a series of gallant and well-known services, was created a baronet 22 Jan. 1764, nominated K.B. in 1780, and 19 June 1782, advanced to the dignity of the peerage, by the title of baron Rodney, of Rodney-Stoke, co. Somerset. His lordship m., 1st, 11 Jan. 1753, Jane, da. of Charles Compton, esq., sister of Spencer Compton, 8th earl of Northampton, ancestor of the present marquess of Northampton, and by her (who d. 28 Jan. 1757) had issue,

1. GEORGE, 2d lord.

2. JAMES, capt. R.N., lost at sea, 1 Aug. 1776, unm.

3. JANE, d. an infant.

His lordship m., 2dly, Henrietta, da. of John Clies, of Lisbon, esq., and by her (who d. March 1829, aged 90) had issue,

4. JOHN, chief secretary to government in Ceylon, b. 10 May 1765, m., 1st, 26 July 1784, Catharine Nugent, da. of Thomas, 6th earl of Westmeath, K.P., and by her (who d. 26 Feb. 1794) had,

1. George-Brydges, b. 30 Aug. 1788, d. 2 May 1813, unm.

2. Thomas-James, b. 17 Feb. 1790, d. 13 Nov. 1809.

3. Catherine-Henrietta, b. 17 April 1791, m., 24 July 1810, the hon. Patrick Stuart,

brother of lord Blantyre.

4. Fanny, b. 26 July 1792, m. RobertWalter, 11th lord Blantyre.

5. Frances, b. 4 Feb. 1794, m., 4 Jan. 1810, Thomas Eden, esq.

The hon. John Rodney m., 2dly, 19 Oct. 1799, Louisa, da. of John, 3d earl of Aldborough, and by her (who d. 2 Dec. 1814) had,

6. Louisa-Frederica, b. 19 July 1800, m., 29 June 1818, lord George Lennox, 2d son of Charles, 3d duke of Richmond.

7. John-Stratford, b. 14 May 1802, m., 1st, 22 March 1824, miss Boyce (who d. 3 Feb. 1825); and 2dly, 22 Dec. 1826, Eleanor, da. of Joseph Hume, of Charlottestreet, Fitzroy-square, esq.

8. Angela, b. 19 July 1803, m., 8 Jan. 1825, Alexander Brown, esq., capt. royal engineers.

9. William-Bentinck, b. 8, and d. 14 May 1805.

10. Eliza, b. 26 Jan. 1807, m., 22 March 1832, James-Sedgewick Wetenhall, esq.

11. Emily-Georgiana, b. 30 Dec. 1808, m., 19 Oct. 1885, William-Marsden Wetenhall, esq., capt. 10th infantry.

12. Maitland-Thomas, R.N., b. 14 Oct. 1810.

13. Henrietta, b. 6 Sept. 1812.

14. Caroline, b. 30 Jan. 1814, m., 3 April 1830, Campbell-Drummond Riddell, esq. The hon. John Rodney m., 3dly, 7 June 1815, Antoinette, only da. of Anthony-Pierre Reyne, esq., and by her has issue,

15. Antoinette, b. 21 March 1816, m., 21 July 1832, Robert-F. Bourchier, esq. 16. Anna, b. 17 Oct. 1818.

17. George-Brydges, b. 7 Nov. 1820.
18. Rebecca, b. 6 June 1822.

19. Cecilia, b. 20 May 1825.

5. JANE, b. 24 Dec. 1766, m., 4 July 1784, George Chambers, esq., only son of sír William Chambers, knt.

6. HENRIETTA, b. 27 Jan. 1769, d. unm. 7. MARGARET-ANNE, b. 7 May 1776. 8. SARAH-BRYDGES, b. April 1780, m., 26 Nov. 1801, general Godfrey-Basil Mundy.

9. EDWARD, b. 1783, capt. R.N., d. 12 Nov. 1828, having m., 1807, miss Rebecca Geer, and leaving issue,

1. Henrietta, b. 5 March 1822.

2. George-Brydges, b. 21 March 1827, d. 1834.

His lordship d. 21 May 1792, and was succeeded by his eldest son,

GEORGE, 2d lord, b. 25 Dec. 1753, m., 10 April 1781, Anne, da. and co-h. of the right hon. Thomas Harley, alderman of London, son of Edward, 3d earl of Oxford, and had issue,

1. GEORGE, present lord.

2. THOMAS-JAMES, assumed the name of HARLEY, 1805, b. 12 April 1784.

3. SPENCER, b. 30 April 1785, in holy orders, vicar of New Romney.

4. ROBERT, capt. R.N., b. 14 May 1786, d. 20 July 1826, m., 20 July 1819, Anne, youngest da. and co-h. of Thomas Dennett, of Lock-Ashurst, co. Sussex, esq., by whom (who d. 24 Feb. 1824) he had issue,

1. Robert, b. 21 May 1820.
2. Anne, b. 24 May 1821.

5. CHARLES, b. 14 May 1787, d. an infant. 6. JAMES BERKELEY, b. 8 Sept. 1789, lieut.-col. 3d guards, d. 16 Dec. 1831.

7. HENRY, in holy orders, vicar of Eye, co. Hereford, and prebendary of Hereford, b. 30 Sept. 1790.

8. MORTIMER, b. 13 Dec. 1791, m., 27 April 1815, Sarah, da. of Robert Withy, esq., and has issue,

1. Sarah-Anne, b. 1 March 1816.

2. Mortimer-Harley, b. 23 Feb. 1817. 3. Augusta-Maria, b. 10 Feb. 1819. 4. Frances-Jane, b. 15 Feb. 1820. 5. Frederick-James, b. 16 May 1821. 6. Anthony-Felix, b. 14 March 1825, d. 14 Aug. 1828.

7. Arthur, b. 1833.

9. ANNE-JANE, b. 12 Jan. 1793, m., 22 Jan. 1824, Edmund-Pollexfen Bastard, esq.,

10. WILLIAM, b. 1 July 1794, m., 26 Oct. 1824, Eliza-Anne, da. of Thomas Browne, esq., and has,

1. Anne-Eliza, b. 23 Aug. 1825.

2. Maria, b. 25 Sept. 1826, d. 2 March 1833.

3. William-George-Powell, b. 12 April, d. 30 July 1828.

4. William-Powell, b. 20 Sept. 1829. 5. Caroline-Georgiana, b. 25 March 1831 11. ANNE, b. 1795, d. 1 April 1807. 12. FREDERICK, b. 12 Feb. 1797, d. Jan. 1802.

13. JOHN, b. 26 March 1798, d. 31 Dec. 1822.

14. FRANCES, b. 25 May 1799, d. an infant. His lordship d. 2 Jan. 1802, and was succeeded by his eldest son,

GEORGE, present and 3d lord.

Heir Presumptive-The hon. THOMASJAMES HARLEY, his lordship's next bro

ther.

issue.

HENRY-FREDERICK THYNNE, 2d son of Thomas, 2d viscount Weymouth, by Louisa, da. of John, earl Granville, (see marquess of BATH,) inherited the estates of his maternal grandfather, and took the surname of CARTERET, by act of parliament, 1776. He was created, 29 Jan. 1784, baron Carteret, with remainder to the 2d and other younger sons of his brother, the 1st marquess of Bath. His lordship d. unm. 17 June 1826, aged 91, and was succeeded, according to the limitation of the patent, by his nephew,

GEORGE, present and 2d baron.

Heir Presumptive-Lord JOHN THYNNE, his lordship's next brother.

Creation-29 Jan. 1784.

Arms-Quarterly. 1st and 4th. Barry of ten or and sable; a crescent for difference. 2d and 3d. Argent, a lion rampant, tail nowed gules.

Crest-A rein-deer or, collared sable. Supporters-Two winged stags gules, at tired or.

Motto-Loyal devoir. Loyal duty.

THE original name of his lordship's family was Harwood or Whorwood, that of Hill having been recently assumed in consequence of a marriage which will be hereafter stated. At the beginning of the 17th century, a sir EDWARD HARWOOD, or WHORWOOD, knt., distinguished himself as one of the most eminent soldiers of the age; he served with the Veres in the Low Countries, and appears to have been connected with all the great men of his time. His life is published and reprinted in the Harleian Miscellany; and his biographer says of him, that he came of a stock fit to ingraft his future education and excellence upon." He was slain at the seige of Maestricht 1632, and divided his fortune among the children of his brother George, which George was ancestor of Thomas Harwood, (who was in the naval service of his country at the battle of Solebay; and was afterwards seated at Streatly, co. Berks, and was sheriff of that county,) and of

JOHN HARWOOD, of Hagbourne, co. Bucks, and afterwards of Crickheath, near Oswestry, co. Salop, m. Martha, da. of Edward Macleston, of Penyland, recorder of Oswestry, (by the da. and sole h. of Thomas Corbet, of Pontesbury, and Merrington, by the sister and sole h. of Colefox, of Merrington,) and had issue, 1. John, LL.B., whose issue male is extinct; 2. THOMAS, of whom hereafter; 3. Edward, m. and left issue; 4. Martha, m. Simon Hanmer, of Kenwick, esq.; 5. Abigail, m. John Congreve, of Congreve, esq.; 6. Anne, m. G. Curteis, esq., eldest son of sir George Curteis, of Otterden Place, Kent.

THOMAS HARWOOD, of Tern Hall, near Shrewsbury, esq., 2d son of John, above named, m. Margaret Hill, relict of Richard Atcherley, of Morton, esq., and sister of the right hon. Richard Hill, of Hawkestone, and had issue, 1. THOMAS; 2. Rowland, rector of Hodnet, co. Salop; 3. Martha, m. Walter Gough, of Oldfallings, co. Stafford, esq.; 4. Anne, m. John Kynaston, of Hordley, esq., M.P. co. Salop.

THOMAS HARWOOD, esq., eldest son, assumed the name of Hill, represented Shrewsbury in several parliaments, and d. June 1782; m., 1st, Anne, da. of Richard Powys, of Hintlesham Hall, co. Suffolk, esq., and by her (who d. Dec. 1739) had issue,

1. ANNE, m. Robert Burton, of Longnor, co. Salop, esq.

2. MARGARET, m. Bennet Sherrard, 3d earl of Harborough.

He m., 2dly, Susan-Maria, eldest da. and co-h. (with her sister, Frances, countess of Harborough) of William Noel, esq., judge of the Common Pleas, uncle of Edward Noel, viscount Wentworth, cousin of Baptist Noel, earl of Gainsborough, and had issue by her, (who d. 1760,)

3. SAMUEL, d. unm.

4. NOEL, 1st lord Berwick. 5. SUSANNAH, d. unm.

6. MARIA, m., 1st, sir Bryan Broughton, bart.; and, 2dly, Henry Errington, of Beaufront, co. Northumberland, esq.

NOEL HILL, 1st lord Berwick, represented Shrewsbury in parliament, and afterwards was elected knight of the shire, co. Salop, created baron Berwick, 19 May 1784, m., 17 Nov. 1768, Anne, da. of Henry Vernon, esq., of Hilton, co. Stafford, (by Henrietta, 3d da. of Thomas Wentworth, 3d earl of Strafford, and at length co-h. with her sisters, lady Lucy Howard and lady Anne Conolly, to her brother, William 4th earl of Strafford,) and by her (who d. 23 March 1797) had issue,

1. THOMAS-NOEL, 2d lord. 2. WILLIAM, present lord.

3. RICHARD, in holy orders, rector of Thornton, co. Chester, and Berrington, and Sutton, co. Salop, took the name of Noel in addition to and before Hill, 1824, m., Oct. 1800, Frances, da. of William-Mostyn Owen, esq., and has,

1. Richard-Noel, b. 22 Nov. 1800.
2. William, major 69th foot.

3. Thomas-Henry.

4. Maria; 5. Emily; 6. Harriet-Anne. 7. Charles-Arthur-Wentworth-Harwood. 8. Georgiana-Louisa-Mary.

4. HENRIETTA-MARIA, m., 10 April 1793, Charles, present marquess of Aylesbury. 5. ANNA-MATILDA, d. unm. 10 April 1837.

6. AMELIA-LOUISA.

His lordship d. 6 Jan. 1789, and was succeeded by his eldest son,

THOMAS-NOEL, 2d lord, b. 21 Oct. 1770; m., 8 Feb. 1812, Sophia Dubouchet, but d. s.p. 2 Nov. 1832, and was succeeded by his next brother,

WILLIAM, present lord.

Heir Presumptive -The hon. and rev. RICHARD NOEL HILL, his lordship's next brother.

Creation-19 May 1784.

Arms-Quarterly, 1st and 4th. Ermine on a fess sable, a castle with two towers argent; on a canton gules, a martlett or-HILL. 2d.