sister of the present earl, and has issue, 1. Charles, b. 31 Dec. 1822; 2. JamesHay, b. 23 April 1824; 3. Isabella-Jane, b. 29 May 1825; 4. Elizabeth-Margaret, b. 7 May 1826.

4. Letitia, m., 9 June 1804, GeorgeBoulton Mainwaring, esq. 5. Elizabeth.

6. Lucy, m., 26 June 1809, her cousin, Edmund Wodehouse, esq., and d. 21 June

1829.

7. Apollonia.

4. THOMAS, b. 1747, a barrister-at-law, m., 12 Sept. 1782, Sarah, da. of Pryce Campbell, of Stackpole Court, co. Pembroke, esq., and sister to John, 1st lord Cawdor, and had issue,

1. Edmund, M.P. for the eastern division of Norfolk, m. his cousin, Lucy, da. of the rev. Philip Wodehouse, and by her (who d. 21 June 1829) had issue, 1. PhilipEdmund, m., 19 Dec. 1833, at Ceylon, Katherine-Mary, eldest da. of F. J. Templer, esq., E.I.C. civil service at Ceylon; 2. Frances-Lucy, d. Oct. 1830; 3. ApolloniaMary, m., 2 July 1833, Hastings Elwin, esq.; 4. Edmund; 5. Lucy; 6. CharlesJohn; 7. Armine; 8. Campbell, b. 31 Jan. 1826. 2. Thomas, b. 13 Oct. 1788.

3. Nicholas, lieut.-col., b. 18 Jan. 1790. 4. Nathaniel, in holy orders, vicar of Worle and Dulverton, m., 28 Sept. 1829, Georgiana, 3d da. of the hon. and rev. William Capel, and has issue, 1. a da., b. 30 March 1831; 2. a da., b. 24 Jan. 1833. 5. Francis; 6. Mary; 7. Sarah.

8. Blanche; 9. Rachel.

10. Susan, m., 13 June 1822, ThomasJohn Dashwood, esq.

11. Isabel-Letitia; 12. Ellen.

Sir JOHN WODEHOUSE, bart., 1st lord Wodehouse, so created 26 Oct. 177; m., March 1769, Sophia, only child of Charles Berkeley, of Bruton Abbey, co. Somerset, brother to John, 5th lord Berkeley, of Stratton, (which title became extinct in 1773,) by whom (who d. 16 April 1825) he had issue,

1. JOHN, present lord.

2. PHILIP, vice-admiral of the white, b. 16 July 1773, d. 21 Jan. 1838, having m., 7 May 1814, Mary-Hay, da. of Charles Cameron, esq., (of the Lochiel family,) late governor of the Bahama Islands, and had issue,

1. Armine, b. 24 Feb., d. 9 May 1815.
2. Margaret, b. 19 March 1816.
3. Edwin, b. 17 April 1817.

4. Augusta, b. 8Oct. 1819, d. 20 Dec. 1820.
5. Jane, b. 9 Jan. 1821.

6. Agnes, b. 22 June 1822.

7. Elinor, b. 28 May 1824.

8. Constantine-Griffith, b. 31 March 1827.

3. ARMINE, in holy orders, rector of West Lexham, Barnham Broome, and Litcham, co. Norfolk, b. 5 March 1776, m., 23 Dec. 1815, Amelia, youngest da. of sir Thomas Beauchamp-Proctor, bart., but has no issue.

4. WILLIAM, b. 4 Aug. 1782, in holy orders, M.A., rector of Carlton Forchoe, and Hingham, co. Norfolk, and Falmouth, co. Cornwall, m., 11 Feb. 1807, Mary, eldest da. of Thomas Hussey, of Galtrim, in Ireland, esq., (by Catherine, eldest da. of Horatio Walpole, carl of Orford,) and has issue,

1. William-Thomas, b. 4 May 1809, in the army.

2. George, b. 8 July 1810, R.N.
3. Frederick, b. 6 Aug. 1811.
4. Arthur, b. 17 Jan. 1813.

5. Algernon, b. 16 May 1814.

6. Isabella-Mary-Catherine, b. 26 Jan. 1817.

7. Elizabeth-Louisa, b. 21 April 1819. 8. Rachael-Horatia, b. 10 Jan. 1825. 5. SOPHIA, b. 26 Dec 1769.

6. LETITIA, b. July 1774, m., 30 Nov. 1811, sir Thomas Maynard Hesilrigge, bart., who d. 24 April 1817.

7. FRANCES, b. 21 June 1779, d. an infant. 8. FRANCES, d. an infant.

His lordship d. 29 May 1834, and was sueceeded by his eldest son,

JOHN, present and 2d lord.

Heir Apparent-JOHN, his lordship's grand

son.

Creations-Baronet, 1611; Baron, 26 Oct.

1797.

Arms-Sable, a cheveron or, gutté de sang, between three cinquefoils ermine.

Crest-A dexter arm couped below the elbow, vested argent, and grasping a club or. Supporters-Two wild men wreathed about the loins only, and holding in the exterior hand a club raised in the attitude of striking sable. Motto-Agincourt.

THIS family, according to a pedigree certified in 1652, by Henry Prevost de la Val, Artois king of arms of France, derives its origin from THIBAUT RUSHAUT" noble

chevalier Anglois," who settled in France at the commencement of the 14th century. From him descended JOACHIM Rushout, lord of Gamaches, and marshal of France,

rine, da. and co-h. of Thomas Ravenscroft, of Broadlane, co. Flint, esq., and d. 3 March 1720, leaving issue an only son,

THOMAS POWYs, of Lilford, b. 24 Sept. 1719, m. Henrietta, only child of Thomas Spence, serjeant of the house of commons, and d. 2 April 1767, leaving issue by her, (who d. 1771,)

1. THOMAS, 1st lord.

2. LYTTELTON, in holy orders, rector of Tichmarsh and Thorpe, co. Northampton, m. Mary, da. of George Shaw, rector of Wormsley, co. York, and had issue,

1. Charles, b. 12 July 1789.

2. Maria; 3. Frances-Dorothea.
4. Eleanor; 5. Harriet.

6. Mary-Anne; 7. Lucy.
8. Eleanor-Jane.

3. HENRIETTA, d. young.

4. ANNE, m. Robert Doughty, of Hanworth, co. Norfolk, esq.

THOMAS Powys, 1st lord Lilford, b. 4 May 1743, elected knt. of the shire co. Northampton, 1774, which situation he continued to hold until 1797, and was created a peer of Great Britain by the title of baron Lilford, co. Northampton, 26 Oct. 1797, m., 31 March 1772, Mary, da. of Galfridus Mann, of Brocton Maiherbe, and niece of sir Horatio Mann, bart., K.B., ambassador to the court of Florence, by whom (who d. Jan. 1823) he had issue,

1. THOMAS, 2d lord.

2. HORACE, d. June 1788.

3. LYTTELTON, b. 23 Jan. 1781, in holy orders, rector of Pilton, co. Northampton, m., 24 July 1809, Penelope, da. of James Hatsell, esq., and niece of John Hatseil, esq., clerk to the house of commons, and has issue.

4. FREDERICK, b. 13 March 1782, in holy orders, rector of Aldwinckle St. Peter, co. Northampton, m., 15 Oct. 1807, Mary, only da. of Edward-Thoroton Gould, (by Barbara Yelverton, only child and sole h. of Henry, 3d earl of Sussex,) and sister of Henry, lord Grey de Ruthyn, by whom (who d. 19 Jan. 1837, æt. 57) he had issue, 1. Frederick-Henry-Yelverton, in holy orders, b. 22 July 1808.

2. Charles Edward, R.N.

3. Spencer-Perceval, b. April 1814.
4. Barbara-Yelverton.

5. Mary, m., 18 Aug. 1836, FrederickBrooksbank Bicknell, esq.

5. CHARLES, b. 22 June 1784, R.N., d. in Jamaica, 13 Aug. 1804.

6. HENRY, captain 83d regiment, d. of his wounds in the attack of Picurina, before Badajos, April 1812.

7. ELEANOR, b. 13 Feb. 1773, m., 19 Nov. 1800, the hon. and rev. Richard-Bruce Stopford, 4th son of James, 2d earl of Courtown, K.P.

8. LUCY; 9. AMELIA, b. 18 May 1783. 10. CAROLINE, d. Jan. 1812.

11. ANNE; 12. SOPHIA, twins. 13. LOUISA-HORATIA.

His lordship d. 26 Jan. 1800, and was succeeded by his eldest son,

THOMAS, 2d lord, 5. 8 April 1775, m., 5 Dec. 17:6. Henrietta Maria, eldest da. and co h. of Robert-Vernon Atherton, of Atherton Hall, co. Lancaster, esq., and by her (who d. 11 Aug 18205) had issue,

1. THOMAS ATHERTON, 3d lord.

2. Robert VERNON, b. 3 Dec. 182, in the East India Company's military service, m., at Coell, in Bengal, 14 April 1825, Jane, 3d da, of the late Witham Becket, of Enfield, co. Middlesex, csq., and has issue,

1. Robert Horace, b. 26 March 1828.
2. John.

3. HORATIO, in holy orders, rector of Warrington, m., 21 Feb. 1833, Percy-Gore, eldest da. of William Currie, of East Horsley Park, Surrey, esq., and has issue, 1. A da., b. 15 June 1834. 2. A son, b. 19 Dec. 1835.

3. A son, b. 27 March 1837.

4. ATHERTON-LEGH, 5, 23 Sept. 1809. 5. HENRY LYTTELTON, in the army. 6. CHARLES, in the army.

7. HANRIETTA MARIA, m., 10 Sept. 1827, John Campbell Colquhoun of Killermont, near Glasgow, esq., M.P.

8. ELEANOR, b. 27 Jan. 1800,

9. MARY, m., 11 May 1830, the rev. James Drummond.

10. ELIZABETH, m., 15 Feb. 1828, the rev. Richard Leonard Adams.

11. FRANCES-HESTHER, m., 5 April 1831, rev. Thomas Henry Causton.

12. JANE-LUCv, m., 18 May 1896, rev. John-Pierce Maurice, rector of Rympton,

co, Somerset.

His lordship d. 4 July 1825, and was succeeded by his eldest son,

THOMAS ATHERTON, present and 3d lord. Heir Apparent-Hon. THOMAS-LYTTELTON Powys, his lordship's son.

Creation--26 Oct. 1797.

Arms- Or, a lion's jamb erased in bend dexter, between two cross crosslets fitché in bend sinister gules.

Creat--A lion's jamb couped and erect gules, holding a staff headed with a fleur-delis also erect or.

Supporters-Derter, a reaper habited in a loose shirt, leather breeches loose at the knees, white stockings and black hat and shoes; in his hat ears of corn, in his right hand a reaping-hook, and at his feet a garb, all proper. Sinister, a man in the uniform of the Northamptonshire yeomanry cavalry, viz. a green long coat, ornamented on the cuffs and button-holes with gold lace, yellow waistcoat and breeches, and black top boots; a black stock; a round hat, adorned with a white feather in front and a green one behind, the sword-belt inscribed with the letters N. Y., and the exterior hand resting on his sword sheathed and point downwards.

Motto-Parta tueri. To maintain acquired possessions.

THE possessions of this noble family upon the borders of the river which gives origin to the title, are by descent of great antiquity, having been acquired about 6 Edward II., 1312, by the marriage of JOHN, son of sir Thomas Lister, with Isabel, da. and h. of John de Bolton, from which John Lister, the present possessor is the 17th in lineal descent. The above Isabel, it is believed, also, was descended through the illustrious families of Clare, Gant, and Roumare, from the old Saxon earls of Mercia; William de Roumare, one of the great Norman barons, having, after the Conquest, m. Lucy, sister and h. of Edwin, the last earl, and thereby possessing, as it is quoted by sir William Dugdale, "Cravennam, et Couplandiam, et Allerdale, et Cockeram, jure hereditario." Dug. Monast. Vol. 1. p. 798.

Of the house of LISTER, whose chief residence has been in the same parish of Gisburne, in Craven, for five hundred years, the limits of our work only allow us to go back to

In

THOMAS, ancestor of the present peer, who was b. 8 Oct. 1688; and on the death of his father, Thomas, 1708, during his minority, succeeded to the family estates. 1710 he was elected member of parliament for Clithero, for which place he sat till his death, 22 May 1745. In 1716, he m. Catharine, da. and co-h. of sir Ralph Assheton, of Whalley, bart., by which lady (who d. 1728) he had issue,

1. THOMAS, father of the 1st lord.

2. NATHANIEL, b. 8 June 1725, of Armitage Park, co. Stafford, M.P. for Clithero, 1761 to 1773, m. Martha, da. and co-h. of John Fletcher of Lichfield, esq., and d. 28 Dec. 1793, having had issue by her, (who d. Dec. 1811,)

1. John, of Armitage Park, esq., d. unm. June 1802.

2. Thomas, of Armitage Park, esq., d. 24 Feb. 1828, leaving issue.

3. Mary, m. rev. John Oldershaw. 4. Catharine, m. Robert-Nugent Dunbar, esq.

5. Martha, d. unm. 16 Feb. 1828.

6. Charlotte, m., Jan. 1808, Augustus Bulstrode, esq., and d. 1810. THOMAS LISTER, eldest son of Thomas above named, was b. 19 Jan. 1723; and on

his father's death, 1745, elected also his successor in the representation of the borough of Clithero. He m. Beatrix, da. of Jessop Hulton, of Hulton Park, co. Lancaster, esq., and d. 28 Nov. 1761, leaving issue by her, (who d. 5 Dec. 1774,)

1. THOMAS, 1st lord Ribblesdale.

2. BEATRIX, b. 25 Nov. 1749, m. John Parker, of Browsholme, esq., and d. 10 May 1817.

3. CATHERINE, b. Aug. 1754, d. Sept. 1762.

THOMAS, 1st lord Ribblesdale, was so created 26 Oct. 1797; b. 22 March 1762, m., 1789, Rebecca, da. of Joseph Fielding, of Ireland, esq., and by her (who d. 21 May 1816) had issue,

1. THOMAS, 2d lord.

2. CATHERINE, b. 23 Dec. 1793, m., 1st, 4 Sept. 1810, James Skurr Day, of Burnett, co. Somerset, esq., and, 2dly, Dec. 1817, her cousin, the rev. John Fleming Parker (son of John Parker, of Browsholme, above mentioned).

3. REBECCA-ADELAIDE, b. 31 Aug. 1800. His lordship d. 12 Sept. 1826, and was succeeded by his only son,

THOMAS, 2d lord, b. 23 Jan. 1790, m., 9 Feb. 1826, Adelaide, eldest da. of Thomas Lister, of Armitage Park, esq., by whom (who re-m., 11 April 1835, lord John Russell, son of the duke of Bedford) he had issue, 1. ADELAIDE, b. 14 May 1827. 2. THOMAS, present lord. 3. A DA., b. 16 Oct. 1830.

4. A DA., (posthumous,) b. 4 May 1833. His lordship d. 10 Dec. 1832, and was succeeded by his only son,,

THOMAS, present and 3d lord.
Heir Presumptive-None.
Creation-26 Oct. 1797.

Arms-Ermine, on a fess sable, three mullets or.

Crest-A stag's head proper, erased or. Supporters Dexter, a stag regardant sable; attired unguled, gorged with a collar of S.S., and charged on the body with an eagle displayed or. Sinister, a war horse caparisoned proper, and supporting a guidon or, inscribed with the letters Y.L.D., meaning York Light Dragoons.

Motto-Retinens vestigia famæ. Retracing the achievements of an honourable ancestry.

1835.

THE origin of this ancient family has been variously stated by different authors, some deriving it from the same stock as the Bassets of Drayton, Sapcote, Welden, &c., (powerful barons in the midland counties, under the Norman and Angevin kings of England,) while sir William Pole, in his account of Devon, and others, trace its origin to an Osmond Basset, who was seated in Cornwall as early as temp. Henry I. The authority for the account hereafter given, is a MS. pedigree of all the branches of the Basset family, in the hand-writing of the celebrated Vincent; according to that pedigree,

RALPH BASSET, of Drayton, justiciar of England temp. Henry I., had 4 sons, 1. Thurston; 2. THOMAS; 3. Richard, ancestor of the Bassets of Weldon and Drayton; and 4. Nicholas.

THOMAS BASSET, 2d son of Ralph, lived temp. John, m. Alicia, da. of Reginald de Dunstanville, and had issue, GILBERT, whom Vincent calls ancestor of the Bassets of Humbly, or Umberly, co. Devon, but whose descendants he does not trace; and Thomas, of Hedendon.

The question, however, is involved in much obscurity; and perhaps all that can be safely asserted is, that the Bassets of Cornwall, about the year 1150, acquired the estate of Tehidy, in that county, (still the residence of the family.) by marriage with an heiress of Dunstanville. By several subsequent marriages they acquired lands co. Devon; and about the year 1556, the family branched off, and the eldest son of JOHN BASSET, of Tehidy, by Jane, da. of Thomas Beaumont, of Devon, seated himself at Umberley and Heanton Court, co. Devon, which property he inherited through the Beaumonts, and in that residence the elder branch now continues. GEORGE, 2d son of John, became possessed of Tehidy, by gift of his nephew, sir Andrew Basset. James, the son of George, m. Jane, one of the das. of sir Francis Godolphin, of Godolphin. In the time of Charles I., there were three brothers, sir Francis, sir Thomas, and sir Arthur. Sir Francis, the eldest, m. Anne, da. of sir J. Trelawny, bart., and was sheriff of Cornwall during the greater part of the rebellion, in which he manifested the utmost zeal and activity in defence of his royal master. Sir Thomas, his brother, was a major-gen. in the king's service, and commanded a division of the royal army, at the battle of Stratton, when, with very superior numbers, the royalists defeated the rebels. Sir Arthur was also a major-gen. in

the king's service, and governor of St. Michael's Mount, the property of his brother, Francis, and which was one of the last places that yielded to the parliament. After the battle of Stratton, it is well known that the Cornish royalists, under the command of the gallant sir Bevil Granvil, by repeated victories, supported the royal cause: till, at last, rather exhausted by conquest than beaten by the enemy, they were obliged to submit to the overwhelming torrent which destroyed both church and state. Sir Francis Basset was with the king, at Lestwithiel, when Essex's army surrendered, after which event he says, in a letter to his wife, "the king told me, in the hearing of thousands, Mr. Sheriff, I now leave the county of Cornwall to your care and protection." Owing to his expenses in support of the royal cause, and his being obliged to compound for his estate with the parliament, he was under the necessity of selling St. Michael's Mount, and much other property. His descendants, therefore, were much distressed for many years after the rebellion. By the marriages, however, of the great-grandfather of the first peer with miss Lucy Hele, and of his grandfather with miss Mary Pendarves, both heiresses, a considerable acquisition of property came to the family, which was much improved by the skilful management and well-regulated economy of his father.

FRANCIS BASSET, grandfather of the first peer, had issue by Mary Pendarves, 1. John-Pendarves Basset, m. Anne, da. of sir Edmund Prideaux, bart., and dying 1739, left 1 son, who d. 1756; and 2.

FRANCIS, who, on his nephew's death, succeeded to the family estate, m. Margaret, da. of sir John St. Aubyn, of Clowance, co. Cornwall, bart. He d. Nov. 1769, leaving issue, 2 sons and 4 das., viz.

1. FRANCIS, 1st lord.

2. JOHN, in holy orders, b. 1760, m., 4 Oct. 1790, Mary, da. of George Wingfield, of Durham, esq., and d. 20 May 1816, leaving issue, John, of Lincoln's Inn, barrister-atlaw.

3. MARGARET, m. John Rogers, of Penrose, co. Cornwall, esq.

4. CECILIA; 5. MARY; and

6. CATHERINE, d. unm. 2 June 1817. FRANCIS, 1st lord De Dunstanville, created a baronet, 24 Nov. 1779; Baron De Dunstanville, of Tehidy, co. Cornwall, 7 June 1796; and Baron Basset of Stratton, with remainder to his only da. and her issue male, 30 Nov. 1797; m., 1st, 16 May 1780, FrancesSusanna, da. of John Hippesley Coxe, of