A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, enjoying territorial possessions or high official rank; but univested with heritable honours (Volume 1) online

the invasion of Cromwell, the family of
O'Broin, O' Byrne or O' Birne, was amongst
the most powerful and distinguished in the
province of Leinster. It traces its descent
from Hermon, the youngest son of Milesius,
through Ugane More and Cathire More,
two of the most renowned warriors that
swayed the Irish sceptre.

The O' Byrnes derive their name from
Broin or Bran, one of the Kings of Lein-
ster, who defeated the Mononians in a pitched
battle, and redeemed Leinster from a tax,
called Borne or Boiromhe. Many other
progenitors of the O' Byrnes, being likewise
Kings of Leinster, distinguished themselves
in the wars concerning this tax and against the
common enemy, the Dane. Of the English,
the O' Byrnes were at once the most con-
stant and formidable enemies. Located upon
their mountain heights in the wild and sin-
gularly beautiful country, which owned their
sway, they could watch their opportunity,
and at the favourable moment pounce down
upon their victims, like the eagle on his
prey. Thus on Easter Monday, in the year
1209, they fell upon an immense crowd of
Dublin citizens who were celebrating a rural
fete, at a place called Cullens Wood, and with
the aid of the O' Tooles, another potent tribe
seated in their immediate neighbourhood, left
three hundred dead upon the spot. Hence-
forward over a space of several centuries
we find the O'Byrnes never relaxing in their
resistance and" hostility to the English



settlers. In 1395 Roger Mortimer, Earl of
March, then Lord Deputy of Ireland, laid
O'Byrne's country waste, and stormed his
Castle of Wicklow. In 1414 John Talbot,
Lord Furnival, marched an army through
the territories of the O'Byrnes, and numer-
ous and frequent were the forces which sub-
sequent Viceroys found it necessary to
oppose to these bold and restless chieftains.
When the civil contentions in Ireland for
the Jirst time assumed a religious character,
the House of O' Byrne acted a most promi-
nent part, and in the confederacy which was
formed in defence of the ancient faith, the
leaders were the Earl of Desmond, Fiach
Mac Hugh O' Byrne, chief of that family,
James Eustace, Viscount Baltinglass, and
one of the Fitzgeralds. The contending
armies met in the defiles of Glendalough,
where, after a fierce and bloody engagement,
the English were routed in all points ; their
infantry, to the amount of 800 men cut to
pieces, and the Lord Deputy, Arthur Grey,
Lord Wilton, with the greater portion of the
cavalry driven from the field of battle. The
leaguers, however, do not seem to have
derived any considerable advantage from
their victory : perhaps from the constitution
of their army it was not in their power.
The Irish, like the Scottish Highlanders,
followed their chiefs cheerfully to battle,
but the blow being struck, the pressing
danger or exciting cause, which had led
them forth, having passed away, it was im-
possible to keep them in the field : they
never could be induced to perform the duties
of a regular campaign. This it was, which
rendered futile all the victories of the Des-
monds, O'Neills, and O' Byrnes.

In 1588, when O'Neill, earl of Tyrone,
raised his standard, he was joined by the
principal catholic chiefs, and amongst the
rest, by the head of the O'Byrnes, which
daring sept, in the long and sanguinary
contests that ensued, bore a most conspicu-
ous part.

On the accession of James to the throne,
in 1603, all Ireland, for the first time, sub-
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northern chiefs, in common with tlie rest of
the ancient Irish nohility, did homage ;
many passing over to England to render
the service in person. They were well
received, but within a brief period, trea-
chery accomplished against them, that which
force could never effect. Hugh O'Neill,
O'Donnell, and many others were compelled
to leave Ireland, as banished men ; and
their broad and fertile lands were conferred
upon mercantile companies and ignoble
mechanics. The O'Byrnes, amongst the
rest, suffered severely. All that remained
to them was afterwards seized upon by
Cromwell, during his devastating progress
through their country in 1646, and the his-
tory of the O'Byrnes, as chiefs of numerous I
and powerful tribes, is no longer interwoven ]
with the annals of their country.

Charles O'Byrne, representative of the
great house of O'Byrne, who was deprived
by Cromwell of his extensive domains,
espoused Grizel, daughter of Byrne, of
Ballincurbeg, and had three sons and a
daughter, viz.

I. Hi'GH, who, upon the dissolution of
his family in the county of Wicklow,
removed to Dublin, whence, after a
residence of a few years, he re-
turned to his native county, and
there purchased considerable estates,
amongst which was Ballinacurbeg,
where he resided until his death.
He in. first, Alice, daughter of Tady
Byrne, of Coolanearle, by whom he
had surviving issue,

George, who espoused Amey, dau.
of James Bell, esq. surgeon ge-
neral of Ireland, and dying 27th
December, 1697, left issue,

1. Gregory, who m. Mary,
daughter of Richard Butler,
brewer, of Dublin, by whom
he left at his decease, 14th
February, 1720, no surviv-
ing issue.

2. William, who d. s. p.

3. Elizabeth, heiress to her
brother, d. unmarried in
1732.

Charles, who had (with a daughter
who m. Bartholomew Hadsor) an
only son, Emanuel, who, being
educated in France, became a
friar of St. Francis, and had
himself confirmed by the name of
Francis. Father Francis, gener-
ally known as Father Huson, died
at Cornels Court, (Cabinteely)
the 30th August, 1743, having
bequeathed to his cousin, George
Byrne, all his right, title, and



interest, in the Ballinacurbeg
estate.

II. John, of Ballenclough, in the count\
of Wicklow, who wedded Ceciliit,
daughter of Garrat Byrne, of Cou-
lanarle, and left at his decease three
daughters, viz. Mary, the wife of
John Byrne, a brewer, of Dublin,
Elinor, of Dudley Keoghe, of Bal-
lenclough, and Catherine, married to
James Byrne.

in. Daniel, of whom we are about to
treat.

iv. Sarah, m. to Turlough Byrne.
The third son,

Daniel Byrne, espoused Anne, daughter
of Richard Tayler, esq. of Swords, and had
issue,

I. Gregory, who inherited, upon the
decease of his father, the lordships
of Sheen and Timogue, and was cre-
ated, in 1671, a Baronet of Ireland.*



* Sir Gregory Byrne, bart. of Timogue, wed-
ded first, Penelope, daughter of Colonel Calwall,
of the county of York, and had, with younger
children,

Daniel, who m. Miss Warren, eldest daughter
of — Warren, esq. of Chorley, in Lanca-
shire, and dying in the life-time of his
father, left a son, John, heir to his grand-
father.
He espoused secondly, Alice Fleming, daughter
of Handle, Lord Slane, and had inter alios, a son,
Henry, of Oporto, who m. Catherine, dau.
of James Eustace, esq. of Yeomanstown,
in the county of Kildare, and left an only
child,

Catherine-Xaveria Byrne, who wed-
ded George Bryan, esq. and dying in
1779, left a son, the present

George Bryan, esq. of Jenkins-
town, in the county of Kilkenny.
Sir Gregory Byrne was s. by his grandson,

Sir John Byrne, second Baronet, of Timogue,
who wedded Meriel, relict of Fleetwood Leigh,
esq. of Bank, and only daughter and heiress of
Sir Francis Leicester, of Tabley, by whom he had
a son and heir,

Sir Peter Byrne, third baronet, of Timogue,
who assumed in 1744, pursuant to the will of his
maternal grandfather, the surname and arms of
Leicester. Sir Peter wedded Catharine, daughter
and co-heiress of Sir William Fleming, bart. of
Rydall, in the county of Westmoreland, by whom
he left at his decease in 1770, with several other
children, a son and heir,

Sir John Fleming Leicester, fourth bart. who was
elevated to the peerage as Baron de Tabley, of
Tabley House, 16th July, 1826. He m. in 1810,
Georgiana-Maria, youngest daughter of Colonel
Cottin, and dying in 1827, was s. by his elder son,
the present George-Leicfster, Baron de Tab-
ley. (See Burke's Peerage and Baronetage.)



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ii. John.

in. Walter, a captain in the army, who
adhered with unshaken fidelity to his
royal master, King James II., and
was wounded and made prisoner at
the battle of Aughrim. He died at
St. Germains, leaving by his wife,
Darcus Crosby, a son, who went to
sea and was never heard of, and a
daughter.

iv. Joseph, a merchant of Dublin, who,
during the troubles of King James's
reign, relinquishing business, ob-
tained a captain's commission in the
same regiment with his brother, Wal-
ter, and was killed at Aughrim. Cap-
tain Byrne left two daughters, the
elder m. to — Gibson, esq. a mer-
chant in London, and the younger,
Elinor, married twice, but died issue-
less.

v. Mary, m. first, to John Walsh, esq.
of Old Connaught, and had two sons,
Edward and John Walsh. She wed-
ded, secondly, Sir Luke Dowdall,
bart. and had issue,

1. Sir Daniel Dowdall, second
baronet, who took orders in the
church of Rome.

2. James Dowdall, d. unmarried.

3. — Dowdall, m. to Major Alen,
of St. Wolstans.

4. — Dowdall, m. to Simon Clarke,
esq.

5. — Dowdall, m. to Ulick Wall,
esq. of Collard House.

VI. Margaret, m. to Terence Dunn, esq.
of Brittess, in the Queen's County,
and had issue,

Daniel Dunn, who m. a daughter
of Colonel Nugent, brother to
Thomas, then Earl of West-
meath, by whom he left surviv-
ing issue, Alice, m. to Richard
Plunket, esq. of Dunshoughlan,
in the county of Dublin, and
Mary, m. to James Hussy, esq.
of Westown, in the county of
Kildare.
Barnaby Dunn, who m. Miss Mol-
loy, of the King's County, and
left to survive him two daughters
only.
Edward Dunn, who m. the sister of
Thomas Wise, esq. of Water-
ford.
Daniel Byrne's second son,

John Byrne, esq. of Cabinteely, inherit-
ing from his father the town and lands of
Kilboy, Ballard, and divers other estates in
the county of Wicklow, served the office
of high-sheriff" for that shire. This gentle-
man, after finishing his studies in England,
returned to Dublin, and was called to the
Irish bar, at which he attained very great



eminence. He espoused in 1678, Mary,
daughter of Walter Che vers, esq. of Monks-
town, and had issue,

Walter, who inherited from his father.
John, eventual successor.
Alice, d. young.
Counsellor John Byrne, who added consi-
derably, by purchase, to his patrimonial
estates, died suddenly in 1681, and was s.
by his elder son,

Walter Byrne, esq. of Cabinteely, who
married Clare, daughter of Christopher
Mapas, esq. of Rouchestown, but dying
without issue, 21st January, 1731, was s. by
his brother,

John Byrne, esq. of Cabinteely, a mer-
chant in Dublin. This gentleman espoused
Marianna, youngest daughter of Colonel
Dudley Colclough, of Mohory, in the county
of Wexford, and had issue,
i. George, his heir.
ii. Dudley, who m. Elizabeth, daughter

of James Dillon, esq.
Hi. John, who, after the death of his
father, resided with a merchant in
Rotterdam , whence removing to Bour-
deaux, he commenced business there.
This gentleman, who took out letters
of nobility from the French govern-
ment in 1771, espoused Mary,
daughter of Richard Gernan, esq. an
eminent merchant in Bourdeaux, and
was s. at his decease, by his son,
Richard O'Byrne, esq. who wed-
ded Elizabeth, daughter of Rich-
ard William Stack, M. D. of
Bath, and died, leaving a son
and successor, the present
Robert O'Bvrne, esq. who
m. Miss Martha Trougher
Clarke, and has two sons,
William and Robert,
iv. Francis, d. unmarried.
v. Walter, also d. unmarried,
vi. Gregory, a lieutenant in the Duke

of Berwick's regiment,
vii. Daniel.
VIII. Joseph, who entered the German

service,
ix. Mary, m. to Walter Blakney, esq.
of Ballycormack, in the county of
Carlow.
x. Frances, m. to Edward Masterson,
esq. second son of John Masterson,
esq. of Castletown, in the county of
Wexford.
XI. Harriet, m. to Anthony Lynch, esq.

a merchant in Dublin,
xii. Marianne, m. to Adam Colclough,

esq.
xni. Anne, d. young.
Mr. Byrne, d. in 1741, and was s. by his
eldest son,

George Byrne, esq. of Cabinteely, who
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chael Nugent of Carlanstown, in the county
of Westmeafh, and sister to Robert Nugent,
esq. of Gossfield, in Essex, one of the Lords
of the Treasury to King George II. and
M.P. for the city of Bristol, who was ele-
vated to the Peerage, as Baron Nugent and
Viscount Clare, Dec. 20, 1766, and subse-
quently advanced to the Earldom of Nu-
gent.* By this lady he left issue,

Michael, his heir.

Gregory, d. unm.

Robert, successor to his brother.

Mary, m. to William Skerrett, esq. of
Finvara, county of Clare.
Mr. Byrne was s. by his son,

Michael Byrne, esq. of Cabinteely, at



* This nobleman is now represented by the
Duke of Buckingham.



whose demise, unm. the estates devolved
upon his only surviving brother,

Robert Byrne, esq. of Cabinteely, who
wedded Mary, daughter of Robert Deve-
reux, esq. of Carigmenan, in the county of
Wexford, and left at his decease, in 1798,
three daughters, Mary-Clare, Clarinda-
Mary, and Georgiana-Mary, by the eldest
of whom,

Mary-Clare Byrne, he was succeeded.
This lady dying in minority, in 1810, Ca-
binteely and the other estates devolved upon
her sister, the present Miss Byrne, of Cabin-
teely.

Arms — Gu. a chev. between three dexter
hands, arg

Estates — In the counties of Dublin and
Wicklow, and in the City of Dublin.

Seat — Cabinteely, in the county of Dublin.



AUSTEN, OF SHALFORD.




AUSTEN, SIR HENRY-EDMUND, knt. of Shalford House, in the county of

Surrey, a deputy lieutenant, and magistrate of that shire,
sheriff in 1810, one of the gentlemen of the king's most
honorable privy chamber in ordinary, b. 20th May, 1785,
m. in 1805, Anne-Amelia, only daughter of the late
Robert Spearman Bate, esq. of the Hon. East India Com-
pany's service, and has surviving issue,

Robert-Alfred-Cloyne, b. 17th March, 1808.
Henry-Edmund, b. 4th March, 1809, lieutenant 71st

regiment.
Frederick-Lewes, b. 16th October, 1813.
Algernon-Stuart, b. 3rd August, 1815.
John-Wentworth, b. 5th July, 1820.
Albert-George, b. 9th September, 1822.
Amelia, m. to James Brabazon, esq. of Moruington

House, in the county of Meath.

Sir Henry Austen succeeded his father in 1797.




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The family of which this gentleman is
representative, removed about the year 1495
(temp. Henry VII.), from Bedfordshire,
(where, and in Salop, it had long been
established) into the county of Surrey.

John Austen was deprived, temp.
Richard I. of his lands at Albrighton and
Bisshton, in the county of Salop.

John Austen de Gynge appears in the
records of the reign of Edward I. His
son,

John Austev, obtained a restitution of the



forfeited lands. The third in descent from
this John,

John Austen, esq. of Toddington, died
in 1487. His son,

John Austen, esq. of Toddington and
Chidingfold, died in 1553, and was buried
at the latter place, when he was s. by his
son,

John Austen, esq. who wedded Joanna,
daughter of William Snellynge, esq. (the
most ancient charitable bequest to the poor
of Guildford is by this lady, in 1582) and



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AUSTEN, OF SHALFORD.



left two sons, John and George. He was
s. in 1561, by the elder

John Austen, esq. of Shalford, who re-
presented Guildford in parliament, in 1563.
This gentleman, in conjunction with his
brother, purchased of Sir George More, of
Losely, the rectories impropriate of Shal-
deford cum Bramley, and erected in 1600,
the present residence of the family upon the
site of the rectorial manor house. He died
in 1613, and was s. by his brother,

George Austen, esq. of Shalford. This
gentleman represented the borough of
Guildford, in the first parliament of King
James I. having been previously member
for Haslemere. To him the town of Guild-
ford is indebted for the knowledge, and con-
sequent preservation of many of its estates
and rights. Part of the plate of the corpo-
ration, and still in use on their festival days,
was presented by Mr. Austen. He m. first,
Anne, daughter and co-heir of Thomas Mel-
lersh, of Nore, in Bramley, and had issue,
Samuel.

Joanna, who m. Sir Maurice Abbot, lord
mayor of London in 1637, and one of
its representatives in 1625, brother of
Doctor George Abbot, archbishop of
Canterbury, and of Doctor Robert
Abbot, bishop of Salisbury, by whom
she had issue,

Bartholomew Abbot.
George Abbot.
Matthew Abbot.
Edward Abbot.
Margaret Abbot.
Anne, m. to John Wight, esq.
Mr. Austen espoused, secondly, Jane, dau.
of Robert Harrison, and heir of her brother,
by whom he had,

John, b. in 1590.
George, d. young.
Daniel.

Francis, who m. Sarah, daughter of W.
Banastre, esq. of Drayton, and had a
son,
George.
Robert, M.A. Fellow of King's College,

Cambridge.
Ralph, M.A. Fellow of Magdalen Col-
lege, Oxford.
Jane, m. to — Tewsley, esq.
He wedded, thirdly, Elizabeth, daughter of
Thomas Wair, esq. and had another son
and two daughters, namely,
Benjamin.
Susan.
Elizabeth.
Mr. Austen rebuilt the Friary, at Guildford,
about the year 1610, and contributed to the
rebuilding of the Royal Grammar School,
founded by Edward VI. He died at an
advanced age, in 1621, and was s. by the
eldest son of his second marriage,

John Austen, esq. of Shalford, major in



Sir Richard Onslow's regiment, who served
with the parliamentary army in Ireland. —
He m. Margaret, daughter of Sir Richard
Lewknor,* and had (with a daughter Mar-
garet, m. to Richard Cresswell, of Cranley)
a son, his successor, in 1660,

George Austen, esq. of Shalford, who
wedded Ursula, only daughter of Sir Philip
Anstruther, bart.f heritable carver, and
master of the household, in Scotland, by
Catherine, daughter of Sir Edward Swift,
and had issue,

John, who m. Mary, daughter of John
Symball, esq. and d. in 1705.

Robert, his heir.

George.

Edward.
Mr. Austen was s.by his eldest surviving son,
Robert Austen, esq. of Shalford, one of
the commissioners for executing the office
of Lord High Admiral, temp. William and
Mary, and William. This gentleman in.
Mary, daughter and co-heir of Henry Lud-
low, esq. of Bramley, and niece of Lieute-
nant General Ludlow. He d. in 1718, and
was s. by his son,

George Austen, esq. of Shalford, who
m. Mary, daughter of R. Roper, esq. of the
county of Gloucester, and had issue,

John.

Robert.

George.

Elizabeth.
He was s. by his eldest son,

John Austen, esq. of Shalford, at whose
decease, without issue, the estates devolved
upon his brother,

Robert Austen, esq. of Shalford, receiver-
general of the county of Surrey. This gen-
tleman wedded Joanna, dau. of Lawrence
Street, esq. and dying in 1759, was s. by his
nephew,

Henry Austen, esq. of Shalford, who d.
in 1786, s. p. and was s. by his brother,

Robert Austen, esq. of Shalford, who
was a munificent benefactor to the parish of
Shalford, by rebuilding its church at his
own expense, in 1788. This gentleman
wedded in 1772, Frances- Annesley, daugh-
ter and heir of John Wentworth Nazianzen
Gregory,]: esq. and had surviving issue,

* Son of Sir Lewes Lewknor, master of the ce-
remonies to James I.

t Sir Philip Anstruther was also minister at
Ratisbon, Frankfort, and Copenhagen, and signed,
as minister plenipotentiary, the treaty of Hail-
brun.

J This gentleman was son of the Rev. Thomas
Gregory, rector of Toddington, in Bedfordshire,
and Haversham, in Rucks, by the Hon. Helen
Thompson, eldest daughter of John, first Lord
Haversham (a dignity now extinct), by the Lady
Frances Windham, daughter of Arthur Annesley,
first Earl of Anglesey, and widow of Francis
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Henry-Edmund, Iris heir.
Frances-Ann, m. to the Hon. John
Bedford, judge of the Vice Admi-
ralty Court in Barbadoes, and had
(with a daughter, who d. in 1805) two
sons,

Edward-Henry Bedford.
Paul- Austen Bedford, in holy or-
ders.



Gregory m. Frances, daughter of Captain Allen,
R.N. (son of Admiral Sir John Allen and Juliana
Hampden, his wife, grandaughter of the illus-
trious patriot, John Hampden) and left an only
daughter and heiress, Frances- Annesley Gre-
gory, m. to Robert Austen, as in the text.



Elizabeth-Smith.
Mr. Austen died 3rd November, 1797, and
was s. by his son, the present Sir Henry-
Edmund Austen, of Shalford.

Arms — Azure, a chevron, arg. between
three Cornish choughs, or.

Crest — On a leopard's head, az. a falcon
rising, or.

Motto — Ne quid Nimis.

Estates — In the parishes of Shalford, St.
Martha, Bramley, St. Nicholas, Holy Tri-
nity, St Mary, Godalming, Dunsfold, Has-
comb, Chidingfold, Cranley, and Ewhurst,
in Surrey.

Stat— Shalford House, near Guildford.



SPENCER-STANHOPE, OF CANNON HALL.



STANHOPE-SPENCER, JOHN, esq. of Cannon Hall, in the county of York, h.

27th May, 1787, m. 5th December, 1822, Elizabeth-
Wilhelmina, third daughter of Thomas-William Coke,
esq. of Holkham Hall, and has issue,

Walter-Thomas-William, b. 21st December, 1827.

John-Foddam, b. 21st January, 1829.

Anna-Maria.

Eliza-Anne.

Anne- Alicia.

Louisa-Elizabeth.

Mr. Stanhope succeeded to the estates upon the demise
of his father, 10th April, 1821.




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Thomas Stanhope, esq. of Rampton,
in the county of Nottingham, (seventh in
descent from Sir Richard Stanhope, kt.
temp. Henry III.) espoused Mary, daugh-
ter of Edward Jerningham, esq. of Somer
Layton, in the county of Suffolk, and had
issue,

1. Edward (Sir) of Rampton, who re-
ceived the honor of knighthood upon
the field of battle from Henry VII.
for his distinguished conduct against
the Cornish rebels. Sir Edward
wedded, first, Avelina, daughter of
Sir Gervase Clifton, K.B. by whom
he had two sons, Richard and Mi-
1.



chael. He m. secondly, Elizabeth,
daughter of Fulk Bourchier, Lord
Fitzwarine, and had an only daugh-
ter Anne, the second wife of the
Protector Somerset. Richard Stan-
hope, the elder son of Sir Edward,
leaving at his decease, in 1529, a
dau. only, the male line was con-
tinued by his brother (the second son)
Sir Michael Stanhope, an eminent
person in the reign of Henry VIII.
who obtained from that monarch, a
grant of the house and site of the mo-
nastery of Shelford. From this Sir
Michael lineally descend the present
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SPENCER-STANHOPE, OF CANNON HALL.



Earls of Chesterfield, Stanhope,
and Harrington.
2. John.
The second son,
John Stanhope, esq. was father of
Thomas Stanhope, esq. who came into
Lancashire with the Earl of Derby, and
settled at Manchester. His son,

John Stanhope, esq. removed thence into
Yorkshire, and purchased temp. Queen
Mary, Eccleshill, and lands in Horseforth,
part of the estate of the monastery at Kirk-
stall. He died at an advanced age, in 1596.
leaving issue — Walter, his heir, Thomas,
Beatrice, Anne, and Margaret. The eldest
son and successor,

Walter Stanhope, esq. of Horseforth,
in Yorkshire, wedded, first, Mary, daughter
and co-heiress of John Hanson, esq. of
Woodhouse and Rastrick, in the county of
York, by whom he had issue,
John, his heir.
Walter, who in. Anne, daughter of —

Purdee, esq.
Richard, of Eccleshill, who m. Anne,
daughter of Francis Allanson, esq. of
Leeds.
Edward, in holy orders, d. s. p.
Jane, m. to John Robinson, esq. of

Swinsby Hall.
Dorothy, in. to Christopher Thompson,
esq. of Esholt.
Mr. Stanhope, who married, secondly,
Frances, daughter of William Thwaites, esq.
of Marston, but had no further issue, was s.
at his decease by his eldest son

John Stanhope, esq. of Horseforth, who
espoused, first, Anne, daughter of Francis
Rawdon, esq. of Rawdon, and sister to Sir
George Rawdon, ancestor to the Marquess
of Hastings, by whom he had, John, his heir,
Walter, Mary, and Eliza. He in. secondly,
a daughter of Dr. Finley, D.D. and thirdly,
Alice, daughter of R. Mitchell, esq. of Ar-
thington, but had no further issue. He was
*. at his decease by his eldest son,

John Stanhope, esq. of Horseforth, bar-
rister-at-law, who espoused Hannah, daugh-
ter and heiress of L. Horseman, esq. and
dying in 1694, left issue,
John, his heir.
Walter, who d. s. p. in 1703.
Hannah, m. to Henry Hedges, esq. of

Copgrove.
Mary.
The elder son,

John Stanhope, esq. of Horseforth, wed-
ded Mary, daughter of Sir William Lowther,
of Swillington, M.P. for Pontefract in 1695,
and had issue,

John, his heir.
William.
Walter.

Hannah, m. to H. Atkinson, esq. of
Leeds.



Mr. Stanhope was s. at his decease by his
eldest son,

John Stanhope, esq. of Horseforth, bar-