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

Majesty, announcing the royal intention of
ccnferring upon him the Earldom of Forth,
but the monarch's unexpected death in
battle, prevented the fulfilment of the pro-
mise. He obtaiued however, from James

IV. in 1491, a grant of the island of Inch-
garvie, with liberty to build and fortify a
castle thereon, with numerous and impor-
tant privileges attached. He died within a
short time afterwards, and was s. by his
son,

Sir William Dundas, of Dundas, who
was served heir to his father in 1494. He
m. Margaret, daughter of Archibald Wau-
chope, of Niddery, and had two sons, .
James (Sir), his heir.
William, ancestor of the Dundases, of
Dudingston, Manour, &c.

The elder son.

Sir James Dundas, of Dundas, had sei-
sine of his estate on the 22nd October, 1513.
He m. Margaret Sandilands, of the house
of Torphichen, and dying in 1553, left a son
and heir,

George Dun DAS,ofDundas,who espoused
first, Margaret, daughter of David Boswell,
of Balmuto, and had two sons,
i. Walter (Sir) his heir.
ii. George.
He wedded secondly, Catharine, daughter
of Laurence, third Lord Oliphant, and had
further issue,

in. James (Sir), of Arniston, from whom
descended

Robert Dundas, an eminent law-
yer, who was constituted a judge
in 1689. He m. Margaret,
daughter of Sir Robert Sinclair,
of Stevensou, and had, with
other children,

Robert Dundas, of Arniston,
b. 9th September, 1695, who,
following the profession of
his father, was appointed
solicitor- general of Scot-
land in 1717 ; lord advocate
in 1720. In 1722 he was
returned to parliament by
T T



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DT7NDAS, OF DUNDAS.



the city of Edinburgh ; and
in 1737 raised to the bench
as one of the judges of ses-
sion, when he assumed the
titular designation of Lord
Arniston. He subsequently
(anno 1748) succeeded the
celebrated Duncan Forbes
in the presidency of the
court. His lordship m. first,
Elizabeth, daughter of Ro-
bert Watson, esq. of Muir
House, and had, with two
daughters, a son,

Robert, who inherited
Arniston, and being
also a lawyer, became
lord president of the
Court of Session. He
was s. at his demise by
his son,

Right Hon. Robert
Dundas, of Arnis-
ton, Lord Chief
Baron of Scotland,
who m. in 1787,
Hon. Elizabeth
Dundas, eldest
daughter of Henry,
first Viscount Mel-
ville, and dying in
1819, left a son
and successor, the
present

Robert Dun-



das, esq.
Arniston.



of



Lord Arniston espoused se-
condly, Anne, daughter of Sir
Robert Gordon, bart. of In-
vergordon, and had, with other
children,

Henry, who, like his fa-
ther and brother, adopt-
ing the profession of
law, was made Lord
Advocate of Scotland
in 1775. He subse-
quently took a leading
part in England during
the administration of
William Pitt, and was
elevated to the peerage
on the 24th December,
1802, as Viscount Mel-
ville. He d. in 1811,
and was s. by his only
son,

Robert, present Vis-
count Melville,
iv. Robert, who is mentioned in a
charter under the great seal, dated
8th April, 1565.
The Laird of Dundas obtained subsequently



a charter of the lands of Easter Bavelaw,
in the county of Edinburgh, dated in 1580.
He died soon after, and was s. by his eldest
son,

Sir Walter Dundas, of Dundas, who
was made a knight at the baptism of Prince
Henry. He in. Janet, daughter of Sir
Alexander Oliphant, of Kelly, and had three
daughters,

Elizabeth, in. to Sir James Dundas, of

Newliston.
Margaret, in. to William Sharp, of Pit-

leckie.
Isabel, m. to John, fourth Lord Tor-
phichen.
Sir Walter espoused secondly, Anne, daugh-
ter of Monteith of Carse, and had further
issue,

George, his heir.

William, ancestor of the Dundases of

Blair.
Walter, founder of the family of Dun-
das of Magdalens, now settled in Ire-
land.
Alexander.
Hugh.

Marian, in. to Roger Blair, of that Ilk.
He d. about the year 1634, and was s. by his
eldest son,

George Dundas, of Dundas, who was
served heir in 1636. This laird espoused
the cause of the parliament in the civil wars.
In 1641 he was on the committee for the
trial of the gallant Montrose and his adhe-
rents, and he was subsequently one of the
colonels in Linlithgowshire for putting the
kingdom into a state of defence. He m.
Elizabeth, dau. of Sir Alexander Hamilton,
of Innerwick, and had issue,

i. Walter, his successor.
n. George, who in. Margaret, daugh-
ter of Hay of Monkton, and had

1. George, who eventually inhe-
rited the estates, and became
chief of the familv.

2. Walter.

3. Christian, d. unmarried.

4. Barbara, m. to Alexander Ir-
vine, of Supock.

HI. James, who espoused Elizabeth,
daughter of John Haliburton, of Gar-
vock, and had a son,

George, a lawyer, procurator of
the church of Scotland, and
principal clerk of the general
assemblies. He in. Eupham,
eldest daughter and heiress of
David Dundas, of Philpston, by
whom he had, with three daugh-
ters, a son,

James, advocate, who wedded
Anne, eldest daughter of
James Rollo, esq. of Pow-



DUNDAS, OF DUNDAS.



G4-



house, and had issue, two
sons and a daughter, viz.

1. John, whose son,

Robert Dund as, esq.
is now representa-
tive of this branch
of the family.

2. James.

3. Catherine.

iv. Christian, m. to Sir Walter Seton,

of Abercorn.
v. Elizabeth, m. to John Hamilton, of

Bangour.
VI. Anne, m. to Sir Thomas Rigg, of
Atherny.
The laird lived several years after the revo-
lution, and was s. at his decease by his
eldest son,

Walter Dundas, esq. of Dundas, who
espoused the Lady Christian Leslie, daugh-
ter of Alexander, first Earl of Leven, and
had,

Alexander, who died young.
Ralph, his heir.

Walter, in. Jean, daughter of Sir
Patrick Houston, of that Ilk, and
d. s.p.
Agnes, in. to Sir John Foulis, of Ravel-

ston.
Mary, m. to Sir William Lockhart.
Barbara, in. to Alexander, Lord Raith,
son of the Earl of Melville.
The elder surviving son,

Ralph Dundas, esq. of Dundas, living in
1669, m. Elizabeth, daughter of William
Sharp, esq. of Houston, and had two sons,
Thomas and William, who both died without
issue, and thus terminated the male line of
Walter, eldest son of George Dundas, of
Dundas, served heir in 1636 ; the chieftain-
ship of the family devolved in consequence
upon the grandson of the said George Dun-
das, (the son of his second son, George),

George Dundas, esq. M. P. for Linlith-
gowshire, and master of the King's works
of Scotland. He in. Alison, daughter of
General James Bruce, of Kennet, and had
issue,

1. James, his successor.

2. Robert, a captain in the army, d.
unmarried.

3. Walter.

4. George.

5. Alexander.

6. William.

7. Laurence, in. Miss Baxter.

8. Margaret.

9. Alice.

10. Jane.



He was s. by his eldest son,

James Dundas, esq. of Dundas, who m.
Jean-Maria, eldest daughter of William,
Lord Forbes, and had issue,
George, his hier.

Dorothea, in. to George Brown, of El-
liston, county of Roxburgh, and had
issue, Lady Hampden, Lady Hope,
and Lady Wedderburn.
Alice, m. to Sir John Wedderbun, of
Balendean, and had issue, three sons
and four daughters.
Barbara, ??j. to George Ogilvie, of

Langly Park, but had no issue.
Elizabeth.
He was s. at his decease, by his son,

George Dundas, esq. of Dundas, who m.
24th November, 1784, Christian, second
daughter of Sir William Stirling, hart, of
Ardoch, by whom (who d. 14th September,
1832,) he left,

James, his heir, a posthumous son, b.

14th January, 1793.
Christian, m. 5th June, 1804, to John

Hamilton, esq.
Maria, m. 8th April, 1813, to Robert

Cunnyngham, esq. and has issue.
Ann, in. 12th April, 1831, to Montgo-
merie Hamilton, esq.
This gentleman, a captain in the Honorable
East India Company's, and commander of
the Winterton East Indiaman, was lost at
the wreck of that ship off the coast of Ma-
dagascar, on the 22nd August, 1792. He
was s. by his son, the present James Dun-
das, esq. of Dundas.

Arms — Arg. a lion rampant gules.
Crest — A lion's head full faced, looking
through a bush of oak, ppr.

Supporters — Two lions gules, and below
the shield for a compartment a salamander
in flames of fire ppr.
Motto — Essayez.

Estates — In the contiguous parishes of
Dalmeny and Kirkleston, situated in Lin-
lithgowshire, which property has been in
the family for seven centuries. Mr. Dun-
das possesses a charter of these lands
granted in 1109, by Waldegrave, Earl of
March, the oldest document of this descrip-
tion in any private family in Scotland.
Seat — Dundas Castle, near Queenferry.
*„* The old castle of Dundas, now un-
inhabited, was erected in the year 1100, the
present residence in 1818. The old castle
forms part of the pile of building, and it
commands a beautiful and most extensive
view of the Frith of Forth from the isle of
May to Stirling Castle.



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CHALLEN, OF SHERMANBURY PARK.

CHALLEN, THE REV. JOHN GRATWICK, D.D. of Shermanbury Park, in
the county of Sussex, m. Sophia, daughter of John Diggins, esq. of Chichester, by
whom (who d. in 1807) he has no issue.

Htneaae.




The Combers, from whom Dr. Challen
inherits Shermanbury, are said to have been
possessed of the manor of Barkham, in the
county of Sussex, conferred on their ances-
tor by the Conqueror, for killing a Saxon
lord at the battle of Hastings..

William Comber, esq. purchased, in 1542,
the estate of Shermanbury from Lord San-
dys. He was s. by his son,

John Comber, esq. of Shermanbury, who
d. in 1593, leaving three sons, viz.

Willum, his heir.

Thomas, an eminent divine, Dean of

Carlisle.
James, who wedded Mary Burton, of
Westerham, in Kent, and had a son,
John, the celehrated Dean of Dur-
ham.
The eldest son and heir,

William Comber, esq. of Shermanbury,
was s. at his decease, in 1627, by his oniy
daughter,

Elizabeth Comber, who espoused Thomas
Gratwick, esq. and had a son and suc-
cessor,

Thomas Gratwick, esq. father of
John Gratwick, esq. who wedded Miss
Ann Holney, and had an only daughter and
heiress,

Ann Gratwick, who m. Thomas Lintot,



esq. of Wallhurst, and had by him (who d.
in 1720) an only child,

Cassandra Lintot, of Shermanbury. This
lady m. Henry Farncomb, esq. of Patcham,
and left one daughter, her heiress,

Cassandra Farncombe, of Shermanbury,
who espoused John Challen, esq. son of
Stephen Challen, esq. of Selsey, and grand-
son of Richard Challen,* gent, on whose
monument, now removed, in the church at
Oving, were the arms of Challoner. By
this marriage the heiress of Shermanbury
had issue,

i. John-Gratwick, her heir.
II. Stephen-Hasler, who m. Barbara,
daughter and heiress of W. Cham-
bers, esq. of Seaford, and has four
daughters.

1. Maria-Harriet.

2. Barbara-Jane.

3. Caroline.

4. Emily.

in. George, who d. at Bombay, a capt.

in the Native Infantry in 1825.
iv. Ann-Farncombe.
v. Maria-Lintot, d. unmarried,
vi. Augusta, m. to Captain Robert-
William Gillum.
Mr. Challen, who erected the present man-
sion on the site of the ancient manor house,
which was partly pulled down about fifty
years ago, purchased, in 1785, from Thomas
Pelham, esq. father of the late Lord Pel-
ham, the manor and estate of Ewhurst, in
the county of Sussex. He was s. at his
demise by his son, the present Rev. Dr.
John-Gratwick Challen, who likewise in-
herited his mother's estates.

Arms — Sa. a chevron engrailed or, be-
tween three cherubs' heads of the second.
Crest — A demi-horse saliant.
Motto — Gloria Deo.
Estates — In Sussex.
Seat— Shermanbury Park, near Henfield.



* This Richard Challen was second son of
— Challen, of Shopwhyke. The elder son Stephen,
left an only daughter and heiress, m. to the brother
of Sir Thomas Miller, hart.



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WILLIAMS, OF IVYTOWER.

WILLIAMS-HARRIS, ORLANDO, esq. of Ivytower, in the county of Pembroke,
b. 1 3th June, 1783, m. 9th August, 1809, Maria, only daughter and heiress of
William Williams, esq. of Ivytower. This gentleman, in the commission of the peace
for the counties of Pembroke, Carmarthen, and Gloucester, and a deputy-lieutenant
for the first, assumed by sign manual, in 1824, in addition to his own surname and
arms, Harris, those of his wife's family, Williams. Mr. Harris-Williams served
the office of high-sheriff for the county of Pembroke, in 1824.

Imcage.

Elizabeth, m. to — Howell, esq.
Jane, m. to — Ferrar, esq.
Susan.
The only son,

William Williams, esq. wedded Jane
Stafford, and was father of

Robert Williams, esq. b. in 1657, who
espoused Miss Elizabeth Hammond, of
Whitby, in Yorkshire, and dying in 1710,
left issue,

William, his heir.
Thomas, d. unmarried in 1744.
The elder son,

William Williams, esq. b. in 1693, was
receiver-general of the counties of Pem-
broke, Cardigan, Carmarthen, and Glamor-
gan. He m. Elizabeth, daughter of —
Davies, esq. of Coomb, in Carmarthenshire,
and had issue,

William, his successor.
Thomas, d. unmarried in 1793.
Morgan, b. in 1741, president of the
council of Madras for many years,
chief of Gan-Jam, governor of Fort
St. George, and chief commissioner
of circuit in allaying discontents and
healing grievances among the native
princes. He d. unmarried, in India,
in 1790.
Alexander, who m. Marray, sister of
Sir George Murray, K.C.B. by whom
he had issue,

1. William, who m. Miss Craw-
shay, daughter of — Crawshay,
esq. ironmaster, Merthyr Ted-
vill, but rf. s.p. in 1828.

2. Emelia, m. to the Rev. Charles
Pilkington, rector of Shopwick,
in Sussex, and prebendary of
Chichester, and has issue.

3. Maria.
Barbara, m. to Stedman Davies, esq.

and had a son, Stf.dman.
Ann, m. to — Hughes, esq. of Dublin.



This family branched off originally from
Herefordshire, and its descent is authen-
tically traced from

The Rev. Lewis Williams, rector of
Narberth, &c. living temp. Edward VI.
who inherited the estates of his ancestors
in the manor and parish of St. Florence, in
the county of Pembroke. He m. Elizabeth,
daughter and heiress of Robert Ferrar,
bishop of St. David's,* by whom he had a
son and successor,

Robert Williams, esq. who espoused
Elizabeth Whitchurch, niece of Archdeacon
Rudd, of the diocese of St. David's, by
whom he had issue,

William, his successor.



* This eminent {.relate suffered martyrdom 27th
Feb. 1555, at Carmarthen Cross. The Aberg-
wvilly estate, with divers curious relicks which
came by this marriage, are still in the possession
of the family ; particularly the good bishop's seal
of office and the pastoral staff upon which he
leaned at the stake, and on which are marks of
the fire bv which he was consumed.



648



CASSAN, OF SHEFFIELD.



Betty.

Emelia, m. to — O'Brien, esq.
The eldest son,

William Williams, esq. of Ivy Tower,
in the county of Pembroke, b. in 1736,
served the office of high-sheriff for that
shire. This gentleman, devoting a long life
to study, attained eminence as an anti-
quarian, and was esteemed a profound
scholar. He espoused Miss Maria Jermyn,
by whom (who d. in 1782) he had an only
daughter and heiress,

Maria Williams, who m. as stated
above, Orlando Harris, esq. eldest
son of George Harris, esq. of Oak-
lands, in the county of Gloucester.



Arms — Quarterly, first and fourth or, on
a chev. gu. between three cubes, pean, as
many horse shoes arg. for Williams. Se-
cond and third, sa. an antelope arg. maned
and tuft or, between four pheons gold, for
Harris.

Crests — First, a lion rampant or, holding
in the dexter paw a javelin erect ppr. the
sinister paw resting on an escocheon pean,
for Williams : second, a demi-antelope arg.
between the paws an arrow or.

Motto — Fortiter et fideliter.

Estates — In Pembrokeshire, Carmar-
thenshire, and Gloucestershire.

Seats — Ivytower, Pembrokeshire, and
Angeston, in the county of Gloucester.



CASSAN, OF SHEFFIELD.




mW7



CASSAN, MATTHEW, esq. of Sheffield, in the Queen's county, b. in November,

1754, entered as a gentleman commoner of Exeter Col-
lege, Oxford, 1st November, 1773, m. first, 18th May,
1776, Sarah, third daughter of Colonel Forde, of Seaforde,
in the county of Down,* younger son of Matthew Forde,
esq. of Seaforde, M. P. for that shire, by his wife, a
daughter of — Brownlow, esq. M.P. of Lurgan, and has
one son,

Stephen-Sheffield, b. 18th October, 1777, B.A. of
Trinity College, Dublin, July, 1798, M.A. 27th No-
vember, 1832 ; entered a student of Gray's Inn, 20th
April, 1799, called to the Irish bar, 18th June, 1802,
in the commission of the peace for the Queen's County
and Kilkenny. He wedded, in 1804, Eliza-Ann,
daughter and sole heiress of Edward Laurenson, esq.
of Capponellan, in the county of Kilkenny, by
Mary.f his wife, daughter of George Stoney, esq. of
Grayfort, in the county of Tipperary, who, on marry-
ing the Countess of Strathmore, assumed the surname
of Bowes. (See page 184.) By the heiress of Lau-
rence, Mr. Sheffield Cassan has issue,

1. Matthew-Sheffield, B.A. of Trinity College,
Dublin, a student of the Temple.

2. Stephen-Sheffield.

3. Edward.

4. Arthur-Moore.

5. Sarah-Elizabeth.

6. Mary- Ann.

7. Alicia.

8. Ann.

9. Margaret.




* By his wife, a daughter of Thomas Bowerbank, esq. of Cumberland.

t This lady's sister wedded the Hon. Arthur Moore, one of the judges of the Court ot Common
Pleas, in Ireland.



CASSAN, OF SHEFFIELD.



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Mr. Cassan espoused secondly, 15th September, 1819, Catherine, daughter of John
Head, esq. of Ashley Park, in the county of Tipperary, by Phoebe, his wife, sixth and
youngest sister of John Toler, first Earl of Norbury, chief-justice of the Common
Pleas, in Ireland, but by this lady he has no issue. Mr. Cassan, who s. to the repre-
sentation of the family on the demise of his father, in 1773, has been for many years,
major of the Queen's County Militia, burgomaster of Maryborough, and is the oldest
acting magistrate for the county. He served the office of high-sheriff in 1783.



Umraqc.



The family of Cassan, or De Cassagne, is
of ancient French lineage. Douglas, in his
Baronage of Scotland, page 296, under the
article Spens Destignots, Lords of Destig-
nots and St. Germain, (a branch of Spens,
of Lathallan, descendants of the house of
the great Macduff, Thane of Fife,) on the
authority of documents in the archives of
the Senescalliat des Lannes, names the
Cassagnes, as " Lords de Montagu," and of
Bonthon, and calls them " a family of dis-
tinction in the province of Bearne," anterior
to the year 1509, at which period we find
them, according to the same historian,
forming alliances with some of the most
ancient of the French Noblesse, and es-
pecially with the house of Spens.

Stephen Cassan, of Montpelier, born in
1659, passed at the revocation of the edict
of Nantes, into Holland, and in 1689, being
then an officer in the foreign brigade, com-
manded by Schomberg, went to Ireland,
where, in i692, he married, as appears by
the records in Ulster's Office, Elizabeth,
daughter and sole heiress of Joseph Shef-
field, esq. of Navestock, in Essex, and of
Cappolv, (since called Sheffield, to mark
the descent of the Cassans from the Shef-
fields) in the Queen's county, and in con-
sequence of this alliance, the family of
Cassan, by authority and license from
Ulster, now quarter the armorial insignia of
the ancient houses of St. Liz, Sheffield, and
Greene, (see families of Sheffield and St.
Lyz, at foot.) Stephen Cassan died 1750-1,
aged 92, seised of all the estates which had
been granted to his wife's father, Joseph
Sheffield, by the crown 22nd March, 1667,
19th CHARLES II. (refer to the 15th report of
the Commissioners, respecting the public
records of Ireland, printed by order of the
House of Commons, p. 102). He had an
only son,

Mwihi-w Cassan, esq. his successor at
Sheffield, born in 1693. This gentleman
inherited likewise his mother's property at
Navestock, which he sold while at the
Temple ; he built the present mansion at
Sheffield, and is the same Matthew Cassan,
who occurs as residuary legatee and ad-
ministrator to his cousin, John Sheffield, of
Navestock, nephew of Joseph, his maternal



grandfather. He m. first, Ann, daughter of
Jonathan Baldwin, esq. of Cool Kerry, and
of Summer Hill, Queen's county, and had,
(with other issue, who d. s. p.)
Stephen, his heir.

Richard-Sheffield, barrister-at-law, b.
2nd December, 1729, who m. Isa-
bella, daughter of Alexander Hamil-
ton, esq. of Knock and Bailybrenagh,
in the county of Dublin, M.P. for
Belfast, from 1739 to 1760, sister of
George Hamilton, solicitor general,
and afterwards Baron of the Irish
Exchequer, from 1776 to 1784, and
of Hugh Hamilton, D.D. who was
bishop of Clonfert, 1796, and died
bishop of Ossory, in 1805. Mr.

Richard Sheffield Cassan died,

leaving four daughters only.
Mr. Cassan wedded secondly, Christian,
daughter of John Walsh, esq. of Jamaica,
and had further issue,

Joseph, in holy orders, of Stradballv,
born in 1742, rector of Timmogue,
and vicar of Tullamoy and Fosse.
He died in 1830, aged 88, leaving
issue.
John, a captain in the 56th, who died

in August, 1805, leaving issue.
Christiana, b. 12th March, 1743, m. to
James Price, esq. of Westfield, in the
Queen's County. She died in 1814,
leaving issue, the Rev. Edward
Price, present archdeacon of Killa-
loe, (who m. Ricarda, daughter of
Richard Annesley, esq. of New Ross,
M.P. and niece of Charles, first
marquess of Ely, see Burke's Peer-
age) and lieutenant colonel James
Price.
The eldest son and heir,

Stephen Cassan, esq. succeeded at Shef-
field, on the decease of his father, Matthew.
He was born 22nd May, 1724-5, admitted a
student of Lincoln's Inn, 2nd April, 1745,
and took his certificate for the Irish bar,
2nd March, 17.50, to which he was shortly
afterwards called. His name occurs in the
registry of the prerogative court, in Ireland,
as administrator to his grandfather, Stephen,
5th May, 1752, his father, Matthew being



650



CASSAN, OF SHEFFIELD.



then df a J. This gentleman, who served
the office of high sheriff for the Queen's
county in 1763, espoused, 9lh December,
1750, Alicia, relict of Benjamin Hunt, esq.
to whom she had been married in 1741, and
daugh'er of William Mercer, esq. of Fair
Hill, county of Louth, of Newtown Ardes,
county of Down, and of the city of Dublin,
by Ann-Sarah, his wife, daughter of John
Baillie, esq. of Inishargie, county of Down,
M.P. This lady was sister of Fairfax Mer-
cer, esq. whose daughter and co-heir, Mary,
became the second wife of Colonel Richard
Fitzgerald, of Kilminehy, M.P. for Ennis,
who died in 1766, father of Caroline, wife
of Robert, second earl of Kingston.* Mr.
Cassan died 26th April, 1773, aet. 48, Mrs.
Cassan surviving him until 6th February,
1789; she was 68 at the period of her
decease, and was, with her husband, buried
in thf family mausoleum, in the old church
of Kilecoolmanban, near Sheffield. His
will was dated, 23rd April, 1773, proved
10th December following, in virtue of a
commission directed out of the High Court
of Chancery in Ireland ; and hers bore
date, 7th August, 1787. They had, with
other children, who died issueless, two sons
and a daughter, vias.
i. Matthew, heir.

ii. Stephen, born at Coolbanagher
House, near Emo, then a second seat
of the family, 2nd January, 1757.
Entered of Trinity College, Dublin,
1st November, 1773; Admitted a
student of the Middle Temple, 4th
February, 1778, and took his certifi-
cate for the Irish bar, 15th Novem-
ber, 1781. He died in Bengal 26th
January, 1794, intestate; adminis-
tration was granted in the preroga-
tive court of Canterbury 18th March,
1795, to Sarah, his relict. This gen-
tleman will be long recollected for
his profound legal knowledge, his
eloquence as a pleader, his classical
erudition, his social qualities, strict
integrity, and generosity of disposi-
tion. He married at Calcutta 4th
March, 1786, Sarah, only dau. and
eventual heiress of Charles Mears,
esq. captain of the Egmont, elected



* Mrs. Fitzgerald, niece of Mrs. Cassan, died
at her house, St. James's Square, Bath, 1 1th Jan-
uary, 1830, leaving inter alios, Margaret, of Fair-
hill, who m. in 1793, the Hon. John Jocelyn,
fourth son of Robert, first earl of Roden, (see
Burke's Peerage): their daughter, Anne-Charlotte,
wedded 3rd August, 1820, Robert Bourke, esq.
eldest son of the late Hon. and Right Rev.
Richard Bourke, Lord Bishop of Waterford, and
nephew and heir presumptive to the earl of Mavo.



4th February, 1775, a brother of the
Trinity House, only son of the Rev.
John Mears, of Coleraine bj his wife
Jane Stuart. Mr. Cassan by this
lady, who still survives, left an only
son,
The Rev. Stephen Hyde Cassan,
M. A. F. S. A. vicar of Bruton