m. the rev. William Cholwich, rector of Ermington, co. Devon. Sir John d. in Feb. 1794, and his lady in 1801; he was succeeded by his son, II. Sir JOHN, the present baronet. Arms (See plate 22.) Argent, a holy lamb, passant, or. MONTGOMERY, of MAGBIE HILL, Co. Peebles. Sir GEORGE MONTGOMERY, Bart., succeeded his father, Sir William, 25 Dec., 1788. I. Sir WILLIAM, of Magbie Hill, co. Peebles, was created a bart., as above: b. 19 Nov.,1717: m., 1st, 1 July, 1750, Hannah, da. and co-heiress of Alexander Tomkins, of Prichen, co. Londonderry, esq. by whom she had William-Stone, b. 4 Aug., 1754, a capt. 9th regt. of foot, d., without issue, of the wounds he received near Fort Anne, in America, 8 July, 1777; Elizabeth, b, 3 April, 1757, m. Luke Gardner, visct. Mountjoy, and has issue; (Vide Debrett's Peerage of the United Kingdom;) Barbara, b. 12 May, 1752, m. the right hon. John Beresford, brother to George, 1st marq. of Waterford, and had issue; and Anne, b. 6 Aug., 1753, m. George, 4th visct. and 1st marq. of Townshend, and had issue: sir William m., 2dly, 9 Jan., 1761, Anne, third da. of Henry Evatt, of Mount-Lewis, Ireland, esq., by whom he has, 1. Louisa, b. 11 Oct. 1762, d. 1768; 2. Fanny, d. 1764; 3. sir George, 2d bart. ; 4. Mary, d. 8 Sept., 1782; 5. Robert, b. 26 Feb. 1767; 6. Jane, b. 2 Feb. 1768, m. William Reynell, esq.; 7. Harriet, m. George Byng, of Wrotham Park, co. Middlesex, esq., member for the co. ; 8. Sarah, twin with Harriet, b. Oct. 1769, d. in the same month; 9., b. 11 Sept. 1771; 10 Amelia, b. 5 Oct. 1772, m. the rev. C, C. Beresford. Sir William d. 25 Dec. 1788, and was succeeded by his son, II. Sir GEORGE, the present bart. Arms (See plate 22.) Quarterly azure and gules, a cross wavy between, in the 1st and 4th quarters three fleurs de de lis or, and in the 2d and 3rd as many rings gold, jemmed azure; on the cross a mullet between four crescents azure. Crest-A female figure representing hope, her dexter hand resting on an anchor, and holding in the sinister a man's head, all proper. BOYD, of DANSON, Co. Kent. 30 May, 1775. Sir JOHN BOYD, Bart., born 5 June 1786, succeeded his father, Sir John, 30 May, 1815. John-Augustus Boyd, m., 3 Jan. 1717, Lucy, da. of judge Peters, of the island of St. Christopher, by whom he had an only son, 1. Sir JOHN, 1st bart., b. 29 Dec. 1718, and m., 27 June 1749, Mary, da. of William Bumsted, esq., by whom he had two sons, 1. sir John Boyd, 2d baronet, and 2. Augustus, who d. 16 Dec. 1772; and 2 das.; 1. Elizabeth, b. 27 Jan. 1751-2, wife of the late John Trevanion, esq., M.P. for Dover in several parliaments, and had issue; 2. Lucy, b. 22 Feb. 1753, d. unm. Sir John m. 2dly, Catherine, da. of the rev. John Chapone, 1 Aug. 1766, by whom (who d. March 1813) he had James, b. 4 April 1767, m., 22 Jan. 1802, Anne, da. of major-gen. Douglas, d. Nov. 1811; Sarah, b. 31 Aug. 1768, and d. unm. 16 May 1802. Sir John was succeeded by his eldest son, II. Sir JOHN, b. Oct. 1750, m., 26 Feb. 1784, Margaret, 5th da. of the late right hon. Thomas Harley, son of Edward, 3rd earl of Oxford and Mortimer, and had issue, 1. John, present bart. ; 2. Augustus, d. 1 March 1768; 3. Margaret, b. 4 April 1791; and 4. George, b. 10 March 1793. Sir John d. 30 May 1815, and was succeeded by his eldest son, III. Sir JOHN, present baronet. Arms (See plate 23.) Azure, a fesse, checky, or, and gules, in chief, 3 mullets, and in base, a crescent, or. Crest Three ostrich feathers, sable. Motto-Confido. Seat Danson, Footscray, co. Kent. LEITH, of BURGH ST. PETER'S, co. Norfolk, 11 Nov. 1775. Sir GEORGE LEITH, Bart., succeeded his father, Sir Alexander, a Major-general in the Army, and AssistantAdjutant-General in North Britain: married, 1798, AugustaGeorgiana Forbes, daughter of George, 5th earl of Granard, and has issue, 1. William, in the Army, deceased, having m. Sarah, daughter of Stephen de Lancey Esq., leaving issue, Charlotte, Mary, and Susan; and 2. Gordon, I. Sir ALEXANDER LEITH was created a baronet, 11 Nov. 1775, by his 1st marriage he had no issue; and by his 2d marriage, 1 March, 1775, with miss Cope daughter of sir John Cope, K.B., he had issue, II. Sir GEORGE, present baronet, Arms (See plate 23.) Or, a croslet, fitchy, sable, be. tween three crescents in chief, and as many lozenges in base, gules. Crest A cross croslet, as in the arms. Seats-Sanbant, and Burgh St, Peter's, both co. Norfolk, HAMILTON, of the MOUNT, UXBRIDGE, Co. Middlesex, 6 July, 1776. Sir CHARLES HAMILTON, Bart, Vice-Admiral of the Blue, succeeded his father, Sir John, 24 Jan, 1784: married, 19 April, 1803, Henrietta-Martha, only daughter of the late George Drummond, of Stanmore, co. Middlesex, Esq., and has a son and heir, b. May, 1808; and another son, b. 3 April, 1810. This baronet is the great-grandson of William-Hamilton, of Chilston, co. Kent, younger brother of James, 6th earl of Abercorn, and was one of the 5 Kentish petitioners. I. Sir JOHN HAMILTON, captain R.N., of Marlborough House, near Portsmouth, was created a baronet for 783 his very judicious and gallant conduct during the siege of Quebec, 1775, by landing the guns and men of his majesty's ship in the river St. Lawrence, and thereby materially assisting in the preservation of that place, under the command of sir Guy Carleton, 1st lord Dorchester, K.B.; m. 4 Oct. 1763, Cassandra, 3d da. of Edward Chamberlaine, of Maugersbury, co. Gloucester, and had issue, sir Charles, 2d bart.; and 2. Edward, b. 12 March, 1772, a post-captain R.N., and created a knight by his majesty's royal letters patent, 1798, for his very extraordinary and gallant achievement in cutting out his majesty's ship Hermione from Porto Cavallo, in South America. Sir John deceasing, Jan. 1784, was succeeded by his eldest son, II. Sir CHARLES, present baronet. Arms (See plate 23.) Quarterly, 1st and 4th, gules, three cinque foils, ermine, second and third, argent, a lymphad, with her sails furled, sable. Crest-From a ducal coronet, an oak tree, proper, ed, or, and traversed with a framed saw, proper. Motto-Through (on the saw of the crest). fruct Residences-Devonshire Place, London, and The Mount, near Uxbridge, co. Middlesex. MACKWORTH, of GNOLL, Co. Glamorgan. Sir DIGBY MACKWORTH, Bart., succeeded his brother, 1794; formerly in the R.N. Colonel of the Oxford Volunteers in 1798, and again in 1803, which he resigned in 1804: he married Jane, only daughter and heiress of the Rev. Matthew Deere, by Margaret, his wife, daughter and co-heiress of Anthony Maddox, of Kevenydva, co. Glamorgan, Esq., by whom (who d. Jan. 1808,) he had issue, 1. Digby, b. June 23, 1789; a Major in the 13th Lt. Dragoons, m. 3 April, 1823, Sophia-Noel, daughter of James Mann, Esq., and grand-daughter of Sir Horace Mann, bart. ; 2. Herbert, b. 1 Oct. 1791; 3. Charlotte-Harriet, b. 5 Aug. 1796; 4 Arthur Arthur-Francis-John, b. 7 Sept. 1804; 5. William-HarcourtIsham, b. 15 Oct. 1810; 6. Frances-Juliana, b. 14 Oct. 1790; 7. Mary, b. 6 Oct. 1797; m. 9th Feb 1819, the Rev. Dr. Cleaver, eldest son of the Archbishop of Dublin; 8. Augusta; 9. Anna-Maria, b. 19 June, 1802, d. 13 April 1819; 10. Georgiana-Lucy, b. 14 Aug. 1803, d. 11 Feb. 1824; 11. MatildaJane, d. May 1814; Sir Digby m. 2dly, 16 July 1821, Penelope sister to Sir James Affleck, of Dalham-Hall, co. Suff. bart. This family has been many years of high respectability in South Wales. The grandfather and father of the present baronet represented the borough of Cardiff in parliament for upwards of 50 years. The former d. 20 Aug. 1765. I. Sir HERBERT, 1st baronet, F.R.S., was colonel of the Glamorganshire militia; m. Juliana, da. of William, 5th lord Digby, by whom he had 2 sons, Robert-Humphrey and Digby, successive baronets; and Eliza-Anne, b. 1769, m. Francis Drake, esq., late envoy at the electoral court of Munich; and Frances, m. 2 July 1765, Anthony Joseph Browne, 7th viscount Montagu, d. 3 March 1814. Sir Herbert d. 25 Oct. 1791, and was succeeded by his eldest son, II. Sir ROBERT-HUMPHREY, b. 1765, m., 6 Dec. 1792, Mary-Anne, da. of Nathaniel Miers, of Neath, co. Glamorgan, esq. Sir Robert d. 13 Sept. 1794, without issue, leaving all his estates to his widow, who m., 2dly, 1797, Capel-Hanbury, of Pont-y-Pool, co. Monmouth, esq., who has assumed the name of Leigh in addition to that of Hanbury. Lady Mackworth, on her marriage with Mr. HanburyLeigh, has, by choice, dropped her title, and now takes the name of her husband only. Sir Robt. was succeeded by his sole brother, III. Sir Digby, present baronet. Arms-(See plate 23.) Per pale, indented, sable and ermine, on a chevron, gules, five crosses pateé, argent, for Mackworth. Crest-A cock proper. Motto-Gwell angau na chywyldd-Rather death than shame. |