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ATHOLE ATON. 191 Britain or the United Kingdom and Hereditary Sheriff of en. Perth, only s. and h, !>. 6 Aug. 1840, Lieut. Scots Fusilier Guards, 1859 ; Captain, 1361 to I860. On 12th Feb. 1865 he sue. his maternal uncle Algernon (Percy) 4th Duke of Northumberland, &c. as LORD PERCY, a Barony or. by writ of summons 23 Xov. 1722 ..») Oil 1 Dec. 1865, he registered at the Lyon office, Edinburgh, his assumption of the name of Stomal Wore that ot Murray. K.T. 1S68. Lord Lieut, of co. Perth, 1873. He m. 29 Oct. 186:!, at Moncreiffe House, Louisa, 1st da. of Sir Thomas Monckeikfe of Moncreiffe, 7th Bart. [S] by Louisa, 1st da. of Thomas Robert (Hav), 10th Haul nv KlNNOl'U. [S.] [John Stbwabt-Mobray, sti/leil Marquess or Tui.lujaudixe, 1st s. ami h. ap. b. 30 Aug. 1869, at Blair Castle, d., an infant, the next day). [.Tons Cteorge Stewart-Murra y, styled Marquess of Tullirardixe, 2ml but 1st surv. s. and h. ap. b. 15 Dec. 1 8ji, at Blair Castle, co. Perth.] Family Estates.— These, in 1883, consisted of about 202,000 acres in Perthshire valued at about £42,000 a year. See Bateman'.s " Great Landowners." Principal Residence, The Castle, Blair Athole, Perthshire. ATHOLL. See "Dun-more in' tin; forest of Atiioll, co. Perth," Baron ; eft 1831, ATON. Barons by f. Gilbert de Atox, s. and h. of William de Aton of Writ. Aton, co. York, by Isabel de Veke, inherited the vast estates of that family in 1315 (being then aged 26 and more), on the death s.p. of his 1. 1321. bastard cousin William, LORD de Vesci (1313-14), to whose father he was found h. by an Iuq. taken at Lincoln. ( b ) In 1319 he was in the expedition to Scotland, and in 1323 he confirmed for 700 marks the grant of the Castle of Alnwick (the ancient estate of the de Vesci family) to Henry, Lord Percy. He was sun. to Pari, as a Baron (LORD ATOM) on 30 Dec. 1324, 20 Feb. 1324-5, and again 25 Feb. 1311-2. He d. 1342. II. 1342. 2. William (de Aton), Lord Atox, only s. and h. lie was engaged in the wars with France. Was Sheriff of co. Vork 1 !68, and malum, to Pari. 8 Jan. 1370-1 but not subsequently. Was Governor of Vork Castle 1369 and 1372. He M. in 1340 Isabel, da. of Henry (Percy), Loud Percy, by Idonea, da. of Robert (CLIFFORD), Loud Clifford. She </. before 1368. He d. s.p.m.s. leaving three daughters and coheirs, between whose representatives this li'iromj is presumed to be in abeyance^) (') He thus became the representative of both of the claimants of the High Cham- berWnship mentioned in note " e," p. 189. ( b ) His grandfather, Gilbert de Aton, m. Margery, da. and h. of Warine de Vesci, a §niu ° f E,lstnee lle Vu ' sc! ( oue °f tlle 25 Barons of Magna Charta), whose grandson Villain de Vesci was sum. 1295 as a Baron (Loud de Vesci), being putative father of mlham, Lord de Vesci {sum. 1313-14) abovenamed, who d. s.p. 1315. ( c ) They were (I) Anastatia, in. Sir Edward St. John, whose da. and h. Auastatia, hi. Thomas Bromtlete, whose s. and h. Henry Broinllete was sum. as Lord de Vesci, by writ 1449, the Peerage being (therein) limited to his male SJJJ .5? • 3 I'- I »- 1468, leaving Margaret, only da. and h. who hi. John (Clifford}, Lord Clifford. From that family the representation passed to that of Tufton, and on W death of Thomas (Tufton), «th Karl of Thauet, in 1729, s.p.m , became divided among Ins daughters. These, in 1885, were represented bv (1) Loril de Clifford, tlnough the families of Watson, Southwell and Russell. (2) The Marquess of BHSfiuty, through the family of Cecil. (3) John Levesou-Gower of Hill Hill, Berks,