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CAMOYS 509 IV. 1839. 3. Thomas Stonor, s. and h. of Thomas S., of Stonor, Oxon, by Catherine, da. of Henry Blundell, of Ince Blundell, co. Lancaster [d. 16 Oct. 1831), was b. iz Oct. 1797; was M.P. (Whig) for Oxford city 1832-33. Being found by the House of Lords, 27 Aug. 1839, through the families of Stonor, Biddulph, Goring, Radmylde, and Camoys, a coh. to the Barony of Camoys, cr. by writ 1383 (*) as above, the abeyance was terminated in his favour, and by writ 14 Sep. 1839, he was sum. to Pari, as LORD CAMOYS.C") He was a Lord-in- Waiting 1846-52, 1853-58, 1859-66, and 1868-74. He ;«., 25 July 1821, Frances, da. of Peregrine Edward Towneley, of Towneley Hall, co. Lan- caster, by Charlotte Theresa, da. of Robert Drummond, of Cadland, Hants. She d. 5 Apr. 1880, in her 79th year, at Stonor. He d. 18 Jan. 188 1, at Stonor, aged 83. V. 1881. 4. Francis Robert (Stonor),Lord CAMOYs,grandson and h., being s. and h. of the Hon. Francis Stonor, senior Clerk in the House of Lords, by Eliza, da. of the Rt. Hon. Sir Robert Peel, Bart., which Francis was 2nd but ist surv. s. of the last Lord, and d. (eight days before his father) 10 Jan. 1881, aged 52. He was h. 9 Dec. 1856; was a Lord-in- Waiting (Liberal) Feb. to Aug. 1886, and again 1892-95. He w., 14 Sep. 1881, at the Roman Catholic Church, St. Mary of the Angels, Westmoreland Rd., Bayswater, Jessie Philippa, 2nd da. of Robert Russell Carew, of Carpenders, in Watford, Herts, formerly of the province of Rohillchund, India, merchant, by Jessie King, da, of Daniel Lade, of Dalblair, co. Ayr. He d. 14 July 1897, at 28 Alford Str., Park Lane, from the effects of an operation, aged 40. Will pr. at ^1il~^ g'"°ss, and at «/7, net. His widow, who was ^.26 Dec. 1857, and bap. 7 Feb. 1858, at St. Jude's, Glasgow, is now (19 12) living.('=) VL 1897. 5. Ralph Francis Julian (Stonor), Lord Camoys [1383], 1st s. and h., b. 26 Jan. 1884, at Stonor afsd. A Liberal. He «?., 25 Nov. 191 1, at her father's house in Fifth Avenue, New York, Mildred, da. of W. Watts Sherman. Family Estates. — These, in 1 8 83, consisted of 4,500 acres in Oxon, 900 in Bucks, 810 in CO. Leicester, 300 in co. Stafford, and 230 in co. Warwick. Total 6,740 acres valued at ^/^ 8,809 a year. Principal Residence. — Stonor Park, near Henley, Oxon. (^) For a list of the only recognised Paris, (down to 1550) which furnish a date of origin for Baronies by writ now (191 2) existing, see vol. vi, Appendix G. V.G. (*>) "Thus," writes Banks in his Baronia Jng/ica, "from a period upwards of 400 years, this Barony, divested of territorial possession, has remained dormant and has only recently been thought of, political infiuence most probably inducing a claim there- to." The fortunate claimant appears to have represented one-eighth part of the Barony. See chart pedigree on next page. ('^) She became a Rom. Cath. in 1897. For a list of peers and peeresses who have joined this faith since 1850, see vol. iii, Appendix G. V.G.