CLERK. 125 ILtncage. SIR EAST GEORGE CLAYTON-EAST, LL.n. (2nd son of Sir William Claj-ton, 4th Baronet, see preceding article) took the surname of East in addition to and after that of Clayton, and the arms of East quarterly with those of Clayton, by R.L. 6 April, 1829, on succeeding to the estates of his maternal uncle. Sir Gilbert East, Bart, ext.; created a BARONET, 17 Aug. 1838; b. 9 April, 1794; d. 6 Mar. 1851, having m. 20 June, 1815, Marianne Frances, eldest dau. of Charles Bishop, Esq. of Sunbury, Middx. late procurator-gen ; she d. 5 Jan. 1876, having had 4 sons and 3 daus. /I/ Sir Gilbert East, s. as 2nd Baronet, /2/ Charles William, lieut. 15th regt.; b. 7 May, 1826; d. 21 Aug. 1866, liaving m. 1st— 15 May, 1847, Lilley Campbell, dau. of Campbell MacLachlan, Esq.; she d. 8 Aug. follo-ing. He m. 2ndly— 14 Sept. 1854, Eliza Spooner, eldest dau. of Thomas Spooner Palmer, Esq. of Bayview, co. Sligo. /3/ Frederick Richard, capt. 8th Madras cavalry; b. 19 Feb. 1828; d. 15 Sept. 1860, having m. 24, Aug. 1854, Caroline Loiiisa, youngest dau. of Thomas Spooner Palmer, Esq. of Bayview above-named, and had a son and a dau. George Frederick, lieut. lOStli, late 25th foot, formerly Berks mil. ; b. 18 Oct. 1857.— Augusta Slarianne. /4/ Marianne Gilbertha, d. 13 Oct. 1848, having m. 2 Mai-. 1839, to John Joseph Wakehm-st Peyton, of Wakehurst Place, Sussex, lieut. 2nd life guards; he d. 12 Aug. 1844, having had 4 sons, [1] John Bast Hunter PEYTON, llent. late 60th rifles ; b. 23 Mar. 1841 ; m. 10 Feb. 1866, Sophia Henrietta, eldest dau. of Frederick Henrj- Lindsay, Esq. and has a son and 2 daus. John Charles Peyton, b. 25 Aug. 1871. — Marianne Sophia Catherine. — Augusta Seliua Elizabeth. [2] Edward Gilbert Peyton, capt. late 106th L.I. ; b. 22 June, 1842; m. 15 Sept. 1862, Martha, dau. of Capt. Weir, 6th Inniskilling dragoons, and has issue. [3] Archibald WilUam Peyton, Ueut. late 3rd bufEs.; b. 4 Sept. 1843. [4] Vincent Joseph Lyddell Peyton, B.N.; b. 4 Dec. 1844 d. 30 Nov. 1876, having m. 7 July, 1866, Louisa, youngest dau. of late Richard Sivier, of Ryde. /5/ Augusta Frances, m. 15 April, 1845, to Sir Henry Ainslie Hoare, Bart. /6/ Seliua Louisa, d. 18 Aug. 1876, having m. 26 May, 1847, to Henry Charles Morgan, 3rd light (K.O.) dragoons, and capt. 1st dragoon guards ; he d. 28 June, 1872, having had 2 sons and 3 daus. [1] Henry East MORGAN, b. 8 June, 1848. [2J. - -
- Arthur Gary, b. 27 Oct. 1860.
[3] Pamela Augusta, m. 30 April, 1881, to Rev. Richard Caton Kinchant, son of late Richard Henry Kinchant, Esq. of Park Hall and Bishop's Castle, Salop, J.P. d.l. [4] Henrietta Louisa Frances. — [5] Amy Rose. /7/ Maria Theresa, m. 18 Feb. 1860, to Major Robert Gordon, 4th regt. rifle corps, Bombay. SIR GILBERT EAST CLAYTON-EAST, 2nd Baronet, assimied by R.L. 4 April, 1839. the names of Gilbert-Easl and the arms of East only ; b. 13 Nov. 1823; d. 12 Aug. 1866, having m. 29 Jan. 1845, Emma Jane Lucretia, eldest dau. of Sebastian Smith, Esq. of Loudon ; she d. 28 July, 1871, having had a son and 2 daus. (1) Sir Gilbert Augustus 3rd and present Baronet. (2) Emma Frances Louisa, m. 9 Sept. 1872, to Reginald Gough Paynter, Esq. of Nice, and has a son and dau. Reginald Augustus Arthur Paynter, b. 10 Aug. 1873. — Ella Ida Emma. (3) Frederica Julia, m. 1 July, 1874, to AValter Gray Bellairs, Esq. and has a son, b. 7 Dec. 1877, and a dau. CLEEK, Sir George Douglas, of Pennycnik, CO. Edinburgh, J.P. (1679, N.S.), lieut. on re- serve of officers, late 2nd life guards, capt. Edinburgh CO. militia, lieut.-col. commanding 2nd Midlothian and Pcebleshire R.v. ; s. his father as 8th Baronet in 1870; b. 17 May, 1852; m. 4 Jan. 1876, Aym^e Elizabeth Georgiana, 2nd dau. of (Sir) Robert John. Milliken Napier, (Bart.), and has a son, (1) George James Robert, b. 4 Oct. 1876. Arms — Or, a fess chequy az. and arg. between two crescents gu. and a boar's head sa. CREST — A demi-huntsman sounding a horn ppr. Supporters — Dexter, a naked man wTeathed about the loins with oak leaves, in the dexter hand a bow, a quiver of aiTows over his shoulder, and the skin of a wild beast hanging down his back all ppr. Sinister, a Druid with a flowing beard ppr., vested and hooded arg., holding in the sinister hand an oak branch fructed ppr. Granted 1807. Mottoes — (Over the crest) Free for a blast. (Under the arms) Amat victoria curam. Seat— Pennycuik House, Edinbm-gh. Etnt^agp. JOHN CLERK (son of William Clerk, of Montrose, mer- chant burgess temp. Q. Mary and James VI.), settled as a merchant in Paris 1634, where he acquired a considerable fortune, retm'ned to Scotland 1647, and purchased the lands and barony of Pennycuik (which is said to be held by the following "teum-e, that the proprietor must sit on a rock called the Buckstane and wind three blasts of a horn when the sovereign shall come to hunt on the Borough Muir, near Edinburgh), bp. at Fettercairn by the bishop of Caithness, 22 Dec. 1611, and d. 1674, having m. Mary, dau. of Sir AVilliam Gray, of Pittendrum (ancestor of Lord Gray), by whom he had with other issue 2 sons, (1) Sir John, created a Baronet. (2) Robert (youngest son), " bred to physic," settled at Edin- burgh; m. 1st, Margaret, dau. of Hugh Broun, of the Colston family, and had 3 sons and a dau.; and 2ndly, Agnes, dau. of William Carstairs, of Kilconquhar, and had 2 sons and 2 daus. ancestor of Clerk of Listonshiels, after of Somersets. SIR JOHN CLERK, of Pennycuik, was created a BARONET OP Nova Scotia 24 Mar. 1679, with remainder to the heirs male of his body; m.p. Edinburghshire 1690/1702; d. 1722, having m. 1st, Elizabeth, dau. of Henry Henderson, of Elvington, and had 3 sons and 3 daus. (and 2ndly, Christian, dau. of Rev. Kirkpatrick, and had 4 sons and 4 daus.) ; he was succeeded by his eldest son, SIR JOHN, 2hd Baronet, a baron of the exchequer in Scot- land 1707 till his death 1755, a commissioner for the Union, M.P. WhitJiorn in the Scotch parliament 1702/7, and sat in the first parliament of Great Britain, a celebrated anti- quary;m. 1st, 1700, Lady Margaret Stewart, dau. of Alexander, 3rd Earl of Galloway ; and 2ndly, Janet, dau. of Sir John Inglis, of Cramond, Bart, (ext.), and had 9 sons and 6 daus. of whom. (1) Sir James, 3rd Baronet, d. s. p. 6 Feb. 1783, having m. Elizabeth, dau. of Rev. John Cleghorn. (2) Sir George, s. as 4th Baronet. (3) John of Elding (5th son), m. Susannah, dau. of William Adam, of Maryborough, architect, and had a son, John, and 4 daus. SIR GEORGE, 4th Baronet, of Dnmicrieff, in Annandale, a commissioner of customs, lord treasurer remembrancer in the exchequer ; d. 1784, having m. his cousin Dorothea, dau.
