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GORDON-CUMMING. 159 (1) WilUam Henry, b. 13 Feb. 1834 ; married, and d. s. p. (2) George Holdswortb, b. 22 May, 1835; d. 29 June, 1877, liaving m. 18 Feb. 1857, Mary Alice, dau. of John AVallis, of Halifax, and had a sou, Robert Wallis, b. 19 Nov. 1857. (3) Francis Charles, b. 19 Oct. 1841 ; d. s. p. 5 May, 1880, having m. 2 Aug. 1866, Fanny, 2nd dau. of late William Miall, Esq. of Harwich. (4) Sarah Jane. (5) Martha Elizabeth, 2nd dau.; m. 7 Feb. 1866, to Charles Frederick eldest son of Frederick Kirkby, of Leeds; he d. (6) Lois, m. 14 Oct. 1868, to William Henry, only son of ]3enjamin Wainman, of Leeds ; he d. , leaving a sou, Maurice. [3] John, J.p. M.P. Halifax 1874/7, maj'or 1850,'51/61 and 1862, entertained the Prince of Wales 1863 ; b. 16 Maj', 1812 ; d. 16 April, 1879, having m. 1st — 7 May, 1839, Ann, dau. of Kitchen- man Child, Esq. of Ovenden, Yorks. ; she d. Jan. 1846. He m. 2ndly — 7 Nov. 1847, Sarah, dau. of Josepli Wlieatley, of Hopton, Yorks. and widow of John Hodgson, of Mulctm'e Hall, Yorks; she d. 29 Nov. 1879, aged 76. By his 1st wife he had a son and 2 dans. (1) Louis John, J.P. major 2nd W. York art. b. 31 May, 1842; m. 26 April, 1866, Hannah Rawson, only dau. of Thomas Bi'iks, of Sheffield, and had 3 sons and 4 daus. Gerald Birks, b. 15 Nov. 1868.— Charles "^Vheatley, b. 22 July, 1870. — Percival, b. 7 Aug. 1876.— Annie Maud. — Hilda.— Miu-iel.— Gladys. (2) EUzabeth, d. 18 May, 1870, having m. 1 June, 1865, to John Hodgson Wright, Esq. (3) Anne, m. 29 June, 1871, to Giulio Marchetti. [4] Joseph, of Broomfield, Halifax; b. 26 Dec. 1813; d. 14 Sept. 1868, having m. 1st — 12 June, 1839, Hannah, dau. of Joseph Smith, of HaUfax ; she d. 2 Sept. 1863, having had 5 sons and 3 daus. (1 ) Edward, of Bemerside, Halifax, F.R.A.S. mayor of Halifax, 1875 and 1876; b. 12 July, 1841 ; m. 20 Jul}', 1865, Jane Eleanor dau. of Edward Baines, Esq. of St. Ann's HiU, Leeds. (2) Hem-y, resident of Aldborough Hall, co. York; b. 4 Feb. 1844; m. 14 Jan. 1874, Lucj', dau. of Capt. Edward John Gregge-Hopwood, of Hopwood Hall, Middleton, co. Lancaster, and has a son and dau. Gilbert St. Andrew, b. 30 Nov. 1876.— Mabel. (3) Clement, b. 20 Dec. 1848 ; m. 29 Oct. 1874, Sai-ah Maude, dau. of Sir Samuel Morton Peto, Bart, and has 2 sons, Philip Peto, b. 19 Sept. 1875.— A son, b. 27 June, 1881. (4) Ai-nold, b. 21 Mar. 1851 ; m. 20 Dec. 1877, Charlotte AmeUa, dau. of H V Montgomery, Esq. of Gothen- burg, Sweden. (5) Herbert, b. 16 Feb. 1854; m. 16 Oct. 1879, Katharine Frances, 2nd dau. of James Robinson Pease, Esq. of West- wood, Beverley, E. Yorks. (6) Catherine, m. 15 Mar. 1866, to Titus Salt, Esq. of Milner Field, Bingley, Yorkshire (BART.) (7) Isabella, m. 23 April, 1872, to Frederick AVilliam Fison, Esq. of Eastmoor, Ilkley, and has 2 sons and 2 daus. Francis Geoffrey Fisox, b. 12 Mar. 1873.— Hugh "Valentine Fison, b. 3 May, 1875.— Edith Fison.— Dorothy Fison. (8) Mai-garet,m. 16 Jan. 1873, to Charles James Cunningham, of Morebattle Tofts, Kelso, N.B. and has issue. Joseph Crossley m. 2ndly— 31 Aug. 1865, Elizabeth, dau. of Rev. Edward Leighton, and had 2 daus. (9) Ethel Frances. (10) Mary Winifred. E5] Sir Francis, created a Baroxet. 6] Mai-tha, d. 3 Aug. 1828, having m. May, 1827, to Rice Lewis, Esq. of Nenagh, Tipperary, and had issue. [7] Elizabeth, d. 16 Jan. 1834, having m. Oct. 1831, to James Garnett, Esq. of Bingley, co. York. SIR FRANCIS CROSSLEY, M.P. Halifax 1852,59, and N.w. Riding Yorkshire 1859/72 ; was created a BARONET 23 Jan. 1863; b. 26 Oct. 1817; d. 5 Jan. 1872, having m. 11 Oct. 1845, Martha EUza, dau. of Henry Brinton, Esq. of Kidder- minster, and had an only son. Sir Savile Brinton, 2nd and present Baronet. Wheeler-Cuffe — see Wheelek. GORDON-CUM- MING, Sir William Gordon, of Altyre and Gor- donstown, co. Elgin (1804, U.K.), D.L. capt. and lieut.-col. Scots guards, served with 24:th regt. in Zulu war 1879 ; s. his father as 4th Barouet in 1866; b. 20 Jrdy, 1848; heir presumptive, his brother Alastair. Arms — Quarterly 1st and 4th Az. three garbs or 2nd and Srd Arg, thi'ee bends sa. each charged with as many roses of the field barbed or : over all upon an escutcheon of pretence the anns of Gordon of Gordonstown viz. Quarterly I. and IV. 1st Az. three boars' heads couped or armed and langued gu. GORDON. 2nd, Or, three lions' heads erased gu. Badenoch. Srd, Or, three crescents within the royal tressure gu. SETON. 4th, Az. three cinquefoils (or fraises) arg. FRAZER. II. and III. Gu. three stars or Suther- land all ■within a bordm-e of the last. Crest — A cat salient ppr. armed az. Motto — Above the crest, " Sans crainte." SUPPORTERS— Dexter, a greyhound ppr. collared gu. charged with three buckles or. Sinister, a savage ppr. wi-eathed about the head and waist with lam-el vert brandishing a club also ppr. Crest for Gumming of AltjTe— A lion rampant or in the dexter paw a dagger ppr. Motto — Over the crest, " Courage." SUPPORTERS — Two horses arg. Seats— Altyre near Forres, and Gordonstown, near Elgin. Town House— 2, Han-iet Street, Lowndes Square, s.w. SIR ALEXANDER PENROSE CUMJIING-GORDON (son and heir of Alexander Gumming, of Altyre, and Grace Pearce, niece and sole heir of John Penrose, of Penrose, co. Cornwall), heir of entail of the last Sir William Gordon, Bart, of Gordonstoun, and in compliance with his testamentary in- junction assiuned the additional surname and arms of Gordon; M.P. Inverness 1802/3, created a Baronet 21 May, 1604; d. 10 Feb. 1806.ha-ing m. 9 Sept. 1773, Helen, dau. of Sir Ludovic Grant, Bart, and aunt to Sir Lewis and Sir Francis, 5th and 6th Earls of Seafield; she d. Jan. 1830/2, having had with other issue 2 sons, [1] Sir "William, s. as 2nd Baronet. [2] Charles Lennox Ciminiing-Bruce, of Roseisle and Kinnaird, M.P. Inverness burghs 1831/7, Morayshire 1840/68, assumed the name and arms of Bruce; b. 20 Feb. 1790; d. 1 Jan 1875 having m. 21 June, 1820, Mary, only dau. of James Brace, of Kinnaird, Stirlingsh. and granddau. of the famous Abyssinian traveller of that name, and had a dau. Mary Elizabeth, d. 7 July, 1843, having m. as 1st wife 22 April, 1841, to James. 8th Earl of Elgin &c SIR WILLIAM GORDON GORDON-CUMMLNG, 2nd XT ?o^?°?*' ^•^- ^^^"^ bm-ghs 1831/2; b. 20 July, 1787; d. 23 Nov. 1864, ha^ng m. Ist-ll Sept. 1815, EUza Maria, eldest dau. of John Campbell, Esq. of Schawfleld and Islay, and his