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LIGHTON—LINDSA Y. 389 Hinrage. JOHN LEWIS, of Harpton Court, Radnor (son of Henry Lewis, of Cra^vford, Middx.); b. 14 Oct. 1738; d. 6 Kov. 1797, having m. 1st — 15 Dec. 1761, Mary, dau.of Charles Colby, com. R.N. ; she d. 15 Oct. 1774, havmg had 3 daus. He m. 2ndly— 24 Mar. 1778, Anne, dau. of Sir Thomas FrankJand, Bart, of Thirkleby Park, Yorks.; she d. 12 Mar. 1842, haWng (re-m. in 1811, as 3rd wife, to Rev. Robert Hare, rector of Hurstmonceaux, Sussex, who d. 24 Feb. 1832), had with 2 daus. an only son, SIR THOMAS FRANKLAND LEWIS, P.C. M.P. Beaumaris 1812/26, Ennis 1826/28, co. Radnor 1828/35, and borough of Radnor from 1847, a secretary of the treasiuy, vice-presi- dent board of trade, treasurer of navy, commissioner of poor laws, created a Baronet 11 July, 1846 ; b. 14 May. 1780 ; d. 22 Jan. 1855, having m. 1st— 11 Mar. 1805, Harriet, 4th dau. of Sir George Cornewall, Bart, of Moccas, co. Hereford ; she d. 11 Aug. 1838. He m. 2ndly— 15 Oct. 1839, Mary Anne, dau. of John Ashton, capt. K.H. guai-ds ; she d. s. p. 8 Sept. 1868. By his 1st wife he had 2 sons, (1) Right Hon. Sir George Cornewall Lewis, M.P. P.C. 2nd Baronet, a distinguished statesman , historian, and philosophical writer, chancellor of exchequer 1855, 8, home sec. 1859, sec. of state for war 1861/3; b. 21 April, 1806; d. 13 April, 1863, having m. 26 Oct. 1844, Lady Maria Theresa Villiers, sister of George William, 4th Earl of Clarendon, and widow of Thomas Henry Lister (B. RIBBLESDALE.); she d. s. p. 9 Nov. 1865. (2) Sir Gilbert Frankland, 3rd and present Baronet. LIGHTON, Sir Christopher Robert, " of Merville, CO. Dublin" (1791, i.), bar.-at-law L.i. 1874, J.p. D.L. CO. Hereford ; s. his father as 7th Baronet in 187.5; b. 4 July, 1818; m. 6 April, 1880, Helen Frances, eldest dau. of James Houldsworth, Esq. of Coltness, co. Lanark ; heir presumptive, his brother Andrew. Arms — Ban-y of eight arg. and vert over all a lion rampant crowned with an Eastern crown or, a canton of Ireland. Crest— A lion's head erased croxraed with an Eastern crown or. Motto— Fortitudine et prudontia. Seat— Brockhampton, Ross, Herefordshire. Utnfagf. SIR THOMAS LIGHTOX, of Clara, co. Kilkenny, and of Dubbn, banker (son of John Lighton, of Rasberry Hill 00. Derry, and grandson of John Leighton or Lighton, of Glasgow, who married Catharine, dau. of Thomas Bond of Bonds Glen. co. Derry), M.P. Tuam, high sheriff Dublin 1790 created a Baronet of Ireland 1 Mar. 1791 ; d 27 April 1805, having m. 11 Dec. 1777, Anne, dau. of Wilham Pollock^ of Strabane, co. Tyrone ; she d. 1804, leaving issue. His son, SIR JOHN, 4th Baronet (on the death of his nephew, Sir Thomas, 1817), rector Donoghmore, co. Donegal; b. 1 Jan. 1792 ; d. 5 April, 1827, having m. 23 Jan. 1817, Mary Hamilton, 2nd dau. of Christopher Robert Pemberton, M.D. of Newton, Camb.; she d. 1826, having had with other issue 4 sons, (1) Sir John Hamilton, 5th Baronet; d. unm. 29 April, 1844.J (2) Sir Christopher Robert, s. as 6th Baronet. (3) Thomas, d. unm. 3 May, 1852. (4) Andrew, b. 26 Dec. 1822 ; m. 25 May, 1860, Eliza Amelia, youngest dau. of Henry Siunner Joyce, Esq. of Freshford, Somerset, s.p. SIR CHRISTOPHER ROBERT, 6th Baronet, M.A. vicar of Ellastone, co. Stafford; b. 28 May, 1819; d. 12 April, 1875, h iving m. 2 June, 1843, Mary Ann Elizabeth, only dau. of Rev. Digby Joseph Stopford Ram, of Brookville, co. Cork, and had, with otlier issue, 5 sons and 6 daus. (1) Sir Christopher Robert, 7th and present Baronet. (2) Andrew Hamilton Digby, late R.N., heir presumptive to the Baronetcy ; b. 28 April, 1850. (3) Henry Alfi-ed Hamilton, b. 3 Fel). 1852. (4) Jolin Hamilton Plumptre, b. 26 June, 1855; d. 6 July, 1872. (5) Claud Hamilton Dallas, b. 18 Oct. 1860. (6) Mary Hamilton Stopford. (7) Eleanor Anne Pemberton. m. 24 April, 1877, to Rev. Robert Hereford, rector of Mordiford, Hereford, and has 2 sons, Henry Lighten Hereford, b. 6 Mar. 1878.— Francis. (8) Fanny Blanche Hamilton.— (9) Florence D'Arcy Hamil- ton.— (10) Emily Stuart Hamilton.— (11) Isabel Penelope Hamilton. LINDSAY, SlE COUTTS, of Balcarres, co. Fife, D.L. and Westville, co. Line. (1821, U.K.), capt. late grenadier guards, lieut.-col. comdg. 1st regt. Italian legion in Crimean war, lieut.-col. Fife vols, since 1864 ; s. his maternal grandfather, Sir Coutts Trotter, as 2nd Baronet in 1837 ; b. 2 Feb. 1824 ; m. 30 June, 1864, Caroline Blanche Elizabeth, only surviving child of Eight Hon. Henry FitzEoy (B. SOUTHAMPTON), and has 2 daus. (1) Euphemia Harriet Susan. (2) Anne Helen. NOTE.— Heir presumptive. Colonel Loyd-Lindsay. Arms — Quarterly, I. and iv.lst and 4th, Gu. a fesse chequyarg. and az. LINDSAY. 2nd and 3rd, Or a lion rampant gu. debmised by a riband in bend sa. Abernetht; the whole within a bordure az. charged with fom-teen stars or ensigned with a pennon gu. ll. and 111. 1st and 4th, Arg. a crescent gu. on a chief indented az. three mullets pierced of the field, Trotter. 2nd and 3rd, Gu. a lion rampant arg. crowned or charged on the shoulder with a crescent of the first, MOWBRAY ; these two coats within a bordure ermine.