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MERED YTH— METCALFE. 427 [2] Elizabeth Louisa, m. 25 Juue, 1851, to Lieut.-Col. Frederic Percy-Lea, a military knight of Windsor, served in the Crimea, has 2 medals for Sebastopol and the order of the medjidie, formerly 57th regt. and has 3 sons, (1) Frederic Meredyth Morland Percy-Lea, E.N.; b. Feb. 1863. (2) William, St. John's Coll. Camb.; b. 30 Sept. 1856. (3) Samuel Henry de RedclifEe, b. 4 May, 1863. MEREDYTH, Sir Henry, of Car- landstown, co. Meath^ J.p. d.l. (1795, 1.), high sherifE co. Meath 1835 ; s. his father as 4th Baronet in 1859 ; b, 1802 ; m. 1828, Mary Anne, only dau. of William Evans Morres Bayley, Esq. of Norelands, co. Kil- kenny; she d. 1855, having had an only son, (1) Henry William, J.P. d.l. lieut. 7th hussars ; b. 4 May, 1829 ; d. 6 Nov. 1878, having m. 12 April, 1862, Harriet Anne, eldest dau. of Rev. William le Poer Trench (B. Clancarty), and had 2 sons, Henry Bayley, b. 14 Jan. 1863.— William Clayton, b. 7 Oct. 1865. Arms — Arg. a lion rampant sa. collared and chained or, a crescent for difference. Crest— On an eastern crown or, a dragon passant gu. Motto — Fiat Dei voluntas. Seat— Norelands, Thomastown, Kilkenny. Hinease. SIR JOHN MEREDYTH, of Carlandstown, co. Meath (grandson of Thomas Meredyth, of Newton, m.p. see pre- ceding article) ; born after 5 Oct. 1740 ; created a Baronet OP Ireland 26 July, 1795 : m. July, 1769, Helen, dau. of William English, Esq. of Springfield, co. Tipperary, and had with other issue 2 sons, (1) Sir Thomas, 2nd Baronet ; d. unm. 1814. (2) Sir Henry, 3rd Baronet, member of Irish bar, Q.C. LL.D. and one of the ecclesiastical commissioners for Ireland; d. 2 May, 1859, aged 84; having m. in 1800, Editha, dau. of George Le Hunte, Esq. of Artramont, co. We.N±ord; she d. 1853, having had a son, Sir Henry, 4th and present Baronet. M' ETCALFE, SIR Theophilus John, of Fern Hill, Berks. (1802, U.K.), C.B. Bengal c.s. 1848/66 ; s. his father as 5th Baronet in 1853 ; b. 29 Nov. 1828; m. 1st— 14 Oct. 1851, Charlotte Hesket, dau. of late Lieut.-Gen. Sir John Low, K.C.B. G.C.S.l. of Clatto, CO. Fife, member of council Madras establishment ; she d. 26 Sept. 1853. He m. 2ndly— 26 Aug. 1876, Katherine, dau. of late James Whitshed Hawkins-Dempster, of Dunnichen, co. Forfar. By his 1st wife he had a son, (1) Charles Herliort Theophilus, b. 8 Sept. 1853. Arms — Arg. on a fesse wavy gu. between three calves statant sa. a sword ppr. Crest — A talbot sejant sa. the dexter paw supporting an escutcheon or charged rith a hand issuant from clouds on the sinister and holding a pen all ppr. Motto — Conquiesco. Seat— Fern Hill, Windsor. Etneage. Sir THOMAS THEOPHILUS METCALFE, of Chilton, Berks (grandson of Theophilus Metcalfe, bred to the law and settled in Ireland 1690), M.P. Abingdon, director E.I.C.S. major in the army, created a Baronet 21 Dec. 1802 ; b. 8 Jan. 1745; d. 17 Nov. 1813, having m.l8 April, 1782, Susanna Sehna Sophia, relict of John Smith, major E.l.c.S. and dau. and coheir of John Debonnaire, of the Cape of Good Hope ; she d. 10 Sept. 1815, having had with other issue 3 sens and 2 daus. [1] Sir Theophilus John, 2nd Baronet, president of the select committee. Canton ; b. 19 Sept. 1783 ; d. 15 Aug. 1822, having m. 1 Mar. 1804, Hannah, eldest dau. of Thomas Russell, Esq. of Dover (Bart.); she d. 30 Oct. 1809, leaving an only dau. Eliza Debonnaire, d. s. p. 16 Jan. 1833, having m. 8 June, 1826, to Sir Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood, Bart, (ext.) He d. s. p. [2] Sir Charles Theophilus, 3rd Baronet, G.C.B. entered E.l.c.S. 1800, member of the supreme council of Bengal, governor of Agra 1834, governor-gen. of India 1835, invested fi.C.B. 14 Mar. 1836, retired E.l.c.S. 21 Feb. 1838, capt.-gen. and governor in chief of the Island of Jamaica, 11 July, 1839, and P.c. capt.-gen. and governor of Canada, and of all Her Majesty's forces in North America, 25 Jan. 1843, created Baron METCALFE 25 Jan. 1845; d. unm. 5 Sept. 1846. [3] Sir Thomas Theophilus, s. as 4th Baronet. [4] Emily Theophila, m. 22 June, 1812, as 2nd wife, to Henry Jeffrey, 4th Viscount Ashbrook, who d. 4 May, 1847, leaving by her an only dau. Charlotte Augusta, d. 20 April, 1850, having m. 10 June, 1846, as 2nd wife, to George, 5th Duke of Marlborough, who d. 1 July, 1857. [5] Georgiana Theophila, d. 5 Feb. 1864, having m. 21 Nov. 1822, to Rev. Thomas Scott Smyth, of St. Austell, Cornwall, prebendary of Exeter. SIR THOMAS THEOPHILUS, 4th Baronet, E.LC.S. com- missioner of revenue 1835, and judge of the Delhi territory 1832, agent to the gov.-gen. of India ; b. 2 Jan. 1795; d. 3 Nov. 1863, having m. 1st— 7 June, 1815, Grace, eldest dau. of Alex- ander Clarke, Esq. of Ruthven, N.B. ; she d. 14 April, 1824, having had 2 sons who d. young. He m. 2ndly— 13 July, 1826, Felioite Anne, eldest dau. of John Browne, Esq. Bengal M.S.; she d. 26 Sept. 1842, having had 2 sons and 3 daus. [1] Sir Theophilus John, 5th and present Baronet. [2] Charles Theophilus, c.S.l. B.C.S.; b. 27 Aug. 1837 ; m. 27 Aug. 1857, Ellen Greorgiana Babington, 2nd dau. of Rev. Benjamin Peile, of Hatfield, Herts, and has 2 sons and 4 daus. Theophilus John Massie, b. 19 June, 1866. — Francis Brian Theophilus, b. 23 Dec. 1874. — Ellen Theophila. — Ethel TheophDa.— Florence Adela.— Nina Theophila. [3] Emily Anne Theophila, m. 6 Mar. 1860, to Sir Edward Clive Bayley, K.c.s.i. CLE. bar.-at-law m.t. member of thi council of the viceroy and gov.-gen. of India 1873/8, ex-officio councillor of the Empress of India, vice-chancellor of tho