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BOWYER-SMIJTH. 573 BOWYER-SMIJTH, SiE William, of Hill Hall, Essex, J.P. D.L. (1661, E.), m.p. South Essex 1861/7, J.P. Norfolk ; s. his father as 11th Baronet in 1850 ; b. 22 April, 1814 ; m. 2 April, 1839, Marianne Frances, 2nd dau. of Sir Henry Meiix, Bart; she d. 11 Mar, 1875, having had 2 sons and a dau. (1) William, sec. legation Yeddo since 1881, 2nrl sec. at Con- Btantinople 1875 81, entered diplomatic service 1858; b. 1 Sept. 1840. (2) Edward de Grey, b. 8 June, 1846. (3) Cicely. SiE William m. 2ndly — 10 Mar. 1875, Eliza Fechnie, only dau. of David Baird Malcolm, Esq. of CriefE, Perths. and has a dau. (4) Wilhelmina. Arms — Quarterly, 1st and 4th, Sa. a fesse dancettee arg. billet^e between three lioncels rampant-guardant of the second each supporting an altar or flaming ppr. SillJTH. 2nd and 3rd, Or, a bend vair cottised gu. BOWTER. Crests — l. An eagle sa. holding in the dexter claw a quill arg. 2, A salamander ppr. Smijth. 3, On a ducal coronet or an heraldic tiger sejant arg. BoWTER. MOTTO — Qua pote lucet. Seats— Hill Hall, Epping, and Attleborough Hall, Xorfolk. Hincage. Sir WILLIAM smith, of Hill HaU, Essex, and Anker- wyke Priory, Bucks [nephew and heir of Sir Thomas Bmith (son of John Smith, of Saffron VTaldeu, Essex, sheriff Essex and Herts. 30 Hexry VIII.), sec. of state temp. Edward VI. and Q. ELIZABETH, knighted 1548, thrice ambassador to France, provost of Eton, dean of Carlisle, chancellor of the order of the garter; d. s. p. 12 Aug. 1577], a col. in the army in Ireland ; d. 12 Dec. 1626, ha-i-ing m. Bridget, dau. of Thomas Fleetwood, of The Vache, Bucks, and had (with an elder son, Sir William, Knt.) a younger son, SIR THOMAS SMYTH, of Hill HaU, created a Baronet 28 Kov. 1661 ; d. 1668, having m. 1st, Johanna, dau. of Sir Edward Altham, Knt. of Marks HaU, Essex, and 2udly, Beatrice Annesley, dau. of Francis, Viscount Valentia, and reUct of Sir John Lloyd, Knt. By his 1st marriage he had 10 sons. His great-great-grandson, SIR WILLIAM SMIJTH, of HiU HaU and Horham HaU, Essex, and Attleborough HaU, Norfolk, 7th Baronet (on the death of his father Sir WiUiam in 1777), col. West Essex militia, one of the verderers and purlieu rangers of Waltham; b. 23 April, 1746 ; d. 1 May, 1823, having m. 22 Mar. 1779, Anne, only dau. of John Wyndham-Bowyer, Esq. of Waghen, Torks. and Woodmanston, Surrey (heir of her brother Joseph Windham); she d. 20 Pec. 1815, having had with 2 daus 5 sons, /I/ William, b. 4 June, 1780 ; d. 1802. /2/ Sir Thomas, 8th Baronet, b. 6 Feb. 1781 ; d. imm. 5 Oct. 1833. I /3/ Sir John, 9th Baronet, com. R.N.; b. 8 June, 1782; d. I unm. 9 Dec. 1838. I /4/ Sir Edward, s. as 10th Baronet. 1/5/ Joseph Smijth- Windham, of Waghen, Torks. D.L. which latter surname he assumed by r.L. 22 May, 1823, for himself and issue, and to bear the arms quarterlv, capt. 10th hussars, at Toulouse ; b. 19 May, 1792 ; d. 3 Feb. 1857, ha^-ing m. 10 Aug. 1824, Katharine, dau. of John Trotter, Esq. of Dyrham Park, Midds.; she d. 30 Dec. 1865, having had 6 sons and a dau. (1) WiUiam Greorge, of Waghen, D.L. Yorks. E.R, capt. late Yorks. militia ; b. 26 April, 1828 ; unm. (2) Ashe, b. 18 Mar. 1830; m. Maclean. (3) John Frederick, R.M.; b. 29 April, 1831; d. at sea. (4) George, major (P.C.O.) rifle brigade ; b. 15 Feb. 1833 ; m. 19 April, 1865, Clarissa EUzabeth, dau. of Lieut.-Col. Lord George Charles James Fox Russell (D. Bedford), and has 7 sons and 2 daus. Charles Joseph, b. 7 Aug. 1867.— Walter George, b. 15 Sept. 1868.— Claude Seymour, b. 21 Oct. 1869.— Edward John, b. 3 Mar. 1871. — James Ashe and Henrv Stewart, twins, b. 5 Oct. 1873.— Arthur Russell, b. 27 Nov. 1874.— Evelyn.— Rachel IsabeUa. (5) Stewart, b. 16 May, 1834; d. unm. Sept. 1872. (6) Joseph Charles, hon. Ueut.-col. R.H.A. retd. major 1875/81, com. a batterv in Kuram TaUev. Afghan war, 1879; b. 14 Mar. 1838 ; m" 26 Oct. 1876, Emily Harriet, dau. of Sir Claude William de Crespigny, Bart.; she d. 8 Dec. 1878, liaving had a dau. (7) Francis Wentworth, b. 12 Jan. 1847. (8) Anne.m. 31 Aug. 1875, to Lieut.-Col. Sheffield HamUton- Grace (Bart.) SIR EDWARD BOWYER-SMIJTH, 10th Baronet, assumed the additional surname and arms of BoWTER by R.L. 10 June, 1839, vicar of Camberwell, and chaplain to GEORGE TV.; b. 1 Mar. 1785: d. 15 Aug. 1850, having m. 29 May, 1813, Letitia Cecily, yoimgest dau. of John Weyland, Esq. of Wood- eaton, Oxon." and Woodrising, Norfolk; she d. 3 Mar. 1868, having had 2 sous and 4 daus. (1) Sir William, 11th and present Baronet. (2) Alfred John Edward, ii.A, rector of Attleborough, Norfolk, 1866 ; b. 20 Aug. 1825 ; m. 17 June, 1847, Mary Constantia, only dau. of late Major-Gen. Sir John Rolt, K.C.B. and has 3 sons and 3 daus. /I/ Alfred John, capt. Hants mil. ; b. 12 Sept. 1850. /2/ Clement Weyland, b. 23 Nov. 1851. /3/ Edmund CaswaU, b. 20 July, 1853. /4/ Etheldreda Frances, m. 3 Nov. 1880, to Reginald Edward, younger son of late Gen. Edward Pole (Bart.) /5/ Ada Cicely, m. 15 Jan. 1880, to Capt. WiUiam Boyle Moore, 37th regt. /6/ Helen Mary, m. 4 May, 1876, to Gerald, 2nd son of Henry Hall, Esq. of the Manor House, Alton, Hants, and has a dau. — Hilda Beatrice.. (3) Cicely Abigail, d. 4 Feb. 1880, having m.lst— 18 Aug. 1840, to Henry Bullock, Esq. of Faulkbome Hall, Essex; she re-m. Ist^ April, 1861, to Edgar Bury, Esq.; she re-m. 2ndly— 5 Feb. 1874, to James Henry McEwen, capt. late 4th (K.O.) regt. (4) Anne EUzabeth, m. 20 Aug. 1839, to (Jordon WiUoughby Gyll, Esq. of Remenham House, Bucks ; he d. 6 April, 1878, having had issue. (5) Adela Monckton, m. 4 July, 1843, to Edward Jodrell, Esq. capt. 16th regt. (BART.); he d. 27 Jan. 1868. (6) Marianne Weyland, m. 4 May, 1847, to Samuel Brise Ruggles-Brise. c.B. of Spains HaU, Essex, Ueut.-col. in the army, comdg. West Essex miUtia, M.P. East Essex since 1868, and has 5 sons and 7 daus.