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CIO THOMAS— THOMPSON. SIR GODFREY JOHN, 8th Baronet ; b. 16 June, 1824; d. 13 July, 1861, havinp m. 25 Oct. 1853, Emily, eldest dau. of WiUiam" Chambers, Esq. late of Hafofl, Cardigan^h. and Bicknor. Kent, and had 2 sons and 2 dans. [1] Sir Godfrey Vignoles, 9th and present Baronet. [2] Edmond Herbert, heir presumptive to the Baro- netcy ; b. 10 Feb. 1861. [3] Emilj- Paulina. [4] Georgina Sophia. THOMAS, Sib George Sidney Meade (1766, G.B.); s. his father as 6th Baro- net in 1867 ; b. 12 Feb. 1847; m. 9 May, 1874, Edith Margaret, eldest dau. of Morgan Hugh Foster, C.B. of Brickhill, Beds, and has had 2 sons and 2 daus. (1) Montagu Sidney, b. 23 Feb. 1880; d.22 April following. (2) Son, b. 14 June, 1881. (3) Isabel Edith Thomasine. (4) Ruby Grace. ARMS — Arg. three lions rampant gu. a chief az. CREST — A demi-Uon rampant gu. MOTTO — Honesty is the best policy. Eineafle. SIR GEORGE THOilAS, of Tapton Place, Sussex (grandson of Col. John Thomas, who distinguished himself at the taking of St. Christopher 1690), nine years gov. of Pennsyl- vania, and thirteen years gov. -in-chief of the Leeward Islands; created a B.uiOSET 6 Sept. 1796; d. 31 Dec. 1774, having m. Lydia, dau. of John King, of Antigua. His great>grandson, SIR WILLIAM LEWIS GEORGE, 4th Baronet (on the death of lus father, Sir George, il.P. 1815); b. 9 Sept. 1777; d. 24 Aug. 1850. having m. Elizabeth, dau. of Richard Welsh ; she d. 21 Jan. 1848, having had with other issue 2 sons and 3 daus. (1) Sir William Sidney, s. as 5th Baronet. (2) Montagu, capt. R.N.; b. m. 22 July, 1845, Isabella, youngest dau. of late Rev. John Bovie. of Salisbury, s. p. (3) Helen, m. 8 May, 1830, to James Brymer, Esq. (4) EUza Georgina. (5) Louisa, m. to CoL Brown. SIR WrLLI.VM SIDN'EY. 5th Baronet, capt. R.N.; b. 1807; d. 27 April, 1867, having m. 1st— 29 May, 1843, Thomasine Oliver, dau. of Capt. Henry Haynes, R.N.; she d. 6 Mar. 1853. He m. 2nd]y— 14 Aug. 1856, Fanny Louisa, youngest dau. of late John CV)ulson, Esq. of Clifton Wood; she d. 9 Nov. 1870. By his 1st wife he had 2 sons and 2 daus. (1) Sir George Sidney Meade, 6th and present Baronet. (2) Frederick Louis Charles, lieut. & adj. 1st batt. royal Dublin fusiliers (102nd regt.); b. 27 Feb. 1853; m. 22 Sept. 1881. Evelvn Mary, 3rd dau. of Charles Shand, Esq. of Colombo. (3) Lucv "Elizabeth, m. 14 Sept. 1869, as 2nd wife, to Col. Arthur James Shuldham, late 108th regt. and has 3 sons and a dau. Sidney Arthur Naunton Shuldham, b. 27 June 1870.— Harry Cieorg'e. b. 16 Sept. 1871.— Victor Lemuel, b. 23 Oct. 1872.— Violet Lucy Hester. (4) Isabella Montagu Julia. THOMPSON, Sir Thomas Eaikes (1806, U.K.); s. his father as 3rd Baronet in 1865 ; b. 1 Jan. 1852 ; m. 7 July, 1880, Alice Claude Lovett, 4th dau. of late William Lochiel Cameron, E.i.c.s., and has a son, (1) Thomas Raikes Lovett, b. 12 May, 1881. Arms — Per fesse arg. and sa. a fess per fesse counter-embattled between three falcons belled and jessed or, in the chief point an anchor erect az. cable ppr. all within a bordure engrailed counterchanged. Crest — Out of a naval crown or an arm embowed in armour ppr. garnished gold the hand supporting a lance erect also ppr. MOTTO— Xon quo sed quomodo. ILineage. EDWARD THOMPSON, of Hull, capt. R.N. (son of Richard Thompson, of Kingston-upon-HuU, merchant, whose grandfather is said to have been a colonel of dragoons under Lord Fairfax, and is said to descend from Thompson of Kilham, see Yorkshire Pedigrees, ED. Foster); b. 20 Nov. 1738; d. 17 Jan. 1786, having m. Sarah Boulden, of Kent, by whom he had with other issue a son and dau. (1) Sir Thomas Boulden, created a Baronet. (2) Sarah, d. at Margate, 18 Mar. 1848, aged 76, widow of George Palmer, master mariner. SIR THOMAS BOLT.DEN THOMPSON, G.C.B. vice-adni. of the reil, treasurer of Greenwich hospital, a director of the chest, and a visitor of the West In<lia naval school, knighted 13 Jan. 1799, commanded the "Leander" at the battle of the Nile, lost a leg at the battle of Copenhagen, and was created a BARONET 11 Dec. 1806, G.C.B. 2 Jan. 1815, M.p. Rochester 1807/16, comptroller of the navy 1806/16 ; b. at Barham, Kent, 28 Feb. 1768 ; d. 3 Mar. 1828, having m. 25 Feb. 1799, Anne, eldest dau. of Rol)ert Raikes, Esq. of Gloucester ; she d. 9 Se])t. 1846, having had with other issue a son and 2 daus. (1) Sir Thomas Raikes Trigge, s. as 2nd Baronet. (2) Anne, d. s. )). 23 J'ln. 1874, having m. 18 Aug. 1847, to Daniel Prince, of Hendon, Middx ; he d. (3) Mary, m. 10 July, 1845, to Rev. William Anderton Smith, chaplain at Bath ; he d. 27 Oct. 1870, having hail 3 sons and 2 daus. Thomas Thompson Anderton SMITH, lieut. R.N. ; d. 29 Sept. 1872, aged 26.— William Henry, b. 25 Feb. 1849.— George Frederick b. 6 April, 1853.— Mary.— Emily Raikes. SIR THOMAS RAIKES TRIGGE, 2nd Baronet, adm. R.N.; b. 1 April, 1804 ; d. 26 Sept. 1865, having m. 20 Oct. 1847, Gertrude, dau. of Rev. Robert Napier Raikes, vicar of Long- hope, CO. Glouc. and had 2 sons and 2 daus. (1) Sir Thomas Raikes, 3rd and present Baronet. (2) Edward, b. 19 Sept. 1853. (3) Gertrude Anne. (4) Emily CaroUue.