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38 BEAUMONT. [7] Jane Frances, m. 31 May, 18S4, to Rev. Henry Alfred Bar- ret, rector of Chetlgrave, and vicar of Langley, Norfolk, and has 4 sons and a dau. (1) Lennard Barkett, lieut. B.A. b. 23 May, 1856; m. 14 July, 1881, Mary Anne, elder dau. of Lieut.-Col. Charles Robert llobart (E. BUCKINGH.VMSHIRE.) (2) Dacre Lennard, lieut. r.m.L.I. b. 11 Sept. 1858.— (3) Henry Wilson Lennard, b. 21 Mar. 1864.— (4) Sidney Lennard, b. 22 bee. 18G8.— (5) Francos Anne, m. 31 May, 1881, to Bev. Arthur Wace, rector of Haddiscoe. SIR THOJLA.S WILLIAM BROGRAVE PROCTOR-BEAU- CHAMP, 4th Baronet, R.H. guards, having transposed the two latter names by R.I,. 9 July, 1862, high sheriff of Norfolk 1869; b. 2 July, 1815; d. 7 Oct. 1874, having m. 15 June, 1852, Hon. Catherine Esther Waldegrave, youngest dau. of Granville George, 2nd Lord Radstock, and had 5 sons and 4 daus. (1) Sir Reginald William, 5th and present Baronet. (2) Granville I'elham, heir presumptive to the Baro- netcy; b. 20 Aug. 1855. (3) Horace George, lieut. 20th hussars, late 46th regt. ; b. 1856. (4) Montagu Harrj-, b. 1861. (5) Algernon, b. 2 April, 1867; d. 6 Mar. 1879. (6) Ida Caroline. (7) Hilda, ) .„. , (8) Constance,) '^^'°^- (9) Maude. B LAND Hall, (1661, lineal John, EAUMONT, Sir George How- of Cole Orton CO. Leicester E.), in direct descent from Lord Beaumont, constable of England 12 Edw. IL and his wife Eleanor, 5th dau. of Henry Plantaganet, Earl of Lancaster, grandson of Hen. III. ; s. his father as 9th Baronet in 1845; b. 12 Sept. 1828; m. 1st— 4 June, 1850, his cousin Paulina Menzies, .3rd dau. of W. Hallows Belli, Esq. e.i.c.s. and niece of Most Rev. William Howley, d.d. archbishop of Canter- bury ; she d. 9 Dec. 1870. He m. 2ndly— 4 April, 1872, Octavia Willoughby, "daughter" of Digby, Lord Middleton, and widow of John Richard Smyth Wallis, Esq. of Drishane Castle, co. Cork. By his Ist wife he had 3 sons and a dau. (1) George Howland William, capt. R.n.A. b. 10 Mar. 1851 ; m. 24 Feb. 1880, Lillie EUen, 2nd dau. of Col. George Ayton Craster, H.K. and has a son, b. 18 Jan. 1881. (2) Frederick Louis Maureward, b. 17 June, 1862. (3) Henry Cecil Charles, b. 24 April, 1864. (4) Lina Mary llowley, m. 19 Oct. 187G, to Gawen Willim Rowan-Hamilton, Esq. of Killyleagh Castle, co. Down, j.p. U.I,, higli sheriff 1875, major North Down mil., late capt. 7th dragoon guards, and has a son and dau. Archibald ROWAN-HAMILTON, b. 30 Sept. 1877.— Orfla Melita. Arms — Az., semie of fleurs-de-lis, and a lion rampant or. Crest— On a chajjeau az.semee of fleurs-de-lis turned upenn., a lion passant or. Motto— Erectus non elatus. Skat— Cole Orton Hall, Ashby-de-la Zouch, Leicestershire. Tow.N House— 99, Eaton Place, s.w. HineaQc. SIR HENRY DE BEAUMONT received, 1 ET)W. II. a grant from the King of the barony of Folkingliam in Lincoln- shire (lately of Gilbert de GantJ, who was summoned to par- haineiit, 2 El>w. II. to 6 El>W. III. as a Baron ami 7 to 18 Edw. III. as Earl of Buchan, in right of his wife.' HLs brother Lewis de Beaumont, was made BLsliop of Durham 1317 and his sister Isabel married to Sir John de Vesci, Baron of Aln- wick. In 5 Enw. II. Sir Henry had a grant for life of the Isle of Man, in which grant and in other public documents he is called the King's cousin. Robert de Greystanes, sub-prior of Durham, a contemporary of the bishop, speaks of the nobility which the latter derived from the Kings of France and Sicily. Froissart calls Sir Henry " son of the Viscount Beaumont of England." There can be little doubt that he was derived from the Vis- counts of Beaumont-sur-Sarthe in Maine, but his parentage is not clearly ascertained. He m. Alice, dau. of Alexander Comyn, niece and heir of John Comyn, Earl of Buchan, in Scotland, and in 6 EDW. II. did homage for the manor of Whitwicke, Leic. and divers other lands of her inheritance ; was heir of his sLster Isabella, widow of Sir John de Vesci, of Alnwick, who d. 8 Edw. III. being aged 50 at her death. Sir Henry d. 1340, leaving 2 sons and 2 daus. His son, TOHN, LORD BEAUMONT, constable of England 12 EDW. fj II. served in the wars in Flanders and Scotland, had summons to parliament 1432, in which year he died; he m. Eleanor, 5th dau. of Henry Plantaganet, Earl of Lancaster, grandson of HENRY III. (She re-m. to Richard Fitzalan, Earl of Arundel); she d. 1375. His grandson, yOHN, LORD BEAUMONT, K.R. (son of Henry, Lord Beau- rj mont, by Margaret, dau. of John de Vere, Earl of Oxford), adm. of the king's fleet northwards, and a warden of the Scotch marches, served in the French wars, governor of Cherbourg Castle, constable of Dover Castle, warden of the Cinque ports, summoned to parliament 7 to 18 RICH. II.; he m. 1st, Catha- rine, dau. and heir of Sir Thomas Everingham, of Laxton, Knt. He m. 2n<lly, Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Mowbray, Earl Mar- shall, and widow 'of Nicholas, Lord Audley, of Heleigh; she re-m. to Michael de la Pole, Earl of Suffolk. By his 1st wife he had 3 soas, (1) Henry, d. 1413; m. Elizabeth, dau. of William, Lord Wil- loughby, and was father of Sir John, created ViscoUNT BEAUMONT. (2) Thomas, lord of BaskerviUe, capt. of GalHarde; m. Phil- lippe, dau. and heir of Sir Thomas Maureward, Knt. 1458, an- cestor of Sir Thomas Beaumont, created a Baronet 21 Feb. 1660/1. (3) Richard. SIR THOMAS BEAUMONT (grandson of Sir Thomas Beau- mont, Knt, by Catherine, dau. and heir of Thomas Farn- ham, Esq. of Stoughton Grange, Leic.) was created a Baronet 21 Feb. 1660/1 ; m. Elizabeth, dau. and coheir of Sir Nicholas Trott, of (Juickswood, Herts. His descendant in the 4th generation, THOMAS BEAUMONT, of Buckland, Surrey, b. ; bur. 3 Feb. 1818, having m. 29 Jan. 1799, Bridget, }'oungest dau. and coheir of Rev. William Davie, prebendary of Exeter and vicar of Axminster, niece of Sir John Davie, Bart, (ext.) ; she d. 16 April, 1842, leaving 2 sons and 2 daus. (1) Sir George Rowland, s. as 8th Baronet. (2) WilliamFrancisBertie,of Buckland.bp.23 0ct. 1808; d.lO bur. 22 Mar. 1837, having m. 30 May, 1833, Frances Mary Caro- line, dau. of John Smith, Esq. of Bury St. Edmunds; she d. 30 July, 1834, leaving an only child, Francis Henry, of Buckland, b. 1 April, 1834; m. 1 July, 1856, Mary Emily, 3rd dau. of Evan Baillie, Esq. of Dochfour, N.B. and Lady Georgiana Montagu, and has 2 sons and 3 daus. Francis Montagu, b. 27 Sept. 1857. — Spencer William Montagu, R.N. h. 3 July, 1864. — Beatrice CaroUne. — Mary Georgiana. — Hilda Augusta Katharine. (3) Mary Anne Bridget. (4) Margaret Sophia, m. 2 Oct. 1833, to her cousin. Rev. James Beauchamp, rector of Crowell, Oxon. 1830/74. (BART.) SIR GEORGE HOWLAND WILLOUGHBY, 8th Baronet (on the death of his cousin. Sir George, 1827) ; b. 16 Dec. 1799; d. 7 June, 1845, h.iving m. 16 June, 1825, Mary Anne, eldest dau. of Most Rev. William Howley, D.D. archbishop of Canterbury ; she d. 15 Feb. 1835, having had 2 sons and a dau. (1) Sir George Howland, 9th and present Baronet. (2) William Beresford , rector of Cole Orton, and rural dean of West Akeley ; b. 13 Mar. 1831 ; m. 1st— 13 Dec 1860, Julia, youngest dau. of Charles Soames, Esq. of Coles, Herts ; she d. s. p. . Hem. 2ndly— 9 Jan. 1868,ElizabetIi Mary, dau. of Rev. Samuel Hurry Alderson, of Risby, Suffolk, s. p. (3) Constance Mary, m. 6 July, 1852, to William Unwin Hej'- gate, Esq. of Maplewell, Leic. (Bart.) Wrtxon-Becher— sec Wrtxon.