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ii. George, (second son of William Thomas,) col. in the army, m. - Winthorpe, dau. of Samuel Winthorpe, of Antigua, Esq., and sister of the first wife of Edward Byam. Col. Thomas dying 13 May, 1707, left issue two sons and one dau.-viz., 1. George, first Bart., of whom hereafter.

2. William, who m. - Yeamans, dau. of John Yeamans, of Mill Hill, Antigua, Esq., and dying, left issue, William, who was killed in a duel, and left his estate to his sister.

Elizabeth, who m. Frances Farley, Esq., and dying s. p., left her estate to her husband.

3. Elizabeth, m. William Dunbar, of d.i.c.kenson's Bay, Antigua, Esq.

iii. Lydia, who m. 1st, the Hon. Samuel Martin, and 2ndly, Governor Byam.

iv. Alice, m. to Dr. Daniel Mackinnon, of Antigua, the first settler of the name in that island.

Sir George Thomas, Bart., who inherited the estates of his uncle, the Hon. William Thomas, was appointed governor of the Leeward Islands, 25 Jan. 1752, and afterwards created a Baronet. He left issue, by his wife, Lydia, dau. of John King, Esq. of Antigua, i. William, second Bart.

i. Lydia, who m. John White, Esq. of Chichester, M.P., and whose granddau., Frances, m. Gen. Crosbie.

ii. Margaret, m. to Arthur Freeman, Esq., by whom she had, among other issue, Inigo Freeman, of Ratten, near Eastbourne, Suss.e.x, and who a.s.sumed the name of Thomas, m. 1st, Charlotte, dau. of Henry Peirce, Esq. of Bedale, co. York; and 2ndly, Frances, dau. of Viscount Middleton, and has issue by both marriages.

Sir George Thomas dying at Upper Brook-street, London, 31 Dec.

1774, was succeeded by his eldest son,

Sir William, who was living at Pickitt's Hill, co. Hants, in 1745, high-sheriff for Suss.e.x in 1767, m. Margaret, only dau. and heir of Walter Sydserfe, Esq. of Antigua, and Soho, London, and had issue, i. Sir George, third Bart.

i. Anne, m. in 1774, to Stephen Popham, Esq.

ii. Elisabeth, m. to Andrew Lyon, of Edinburgh, Esq.

iii. Maria, m. to General Popham.

iv. Margaret, m. to William Roe, Esq.

v. Lydia, m. to Alexander Adair, Esq.

Sir William died 16 Dec. 1779, and was succeeded by his eldest son,

Sir George, of Dale Park, co. Suss.e.x, m. 1st, Jane-Louisa, dau.

of Alexander Salis, Esq. of Andelheim, Alsace, Switzerland, by whom he had issue, Sir George-William-Lewis, fourth Bart.

Sir George (third Bart.) m. 2ndly, Sophia, dau. of Admiral John Montague, who was living in 1843, s. p., and dying in 1816, was succeeded by his son,

Sir George-William-Lewis, present Bart., born about 1768, m.

Elizabeth, dau. of Richard Welsh, Esq., by whom he has issue, i. George, died in 1820.

ii. Montague. iii. William.

i. Helen. ii. Sophia.

iii. Louisa-Leonora, m. in 1841, to - Browne, Esq., 41st regt.

at Weymouth.

iv. Elizabeth.

No. 16.

GENEALOGY OF THE CARLISLES AND LAVINGTONS.

The first of the Carlisle family of whom we find any record, was

Richard Carlisle, who m. Elizabeth, dau. of Richard Conyers, and had issue,

Thomas Carlisle, who m. Anne, dau. of - Bussell, Esq. of co.

Somerset, and had, among other children,

Francis Carlisle, of Mells, in Somerset, and who was included in the Heraldic Visitation of that county for the year 1623. He m. a lady whose name is not on record, but who was alive in 1663, when her son bequeathed her an annuity of 15l. for her life. This son was a second

Francis Carlisle, of Wemden, and of Durleigh, near Bridgewater, at the former of which places is a property still known by the name of "Carlisle's." The first Francis Carlisle had another son, viz., John Carlisle, prebendary of Comb, in the cathedral of Wells, between 1661 and 1667, and who, on 7 June, 1664, proved his brother Francis' will in the Archdeacon's Court at Taunton, and in which will, mention is made of a third

Francis Carlisle, plainly the first settler of the name in Antigua, young at the date of his father's death, in 1664, but who afterwards emigrated to Antigua, where he became a member of the legislature in 1676, on 25 July of which year, in such capacity, he signed a remonstrance in vindication of Col. Philip Warner, inserted in another place, (vide p. 317.) His son,

Col. Francis Carlisle, was still alive in 1732, when we find him named as executor to the will of Col. Edward Warner, the representative, in this island, of Sir Thomas Warner, and the owner of the Folly and Savannah estates. He (Col. Francis Carlisle) m. at St John's, Antigua, 28 April, 1708, Anne, dau. of Daniel Mackinnon, Esq., and had an only dau. and heiress,

Alice Carlisle, who m. at St John's, Antigua, 8 July, 1735, the Hon. Ralph Payne, chief justice, and afterwards governor of St Christopher's, and by whom, who died 1762, she had (besides a dau. Elizabeth, the wife of Drury Ottley, Esq., who died at his house in Bryanstone-square, London, 22 April, 1822) a son,

Sir Ralph Payne, K.B., created Lord Lavington, who succeeded to this estate on the death of his mother, at St Christopher's, in 1760, at the time when a general sickness prevailed in that island. Lord Lavington was born at Ba.s.seterre, in the parish of St George, in the island of St. Christopher's, 19 March, 1739, and before his elevation to the peerage, in the imperial parliament, he represented the several places of Shaftesbury, Camelford, and Plympton. In 1771, he was made Knight of the Bath; and in 1795, was raised to the peerage by the t.i.tle of Baron Lavington of Lavington. He m. at St George's, Hanover-square, 1 Sept. 1767, Frances, Baroness Kolbel, one of the ladies who accompanied her Majesty Queen Charlotte, on her leaving Germany, as the bride elect of King George III. Lord Lavington died at Antigua, 1 Aug. 1807, leaving to his lady his estates for her life.

No. 17.

GENEALOGY OF SIR CHARLES AUGUSTUS FITZROY.

William Crosby, brigadier-general, col. of the Royal Irish, equerry to the Queen of George II., appointed governor of the Leeward Islands, and afterwards of New York, in 1730,[86] m.

Grace, the sister of George Montague, Earl of Halifax, and dying 10 March, 1736, left issue by her a dau.,

Elizabeth, who m. 1st, Lord Augustus Fitzroy, second son of Charles, second Duke of Grafton,[87] and 2ndly, James Jefferys.

She dying 21 Dec. 1788, left by her first husband a son,

Augustus-Charles Fitzroy, third Duke of Grafton, who m. 29 Jan.

1756, Anne Liddell, dau. and sole heir of Henry, Lord Ravenscroft, by whom he had issue, i. George-Henry, fourth Duke of Grafton, who m. Charlotte, dau.

of James, third Earl of Waldegrave, by whom he had a son, Henry Fitzroy, Earl of Euston, the present Duke of Grafton.

ii. Charles, a general in the army, and colonel of the 48th Regiment of Foot, m. 20 June, 1795, Frances, dau. of Edward Millar Munday,[88] of Shepley, co. Derby, the issue of which marriage was a son, Sir Charles-Augustus Fitzroy, K.H., the present commander-in-chief of the Leeward Islands, born 10 June, 1796, m. Lady Mary Lennox, dau. of Charles, fourth Duke of Richmond, by which marriage he has issue.

[86] Philip Crosby, Esq., another descendant of this family, and a distinguished admiral in the British navy, in 1792, m.

Elizabeth, dau. of William Gunthorpe, Esq. of Bugle Hall, co.

Southampton, and of Winthorpe, in the island of Antigua.

Lieut.-Gen. Henry Crosby, another of that family, died at Bath, 17 Jan. 1822, aged 79; m. Anne, dau. of the late Samuel Eliot, Esq. of Belfast Division, in the island of Antigua.

[87] Henry, the father of this Charles, was the first Duke of Grafton, so created 11 Sept. 1675. He was mortally wounded by a shot, that broke two of his ribs, while heading a party in an a.s.sault upon the city of Cork, 21 Sept. 1690, and of which he died, 9 Oct. following. His son, Charles, (the second Duke of Grafton,) had two sons, who dying in his lifetime, (the eldest, George, Earl of Euston, s. p.,) he was succeeded in his t.i.tle by his grandson, the son of Lord Augustus Fitzroy, by his wife, Elizabeth Crosby, of whose marriage mention is made in Oldmixon's "History of the British Empire," vol. i. p. 260:-

"Judge Morris makes mention of Lord Augustus Fitzroy being at New York, where was then a man-of-war, on board of which that lord had a command, and while he was in this city, he took to wife a dau. of the governor, (Brigadier-General Crosby,) an agreeable young lady." We need hardly repeat, this lady was the great-grandmother of the present commander-in-chief. Sir C. A.

Fitzroy.

[88] William Munday, of Markinton, co. Derby, Esq., another member of this family, m. Harriott-Georgiana, dau. of James Frampton, of Moreton, co. Dorset, Esq., and granddau. of Phillis Byam, an heiress of the island of Antigua.