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Verney, Earl of Verney.

HIE Right Honourable Sir Ralph Ver

They, Earl of Verney, Vilcount of Fermanagh, Baron Verney, of Belturbet, and Baronet, fucceeded his father Ralph, the first and late Earl, October 4th, 1752, and late one of the Knights of the Shire for the county of Bucks, in the Parliament of Great Britain. His Lordship is a Fellow of the Royal Society, and one of the Lords of his Majefty's moft hon. Privy Council in Great Britain. He married, the 11th Sept. 1740, Mifs Mary Herring, daughter of Hemy Herring, Efq; Merchant, and at that time one of the Directors of the Bank of England.

Of the name of Verney, befides the Lord of whom I now write, is the noble family of Willoughby de Broke, who probably had the fame original from William de Vernai, Living in the reigns of King Henry the 1ft, and King Stephen: However this be, the county of Bucks hath long been honoured by the refidence of this ancient and worthy family; whereof Sir Ralph Verney was the father of John Verney, Efq; who in 1433 was returned one of the gentry of that county, by the Commiffioners of King Henry 6th, appointed to take an account of the gentry of England. He married Margaret, daughter and heir to Sir Robert Whittingham, of Penley, in the county of Hertford, Sheriff of London in 1419; by which marriage, being poffeffed of that eftate, he was therein fucceeded by his fon, alph Verney, Efq; who being bred a merGent. Mag. May, 1785.

cer, became a freeman of that corporation; and in 1466 served the office of Lord Mayor of London, and received the honour of

Knighthood. He married Margaret, daugh ter and heir to Francis Iwardly, of Quainton, in Bucks, Efq; by whom he had two fons and three daughters, viz. Sir Ralph, his heir; Sir John Verney, of Penley, who was Sheriff of the counties of Bedford, Bucks, Effex and Hertford; Elinor, married to Sir Edward Greville; Catherine, to Sir John Conway, Knight Banneret; Margeret, to Sir Edward Raleigh, Knight.

Sir Ralph Verney, who fucceeded his father, was Sheriff of the counties of Bedford and Bucks, in the reign of King Henry the 8th, and married Elizabeth, fecond daughter to Edmund, Lord Bray, of Stoke, fifter and coheir to John, the last Lord Bray; by whom he had iffue feven fons and two daughters: Anne, married to Sir Nicholas Pointz; and Jane to Sir Francis Hynde; and of the fons, who were Edward, John, Edmund, Francis, Ralph, Urian and Richard, the laft was knighted, and was Sheriff of the counties of Warwick and Leicester, in the reigns of King Henry the 8th and Queen Elizabeth; and Edward, the eldeft, fucceeding his father, married Dorothy, daughter of Sir Edward Peckham; but dying without iffue, as did John, his next brother, the eftate devolved on

Edmund, the third fon, who was knighted, and was married, first, to Frances, daughter of John Haftings, of Elford, in Oxfordshire, Efq; by whom he had no iffue; fecondly, to Audrey, daughter to Ff

William Gardiner, of Fulmar, Efq; and by her had Sir Francis, of Penley, who left no iffue by his wife, Urfula, daughter of William St. Barbe, Efq; and his third wife was Mary, daughter of Blankney, of Sparrowham, in Norfolk, Efq; by whom he had

Sir Edmund Verney, of Middle-Claydon, in the county of Bucks, who was born 7th April, 1596, and bred up chiefly at court, with an education fuitable to his birth. He was made Knight Marthal to King Charles the 1ft, in whofe reign he ferved in Parliament for the boroughs of Aylesbury and Chipping-Wycombe; and it being the duty of the Knight Marshal to attend his Majefty in tine of war, and to carty the Royal Standard, in 1639 he was with his Majefty in his expedition against the Scots; and held the Royal Standard at Nottingham, on the unhappy difference between the King and Parliament, and then declared, that by the grace of God, they that would wreft that Standard from his hand, muft firft wreft his foul from his body; and accordingly at the battle of Edge-Hill, fought 23d October, 1642, he boldly charged with it among the thickeft of the enemy, to engage the foldiers to follow him; and being furrounded by numbers, was offered his life if he would deliver up the Standard; but he rejected the offer, and fo fell for his country with great honour, having that day killed fixteen gentlemen with his own hand: And at the time he thus fought for his Sovereign at home he had fent his fon, Sir Ralph, to accomplish himself for his fervice abroad. He married Margaret, eldeft daughter to Sir Thomas Denton, in Bucks, Knight, by whom he had fix fons and fix daughters, viz. Sir Ralph; Thomas; Sir Edmund; Henry; John; Richard; Sir Edmund and Henry being Colonels in the King's fervice; the former, who was Colonel of a regiment of Horfe, and Deputy Governor of Drogheda, was killed 11th September, 1649, at the taking of that town by Cromwell.

(It Baronet.) Sir Ralph, the eldeft fon, as a member of that parliament which, in 1660, reftored King Charles the 2d; who, by patent, dated 16th March, 1661, created him a Baronet of Great Britain. He married Mary, daughter and heir to John Blackwell, of the county of Berks, Efq; and had iffue three daughters, who all died young, and three fons, Edmund, John, and Ralph. (zd Baronet.) Sir Edmund, the eldeft, having iffue one daughter, Mary; and two fons, who both died unmarried, the title devolved to his brother

(3d Baronet and 1ft Vifcount.) Sir John fucceeded his brother, and was created by her Majelly Queen Anne a Peer of Ireland, by the title of Baron Veracy, of Belturbet, and Vil

count of Fermanagh, by patent, dated at Westminster 16th June, 1703. In the years 1710 and 1713 he ferved in the Parliament of Great Britain for the county of Bucks, as he did in fucceeding Parliaments for the Borough of Agmondifham, to his death, on 23d June, 1717. He married, firft, Elizabeth, younger daughter to Daniel Baker, of London, Efq; who died without iflue 20th Auguft, 1700; he married, fecondly, Mary, daughter to Sir Francis Lawley, of Spoonhill, in Shropshire, Baronet, by whom he likewife had no iffue; and married, thirdly, Elizabeth, daughter to Ralph Palmer, of Little Chelfea, in Middlefex, Esq; and by her, who died 12th December, 1736, had issue Ralph, his heir, and three daugh ters, viz. Elizabeth, who never married; Mary, the fecond wife to Colonel John Lovett, of Dublin, by whom he had issue ; Margaret, married to Sir Thomas Cave, of Stamford, in the county of Northampton, Baronet, by whom she had iffue, Sir Verney Cave, who died 13th September, 1734, unmarried, and Sir Thomas Cave, who married Mifs Davis, of Biriningham, and hath iffue.

(2d Viscount and 1ft Earl.) Sir Ralph, the second Lord Viscount, fucceeded his father as Member of Parliament for Agmondifham, for which he was rechofen in 1722, as he was for Wendover in May, 1741, and 1747; and his Majesty taking into confideration his eminent virtues and merits, was pleased, by privy seal, dated at Saint James's 22d January, and by patent, at Dublin 7th February, 1742, to advance him to the dignity of Earl of Verney. He married Catherine, eldest daughter and coheir to Henry Pafchal, of Baddow-Hall, in Effex, Efq; and by her, who died 28th November, 1748, had two fons and two daughters, viz.

ift fon, John, who married 6th July, 1736, the daughter of Jofiah Nicholfon, of London, and of Clapham, in Surry, Efq; but dying the 3d June, 1737, leaving her with child, of which, being a daughter, the was delivered 23d October; and in 1741 remarried Richard Calvert, Efq; brother to Alderman William Calvert, of London.

2d, Ralph, the prefent Earl of Verney. ift daughter, Lady Elizabeth, married 27th June, 1748, to Bennett, the 3d and late Earl of Harborough, by whom the had four fons and three daughters, who all died young; and her ladyship died in June, 1756.

2d, Lady Catherine, died unmarried 17th Auguft, 1750.

And his lordship dying October 4th, 1752, was fucceeded by his fecond but only furviving for

(2d Earl.)

(ad Earl.) Ralph, the ad and prefent Earl of Verney.

Titles.] Sir Ralph Verney, Earl of Verney, Viscount Fermanagh, Baron Verney, of Belturbet, and Baronet.

Creations.] Baronet of Great Britain, 16th March, 1661, 14th Car. 2d; Baron Verney, of Belturbet, in the county of Cavan, and Viscount of the county of FermaBagh, 16th June, 1703, 2d Queen Anne; and Earl of Verney, in the province of Leinster, 7th February, 1742, 16th George

the 2d.

Arms.] Saphire, on a cross, pearl; five mullets, ruby.

Creft.] On a wreath, a Phoenix in flames, beholding a ray of the Sun, all proper. Supporters. Two tygers, pearl, each gorged with a ducal coronet, faphire, and chained, topaz.

Motto.] Une tout feul-One alone. Seats.] Middle Claydon, in the county of Bucks, 40 miles from London; and Baddow-Hall, in Effex, 25 miles from London.

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Maule, Earl of Panmure.

HE Right Honourable John Maule, Earl of Panmure, Viscount and Baron Maule, of White-Church, fucceeded his half-brother, William, the late and 1ft Earl, in January, 1782; and was in June, 1739, chofen to reprefent the boroughs of Aberdeen, Montrofe, &c. in the Parliament of Great Britain; and in May, 1748, was conftituted one of the Barons of the Court of Exchequer in Scotland, which he continued till he fucceeded to the above titles.

This very ancient family is originally French, and derive their furname from the town and lordship of Maule in France, 8 leagues from Paris, upon the confines of Normandy. Guarin de Maule came into England with William the Conqueror, among the names of whofe followers Maule is always found, particularly in Holingfhed, and got the lordship of Hatton de Cliveland, out of which Robert de Maule, his fon, made a donation to the abbey of Whitby, in the reign of Henry the 1ft; from whom defcended Serlo de Male, who was a Baron of England in the reign of King John, and named at the coronation of King Henry 3d. Of this fame family was William de Maule, who fided with David 1ft King of Scotland in the battle of the Standard, in 1138, and continued to follow that King's fortunes. He left three daughters his coheirs, and having no iffue male his nephew, Sir Richard de Maule, carried on the line of the family, and was fucceeded by his fon, Sir Peter de Maule, who about the year 1224, in the teign of Alexander the ad, obtained the

barony of Panmure, by the marriage of Chriftian, daughter and fole heir of William de Valoniis, Lord of Panmure, and Great Chamberlain of Scotland; and he died in 1254, and left two fons; Sir William, his heir, Baron of Panmure, married Ethama, daughter of John, Lord of Dirleton, and had Henry, his heir, who married Margaret, daughter of William Hay, Efq; anceftor to the Marquis of Tweedale, and had three fons and one daughter, whereof Walter was his heir, and was Governor of Kildrummy, and died in 1360, having two fons. Sir William, who fucceeded, married Marion, only daughter of Sir David Fleming, ancestor of the Earls of Wigton, by whom he had Sir Thomas, his heir, (and a daughter) who married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Andrew Gray, by whom he had Thomas, his heir, who married Margaret, daughter of Sir Thomas Abercombie, and left an only fon. Si Thomas Maule, of Panmure, he married Elizabeth, daughter of Alexander, Earl of Crawford, by whom he had a fon, who died in his life time, leaving iffue Sir Thomas, who fucceeded his grandfather, and married, 1ft, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir David Rollo; 2d, Eliza beth, daughter of Andrew, Lord Grey, and gly, Chriftian, daughter of William, Lord Graham; and died, having iffue by his firft wife two fons and a daughter, of whom Robert, the eldest, was Baron of Panmure; he married Isabella, daughter of Sir Lau rence Mercer, by whom he had three fons and a daughter; Thomas, the eldest fon, married, t, Elizabeth, daughter to David, Earl of Crawford; 2dly, Margaret, daugh ter to Sir George Hallyburton, and had & fons: Patrick, his heir; William; David; Robert; Thomas, of Pitlivie; George; James; and Alexander; and one daughter,' married to James Stuart, brother, to John, Earl of Athol.

Family of Maule in Ireland.] Thomas, of Pitlivie, the 5th fon, married Mary, daughter of Mr. Lighton, and had two fons, Thomas and Robert. Thomas, the elder fon, eftablished himself and pofterity in Ireland; 13th December, 1627, he was made a free denizen, and appointed Surveyor General of the Cuftoms. He married Lettice, daughter to William Crow, of Crow's Neft, near Dublin, Efq; by whom he had fix fons and three daughters; Three of the fons died young; William was his heir, Thomas, the fecond fon, was a Commiffioner of Appeals, Chief Remembrancer of the Exchequer, Groom of the Bedchamber to Prince George of Denmark, and Lieutenant of the Gentlemen Pensiomers; he died unmarried. eft fon, Stephen Crow Maule, alfo died Ff &

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