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 208 BURKE'S COLONIAL GENTRY. WALKER, HON. LANCELOT, of Four Peaks, Geraldine, New ZealanrI, member of the Legislative Council of New Zealand, b. 26th Novem- ber, 1829, unmaiTJed. William Walker, Esq., b. 1650, a resi- dent of the parish of Ecclesfield, co. York, m. Mary, daughter of Joseph Wood, Esq., of the same place, and d. 1708, leaving a son, Joseph Walker, Esq., who, marrying twice, had, by his first wife, two sons, Joseph and Benjamin, and by his second, Anne, daughter of Jonathan Hargreave, Esq., three sons, who became celebrated as ironfounders. I. Jonathan, father of Jonathan, of Fer- ham, who d 1807, leaving one son and two daughters, Jonathan, Mary Jinne, and Anne, m. John Drake, Esq. II. Samuel, of whom presently. III. Aaron, father of one son, who d. issueless ; and a daughter, m. John Pearson, Esq. of Leeds. The second son, Samuel Walker, Esq., principal founder of the ironworks, b. 1716, at Hill Top, Eccles- field, removed to Masborough at the age of 30, and thenceforth his career was one un- interrupted course of commercial prosperity. He rf. 12th May, 1782, leaving, by his wife (with three daughters, Mary, m. Jonathan Walker, Esq. ; Sarah, to. William Parker, Esq. ; and Anne, m. John Whitacre, Esq. of Woodhouse), four sons, I. Samuel, father of Samuel, of Masborough, m. Eliza- beth, daughter of John Palmes, Esq. of Naburn. Mary, to. Hugh Parker, Esq. of Woodthorpe. Margaret, m. William Walker, Esq. of Wilsick, CO. York, deputy- recorder of Doncaster, who d. 1830. The eldest son of this marriage was the late William Walker, Esq. of Wilsick Hall, Doncaster, co. York, J. P. and D.L., M.A., barrister-at-law ; who in. 1858, Alice, daughter of Hugh Parker, Esq. of Tickhill, co. York ; and the second, but eldest sur- viving son, is the present Thomas Walker, Esq. of The Woodlands and Wilsick Hall, Yorkshire, J.P. and D.L., W.K., co. York, and late captain West Yorkshire Yeo- manry Cavalry, b. 1808, educated at Trinity Hall, Cambridge (B.A. 1830, M.A. 1833) ; to. 1841, Anna, daughter of John Stephenson Ferguson, Esq. of Ballysinnon, CO. Antrim. II. Joshvia, of Clifton, near Rotherham, who purchased the estate of Blythe from Colonel Mellish, in. Susanna, second daughter of Samuel Need, Esq. of Nottingham, and dying 1815, left issue. From him descends the pre- sent Cajitain Henry Ashton Case- Walker, of Beckford Hall, near Tewkesbury, co. Gloucester, J. P., formerly captain 12th Lancers, who assumed the additional surname of Walker in 1882, at the death of his brother, and in accordance with the will of his uncle, Henrv Frederick Walker, Esq. of Blythe Hall, Notts (see Walker, of Beckfoed Hall, Burke's Landed Oentry). III. Joseph, of whom presently. IV. Thomas, of Berryhill, near Mans- field, sheriff co. Nottingham, 1809; d. s.p. at Bath, 15th April, 1828. The third son, Joseph Walker, Esq. of Eastwood, co. York, and Aston, co. Derby, high sheriff, co. Derby, to. 10th October, 1785, Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel Need. Esq. of Nottingham, and by her (who d. 27th May, 1823) had issue, I. Joseph Need, of Calderstone, co. Lancaster, D.L., b. 30th September, 1790, in. Katherine, daughter of Samuel Parker, Esq. of Scots House, CO. Northumberland, and d. 1865, leaving, with other issue, Henry, now of Perdiswell Hall, near Worcester, D.L. co. Worcester, high sheriff, 1883, b. 1826; edu- cated at Eton ; TO. 1871, Georgina Harriett, eldest daughter of Captain Francis Mostyn-Owen, of Bryntirion, co. Salop, and by her (who d. 1887) has, with other issue, Henry Francis Mostyn, b. 1880. He purchased Perdiswell from Sir OiHey Wakeman, Bart., in 1875. II. Thomas, of whom presently. III. Edward Samuel (Sir), of Berry Hill, Notts, J.P. and D.L., high sheriff of Notts, 1866-7, and mayor of Chester, 1838 and 1848, b. 1799 ; to. first, 15th September, 1842, Frances Valentine, daughter of George Stevens, Esq. of Old Windsor Lodge, and bv her (who d. 1864) had issue, 1. Edward William, of Berry HiU, Mansfield, Notts, J.P., b. 4th April, 1844 ; educated at Harrow