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 BURKE'S COLONIAL GENTRY. 235 moned to parliament as Baron Verdox. In the 29th of the same reign (Edward 1), his lordship was one of the barons in the parliament of Lincoln, who, by a public in- strument, under their seals, sent to Pope Boniface VIII, asserted the right of King Edward, as superior lord of the whole realm of Scotland. Lord Verdon having had sum- mons to parliament to 3rd November, 1306, d. in 1309. By Margery, or Elenor, his wife, he had issue, I. John (Sir), d. v.p. and s.f., 1297. II. Theobald, of whom presently. The younger son. Sir Theobald de Veedon, second baron, had summons to parliament in the lifetime of his father, as "Theobald de Verdon, junior," from 29th December, 1299, to 22nd February, 1307, and afterwards, without the word "junior," from 4th March, 1309, to 24th October, 1314. This nobleman, in the 6th Edward II, was constituted justice of Ireland, having likewise the lieutenancy of that realm, and the fee of 500^. per annum, then granted to him. His lordship m. first, Maud, daughter of Edmund, Lord Mortimer, of Wigmore, by whom, who d. at Alveton Castle, 1315, he had issue, I. John, d. s.p. II. William, d. s.p. I. Joan, m. first, William de Montagu, and secondly, Thomas de Furnival, second Lord Furnival, and d. in 1334. Joan had the castle of Alveton as co- heiress of her father. II. Elizabeth, m. to Bartholomew, Lord de Bm-ghersh. Elizabeth had the castle of Ewyas Lacie as her share. III. Margaret,)", first, Marcus Hussee; secondly, William le Blount; and thirdly. Sir John CrophuU. Margaret had the castle of Weobley, as tliii-d co- heiress. By Sir John CropliuU she had a son, Thomas C'rophull, whose daughter and heiress, Agnes, m. Sir Walter Dcvereux, knight. He m. secondly, Elizabeth, widow of John de Burgh, Earl of Ulster, and daughter, and eventually co-heir, of Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Gloucester, by Jane Plantagenet, daughter of King Edward I, by whom (who m. thirdly, Sir Roger d'Amorie) he had an only daughter, IV. Isabel, who had the castle of Ludlow, as fourth co-heiress, m. to Henry Ferrers, Lord Ferrers, of Groby, which Henry d. 17th Edwaed III, leaving by the said Isabel, William, Lord Ferrers. Philippa, m. to Guy de Beauchamp. Elizabeth, m. to . . . de Assells. Theobald, Lord Verdon, d. at Alveton Castle, and was buried at Croxden, aged circa 34 years, in 1316, when the barony of Verdon fell into abeyance amongst his daughters, and so continues with theu" representatives. A descendant of this family. Rev. Edward Verdon, B.A., incumbent of St. Anne's, Tottington, co. Lancaster, and of Dublin (whose father claimed the title of baron, formerly borne by the Earls of Shrews- bury), m. Jane Frances, daughter of Dr. George Hobson, of London, and was father of the present Hon. Sir George Eeedeeic Veedon. Arms used — Or. a fret gu. Crest — A lion pass, supporting with the dexter pate a fret. Motto — En Dieu sefie. Residences — Queen-street, Melbourne; and Alton, Upper Macedon, Victoria, Australia. Club — Athenseum, London. arti)ihaltr tA Halifax antr Cruro. ARCHIBALD, HON. SIR ADAMS GEORGE, K.C.M.G. (1885), C.M.G. (1872), Q.C., D.C.L., of Halifax, and of The Cottage, Truro, Nova Scotia, in the Dominion of Canada, h. at Truro, 18th May, 1814 ; called to the bar in Prince Edward Island, 1838 ; and in Nova Scotia, 1839 ; Q.C., 1856 ; solicitor-o-eneraJ of Nova Scotia, 1856 to 1857 ; attorney-general, 1860 to 1863 • sworn of the Privy Council of Canada, 1867 ; secretary of state for the province of Nova Scotia, 1867 to 1868 ; lieutenant-governor of Manitoba, 1870-73; judge in Equity of Nova Scotia, 1873; lieutenant-governor of Nova Scotia, 1873-83 ; m. at Truro, 1st June, 1843, Elizabeth, daughter of the Rev. John Burnyeat, rector of the parish of St. John, co. Colchester, Nova Scotia (who d. in 1843 at his residence, The Cottage, Truro), and by her has had issue, I. Adams George, l. 29th May, 1847 ; d. 19th October, 1861. I. Joanna Archibald, I. 29th May, 1844 ; m. H. D. Laiue, Esq. of New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, civil engineer.