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is not known. Is this custom generally observed in Lancashire or in other counties ? Among Lancashire Roman Catholics does any other object fill the place of the Bible ?

B. K. G.

WALTER WILSON, THE NONCONFORMIST BIOGRAPHER. Can any correspondent of

Wilson's parentage ? The ' Diet. Nat. Biog.,' Ixii. 144, states that he was born 4 ' about 1781," but does not mention his father's or mother's name.
 * N. & Q.' furnish me with particulars of

G. F. R. B.

PALAVICINI FAMILY. Can any one give me any information respecting the ancestry and the descendants of Francesco Palavicini, Duca dell' Albaneto in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, who married July 1, 1845, Miss Harriet Vanneck ? F. DE H. L.

BINNESTEAD IN ESSEX. In Noble's

following note occurs on p. 327 :
 * Memoirs of the Protect oral House ' the

"At Bower-hall, in Binnestead, in Essex, is the original appointment of Sir Thomas Bendysh, ambassador to the Porte, with many other writings and pictures of that family ; in the church of Binne- stead is a very fine monument of Sir Henry Bendish, the last heir male, and another of his sister, Mrs. Pike, who limited the estate with many remainders ; several having dropped, it is now possessed by a gentleman whose name was Bishop, but who has changed it to Bendysh in compliance to the will of Mrs. Pile."

Can any one identify " Binnestead " ? I have failed to find church, post office, or station of that name. It will be observed Noble spells the sister's name both " Pike " and " Pile." F.

J. T. STATON. Who was J. T. Staton ? He appears to have written a number of dialect pieces. The ' Diet. Nat. Biog.' is silent. J. P.

SONS OF MRS. BRIDGET BENDYSH. Are there any annals in which the following points can be cleared up ? Dates of both marriages of Thomas Bendysh. Dates of his departure for West Indies, and death. Had he a daughter ? Had Henry Bendysh a daughter named Sarah ? Did either of his sons, Thomas and George, marry ?

E. F. WILLIAMS.

10 Black Friars, Chester.

SHEPPARD OR SHEPHARD FAMILY OP BLISWORTH, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. I should be greatly obliged for any information of the above family, said to have owned con- siderable property at Blisworth, and to have been related to the Wake Baronets of Courteenhall, of the same county. Samuel

Sheppard died at Blisworth, Oct. 22, 1759 ; and William Rugge, Esq., of Conduit Street, London, married Sept. 1, 1763, Mrs. Eliza- beth Sheppard of Blisworth, and was living there in that year. Mrs. Rugge died Aug. 27, 1768. Is there any pedigree of the Shep- pards to be found anywhere ?

LEONARD C. PRICE

AN ENGLISH ARMY LIST OF 1740.

(12 S. ii. 3, 43, 75, 84, 122, 129, 151, 163, 191, 204, 229, 243, 272, 282, 311, 324,353, 364.)

Lord Cadogan's Regiment of Dragoons (ante, p. 122).

JAMES GARDINER was lieutenant-colonel of the regiment until made colonel of the 13th Dragoons, April 18, 1743 ; and as such was killed at the battle of Prestonpans, in Scotland, Sept. 21, 1745. There is a reference to his death in one of Scott's romances. Col. Gardiner's sudden conver- sion to deeply religious principles has been often related. He m. Lady Frances Erskine, younger dau. of the Earl of Buchan.

Sir John Whiteford became major of the regiment, September, 1743, and lieutenant- colonel thereof, March 9, 1745 ; and was colonel of the 12th Dragoons, Jan. 18, 1750, till his death in 1763 ; major-general, Jan. 19, 1758 ; lieutenant-general, 'Dec. 12, 1760.

John Dalrymple, " Captain of the Ennis- killen Dragoons " till his death, in or about April, 1751, fourth son of the Hon. Sir Hew Dalrymple, 1st Bart, (a younger son of James, 1st Viscount Stair), m. Mary, eldest daughter of Alex. Ross of Balkaile, and left an only son, General Sir Hew Whiteford Dalrymple, who was created a baronet, 1815 (the third baronetcy in the family).

The captain-lieutenant of the same name was his kinsman, John Dalrymple, second son of Col. the Hon. Wm. Dalrymple, M.P., of Glenmure, and brother to Wm. Lord Crichton of the same regiment, afterwards 4th Earl of Dumfries and Stair, and to James, 3rd Earl of Stair. He was M.P. Wigtown Burghs, March, 1728, to 1734, when he was defeated and petitioned ; and d. v.p. unm. at Newliston, Feb. 23, 1742.

William Nugent, made captain in Howard's Foot, July, 1744 (Gent. Mag.).

Charles William Tonyn succeeded John Dalrymple as captain-lieutenant, Aup\ist, 1742 ; and was made captain, October, 1743 (Gent. Mag.) ; major of the regiment