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NOTES AND QUERIES. [12 s. n. NOV. 25, 1916.

Robert Williams, Bart., of Penrhyn, co. Carnarvon. He was major of Ligonier's 'Horse (now 7th Dragoon Guards), July, 1731, to 1734 ; colonel 45th Foot, June 2, 1745, to 1761 ; of 27th Foot, Sept. 24, 1761, till he d. shortly before Sept. 5, 1771 (when his successor was appointed); major-general, Feb. 25, 1755 ; lieutenant-general, Jan. 29, 1758 ; general, April 13, 1770. He was appointed by patent, July 16, 1727, Chan- cellor and Chamberlain of the counties of Anglesea, Carnarvon, and Merioneth, at an annual fee of 2QL, in succession to his father, who had held the office from Oct. 7, 1715, through the Penrhyn influence ; and received a fresh patent from George III. on Sept. 3, 1761, retaining it until his death. General Warburton's sister Jane was second wife to John, 2nd Duke of Argyll. The General m. the daughter of Dr. Norriti, and his daughter and heiress m. to Richard, Lord Penrhyn (' History of the Great Sessions in Wales, 1542-1830').

Robert Rickart Hepburne became major of the 6th Dragoons, April 25, 1755 ; and lieutenant-colonel thereof, March 18, 1763, to June 24, 1768, serving in Germany in 1760 to 1763, when it moved to Ireland ; brevet lieutenant-colonel, Oct. 1, 1761.

William Gardner was b. at Coleraine, March 24, 1691, and promoted major of the llth Dragoons, April 23, 1746 ; and was lieutenant-colonel thereof, June 26, 1754, till he d. Aug. 14, 1762.

W T illiam Robert Adair of Ballymenagh, co. Antrim, eldest son of Col. Sir Robert Adair, Knt., of same, who d. Feb. 9, 1745, was described as a captain of Dragoons in Debrett's ' Baronetage,' 1840. He m.

Catherine, daughter of Smallman of

Ludlow, Salop ; and d. April 19, 1762. (Query if he was the William Adair, army agent, Pall Mall, agent for the 1st and 3rd Dragoon Guards, Coldstream Guards, and 19th, 23rd, and 33rd Foot, in 1750, and for the 3rd Dragoon Guards, 3rd Dragoons, 5th, 7th, 9th, 12th, 19th, 23rd, 40th, 63rd, and 72nd Foot, and for the Garrisons of Fort Augustus, Fort George, and Landguard Fort in 1760.) His great-grandson, Robert Shafto Adair, was created a Baronet, Aug. 2, 1838, whose son was created Lord Waveney, 1873.

George Whitmore of Apley, Salop, fourth son of William Whitmore of Lower Slaughter, co. Gloucester, and Apley, was b. 1715 or after, and d. s.p. 1775 ; younger brother to Sir Thomas Whitmore, K.B., and Lieut.-Gen. William Whitmore.

Guilford Killigrew was perhaps the " C.. Killigrew, Esq.," who was in 1734 the junior- of the three Pages of Honour (100Z. per annum each) to " their Royal Highnesses the Princess Royal, the Princess Emilia (Amelia)^ and the Princess Caroline, &c." (' The True State of England,' 1734). He quitted the post before 1737. I cannot trace him as lieutenant-colonel of Kerr's Dragoons (ante, p. 193), and think that must have been a clerical error.

Was Gabriel Bilson related to Leonard Bilson of Mapledurham, Hants, first cousin to the 1st Earl of Dartmouth, who willed his estates, 1754, to the Earl's fourth son, the Right Hon. Henry Legge, M.P., who then took the prefix surname of Bilson (see ante, p. 137)?

John Gore, who was a younger son of William Gore, M.P., of Tring, Herts, was promoted to captain of Col. Powlett's Marines, Jan. 27, 1742 ; captain of Kerr's- May, 1746 ; captain-lieutenant (with rank of lieutenant-colonel) 3rd Foot Guards, April 1 or April 11, 1750 ; captain (and lieutenant - colonel) therein, Jan. 29, 1751 ; second major (and brevet colonel), Oct. 23, 1 759 ; first major,. Sept. 1, 1760 ; lieutenant-colonel of that regiment, Sept. 25, 1761, to 1768 ; colonel of the 61st Foot, May 9, 1768 ; of the 6th Foot,. Feb. 19, 1773, till he d. Aug. 4, 1773 ; major- general, July 10, 1762 ; lieutenant -general ,, Jan. 26, 1772 ; M.P. Cricklade, 1747 to 1754,

Lord Robert Kerr, the younger son of William, 3rd Marquis of Lothian, and great- great-nephew of the colonel of the regiment,, was killed at Cullcden, April 16, 1746, being then a captain. W. R. WILLIAMS.

(To be continued.)

Ante, pp. 84, 152.

In Army List, 1754, p. 62, ' List of Garrisons ' : " Capt. Lucy Weston, 19 June,. 1752, Jersey." R. J. FYISTMOBE.

MEWS OR MEWYS FAMILY. (12 S. ii. 26, 93, 331, 419.)

THE deeply interesting and carefully com- piled communication of DR. WHITEHEAI> has furnished us with some valuable facts. There are, however, one or two minor errors which I wish to be allowed to correct.

The third Oliver St. John referred to died unmarried in 1699, not 1689. It was his father who died in 1689. The second wife of Ellis St. John was the daughter and heiress not of John Goodyer but of Edward Goodyer r lord of the manor of Dogmersfield. Edward,.