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 12 s. viii. JAN. 15, 1921.] NOTES AND QUERIES. 51 Ireland. Possibly one of the younger of the eight sons of Richard Norton (died 1556) by his wife Elizabeth (dau. and heiress of Sir William Rotherfield, Knt.) may have founded a cadet branch in Ireland. I shall be glad of any information on this point. It may be of interest to note that during the Civil War the senior branch of this family (viz. the descendants of Sir Richard Norton, Knight [died 1592] by his first wife) were staunch Royalists, and suffered very heavily for their loyalty; whilst Colonel Norton, a descendant of the above men- tioned Sir Richard by his second wife, was a staunch Parliamentarian, and, about 1643, took a leading part in the storming of Basing House, which was held on behalf of King Charles by John, 5th Marquis of Winchester (whose nephew Francis Paulet married, in 1674, Elizabeth, d. and heiress of Sir Richard Norton, 2nd Bart.). It would be interesting to know if Colonel Norton and any other of his branch of the family accompanied Cromwell to Ireland, or were sent there by his orders, and whether if so Colonel Norton left any of his younger kinsmen in Ireland. It is known that he himself did not settle there, but Cromwell frequently stayed with him at old Alresford House (Hants), and he may very probably have obtained a position in Ireland for one or more of his younger kinsmen through his friendship with the Protector. F. CROOKS. Eccleston Park, Prescot. THE FIRST LORD WESTBURY.- What was the episode thus referred to in the notice of Charles Neate (1806-1879) in the 'D.N.B.' ? " [He] was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1832, but an unfortunate fracas with Sir R. Bethell, afterwards Lord Westbury, terminated his career there. . . .' the old scoundrel,' as he was in the habit of styling Westbury." In 'Memory's Harkback,' 1808 to 1858, by F. E. Gretton, B.D. (1889) are two allusions to the same occurrence ; at page 138, " [Bethell] To his juniors he was curt, almost rude, so that you wondered that one or another did not, in the robing-room imitate the late Professor Neate, and apply the lex digitalis." At page 285 : " From hard words we come to legal, or illegal, blows : for example, Mr. Neate boxing Bethell's ears in the robing-room." The ' D.N.B.' does not mention the Incident in its account of Lord Westbury. W. B. H. BISHOPSGATE : DRAWINGS WANTED. - In connexion with a history of the ward of Cripplegate in the City of London, which I am about completing, I should be glad to hear of any original unpublished drawings of buildings, &c., of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. I have all those con- tained in the British Museum and the Guildhall Library JOHN J. BADDELEY. 32 Woodbury Down, N. G. P. R. JAMES, THE NOVELIST. - I should be glad to learn some particulars of his mother, whose name is not recorded in the 'D.N.B.' xxix. 209. His father, Dr. Pink- stan James, Physician Extraordinary to the Prince Regent, died at the novelist's house near Evreux, July 14, 1830. G. F. R. B. SIMSON AND DRUMMOND.- The Rev. Matthew Simson (born 1675, d. May 20, 1756) ordained to Pentaitland, Sept. 10, 1705, translated to Fala, 1742, married, March 1709, Alison (born 1686, died 1736), 5th dau. of Adam Drummond, 9th Baron of Lennoch and 2nd Baron of Megginch, by Alison Hay his wife, dau of Hay of Haystoun, and had, with other issue known to me : Adam, a Lieut., smothered in the black hole of Calcutta, June 18, 1756. James. Colin, who went to India. Whom did they marry and are any of their descendants living ? Please reply direct. JAMES SETON-ANDERSON. 39 Carlisle Road, Hove, Sussex. CAMPBELL: FORBES JOHNSTON : HANKEY. I should be glad of any information as to the careers of the following officers after they left Ceylon: 1. Lieut. -Col. James Campbell of the 45th Foot, author of 'Excursions, Adven- tures ana Field Sports in Ceylon,' published in London, 1843. 2. Major Jonathan Forbes, 78th High- landers, author of ' Eleven Years in Ceylon,' London, 1840. 3. Major Arthur Johnston, 19th Foot, author of ' A Narrative of the Operations of a Detachment in an Epedition to Candy in the Island of Ceylon in 1804,' London, 1810. 4. Sir Frederick Hankey, G. C. M. G., some- time of the 51st and 19th Regiments. None of these appear in the 'D.N.B.' PENRY LEWIS.