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 WALSINOHAM. 45 Barony. i. Sib William db Orit, late L. Ch Justioe of the I. 1780. <^»«^*i ^1«<»* ^"> ^- 17 Oct 1780, IIARON WALSINOHAM of Walmngham, oo. Norfolk. He wm 8d and ysi., but 2d mtrV. ■. of Thomu DB QRKTjCt) of Mertoo, oo. Norfolk (d. 18 0oa 1766), by Rltsabeih, da. of William Wivdbam, of Felbridge, in that county; wat h, 7 July 1719, At Morton ; ed. at Christ's Coll., Cambridge ; Barrister (Middle Temple) 1742 ; King's Counsel, 1768 ; Solicitor Qen. to the Queen Consort, 1761 ; was M.P. for Newport (oa Cornwall) 1761-70, and for the Univ. of Cambridge, 1770-71, being er, M.A. of Cambri«1ge (Trin. Hall) per lit. reif. 1770. He was Solicitor Qen. (to the King) 1763-66, and Attorney den., 1766-71, during which time he conducted the proceedings agNinst John Wilkes in 1768. lie was kitiykied 28 Jan. 1771, on hta appointment as L. Ch. Justice of the Common Pleas, which offloe he resigned from ill heslth, 8 June 1780, being, 4 months afterwsnls, er. a Peer^ l7 Oct. 1780, ss abovestNted. He wee slao Comptroller of the First Fruits and Tenths. He m. 12 Nov. 1748, at Somerset H'uise chapel, Westm., Mary, da. of William Cowpib, of the Park, near Hertford, Clerk of the Pari., by Joan, da. of John Budort. He d. at Rnglelittld Oreen, near Windsor, May 1781, bnt 7 months after his elevation to the peonge, snd wss 6Mr. 17, at Merton afsd., aged 61. Will pr. May 1781.(^) His widow, who was h^p. 29 Aug. 1719, at HertiuRfordbury, Herts, d 2 Sep. 1800, in Lincoln's Inn flelds, aged 81. Will pr. Sep. 180O. II. 1781. €. Thomas (di Grbt), Baron Walbinoham, 2d and yst but only snrv. s. and h.(«) ; 6. 14 and hap, 17 July 1748, at St Clement's Danes ; cr. M.A. of Cambridge (Trin. Hall) per lit. reg.^ 1769; was M.P. for Wareham, 1774; for T^m worth, 1774-80; and fur Liistwithiel, 1780-81. He was a Qroom of the Bedchamber, 1776 ; a Commissr. for Trade and PlantaUons, 1777-81 $ sue. to the peerape, 9 May 1781, on the death of his father, and iue- to the famOy estate of Merton, co. Norfolk, a few days Ister, 23 May 1781, on the death e.p. of hm uncle, Thomas De Qrey, of Merton sfsd. He was Vice Treasurer of Irelana, 1784 ; Joint Postmaster Qen., 1787-94 ; F.B.S. ; Comptroller of the First Fruits and Tenths; P.C. ; and wns for 20 years Chnirmnn of the Committee for Privileges of the House of Lords, 1 794—1 814.(<i; He m., 80 April 1772, at St. Geo., Han. sq., Augusta Oeorgisna Eliasabeth, only da of Willinm (Uby), 1st Barob B<ieT(m, by Albinia, da. of Henry Sklwtk. He «/. 16 Jan. 1818, at Old Windsor, in his 70Ui year. Will pr. 1818, nndi^ £200,000 |iersonMlty.(*) His widow, who was 6. 16 July and bap, 6 Ang 1747, at St. James' Westm, and who had been in the household of the Dow. PrinoiM of Wales, d. at Old Wmdtor 4 months later, 28 May 1818, aged 70. Admon. June |818. III. 1818. S. Grorgb (dr Urry), Baron WAfiBiNonAM, Ist s. and h ; 6. 11 June and bap. 9 July 1776, nt St. Mnrylebone ; entered the Army, 1794, serving, under Harria, in tlie Madras campaign, becoming finally, 1821, lieot. Qen. and Iiieut. Col. Ist iJnigoons ; utie. to the peerage, 16 Jan. 1818; was Ci»mptroller of the First Fruits and Tenths. He m. 10 May 1804, at St. Geo., Usn. sq., Matilda, sister of Paul, let Raroit Mkthucn op Coksham, 1st da. of Paul Cobb Mbthubh, of Corshani, Wilts, by MatiNla, da. of Sir Thomas noocR, Bart. He d. s.p.m.s.(0 20 April 1831, being burnt to death (S) in bed at his house in Upper Harley street, aged 64. Will pr. June 1831. His widow d, (the day after him), (S See vol. iii, p. 87, note '* b, ' enb "de Grey," as to this family. (^) "A most accftmplished lawyer and of the most extmordinsry ftower of memory " [Pofs's ** Judtfee*^], being able to sum up with the- greatest correctness a causey lasting from 9 to 10 hours, without a note. («) William, the 1st s., 6. 16 and bap. 16 June 1746; d. 20 and was bur, 28 Feb. 1746/7, all at St. Clement's Danes. (') In 1814, on his retirement, he had a life annual pension of £2,000. He appears, also, to have had by sign manual, 27 July 1794, one of £1,200 in trust for his sons, George and Thomas, and the survivor of them, his wife having one of £372 10s. (•) The stamp duty was i:2,700. (') The birth of a Sf)n, 27 July 1806, is mentioned in " CoUim*' the* apparently nowhere else. This son probably d. an infant. (t) A full account of this Ore is in the *' Annual Reg." for that year.