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 202 HEADLEY — HEATHFIELD. Edmund Mark Winn, 7th Bart, in June 1833 in tho family Baronetcy "of Nostell " (cr. 3 Dec. 1(560), tho' uot iu the estates. He m, 10 Nov. 1825, at St. Oeo. Hau. sq., Anne, da. of (—) Matthews. He d. ip., 0 April 1810, aged 55. Will dat. 29 Dec. 1839, to 13 Feb. 1840, pr. 22 July 1810. His widow rf. 16 Feb 1863, aged 87, at Aghadoe House, near Killarney, co. Kerry. III. 1810. 3, Charles (Allansox-W'inn), Lord Headley, Baron Allanson and Winn ok Aohadoe [I.], nephew and h., being 3d but 1st surv. s. and h. of the Hon. George Mark Arthur Way AllaNSON-Winn, by Elizabeth Mary, da. of Lewis Majenme, of Hedingham Castle, Essex, which George was 2d e. of the 1st Baron, and -d. 5 Nov. 1827, aged 12. He was b. 25 June 1810 ; sue. to the peerage [I.], 0 April 18-10 ; Rep. Peer [I.], 1868-70. He m-, 29 June 1811, at St. Geo. Han. sq., Maria Margaret, 1st da. of Major D'Arley. He d. (after a long illness) 30 July 1877, aged 67, at 31 Ennisuiore Gardens, Midx. His widow living 1891. IV. 1877. 4- Charles Mark (Allanson-Winn), Lord Headley, Baron Allanson and Wisn of Aghadoe [I.], also a Baronet 11660 and 1776], 2d but only surv. s. and h., b 4 Dec. 1815, at Brighton ; ed. at Harrow school ; mat. at Oxford (Univ. Coll.), 17 May ISO 1 ; sue. to the peerage [I.], 30 July 1877; Capt. Hon. Artillery Company of London, 1SS1-S5 ; Kep. Peer [LJ, 1SS3 ; Bankrupt,^) April 1886. He m., 31 Oct. 1S67, Bessie Houssemayue, da. of the Rev John Blennerhassett, Rector of Lyme, Dorset. Family Estates. — These, in 18S3, con*:, ted of 12,769 acres in co. Kerry (valued at £5,600 a year) besides 2,235 in Yorkshire and 1,038 in Essex. Total 16,042 acres valued at £13,388 a year. Principal I? idenee. Aghadoe House, near Killaruoy, co. Kerry, and Warley Lodge, Little Warhy, Essex. 1IEATHFIELD OF GIBRALTAR. Barony. 1. George Augustus Eliott, 7tU s. of Sir Gilbert I 1787 Eliott, 3d Bart. [S.] of Stobs, co. Roxburgh, by Eleanor, da. of William Eliot, of Wells, also in co. Roxburgh, was b. at Stobs, 25 Dec. 1717 ; ed. at the Univ. of Leyden and at the Freneh Military College of La Fere ; serving with the Prussian army, 1735-36 ; but in 1739 joining the 2d Horse Grenadier Guards (of whom he was afterwards Lieut. Col.) and serving with them thro' the Austrian war, 1742-48, being present at Dettingeu (where he was wounded) and at Eonteuoy. He was Aide-de-camp to Kiug George II. and raised, and was gazetted Col. of, the 1st Light Horse (afterwards the 15th or King's Own) in 1759, at the head of which he distinguished himself in the German campaign, as also the Expedition to Cuba, being second iu command (as Major Gen.) at the capture of Havanna,( b ) in 1763. He was Commander in Chief in Ireland, 1774-75, but in 1775 was given the command of the fortress of Gibraltar, which he gallantly maintained during nearly four years (1779-83) investment by the united forces of Spain and France. ( c ) He received the thanks of Pari, was nom. K.B., 8 Jan. and inv. at Gibraltar, 23 April 1783 (iust. 19 May 178S), and was 6 July 1787, cr. LORD HEATHFIELD, BARON HEATHFIELD OF GIBRALTAR ( d ) He m. 8 Juue 1748, at St. Sepulchre's, London, Anne Pollexfen, da. of (whose issue eventually became heir to) Sir Francis Henry Drake, 1th Bart., of Buckland, Devon, by Anne, da. of Samuel Hkathcote. She d. 13 Feb. 1772, and was bur. in South Audley street Chapel, Midx. He d. (of palsy), 6 July 1790, aged 72, at his chateau, Aix-la-Chapelle, and was bur. at Heathfield, co. Sussex.(°) M.I. Will pr. July 1790. (■) Gross liabilities £45,757, of which £7,241 was unsecured and assets nil. State- ment that the rental of the Yorkshire and Essex estates was insufficient to meet the charges on them, while receipts from the Irish estates " had latterly practically ceased." ( b ) With the prize money, which he, from this capture, received, he purchased tho estate of Heathfield iu Sussex, which gave the name to his title of peerage. ( c ) " Drinkwater's history of this famous siege has become an English classic, and iu it will be found abundant proofs of the energy and ability of Eliott. [Nat. Biogr.] C) See vol. i, p. 79, note "a," sub "Amherst," as to titles commemorative of some great achievement of tho grantees. (°) His portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds (a most striking picture) is in the National Gallery.