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 CHEDWORTH 157 BARON OF CHEDWORTH, co. Gloucester. He m. Dorothy, ist da. of Henry Frederick Thynne, of Sunbury, Midx., by Dorothy, da. and coh. of Francis Philips, of the same. He d. 3 Apr. 1742, and was bur. at Withington, co. Gloucester. Will pr. May 1742. His widow, who was bap. 22 Sep. 1692, at St. Margaret's, Westm., d. in Leicester fields, Midx., 14 Feb. 1777, and was bur. at Wishford. II. 1742. 2. John Thynne (Howe), Baron Chedworth, 2nd, but 1st surv. s. and h., b. 18 Feb. 17 14. Lord Lieut, of CO. Gloucester, and Constable of St. Briavel's, 1758 till his death. A Whig in politics. He m., 23 Sep. 1751, at Somerset house chapel, Midx., Martha (a fortune of ^40,000), ist da. and coh. of Sir Philip Parker-a- Morley-Long (formerly Parker), Bart., by Martha, da. of William East, of the Middle Temple, London. He d. s.p., 9 May 1762, aged 48, and was bur. at W^ithington afsd. Will pr. Feb. 1765. His widow, who was b. 23 Mar. 17 15, and bap. 11 Apr. 171 6, at St. Anne's, Soho, d. 30 Nov. 1775, i" Leicester fields, Midx., and was bur. at Erwarton, Suifolk. Will pr. Dec. 1775. III. 1762. 3. Henry Frederick (Howe), Baron Chedworth, br. and h., b. 17 Feb. 1715. A Whig in politics. He d. unm., at Stowell, 7, and was bur. 16 Oct. 1781, at Withington, aged 66. Will pr. 1 78 1. IV. 1781 4. John (Howe), Baron Chedworth, nephew and h., to being 2nd, but ist surv. s. and h. of the Rev. the Hon. 1804. Thomas Howe, Rector of Wishford, V/ilts (next br. to the last Baron), by Frances, da. of Thomas White, of Tattingstone place, Suffolk. He was b. 22 Aug. 1754, at St. Edmund's, Salisbury. Ed. at Harrow, and at Queen's Coll. Oxford. He, like his three predecessors, was a Whig. He d. unm., in London, 29 Oct., and was bur. 3 Nov. 1804, at St. Matthew's, Ipswich,('') aged 50, when his Peerage became extinct. Will pr. 1804. CHELMSFORD BARONY. I. Frederic C") Thesiger, 3rd but only surv. s. of Charles T., Collector of Customs in the island of St. Vincent I. 1858. (who ^. 18 Feb. 1831), by Mary Anne, da. of Theophilus Williams, of London, was b. at i Fowkes Building, (*) He was fond of the drama and of horse racing. His chief seats in 1 789 are given as Chedworth, co. Gloucester, and Alton, Suffolk. See an account of him in Gent. Mag., 1804, vol. Ixxiv, p. 1 242. V.G. (^) He was doubtless named after his father's eldest br., Sir Frederic Thesiger, Capt. R.N., Aide-de-camp to Nelson in the attack on Copenhagen in 1801, Knight of St. George of Russia (4th Class, 27 Oct. 1803), who d. unm., 2 Sep. 1805.