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 DYSART 565 Westm. (with ;^ 10,000), Charlotte,(") illegit. da. of the Hon. Sir Edward Walpole, K.B., by Dorothy Clements, spiiister.C") She, who was b. 9 Dec. 1738, and bap. 3 Jan. 1738/9, at St. James's afsd., d. s.p., at Ham House, 5, and was bur. 17 Sep. 1789 at Helmingham. He ;/;., 2ndly, 29 Apr. 1 79 1, at the house of his br., Wilbraham Tollemache, Piccadilly, St. Geo., Han. Sq., Magdalena, da. of David Lewis, of Allcsley and Solihull, CO. Warwick, by Mary, da. and h. of the Rev. Marshall Greswolde, of Solihull. He d. s.p., at Ham House, 22 Feb., and was bur. II Mar. 1799, in his 65th year, at Helmingham. Will dat. 5 May 1777, pr. 25 May 1799. His widow d. of pneumonia, at Hyde Park. Corner, Midx., 2, and was bur. 19 Feb. 1823, at Helmingham. Will dat. 24 May I 816, pr. 25 Sep. 1823. VI. 1799. 6. Wilbraham (Tollemache), Earl OF Dysart, ^c. [S.], next br. and h., b. 23 Oct. 1739; was an officer in the Royal Navy, and subsequently, 1760, in the Army, becoming, finally, Major in the 6th Foot till 1775; was M.P. (Whig) for Northampton 1771-80, and for Liskeard 1780-84; High Sheriff of Cheshire (having inherited Woodhey, the estate of the Wilbraham family, in that co.), 1785; High Steward of Ipswich; F.R.S. 7 Nov. 1805. He m., 4 Feb. 1773, at St. Geo., Han. Sq., Anna Maria (sister of his brother's 2nd wife), ist da. of David Lewis, by Mary Greswolde, both abovenamed. She, who was b. 1745, d. at Ham House 14, and was bur. 27 Sep. 1804, at Helmingham, aged 59.('') M.I. at Solihull, co. Warwick. He d. s.p., at Ham House, 9, and WHS bur. 29 Mar. 1821, at Helmingham, aged 81. Will pr. 1821. VII. 1821. 7. Louisa, sua Jure Countess of Dysart, &c. [S.], eldest sister C) and h. of line. She was b. 2 July 1745. She m., 4 Sep. 1765, at Old Cambus, Haddington, John Manners, of (•) " Her conduct when the young man's offer was reported to her reveals a coldly calculating disposition. She was at her sister Waldegrave's, to whom on receiving the notification she said very sensibly, If I was but nineteen I would refuse point-blank; I do not like to be married in a week to a man I never saw. But I am two and twenty; some people say I am handsome, some say I am not; I believe the truth is, I am likely to be large, and to go off soon — it is dangerous to refuse so great a match! Take notice of the married in a week." (Sir Horace Mann, Letters, vol. iv, pp. 433-4). Walpole's epitaph on her in Mrs. Bzrry's Journal {o. i, p. 190) suggests a very lovable woman of high character: "Adieu, sweet shade, complete was thy career." V.G. (*>) Not Mary C. as in Life of Horace Walpole. See Register of St. Jamcb's, Westm. V.G. {^) "They say she is handsome; she has an extreme good character, and so has he." (Countess Cowper to Mrs. Port, 4 Dec. 1772). V.G. C') Lady Jane Halliday, her youngest sister (the only other who left issue), was, by her ist husband, John Delap Halliday, mother of Vice Admiral John Richard Delap Halliday, who by Royal lie. in 1 82 1 took the name of Tollemache on inheriting Helmingham, co. Suffolk, as also the estates in Cheshire of his mother's ancestors. His son and h. was, in 1876, cr. Baron Tollemache of Helmingham.