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 1C2 CUNLIFFE. CUNLIFFE, SiE ROBEET Alfbed, of Acton Park, CO. Denbigh, j.p. d.l. (1759, G.B.). high sherifE 1868, capt. late Scots fusilier guards, lieut.-col. commandant Denbigh militia 1872, M.P. Flintshire boroughs 1872/4, Denbigh disti-ict 1880; s. his grandfather as 5th Baronet in 1859; b. 17 Jan. 1839; m. 5 Aug. 1869, Eleanor Sophia Egcrton, only dau. of Col. Egerton Leigh, of West Hall, High Leigh, and Jodrell Hall, Cheshire, and has had a son and 3 daus. (1) Foster Hugh Egerton, b. 17 Aug. 1875. (2) Violet Eleanor, b. 4 July, 1876 ; d. 15 Feb. 1878. (3) Mary Evelyn, b. 21 Kov. 1878. (4) A dau. b. 25 Aug. 1881. Arms — Sa. three conies courant two and one arg. Crest — A greyhound sejant arg. coUai-ed sa. MOTTO— Fideliter. Seat— Acton Park, Wrexham. Town Residexce— 37, Lowndes Street, s.w. Eineaflf. JOHN CtrXLIFFE, of Hollins, co. Lane, (son of Nicholas CunUffe, of Hollins aforesaid, and also of WhjxoUar, .l.u. who was descended in the 5th freneration fi-oni Bobert Cunliffe, of Hollins), opposed Cromwell's measures, and had his estate sequestered, and a garrison placed in his house at Hollins, which was eventually sold; m. Mary, dau. of Ralph Chetham, of Cii-stleton, near Rochdale, and had with 6 daus. 2 sons, (1) Nicholas, of "Wliycollar aforesaid, and after of Ilkley, Yorks.; m. Elizabeth, dau. and coheir of Antliony Foster, of Airton, Yorks. and had 2 sons, the younger of wliom, Ellis CunUffe. (See below, CUNLi k1'K-Li steh-Kat.) (2) Ellis, rector of Etwall, Derby, fellow of Jesus Coll. Camb. B.A.; presented to the rectory of Newmarket by K. Ciiaui,es, who appointed him one of his chaplains; d. at Etwall aforesaid, 1712, M.I. having m. Janet, eldest dau. and coheir of Anthony Foster, of Airton, Yorks.; she d. 22 Sept. 1713, leaving several children, of whom, FOSTER CUNLIFFE, to whom ClIAULES II. stood sponsor, became a Liverjiool mercliant; b. 1G82; d. 11 April, 1758 (M.I. St. Peter's Liverpool), having m. IS June, 1714, ^largaret, dau. of Robert Carter, of Lancaster, alderman ; she d., having had with other issue 2 sons, (1) Sir Ellis, of Saighton Tower, Cbesh.; M.P. Liverpool 1755, 1761; knighted 1756, and created a Baronet by CJkorce II. 26 Mar. 1759, with remainder in default of male issue to his brother Rotert; b. 12 Ajiril, 1717; d. 16 Oct. 1767, having ni. 19 Dec. 1760, Mary, dau, of Uenry Bennet, Esq. of Mostou, Chesh.; she d. 8 Oct. 1814, leaving 2 daus. (2) Sir Robert, of Saighton Tower aforesaid, and of Pickhill, Denbigh, 2nd Baronet ; high sherifl Chesh. 1778 ; b. 17 May, 1719; d. 1778, having m. 1752, Mary, dau. of Ichabod Wright, Esq. of Nottingham, banker; slie d. 19 Feb 1791, having had with 3 ilaus. an only son, viz. : SIR FOSTER CUNLIFFE, 3rd Baronet, of Acton Park, co. Denbigh ; b. 8 Feb. 1 755 ; d. 1 5 June, 1834, having m. 1 Oct. 1781, Harriet, dau. of Sir David Kinloch, Bart.; she d. 9 Sept. 1830, having had with 4 daus. 5 sons, /I/ Foster Cunliffe-Offley, of Madeley, Staff. By R.I.. 18 Dec. 1829, he and his wife assumed the ailditional (final) surn.ame of Offlet, and to bear the arms of Offley quarterly, in the first quaiter, with his own; b. 17 Aug. 1782 ; d. s. p. 17/18 April, 1832, having m. 19 April, 1809, Hon. Elizabeth Emma, only dau. of John, 1st Lord Crewe; she d. 15 Feb. 1850. /2/ Sir Robert Henry, s. as 4th Baronet. /3/ ElUs Watkin, of London, b. 5 Sept. 1787; d. 20 Dec. 1866, liaving m. 13 June, 1822, Caroline, youngest dau. of John Kingston, of London; she d. 1866, having had 2 sons and 2 daus. [1] EUis Brooke, capt. late 6th dragoons, b. 6 July, 1832; m. 17 July, 1H67, Florence, only child and sole heir of Rev. Joseph Si)arling, rector of Eccleston, Lane, (by his wife, Catherine Sybilla, dau. of Sir Thomas Joseph de Traffonl, Bart.), and ha-s 3 sons and 6 daus. Ellis Si)arling, b. 13 May, 1868.— .John Brooke, b. 9 Oct. 1869.— William Noel, b. 25 Dec. 1877.— Catherine Violet- Emma Veronica. — Florence Vauda. — Verbena. — Caroline Miu-iel Valencia. — Matel Virginia. [2] Arthvir, b. 20 Feb. 1836; d. at Nice, 29 May, 1876, unni. [3] Caroline, m. 23 Dec. 1850, to William Fry Foster, Esq. of Le Court, Hants, and has 2 sons and 5 daus. (1) Reginald CunUffe FOSTER, b. 5 Oct. 1860. (2) Ellis Cunliffe, lieut. 4th latt. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) regt.; b. 22 April, 1863. (3) Certrudo, m. 14 Sept. 1875, to her 2nd cousin, Walter Howell Cunliffe, capt. 52nd L.I. only brother of Sir Robert Alfred CunUffe, Bart, and has issue. (4) SybiUa Caroline. (5) Florence Annabel. (6) Helen Mary. (7) Lucy Edith. [4] Gertrude, d. 24 June, 1876, having m. 4 .Tune, 1868, as 2ud wife, to Edmund Swetenham, of Cam-yr-Aljn, Denbigli, y.c. 1880, bar.-at-law l..l. 1848, &c. and had a son and dau. Foster CunUffe Swetemlvm, b. 21 June, 1876.— Floreiuc. /4/ Brooke, of Erbistock Hall, Denbigh, commissioner E.l.r.s.; b. 23 July, 1790; d. 11 Dec. 1857, having m. 1st 1814, Mary, dau. of John Pirie, of Aberdeen ; she d. 11 Sept. 1825, having had 2 sons and 2 daus. [1] Brooke, of Bathafai-n, co. Denbigh, E.I.C.S.; b. 6 Sept. 1815 ; m. 12 May, 1847, Diana Wentworth, dau. of Stair Hathorn Stewart, Esq. of Physgill and Glasserton,Wigtowns. and has a son and 3 daus. Brooke Stewart Cunliffe, lieut. 93rd highlanders ; b. 10 June, 1848. — Helen Edith. — Gwenydd. — Lettice Frederica. [2] Foster, b. 6 April, 1825; d. in India, 10 Nov. 1846. [3] Louisa, m. 11 Mar. 1840, to Rev. WilUam Henry Egerton, of "Wliitchm-ch, Salop. (Bart.) [4] Mary, m. 9 April, 1849, to Frederic Conyers Cotton, C'.S.I. major-gen. n.E. (V. COMBERMEHE). Mr. Brooke Cunlifke m. 2ndly— 1827, Elizabeth, dan. of John Rayson, Esq.; she d. 4 Aug. 1833, having had with 2 daus. who d. unm. 2 sons, [5] George Gordon, major-gen. in the army, lieut.-col. 2nd com. 29th regt. Bengal N.l. (retd. 1880); b. 24 Sept. 1829; m. 22 May, 1858, PauUne, dau. of Capt. J Lumsdaine, Bengal anny, and has a son and 4 daus. Frederick Hugh Gordon, lieut. 1st Warwick mil.; b. 6 Sept. 1861. — Gertrude Mwy. — Mary Dora. — Ethel Brooke. — Louisa Egerton. [6] Robert Henry, major Madras S.c; b. 6 July, 1832; iinni. Mr. Brooke Cuxlikfe m. 3rdly— 12 Sept. 1860, Fanny, dau. of Rev. James Radcliffe Lyon, rector of Pulford, Chesh.; she d. 16 Jan. 1865, leaving a son and dau. [7] Foster Lionel, lieut. R.ll.A. b. 26 April, 1855. [8] Frances Brooke, m. 29 April, 1876, to George Le Mesurier Gretton, bar.-at-law m.t. and has a son, b. 11 April, 1878, a son, b. 7 May, 1880, and a dau. b. 11 Feb. 1877. /5/ George, vicar of Wrexham, hon. canon of St. Asaph ; b. 3 June, 1795; m. 8 Feb. 1821, Dorothea, dau. of John Stanislaus Townshend, Esq. of Trevallyn, co. Denbigh, s. p. SIR ROBERT HENRY, 4th Baronet. C.B. gen. in the army, knighted for his services, 18 Nov. 1829; b. 22 April, 1785; d. 10 Sept. 1859, having m. 1st— 18 Dec. 1805, Louisa, widow of Arthur Forest, major Madras C.S.; she d. 4 May, 1822, having had 2 sons and 3 daus. [1] Robert Ellis E.l.C.s.; b. 27 Mar. 1808 ; d. 31 Mar. 1855, v. p. having m. 2 May, 1837, Charlotte Maria Jane, dau. of Walter Howell, Esq.; .she d. 1856, leaving 2 sons and 4 daus. (1) Sir Robert Alfred, 5th and present Baronet. (2) Walter HowcH, cai)t. 52nd regt. adj.; b. Sept. 1850; m. 14 Sept. 1875, his 2nd cousin, Gertrude, eldest dau. of William Fr>' Foster, Esq. of Le Court, Hants, aforesaid, and has a dau. — Gwvnedd Sybilla. (3) Rhoda Helen. (4) Charlotte Caroline, m. 7 Jan. 1874, to Rev. Henry Samuel Priestley, vicar of Tallyllyn, Anglesey. (5) Lucy Mary, m. 19 April, 1865, to Rev. Francis Fursc Vidal, of Eton College. (6) Rose Geraldinc, m. 23 Aug. 1877, to Rev. Reginald Campbell Edwards, vicar of Sjieen. [2] David, u.O.s.; b. 14 Feb. 1815 ; d., having m. 24 Oct. 1837, Fanny Priscilla, dau. of J Davies, M.D. Bengal military service, and had 4 sons and 3 daua. (1) Arthur, b. (2) Foster Kinloch, b. ; m. 2 Nov. 1881, Henrietta, 3rd dau. of J. H. Worthington, Esq. of Oxton, Cheshire. (3) Alfred, b. (4) Ernest William, lieut. 46th regt. b. (5) Ada Frances, m. 6 April, 1866, to Charles, 2nd son of Thomas Stevenson Tweedie, physician-gen. E.l.C.s. and has issue. fl