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 212 ER8KINE—ESM0NDE. ERSKINE, Sir Tho- mas, of Cambo, co. Fife (1821, U.K.), lieut. 71st regt. lieut.-col. Fife R.v. since 1860; s. Ms father as 2nd Baronet in 1841 ; b. 23 July, 1824; m. 15 July, 1847, Zaida Maria, only dau. of John Ffolliott, Esq. of Hollybrook, co. Sligo, and has 2 sons and 5 daus. (1) Ffolliott Williams, capt. Scots guards ; b. 28 Oct. 1850; m. 2 July, 1879, Grace, eldest dau. of Thomas Hargreaves, Esq. of Arborfield Hall, Berks. (Brown— BART.) (2) Thomas Harry, b. 12 May, I860. (3) Zaida Mary, m. 12 Jan. 1875, to Philip Robert Anstruther, Ueut.-col. comdg. 94th regt. (BART.), who fell in Boer campaign, S. Africa, 26 Dec. 1880. (4) Elythia Ruth. (5) Han-iett Caroline. (6) Jane Holland (Jwenyd, twin with (7) Mary Lucy. Arms— Quarterly, 1st and 4th, Gu. an imperial cro^vn within the royal tressure of Scotland or. 2nd and 3rd, Arg. a pale sa., the whole within a bordure wavy ermine. Crest — A garb fesseways or thereon a cock ppr. wings ex- panded, charged with a bend wavy sinister az. Motto — Veillant et vaillant. Seat — Cambo House, St. Andrew's, Fifeshire. Hineafie. SIR DAVID ERSKINE, of Cambo, created a Baronet 27 Aug. 1821 ; b. 16 Feb. 1792; d. 1841, having m. 27 Aug. 1821, Jane Silence, dau. and heir of Rev. Hugh Williams, of Conway, and had with other issue 3 sons, (1) Sir Thomas, 2nd and present Baronet. (2) David Holland, capt. 92nd Gordon bighlanders, H.M. consul at Madeu-a; b. 4 Sept. 1828; d. 20 June, 1869, having m. 23 Dec. 1856, Augusta Jane, dau. of George Stoddart, Esq. of Balendrick, co. Perth, consul at Maderia, and has 3 sons and 6 daus. George Holland, b. 19 Dec. 1858.^James Malcolm Monteith, b. 18 July, 1863.— David Wingfield, b. 5 Dec. 1868.— Alice Augusta. — Mary Silence. — Annie May. — Blanche Anstruther. — Gwenwydd. — Caroline Carew. (3) Hugh Henry, b. 1839; m. 2 Jan. 1866, Gwenwj'dd Frances, dau. of Hon. Richard Thomas Rowley (E. Langford), and widow of Capt. Hamilton Sandford Pakenham (B. Long- ford). ES M OND E, Sir Thomas Henry Grattan, of Ballynastragh, co. Wexford (1628, i.). 2nd lieut. Waterford art. mil.; s. his father as 11th Baronet in 1876; b. 21 Sept. 1862 ; heir presump- tive, his brother Law- rence. Arms — Erm. on a chief gu. three mullets arg. Crest— Out of a mural coronet gu. a man's liead in profile wearing a helmet all ppr., over it " Jenisa- lem." Motto— Malo mori quam foedari. Seat— Ballynastragh Gorey, co. Wexford. Eincage. SIR THOMAS ESMONDS, of Ballytramon, co. Wexford (son of Sir LawTence, Lord Esmonde, Baron of Lymbrick 1622, gen. of horse to CHARLES I. knighted for his services, and created a Baronet of Ireland 28 June, 1628; m. EUice, dau. of Sir John FitzGerald, of Dromana, co. Waterford (and relict of Thomas Butler, Baron Cahir, of the 2nd creation, who d. 31 Jan. 1627), witliout licence from the crown, pardoned 19 Mar. 1629, and fined £6 13s. 4d. Irish money, and had, with other issue, 2 sons, [1] Sir LawTence, 2nd Baronet, whose male line is said to have ceased in 1766, on the death of his son Sir Walter, 6th Baronet. [2] James, of Ballynastra. whose grandson, SIR JAMES ESMONDE is said to have succeeded his kins- man Sir Walter as 7th Baronet in 1766, and to have sur- vived a few days only; formerly an officer in the service of the King of France; b. 23 April, 1704; m. EUice, only dau. and hen- of James Whyte, Esq. of Pembrokestown, co. Waterford, and had 3 sons, /!/ Sir Thomas, 8th Baronet, d. s. p. 19 Dec. 1803, having m. 1st — Mary, dau. and heir of Myles Dowdall, of Cloon.co. Meath, and 2ndry — Letitia Hill, niece and heir of Nicholas Devereux, of Ringville, co. Kilkenny, Esq. /2/ John, killed during the Irish political disturbance of 1798, having m. Helen, dau. and coheir of Bartholomew Callan or O'Callan, of Osberstown House, co. Kildare [she re-m. as 2nd wife, to Col. Herv6, eldest son of Matthew de Montmorency, of Rathleen (B. MOUNTMORRES), and had ssue], and had 5 sons and a dau. (1) Sir Thomas, Qth Baronet, p.c; b. 10 Dec. 1786; d. s. p. 31 Dec. 1868, having m. 1st — Mary, only dau. of E Payne, Esq. ; she d. s. p. 7 Mar. 1840. He m. 2ndly— 16 April, 1856, Sophia Maria, dau. of Ebenezer Rowe, Esq. of Ballycross, CO. Wexford, and widow of Hamilton Knox Grogan- Morgan, Esq. of Johnstown Castle; she d. s. p. 22 Nov. 1867. (2) Bartholomew, R.C. priest; d. 1862. (3) James, lieut. R.N. stip. mag.;d. 4 Oct. 1842, having m. Anna Maria, dau. of James Murphy, Esq. of Ringmahon Castle, CO. Cork ; she d. 1869, having had 3 sons, [1] John, s. as 10th Baronet. [2] James, of Drominnagh, co. Tipperary, J.P. and D.L.; m. Caroline, dau. of .John Sugrue, Esq. of Mashanaglash, co. Cork, J.P. and has 3 sons and a dau. James, b. 16 Sept. I860.— John, b. 27 Jan. 1862.— Charles, b. 31 Mar. 1863.— Ellen. [3] Thomas, lieut.-col. in the army, v.C. for gallantry before Sebastopol, deputy-inspector-general R. Irish con- stabulary; b. 25 Aug. 1831; d. 14 Jan. 1872, having m. 24 Nov. 1859, Matilda Maria, dau. of Peter de Pentheny O'Kelly, Esq. of Barretstown, co. Kildare, and has a son and 4 daus. Thomas Louis, b. 14 Dec. 1864. — Eva Mary.— Matilda Mary. — Frances Josephme. — Helen Georgina. (4) Lawrence, Col. (le Clievalier), served in the French army 1815/46, formerly capt. in the gren. guards of that army, K.L.n. b. 1797 ; m. July, 1873, Marie Louise, dau. of the Marquis de Montendre, and has 2 daus. Helena, b. 13 June, 1874.^Marie Caroline, b. 3 June, 1877. (5) John, capt. R.N. Chilian service, killed in action. (6) Margaret, honorary chanoinesse of St. Anne of Bavaria; d. s. p. 25 Dec. 1878, having ni. 1st, to Peter Warren Locke, Esq. of Athgoe Park, co. Dublin, and re-m. in 1843, to John Harrold Barry, Esq. /3/ James, late of Sails, co. Kildare, m. Anne, dau. of John Fitzgerald, Esq. of Yeoman sto'n, co. Kildare, and had, with 4 daus. two sons, John and Charles. SIR JOHN, 10th Baronet, called to the Irish bar in 1850, junior lord of the treasury 1866, high sheriff AVexford 1867, high sheriff co. Wicklow 1875, lieut.-col. Waterford militia 1875, M.P. Waterford 1852/76, M.R.l.A. ; b. 16 May, 1826; d. 9 Dec. 1876. having ni. 11 April 1861, Louisa, 5th dau. of Henry Grattan, Esq. M.P. ; she d. 31 Jan. 1880, having had 4 sons and 2 daus. (1) Sir Thomas Henry Grattan, 11th and present Baronet. (2) Laurence Grattan, heir presumptive to the Baro> netcy; b. 3 Nov. 1863. (3) Walter Grattan, b. 27 Mar. 1872. (4) John Geoffrey Grattan, b. 27 July, 1873. (5) Louisa Ellis Grattan. (6) Annetta Fiances Grattan.