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 ic, BLACKETT. &nR THEOPHILUS BIDDULPH, of Westcombe, Kent, was ) knighted and afterwards created a BARONET 2 Nov. 1664; d. April, 1683, ha'ing m. Susanna, dau. of Zachary Highlord, alderman of London, by whom he had with other issue 2 sons, [1] Sir Michael, 2nd Baronet, d. 20 April. 1718; will proved 26 May, 1719; having m. 1st, in Westminster Abbey, 31 Dec. 1678, Henrietta Maria, dau. of Col. Roger Whitley, of London, after of Pecle, Chesh.; she bur. in AVestminster Abbey, 15 Oct. 1689. He m. 2ndly, Elizabeth, dau. of WilUam D'Oyley, Esq.; she d. April, 1740, ha-ing had 3 daus. By his 1st ife he had with 2 daus. an only son. Sir Theophilus. 3rd Baronet, d. s. p. 16 May, 1743, having ui. Cary, dau. of Sir Charles Lyttelton, of Frankley, Wore. ; shed. 18 April, 1741. [2] Simon (4th son), lord of Birdingbury, Warwicks. ; m. Jane, eldest dau. of Edward Birch, Esq. of Leiicroft, serj.-at-law, and had with other issue a son, Edward, m. his cousin Anne, dau. of Edward Birch, Esq. and had with 2 daus. 5 sons, (1) Sir Theopliilus, s. as 4th Baronet. (2) Edward.— (3) John.— (4) William.— (5) Charles. SIR THEOPHILUS, 4th Baronet, d. 1801, having m. his cousin Jane, only child of Jlichael Biddulph, of Ripple, CO. Wore. ; she d. 14 Aug. 1818, aged 93, ha^-ing had with other issue 2 .sons, [1] Sir Theophilus, s. as 5th Baronet. [2] John, rector of Frankton, co. Warwick, and Birbury; d. 19 Aug. 1837, having m., Sophia, tlau. of Sir Charles Wheler, Bart ; she d. 18 Feb. 1863, aged 85, having had ■with other issue 3 sons and 2 daus. (1) John, rector of Frankton, d. s. p. 20 Aug. 1837, having nj. , Mary Frances, youngest dau. of Edward Sacheverell Wilmot, Esq. (BART.); she d. s. p. 23 Nov. 1839, having re-m. 15 Nov. 1838, to Gen. Greorge Dixon, col. 104th regt. who died s. p. 15 May, 1874. (2) William, capt. Bengal army, b. 8 Jan. 1805; d. Jan. 1852, having m. 17 April, 1841, Hannah Sarah, dau- of Dr. Nathaniel WalUck, of Calcutta, and has a son and dau. /I/ WiUiam Wallick, b. 1 May, 1842; m. 11 July, 1868, Annie, eldest dau. of late WUliam Hugh Bamikel, of Pem- broke. /2/ Sophia. (3) George (5th son), col. in the Indian army, killed at the relief of Lucknow, unm. (4) Jane and (5) Lucy, twins. SIR THEOPHILUS, 5th Baronet, b. ; d. 30 July, 1841, aged 84, having m. 1784, Hannah, dau. of Edward Prestridge, Esq.; she d., 1824, having had 5 sons and a dau. (1) Sir Theophilus, s. as 6th Baronet. (2) Charles, capt. R.X. d. imm. 24 April, 1815. (3) Edward, lieut.-col. C.B. d. 3 Dec. 1868, aged 70, having m. and had an only sou and several daus. /I/ Edward Theophilus Price, d. at Moodarabad, India, 26 Oct. 1864, aged 23. /2/ Mary Anne (4th surviving dau.), m. 9 April, 1872, to George Josiah, 2nd son of WiUiam Curtis, of Northampton. (4) Simon, capt. 25th regt. d. 25 April, 1823, aged 30, leaving a dau. (5) Henry, rector of Birdingbury, Warwicks. d. 19 Sept. 1867, having m. 1 July, 1834, Emma Susan, only dau. of John Nuttall, Esq. of Worley Bank, Wore; she d. 14 April, 1873, leaving an only dau. Adelaide Emma, d. 27 Mar. 1869, having m. 26 Oct. 1865, to Rev. Himiberston Skipwith (B.1RT.) (6) Frances Anne, d. 9 Jan. 1871, having m. 9 June, 1810, to Adm. Sir William Parker, Bart. G.c.B. who d. 12 Nov. 1866. SIR THEOPHILUS, 6th Baronet, b. 20 Mar. 1785; d. 15 July, 1854, having m. 12 April, 1825, Jane Rebecca, dau. of Robert Vyner, Esq. of Easthorpe, co. Warwick. ; she d. 19 Mar. 1843, leaving a son and a dau. (1) Sir Theophilus William, 7th and present Baronet. (2) Jane Constance, d. s. p. 20 July, 1879, having m. 6 June, 1855, to Sir William Biddulph Parker, Bart. B' LACKETT, Sir Edward, of Mat- fen Hall, Northumber- land (1673, E.), J.P. and D.L. late 1st life guards; s. his father as 6th Ba- ronet in 1816 ; b. 23 Feb. 1805; m. 1st— 1 ^l&j, 1830, Julia, last surviving dau. of late Sir Charles Monck, Bart, of Belsay Castle (Middle- ton) ; she d, 2.5 June, 1846. He m. 2nd]y— 16 Oct. 1851, Frances Vere^ Aidow of William Henry Ord, Esq. M.p. and dau. of late Sir William Loraine, Bart.; she d, 28 May, 1874. He m. 3rdly — 15 June, 1875, Isabella Helen, dau. of late John Eichardson, Esq. of Kii'klands, CO. Roxburgh ; she d. s. p. 28 Feb. 1879. He m. 4thly — 5 Aug. 1880, Alethea Riauette Anne, 2nd dau. of late Gen. William Henry Scott (B. Stanley OF Alderley). By his Lst w^fe he had 4 sons and 5 daus. (1) Edward William, lion, major-gen. in the army (retd.), A.D.C. to the Queen, K.l.u.; b. 22 Mar. 1831 ; m. 23 Nov. 1871, Hon. Julia Frances, youngest dau. of Kenelm, 17th Lord Somerville (ext.),and has 3 sons and a dau. Hugh Douglas, b. 24 Mar. 1873.— Arthur Edward, b. 14 May, 1874.— Ralph, b. 19 Sept. 1877.— Ethel. (2) Charles Francis, rifle brigade, b. 6 Jan. 1841. (3) Henry Wise Ridley, capt. 19th hussars 1872; b. 1842. (4) Frederick Arthur, R.N. H.M.S. "Atalanta"; b. 16 June, 1846 ; lost at sea Feb. 1880. (5) Louisa, d. 17 July, 1870, having m. 8 Dec. 1863, to Admiral the Hon. Sir C. G. J. B. ElUot, K.C.B. 1881 (E. MiNTO). (6; Frances Julia. (7) Anna Maria, m. 10 Mar. 1863, to Lieut.-Col. Godfrey Wentworth Beaumont, Scots guards (eldest son of late Capt. Richard Beamuont.R.N.); he d. 23 Aug. 1876, having had with other issue, 3 sons and 5 daus. Ronald Wentworth BEAUMONT, b. 25 Feb. 1864.— Hugh Dylais, b. 20 Jan. 1873.— Ernest Godfrey, b. 22 Dec. 1874.— Evelyn Julia. — Marion Edith. — Ethel AUce. — Sybil Helen. — LUian Laura. (8) Georgiana Emma, m. 2 Aug. 1871, to Capt. John Cra-wford Wilson, R.N. com. Australian station, and has had a son and 2 daus. Alexander Blackett WILSOU, b. 14 Aug. 1876, d. 18 July following. — Julia Margaret. (0) Marj' Elizabeth, m. 5 Aug. 1865, to George Mark Leycester Egerton," Esq. (B. EGERTON.) Arms— Arg., on a chevron between three mullets pierced sa, as many escallops of the field. Crest — A hawk's head erased ppr. Motto — Nous travaillerons en esperance. Seat— Matfen Hall, Stamfordham, Northumberland. TOWN House— 34, Portman Square, W. Uineage. •TTTILLIAil BLACKETT, of Hoppyland, Durham (great- VV great-grandson of Alexander Blackett, of Woodcroft, in the bishopric) bp. at Hamsterley, Oct. 1588 ; m. Isabel, dau. of William Croke, of Wolsingham, co. Durham, and had 3 sons, of whom the eldest — Christopher, ancestor of Blackett of Wy- 1am — and the youngest, SIR WILLIAM BLACKETT, alderman, mayor, M.P. New- castle-upon-Tyne, was created a Baronet 12 Dec. 1673; bur. 16 May, 1680, having m. 1st— 10 July, 1645, Elizabeth, dau. of Michael Kirkley, of Newcastle, merchant ; she d. 7 April, 1674, having had, with other issue, 3 sons and 3 daus. He m. 2ndly, Margaret, dau. of Ralph Cock, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, the relict of Captain John Rogers, of the same place, but had no further issue. His great-great-grandson, SIR WILLIAM BLACKETT, 5th Baronet (on the death of his father, Sir Edward, M.P. 3 Feb. 1804, who m. Anne dau. and heir of Oley Douglas, of Matfen) ; d. 27 Oct. 1816, having m. 8 Aug. 1801, Mary Anne, dau. of Benjamin Keene, of Westoe Lodge, co. Canib. ; she d. 7 Aug. 1859, having had with other issue 4 sons and a dau.