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BURKE'S COLONIAL GENTRY. 239 1. Marianne. 2. Elizabeth. 3. Anne. V. Henry, barrister-at-law and bencher of Lincoln's Inn, resided at Orchard Wyndham, near Watchet, the ancient seat of the Wyndhams, for fifty years, and d. there unm. I. Mary, d. unm. II. Anne, m. Brigadier-General Wil- liam Owen (who was b. at Rotter- dam, 30th September, 1746, and d. at Martinique (Fort George) in 1795), son of John, who was a lieutenant- general and colonel of the 59th Foot, and sometime M.P. for West Loo, and grandson of Sir Arthur Owen, third bart. of Orielton, co. Pembrolfe, and left issue, 1. Sir William Owen, eighth bart. of Orielton, co. Pembroke, b. at Port Mahon, Minorca, 11th April, 1775, and baptised at St. Panoras Church, London ; was called to the bar at the Middle Temple, 22nd November, 1799 ; practised as a special pleader, and in the common law courts, and went the Oxford Circuit. He also received the appointment of attorney-general for the Car- marthen Circuit, and that of postman of the Court of Ex- chequer, s., on the death of his uncle, Sir Arthur Owen, in 1817, to the baronetcy, and in 1844 assumed the additional name of Barlow, upon succeeding, on the death of his aunt, Emma Anne, widow of Hugh Barlow, Esq., M.P. (formerly Hugh Owen), and under the will of that gentle- man, to a life interest in the estate of Lawrenny, in Pembroke- shire. He d. unm. at his resi- dence, Fig Tree-court, Temple, London (where he had lived for nearly sixty years) , 25th Febru- ary, 1851, aged 76 years, and was buried in the Benchers' Vault in the Temple Church. 1. Emma Anne, m. at Machynl- leth, CO. Montgomery, February, 1821, Thomas Jones, Esq. of Esgair Evan, co. Montgomery, and d. s.p. 30th September, 1861, buried at Llanbrynmair, co. Montgomery, North Wales. 2. Frances, b. 7th November, 1785 ; m. at Bathwick Church, Bath, co. Somerset, 15th June, 1815, her first cousin. Rev. Charles Tripp, D.D., afterwards rector of Silver- ton, CO. Devon, and had issue. III. Francis Alicia Deborah Frederica Upton, d. unm. The eldest son, Ret. John Teipp, LL.D., of Christohurch, Oxford, rector of Spofforth and Catton, co. York (which living was bestowed upon him by George O'Brien, Earl of Egremont), b. at Taunton; m. Sarah Burehell, and d. 11th February, 1814, having had issue, I. George, captain 25th Regiment of Foot, served in Egypt under Sir Ralph Abercrombie, in 1801, and was at the battle of Aboukir. He d. unm. at Spofforth Rectory, 21st August, 1804. II. CiiAELES, of whom presently. III. Peter, lieutenant-colonel 98th Regi- ment of Foot, and governor of Port Elizabeth, Natal, b. at Spofforth, 18th August, 1786 ; »«. at Graham's Town, Cape of Good Hope, 24th November, 18:d8, Frances Mary, daughter of John White, Esq. of Durham, ai-my sur- geon. He d. at St. Clair, Ryde, Isle of Wight, 12th June, 1862, and was buried in the cemetery there, leaving three children : 1. Henry John How- ard ; 1. Ellen Sarah ; 2. Frances Charlotte Anne. lY. John Upton, retired commander, R.N., 1847, b. at Spofforth, 27th Oc- tober, 1791 ; entered the navy, 20th October, 1802; made lieutenant 7th June, 1809. He m. at Bathwick Church, Bath, co. Somerset, 5th Janu- ary, 1826, his cousin, Sarah Caroline, daughter of James Upton and Sarah Tripp, of Fittleworth, Sussex. He d. at Cleveland-place, Bath, 31st De- cember, 1850, and was buried at Wal- cot, Bath, leaving issue : 1. John Henry ; 2. Henry Howard; 3. George; 1. Henrietta Elizabeth ; 2. Jessie. I. Frances, b. at Spofforth, 16th August, 1788, m. there 27th June, 1811, Henry Eyre, Esq. of Landford, Wilts, son of the Rev. Henry Eyre, of Landford, whose niece was Frances Elizabeth, Countess Nelson, only daughter and heiress of his brother John Maurice Eyre, Esq. of Landford House. II. Charlotte, b. at Spofforth, 21st June, 1794, d. unm. at Exeter, 23rd August, 1845, and was buried at Kentisbere, CO. Devon. The second son. Ret. Charles Tripp, D.D. of Trinity Col- lege, Cambridge, formerly rector of Bond- leigh, CO. Devon (to which living he had been presented by his godfather, the Hon. Percy Charles Wyndham) and afterwards rector of Kentisbere, co. Devon (which living was bestowed upon him by George O'Brien, Earl of Egremont), also at different times presented to the sinecure rectories of Blackborough, co. Devon, and South Bradon, CO. Somerset, and afterwards rector of Silver- ton, CO. Devon, J. P. for cos. Somerset and Devon ; b. at Sjiofforth, co. York, 20th April, 1784; m. at Bathwick Church, Bath, co. Somerset, 15th June, 1815, his first cousin Frances, second daughter of Brigadier- General William Owen, lieutenant-colonel 61st Regiment (by Anne, his wife, daughter of John Tripp, Esq., barrister-at-law), and sister of the late Sir William Owen, 8th