NOTES AND QUERIES. [ii s. ix. JAN. 24, 1914.
RICHARD BAXTER.
Kidderminster. A white marble statue of Baxter was erected in the Bull Ring in 1875, at a cost of about 1,200Z. The sculptor -vvas Sir Thos. Brock, R.A., who has repre- sented Baxter with right hand uplifted, in -the attitude of a preacher. The pedestal is <)f Aberdeen granite, and bears the follow- ing inscription :
Between the years 1641 and 1660
this town was the scene of the labours
of
Richard Baxter,
renowned equally for
his Christian learning
and his pastoral fidelity.
In a stormy and divided age
Sic advocated unity and comprehensiveness
pointing the way to
" The Everlasting Rest."
Churchmen and Nonconformists
united to raise this memorial
A.D. 1875.
GEORGE DAWSON.
(11 S. viii. 444.)
MR. HOWARD S. PEARSON informs me that the rejected Dawson statue by Woolner is preserved in the hall of the Reference Library at Birmingham, a fact I had un- fortunately overlooked. ' JOHN T. PAGE.
Long Itchington, Warwickshire.
(To be continued.)
SALE OF PITT HOUSE. The following
appeared in The Daily Telegraph on the 7th
inst. :
"Pitt House, Hampstead Heath, the famous home of the elder Pitt, first Earl of Chatham, has been sold by Messrs. Lowe, Goldschmidt & How- land, in conjunction with Messrs. Hampton & Sons.
"This freehold property, which has exceptional road frontages extending to approximately 1,340 ft. arid a total area of about three and a half acres, -was previously called ' North End Place,' ' Wild- Avoods,' and 'North End House.' In Domesday Book it is styled * Wild wood Corner.' Situated almost on the summit of Hampstead Heath, it occupies a delightful position, and is very accessible to London.
"It was in this residence that the elder Pitt, during his frequent tits of melancholia, and in spite of the fact that he was at the time Prime Minister and was being urgently called upon by the King and his colleagues, shut himself off from all communication with the outside world, even from his own family and servants. The quaint little room which he chiefly used still contains the identical serving hatchway, fireplace, and cup- boards which were there in his time."
J. Z.
IRISH FAMILY HISTORIES. (See US. vii.
483; viii. 124, 173,213, 335, 403; ix. 24.)
The following are not given in previous
lists :
The Earls of Kildare, and their Ancestors, from 1 057 to 1773, by the Marquis of Kildare. Fourth Edition. Dublin, 1864. Printed for private circulation, 1857 ; Second Edition published 1858 ; Addenda published in 1862.
Brief Sketches of the Parishes of Booterstown and Donnybrook, co. Dublin, by Rev. Beaver H. Blacker. Dublin, 1874. Fit zwilliam Family, pp. 108-14, 314-17 ; Downes Family, pp. 122-4.
Papers on the following families have appeared in the Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland. I have not access to a complete set of the Journal. The Bourkes of Clanwilliam, by J. G. Barry.
Fourth Series, ix. 192-2a3. The Wogans of Rathcoffy, by Rev. D. Murphy.
Fifth Series, i. 119-29. The Geraldines of County Kilkenny, by G. 1).
Burtchaell. Fifth Series, ii. 358-76; iii. (pt. 2,
?pp.), and 408-20: xii. 128-31. The Fitz Geralds of Rostellane, co. Cork, by R. G.
Fitz Gerald-Uniacke.-Fifth Series, v. 163-70. The De Verdons of Louth. By Rev. D. Murphy,
Fifth Series, v. 317-28.
The Butlers of Dangan-Spidogue, by G. D. Burt- chaell. Fifth Series, x. 330-33. Origin of the Grace Family of Courtstown, co.
Kilkenny, by R. Langrishe. Fifth Series, x.
319-24; xii. 64-7. The Bourchier Tablet in the Cathedral Church of
St. Canice, Kilkenny, with some Account of
that Family, by Richard Langrishe. Fifth
Series, xiv. 365-79 ; xv. 21-33. Notes on an Old Pedigree of the O'More Family of
Leix, by Sir E. T. Bewley. Fifth Series, xv.
53-9. Notes on the Mac Rannals of Leitrim, by Rev. J.
Meehan. Fifth Series, xv. 139-51. Notes on the St. Lawrences, Lords of Howth, by
Lord Walter Fitzgerald. Fifth Series, xvii.
349-59. The FJeetwoods of the County Cork, by Sir K. T.
Bewley. Fifth Series, xviii. 103-25. The Hewetsons of the County of Kildare, by John
Hewetson. Fifth Series, xix. 146-63. Of
County Kilkenny. Id. 369-92. - Of Bally- shannon, Donegal, xx. 238-43. The Name and Family of Ouseley, by R. J. Kelly.
Fifth Series, xx. 132-46.
ROLAND AUSTIN. Gloucester.
The following addition might be made to these lists :
The Wolfes of Forenaghts, Guildford, 1893.
This is the family to which General Wolfe and the Rev. Charles Wolfe, author of ' The Burial of Sir John Moore,' as also Lord Kil- warden, the Irish Lord Chief Justice, assas- sinated at Dublin, 23 July, 1803, belonged.
PENRY LEWIS.
Quisisana, Walton-by-Clevedon, Somerset.
