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of his estate, from which relationship has
been inferred, but not proved. Nicholas
Carlisle wrote a history of the Blands in
1826 ; and, from an original letter of his in
my possession, it is clear that he got his
information as to the Kerry branch from
my maternal grandfather Francis Chris-
topher Bland, of Derriquin, who may be
presumed to have known about his own
uncles. Judge Bland married twice. His
first wife was Diana Kemeys, by whom he
had a younger son, the Rev. James Bland
(my great-grandfather, who inherited the
estate), and an elder son, John, whom he
disinherited because he gave up the army
for the stage. The judge's second wife was
Lucy Heaton, by whom he had (with several
other sons and daughters) Francis, a com-
missioned officer of a line regiment, who
married Miss Philipps (daughter of a clergy-
man), and was father of Mrs. Jordan. As
to the truth of these statements there is no
doubt whatever. John and Francis being
half-brothers, Boaden was right in saying
that John was Mrs. Jordan's uncle. But
Judge Bland, finding that his son Francis
had been married by a priest, without
consent of parents, and that both husband
and wife were under age, took proceedings,
according to a law then in force in Ireland,
to annul the marriage ; in this he succeeded,
and Francis afterwards married a Miss
Mahony as recorded in the pedigree. These
facts are to be found in the Record Office,
Dublin. Family pride, however, prevailed ;
and, for obvious reasons, there is no mention
of the frail Dora Jordan, or her mother, in
Carlisle's book. But he states that this
wild and eccentric John Bland had been a
cornet of Bland's Dragoons before he took
to the stage. These dragoons were those
of General Humphry, who was probably, as
I have said, a relative. They were both,
therefore, at Dettingen and Fontenoy.
The death of John Bland in Edinburgh, aged 87, is noticed in Walker's Hibernian Magazine in 1808, in which it is stated that
"he was descended from an ancient Irish family and was at one time a cornet of horse, and carried the colours of his regiment at the memorable battle ot Dettingen.
The article goes on to say that he was
" very eccentric in his manners and opinions and phraseology, as well as in everything he ate, drank, or wore ; but, with all his peculiarities, he was an honest man, a kind husband, an indulgent parent, and a steady friend."
Incidentally it is mentioned that his wife's
name was Nancy. As to his having served
under Honeywood against the Jacobites in
1745, I find (Gent. Mag., 1745, p. 625) that
both Honeywood and General Bland were
present at the engagement at Clifton, three
miles from Penrith ; and if so, John Bland,
as cornet, was present also. I find further
(Gent. Mag., vol. xxxii. p. 93) that in 1752
General Humphry Bland was appointed
Governor of Edinburgh Castle and captain
of the foot regiments quartered there.
This was probably about the date when
John Bland threw up his commission and
took to the Edinburgh stage, with which
he was so many years connected. His wife,
Nancy, may have been an actress. What
I am most anxious to do is to trace his
descendants, some of whom, according to
Dibdin's ' Annals of the Edinburgh Stage, 7
were of the family of the celebrated actress
Mrs. Glover. In The Ancestor, vol. viii.
p. 52, Elizabeth Martha Bland, said to be a
granddaughter of this John, is set down-
as having married, when under age, Anthony
Angelo in 1787. J. F. FULLER.
Brunswick Chambers, Dublin.
SIR JOHN BARNARD'S DESCENDANTS (10 S. vii. 90). His only son, John Barnard, was one of the Gentlemen of the Bedchamber to Frederick, Prince of Wales, and died un- married at St. James's, 13 July, 1773, leaving his sisters his coheirs (Gent. Mag.)* so that, as far as male issue is concerned, " this family was [not] further extended." Of these two sisters, (1) Sarah married in June, 1733, Sir Thomas Hankey, a well- known London banker (who died 3 July, 1770), and died 15 March, 1762, leaving numerous descendants ; (2) Jane married (as his second wife), 12 Sept., 1738, the Hon. Henry Temple, son and heir apparent of the first Viscount Palmerston, which Henry died vita patris, at East Sheen, 10 Aug., 1740, and was buried at Mortlake, Surrey. His widow, the said Jane, died there 28 Jan., 1789, leaving an only son, Henry, the second Viscount, who was father of the third and last Viscount (the celebrated Prime Minister) and of others. It may be mentioned that a good account of Alderman Barnard was given at 7 S. xii. 197 (5 Sept., 1891) by the late J. J. STOCKEN, who, however, seems to have been ignorant of the parentage of the Alderman's wife, which had been asked. She was Jane (bapt. 15 March, 1687/8, at St. Dunstan's- n-the-East), sister of Sir Robert Godschall, sometime (1741-2) Lord Mayor of London, dau. of John Godschall, of East Sheen,
