BAYNING — BEACONSFIELD. 273 BAYNIXG OF FOXLEY. Viscountcy. 1. Anne Murray, widow of Henry Murray, one of T 1 (371 the Grooms of the Bedchamber to Charles I, 2ml da. of Paid (BAY- ' ' ning), 1st VISCOUNT Bayning by Anne, da. of Sir Henry QtMOUfe, „_ was bap. 23 April 1619 at St Olave's afsd., and hi., on 28 Nov. 1635, luf 1 -- at St. Mildred's Poultry, to her said husband. He was living Sep. 163S, but d. before 1 May 1673, and was bur. iu Savoy church, Midsc. On 17 March 1073-4 she was cr. VISCOUNTKSS BAYNING OF FOXLEY, «>. ttevks,(") /or life. She »i. (lie. at Fae. off. 1 Aug. 1674) Sir John BaBER of St. Paul's Covent Garden, Midi., M.D. (a widower), who was bur. there 3 April 1701, aged 79. She d., s.p.rn.s., Oct. 1678, and was bur. in the Savoy church afsd., when her (life) Peerage became extinct. Will dat. 18 Nov. 1676, confirmed 10 and pr. 30 Oct. 1673. Barony. 1. Charles Towxshesd of Hoiiingham Hall, Norfolk, I 1 7 97 *" ™^ tt ' ;lr "^ ^* H° n - Tovvnshend (3rd surv. s. oi Charles, 2nd Viscount Townsiiend) by Henrietta, da. of Lord William Pow- lett (2nd s. of Charles, 1st Duke of Bolton) by, his 2nd wife, Anne, only da. and h. of her father Major-Gen. Randolph Ec.erton of Betley, co. Stafford, by his wife (to whom, however, the said Ann was not coheir), the Hon. Elizabeth Murray, 1st da. and coheir of Ann,s»o jure, Viscountess Bayning above-named. He was b. 27 Aug. 1728 and bap. 6 Sep. at Twickenham ; was ed. at Clare Hall, Cambridge ; JI.A, 1749 ; was appointed Secretary to the Embassy to Spain, 17 Sep. 1751 ; M.P.for Yarmouth, 1756-S4 ; a Lord of the Admiralty, 1765 ; of the Treasury, 1 770 ; Joint Vice Treasurer [I ], 1777 ; Treasurer of the Navy, 1783 : P.C. On 20 Oct. 1797 he was cr. BAKON BAYNING OF FOXLEY, co. Berks,?) He in. 21 Aug. 1777, by spec. lie. at Lambeth Palace, his first cousin (once removed), Annabella, sister and heir of Powlet Shith-Powi.kt of Sombourue, Hants, and da. of the Rev. Richard Smith by Annabella, da. and h. of William Powlett, s. and h. of Lord William Powlett abovenamcd. He d. 19 May 1810. Will pr. June IS10. His widow rf. 3 Jan. 1S25. Admou. April 1825. II. 1810. 2. Charles Frederick Powlett (Townsiiend, after- wards Powlett), Baron Bavning ok Foxley, b. and h. 4. 26 Sep. 1785, and 6ap. '3 Nov. at St. Geo. Hon. sq. Ed. at Tvin. Coll., Cambridge ; M.A., 1808 ; somietime M.P. for Truro. He d. unm. 2 Aug. 1S23. Will pr. Sep. 1823. III. 1823, o. Henry (Towxshexd, afterwards William-Powlett), to Baron Bayning of Foxley, br. and h. b. 8 June 1797 and bap. 6 July 1866. at St. Geo. Han. sq. Ed. at St. John's Coll., Cambridge; M.A., ISIS. In holy orders, sometime Rector of Brorne (with Oakley), Suffolk, and subsequently Vicar of Hoiiingham, Norfolk. By- royal He. 8 Sep. 1S23, he took the name " William-Powlctt," being that of his maternal great grand-father in lieu of his patronymic. He m. 9 Aug. 1S42, Emma, da. of William Henry Fellowes of Ramsey Abbey, co. Huntingdon, by Emma, da. of Richard Benyon of Englefield House, Berks. He d. s.p.s. 5 Aug. 1866, when the Peerage became extinct. His widow is now (1885) living. Family Estates.— These, iu 1883, consisted of 4,323 acres in Norfolk, occupied by the Dow. Baroness Bayning, of the yearly value of £5,419.— See Bateman's " Great Landowners." BEACO]S T SFIELI). Viscountcy. j. Mary Anne D'Israeli, wile of the It. Hon. I 1868 Benjamin D'Israeli, First Lord of the Treasury, afterwards (1876), cr. t ' Earl of Beaconsfield (see below), was, on the retirement of her husband 1079 from office, cr., 30 Nov. 1S68, VISCOUNTESS BEACONSFIELD, Bucks, with rem. of the said Peerage to the heirs male of her body. She was posthumous da. of John E vans, otherwise Vlney-Evans (paternally Yixey), Commander R.N., sometime of Exeter, by his cousin, Eleanor Scrope, da. of the Rev. (*) Sic, but Qy. if not an error for Wilts or Norfolk.
