MARJORIBANKS — .M ARLBOROUG H. 251 MAR JOK [ B ANKS OF LADYKIRK. Barony. 1, David RoiiKRTsox of Ladykirk, co. Berwick, formerly I 1S73 David M.umokidaSKS, 1th s. of Sir John Marjoiuua.nks, Bart, (so cr. , ' 1815), by Alison, da. of William Ramsay, of Barntou in Midlothian, 1> t l<» 2 A| " 1797 ' at Etliulu ""= 1 ' Vmr. Ho m. 10 Sep. 1834, " ' ' Marianne Sarah, 1st da. and coheir of Sir Thomas Hauoeuston, 0th Bart., by Margaret, only da. and h. of William Roueutson, of Lady- kirk afsd., and, a few days previous, took by Royal lie., 2 Sep. 1831, the name of Robertson in lien of his patronymic of Marjoribankt. lie was a merchant in Loudon, ma M.l for Berwickshire, 1859-78. and Lord Lieut, of that county. He was cr. 12 Juno 1873, BARON HArWORIBANXS OF LADYKIRK, co. Berwick, but s.p.m.s. (only seven days afterwards), 19 June 1873, aged 76, in L'pper Brook street, Midx., when the peerage became extinct.^) His widow d. 19 Aug. 18S9, at Ripley Castle. Personalty sworn over £34,000. Family Estates.— These, in 1883, consisted of 6,832 acres in Berwickshire, valued at £11,754 a year. Principal Residence ; Ladykirk, near Berwick. MARKENF1ELD. See " Graxtley of Mvrkenfield, co. York," Barony (Norton), cr. 1782. MARKETHILL. See " Gosford of Markethill, co. Armagh," Barony [I.] (Acheson), c, 177(i ; and Viscountcy [I.], er. 1785. MARLBOROUGH. Earldom. 1. James Ley, Gth and yst. s. of Henry Ley, of Tcffont- I 1626 Bwyaa, Wilts, by Dyouisia de Sr. Mayne, was b. there 1552 ; ed. at Braseuose Coll., Oxford ; I!. A., 3 Feb. 1573/4 ; Barrister (Line. Inn), 15S4; M.P. for Westbury, 1597-9S, 1004-05, and 1009-11; for Bath, 1014, aud tor Westbury (again 1021); was Justice of Carmarthen, Pem- broke and Cardigan, June 1003 ; Knighted 8 Oct. 1003, at Wilton, Wilts ; Serjeant at Law, Nov. 1003 ; Ch. Justice of the King's Bench [I.] 1003-OS, being from April to Nov. 1005, a Commissioner of the Great Seal [I.] Returning to England, he was made Attorney of the Court of Wards, Nov. 100S, and was cr. a Baronet (as "of Westbury, Wilts") 20 July 1019; Ch. Justice of the King's Bench [E.] 1021-21. Speaker of the House of Lords, aud Joint Commissioner of the Great .Seal, May to July 1021 ; P.C., 102 1 ; Loud Hum TREASURES, 1621-28, being cr. 31 Dee 1625, BARON LEY of Ley, co. Devon, and on 5 Feb. 1625/6,( h ) EARL OF MARLBOROUGH, co. Wilts, with a spec. rem. to the heirs male of his body by Jane,^) his then wife, whom failing to the heirs male of his body. He was Joint Commissioner for the claims at the Coronation of Charles I. in Jan. 1626, aud was President ok Tim Council, from July to Dec. 1628. He m. firstly, before 1595, Mary, 1st da. of John Petti e, of Stoke Talmage, Oxon, by Elizabeth, da. and heir of Thomas, or Edward, Snai'E, of Fawler, near Witney. By her he had 11 children. He m. secondly (Lie. Loudon, 13 Feb. 1617/8), Mary, widow of Sir William Bowyer, of Denhain, Bucks, da. aud coheir of Thomas Piekson, Usher of the Court of the Star Chamber. By her he had no issue. He hi. thirdly, 4 July 1021, Jane, 3d da. of John (Boteler), 1st Baron Boteler ok Brantkikld, by Elizabeth, sister (of the half blood) to George, Duke ok BUCKINGHAM, da. of Sir George Villiers.C 1 ) lie d. in Lincoln Inn, 14 (») The Barony of Famborough (.May), cr. 11 May 1886, lasted a still shorter time viz. only six days. See vol. iii, p. 318, note " b." ( b ) See vol. ii. p. 282, note " c," sub " Clevelaud " for a list of the eight noblemen cr. that day. (°; This was by the influence of his said wife's uncle, tho all-powerful Duke of Buckingham. ( J ) See vol. i, p. 383, note "e," sub " Boteler."
