BURDETT. 87 Arms — Az., two bars or, each charged with three martlets gu. Crest — A lion's head erased sa. Motto— KESIDEXCE— Ancaster House, Kichmoud Hill. Emrage. SIR NICHOLAS BLTIDETT, Knt. fell at the battle of Pontoise, 1440 (descended from Sir Robert Burdett, of Arrow, co. Warwicks. temp. Edw. III. and who was descended from Bm'dett, of Loseby, co. Leic.),said to have been chief butler at Normandy and governor of Eurieux. Bj- his wife Joan, cousin and heir of Henry Bruin, he had the manor of Bramcote, Warwicks. He was succeeded by THOMAS BURDETT, of Arrow, his son and heir, who was beheaded in 1477, having been convicted of high treason upon inference of mischievous intent to the King ; m. 1st, Agnes, dau. of John AVaklief, fi-om whom lie was divorced in 1464, on account of consanguinity, having had a son, [1] Richard, m. Joyce, dau. of Sir Simon Moimtfort, Knt. (she re-m. to Sir Hugh Conway, treasurer of Ireland,) and had a dau. Anne, sole heir, m. to Edward Conway, gent, usher of the bedchamber to HENRY VIII. ancestor of the extinct Earls of Conway ; in right of his ^fe he possessed the manors of Arrow, and many others in Warwickshire and Worcester- shire. THOMAS BtTRDETT m. 2ndly, Margaret, dau. of John Rodne}' (she re-m. to Thomas Woodhill), and had 5 other sons and 2 daus. Their descendant in the 6th generation was SIR THOMAS BiniDETT,ofBramcote, created a Baronet 25 Feb. 1618/9; b. 3 Feb. 1585; m. Jane, d.au. and heir of William Frauncys, Esq. of Foremark, co. Derby, and had vith 7 daus. 3 sons, [1] Sir Francis, s. as 2nd Bai-onet. [2] Robert of London, merchant and alderman, said to have obtained grants of town lands co. Cai-low, m. Mary, dau. of Alderman Wright, and had 2 sons, (1) Thomas of Garrahill, co. Carlow, m. Catharine, dau. of Sir Robert Kennedy, of Mount Kennedy, co. Carlow. His will dated 2 Jan. 1685, and proved 16 Aug. 1701, haWng had with other issue a son. Sir Thomas, created a Baronet of Ireland 11 July, 1723 (WELDON— Bart.) (2) Samuel of Lismalin, co. Tipperary, ancestor of Burdett of Coolfin, King's County, &c. [3] Leicester of Aleppo, d. unm. SIR FRANCIS, 2nd Baionet, b. 16 Sept. 1608, d. 30 Dec. 1696, having m. EUzabeth, dau. of Sir John Walter, Knt. of Sarsden, Oxon. lord cliief baron of the exchequer ; she d. 10 April, 1701, aged 88. His great-grandson, SIR ROBERT, D.C.L. 4th Baronet (on the death of his grandfather, posthumous son of Robert Burilett, of Bramcote, bur. 12 Jan. 1715/16, ha-ing m. 11 Nov. 1704, Hon. EUzabeth who Tracy, only surviving child of William, Viscount Tracv, and his ^^•ife, Frances Devereux, dau. of Leicester, Viscount Hereford); b. 28 May, 1716; d. 15 Feb. 1797, having m. 1st— 6 Nov. 1739, EUzabethj only dau. of Sir Charles Sedlev, Bart, of Nuthall, Notts. ; she d. 24 Aug. 1747. He m. 2ndly— 17 Jul}', 1753, Lady Caroline, u-idow of Sir Henry Harinu-, of Caulk, Derbys. Bart, and dau. of John, 2nd Duke of Rutland; she d. 10 Nov. 1769. By his 1st mfe he had an only surviving son, FRANCIS, bp. 19 May, 1743; d. 3 Feb. 1794, haWng m. 30 Dec. 1766, Mary Eleanor, dau. and coheir of WiUiam Jones, of Eamsbury Manor, Wilts ; she d. 30 Maj', 1783, ha-ing had with other issue 2 sons, /I/ Sir Francis, s. his grandfather as 5th Baronet. /2/ William Jones, of Copt Hall, Surrey, b. 23 Aug. 1772; d. 2 Oct. 1840, having m. 24 Oct. 1811, Sarah Holmes Brent, only dau. of AVilliam Hodgkinson, of Brompton, Kent. Slie was authorised by r.l. 1 Aug. 1807 to take the surname of Brent instead of Hodgkinson, and to bear the arms of Brent; she d. 31 Jan. 1871, having had 5 sons and 5 daus. [1] Sir Francis, 7th and present Baronet. [2] William Jones, b. 13 June, 1814, d. 17 Dec. 1858, ha'ing m. 20 Sept. 1852, CaroUne Julia. 2nd dau. of Capt. Joseph Neynoe, 5th royal Victoria battalion, and had 2 sons and (1) Wilham Jones, b. 21 July, 1853. (2) Francis Ne3noe, b. 18 Nov. 1855. (3) Carohne Jane JuUa, m. 27 Nov. 1877, to Hartwell Harvey Stuart, capt. 86th royal regt. son of late WiUiam Kier Stuart, C.B. (4) Clara Susanna, m. 18 June, 1881, to Allan Henry Lines, 2ud son of J. C. Bolton, Esq. of Blackheath. [3] Charles Sedley, Ueut.-col. served in Coldstream guards and 60th rifles, J.P. Siurey; b. 17 Dec. 1819 ; d. 12 Dec. 1880, having m. 2 June, 1846, Harriet EUzabeth, dau. of Le-i Ames, of The Hyde, Herts, and had 3 sons and 5 dau?. (1) Arthiff Francis, b. 1 Sept. 1849, (2) Charles Sedley, b. 9. Jan. 1851. (3) Henry Hugh, b. 22 July, 1852. (4) Clara Blanche Harriet, m. 11 July, 1872, to Com. A. (J. Stewart Blackett, R.N. and had with other issue a son, Archibald Sedley Stewart, b. 21 Dec. 1877 ; d. 10 Aug. follo«-iiig. (5) Constance Angela. (6) Edith Johanna. (7) Beatrice Maud. (8) Gertrude AUce. [4] Robert, b. 8 Jan. 1823 ; d. 24 Nov. 1871, having m. 19 April, 1847, Barbara Mai-ia Chai-lotta, dau. of William Humakers, of Louvain, Belgiimi, and had a son, Robert WiUiam Henri, b. 24 Feb. 1848. [5] Henrj- St. Albans, 2nd Madras L.I. b. ; 14 Aug. 1827 ; d. 1850. [6] Sarah, d. s. p. having m. 1 Jan. 1841, to John George Ramsden, bar.-at-law. [7] Fanny (s. p.),m. 1st— 7 Dec. 1838, to Rev. Willoughby James Peter Bun-eU (B. Gwi'DIR), who d. 14 Dec. 1849; she re-m. to WiUiam Grey Pitt, 11th hussars, who d. [8] Sophia, m. 22 Aug. 1843 to John Cunningham, Ueut. 11th hussars; he d. 20 Mar. 1877, having had a son and 3 daus. (1) Percy Burdett CrNNINGII.UI, b. 29 May, 1847 ; m. 28 Mar. 1870, Louisa Phoebe Dyer, dau. of Joseph Dyer Symp- son, Esq. of Bauwell, Somerset, and has 2 sons, Francis Burdett CUNNINGHAM, b. 13 June, 1871.— Percy Burdett, b. 17 Nov. 1878. (2) Sophie Marie EmUie, m. 19 Mar. 1864, to Rev. Nassau Clark, of Halford, Glouc. M.A. Magdalen CoU. Camb. late Ueut. 2nd life guards. (3) Amy Sarah Joanna, m. 27 June, 1872, to Charles Albert Tabor, Esq. of PrittleweU, Essex, and has a son and dau. Charles Victor Tabor, b. 24 May, 1873. Amy Elizabeth Constance. (4) Violet Eleonora. [9] Mary, m. to WiUiam Birt, s. p. [10] Amy Georgiana, d. 1870, having m. 1852, to Richard Guinness HUl, formerly of DubUn, and had 2 sons and a dau. SLR FRANCIS 5th Baronet, imprisoned in the Tower of Loudon for a breach of parliamentary privilege, 1810, M.P. Boroughbridge, 1796/1800, Westminster, 1810 37, and North WUts, 1837/44; celebrated for his advocacy of reform in par- liament; b. 25 Jan. 1770; d. 23 Jan. 1844, having m. 5 Aug. 1793, Sophia, youngest dau. of Thomas Coutts, Esq. of London; she d. 31 Jan. 1844, having had a son and 5 daus. [1] Sir Robert, 6th Baronet, lugh sheriff co. Derby 1848, col. In the army, capt. 78th foot; b. 26 April, 1796; d. unm, 7 June, 1880. [2] Sophia, d. s. p. 30 Dec. 1849, having m. 19 Oct. 1833, to the Hon. Robert Otway-Cave, M.P. of Castle Otway, co. Tipperary, son of Henry Otwav, Esq. and his Tfe Sarah, Baroness Era3'e ; he d. 29 Nov. 1844. " [3] Susannah, m. 29 Nov. 1830, to John Bettesworth Trevanion, Esq. of Caerhays, Cornwall, who d. s. p. 9 Mar. 1840. [4] Joanna Frances, d. 4 April, 1862. [5] Clara Maria Monet-Coutts, which latter name together with the arms she assumed by R.L. 20 Sept. 1880, in compUance TOth the testamentary injuuction of Harriet, Ducliess of St. Albans, a coheir of the baronj- of Scales, Latimer, and Badles- mere ; m. 27 April, 1850, as 2nd ife, to Rev. James Dnimmond Money, rector of Sternfield, Suffolk, and rural dean (see also E. Gainsborough) ; he d. 20 April, 1875, leav- ing (by this man-iage) an only son, Francis Biu-dett Thomas MONEY-COUTTS, b. 18 Sept. 1852; m. 15 April, 1875, Edith EUen, eldest dau. of Charles Churchill, of Weybridge Park, Surrey, and has a son and 2 daus. Hugh Burdett Money-Coutts, b. 13 Aug. 1876.— Clara Bui-dett, b. 3 Dec. 1877.— Eleanora Bm-dett, b. 5 Oct. 1879. [6] Angela Georgina, Baroness Burdett-Coutts. (See Peerage.)
