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192 DUCKWORTH— DUKE. 14:1 Edwin Ward, b. 31 May, 1807 ; d. 25 Dec. 1875, having m. 1st — 17 Mar. 1841, Sarah, dau. of James Hilton, of Liver- pool ; she d. 28 Dec. 1873. He m. 2niUy— 4 Aug. 1874, Har- riet, eldest dau. of Richard Bower, Esq. of Weymouth. By his 1st -ife he had with other issue 5 daus. (1) Mary Louisa Ward. (2) Sarah Belinda Ward, m. 22 Oct. 1874, to Rev. Frederic R. Farebrother, vicar of Wiucle, Macclesfield. (3) EUen Ward, m. 19 AprU, 1870, to Rev. Philip Ashby Phelps. (4) Anne Ward, d. s. p. 6 Feb. 1879, having m. 6 Aug. 1874, to Rev. Arthur Whitmore Phelps, rector of Compton Chamberlaine, Wilts. (5) Frances Ward. /5/ Francis Halhed AVai-d. 161 Robert Ward, b. 1817; m. 13 April, 1853, Maria Frances, dau. of Rev. Thomas Fourness Wilson, of Burley Hall, CO. York (Bart.) SIR GEORGE (.JACKSON) DUCKETT, secretary to the admiralty, judge advocate and M.P. Weymouth, Mel- combe Regis, Colchester (the early patron of Capt. Cook), created a Baro.vet 28 July, 1791 ; assumed by R.L. 3 Feb. 1797, under the will of Thomas Duckett, Esq. of Hartham, the name and arms of Duckett ; d. 15 Deo. 1822, having m. 1st — 24 Sept. 1745, his cousin Mary, only dau. and heir of William Ward, Esq. of Gisborough (by his wife Frances, dau. of Sir Francis Vincent, Bart, of Stoke Dabernon, Surrey) ; she d. 1754, having had 3 daus. (1) Mary, d. s. p. 7 Nov. 1787, having m. 1st, as 2nd wife, 1780, to Gen. Mathews, and re-m. at Bombay, to Richard Church, Esq. who d. Mar. 1785. (2) Katherine, d. 1828, having m. 22 June, 1772, to Francis Longe, Esq. of Spixworth Park, Norfolk, who d. s. p. July, 1812. (3) Elizabeth, d. 5 Jan. 1839, having m. 3 May, 1774, to Thomas Trench Berney, Esq. of Bracon Hall, Norfolk (Bart.) SIR GEORGE m. 2ndly— 9 Sept. 1775, Grace, dau. of Gwyn Goldstone, Esq. of Goldstone, Salop, and of London, merchant, by his wife Grace, dau. and coheir of (Jeorge Duckett, Esq. M.P. of Hartham House, and widow of Robert Neale, Esq. of Shaw House, Wilts (see Burrard), and had a son, (4) Sir George, 2nd Baronet, f.r.S. m.p. Lymington 1807/12; b. 17 July, 1777; d. 15 June, 1856, having m. 1st— 17 July, 1810, Isabella, dau. of Stainbank Floyd, Esq. of Barnard Castle, Durham; she d. 10 Oct. 1844. He m. 2ndlj'— 30 April, 1846, Charlotte, dau. of Edmond Seymour, Esq. of Inholmes, Berks; she d. s. p. 18 Nov. 1862. By his 1st wife he had a sou and dau. /I/ Sir George Floyd Duckett, 3rd and present Baronet. /2/ Isabella, d. 7 Dec. 1876, having m. 8 Jan. 1839, to Sir George Burrard, Bart, who d. s. p. 8 Sept. 1870. DUCKWORTH, Sir John Thomas Buller, of Topsham, Devon (1813, U.K.), sheriff 1861, lieut.-col. com. Devonshire yeo. 1865/77, hon. col. since 1877; s. his father as 2nd Baronet in 1817; b. 17 Mar. 1809 ; m. 17 Dec. 1850, Mary Isabella, youngest dau. of late John Buller, Esq. of Morval (B. Churston), and has had with other issue 2 daus. (1) Mary Georgiana. (2) Evelyn Harriet, d. 23 Jmie, 1880, having m. 17 Dec. 1878, to Francis Randle Twemlow, Esq. (E. Lathom.) Note — There is no heir to tliis Baronetcy. ARMS — Arg. on a chevron az. l^etween two ducks ppr. and a naval crown of the second, a bomb fired between two estoiles or, on a chief wavy also az. the words " ST. DOMINGO" within a branch of laurel entwined within another of oak or. Crest — A tower the battlements partly demolished from the top flames issuant ppr. on the sinister side a sea lion erect az. the paws resting against the tower. Supporters— Dexter, a human figure holding in the exterior hand a sword erect ppr. pommel and hilt or around the head a halo composed of seventeen estoiles of the last across the dexter shoulder a belt az. fimbriated and charged with three estoiles gold the waist encircled by a vest arg. pendent from the sinister side a scabbard of the second under the feet the hide of an ox ppr. Sinister, a British sailor habited ppr. holding in the exterior hand a flag-staff thereon a flag of a rear-admiral of the white ppr. inscribed with the word "Minorca" in letters of gold. Granted by R.L. 1814, to the 1st Baronet and his successors to the title. Motto — Disiplina fide perseve rantia. Seat — Wear House, Exeter. Eineage. ADMIRAL SIR JOHN THOMAS DUCKWORTH, G.C.B. (son of Rev. Henry Duckworth, vicar of Stoke Pogis, Bucks, a minor canon of Windsor), rear-adm. of the white 14 Feb. 1799, com.-in-chief at Barbadoes and the Leeward Islands 1800 and 1802, at Jamaica 1801/5; created a BARONET 2 Nov. 1813 ; b. 28 Feb. 1747; d. 31 Aug. 1817, having m. July, 1776, Anne, dau. and heir of John Wallis, Esq. of Fentonwoon, Cornwall; she d. 21 Aug. 1797, having had a son and dau. [1] George Henry, col. 48th regt.; b. 25 June, 1782 ; killed at the battle of Albuera, 16 May, 1811, at the head of his regt. having m. Penelope, dau. of Capt. Robert Fanshawe, R.N. and had with other issue, who died young, an only dau. Anne, d. 1855, having m. 1840, as 1st wife, to Sir Robert Percy Douglas, Bart, of Carr, Perthsh. Adm. Sir JOHN m. 2ndly— 14 May, 1807, Susannah Catherine, dau. of Right Rev. William Buller, D.D. bishop of Exeter (B. Churston); she d. 27 April, 1840, leaving an only son, [2] Sir John Thomas Buller, 2nd and present Baronet. DUKE, Sir James (1849, U.K.); s. his father as 2nd Ba- ronet in 1873 ; b. 25 June, 1865. Note — There is no heir to tliis Baronetcy. Arms— Per chevron erm. and az. in chief three feath- ers erect arg. between two chaplets az. in base a mace within a collar ppr. repre- senting the mace and col- lar of the lord mayor of the city of London. Crest — A demi-grj-phon arg. winged az. in the beak a ]ieacock"s feather ppr. supporting a sword also ppr. representing that of the said city of London. Motto — Gradatim vinci- mus. Seat — Laughton Lodge, Hawkhurst, Sussex. Town Hou.'^e- 7, Hyde Park Gate, s.W.