ANSON— ANSTR DITHER. iLiufage. SIR EDMUND ANDERSON, of Bronghton, co. Line, nnd of Eyworth, Beds, knighted 1583, lord chief justice common pleas, 2 May, 1582/1605 (great-grandson of Henry Anderson, of Wrawby, Line.) ; he d. 1 Aug. 1605, aged 75, having m. Magdalen, dan. of Christopher Smyth, of Annables, Herts, clerk of the pipe ; she d. 9 Jan. 1622/3, aged 79, having had with other issue 2 sons, (1) Sir Francis of Ej-worth, Beds. Knt. d. 22 Dec. 1616. He was ancestor of the Earls op Yarijoiiouch by his 1st wife, Judith, dau. of Stephen Soame, of London, who d. 4 July, 1608. He m. 2ndly— IGIO, Audrey, dau. of Sir John Boteler, of Hatfield Woodhouse. Herts, and had further issue. She re-m. to Francis, afterwards Earl of Chichester. (2) William Anderson of Bronghton. m. twice. By his 1st wife, Joane. dan. of Thomas Essex of Lambourne, Berks, and sister of Sir William Essex, Bart, he had an only son, SIR EDMUND ANDERSON, of Bronghton, aged 26 at the Heralds' Visitation of 1634, and created a BAROXET 11 Dec. 1660, his will dated 2 Sept. 1660, proved (c.P.c.) 12 Feb. 1660/1. He m. 1st, Mary, dau. of Thomas AVood, of Audfield. Yorks. by Mary Butler, his wife, dau. and heir of Barney Wood, of Kilnwick Percy, Yorks.; she d. 30 Jan. 1636/7. He m. 2ndly, Sybilla, dau. of Sir Rowland Egerton, of Farthing- hoe, Northants. and relict of Edward Bellot, of Moreton. Chesh. His representative through his first marriage in the 4th gene- ration, SIB CHARLES JOHN, 8th Baronet (on the death of his father, 9 Mar. 1785), prebendary of Thomgate, Lincoln Minster, rector of Lea; b. .5 Oct. 1767; d. 24 Mar. 1846, having m. 15 Dec. 1802, Frances Maiy, youngest dau. of Sir John Nel- tliorpe, Bart, of Scawby; she "d. 17 Aug. 1836, having had with other issue a son and dau. (1) Sir Charles Henry John, 9 th and present Baronet. (2) Fanny Maria, m. 24 June, 1838, to Sir John Nelthorpe, Bart, of Scawby, co. Liuc. (ext.), who d. 22 Nov. 1865. ANSON, Sir William Reynell (1831, U.K.), of Birch Hall, co. Lancaster, bar.-at-law, i.T. 1869, fellow of All Soul's College, and Vinerian law reader, Oxford; s. his father as 3rd Baronet in 1873 ; b. U Nov. 1843; heir pre- sumptive, his brother Fre- derick, Arms — Arg. three bendlets en- grailed and in the sinister chief a crescent gules. Crest— Out of a diacal coronet or, a si^ear erect ppr. MOTTO — Nil desperandum. Seat — Birch Hall, Lancashire. TOWN House— 39, Portland Place, W.; 1, Brick Court, Temple. E.C. ilincage. Sir WILLIAM ANSON, K.C.B. (younger brother of the 1st Viscount Anson, and uncle of the 1st Earl of Lichfield), gen. in the army, col. 47th foot, distinguished himself during the Peninsular war; created a BARONET 30 Sept. 1831 ; b. 13 Aug. 1772 ; d. 13 Jan. 1847, having m. 26 Jan. 1815, Louisa Frances Mary, only child of John Dickenson, Esq. of London (and his wife Mary, only child of Charles, and heir of Lord Archibald Hamilton) ; she d. 30 July, 1831, having had 3 sons and 3 daus. [1] Sir John William Hamilton, s. as 2nd Baronet. [2] George Henry Greville, rector of Birch, hon. canon and archdeacon of Manchester since 1846; b. 19 July, 1820; m. 27 June, 1848, Augusta Agnes, eldest dau. of late Very Rev. Walter Farquhar Hook, D.D. dean of Chichester, s. p. (CURTIS). [3] Archibald Edward Harbord, C.M.G. major-gen. R.A. (retd.), K.M. &c. lieut.-gov. of Prince of Wales Island from 1867; b. 16 April, 1826; m. 9 Jan. 1851, Elizabeth Mary, dau. of late Richard Bourchier, Esq. and has 2 sons and a dau. Archibald. — John. — Elizabeth . [4] Mary Louisa, d. 15 Nov. 1856, having m. 8 July, 1848, as 2nd wife, to Rev. Matthew Thomas Farrer, of Ingloborough, Yorks. vicar of Shirley, Surrey, 1841/79, and has 3 sons and a dau. (1) James Aiison FARRER, b. 24 July, 1849; m. 1 Mar. 1877, Elizabeth Georgiana, dau. of Col. Reynell Pack, C.B. (B. DONOUGnMORE), and has a son, Reginald John, b. 17 Feb. 1880. (2) William, of Whitbarrow, Westmoreland, vicar of Bel- champ St. Paul's, Essex; b. 11 Nov. 1850; m. 17 July, 1879, Edith Sophia, eldest dau. of Frederick Boyd Mason, of Lon- don. (3) Matthew George, b. 14 Feb. 1852. (4) Mary Charlotte. [5] Anne Georgiana Frances, m. 19 Feb. 1846, to Rev. Wil- liam Thornton, M.A. of Kingsthorpe Hall, Northants. late vicar of Dodford; he d. 20 May, 1881, aged 74, having had with other issue 2 sons and 4 daus. Thomas AVilliam THORNTON, J.P. Northants. and lieut. Northants. & Rutland mi!.; b. 26 July, 1850. — Francis Hugh, bar.-at-law l.T. ll.b. King's Coll. Camb.; b. 8 Oct. 1853.— Mary Susan. — Bertha Anne. — Anne Letitia. — Mabel. f6] Louisa Frances M.aria, m. 16 April, 1857, to Francis Du Cane, major R.E.; he d. 4 Oct. 1880, having had a son and 6 daus. Francis Charles John Ducane. — Louisa Frances. — Agnes. — Katharine Christabel. — Frances Auue. — Mary. — Caroline Anna Bella. SIR JOHN WILLIAM HAMILTON, 2nd Baronet; b. 26 Dec. 1816 ; d. 2 Aug. 1873, having m. 27 July, 1842, Eliza- beth Catbcriue, dau. of late ^lajor-Gen. Sir Denis Pack, K.C.B. (M. Wateukuhd), and had 3 sons and 7 daus. (1) Sir "William Reynell, 3rd and present B.aronet. (2) Frederick Arthiir, heir presumptive to the Baro- netcy; b. 6 Nov. 1850; m. 23 Feb. 1878, Agnes, 2nd dau. of W Roberts, Esq. of Ak.aroa, N.Z. (3) Algernon Horatio, lieut. R.N. b. 3 Aug. 1854. (4) Louisa Elizabeth Anne, m. 7 Oct. 1880, to Rev. Donald Campbell, B.A. Trin. Coll. Camb. B.A. (jun. opt.) 1S64, M.A. 1868, vicar of Eye, Suffi . since 1879. (5) Mary Louisa. (6) Elizabeth Georgiana. (7) Florence Helen. (8) Margaret Mildred. (9) Gertrude Christina. (10) Janet Katherine Olive. ANSTRUTHER, Sir Robert, of Balcas- kie, CO. Fife (1694, N.s.) ; lieut.-col. late grenadier guards (1853/62),lord-lieut. Fifef5hire, m.p. 1864/80; s. his father as .5th Baronet in 1863 ; b. 28 Aug. 1834; m. 29 July, 1857, Louisa, eldest dau. of Rev. William Knox Marshall, prebend- ary of Hereford, vicar of Wragby and rector of Pan- ton, Lincolnshire, and has 4 sons and a dau. (1) Ralph William, lieut. R.E.; b. 5 July, 1868. (2) Henry Torrens, b. 27 Nov. 1860. (3) Robert Hamilton, R.N. ; b. 10 June, 1862. (4) Arthur Wellesley, 2nd lieut. Fife art. mil.; b. 5 Mar. 1864. (5) Mary Evelyn. Arms — Arg. three piles in chief sa. Crest — Two arms in armour holding a battle-axe, all ppr. MOTTO — Periissem ni periissem. Seat — Balcaskde, Pittenweem, co. Fife. Town House— l Eccleston Square, s.w. Hineage. SIR JAMES ANSTRUTHER, of Anstruther (son of John Anstmther, who represented Anstruther Easter in Con- vention 1597, and in Scots parUament 1600, descended fi-om Willielmus de Candela, dominus de Anstruther, temp. DAVID I. and Malcolm IV. 1153), a favourite of Jajies VI. who
