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MORDA UNT— MORRIS. 445 MOEDAUNT, Sir Charles, of Walton Hall, "Warwicks. (1611, E.), M.P. South Warwdcks. 1859/68, hon. major Warwicks. yeo. cav. 1881 ; s. his father as 10th Baronet in 1815 ; b. 28 April, 1836 ; m. 7 Dec. 1866, Harriet Sarah, 4th dau. of late Sir Thomas MoncriefEe, Bart, whom he divorced 11 Mar. 1875. He m. 2ndly— 24 April, 1878, Maiy Louisa, dau. of Rev. and Hon. Henry Pitt Chol- mondeley (E. Delameee), and has 2 daus. (1) Adela, b. 27 Jan. 1879. (2) Irene, b. 27 Dec. 1880. Note— Heir presumptive, John Murray Mordaunt, Esq. Arms — Arg. a chevron between three estoiles sa. Crest — Out of a ducal coronet a Saracen's head in profile lipr. wreathed arg. and sa. Motto— Ferro comite. Seat— Walton Hall, near Wellesbourue, Warwick. Uineage. WILLIAM MORDAUNT, of Turvey, Beds. 1471/2 (de- scended from William Mordaimt, of Turvey, 1297) ; m. Margaret, dau. of John Peeke, of Cople, Beds, and had 2 sons, (1) Sir John, of Tiu:vey, one of the royal commanders at Stoke 1484, king's Serjeant 1495/6, justice of Chester 1500, chan- cellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, knight of the sword at the creation of Henry, Prince of Wales, 18 Feb. 1502/3, and d. 1505, leaving issue. His sou, Sir John, had smnmous to Parliament as a Baron from 4 May, 1532, to 5 Nov. 1558, and was ancestor of the extinct Earls of Peterborough. (2) William, prothonotary of the coumion pleas; m. 1495, Anne, 2nd dau. and coheir of Thomas Huntingdon, Esq. of Hempstead, Essex. His great-grandson, SIR L'ESTRANGE MORDAUNT, created a BAROXET 29 Jime, 1611, in consideration of his military services in the wars between the Spaniards and the States of Holland in tlie Low Countries; d. 1627, aged 55, having m. Margaret, dau. of Peter de Charles, of Antwerp, and had issue. His descendant, SIR JOHN, 9th Baronet (on the death of his father Sir Charles, 30 May, 1823), b. 24 Aug. 1808; d. 27 Sept. 1845, having m. 7 Aug. 1834, Caroline Sophia, 2nd dau. of Right Rev. George Murray, D.D. (D. Athole), bishop of Rochester (she re-m. 25 April, 1853, to Gustavus Thomas Smith, Esq. of Goldicote, co. Wore, who d. 6 Jan. 1875), and had 3 sons and 2 daus. (1) Sir Charles, 10th and present Baronet. (2) John Murray, heir presumptive to the Baronetcy; b. 30 Dec. 1837 ; m. 15 May, 1866, Elizabeth Evelyn, 3rd dau. of John Cotes, Esq. of Woodcote, Salop, and has a son and dau. Henry John, b. 12 July, 1867. — Mabel Louisa. (3) Osbert, M.A. Ch. Ch. Oxon. 1867, rector of Hampton Lucy, Warwick, since 1874; b. 4 Dec. 1842; m. 14 Oct. 1879, Jessie Louisa, 4th dau. of late Rev. Henry Snow, vicar of Bibury, co. Glouc. (4) Marjr Augusta, m. 23 Dec. 1879, to Rev. Humphrey Farran Hall, vicar of Walton, Warwick. (5) Alice, m. 5 Oct. 1864, to Rev. and Hon. Walter Berkeley Portman (V. PORTMAN). "A^OEEIS, Sir John Aemine, of Sketty Park, -^VX CO. Glamorgan, j.p. and d.l. (1806, U.K.), late 60th regt.; s. his father as 3rd Baronet in 1855; b. 13 July, 1813; m. 1847, Catherine, dau. of Ronald Macdonald, Esq. of and has 5 sons and 2 daus. (1) Robert Armine, capt. r. Glamorgan mil.; b. 27 July, 1848. (2) John, b. 9 Sept. 1850. (3) George Cecil, b. 10 April, 1852. (4) Arthur Ronald, b. 18 Nov. 1855. (5) Herbert, b. 17 June, 1858. (6) Henrietta Ellen, m. 10 Oct. 1876, as 2nd wife, to FeUx Hussey, youngest son of late Capt. Webber, 47th regt. (B. Auckland), and has a son, b. 28 Mar. 1880. (7) Amy Blanche Caroline. Arms— Sa. on a saltire engrailed erm. a bezant charged with a cross couped gu. Crest— A lion rampant or, charged with a cross couped gu. within a chain in the form of an arch gold. Motto— Scuto fidei. Seat— Sketty Park, Swansea. Hineage. SIR JOHN MORRIS, of Clasemout, co. Glamorgan (son of Robert Morris, of Tredegar, co. Glamorgan, and grandson of Thomas Moms, of Bishop's Castle, and of Cleobury Mor- timer, Salop), created a Baronet 12 May, 1806; b. 12 July 1745; d. 25 Jime. 1819, having m. 26 May, 1774, Henrietta dau' of Sir Philip Musgrave, Bart, of Eden Hall, Cumb.; she d. 16 June, 1812, having had with other issue a son and heir SIR JOHN, 2nd Baronet; b. 14 July, 1775: d. 24 Feb. 1855 having m. 5 Oct. 1809, Hon. Liicy Juliana Byng, dau! of John, 5th Viscoimt Torrington, and had with other issue 4 sons and 5 daus. [1] Sir Armine John, 3rd and present Baronet. [2] George Byng, of Dan-y-Craig, Glamorgans. J.p. and D.L.; b. 16 Mar. 1816; m. 23 Oct. 1852, Emily Matilda, dau. of Charles H. Smith, Esq. of Derwen Fawr, co. Glamorgan, and has 6 sons and 4 daus. Robert Townsend, b. 9 July, 1853.— Charles Smith, b. 12 Dec. 1854.— George Lockwood, b. 29 Jan. 1859.— Musgrave, b. 18 Nov. 1864.— Thomas Byng, b. 24 JiUv, 1866.— Frank HaU, b. 16 July, 1869.— Edith Charlotte.— Fanny Matilda.— Lucy Emily.— Rose Herbert. [3] Frederick, com. R.x. Turkish medal and clasp, for bom bardment, St. Jean d'Acre 1840; b. 25 Jan. 1819; m. 28 Jan 1854, Agnes, only dau. and heir of late Charles Brandford Lane Esq. of the Barbadoes, and has 3 sons, (1) Frederic, capt. 23rd R.w. fusiliers; b. 20 Dec. 1854; m Florence, youngest dau. of Edward Roberts, Esq of Gibraltar. (2) Charles Lane, late 1st Warwick mil.; b. 29 Mar 1857 (3) Percy Byng, b. 13 Nov. 1871. [4] Charles Henry, C.B. lieut.-gen. in the army, retd. Ust an officer of the legion of honom- and medjidie, also of Sardinian order of military valour, military attache at Vienna 1874/6- b 27 Feb. 1824; m. 16 Sept. 1869, Lady Blanche Godolphin- Osborne, dau. of George, 8th Duke of Leeds, and has 2 daus Ethel Harriet.— Lilla Gwendolen. [5] Henrietta Juliana, d. 7 Oct. 1871, having m. 2 Mar 1838 to Albert Lascelles Jenner, Esq. who d. 17 Oct. 1864 leavins 2 children. ' °