low, Burton, &c. His Lordship was born in Pall-Mall, Westminster, January 23d, 1737-8. His Lordship, in 1760, was appointed a Captain of dragoons in Lord Robert Sutton's regiment of Royal Foresters; and in April 1762, was promoted to a company, with rank of Lieut.-Colonel, in the first regiment of foot-guards, and served in the allied army, in Germany, under Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick, during that campaign. On May 4th, 1762, his Lordship was chosen member in parliament for Bridgwater, in the room of the Earl of Egmont, his father, when called up to the House of Peers, in England.

And on Tuesday, June 4th, 1765, his Lordship was married at his father's house, in the Adiniralty, to the Hon. Miss Isabella Poulet, daughter and sole heir to the Right Hon. Lord Nassau Powlet, by whom he has issue,

1. John, now Lord Viscount Perceval, born at High-House, near Purfleet, in com. Essex, August 13th, 1767; married March 10th, 1792, Bridget Wynne, niece of Thomas, first Lord Newborough, of Ireland.

2. Lady Isabella Perceval, born in Portman-Square, Marybone parish, April 13th, 1769, and died December 15th, 1776.

Titles. John-James Perceval, Earl of Egmont, Viscount Perceval, of Kanturk, Baron Perceval, Baron Perceval, of Burton,

• Which Lord Nassau Powlet, was third son of Charles, Duke of Bolton, Baron St. John, of Basing, &c. &c. &c. who died January 21st, 1722, by his wife, the Lady Isabella Tufton, one of the daughters and coheirs of Thomas, Earl of Thanet, Baron of Clifford, Westmoreland, and Vescy (by the Lady Catharine Cavendish, daughter and coheir to Henry, Duke of Newcastle), son of John, Earl of Thanet, by the Lady Margaret Sackville, daughter and heir of Richard, Earl of Dorset (by Anne, daughter and sole heir of George Clifford, Earl of Cumberland.) Of which baronies of Clifford, Westmoreland, and Vescy (being all baronies in fee), it may be proper to observe, that by the death of the said Thomas, Earl of Thanet, without male issue, they fell into abeyance between the five daughters and coheirs of the said Earl; viz. Catharine, who married Edward, Lord Sondes, father to Lewis, the late Earl of Rockingham. Anne, who married James, late Earl of Salisbury, and by whom she had Catharine, late Countess of Egmont, muther to John, the late Earl. Margaret, late Countess dowager of Leicester (who obtained of the late King the Barony of Clifford), which by her Ladyship's death, without issue, descended to Edward Southwell, Esq. who received summons to parliament as Baron Clifford in 1776, as will more fully appear under that title. Mary, who married the late Marquis of Harold, son and heir apparent of Henry, Duke of Kent (by whom she had no issue), and afterwards became the wife of John, first Earl Gower, whom she survived. And Isabella, mother, as before-mentioned, of Isabella, now Lady Perceval.

and Baronet, of Ireland; Lord Lovel and Holland, Baron Lovel and Holland, of Enmore, in the kingdom of Great Britain.

Creations. Baronet, the 19th of September, 1661, the 13th of Charles II.; Baron Perceval, of Burton, the 21st of April, 1715, the 1st of George I.; Viscount Perceval of Kanturk, the 25th of February, 1722, the 9th of George I.; and Earl of Egmont (all in the county of Cork, in Ireland), the 6th of November, 1733, the 7th of George II.; Lord Lovel and Holland, Baron Lovel and Holland, of Enmore, in the county of Somerset, in Great Britain, the 7th of May, 1762, the 2d of George III.

Arms. Argent, on a chief indented, Gules, three crosses pattee

of the field.

Crest. On a wreath, a thistle, proper, motto over it Yvery. Supporters. On the dexter side, an antelope, Argent, attired, gorged with a ducal coronet, chained, tufted, and unguled, Or. On the sinister side, a stag, Sable, furnished as the dexter, each having in its mouth a thistle proper. Also the two black eagles, &c. the ancient supporters used by this family from the time of Edward I.

Motto. SUB CRUCE CANDIDA.

Chief Seats. In England, at Enmore Castle, in the county of Somerset. In Ireland, at Burton-House (burnt down in the wars in 1688, by a party of King James's forces, of which the offices only now remain in repair), and Kanturk-Castle (a noble building, of which only the walls are now standing), both in the county of Cork.

THIS noble family is descended from the Lords of Vernon, in the duchy of Normandy.

Their common ancestor, WILLIAM DE VERNON, assumed his surname from the town and district of Vernon, whereof he was sole proprietor, anno 1052; he founded and richly endowed the collegiate and parochial church of St. Mary, in Vernon, for a Dean and Secular Canons, and lies interred there, under an altar monument, whereon is his effigies.

He had two sons, Richard and Walter; who both came into England with William the Conqueror.

The younger, WALTER, obtained the Lordships of Winfleton, Nesse, Ledsam, and Preston, in Cheshire; Hert well, Adestock, and Plaet-Merton, in Bucks; and had a share in his father's possessions in Normandy; but, dying without issue, they descended

to

His elder brother, RICHARD de Vernon, Lord of Vernon, who was one of the Barons created by Hugh Lupus, to whom William the Conqueror, his uncle, in the 20th year of his reign, granted the county-palatine of Chester.

It appears from Doomsday-book, that this Richard de Vernon, first Baron of Shipbroke, held the lands and manors of Aston, Picton, Shipbroke, Crew, Hetune, Cocheshall, Wice, Malatune, Wanetune, Devenham, Dovestock, Adeline, Boetbury, and others. He was a benefactor, with Hugh Lupus, to the abbey of St. Werburgh, in Chester, and in temp. Will. II. gave tithes of Easton

a Shipbroke lics about two miles S. E. from N. rthwich. Lysons's Cheshire,

and Picton, to that abbey. He was succeeded by his eldest son and heir,

WILLIAM de Vernon, whose son,

HUGH de Vernon, living in 1119, was also Lord of Northwyk, and with Richard, Earl of Chester, likewise a great benefactor to the abbey of St. Werburgh. He married the daughter and heir of Reginald de Baillôt (or Badgioll), Lord of Erdewick and Helgrave; by whom he had issue, inter alios,

WARINE de Vernon, fourth Baron of Shipbroke, living temp. Henry III. whose eldest son,

RICHARD de Vernon, in 37 Henry III. had a grant of the custody of the castle and manor of the Pecke, and dying before his father, left issue, four sons; whereof

WILLIAM, the third, was Chief Justice of Chester, of whom presently; and

WARINE, the eldest, married Auda, third daughter, and one of the coheirs of William Malbank, Baron of Wich-Malbank, now Namptwich, in the county of Chester (descended from William Malbank, Baron of Wich-Malbank, in 20 William I.) with whom he acquired a great number of manors in that county, and was father of

1. Warine de Vernon, Baron of Shipbroke.

2. Ralph, of whom hereafter.

WARINE (the last-mentioned Baron of Shipbroke), married Margaret, or Margery, daughter and heir of Ralph de Andeville, relict of Hugh de Altaribus, by whom he had a son, Warine, who died without issue, and three daughters, his coheirs; Margery, the wife of Richard de Wilbraham; Edith, of Sir William Stafford, Knight; and Rohesia, of John Littlebury. Where. upon

RALPH, their father's brother, rector of Hanwell, succeeded to the barony; but after a long suit with the coheirs, it was agreed the barony should be divided; they and their husbands to have one half, with the salt-works at Namptwich, called the Juggarhouse; and that Ralph should have the other half, including the manor of Minshul Vernon, and the capital manor of Shipbroke. This Ralph levied a fine of his lands in Shipbroke, &c. in 19 Edward Il. His son, Sir Ralph de Vernon, lived to the great age of one hundred and fifty, and on that account was styled the old liver. He married, first, Mary, daughter of Ralph, Lord

b Said to have been illegitimate. Lysons, 648.

Dacres; and, secondly, Matilda, daughter of Robert Grosvenor, of Budworth (widow of John Hatton); by the first he had issue, Sir Ralph, and Thomas Vernon, of Lostock, of whom presently. By the latter he had a son, Richard, who had two sons, Sir Ralph and Sir Richard.

Sir RALPH (by some called Sir Robert), married Margaret, daughter of Urian de Sancto Petro, and died before his father; leaving Sir Ralph, who, by Agnes Damon, left a daughter and heir, Margaret, who was married to Sir Hamon L'Estrange, Knt. Lord of Hurdleston, living in 3 Edward III.

d

Thus dying without issue male, his cousin, Sir Ralph, son of his half-uncle, Richard, in consequence of a settlement made a by old Sir Richard in 1325, came into possession of the Barony of Shipbroke, to the exclusion of the descendant of Thomas, the uncle of the whole blood. This Sir Ralph leaving no issue male, was succeeded by his younger brother, Sir Richard, who was slain at the battle of Shrewsbury; leaving two sons, Sir Richard, who died in France, leaving an only daughter, married to Sir Robert Foulshurst; and Sir Ralph, who inherited Shipbroke, and left an only daughter and heir, Dorothy, married to Sir John Savage, K.G. who was slain at the siege of Boulogne in 1492.e

THOMAS, of Lostock, second son of old Sir Ralph, by Mary Dacres, married Joan, daughter and coheir of Richard Lostock, by whom he was father of RICHARD Vernon, living 42 Edward III. who married Avice, daughter of Thomas Leigh, of Bradley, and was father of another RICHARD Vernon, of Lostock, who married Margaret, daughter of Sir Richard Molyneux; their son, JAMES Vernon, of Haslington, Esq. married a daughter of Thomas Minshull, and was father of RICHARD, who, by Jane, daughter of Richard Torbock, of Lancashire; was father of JOHN, who married Mabel, daughter of Henry Gifford, of Staffordshire, and had issue, RALPH, who first married Joan, daughter of Robert Fowlhurst, of Crew; secondly, Mary, daughter of John

She was on one side represented to be his second wife, on the other as his concubine. Lysons's Chesh. 648.

d In consequence of this settlement, there was a long litigation between the heirs of Richard, and the heirs of Thomas, It seems probable it was settled by compromise; as the Barony of Shipbroke, and other estates, remained with the posterity of Richard; and Haslington was enjoyed by the posterity of Thomas, who resided at Haslington for many generations. Lysons, ut supr. 503.

When the late Admiral Vernon's nephew was created an Irish Earl, he chose the title of Shipbroke,