12 CHARLES BALGUY, M.D. 
Charles Balguy, the subject of this article, was born in 1708. 
He was the younger of the two sons of Henry Balguy, Esq., of 
Derwent Hall, and Elizabeth, his wife, the daughter of ‘Thomas 
Eyre, Esq., of Newbold, near Chesterfield. His elder brother 
Henry, who lived at Alfreton, seems to have inherited the family 
estates. and from him is descended the present head of the family, 
John Balguy, Esq., of Waltham House, Chelmsford, the Police 
Magistrate for Woolwich and Greenwich There were five 
daughters—Ann, Dorothy, Mary, Catherine, and Elizabeth. I 
have not ascertained what became of the three elder girls, but on 
the 30th January, 1732-3, Catherine* was married at Hathersage 
to Joseph Greaves, of Moscar House, in that parish, gentleman. 
Elizabeth married John Littlewood, of Bamford,t gentleman, and 
it will be seen hereafter that she became possessed of half the 
property of her brother Charles. 
We may assume that Charles Balguy was born at Derwent Hall, 
for in the record of his matriculation at Cambridge he is described 
as the son of Henry Balguy, of Derwent. Over the principal 
doorway of the fine old hall in Derwent Dale, built or purchased 
by the Balguys in 1672, and now the country residence of His 
Grace the Duke of Norfolk, are carved the arms of Balguy. This 
house was, in fact, the principal} seat of the family before they 
* She was buried at Hathersage, 29th November, 1768. I have a few of her 
books inscribed in her own beautiful handwriting ‘‘ Kitty Greaves’s Book, 
1733," &c. Some of them are copies of Zhe Spectator, Another is The British 
Magazine for 1760, containing Smollett’s Lancelot Greaves, first published 
in that form. Her daughter, Elizabeth, was married at Dronfield, 1st May, 
1775, to John Oldall, or Odeil, of Cold Aston, gentleman, my great grandfather. 
Joseph Greaves made his will, 31st December, 1783, appointing John Oldall 
sole executor. It was proved by him at Lichfield, 29th April, 1784. 
+1764. Draft indenture between John Littlewood, of Bamforth, in the 
parish of Hathersage, gent., and Elizabeth his wife, of the one part, and 
Robert Newton, of Norton, co. Derby, Esq., of the other part. Conveyance 
of property at Hathersage for £600.—“ Local Notes and Queries” of Zhe 
Sheffield and Rotherham Independent. 
{They had other residences and estates in the Peak. Amongst these may 
be mentioned Aston Hall, in Hope Parish, Hope Hall, Rowlee, and The 
Hagg. Aston Hall is now a farm house, and Rowlee is the residence of Mr. 
Charles Greaves. Hope Hall, immediately opposite the north side of the 
‘restored ” church, is now the village inn. It is an interesting building, and 
has some quaint old rooms and oil paintings, let into the panels, which once 
belonged to the Balguys, and were doubtless put there when the house was 
built. One of the paintings represents Danae in the shower of gold. 
