96 THE FAMILY AND THE NATION 



of D'Arcy and Penruddock, we reach the eighteenth 

 century, and find in the records a Knight of the Bath, a 

 Commander-in-Chief, and an Admiral of the Fleet. A 

 Viscounty of Ireland and a Barony of the United 

 Kingdom were conferred in 1720 and 1780 respectively. 

 The Dictionary of National Biography has records of 

 eight members of this family. 



Gainsborough. A Robert, son of Noel, founded a 

 priory in the reign of Henry II. ; one of his sons served 

 as sheriff of Staffordshire for seven years. In the early 

 days of Henry VIII., James Noel was a justice of the 

 peace. His third son, receiving grants of the lands of 

 the dissolved monasteries, served several times as sheriff, 

 and his grandson, Sir Andrew, was a personage of great 

 note in the time of Queen Elizabeth, being chosen as 

 knight of the shire in several parliaments. His heir, 

 Edward, who distinguished himself in the Irish wars, 

 was created a Baronet in 1611 and a Baron in 1616. 

 Several members of the family sacrificed their lives and 

 estates to the cause of Charles I. The dignity of Earl 

 of Gainsborough was conferred in 1682. There are 

 nine entries of members of this family in the Dictionary 

 of National Biography, chiefly of men living in the 

 eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. 



Galloway. This branch of the family of Stewart 

 has an early and long record of military service in 

 Scotland. One chieftain fell at Flodden, and of 

 him it is recorded that he left, with one son, sixteen 

 daughters, each of whom became the wife of a laird 

 of distinction. Another Sir Alexander Stewart, his 

 great-grandson, married a Douglas of Drumlanrig, 

 and their son, also a Sir Alexander, " a man of great 



