7 6 ANTIQUITIES OF NORTHUMBERLAND. 



Bart; of the Lady of Sir William Stanhope, knight of the 

 bath, and of two other fons, gemclli et pares, like the Daucian 

 Twins dcfcribed by the incomparable Manfuan, Thymber and 

 Lc.rls. 



Simillima proles, 



Indifcreta fuis, gratufque parcntibus error.. 



./En. L. 10, 



So like their features, that their parents look 



On either face, but each for each miftook. 



Puzzled, yet pleas'd, they gaz'd on either child, 



And fondly on the dear delufion fmil'd. Pitt. 



Sir Francis was Created knight of the bath, or of the Holy 

 nity, as it was antiently called, at the coronation of his prefent 

 Majefty, K. George III ; being firfl made a knight batchelor, 

 then knighted by the King with the fword of ftate, and pre-r 

 fented with the red ribbon, and medal of three crowns, with- 

 the infcription on the exergue, Tria junfta in uno, in allufion to 

 the union of the three kingdoms, England, Scotland^ and Ireland; 

 the old infcription, till the coronation of K. James I, being Tria 

 numina junfta in uno, in allufion to the Holy Trinity. He is a re- 

 prefentativc in parliament for the borough of Andover. His feat 

 of 



Seaton Delaval is modern, after a defign of Sir John Vanbrougtis, 

 the celebrated architect of Blenheim, in Oxford/hire ; no remains 

 of the old baronial caftle now vifible. When finifhed, it will be 

 a perfect quadrangle, each fide 220 feet. The main entrance is 

 to the north, into a lofty and flately hall, above which is a gal- 



lery. 



