Egbert Hardwicke, 192, Piccadilly, w. 1? 



The Shilling House of Commons. 



Containing an Alphabetical List of the Members of Parliament, and 

 of the places which they represent ; with a short Biographical Notice 

 of the birth, marriage, and family connections of each Member ; his 

 political bias and patronage, a brief list of the offices and appoint- 

 ments which he has hitherto held, and his address in town and 

 country. To which is added, a List of the late and present Ministry, 

 and of her Majesty's Privy Council. 



Published Annually, Second Yer.r of publication ; Price £l. IGs. 



The County Families of the United 

 Kingdom. 



Or, Royal Manual of the Titled and Untitled Aristocracy of 

 Great Britain and Ireland, containing a brief notice of the Descent, 

 Birth, Marriage, Education, and Appointments of each Person, his 

 Heir Apparent or Presumptive, as also a Record of the Offices which 

 lie has hitherto held, together with his Town Address and Country 

 E-esidences. By Edward Walford, M.A., late Scholar of Balliol 

 College, Oxford, and Fellow of the Genealogical and Historical 

 Society of Great Britain. 



"We find in this most convenient handbook the living representatives of those 

 who have earned rank for themselves and for their descendants. We have records of 

 the military or naval services in the titles of Wellington, Marlborough, Howden, 

 Amherst, Anglesey, Cadogan, Charlemont, Cathcart. Dartmouth, Dorchester, Gardner, 

 (rough, Hardinge, Harris, Hill, Huntly, Keane, Powi3, Raglan, Seaton, Stamford, 

 Stanhope, Stratford, Vivian, Nelson, St. Vincent. Oamperdown, De Saumarez, Hood, 

 Exmouth, Havrke, Mulgrave. and Sandwich. Official services are represented by 

 Clifford, Albemarle, Dunfermline, Sidmouth, Congleton, Gienelg, Holland, Lauder- 

 dale, Monteagle, Onslow, Oxford, Melville, Ripon, Salisbury, Shannon, and Sydney. 

 Success in commerce and trade is represented in Fitzwilliam, Leigh, Petre, Darnley, 

 Carrington. Ovcrstone, Leeds, Craven, Greville, Radnor, Ducie, Pomfret, Tankerville, 

 Dormer, Coventry, Romney, Dudlow, Dacres, and Ashburton. Political services have 

 elevated Lowther and Massareene ; diplomatic services, Berwick, Cowley, Durham, 

 Malmesbury, Granville, Harrington, Heytesbury, Rivers, and Stratford de Redcliffe. 

 The fortunate lawyers have contributed Tenterden, Thurlow, Eldon, Plunket, Redes- 

 dale, Rosslyn, Walsingham, Campbell, Stratheden, St. Leonards, Lyndhurst, Truro, 

 KUenborough, North, Hardwicke, Cottenham, Cowper, Kenyon, Lovelace, Man- 

 chester, and Manners. The ' Romance of the Peerage' is written in titles such as 

 these. The mercer, the skinner, and the silk-merchant, the merchant tailor, the 

 draper, the wool-stapler, the cloth-worker, the Calais or Cheapside merchant, the 

 banker, the jeweller, the goldsmith, and the apothecary (Smithson), like the gallant 

 ;:dmiral, the general, and the gentlemen of the long robe or of red tape, have, when 

 enterprising and energetic, founded noble families." — Literary Gazette. 



" It possesses advantages which no other work of the kind that we know of has 

 offered hitherto. Containing all that is to be found in others, it furnishes information 

 respecting families of distinction which are not to be found in the latter. It will prove 

 to be invaluable in the library and drawing-room." — Spectator. 



" To produce such a work in the perfection which characterizes ' County Families,' 

 must have been an almost Herculean task. It is sufficient for us to say that accuracy 

 even in the minutest details appears to have been the aim of Mr. Walford, and the 

 errors are so few and slight, that they may readily be passed over." — Weekly 

 Register. 



