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Robert John, eldest son of John Buxton, Esq. of Channons 

 Hall and Shadwell Court, co. Norfolk, by Elizabeth, heir of John 

 Jacob, Esq. of Norton and Tockenhain, co. Wilts, was born in 

 1753. He was one of William Pitt's intimate friends and firmest 

 supporters. On 25 Nov. 1800 he was created a Baronet and died 7 

 June 1839. 



1801. 41 Geo. III. Feb. 2. Sir Robert John Buxton, Bart. The 



Hon. John Wodehouse. 



1802. 43 Geo. III. Nov. 12. Sir Robert John Buxton, Bart. 



Nathaniel Holland, Esq. 



1806. 47 Geo. III. Dec. 10. James George, Yiscount Stopford. 



James Henry Leigh, Esq. 



1807. Sir Yicary Gibbs, Knt. loco Yiscount Stopford, made Comp- 



troller of His Majesty's Household, and a new writ ordered 



13 April 1807. 



James Henry, son of James Leigh, Esq. of Adlestrop and Long- 

 borough, co. Gloucester, by Lady Caroline Erydges, eldest daugh- 

 ter of Henry, Duke of Chandos, by Mary, eldest daughter and 

 coheir of Charles, Earl of Ailesbury and Elgin, was born in 1765. 

 Mr. Leigh was afterwards of Stoneleigh Abbey, co. Warwick, and 

 father to Chandos Leigh, who in May 1839 was created Baron 

 Leigh of Stoneleigh. Mr. Leigh died 27 October 1823. 



Sir Vicary Gibbs was eldest son of George Abraham Gibbs, a 

 surgeon at Exeter, and also of Clyst St. George, co. Devon (where 

 the family had possessed an estate from the time of Queen Eliza- 

 beth), by Ann, daughter and eventually coheir of Antony Yicary, 

 Esq. He was among the Alumni Etonenses of the year 1770, and 

 in due time became a Fellow of King's College, Cambridge, B.A. 

 in 1775 and M.A. in 1778. He was called to the Bar at Lincoln's 

 Inn, became Recorder of Bristol, Solicitor General, and was 

 knighted 20 Feb. 1805, Attorney General in 1807, in which year 

 he was chosen a burgess in Parliament for the University of Cam- 

 bridge, having resigned his seat for Bedwyn. He was appointed 

 a Judge of the Common Pleas in 1812, Lord Chief Baron of the 

 Exchequer in 1813, and in the same year Lord Chief Justice of 

 the Common Pleas. This office he resigned in 1818 in conse- 

 quence of ill health, and died on the 8th Feb. 1820. He was buried 

 at Hayes in Kent where he had purchased an estate. He married 

 Frances Cerjat Humberstone Mackenzie, sister to Lord Seaforth, 

 by whom he had one child, Maria, now widow of General Sir 

 Andrew Pilkington. 



1807. 47 Geo. III. May 11. James Henry Leigh, Esq. Sir John 

 Nicholl, Knt. 



