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committee of ’the tiotife of lords, after a folemn invefti- 
gat'ion, May 7, r866j refo'lved “that the barony of 
Roos remains in the co-heirs of Robert de Roos, who 
was fnmmoned to parliament by the ft'yle Of Robert de 
Roos, 49 Henry HI. and that the faid co-heirs are fir 
Thomas Windfor Hunloke, bart. of Wingerworth Ha'll, 
Derbylhire, George .earl of EflTex, and' lady Henry 
Fitzgerald.” Sir Henry, the firft baronet, teftified his 
loyalty, by lending to Charles I. a confiderable fum of 
money, in his mod preffing rteceffity,-even at a time 
when there was.little-probability of ever being repaid: 
healfio levied and accoutred a troop of horfe, in the regi¬ 
ment of colonel John Ffechevile, (afterwards lord 
Frechevile, ) whereof he bimfelf was lifeute'naht-col'Ohe!: 
and this youbg-hero, not then twenty-two years Of age,' 
at the battle of Edgd Hill fo ngnalized himfelf, that 
the king knighted him in the field of battle, and foon 
after created him a baronet. Not long after, making a 
bold attempt upon the enemy, neat BeftVvood Park, in 
Nottingham ft ire, in a tkifmift with fome of the adverfe 
party in ambufli, he received a cut with a fword in his' 
elbow, which fo difabled his light hand, that it hung 
nfelefs in a fcarf to liis dying day; and for his loyalty 
to his fovereign, he was fined 1458I. by the fequeftra- 
■tors.—Family Seat, Wingerworth, in Derbylhire. 
HAGGERSTON, of Haggerfton Caftle, Northumber¬ 
land ; created Augufi; 15, 1643.—Sir Carnaby Hag- 
gerston, the fifth baronet, fucceeded his father, fir 
Thomas, Nov. r, 1777; married Frances, daughter of 
William, fon of Walter Smythe, efq. brother of fir Ed¬ 
ward Smythe, of Elli, in the county of Durham, baro¬ 
net; by whom he has ilfue a daughter, married,-in Jan. 
1803, fir Thomas Stanley, bart. of Hooton, in. Cheshire. 
—This name is of great antiquity in Scotland, and local 
from Halkerfton.. William and Richard Haggerfton are 
witnefles'to a donation, in 1190. John de Haggerfton 
was one of the' Scots barons, who fwore fealty to king 
Edward, 1296. Sir Thomas, the firft baronet, was co¬ 
lonel of a regiment in the fervice of diaries I.—Family 
Seatj.fJaggei'fton, in Northumberland. 
HAMPSON, of Taplow, Buckinghamftiire ; created 
June 3, 1642. —Sir Tiiomas-Philip Hampson, the 
Seventh baronet, born Oct. 1763; fucceeded his father, 
fir George-Franeis, Dec. 25, 1774; married, June’25, 
1788, lane, eldeft ^laughter, and at length: co-heir, of 
Peter Hodfon, of . the city of London, and of Buck in 
Cumberland, e (quire; and by her (who died May 6, 
1791) he had one fon, Geo'rge-Francis, born. Oft. 22, 
1789; and two daughters, Stella-Frances, who was 
bom and died in 1790; and Stella-Anne,- born and died 
in 1791.—Motto, Nunc aut tmnquam. Now or never.— 
Refidervce, Great Cumberland Place. 
O’NEILL, of Upper Clanaboys, Ireland; created Nov. 
13,1643.—Sit Randal O’NEi LL,the fourth baronet,fuc- 
ceeded his father, fir Henry; married Mrs. Margaret 
Thomkins; by w hom he has one fon,William, born about 
1754; and one daughter, Rachael.—Wotton fays this 
family is defoendfed from Hugh Meyth, who was king of 
Ulfter in U22, when Henry II. landed in Ireland; but 
asHenry II. did not land in Ireland till 1172, when Ro- 
deric or Roger was king, and who fucceeded Murtough 
Mac Neil in 1168, probably this laft-named prince rmtft 
be the perfon fuppofed the aticeftor of this family. His 
grandfon, Hugh Boy O’Neill, (from whom the territo¬ 
ries called the Clanaboys, in the Counties of Down and 
Antrim, received their hames,) recovered thofie coun¬ 
tries from the Eliglifti, (who had conquered them from 
the Irilh,) in the reign of Henry II. and enjoyed the 
fame till the reign of James I. One of the family ft ill 
enjoys a confiderable part thereof; the reft lias been 
partly recovered from them by force of arms, and partly 
purchafed in James the Firft’s reign, who inftituted the 
order of baronets, in order to raife money for fubduing 
L D R Y. 
the O’Neills in Ulfter; and, as a further reward and en¬ 
couragement, the U'lfterh and (being part of theO’Nc-ill’.s 
arm's) was given as an augmentation to the arms of each 
baronet. The prefentfir Randal O’Neill is fuppofed to 
be the fourteenth in a lineal defcent from the laft king 
of Uliter.—Family Seat, Upper Clanaboys, in ‘the coun¬ 
ty of Down, in Ireland. 
BATHURST, of Leachlade, Gloucefterfhire ; cre¬ 
ated Dec. 5, 1643.—Sir Laurence BatpIORSt, the' 
fixth baronet, fucceeded hi's father, fir Francks.—.The 
family of Bathur'ft was anciently feat eft 'in S.mfex; and 
from thence removed into Kent, where they pofteffed a’ 
confiderable eftate; they have fipread themfelves into" 
divers other counties, and flourifhed with great repu¬ 
tation. Laurence Bathurft we find living in the time of- 
Henry VI. and pofllfied of lahcfs at Cranbrook in Kent, 
and in the city-of Canterbury. Sir Edward, the firft 
baronet, for his loyalty to king Charles I. had his eftate 
fequeftered, which he compounded for 720I. . Sir Fran¬ 
cis, the late baroitet, and his lady, with part of his fa¬ 
mily, enfoarked- with general Oglethorpe, to encourage, 
the new fettlemenf in Georgia, where his lady died, in 
Jan. Soon after which, fir Francis died there,, 
and his younger fon, Robert, was killed in an engage¬ 
ment, in that country, with the Indians, whereupon the 
dignity came to his eldeft fon, fir Laurence, the prefent 
baronet, who refides in Georgia, if living ; but the title* 
is prefumed to be extinft-. 
ACTON, of Aldenham, Shropflute; created Jan.' 
17, 1643^-—Sir John-Francis:Edvvard Acton, the. 
fixth baronet, was born in 1736 ; fucceeded his coiifin,' 
fir Richard, Nov. 20, 1791; married Mary-Anne, daugh¬ 
ter of one of his brothers (by permiflioii of the pope), 
-by whom he has one fon, Richard-Ferdinando, born July 
24, 1801.' Sir John Erancis-Edward, after having at¬ 
tained the rank of major-general in the Auftrian fervice, 
removed to Naples, where he has filled feveral high' 
civil and military offices,.—Family Seats, Aldenham, 
and Round Atton, otherwife Adton Round, near Al- 
denham, in Shropftire. 
There was an earlier baronetcy in this family, created 
in 1628 ; which became extindt on the. death of the firft 
baronet. . 
WEBB, of Odftock, Wiltfhire; created April 2, 
1644.-— Sir Thomas Webb, the fixth baronet, fuc-- 
deeded his uncle, fir John, in 1796 ; married, March 14,' 
1799, the honourable Charlotte-Fiances, daughter of 
Charles vifcount Dillon.—William Webb, of Salifhury, 
merchant, who lived in the time of Henry VIM. is the 
firft we find of this family. His defcendarit, fir J plin/ 
was created a baronet, as a reward of his family’s'having 
both fhed their bloodin the king’s caufe, and contributed, 
as far as they were able, with their purfes, in his defence, 
as the patent e'xprejfetk.— Family Seats, Odftock in Wil t¬ 
fhire, and Hathrop in Gloucefterfhire. 
VYVYAN, of Trelowarren, Cornwall; created Feb. 
12, 1644-5.—The Rev. Sir Carew Vyvyan, the fi-kth 
baronet, M. A. born Jan. 11, 1736; fucceeded'his bro¬ 
ther, fir Richard, in 1781.—The ancient family of Vy-- 
vyan, was originally feated at Telkudrin, or Trivndrin,- 
now called Trevidden, in the paiifh of Buryan, in 
Cornwall, which eftate (till continues in the family. 
The firft who is entered in the Vifttatioh-books of the 
Heralds’ office is fir Vyell Vyvyan, knt. who lived in 
the thirteenth century; and from him defcended fir Rw 
chard, the firft baronet, member of parliament for Pl-n- 
rhyn, 15 Cha. I. and a burgefs for Trfegony to ferve in 
that parliament which began 1640; but, leaving it in 
1642, retired to Oxford, and fat in the parliament holden 
there 1643; and was mafter of the mint at Exeter. He 
fuffered greatly for his Idyalty, by imprifonnient, and 
fequeftration of his eftate.*—Family-Seat, Trblovvarren, 
near Helfton, Cornwall. 
