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the fortune of Hugh Lupus, firft Norman earl of Chef- 
ter : they had, amongft divers goodly lands and poflef- 
fions, the manor or lordlhip of Bonubury (a contrac¬ 
tion of Boniface Bury, to which faint the church of that 
place was dedicated) ; and from thence this family 
have fince taken their denomination.—Motto, Firmurn in 
vita nihil, Nothing is permanent in life.—Family’Seat, 
Barton, in Suffolk. 
PARKER, of London; created July r, 1681.—-Sir 
Harry Parker, the fixth baronet, fucceeded his fa¬ 
ther, fir Hyde ; married, in 1765, Bridget, daughter of 
William Crefwell, efq. of Crel'well, in Northumber¬ 
land, by whom he has William, born in 1770; Louifa, 
born in 1777, wife of George-Robert Eyres, efq. Ed¬ 
mund, born in 1779; Hyde, born in 1785 ; and Sophia, 
born in 1787.—This ancient family appears to have fet. 
tied at Hoberton, in Devonlhire, early in the fifteenth 
century ; one branch of it removed from thence, about 
the year 1600, to Borrindon and Saltram, in the fame 
county, the heir of which branch is John lord Borring- 
don. The late baronet, fir Hyde, was vice-admiral of 
the blue, and upon many occafions diftinguifhed himfelf 
in the fervice of his country, particularly on March 5, 
1780, when he commanded at St. Lucia, and in the me¬ 
morable action-with the Dutch, off the Dogger Bank, 
on Auguft5, 1781. The imprelfion made on the public 
mind from this hard-fought battle, was fUch as tp in¬ 
duce the king, attended by the prince of Wales, to pay 
the admiral a vifit at the Nore. In the following year 
he was appointed commander in chief of his majefty’s 
fleet in the Eaft Indies: he left England in the Cato, in 
September, and, having wooded and watered at Rio Ja¬ 
neiro, failed from thence on the 12th of December, from 
which period no information whatever hath been receiv¬ 
ed of him, fo that it is prefumed he perilhed by fire. 
In 1734, he married a daughter of Hugh Smithfon, efq. 
by whom he left two foils, Harry, the prefent baronet, 
born in 1735; and Hyde, born in 1739, who was knight¬ 
ed for his iervices in the American war, and is now ad¬ 
miral of the white.—Family Seat, Melford Hall, Suf¬ 
folk. 
RICHARDS, of Brambletye Houfe, Suffex ; created 
Feb. 22, 1683-4.—This family having been refident in 
Spain for about fixty years, it is impoflible to afeertain 
whether there be an Englilli baronet of this name now ex- 
ilting.—John Richards, efq. came into England with the 
queen, mother of Charles II. fromTouloufe, in France. 
He had a numerous iflue. James, his youngeft fon, was 
knighted by Charles II. for faving feveral men of war, 
and afterwards advanced to the dignity of a baronet; 
he fettled in Spain, where he died, being fucceeded by 
his eldeft fon by his firft lady, fir John, who was co¬ 
lonel of a regiment of foot in the Spanilh fervice, which 
he afterwards quitted, and took to merchandize, and 
carried on a confidcrable trade at Cadiz ; but, dying un¬ 
married, was fucceeded by his half-brother, fir Jol'eph, 
eldeft fon by the fecond lady, who died unmarried alio, 
June 2, 1738. Sir Philip fucceeded his brother, and 
married the eldeft daughter of the duke de Montemar, 
who was general and commander in chief of the Spanilh 
forces fent into Italy in 1735; fince which time we 
are not acquainted with the hiftory of the family.— 
Mouo, Honore et amore, With honour and love. 
DASHWOOD, of Northbrooke, Gxfordfhire; cre¬ 
ated May 16,1684.—Sir Henry-Watkin Dashwood, 
the third baronet, fucceeded his father, fir James, Nov. 
10, 1779; married, July 17, 1780, Mary-EUen, eldeft 
daughter of -Graham, elq. (formerly a member of 
the council in Bengal,) and niece to William, late lord 
Newhaven, (which title became extinit in 1794,) by 
whom lhe has ilfue, Henry-Geotge-Mayne, born June 
26, 1782, and died Nov. 1803; Anna-Maria, born Feb. 
16, 1785; George, born Sept. 17, 1786; Charles, born 
Dec. 9, x787, lieutenant in the third regiment of foot 
L D R Y. 
guards; Auguftus, born Dec. 25, 1793;; Georgiana-Ca- 
rolina, born March 16, 1796. Sir Henry has reprefent- 
ed the borough of Woodftock in nine parliaments.— 
This baronet is defeended from the fecond marriage of 
a confiderable family in Dorfetlhire, and from thence 
tranfplanted into Somerfetlhire. George Dalhwood, 
efq. a younger fon of the faid family, in the reign of 
Charles II. undertook, with other perfons, the farming 
the whole revenue of the kingdom of Jreland, and after¬ 
wards was one of thofe who farmed the whole revenues 
of excife and hearth-money in England, fo long as thofe 
revenues were continued in farm, and was (when they 
were managed by commiftion) one of the commiflioners 
till his death in 1682. His eldeft fon was fir Robert, 
the firft baronet; he ferved in feveral parliaments, in 
the reign of king William, for Banbury.—Family Seat, 
Kirtlington Park, near Woodftock, Oxfordlhire. 
BLOIS, Grundiftmrgh Hall, Suffolk; created April 
15, 1686.—Sir John Blois, the fifth baronet, fucceed¬ 
ed his father, lir Ralph, in 1762; married, firft, Sarah, 
youngeft daughter of George Thornhill, of Diddington, 
in Huntingdonftiire, efquire, by whom, who died Jan. 
11, 1808, he has one fon, Charles, who married, Jan. 
19, 1789, Clara, daughter of Jocelyn Price, of Camblef- 
worth, in Yorkfhire, efquire; and a daughter, Sarah. 
Sir John married, fecondly, April 21, 1772, Lucretia, 
daughter of- Ottley, efq. of the I (land of St. Chrif- 
topher’s, and has ififue two daughters and a fon; Lucre¬ 
tia, married, Jan. 14, 1805, Dr. Thomas Turner, eldeft 
fon of Samuel Turner, elq. Lucy; and Ralph.—This 
ancient family derives its name from Blois, a city in 
France, and came into England at the conqueft. The 
feat was at Norton, in Suffolk, till the reign of Hen¬ 
ry VII. when it was removed to Grundiftmrgh Hall, 
now in the polfelfion of the prefent baronet.—Motto, Je 
mejie en Dieu, I truft in God.—Family Seats, Grundif- 
burgh, and Cockfield Hall, in Suffolk. 
WILLIAMS-WYNN, of Wynnftay ; created July 6 , 
1688.—Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, the fifth baro¬ 
net, born Oct. 46, 1772 ; fucceeded his father, fir Wat- • 
kin, July 29, 1789. He is lord lieutenant and cuftosrotu- 
lorumofthe counties of Denbighand Merioneth,and M.P. 
for the former county in the prefent and three laft par¬ 
liaments.—William Williams, of Chwainelfla, in An. 
glefea, efquire, was the fourteenth in lineal defeent 
from Cadrod Hardd, or the Handfome, a Britifh chief¬ 
tain, who refided at Tremadog, in the parilli of Llan- 
faithley in the fame county , and was lord of Tally bo- 
lion, about the year 1100. Sir William, knt. the firft 
baronet, was a barrjfter, and recorder of Chefter, which 
city he reprefented in three parliaments, in the two lat¬ 
ter of which he was chofen l'peaker. In 36 Gar. II. he 
was tried for a libel, in caufing to be printed the in¬ 
formation of Thomas Dangerfield, gent, and, though he 
pleaded the law and cuftom of parliament in his favour, 
the court fined him ten thoufand pounds for licenfing 
the faid information to be printed, eight thoufand pounds 
of which Aim he was obliged to pay. Roger North at¬ 
tributes the feyerity of this fine to the refentment of Jef¬ 
feries, who had been reprimanded on his knees at the 
bar of the Houfe of Commons by Williams, when fpeak- 
er. After the revolution, this judgment was declared 
by the Houfe of Commons to be illegal, and againft the 
freedom of parliament. He was one of the moft eminent 
lawyers of his time, and appears by the debates and the 
fiate-trials to have been the active and zealous advocate 
of the popular party in the reign of Charles II. but was 
afterwards made by James II. folicitor-general, and 
knighted in 1687, and was in 1688 created a baronet. .. 
Soon after the revolution he was appointed one of the 
king’s counfel. The laft public ait of his life was the 
introduction of the ait for preventing charge and ex¬ 
pence in the eleition of members, commonly called the 
treating ail, which ftill continues one of the principal 
fafeguards 
