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Tented in parliament the city of London, and the city of 
Coventry.—Family Seat, Ewell, Surrey. 
COLEBROOKE, of Bath; created Oft. 12, 1759.— 
Sir Charles Coleb Rooke, the fecond baronet, F.A.S. 
born June 14, 1729 ; fucceeded his brother, fir James, 
May 19, 1761 ; married, July 23, 1754, Mary, only 
daughter and heir of Patrick Gayiior, of Antigua, ef- 
quire, by whom he has had four fons and three daugh¬ 
ters, whereof two daughters and three fons are living; 
Jt. Mary, born Oft. 26, 1757, wife of the chevalier 
Charles-Adrien de Peyron, in the fervice of Guftavus 
king cef Sweden; and by him had one fon, Charles- 
Adolphus-Mary ; the chevalier was killed in a duel, 
in 1784, by the count de la Marck, upon which melan¬ 
choly occafion, the king of Sweden took his fon under 
his immediate proteftion ; in 1789, the mother took for 
her fecond hutband, William Trail, efq. by whom Ihe 
has had a fon, George-William, born Oft. 2, 1792, and 
a daughter, Harriet, who is dead. 2. Louifa, born in 
Jan. 1764, married, 1789, Andrew Sutherland, efq. cap¬ 
tain in his majefty’s navy ; lie died at Gibraltar, in 
1795, leaving a daughter, Louifa, born April 17, 179.1, 
and a fon, James-Charles-Colebrooke Sutherland, born 
Nov. 6, 1792. 3. George, born Aug. 2, 1759. 4.James- 
Edward, born July 7, 1761, fecond judge of the court of 
appeal at Patna, in Bengal, 5. Henry-Thomas, born 
J une 15, *766, chief judge of the court of Sudder Dew- 
anne, and Nizamut Adawluts, in Hindooftan. Having 
made himfelf matter of the Sanfcrit language, lie under¬ 
took, on the death of fir William Jones, to tranflate a 
Digett of the Hindoo Law, for the ufe of the courts of 
juftice : he has been engaged likewifein a much-efleem- 
ed work, on the Agriculture and Commerce of Bengal ; 
and alfo in making a Grammar of the Sanfcrit. Sir 
George’s three fons hold the office of chirographer in 
the Common Pleas, by letters patent.—Motto, Sola bona 
quis konejla, Nothing good but what is honourable. 
FLUDYER, of London; created Nov. 14, 1759.— 
Sir Samuel-Brudenell Fludyer, the fecond baro¬ 
net, fucceeded his father, fir Samuel, Jan. 18, 171S8; 
married, in Oft. 1784, Maria, daughter of Robert Wci- 
ton, efq. niece to the late duke of Montagu, (w’ho died 
Oft. 11, 1803,) by whom he has a daughter, born April 
i S, 1793 j a fon, April 19, 1798; another fon, born in 
Feb. 1800; a daughter, died Feb. 3, 1804.—Samuel 
Fludyer, an eminent clothier in London, left two fons, 
Samuel and Thomas. Thomas, the younger fon, was 
knighted at Guildhall, Nov. 9, 1761, when their pre- 
fent majefties honoured his brother, fir .Samuel, (who 
was then lord-mayor,) with their prefence at a feaft. 
He was firft member of parliament for Great Bedwin, 
and afterwards for Chippenham, and fellow of the Roy¬ 
al and Antiquarian focieties. Samuel, the elder bro¬ 
ther, alderman and fheriffof London, was knighted Sept. 
19, 1755, and afterwards created a baronet. Sir Samuel 
reprefented the borough of Chippenham, and was lord- 
mayor of London in 1761.—Family Seat, Welby, in 
Lincolnfhire. 
WATSON, of Fulmer, Bucks; created March 22, 
1760.—Sir Charles Watson was created a baronet as 
above. He married, in 1789, Juliana, daughter of the 
late fir Jofeph Copley, bart. by whom he has nine chil¬ 
dren.—Dr. John Watfon, prebendary of Weftminfter, 
and reftor of Cattle Camps, in Cambridgefliire, married 
a half-fitter of fir Charles Wager, by whom he had 
Charles, born in 1714, who was bred to the navy. In 
1735 h e was made a lieutenant, and in 1737 a port cap¬ 
tain. He highly diftinguiflied himfelf in the aftion qf 
the third of May, 1747, when even the French admiral 
made the moft honourable mention of his (hip, the 
Princefs Louifa. In the following aftion, the fame year, 
in which fir Edward Hawke commanded, captain Wat¬ 
fon again difplayed his intrepidity; and on the 12th 
May, 1748, wasraifed to the rank of rear-admiral of the 
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blue, and fent to Cape Breton. He afterwards com¬ 
manded tile naval forces with Angular honour in the 
Eait Indies, where he died, Aug. 13, 1757. He had 
married, in 1741, the eldeft daughter of john-Francis 
BuHer, efq. who died in 1800, and by whom he had two 
daughters, and one fon, Charles, created a baronet as 
above.—Family Seat, Fulmer, Bucks. 
ASGIL, of London; created April 1 6, 1761.—Sir 
Charles Asgil, the fecond baronet, a lieutenant-gene¬ 
ral of his majetty’s forces,and colonel of the nth regiment 
of foot, fucceeded his father, fir Charles, in 1778 ; mar¬ 
ried, 1788, Jemima-Sophia, daughter of admiral fir 
Chaloner Ogle, knt. Sir Charles ferved with much re¬ 
putation in the American war, in which he was taken 
prifoner, and narrowly efcaped being put to death, on 
a principle of retaliation. He alfo dittinguifiied himfelf 
in the late war, and particularly during the rebellion in 
Ireland/—The late baronet was an alderman of London; 
and ferved the office of ffieriffin 1756 (in which year he 
was knighted),.ajid lord-mayor in 1758. He refigned 
his gown July 1, 1777, eleven years before his death.— 
Motto, Sui oblitus commodi, Forgetful of his own con¬ 
venience,—Family Seat, Fawley, Hants. 
KESKETH, of Rufford, Lancafhire ; created May 3, 
1761.—Sir Thomas-Dalrymple Hesketh, the third 
baronet, bom Jan. 13, 1777; fucceeded his grandfa¬ 
ther, fir Robert, Dec. 30, 17965 and married, Feb. 1798, 
Sophia, only daughter of the Rev. Nathaniel Hinde, 
vicar of .Shifnal, in Shrppfliire; by whom he has one 
fon, Thomas Henry, born Feb. u, 1799; and two 
daughters.—This family derive tlieir name probably 
from the lord ttrip ot Heffiefl), or HefKaytpe, as anciently 
written, in Lancafiiire, of which they have been poffefi'ed 
Iroin the conquett. The pedigree is regularly deduced 
from Richard de Helkaythe, who lived in the thirteenth 
century, and whofe defendants in feveral generations 
were knights. Thomas Hefketh, efq. lord of the ma¬ 
nors of Helketh, Ruftbrd, &c. &c. father of the firft ba¬ 
ronet, was one of the reprefentatives for the town of 
Prefton, in the fixlh parliament of Great Britain.—Fa¬ 
mily Seat, Rufford Hall, near Ormfkirk, Lancalhire. 
BAYNTUN, of Sancombe Park, Hertfordlhire; cre¬ 
ated July 9, 1762.—Sir Andrew Bayntun, the fe¬ 
cond baronet, LL.D. fucceeded his father, fir Edward, 
in Jan. 1780; married, June 25, 1777, Mary-Alicia, 
eldeft furviving daughter of George-William, prefect 
earl of Coventry, and by her (who died Jan. 8, 1784) 
had iffue, two daughters, one of whom is married to the 
Rev. J. Starkie, ofEveleigh. Sir Andrew was high 
ffieriff for the county of Wilts in 1803.—The family of 
Bayntun is of very high antiquity. It appears from a 
pedigree of this family, preferved in the Royal Mufeum, 
that in the time of Henry II. they were knights of St. 
John of Jerufalem. Sir Henry was knight-marflial to 
the king, an office of high authority in thofe days ; his 
fecond fon, Henry, a knight of St. John of Jerufalem, 
?was ftain at Bretagne, 1201. Sir Henry Bayntun, knt. 
in the reign of Henry IV. took part with the earl of 
Northumberland, and was beheaded at Berwick. Sir 
Robert Bayntun, in 1471, was in arms againft the king, 
at the battle of Tewkfbury, where he was taken prifone^, 
and attainted ; but his life was fpared. Two of his de- 
lcendants, in the feventeenth century, were knights of 
the Bath.—Family Seat, Spye Park, near Caine, in the 
county of Wilts. 
PAUL, of Rodborough, Gloucefterttiire ; created 
Sept. 3, 1762.—Sir George-Onesiphorus Paul, the 
fecond baronet, fucceeded his father, fir Qnefiphorus, 
Sept. 21, 1774; and is unmarried.—Motto, Pro reg-e et, 
republica, For king and ftate— Family Seat, Rodborough 
in Gloucefterttiire. 0 ’ 
SMYTH, of Long Afhton, Somerfetffiire; created 
Jan. 27, 1763,— Sir John-Hugr Smyth, the third ba- 
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