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from Rees, fon of Tudor king of South Wales, by Gwen- 
lian, daughter of Jedyn >ap Gwrant prince of Glamor, 
ganfhire ; eighthly, from Kynan, third fon of Gwaith 
Voed, by Eva, filter of Jeftyn ap Gwrant prince of Gla- 
morganlhire. Howell, the Good, king of All Wales, 
who died 946, married Joanne, daughter of Cader earl 
of Cornwall. From Owen, his eldeTt fon, defcended, in 
the twenty-fecond generation, fir Richard, who had at¬ 
tained the rank of captain in the navy in 1729 ; and, after 
ferving for many years with great refpedtabiiity, he was 
appointed to the llation of commiilioner of the dock¬ 
yard at Portfmouth. When the prefent king firlt vilited 
that grand naval arfenal, his majefty refided at the com- 
miflioner’s houfe, and created him a baronet.—Family 
Seat, Eaft Bergholt Lodge, in Suffolk. 
COOTE, of Doniiybrooke, Dublin ; created April 
29, 1774.—Sir Charles C'oote, the fecond baronet, 
fiucceeded his father, Charles, the lad earl of Bellamont,- 
Nov. 1804.—The family of Coote is of great antiquity, 
and has been entlobled in two branches. From the elder 
branch defcended the earls of Mountrath, which title 
'became extindf March 1, 1802, on the death of Charles. 
Henry Coote, feventh earl of Mountrath, and vifcount 
Cadle Coote, without i'fluii From the fame ancedor 
defcended the Cootes, created earls of Bellamont in 
1587. Charles, the lad earl of Bellamont, baron of 
Colcony, having no ilfue male by his countefs, was 
created a bironet of England, With remainder to his na¬ 
tural fon, fir Charles, the prefent baronet.—Family 
Seat, Bellamont Forefi, Iceland.' 
CLAYTON, of Adlington, Lancafhire ; created May 
3, 1774.—Sir Richard Clayton was created a baro¬ 
net as above, with remainder to the heirs male of his 
father, John Clayton, efq. He married, 1780, Anne, 
daughter of Charles White, efq. of Manchelter; by 
whom he has one daughter, Henrietta, born Feb. 12, 
1782; who married, 1803, lieutenant-colonel Browne, of 
the 12th dragoons.—Robert de Clayton came into Eng. 
land with William the Conqueror; and for his fervices 
had the manor of Clayton, in Lancafhire, given him. 
He had three fons, John, William, and Robert. John, 
his elded fon, went with William II. into Northumber¬ 
land, 1090, againd Malcolm king of Scotland, and was 
flain in battle near Penrith. William, fecond fon of 
Robert, ferved king. Stephen in many troubles; particu¬ 
larly when Ranulph earl of Cheder, and fome others, 
took poffefiion of London, a very terrible battle was 
fought on Candlemas day, where William de Clayton 
lod his life, in 1141, The twenty-fourth in lineal de- 
fcent from him was Dr. Robert Clayton, bifhop, fuc- 
ceflively, of Killala, Cork and Rofs, and Clogher, in 
Ireland, to which lad he was tranfiated in 1745. Ri¬ 
chard, great nephew of the bifhop, was brought up to 
the bar, and became lord chief judice of the Common 
Pleas in Ireland.—Motto, Probitatem quam divitias, Pro- 
Jbity is better than riches.—Family Seat, Adrington, 
Lancafliire. 
EDMONST.ONE, of Duntreath, Stirlingfhire 5 cre¬ 
ated May 3, 1774.—Sir Charles Edmonstone, the 
fecond baronet, lucceeded his father, fir Archibald, in 
July 1807; married, fird, in 1777, Emma, fifth daugh¬ 
ter of Richard Wilbraham Bootle, of Lathom Houfe, 
Lancafliire, efquire, and by her, who died Nov. 1797, 
he had ilfue, Archibald, and Mary-Emma; and, fe- 
condly, Dec. 5, 1804, Louifa, younged daughter of the 
late fir Beaumont Hotham, knt. one of the barons of the 
court of Exchequer.—The furname of J Edmonjlone took 
its beginning about five time of king Malcolm Caiimore 
and his fon David. John Edmondone, knt. in the reign 
of David II. 1362, for the merit of his fervices to that 
prince, had grants and charters of lands under the great 
Jeal, DileElo & fideli fuo Jokanni Edmonjlon, militi. Sir Wil¬ 
liam, the fird of the family of Duntreath, was the fe¬ 
cond fon of fir John, by Ifabella countefs dowager of 
L D R Y. 
Douglas and Marr, elded daughter of king Robert II* 
by his fecond wife. He wai knighted by James I. and 
married Mary countefs'dowager of Angus, daughter to 
Robert III. king'of Scotland, and his fird con fin : flie 
had been married, fird, in 1397, to fir George Douglas, 
earl of Angus, ancedor of the duke of Douglas ; fe- 
condly, in 1404, to James, fon and heir of fir Gilbert 
Kennedy, ancedor of the earls of Caffillis; thirdly, to 
fir William Graham, ancedor of the dukes of Montrofe ; 
and, being yet but a young woman, fourthly, to fir Wil¬ 
liam Edmondone, of Culloden. Archibald, the tenth 
in defeent from fir William, was created a baronet, as 
before mentioned—Motto, Virtus angel konorem, Virtue in- 
creafes honour.—Family Seat, Duntreath, Stirlingfliire. 
HANMER, of Hanmer, Flintfliire ; created May 3, 
1774.—Sir Thomas Hanmer, the fecond baronet, fuc¬ 
ceeded his father, fir Walden, in 1783; married, 1779, 
Margaret, elded daughter and co-heir of George Keny¬ 
on, of Peel, in Lancafliire, efquire; by whom he has 
ilfue, Thomas, born in 1781; Job-Walden, in 1782; 
John, in 1784; George-Edward, in 1786; Henry, in 
1789;' and William, in 1792; and one daughter, Mar- 
garet-Emma, in 1785, married, Feb. 1, 1803, George, 
prefent lord Kenyon, and has ilfue, Lloyd, born April 
1, 1805; George, born Feb. 24, 1806; Margaret-Emma, 
born Nov. 5, 1803 ; and Marianne, born May 27, 1807. 
—Camden makes honourable mention of this family, 
which has refided in the pariIh of the fame name from a 
very early period. In the reign of Edwa>'d I. fir John 
de.Hanmer, knt. afltimed the furname of Hanmer. Like 
other large proprietors on the borders, he was a fup- 
porter. of the Englilh filtered : and, early in the reign of 
the fame king, was appointed condable of Caernarvon 
Cadle. He married Hawis, daughter and heir of Enion 
ap Gwillim ap Griffith ap Gwin win win, lord of Up¬ 
per Powis, and defcended from Bledwyn ap Kynwin, 
prince of all Wales. By this lady he had three fons, 
Owen, furnamed Gocli, David, and Philip. Owen fuc¬ 
ceeded his father, 2Edw. II. and, dying without ilfue, 
divided his edate between his brothers, David and Phi¬ 
lip. Sir David, his fon, was one of the judices of the 
court of King’s Bench. He had two fons, and one 
daughter, who was wife of the celebrated Owen Glen- 
dowr, by whom flie had feveral children. His defeen- 
dant in the elded branch, fir John Hanmer, was created 
a baronet in 1620; but this title became extintf in the 
perfon of fir Thomas, the fourth baronet, who died in 
1747.—Motto, Gard Phoneur, Preferve your honour.— 
Family Seats, Bettesfield Park, and Hanmer Hall, Flint¬ 
fliire ; and Syinpfon Place, Bucks. 
LEMON, of Carclew, Cornwall; created May 3, 
1774.—Sit William Lemon, D.C.L. born in 1748, 
was created a baronet, as above. He ferved in parlia¬ 
ment for Penrhyn, from Dec. 1769 to 1774; and at the 
general election, in 1774, he was-re turned for the county 
of Cornwall, which he lias reprefented ever fince. He 
married Jane, elded daughter of James Buller, of M01- 
val, in Cornwall, efquire, by Jane, daughter of Allen, 
fird earl Bathurd ; by whom lie has had, Anne, wife. 
Sept. 6, 1796, of fir John Davie, bart. by whom (he has 
four children ; Maria, married, June 24, 1807, Francis 
Jodrell, efq. of Henbury, in Chefliire; William, born 
1774, died March 1799; Louifa, married, April 22, 
1802, lieutenant-colonel George-Hart Dyke, of the 
guards, third fon of fir John Dyke, bart. Harriet; John,, 
born 1779, died young; Emma; Frances; Ifabella- 
Jane, married, Feb. 4, 1805, Anthony Buller, of Mor- 
val, Cornwall, efquire, nephew of the late fir Francis 
Buller, bart. one of the judges of the court of King’s 
Bench; Charles, born 1784; Tryphqna-Odtavia, died 
young; and Caroline-Matilda.—Family Seat, Carclew, 
in Cornwall. 
BLAKE, of Twifel Cadle, Durham; created May 3, 
1774,—Sir Francis Blake, the fecond baronet, fuc¬ 
ceeded 
