HERALDRY. 
mans, and widow of M'-. Archibald: fhe died Jan. 27, 
1781, without i(Tue.—This family is defcended from 
Monf. Crothaire, of the province of Bourdeaux; in 
Fiance, who'fe foil Peter came into England as at- 
tendant on George prince of Denmark, hufband to 
queen Anne, and by his defire affirmed the name of 
Laroche ; as did alfo a brother who came into England 
with him.-— Refidence, South Wales. 
PEYTON, of Doddington, Cambridgeftiire ; created 
Aug. 14, 1776-—Sir Henry Peyton, the fecond baro¬ 
net, fucceeded his father, fir Henry, in May 1789; mar¬ 
ried, July 7, 1803, Mrs. Bradfiiaw, relift of James Brad- 
lhaw,' of Portland Place, efquijre, and has iffue, a fon and 
heir, born June 18045 and another forr, born Sept. 20, 
1803.—This family is paternally defcended from George 
Dafhiv.pp.d, efq. wliofe elder brother, Robert, was cre¬ 
mated a baronet May 16, 1684, and was ancelior of the 
Dafiiwoods of Northbrcoke in Oxfordfhire. George, 
third fon, was a colonel in the army, and married Al¬ 
gerian, fecond daughter of fir Algernon Peyton, hart, 
by whom he had George Dalhwood, of Peyton Hall, in 
Suffolk, efquire, who married his coufin Margaret, fe¬ 
cond daughter of fir Sewfter Peyton, by whom he had 
two-fops; Henry and James; and two daughters, Mar¬ 
garet and Penelope; and died in March 1762. Sir Al¬ 
gernon was created a Baronet in 1:666, being of a younger 
branch of the Peytons of Ifl.eluim, who had been ad¬ 
vanced-to that dignity in 1611. He was fucceeded by 
his fon Sewfter, who was father of fir Thomas, in whofe 
perfon the title became extinft ; but, in purfuance of a 
diredtion in his will, Henry, the elder fon of the lalt 
named George, obtained a licenfe to take the name of 
Peyton, and was created a baronet as above.—Motto, 
Patior,potior ; I luffer, I obtain.—Family Seat, Hagbeck 
Hall, in Emeath, Norfolk. 
BAKER, of Loventor, Devonfhire ; created Auguft 
14, 1776.—Sir Geor.ce Baker, M.D. and F.R.S. was 
created a baronet as above, and was appointed phyfi- 
cian to the queen’s houfehold, and afterwards phyfician 
in ordinary to his majefty and the queen. He'married 
Jane, daughter of Roger Morris, efq. by whom he had, 
George, died June 1802 ; Frederic-Francis ; and a daugh¬ 
ter, Maria-Charlotte.—Family Seat, Loventor, Devon- 
fit ire. 
^ EDEN, ofTruir, Durham ; created Sept. 10, 1776.— 
Sir Frederic-Morton Eden, the fecond baronet, 
fucceeded his father, fir Robert, in 1786; married, Jan. 
1792, Anne, daughter and heir of Mr. Smith, of New 
Bond Street; by whom he.has iffue, William-Henry, 
born June 14, 1793; Marianne, born July a7, 1794; 
James, born July 26, 1796, died Feb. 5, 1800;. Frederic, 
born Dec. 26, 1798 ; Caroline, born Jan. 10, 18013- 
William, born Jan. 31, 1803; and another fon, born 
Sept. 1804.—For an account of this family,, fee Sir 
John Eden, as Robert, father of fir Frederic, was next 
brother to fir John. He was governor of the province of 
Maryland, and created a baronet as above. He married 
Caroline Calvert, filler to the laft vifeount Baltimore, 
by whom he had the present baronet and another fon.— 
Refidence, in London., 
DOUGLAS, of Cars, Perthfliire; created Jan. 13, 
1777_Sir William-Henry Douglas, the fecond 
baronet, fucceeded his father, fir Charles, in 1789; a 
rear admiral of the red.—Sir Charles, the late baronet, 
was bred to the navy. He diftinguifhed himfelf in the 
recovery of Newfoundland from the French in 1762; 
ail'd in relieving Quebec, in 1776. He was afterwards 
frrft captain of lord Rodney’s fhip, in the viftory of 
April 12, 1782. In 1789 he Was promoted to a flag, 
■and died on the 2d of November following.-—Family 
Seat, Cars, Perthfliire. 
BICKERTON, of Upwood, Huntingdonflfire; cre¬ 
ated May 19, 1778.—Sir Richard Bickerton, the 
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fecond baronet, knight of the imperial order of the 
crefcent, vice admiral of the white fquadron, a lord of 
the admiralty ; fucceeded his father, fir Richard, Feb. 
24, 1792.—The late fir R. Bickerton entered the royal 
navy, and received his firft commiftion as lieutenant ii> 
Feb - 1745— 6 5 >n 1759, he was rated poll in the Cullo- 
dtn, and immediately after failed for the Weft Indies in 
the Glafgow of twenty guns. Having difplayed much 
gallantry in that quarter, he returned to Europe in 
17613 and at the end of 1770, on the apprehended rup¬ 
ture with Spain, he was appointed to the Marlborough 
of feventy-four guns. When his majefty reviewed the 
fleet at Portfmoutii in 1773, captain Bickerton had the 
honour of fleering his maj.efty’s barge, on which occa- 
fion he received the honour of knighthood on-board the 
Barfleur. On quitting the JVIarlborough, fir Richard 
was appointed to the Augufta yacht, in which he conti¬ 
nued .till 1777, when the war with America having com¬ 
menced, he was nominated to the Terrible of feventy- 
four guns, in which fliip he was prefent at the encoun¬ 
ter which took place with le comte d’Orvilliers, oft' 
Ulhant, 011 the 27th of July. I11 the May preceding, 
when the fecond naval review took place, fir Richard- 
was advanced to the dignity of a baronet of Great Bri¬ 
tain. In April 1778, being on a cruife in the bay, in 
company with the Ramifies, he fell in with, a French 
convoy of thirty fail of merchantmen, ofiwhich eight or 
more became their prize. In February 1782, lie failed 
with the convoy for India, with a confiderable force ; 
and joined fir Edward Hughes there juft in time to ftiare 
the encounter with M. de Suffrein, June 20, 17S3. In 
17S6, lie was appointed commodore on the Leeward- 
Ifland flatten, but on account of ill health refigned his 
command. In Sept. 1787, he was promoted to the 
rank of rear admiral of the blue.—Motto, Pro Deo et rege. 
For God and the king.—Family Seat, Upvvood, Hun- 
tingdonfiiire. 
HERON, of Newark-upon-Trent, Nottingbanilhire ; 
created July 25, 1778.—Sir Robert Heron, the fe¬ 
cond baronet, born 1765 ; fucceeded his uncle, fir Ri¬ 
chard, in Jan. 1805 ; married, Jan. 9, 1792, Amelia, 
daughter of fir Horace Mann, barr. by Lucy, daughter 
of Baptift Noel, earl of Gainlborough. Sir Robert is 
the foie furviving fon of the late Thomas Heron, of 
Chilliam Caftle, efquire, by Anne, daughter of fir Ed¬ 
ward Wilmot, bart.—The names of Herioun and Hern 
are in the Battle-Abbey Roll, “ of fuch noblemen and 
gentlemen of marque as came into England with the., 
duke of Normandy.” The duke not having fully re¬ 
duced Northumberland, Henry I. his fon, to. effeft the 
reduftion, and create a barrier againft Scotland, di vided 
Norihumberland into feudal baronies; one of which, 
the barony of Heron, whereof Haddefon was the head, he 
granted in udo to the anceftor of fir Richard. In 1296 
it defcended to Emeline, the heir general of William 
lord Heron, her grandfather. She married John lord 
Darcy; and in 1536 the baronies of Darcy and Heron 
were forfeited by the attainder of their defeendant, 
Thomas lord Darcy. Upon the defeent of Haddefton 
to Emeline Heron, Ford Cofile became the' chief feat of 
this family, which divided into many branches.; parti¬ 
cularly thofe of Ford Caftle, Bokenfield, Chipchafe, Ap- 
plynden, Creffy, and Newark ; leveral of whom had 
fummons to parliament in Edw. III. Rd. II. and 
Hen. IV. Camden in his Britannia, calls this bellicofa 
el clarafamilia Heronorum. It is one of the 270 moll an¬ 
cient and noble families of England (the barons by te¬ 
nure), of which there remained only twenty-four male 
branches in 1675, when Dugdale publilhed his Hiftory 
of the Feudal Barons. Some of the branches at length 
failed for want of male heirs ; and others united again 
in the anceftors of the baronet. The pedigree is curioufly 
preferved through all the branches; and it appears that 
in 1682, on the death of John, the laft Heron of Boken- 
feld, without male iffue, Robert Heron, then pf Newark t 
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