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■uncle of the late fir Charles, by whom he has twelve 
children: Thomas-Crawley, born Nov. 28, 1769, mar¬ 
ried, Ott.28, 1807, Mar-y-Albinia, daughter offirTho- 
mas-Hytle Page, lent, a captain in the royal engineers; 
Anne, Dec. 1770; Suffinna, Peb. 1772 ; Catharine, Sept., 
1773; John-Lloyd, Feb. 1775; Eleanor, Dec. 1776, 
married, 1801, Richard Iremonger, efq. Charles, 1780; 
George,,1781; Mary, 1783; Elizabeth, 1784; Marga¬ 
ret, 1786; Joanna, 1788.—Motto, Effe quarn videri , Be 
rather than feein.—Family Seats, Flaxley Abbey, and 
St. Michael’s, both in' Gloucefterfhire. 
MORSHEAD, ofTrenant Park, Cornwall; created 
Dec. 10, 1783.—Sir John Mqrshead was created a 
baronet as above. July 20, 179'fl, he was appointed fur- 
veyor.general to the prince of Wales; April 7, 1798, 
lord warden of the ftannaries, and chief fteward of the 
duchy of Cornwall, in the counties of Cornwall and 
Devon; colonel of the Devon and Cornwall Miners, 
Jan. 26, 1799; married, in 1778, Elizabeth, daughter 
and co-heir of fir Thomas Frederick, of Hampton, in 
Middlefex, and Hufcombe, in Surrey, bart. by whom 
he has blue, 1. Selina, married, 1 in Jan. 1800, fir Charles 
Mill, of Mottisfont, in Hampfitire, bart. 2. Frederica 
Treife, 3. Eliza-Caroline. 4. John.—Family Seat, Tre- 
nant Park, Cornwall. , 
RYCROFT, of Farnham, Surrey; created Dec. 10, 
1783.—-Sir Nelson Rycroft, the fecond baronet, fuc- 
ceeded his father, fir Richard, in May 1803; married, 
July 11, 1791, MiisRead, third daughterof Henry Read, 
of Cr.owood, Wilts, efq. who died in 1804.—Family 
Seat, Farnham, Surrey. 
.SMITH, of Newlahd Park, Yorkfiiire ; Dec. 10,1783. 
—Sir Edward Smith, the fecond'baronet, fucceeded 
his father, fir John-Silvefter, June 15, 1789; born Aug. 
13, 1768 ; married, Sept.29,1804, Sufan, youngefi daugh¬ 
ter of Henry Dawkins, of Standlynch, in Wiltfhire, efq. 
by lady Jifne Colyear, daughter of Charles fecond earl 
of Porttnore.—Family Seat, Newland Park, Yorkfhire. 
LOMBE, of Great Melton, Norfolk; created Dec. 
10, 1783.—Sir John Lomee (formerly Hase) was cre¬ 
ated^ baronet as above, with limitation fucceffively to 
his brother, Edward Hafe, of Sail, in Norfolk,.efq. (who 
died in May 1804,) and to the. heirs male of his niece. 
Virtue, wife of Richard-Pau ; l Joddrell, of Sax ling ham, 
in the fame ebunty, efq. who died March 23, 1806_ 
From a younger branch of this family was delcended fir 
Thomas Lombe, knt, an alderman of London,.celebrated 
for introducing into England, from Italy, the procefs of 
throwing or. organzining of filk; for which purpofe he 
Credited the filk-mills at Derby, and received a reward 
of 14,000.1. from parliament, in 1732.—Family Seat, 
Great Melton, Norfolk. 
DURR ANT, Of Scottowe, Norfolk; created Dec. 10, 
3783.—Sir Thomas Durrant, the fecond baronet’ 
fucceeded his father, fir Thomas, in 1790, and in 1799 
married Mifs Steenbergen, and has ifiiie.—Family Seat, 
Scottowe, in Norfolk. 
PEPYS, of London; created Dec. 19, 1783.—Sir 
Lucas Pepys, M.D. phyfician extraordinary to his 
majefiy, was created' a baronet, to him and his ilfue 
male, with remainder to his brother, William-Weller 
Pepys, efq. afterwards fir.William Weller, late one. of 
the mailers in the high court of chancery ; he married, 
1772, Jane-Elizabeth Lefiie, in her own right countefs 
of Rothes in Scotland, by whom he has had one ion and 
two daughters : 1. Charles, born Sept. 1774. 2. Harriet, 
June i, 1777, married, in 1804, William Courtenay, efq. 
eldefi ton of Reginald Courtenay, late lord bifiiop of 
Exeter. 3. Henrietta, born SCpt. 21, 1783, deceafed.— 
Family Seat, Box" Hill, Surrey. 
WOOD, of Barnfley, Yofkihire; created Dec. ro, 
1783.—Sir Francis.Linlev Wood, the fecond baro. 
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net, born Dec. 16, 1771, fucceeded his uncle, fir Francis, 
and married Anne, eldefi daughter and heir of-Samuel 
Buller, of New Granges, efq.. recorder of Leeds.—-Fa¬ 
mily Seat, Bowling Hall, near Bradford, Yorkfiiire. 
FITZHERBERT, of Tiffing ton," Derbyiliire;. created 
Dec. 10, 1783—.Sir Henry FiTznfcRBERT, the third 
baronet, born in 1783, fucceeded his brother, fir An¬ 
thony, in 1799; married, Dec. 27, 1805, Agnes, daugh¬ 
ter of the late Rev. William Befesford, rector of Sun¬ 
ning, Berkftiire.—The anceftor of this family, Herbert 
Fitzherbert, came.into England with William the Con¬ 
queror, and his defeendants have been fettled in Derby-, 
fliire fince the reign of Henry I.—Family Seat, Tilling- 
ton, Derbyiliire. 
BEEVOR, pf Hethel, Norfolk ; created Dec. 10,17,83. 
—SirTHOkiAs Beevor was created a baronet as above. 
He married Elizabeth, daughter of Miles Branthwaite, 
efq. of Hethel, in Norfolk, by whom he has five fons 
and. t\vo daughters: 1. Anne-Betina, married, 1711,, 
Finch Finch, efq. of Shelford, in Cambridgefliire, and 
died 1780, leaving one foil.. 2. Juliana-Marly; wife of 
fir Roberr-John Buxton, bart. 3. Thomas, married, 
1795, Anne, daughter and heir of Hugh Hare, efq. of 
Harpham, in Norfolk. 4. John, late a captain of dra¬ 
goons. 5. Rev. Miles, rector of Bircham New,ton and 
Hethel, botli in Norfolk; married, 1791, Mifs .Mary 
Beevof, of Ncywich, by whom he has a daughter. 6. 
Arthur, a captain of infantry, on half-pay. 7. The Rev. 
George, fettor of Cove and Willingham, in Suffolk; 
married, 1791, Jane, daughter of the reverend Arthur 
Branthwaite, of St if key, - in Norfolk..—The name of Bee¬ 
vor is of conliderable antiquity in the parifii of Penifron, 
in Yorkfiiire ; but, the regifief of that place being de- 
firoyed,. the pedigree cannotbe traced higher-than Wil¬ 
liam Beevor, efq. who died 1606. He Teft two- fons : 
William, ancefior to t,he B'ee.vors in Yorkfhire; and 
Abraham, who was of Heclcnnindwyke, in Yorkfiiife, 
efq. and-died 1666.—Family Seat, Hethel, Norfolk. 
SINCLAIR, of Ulbfier, Caithnefsfliire, Scotland; 
created Feb.4, 1786.—SirJoHN Sinclair, LL.D, was 
created a baronet as above ; and, in default, to the iiTue - 
male of his daughters refpedtively. He married, tirfi, 
March 26, 1776, Sarah, daughter of Alexander Mait¬ 
land, of Stoke Newington, efq. by wlipm he has two 
daughters, Harriet, born Feb. 1, 1780; and Janet, born 
April 17, 1781, married major Colquhoun, now fir James 
Cclquhoun, bart. and has ifiiie a fon, born 1864. He 
married, fecondly, March 6, .1788, Diana, daughterof 
Alexander lord Macdonald, by whom he has, George; 
Elizabeth-Diana; Margaret; Alexander; Julia; and 
J0I111. Sir John is M.P. for the counties of Bute and 
Caithnefs in Scotland. His works on financial fubjedts, 
and his practical as well as theoretical exertions in mat¬ 
ters of agriculture and civil economy, have'defervedly 
made his name celebrated.—Refidence, Thurfo,,Caith¬ 
nefsfliire. 
MACPHERSON, of Calcutta, in Bengal;, created 
June 10, 1786.—Sir John Macpherson Was educated 
firft at the univerfity^of Aberbeen, and afterwards at that 
of Edinburgh. While redding at the latter, and much 
countenanced by the celebrated dodtors Fergufon, Blair,. 
andRobertfon, at that period bis maternal uncle, captain 
Macleod, who commanded the Mansfield Eaft-Indiaman, 
arrived at Edinburgh : he was going on a voyage to Ma¬ 
dras, Bombay, and China; and propofed to his nephew 
to accompany him. The affairs of India, from the pub¬ 
lication of Orme’s celebrated Hiftory of the Wars in In¬ 
dia, had then excited the flrongeft fenfations of curiofity 
and inquiry. In Auguft 1767, the Mansfield Indiaman, 
in which fir John embarked with his uncle, arrived at 
Madras, at that remarkable juncture in which Tippoo 
came to the gates of Madras unexpectedly, and when 
the governor, Mr. Bouchier, and the nabob, Mahomed 
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