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ny, and alfo fent ambaflador from the fophi.to James I. 
Sir Francis, the elder brother, was unfortunate. Tho¬ 
mas Shirley,, of PreftOn, in Suflex, efquire, married 
Elizabeth, daughter of Drew Stapley, of London, by 
whom he had fix foils 'and five daughters. Anthony, 
the eldeft fon, was created a baronet,'March 6, 1665, 
and married Anne, daughter of fir Richard Onflow, knt. 
by whom he had one daughter, Elizabeth, and a fon, 
fir Richard; whofe eldeft fon died unmarried in i705, 
by which the title became extiniSl, and the eftate went 
to his fillers and co-heirs. 
We now return to the ifiFue of Thomas Shirley, efq. 
mentioned above. Thomas, the fecond fon, died 1654. 
William,' the third fon, married a daughter of Mr. 
Oglander, by whom he had a fon, William, who was 
a merchant in London ; married Elizabeth, daughter of 
John Goodman, and died 1701. William, his fon; was 
appointed, in 1741, governor of the province of Mafla- 
chufe’tts Bay, in New England, from whence the ex¬ 
pedition to Cape Breton, in 1745, was fitted out under 
his direction ; was afterwards a lieutenant-general and 
governor of the Bahama Iflands. He married Elizabeth; 
daughter of Francis Baker, of London, by whom he had 
four fons and five daughters. Thomas, the only fur- 
viving fon, born at Bofton in New England, was go¬ 
vernor of the Leeward Iflands, and a major-general in 
the army. He was created a baronet as above ; and 
married Anne, eldeft daughter of Thomas Weftern, of 
Riven Hall, efquire, by Mary, his wife, After and co¬ 
heir of fir Richard, the late baronet under the former 
patent, by whom (who died in 1777) he had two fons : 
Thomas Weftern, born at the Bahama Iflands about 
the year 1770, and died unmarried; and, fir William 
Warden, the prefent baronet. At what time the late 
baronet died is not precifely known.—Family Seat, Oat 
Hall, Wivelsfield, Suflex. 
GREEN, of Marafs, Kent; created June 19, 1786.— 
Sir William Green, a general in the army, com¬ 
mander in chief of. the forces in the ifland of Malta, born 
April 4, 1725, was created a baronet as above. He mar¬ 
ried, Feb. 26, 1754, Miriam, daughter of lieutenant-co¬ 
lonel Juftly Watlon, of the engineers, (who died June 
21, 1782,) by whom he had two fons; Juftly-Watfon, 
born Odd. 8, 1755, in Newfoundland ; and William- 
Smith, born Jan. 13, 1761, (died at Gibraltar, Sept. 8, 
i7 6 3)) an d f lve daughters; Miriam, wife of lieutenant, 
general Oliver Nichols, colonel of the 54th regiment of 
foot, (by whom Ihe has feve.n children ; William-Jafper, 
Oliver, Juftly-Watfon, Miriam, Helen, Mary, and Char¬ 
lotte;) Helen-Mary, wife of Charles Hollaway, efq. 
Sufanna ; Louifa-Anne; and Charlotte.—Faihily Seat, 
Marafs, Kent. 
ROWLEY, of Tendring Hall, Suffolk; created June 
jo, 1786.—Sir William Rowley, the fecond baronet, 
fucceeded his father, fir Jofhua, in Feb. 1790 ; married, 
March, 1785, Sufanna-Edith, fifter of the prefent fir Ro¬ 
bert Harland, bart. and has iflue, William-Harland-Bar. 
rington,born March 9, 1787 ; Jofhua-Bicketts; Edward; 
Robert-Charles; George, died an infant; Marianne-Sa- 
rah; Sufan-Arabella; Emma-Letitia; Georgiana; Char- 
lotte-Philadelphia ; and Jane.—William-Rowley, efq. 
diftinguiflied himfelf greatly in the fea-fight off Toulon, 
Feb. 4, 1744, and was appointed a lord of the admiralty 
in 1751, knight of the bath 1753, admiral of the fleet 
J762, and died 1768. Jolhua, his fon, was rear-admiral 
of the red, and gave many proofs of courage and condudt. 
during his long fervices, for which he was created a ba¬ 
ronet.—Family Seat, Tendring Hall, Suffolk. 
CORBET, of Stoke, Shropfhire ; created June 10, 
—Sir Corbet Corbet, (formerly D’Avenant,) 
took the name of Corbet by his majefty’s licenfe in 1783; 
created a baronet as above ; married Hefter, youngeft 
daughter of the late fir Lynch-Salufbury Cotton, bart. 
_Camden fays, this was a famous family at the time of 
the conqueft. Corbet, a noble Norman, had two fons, 
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Roger and Robert, who gave lands to the abbey of 
Shrewfbury, 1187. Roger, the eldeft fon, held of Roger, 
earl of Shrewfbury, Huelbeck, Hundefler, Aftun, Ter- 
neley, and Prefton, in Shropfhire; and left one fon, Wil- 
liam of Wattlefbury, from Whole younger fon, Robert, 
the Corbets of l-Iope, Longer, and Leigh, are defeendtd. 
The defeendants of Thomas, the elder fon. were knight¬ 
ed in almoft every generation. The eleventh in defeent: 
from him was fir Robert, who had tw'O fons, Roger, .an- 
ceftor of the Corbets of Moreton, and the Ptrk, and 
Reynold, one of the juftices of the Common Pleas in the 
reign of Elizabeth, His foil, Richard, by Anne, daugh¬ 
ter of Thomas Bromley, lord-chancellor of England, Was 
father of John Corbet, created a baronet in 1627. He 
married Anne, daughter of fir George Manwaring, bart. 
by whom he had ten fons and ten daughters. Su John, 
his eldeft fon, married Letitia, daughter of fir Robert 
Knollys, by Catharine, daughter of lir William Carey,, 
by Mary, lifter to queen Anne Boleyn. Hs great-- 
grandfon, fir Henry, dying without iffite, in 1730, the 
title became extindi. Anne, fifter, of the late baronet, 
married Thomas d’Avenant, efq. by whom Ihe had one 
fon,- Corbet, in whole favour his majefty was pleated to 
renew the title of baronet, and to permit him to affume 
the original family-name.—Motto, Deus pafeit corvos , 
God feeds the ravens (or the Corbets).—Family Seats, 
Adderley, and Child’s Ercoll, Shroplhire. 
FLETCHER-VANE, of'Hutton Hall, Cumberland; 
created June 27, 1786. — Sir Frederic Fletcher- : 
Vane, the fecond baronet, was born Feb. 27, 1760; 
fucceeded his father, fir Lionel-Wright-Vane, and mar¬ 
ried, March 9, 1797, Hannah, daughter -of John Bower- 
back, of Jolinby, in Cumberland, efquire; by whom he 
has a Ion, Francis, born Dec. 1797 ; and a daughter, 
Sophia-Mary, born March 18, 1802. Sir Frederic is 
M. P/. for Winchelfea.-- Family Seat, Hutton Hall, and 
Armathwaite, both in Cumberland. 
HOARE, of Barn Elms, Surrey; created June 10, 
1786.—Sir Richard-Colt Hoare, the fecond baro¬ 
net, fucceeded his father, fir Richard, Oil. 17, 1787; 
married, in 1783, the Hon. Hefter, daughter of William- 
Henry, the late lord Lyttleton, by whom lie has a fon, 
Henry, who married, Feb. 20, 1808, the only daughter 
of fir Edward Dering, bart.—Family Seat, Stour-head 
Houfe, Wiltfhire, 
HUNTER-BLAIR, of Dunfkey, Wigtownfhire ; cre¬ 
ated June 10, 1786.—Sir Davi-d HuMter-Blair, the 
fecond baronet; fucceeded his father, fir James, 1787 ; 
he is lieutenant-Colonel of the Ayrfhire militia.—Family 
Seat, Dunfkey, Wigtownfhire, Scotland. 
SKEFFINGTON, of Skeffington Hall, Leicefterfiiire; 
created June 10, 1786.—Sir William-Charles-Far- 
rell Skeffington, who affumed the furname by his 
majefty’s licenfe in 1772, was created a baronet as above; 
he was born June 27, 1742 ; married, Dec. 9, 1765, Ca- 
tharine-Jofepha, eldeft daughter of Michael Hubbcrt, of 
the ifland of Teneriffe, by Margaret O’Condon, who was 
nearly allied to the. dukes of Ormond ; by whom he had 
two fons, Charles-Thomas Farrell, who died an infant; . 
Lumley-St.-George.—The ancient family of Skeffington 
derives its name from the village of'Skeffington, in the 
county of Leicefter. Simon Skeffington was living there 
in the reign of Edward I. and had two fons, Geoffrey 
and John. The male line of Geoffrey failed in the third 
generation, but the heirefs married William Skeffington, 
a defcendaTit, of John, the younger brother. The ele¬ 
venth in defeent from him was fir William, knighted 
by Henry VII. and, in 1529, conftituted the king’s com- 
miflioner to Ireland, where he diflinguifhed himfelf great¬ 
ly by his fervices, civil and military, and died lord de¬ 
puty of that kingdom, in Dec. 1535. From a younger 
branch of his pofferityare defeended the lords Maffareen, 
in Ireland. The elder branch failed with fir John, who, 
in 1613, was murdered by Michael Bray, hufband to his 
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