740 HERA! 
elder brother’s widow, at the Hoop tavern, in Gray’s 
inn. Bray, going down flairs, flopped fhort at the bot¬ 
tom, with his fword drawn, and, as fir John came after 
him, gave him a mortal wound in his bowels, who fall¬ 
ing down upon him, with his fword juft drawn, mortally 
wounded him too, and fo botli died upon the fpot; by 
which fad accident, fir John’s four fillers became co¬ 
heirs. Catharine, the third filter, was wife of William 
Broome, by whom fhe had feveral children. Thomas, 
her third fon, married Bridget, daughter of George, and 
filter of fir Thomas Grefley, bai t, by whom-lie had fix 
fons and four daughters; the eldeft fon was Thopias, 
who married Elizabeth, only furviving daughter of fir 
John Dugdale, knt. Norroy king of arms,- by whom he 
■ had Thomas, born 1696, and died-without ifTue, May 
18, 1729, leaving his two filters co-heirs. Bridget, the 
younger, died unmarried. Elizabeth, the elder, mar¬ 
ried William Farr el, of Chefter, efquire, collector of the 
cuftoms, born in College Green, Dublin, lineally de¬ 
fended from the princes-of Annaly, in the county of 
Connaught, by whom (he had three fons; and the third 
fon of her third fon was created a baronet as before men¬ 
tioned.—Family Seat, Skeffington Hall, Leicefterfhire. 
MILLER, ofGlenlee, Ayrfiiire; created Feb. 19,1788. 
—Sir William Miller, the fecond baronet, fucceeded 
his father, fir Thomas, 1789 ; one of the lords of feffion in 
Scotland, and has taken the honorary title of lord Glen- 
lee. He married his coufin, Grizel, daughter of George 
Chalmers, efq. by Grizel, daughter of William Miller, 
efq. by whom he has five children, Thomas, William, 
Grizel, Margaret, and Lockhart.—Family Seat, Glen- 
lee, Kirkcudbright, Scotland. 
LAFOREY, of Whitby, Devonfhire; created Nov. 
3, 1789.—Sir Francois Laforey, the fecond baronet, 
a captain in the royal navy, fucceeded his father, fir 
John, June 14, 1796.—John Laforey, efq. a lieutenant- 
colonel in the army, and governor of Pendennis caftle, 
defcended of a family of that name in Poittou, and was 
brother to the marquis de la F'oreft, who came over 
with William 111. He died in 1753, leaving, by the faid 
Mary, four fons: John, the fecond fon, was a lieutenant 
in the royal navy in 1742, pofi captain 1758, was ap¬ 
pointed commiflioner for his majefty's naval affairs in the 
Leeward Iflands in 1772, and removed from thence to 
be refident commiflioner at Plymouth Yard in 1784. He 
was created a baronet as above, and became an admiral 
of the blue 1795. He died June 14, 1766, aged 67, on 
his voyage from the Weft Indies, and was fucceeded by 
his fon, the prefent baronet.—Motto, Loyal au mort, 
Loyal in death.—Family Seat, Whitby, Devonfhire. 
BULLER, of Lupton, Devonfhire; created Nov. 28, 
2789.—Sir Francis Buller, the fecond baronet, born 
Sept. 28, 1767, fucceeded his father, fir Francis, June 4, 
j8oo ; married, June 1791, the only daughter and heir of 
John Holliday, late of Lincoln’s-inn, efqttire, and has 
ifTue. Sir Francis took the name oi' Yarde, by the will 
of his maternal uncle, but has fince refumed his original 
furnante.—The late baronet was bred to the law, and in 
1781 was appointed one of the judges of the court of 
King’s Bench, from whichlcourt he afterwards removed 
to the Common Pleas. See the article Buller, vol. 
iii. p. 503. — Family Seats, Churfton Ferrers, and 
Ottery St.Mary, both in Devonfhire ; and LuptonHoufe, 
Cornwall. 
OAKELEY, of Shrewfbury, Shropfhire ; created 
June 5, 1790.—Sir Charles Oakeley was created a 
baronet as above. He was born Feb. 16, 1751; and mar¬ 
ried, Oft. 19, 1777, Helena, daughter of Robert Beat- 
fon, of Killeric, in Fifefhire, efquire, by whom he has 
ifTue, Charles, born Sept. 25, 1778 ; Helena, March 24, 
27804 Henrietta, Jan. at, 1782; Georgiana, Feb. 19, 
2785, married, Dec. 6, 1804, Roger Kynafton, of Witham 
Grove, Elfex, efquire ; Louifa, April 15, 1786, married, 
.DRY. 
Nov. 26, i8o£, George Reid, jun. efq. ofWattington 
Hall, Norfolk ; William and Henry, twins, Dec. 6, 1787; 
Amelia, Oil. 1, 1789; Herbert, Feb. 10, 1791 ; Emma, 
Sept. 2, 1793; Edward, Nov. 9, 1796; William, May 
12, 1798; Cornwallis, June 16,-1801; and Frederic, 
Sept. 5, 1802. Sir Charles was in the civil fervice of 
the Eaft-India company^ and, after going through feveral 
important offices, wds appointed governor of Madras 
in 1790, which he refigned in 1794.— Family Seat, 
Shrewfbury. 
ORDE, of Morpeth, in Northumberland ; created 
July 27, 1790.—Sir John Orde, baronet, is brother to 
lord Bolton. He married, firft, in 17S0, Margaret, daugh¬ 
ter and heir of Richard Stephens, efq. of St. Helena,°in 
South Carolina, (who died in 1789,) by whom he had 
one fon, John, who died in his infancy. He married, 
fecondly, Jane, the eldeft daughter of John Fere, efq. 
by whom he had a daughter, named Emma, born in 
1801, and died Oft. 1806; and a fon, named John, born 
1803. Sir John, in 1766, firft entered in the navy ; in 
1773, was made a lieutenant; in 1777, promoted to the 
rank of commander ; in 1778, poft captain ; and in 1783, 
he was appointed governor of the ifland, of Dominica! 
In 1790, he was created a baronet. Ill 1795, he was 
promoted to a flag; in 1797, he was made vice-admiral 
of the blue ; in 1801, vice-admiral of the white ; in 1804, 
vice-admiral of the red; Nov. 9, 1805, admiral of the 
blue fquadron ; M.. P. for Yarmouth, Flants.—Refi- 
dence, Gloucefter Place, London. 
MALLETT, of Wilbury Houfe, near Amefbury, 
Wiltfhire; formerly of St. Audries, in Somerfetfhire • 
created Feb. 12, 1791.—Sir Charles-Warre MalI 
let, F.R.S. and A.S. in the year 1770 entered into 
the fervice of the Eaft India Company, and held feveral 
offices of great truft and refponfibility. In 1785 he was 
appointed plenipotentiary to the court of the pefhwa,or 
head of the Marhattas; previous to which he had yifit- 
ed the Great Mogul, and been created one of the nobles 
of his empire. He was created a baronet as above ; left 
Bombay, in Feb. 1798, of which place he had been act¬ 
ing governor, and reached England in July of the fame 
year; married, Sept. 17, 1799, Sufanna, eldeft daughter 
of Mr. James Wales, a celebrated painter, who fell^n 
untimely and much-lamented facrifice to the ardour with 
which he devoted himfelf, in the climate of India, to 
the collection of fubjeCts for his elegant pencil ; and has 
ifTue, five fons : Alexander; Charles-St.-Lo ; William- 
Wyndhant; George-Grenville; and Arthur.—Malleus 
Mattie, Mallet, or Malet, was, while defenfive armour 
was in uf“, and previous to fire-arms, one of the olfen- 
five weapons of a well-arfned warrior, generally made of 
iron, and ufed like the mace, to deftroy by pounding or 
bruifing the enemy through or under armour that could 
not be penetrated by edged'or pointed weapons. Thus 
Edward 1. was called Malleus Scotorum, and the origin 
of this family-name is to be attributed to fonte fimilar 
caufe, from its having been applied titularly to fome 
perfon of the race, celebrated for his general prowefs, 
or particular dexterity in the ufe of this weapon. For 
the origin of this family, though we- have traces of its 
celebrity in Norway, as kings of that country, previous 
to the Norman fettlement in France, yet, as connected 
with Englifh annals, it is unnecefTary in this place to ef- 
tablifh the authenticity of its genealogy beyond the con- 
queft; in which great enterprife, William lord Malet de 
Greville was one of the great barons that accompanied 
the Conqueror, and, on Harold’s being (lain, was charged 
by the Conqueror with the guard and protection oflhe 
fallen monarch, to whofe queen he was related, faid to 
have been her brother. He was fubfequently inverted 
with great territorial property, and entrufted with the 
mod important commands, particularly the government 
of the county and city of York. He and his fuccefTors, 
befides their pofTeffions in France, (where they continued 
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