HERA 
above, was born Aug. 14., *74*. He married, firft, 
Grace, daughter of James Jeffreys, by whom he had no 
iffue; fecondly, July 2, 1796, lady Amelia, relift of 
Th'omas-Ivie Cooke, efq. and daughter,of the late and 
filter of the prelent duke of Athol ; and .by her (who 
died Sept. 19, 1806,) he has an only child, Charlottes 
Amelia, born April 12, 1797. Sir Richard refigned the 
office of one of the commiflioher's of the duties on fait, 
"to which, his'majefty had been pleafed to appoint him, 
at<the earneft requelt of the citizens of Winchefter', that 
he might be eligible to become their reprefentative in 
1 parliament; which truff he had.faithfully and difintereft- 
ed]y difcharged for the laft twenty-three years. The 
patent of creation .is limited, in failure of iffue male.; to 
Richard'Grace, of Grace Cafile, in Kilkenny, efquire, a 
defcendant of Raymond le Grofs, the co-adjut,or of 
StrongHcvv in his conqueft of Ireland; afterwards go.- 
vernor of that country, earl of Albemarle and York. 
Various peerages have been conferred on this family, 
which is now the reprefentative of the Sheffields, dukes 
of Buckingham.—Motto, Virtus in arduis, Valour in dif- 
'ficulties.— Refidehce, Winchefter. 
POLLEN, of Redenham, Hamplhire ; created April 
11, 1795.—Sir John Poller, cheated a baronet as 
'above; married, -Feb. 1778, Louifa, only daughter of 
Walter Holt, of Redenham, by whom, who died July 
16, 1793, he had two Tons, John-Walter, and Richard. 
—Family Seat, as above. 
DAREI.L, of Richmond, Surrey; created May 12, 
1795.—Sir Harry-Verelst Darell, the fecond ba¬ 
ronet, a fenior merchant in the Bengal eftablifhm.ent, 
born Dec. 25, 1768, fncceeded his father, fir Lionel, in 
■1803. 
.WEAVE, of Dagnam Park, Effex, created May 13, 
1793.—Sir Richa rd Neave, fo created as above, F.R. 
and A.S. of London,.and of Dagnam Park, Eifex ; go’-, 
vyernor of the Bank of England in 1780; one of the 
commifiioners of public accompts,'director of the.Hud- 
Ton’s bay company, chairman of the Weft-India mer¬ 
chants, and of the Ramfgate-harbour truft. He mar¬ 
ried, March.11, 1743, Frances, fourth daughter .of John 
Briffow, efq. by whom lie.had, Thomas, born 1761, who 
' Jnarriecjjjune 15, 1791, F^ances-Caroline, foyrth daugh. 
■ter of the Rev. William Digby (brother of.Henry, firft 
earl Digby)., by whom he has fix .children: Frances- 
Garoline, Richard-Digby, Henry-Lyttejto.n, .Sheffield, 
, Charlotte-Maria, and William-Auguftus. 2. John, at firft 
■judge of Tirhout in Bengal, and afterwards chief judge 
at Benares in Oude ; born Jan. 2; 1763 ; and married, at 
Calcutta, 1790, Catharine, daughter of colonel Smith, 
by whom he has had eight children: three fons, all 
namecl Johnj died young; Anna-Frances, Caroline-Ma- 
ry, Caroline, and two others. 3. Richard, a barrifter at 
law, married, July 2, 1807, the only daughter of the 
late Alexander Irvine, efq. Sir Richard;has alfo feveral 
daughters.—-This family is of Norman extraction, and 
were o'f great refpeftab.ility and confequence in the time • 
of William the Conqueror, with whom they came into 
England, when-they fettled in Norfolk and Suffolk. 
The name has been varioufly written, as Le Neve, Neve, 
and Neave. From them were defcended, fir William 
Le Neve, and Peter Le Neve', Norroy kings of. arms, 
and the valiant commander of his majefty’s lhip Edgar, 
'.Richard Le'Neve, buried in Weftminfter abbey.—Fa¬ 
mily Seat, D ( agnam Park,‘Eifex. 
HAWLEY, of Leybourne Grange, Kent; created 
May 14,. 1795.—Sir Henry Hawley, born Nov. 12, 
1745, married, firft, Auguft 10, 1770, Dorothy, only 
daughter and heir of John ^Ihwood, of Madeley, in 
Shroplhire, efquire, by whom lie has, Henry, born Oft. 
20, 1776, married, Nov. 28, 1806, Catharine-Elizabeth, 
eldeft daughter of fir John Shaw, bart. of Kenward, in 
Kent; Dorothy-Eljzabeth ^ Harriet; and Charlotte. 
L D R Y. 745 
This lady dying Dec. 4, 1783, fir Henry married, fe- 
-condly, Sept. 5, 1785, Anne, eldeft daughter of Wil¬ 
liam Humphreys, of Llwyn, MontgomeryfHire, efquire ; 
by whom he has four children : Frances; James; Eliza; 
and Louifa.—Family Seat, Leybourne Grange, Kent. 
WENTWORTH, of Parlut, Lincolnfhire; created 
■May 16, 1795.—Sir John WentworLh, LL.D. late 
lieutenant governor, and commander of the forces in 
Nova Scotia, married Frances, daughter .of -.Went¬ 
worth, of Bolton, in America ; by whom he has a fon, 
Charles-Mary, born Jan. 18, 1775.—Family Seat, Par- 
lut^ Lincolnlhire. 
A’COUiRT, of Heytelbury, Wiltlhire ; created June 
23, 1795- — Sir WiLLIAM-PeLRCE-.AsH;E A’court, 
created a baronet as abov.e, married, firft, Catharine, 
daughter of lieutenant-colonel John Bradford, by whom 
he had no iffue; fecondly, Letitia, daughter of Henry 
Wyndh'am, of Sal'ilbury, efquire, by whom he ihas had, 
Letitia ; William, married Oft. 1808; Maria, fecond 
daughter of lady'B. Bouverie; Annabclla, married to 
Richard Beadon, efq. only fon of the bifiiop ot Batli 
and Weils; Maria and Caroline; twins ; Edward-Henry, 
a lieutenant in the royal navy; Charles-Afhe, a captain 
in the 3.1ft foot. Sir William was elefted member for 
Heytelbury, in the room of his father; re-elefted in 
1784, and in 1790, foon after which he retired from 
parliament, but was-again elefted in 1806. He was 
many years in.the army, and in the laft war was lieute- 4 
nant-colpnel of the fecond regiment of Wiltlhire militia. 
—William A’Court, a'general in th,e army, coloh'el of 
the eleventh regiment, afliimed the name ot A file, pur- 
Tuant to the will of his uncle, Edward Afhe_: he repre- 
fented the borough of Heytelbury in leveral parlia¬ 
ments, and was one of the members who voted againft 
the.peace in 1763 ; Toon after which, he was difnlifted 
from the lieutenant-colonelcy of the Coldftream regi¬ 
ment of fool-guards. Qn the Rockingham adminiftra- 
tion’s coming into, power, he was appointed to the com¬ 
mand of* the' eleventh regiment of infantry, which he 
retained till his death, which happened on Auguft 2, 
4781. He was fncceeded in his eftates by his only Lon, 
.who was created a baronet as above.—Family Seaf, 
Heytelbury Houfe, Wiltlhire. " 
VANDEN- BEMPUE-JOHNSTONE, of Hacknefs 
Kali, in the Ndrth Riding of Yorkffiire; created June 
23, 1795.—Sir John Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, 
the fecond baronet, fucqeeded his father, fir Rutland; 
July 14, 1S07.—rFamily Seat, Hackriefs Hall, Yorklhire. 
-HAMLYN, of Clovelly Court, Devonlhire; created 
June 23, 1795.—Sir James Hamlyn, created a baro¬ 
net as above, (formerly Hammett, efq.) took the name 
and arms of Hamlyn, by aft of parliament, purfuant to 
the defire of his great uncle, Zachary Hamlyn, efq. 
He married Arabella, heir of the family of fir Rice 
Williams, of Edwinsford, in Carmarthenlhire, by whon^ 
he has iffue, 1. James, late meiffber for that county, 
ryho affumed the name of Williams, and married Diana, 
' daughter of Abraham Whitaker, of London, merchant, 
by whom he has three, children, James, Charles, and 
Diana, a. Zachary 3. Arabella, married to Ambrofe 
St. John, efq. and died June iS, 1805.—Family Seat, 
Clovelly Court, Devonlhire. 
POORE, of Pv-ulhall, Wiltfnire ; created July 8, 
1795.—Sir John-Methuen Poore, born June 1745, 
was created a baronet, as above, with remainder, in de¬ 
fault of iffue male, tq his;brother Edward, and his iffue 
male.—'This family originally fpelt their name Poer, 
and is of great antiquity in the counties of Wilts and 
Gloucefter. Richard Poer was high fheriff ofthe latter 
county in 1187; and there is a curious record in the 
Herald’s College, that he was killed defending the 
Lord’s day. This Richard Poore had two. fons, Phi- 
