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five fucceflive parliaments. — Motto, Fejlina lente , On 
flow.—Family Seat, Altliam, Lancafliire. 
KNIGHTLEY, of Fawfley, Northamptonfliire; cre¬ 
ated Dec. 30, 1797.—Sir John Knightley, in holy 
orders, M.A. created a baronet as above, with remain¬ 
der, in default of iffue male, to his nephew, Charl'es- 
Knightley Clark, efq. was born Feb. 17, 1746 ; married 
Mary, daughter of John Baines, efq.—The Knightleys 
are originally from StafFordfhire, taking their name from 
a manor fo called, in that county, which they have pof- 
fefled ever fince the conqued; at that time Rinaldus, 
one of the followers of king William I. had a grant of 
it ; but they removed to Fawfley, in Northamptonfliire, 
in 1415, when fir Richard Knightley, knt. purchafed 
that manor. Sir Richard Knightley, K.B. was one of 
the riched private fubjefts of his time, having landed 
property to the amount of 13,0001. per annum; he had 
an extreme averfion to the church of England ; his at¬ 
tachment to puritanifm grew till his zeal exceeded his 
prudence, and certain libels againfl the church were 
with difficulty difcovered to have been printed in a 
•fmall turret at Fawfley. For this offence his fovereign, 
queen Elizabeth, fummoned him before the Star-cham¬ 
ber, when he was deeply fined. Sir Richard fat in fe- 
veral parliaments in that reign and the fucceeding one. 
He married, firft, Mary, daughter of William Fermor, 
efq. by whom he had two fons and one daughter; and 
after her death he married the lady Elizabeth, fixth 
daughter of the great duke of Somerfet, protestor : fhe 
died in 1602. The ifTue of this marriage was fir Sey¬ 
mour Knightley, and fix other fons: yet the male line 
became extinft in this branch in a very few years. Upon 
failure of the name in his defendants, the eflate of 
Fawfley came to Richard, Ton ofThomas Knightley, of 
Burgh HalJ, in Staffordfliire: he was alfo a zealous ene¬ 
my to the hierarchy in the church, and the regal prero¬ 
gative in the date. He died in 1650, aged fevenly. Jane, 
his widow, daughter of fir Edward Littleton, bart. died 
1657, by whom he had nine fans and four daughters ; 
his elded fon and heir, fir Richard Knightley, K.B. 
was member for Northampton in the lad parliament of 
Charles I. and was as drenuous againd him as his father; 
took the covenant, and was one of the committee of the 
parliament navy; yet he oppofed the death of his fove¬ 
reign, for which lie was included, with many others, 
from fitting in the houfe of commons: he was appoint¬ 
ed by the protestor, Oliver, one of the afTefTors of the 
monthly taxes in his own county of Northampton, which 
he reprefented in the parliament called by the proteftor 
Richard in 1658-9 ; he was afterwards one of the council 
of date in 1660, which greatly promoted the redoration, 
when he was received with much grace by his majedy ; 
he died June 29, 1661. He married, fird, Elizabeth, 
elded daughter of the celebrated John Hampden, efq. 
and fecondly, Anne, one of the daughters of fir William 
Courteen, knt. and relift of Effex Devereux, efq. From 
Lucy Knightley, third fon of Richard Knightley, efq. 
is defcended the prefent baronet.—Family Seat, Fawf¬ 
ley, Northamptonfliire. 
HAY, of Old Luce, Wigtoundiire; created April 20, 
1798.—Sir John-Dalrymple Hay, created a baronet 
as above, born April 14,’ 1746; married Sufannah, only 
daughter of fir Thomas Hay, of Park, and heir of her 
brother, fir Thomas Hay, of Park, (who died without 
iflue, April 30, 1724,) by whom he has a fon, James, 
■ born July 8, 1787 ; and fix daughters: Jean, Grace, Eli¬ 
zabeth, Sufannah, Margaret, and Mary.—Motto, Serva 
jugum, Keep the yoke.—-Family Seat, Old Luce, Wig- 
tounfliire. 
ANDERSON, of Mill Hill, Middlefex ; created May 
14, 1798.—Sir John-William Anderson, of Mill 
Hill, Hendon, in Middlefex, lord-mayor of London in 
1798, one of the reprelentatives in parliament for the 
fame city in 1796 and 1802, prefident of Chrifl’s Hofpi- 
L D R Y. 
tal, treafurer of the Artillery Company, and a direftor 
of the Royal Exchange Alfurance Company, born at 
Dantzick 1735-6, was created a baronet as above. He 
married, in 1762, Dorothy, daughter and co-heir of 
Charles Simkins, of the Devizes, efq.—Family Seat, as 
above. 
ANSTRUTHER, of Andruther, Fifefliire; created 
1694. ANSTRUTHER, of Elie Houfe, Fifefliire, North 
Britain; created May 18, 1798.—The Right Hon. Sir 
John Anstruther, a privy counfellor, andM.P. in 
the prefent parliament for the borough of Andruther, 
born March 27, 1753, was bred to the law, and in 1798 
was appointed chief juflice of the fupreme court of judi¬ 
cature in Bengal, which office he refigned in 1806. Sir 
John is the fecond fon of the late fir John Andruther, 
bart. of Andruther, in Fifefliire; married Maria, daugh¬ 
ter of Edward Brice, of Berner’s-flreet, efq. by whom 
he has two fons, John and Wyndham; and a daughter, 
Marianne.—This family is of great antiquity in the coun¬ 
ty of Fife, and the fird of this family upon record was 
defigned de Candela dominus de Anjlruthcr. Willielmus de 
Candella lived in the rejgns of David I. and Malcolm IV. 
in the twelfth century, and took the name of his edate. 
He was the undoubted proprietor, 1153, of tile lands and 
barony of Andruther; but how long his aiicedors pof- 
fefled them before .hinv, cannot at this diflance be afcer- 
tained. Sir James Andruther, the twelfth in defcen't 
from William, was appointed heritable carver to James' 
VI. 1585, and was conflituted one of the matter lioufe- 
liolds to his majedy, 1592, with all the profits and pri¬ 
vileges belonging, to thefe offices, which are hereditary 
in the family : he died in 1606, and was fucceeded in his 
offices by his eldedTon, fir William, who was appointed 
one of the gentlemen of the bedchamber to James VI. 
and upon his acceffion to the crown of England he ac¬ 
companied him, and was created K.B. at his coronation: 
he was alfo gentleman uflier to Charles I. had no iflue: 
died in 1649, and was fucceeded by his nephew,' fir 
Philip, fon of his brother, fir Robert, who Was often 
employed in negociations of the highefi Importance : in 
1620 he was fent ambaifador extraordinary to the court 
of Denmark; and in 1627 to the emperor and dates of 
Germany: he was afterwards plenipotentiary to the diet 
at Ratifbon, and in 1730 ambaffador at the meeting of 
the.princes of Germany, at Hailbrun, &c. and in all thefe 
negociations he acquitted himfelf with fidelity and ho¬ 
nour. Sir Philip, his fon, was taken prifoner at the bat¬ 
tle of Worceder, had a fine of one thoufand marks fier- 
ling impofed upon him by Oliver Cromwell, and his 
eflate fequedrated till the redoration in.1660.■ He mar¬ 
ried Chriflian, daughter of major-general Lumfdain, by 
whom he had five fons. Sir William Andruther, of 
that ilk, bart. elded fon of fir Philip, member of the 
Scots parliament for Fifefliire, in 1681, married Helen 
Hamilton, daughter of John fourth earl of Haddington, 
by whom lie-had fir John Andruther, bart. appointed 
mafler of his majedy’s works in Scotland, July 16, 1717. 
He married Margaret Carmichael, elded daughter of 
James fecond earl of Hyndford, by whom he had two 
children, who died young. Sir John, born Dec. 27^ 1718, 
late M.P. for the burghs of Andruther, Crail, &c. mar¬ 
ried, Oft. 4, 1750, Janet, daughter of James Fall, of 
Dunbar, in Ead Lothian, efq. by whom he had, Philip, 
born at Edinburgh, Jan. 13, 1732, who married, Feb. 19, 
1778, Anne, daughter of fir John Paterfon, bart. fuc¬ 
ceeded his father in 1799, *nd died without iffue, Jan. 5, 
1808, by which fir John fucceeded to the family eflate,- 
and to the Scots title of 1694; fir John, the prefent ba¬ 
ronet; James, and William, died young; Robert, co¬ 
lonel of the Tay fencibles; Margaret, died young; Jean, 
wife of Charles Parker, by whom fhe had one Ion and 
four daughters.—Motto, Periijjhn ni periijjem, We had 
periflied unlefs we had perilhed.—Refidence, Elie Houfe, 
Fifefliire, North Britain. 
DALLAS. 
