H E R A 
DALLAS, of Petfall, Staffordfliire; created July 21, 
1798_Sir George Dallas, bart. married, June 1788, 
the honourable Catharine, youngeft daughter of fir John 
Blackwood, bart. of Ballyleidy, Dovvnfhire, by Dorcas 
baronefs DufFerin and Claneboye, filter to the prefent 
lord Bnfterin and Claneboye, by whom he has, William- 
Gemmel, born April n, 1792; George, born Dec. 31, 
1797; Catharine-Sophia, born Aug. 31, 1789; Mari¬ 
anne, born Aug. 6, 1790.—Family Seat, Petfall, Staf- 
fordjhire. 
WILLIAMS, of Bedylwyddan, Flintfhire; created 
July 24, 1798.—Sir John “Williams, created a baronet 
as above, born Dec. 22, 1761 ; married, Odt. 21, 1791, 
Margaret, daughter and heir of Hugh Williams, of Tif- 
rey, in Angl'efea, efq. by whom he has a foil, John, 
born Jan. 11, 1794; and two daughters, Harriet and 
Emma.—Family Seat, as above. 
CALLANDER, of Weftertown, Stirlingfhire; created 
Aug. 1, 1798.—Sir John Calcandee, bart. a colonel 
in the army, born Sept. 1739; married, Feb. 2, 1786, 
Margaret, daughter of John Romer, of Cherwich, in 
Northumberland, efq, relidl of Bridges Kearney, efq.—• 
This family is lineally defcended from the earls of Cal¬ 
lander. James, fourth earl of Callander, upon the death 
of his uncle, George, third earl of Linlithgow, fuc- 
ceeded to his eftate and honours, whereby both earl¬ 
doms were united in his perfon. But, being engaged in 
the rebellion in the year 1715, he was attainted, and his 
eftate and honours forfeited. He dying without ilTue 
male, his third brother, John, fuceeeded to the title; 
and, had it not been forfeited, fir John, would now have 
been earl of Callander.—Motto, above the creft, I mean 
well. Under the arms, Et domi et foris, At home and 
abroad.—Family Seat, Weftertown, Stirlingfhire. 
C ALDER, of Southwick, Hampfhire; created Aug. 
22, 1798.—Sir Robert Cai.der, bart. a vice-admiral 
of the white, born July 2, 1745, knighted 1797, created 
a baronet as above; married, May 14, 1779, Amelia, 
only daughter of JohnMichell, of Bayfield, in Norfolk, 
elq. late M.P. for Bollon, in Lincolnfhire. Sir Robert 
Calder is the fourth and youngeft fon of the late fir 
James Calder, bart. viz. a knight baronet of the king¬ 
dom of Scotland, which title he inherited at the death 
of his father,' fir Thomas Calder, (his father, James, 
laird oPMuirtown, having been fo created Nov. 5, 1686,) 
who died at Edinburgh, Jan. 1760. Sir Robert was fent 
to fea at a very early age, and on the 27th of Auguft 
1780; he attained 'the rank of poft-captain ; in the year 
1795, was appointed firft captain to the commander in 
.chief on the Mediterranean ftation ; and he failed from 
Spithead with admiral lir John Jervis, K.B. (now earl 
St. Vincent,) in the Lively frigate. On their arrival in 
the Mediterranean, the admiral fhifted his flag into his 
majefty’s fhip the Vidtory; and on the 3d of March 1797, 
captain Calder arrived in London with the news of the 
vidlory obtained over the Spanifh fleet off Cape St. Vin¬ 
cent. He was immediately knighted by the king at St. 
James’s, and on the fame day received the thanks of 
both houfes of parliament, for his fervices as firft cap¬ 
tain in the adfion off Cape St. Vincent, on the 14th of 
February 1797. By order of the king, he was prefentcd 
with a gold medal, to be worn round his neck, fufpended 
to a blue-and-white ribbon. On the 17th of the fame 
month of March, he failed from St. Helen’s, intheVille 
de Paris, with the command of the reinforcement fent 
to the fquadron under the command of admiral fir John 
Jarvis. On the 22d of Auguft 1798, fir Robert was cre¬ 
ated a baronet of Great Britain. On the 14th of Febru¬ 
ary 1799* he was advanced to the rank of rear-admiral 
of the blue ; and on the 23d of April 1804, he was far¬ 
ther advanced to the rank of vice-admiral of the blue, 
and farther advanced to the rank of vice-admiral of the 
white of his majefty’s fleet.—Vice-admiral 'fir Robert 
Calder is lineally defcended from Hugh Calder, of Alf- 
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wanlie, in the county of Aberdeen, by Elizabeth Gor¬ 
don, his wife; The lands of Alfwanlie were granted by 
fir Alexander Seton, lord of Gordon and Strathbogie, 
See. &c. “ to Hugh de Calder, (fon and heir of Alex- 
ander de Calder,) and to his fpoufe, Elizabeth Gordon, 
to them and their heirs.” This grant was dated at,El¬ 
gin, laft day of Auguft, 1440; and confirmed by rdyal 
charter at Edinburgh, July 8, 1450. Thefe dates con¬ 
fute an idle and abfurd ftory, firft publilhed in Gordon’s 
Hiftory of the family of Gordon, (and from thence co¬ 
pied and inferted in the appendix to Nifbet’s Heraldry,) 
refpedting the grant of the lands of Alfwanlie, after the 
battle of Brechin was fought in the month of May 1452. 
Twelve years after the date of the grant, and two atter 
the date of the confirmation thereof by royal charter, 
the lands of Alfwanlie were held and polfelfed by the 
lineal defendants of Hugh Calder and Elizabeth Gor¬ 
don, until about the year 1761, when Alexander Calder 
of Alfwanlie difpolfelfed them; and upon the death of 
Alexander, at Old Aberdeen, in the year 1768, they 
were finally fold to the earl of Fife. Alexander Calder 
had two brothers, William and Robert; they went early 
in life to America, where they married, and both left 
numerous ilTue. William Calder, of Hartford, in the 
ftate of Connedticut, fecond born and eldeft furviving 
fon of William, immediate.brot her to the deceafed Alex¬ 
ander, is now the reprefentative of the ancient Calders 
of Alfwanlie.'—Motto, Vigilans non cadet, The vigilant 
man falls not.—Family Seat, Southwick, Hamplhire. 
FLETCHER, of Newcaftle-under-Line, and Betley, 
Staftordlhire ; created Auguft 24, 1798.—Sir Thomas 
Fletcher was born Nov. 25, 1747; married Anne, 
daughter and co-heir of John Fenton, of Newcaftle, efq. 
By this lady he has three children, John-Fenton, Ana- 
ftafia, and Elizabeth. John-Fenton married, Feb. 9, 
1808, the eldeft daughter of fir John Chetwode, of Oak¬ 
ley, bart.—Motto, Nec quarere nec fpcrnerc honorem, Neither 
feek nordefpife honours.—Family Seats, Newcaftle, and 
Betley Houfe, Staffordlhire. 
TROWBRIDGE, of A flier, Devonfliire; created Nov. 
23, 1 799 -—Sir Thomas Trowbridge, a rear-admiral 
of the white, and knight of the order of St. Ferdinand, 
and of Merit, conferred by the king of Naples, created 
a baronet as above ; married Frances, relidtof-Rich- 
ardfon, efq. by whom he has Thomas and Charlotte.— 
Family Seat, as above. 
GLYN, of London, and of Gaunts, Dorfetlhire ; cre¬ 
ated Nov. 22, 1800.—Sir Richard-Carr Glyn, cre¬ 
ated a baronet as above, fecond furviving fon of lir 
Richard Glyn, bart. and eldeft fon by his fecOnd wife, 
Elizabeth, daughter and co-heir of Robert Carr, efq. 
(brother to fir William Carr, ofEtall, in Northumber¬ 
land, bart.) born in 1755; alderman, and banker, 0$, 
London; prefident of Bridewell and Bethlem hofpitals, 
lord-mayor of London in 1798 ; married Mary, only 
daughter of John Plumtre, of Nottingham, efq. by whom 
he has had two daughters, Mary-Elizabeth, born 1786 ; 
and Elizabeth, born 1802, died in May 1805; and fix 
fons, Richard-Plumtre, born 1787; Robert-Thomas- 
John, 1788; Thomas-Chriftopher, 1789; John-Carr, 
1791, died in the fame year ; George-Carr, 1797; Carr- 
John, 1799. For the pedigree of this family, fee Sir 
George Glyn, bart. of Ewell, his brother, p. 722.^— 
Motto, Firm to my trtift.—Family Seat, Gaunt’s Houfe, 
Dorfetlhire. 
KINGSMILL, of Afton, Gloucefterlhire; created 
Nov. 24, 1800.—Sir Robert Kingsmill, the fecond 
baronet, born in 1772, fon of the late Edward Kingf- 
mill, efq. of Belfaft, fuceeeded his uncle, admiral fir 
Robert, Nov. 23, 1805 ; married Elizabeth, daughter 
of Charles Newman, efq.—Motto, Do well, doubt not. 
—Family Seat, Sidmanton, Hants. 
BUXTON, of Shadwell, Norfolk; created Nov. 25, 
9 F 1800.— 
