752 HERA! 
1800.—Sir Robert-Johw Buxton, reprefentative in 
tfie parliaments of .1796, and 1802, for Great Bedwin, 
■was born Oft. 27, 1753 ; married, May 22, 1777,‘Julia- 
Mary, fecond daughter of Hr Thomas Beevor, bart. by 
whom he has one fon, John-Jgcob, born Aug. 13, 1788, 
and two daughters : Anne-Elizabeth, born Jan. 31, 3782, 
married, in March 1806, F. Bevan, efq. and Juliana-. 
Frances, born July 28, 1791.—Family Seat, a^above. ! * 
ELFORD, of Bickham, Deyonfliire; created Nov. 26, 
1800:—Sir William Elford, bart. F.R.S. recorder 
of Plymouth, and M.P. for Rye, lieutenant-colonel of 
the South Devon militia; married Mary, daughter of 
the Rev. John Davies, of Plympton, Devonfliire, and 
has iflue, Jonathan, born Nov. 5, 1776; Grace-Chard; 
and Elizabeth.—This family is of Cornifli extraftion, as 
appears by a record in the Court of Exchequer, wherein 
Robert de Elford is mentioned as'flieriff of Devonfliire, 
3oEdw. I. 1302.—Motto, Difficilia quapulchra, Renown 
is obtained with difficulty.—Family Seats, Bickham, 
near Plymouth ; and Kenniton, near Dartmouth. 
DANCE-HOLLAND, of Wittenham, Berks; created 
Nov. 27, 1800.—Sir Nathaniel Dance-Holland, 
LL.D. (formerly Nathaniel Dance, efq.) M.P. for.Eaft 
Grinftead, took the name of Holland by royal fign ma¬ 
nual, and was created a baronet as above. He married 
FJarriet, daughter of fir Cecil Biffiopp, bart. and widow 
of Thomas Dummer, of Cranbury, in Hampfliire,-efq.— 
George Dance, efq. architeft to the city of London, 
died Feb. 11, 1768, aged feventy-five: he married Eli¬ 
zabeth, daughter of Mr. Gould, of Hackney, who died 
1763, by whom he had iffiue, James, who married Mifs 
Hooper, by whom he had, 1. Nathaniel, captain of the Earl 
Camden Eaft-Indiaman, who, Feb. 15, 1804* commanded 
the China fleet, confiding of fixteen fail of Indiamen, 
and eleven valuable country fliips, without convoy. On 
the 15th, at two P.M. after giving the gallant Euglifh 
commander the mod; complete opportunity of evincing 
his own nautical fkiil, and of difplaying the matchlefs 
and univerfal ardour of his intrepid fleet, admiral Linois, 
the French commander, exhibited to the world another 
and an unexpected proof of Britifh naval fuperiority: 
the fhips of war of France, conflfling of the Marengo, of 
84 guns, la Belle Poule and la Lemollante, heavy fri¬ 
gates of 44 and 36 guns, le Penfon, of 20 guns, and the 
Dutch brig Aventuria, mounting 18 thirty-two pound 
carronades, flying from the purfuit of an unprotected 
fleet of Englifh merchantmen. The novelty of fuch an 
engagement, fudained as it was by Britifli merchantmen 
oppofed to French fliips of war, excited an uncommon 
degree of admiration; and the anxiety which had fo long 
pervaded the public mind for the fafety of this valuable 
fleet, the furprile of joy with which the news of its 
fafety was at lad received, and the teflimonies of which 
have dgnalifed this aftion, are the bed criterions of its 
importance, and of the merits of thofe by whom it was 
achieved. The mod lively enthudafm tedified the fa- 
tisfaftion of all rank's of people on their arrival in Eng¬ 
land: the captains were diftinguiflied, in the mod ho¬ 
nourable manner, by public bodies of their countrymen; 
the Ead-India company bedowed the mod fubdantial 
rewards on the whole fleet; and the king conferred on 
the commodore the honour of knighthood. 2. Giles. 
3. Nathaniel, the prefent baronet; and three other chil¬ 
dren.— Family Seats, Wittenham Park, Berks; and 
Cranbury Houfe, Hampfliire. 
MILMAN, of Levaton, in Woodland, Devonfliire ; 
created Nov. 28, 1800.—Sir Francis Milman, M.D. 
and F.R.S. phydeian to his majefly, was created a ba¬ 
ronet as above: he married Frances, daughter and heir 
of William Hart, of Stapleton, Glouceflerfliire, efq. by 
■whom he has three foils, William-George; Francis- 
Miles; and Henry-Hart: and one daughter, Frances-, 
- Emily.—This family is laid to be defeended from Jo¬ 
hannes de Malamanus, one of thofe officers lent by Wil. 
,DRY. 
liam the Conqueror to fubdue fhe refractory monks in 
the ifle of Ely. It is fuppofed that this man was left- 
handed, and from that circumflance took this name ©f 
Mala Manus, which appears likely, as his arms are three 
flnifler hands. The family lias been for many years 
fettled at Holdernefs in Yorkdiire, and at Chelfea in 
Middlefex ; in the latter there is a chapel belonging fo 
the family, in wl^ch there is an elegant monument to fir 
William Milman, knt. who died in'1713.—Family Seat, 
Levaton, Woodland, Devonfliire. 
PEEL, of Drayton, StafForddiire; created Novem¬ 
ber 29, 1800.—Sir Robert Peel, created a baronet 
as above, M.P. for Tamworth, born April 25, 1750; 
married, firfl, in 1783, Ellen, daughter of William 
Yates, of Bury, in Lancadiire. efq. and had iflue, Ro¬ 
bert, born Feb. 6, 1788; William, born Aug'. 3, 1789; 
Edward, born Aug. 8, 1791; John, bom Aug. 22,1798 ; 
Jonathan, born Oft. 32, 1^99; Mary, June 17, 1784; 
Elizabeth, April 13, 1786, married, Dec. 30, 1805, the 
Rev. William Ceckburn; Eleanora, March 25, 1794; 
and Anne, died young. Sir Robert married, fecondly, 
Oft. 38, 1805, -- Clerke, daughter of dr William 
Clerke, bart. of Bury, Lancadiire.—Family Seats, Bury,, 
Lancadiire; and Drayton Park, StafForddiire. 
STIRLING, of Fafkine, Lanarkfliire; created Nov. 
4, 1800.—Sir Walter Stirling, lord of the honour 
of Otford, in Kent, created a baronet as aboVe, F.R. 
and A.S. ferved the office of flieriff, and is a deputy 
lieutenant for the county of Kent, and M.P. for St. Ive’k 
in Cornwall ; married, April 28, 1794, Sufanna, daugh¬ 
ter and.foie heir of George-Trenchard Goodenongh, efq. 
(defeended from the family of William'of Wykeham, 
bifliop of Winchefler, which entitles his heirs to their 
education at Wincheder-college, as kin of the founder ;) 
and by her, who died June 8, 1806, in childbed, had 
iflue, Walter-George, born March 15, 1802; Mary, 
J,ane, born-March 28, 1795 ; Dorothy-Anne, born May 
2, 1796; Matilda-Georgiana, born Feb. 27, 1798; and 
Sufanna-Maria, born May 31, and died June 7, 1806._. 
Henry, the third foil of David earl cf Huntingdon, bro¬ 
ther to king William the Lion, in 1165, afl'umed the 
name of Stirling, becaufe he was born in Stirling. The 
family afterwards took the name of Strivylen, or Strave- 
lyn, and feated t hemfelv.es at Calder, from which branch 
dr Walter, the prefent baronet, is defeended. It is 
worthy of remark, that there are now living four baro¬ 
nets of this name: fir Thomas Stirling of Ardoch ; fir 
John Stirling of Glorat; fir Gilbert Stirling of Uppal; 
and fir Walter Stirling of Faflcine, the prefent baronet_ 
Motto, Gang forward.—Reddences, Pall Mall, London; 
Shoreham Caflle, in Kent; and Fafki/Te, Lanarkfliire. 
VAVASOUR, ■ of Spaldington, and Melbourne, in 
Yorkdiire; created March 20, 1801.—Sir Henry Va¬ 
vasour, bart. fo created as above, formerly Henry 
Nooth, efq. lieutenant-colonel in the army, adorned 
the name and arms of Vavasour by royal licenfe in 
1791, agreeable to the will of his wife’s ancedor, Tho¬ 
mas Vavafour, of Spaldington, efq. He was born in 
1741, and married Anne-Afsheton, eldpefl daughter and 
co-heir of Made Yates, efq. of Mag-hull, who by iser 
mother is defeended from the family of Vavafour of 
Spaldington, and has had iflue, Edward-Traflord, died 
at Calcutta, unmarried, Nov. 5, 1769 ; and Heiiry-Mag- 
hull-Mervin, a lieutenant-colonel in the army; married, 
Nov. 28, 1807, Mifs Vavafour, eldeft daughter of W. V. 
of Dublin, efq. Sir Henry is the fecond foil of Henry 
Nooth, (defeended from the family of Vandynoor, in 
Brabant,) by Bridget, elded daughter and co-heir of 
John Mervin, of Dorfetfliire, efq.—The family of Va¬ 
vafour came into England with William the Conqueror. 
They took their name, fays Camden, from their office, 
being the king’s valvafours, a degree then little inferior 
to the dignity of a baron, and anciently had the article 
Le affixed to their name. Thomas Vavafour, efq. the 
nineteenth 
