756 HERALDRY.. 
colonel in America.—Motto, Finis coronat opus , The end daughter of the earl of Northumberland. Thomas Met- 
crowns the work.—Family Seat, Afhcombe, Suffex. calfe, of Routh Park, married Anne, daughter of lord 
D’Arcy, father of the firft earl of Holderneffe. Frances, 
' DICKSON, of Hardingham, Norfolk; created Sept, daughter of fir Thomas Metcalfe, married fir William 
21, 1802.—Sir William Dickson, the third baronet, R 0 binfon, the anceftor of the barons Grantham. The 
(:i minor,) fucceedcd his father, fir Archibald Col- prefent baronet, fir Thomas, is the fon of Thomas Met- 
lingwood, in 1808.— Motto, Fortes fortuna juvat, For- ta lfe, fifth in defcent from Thomas Metcalfe, fon or 
tune favours the .brave.—Family Seat, Hardingham, ne phew of Thomas Metcalfe, chancellor of the duchy 
Norfolk. of Lancafter, in the reign of Richard HI. by a daugh- 
BRATHWAITE-BOUGHTON, of Porton Court, ter of John Williams, of North Wales. The lafi-nained 
in Herefordfiiire ; created Dec. 18, 1802.—Sir George- Thomas was a captain in the army, and died in 1778.— 
Charles Brathwaite.Boughton, the'fecond ba- Motto, Conquiefco, I am fatisfied.—Family Seat, Fern 
nonet, fuccceeded his father, fir Tohn, Aug. 16, 1803 ; a Hall, Berkffiire, Town-houfe, Portland Place. 
major-general in the army; a (fumed the furnarr.e and 
arms of,Boughton, by royal fign manual, in Auguft 
1798; married, in June 1801, Eliza, daughter of the 
late fir Edward Boughton, of Porton Court, Hereford- 
Ihire, baronet, and has iffue,. a daughter, born June 10, 
1807.—This family has been long-refident in the county 
of Weftmoreland. John Brathwaite, born in 1696, go¬ 
vernor in chief of the African company’s faftories on 
the fouth coafi of Africa, was killed on-board the Baltic 
merchant-veffel, in an engagement off Scilly, with a 
Spanifi) privateer. He married Silvia, daughter of- 
Coles, efq. of Amfterdam, by whom (who died in 1799) 
he had iffue, Silvia, married to Bonnel-Thornton, efq. 
Caroline, married to Robert Armitage, efq. and John, 
born in 1739, a major-general, and commander in .chief 
of the Eaft-India company’s forces on the coafi of Co¬ 
romandel in 1793, where he long held the chief com¬ 
mand, and received repeated'teftimonies of the appro¬ 
bation of government. When retiring from this diftin- 
guifhed fituation, the general and field-officers of the 
army requefied him to accept the record of their efieem, 
affeftion, and refpeft, in a valuable fervice of plate, 
which they prelented to him. In public life, he was a 
ftrift obferver of difcipline, zealous, (kilful, brave, and 
of unlhaken fidelity. He was created a baronet as above ; 
and, deceafing Aug. 1803, was fucceeded by his only 
furviving fon, fir George-Charles, the prefent baronet. 
—Family Seat, Porton Court, in Herefordffiire. 
WHITE, of Tuxford, Nottingharhffiire, and of Wal- 
lingwells, Yorkfiiire ; created Dec. 20,1802.—Sir Tho- 
mas-Woollaston White, born Jan. 20, 1767, cre¬ 
ated a baronet as above, with remainder, in default of 
iffue male, to the heirs male of his brothers, Taylor, 
and Charles-Laurence White 5 married, Jan. 3, 1801, 
Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Blagg, of Tuxford, 
efq. and has iffue, Thomas-Woollafton, Elizabeth, and 
Sarah. Sir Thomas raifed, armed, and clothed, at his 
own expence, a corps called the Sherwood Rangers.— 
Family Seat, Wallingwells, near Workfop, Notting- 
hamfiiire. 
METCALFE, of Chilton, Berkfliire • created Dec. 
21, 1802.—Sir Thomas-Theophilus Metcalfe, a 
major in the army in the Eafi Indies, late M. P. for 
Abingdon, a diredtor of the Eafi-India company, cre¬ 
ated a baronet as above ; married, in 1782, Sophia-Su- 
fannah-Selina, daughter of John Debonaire, of the Cape 
of Good Hope, efq. relift of major John Smith, and has 
iffue, Theophilus-John, born Jan. 30, 1785; Charles- 
Theophilus; two daughters, who died young; Emily- 
Theophila, born June 16, 1790; Georgina-Theophila, 
born Jan. 30, 1792; Thomas-Theophilus, born Jan. 2, 
2795; and Henry-Theophilus, died in July 1804,—Met¬ 
calfe is a very ancient name. Honourable mention is made 
of captain Metcalfe, who ferved in the field of Agin- 
court; in the fifteenth century Thomas Metcalfe was 
ffieriff for the county of York, and was attended to the 
a'ffizes by one hundred and fifty Metcalfes mounted on 
white horfes. The Metcalfes have intermarried with 
feveral noble families. Sir Chrifiopher Metcalfe, in 1550, 
married lady Elizabeth, the daughter of the earl of 
Cumb'erlanu, baron Clifford and Vefey, by Margaret, 
SMITH, of Hadley, Middlefex ; created Dec. 22, 
1802.—Sir Culling Smith, created a baronet as 
above, born July 10, 1768 ; married, Sept. 22, 179.2, 
Charlotte-Elizabeth, fecond daughter of Sampfon lord 
Eardley, by whom he has iffue, Charlotte-Elizabeth, 
born Oft. 24, 1793; and Louifa-Selina, born Jan. 21, 
1800.—The anceftors of fir Culling, of the name of Le 
Fevre, came from France in the reign of queen Eliza¬ 
beth, fettled in England, and affumed the name of Smith. 
Mr. Thomas Smith, of Hadley, and of London, mer¬ 
chant, who died in 1744, married Culling, ftfter and co¬ 
heir of John Horne, efq. governor of Bombay ; and from 
that time the chriftian name of Culling has been kept in 
the family.—Motto, Spes decus et robur , Hope, honour, 
and ftrength.—Family Seat, Hadley Middlefex. 
CURTIS, of Cullan’s Grove, Southgate, Middlefex ; 
created Dec. 23, 1802.—Sir William Curtis, aider- 
man of Tower Ward, lord-mayor of London in 1796, 
M. P. for the city of London, created a baronet as above, 
born Jan. 14, 1752; married, Feb. 7, 1757, Anne, poft- 
humous daughter and co-heir of Edward Conftable, 
efq. by whom he has iffue, William, born March 2, 
1782; George, born Sept, io, 1784, died at Purnlah in 
Bengal, in 1805 ; Timothy, born Jan. 3, 1786 ; Charles, 
born March 18, 17955 Emma; and Rebecca.—Motto, 
Gradatim vincimus, We conquer by degrees.—Family Seat, 
Culland’s Grove, Southgate, Middlefex. 
PEACOCK, of Barntic, Clareffiire ; created Dec. 24, 
1802. —Sir Joseph Peacock, created a baronet as 
above, born 1734 ; married, 1761, Elizabeth, only 
daughter of Thomas Cuffe, of Grange in Kilkenny, efq. 
(a younger branch of the Defert family, and half-filter 
of lord Cafilecoote, and lieutenant-general fir Eyre 
Coote,) and has iffue, 1. Nathaniel-Levett, born ©it.’ 3, 
1769, a lieutenant-colonel in the army, married, June 
20, 1S03, Henrietta, daughter of John Morris, efq. of 
Portman-fquare, and has iffue, Elizabeth, born April 
16, 1804.. 2. William, in holy orders. 3. Elizabeth, 
married, in 1800, J. O’Beirne, efq. brother of the lord 
bifliop of Meath. 4. Grace. 5. Philippa. 6. Mary, 
married colonel Daniel O’Meara, late of the 12th Wefi- 
India regiment. 7. Catharine, married, in 1797, Fran, 
ces Gore, ; efq. of Dorrymore in Clare. 8. Georgiana. 
9. Aljcia.—Motto, Vincit veritas, Truth prevails.—Fa¬ 
mily Seat, Grange, county, of Limeric, Ireland. 
STRONGE, of Tynan, in Armagh ; created June 14, 
1803. —Sir James-Matthew Stronge, the fecond 
baronet, born 1786, fucceeded his father, the Rev. Sir 
James, A.M.—Family Seats, Tynan, Armaghffiire, and 
Thornhill, county of Dublin. 
DE-CAPELL - BROOKE, of Great Oakley, in 
Northamptonlhire ; created June 14, 1803, — Sir 
Richaro-Brooke De-Chapell-Brooke, created 
a baronet as above ; colonel of the Northampton¬ 
lhire militia, F. R. S. married, Aug. 18, 1788, Mary, 
only child and heir of major-general Richard Worge, 
and has iffue, Mary-Anne, born May n, 1790; Ar- 
thur-Brooke, born Oft. 22, 1791 ; Sophia, born Nov. 
20, 1792; Frances, born in 1794, died in 1795; Ca¬ 
roline, born Dec. 4, 17955 Richard-Worge, died in 
1800 $ 
