HERA 
March 12, 1617, for that of attorney-general. He was 
profecuted in the court of ftar-chamberj upon the in- 
ftigation of George Villiers duke of Buckingham, in 
i6ro, and fent to the Tower, and was deprived of the 
office of attorney-general Jan. 11, 1621. He was after¬ 
wards mod honourably liberated, and appointed, May 
10, 1625, one of the judges of the court of Common 
Pleas. He died January 24, 1730. Chriftopher, hisfon, 
was raifed, June 30, 1641, to the dignity of a baronet; 
and had iffue, (ir Henry, fecond baronet, who married 
•Sufan baronefs Grey of Ruthyn, Haftings, Bergavenny, 
and Weisford, daughter and heir of Charles Longueville 
lord Grey of Ruthyn, and grand-daughter of Charles 
Grey eighth earl of Kent. Charles, the iffue of this 
marriage, futTceeded to the titles of his mother on the 
28th of Auguft, 1676 and Henry, his brother, fecond 
lord Grey of Ruthyn, of the family of Yelverton, was, 
by William III. created vifcount Longueville. 
Talbot, fecond lord vifcount Longueville, was by 
George I. created earl of SufTex ; and married Lucy, 
daughter of Henry Pelham, of.Lewes, in the county of 
Suffex, efquire ; by which lady, who died May 25, 1730, 
be had iffue., j, George-Auguftus, fecond earl of Suffex. 
2. Henry, third and laft earl of Suffex ; who married, 
fir/1, January 17, 1757, He/ter, daughter of John Hall, 
efq. of Mansfield Woodhoufe, in the county of Notting¬ 
ham; and by her, who died January 11, 177.7, had iffue, 
Talbot, who died an infant. Barbara, married to Ed¬ 
ward Thoroton Gould, efq. and died April 9, 1781, 
having had iffue, 1. Barbara, who diedyou-ng; 2. Mary, 
married October 15, 1807, the honourable and reverend 
Frederic Powys, brother to lord Lilford ; 3. Henry, the 
prefent lord Grey of Ruthyn. The laft earl of Suffex 
married, fecondly, January 28, 1778, Mary, daughter 
of John Vaughan, efq. of Briftol, by whom he had no 
iffue ; and his lady died June 6, 1796. His lord/hip dying 
April 22, 1799, the earldom of Suffex became extindl, 
when the prelent peer, Henry, fucceedgd to the barony 
only.—The heir prefumptive is Mary, fifter of the pre¬ 
fent lord. 
Creation. —Baron Grey de Ruthyn, 28 Edward III. 
1353- 
Residence. —Brandon Houfe, in the county of War¬ 
wick. 
Armorial Bearings. —See the annexed Engraving. 
Motto .—Foy en tout .—“ Faith in all things.” 
TWISLETON, BARON SAYE AND SELE. 
GREGORY-WILLIAM TWISLETON, Baron 
SAVE and SELE; born April 14, 1769; fucceeded 
his father the late lord, July 1, 1788 ; married, Septem¬ 
ber 8, 1794, Maria-Marrow, eldeft daughter of lord 
Eardley, and has iffue, Maria-Elizabeth, born June 23, 
1795; and William-Thomas, heir apparent, born ^kpril 
24. I79 8 - 
The barony of Saye has defcended to its prefent pof- 
feffor from the family of Fiennes, whofe anceftor John 
de Fiennes was hereditary governor of Dover Caftle, and 
warden of the Cinque Ports. Ingelram, third in defcent 
from John, was killed at the battle of Acre, in the Holy 
Land, in 1190. Ingelram, third in defcent from Ingel¬ 
ram, adhered to the party of Henry III. in his wars 
againft the barons. He had iffue, 1. William. 2. Giles, 
great grandfather of William, who married Joan, daugh¬ 
ter of Geoffrey Say, lord Say and Sele. William, the 
iffue of this marriage, had iffue, 1. Roger, whofe fon 
Richard married Joan, grand-daughter and heir of Tho¬ 
mas lord Dacre.j in right of which marriage he affnmed 
the title of Dacre. 2. James, who was created by 
Henry VI. baron Saye and Sele; and conftituted lord 
ehambe/lain to that monarch, which office he exchanged, 
Oftober 30, 1449, for that of lord high treal'urer of Eng¬ 
land. He adhered to the party of William de la Pole 
duke of Suffolk, and was cruelly murdered by the rioters 
in the infnrredtion of Jack Cade, July 4, 1451. 
VOL. IX. No. 6o3. 
LDRY. 55 § 
William, fecond lord Saye and Sele, his fon,*was con. 
ftituted, in 1461, vice-admiral to the earl of Warwick, 
the famous lord high admiral of England; and was killed 
fighting for Edward IV. at the battle of Barnet, April 
14*. 1471* He had fuftered great calamities in the wars 
between the houfes of York and Lancaffer; and the title 
remained dormant, till it was confirmed to Richard, fifth 
in defcent, by James I. Auguft 9, 1603. William, fon 
of Richard, was created by that monarch, July 7, 1624, 
vifcount Saye and Sele; and was conftituted by Charles 
11. upon his reftoration, lord keeper of the privy feal. 
He died April 14, 1662, leaving iffue, 1. James, fecond 
lord vifcount Saye and Sele, father of Elizabeth, who 
married John Twifleton, of Horfeman’s Place, in the 
county of Kent, efquire ; in confequence of which mar¬ 
riage the barony defcended to the family of Twitleton. 
2. Nathaniel, who embraced the party of the parliament 
in the civil wars, and was conftituted fpeaker of the 
houfe of lords. He had iffue William, third lord vif¬ 
count Saye and Sele. 3. John, who had iffue Laurence., 
fifth lord vifcount Saye and Sele. 4. Richard, grand¬ 
father of Richard, fixth lord vifcount Saye and Sele;- 
upon whofe death, July 29, 1781, the title of vifcount 
Saye and Sele became extinfit. 
John, third in defcent from John Twifleton'and Eli¬ 
zabeth daughter of James fecond-lord vifcount Saye and 
Sele, married Anne, daughter of William Gardner, of 
Burton, in the county of Oxford, efquire; by which 
lady, who died January 14, 1769, he had iffue, 1. John, 
who embraced the military profeffion, and was killed its 
the army of prince Ferdinand of Brunfwick, June 24, 
1762. a. Thomas. 3. Francis, who married Elizabeth, 
daughter and heir of Jofeph Thompfon, of Kingfton- 
upon-Hull, in the county of York, merchant; in confe¬ 
quence of which marriage he affumed the furname of 
Thompfon. John; the father, died in 1763. 
Thomas, fecond fon, embraced the profeffion of the 
army, and was fummoned to parliament by the fryle and 
title of baron Saye and Sele, June 21, 1781. He married, 
December 12, 1767, Elizabeth, daughter of fir Edward 
Turner, of Ambrofdean, in the county of Oxford, ba¬ 
ronet, by Caflandra, daughter of William Leigh, efq. of 
Adleftrop, in Gloucefterfliire, fon of Theopliilus Leigh, 
efq. by Mary, lifter of the late James duke of Chandos; 
by whom he had iffue, Gregory-William, the prefent lord . 
Thomas-James, in holy orders, born Sept. 28, 1770; mar¬ 
ried, firft. Sept. 26, 17SS, to Mifs Wartel, by whom he 
had a daughter, born 061. 17, 1789, and a fon, born May 
to, 1790, which marriage was diflolved by a6t of parlia¬ 
ment ; and he married, fecondly, June7, 1798, Mifs A/he, 
daughter of captain Alhe ? and had. a fon, born July 4, 
1799. Julia-Judith, born Oftober 21, 1771; married to 
James-Henry Leigh, efq. n’ephew to the late duke of 
Chandos, and has iffue, Chandos, born June 27, 1791 ; 
Julia, born March 30', 1793 ; Caroline-Eliza, born June 
12, 1794. And Ca/fandra, born June 11, 1774 ; married, 
January 29, 1790, Edward-Jervis Rickets, efq. nephew 
and heir to earl St. Vincent; which marriage was dif- 
folved by a£t of parliament in 1798, having had iffue, 
William Jervis, born April 11, 1794; and Maria, born 
November 29, 1796 ; and married, fecondly, January 30, 
1S06, to Richard-Charles-Head Graves, efq. Hisjord- 
fhip, dying July 1, 1788, was fucceeded by his fon, Gre« 
gory-William, prefent and eleventh lord. 
Creation. —Baron Saye and Sele, March 3, 1447; 
again by patent, Auguft 9, 1603; confirmed June 29, 
1801. 
Residences. —Broughton Caftle, in the county of 
Oxford.—Town-lioufe, Lower Berkeley-ftreet. 
Armorial Bearings. —See the annexed Engraving, 
Motto.— Fortem pofce animurn. — “Fortified with a 
ftrong mind.” 
STOURTON, BARON STOURTON. 
CHARLES-PHILIP STOURTON, Baron STOUR- 
7 1> TON ; 
