56,0 HERA 
TON; born Auguft 22, 1752; fucceeded his father, 
the late lord, Odlober 3, 1781 ; married, June 15, 1775, 
'Mary, daughter and co-lveir of Marmaduke lord Lang* 
dale, and filler to lady Clifford ; by whom he has iffue, 
William, heir apparent, born June 6, 1776,married, 
'O&ober 1800, Catharine, dam liter of Thomas Weld, 
efq. of Ltil worth Caftle, in the county of Dorfet. Con-- 
ftantia, born June 30, i_777 ; Marmaduke-Charles, died 
an infant; a daughter, born March 7^ 1782 ; a daughter, 
born June 28, 1783; another daughter, born 1784; a 
fourth, btnn January 4, 1785; married, Nov. 23, 1802, 
to Jofeph, fecond foil, of Thomas Weld, efq. a daugh¬ 
ter, born September 19, 1787; and a fon, born Decem¬ 
ber 6, 179b. 
The family of Stourton is defcended from Botolph 
St bur ton, Of Stourton, in the county of Wilts, who de¬ 
fended the pafs of Glaftonbury againft William the Con¬ 
queror, till he obtained from that prince the terms he 
required. William Stourton, in the reign of Richard II. 
married Elizabeth, daughter of fir John Moigne ; and 
dying in 1 + 13, had ifiue, Margaret, married to William 
Clarent, e'lq. and John, who, in the reign of Henry VI. 
was created lord Stourton.from whom defcended Charles, 
grandfather of the prefent lord, and brother to the two 
preceding lords, both of whom died without ifiue. He 
married Catharine, daughter of Richard Frampton, efq. 
of Bitfon, in Dorfetfhire ; by whom he had ifiue, Charles, 
who fucceeded to the title on the death of Thomas, his 
uncle, the thirteenth lord, who died April 1744, without 
ifiue; which Charles, the’fourteenth lord, died March 
11, 1753,-alfo without ifiue. William, the fifteenth lord, 
who lucceeded his brother, married, October 11, 1749, 
Winifred, daughrer'of William Howard, efq. yourigeft 
fon of Thomas, father of Edward, ninth duke of Nor¬ 
folk ; by which lady he had ifiue, 1. Catharine, born 
Auguft: 16, 1750. 2. Charlotte, born September 16, 1751. 
3. Charles-Philip, his fuccefior. His lordfitip died Octo¬ 
ber 3, 1781, when lie was fucceeded by his fon, the ple- 
fent and fixteenth lord. 
Creation. —Baron Stourton, May 13, 1448. 
Residences. —Stourton Caftle, in StafFordfhire; and 
Thornville Park, in the county of York.—Town-houfe, 
Berkeley-ftreet. 
Armorial Bearings. —Seethe annexed Engraving. 
The armorial beat ings of this ancient family, like thofe 
of the earl of Portfmouth, are derived from the primeval 
fituation of their family feat. The armsof baron Stour¬ 
ton are: Sable, a bend or, between fix fountains proper. 
Supporters. Two fea-dogs proper, fealed bn their baek^i 
and finned or. Creft, a denu-grey friar, habited in ruffet, 
girt or, holding a fcourge of three lafhes with knots gules. 
Motto,.— Loyal je ferai durant ma vie. — “ Loyal will 
I be while I live.” 
Stourton, in the hundred of Mere, in the county of 
Wilts, the' natal refidence of the Stourtoris, takes its 
name from the river Stour, which rifes there Ffbm Jix 
fountains or fpfings; three within the park pale of Stour¬ 
ton Houfe, arid three without. The family of lord Stour¬ 
ton wrote themfelves de Stourton about the time of the 
-Conqueft; and from their poffeflioris there, and connec¬ 
tion with the place, adopted the fix'fountains for their 
arms, as Sefcriptive of the fpot whence they originated. 
Leland, fpeaking of Stourton Houfe in Henry V'lIIth’s 
' time, fays, “ The goodly gate-houfe and fronte of the 
lorde Stourton’s houfe in Stourton wasbuyldyd exfpoliis 
Galloi'um which is probable enough; as we find tlie fa¬ 
mily taking an active part in the wars in France during 
the reigns of Henry V. and VI. This eftate has been 
alienated, being in the poffefiion of the opulent family 
of Hoare; and the lords Stourton have for many years 
refuted at Stourton Caftle in Staffordlhire,- contiguous to 
another riverStour, which has been the occalion of fome 
miftakes. 
In the reign of Henry IV. William de Stourton mar¬ 
rying Elizabeth, daughter of fir John le Moigne, of 
L D R Y. 
Maddehtoh, in Wilts, as noticed above, obtained with 
her » a fair eftate ;” and from this marriage the creft of 
the lords Stourton is derived. Le Moigne, (or the monk,) 
has been a name of great antiquity and eminence in all 
the weftern counties. Some have tranflated it to Monk, 
as the family of Monk duke of Albemarle, originally 
I.e Moigne; others have corrupted and ariglicifed it to 
■ ■Lemon. • Camden, Leland , &c. 
VERNEY, BARON WILLOUGHBY DE BROKE. 
JOHN-PEYTO VERNEY, Baron WILLOUGHBY 
DE BROKE, D.C.L. a Lord of the King’s Bedcham¬ 
ber; born Auguft 4, 1738; married, OCfober 8, 1761, 
Louifa, daughter of Francis firft earl of Guildford ; by 
which lady, who died February 2, 1798, he had ifiue, 
Johii-Peyto, heir apparent, born June 28, 1762; George, 
died June 11, 1773; Louifa, died April 28, 1768; Sa¬ 
rah, died December 21, 1767; Louifa, born June 20, 
1769; married to the reverend Robert Barnard, preben¬ 
dary of Winchefter; Maria, died March 22,1772 ; Fran¬ 
cis, died July 18, 1772’; Henry, born April 3, 1773 ; 
William, died November 4, 17S3; Francis, died in De¬ 
cember 1778 ; Henrietta, died in February 1784. 
Robert, grandfon of Thomas, younger fon of Robert 
third lord Willoughby de Erefby, early diftinguifhed 
himfelf on the fide of Henry earl of Richmond, after¬ 
wards Henry VII. and, upon the defeat of Stafford duke 
of Buckingham, fled to that prince upon the continent. 
He fhared in thedecifive battle of Bofworth, Auguft 22, 
1485; and by Henry VII. was created baron Willoughby 
de Broke. He was commander in chief of the army fent 
to the relief of the duke of Bretagne, in 1489 ; and one 
of the commanders at the battle of Blackheath, June 22, 
1497. Robert, fecond lord Willoughby de Broke, was 
a leader in the expedition againft Fontarabia, in 1512; 
and had iffrie, Edward, father of Elizabeth, married to 
Fulke Grevile. The ifiue of her marriage was Fulke, 
who had ifiue, r. Fulke, firft lord Broke of Beauchamp’s 
Court. 2. Margaret, married to fir Richard Verney, of 
Compton Murdock, in the county of Warwick. Sir 
Richard Verney had iffue, by this marriage, 1. Greville, 
whole male iffue became extinCt in William his great 
graridfon, Auguft 23, 1683. 2. Richard, who was ad¬ 
mitted to the title of lord Willoughby de Broke in the 
reign of William III. February 13, 1695. 
George, fecond lord Willoughby de Broke of the fa¬ 
mily of Verney, D. D. his fon, who was dean of Wind- 
for, married Margaret, daughter and heir of fir John 
Heath, knight; by which lady he had the following iffue, 
and died December 26, 1728 : George, who died young ; 
Philip, who died an infant • Thomas, married to Eleanor, 
daughter of lord Leigh ; and, dying May 5, 1710, .left 
iffue by his lady, who died January 8, 1756, Eleanor, 
married to George Bowes, efq. of Gibfide, in the county 
of Durham, which lady died without iffue ; Richard, 
the late lord, died Auguft 11, 1752, without iffue. John, 
born OClober 23, 1699 ; married Abigail, daughter of 
Edward Harley, efq. and left iffue, 1. John-Peyto, the 
prefent lord. a. Margaret, Who died in 1733. 3. Sarah, 
who died unmarried, Auguft 27, 1762. Margaret, mar¬ 
ried to Anthony Duncombe, late lord Feverfham, and 
died without iffue; October 9, 1753. 
Creation. —Baron Willoughby de Broke, Auguft 
i2, 1492. 
Residences. —Compton Verney, in the county of 
Warwick,.—Town-houfe, Hill-llreet, Berkeley-fquare. 
Armorial Bearings. —See the annexed Engraving, 
Motto. — Vertue vaunceth. —“ Virtue prevails.” 
ST. JOHN, BARON ST. JOHN. 
ST. ANDREW ST. JOHN, Baron ST.JOHN, of 
Bletfoe, and a Baronet; born Auguft 22, 1739; fuc¬ 
ceeded his brother, the late lord, December 16, 1803 ; 
married, July 16, 1807, eldeft daughter of fir Charles- 
Wiili«m-Roule Boughton, bart. 
The 
