568 HERA 
of York, and of Harrowden in the county of Northamp¬ 
ton, vifcount Higham ofKigham Ferrers in that county'; 
and earl of Mahon ; and April 19, 1746, marquis of 
Rockinghanrf. He married Mary, daughter of Daniel 
fixth earl of Winchilfea ; by which lady, who died May 
30, 1761, he had ifiue, 1. Charles, fecond marquis of 
Rockingham. 2. Mary, married May 31, 1764, to John 
Milbank, efquiro. 3. Charlotte, born February u, 1732. 
4. Henrietta-Alicia, born December 7, 1737, arid mar¬ 
ried to William Sturgeon, efquire. Lord Rockingham, 
the father, died December 14, 1750. 
Charles, fecond marquis of Rockingham, was created 
by George']I. September 17, 1750, baron of Malton in 
the county of Wicklow, and earl of Malton, of the king¬ 
dom of Ireland. He was conflituted, July 10, 1765, firft 
' lord commiffioner of the treafury ; and his adminiftration 
was diflinguifhed by the repeal, of the American ftamp- 
afft, the declaration of the illegality of general warrants, 
and the introdufftion into public life of Edmund Burke, 
efq. one of the principal orators in the houfe of com. 
mons<- Lord Rockingham refigned Auguft 1, 1766, and 
was re-appointed to the fame office, March 27, 1782, with 
the general applaufe of his country. Fie'married Fe¬ 
bruary 26, 1752, Mary, daughter and heir of Thomas 
Bright, of Badfwortli, in the county of York, efquire. 
Upon his death, July 1, 1782, his titles became extin<5l. 
Lewis, lord Sondes, brother to the fecond lord Mon- 
fon, was ad vanced to the peerage, May 20, 1760, on the 
death of his maternal uncle, Thomas earl of Rocking¬ 
ham, and aftumed the name ofWatfonin compliance 
with his will. He married Frances, fecond daughter of 
Henry Pelham, brother to Thomas, late duke of New- 
caftle, by whom he had iffue, Lewis-TJiomas, the fecond 
lord. Henry, born April 20, 1755. Charles, born Oc¬ 
tober 24, 1761; died April 16, 1769, George, born Fe¬ 
bruary 20, 1768. His lordffiip, dying March* 30, 1795, 
was fucceeded by his fon, Lewis-Thomas, the fecond 
lord; born April 18, 1754; married, November 30, 1785, 
Mils Millis, daughter of Richard Millis, efq. of North 
Elmham, in the county of Norfolk; and had i ffue, Mary, 
born December 29, 1786. Grace, who died September 
9,1794; Lewis-Rich ir<i, the prefent lord ; Henry, born 
Auguft 10, 1796 ; and Richard, born January 6, 1800. 
His lordfhip died June 20, 1806, and was fucceeded by 
his eldeft fdn, Lewis-Richard, the prefent lord. The 
prefumptive heir is Henry, brother to his lordffiip. 
Creation. —Baron Sondes, May 2 1, 1760. 
Residences. —Lees-Court, in the county of Kent ; 
and Rockingham-Caftle, in Northamptonffiire.—Town- 
houfe, Cumberland-place. 
Armorial Bearings. —See the annexed Engraving. 
Motto, — EJIo quod ej'e vickris. —“ Be what you f&era 
to be.” 
ROBINSON, BARON GRANTHAM. 
THOMAS-PH1LIP-WEDDELL ROBINSON, Ba¬ 
ron GRANTHAM, of Grantham, in the county of 
Lincoln, and a Baronet ; born December 8, 1781 ; fuc¬ 
ceeded his father, the late lord, July >20, 1786 ; and, by 
permiffion of his majefty, took the name of Weddell ; 
he married, July 20, 1803, Flenrietta-Frances Cole, 
ydungeft daughter of William Willoughby, earl of En- 
liilkillen, and has ilfue a daughter, born June 8, 1806. 
.The-family of Robinfon was in high repute in the 
reign of queen Elizabeth. William Robinfon, in the 
reign of Charles I. had ilfue, 1. Metcalfe, created a ba¬ 
ronet by Charles II. July 30, 1660, which title became 
extindt by his death, February 6, 1689. 2. Thomas. 
William, fon of Thomas, was created a baronet by Wil- 
liamvIIJ. February 13, 1690;'and-had ilfue, 1. Sir Met¬ 
calfe, fecond baionet, who died December 26, 1736. 2. 
Sir Tancred, third baronet, a rear-admiral of his rna- 
jefty’s fleet. He married Mary, daughter and heir of 
William''•Norton, of Disforth, in the county of York, 
efquire ; by which lady he had ilfue fir William, fourtli 
LDRY, 
baronet, who died March 4, 1770; fir Norton, fifth ba~ 
ronet; Mary, married to Thomas Pierce, of Pierceburgh 
in the county of York, efquire; Elizabeth; and Mar¬ 
garet. Sir Tancred died in-1754. 3. William, who died 
in the expedition to Carthagena, June 19, 1741. 4.-TI10. 
nms. 5. John, who alfo died in th? expedition to 
Carthagena. 
Thomas, fourth fon of fir William firft baronet, was 
by George II. employed in feveral foreign embafiies ; 
and was eonftituted in 1748, ambalfador extraordinary 
and minifter plenipotentiary to the congrefs of Aix-la- 
Chapelle, together with John earl of Sandwich. He was 
declared, April 6, 1754, one of his majelly’s principal 
fecretaries of ftate ; which office he refigned in Novem¬ 
ber 1755. By George III. he was created baron Gran¬ 
tham of Grantham ; and eonftituted, July 20, 1765, joint 
poftmafter-general, which office he refigned in December 
176 6. He had ilfue, 1. Thoinas, fecond lord Grantham. 
2. Anne, born March 19, 1742. 3. Frederic, born Oc¬ 
tober 11, 1746; he married in June 1785, Catharine- 
Gertrude Harris, filter of James earl of Malmeffiury. 
Lord Grantham died December 30, 1770. 
Thoinas, fecond lord Grantham, was eonftituted, it) 
1771, his majefty’s ambaftador extraordinary and minifter 
plenipotentiary to the court of Madrid ; whence he 
was recalled at the breaking out of the war in 1779. He 
was appointed, December 9, 1780, firft lord commiffioner 
of trade and- plantations ; which office was fuppreffed by 
a£t of parliament in June 1782. He was farther confti- 
tuted, July 17, in that year, one of his majefty’s prin¬ 
cipal fecretaries of ftate ; which office he refigned in 
March 1783. He married, Auguft 17, 1780, Mary- 
Jemirna, daughter of Philip, fecond earl of Hardwicke, 
by the marchionefs De Grey, by whom he had iffue 
Thomas-Philip, his fuccelfor ; Frederic, born October 
30, 1782; Philip, born O&ober 18,'* 1783, fince dead. 
Flis lordfliip died July 20, 1786, when he was fucceeded 
by the prefent and third lord.—The prefumptive heir i3 
Frederic, brothef of the prefent lord. 
Creation. —Baron Grantham, April 7, 1761. 
Residences. —Newby-Hall, in the county of York. 
—Town-houfe, Whitehall. 
Armorial Bearings.— See the annexe'd Engraving. 
Motto.— Qualis ab incepto. —■“ The fame from the be- 
ginning.” 
CURZON, BARON SCARSDALE. 
NATHANIEL CURZON, Baron SCARSDALE, 
and a Baronet ; born September 27, 1752 ; fucceeded 
his father, the late lord, December 5, 1804; married:, 
in July 1777, Sophia-Sufanna, daughter of Edward vif¬ 
count Wentworth, by which lady, who died June 28, 
1782, he has iffue, Sophia-Caroline, born January 13, 
1779 ; married, in September 1800, vifcount Tamworth, 
eldeft fon of earl Ferrers ; and Nathaniel, heir apparent, 
born January 3, 1781. 
The family of Curzoir is of Norman extraftion, and 
came over to England with William the Conqueror. 
John Curzon, in the reign of Henry IV. had ilFiie 1, 
Richard. 2. Henry, whole grandfon Robert had a con- 
fiderable command at the battle of Guinegate, common¬ 
ly called the battle of the Spurs, in 1513. John, feventh 
in defcent from Richard^ was created a baronet by 
Charles I. Auguft n, 1641. 
Sir Nathaniel, fourth baronet, his grandfon, married 
Mary, daughter <>f iir Ralph Alheton, of Middleton, in 
the county of Lancafter, baronet; by which lady, who 
died March 18, 1776, he had ilfue John, who died an in¬ 
fant; Nathaniel, the firft lord Scarfdale; and Affieton, 
now Vifcount Curzon, which fee among the English 
Viscounts. Sir Nathaniel died in 1758, and was fuc¬ 
ceeded by his eldeft fon, Nathaniel, wiio was, April 9, 
1761, created Baron Scarfdale, of Scarfdale, in Derby- 
fhire ; born December 23, 1727 ; married-, October 27, 
■*351, Caroline Colyear, daughter of Charles, fecond 
