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FITZROY, BARON SOUTHAMPTON. 
- GEORGE - FERDINAND FITZROY, Baron 
SOUTHAMPTON; a General in tire Army, and Co- 
lonel of the 34th Regiment of Infantry ; born Alignfl 7, 
1761 ; fucceeded his father, the late lord, March 21, 
1797; married, in June 1784, Laura Keppel, daughter 
of the late bifhop of Exeter, who died June 1798^ by 
whom he had iffue one daughter. His lordfliip married, 
fecotidly, Decembers, 1802, Frances-Ifabella Seymour, 
fecond daughter of lord Robert Seymour, fon of Francis, 
.firfl: marquis of Hertford ; and has iffue Anne-Caroline, 
born September 25, 1803 ; and Charles, heir apparent, 
born September 25, 1804. 
Charles Fitzroy, firft lord Southampton, married 
Anne, daughter and co-heir of fir Peter Warren, vice- 
admiral of the red fquadron ; by which lady, who died 
July 13, 1807, he had iffue, Anne-Caroline, who died an 
infant. Sufanna-Maria, died January 27, 1795. Char¬ 
lotte, married to vifcOunt Dungannon, of the kingdom 
of Ireland. Emily, married to William, fecond lord 
Bagot. Louifa, married to'James Allen, efq. of Broml- 
grove, in Worcederdiire. Georgiana, born October 13, 
1782. G.eorge-Ferdinand, the prefent lord. Charles, a 
major-general in the army. William, died Augud 28, 
1786. Henry, married Anne, daughter of the late earl 
ofMornington, and fider to Richard^marquis Wellefley, 
and had iffue two children ; and died March 19, 1794; 
and her ladydiip married, fecondly, Culling Smith, efq. 
Warren, who died at Vienna, May 24, 1806. Frederic, 
born October 10, 1769. William, a lieutenant-colonel 
in the army, married to Mifs Clarke, fider to fir Simon 
Clarke, baronet. Robert, born May 25, 1775 ; and Ed- 
ward-Somerfet, born Odlober 25, 1776 ; both deceafed ; 
and a daughter, married, January 20, 1807, the honour¬ 
able Frederic Ponfonby, brother to lord Ponfonby. 
Charles, the fird lord, died March 21, 1797, and was 
fucceeded by his fon, the prefent and fecond lord. 
Creation. —Baron Southampton, October 17, 1780. 
Residence.— Fitzroy-Place, in the county ofMid- 
dlefex. 
Armorial Bearings. —See the annexed Engraving. 
Motto.— Et decus etpretium reEli. —“ At once the or¬ 
nament and reward of virtue.” 
DUNNING, BARON ASHBURTON. 
RICHARD-B ARRE' DUNNING, Lord ASHBUR¬ 
TON, Baron Afliburton, in Devonfiiire ; born Sep¬ 
tember 20, 17S2; fucceeded his father, the late lord, 
Augud 18, 1783 ; married, September 17, 1805, Anne, 
daughter of the late William Cunningham, efq. of 
Lainlhaw. 
John Dunning, in the reign of George II. had ififue, 
1. John. 2. Mary, born in September 1733. John, the 
father, died December 1780. John, fon of John, em¬ 
braced the profeffion of the law, and was condituted, 
December 23, 1767, folicitor-general to the king; which 
office he redgned in March 177c. He was a confiderable 
leader in the oppodtion to the adminiftration of lord 
North; and is defcribed by Mr. Edmund Burke as 
« the fird man of his profeffion ;” and he adds “ that 
there is not a man of any profeffion, or in any fituation, 
of a more ereft and independent fpirit, of a more proud 
honour, a more manly mind, a more firm and determined 
integrity.” By George III. he was created baron Afli¬ 
burton ;. and condituted, April 13, 1782, chancellor of 
the duchy and county palatine of Lancader; and was 
one of the members of the cabinet-council in the admi- 
firation of the marquis of Rockingham. He died Augud 
18, 1-83; having married, March 31, 1780, Elizabeth, 
daughter of John Baring, of Larkbear, in the county of 
Devonfiiire; by which lady he had iffue Richard-Barre, 
the prelent and fecobd lord Afliburton. 
Creation. —Baron Afliburton, of Afliburton in the 
the county of Devon, April 8, 1782. 
ce .—Rofe-Hall, in the county of Sutherland. 
Armorial B barings., —See the annexed Engraving. 
Motto.— Studiis et rebus honeJHs. —“By learning and 
virtue.” 
NORTON, BARON GRANTLEY. 
WILLIAM NORTON, Baron GRANTLEY, Ba¬ 
ron of Markenfield, in Yorkfliire ; Recorder of Guiid- 
ford, and Lord High Steward of Allertonfhire ; born 
February 19, 1742; fucceeded his father, Fletcher, the 
late lord, January 1, 1789; married, September 25, 1791, 
Mifs Midgeley, daughter of Jonathan Midgeley, of 
Beverley, efq. by which lady, who died April'23,' 1795, 
he had a fon, born November 16, 1792, died Ne-vember 
12 > 1 793 i ail d a fecond fon, born January 29, 1794, and 
died in March following. 
The family of Norton is defeended from Egbert 
Coniers, wliofe anceftors came over to England with 
William the Conqueror. Roger, his fon, married Mar¬ 
garet, daughter and heir of Richard Norton, of Norton, 
in the county of York ; in right of which marriage the 
family affumed the furname of Norton. Richard, fixth 
in defeent from Roger, joined the i'nfurreflion of Charles 
Nevile earl of Weftmoreland, and Thomas feventh earl 
of Northumberland. Thomas, feventh in defeent from 
Richard, married Elizabeth, daughter of William Ser- 
jeantfo/i, of Hanlith, in the county of York, efquire; by 
which lady, who died September 10, 1774, he had iffue, 
Fletcher; and Mary, married to John Braithwaite, of 
Sharo, in the county of York, efquire; and died Fe¬ 
bruary 22, 1719. 
Fletcher, fon of Thomas, being bred to the law, was, 
in December 1761, appointed folicitor-general ; and, in 
November 1763, he was made attorney-general. I11 1769, 
he was appointed chief juftice in eyre, fouth of Trent; 
and, in 1770, was chofen fpeaker of the houfe of com¬ 
mons, in which ftation he continued till 1780; when he 
was advanced to the peerage ; he married, May 21, 1741, 
Grace, daughter of fir William Chappie, knight, one 
of the judges of the court of King’s Bench; by which 
lady, who died October 30, 1803, he had iflfue, William, 
liis fuccelfor. Fletcher, one of the barons of the ex¬ 
chequer, in Scotland; born November 16, 1744; mar¬ 
ried, to Mifs Caroline.Elizabeth Balmain. Chappie, 
born April a, 1746, a general in the army. Edward, 
who.,died in 1786. Thomas, died an infant. Grace, 
born November 8, 1752; married, November 19, 1799, 
John-Charles earl of Portfmouth. His lord (hip died 
January 1, 1789, and was fucceeded by his fon, the pre¬ 
fent lord Grantley.—The.prefumptive heir is Fletcher, 
his lordfliip’s brother. 
Creations.— Baron Grantley, April 9, 1782. 
Residences.— Grantley - Park, in Yorkfliire; and 
Wonerfli, in the county of Surrey.—Town-houfe, in 
Sfoahe-ftreet. 
Armorial Bearings.— See theannexed Engraving. 
Motto.— Avi numerantur avorum. —“I follow a long 
train of anceftors.” 
RODNEY, BARON RODNEY. 
GEORGE RODNEY, Lord RODNEY, Baron 
Rodney, of Rodney-Stoke, in the county of Somerfet, 
and a Baronet; Lord-Lieutenant of Radnorftiire; born 
June 17, 1782; fucceeded his father, George, the late 
lord, January 20, 1802. 
Henry Rodney, in the reign of George I. was a cornet 
in the horfe-guards; and married Mary, daughter and 
co-heir of fir Henry Newton, knight, judge of the high 
court of admiralty; by which lady, who died in January 
1737, he had the following iffue : George-Bridges, lord 
Rodney ; Maria-Conftantia, married to Charles Nether- 
cot, efq. and died April 12, 1782; Catharine, died an 
infant; Henry, died in 1736; James, married, firft, in 
x751, Anne, daughter of Stephen Newcombe, efq. go¬ 
vernor 
HERALDRY. 
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