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glefea ; and Vi (count Bulkeley, of the kingdom of Ire¬ 
land ; which fee among the Peers of Ireland. 
COCKS, BARON SOMERS. 
JOHN-SOMERS COCKS, Lord SOMERS, Baron 
ofEvefham, in Worcefterfhire; born May 6, 1760; fuc- 
ceededhis father, Charles, the late lord, January 30, 1806. 
The family of Cocks has pedigree as far as the reign 
of Edward I. Thomas Cocks, in the reign of queen 
Elizabeth, hgd iflue, 1. Thomas. 2. Richard, father 
of Richard, who was created 'a baronet by Charles II. 
February 7, i66t. Thomas, the elder fon, had iflue, 
1. Thomas,, grandfather of Mary. 2. Charles, who mar¬ 
ried Mary, fifter and co-heir of John lord Somers, of 
Evefham, lord high chancellor of England; by which 
lady he had iflue, Catharine, married to James Harris, 
efq. of Sali(bury, anceftor of the prefent earl of Malmef- 
bury, and died in 1705 ; Elizabeth, died young ; Mar¬ 
garet, married to Philip York, efq. afterwards earl of 
Hardwicke, and lord chancellor of Great Britain : (he 
died in 1761, leaving iflue the prefent earl of Hardwicke, 
and the lady of the firfl: lord Anfon. The fons were, 
James, who married, firft, in 1718, Elizabeth, daughter 
of Richard earl of Bradford, by whom he had no living 
iflue. He married, fecondly, Anne, daughter of Wil¬ 
liam lord Berkeley, of Stratton, who died February 3, 
J739, leaving a fon, James, who died unmarried in 1758, 
when the w'hole of the family eflate defeended to his 
uncle, John Cocks, who married Mary, foie daughter 
of his uncle, the reverend Thomas Cocks, and died June 
24, 1771, by whom he had iflue, Charles lord Somers; 
Thomas, died an infant; Mary, and Elizabeth, both 
unmarried; John, A. M. redtor of Suckhigh, inWor- 
cefterftiire, and prebendary of Briftol; Jofeph, a barrifter 
at law, who died April 4, 1775, having married Marga¬ 
ret, daughter of John Thorniloe, efq. by whom he had 
iflue, Mary, wife of William Ruflel, efq. and Margaret, 
married to Jofeph Smith, efq. James, married to Mar¬ 
tha, daughter of vice-admiral Charles Watfon, by whom 
he has iflue, James, born in 1773 ; John, died an infant; 
Charles, born in 1776; Richard, born in 1778 ; John, 
born in 1779; Catharine, born in 1780; Anne, born in 
1781. Philip, A. M. died September 17, 1797. Tho- 
mas-Somers, banker, at Charing-crofs, married Anne, 
daughter of Alexander Thiftlethwayte, efq. of Norman 
Court, near Stockbridge,* in Hampftiire; by whom he 
had iflue, Thomas-Somers Cocks, born Auguft 1, 1781, 
and died November 15, 1796. Anne, born June 6, 1769, 
died April 8, 1780; Catharina, born June 21, 1774; 
Margaretta-Sarah, born May 11,1776 ; Maria, born 
June 14, 1777 ; and Silena, born March 4, 1780, died 
February 14, 1783. Richard, born in 1739, a barrifter 
at law. Robert, born in 1741, died in 1765, unmarried. 
Timothy, born in 1743, died in 1757. 
Charles, the firft lord Somers, married, firft, Auguft 2, 
1759, Elizabeth Eliot, daughter of Richard Eliot, efq. 
of Port Eliot, in Cornwall, and aunt to the prefent lord 
Eliot; by which lady, who died January 1, 1771, he 
had iflue, John-Somers, the prefent lord ; Mary-Judith, 
born February 2, 1762 ; Harriet-Margaret, died an in¬ 
fant ; Edward-Charles, and Charles-Edward, twins, both 
decealed ; Harriet, born Auguft 28, 1769. His lordlhip 
married, fecondly, Anne, daughter of Reginald Pole, 
efq. by whom he had iflue, Philip-James, a colonel in 
the army, and a captain in the firft regiment of foot- 
guards, born December 2, 1774; Reginald, who died 
November 19, 1805, ha.ving married, December 21, 1802, 
Anne, fecond daughter of James Cocks, efquire; Anna- 
Maria, married, December 4, 1797, Philip Yorke, efq. 
fourth fon of the lord bifhopof Ely. His lordfhip, dying 
January 30, 1806, was lucceeded by his fon, John-So- 
ir.ers, the prefent and fecond lord.—The prefumptive 
heir is Philip-James, brother of the prefent lord. 
Creation. —Baron Somers, May 17, 1784. 
Residences.— Caftledich, in the county of Hereford. 
--Town.houfe, in Cavendilh-fquare. 
Armorial Bearings. — See the annexed Engraving. 
Motto. — Prodejfe quam confpici. — “ Utility without 
oftentation.” 
PARKER, BARON BORINGDON. 
JOHN PARKER,. Lord BORINGDON, Baron of 
Boringdon, in the county of Devon ; D.C.L. and F.R.S. 
born May 3, 1771; fucceeded his father, the late lord, 
January 1789; married, June'20, 1804, lady Augufta 
Fane, fecond daughter of John earl of Weftmoreland ; 
and has iflue, a fon, heir apparent, born May 28, 1806. 
The family of Parker was of confiderable eminence in 
the reign of queen Elizabeth. John Parker, in the reign 
of George II. married Catharine, daughter of John, firft 
earl Poulet; by which lady, who died Auguft 16, 1758, 
he had iflue, 1. John. 2. Montagu-Edmund, who mar¬ 
ried, in 1775, Charity, daughter of Paul Ourry, of 
Plympton, in the county of Devon, efquire ; by which 
lady he had iflue, Montagu, and Frances. 3. Henrietta. 
4. Catharine, married to Henry Lambert, of Hope End, 
in the county of Hereford, efquire. 5.-Bridget, married 
to Redmond Kelly, Of Ifleworth, in the county of Mid- 
dlefex, efquire. John, the father, died April 18, 1768. 
John, the elder fon, was created by George III. baron 
Boringdon, of Boringdon. He married, firft, in 1763, 
prances, daughter of Jofiah Hort, archbifliop of Tuam, 
by lady Elizabeth Fitzmaurice, eldeft daughter of Tho¬ 
mas.firft earl of Kerry; but by her, who died in 1764, 
he had no ififue ; and, fecondly, May 18, 1769, Therefa, 
fecond daughter of Thomas firft lord Grantham; by 
which lady, who died December 21, 1775, he had iflue, 
John, his fuccefl'or; .and Therefa, married, April 17, 
1789, the honourable George Villiers, brother to Tho¬ 
mas earl of Clarendon. His lordlhip died in January 
1789, when he was fucceeded by his fon, John, the pre¬ 
fent lord. 
Creation.— Baron Boringdon, May 18, 1784. 
Residences. —Saltram, and Flitton, in the county of 
Devon.—Town-houfe, Berkeley-fquare. 
Armorial Bearings.'— See the annexed Engraving. 
Motto. — Fidelia certa merces .—“ Fidelity has its cer¬ 
tain reward.” 
HILL, BARON BERWICK. 
THOMAS-NOEL HILL, Baron BERWICK, of 
Attingham, in the county of Salop ; D.C.L. and F.S.A. 
born October *1, 1770; fucceeded his father, the late 
lord, in January 1789. 
The family of Hill has been traced beyond the era of 
the reign of Henry III. Humphrey Hill, in the reign 
of Henry VII. had iflue, 1. Ralph. 2. Thomas, father 
of fir Rowland Hill, a mod diftinguiflied lord-mayor of 
London, who was the founder of many extenfive chari¬ 
ties in'the reign of Edward VI. 
Rowland, fifth in defeent from Ralph, adhered to the 
party of Charles I. in the civil wars, and contributed 
largely towards the exigencies of the king. He had ifTue, 
1. Richard, who was employed in feveral foreign em- 
baflies, particularly to Victor Amadeus, king of Sardi¬ 
nia ; and was afterwards paymafter-general of the army 
in Flanders, during the reigns of king William and queen 
Anne. He died June 11, 1727. 2. John, father of Row¬ 
land; who was, by George I. in consideration of the 
public fervices of Richard his uncle, ofeated a baronet, 
January 20, 1727, with remainder to Samuel and Tho¬ 
mas, his coufins. He married, June 27, 1732, Jane, 
daughter of fir Brian Broughton, of Broughton, in the 
county of Stafford, baronet; by which lady hehadiflaie, 
1. Sir Richard, the third baronet. 2. Rowland, who 
embraced the clerical profeffion. 3. Jane, 4. Eliza¬ 
beth. Sir Rowland, the father, died in 1782. 
Thomas, third nephew, married Sufan-Mary, eldeft 
daughter and co-heir with Frances her lifter, countefs of 
Harborough, of William Noel, chief juftice of Chefter, 
and one of the judges of the court of Common Pleas; 
by which lady, who died February 14,1760, he had ifTue, 
a 1. Noel, 
