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Thomas Walpole, efq. nephew of Horatio earl of Orford, 
and has iffue a daughter, born October 2, 1804; and a 
foil, born in September 1805. 
Creation. —Baron Arden, July 28, 1802. 
Residences. —Lohort Caftle, in Corkfliire, Ireland; 
and Nook Houfe, in the county of Surrey.—Town. 
Iiouf'e, in Bruton-ftreet. 
Armorial Bearings. —See the annexed Engraving. 
Motto.— Sub cruce Candida. —“Under the white crol's.” 
HOLROYD, BARON SHEFFIELD. 
JOHN-BAKER. HOLROYD, Baron SHEFFIELD, 
of Sheffield, in the county of York ; alfo Lord Sheffield, 
Baron of Dunamore, in the county of Meath ; and Lord 
Sheffield, Baron of Rofcommon, in Ireland, with remain¬ 
der, in failure of iffue male, feverally to his daughters, 
and their iiTue male ; F.R.S. and F.S. A. married, firft, 
in 1767, Abigail, daughter of Louis Wey, efq. by which 
lady, who died April 3, 1793, he had iffue, John-Wil- 
liam, who died young; Maria-Jofepha, married to fir 
John-Thonias Stanley, bart. of Alderley, in Chefhire, 
and has iffue, Maria-Margaret, Lucy, Louifa, and Ifa- 
fcella ; Louifa-Dorotliea, married, March 14, 1797> co¬ 
lonel William-Henry Clinton, eldeft fon of the late fir 
Henry Clinton, grandfon of Francis earl of Lincoln, and 
lias ifliie, Louifa-Lucy, Maria-Augufta, and Henry, born 
July 23, 1802. His lordfliip married, fecondly, Decem¬ 
ber 26, 1794, Lucy Pelham, daughter of Thomas, fir ft 
earl of Chichefter; and by her, who died January.18, 
1797, he had iffue a fon, ftill-born, in 1795. His lord- 
fhip married, thirdly, January 9, 1798, Anne, daughter 
of Frederic North, fecond earl of Guilford ; by whom 
he has iffue, George-Auguftus-Frederic-Charles, heir 
apparent, born March 16, 1802. 
The family of-Holroyd, anciently fpelt Howroyde, is 
of great antiquity in the Weft Riding of Yorkfhire. It 
appears from ancient records, that William de Howroyde 
poftelfed the lands of that name in the reign of Edward I. 
from him was defcended Ifaac Holroyd, efq. born July 
1708; married Dorothy, the youngeft daughter of Da¬ 
niel Baker, of Penn, in the county of Bucks, efquire; 
by which lady, who died Auguft 29, 1777, he had iffue 
four fons and four daughters, viz. a daughter, who died 
young; Ifaac, who died young; John, the prefent ba¬ 
ron; Daniel, who died unmarried; Sarah-Martha ; 
Martha, and Elwood, both died young ; Dorothy, died 
in 1778. 1 n 1768, in default of iffue male of his mother’s 
family, his lordfliip fucceeded to the qftates ; and, in 
conformity to the will of his uncle, added the name of 
Baker to his own. 
Creation. —Baron Sheffield, July 29, 1802. 
Residences. —Greave Hall, in Yorkfhire ; and Shef¬ 
field Place, in the county of Suffex.—Town-houfe$ in 
Privy Garden. 
Armorial Bearings, —See the annexed Engraving. 
Motto. — Quern te Deus ejfe jujfit .—“ Be what God 
commands .you to be.” 
MIDDLETON, BARON BARHAM. 
CHARLES MIDDLETON, Baron BARHAM, of 
Barham Court, in the county of Kent; and a Baronet; 
an Admiral of the Red ; an Elder Brother of the Tri¬ 
nity Houfe ; and Prefident of the Commiffioners for Na¬ 
val Improvements; married, and has iffue, Diana, an 
only daughter, and heir apparent, married to Gerrard- 
Noel Noel, efq. who fucceeded to the eftates of Noel, 
the laft earl of Gainfborough, by whom flie has a nume¬ 
rous iffue; on whom, and her iffue male, the barony of 
Barham is entailed : her fecond fon, Gerrard Thomas 
Noel, vicar of Rainham, in Kent, married, in February 
1806, Mils O’Brien, daughter of fir Lucius O’Brien, 
bart. of Dromoland, in the county of Clare ; her eldeft 
daughter married, in February 1807, William-Henry, 
eldeft fon of Henry Hoare, efq. Charles Middleton, lord 
Barham, was, September 4, 1781, created a baronet; in 
1778, comptroller of the navy; and 1805, firft lord of 
theadmiralty, which office he refigned February 4, 1806. 
Creation. —Baron Barham, April 27, 1805. 
Residence. —Barham Court, in the county of Kent. 
Armorial Bearings. —See the annexed Engraving. 
Motto.— Forth in arduh. —“ Brave amidft dangers.” 
COLLINGWOOD, BARON COLLINGWOOD. 
CUTHBERT COLLINGWOOD, Baron COL¬ 
LINGWOOD, of, Caldburne, and Hethpoole, in the 
county of Northumberland, Vice-admiral of the Red ; 
born in 1750; married Patience, daughter and co-heir 
of Erafinus Blackett, efq. alderman of Newcaftle-upon- 
Tyne; and has ifTue, Sarah, born in 1793; and Mary- 
Patience, born in 1792. 
His lordfliip is defcended from flr Cuthbert Colling¬ 
wood, fo celebrious in the memorable fkirmifli of the 
Reidwife, June 17, 1375. He received his majefty’s per- 
miffion, April 16, 1807, that he, and his defcendants, 
may bear, in commemoration of the glorious and dCci- 
flve vidlory obtained by his majefty’s fleet, under the 
command of Horatio, late vifcount Nelfon, over the 
combined fleets of France and Spain, off Cape Trafalgar, 
on the 21 ft day of OCtober 1805 ; (for particulars of which 
fignal victory, as completed by admiral lord Colling- 
wood, fee the article Great Britain, vol. viii. p. 818—• 
820;) the following honourable augmentation to the arms 
of the family of Collingwood, viz. a chief wavy, thereon 
a lion paffant, gar.dant; navally crowned, with the word 
“Trafalgar;” and alfo, in : addition to the family 
creft, the creft following, viz. the fterp. of a man of war, 
reprefenting that of the Royal Sovereign, (being , the 
fhip which bore tiie flag of lord Collingwood in the 
faid brilliant action,) between a branch of laurel and a 
branch of oak. 
His lordfhip’s father, Cuthbert Collingwood, of Ditch- 
burne, in Northumberland, efquire, dying in 1780, left 
iffue, Cuthbert, the prefent lord; Wilford, in the royal 
navy, died unmarried; John; and feveral daughters. 
Lord Collingwood, having at a very early period devoted 
himfelf to the naval fervice, was, June 17, 1775, ad¬ 
vanced to the rank of lieutenant; the 22d of March 
1780, was made poft-captain, and appointed to the Hin- 
chinbrook frigate. In 1795, he was appointed to the 
Excellent, of 74 guns, and diftinguiflied himfelf in the 
memorable battle of February 14, 1799, with the Spanifti 
fleet. February 14, 1799, l ie was advanced to the rank 
of rear-admiral of the white; on the ift of January 1801, 
rear-admiral of the red ; on the 23d of April, 1804, vice- 
admiral of the blue; November 9, 1805, vice-admiral 
of the red ; and was fecond in command in the glorious 
battle off Cape Trafalgar, OCiober 21, 1805. 
Creation.— Baron Collingwood, November 20,1805. 
Residence. —Chirton Houfe, Northumberland. 
Armorial Bearings. —See the annexed Engraving. 
Motto.— Ferar unus et idem.— u Always the fame.” 
ERSKINE, BARON ERSKINE . 1 
THOMAS ERSKINE, Baron ERSKINE, of Ref- 
tormel Caftle, in the duchy of Cornwall; a Governor 
of the Charter Houfe. His lordfliip is the third fon of 
Henry-David Erfkine, tenth earl of Buchan, in.Scot¬ 
land, who died in 1767, leaving ilfue, 1. Lady Anne- 
Agnes Erfkine, who died unmarried, in Oftober 1804. 
2. David-Stewart Erfkine, the prefent earl of Buchan. 
3. Henry Erfkine, lord-advocate of Scotland in 1806. 
4. Thomas Erfkine, the prefent baron. 5. Ifabella Erf¬ 
kine, c.ounteis of the right honourable and reverend 
John Cunningham, eighteenth and laft earl of Glen- 
cairn.—Seethe Earl of Buchan, among the Peers 
of Scotland. 
Lord Erfkine was called to the bar in 1778 ; took his 
feat as king’s counfel, with a patent of precedence, be- 
a fore 
