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lady Napier, dying in 1706, was fucceeded by her 
grandfon. 
Francis, who became the fifth lord Napier, an'd af- 
fiu-ned the furname of Napier, in confequence of a claufe 
in the laft-mentioned patent, married, firft, lady Henri¬ 
etta Hope, daughter of Charles, firft earl of Hopetoun ; 
and by her had iflue five fons and a daughter: Wil¬ 
liam, his heir; Charles, a captain in the navy, who 
married Grizel, daughter of fir John Warrender, of 
Lochend, bart. and fecondly, Chriftian, daughter of 
Gabriel Hamilton, of Weftburn, efq. Francis, a lieute¬ 
nant-colonel of marines, married Elizabeth, daughter 
of John Greenaway, efq. of Portfmouth, and died in 
1779; John, a lieutenant in the army, who died in Ger¬ 
many in 1759; Mark, a major-general in the army, 
married, firfi, Anne, daughter of John Nelfon, efq. of 
Craigcaffe; and, fecondly, Margaret, daughter of Al¬ 
exander Simpfon, efq. of Concraig; Henrietta, died an 
infant. His lordfliip married, fecondly, Mary, daugh¬ 
ter of George Johnfton, efq. of Dublin ; by which lady, 
who died September 25, 1795, he had iffue five fons 
and three daughters : George, a colonel in the army, 
married, firfi, Elizabeth, daughter of captain Pollqck, 
of the 61ft regiment of foot ; and, fecondly, lady Sarah 
Lennox, daughter of Charles, fecond duke of Rich¬ 
mond, and died October 13, 1804; James, died in 1760;. 
Patrick, a captain in the navy; James-John, a lieute¬ 
nant of marines, killed on-board the Fox frigate, in 
1776; Stewart, a lieutenant of marines, died in 1778 ; 
Elizabeth, died an infant; Hefther, married to Samuel 
Johnfton, efq. who died in 1801, and left iffue one fon, 
Alexander, procurator fifcal in the ifland of Ceylon, 
and two daughters; and Mary, who died in 1765. His 
lordftiip, dying April n, 1773, was fucceeded by his 
eldeft fon, William, fixth lord ; who married Mainie- 
Anne, daughter of Charles, eighth lord Cathcart, by 
whom he had one fon, Francis, and four daughters; 
Mainie-Schaw, married the Rev. Andrew Hunter, D.D. 
and died in 1806. Henrietta; Mary; Elizabeth, died 
in 17784 and Jane-Wilhelmina, died in J779. His lord- 
fhip was lieutenant colonel in the army, and deputy- 
adjutant-general of the forces in North Britain; and, dy¬ 
ing January 2, 1775, was fucceeded by his fon, Francis, 
the Seventh and prefent lord. 
Creation _Baron Napier,“May 4, 1627. 
Residence. —Thirlftane Caftle, in Selkirklhire. 
Motto. —Ready, aye, ready ! 
FAIRFAX (BRYAN), Lord FAIRFAX, ofCame- 
ron, in holy orders; married Elizabeth Carey, and has 
a fon, heir apparent, and feveral other children. His 
lordfliip is the otdy furviving fon of William Fairfax, 
fourth fon of Henry, fecond fon of Henry, fourth lord 
Fairfax ; and his claim to this barony was confirmed by 
the houfe of peers in 1800. 
Sir Thomas Fairfax, of Denton, in the county of 
York, was created baron Fairfax, by Charles -I. He 
married Helen Alke, and died in 1640, leaving iffue, 
Ferdinando, the fecond lord, who married, firfi, lady 
Mary Sheffield; and fecond, Rhoda Chapman; and 
died in 1647, leaving ifiue Thomas, third lord 5 who 
married Anne, daughter of Horatio, lord Vere, of Til¬ 
bury, and died in 1671, without iffue male. Henry, of 
Oglethorpe, in the county of York, fecond fon of the 
firfi lord, married Mary, daughter of fir Henry Cholm- 
ley, and died in April, 1665, leaving a fon, Henry, who 
fucceeded as fourth lord, and married Frances, daugh¬ 
ter of fir Robert Barwick, of Tolfton, in the county of 
York, and died in 1688, leaving iffue, Thomas and 
Henry. Thomas, the eldeft, was the fifth lord Fairfax, 
who married Catharine, daughter and heir of Thomas 
lord Colepepper, and left iffue, three fons, viz. Thomas, 
the fixth lord, died unmarried in 1781 ; Henry Cole- 
pepper, fecond fon, died in the life-time of his eldeft 
brother, in 1734, without iffue ; Robert, third fon, fuc- 
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ceeded his eldeft brother as the feventh lord ; tvas twice 
married, but died, without iffue, in 1793; when the 
whole male iffue of Thomas, eldeft fon of Henry, lord 
Fairfax, became extinft. The title and dignity then de¬ 
volved on the Rev. Bryan Fairfax, the prefent lord, by 
the following courfe of defcent : Henry Fairfax, his 
grandfather, who was the fecond fon of Henry,the fourth 
lord, fucceeded to his maternal grandfather’s eftate of 
Tolfon; he married Anne Harrifon, and levied a fine, 
and fuffered a recovery on the Tolfton eftate; he had 
iffue, 1. Henry, born in 1685; died without iffue, in 
1759; 2 ‘ Thomas, died without iffue ; 3. Richard, died 
an infant; 4. William, brother of the prefent Jord, 
born in 1691; and died in 1757, having married, firfi, 
Sarah Walker ; and, fecondly, Deborah Clarke, and left 
iffue, George-William, who fucceeded as heir to his 
uncle Henry’s eftate of Tolfton; married Sarah Carey, 
and died without iffue, in/ 1787 ; Thomas, was a mid- 
ftiipman in the royal navy, and was killed in battle, 
June 26, 1746; Bryan, in holy orders, third fon, and 
prefent lord. 
Creation. —Baron Fairfax, Oftober 18, 1627. 
Motto.— Farefac. —“ Speak out.” 
HUTCHINSON (WALTER), ASTON, Lord AS¬ 
TON, of Forfar, in the county of Forfar, and a Baronet; 
in holy orders; fucceeded his father, the late lord, July 
29, 1803; married, June 14, 1802, Elizabeth, daughter 
of the Rev. Dr. Haines, by Sufannah, After of the late 
fir John Chudleigh, of the county of Devon, baronet. 
This ancient family is of Englifti ext raft ion ; and took 
its defcent from Ralph de Afton, in the reign of Henry 
III. whofe anceftors had been long before feated in the 
county of Stafford. Sir Walter, the firft lord, attended 
the coronation of James I. in England ; and was made a 
knight of the bath ; and, in i6rr, created a baronet. In 
1622, he was fent in a public charafter to the court of 
Madrid, with John Digby, earl of Briftol, to conclude 
a marriage treaty between Charles, prince of Wales, 
and the eldeft daughter of that crown ; and though the 
marriage was defeated, yet on his return, he was, by 
Charles I. for his good fervices, created a baron. He 
married Gertrude, daughter of fir Ralph Sadler, of 
Standon, in the county of Hertford ; and, dying in 1639, 
was fucceeded by Walter, his eldeft fon. He married 
lady Mary Wefton,. daughter of Richard earl of Port¬ 
land, lord treafurer of England, by whom he had Wal¬ 
ter, his fucceffor ; and feveral daughters, whereof Fran¬ 
ces was fecond wife of fir Edward Gage, of Hangrave, 
in the county of Suffolk, baronet. Walter, the third 
lord, dying in November 1714, left iffue by Eleanor, his 
wife, daughter of fir Walter Blount, of Soddington, in 
the county of Worcefter, bart. widow of Robert Knight- 
ley, of Off-church, in the county of Warwick, efquire, 
Walter, the fourth lord; who married lady Mary How¬ 
ard, only fitter of Thomas duke of Norfolk ; by which 
lady, who died in 1723, he had feveral children. His 
lordftiip, dying in 1746, was fucceeded by his fon, James, 
the fifth lord, who married lady Barbara Talbot, daugh¬ 
ter of George, fourteenth earl of Shrewfbury ; and, dy¬ 
ing in Auguft 1751, left iffue two daughters; Mary,, 
married to .fir Walter Blount, bart. and Barbara, to the 
honourable Thomas Clifford; and the title devolved 
upon the defcendapt of William Afton, of Milwich y 
uncle to the firft lord. The faid William married Eli¬ 
zabeth, daughter of Waldive Willington de Hurley, 
and died in 1628, leaving a fon, Edward, who, by Do¬ 
rothy, daughter of Richard Eld de Seighford, had four 
fons, Walter; William; Edward; and Richard. Wal¬ 
ter married Mary, daughter of John-Chetwynd de 
Rtidge, and died in 1691, leaving one daughter, .mar¬ 
ried to John Dive, efq. William and Richard died with¬ 
out iffue. Edward married Prudence King, and died 
in 1705, leaving iffue, two fons, Walter and Edward.. 
Walter married Penelope, daughter of John Whitfield, 
