third EARL OF BRIDGEWATER. This nobleman, constituted in 1699 First Commissioner for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of England, died in 1701, leaving by Jane, his second wife, daughter of Charles, Duke of Bolton, two sons

I. SCROOPE, 4th Earl of Bridgewater, created Marquess of Brackley and DUKE OF BRIDGEWATER in 1720. His Grace m. 1st, Elizabeth, dau. and coheir of John, 2d Duke of Marlborough, and had by her an only dau. Anne, m. 1st, to Wriothesley, 3d Duke of Bedford ; and 2dly, to William, Earl of Jersey. The Duke m. 2dly, in 1722, Rachel, dau. of the Duke of Bedford, and left by her two sons and two daughters, viz.

1. JOHN, 2d Duke, died unm. 1748.

2. FRANCIS, 3d Duke, who has justly acquired the reputation of being the great founder of inland navigation in this country by his enterprising speculation in the celebrated canal which bears his name, and which has realized a princely revenue for his successors. His Grace died unm. in 1803, having bequeathed to Francis the second son of his nephew, the Duke of Sutherland, his vast canal property, valued at £80,000 per annum, and Ashridge, in Herts, with other family estates in Bucks, Salop, and Yorkshire, worth £30,000 per annum, and nearly £600,000 in the funds, to General Egerton, his successor in the earldom.

3. LOUISA, whom. Granville, 2nd Earl Gower and 1st Marquess of Stafford, and had, with three daughters, an only son, George GRANVILLE, 2nd Marquess of Stafford and 1st DUKE OF SUTHERLAND, whose second son, LORD FRANCIS LEVESONGOWER, b. 1st January, 1800, assumed the surname and arms of EGERTON in 1833, having inherited the great Bridge

water estates.

4. Diana, who m. in 1753, Frederick Lord Baltimore, and d. in 1758.

II. HENRY, D.D., Bishop of Hereford: d. in 1746, leaving, by ElizabethAriana, his wife, dau. of William Earl of Portland, four sons, the eldest of whom, JOHN, Bishop of Durham, m. in 1748, Lady Sophia Anne Grey, dau. and co-heir of Henry, Duke of Kent, and by her had two sons, JOHN WILLIAM, 7th Earl of Bridgewater, and FRANCIS HENRY, 8th Earl, who both d. s.p. and one dau., Amelia, who m. Sir Abraham Hume, Bart., and was mother of two daughters and co-heirs, Amelia, wife of the late Lord Farnborough, and Sophia, m. to John, Lord Brownlow.

HENRY, VISCOUNT HARDINGE, and HUGH, BARON GOUGH.

Of these distinguished Noblemen, whose gallant services in India achieved their coronets, we have already given in our June number detailed particulars.

CHARLES THEOPHILUS, BARON METCALFE.

From the year 1800, when his Lordship first went to India as a writer, to his retirement from public life, in 1845, his services have been of the most important kind, and of the greatest national benefit. In 1835, he acted provisionally as Governor General of India, in 1839 became Governor Gene

ral of Jamaica, and in 1843 was constituted Captain General of Canada. At the decease of his brother in 1822, he succeeded to the Baronetcy conferred on his grandfather Sir Thomas Metcalfe, a director of the East India Company; and was elevated to the peerage in 1845.

JAMES, BARON DUNSANDLE AND CLAN CONAL, of Dunsandle, co. Galway.

JAMES DALY, Esq., of Dunsandle, for many years M.P. for the county of Galway, was created a Peer of Ireland on the 6th June, 1845. His Lordship, a great landed proprietor in the West of Ireland, and a gentleman universally esteemed, is elder son of the late Right Hon. Denis Daly, who sat for a lengthened period in the Irish Parliament, in which he became eminently distinguished for his eloquence and abilities. He was one of the leading statesmen of those days, so remarkable in Ireland for eminent men, and Grattan describes him as "one of the best and brightest characters that Ireland ever produced." His wife was only dau. and heiress of Robert, Earl of Farnham, and through this lady, Lord Dunsandle derives in direct descent from the kings of Scotland and Robert Bruce.

The family of Daly or O'Daly is of very ancient origin, and claims a common ancestor with the O'Neils of Tyrone, and the O'Donells of Tyrconnel. The immediate founder of the Dunsandle or Carrownakelly branch filled the high office of Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in Ireland with such impartiality and integrity in those arduous times as added lustre to the judicial character. Of a younger branch was the well-known DENIS

BOWES DALY.

Lord Dunsandle is married to Maria Elizabeth, dau. and coheir of the Right Hon. Sir Skeffington Smyth, Bart., and has several children. His only brother is the Right Rev. Robert Daly, the able and eloquent Bishop of Cashel.

SIR JOHN PIRIE, BART., of Camberwell, co. Surrey.

Alderman Pirie, a shipowner and merchant, of the city of London, served as Lord Mayor during the year 1841-2, in which he was created a baronet upon the birth of H.R H. The Prince of Wales.

He is son of the late John Pirie of Dunse, co. Berwick, was born in 1781, and married in 1807, Jean, dau. of Robert Nichol, of Kelso.

SIR WILLIAM MAGNAY, BART., of Postford House, co. Surrey.

Sir William Magnay, son of the late Christopher Magnay, Esq. of the Manor House, Wandsworth, Lord Mayor of London in 1821, became himself a City Magistrate, as Alderman of Vintry Ward in 1837, and filled the Civic Chair in 1843-4. In that year the Queen visited the city of London on the occasion of the opening of the New Royal Exchange, and was then graciously pleased to confer a baronetcy on the Lord Mayor. Sir William is in his 50th year.

SIR WILLIAM PARKER, BARt.

This gallant officer, Vice Admiral of the Blue, and a Knight Grand Cross of the Bath, has earned his honours by a long and glorious career of services. In 1794 he served as midshipman of the Orion, in Howe's Action, and in 1806 commanded the Amazon at the capture of the Marengo and Belle

Poule. In 1841, he was nominated Commander in Chief on the East India Station, and in that capacity conducted the operations on the coast of China, until the cessation of hostilities under the walls of Nankin. These memorable proceedings obtained for the gallant admiral the thanks of Parliament, the Grand Cross of the Bath, and a patent of baronetcy. Sir William is third son of George Parker, Esq. and grandson of Sir Thomas Parker, Chief Baron of the Exchequer, of the senior line of the noble family of Macclesfield. He was born in 1781, and married in 1810, Frances-Anne, dau. of the late Sir Theophilus Biddulph, Bt. by which lady he

has issue.

SIR JOHN FRANCIS DAVIS, BART.

This gentleman, British Plenipotentiary, and Chief Superintendent of British Trade in China, and Governor and Commander in Chief of the colony of Hong Kong, was created a Baronet in 1845, in requital of his services, in the East. Sir John Davis has long been distinguished for his knowledge of the language and customs of China, and has gained considerable reputation by his works relative to that interesting country. He is eldest son of Samuel Davis, Esq. of Portland Place, formerly a Director of the East India Company, was born in 1795, and married in 1822, a dau of Richard Humphrays, Esq. of Bengal Engineers, by which lady he has issue.

SIR H. G. W. SMITH, BART. of Aliwaul on the Sutlej.

This gallant commander, whose brilliant victory of Aliwaul, has rendered his name so familiar, and so famous, is the son of Mr. John Smith, Surgeon, of Whittlesea, by his wife, the daughter of the Rev. George Moore. He entered the army in 1805, but seems to have long contended with all those difficulties, which, in the British service, so constantly retard promotion unless merit be aided by wealth or influence. His first opportunity of distinction occurred at the storming of Monte Video. In the Peninsula, he served from Vimeiro to Corunna, was wounded in Crawford's action on the Coa, and participated in the battles of Sahugal and Fuentes d'Onor. Subsequently he fought at Salamanca, Vittoria, the Pyrenees, and Toulouse, and on the termination of hostilites with France, proceeded to America, where he acted a distinguished part at Washington and New Orleans, whence he returned, in time to share the glory of Waterloo. In 1837 he obtained the local rank of Major-General in India, was made a Knight Commander of the Bath for his services, as Adjutant-General at the battle of Maharajpoor. During the campaign of the Sutlej, he led into action the first infantry division of the British army on the hard fought fields of Ferozeshah and Moodkee, achieved at the head of the forces, under his own especial command, the glorious victory of Aliwaul, and finally co-operated successfully with the commander-in-chief at the storming of the camp of Sobraon. For these memorable exploits, Sir Harry Smith received the thanks of parliament, was given the Grand Cross of the Bath, and created a Baronet. He is married to Donna Suana Maria de los Dolores de Leon.

THE RIGHT HON. SIR THOMAS FRANKLAND LEWIS, BART., OF HARPTON, CO. RADNOR.

Sir THOMAS FRANKLAND LEWIS, member in three successive parliaments for the county of Radnor, represents a highly respectable family long seated in that shire, of which county his direct progenitor, THOMAS

LEWIS, Esq., of Harpton, served as High Sheriff in 1552. The representative of the house at the opening of the eighteenth century, THOMAS LEWIS, Esq., of Harpton Court, was returned to Parliament for the borough of Radnor, and continued to represent that constituency for nearly half a century. He married Anne, daughter and co-heir of Sir Nathan Wrighte, Bart., of Cranham Hall, Essex, a kinsman of the Lord Keeper Wrighte, but died without issue in 1777, when his Radnorshire estates devolved on his nephew, JOHN LEWIS, Esq., who then became " of Harpton Court." He had two wives: by the first, there was no male issue; but by the second, Anne, daughter of Admiral Sir Thomas Frankland, Bart., of Thirkelby, he left at his decease, in 1797, an only son, THOMAS-FRANKLAND. This gentleman, (now Sir Thomas Frankland Lewis, Bart.) born 14th May, 1780, entered the House of Commons, as member for Beaumaris, in 1812, and sat for that borough in three succeeding parliaments. In 1826, he was returned for Ennis; in 1827, received the appointment of Secretary to the Treasury; and in 1828, became Treasurer of the Navy. He had subsequently the honour of representing his native county, a trust he resigned in 1834, on being constituted Chairman of the Poor-law Commission. He married, 1st, 11th March, 1805, Harriet, fourth daughter of Sir George Cornewall, Bart., and by her, who d. 11th August, 1838, has two sons- -George Cornewall, barrister-at-law, one of the Poor-Law Commissioners, who married in 1844 Lady Maria Theresa Lister, sister to the Earl of Clarendon; and GilbertFrankland, rector of Monnington, co. Hereford, whose wife, Jane, is eldest dau. of Sir Edmund Wm. Antrobus, Bart.

SIR JOHN SOMERSET PAKINgton, Bart., M.P., of Westwood Park,

co. Worcester.

The founder of the fortunes of the House of Pakington was Sir John Pakington, a lawyer, who in the reign of Henry VIII. was chirographer in the Court of Common Pleas, and died possessed of large acquired estates. His grandnephew and heir, SIR JOHN PAKINGTON, K.B., stood high in favour with Queen Elizabeth, who first took notice of him in her progress to Worcester, when she invited him to attend her court, where he lived at his own expense, in great splendour and reputation, with an equipage, not inferior to some of the highest officers. He was remarkable for his stature and comely person, and had distinguished himself so much by his manly exercises, that he was called "Lusty Pakington." To quote the words of Lloyd," he could smile ladies to his service, and argue statesmen to his design with equal ease. His reason was powerful, his beauty, more. Never was a brave soul more bravely seated. Queen Elizabeth called him her Temperance, and Leicester, his Modesty. The new court star was a nine days' wonder, engaging all eyes, until it set satisfied with its own glory. He came to court, he said, as Solomon did, to see its vanity, and retired as he did, to repent it." The following anecdote is characteristic of Pakington's humane and noble spirit :-" Having by his expensive life contracted heavy debts, he took the wise resolution of retiring into the country, and said he would feed on bread and verjuice until he had made up for his extravagancies; which determination coming to the Royal ear, the Queen gave him a grant of a gentleman's estate in Suffolk, worth eight or nine hundred pounds a-year, which had escheated to the Crown. Pakington, however, when he went to take possession, could not behold the miseries of the distressed family, without remorse and compassion; and the melancholy spectacle of the unhappy mother and her children wrought so effec

tually upon his fine feelings, that he repaired to Court immediately, and humbly besought the Queen to excuse him from enriching himself by such means, and did not leave the presence until he had obtained his request, which involved the restoration of the property to the rightful owner.” The great-great-grandson of this excellent man was SIR HERBERT PERROTT PAKINGTON, Bart., M.P. for Worcestershire, who is said to have been the original from which Addison drew his inimitable "Sir Roger de Coverley.” He m. in 1721, Elizabeth, daughter of John Conyers, Esq. of Waltham. stow, and was father of SIR HERBERT PERROTT PAKINGTON, Bart., who m. in 1759, Elizabeth, daughter of Cæsar Hawkins, Esq., and widow of Herbert Wylde, Esq. of Ludlow, and dying in 1795, left one son SIR JOHN PAKINGTON, the last Bart., who died s.p. in 1830, and two daus. ELIZABETH, wife of WILLIAM RUSSELL, Esq., of Powick, co. Worcester, and ANNE. Of the elder of these ladies the son and heir, JOHN SOMERSET RUSSELL, Esq., inheriting the Pakington estates, assumed the surname of his maternal ancestors, and is the newly created Baronet. He has been twice married; 1st. to Mary, only child of Moreton Aglionby Slaney, Esq., and 2nd. in 1844 to Augusta, daughter of the Rt. Rev. George Murray, D.D. Bishop of Rochester.

SIR JOHN GLADstone, Bart., of Fasque and Balfour, co. Kincardine. The Gladstones owe their wealth and station to the same mighty sourcethe commercial greatness of England-from which the Osbornes, the Thellussons, the Barings, and a host of others have derived their importance. They have long been connected with Liverpool; and at the present time, among the "Merchant Princes" of that flourishing town, no name stands higher than that of Gladstone. The gentleman on whom the baronetcy has been conferred, is at the head of the house of Gladstone and Co., and possesses vast landed property, acquired by recent purchase, in North Britain. For nine years, he sat in parliament, representing, successively, Lancaster, Woodstock and Berwick. He is eldest son of the late Thomas Gladstones, of Leith, by Helen, his wife, dau. of Walter Neilson, of Springfield, and grandson of John Gladstones, of Toftcombes, near Biggar, in Lanarkshire, by Janet Aitken, his wife. The final s. in his name, Sir John was authorised to drop by Royal Licence, 10th Feb. 1835. His age is 81, the date of his birth being 11th Dec. 1764. He has been twice married: by his wife, Jane, dau. of Joseph Hale, of Liverpool, he had no issue, but by his second, Anne, dau. of Andrew Robertson, Provost of Dingwall, co. Ross, he has one surviving dau. Helen-Jane, and four sons,

I. Thomas, of Fettercairn, b. 25th July, 1804, M.P. for Queenborough, in 1830, for Portarlington, in 1832, and for Leicester, in 1837. He m. in 1835, Louisa, dau, of Robert Fellowes, Esq. of Shottisham Park, Norfolk, and has issue.

II. Robertson, of Courthey, Lancashire, b. 15th Nov. 1805, who m. 28th January, 1836, Mary-Ellen, dau. of Hugh Jones, Esq. of Liverpool, and has issue.

III. John Neilson, Commander R.N. M.P. for Ipswich, b. 18th January, 1807, who m. 7th Feb. 1839, Elizabeth-Honoria, dau. of Sir Robert Bateson, Bt. of Belvoir, and has issue.

IV. William-Ewart,P.C.,M.P.,the Ex-Secretary of State, for the Colonies, b. 29th Dec. 1809, who m. 25th July 1839, Catherine, eldest dau. of Sir Stephen Richd. Glynne, Bt. of Hawarden, co. Flint, and has issue.