LINDSAY, William Schaw (1816-1877), of 17 Portland Place, London, Mdx.

Family and Education
b. 19 Dec. 1815, prob. 3rd s. of Joseph Lindsay, of Ayr, and Mary Belch. m. 14 Nov. 1843, Helen, da. of James Stewart, of Glasgow, at least 1s. d. 28 Aug. 1877.
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JP Mdx.

Main residence: 17 Portland Place, London, Mdx.
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FORSTER, Matthew (1786-1869), of Bellsise House, Hampstead, London, Mdx.

Family and Education
bap. 29 Oct. 1786, 3rd s. of Matthew Forster (d. 28 Jan. 1829), of Elsdon, Northumb., and Dorothy, da. of Mr Hall. educ. private sch., Hackney. m. Nov. 1816, Maria, da. of Mr Causton, 3s. (1 d.v.p.) 1da. d. 2 Sept. 1869.
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Main residence: Bellsise House, Hampstead, London, Mdx.
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FORSTER, John (1817-1878), of York Chambers, St James’s Street, London, Mdx.

Family and Education
bap. 28 Dec. 1817, 1st s. of Matthew Forster MP, of Hampstead, London, and w. Maria Causton. suc. fa. 2 Sept. 1869. unm. d. s.p. 7 Jan 1878.
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Main residence: York Chambers, St James's Street, London, Mdx.
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FENWICK, Henry (1820-1868), of Southill, nr. Chester-le-Street, co. Durham

Family and Education
b. 1820, 1st s. of Thomas Fenwick, of Southill, co. Durham, and w. Martha. educ. St John’s, Camb., matric. 1838, BA 1842, MA 1845; L. Inn, adm. 1841, called 1842. m. 10 Sept. 1861, Jane Lutwidge, da. of John Cookson, of Meldon Park, Northumb, 1s. suc. fa. 11 Dec. 1852. d. 25 Apr. 1868.
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Civil lord of the admiralty 1866

JP, Dep. Lt. Durham 1855

Main residence: Southill, nr. Chester-le-Street, co. Durham.
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LARPENT, Sir George Gerard de Hochepied (1786-1855), of 8 Austin Friars, London, Mdx. and Roehampton, Surr.

Family and Education
b. 16 Feb. 1786, 3rd s. of John Larpent, of East Sheen, Surr. (d. 18 Jan. 1824), and Anna-Margaretta, da. of Sir James Porter, of Mdx. m. (1) 13 Oct. 1813, Charlotte (d. 18 Feb. 1851), da. of William Cracroft, of Hackthorne, Lincs, 2s. (1 d.v.p.), 1da.; (2) 17 July 1852, Louisa (d. 23 Mar. 1856), da. of George Bailey of Windsor, Berks., 1s. (d.v.p.); cr. bt. 23 Aug. 1841. d. 8 Mar. 1855.
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Main residences: 8 Austin Friars, London, Mdx.; Roehampton, Surr.
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MELLOR, John (1809-1887), of 21 Endsleigh Street, London, Mdx. and Otterspool House, Watford, Herts.

Family and Education
b. 1 Jan. 1809, o.s. of John Mellor, of Leicester, and Catherine Mitchell. educ. Leicester g.s.; priv. by Rev. Charles Berry; I. Temple, 1828, called 1833. m. 24 Sept. 1833, Elizabeth, da. of William Moseley, of Peckham Rye, Surr, 8s. 1da. Kntd. 11 June 1862. d. 26 Apr. 1887.
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QC 1851; judge 1861; sjt.-at-law 1862; judge of high ct. of justice 1875; PC 1879

Recorder Warwick 1848 – 52; Leicester 1855 – 61

Main residences: 21 Endsleigh Street, London, Mdx.; Otterspool House, Watford, Herts.
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FERGUSON, Sir Ronald Craufurd (1773-1841), of Muirtown, Fife and 5 Bolton Row, London, Mdx.

Family and Education
b. 8 Feb. 1773, 2nd. s. of William Ferguson (formerly Berry), of Raith (d. 1810), and Jean, da. of Ronald Craufurd, of Restalrig, Edinburgh; bro. of Robert Ferguson MP. educ. Edinburgh h.s. 1777-8; Berlin mil. acad. 1791-3. m. 4 Jan. 1798, Jean (d. 1802), illegit. da. of Gen. Sir Hector Munro of Novar, Ross, 1s. surv. 1da. KCB 2 Jan. 1815; GCB 13 Sept. 1831; suc. bro. Robert to Raith 3 Dec. 1840. d. 10 Apr. 1841.
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Ensign 53 Ft. 1790; lt. 1791; capt. 1793; maj. 84 Ft. 1794; lt.-col. 1794; lt-col. 37 Ft. 1799; brevet col. 1800; maj.-gen. 1808; col. Sicilian regt. 1809; lt.-gen. 1813; col. 79 Ft. 1828; gen. 1830.

Main residences: Muirtown, Fife; 5 Bolton Row, London, Mdx.
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DOUGLAS, Sir Charles Eurwicke (1806-1887), of 27 Wilton Crescent , Middlesex

Family and Education
b. 12 May 1806, illegit. s. of Charles Philip Yorke MP (d. 1834).There is no mention of Yorke having any children in Burke’s peerage (under earls of Hardwicke), but Lodge’s peerage, baronetage and knightage (1912), i. 966 indicates that he died without legitimate children. Douglas is erroneously described as the son of a baronet in W.D. Jones and A.B. Erickson, The Peelites, 1846-1857 (1972), 227, and as an illegitimate son of viscount Goderich in B. Trinder, (ed.), A Victorian MP and his constituents: the correspondence of H.W. Tancred, 1841-1859, viii (1969), p. xxxvii; idem, Victorian Banbury, xix (1982), 124. educ. Harrow, 1818; St. John’s, Camb., BA 1828, MA 1831. m. 15 Dec. 1832, Jane, eld. da. of Sir Charles des Voeux, bt. 1s. Kntd. 12 Oct. 1832; K.C.M.G. 1859. d. 21 Feb. 1887.
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Private secretary to secretary of state for colonies, Nov. 1830-Apr. 1833.

Commr. Greenwich hospital Aug. 1845-July 1846.

King-at-arms, Order of St. Michael and St. George, 1832–59.

Main residence: 27 Wilton Crescent, Middlesex.
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HARRIS, John Dove (1809-1878), of Ratcliffe Hall , Ratcliffe-on-the-Wreake, nr. Loughborough, Leicestershire; 130 Cambridge Street, Warwick Square, London

Family and Education
b. 1 Apr. 1809, 2nd, but 1st surv. s. of Richard Harris MP, of the Crescent, Leicester, Leics., and Fanny, da. of William Dove, of Kingsthorpe, Northants. m. 31 Mar. 1831, Emma, da. of George Shirley, of Tamworth, Staffs. 1 da. suc. fa. 2 Feb. 1854. d. 20 Nov. 1878.
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Mag. Leicester 1857; Deputy Lieut. Leics. 1865; J.P. Leics.

Cllr. Leicester 1839 – 50; ald. 1850 – 72; mayor 1850, 1856.

Main residences: Ratcliffe Hall, Ratcliffe-on-the-Wreake, nr. Loughborough, Leicestershire and 130 Cambridge Street, Warwick Square, London.
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HEYWORTH, Lawrence (1786-1872), of Yew Tree Hall , near Liverpool , Lancashire

Family and Education
b. 1786, 4th s. of Peter Heyworth and Elizabeth, da. of Lawrence Ormerod, of Greensnook, nr. Rochdale, Lancs. m. 1820, Elizabeth, da. of Mr. Aked, of Liverpool. educ. Hipperholme Grammar sch., nr. Halifax, 1799-1802. 4s. 1 da. d. 19 Apr. 1872.
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J.P. Lancs., 1837.

Cllr. Liverpool 1835–7.

Main residence: Yew Tree Hall, near Liverpool, Lancashire.
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