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Mary Dabbins

Female - Abt 1760


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Mary Dabbins died about 1760.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Mary Dobbins
    • Name: Mary Dobbinson

    Family/Spouse: Ralph Thrale, M.P.. Ralph (son of Ralph Thrale and Anne Halsey) was born in 1698 in Offley, Hertfordshire, England; died on 9 Apr 1758; was buried in Saint Leonards Church, Streatham, Surrey, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Henry Thrale, M.P.  Descendancy chart to this point was born between 1724 and 1730 in Harrow Corner, Southwark, Surrey, England; died on 4 Apr 1781 in Grosvenor Square, Middlesex, England; was buried on 11 Apr 1781 in Saint Leonards Church, Streatham, Surrey, England.
    2. 3. Frances Thrale  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1726 in Lower Tooting, Surrey, England; died in 1811.
    3. 4. Lady Mary Thrale  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1733 in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England; died in 1802 in Saint Michaels, St Albans, Hertfordshire, England; was buried on 31 Mar 1802 in Warbleton, Sussex, England.
    4. 5. Susannah Thrale  Descendancy chart to this point was born after 1733; died in 1789.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Henry Thrale, M.P.Henry Thrale, M.P. Descendancy chart to this point (1.Mary1) was born between 1724 and 1730 in Harrow Corner, Southwark, Surrey, England; died on 4 Apr 1781 in Grosvenor Square, Middlesex, England; was buried on 11 Apr 1781 in Saint Leonards Church, Streatham, Surrey, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Education: Eton, Buckinghamshire, England; Eton College
    • Education: Oxford, Oxfordshire, England; Oxford University
    • Property: 64 West Street, Brighton, Sussex, England
    • Property: Streatham Park, Streatham, Surrey, England
    • Occupation: Anchor Brewery, Southwark, Surrey, England; Brewer
    • Will: 17 Mar 1781; Address:
      http://www.thrale.com/henry_thrales_will
    • Occupation: 20 Nov 1765-13 Sep 1980, Southwark, Surrey, England; Member of Parliament

    Notes:

    See also http://www.thrale.com/henry_thrale_17249_1781

    Henry married Hester Lynch Salusbury on 11 Oct 1763 in Saint Anne's Church, Soho, Middlesex, England. Hester (daughter of John Salusbury and Hester Maria Cotton) was born on 16 Jan 1741 in Bodvel, Caernarvonshire, Wales; died on 2 May 1821 in Clifton, Gloucestershire, England; was buried on 16 May 1821 in Church of Corpus Christi, Tremeirchion, Flintshire, Wales. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 6. Hester Maria Thrale  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 17 Sep 1764 in Southwark, Surrey, England; was christened on 24 Sep 1764 in Southwark, Surrey, England; died on 31 Mar 1857 in Piccadilly, Middlesex, England; was buried in Overton Kirkyard, Tulliallan, Fife, Scotland.
    2. 7. Frances Thrale  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 27 Sep 1765 in Streatham Park, Streatham, Surrey, England; was christened on 3 Oct 1765 in Southwark, Surrey, England; died on 6 Oct 1765 in Southwark, Surrey, England; was buried on 8 Oct 1765 in Saint Leonards Church, Streatham, Surrey, England.
    3. 8. Henry Salusbury Thrale  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 15 Feb 1767 in Southwark, Surrey, England; was christened on 3 Mar 1767 in Saint Leonards Church, Streatham, Surrey, England; died on 23 Mar 1776 in Southwark, Surrey, England; was buried on 28 Mar 1776 in Saint Leonards Church, Streatham, Surrey, England.
    4. 9. Anna Maria Thrale  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 1 Apr 1768 in Streatham Park, Streatham, Surrey, England; was christened on 17 Apr 1768 in Saint Leonards Church, Streatham, Surrey, England; died on 21 Mar 1770 in Dean Street, Middlesex, England; was buried on 23 Mar 1770 in Saint Leonards Church, Streatham, Surrey, England.
    5. 10. Lucy Elizabeth Thrale  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 22 Jun 1769 in Streatham Park, Streatham, Surrey, England; was christened on 16 Jul 1769 in Saint Leonards Church, Streatham, Surrey, England; died on 22 Nov 1773 in Streatham Park, Streatham, Surrey, England; was buried on 26 Nov 1773 in Saint Leonards Church, Streatham, Surrey, England.
    6. 11. Susannah Arabella Thrale  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 23 May 1770 in Southwark, Surrey, England; died on 5 Nov 1858 in Knockholt, Kent, England; was buried in Saint Leonards Church, Streatham, Surrey, England.
    7. 12. Reverend George Salusbury  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1770; died in 1842; was buried in Bishopstone, Wiltshire, England.
    8. 13. Sophia Thrale  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 23 Jul 1771 in Streatham Park, Streatham, Surrey, England; died on 8 Nov 1824 in Sandgate, Kent, England.
    9. 14. Penelope Thrale  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 15 Sep 1772 in Streatham Park, Streatham, Surrey, England; died on 15 Sep 1772 in Streatham Park, Streatham, Surrey, England; was buried in Saint Leonards Church, Streatham, Surrey, England.
    10. 15. Ralph Thrale  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 8 Nov 1773 in Streatham Park, Streatham, Surrey, England; died on 13 Jul 1775 in Brighton, Sussex, England; was buried in Saint Leonards Church, Streatham, Surrey, England.
    11. 16. Frances Anna Thrale  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 4 May 1775 in Streatham Park, Streatham, Surrey, England; died on 9 Dec 1775 in Streatham Park, Streatham, Surrey, England; was buried in Saint Leonards Church, Streatham, Surrey, England.
    12. 17. Cecilia Margaretta Thrale  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 8 Feb 1777 in Streatham Park, Streatham, Surrey, England; died on 1 May 1857 in Brighton, Sussex, England; was buried in Saint Leonards Church, Streatham, Surrey, England.
    13. 18. Henrietta Sophia Thrale  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 21 Jun 1778 in Streatham Park, Streatham, Surrey, England; died on 25 Apr 1783 in Streatham Park, Streatham, Surrey, England.

  2. 3.  Frances Thrale Descendancy chart to this point (1.Mary1) was born in 1726 in Lower Tooting, Surrey, England; died in 1811.

    Family/Spouse: Alderman Samuel Plumbe. Samuel and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 19. Frances Plumbe  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1758; died about 1792.

  3. 4.  Lady Mary Thrale Descendancy chart to this point (1.Mary1) was born in 1733 in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England; died in 1802 in Saint Michaels, St Albans, Hertfordshire, England; was buried on 31 Mar 1802 in Warbleton, Sussex, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Will: Died intestate

    Notes:

    In The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay, Volume 1, Fanny Burney wrote…

    "Lady Ladd; I ought to have begun with her. I beg her ladyship a thousand pardons–though if she knew My offence, I am sure I should not obtain one. She is own sister to Mr. Thrale.

    She is a tall and stout woman, has an air of mingled dignity and haughtiness, both of which wear off in conversation. She dresses very youthful and gaily, and attends to her person with no little complacency. She appears to me uncultivated in knowledge, though an adept in the manners of the world, And all that. She chooses to be much more lively than her brother; but liveliness sits as awkwardly upon her as her pink ribbons.

    In talking her over with Mrs Thrale who has a very proper regard for her, but who, I am sure, cannot be blind to her faults, she gave me another proof to those I have already of the uncontrolled freedom of speech which Dr. Johnson exercised to everybody, and which everybody receives quietly from him.

    Lady Ladd has been very handsome, but is now, I think, quite ugly–at least she has the sort of face I like not. she was a little while ago dressed in so showy a manner as to attract the doctor's notice, and when he had looked at her some time, he broke out aloud into this quotation:

    "With patches, paint, and jewels on, Sure Phillis is not twenty-one But if at night you Phillis see, The dame at least is forty-three!"

    I don't recollect the verses exactly, but such was their purport.

    "However," said Mrs. Thrale, "Lady Ladd took it very good- naturedly, and only said, 'I know enough of that forty-three?I don't desire to hear any more of it.'"

    Buried:
    The Parish Register entry in Warbleton, Sussex for the burial of Lady Ann Lade 31 March 1802 notes that she was brought from St. Albans

    Mary married Baronet Sir John Lade, M.P. in Jun 1756. John (son of John Inskip) was born about 1690; died on 21 Apr 1759; was buried in Warbleton, Sussex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 20. Baronet Sir John Lade  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 1 Aug 1759; died about 1838.

  4. 5.  Susannah Thrale Descendancy chart to this point (1.Mary1) was born after 1733; died in 1789.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alt. Death: 1781

    Susannah married Arnold Nesbitt, M.P. on 28 Nov 1758. Arnold died on 12 Apr 1779. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Family/Spouse: Charles Salusbury. Charles died in 1777. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 12. Reverend George Salusbury  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1770; died in 1842; was buried in Bishopstone, Wiltshire, England.

    Family/Spouse: Thomas Scott, M.P.. Thomas and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]



Generation: 3

  1. 6.  Hester Maria ThraleHester Maria Thrale Descendancy chart to this point (2.Henry2, 1.Mary1) was born on 17 Sep 1764 in Southwark, Surrey, England; was christened on 24 Sep 1764 in Southwark, Surrey, England; died on 31 Mar 1857 in Piccadilly, Middlesex, England; was buried in Overton Kirkyard, Tulliallan, Fife, Scotland.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 30 Mar 1851, Bolsover Castle, Bolsover, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England; Visitor to the household with mother.

    Notes:

    See also: http://www.thrale.com/hester_maria_thrale

    Christened:
    by Rev James Evans

    Name:
    Had a variety of nicknames used less frequently than Queeney, including Nig. Niggy. Tit. Birdey. Hetty. Samuel Johnson affectionately called her Sweeting.

    Hester married Admiral George Keith, Elphinstone, GCB, 1st Viscount Keith on 10 Jan 1808 in Saint Marylebone, Middlesex, England. George was born on 7 Jan 1746 in Elphinstone Tower, Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland; died on 10 Mar 1823; was buried in Overton Kirkyard, Tulliallan, Fife, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 21. Honourable Georgina Augusta Henrietta Keith  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 12 Dec 1809; died on 21 Sep 1892; was buried in Overton Kirkyard, Tulliallan, Fife, Scotland.

  2. 7.  Frances Thrale Descendancy chart to this point (2.Henry2, 1.Mary1) was born on 27 Sep 1765 in Streatham Park, Streatham, Surrey, England; was christened on 3 Oct 1765 in Southwark, Surrey, England; died on 6 Oct 1765 in Southwark, Surrey, England; was buried on 8 Oct 1765 in Saint Leonards Church, Streatham, Surrey, England.

    Notes:

    See also: http://www.thrale.com/frances_thrale


  3. 8.  Henry Salusbury Thrale Descendancy chart to this point (2.Henry2, 1.Mary1) was born on 15 Feb 1767 in Southwark, Surrey, England; was christened on 3 Mar 1767 in Saint Leonards Church, Streatham, Surrey, England; died on 23 Mar 1776 in Southwark, Surrey, England; was buried on 28 Mar 1776 in Saint Leonards Church, Streatham, Surrey, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Education: St Thomas's school

    Notes:

    See also: http://www.thrale.com/henry_salusbury_thrale

    Died:
    Samuel Johnson, learned of his death, in a letter received whilst having breakfast with James Boswell and Miss Porter on 25 March 1776. Johnson exclaimed "Sir! one of the most dreadful things that has happened in my time!" Boswell asked "What is it Sir?". "Why Sir" replied Johnson, "Mr. Thrale has lost his only son. It is a total extinction of the family. He?ll no more value his daughters than ... why sir, he wishes to propagate his name ... I would have gone to the extremity of the earth to have preserved this boy."


  4. 9.  Anna Maria Thrale Descendancy chart to this point (2.Henry2, 1.Mary1) was born on 1 Apr 1768 in Streatham Park, Streatham, Surrey, England; was christened on 17 Apr 1768 in Saint Leonards Church, Streatham, Surrey, England; died on 21 Mar 1770 in Dean Street, Middlesex, England; was buried on 23 Mar 1770 in Saint Leonards Church, Streatham, Surrey, England.

    Notes:

    See http://www.thrale.com/anna_maria_thrale for more information

    Name:
    Named after Lady Anna Maria Salusbury (née Penrice) 1718-1759.


  5. 10.  Lucy Elizabeth Thrale Descendancy chart to this point (2.Henry2, 1.Mary1) was born on 22 Jun 1769 in Streatham Park, Streatham, Surrey, England; was christened on 16 Jul 1769 in Saint Leonards Church, Streatham, Surrey, England; died on 22 Nov 1773 in Streatham Park, Streatham, Surrey, England; was buried on 26 Nov 1773 in Saint Leonards Church, Streatham, Surrey, England.

    Notes:

    See also: http://www.thrale.com/lucy_elizabeth_thrale

    Name:
    Named after Samuel Johnson's late wife Elizabeth (known as ?Tetty).


  6. 11.  Susannah Arabella ThraleSusannah Arabella Thrale Descendancy chart to this point (2.Henry2, 1.Mary1) was born on 23 May 1770 in Southwark, Surrey, England; died on 5 Nov 1858 in Knockholt, Kent, England; was buried in Saint Leonards Church, Streatham, Surrey, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Education: London, England; : Mrs Stevenson's school; Address:
      Queens Square
    • Education: Kensington, Middlesex, England; : Mrs Cumyns's boarding school
    • Medical: She had crooked legs and an umbilical rupture which made her irritable. Because of this she was called Little Crab by the other children and Gilly by her father from a Gilhouter, the Cheshire word signifying an owl.
    • Residence: June 1807 - Nov 1858, Ash Cottage, Knockholt, Kent, England

    Notes:

    She was unmarried. See also: http://www.thrale.com/susannah_arabella_thrale

    Buried:
    Has a monument inside Knockholt Church and St Leonards Church, Streatham.


  7. 12.  Reverend George Salusbury Descendancy chart to this point (2.Henry2, 1.Mary1) was born in 1770; died in 1842; was buried in Bishopstone, Wiltshire, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Education: Winchester, Hampshire, England; : Winchester College
    • Education: Oxford, Oxfordshire, England; : Christ Church College
    • Adopted: 1777; Adopted by Henry & Hester Thrale after the death of his mother (Henry's sister) in 1781. His father having already died in 1777.
    • Residence: 1777, Streatham Park, Streatham, Surrey, England; After becoming orphaned.
    • Ordained: 1793
    • Employment: 1821-abt.1845, Bishopstone, Wiltshire, England; Rector

    Notes:

    George Salusbury was a close friend of Henry Thrale Jr, having been close in age and grown up in the same household.

    George Salusbury was a kind and generous man. He was also a scholar and a writer. He published several books on religious and historical subjects.


  8. 13.  Sophia ThraleSophia Thrale Descendancy chart to this point (2.Henry2, 1.Mary1) was born on 23 Jul 1771 in Streatham Park, Streatham, Surrey, England; died on 8 Nov 1824 in Sandgate, Kent, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Education: Kensington, Middlesex, England; Mrs Cumyns' boarding school
    • Education: Queens Square, Middlesex, England; Mrs Stevensons school

    Notes:

    See also: http://www.thrale.com/sophia_thrale

    Sir Joshua Reynolds portrait of Sophy is now at believed to be at Bowood House.

    Sophia married Henry Merrick Hoare on 13 Aug 1807 in Saint Marylebone, Middlesex, England. Henry (son of Baronet Sir Richard Hoare) was born in 1770; died in 1856 in Barnes, Surrey, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  9. 14.  Penelope Thrale Descendancy chart to this point (2.Henry2, 1.Mary1) was born on 15 Sep 1772 in Streatham Park, Streatham, Surrey, England; died on 15 Sep 1772 in Streatham Park, Streatham, Surrey, England; was buried in Saint Leonards Church, Streatham, Surrey, England.

    Notes:

    See also: http://www.thrale.com/penelope_thrale


  10. 15.  Ralph Thrale Descendancy chart to this point (2.Henry2, 1.Mary1) was born on 8 Nov 1773 in Streatham Park, Streatham, Surrey, England; died on 13 Jul 1775 in Brighton, Sussex, England; was buried in Saint Leonards Church, Streatham, Surrey, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Godparent / sponsor: Lord William Henry Lyttleton Westcote 1724-1808. Lawyer, MP, Governor of South Carolina and of Jamaica. Ambassador to Portugal.
    • Godparent / sponsor: Lords Sandys
    • Medical: His mothers' Children's Book records that she had suspected that Ralph was imbecile since 31 December 1773 and that Dr Pott the surgeon confirmed this in April 1775, suggesting that the cause was congenital. Ralph was said by Hester to have suffered from confluent smallpox.

    Notes:

    See also: http://www.thrale.com/ralph_thrale_1773_1775


  11. 16.  Frances Anna Thrale Descendancy chart to this point (2.Henry2, 1.Mary1) was born on 4 May 1775 in Streatham Park, Streatham, Surrey, England; died on 9 Dec 1775 in Streatham Park, Streatham, Surrey, England; was buried in Saint Leonards Church, Streatham, Surrey, England.

    Notes:

    See also: http://www.thrale.com/frances_anna_thrale

    Name:
    Named after Mrs. Thrale's niece, daughter of Mrs. Plumbe, Frances Plumbe Rice.


  12. 17.  Cecilia Margaretta ThraleCecilia Margaretta Thrale Descendancy chart to this point (2.Henry2, 1.Mary1) was born on 8 Feb 1777 in Streatham Park, Streatham, Surrey, England; died on 1 May 1857 in Brighton, Sussex, England; was buried in Saint Leonards Church, Streatham, Surrey, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 6 Jun 1841, Sillwood Place, Brighton, Brighthelmstone, Sussex, England; : 60

    Notes:

    Godparents: Miss Owen, Mrs Hester D'Avenent 1748-1822, William Seward 1747 -1799. See also: http://www.thrale.com/cecilia_margaretta_thrale for more information

    Cecilia married John Meredith Mostyn on 8 Jun 1795 in Gretna Green, Dumfriesshire, Scotland. John (son of John Mostyn and Anna Maria Meredydd) was born in 1775 in Segrwyd, Denbighshire, Wales; died on 19 May 1807 in Bath, Somerset, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 22. John Salusbury Mostyn  Descendancy chart to this point died in 1827.
    2. 23. Henry Meredith Mostyn  Descendancy chart to this point was born about Dec 1799; died in 1840.
    3. 24. Thomas Arthur Bertie Mostyn  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 11 Jul 1801 in Clynnog, Caernarvonshire, Wales; died on 3 Oct 1876; was buried in Saint Leonards Church, Streatham, Surrey, England.

  13. 18.  Henrietta Sophia Thrale Descendancy chart to this point (2.Henry2, 1.Mary1) was born on 21 Jun 1778 in Streatham Park, Streatham, Surrey, England; died on 25 Apr 1783 in Streatham Park, Streatham, Surrey, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    Notes:

    See also: http://www.thrale.com/henrietta_sophia_thrale


  14. 19.  Frances Plumbe Descendancy chart to this point (3.Frances2, 1.Mary1) was born in 1758; died about 1792.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Frances Plumbe Rice

    Frances married John Rice in May 1773 in Holland. John and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  15. 20.  Baronet Sir John LadeBaronet Sir John Lade Descendancy chart to this point (4.Mary2, 1.Mary1) was born on 1 Aug 1759; died about 1838.

    Notes:

    John inherited the baronetcy at his birth on the following August 1 after the death of his father (Gent. Mag. xxix. 194; lxxii. 376). He was made the ward of his uncle Henry Thrale 1724-1781 and fulfilled Dr. Johnson's worst predictions, becoming one of the notorious rakes of the Prince of Wales's circle, going through his own fortune and his mother's, which he inherited in 1802, and landing in King's Bench prison in 1813, whence Lady Keith (Queeney Thrale) tried to rescue him by appealing, in vain, to his former patron, the Prince Regent. Bowood Papers. Johnson sent the verses to Mrs. Thrale on August 8. Both the covering note and the verses are now in the Huntington Library. The verses were first published entire in Mrs. Piozzi's British Synonymy (1794) but the fourth stanza appeared in her Anecdotes (p. 281).

    One of Henry Thrale?s sisters was Lady Mary Lade (1733-1802), who married Baronet Sir John Lade on 27 May 1756. They had a son, also called John who inherited his father?s fortune and Baronetcy. Sir John Lade the junior was made ward of Henry Thrale, but when freed of this he took Samuel Johnson's advice and became a notorious rake.

    See: http://www.thrale.com/sir_john_lade

    John married Lady Letitia Derby about 1787. Letitia died in 1825. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]



Generation: 4

  1. 21.  Honourable Georgina Augusta Henrietta Keith Descendancy chart to this point (6.Hester3, 2.Henry2, 1.Mary1) was born on 12 Dec 1809; died on 21 Sep 1892; was buried in Overton Kirkyard, Tulliallan, Fife, Scotland.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Godparent / sponsor: Duke of Clarence, Later King William IV (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_IV_of_the_United_Kingdom)
    • Godparent / sponsor: Prince of Wales, later King George IV (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_IV_of_the_United_Kingdom)
    • Census: 30 Mar 1851, Bolsover Castle, Bolsover, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England; Widdow Of The Late Augustus Villiers. Visitor to the household with mother.; : 38

    Notes:

    Georgina was the last direct descendant of Henry Thrale as she died childless.

    Family/Spouse: Lord William Godolphin Osborne. William was born in 1804; died on 28 Dec 1888. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Georgina married Honorable Augustus John Child Villiers (Jack) in 1831 in St George, Hanover Square, Middlesex, England. Augustus died on 24 May 1847 in St George, Hanover Square, Middlesex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 22.  John Salusbury Mostyn Descendancy chart to this point (17.Cecilia3, 2.Henry2, 1.Mary1) died in 1827.

  3. 23.  Henry Meredith Mostyn Descendancy chart to this point (17.Cecilia3, 2.Henry2, 1.Mary1) was born about Dec 1799; died in 1840.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: Royal Navy

    Family/Spouse: Susan Townshend. Susan and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 24.  Thomas Arthur Bertie Mostyn Descendancy chart to this point (17.Cecilia3, 2.Henry2, 1.Mary1) was born on 11 Jul 1801 in Clynnog, Caernarvonshire, Wales; died on 3 Oct 1876; was buried in Saint Leonards Church, Streatham, Surrey, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 6 Jun 1841, Sillwood Place, Brighton, Brighthelmstone, Sussex, England; : 35

    Notes:

    Bertie was a man of science interested in the latest inventions; and a writer. He wrote a play called "The Regent" in which he persuaded Mrs Siddons to take the leading part, but she miscarried on stage and the play was withdrawn. Bertie was 17th in a direct descent from King Edward 1.

    Name:
    Named after Bertie Greatheed, second son of Samuel Greatheed, Whig Member of Parliament for Coventry and Lady Mary Greatheed.