G | Sir Thomas Middleton, Knt., of Stanstead Mountfichet, baptized 21 April 1654 at St. Antholin's, London; M.P. for Harwich 1679, 1681, 1688, 1690, 1695, and 1698; High Sheriff of Essex 10 Charles II.; knighted at Whitehall 14 December 1675; died 11 June 1702; buried 14 June following at Stanstead Mountfichet. Will dated 16 July 1694; proved 30 July 1702 by son Thomas. Thomas Middleton Thomas Middleton of Stanstead Mountfichet, The Hon. Elizabeth, born 1676; baptized at St. Giles-in-the-Fields | da. of the Right Hon. 12 September 1676; married at Hammersmith Sir Richard Onslow 14 July 1696; M.P. for the county of Essex of East Clandon, Surin the second, third, fourth, and fifth Parlia- rey, 1st Baron Onslow ments of Queen Anne; died 29 April 1715 at (so created 25 June the Vicarage House, Stanstead Mountfichet; 1716), sometime Speaker of the House buried at Stanstead Mountfichet 7 May 1715. of Commons, Chancel1st husband. lor of the Exchequer, and a Lord of the Treasury, by Elizabeth, da. of Sir Henry Tulse, Knt., Lord Mayor of London; marriage licence 13 July 1696, she aged 19, Thomas Middleton aged 20; she died 15 January 1742. Tho: Middletoy = Mary, only da. and heir of Sir Stephen Langham of Quinton, Northants, by Mary, da. of Derrick Hoste, Esq.; widow of Thomas Style, Esq., eldest son and heir of Sir Thomas Style, Bart., of Wateringbury, Kent, by Elizabeth, da. of Sir William Armine, Bart.; buried 27 December 1686. Bromefeild Middleton, born 29 May 1659; baptized 7 June following at Stanstead Mountfichet; died young. Samuel Baldwin of London, died at Lymington, Hants, 12 May 1736. Will 22 March 1735; Codicil 7 April 1736; proved 26 May 1736 by Francis Ayscough, D.D. In this the words are, "My will is that after my decease that my Body shall be put into a Leaden coffin and Buried in some of the deepest sands of the Sea near adjacent without any Ceremony." "He ordered his corpse to be buried in the sea amongst the Rocks called the Needles, at the West End of the Isle of Wight; the Body being put into a leaden Coffin, was conveyed in a large Boat to the place appointed, attended by a Clergyman to read the Funeral Service; but to the Surprize of the Spectators, when the Corpse was put into the Sea, it would not sink, which occasioned various conjectures among the superstitious; but several Holes being bored in the Coffin, to let in the Water, it sunk." ('Gent. Mag.,' 1736, p. 293.) 2nd husband. H I The Hon. Mary Molesworth, posthumous and only=Frederick Gore, Esq., M.P.; Provost-General of child, married 1751; died s.p. September 1761. vived her husband. от толетожн Diana Mid-Sir Thomas Trollope, dleton, sur- 4th Bart., of Casewick, Lincolnshire; died 7 October 1784, in his 93rd year, at Casewick. Will dated 20 June 1779; Codicil 18 April 1781; proved 3 November 1784. TROLLOPE of Casewick, of whom the Ireland; remarried, 27 October 1762, to Mary, da. of Sir Ralph Gore, Bart., by Elizabeth, da. of St. George Ashe, Bishop of Clogher, and sister of Ralph Gore, 1st Earl of Ross, who also died s.p. Williams Conyngham, died aged 14. Williamina Conyngham, born 1732; died young. cousin; one Anne Middleton, married 1730 ;Denzill Onslow of Drungswick, Sussex, her of the Commissioners of the Salt Excise; died 15 No- Annonslow Den en zill Onslows Middleton Onslow,T. 1769. . da. of Trevor Borrett, Esq. (son of John Borrett, Esq., of Preston in Sophia, da. of Sir Stephen Middleton Onslow. William Onslow. K Stephen Middleton of Quinton, co. Northampton, and Stephen Middleton Stephen Wren, M.D., born 1724; published "The Parentalia' in 1750. Sir Roger Burgoyne, 4th Bart.,Constance Middleton,Christopher Wren, Esq., Architect, son of the celebrated of Sutton, Bedfordshire, and born 28 December Architect, Sir Christopher Wren; born 16 February Wroxall, Warwick; marriage 1682; baptized fol- 1675; M.P. for Windsor 1712 and 1714. Constance allegation 21 June 1703, when lowing day at Stan- was his second wife. He was of Wroxall, Warwick, and he was aged 22 and she 20. stead Mountfichet; Author of The Parentalia'; died 24 Aug. 1747; buried Will dated 2 November 1710; died 23 April 1734. in Wroxall Abbey. Will dated 10 February 1745; proved proved 29 March 1716. 1st 31 August 1747 by his son Stephen. 2nd husband. husband. . Constance Pigott, legatee of Sir Roger Burgoyne 19 February 1755. Thomas Middleton, PEDIGREE. (See page 221.) Sir Hugh Middleton, 6th son, of London and Bush Hill Elizabeth Olmstead. 2nd wife. Hugh Middleton, baptized 20 September John Middleton, called of Beddington, Elizabeth Middleton, Sir William Middleton, 2nd Bart. of this creation,Eleanor, da. of Sir Giles Grene, married Margaret, Jane Grene, only child and heir, Rev. Richard Ellacombe of Balliol College, Oxon, owner in right of died 1786. his wife of four New River Shares; died 1778. A Hence ELLACOMBE Family (1895). B |