he took for himself and his issue the name of Verney in lieu of that of Barnard, with authority to sign that name before his title of peerage. He m. 25 Oct. 1842, at Sandhurst, Georgiana Jane, 8d da. of Major Gen. Thomas William Taylor, C.B., of Ogwell, co. Devon, by Anne Harvey, da. of John PETRIE, of Gatton, co. Surrey. He d. suddenly 5 June 1862 in Grosvenor street, aged 52. His widow d. 7 March 1889, at Lighthurue Rectory, aged 65,
XVIII. 1862.
18. Henry (Verney, born Barnard), Lord Willoughby de Broke, 1st s. and h., b. at Kineton, co. Warwick, 14 May and bap. 13 July 1844; received (with his father) royal lic. 17 May 1853 to take the name of Verney in lieu of that of Barnard; ed. at Eton; suc. to the peerage 5 June 1862; mat. at Oxford (Ch. Ch.) 17 Oct. 1862; Hon. Col. Warwickshire Yeomanry, 1898 Hem. 17 Oct. 1867, at Great Budworth, Cheshire, Geraldine, 1st da. of James Hugh Smith Barry, of Marbury Hall, in that county, and Foaty island, co. Cork, by Eliza, da. of Shaloross JACSON, of Newton Bank, Cheshire. She d. 21 Dec. 1894, after a long illness, at Kineton House afsd. 21 Dec. 1894, aged 47, and
was bur. at Compton Verney.
Family Estates.—These, in 1888, consisted of 12,621 acres in Warwickshire; 2,980 in Lincolnshire; 929 in Northamptonshire; 588 in Somerset; 555 in Staffordshire; 896 in Anglesey, and 126 in Leicestershire. Total, 18,145 acres, worth £23,915 a year.
Principal Seat.—Compton Verney, near Stratford upon Avon, co. Warwick.
WILLOUGHBY DE ERESBY.
See "Willoughby," Barony (Willoughby), cr. 1313, the 3d Baron and his suocessors being sum. in 1850 as "Willoughby de Eresby."
WILLOUGHBY OF PARHAM.
Barony.
I. 1547.
1. Sir William Willoughby of Parham, co. Suffolk, was a. and h. of Sir Christopher Willoughby, of the same, by Elizabeth, da, (whose issue became eventually coheir) to Sir Gilbert Talboys, of Kyme, co. Lincoln, which Christopher was next br.[1] to William, LORD WILLOUGHBY DE ERESBY, who inherited that Barony in 1505. He was b. about 1515; distinguished himself in the wars of Houry VIII, was knighted and was one of the batch of Peers(b) made on the accession of Edward VI., being or. 20 Feb. 1546/7, BARON WILLOUGHBY OF PARHAM, co. Suffolk. He was Lieut. Gov. of Calais 1550-58; was one of the 26 Peers(c) who, in 1558, signed the letters patent of Ed. VI. whereby the Crown was settled on Lady Jane Grey. He m. firstly, about 1535, Elizabeth, da. and h. of Sir Thomas HENRAGE, of Hainton and Knaith, co. Lincoln, Chief Gent. of the Privy Chamber, by Katharine, da. of Sir John SKIPWITH, of Ormesby, co. Lincoln. He m. secondly, in or after 1553, Margaret, Dow. VISCOUNTESS HEREFORD, da of Robert GARNEYS, of Kenton, co. Suffolk, by Anne, da. of Thomas BACON, of Baconthorpe, co. Norfolk. He d. Aug. 1574 and was bur. at Parham. Will dat. at Doncaster 10 Dec. 1569, pr. Aug. 1574. His widow, by whom he had no issue, directs in her will, dat. 13 Feb. 1598/4, pr. 28 Jan. 1599/600, that she should be bur. with him at Parham.
II. 1574.
2. Charles (Willoughby), Baron Willoughby of Parham, only s. and h. by first wife; matric. as a pensioner of Mag. Coll. Cambridge, May 1551, being then under 14; suc. to the peerage in Aug. 1574. He m. Margaret, da. of Edward (CLINTON), 1st EARL OF LINCOLN, by his first wife Elizabeth (sometime mistress of Henry VIII), Dow. BARONESS TALBOYS, da. of Sir John BLOUNT, of Kinlet, Salop. He d. in 1608.[2]
- r3=p154_b See vol. iv, p. 228, note "b," sub "Hertford," as to these Peers. *r2=p154_c See vol. iii, p. 70, note "f" sub "Derby for their names.
