EAEDLEY— EATON. 231 E. EAEDLEY OF SPALDING. Barony [I.] Sin Sampson Eardley, formerly Gideon, Bart., of I 1789 Belvidere, co. Kent, and of Spalding, Co. Lincoln, only s. and h. of to ' Sampson Gideon, of Stepuey, Midx., stockbroker, a Portugese Jew of I ROd immense wealth, by Jane, da. of Charles Ermell, b. 1744 ; ed. at
- ' Tunbridge School ; was, by the influence of his father, a: a Baronet
(when but 15 years old) 21 May 1759 ; sue. his father 17 Oct. 1762, and having m. 6 Dec. 1766, Maria-Marowe, 1st da. of the Rt. Hon. Sir John-Eardley Wilmot, Ch. Justice of the Common Pleas (1766-71), by Sarah, da. of Thomas Kivett, of Derby, took, by Royal lie, July 1789, the name of Eardley^) in lieu of that of Gideon, and was (three months later) 24 Sep. 1789, cr. BARON EARDLEY OP SPALDING [I.] lie was sometime M.P. for Cambridgesliire, as also for Coventry, in which last election he expended a large sum of money. His wife d. 1 March 1794. He d. s.p.m.s.( b ) 25 Dec. 1824, aged SO, when all his honours became extinct. Will pr. Feb. 1S25. EARLSFORT OF LISSON EARL. i.e., " Earlsfort op Lisson Earl, co. Tipperary," Barony [I.] {Scott), cr. 1784. Sco " Clonhell " Viscountcy [I.], cr. 1789, and Earldom [I.], cr. 1793. EASTNOR OF EASTNOR CASTLE. i.e., "Eastnor of Eastnou Castle, co. Hereford," Viscountcy Sommers-Cocks), cr. 1821, with the Earldom of Sommers, which see; both ex. 1883. EASTON. See « Maynard of Estaines ad Turrim alias Little Easton, co. Essex," Barony {Maynard), cr. 1628 ; ex. 1775. See "Maynard of Mocii Easton, alias Easton ad Montem, co, Essex," Barony, and " Maynard op Easton Lodge, co. Essex " Viscountcy {Maynard) ; both cr. 28 Oct. 1766, and ex. 19 May 1865. EASTWELL. See " Fitz-Herbert of Eastwell, co. Kent," Barony (Finch), cr. 16G0 ; ex. 1729. EATON. See "Grosvenor of Eaton, co. Chester," Barony, (Grosvenor), cr. 1761. See " Chaworh of Eaton Hall, co. Hereford, Barony (Brabazori), cr. 1831. (") His wife was granddaughter of Robert Wilmot, by Elizabeth, da. and h. of Edward Eardley. of Eardley, co. Stafford, but inasmuch as she had a brother John Wilmot, afterwards Eardley- Wilmot, of Borkswell, co. Warwick (whose son Sir John- Eardley Etirdley-WUmot was cr. a Bart. 1S21) she in no way represented the Eardley family. ( b ) Both his sons were in the army ; the eldest, Sampson, b. 1770, d. 1824 ; the youngest, William (a Lieut. Col.), rf. 1806. Of his three daughters and coheirs (1) Maria-Marowe m. Lord Say and Sele (2) Charlotte-Elizabeth, m. Sir Culling Smith, Bart., and (3) Selina, m. John Walbauke Clulders,
