286 DESPENSER XV. 1788. 12. Thomas (Stapleton), Lord le Despenser, on the death s.p., of his cousin,(*) the only sister of the last Baron, 16 May 1788, became entitled to that dignity as heir gen. of the ist Lord, he being s. and h. of Sir Thomas Stapleton, 5th Bart. [1679], by Mary, da. of Henry Fane, of Wormsley, Oxon, which Sir Thomas was s. and h. of Sir William Stapleton, 4th Bart., by Catherine, da. and h. of William Paul, of Braywiclc, Berks, by Catherine, his wife, 2nd surv. da. of (whose issue in 1788 became sole h. to) Vere (Fane), 4th Earl of West- morland, loth Lord le Despenser abovenamed. He was b. 10 Nov. 1766; sue. his father as 5th Bart, i Jan. 1781. He was a Tory. He tn., 29 July 1 79 1, at St. Marylebone, Elizabeth, 2nd da. of Samuel Eliot, of Antigua, by Alice, da. of Col. William Byam, of Byams, in Antigua. He d. 3 Oct. 1 83 1, in London, aged 64, and was sue. in the Baronetcy by his yst. and only surv. s. and h. male, but in the Barony as under. Will pr. Mar. 1832. His widow d. 3 July 1848, aged 90, at Bath. Will pr. July 1848. [Thomas Stapleton, ist s. and h. ap., b. 24 Apr. 1792; ed. at Eton. He m., 2 Feb. 1 8 1 6, Maria Wynne, 2nd da. of Henry Bankes, of Kingston Hall, Dorset, by Frances, da. of William Woodley. She d. 15 Oct. 1823. He, who was or Grey's Court, Henley-on-Thames, and Mereworth Castle, Kent, d. v. p., i June 1829, aged 36.] XVL 1831. 13. Mary Francis Elizabeth, jKo_/Kr^ Baroness le Despenser, granddaughter and h., being only surv. da. and h. of the Hon. Thomas Stapleton, by Maria his wife, both above- mentioned. She was b. 24 Mar. 1822, and bap. at Rotherfield-Greys, Oxon. She w., 29 July 1845, at Mereworth, Kent, Evelyn Boscawen, who, on 29 May 1852, sue. as 6th Viscount Falmouth. He d. at Mere- worth Castle, 6 Nov. 1889, aged 70. She d. 20 Nov. 1 891, in St. James's Sq., Midx., aged 69. XVIL 1891. 14. Evelyn Edward Thomas (Boscawen), Viscount Falmouth [1720], Lord le Despenser [i264]() and Baron Boscawen [1720], s. and h., b. 24 July 1847; sue. his father, 6 Nov. 1889, in the Viscountcy of Falmouth, and sue. his mother, 20 Nov. 1891, in the ancient Barony of le Despenser. See Falmouth, Viscountcy, cr. 1720, under the 7th Viscount. Family Estates. — Those of the Baroness, in 1883, appear to have been 4,258 acres in Kent, worth some ;^6,ooo a year. Principal Residenee. — Mereworth Castle, near Maidstone, Kent. (*) See note " d " on preceding page. (•>) As to the writ on which this precedence is based, see Preface to vol. i. See also Appendix H in this volume. V.G.
