Six north country diaries - The MAN & Other Families

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Hartsfield, Scotland, formerly of Brandon White-hou.se, to Miss Carr,
daughter of Thomas Carr, of Eshott, esq.^
1787. May 17. Married at Lesbury, Mr. David Baird to Mrs.
Stokoe, sister to Mr. William Anderson, of Bilton.^
1787. May. Promotions'^^ : —Sir Lloyd Kenion, knt.. Master of
the Rolls, appointed Lord Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench
vice Earl Mansfield, by the title of Lord Gredington. This contradicts
the report circulated in December, 1786.
(2) Eichard Pepper Arden, esq., appointed Master of the Rolls.
(3) Arch. Macdonald, esq., appointed Attorney General.
(4) John Parry, esq., appointed Chief Justice of Chester both in
the i-oom of R. P. Arden, esq.
(5) Edw. Bearcroft, esq.. Solicitor General.
(6) Mr. Justice Buller appointed Chancellor of Ireland and to be
created a peer of the kingdom in the room of Lord Lifford, who
retires with a pension of 2,0007.^''
(7) George Lewis Newnham, esq. (brother to the Alderman),
appointed Judge of the Court of King's Bench in the room of Mr.
Justice Buller.
1787. May. Married at London, Captain Mitchel, of the 49th
regiment of foot, to Miss CollingAvood, eldest daughter of Alexander
Collingwood, of Unthank, esq.'''
1787. May 22. Died at Alnwick, Mrs. Younghusband, widow of
the late Samuel Younghusband, esq.*^
1787. May 24. Mr. Robert Richardson^ amoved from the office of
^ Mr. Major Dickinson, tenant of Brandon White-house, married at Wooler,
2 March, 1745, Ann Sibbitt, and had with other issue, George Dickinson,
baptized at Eglingham, 11 August, 1754, who farmed at or near Nenthorn, N.B.
As mentioned in the text, he married at Felton, 5 May, 1787, Rebecca, daughter
of Mr. Thomas Carr of Eshot, and had issue at least six sons.
" Mr. David Baird was baptized at Warkworth 27 Nov., 1752, being the third
son of Robert Baird of that place, by Sarah Orwin his wife. He died on Jan. 7,
1831, having survived the only child of his marriage. His will is dated 20 Dec,
1830, was proved at Durham 11 Feb., 1831, when the personal estate was sworn
imder £18,000. The testator also possessed three burgages in Dial-hill,
Warkworth.
**"
The statements as to promotions are withdrawn on p. 296, and rectified
on p. 301, post.
'
The corresponding notice in the marriage announcements of the Gentleman'x
Magaune of 1787, p. 452, describes the bridegroom as Charles Michell,
esq., of For(s)ett, co. York, captain in the 43rd [sic) regiment. He and his wife
sold her purparty of her late father's estates to their brother-in-law, John
Tarleton. Cf. pedigree of Michell of Forsett, Harrison, Yorkshire, p. 464.
"
She was Mary Story, second wife of Mr. Samuel Younghusband of Tuggal,
who died in September, 1784. The Neircasf/e Conranf of 2 June, 1787, states
that she was 58 years of age. Cf. pedigree of Younghusband of Budle, new
History of Northiimlierland, vol. i. p. 189.
" Mr. Robert Richardson, second son of Robert Richardson, senior, of
Alnwick, attorney, by his wife Margaret Scott, was baptized at Alnwick on the
17th September, 1746. He acted as clerk to the corporation of Alnwick during
the Ten Years Conflict with the lord of the manor respecting the improvement
of the town's moor and the constitution of the Corporation. Cf. Tate, Alnwick,.
vol. ii. p. 302.