The Aristocracy of London: Part I: Kensington / Titled, Untitled, Professional, & Commercial

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PRINCE’S GATE

1. BOYLE, Hon. and Rev. Richard Cavendish Townshend,

S. of 8th Earl of Cork and Orrery; b. 1812; m. in 1845, dau. of Alex. Gordon, Esq., of Ellon. B.A., Chr. Coll., Oxf. 1833; M.A., 1834; deacon, 1835; priest, 1836; rector of Marston, 1836; chaplain in ordinary to the Queen, 1847 (Marston Rectory, Frome, Somerset).

2. GORE, Langton William Henry, M.P.

S. of late Col. William Gore Langton, of Newton-park, M.P. for East Somerset, by his 2nd wife, dau. of John Browne, Esq., of Salperton. B. in London in 1812; m. 1824, dau. of John Lewis, Esq. Educ. at Harrow and at Magdalen Coll., Oxford. J.P. and dep.-lieut. for Somerset; Mayor for Bristol in 1852; director of Bristol and South Wales Union Railway; M.P. (liberal) for Bristol since 1852 (Reform Club; Clifton-court, Bristol).

4. FALKLAND, 9th Viscount (Cary),

Son of 8th Viscount, Capt. Royal Navy. B. 1803; suc. his father, 1809; m. 1st, 1830, sister of 1st Earl of Minister; 2nd, 1859, Dowager Duchess of St. Albans. Lord of the bed-chamber, 1830; representative peer for Scotland, 1831; G.C.H. 1831; P. C. 1837; Captain of Yeoman of the guard, 1846–8; governor of Bombay, 1848–53. J.P. and dep.-lieut. Yorksh. N. R.; liberal (Boodle’s; Scutterskelfe, Yarme, Yorkshire).

4. ST. ALBANS, Elizabeth Catherine, Dowager Duchess of,

Dau. of Gen. Joseph Gubbins, of Stoneham, Hants, and Kilrush, co. Limerick. M. 1st, 1839, 9th Duke of St. Albans, by whom she became mother of the present duke; and 2nd, Viscount Falkland (see preceding).

5. PORTMAN, 1st Baron (Portman),

S. of E. B. Portman, Esq., of Bryanston and Orchard Portman. B. 1799; m. 1827, 3rd dau. of 2nd and aunt of present Earl of Harewood. B.A., Ch. Coll., Oxf., 1821; M.A. 1826; M.P. for Dorset, 1823–82; for Marylebone, 1832–3. Created Baron Portman, 1837; Lord-lieut. Somerset; dep.-lieut. and Chairman of Quarter sessions for Dorsetshire. J.P. for Middlesex, Somersetsh., and Dorsetshire. Member of council for Duchy of Lancaster, 1847. Trustee of the United University Club (United University Club; Bryanston, Blandford, co. Dorset; Orchard Portman, Taunton, co. Somerset).

6. COOKES, George, Capt., unattached,

Ent. army, 1837; Lieut., 1842; Captain, 1850. Since then on half-pay. Served with 3rd Light Dragoons in Sutlej campaign of 1845–6. Present at the battles of Moodkee, Ferozeshah, and Sobraon. Medal with two clasps (Army and Navy Club).

7. HOWARD, Frederick, John,

Eld. s. of Hon. F. Howard, Major of Hussars, who was killed at Waterloo; grandson of 5th, nephew of 6th, and 1st cousin of present Earl of Carlisle. B. 1814; m. 1837, sister of present Duke of Devonshire, and has 5 sons and 3 daus. Attaché to H.M. embassy at Paris, 1831–9. M.P. for Youghal, 1837–41. Private secretary to Earl of Carlisle when chief commissioner of woods and forests, 1847–50; and when Lord-lieut. of Ireland, 1855–58 (Brooke’s and Travellers’ Clubs).

9. ELY, Dowager Marchioness of,

Dau. of late Jas. Joseph Hope Vere, Esq., and niece of 8th Marquis of Tweeddale. M. 1844, 3rd Marquis of Ely, who died 1857. Mother of present Marquis (Ely Lodge, Fermanagh; Loftus Hall, Wexford).

10. CRAUFURD, James Robertson, Major-General, F.R.G.S.

Ent. army, 1821; Lieut., 1822; Captain, 1826; Lieut.-Col., 1837; Colonel, 1851; Major-Gen., 1856. Has commanded a brigade at Shorncliffe. App. Inspect.-Gen. of Foot Guards, 1861 (Travellers’ and United Service Clubs; Sunning Hill, Chertsey).

11. ALFORD, Lady Marian Margaret,

Eld. dau. of 2nd, and sister of present Marquis of Northampton. M. 1841, John Hume Egerton, Viscount Alford, M.P., (who died in 1851) by whom she had a son, the present Earl of Brownlow (Belton House, near Grantham, Lincolnsh.; Ashbridge, near Berkhampstead).

Kingston House. ROTHSCHILD, Baron Lionel Nathan De, M.P.

Eld. s. of late Baron Nathan Meyer De Rothschild, by dau. of Levi Barent Cohen, Esq., merchant, of London; b. 1808, in London; brother of Sir Anthony Rothschild, Bart.; and of Baron Meyer De Rothschild, M.P. for Hythe. M. 1836, his cousin Charlotte, dau. of Baron Charles de Rothschild, of Naples. Baron of Austrian empire; head of firm of N. M. Rothschild and Sons, of St. Swithin’s-lane, the great loan-contractors and money-brokers. M.P. (liberal) for London since 1847, but only took his seat in House of Commons in 1858. J.P. for Middlesex; Dep.-Lieut. for London. Direct. of Northern of France Railway; Alliance Life and Fire Assurance Company; and Alliance Marine Insurance Company (Brooke’s and Reform Clubs; Gunnersbury-park, Acton, Middlesex).

13. MORGAN, Junius S. Esq., F.R.G.S.

Merchant of the firm of Geo. Peabody, and Co. (22, Old Broad-street).

14. SCHENLEY, Edward Wyndham Harrington, Esq.

2nd s. of the late Major Schenley, R.A.; b. 1799; m. 1st, 1833, youngest dau. of late Sir W. T. Pole, Bart., D.C.L. of Shute House, Devon; 2nd, Mary Elizabeth Croghen, of Pitsburgh, Pensylvania. Educ. at R. M. College, Marlow; served in the 95th regiment in Peninsula, and severely wounded, as lieutenant, at Waterloo. App. vice consol at Guatemala, 1825; consul at Puerto Cabello 1828; arbitrator at Havana to British and Spanish Court of Justice for abolition of Slave Trade, 1835; and commissioner of arbitration to Mixed British and Netherlands Court of Commission at Surinam, for the same purpose, 1841; granted superannuation allowance on abolition of latter office in 1849; M.P. for Dartmouth, May to July 1859; director of United Kingdom Telegraph Company (Arthur’s and Boodle’s Clubs).

15. RAY, Edmund Barker, Esq.

(Conservative Club).

16. EATON, Henry William, Esq.

Silk broker (33, Old Broad-street, E.C.)

18. HIBBERT, William Tetlow, Esq.

Director of Colonial Bank, and of the Royal Exchange Assur. Corporation (Union Club; Hare Hill, Alderley, Cheshire).

19. TRAFFORD SOUTHWELL, Miss (Margaret Elizabeth),

Eld. dau. of late Sigismund Trafford, Esq., of Norwich, and of Wroxham Hall, co. Norfolk, by Margaret, eld. dau., and co-heir of James Crowe, Esq., of Norwich. Assumed additional surname of Southwell in 1849, in compliance with the testamentary injunction of her aunt, Mrs. Jane Baker, of Portland-place, and of Orsett Hall, Essex.

20. ALDRIDGE, John, Esq.

M.A. Christ Church, Oxford, 1826; c. to the bar, Middle Temple, 1830. Western Circuit (Oxford and Cambridge Club; Inner Temple Hall Staircase; Inholmes, Hungerford).

21. CRESSWELL, The Rt. Hon. Sir Cresswell,

4th son of Francis Easterby, Esq., of Blackheath, who assumed the name of Cresswell, instead of his patronymic, having married Frances Dorothea, co-heir of John Cresswell, Esq., of Cresswell, co. Northumberland. B. 1794; B.A. Emmanuel Coll. Cambridge, 1814; M.A. 1818; c. to the bar, Middle Temple, 1819; King’s Council 1834; M.P. (Conservative) for Liverpool, 1837–42; led northern circuit for many years; app. a judge of Court of Common Pleas, and knighted, 1842; privy councillor, and first Judge of New Court of Probate and Divorce, 1858 (Athenæum and United University Clubs; Doctors’-commons).

23. BARING, Hon. Louisa,
BARING, Hon. Lydia Emily,

3rd and 4th daus. of first Lord Ashburton, for some time president of Board of Trade, and Master of the Mint, by Annie Louisa, eld. dau. of the Hon. William Bingham, senator of United States. Sisters of present Lord Ashburton, and of Dowager Marchioness of Bath (West Hill, near Tichfield, Hants).

24. HUBBARD, John Gellibrand, Esq., M.P., F.R.G.S.

Eld. s. of late John Hubbard, Esq. of Stratford Grove, Essex, by Marianna, dau. of John Morgan, Esq.; b. 1805; m. 1837, Hon. Maria Margaret Napier, sister of the present Lord Napier, H.M. minister at the Hague. Head of the eminent firm of John Hubbard and Co. Russia merchants, of Birchin-lane; a director (formerly governor) of Bank of England; director of Guardian Assurance Company; M.P. (conservative) for Buckingham, since 1859; chairman of “Public Works,” and “Exchequer Loan” committees; J.P. for Buckinghamshire; dep.-lieut. for London. Author of numerous able pamphlets on finance and commerce (Athenæum Club; 19, Birchin-lane, E.C.; Addington Manor, Winslow, Bucks).

25. GURNEY, Samuel, Esq., M.P., F.R.G.S.

2nd s. of late Samuel Gurney, Esq. of Upton, Essex, by Elisabeth, dau. of James Sheppard, Esq.; b. 1816; first cousin of John Henry Gurney, Esq., M.P. for Lynn Regis; m. 1837, Ellen, dau. of Wm. Reynolds, Esq. of Carshalton, Surrey. Partner in firm of Overend, Gurney, and Co., bankers and money-dealers. M.P. (liberal) for Penryn and Falmouth since 1857. J.P. for Surrey; director of Atlantic, Mediterranean Extension, and Submarine Telegraph Companies (Reform and City Clubs; Lombard-street; Carshalton, Surrey).

27. HOGHTON, Sir Henry Bold, Bart.

S. of late Sir Henry Philip Hoghton, Bart., by Susannah, only dau. and heir of Peter Brooke, Esq., of Astley Hall, and widow of T. T. Parker, Esq. B. 1799. Suc. his father as 8th bart. 1835; m. 1st, 1820, Dorothea, dau. and heiress of late Peter Patten Bold, Esq., of Bold, Lancashire; 2ndly, 1847, Harriet Sarah, dau. of J. Smith, Esq. of Norwich. J.P. and dep.-lieut. for Lancashire; high sheriff, 1829. Formerly lieut.-col. of Lancashire Militia; which post he resigned in 1842 (Carlton and Conservative Clubs; Hoghton Tower, near Blackburn, Lancashire).

28. GROSVENOR, Earl, (Grosvenor), M.P.

Eld. s. of present Marquis of Westminster, K.G., by youngest dau. of 1st Duke of Sutherland, K.G. B. 1825, at Eaton Hall, Chester; m. 1852, his cousin, Lady Constance Gertrude, 5th dau. of 2nd and sister of present Duke of Sutherland, and has three sons and two daus.; Capt. Cheshire Yeomanry Cavalry, 1847; Lieut.-Col. Queen’s Westminster Rifles, 1860; lieut.-col.-commandant of same corps, 1801. M.P. (liberal) for Chester since 1847. J.P. for Cheshire and Chester (Brooke’s, White’s, and Travellers’ Clubs; Calveley Hall, Cheshire).

29. BLACKBURN, Joshua, Esq.

(Reform Club; Brockwell, Dulwich, Surrey).

30. DUCIE, 3rd Earl of, (Moreton) F.R.S. F.R.G.S.,

Eld. s. of 2nd Earl, by Elizabeth, eld. dau. of 2nd Lord Sherborne. B. 1827; m. 1849, Julia, dau. of James Haughton Langston, Esq., M.P., of Sarsden House, co. Oxford; M.P. (liberal) for Stroud, 1852–3; then called to Upper House by death of his father. Dep.-lieut. of Gloucestershire, 1851; Lord-lieut. and custos-robulorum of same county, 1857; capt. of the Yeomen of the Guard, 1859; (Brooke’s and Travellers’ Clubs, Totworth-court, Wootton-under-edge, and Spring Park, county Glo’ster).

31. BEVAN, Robert Cooper Lee, Esq.

Eld. s. of late Daniel Bevan, Esq. of Belmont, Herts, and Fosbury House, Berks, by Favell Bourke, dau. of Robert Cooper Lee, Esq. of Bedford-square. B. at Walthamstow, Essex, 1809; m. 1st, 1836, Lady Agneta Elizabeth Yorke, sister of present Earl of Hardwicke; and 2ndly, 1849, Emma Frances, eld. dau. of Right Rev. Dr. Shuttleworth, late Bishop of Chichester. Has six children by 1st, and three by 2nd marriage. Educ. at Harrow, and Trinity College, Oxford. Banker, of firm of Barclay, Bevan, Tritton, and Co. (Union and National Clubs; 54, Lombard-street, E.C.; Trent Park, East Barnet; Fosbury House, Hungerford, Berkshire).

33. SOMERS, 3rd Earl of, (Somers-Cocks) F.R.G.S.

Eld, s. of 2nd Earl (who died 1852), by youngest dau. of 3d Earl of Hardwicke, K.G. B. 1819; m. 1850, Virginia, dau. of late James Pattle, Esq. Bengal Civil Service. B.A. Christ Church, Oxford, 1840; M.P. (Conservative) for Reigate, 1841–7; Lord in Waiting to the Queen, 1853–7; J.P. and dep.-lieut. for Herefordshire and Surrey; Capt. 3rd Herefordshire Volunteers, 1860 (Carlton and Travellers’ Clubs; Eastnor Castle, Ledbury, Herefordshire; Priory, Reigate).

34. RAWDON, John Dawson, Lieut.-General,

S. of late John Rawson, Esq. B. 1804; m. 1828, Anne Elizabeth Emily, dau. of John Whaley, Esq., of Whaley Abbey, co. Wicklow, widow of the 2nd, and mother of the present Lord Cremorne. Educ. at Eton; entered the army, 1822; lieut. 1823; capt. 1826; lieut. col. 1833; col. 1846; major-general, 1854; lieut.-gen. 1861. Served in Coldstream Guards. M.P. (liberal) for Armagh city, 1840–52. J.P. Devonshire and Monaghan (Athenæum Club; Lynmouth, North Devon; Dartrey, Rockcorry, co. Monaghan).

35. COSBY, Mrs. Sydney,

Elder dau. and co-heir of Robert Ashworth, Esq.; m. in 1834, Sydney, 3rd son of Thomas Cosby, Esq., of Stradbally Hall, Governor of Queen’s co. in Ireland. Left a widow, with one son and two daus. 1840.

36. RAM, Stephen, Esq.

Eld. s. of late Abel Ram, Esq. (who died in 1832), by Eleanor Sarah, dau. of Jerome Knapp, Esq. B. 1818; m. 1839, Mary Christian, dau. of James A. Casamayor, Esq. Educ. at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford. J.P. and dep.-lieut. co. Wexford (high sheriff 1840); Fellow of Archæological Society. Has a son, Stephen James, an ensign and lieut. Scots Fusilier Guards (Carlton Club; Ramsfort, Gorey, co. Wexford; Portswood Lodge, Southampton).

37. WARDLAW, John, Esq.

S. of late Lieut.-Gen. Wardlaw, col. of H.M. 55 foot, by Anne, youngest dau. of 1st Viscount Lake, G.C.B. B. 1826; m. 1854, Lady Horatia Elizabeth, 2nd dau. of 6th Earl Waldegrave, and relict of Captain John Joseph Webbe Weston. Educ. at Winchester, and R.M. Academy. Entered Indian Army, 1845; served at battle of Moodkee and Ferozeshah, and was severely wounded. Retired 1851. J.P. and dep.-lieut. for Essex, and one of H.M. Body Guard of Scottish Archers. Was Exon. of Royal Body Guard of Yeomen of the Guard, 1852–5, and Captain King’s Own Light Infantry Militia (Carlton and Junior United Service Clubs).

38. BOYLE, Alexander, Capt. R.N.

2nd s. of late Right Hon. David Boyle, of Shewalton, co. Ayr, for many years Lord Justice Clerk, and Lord President of the Court of Session in Scotland, by Elizabeth Montgomery, niece of 12th Earl of Eglinton. B. 1810; m. 1844, Agnes, dau. of James Walker, Esq. of Great George-street, Westminster, the eminent engineer. Entered R.N. College in 1823; prom. to lieutenant, 1830; commander, 1842; and Captain, 1857. Commanded “Thunderbolt” at Cape of Good Hope, 1845–7. Director of the Furness Railway (United Service Club).

39. BATH, Marchioness Dowager of,

2nd dau. of 1st Lord Ashburton, for some time President of Board of Trade, and Master of the Mint (See No. 23, Prince’s Gate). Sister of present peer; m. in 1830, 3rd Marquis of Bath, who died 1837. Mother of present Marquis (Muntham Court, Worthing, Sussex).

40. BOWDEN, Henry, Esq.

(Athenæum Club).

41. SAUMAREZ, Hon. John St. Vincent, Colonel,

2nd surviving s. of Admiral Lord de Saumarez, G.C.B.; brother and heir presumptive of present peer; b. 1806, at Guernsey; m. 1st., Caroline Esther, eld. dau. of W. Rhodes, Esq. of Kirskill and Bramhope, in Yorkshire; and 2ndly, 1850, Margaret Antoinette, 4th dau. of the late W. R. H. Northey, Esq., of Oving House, Bucks. Has, with other issue, one dau., m. to Lord Boston, and another dau., m. to only s. of Lord Boston, by a former marriage. Served with 16th Dragoons; attained rank of Colonel, 1854; retired 1855 (United Service Club, Junior United Service Club).

42. PICKERING, Arthur Proctor, Esq.

Solicitor of firm of Tompson, Pickering, and Styan (4, Stone Buildings, Lincoln’s Inn, W.C.)

PICKERING, William Percival, Esq.

Stock and share broker, of firm of Surgey and Pickering (12, Old Broad-street, E.C.)

43. CAMPBELL, Alexander H., Esq.

A Director of Mercantile Fire Insurance Company.

44. HAY, Robert, Esq.

Eld. surviving s. of present Sir Adam Hay, Bart., of Haystown, co. Peebles, by Henrietta Callender, eldest dau. of late W. Grant, Esq., of Congalton, co. Haddington. B. in Edinburgh, 1825; m. Miss Duncan, and has 3 sons. Capt. of Peebleshire Volunteers (Carlton Club; Hay Lodge, Peebles).

45. DAVIES, Rev. William Trevelyan Kevill,

J.P. and Dep. Lieut. co. Hereford (Croft Castle, Leominster).

46. GORDON, Mrs. (Harriet Madden)

3rd dau. of the late General Sir W. Hutchinson, K.C.H., Governor of Carrickfergus Castle, and Col. of the 75th regiment; m. Thomas, 2nd surviving s. of the late Lieut. Gen. Gordon, of Pitburg Dyce, Aberdeenshire. Has one child (Alice Isabel Lucas).

PRINCE’S GARDENS.

1. LANCASTER, Benjamin, Esq.

A magistrate for the co. of Berks (Sunning Hill, Chertsey).

2. BOOTH, James, Esq.

A member of Lincoln’s-inn; c. to the bar, 1824. Secretary to the Board of Trade (Athenæum Club, and Whitehall, S.W.)

3. BYLES, The Hon. Sir John Barnard,

Eld. s. of the late John Byles, Esq., of Stowmarket, Suffolk, by Mary, only dau. of W. Barnard, Esq., of Holts, Essex. B. at Stowmarket, 1801; m. 1st, 1828, the 2nd dau. of J. Foster, Esq., of Biggleswade, Bedford (she died 1829); 2nd, 1836, Emma, 2nd dau. of J. Wedd, Esq., of Royston, Herts; has issue by second marriage, two sons (Walter Barnard, b. 1840, and Maurice Barnard, b. 1841). C. to the bar (Inner Temple), 1831; attended the Norfolk Circuit. Recorder of Buckingham, 1840; sergeant-at-law, 1843; patent of precedence, 1846; Queen’s sergeant, 1857; a judge of Her Majesty’s Court of Common Pleas (knighted), 1858; has written on Bills of Exchange &c. (Union Club, Harefield, near Uxbridge).

4. GIFFARD, George Markham, Esq.

A member of the Inner Temple; c. to the bar, 1840; Queen’s counsel, 1858 (2, Stone-buildings, Lincoln’s-inn, W.C.)

5. HAWARDEN, 4th Viscount (Maude),

Irish Peer. B. 1817; m. 1845, dau. of the late Admiral the Hon. Charles Fleeming. Suc. his father, 1856. Has issue, 1 son and 6 daus. Captain 2nd Life Guards, 1849; retired 1853. Lieut.-Col. of the North Tipperary Militia (Carlton Club, Dundrum, Tipperary).

6. FITZROY, The Right Hon. Lord Charles,

Brother of the present duke of Grafton. B. 1791; m. 1825, dau. of the 1st Earl of Burlington. Formerly in the army; served at Corunna, the Walcheren Expedition, Badajoz, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, Toulouse, Waterloo; has war medal, with 8 clasps. Retired from the army with rank of Lieut.-Col. 1819. M.P. (liberal) for Thetford, 1818–31, Bury St. Edmunds, 1832–47; a privy councillor, 1835; vice-chamberlain to the Household, 1835–39 (United Service Club).

7. ARTHUR, Lieut.-Col. Sir Frederick Leopold,

2nd Bart. S. of Lieut.-Gen. the Right Hon. Sir George Arthur, 1st Bart. B. in the West Indies, Dec. 1816. Suc. his father, 1854; m. 1856, Lady Elizabeth, d. of 10th Earl of Kinnoul. Ent. the army, 1833; promoted to present rank, 1857. Served formerly with the 4th Foot, and as military secretary to his father, when Governor of Bombay, 1842–6. Has been on half-pay since 1850 (Carlton and United Service Clubs).

9. PONSONBY, Hon. Ashley George John, M.P.

Brother of the present Lord de Mauley, and grandson maternally of the 5th Earl of Shaftesbury. B. in St. James’s Square, 1831; m. 1857, 2nd dau. of Lord Henry Gordon; has one s., b. 1859. Educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge; joined the Grenadier Guards, 1850; lieut. and capt. 1854; served in the Crimea; M.P. for Cirencester 1852–57; re-elected 1859. A liberal; a magistrate and dep.-lieut. for Gloucestershire (Brooke’s, Travellers’, and Army and Navy Clubs; Hatherod Castle, Fairford, Gloucestersh.)

10. BLACKBURN, Hon. Sir Colin,

2nd s. of John Blackburn, Esq. of Killearn, Stirlingshire. B. 1813; an M.A. of Cambridge. C. to the bar (Inner Temple) 1838; northern circuit. A judge of the Court of Queen’s Bench, 1859, when knighted (Doonholm, Ayr, N.B.)

10. BLACKBURN, Peter, Esq., M.P.

Eldest s. of J. Blackburn, Esq., of Killearn. Of an old Glasgow family, seated there since the 16th century. B. 1811; suc. his father 1840; m. 1838, the 2nd dau. of the Scotch Solicitor General Wedderburn. Formerly in the army (2nd Life Guards) 1830–37; M.P. for Stirlingshire since 1855; a conservative; a magistrate, and dep.-lieut. for Stirlingshire; a lord of the Treasury in 1859; a director of the Caledonian and Dumbarton Railway; chairman of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway (Carlton, Killearn, near Glasgow).

11. KEATING, Hon. Sir Henry Singer,

3rd s. of the late Lieut.-Gen. Sir H. S. Keating, K.C.B. col. 33rd Foot. B. 1804; m. 1843, 3rd dau. of the late Maj. Gen. Evans, R.A. C. to the bar (Inner Templ) 1832; Oxford Circuit; Queen’s Counsel, 1849, when elected a Bencher of his Inn; M.P. for Reading, 1852–59; solicitor general, 1857–58 (when knighted) and again 1859; judge of the Court of Common Pleas since 1859; an L.L.D. (Brooke’s and Athenæum Clubs).