Commons 1790-1820

b. 21 May 1743,He stated this in the autobiographical sketch which prefaced his History (1801 edition), though his daughter had the notion that he was 61 when he died (N. and Q. (ser. 4), i. 139). s. of Bryan Edwards, yeoman and maltster, of Westbury, Wilts. by Elizabeth, da. of Zacchary Bayly of Bowlish, Shepton Mallet Som., sis. of Zacchary Bayly of Nonsuch and Unity Jamaica. educ. Rev. Wm. Foot’s sch. Bristol to 1756; French boarding sch. Bristol 1756-9. m. c. Nov. 1774,The date of his marriage settlement, PCC 593 Adderley. His eldest son Bryan died 9 Mar. 1794, aged 17. Martha, da. of Thomas Phipps of Brook House, Westbury, 1s. surv. 1da. suc. uncle Zacchary Bayly to six plantationsOliver, Antigua, i. 235; PCC 241 Trevor. Edwards also inherited the estates of Hume, a Jamaica planter, in 1773, whence his son’s name Zacchary Hume Edwards. in Jamaica 1769.

b. 17 July 1759, o.s. of Gerard Anne Edwards of Welham Grove, Leics., illegit. s. of Lord Anne Hamilton, by Lady Jane Noel, da. of Baptist, 4th Earl of Gainsborough, sis. and h. of Henry, 6th Earl of Gainsborough. educ. Eton 1770-4; St. John’s Camb. 1776. m. (1) 21 Dec. 1780, Diana (d. 12 Apr. 1823), da. and h. of Sir Charles Middleton, 1st Bt. (afterwards 1st Baron Barham), whom she suc. as 2nd Baroness 17 June 1813, 12s. 6da.; (2) 4 May 1823, Harriet (d. 11 Aug. 1826), da. of Rev. Joseph Gill of Scraptoft, Leics., s.p.; (3) 11 Aug. 1831, Isabella, wid. of Evans Raymond of Milton, Kent, s.p. suc. fa. to Welham 1773; uncle Henry, 6th Earl of Gainsborough, to his estates 8 Apr. 1798 and took name of Noel 5 May 1798; fa.-in-law as 2nd Bt. by spec. rem. 17 June 1813.

bap. 29 Mar. 1772, s. of John Edwards of Belvedere House, Lambeth, Surr. by w. Catherine. m. (1) 17 Dec. 1799, Ann (d. 16 Apr. 1807), da. and h. of Thomas Williams of Court Herbert, Glam., s.p.; (2) 26 Nov. 1807, Sarah, da. and h. of Thomas Barwis of The Stock Exchange, London, wid. of John Dalton of Russell Square, Mdx., 1s. 1da. suc. fa. 1818; William Vaughan of Glanelai, Glam. and took additional name of Vaughan 29 July 1829.

b. 11 July 1766, 1st s. of Philip Egerton of Oulton by his cos. Mary, da. and event. h. of Sir Francis Haskin Eyles Styles, 3rd Bt., of Moor Park, Herts. educ. privately; Grand Tour 1787-8. m. 9 Apr. 1795, Maria, da. and h. of Thomas Scott Jackson of Bedford Square, Mdx., s.p. suc. fa. 1786; 4th cos. Sir Thomas Egerton, 7th Bt. and 1st Earl of Wilton, as 8th Bt. 23 Sept. 1814; took name of Grey before Egerton by royal lic. 17 Oct. 1814.

b. ?1711, 3rd but 2nd surv. s. of Francis Edwardes of Heylett by Lady Elizabeth Rich, da. of Robert, 5th Earl of Warwick, aunt and h. of Edward, 7th Earl of Warwick. m. (1) his cos. Rachel (d. 14 Aug. 1760), da. of Owen Edwardes of Trefgarn, s.p.; (2) 10 June 1762, Elizabeth, da. and coh. of William Warren of Longridge, 1s. suc. bro. Edward Henry to the Warwick estates, inc. Kensington, Mdx. 1738; cr. Baron Kensington [I] 28 July 1776.

b. 24 Apr. 1777, o.s. of William Edwardes, 1st Baron Kensington, by 2nd w. educ. privately by Rev. John Tasker Nash, Haverfordwest; by Mr Bristow, nr. Watford. m. 2 Dec. 1797, and again at St. James’s, Westminster 27 Apr. 1802, Dorothy Patricia, da. of Richard Thomas 6s. 3da. suc. fa. as 2nd Baron 13 Dec. 1801.