HALE, Francis (c.1758-1827).

b. c. 1758, s. of Gen. Bernard Hale by Martha, da. of Richard Rigby sen. of Mistley, Essex. educ. prob. Eton 1768-73; Lausanne 1773-9.Rigby to Newcastle, 1, 20 Aug. 1776, Newcastle (Clumber) mss.; Pembroke Pprs. i. 181. m. 3 Mar. 1785, Frances, da. of Sir Thomas Rumbold 1st Bt., 1da. suc. uncle Richard Rigby to the Mistley estate, and took name of Rigby 8 Apr. 1788.