Commons 1715-1754

b. 3 June 1696,Chester, Westminster Abbey Reg. 304. 2nd surv. s. of Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset; bro. of Algernon, Earl of Hertford. educ. Eton 1706-14; Trinity, Camb. 4 May 1714 aged 18. unm.

b. ?1693, 2nd s. of Mark Shafto of Whitworth by Margaret, da. of Sir John Ingleby, 2nd Bt., of Ripley, Yorks.; yr. bro. of Robert Shafto. educ. Lincoln, Oxf. 9 May 1710, aged 16; L. Inn 1711, called 1718. m. 20 May 1731, Mary, da. and h. of Thomas Jackson of Nunnington, Yorks., 2s. 2da. suc. bro. 1729.

b. ?1690, 1st s. of Mark Shafto of Whitworth and bro. of John Shafto. educ. Lincoln, Oxf. 17 June 1708, aged 17. m. 1723, Dorothy, da. of Henry Dawnay, 2nd Visct. Downe [I], and sis. of John Dawnay, s.p. suc. fa. 1723.

b. ?1679, 1st s. of Sir John Shaw, 2nd Bt., by Eleanor, da. and eventually coh. of Sir Thomas Nicolson, 2nd Bt., of Carnock. educ. Glasgow 1694. m. 15 Mar. 1700, Margaret, 1st da. of Hon. Sir Hew Dalrymple, 1st Bt., M.P. [S], of North Berwick, Haddington, ld. pres. of ct. of session, and aunt of Sir Hew Dalrymple, 2nd Bt., 1da. suc. fa. Apr. 1702.

b. 5 Mar. 1692, 1st s. of Sir John Shelley, 3rd Bt., by his 2nd w. Mary, da. and eventually coh. of Sir John Gage, 4th Bt., of Firle, Suss. m. (1) 21 May 1717, Catherine (d. Sept. 1726), da. of Sir Thomas Scawen of Horton, Bucks., 2da.; (2) 16 Mar. 1727, Margaret, da. of Thomas Pelham, M.P., 1st Baron Pelham of Laughton, sis. of Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle, and Hon. Henry Pelham, 1s. 3da. suc. fa. 25 Apr. 1703.