'Liddell1'
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Families covered: Liddell of Ravensworth Castle, Liddell of Redheugh
| BP1934 identifies the arms of the family as "Arg., fretty gu., on a chief of the last, three leopards' faces or". | |||||||||||||||
| Thomas de Liddel or Lyddale | |||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Layburne (dau of John de Layburne) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Thomas Liddell of Ravensworth Castle (a 1607, alderman of Newcastle-upon-Tyne) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Barbara Strangeways (dau of Richard Strangeways) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Thomas Liddell of Ravensworth Castle (d 1619) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Watson (dau of John Watson, alderman of Newcastle) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Sir Thomas Liddell of Ravensworth Castle & Ridheugh, 1st Bart (d 1650) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Isabel Anderson (dau of Henry Anderson) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Sir Thomas Liddell (dvp 1627) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Bridget Woodward (dau of George (not Edward) Woodward of Lee, she m2. Thomas Heneage of Battersea) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Sir Thomas Liddell, 2nd Bart of Ravensworth Castle (d 1697) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (22.06.1646) Anna Vane (bpt 27.08.1623, dau of Henry Vane (the elder) of Raby Castle) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Sir Henry Liddell, 3rd Bart of Ravensworth Castle, Sheriff of Durham (d 01.09.1723) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Catherine Bright (dau/heir of Sir John Bright, Bart of Carbrook) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Thomas Liddell (dvp 03.06.1715) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jane Clavering (d 1774, dau of James Clavering of Greencroft) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Henry Liddell, 4th Bart, Baron Ravensworth of Ravensworth Castle (b 1708, d 30.01.1784) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (27.04.1735) Anne Delme (b 11.06.1712, d 12.06.1794, dau of Sir Peter Delme, Lord Mayor of London, by Anne, dau of Cornelius Macham of Southampton) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Anne Liddell (b c1738, d 24.02.1804) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (29.01.1756, div 1769) Augustus Henry FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton (b 28.09.1735, d 14.03.1811, Prime Minister) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (26.03.1769) John FitzPatrick, 2nd Earl of Upper Ossory (b 05.1745, d 01.02.1818) | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | Thomas Liddell of Newton Hall | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Bowes (dau of Sir William Bowes of Gibside) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Thomas Liddell (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | Sir Henry George Liddell, 5th Bart of Ravensworth Castle (b 25.11.1749, d 26.11.1791) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (04.1773) Elizabeth Steele (dau of Thomas Steele of Hampsnett) | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Thomas Henry Liddell, Sheriff of Northumberland, 1st Lord Ravensworth of Ravensworth Castle (b 08.02.1775, d 07/8.03.1855) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (26.03/27.04.1796) Maria Susannah Simpson (b c1773, d 22.11.1845, dau of John Simpson of Bradley Hall by Anne Lyon) | |||||||||||||||
| ((i)) | Henry Thomas Liddell, 2nd Lord, 1st Earl Ravensworth (b 10.03.1797, d 19.03.1878) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (09.11.1820) Isabella Horatia Seymour (b 02.1801, d 05.08.1856, dau of Lord George Seymour) | |||||||||||||||
| ((ii)) | Thomas Liddell (b 1800, dsp 09.03.1856) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (28.02.1843) Caroline Elizabeth Barrington (d 04.03.1890, dau of George Barrington, 5th Viscount) | |||||||||||||||
| ((iii)) | George Liddell (d 15.04.1886, 4th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (23.05.1842) Louisa Meade (d 19.05.1873, dau of Gen. Hon. Robert Meade) | |||||||||||||||
| ((iv)) | Robert Liddell (b 24.09.1808, d 29.06.1888, vicar of St. Paul's) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (26.01.1836) Emily Anne Charlotte Wellesley (d 22.10.1876, dau of Hon. Rev. Gerald Valerian Wellesley) | |||||||||||||||
| ((v)) | George Augustus Frederick Liddell (b 28.07.1812, d 14.12.1888, Colonel) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (11.05.1842) Cecil Elizabeth Jane Wellesley (d 12.07.1883, dau of Hon. Rev. Gerald Valerian Wellesley) | |||||||||||||||
| ((vi)) | Sir Adolphus Frederic Octavius Liddell (b 15.01.1818, d 27.06.1885, 8th son) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (14.10.1845) Frederica Elizabeth Lane-Fox (d 29.11.1867, dau of George Lane-Fox of Bramham Park) | |||||||||||||||
| ((vii)) | Maria Liddell (d 20.10.1882) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (12.08.1818) Constantine Henry Phipps, 1st Marquess of Normanby (b 15.05.1797, d 28.07.1863) | |||||||||||||||
| ((viii)) | Anne Elizabeth Liddell (d 04.11.1878) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (18.04.1826) Sir Hedworth Williamson, 7th Bart (d 24.04.1861) | |||||||||||||||
| ((ix)) | Jane Elizabeth Liddell (d 23.03.1883) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (21.04.1823) William Keppel Barrington, 6th Viscount (b 01.10.1793, d 09.02.1867) | |||||||||||||||
| ((x)) | Elizabeth Charlotte Liddell (b 1807/8, d 15.04.1890) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (01.08.1835) Hon. Edward Ernest Villiers (b 23.03.1806, d 30.10.1845) | |||||||||||||||
| ((xi)) | Susan Liddell (b c1810, d 22.11.1886) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (14.10.1833) Charles Philip Yorke, 4th Earl of Hardwicke (b 02.04.1799, d 17.09.1873) | |||||||||||||||
| ((xii)) | Charlotte Amelia Liddell (b 1813/4, d 16.07.1883) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (29.10.1833) John Trotter of Dyrham Park (d 29.10.1870) | |||||||||||||||
| ((xiii)) | Georgiana Liddell (b 13.04.1822, d 21.05.1905) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (04.09.1845) John Arthur Bloomfield, 2nd Lord (dsp 17.08.1879) | |||||||||||||||
| ((xiv))+ | other issue - John (b 01.02.1803, d 08.1865), Charles (b 18.05.1815, d 01.12.1832), Frances Jane (d unm 11.11.1823) | ||||||||||||||
| ((B)) | Henry George Liddell (d 09.03.1872, rector of Easington) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (11.11.1809) Charlotte Lyon (d 30.01.1871, dau of Thomas Lyon of Hetton Hall, son of Thomas, 8th Earl of Strathmore) | |||||||||||||||
| ((C)) | Elizabeth Liddell | ||||||||||||||
| m. Brook Richmond | |||||||||||||||
| ((D))+ | other issue (d unm) - Anne (d 04.1843), Charlotte Amelia (d 1850) | ||||||||||||||
| (ii) | John Liddell, later Bright of Badsworth (d 06.10.1737) | ||||||||||||||
| The following is supported by BEB1841 (Bright of Badsworth). | |||||||||||||||
| m. Cordelia Clutterbuck | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Thomas Liddell, later Bright of Badsworth & Ecclesall | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Norton (dau of William Norton of Sawley) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Mary Bright (dsp 19.12.1804) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (26.02.1752) Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham (b 13.05.1730, dsp 01.07.1782, Prime Minister) | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | Cordelia Liddell or Bright | ||||||||||||||
| m. Clifton Wintringham of York | |||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Elizabeth Liddell | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1696) Robert Ellison of Hebburn | |||||||||||||||
| (iv)+ | other issue - Henry, George, Michael | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Robert Liddell (4th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Priscilla Kiffin (d 15.03.1679, dau of William Kiffin of London) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Thomas Liddell (d 14.05.1718) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Neithorpe | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Henry Liddell | ||||||||||||||
| (C) | Frances Liddell (b c1649, d 11.1682) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (1675) Thomas Vane of Raby Castle (b c1652, d 1675) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (c07.1682) Sir John Bright of Carbrook & Badsworth, Bart (d 1688) | |||||||||||||||
| (D) | Elizabeth Liddell | ||||||||||||||
| m. Christopher Stockdale of Bilton | |||||||||||||||
| (E)+ | other issue (d unm) - Thomas, Edward | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Sir Francis Liddell of Redheugh | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Elizabeth Tonge (dau of Sir George Tonge of Denton) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Francis Liddell probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. Frances Forster (bur 30.05.1675, dau of Nicholas Forster of Bamborough) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Isabel Liddell possibly fits here | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir George Home, 2nd Bart of Wedderburn (b 1641, d 1715) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Agnes Chaytor (b 27.04.1615, d 01.1669, dau of William Chaytor of Croft, widow of Nicholas Forster of Bamborough & ?? Dawson) | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Elizabeth Liddell | ||||||||||||||
| m. (06.02.1621-2) George Baker | |||||||||||||||
| d. | Mary Liddell | ||||||||||||||
| m. (by 1641) Sir Nicholas Cole, 1st Bart of Brancepeth | |||||||||||||||
| e. | Isabel Liddell | ||||||||||||||
| BP1934 suggests that Isabel died unmarried but this may be the Isabel who married ... | |||||||||||||||
| m. John Addison of Ovingham (d 06.1644) | |||||||||||||||
| ii.+ | other issue - Elizabeth, Alice | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Jane Mitforth (dau of Henry Mitforth, alderman of Newcastle) | |||||||||||||||
| iv. | Henry Liddell | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Jenison (dau of Will Jenison, alderman of Newcastle) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Thomas Liddell | ||||||||||||||
| MGH (NS4 vol 4 (1912), p145+) starts a line of Liddells with the following Henry, identifying him as "great-nephew of Sir Thomas Liddell, first Bart., of Ravensworth Castle". We speculate that Henry was Thomas's son. | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Henry Liddell of Farnacres, co. Durham (a 1715) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Mary Tunstall (dau of William Tunstall of Scargill & Wycliffe by Mary Radcliffe) | |||||||||||||||
| (A)+ | issue - Henry of Durham (a 115), William of West Middleton (a 1715), Thomas of Egglestone (a 1715), Elizabeth, Mary | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Rebecca Loraine (widow of Henry Lewen of Whickham) | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Mary Liddell | ||||||||||||||
| v. | Roger Liddell | ||||||||||||||
| m. Grace Clavering (dau of James Clavering, alderman of Newcastle) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Grace Liddell | ||||||||||||||
| vi. | Barbara Liddell possibly the Barbara (d 1672) who married ... | ||||||||||||||
| m. Samuel Sanderson of Brancepeth (d 1650, Constable of Brancepeth Castle) | |||||||||||||||
| vii. | Jane Liddell | ||||||||||||||
| Possibly of this generation, but (if so) of which marriage is not known, was ... | |||||||||||||||
| vii. | Eleanor Liddell | ||||||||||||||
| m. Henry or Timothy Draper of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (d 1622) | |||||||||||||||
| B.+ | 3 sons and 2 daughters | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s): BP1934 (Ravensworth) with a little input from Visitation (Durham, 1615, Liddell of Ravensworth)
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