'Smithson1'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Smithson of Stanwick, Percy of Beverley, Percy of Northumberland

                               
Anthony Smithson of Newsome
m. Eleanor Catterick (dau of George Catterick of Stanwick)
1. Sir Hugh Smithson, 1st Bart of Stanwick (b c1598, d 21.10.1670, 2nd son)
  m. Dorothy Rawsthorne (d by 1692, dau of Jerome Rawsthorne of Plaistow)
  A. Sir Jerome Smithson, 2nd Bart of Stanwick (b c1630, d 1684-9)
  m. Mary Wingate (bpt 30.08.1636, dau of Edward Wingate of Lockley Hall)
i. Sir Hugh Smithson, 3rd Bart of Stanwick (b 1657, d 02.03.1733)
  m. Elizabeth Langdale (dau of Marmaduke Langdale, 2nd Lord of Holme)
  a. Langdale Smithson of Stanwick (dvp, 2nd son)
  m. Philadelphia Reveley (b 1688-9, d 16.05.1764, dau of William Reveley of Newby Wisk)
  (1) Sir Hugh Smithson, 4th Bart of Stanwick, later Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b 1714, d 06.06.1786)
  m. (16.07.1740) Elizabeth Seymour, Baroness Percy (b 26.11.1716, d 05.12.1776, dau of Algernon Seymour, 7th Duke of Somerset)
(A) Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland (b 14.08.1742, d 10.07.1817, General)
  m1. (02.07.1764, div 16.03.1779) Anne Stuart (b 08.1746, dau of John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute)
  m2. (23.05.1779) Frances Julia Burrell (b 21.12.1752, d 28.04.1820, dau of Peter Burrell of Langley Park)
  (i) Hugh Percy, 3rd Duke of Northumberland, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b 20.04.1785, dsp 11.02.1847)
  m. (29.04.1817) Charlotte Florentia Clive (b 12.09.1787, d 27.07.1866, dau of Edward Clive, 1st Earl Powis)
  (ii) Algernon Percy, 4th Duke of Northumberland (b 15.12.1792, dsp 12.02.1865, Admiral)
m. (25.08.1842) Eleanor Grosvenor (b 22.10.1820, d 04.05.1911, dau of Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of Westminster)
  (iii) Agnes Percy (d, 20.04.1785, sp 04.06.1856, 3rd dau)
  m. (16.08.1821) Frederick Thomas Buller of Pelynt and Lanreath (d 06.1860)
  (iv) Emily or Amelia Percy (b 07/16.01.1789, d 20.06.1844)
  m. (19.05.1810) James Murray, 1st Lord Glenlyon (b 29.05.1782, d 12.10.1837)
  (v)+ other issue (d unm) - Henry (b 24.06.1787, d young), Charlotte (b 03.07.1780, d 03.05.1781), Elizabeth (b 23.12.1781, d 10.01.1820), Julia (b 02.05.1783, d 20.03.1812), Frances (b 13.09.1791, d 28.08.1803)
  (B) Algernon Percy, 1st Earl of Beverley (b 21.01.1750, d 21.10.1830)
  m. (08.06.1775) Isabella Susannah Burrell (d 24.01.1812, dau of Peter Burrell of Langley Park)
(i) George Percy, 2nd Earl of Beverley, 5th Duke of Northumberland (b 22.06.1778, d 22.08.1867) had issue
m. (22.06.1801) Louisa Harcourt Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie (b 10.1781, d 31.01.1848, dau of James Archibald Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie of Wortley)
  (ii) Hugh Percy, Bishop of Carlisle (b 29.01.1784, d 05.02.1856) had issue
  m1. (19.05.1806) Mary Manners-Sutton (d 04.09.1831, dau of Charles Manner- Sutton, Archbishop of Canterbury)
  m2. (03.02.1840) Mary Hope-Johnstone (dsp 22.11.1851, dau of Sir William Hope-Johnstone)
  (iii) Josceline Percy (b 29.01.1784, d 19.10.1856, Vice Admiral) had issue
  m. (09.12.1820) Sophia Elizabeth Walhouse (d 13.12.1875, dau of Moreton Walhouse of Hatherton)
  (iv) Charles Percy, later Greatheed-Bertie-Percy (b 04.03.1794, d 11.10.1870) had issue (1 dau)
m. (20.03.1822) Anne Caroline Greatheed (b c1805, d 08.06.1882, granddau of Bertie Bertie Greatheed of Guyscliff)
  (v) Charlotte Percy (d 26.11.1832)
  m. (23.07.1795) George Ashburnham, 3rd Earl of Ashburnham (b 25.12.1760, d 27.10.1830)
  (vi) Emily Charlotte Percy (d 22.05.1877)
  m. (25.07.1808) Andrew Mortimer Drummond of Charing Cross & Denham (d 01.06.1864)
  (vii)+ other issue - Algernon (b 1779, d 1833), Henry (b 14.09.1785, d 1825, Lt. Colonel), William Henry (b 24.03.1788, d 05.10.1855, Rear Admiral), Francis John (b 1790, d 23.08.1812, Captain), Susannah Elizabeth (d unm 07.04.1847)
  (C) Elizabeth Percy (b 06.04.1744, d unm 27.05.1761)
  (2) Dorothy Smithson (d unm 1732)
  b.+ other issue (d unm) - Hugh (dvp), Dorothy (nun), Mary (nun), Catharine (nun), Bridget (nun)
  ii. Dorothy Smithson
  m. (1686-7) Thomas Pulleine of Carleton Hall
  B. Anthony Smithson of Armine (Yorkshire) & Tottenham (Middlesex)
  m. Susanna Barkham (dau of Sir Edward Barkham of Southacre, Bart)
  i. Hugh Smithson of Armine & Tottenham (MP)
  The following is supported by Commoners (vol I, Godfrey of Brook Street House).
  m1. Hester Godfrey (dau of Michael Godfrey)
  a.+ issue (dvp unm) - 3 sons & 4 daughters
  m2. (sp) Constantia Hare (dau of Henry, Lord Coleraine)
  C. Hugh Smithson of St. Augustine's TCP (Strafford) & Maddison name the father of Anne as Henry (not Hugh)
  m(2). (05.1663) Alice Yeane or Yeend (m2. Sir William Rawstorne of London)
  i. Anne Smithson
  m. Sir Henry Johnson of Bradenham

Main source(s): BP1934 (Northumberland), Collins (1812, vol II, Percy, Duke of Northumberland), TCB (volume 3)
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