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Eardley, Baron (I, 1789 - 1824)

Creation: let.pat. 24 Sep 1789

Extinct: 25 Dec 1824

Family name: Eardley

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Arms:

Argent on a Chevron Azure three Garbs Or on a Canton Gules a Fret of the first

Crest:

A Buck courant Gules attired and unguled Or

Supporters:

On either side a Buck reguardant Gules attired and unguled Or gorged with a Chain with an Escutcheon dependent therefrom of the second the dexter charged with an Eagle's Head couped and the sinister with an Escallop Sable

Motto:

 Non Nobis Solum

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Sampson [Gideon later Eardley], 1st Baron Eardley

only son and heir of Sampson Gideon, of Stepney, co. Middlesex, stockbroker, by his wife Jane Ermell, dau. of Charles Ermell

born

10 Oct 1745

mar.

6 Dec 1766 Maria Marowe Wilmot (b. Jul 1743; d. 1 Mar 1794; bur. at Berkswell, co. Warwick), 1st dau. of Rt Hon Sir John Eardley Wilmot, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas 1766-71 (by his wife Sarah Rivett, dau. of Thomas Rivett, of Derby, co. Derby), son of Robert Wilmot by his wife Elizabeth Eardley, dau. and hrss. of Edward Eardley, of Eardley, co. Stafford

children

1. Hon Sampson Eardley (b. 29 Dec 1770; dvp. 21 May 1824)

2. Lt Col Hon William Eardley (b. 22 May 1775; dvp. 17 Sep 1805)

1. Hon Maria Marowe Eardley (b. 22 Nov 1767; d. 3 Oct 1834; bur. in Broughton Church, co. Oxford), mar. 8 Sep 1794 Gregory William [Twisleton later Twisleton-Fiennes later Eardley-Twisleton-Fiennes], 8th Baron Saye and Sele, and had issue

2. Hon Charlotte Elizabeth Eardley, mar. Sir Culling Smith, Bt.

3. Hon Selina Eardley, mar. John Walbanke Childers

died

s.p.m.s. 25 Dec 1824 (bur. at Erith, co. Essex)

created

21 May 1759 a Baronet of Great Britain, styled "of Belvedere, Kent"

24 Sep 1789 Baron Eardley, of Spalding in the County of Lincoln

note

his father was an immensely wealthy Portuguese Jew who was able to obtain for his only son a Baronetcy at the age of 13 as well as several Parliamentary seats; educ. Eton College 1761-63; student, Lincoln's Inn 1762; Member of Parliament (Tory) for Cambridgeshire 1770-80, for Midhurst 1780-84, for Coventry 1784-96 and for Wallingford 1796-1802; FRS 1789; FSA 1789; took the name of Eardley in lieu of that of Gideon by Royal Licence 1789 even though his wife had a brother John Wilmot later Eardley-Wilmot, of Berkswell, co. Warwick, and in no way represented the Eardley family

On the death of the 1st Baron Eardley both the Baronetcy and Barony of Eardley became extinct.

 First written 4 Jan 2009

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