NOTICE. remain for him but two WITH the November Number for 1835, the Proprietor of the COURT MAGAZINE addressed a Note to his Subscribers, soliciting their aid in extending the circulation of his Work; and, trusting that he should not be disappointed in his expectations of the result of this appeal, he at the same time considerably reduced the price, and made several improvements, which much increased the expenses of the Work. After a trial of Twelve Months, he finds that the increase in the sale has not by any means answered his expectation, and that he has incurred a very considerable loss. In this situation, there courses to pursue either to raise the price to its old standard, or to reduce the expense by omitting some unimportant portion of the work. He has chosen the latter; and, after mature deliberation, and consulting with many Subscribers, he has determined to omit that section of the Magazine devoted to the Fashions. But as this even will not leave him any profit, he must still mainly rely upon the exertions of his Subscribers, in procuring fresh purchasers; and he assures them, in return, that he will, as far as possible, effect a corresponding improvement in every department of the work. GENEALOGICAL MEMOIR OF THE HON. MRS. DUNDAS. THE HON. MRS. DUNDAS is younger daughter of the late Sir Hedworth Williamson, Bart., and wife of the Hon. Thomas Dundas, M.P., elder son of Lord Dundas. The ancient family of Williamson has for centuries been seated in Nottinghamshire. JOHN WILLIAMSON, Esq., of Walkeringham in that county, left, with other issue, a son, GILES WILLIAMSON, Esq., who married Catherine, daughter of Sir Robert Thornhill, Knt., and left, with other issue, a son, ROBERT WILLIAMSON, Esq. This gentleman, who was high sheriff of Nottinghamshire in the twelfth year of the reign of James I, left, with two other sons, ROBERT WILLIAMSON, Esq., of Great Markham, who married Faith, fifth daughter of Sir Edward Ayscough, Knt., of South Kelsey in Lincolnshire, by whom he had an only son, VOL. IX.-NO. 1.-JULY 1836. THOMAS WILLIAMSON, Esq., who was high sheriff of Nottinghamshire in the fifteenth year of the reign of Charles I, and who was created by that monarch a Baronet, 3rd June 1642. Sir Thomas, by his first wife, Jane, eldest daughter of Sir Edward Hussey, Bart., left, with other issue, a son and successor, SIR THOMAS, second Baronet. This gentleman was compelled, from the involvement of his fortune by the first Baronet in the cause of Charles I, and his own subsequent expenses at the court of Charles II, to alienate the whole of his Nottingham estates. He married Dorothy, youngest daughter and co-heir of George Fenwick, Esq., of Brinkburne in Northumberland, by whom he had no issue. The estate of Monkweremouth, now in the possession of the Williamsons, was left to her husband by this lady, who lies buried at Monkweremouth church, near Sunderland, in B the bishopric of Durham. was succeeded by his brother, Sir Thomas submit to the Conqueror. SIR ROBERT, third Baronet. This gentleman married Rebecca, daughter of John Burrows, merchant, and was succeeded by his eldest son, SIR WILLIAM, fourth Baronet, who was high sheriff for the county of Durham for twenty-four successive years. He married, first, Elizabeth, youngest daughter and co-heir of John Hedworth, Esq., of Harraton, in the county of Durham, by whom he had several sons and daughters. Sir William wedded, secondly, Mary, daughter and heiress of William Fetherstonhalgh, Esq., of Stanley, in the county of Durham, by whom he had no issue. He died in April 1747, and was succeeded by his son, SIR HEDWORTH, fourth Baronet, also high sheriff for the county of Durham. This gentleman married Elizabeth, one of the co-heirs of William Huddleston, Esq., of Mellom Castle in Cumberland, and was succeeded by his eldest surviving son, SIR HEDWORTH, sixth Baronet, who married, 10th October 1794, Maria, daughter of Sir James Hamilton, Knt., of Monaghan, in Ireland, by whom he had issue, From the Scottish monarch the Earl received the lands of Dunbar, and other possessions, which, with the original charter, are still held by his descendants. LAURENCE DUNDAS, Esq., of Kerse, commissary-general, and contractor to the army from 1748 to 1759, was created a baronet 16th November 1762, with remainder, in default of male issue, to his brother, Thomas Dundas, Esq., of Fingask. Sir Laurence Dundas went into Germany, and amassed a large fortune, which he invested in purchasing a large portion of the Orkney islands. On his return home, he was chosen to represent the city of Edinburgh in Parliament, and in 1778, during the American war, contributed liberally to a subscription for raising 1000 men, which, being embodied, received the denomination of the Edinburgh Regiment. Sir Laurence married Margaret, daughter of Alexander Bruce, Esq., of Kennet, by whom he had an only son and successor, in 1781, SIR THOMAS, second Baronet. This gentleman, after representing for many years in Parliament the county of Stirling, HEDWORTH, his successor. was elevated to the peerage, 13th August William Hamilton, born 3rd August 1794, as Baron Dundas of Aske, in the 1800. county of York. His lordship married, Robert Huddleston, born 5th April 24th May 1764, Charlotte, second daugh 1810. Maria Dorothea, married, 20th Oct. 1818, to David Barclay, Esq., of Berryhill, in the county of Surrey. Sophia Jane, of whom presently. Sir Hedworth died in March 1810, and was succeeded by his eldest son, SIR HEDWORTH WILLIAMSON, the seventh and present Baronet, who married, 18th April 1826, Anne Elizabeth, third daughter of Thomas Henry, Lord Ravensworth, and has issue, three sons. The younger daughter of the late baronet, SOPHIA JANE, the lady whose portrait forms this month's embellishment, was married, 6th September 1823, to the Hon. THOMAS DUNDAS, elder son of the present Lord Dundas. The family of Dundas in Scotland springs from Cospatrick, Earl of Northumberland, who, in 1066, went to North Britain with King Malcolm Cean-mohr, rather than ter of William, third Earl Fitzwilliam, and, dying 14th June 1820, was succeeded by his eldest son, LAURENCE, second and present baron, born 10th April 1766. This nobleman married, 21st April 1794, Harriet, third daughter of General John Hale, of the family of Hale of King's Walden, Herts, by Mary, daughter of William Chaloner, Esq., of Gisborough, in the county of York, and has issue, THOMAS, born 5th April 1795, who Margaret Bruce, married to her cousin, Henry Walker Yeoman, Esq., of Woodlands. Harriet Frances, married to Lieut.- |