(115) Alston of Chelsea and Bradwell Abbey, baronets

Alston of Odell and Bradwell Abbey

This cadet branch of the Alstons of Odell was established as a family of substantial yeomen farmers at Newton and Edwardstone (Suffolk) by the late 16th century; indeed they had owned land at Newton since the 14th century. In the early 17th century, several of the sons of Edward Alston (d. 1651) of Edwardstone made their way to London.  The eldest, Sir Edward Alston (1597-1669), became a physician with a practice among the leading citizens and gentry, and was also a prominent Presbyterian in the 1640s. From 1655-66 he was President of the Royal College of Physicians, only being ejected when he was deemed to have acted without adequate consultation over the acquisition of a new site for the College in the aftermath of the Great Fire of London.  He was knighted in 1660 but left only two daughters, who were, however, able to marry well; the younger becoming Duchess of Somerset.

Sir Edward's younger brother, Sir Joseph Alston (d. 1688), also moved to London.  He married the daughter of a Dutch merchant who brought him a dowry of £12,000 and he seems to have developed a variety of business and property interests in the capital which increased his fortune; he was created a baronet in 1681/2. In the 1650s he acquired from the estate of the Countess of Devonshire the house at Chelsea then known as Shrewsbury House (and later as Alston House), and in 1666 he bought and modernised Bradwell Abbey in Buckinghamshire as a country estate. He lived to an advanced age and his son and successor died only a few months after his father, so it was the 3rd baronet who was his effective successor.  This Sir Joseph Alston (c.1665-1716) married the heiress of a branch of the Evelyn family, and through her acquired the manors of Long Ditton and Thames Ditton in Surrey, with the Evelyn manor house at Long Ditton.  He and his wife produced no less than seventeen children, although only seven of them survived to adulthood.  Their baptisms and burials make it clear that the family divided its time between Long Ditton and Bradwell Abbey.  This was probably the generation of the family which enjoyed the greatest prosperity.

Sir Joseph Alston (1691-1718), 4th bt., survived his father by only two years, but sold Bradwell Abbey in 1715; completion of the sale was complicated by the fact that he and his father had combined in 1712 to mortgage the property for £4,000, a fact which he appears to have concealed from the purchaser until after the completion of the sale, resulting in a legal case. Sir Joseph died without issue and his next brother, Sir Evelyn Alston (1692-1750), 5th bt., inherited the title and the Long Ditton estate. Sir Evelyn's career would appear to conform fairly closely to Hogarth's rake's progress.  As early as 1712, aged 20, he was married in the Fleet Liberty in London to a 17-year old girl called Sarah George; the marriage presumably needed to be clandestine because both parties were under age and one or both sets of parents disapproved; they had probably eloped. Indeed Sarah's parentage is not recorded so it was probably a social misalliance too. For all that, the marriage appears to have been successfully and they had six known children over nearly 20 years; there were probably others who died young.  In about 1720 the Long Ditton estate was sold, suggesting the young couple were rapidly accumulating debts, and they moved to a smaller property at Reigate (Surrey). In the 1730s, Sir Evelyn was recorded as being fond of the bottle and as disappearing to London at intervals on extended benders.  By the time of his death it is clear that very little of the wealth he inherited was left. He was unable to provide dowries for his daughters, and the only one who married wedded a carpenter. His eldest son and namesake produced only one son, who went to sea and was drowned in the 1770s, and in 1783 the title passed to his brother, Sir William Alston (1722-1801), 7th bt., who after a rackety youth (he too was married in the Fleet Liberty in 1745), had become a horse-breeder in Surrey.  

It is only with Sir William Alston (1745-1819), the 8th and last baronet, that something like respectability returns to the family.  He was evidently a more sober man than his immediate forebears, and devoted himself to farming in Surrey, gradually building up freehold property around Lingfield. Tragically, his only son died a few months before he inherited the baronetcy leaving only daughters, and Sir William seems never to have used the title, feeling perhaps that he did not have the means to support the dignity, or that it was tainted by the activities of his predecessors. His daughters married reasonably well into lesser gentry families of Surrey and Sussex, but the Alston name died with him, or perhaps more accurately with his daughter-in-law, who lived on to 1855.  

Many of the standard works on the peerage and baronetage regard the title as having become extinct with the death of Sir Evelyn Alston in 1750 or his elder son in 1783. The existence of the 7th and 8th baronets was only brought to notice in 1905.


Shrewsbury House (alias Alston House), Chelsea, Middlesex

Shrewsbury House, Chelsea. 

A quadrangular Tudor house occupying a plot of land about 120 feet wide that fronted onto the western part of Cheyne Walk and ran back to Upper Cheyne Row; it was a large mansion, taxed on 50 hearths in 1662.  An early 19th century account describes the building thus: "It was an irregular brick building forming three sides of a quadrangle" (actually probably originally all four sides). "The principal room was 120 feet in length, and was originally wainscotted with carved oak. One of the rooms was painted in imitation of marble, and appeared to have been originally an oratory. Certain curious portraits on panel which had ornamented the large rooms were destroyed some few years since".  The house was said to have been pulled down entirely in 1813, but the Survey of London established in 1909 that part of the west and south ranges of the house survived then as 44-45 Cheyne Walk and contained 17th century panelling which they tentatively attributed to alterations for Sir Joseph Alston.  The houses were, however, then in very poor condition and were later demolished.  In the 19th century there was a timber yard on the main part of the site and in 1933 Sir Edwin Lutyens designed 42 Cheyne Walk for the site.  This in turn was replaced by the present large block of mansion flats, known as Shrewsbury House, after the Second World War.

Descent: George Talbot (1468-1538), 4th Earl of Shrewsbury; to Francis Talbot (1500-60), 5th Earl of Shrewsbury; to George Talbot (1528-90), 6th Earl of Shrewsbury; to widow, Elizabeth ("Bess of Hardwicke") (d. 1607); to son, William Cavendish (1552-1626), 1st Earl of Devonshire; to widow, Elizabeth (d. 1643), Countess of Devonshire; sold after her death to Sir Joseph Alston (d. 1688), 1st bt.; to son, Sir Joseph Alston (d. 1688/9), 2nd bt.; to son, Sir Joseph Alston (c.1665-1716), 3rd bt., who sold 1694 to Robert Butler, who let the house as a school, after which date it was continuously let until demolished.


Bradwell Abbey, Buckinghamshire

Bradwell Abbey Farm. Image: Jenny McLellan 

Bradwell Priory was founded in 1154 as a dependency of the Benedictine Luffield Priory at Newport Pagnell, but became independent before 1189.  It was one of a small group of monastic houses suppressed in 1524, ahead of the main Dissolution of the Monasteries, because of their dwindling numbers or poor standards, the revenues of which were used to support Cardinal Wolsey's new college at Oxford, later Christ Church. Following its closure, the buildings were surveyed and included "the houses of the inner court, the outer court, the gate-house, the hall (55 ft. by 24 ft.), the chamber called the King's Chamber, the prior's chamber, four low parlours, a dorter with five cells, chapter-house, cloisters, and 'a little chapel without the church'. Most of the buildings were cleared, but the former pilgramage chapel at the west of the church was retained as a parochial chapel and the prior's lodging was converted into a house.  

Bradwell Abbey Farm. Image: Katie Leroux

Sir Joseph Alston made additions to the house after he bought it in 1666 and it was altered again in the 18th and 19th centuries. The long south range has medieval masonry and a small two-light window with hollow-chamfered mouldings.  The south end of the range was refronted in the 17th century.  Behind the house, which became a farm in the 18th century, there are extensive barns, including five bays of a medieval cruck-framed barn.  The house is now Milton Keynes City Discovery Centre.

Descent: Crown granted 1543 to Arthur Longville (d. 1557); to younger son, Arthur Longville (d. 1594); to son, Thomas Longville (d. 1600); to son, Arthur Longville (d. 1631); to son, Sir Thomas Longville, kt., who sold 1650 to John Lawrence, who sold 1666 to Sir Joseph Alston (d. 1688), 1st bt.; to son, Sir Joseph Alston (d. 1689), 2nd bt.; to son, Sir Joseph Alston (d. 1716), 3rd bt.; to son, Sir Joseph Alston (1691-1718), 4th bt., who sold 1715 to John Fuller, who sold 1723 to Edward Owen, who sold 1730 to Sir Charles Gounter Nicoll (d. 1733); to mother, Judith Nicoll (d. 1737); to daughter, Catherine (d. 1744), wife of Sir Henry Maynard bt.; to son, Sir William Maynard bt.; sold 1755 to William Legge (d. 1801), 2nd Earl of Dartmouth; to son, George Legge (d. 1810), 3rd Earl of Dartmouth; to son, William Heneage Legge (d. 1853), 4th Earl of Dartmouth; to son, William Walter Legge (d. 1891), 5th Earl of Dartmouth, who sold 1862 to the Mercers' Company.

Alston family of Bradwell Abbey

Alston, Thomas (c.1554-1614) of Newton (Suffolk).  Second son of Edward Alston of Sayham Hall (Suffolk) [for whom see the forthcoming post on the Alstons of Odell Castle], born about 1554.  Yeoman farmer. He married 1st, about 1573, Dorothy (d. 1579), daughter and co-heir of Henry Holmsted esq. of Maplestead (Essex) and 2nd, 15 November 1579, Susan Gosse (d. 1626), and had issue:
(1.1) Thomas Alston (d. 1604); married and had issue two sons and four daughters; died 14 July 1604;
(1.2) Edward Alston (d. 1651) (q.v.);
(1.3) Alice Alston (fl. 1591); probably died unmarried before 1614;
(1.4) Elizabeth Alston (c.1572-1609); buried at Newton, 8 May 1609, when she was pregnant but unmarried;
(2.1) Thomas Alston (1580-1611); married Elizabeth (b. 1586), daughter of Thomas West of London and had issue one son; died 29 September 1611;
(2.2) Abraham Alston (d. 1624/5); married Margaret Cooke of Ipswich (Suffolk) and had issue a daughter; buried 3 February 1624/5; will proved 26 April 1625;
(2.3) Isaac Alston (d. 1625); married, 20 April 1619, Susanna Knopp (fl. 1631) (who m.2, [forename unknown] Weatherall); died 22 June 1625; buried at Newton, 25 June 1625;
(2.4) Samuel Alston (d. 1631); married Rose, daughter of Thomas Gardener of Shimpling, but died without issue; buried 11 May 1631; will proved 19 May 1631;
(2.5) William Alston (d. 1648) of Water Belchamp (Essex); married Mary, daughter of Robert Parke and had issue three sons and five daughters; administration of his estate granted 15 August 1648;
(2.6) Edmond Alston (d. 1640); married c.1608 Rachel Alston and had issue; died 21 July 1640;
(2.7) Susan Alston (fl. 1626); married, 20 November 1602, Joseph Mann and had issue;
(2.8) Amy Alston (fl. 1648); married John Cord of Sudbury (Suffolk) and had issue;
(2.9) Dorothy Alston (b. 1596; fl. 1626), baptised 24 January 1596; married, 30 November 1626, Thomas Edwards;
He lived at Newton and Edwardstone (Suffolk).
He died 6 June 1614; his will was proved 30 June 1614. His first wife died 3 April 1579. His widow died 28 January 1625/6; her will was proved 20 April 1626.

Alston, Edward (d. 1651) of Edwardstone (Suffolk).  Only son of Thomas Alston (fl. c.1600) and his first wife, Dorothy, daughter of Henry Holmsted esq. of Maplestead (Essex). He married 1st, 1596, Margaret (b. 1565), daughter and heir of Arthur Penning esq. of Kettleburgh (Suffolk) and 2nd, Frances Chauncey, and had issue:
(1.1) Arthur Alston (fl. 1625); probably predeceased his father;
(1.2) Thomas Alston (d. before 1648/9); married and had issue two sons;
(1.3) Abraham Alston (d. before 1648/9); married Deborah [surname unknown] (who married 2nd, Mr. Steele) and had issue two sons and two daughters;
(1.1) Sir Edward Alston (1597-1669), kt., of London (q.v.);
(1.4) Sir Joseph Alston (d. 1688), 1st bt. (q.v.);
(1.5) Penning Alston (d. 1668), of London; grocer; Warden of the Grocer's Company, 1662; Alderman of City of London, 1664; married, 2 January 1636/7, Judith Williams (d. 1683), and had issue one son and one daughter; will proved 14 May 1668;
(1.6) Elizabeth Alston (fl. 1669); married [forename unknown] Gilbert and had issue two daughters;
(1.7) Margaret Alston (d. before 1648/9); married [forename unknown] Skynner and had issue two sons and one daughter;
He inherited Edwardstone Hall from his father.
His will was proved 12 May 1651.

Alston, Sir Edward (1597-1669), kt., of London.  Eldest son of Edward Alston (d. c.1651) and his wife Margaret, daughter of Arthur Penning of Kettleburgh (Suffolk), born 24 June 1597. Educated at St. John's College, Cambridge (admitted 1612; BA 1616; MA 1619; MD 1626); licenced to practice medicine, 1620 and became a leading London physician; Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, 1631-69 (Treasurer, 1649-54; President 1655-66, finally being dismissed for acting high-handedly in seeking to negotiate a new site for the College after the Great Fire of London); knighted, 3 September 1660.  He was a presbyterian, being an elder of St Mary-at-Hill in 1646 and a regular attender at classis meetings. He married, 1624, Susan (1592-1670), daughter of Christopher Hudson esq. of Norwich and widow of Jasper Hussey of London, fishmonger, and had issue:
(1) Susan Alston (d. 1627); buried 13 August 1627 at St Clement Eastcheap, London;
(2) Mary Alston (1627-60), baptised 29 March 1627; married, 8 December 1647, Sir John Langham (1621-99), 2nd bt. of Cottesbrooke (Northants) and had issue three sons and three daughters, of whom only one daughter (later Mary, Countess of Warrington) survived to adulthood; buried 12 September 1660;
(3) Rebecca Alston (1628-30), baptised 6 May 1628; died young and was buried 20 September 1630;
(4) Susan Alston (1629-30), baptised 8 September 1629; died in infancy and was buried 15 February 1629/30;
(5) Sarah Alston (1631-92), baptised 6 March 1630/1; married 1st, 1652, George (d. 1655), eldest son of Sir Harbottle Grimston, 2nd bt; 2nd, 1661, John Seymour (d. 1675), 4th Duke of Somerset; and 3rd, July 1682 (sep.), Henry Hare (1636-1708), 2nd Baron Coleraine, but died without issue, 25 October 1692; buried in Westminster Abbey, 2 November 1692, where she was commemorated by a fine monument.
He was buried at St Helen, Bishopgate, 31 December 1669.

Alston, Sir Joseph (d. 1688), 1st bt., of Bradwell Abbey and Edwardstone. Second son of Edward Alston (d. c.1651) and his wife Margaret, daughter of Arthur Penning of Kettleburgh (Suffolk), born after 1604. Created a baronet, 29 January 1681/2. He married 1st, 5 November 1634/39, Mary (1620-71), daughter and co-heir of Mr. Crookenberg, a Dutch merchant of Bergen-op-Zoom (Holland), who brought him a dowry of £12,000, and 2nd, 5 December 1671, Anne, daughter of William Pheasant, and had issue including:
(1.1) Sir Joseph Alston (c.1640-89), 2nd bt. (q.v.);
(1.2) Edward Alston (b. 1650; fl. 1684), born 5 May 1650; married Mary, daughter of Capt. Thompson, and had issue one son;
(1.3) Isaac Alston (b. 1651; fl. c.1670) (q.v.);
(1.4) Benjamin Alston (b. 1659), baptised 14 August 1659;
(1.5) Clare Alston (d. 1669); married, 1664, Sir John Wittewrong (d. 1703) bt. of Rothamsted (Herts); died 12 October 1669; buried at Stantonbury (Bucks);
(1.6) Mary Alston (1661-63), baptised 7 May 1661; buried at Chelsea, 21 June 1663;
(1.7) Mary Alston (1663-1730), baptised 21 June 1663; married James Clayton (d. 1714), Warden of Merton College, Oxford and only son of Sir Thomas Clayton, kt., of La Vache, Chalfont St Giles (Bucks); died without issue, May 1730.
He bought Shrewsbury House (later Alston House), Chelsea (Middx) from the estate of the Countess of Devonshire (d. 1643); and in 1666 bought Bradwell Abbey (Bucks) and enlarged it as his family's principal seat.
He was buried 31 May 1688; his will was proved 12 June 1688. His first wife was buried 7 February 1671. His widow died in 1694 and her will was proved 29 July 1694.

Alston, Sir Joseph (c.1640-89), 2nd bt. of Bradwell Abbey.  Eldest son of Sir Joseph Alston (d. 1688) and his wife Mary, daughter and co-heir of [forename unknown] Crookenberg of Bergen-op-Zoom (Holland), born about 1640. High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire, 1670; succeeded his father in the baronetcy in 1688. He married, 1662, Elizabeth (d. 1709), daughter of Maurice Thompson esq. (and sister of John Thompson (1648-1710), 1st Baron Haversham), and had issue:
(1) Sir Joseph Alston (c.1665-1716), 3rd bt. (q.v.);
(2) Elizabeth Alston (d. 1669/70);
(3) Rev. Edward Alston (c.1668-1710), baptised 2 February 1667/8; educated at Merton College, Oxford (matriculated 1685; BA 1689; MA 1694) and Inner Temple (admitted 1690); rector of Layer Marney (Essex), 1695-98, Wivenhoe (Essex), 1698-1710; married, 1 December 1690, Elizabeth Wells (fl. 1722) and had issue a daughter; died 3 June and was buried at Wivenhoe, 4 June 1710; will proved 31 October 1710;
(4) Isaac Alston (b. 1678), baptised 21 November 1678; died young and was buried 9 February 1689/90;
(5) Maurice Alston (fl. 1684).
He inherited Alston House, Chelsea and Bradwell Abbey from his father in 1688.
He died 14 March 1688/9 and was buried in the chancel of Bradwell Chapel, 21 March 1688/9. His widow died in 1709; her will was proved 8 December 1709.

Alston, Sir Joseph (c.1665-1716), 3rd bt., of Bradwell Abbey.  Elder son of Sir Joseph Alston (c.1640-89), 2nd bt., and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Maurice Thompson esq., born about 1665. Succeeded his father in the baronetcy, 1688/9; Gentleman of the Privy Chamber, 1701; High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire, 1702. He married 1st, 23 January 1690, Penelope (1672-1714), daughter and co-heir of Sir Edward Evelyn, 1st bt. of Long Ditton (Surrey) and 2nd, 1715, Charlotte (1660-c.1719), daughter of John Mordaunt, 1st Viscount Mordaunt of Avalon, and had issue:
(1.1) Sir Joseph Alston (1691-1718), 4th bt., baptised 15 September 1691; married, 1718, Lucy (c.1701-28), only daughter of Richard Thursby esq. of Abington (Northants) and Hanslope (Bucks), but died intestate and without issue; grant of administration of his goods, 3 December 1718;
(1.2) Sir Evelyn Alston (1692-1750), 5th bt. (q.v.);
(1.3) Penelope Alston (b. 1694), baptised 4 April 1694; died before 1702;
(1.4) Edward Alston (b. & d. 1696); born 6 and baptised 9 March 1695/6; died in infancy and was buried 18 April 1696;
(1.5) Mary Alston (1697-1710), baptised 16 July 1697; buried 7 October 1710;
(1.6) Cornelius Alston (1698-1769?), baptised 2 December 1698; apprenticed to John Werry of London, mariner, 1715; possibly the 'Cornelius Halstone', mariner, whose will was proved in PCC, 17 November 1769; his will mentions no spouse, children or relatives;
(1.7) Sophia Alston (1699-1711/12), baptised 10 December 1699; buried 18 January 1711/2;
(1.8) Elizabeth Alston (b. 1701; fl. 1717); baptised 16 March 170o/1; married Robert Chase;
(1.9) Penelope Alston (1702-94), baptised 28 June 1702; died 'in the utmost penury' and was buried 16 October 1794
(1.10) Anne Alston (1702-03), baptised 28 June 1702; died in infancy and was buried 31 March 1703;
(1.11) Theodosia Alston (fl. 1717); probably died unmarried;
(1.12) Eleanor Alston (d. 1708); buried 15 July 1708;
(1.13) Die Patris Alston (b. 1705; fl. 1717), baptised 25 June 1705; so named from being born on her father's birthday
(1.14) Edward Alston (b. 1706), baptised 4 September 1706; died before 1714;
(1.15) Katherine Alston (1708-09), baptised 29 January 1708; buried 31 January 1708/9;
(1.16) William Alston (1710-12), born 11 November and baptised 15 December 1710; buried 1 January 1711/12;
(1.17) Mary Alston (1712-14), born 14 June and baptised 11 July 1712; buried 18 May 1714.
He inherited Alston House, Chelsea and Bradwell Abbey from his father in 1689 and acquired the manor of Long Ditton (Surrey) through his marriage.  He sold Alston House in about 1694. At his death his remaining estates passed to his eldest son, who sold Bradwell Abbey to John Fuller of Clerkenwell (Middx) for £7,100 in 1715, although completion of the sale was complicated by  Fuller's discovery of a deed of 1712 by which the property was mortgaged for £4,000.
He died in Bath (Somerset) and was buried at Long Ditton, 29 January 1715/6. His first wife was buried, 28 June 1714. His widow died in 1719 and her will was proved 3 February 1719/20.

Alston, Sir Evelyn (1692-1750), 5th bt. Second son of Sir Joseph Alston (c.1665-1716), 3rd bt., and his wife Penelope, daughter and co-heir of Sir Edward Evelyn, bt. of Long Ditton (Surrey), born 12 and baptised 14 November 1692. He married (in the Fleet, London), 11 January or 3 June 1712, Sarah George (1695-1764), and had issue, probably among others:
(1) Sir Evelyn Alston (1713-83), 6th bt. (q.v.);
(2) Penelope Alston (b. 1718; fl. 1783); baptised 16 July 1718; died unmarried;
(3) Joseph Alston (1719-24), born 19 February 1719; buried 24 January 1723/4;
(4) Sir William Alston (1722-1801), 7th bt. (q.v.);
(5) Sarah Alston (b. 1727/8; fl. 1783), born 20 January and baptised 14 February 1727/8; married William Attree of Redhill (Surrey), carpenter;
(6) George Alston (b. 1730/1), born 28 December 1730 and baptised 20 January 1730/1; possibly to be identified with the person of that name who was found drowned in the River Thames and buried at Woolwich, 19 August 1736.
He inherited the manor of Long Ditton from his elder brother in 1718, but sold it in 1721. He lived subsequently at a house called Redstones, Reigate (Surrey).
He was buried at Reigate (Surrey) 15 April 1750; his widow was buried there 17 August 1764.

Alston, Sir Evelyn (1713-83), 6th bt.  Eldest son of Sir Evelyn Alston (1692-1750), 5th bt. and his wife Sarah George, born 13 and baptised 20 October 1713.  He married 1st [name unknown] and 2nd, 13 March 1766, Mrs Elizabeth May (1730-83) of Marylebone, and had issue:
(1.1) A son (d. 1775); reputedly died at sea;
(1.2) Mary Ann Alston (b. 1751), born 12 March 1750/1 and baptised 8 April 1751; dead before 1783.
He lived at Reigate (Surrey) and later at Stepney (Middx)
He was buried at Stepney, February 1783; his will was proved in PCC, 8 March 1783 (estate about £400). His widow died in June 1783 and her will was proved in PCC, 19 September 1783.

Alston, Sir William (1722-1801), 7th bt.  Younger son of Sir Evelyn Alston (1691-1750), 5th bt., and his wife, born 10 and baptised 14 April 1722. Reputedly a horse breeder. He married in the Fleet Chapel, London, 10 September 1745, Elizabeth Weare (1721-1800), and had issue:
(1) Sir William Alston (1745-1819), 8th bt.;
(2) Evelyn Alston (1747-99), baptised 13 October 1747; married Mary [surname unknown] and had issue a daughter; buried 12 April 1799
(3) Sarah Alston (1749-70), baptised 25 September 1749; died unmarried, 7 November 1770;
(4) George Alston (1754-1806), born 19 January and baptised 10 February 1754; died without issue, 13 March and was buried 17 March 1806.
He died in November 1801. 

Alston, Sir William (1745-1819), 8th bt.  Son of Sir William Alston (1722-1801), 7th bt. and his wife, baptised at Lingfield (Surrey), 14 November 1745. He inherited the title from his father in 1801, but seems not to have used it, probably because he lacked the means to support the dignity. He married 1st, 18 December 1770, Mary Rose (1749-73), and 2nd, Ann [surname unknown] (d. 1820) and had issue: 
(1.1) William Alston (1770-1802); married 10 September 1793 Elizabeth (1773-1855), daughter of John Brister, and had issue three daughters; died 23 March 1802;
(1.2) Sarah Alston (d. 1858); married John Head (d. 1831) and had issue three sons and one daughter; buried 23 April 1858;
(1.3) Elizabeth Alston; married, about 1800, John Dives and had issue three sons and two daughters.
He died 6 March 1819, and is probably to be identified with the "Mr William Alston" who was buried at Lingfield (Surrey), 11 March 1819, aged 73.  

Alston, Isaac (b. 1651), of Edwardstone. Third son of Sir Joseph Alston, 1st bt., and his wife Mary, daughter and co-heir of Mr. Crookenberg of Bergen-op-Zoom (Holland). He married, before 1684, Mary, daughter and co-heire of Henry Seile of London, and had issue:
(1) Joseph Alston of Edwardstone; married Laurentia, only daughter and heir of Rev. Charles Trumbull LLD and neice of Sir William Trumbull, kt., secretary of state to King William III and had issue one son and three daughters.
His date of death is unknown.

Sources
Burke's Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies, 1841, p. 7; L. Cresswell, Stemmata Alstoniana, 1905; W.H. Godfrey, Survey of London, vol. 2: Chelsea, part 1, 1909, pp. 76-81; Sir N. Pevsner & E. Radcliffe, The buildings of England: Suffolk, 2nd edn., 1974, p. 197; Sir N. Pevsner & E. Williamson, The buildings of England: Buckinghamshire, 2nd edn., 1994, pp. 512-14.

Location of archives
No significant archive is known to survive.

Coat of arms
Azure, ten etoiles or, four, three, two and one.

Revision and acknowledgements

This post was first published 16 March 2014 and was updated 13 October 2022 and 9 June 2024. I am grateful to Paul Cox for information about the sale of Bradwell Abbey by the Alston family.

(114) Allsopp of Hindlip Hall, Barons Hindlip

During the 18th century the Allsopps were prosperous tradesmen in Derby and Worcester, with investments in land at Birlingham Hall and elsewhere. In the 19th century, the 1st Lord Hindlip claimed that they were descended from the Alsops of Alsop-en-le-Dale (Derbyshire), who owned that estate from the 12th century to the late 17th century, when Anthony Alsop's creditors forced the sale of the estate to meet his debts.  It has not been possible to establish a certain connection between Anthony Alsop (c.1618-91) of Alsop-en-le-Dale and Samuel Alsop (d. 1728/9) of Derby, but the link is certainly plausible and in view of the family tradition, perhaps even probable.

Alsop Hall, Alsop-en-le-Dale

Samuel Alsop (d. 1728/9) was a tobacconist in Derby whose will left substantial bequests to his numerous grandchildren.  His great-grandson, James Allsopp (1751-1800), married Anne, the only daughter of Benjamin Wilson of Burton-on-Trent (Staffs), who built up a substantial brewing business, based on export sales to the Baltic countries, in the late 18th century. James's son Samuel Allsopp (1780-1838) joined the business, and in 1807 - at a time of difficult trading conditions when Napoleon's blockade was limiting the Baltic trade - he bought the firm. 

In the 1820s he successfully copied the India Pale Ale brewed by Hodgson of London, and this opened up a new market for exports to India, as well as being popular at home.  The firm expanded throughout the 19th century and by 1876 Samuel Allsopp & Sons was the second largest brewer in England, producing over 30 million gallons of beer a year.  Henry Allsopp (1811-87), who succeeded his father as head of the firm, was able about 1862 to buy and remodel Hindlip Hall near Worcester as a country seat, and went on to become MP for East Worcestershire, 1874-80. When he retired from Parliament he was honoured with a baronetcy and six years later, he was raised to the peerage as Baron Hindlip. He died in 1887, leaving a fortune of over half a million pounds to his widow and ten surviving children.

Henry's career marked the high water mark of the brewing business,  His son and successor, Samuel Charles Allsopp (1842-97), 2nd Baron Hindlip, who took over as chairman of the company in 1882, encountered much more difficult trading conditions. The public limited company which was formed in 1887 went into receivership in 1911, but was restructured and continued trading until 1935 when it was merged with Ind Coope Ltd to form Ind Coope & Allsopp Ltd; the Allsopp name was finally dropped in 1959.

The 1st Baron seems to have divided his wealth among his many children in the expectation that the brewery business would continue to support his eldest son and the Hindlip Hall estate, but the declining fortunes of the brewery meant this was not the case. When the 3rd Baron inherited in 1897 he was comfortably ensconced at Doveridge Hall in Derbyshire and did not immediately move into Hindlip. In 1921 he announced he had sold much of the estate and was going to rent out the house, which became a school, and in 1939 he sold it to the Government, which planned to use it as ministerial offices in the event of the Government being evacuated from London. After the War it was sold to Worcestershire County Council, and became the headquarters of the West Mercia Constabulary.

Hindlip Hall, Worcestershire

Hindlip Hall: the house completed in 1572 and demolished in 1818

The large brick house, built for John Habington and completed in 1572, and riddled with priest-holes in which the Babington Plot conspirators were arrested in 1586, was demolished about 1818. Its successor, built about 1820 for Lord Southwell, had a two-and-a-half storey, five bay centre of pale brick with ashlar dressings and one-and-a-half storey wings of three bays, articulated by blind arches and originally linked to the house by quadrants. The central block survives, and has on the entrance side a projecting centre with pediment, a portico of four unfluted Ionic columns, and plain giant pilasters; the garden side has a raised parapet with Grecian detail. The wings were replaced in 1864-67 by balustraded three-bay, two-storey wings in line with the house, and with pediments on the garden side.  

Hindlip Hall in 2005. Image: Sally Lloyd via Wikimedia. Licenced under this Creative Commons licence.

The house sold to the Ministry of Works in 1939 as a possible location for ministerial offices in the event of the Government being evacuated from London.  After the Second World War it was sold to Worcestershire County Council and became the headquarters of West Mercia Police. The house was reconstructed after a fire in 1967 with a copper-covered mansard roof, and with the addition of a plain two-storey south-west wing carrying a huge radio mast. Further buildings were added in 1991-94 creating a headquarters complex for the West Mercia Constabulary.  

Inside, the house has a large entrance hall with Ionic columns to the rear, and an open-well staircase with a wrought-iron balustrade. On the south-facing garden front, the morning oom is flanked by drawing and dining rooms, each with a single-storey canted bay.  There is a stuccoed lodge on the A38 which must date from about 1818; it has a shallow hipped roof and plain pilasters.

Descent: Thomas Solley (d. c.1538); to son, Thomas Solley (d. 1557); to cousin, Humphrey Coningsby, who sold 1562 to John Habington (d. 1582); to son, Edward Habington (d. 1586); to brother, Thomas Habington (d. 1647); to widow, Mary Habington; to grandson, Thomas Habington; to cousin, Sir William Compton (d. c.1698), 1st bt. of Hartpury (Glos); to son, Sir William Compton (d. 1731), 2nd bt.; to son, Sir William Compton (d. 1758), 3rd bt.; to son, Sir William Compton (d. 1760), 4th bt.; to brother, Sir Walter Abington Compton (d. 1773), 5th bt.; to sisters, Catherine Compton (d. by 1779), wife of Edward Bearcroft, and Jane Compton, wife of John Berkeley; to daughters, Catherine Berkeley, wife of Robert Canning, and Jane Berkeley (d. 1853), wife of Thomas Anthony Southwell (1777-1860), 3rd Viscount Southwell; sold after his death to Sir Henry Allsopp (1811-87), 1st Baron Hindlip;to son, Sir Samuel Charles Allsopp (1842-97), 2nd Baron Hindlip; to son, Sir Charles Allsopp (1877-1931), 3rd Baron Hindlip, who let it as a school; to son, Sir Charles Samuel Victor Allsopp (1906-66), 4th Baron Hindlip, who sold 1939 to Ministry of Works; sold 1947 to Worcestershire County Council.

Allsopp family of Hindlip Hall, Barons Hindlip

Allsopp, Samuel (1688-1716) of Worcester. Son of Samuel Alsop (d. 1728/9), tobacconist of Derby, and his wife Mary, baptised 10 June 1688. Grocer at Worcester. He married, 26 March 1702, Bridget (1679-1747), eldest daughter of Thomas Bearcroft of Upton-on-Severn (Worcs) and had issue including:
(1) Bridget Allsopp (b. 1702/3), baptised 19 January 1702/3; married, 1 December 1723, Samuel Buller/Bullier; living in 1728;
(2) Thomas Allsopp (1706-83) (q.v.);
(3) Richard Allsopp (b. 1710), baptised 20 August 1710; living in 1728
(4) Samuel Allsopp (b. 1712); died before 1728;
(5) Mary Allsopp (b. 1714), baptised 20 March 1714; living in 1728.
He lived in Worcester.
He died 3 March 1716; his will was proved in PCC, 23 March 1716.

Allsopp, Thomas (1706-83) of Derby and Birlingham Hall (Worcs).  Son of Samuel Allsopp (1688-1716) and his wife Bridget, daughter of Thomas Bearcroft of Upton-on-Severn (Worcs), baptised 2 February 1706. He married, 8 December 1733, Anne (d. 1786), daughter of William Challinor of Faulde (Staffs) and had issue with other sons who died young:
(1) Mary Allsopp; married, 2 April 1761, Rev. Richard Fowler, vicar of Brewood (Staffs) and had issue a daughter.
(2) James Allsopp (1751-1800) (q.v.);
He owned Birlingham Hall, a farmhouse near Pershore.
He died in December 1783; his will was proved in the PCC, 5 February 1784. His widow died in May 1786.

Allsopp, James (1751-1800) of Derby and Birlingham Hall (Worcs).  Youngest son of Thomas Allsopp (1706-83) and his wife Anne, daughter of William Challinor of Faulde (Staffs), baptised 23 July 1751. He married 30 June 1778, Anne (1753-1845), only daughter of Benjamin Wilson of Burton-on-Trent (Staffs), brewer, and had issue:
(1) Anne Allsopp (1779-1846), baptised 13 June 1779; married, 28 August 1805, Edward Moore Noble (1774-1842) and had issue at least one son and one daughter; died 6 July 1846;
(2) Samuel Allsopp (1780-1838) (q.v.);
(3) Thomas Allsopp (1782-1855), born 21 March and baptised 4 August 1782; died unmarried and was buried at St Alkmund, Derby, 24 February 1855; will proved in PCC, 14 June 1855;
(4) Robert Allsopp (1783-1854), baptised 13 April 1785; possibly the person of this name who married c.1810 Mary Allcroft (1792-1835) and had issue seven sons and two daughters; emigrated to America, 1835; died at Seneca, Ontario, New York (USA), 27 August 1854;
(5) James Allsopp (b. & d. 1785); died in infancy, 1 October 1785;
(6) Hannah Allsopp (1789-92); died young, 22 December 1792.
He inherited Birlingham Hall from his father in 1783.
He died 24 April 1800. His widow died 2 September 1845.

Allsopp, Samuel (1780-1838) of Burton-on-Trent (Staffs).  Son of James Allsopp (1751-1800) and his wife Anne, daughter of Benjamin Wilson of Burton-on-Trent, brewer, born 12 August 1780. Brewer at Burton-on-Trent.  He married, 6 September 1804, Frances (1784-1862), only daughter of Charles Fowler of Shrewsbury and had issue:
(1) Charles James Allsopp (1805-44), born 5 June 1805; married, 29 December 1836 Sarah Emma (d. 1879), daughter of John Drewry (who married 2nd, 5 May 1852, Rev. William Belcher of Wensley (Derbys)); died without issue, 20 October 1844;
(2) Frances Allsopp (1807-48), born 22 October 1807 and baptised 24 February 1809; married, 23 January 1828, William Whyburgh How of Shrewsbury, gent.; died 28 July 1848;
(3) William Allsopp (1809-15), born 7 June 1809; died young, 21 October 1815;
(4) Sir Henry Allsopp (1811-87), 1st bt. and 1st Baron Hindlip (q.v.).
He lived at Burton-on-Trent (Staffs).
He died 26 February 1838; his will was proved in PCC, 22 June 1838. His widow died 10/12 June 1862; her will was proved 6 October 1862 (estate under £16,000).

Allsopp, Sir Henry (1811-87), 1st bt. and 1st Baron Hindlip.  Third son of Samuel Allsopp (1780-1838) of Burton-on-Trent, brewer, and his wife Frances, daughter of Charles Fowler of Shrewsbury, born 19 February 1811. Brewer at Burton-on-Trent. Conservative MP for East Worcestershire, 1874-80; JP for Staffordshire, Worcestershire and Derbyshire; DL for Staffordshire and Worcestershire. He was created a baronet, 7 May 1880, and raised to the peerage as 1st Baron Hindlip of Hindlip and Alsop-en-le-Dale, 16 February 1886.  He married, 21 August 1839, Elizabeth (d. 1906), second daughter of William Tongue of Comberford Hall (Staffs) and had issue:
(1) Samuel Charles Allsopp (1842-97), 2nd Baron Hindlip (q.v.);
(2) Lt-Col. Hon. William Henry Allsopp (1843-1909) of Oxenden House, Herne Bay (Kent), born 9 and baptised 10 November 1843; educated at Oxford (MA); Major (later Hon. Lt-Col.), 3rd Battn, Worcestershire Regiment; a member of Lloyds; married, 19 April 1888, Isobel Margaret Hutton; died without issue, 20 February 1909; will proved 15 March 1909 (estate £25,242);
(3) Hon. George Higginson Allsopp (1846-1907) of Foston Hall (Derbys), born 28 March 1846; educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge (BA 1868; MA 1871); director of Samuel Allsopp & Sons Ltd., brewers; Conservative MP for Worcester, 1885-1906; JP for Staffordshire, Derbyshire and Worcestershire; DL for Staffordshire and Worcestershire; married, 16 July 1895, Lady Mildred Georgiana Ashley-Cooper (1867-1958), third daughter of Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 8th Earl of Shaftesbury, and had issue one son and one daughter; died 9 September 1907; will proved 28 October 1907 (estate £110,433);
(4) Lt-Col. Hon. Ranulph Allsopp (1848-1911), born 27 July 1848; Major in Royal Artillery, 1885-89; Lt-Col. Hon. Artillery Co., 1891-93; married, 5 January 1898, Margaret (1868-1941), second daughter of William Whitbread and had issue two sons and one daughter; died 25 December 1911; will proved 6 February 1912 (estate £39,978);
(5) Hon. Frances Elizabeth Allsopp (1850-1932); married, 23 August 1877, Rev. Melville Russell Moore (1845-1923), vicar of Preston (Glos), son of Rev. Charles Moore of Garlewick House (Cornwall); died 13 December 1932; will proved 3 March 1933 (estate £526);
(6) Hon. Elizabeth Sydney Allsopp (1852-1928), born 19 February 1852; married, 7 July 1874, Thomas Eades Walker MP (1843-99) of Studley Castle (Worcs) and had issue three sons and four daughters; died 10 December 1928; will proved 14 February 1929 (estate £1,733);
(7) Hon. Ada Katherine Allsopp (1854-1903); married, 10 February 1881, Edward Waldron Heywood (d. 1908) of Sillins, Redditch (Worcs); died without issue, 2 January 1903; will proved 13 February 1903 (estate £659).
(8) Hon. Herbert Tongue Allsopp (1855-1920) of Walton Bury (Staffs), born 5 December 1855; educated at Cheltenham College and Trinity Hall, Cambridge; officer in 10th Royal Hussars, 1877-90 (Lt., 1881; Capt., 1887); JP for Staffordshire; married, 11 August 1891, Edith Mary (d. 1935), fourth daughter of Haughton Charles Okeover and had issue a daughter; died at Barnwood House Asylum, 31 January 1920; will proved 21 May 1920 (estate £36,639);
(9) Hon. Frederick Ernest Allsopp (1857-1928) of Hadzor House (Worcs), born 21 September 1857; officer in Royal Artillery; died unmarried, 20 December 1928;
(10) Hon. Alfred Percy Allsopp (1861-1929) of Battenhall Mount, Worcester, born 26 August 1861; educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge (admitted 1880); MP for Taunton, 1887-95; chairman of Samuel Allsopp & Sons Ltd., 1895-1900; JP for Worcs and DL for Staffs; Mayor of Worcester, 1892, 1894 and 1909; served in WW1 as General Staff Officer (Capt.); married, 23 July 1890, Lillian Maud (1871-1962), daughter of Rev. John Stanley Chesshire, rector of Hindlip, and had issue a daughter; died 22 February 1929;
(11) Henry Allsopp (1864-65), born 23 February 1864; died in infancy, 11 May 1865.
He purchased Hindlip Hall (Worcs) in about 1862.
He died 3 April 1887 and his will was proved 18 June 1887 (estate £557, 577). His widow died 19 and was buried at Hindlip, 24 August 1906; her will was proved 7 November 1906 (estate £17,006).

2nd Baron Hindlip
by R.P. Ellis

Allsopp, Samuel Charles (1842-97), 2nd Baron Hindlip.  Eldest son of Sir Henry Allsopp (1811-87), 1st bt. and 1st Baron Hindlip, and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of William Tongue of Comberford Hall (Staffs), born 24 March and baptised 16 June 1842. Educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge (BA 1865; MA 1869).  Chairman of Samuel Allsopp & Co., brewers and Deputy Chairman of Great Northern Railway. Conservative MP for Taunton, East Staffordshire, 1873-80 and Taunton, 1882-87; JP for Derbyshire, Staffordshire and Worcestershire; DL for Staffordshire. He married, 28 April 1868, Georgina Millicent (1846-1939), eldest daughter of Charles Rowland Palmer-Morewood of Alfreton Hall (Derbys) and had issue:
(1) Henry Allsopp (b. & d. 1876), born 27 March and died in infancy 7 November 1876;
(2) Charles Allsopp (1877-1931), 3rd Baron Hindlip (q.v.)
He inherited Hindlip Hall from his father in 1887. His London town house was 33 Hill St, W1.
He died of cancer, 12 and was buried at Hindlip, 16 July 1897; his will was proved 22 October 1897 (estate £432,149). His widow died 15 January 1939; her will was proved 27 February 1939 (estate £24,348).

Allsopp, Charles (1877-1931), 3rd Baron Hindlip.  Only surviving son of Samuel Charles Allsopp (1842-97), 2nd Baron Hindlip, and his wife Georgina Millicent, daughter of Charles Rowland Palmer-Morewood of Alfreton Hall (Derbys), born 22 September 1897. Educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge (BA 1898). JP for Worcestershire and Derbyshire; DL for Worcestershire; County Councillor for Worcestershire. Captain in 5th Battn, Worcestershire Regt.; Lieutenant in 8th Hussars during Boer War; General Staff Officer in WW1; awarded Legion d'honneur; OBE, 1919. Aide de camp to Governor of Victoria; junior Unionist whip in House of Lords, 1907-14. Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and Zoological Society. He married, 19 April 1904, Agatha Lillian (d. 1962), second daughter of John Charles Thynne and had issue:
(1) Charles Samuel Victor Allsopp (1906-66), 4th Baron Hindlip (q.v.);
(2) Hon. Diana Joan Allsopp (1908-2006), born 19 December 1908; married, 2 June 1930, Sir Rupert John Hardy, 4th bt. (1902-97) and had issue one son and one daughter; died 8 February 2006; will proved 24 July 2006;
(3) Hon. Nancy Marion Allsopp (1910-2006), born 15 October 1910; married, 27 July 1936, Peter Geoffrey Brooke (1909-92), son of Maj-Gen. Geoffrey Francis Hereman Brooke CB DSO MC and had issue one son; died 16 December 2006; will proved 20 April 2007;
(4) Henry Richard Allsopp (1912-93), 5th Baron Hindlip (q.v.).
He inherited Hindlip Hall from his father in 1897, but let the house at some periods. In 1911 he was living at Doveridge Hall (Derbys). His London town house was at 33 Hill Street, W1. In 1921 he announced that he would have to give up Hindlip Hall and had sold 2,000 acres of the estate.
He died 2 December 1931; his will was proved 7 April and 25 June 1932 (estate £193,591). His widow died 11 December 1962; her will was proved 20 May 1963 (estate £46,360).

Allsopp, Charles Samuel Victor (1906-66), 4th Baron Hindlip.  Elder son of Charles Allsopp (1877-1931), 3rd Baron Hindlip, and his wife Agatha Lillian, daughter of John Charles Thynne, born 5 November 1906. Educated at Eton. Major in Royal Army Service Corps; Lt. in Royal Artillery in WW2.  He married 1st, 23 February 1932 (div., 1934), Bridget, daughter of Harold Nickols and 2nd, 16 February 1939, Hansina Elfrida Cecilia (Tulla) (1910-88), daughter of Frederick William Harris and had issue:
(2.1) Hon. Penelope Jane Allsopp (1940-2009), born 2 April 1940; married, 1 July 1965, Theodore Demetrios Velissaropolous, son of Demetrios Velissaropolous of Athens (Greece); died without issue, 15 October 2009;
(2.2) Hon. Elizabeth Tulla Allsopp (1942-2012), born 20 June 1942; died unmarried, 4 September 2012.
He inherited Hindlip Hall from his father in 1931, but sold it in 1939. At the time of his death he lived at Botches, Wivelsfield Green (Sussex).
He died 30 March 1966; his will was proved 10 August 1966 (estate £253,330).  His widow died July-September 1988.

Allsopp, Major Henry Richard (1912-93), 5th Baron Hindlip.  Younger son of Charles Allsopp (1877-1931), 3rd Baron Hindlip, and his wife Agatha Lillian, daughter of John Charles Thynne, born 1 July 1912. Educated at Eton and RMC Sandhurst; served in Coldstream Guards, 1932-48 (Major, 1941); JP and DL for Wiltshire. Succeeded his brother as 5th Baron Hindlip, 30 March 1966. He married, 12 April 1939, Cecily Valentine Jane (1910-2000), daughter of Lt-Col. Malcolm Borwick DSO and had issue:
(1) Charles Henry Allsopp (b. 1940), 6th Baron Hindlip (q.v.);
(2) Hon. John Peter Allsopp (b. 1942), born 16 November 1942; educated at Eton; married, 1976, Daryl G., youngest daughter of Leonard Shawzin of Cape Province, South Africa and had issue one son and two daughters;
(3) Hon. Sarah Cecily Allsopp (b. 1944), born 13 March 1944; married, 27 July 1967 (div. 1984), Hugh Robert Myddelton and had issue four daughters.
He lived at Tytherton House, East Tytherton (Wilts).
He died 19 December 1993. His widow died 1 November 2000.

Allsopp, Charles Henry (1940-2024), 6th Baron Hindlip.  Elder son of Maj. Henry Richard Allsopp (1912-93), 5th Baron Hindlip, and his wife Cecily Valentine Jane, daughter of Lt-Col. Malcolm Borwick, born 5 August 1940. Education at Eton. Served in Coldstream Guards, 1959-62. Career with Christies, auctioneers, 1962-2002 (Chairman, 1986-96; Group Chairman, 1996-2002); Deputy Chairman of Agnews, 2003-04. Trustee of Chatham Historic Dockyard, 1988-2000. He was appointed Chevalier of the Legion d'honneur, 1998. He married, 18 April 1968, Fiona Victoria Jean Atherley (1947-2014), younger daughter of William Johnston McGowan, 1st Baron McGowan, and had issue:
(1) Hon. Kirstie Mary Allsopp (b. 1971), born 31 August 1971; television presenter and property agent; partner of Ben Andersen, property developer, and has issue two sons;
(2) Henry William Allsopp (b. 1973), 7th Baron Hindlip, born 8 June 1973; art dealer; married, 28 May 2012, Hon. Naomi Gummer, daughter of Peter Selwyn Gummer, Baron Chadlington, and has issue one son and one daughter;
(3) Hon. Sophia Atherley Allsopp (b. 1980); television presenter; married Robert Fletcher and had issue one son
(4) Hon. Natasha Fiona Allsopp (b. 1986).
He lived at Lydden House, King's Stag (Dorset).
He died 5 June 2024. His wife died 6 January 2014.

Sources
Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 2003, pp. 2058-9; Who's Who, 2013, p. 1070;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirstie_Allsopp; 

Location of archives
Allsopp family of Hindlip Hall, Barons Hindlip: Worcestershire and Derbyshire estate papers and family papers, 19th-20th cents. [Worcestershire Archive & Archaeology Service, BA9875]

Coat of arms
Sable three pheons in chevron or between as many doves rising argent, each holding in the beak an ear of wheat of the second.

Revision and acknowledgements
This post was first published 9 March 2014 and was updated 21 February 2015, 26 February and 8 June 2024.

(113) Alloway of The Derries

Alloway of The Derries

The Alloway family were Quaker merchants in the Devon/ Somerset border area in the late 17th century. William Alloway of Bridgwater (and formerly of Minehead), probably the brother of the first Benjamin Alloway noticed below, is recorded as the leading general merchant in the town, with an international trade and ships plying regularly to Dublin and France. Benjamin Alloway (1670-?1745) seems to have settled in Dublin in about 1700, perhaps as agent for William. The family remained in Dublin over several generations, and maintained the Quaker faith for many years as is indicated by some of their marriages: for example, the first wife of Benjamin Alloway (1728-72) was a grand-daughter of the leading Quaker apologist, Robert Barclay of Urie.  It was William Johnson Alloway (c.1771-1829), who perhaps inherited significant wealth from his father-in-law, Robert Johnson, a justice of the common pleas in Ireland, who translated the family into the county gentry by buying a small estate of around 618 acres at Ballyshaneduff (Co. Leix) and building a new house there in about 1810.  His son had to partially reconstructed the house after a devastating fire in 1849, and it remained in the family until the early death of Robert Marmaduke Alloway in 1880. With his death, his young children became orphans, and were taken into the care of their mother's father, Theophilus Lucas-Clements, who acted as their guardian and trustee. He put the Ballyshaneduff estate (by then known as The Derries) up for auction in 1884. The two young sons who would have stood to inherit the estate emigrated to Canada when they reached their late teens, becoming part of the vast Irish diaspora who sought a new life in the colonies. They perhaps chose Canada because their great-uncle Arthur William Alloway (b. 1804) had previously gone there in 1855 and their cousin, William Forbes Alloway (1852-1930) was becoming established and wealthy as a banker and public benefactor in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

The Derries, alias Ballyshaneduff (Co. Leix)

The Derries estate in the late 19th century, from the Ordnance Survey 6" map of Ireland

A 19th-century castellated house, built in 1810 by W.J. Alloway on the site of an old house of the O’Dempseys, and remodelled and partially rebuilt by his son after a devastating fire in January 1849.  The resulting building had two main fronts: a long, low east front (nearly 200 feet in length) with pointed doors and windows and a castellated parapet, presumably largely of c.1810, and a higher western front with a square tower.  In the 1850s, a small ivy-covered fragment of the old house of the O'Dempseys stood opposite the hall door, and near it Robert Morellet Alloway built a replica of an Irish round tower.  Like the house, this has gone, and the well-wooded landscaped demesne of some 618 acres is now given over to commercial forestry; few traces remain of the estate. No illustration of the house is known to survive.

Descent: Sir Terence O'Dempsey (d. 1638), 1st Viscount Clanmalier; to son, Lewis O'Dempsey (d. 1683), 2nd Viscount Clanmalier; seized by Parliament 1641 and granted after Restoration to Sir Henry Bennet (1618-85), 1st Earl of Arlington... forfeited 1690 and granted to Henry Massue du Ruvigny (1648-1720), 1st Earl of Galway... sold to Hollow Swordblade Co. of London, which divided it into smaller properties, one of which was sold to William Johnson Alloway (d. 1829); to son, Robert Morellet Alloway (1810-77); to son, Robert Marmaduke Alloway (1840-80); after whose death it was sold in 1884.

The Alloway family of The Derries

Alloway, Benjamin (b. 1670) of Dublin. Son of William and Susannah Alloway of Minehead, born 23 June 1670. He settled in Dublin about 1700.  He is probably the person of this name who married, 12 September 1698 at Luxborough or Luccombe (Somerset), Hannah, daughter of Peter Godwin, and had issue including:
(1) William Alloway (fl. early 18th cent.) (q.v.).
He may be the person of this name who was buried at Minehead in 1745.

Alloway, William (fl. early 18th cent.) of Dublin.  Son of Benjamin Alloway (b. 1670) and his wife Hannah, daughter of Peter Godwin, born about 1700.  He married, about 1725, Grace, daughter of Archibald Montgomerie of Ayrshire and had issue:
(1) Benjamin Alloway (1728-72) (q.v.);
(2) Hannah Alloway (d. 1796), m. Jonas Duckett (1720-97) of Duckett's Grove and had issue five sons and three daughters; died 29 February 1796.
His date of death is unknown.

Alloway, Benjamin (1728-72) of Dublin.  Son of William Alloway (fl. early 18th cent.) of Dublin, and his wife Grace, daughter of Archibald Montgomerie of Ayrshire, born 1728. He married 1st, 28 or 29 June 1753, Lydia, daughter of John Barclay (1687-1751) and granddaughter of Robert Barclay of Urie (Aberdeens), and 2nd, 27 December 1769, Anne, daughter of William Johnson of Dublin, and had issue:
(1.1) David Alloway; probably died young;
(1.2) John Barclay Alloway (1754/5-1830) of Mount Pleasant (Dublin); married, August 1787, Catherine Evans (1758-1830) but died without issue, 6 December 1830;
(1.3) Robert Alloway (b. c.1756); probably died young;
(1.4) William Alloway (b. 1757);
(1.5) Mary Alloway (b. 1759); married, 1776, Joseph Sparrow;
(1.6) Benjamin Alloway (b. 1761);
(2.1) William Johnson Alloway (c.1771-1829) (q.v.)
He died 29 April 1772. His widow married 2nd, 1781, George Holmes and had issue a further son (Maj. George Holmes, killed at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815).

Alloway, William Johnson (c.1771-1829) of Ballyshaneduff.  Only son of Benjamin Alloway (1728-72) and his second wife, Anne, daughter of William Johnson of Dublin, born 1770x1772. He married, 15 May 1802, Margaret (d. 1834), eldest daughter of Robert Johnson, a judge of common pleas for Ireland, and had issue:
(1) Robert Morellet Alloway (c.1803-77) (q.v.);
(2) Arthur William Alloway (b. 1804), baptised 3 October 1804; vetinary surgeon in 4th Regiment; emigrated to Canada, 1855; married, 26 April 1832, his cousin Mary Christina Johnson and had issue (including William Forbes Alloway (1852-1930) the Canadian banker and philanthropist);
(3) Margaret Anne Alloway (1809-35), born 22 April 1809; died unmarried, 16 April 1835;
(4) George Holmes Alloway (c.1815-80); married, 8 December 1847, Florence Gertrude, daughter of Henry McClintock of Dundalk (Louth); died in London, 1880;
(5) Anne Alloway (fl. 1835); probably died unmarried;
(6) Maria Alloway (d. 1845); married, 19 May 1844, William Conway Morgan (b. 1814), barrister-at-law  (who married 2nd, 1854, Catherine Elizabeth Kane and had issue two daughters) and had issue one son; died about 17 May 1845;
(7) John Parker Alloway (fl. 1835).
He purchased the Ballyshaneduff estate and built a new house there c.1810.
He died 2 October 1829. His widow died 18 April 1834.

Alloway, Robert Morellet (c.1803-77) of Ballyshaneduff. Eldest son of William Johnson Alloway (d. 1829) and his wife Margaret, daughter of Robert Johnson, born about 1803. Educated at Trinity College, Dublin (admitted 1820; MA) and Grays Inn (admitted 1826). JP for Co. Leix. Author (as Robert Montgomerie) of The Rose of Rostrevor, 1855; patented improvements in the treatment of peat for use as fuel, 1865. He married, 19 June 1832, Marian (d. 1881), only daughter of William Lewis of Harlech (Dublin) and had issue:
(1) Grace Montgomerie Alloway (1838-67), born 19 June 1838; married, 28 November 1865, John Saunders of Burnham (Somerset) and had issue a son; died 8 January 1867;
(2) Robert Marmaduke Alloway (1840-80) (q.v.).
He inherited Ballyshaneduff from his father in 1829, and partially rebuilt the house after a devastating fire in 1849.  Some of the estate land was sold in 1863, and he lived latterly at Wells in Somerset.
He died at Wells (Somerset), 8 July 1877; his will was proved 10 August 1877 (estate £450). His widow died at Exmouth, 2 November 1881; her will was proved 13 December 1881 (estate in England £418).

Alloway, Robert Marmaduke (1840-80) of Ballyshaneduff.  Only son of Robert Morellet Alloway (1810-77) and his wife Marian, daughter of William Lewis of Harlech (Dublin), born 9 June 1840. Served as a Lieutenant in Dublin City Artillery (resigned 1873). He married 1st, 19 August 1869 at St Peter, Dublin, Isabella Margaret (d. 1876), daughter of Theophilus Lucas-Clements esq. of Rathkenny (Cavan) and Dublin, and 2nd, 24 July 1878 at Weston-super-Mare (Somerset), Laura Georgina (c.1856-1951), daughter of Rev. Joseph Philip Knight, and had issue:
(1.1) Edward Lewis Upton Alloway (1872-1903), born 16 March 1872; emigrated to Canada, 1889 and became a rancher at Little Red River, Alberta; died 28 December 1903; will proved 7 May 1906 (estate in England £477);
(1.2) Robert Henry Arthur Alloway (1873-1956), born 18 March 1873; emigrated to Canada; died in Vancouver, British Columbia, 21 December 1956;
(1.3) Olivia Beatrice Alloway (1875-1938), born 13 January 1875; married, 1909, Charles Vernon Olive, bank clerk, and had issue; died 16 January 1938; will proved 25 August 1938 (estate £1,007);
(1.4) Isabella Maria Alloway (b. 1876), born 12 April 1876; unmarried in 1911.
He inherited Ballyshaneduff alias The Derries from his father in 1877. It was sold with 364 acres in 1884 by his children's trustee.
He died at Aldeburgh (Suffolk), 7 December 1880; his will was proved 15 June 1901 (estate £1,077). His first wife died 24 April 1876; administration of her goods was granted 24 April 1901 (estate £816). His widow married 2nd, 16 April 1889, Otto Ernesta Haenni, of Godalming, schoolmaster, and died 23 March 1951; her will was proved 11 June 1951 (estate £5,678).

Sources

Burke's Landed Gentry, 1850, vol. 2, supplement, p.4; 1871, vol. 1, p. 15; M. Bence-Jones, Country Houses of Ireland, 1988, p.28; Dublin Evening Mail, 15 January 1849.

Location of archives

No significant archive is known to survive.

Coat of arms

Gules, a lion, salient, between two crescents in chief, and as many swords in base, argent.

(112) Allott of Hague Hall, South Kirkby

The Allott family were established from the 16th century as gentleman farmers at Painthorpe and Crigglestone in the parish of Sandal Magna near Wakefield (Yorks WR). Edward Allott (d. 1721) married Rebecca Swallow, and through her acquired the advowson (patronage) of the vicarage of South Kirkby, a few miles to the east.  Edward probably bequeathed this to his clergyman son, Robert Allott (1683-1738), who was presented to the living in 1728. Apart from a ten year period 1738-48, the family were thereafter vicars of the parish down to 1870.  Robert's eldest son, Rev. James Allott (1723-56) married the only daughter of the Rev. Henry Green (d. 1738) of Hague Hall, South Kirkby, and through her the manor house of Hague Hall entered the Allott family.  After James' early death, he was succeeded in the vicarage by his younger brother, Rev. John Allott (1734-1813) and at Hague Hall by his only surviving son, another James Allott (1754-1811).  This James bequeathed the house to his cousin, the vicar's son, Capt. John Allott (1770-1824), and when he died the vicarage and house were reunited in the person of his younger brother, Rev. George Allott (1776-1848). George's heir survived him by only a few months, and Hague Hall then passed to his next surviving brother, who was a clergyman in Lincolnshire, while the vicarage of South Kirkby went to George's younger son, Rev. George Allott (1818-70).  After 1849, the family let Hague Hall out, and in 1892 it was sold.  The house survived only a couple of decades longer, being demolished as a result of mining subsidence in 1910.  The family became established around Louth in Lincolnshire in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, but do not seem to have acquired another country house.

Hague Hall, South Kirkby, Yorkshire (WR)

The manor house of South Kirkby, although on a site a mile away from the village and rather nearer to Hemsworth. There was a medieval building on the site, first recorded in 1218, but this was replaced by a square three storey gabled 17th century house with a projecting full-height gabled porch on the entrance front. It was probably built for Nathaniel Birkhead, who seems to have bought the manor of South Kirkby in about 1620, or for his son-in-law, Edmund Watson, who inherited the estate in 1649.  The house was assessed on ten hearths in 1666, showing that by then the house had been built.  The fenestration was altered to sash windows in the 18th century, and the house was refurbished at a cost of over £1000 after it was sold in 1892 to Capt. Pepper. 

Hague Hall, following partial collapse due to mining subsidence. Image: Matthew Beckett

However, from about 1904 the house began to be undermined by the workings of the nearby South Kirkby colliery; cracks began to appear in the walls and the window sills snapped in two.  Capt. Pepper moved out in about 1905 and following a partial collapse in about 1910, work began on pulling it down.  One corner of the house, complete with a huge chimney was however not taken down until after the First World War. Some of the fittings of the house were removed to other houses in the area; a 'fine wooden staircase', for example, is reputed to have gone to a house in Hemsworth.

Descent: Nathaniel Birkhead (d. 1649); to daughter, Ann, wife of Edmund Watson (d. 1688) [but see comments on this post below]; to son, Edmund Watson (1662-1714); to widow, Grace Watson who married Rev. Henry Greene (d. 1738); to daughter, Elizabeth, wife of Rev. James Allott (1723-56); to son, James Allott (1754-1811); to cousin, Capt. John Allott (1770-1824); to brother, Rev. George Allott (1776-1848); to son, James Allott (1810-48); to brother, Rev. John Allott (1812-88), who leased the house to Joseph Ward and later Joseph Sewell (d. 1887); to son, John George Allott (1839-1918) who sold 1892 to Capt. Pepper, who demolished the house c.1910.

Allott family of Hague Hall

Allott, Edward (c.1641-1721) of Painthorpe and Crigglestone. Son of George Allott of Crigleston (d. c.1683), born about 1641. Gentleman farmer. He married, 13 December 1677, Rebecca Swallow (1656-1719), and had issue:
(1) George Allott (b. 1678) of Crigleston and South Kirkby, baptised 21 November 1678; married 20 April 1715, Mrs. Susanna Allott;
(2) John Allott (b. 1680), baptised 19 July 1680; 
(3) Richard Allott (1682-1739), baptised 11 October 1682;
(2) Rev. Robert Allott (1683-1738) (q.v.);
(5) William Allott (b. 1687), baptised 16 December 1687;
(6) Elizabeth Allott (b. 1689), baptised 22 April 1689; married 3 February 1712, Samuel Wood;
(7) Susannah Allott (b. 1691), baptised 29 October 1691;
(8) Edward Allott (1694-1731), baptised 4 July 1694; buried at Sandal Magna, 14 July 1731;
(9) James Allott (b. 1696), baptised 29 November 1696;
(10) Thomas Allott (b. 1700), baptised 7 March 1699/1700.
He owned farms at Painthorpe and Crigglestone in Sandal Magna near Wakefield (Yorks WR). Crigleston passed to his eldest son, and Painthorpe perhaps to his younger son.
He was buried at Sandal Magna, 20 April 1721 and his will was proved 27 April 1721. His wife was buried 6 October 1719.

Allott, Rev. Robert (1683-1738).  Second son of Edward Allott (fl. 1677) and his wife Rebecca Swallow, baptised 6 February 1683/4 at Sandal Magna (Yorks WR). Educated at Sedburgh School and St. John's College, Cambridge (admitted 1702; BA 1706/7; MA 1710; Fellow, 1710-18). Ordained deacon and priest, 1709; rector of Addingham (Yorks WR), 1715-21 (deprived for non-residence); vicar of South Kirkby (Yorks WR), 1728-38. He married at York, 27 March 1722, Frances (d. 1744), daughter of Francis Hall of Swaithe Hall, Barnsley (Yorks WR) and had issue:
(1) Rev. James Allott (1723-56) (q.v.);
(2) Frances Allott (b. 1724), baptised 29 June 1724; married, 1 January 1750, Benjamin Kennett of Manchester;
(3) Sarah Allott (1725-91), baptised 24 February 1725; married, 2 July 1753, Charles Steer (1724-86) of Sandal Magna (Yorks WR) and had issue ten sons and four daughters; died 23 July and was buried at Sandal Magna, 25 July 1791;
(4) Elizabeth Allott (1727-72), baptised at Whatton (Notts), 18 October 1727; married 1 December 1745, Richard Lidster and had issue; buried at South Kirkby, 6 April 1772;
(5) Rebecca Allott (1729-1810?), baptised 9 May 1729; possibly the person of this name who died 1 September 1810 and was buried at Ecclesfield (Yorks WR);
(6) Robert Allott, of Painthorpe (1730-78), baptised 15 April 1730; probably married, 9 June 1756 at Gainsborough (Lincs), Mary Wilkinson; buried at Sandal Magna, 3 February 1778; will proved at York, May 1778; his widow sold the Painthorpe property following his death;
(7) Rev. John Allott (1734-1813) (q.v.).
He may have inherited Painthorpe from his father and passed it to his second son, whose widow sold it.
He died 27 July 1738 and is commemorated by a monument at South Kirkby. His widow died in 1744 and administration of her goods was granted May 1744.

Allott, Rev. James (1723-56). Eldest son of Rev. Robert Allott (1683-1738) and his wife Frances, daughter of Francis Hall of Swaith Hall, baptised 5 May 1723. Vicar of South Kirkby (Yorks WR). Educated at Sedbergh School and St John's College, Cambridge (admitted 1741; BA 1744/5; MA 1748). Ordained deacon, 1746 and priest, 1747; vicar of South Kirkby, 1747-56. He married, 27 August 1753, Elizabeth, daughter of Rev. Henry Greene (d. 1738) of Hague Hall, South Kirkby and had issue:
(1) James Allott (1754-1811) (q.v.);
(2) Robert Allott (1755-56), baptised 11 October 1755; buried 14 January 1756.
Through his marriage, he inherited Hague Hall from his father-in-law.
He was buried at South Kirkby, 28 February 1756.

Allott, James (1754-1811) of Hague Hall. Only son of Rev. James Allott (1723-56) and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Greene of Hague Hall, baptised 8 October 1754. Educated at South Kirkby and Trinity College, Cambridge (admitted 1772; BA 1776; MA 1779). He was unmarried and without issue.
He inherited Hague Hall from his father, and at his death bequeathed it to his cousin, Capt. John Allott (d. 1824).
He was buried at South Kirkby, 7 September 1811, where he was commemorated by a monument. His will was proved at York, March 1812.

Allott, Rev. John (1734-1813). Youngest son of Rev. Robert Allott (c.1684-1738) and his wife Frances, daughter of Francis Hall of Swaith Hall, baptised 5 March 1734. Educated at Sedbergh School and St John's College, Oxford (matriculated 1754; BA 1758; MA 1761). Ordained deacon, 1758 and priest, 1759; curate of Felkirk (Yorks WR), 1758-59; vicar of South Kirkby (Yorks WR), 1759-1813. He married, 31 October 1769, Anne (c.1746-1824), daughter of Hugh Hammersley of Doncaster (Yorks WR), and had issue:
(1) Capt. John Allott (1770-1824) (q.v.);
(2) Sarah Allott (1771-1842), baptised 5 December 1771; died unmarried and was buried at South Kirkby, 22 April 1842;
(3) Anne Allott (1773-1849), baptised 8 September 1773; died unmarried 13 January and was buried at South Kirkby, 20 January 1849;
(4) Rev. George Allott (1776-1848) (q.v.);
(5) Rev. James Allott (1778-1814), baptised 27 July 1778; educated at Louth Grammar School and St. John's and St. Catherine's Colleges, Cambridge (matriculated 1798; BA 1802; MA 1805); ordained deacon, 1802 and priest, 1805; Chaplain to the Forces in Lisbon (Portugal) during the Peninsula campaign; died unmarried at Stevenage (Herts), 1814, shortly after returning to England; buried at South Kirkby, 8 October 1814; administration of his goods granted December 1814.
He was buried at South Kirkby, 13 April 1813; his will was proved at York, July 1813. His widow was buried at South Kirkby, 17 April 1824, aged 78.

Allott, Capt. John (1770-1824) of Hague Hall. Eldest son of Rev. John Allott (1734-1813) and his wife Anne, daughter of Hugh Hammersley of Doncaster, baptised 6 October 1770. Captain in the 5th Regiment of the Army. He married, 26 February 1822, Elizabeth, daughter of James Emmerson of South Kirkby but had no issue.
He inherited Hague Hall from his cousin, James Allott, in 1811.
He died and was buried at South Kirkby, 19 June 1824.

Allott, Rev. George (1776-1848), of Hague Hall. Second son of Rev. John Allott (1734-1813) and his wife Anne, daughter of Hugh Hammersley of Doncaster, born 8 and baptised 31 October 1776. Educated at Louth Grammar School and St Catherine's College, Cambridge (matriculated 1795; BA 1799; MA 1814). He was ordained deacon, 1799 and priest, 1800; perpetual curate of Bolton-upon-Dearne (Yorks WR), 1800-48; vicar of South Kirkby, 1813-48. He married, 10 October 1805, Mary (b. 1776), eldest daughter of James Emmerson of South Kirkby and had issue:
(1) Catherine Ann Allott (1806-83); baptised at Patrington (Yorks), 31 August 1806; married, 11 May 1830, William Platt Bradshaw (1797-1874) of Burnage Lodge, Levenshulme (Lancs); died 29 September 1883; will proved 28 December 1883 (estate £2,227);
(2) Sarah  Cope Allott (1807-76), baptised 24 November 1807; married, 4 June 1838, Joshua Hepworth (d. 1879) of Rogerthorpe Hall near Pontefract (Yorks WR); died 31 October 1876 and was buried at Badsworth (Yorks WR), 4 November 1876; will proved 30 May 1879 (estate under £6,000);
(3) James Allott (1810-48) of Burnt Wood Lodge, born 29 September 1810; educated at Clare College, Cambridge (matriculated 1829; BA 1838; MA 1841); married, 14 January 1847, Hannah, eldest daughter of John Webster of Springfield House, Morley (Yorks WR) but died without issue; died 4 and buried at South Kirkby, 10 November 1848;
(4) Rev. John Allott (1812-88) (q.v.);
(5) Mary Elizabeth Allott (1813-95), baptised 23 January 1814; married 1st, 17 September 1839, Henry Orme (d. 1851) of Louth (Lincs), son of Rev. Thomas Henry Cave Orme; married 2nd, 1856, Frederic Septimus Tate (d. 1882); died 2 September 1895; will proved 18 October 1895 (estate £19,191);
(6) Frances Jane Allott (1816-50), baptised 10 March 1816; married, 25 June 1846, Robert Shipman (1817-71) of Grantham (Lincs) and had issue one son and one daughter; died 15 February 1850;
(7) Rev. George Allott (1818-70), born 7 June 1818; educated at Louth, Doncaster and Gonville & Caius and Jesus Colleges, Cambridge (admitted 1837; BA 1841); ordained deacon, 1842 and priest, 1843; vicar of South Kirkby, 1848-70; married June 1851, Sarah (c.1831-1911), second daughter of John Webster of Springfield House, Morley (Yorks WR) and had issue three daughters; died 23 April 1870; will proved 3 June 1870 (estate under £4,000).
He inherited Hague Hall from his elder brother in 1824. At his death it passed first to his eldest son and then a few months later to his second son.
He died 13 June and was buried at South Kirkby, 17 June 1848.

Allott, Rev. John (1812-88), of Hague Hall. Second son of Rev. George Allott (1776-1848) and his wife Mary, eldest daughter of James Emmerson of South Kirkby, born 21 March 1812. Educated at St John's College, Cambridge (admitted 1831; BA 1835). Ordained deacon, 1835 and priest, 1836; rector of Maltby-le-Marsh (Lincs) 1836-88; JP for Lincolnshire. He married, 27 October 1836, Catherine (d. 1881), daughter of William Wilson of Louth (Lincs) and had issue:
(1) Catherine Mary Allott (1838-1907); married, 14 June 1860, Capt. Edmund Locock (1830-93) but had no issue; died 3 October 1907; will proved 27 November 1907 (estate £3,982);
(2) Maj. John George Allott (1839-1918) (q.v.);
(3) Marianne Ludlam Allott (1840-1926); married, 17 July 1862, Canon John Henry Overton (1835-1903), historian of the church; rector of Epworth (Lincs) and later Gumley (Leics) and had issue a daughter; died 15 December 1926; will proved 22 April 1927 (estate £2,544)
(4) Rev. Henry Hepworth Allott (1842-1913), born 25 June 1842; educated at St John's College, Cambridge (BA 1866; MA 1870); ordained deacon, 1870 and priest, 1871; curate of Polesworth (Warks), 1870-79; vicar of Warton (Warks) 1879-83; rector of Stifford (Essex), 1883-1913; married, 3 June 1879, Alicia Georgiana, third daughter of Rev. Henry Hanmer, rector of Grendon (Warks) and had issue eight sons and eight daughters;
(5) Sarah Frances Allott (1844-1917), born 3 November 1844; died unmarried, 2 May 1917; will proved 4 March 1918 (estate £3,075);
(6) Rev. Robert James Allott (1847-1910); educated at Durham Univ (BA 1871) and Gloucester Theological College; ordained deacon, 1874 and priest, 1875; curate of Pucklechurch (Glos), 1874-77, Beesby (Lincs), 1877-82 and Maltby-le-Marsh, 1882-88; rector of Maltby-le-Marsh (Lincs), 1888-95; died unmarried, 18 April 1910; will proved 26 October 1910 (estate £28,651);
(7) Elizabeth Ann Allott (1849-1930), born 2 December 1849; died 9 February 1930.
He inherited Hague Hall from his elder brother but let it; he lived in the rectory at Maltby-le-Marsh where he was rector for 52 years.
He died 2 May 1888; his will was proved 7 August 1888 (estate £19,002). His wife died 3 September 1881.

Allott, Maj. John George (1839-1918), of Hague Hall. Eldest son of Rev. John Allott (1812-88) and his wife Catherine, daughter of William Wilson of Louth (Lincs), born 15 July 1839. Educated at St. John's College, Cambridge (matriculated 1858). JP for Lincolnshire. He married, 27 April 1871, Louisa (c.1846-1926), eldest daughter of Maeburn Staniland of Harrington Hall (Lincs) and had issue:
(1) George Hugh Hamersley Allott (1873-1950), born 29 May 1873; died unmarried, 19 September 1950; administration of his estate granted 6 January and 2 February 1951 (estate £98,642);
(2) Louisa Maud Allott (1872-1959), born 1 April 1872; married, 1904, Charles Palmer Chapman (d. 1908) of The Mount, Bexhill (Sussex) but had no issue; died 5 December 1959; will proved 15 and 17 February 1960 (estate £93,883);
(3) Hilda Frances Allott (1884-1901), born 24 July 1884; died July-Sept. 1901.
He inherited Hague Hall from his father in 1881, but let it and lived at Eastfield House, Louth (Lincs).
He died at Welbeck Palace Hotel, London, 22 January 1918; his will was proved 13 April 1918 (estate £28,496). His widow died 19 March 1926; her will was proved 7 July 1926 (estate £20,239).

Sources

Burke's Landed Gentry, 1898, p. 18; A. Wilkinson, A history of South Kirkby, 1979, pp. 139-46; E. Waterson & P. Meadows, Lost houses of the West Riding, 1998, p. 45.

Location of archives

No significant archive is known to survive.

Coat of arms

Or, a plain fess, double cotised, wavy, azure; on it a canton of the second, two bars argent, charged with three swallows, volant, sable.

Revision and acknowledgements

This account was first published 1 March 2014 and revised 3 March 2014, 26 August 2016 and 27 January 2017.