CHAPTER EIGHT.

THE EARLES OF LANCASHIRE.

Perhaps the largest Earle connection in England at the present day is what is known as the Lancashire branch, although the original seat of the family was Cheshire. For this reason, it is sometimes called the Cheshire branch.

The earliest known ancestor of this branch is Robert Earle, who is described as having “descended out of the north of England.”

He was of Stockton, Co. Chester. He may have had brothers, as there is a mass of Earles in that section, and some of those were alive at the time of Robert but cannot be joined onto his line. Some of the American branches have been thought to come from the Cheshire-Lancashire stock, and it is quite possible as descendants of collateral lines may have emigrated to America. But no such connection has ever been shown, and certainly, no one of the well-known American branches is descended from Robert’s line.

  • (A 1) ROBERT EARLE had two sons, John and Gregory.
  • (B 1) John, of whom we know but little. He possibly married first Katherine, by whom he had a son, Edward, mother, and child dying in 1636. There is an entry on the Warrington Register: “1636, Oct. 10. Katherine, wife of John Earle, buried.” And just after it is this entry: “1636, Dec. 28, Edward, son of John Earle, buried.” This John was probably a son of Robert and Katherine, his first wife. We know that John left two sons, Robert and Adam, whose descendants are unknown beyond the first generation.
  • (B 2) GREGORY EARLE  was married in 1625 to Alis Houlbrucke. He is described as of Stockton, Co. Chester, and Warrington, Co. Lancaster. The latter place was just across the Mersey from Stockton and became the seat of some members of the family. Interestingly, Gregory’s name was entered on the marriage register as Gregory “Yearle.” The family name was sometimes spelled “Erle” in this branch, suggesting a connection with the Erles of Devon and Dorset, but no such connection has ever been traced.

It is Gregory’s line whose genealogy we purpose to follow and whose descendants constitute the bulk of the Lancashire branch as we know it. He d. in 1650. leaving several children, the most prominent of whom was

  • (C 5) JOHN EARLE, of Warrington, who was b. in 1627 and d. in 1709. He m. Sarah Warburton left one son, John, of Liverpool. There were other children, but the only other name we have seen given is that of Rev. Peter Earle, Rector of Grappenhall, Chester, b. 1680, d. 1708. John, of Warrington, figures largely with some writers on the history of the American Earles. One makes him the earliest known ancestor of the Lancashire Earles and a descendant of the Lincolnshire branch. Another makes him a brother of Sir Walter, of Charborough, and also a brother of Edward Earle, founder of the Secaucus line. A simple statement of the facts of history shows that he had no brother Edward or Walter, and the most thoroughgoing investigation has never discovered any relationship between the Earles of Lancaster and those of Lincoln or Dorset. If there was any such relationship, it was anterior to anything that appears in this history.
  • (D 9) JOHN EARLE, of Liverpool, b. in 1676, was the son of John of Warrington. He was Mayor of Liverpool in 1709. He m. first Eleanor Tyser, by whom he had Thomas, b. and d. in 1702. He m. 2nd, 1709, Mary, only child and heiress of Ralph Finch (kin to Earl of Winchelsea). They had:
    • 1. John, who d. without issue;
    • 2. Ralph Willis, who assumed that surname and arms (1788) on a bequest from Daniel Willis, kinsman (d. 1790); m. Dorothy, second daughter and co-heir of Richard Aldersey, of Liverpool;
    • 3. William, of West Derby, Co. Lancaster;
    • 4. Thomas, of Leghorn, Italy;
    • 5. Sarah, d. 1807, m. the Hon. and Rev. John Stanley, Rector of Warwick, brother of the 11th Earl of Derby.

THE FIFTH GENERATION.

  • (E 2) WILLIAM EARLE, of West Derby, Lancashire, son of John of Liverpool, d. April 28, 1788. He m. Mrs. Anne Winstanley (nee Hosken, d. Jan. 9, 1785, aged 60). Their children were: 1. Thomas, of Spekelands; 2. Ralph, d. without issue; 3. William, of Everton; 4. Mary, m. according to one account, Arthur Hetwood, Esq., of Larkhill, according to another record, she m. Richard Hcywood.
  • (E 6) THOMAS EARLE, of Leghorn, Italy, son of John, of Liverpool, was b. June 1754; m. Mary, an only child, and heiress of Adam Mort, of Wharton Hall, Tyldesley, Lancashire. They had two daughters, Marie (or Mary) and Jane Elizabeth, who m. Richard Gwillym, Esq., of Bewsey Hall, Co. Lancaster.

THE SIXTH GENERATION.

  • (F 1) THOMAS EARLE, of Spekelands, in the parish of Childwall, Co. Lancaster, and of Liverpool, elder son of William Earle, of West Derby, was Mayor of Liverpool 1787; Justice of the Peace and D. L. for Co. Lancaster; d. at Spekelands, West Derby, July 9, 1822; buried in the family vault at Walton-on-the-Hill, Co. Lancaster. Memorial tablet at St. Peter’s, Liverpool. THOMAS EARLE m., at Liverpool, April 20, 1786, his cousin, Maria (Mary) Earle (F 5), elder daughter and co-heir of Thomas Earle, of Leghorn, Italy, b. at Leghorn, August 17, 1761; d. at Spekelands, Sept. 7, 1849, in her 89th year. They had eight children, as given in the genealogy. In these historical notes, we shall follow the line of Sir Hardman Earle of Allerton Tower from this point.

SEVENTH GENERATION.

  • (G 4) SIR HARDMAN EARLE, of Allerton Tower, Woolton, Co. Lancaster, Bart., was b. July 11, 1792; educated at Warrington and Charterhouse; Justice of the Peace for Co. Lancaster; created a Baronet on November 3, 1869; d. at Allerton Tower, Jan. 25, 1877; buried in the churchyard at Woolton. He was the fourth son of Thomas Earle of Spekelands. He m., at St. George’s, Liverpool, Aug. 24, 1819, Mary, 2nd daughter of William Langton, of Kirkham, Co. Lancaster, and his wife, Mary, dau. and co-heiress of Joseph Starkey, of Red-vales, Co. Lancaster. Mary Langton was b. at Kirkham, August 13, 1798; d. at Allerton Tower, March 26, 1850.

Sir Hardman Earle and Mary Langton had eleven children, of whom we notice the following:

EIGHTH GENERATION.

  • (H 1) SIR THOMAS EARLE, of Allerton Tower, and of Liverpool, Bart., eldest son of Sir Hardman Earle, was b. June 30, 1820; Justice of the Peace for the borough of Liverpool; J. P. and D. L. for Co. Lancaster; succeeded his father as 2nd Bart., Jan. 25, 1877; d. April 13, 1900; buried at Woolton. He m., at St. George’s, Liverpool, Sept. 6, 1853. Emily, 2nd daughter of William Fletcher, of Liverpool, and his wife Mary, dau. of Moses Benson. Emily was b. June 29, 1832. Sir Thomas and his wife had fourteen children.
  • (H 10) MAJOR-GENERAL WILLIAM EARLE. C. B.. C. S. L, the third son of Sir Hardman Earle, was b. May I8, 1833; educated at Harrow; entered the Army as Ensign 49th Regiment, Oct. 17, 1S51; lieutenant June 6, 1S54; exchanged into 3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards as Lieutenant and Captain, Feb. 16, 1855; Lieutenant-Colonel April 28, 1863; Colonel May 20. 1870; Major Aug. 21, 1878, to April 1. 1880; Major-General Oct. 31. 1880; served with the 49th Regiment as A. D. C. to General Wyndham throughout the Crimean War, 1854-55, including the battles of the Alma and Inkerman, siege of Sebastopol, sortie of Oct. 26, and assault of the Redan, June 18, (medal with three clasps, Sardinian and Turkish Medals, and 5th-class Medjidie); Assistant Military Secretary to General Sir William John Codrington, Governor of Gibraltar, 1859-60; Brigade Major in Nova Scotia, 3862-63; Military Secretary to General Sir John Michel, General Sir Charles Ashe Windham, and General the Hon. Sir James Lindsay, K. C. M. G., in succession, commanding in North America, 1865-70; Military Secretary to Lord Northbrook when Viceroy of India, Io72-76; created C. S. I., appointed to the command of Shorncliffc 1880, and transferred to the 2nd Infantry Brigade at Aldershot in 1S81; served in the Egyptian War, in command of the garrison of Alexandria, 1882-84 (created C. B. and 2nd-class Medjidie); commanded the column sent up the Nile to rescue General Gordon at Khartoum in 1884 till his death; shot while leading on his troops against the Arabs at Kirbekan Feb. 10, 1885, and buried there at sunset the same day. A statue to his memory was erected at Liverpool. General Earle m., July 21, 1864, at St. Paul’s, Knightsbridge, Ix>ndon, by the Hon. and Rev. Robert Liddell, Mary, 2nd dau. of General Sir William John Codrington, G. C. B., Colonel 23rd Regiment, formerly Commander-in-Chief of British Forces in the Crimea, and Governor of Gibraltar, by Mary, his wife, dau. of Levi Ames, of 1 he Hyde, Co. Hertford (Bed-chamber Woman to H. M. Queen Victoria, 1856); b. in London. June 2, 1841. They had two daughters, Rachel Mary and Grace Elizabeth, who m. April 19, 1893, John Russell Villiers, 2nd son of Rev. Henry Montague Villiers, Vicar of St. Rauls, Knightsbridge, London.
  • (H 11) ARTHUR EARLE, of Childwall Lodge, Wavertree, Co. Lancaster, and of Earles Court, Camberley, Co. Surrey, the youngest child of Sir Hardman Earle, was b. at Brook Farm, near Liverpool, Dec. 14, 1838; educated at Harrow; J. P. for Co. Lancaster; F. R. G. S. He m. at Buenos Ayres, Nov. 19, 1867, by the Rev. John Chubb Ford, British Chaplain, Ida Euphemia Bertie, eldest dau. of Sir George Benvenuto Buckley-Mathew, K. C. M. G., C. B., M. P., H. M. Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Rio, Brazil, 1SG7-78, by his wife, Anne, dau. of Henry Hoare, of Stour- head, Co. Wilts; b. in London Oct. 28, 1843. They had four children.

THE NINTH GENERATION.

  • (I 1) LIEUT.-COLONEL SIR HENRY EARLE, of Allerton Tower, Bart., D. S. O., eldest son of Sir Thomas Earle, was b. at Brook Farm, West Derby, Co. Lancaster, Aug. 15, 1854; educated at Eton and at Trinity College, Oxford, matriculated Oct. 16, 1873, aged 19; Hon. M. A. Cambridge; entered the Army as Lieutenant 22nd Regiment, Sept. 11, 1876, and of the 51st Light Infantry, Oct. 28, 1876; Captain The King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, Feb. 14, 1883; Major, Jan. 31, 1894; Lieut.-Colonel, Nov. 29, 1900; Adjutant Cambridge University Volunteers, May 6, 1891, to May 5, 1896; served in Jowaki Expedition, 1877 (medal with clasp); in Afghan War, 1878-80, Orderly Officer during the second campaign to Lieut General Sir Robert Onesiphorus Bright, K. C. B. (medal); in the Egyptian Campaign, 1882, A. D. C. to Major-General William Earle, C. B., C. S. I., August 4, 1882, to November 1882, at actions of El Magfar, Tel-El-Mahuta and Kasassin of Sept. 9, battle of Tel-El- Kebir (medal with clasp, bronze star, 5th-class Medjidie); in Burmese Expedition, 1886-87 (mentioned in despatches, “London Gazette” Sept. 2, 1887, D. S. O. and two clasps); in the operations on the North-West Frontier of India, 1897-98, with the Tirah Expeditionary Force (severely wounded, medal with two clasps); in the South African War, 1899-1901, at the advance on Kimberley, including the actions at Belmont, Enslin and Modder River, also in the Orange Free State and Transvaal (severely wounded, mentioned in despatches, “London Gazette,” January 26, 1900, promoted Lieut.-Colonel); succeeded his father as 3rd Bart., April 13, 1900; resides at Norton Lodge, Yarmouth, the Isle of Wight, of which he is Deputy Lieutenant, receiving his appointment from Princess Henry of Battenberg, who is herself the Governor of the island. Sir Henry m., at Beddington, Co. Surrey, Sept. 17, 1891, Evelyn Grace, dau. of Charles Henry Boileau, Major 61st Regiment, by Susannah Maria, his wife, dau. of Josue le Bailly, and granddaughter of Major-General Francis Burton Boileau, of the Royal Bengal Artillery; b. Oct. 3, 1869. They have one child, Phyllis Audrey, b. at Cambridge, July 5, 1892.

Sir Henry is the genealogist of the Earles of England and their descendants wherever found. For more than forty years, he has searched every available source of information for data concerning the various branches of the family. Not only have we been honored by considerable correspondence with Sir Henry, who has rendered very valuable assistance, but in the summer of 1912, Mrs. Ethel Deodata Earle, widow of the late Prof. Mortimer Lamson Earle of Columbia University, New York City, paid a visit to Norton Lodge, at our request. As her errand had reference to the history not only of the Earles of England but also to the American branches, a few extracts from her letter will be of interest to the readers of this volume.

Ventnor,
Isle of Wight, Aug. 5, 1912.
“My dear Mr. Earle:
“You will be glad to hear that I have at last carried out your wish and come to the Isle of Wight. I was five days in Yarmouth and was received very kindly and hospitably by Sir Henry Earle, who put all his charts at my disposal, and gave much of his time to elucidate them. He has been an indefatigable enthusiast on the subject of the Earle genealogy, and his industry is also wonderful, for he has drawn up the charts himself beautifully and painted in all the coats of arms, which distinguish the Earle branches. He has given much thought to the American connections and has drawn several hypothetical charts, trying to piece them together, but I am sorry to say, he has no further light on the subject than what he has already given you. (We have incorporated the information received with the history of the several branches).

“The branches of Earles in England are numerous, and scarcely any of them can piece on to the Devon and Dorset lines. Even Sir Henry cannot connect himself with the latter. His earliest known ancestor, Robert Earle, of Stockton, and of N. Warrington, Lancashire, who died about 1560, seems to stand quite alone and is believed to have descended out of the north of England. But these Earle branches are all finding a place on the magnificent chart that Sir Henry is laboriously tracing during the winter months. He has still to fill in the Yorkshire Earles this coming winter.

“Sir Henry has verified everything according to wills. He showed me tin box after tin box filled with copies of wills. He has spent a great deal of money first and last on his research, and what he doesn’t know seems to be almost unknowable.

“I spent some time reading over your correspondence with Sir Henry (he has carefully kept it, as well as the letters of Richard H. Earle, of Marietta, Georgia), and I noted some of your questions, which I will try here to answer:

“You have the Lincolnshire Earles as complete as Sir Henry, from Sir Richard 1629 to 4th Sir Richard. He knows of no others. The line has not been made out fully, nor has any connection been established between it and the Lancashire branch. Neither is the connection between Lincolnshire and Somerset known, nor Lincolnshire or the other branches with Norfolk. They all seem to stand apart.

“I noted that you wished the line of Sir Thomas of Bradenbrook, and I have copied it off for you. But it will not throw any new light. In fact, it is difficult to piece it with the main branch—evidence is lacking, though the names speak for themselves—and it dies out or disappears. But, of course, it is interesting. As you see, it is most hopeless and discouraging to try and give a complete history of the English Earles. As for copying all the charts in Sir Henry’s possession (though he would be quite willing to allow it), it would mean an endless task, and it would really lead to nothing, as far as the American Earles are concerned.

“Sir Henry is a fine type of an Earle, with ruddy countenance and clear-cut, handsome features. Though he has been severely wounded, he is in perfect health, younger than I expected to see him, an ardent yachtsman, and fond of horseback riding. I met Lady Earle and their only child, a daughter, Phyllis Audrey, abt. 20. The title goes to his younger brother, Hardman Arthur, at his death, and all the genealogical records go with the title.

“I urged Sir Henry to publish them, or at least to have a copy made accessible to all the Earle families and safe from accidents like fire. But he seemed to think it was sufficient for them to go with the title and be inherited from generation to generation.

“You will be interested to know that Sir Henry also owns several handsome Earle portraits, going back five generations to his 3 times great grandfather, John, Mayor of Liverpool, in 1709. All are handsome men with handsome wives. The portraits are in oil or miniatures. Sir Henry comes of a race to be proud of and lives up to it.”

One object in giving these excerpts—besides the picture of Sir Henry which they present—is to correct the impression that some seem to have that if one could only go to England or send an agent., it would be easy to establish the connection of the American branches with the parent stock in the fatherland. It must be evident that what Sir Henry and his brother have failed to do after forty years of patient and persistent search of the parish and court records, no novice from this side of the water would be able to accomplish.

Mrs. Earle copied from the Clergy List for 1912 the names of thirteen clergymen of the Church of England by the name of Earle, only four of whom are accounted for in Sir Henry’s chart. With all their opportunities for research, the rest know less about their family connections than Sir IIenry.

Further, since much that we have given in this part of our book has never been published before and, in all probability, never will be, we believe that our readers will be glad to have this account of our English ancestors and cousins.

We conclude this chapter and Part I. of our book with the

GENEALOGY OF THE LANCASHIRE BRANCH.

A—FIRST GENERATION.

  • A 1) ROBERT EARLE, of Stockton, Co. Chester. “Descend¬ ed out of the north of England.’’

B—SECOND GENERATION.

FAMILY OF ROBERT EARLE (A1) AND________wife?

  • B 1) JOHN EARLE, of Stockton, Cheshire; m. 1st (?) Katherine; m. 2nd (?) Elizabeth, (d. 1673).
  • B 2) GREGORY EARLE, of Stockton and Warrington; d. 1650; m. 1625, Alis Houlbrucke.

C—THIRD GENERATION.

FAMILY OF JOHN EARLE (B1) AND KATHERINE.

  • C1)EDWARD EARLE, d.1636.This is partly hypothetical.

FAMILY OF JOHN EARLE (B1) AND ELIZABETH.

  • C 2) ROBERT EARLE, of Stockton.
  • C 3) ADAM EARLE, of Chester City, living in 1660.

FAMILY OF GREGORY EARLE (B 2) AND ALIS HOULBRUCKE.
Name spelled “Yearle” in marriage entry, which is in the crack of the binding of the old register; d. 1650; m. 1625 Alis Houlbrucke.

  • C 4) JOHN EARLE, b. 1625; d. 1626.
  • C 5) JOHN EARLE, of Warrington, b. 1627; d. 1709; m. Sarah Warburton.
  • C 6) THOMAS EARLE, b. 1629.
  • C 7) MARY EARLE, m. Rabone (Rathbone). C 8) PETER EARLE, m. Elizabeth Mawdesley. C 9) ADAM EARLE, b. 1633; d. 1634.

D—FOURTH GENERATION.

FAMILYOFROBERTEARLE(C2)AND.

  • D 1) ROBERT EARLE, JR.

FAMILY OF ADAM EARLE (C3) AND _____wife? of Chester City; living in 1660.

  • D 2) JOHN EARLE, d. without issue. D 3-8) Six daughters.

FAMILY OF JOHN EARLE (C 5) AND SARAH WARBURTON. Born 1627; d. 1709; m. Sarah Warburton; lived at Warrington, Lancashire.

  • D 9) JOHN EARLE, of Liverpool, b. 1676; m. 1st Eleanor Tyser; m. 2nd, 1709, Mary Finch.
  • D 10) REV. PETER EARLE, b. 1680; d. 1708.

FAMILY OF THOMAS EARLE (C 6) AND _____ wife?.
Son of Gregory (B 2), son of Robert (A 1), b. 1629.

  • D 11) ALICE EARLE, bap. 1652.
  • D 12) ANNE EARLE, bap. 1654.
  • D 13) ELIZABETH EARLE, bap. 1655. D 14) JOHN EARLE, bap. 1659.
  • D 15) A daughter.

FAMILY OF PETER EARLE (C 8) AND ELIZABETH MAWDESLEY.
Son of Gregory (B 2), son of Robert (A 1).

  • D 16) DOROTHY EARLE, b. 1667; d. 1669. D 17) PETER EARLE, b. 1668; d. 1669.

E—FIFTH GENERATION.

FAMILY OF JOHN EARLE (D 9) AND ELEANOR TYSER ( ?).
Son of John, of Warrington (C 5), son of Gregory (B 2), son of Robert (A 1); b. 1676; m. 1st Eleanor Tyser.

  • E 1)THOMAS EARLE, b. 1702; d. 1702.

FAMILY OF JOHN EARLE (D 9) AND MARY FINCH.

  • E 2) WILLIAM EARLE, d. April 28, 1788; m. Anne Hosken (Mrs. Anne Winstanley).
  • E 3) JOHN EARLE, unmarried.
  • E 4) SARAH EARLE, d. 1807; m. Rev. John Stanley, Rector of Warwick.
  • E 5) RALPH, who assumed the surname of Willis; m. Dorothy Aldersev, of Liverpool.
  • E 6) THOMAS EARLE, b. 1754; m. Mary Mort.

F—SIXTH GENERATION.

FAMILY OF WILLIAM EARLE (E 2) AND ANNE HOSKEN.
Son of John, of Liverpool (D 9), son of John, of Warrington (C 5), son of Gregory (B 2), son of Robert (A 1) ; d. April 28, 1788; m. Anne Hosken (Mrs. Anne Winstanley?)

  • F 1) THOMAS EARLE, of Spekelands; m. Mary Earle.
  • F 2) RALPH EARLE.
  • F 3) WILLIAM EARLE, of Everton, b. 1780; d. Jan. 10, 1859; m. Anne Copland.
  • F 4) MARY EARLE, m. Richard Heywood, Esq., or Arthur Heywood, Esq.

FAMILY OF THOMAS EARLE (E 6) AND MARY MORT.
Son of John, of Liverpool (D 9), son of John, of Warrington (C 5), son of Gregory (B 2), son of Robert (A 1); b. June 1754; m. Mary Mort. Lived in Leghorn, Italy.

  • F 5) MARY EARLE, b. Aug. 17, 1761; d. Sept. 7, 1849; m. April 20, 1786, her cousin, Thomas Earle, of Spekelands. F 6) JANE ELIZABETH EARLE, m. Richard Gwillym, Esq., of Bewsey Hall, Co. Lancaster.

G—SEVENTH GENERATION.

FAMILY OF THOMAS EARLE (FI) AND MARY EARLE (F 5),
Son of William (E 2), son of John of Liverpool (D 9), son of John of Warrington (C5), son of Gregory (B2), son of Robert (A 1); b. 1755; d. July 9, 1822; m. April 20, 1786, his cousin, Mary, elder daughter of Thomas Earle, of Leghorn, Italy.

  • G 1) WILLIAM EARLE, b. Feb. 2, 1787; d. Sept. 26, 1864; m. July 15, 1829, Anne Bradish.
  • G 2) THOMAS EARLE, b. June 29, 1788; d. Jan. 28, 1806.
  • G 3) JOHN EARLE, b. Dec. 14, 1789; d. March 15, 1791.
  • G 4) SIR HARDMAN EARLE, b. July 11, 1792; d. Jan. 25, 1877; m. Aug. 24, 1819, Mary Langton.
  • G 5) MARY EARLE, b. June 6. 1794; d. Sept. 14. 1854; m. Nov. 18, 1820, Lieut.-Colonel Sir William Plunkett de Bathe.
  • G 6) RICHARD EARLE, of Edenhurst, b. April 26, 1796; d. April 21, 1848; in. Sept. 29, 1829, Margaret Langton.
  • G 7) ANNE EARLE, b. Nov. 15, 1798; d. Aug. 16, 1875; m. May 24, 1821, Joseph Langton, of Liverpool.
  • G 8) JANE EARLE, b. Sept. 8, 1800; d. Feb. 5, 1883; m. April 4, 1831, George Hall Lawrence, of Mossley Hill, Liverpool.

FAMILY OF WILLIAM EARLE (F 3) AND ANNE COPLAND.
Son of William (E 2), son of John, of Liverpool (D 9), son of John of Warrington (C 5), son of Gregory (B 2), son of Robert (A 1); b. 1780; d. Jan. 10, 1859; m. Anne, dau. of John Copland, Escp, of Liverpool; she d. May 1, 1819.

Note. We are uncertain as to the generation of F 3. He may have been a grandson of E 2. Our records are very imperfect.

  • G 9) CHARLES EARLE, b. 1798; m. Emily Maxwell, 1827.
  • G 10) A daughter.
  • G 11) A daughter.

H—EIGHTH GENERATION.

FAMILY OF SIR HARDMAN EARLE (G 4) AND MARY LANGTON.
Son of Thomas of Spekelands (FI), son of William (E 2), son of John of Liverpool (D 9), son of John of Warrington (C 5), son of Gregory (B 2), son of Robert (A 1); b. July 11, 1792; d. Jan. 25, 1877; m. Aug. 24, 1819, Mary, daughter of William Langton of Kirkham, Co. Lancaster. Lived at Allerton Tower, Woolton, near Liverpool.

  • H 1) SIR THOMAS EARLE, b. June 30, 1820; d. April 13, 1900; m. Sept. 6, 1853, Emily Fletcher.
  • H 2) MARY EARLE, b. July 9, 1821; d. Nov. 18, 1921: bur. at St. Nicholas, Liverpool.
  • H 3) MARY EARLE, b. April 9, 1823: m. Oct. 11, 1849, James Loxham Foster of Liverpool.
  • H 4) HARDMAN EARLE of Liverpool, b. Jan. 20, 1825; cl. without issue. May 28, 1853; m. Aug. 19, 1852, Harriet Matilda Johnston.
  • H 5) ELIZABETH EARLE, b. March 1, 1826; d. 1905.
  • H 6) EMILY EARLE, b. Feb. 25. 1627; m. Sep. 24, 1857, Hugh Perkins of Fillwood Park, Liverpool.
  • H 7) HARRIET EARLE, b. July 23, 1629; m. Oct. 23, 1850, Archibald Tod of The Grange, Woolton.
  • H 8) GEORGINA EARLE, b. Sep. 16, 1830: m. June 30, 1859, Hugh Longueville Jones of Elmsall Lodge, Co. York.
  • H 9) CAROLINE EARLE, b. April 28, 1832 ; d. Dec. 3, 1875; m. July 1, 1856; Francis John Johnston of Dunsdale, Westerham, Co. Kent.
  • H 10) MAJOR-GENERAL WILLIAM EARLE, b. May 18, 1833; d. Feb. 10, 1885; m. July 21, 1864, Mary Codring- ton.
  • H 11) ARTHUR EARLE of Childwall Lodge, Wavertree, b. Dec. 14, 1838; m. Nov. 19, 1867, Ida Euphemia Bertie Buckley-Mathew.

FAMILY OF RICHARD EARLE (G 6) AND MARGARET LANGTON.
Son of Thomas of Spekelands (F 1); son of William (E 2), son of John of Liverpool (D 9), son of John of Warrington (C 5), son of Gregory (B 2), son of Robert (A 1) ; b. April 26, 1796; d. April 21, 1848; m., Sep. 29, 1829, Margaret Langton.

  • H 12) LIEUT.-COLONEL FREDERICK WILLIAM EARLE of Edenhurst, b. July 21, 1830; d. without issue, April 27, 1891; m. Jan. 8, 1868, Alice Louisa Custance.

FAMILY OF CHARLES EARLE (G 9) AND EMILY MAXWELL.
Son of William (F 3), son of William (E 2), son of John of Liverpool (D 9), son of John of Warrington (C 5), son of Gregory (B 2), son of Robert (A 1) ; b. 1798; m. 1827, Emily, daughter of James Primrose Maxwell, Esq., of Tubbendens, Co. Kent.

  • H 13) CHARLES WILLIAM EARLE, b. July 1, 1828.
  • H 14) RALPH ANSTRUTHER EARLE, b. 1835; d. unmarried at Soden, Nassau, June 10, 1879.
  • H 15) GEORGE EDWARD EARLE, b. March 29, 1843; d. June 1, 1878; m. April 13, 1871, Emily Fanny Georgiana Edgecumbe.
  • H 16) EMILY FLORENCE EARLE, b., m. April 1851, Capt. Robert William Dallas, late Queen’s Buffs (Bart.). Issue.

I—NINTH GENERATION.

FAMILY of SIR THOMAS EARLE (H 1) AND EMILY FLETCHER.
Son of Sir Hardman (G 4), son of Thomas of Spckelands (F 1), son of William (E 2), son of John of Liverpool (D 9), son of John of Warrington (C 5), son of Gregory (B 2), son of Robert (A 1); b. June 30, 1820; d. April 13, 1900; m. Sep. 6, 1853, Emily Fletcher.

  • I 1) SIR HENRY EARLE of Allerton Tower, Bart., b. Aug. 15, 1854; m. Sep. 17, 1891, Evelyn Grace Boileau.
  • I 2) MARY EARLE, bap. Aug. 22, 1855; d. April 16, 1856.
  • I 3) MARY EARLE, b. Aug. 13, 1856; d. Sep. 26, 1870.
  • I 4) EMILY JOSEPHINE EARLE, b. July 31, 1857.
  • I 5) HARDMAN ARTHUR EARLE, b. Jan. 17, 1859.
  • I 6) THOMAS ALGERNON EARLE, b. July 16, 1860; m. April 20, 1901, Edith Leith.
  • I 7) WILLIAM EDWARD EARLE, b. Sep. 27, 1861.
  • I 8) CAROLINE EARLE, b. March 21, 1863.
  • 1 9) ALFRED EARLE, b. June 29, 1864.
  • I 10) CONSTANCE EARLE, bap. Nov. 25, 1865; d. in infancy. I 11) CHARLES FREDERICK EARLE, b. April 19, 1867.
  • I 12) EVELYN MARGARET EARLE, b. April 21, 1869; m. April 3, 1900, Francis Gordon Cardew.
  • I 13) REGINALD EARLE, b. Sep. 10, 1871.
  • I 14) JOHN WILFRID EARLE, b. June 14, 1878.

FAMILY OF EMILY EARLE (H 6) AND HUGH PERKINS.
Daughter of Sir Hardman (G 4), son of Thomas of Spekelands (FI), son of William (E2), son of John of Liverpool (D9), son of John of Warrington (C5), son of Gregory (B2), son of Robert (A 1); born Feb. 25, 1827; m. Sep. 24, 1857, Hugh Perkins of Fulwood Park, Liverpool.

  • I 15) OSWALD THRALE PERKINS, b. 1858.
  • I 16) HUGH FREDERICK PERKINS, b. 1859. I 17) GEORGINA PERKINS, b.
  • I 18) MARY PERKINS, b.

FAMILY OF HARRIET EARLE (H 7) AND ARCHIBALD TOD.
Daughter of Sir Hardman (G 4), son of Thomas of Spekelands (F 1), son of William (E 2), son of John of Liverpool (D 9), son of John of Warrington (C 5), son of Gregory (B 2), son of Robert (A 1); b. July 23, 1829; m. Oct. 23. 1850, Archibald Tod of The Grange, Woolton, near Liverpool.

  • I 19) ARCHIBALD JAMES TOD, b. July 25. 1851. I
  • 20) WILLIAM TOD, b. June 12, 1853.
  • I 21) NORMAN PRINGLE TOD, b. July 26, 1857.
  • I 22) GEORGE RUSSELL TOD, b. June 27, 1859.
  • I 23) REV. WALTER MACLEOD TOD, b. Jan. 28, 1865.
  • I 24) MARY KATHERINE TOD, m. 1892, Thos. W. B. Aylmer.
  • I 25) MAGDALENE TOD, m. 1886, John Naylor, Liverpool.
  • I 26) ELIZA TOD, m. 1888, Alan Fleming.
  • I 27) ALICE GRISELL TOD, m. 1879, F. C. Gates.
  • I 28) HARRIET ELLINOR TOD, (?)

FAMILY OF CAROLINE EARLE (H 9) AND FRANCIS JOHN JOHNSTON.
Daughter of Sir Hardman (G 4), son of Thomas of Spekelands (F 1), son of William (E 2), son of John of Liverpool (D9), son of John of Warrington (C5), son of Gregory (B2), son of Robert (A 1); b. April 28, 1832; d. Dec. 3, 1875; m., July 1, 1856, Francis John Johnston of Chislehurst, Kent.

  • I 29) BERTRAM MASTERSON JOHNSTON, b. Jan. 9, 1861. I 30) FRANCIS ALEXANDER JOHNSTON, b. Nov. 18, 1864. I 31) HORACE JAMES JOHNSTON, b. Jan. 30, 1866.
  • I 32) CAROLINE MARGARET JOHNSTON.
  • I 33) VIOLET MARY JOHNSTON.
  • I 34) HARRIET MONICA JOHNSTON. I 35) MILDRED EARLE JOHNSTON.
  • I 36) VERA CECILIA JOHNSTON.

FAMILY OF MAJOR-GENERAL WILLIAM EARLE (H 10) AND MARY CODRINGTON.
Son of Sir Hardman (G 4), son of Thomas of Spekelands (FI), son of William (E2), son of John of Liverpool (D 9), son of John of Warrington (C 5), son of Gregory (B 2), son of Robert (A 1); b. May 18, 1833; killed Feb. 10, 1885; m. July 21, 1864, Mary Codrington.

  • I 37) RACHEL MARY EARLE, b. at Montreal, Canada, Au¬ gust 30, 1865.
  • I 38) GRACE ELIZABETH EARLE, b. at Montreal, August 20, 1868; m. April 19, 1893, John Russell Villiers, 49 Hans Place, London.

FAMILY OF ARTHUR EARLE (H 11) AND IDA E. B. BUCK- LEY-MATHEW.
Son of Sir Hardman (G 4), son of Thomas of Spekelands (F 1), son of William (E 2), son of John of Liverpool (D 9), son of John of Warrington (C 5), son of Gregory (B 2), son of Robert (A 1); b. Dec. 14, 1838; m. Ida Euphemia Bertie, eldest dau. of Sir George B. Buckley-Mathew, Nov. 19, 1867.

  • I 39) CECIL ARTHUR EARLE., b. Nov. 19, 1868; d. in India, July 15, 1896; in. March 20, 1891, Lizzie Isabella Scott.
  • I 40) JOHN GREVILLE EARLE, b. Oct. 26, 1869.
  • I 41) LILIAN IDA EARLE, b. March 28, 1872.
  • I 42) RONALD HAMILTON EARLE, b. Feb. 20, 1874; m. June 24, 1901, Louise Mary Delaney. Residence 105 Sloane St., London.
  • I 43) LAWRENCE MATHEW EARLE, b. Sep. 16, 1881.

FAMILY OF CHARLES WILLIAM EARLE (H 13) AND MARIA THERESA VILLIERS.
Son of Charles (G 9), son of William (F 3), son of William (E 2), son of John of Liverpool (D 9), son of John of Warrington (C 5), son of Gregory (B 2), son of Robert (A 1); b. July 1, 1828; m. April 14, 1864, Marie Theresa Villiers.

  • I 44) SYDNEY EARLE, b. Jan. 4, 1865.
  • I 45) LIONEL EARLE, Esq., C. M. G., b. Feb. 1, 1866; residence 1 Sloane Gardens, S. W., London.
  • I 46) CAPT. MAXWELL EARLE, Esq., D. S. O., b. April 6. 1871; m. 1900, Hon. Edith Elizabeth, daughter of 1st Baron Loch; residence 68 Chester Square, S. W., London.

J—TENTH GENERATION.

FAMILY OF SIR HENRY EARLE (I 1) AND EVELYN GRACE BOILEAU.
Son of Sir Thomas (H 1), son of Sir Hardman (G 4), son of Thomas of Spekelands (FI), son of William (E2), son of John of Liverpool (D 9), son of John of Warrington (C 5), son of Gregory (B 2), son of Robert (A 1); b. Aug. 15, 1854; m. Sep. 17, 1891, Evelyn Grace Boileau; resides at Norton Lodge, Yarmouth, Isle of Wight.

  • J 1) PHYLLIS AUDREY EARLE, b. July 5, 1892; resides at Norton Lodge, I. of W.

FAMILY OF THOMAS ALGERNON EARLE (I 6) AND EDITH LEITH. Son of Sir Thomas (H 1), son of Sir Hardman (G 4), son of Thomas ofSpekelands (FI), son of William(E2), son of John of Liverpool (D 9), son of John of Warrington (C 5), son of Gregory (B 2), son of Robert (A 1); b. July 16, 1860; m. April 20. 1901, Edith Leith.

  • J 2) HARDMAN ALEXANDER MORT EARLE, b. 1902.
  • J 3) ROSEMARY EARLE, b. 1904.

FAMILY OF EVELYN MARGARET EARLE (112) AND FRANCIS G. CARDEW.
Daughter of Sir Thomas (H 1), son of Sir Hardman (G4), son of Thomas of Spekelands (FI), son of William (E 2), son of John of Liverpool (D 9), son of John of Warrington (C 5), son of Gregory (B 2), son of Robert (A 1); b. April 21, 1869; m. April 3, 1900, Lt.-Col. Francis Gordon Cardew.

  • J 4) PETER GORDON CARDEW, b. 1901.

FAMILY OF ARCHIBALD JAMES TOD (I 19) AND ALICE FLEMING.
Son of Harriet Earle (H 7), daughter of Sir Hardman (G 4), son of Thomas of Spekelands (F 1), son of William (E 2), son of John of Liverpool (D 9), son of John of Warrington (C 5), son of Gregory (B 2), son of Robert (A 1); b. July 25, 1851; m. 1886, Alice Fleming; residence Park Ave., Mossley Hill, near Liverpool.

  • J 5) ALAN CECIL TOD, b. 1887.
  • J 6) THOMAS BUCHANAN TOD, b. 1894.

FAMILY OF WILLIAM TOD (I 20) AND AMY YEO. Son of Harriet Earle (H 7), daughter of Sir Plardman (G 4), son of Thomas of Spekelands (FI), son of William (E2), son of John of Liverpool (D 9), son of John of Warrington (C 5), son of Gregory (B 2), son of Robert (A 1); b. June 12, 1853; m. 1878, Amy Yeo. Residence Drygrange, Allerton, Liverpool.

  • J 7) ARCHIBALD ASHTON TOD, b. 1881.
  • J 8) WILLIAM NORMAN TOD, b. 1886.
  • J 9) EDITH MURIEL TOD, b. 1879; m. Leonard Dunning, Esq.
  • J 10) VERONICA TOD, b. 1891.

FAMILY OF GEORGE RUSSELL TOD (I 22) AND MAUD ETHEL MAXWELL.
Son of Harriet Earle (H 7), daughter of Sir Hardman (G 4), son of Thomas of Spekelands (F 1), son of William (E 2), son of John of Liverpool (D 9), son of John of Warrington (C 5), son of Gregory (B 2), son of Robert (A 1); b. June 27, 1859; m. 1896, Maud Ethel Maxwell; residence Newland Cottage, Sherborne, Dorset.

  • J 11) ALEC FREDERICK TOD, b. 1898.
  • J 12) KATHERINE NATALIE TOD, b. 1897. J 13) NANCY TOD, b. 1899.

FAMILY OF MAGDALENE TOD (I 25) AND JOHN NAYLOR.
Daughter of Harriet Earle (II 7), daughter of Sir Hardman (G 4), son of Thomas of Spekelands (FI), son of William (E2), son of John of Liverpool (D 9), son of John of Warrington (C 5), son of Gregory (B 2), son of Robert (A 1); b. ( ?) ; m. 1886, John Naylor, banker, of Elmwood, Woolton, Liverpool.

  • J 14) JOHN MURRAY NAYLOR, b. 1888.
  • J 15) THOS. HUMPHREY NAYLOR, b. 1890.
  • J 16) HUGH MAXWELL NAYLOR, b. 1894.
  • J 17) ROWLAND EDMUND NAYLOR, twin, b. 1894.

FAMILY OF ELIZA TOD (I 26) AND ALAN FLEMING.
Daughter of Harriet Earle (H 7), daughter of Sir Hardman (G 4), son of Thomas of Spekelands (F 1), son of William (E 2), son of John of Liverpool (D 9), son of John of Warrington (C 5), son of Gregory (B 2), son of Robert (A 1); m. 1888, Alan Fleming.

  • J 18) WILFRID ALAN FLEMING, b. 1890.
  • J 19) ROSIA HARRIET ST. LEGER, b. 1895.

FAMILY OF ALICE GRISELL TOD (I 27) AND F. C. GATES. Daughter of Harriet Earle (H 7), daughter of Sir Hardman (G 4), sonofThomasofSpekelands(FI), son of William(E2), son of John of Liverpool (D 9), son of John of Warrington (C 5), son of Gregory (B 2), son of Robert (A 1); m. 1879 or 99, F. C. Gates; residence The Grange, Woolton, near Liverpool.

  • J 20) KATHERINE GRISELL GATES, b. 1904.

FAMILY OF CECIL ARTHUR EARLE (I 39) AND LIZZIE ISABELLA SCOTT. Son of Arthur (H 11), son of Sir Hardman (G4), son of Thomas of Spekelands (FI), son of William(E2), son of John of Liverpool (D 9), son of John of Warrington (C 5), son of Gregory (B 2), son of Robert (A 1); b. Nov. 19, 1868; d. in India July 15, 1896; m. Mar. 20, 1891, Lizzie Isabelle Scott of New- castle-on-Tyne.

  • J 21) GUY FIFE EARLE, b. Aug. 24, 1891.
  • J 22) ERIC GREVILLE EARLE, b. in India, Feb. 24, 1893.