PAKINGTON—Seat, Westwood Park; created, 1620; revived, 1846. Sir John
Pakington, who died 6 January, 1830, in his 70th year, being unmarried,
and the title became extinct. His sister Elizabeth married William
Russell, Esq., of Powick Court, and her surviving son, JOHN SOMERSET
RUSSELL, assumed the name of his maternal ancestors, and inherited the
Pakington estates. The family honours were gracefully revived in his
person: he was elevated to the rank of a Baronet of the United Kingdom in
1846. He married, first, Mary, only child of Moreton Aglionby Slaney,
Esq., and by her (died in 1843) has issue one son, John Slaney Pakington,
Esq., married, 4 July, 1849, to Lady Diana Boyle, youngest daughter of
the late Earl of Glasgow; Sir John married, secondly, 1844, Augusta,
daughter of the Right Rev. George Murray, D.D., Bishop of Rochester; and,
thirdly, June, 1851, Augusta, relict of the late Colonel Davies, of
Elmley Park. Sir John is patron of the living of Hampton Lovett; has
been Chairman of the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions since 1834; is
Captain of the Westwood Troop of Worcestershire Yeomanry; twice
unsuccessfully contested the representation of the county; and has sat
for the borough of Droitwich since 1837. On the accession of Earl
Derby’s administration, he was appointed Her Majesty’s Secretary of State
for the Colonies.
SMITH—Seat, Eardiston House; created, 1809. William Smith, Esq., of
Eardiston, married, 18 October, 1780, Mary, daughter of Edward Wheeler,
Esq., of Lambswick; was created a Baronet 23 September, 1809; and died
March, 1821; when he was succeeded by Sir Christopher Sidney Smith, born
14 May, 1798; married, December, 1822, Mary, daughter of the Rev. R.
Foley, and had issue one son and three daughters. Sir Christopher
married, secondly, Harriette, only daughter of the late Thomas Lee, Esq.,
of Headingley, near Leeds, and relict of — Murphy, Esq. He died 19
November, 1839, and his widow in 1840. He ably filled the chair at
Quarter Sessions from 1829 to 1834. Sir WILLIAM, the present Baronet,
was born 5 October, 1823—married 5 May, 1843, Susan, fourth daughter of
Sir William George Parker, Bart., R.N.
WAKEMAN—Seat, Perdiswell House; created, 1808. Henry Wakeman, Esq., of
Perdiswell, married, first, in August, 1787, Theodosia, daughter of John
Freeman, Esq., of Gaines—which marriage was dissolved by Act of
Parliament—secondly, in June, 1797, Sarah, only daughter and heir
apparent of Richard Ward Offley, Esq., of Hinton, Salop; and had issue
two sons and one daughter. He was created a Baronet 20 February, 1808.
He died 23 April, 1831; and Lady Wakeman in 1843. Sir OFFLEY PEMBURY,
the present Baronet, was born 17 May, 1799; married, 1848, only daughter
of the late Thomas Adlington, Esq. Is patron of one living.
WINNINGTON—Seat, Stanford Court; created, 1755. Sir Edward, the second
Baronet, married, in 1776, Anne, daughter of Thomas, the first Lord
Foley; and died in 1805, being then member for Droitwich. He was a very
learned scholar, and possessed of much critical acumen. Sir Thomas
Edward, his son, married, November, 1810, Joanna, daughter of John
Taylor, Esq., of Moseley Hall, and had issue three sons and four
daughters. Sir Thomas died 24 September, 1839. He was a steady
supporter of Whig measures, and represented Droitwich from 1807 to 1818,
the county from 1820 to 1830, and Bewdley till 1837. Sir THOMAS EDWARD
WINNINGTON, M.P., the present Baronet, was born 11 November, 1811;
married, 21 June, 1842, Anna Helena, eldest daughter of Sir Compton
Domville, Bart.; represented Bewdley in the Parliament of 1837, and is
now its member. Is patron of three livings.
LECHMERE—Seat, The Rhydd; created, 1818; Anthony Lechmere, Esq., born
November, 1776, was created a Baronet 3 October, 1818. He filled the
office of Mayor of Worcester in 1816, and was the devoted friend of
agriculture. He died 25 March, 1849, and was succeeded by Sir EDMUND
HUNGERFORD LECHMERE, the present Baronet, born 25 May, 1792; married,
1819, Maria Clara, daughter of the late Hon. David Murray, and has issue
one son and one daughter. Is patron of two livings.
BLOUNT—Seats, Sodington, Worcestershire; Mawley Hall, Shropshire; and
Haggeston, Northumberland. Sir Walter, the seventh baronet, died 31st
October, 1803, and was succeeded by Sir EDWARD, the present baronet, born
3 March, 1795; married, 14 September, 1830, Mary Frances, eldest daughter
of Edward Blount, Esq.
PHILLIPS—Seat, Middle Hill. Thomas Phillips, Esq., of Middle Hill,
F.R.S. and F.S.A., was created a Baronet in July, 1821, and married
Harriett, daughter of Lieutenant General Sir Thomas Molyneaux, Bart., and
by her had issue three daughters. Sir Thomas, in 1842, married,
secondly, Elizabeth Harriett Anna, daughter of the Rev. W. J. Mansel, of
Iscord: is a Deputy Lieutenant of the County.