Chapter C: W. B

_Henry Earl of Wotton_ (Vol. viii., pp. 173. 281. 563.).--In reply to the editors of the _Navorscher_ I have to state--

1. That neither of the Lords Stanhope mentioned died childless, the letters _s. p._ being a misprint for _v. p._ (_vitâ patris_); Henry having died during the lifetime of his father: and it was "in regard that he did not live to enjoy his father's honours" that his widow was afterwards advanced to the dignity of Countess of Chesterfield.

2. It was Charles Stanhope's nephew (of the half-blood), Charles Henry van der Kerckhove, who took the name of Wotton. The insertion of the word "thereupon" between "who" and "took," on p. 281., would have made the sentence less obscure.

3. Philip, first Earl of Chesterfield, had, besides Henry Lord Stanhope, two daughters and ten sons. These were--John, who died a student at Oxford; Ferdinando, M.P. for Tamworth, 1640, killed at Bridgeford, Notts, 1643; Philip, killed in defence of his father's house, which was a garrison for the king, 1645; Arthur, youngest son, M.P. for Nottingham in the parliament of Charles II., from whom descended the fifth earl; Charles, died _s. p._ 1645; Edward, William, Thomas, Michael, George, died young.

The earldom descended in a right line for three generations to the issue of Henry, Lord Stanhope, viz. Philip, his son, second earl; Philip, third earl, his grandson; and Philip, fourth earl, his great-grandson.

The Alexander Stanhope mentioned by the editors of the _Navorscher_ was the only son of Philip, first Earl of Chesterfield, by his second marriage. His mother was Anne, daughter of Sir John Pakington, of Westwood, co. Worcester, ancestor of the present baronet, late Secretary of State for the Colonies.

BROCTUNA.

Bury, Lancashire.

_Tenth (or the Prince of Wales's Own) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons_ (Vol. viii., p. 538.; Vol. ix., p. 19.).--The monarch of this realm reviewing a regiment, of which the heir apparent was not only Colonel, but took the command, and directed all the military evolutions on the occasion, was such a particular event as to merit being commemorated by the splendid picture at Hampton Court Palace. Your correspondent [Phi]., who desires to be informed on what particular day that review took place, will find that it was on Thursday, Aug. 15, 1799. In the daily paper, _The True Briton_, of Aug. 16, 1799, he will find some details, of which the following is an abridgment:

"The Prince of Wales's regiment (the 10th Light Dragoons) was yesterday
reviewed by his Majesty on Winkfield Plain. The troops practised their
manoeuvres through Cranbourne Woods, &c. His Royal Highness gave the
word of command to his regiment, and wore in his military helmet 'an
oak bough.' The Prince of Wales gave an entertainment afterwards to the
officers at the Bush Inn, at Staines."

The general officers in attendance upon his Majesty, and represented in the picture, were the Commander-in-Chief, Field-Marshal H. R. H. the {86} Duke of York, K.G. and K.B., Colonel 2nd Foot Guards; Lieut.-Gen. and Adjutant-Gen. Sir Wm. Fawcett, K.B., 3rd Dragoon Guards; Lieut.-Gen. David Dundas, Quarter-master-General, 7th Light Dragoons; Major-Gen. Goldsworthy, First Equerry, 1st Royal Dragoons.

NARRO.

_Lewis and Sewell Families_ (Vol. viii., pp. 388. 521.).--C. H. F. will find M. G. Lewis's ancestors, his family mausoleum, the tomb of his maternal grandfather, &c., incidentally mentioned in "M. G. Lewis's Negro Life in the West Indies," No. 16. of Murray's _Home and Colonial Library_, 1845. The pedigrees of the Shedden and Lushington family would probably afford him some information upon the subject of his Query.

The Right Hon. Sir Thos. Sewell's second wife was a Miss Sibthorp, daughter of Coningsby Sibthorp of Canwick, Lincolnshire. By her he had one child, which died young. The Rev. George Sewell, William Luther Sewell, Robert Sewell, Attorney-General of Jamaica, and Lieut.-Col. Thomas Bailey Heath Sewell, were sons of the Right Hon. Sir Thos. Sewell by his first wife. Thomas Bermingham Daly Henry Sewell, son of the above Lieut.-Col. Thomas Bailey Heath Sewell, died March 20, 1852, æt. seventy-eight; and was buried in Harold's Cross Cemetery, near Dublin. Two daughters, the Duchess de Melfort, and Mrs. Richards, wife of the Rev. Solomon Richards, still survive him. (See Burke's _Commoners, Supplement_, name COLE of Marazion; and Burke's _Dic. of Peerage and Baronetage_, 1845, title WESTMEATH.)

W. R. D. S.

_Blue Bell and Blue Anchor_ (Vol. viii., p. 388.).--Your correspondent [Old English W]. inquires the origin of the sign-boards of the "Blue Bell" and the "Blue Anchor?" I have always understood that the sign of the Bell, painted blue, was intended as a substitute for the little Scotch flower bearing the name of the _blue-bell_. I believe it is either the blue flower of the flax, or that of the wild blue hyacinth, which in shape much resembles a bell. It was probably much easier to draw the metallic figure than the flower, and hence its use by the primitive village artists. As to the "Blue Anchor," the anchor is the well-known symbol of Hope, and blue her emblematic colour. Hence this adaptation is less a solecism than that of the bell for the hyacinth.

W. W. E. T.

66. Warwick Square, Belgravia.

_Sir Anthony Wingfield: Ashmans_ (Vol. viii., pp. 299. 376.).--The portrait of Sir Anthony Wingfield, "with the hand on the girdle," was, a few years ago, in the collection of Dawson Turner, Esq., at Yarmouth. A private etching of it was made by Mrs. Turner. The original was rescued from among the Letheringham pictures at Ashmans, where they appear to have been sadly neglected.

The late Robert Rede, Esq., whose father, Thomas Rede, purchased of Sir Edwin Rich, Bart., in 1805, the manor of Rose Hall and Ashmans, erected upon that estate the mansion called _Ashmans_. The place is not styled Ashmans _Park_, nor does its extent warrant such a designation.

This property, on the death of Mr. Robert Rede in 1822, passed to the late Rev. Robert Rede Cooper, who assumed the surname of Rede; and on his death, without male issue, the estate devolved upon his four daughters, Louisa Charlotte, wife of Francis Fowke, Esq.; Anne Cooper, wife of Robert Orford Buckley, Esq.; Mary Anne Sarah Bransby, wife of Charles Henry Tottenham, Esq.; and Miss Madeline Naunton Leman Rede. The property has not been sold. Its most interesting antiquarian feature is the old house called Rose (or more properly Roos) Hall, which belonged successively to the Colly, Suckling, Rich, and finally the Rede, families.

The pictures which remained at Ashmans were removed from thence within the last year; but whether any of those from the Letheringham gallery were among them, I know not.

S. W. REX.

Beccles.

_Derivation of the Word "Celt"_ (Vol. viii., pp. 344. 651.).--Job xix. 24. In the Cologne (Ely) edition of the Vulgate, 1679, the word is _Celt_. In Mareschal's Bible (Ludg. 1525), the word in the text is _Celte_, but the marginal note is "al^s _Certe_." In the Louvain (or Widen's) Bible (Antw., apud Viduam et Hæredes Joannis Stelsii, 1572, cum priv.), the word in the text is _Certé_. This latter being an authorised edition of the Vulgate, it seems probable that _Celté_, or _Celt_, must have been an error.

R. I. R.

_The Religion of the Russians_ (Vol. viii., p. 582.).--Your correspondent J. S. A. has mentioned under the above head the worship of "gods," as he calls their pictures or images, by the Russians. I am sure he will find no such name or meaning given to them by the Russians in their writings; for an account of what they really believe and teach I would refer him to Mouravieff's _History of the Russian Church_; _The Catechism of the Russian Church Translated_; _Harmony of their Doctrine with that of the English Church_; all translated by Mr. Blackmore, late Chaplain to the Russian Company.

G. W.

_French Translation of the "London Gazette"_ (Vol. vi., p. 223.).--A correspondent describes a French edition of the _London Gazette_, which he had met with of the date of May 6, 1703; and considering it as a curiosity, he wishes some reader would give an account of it. It has occurred to me to meet with a similar publication, which {87} appeared twenty years antecedent to the time above specified. It is entitled _La Gazette de Londres, publiée avec Privilège, depuis le Jeudi 11, jusqu'au Lundi 15, Mai, 1682 (vieux style)_, No. 1621. It gives a very circumstantial detail of the loss of the "Gloucester" frigate, near the mouth of the Humber, in the night of Friday, May 5, 1682, when she was conveying the Duke of York (postquam James II.) to Scotland. Sir John Berry, who commanded the vessel, managed to remove the duke to another ship; but the Earl of Roxburgh, Lord O'Brien, the Laird of Hopetoun, Sir Joseph Douglas, Mr. Hyde (Lord Clarendon's brother), several of the duke's servants, and about 130 seamen, were lost in the "Gloucester." The pilot was either deficient in skill, or obstinate, and was to be brought to trial.[1]

With regard to the reason of publishing a French version of the _Gazette_, might it not be judged expedient (as the French was then spoken in every Court in Europe, and the English language almost unknown out of the British dominions) to publish this translation in French for foreign circulation? It is to be remarked that the copy I have met with is styled _privileged_?

D. N.

[Footnote 1: [It will be remembered that Pepys accompanied the Duke of York on this excursion to Scotland, and was fortunately on board his own yacht when the "Gloucester" was wrecked. His graphic account of the disaster will be found in the Correspondence at the end of his _Diary_.--ED.]]

_"Poscimus in vitâ," &c._ (Vol. ix., p. 19.).--Allow me to correct a _double_ error in this line into which MR. POTTER has fallen, though he has improved upon the line of BALLIOLENSIS. The true reading of it is--

"Poscimus in _vitam_ pauca, nec _ista_ diu."

_In vitam_ (for life) is better Latin than "in vitâ;" and _ista_ is more appropriate than "illa," in reference to things spoken unfavourably of.