BALDWIN SENT GEORGE

The descendants of Baldwin St. George, the Norman, flourished in England for several centuries, and frequently represented the County of Cambridge in parliament. They were seated at Hartley St George, in that shire, full 500 years. SIR RICHARD ST. GEORGE, Clarenceux king-of-arms, eighteenth in a direct line from Baldwin the Norman, married Elizabeth, daughter of Nicholas St. John, Esq., of Lidiard Tregoze, co. Wilts, and had three sons,

I. Henry (Sir), Garter king-of-arms, who left four sons,

St. Thomas St. George, Garter king-of-arms.
Colonel William St. George, slain 'ex parte regis'.
Sir Henry St. George, Clarenceux king-of-arms.
Sir Richard St. George, Ulster king-of-arms of Ireland.

II. George (Sir), of Carrickdrumrusk, co. Leitrim, whose grandson, SIR GEORGE ST. GEORGE, Bart., elevated to the peerage of Ireland, as LORD ST. GEORGE in 1715, left at his decease a daughter, the Hon. Mary St. George, married John Usher, Esq., M.P., by whom she had a daughter, Judith, wife of George Lowther, Esq., of Kilrue, co. Meath, and a son, St. George Usher, who was elevated to the peerage of Ireland, in 1763, as LORD ST. GEOEGE, Of Hartley St. George, co. Leitrim, which dignity expired at his lordship's decease, without male issue, in 1775. His only daughter, Emilia-Olivia, married William-Robert, second Duke of Leinster.

III. Richard, who went over to Ireland, in the beginning of the 17th century, in the royal army, and was appointed governor of the town and Castle of Athlone. From him descend the four brothers, THOMAS BALDWIN ST. GEORGE, of Parsonstown, Acheson St. George, Esq., of Wood Park, co. Armagh, John St. George, Esq., of Woodside, Cheshire, and Archibald St. George, of Camma Lodge, co. Roscommon, as well as the Baronet of Woodsgift, the present SIR RICHARD BLIGH ST. GEORGE.

--(This name appears on the Battle Abbey Roll)