494 List of Parliamentary Families 1. Barrington Bourchier – Thirsk 1660 2. Thomas Bourchier – Malmesbury 1702-05 Seat: Beningborough Hall, Yorkshire (acq. by mar. 1544, built c. 1714-16, passed by non-blood inher. to Dawnays 1827) Titles: Baron Berners 1455- ; Earl of Bath 1536-1654 Notes: The family became extinct in the male line in 1767 and in the female line in 1827. Beningborough passed by mar. to the Erles and eventually in 1827 to the 6 Viscount Downe (see Dawnay) in 1827. 1 Baron Bourchier and 2 Baron Berners and 1 and 2 Earls of Essex and 5 Earl of Bath and four others in ODNB. UDNY SCOTLAND Origins: The family is first mentioned in a charter of 1407. First [MP 1645 for Aberdeenshire]. 1. John Udny – [Kintore 1681 1685-86] 2. John Udny – [Aberdeenshire 1703-07] Seats: Udny Castle, Aberdeenshire (built 16th c., add. 17th c., abandoned c. 1775, repaired c. 1801, add. 1874, partly demolished 1960s, still own); Knockhall Castle, Aberdeenshire (built 1565, fire 1734, ruin) Estates: Bateman 9225 (S) 9041 Notes: One in ODNB. UNIACKE IRELAND Uniacke Origins: Burgesses of Youghal in the 16th century, Mayor 1556. Another was Mayor in 1723. He purchased landed estates. His eldest son married Elinor Fitzgerald, daughter and heiress of Garret Fitzgerald of Lisquinlan. Their eldest son was seated at Woodhouse, while a younger line lived at Lisquinlan. The Fitzgeralds were a cadet of the Geraldine dynasty (see Fitzgerald I). This branch was living in County Kerry by 1420. 1. Robert Uniacke – {Youghal 1777-1800} Seat: Woodhouse, Waterford (purch. 1725, rebuilt early 19th c., passed by mar. to Beresfords mid-19th c.) Estates: In 1878 the estate ran to 2,352 acres worth £1,907 pa. Notes: The Uniacke property was confiscated in 1658 and restored in 1663. One in ODNB. List of Parliamentary Families 495 Uniacke-Fitzgerald Origins: Cadet line (see above). 1. Robert Fitzgerald – {Youghal 1692-93 1695-99 Castlemartyr 1703-13} 2. Robert Uniacke-Fitzgerald – {County Cork 1797-1800} 1801-06 3. Sir Robert Uniacke-Penrose-Fitzgerald 1 Bt – Cambridge 1885-1906 Seats: Lisquinlan, Cork (acq. later 16th c., family departed 1850s, still owned late 19th c., now a ruin); Corkbeg Island (Corkbeg House), Cork (castle built 1396, acq. by mar. to Fitzgeralds and took additional name Fitzgerald 1715, new house 18th c., rebuilt mid- 19th c., castle collapsed 1915, house sold 1945, demolished) Estates: Bateman 6071 (I) 4865 Titles: Baronet 1801-17; 1896-1908 Notes: Male line extinct 1908. One in ODNB. Uniacke Origins: Descended from a brother of the Uniacke who married the Fitzgerald heiress. Sheriff 1776. 1. James Uniacke – {Youghal 1776-97} Seat: Mount Uniacke, Cork (purch. early 18th c., burned 1923) Estate: 1,559 (I) 972 in 1878. Held 7,754 acres worth £2,051 in 1854. UPTON [Howard, Otway] IRELAND & ENGLAND Viscount Templetown (1806- I) Origins: The Uptons acquired estates in Devon in the 15th century. Merchant traders in the 17th century. First English MP 1604. Two further MPs 1625-41. A younger son emigrated to Antrim 1598 in a military capacity with Essex. First Irish {MP 1634}. 1. Arthur Upton – {Carrickfergus 1661-66 Antrim 1692-93 County Antrim 1695-99} 2. Clotworthy Upton – {Newton 1695-99 County Antrim 1703-25} 3. Thomas Upton – {Antrim 1713-14 County Antrim 1716-27 Londonderry 1727-33} 4. John Upton – {County Antrim 1725-40} 5. Arthur Upton – {Carrickfergus 1742-68} 6. John Upton 1 Viscount Templetown – Bury St. Edmunds 1803-12 7. Fulke Greville Upton Howard – Castle Rising 1808-32 8. Arthur Upton – Bury St. Edmunds 1818-26 496 List of Parliamentary Families 9. George Upton 3 Viscount Templetown – Antrim 1859-63 Seats: Castle Upton (aka Castle Norton), Antrim (built 1610 c., purch. 1625, remod. 1783-89, remod. 1837, sold early 20th c.); Levens Park, Westmorland (medieval, rebuilt c. 1580-86, add. c. 1690s, acq. by mar. 1817, add. 1820, eventually passed back to the Bagots in 1883) Estates: Bateman 24769 (I) 19217 and 9252 (E) 5300 Title: Baron Templetown 1776- I Peers: {2 peers 1777-85 1792-1800} 2 Irish Rep peers 1866-90 1894-1939 Notes: The daughter and heiress of the 11 Earl of Suffolk married Richard Bagot and brought the Levens Park, Westmorland estate in 1817 to the Uptons (see Howard I). Two in ODNB. Upton Origins: Cousins of the Viscounts Templetown who remained in England succeeded by marriage of 1693 to the estates of the Otways, Westmorland gentry from the Tudor period onwards (see Cave). 1. John Otway – Preston 1667-81 2. John Upton – Dartmouth 1679-81 3. John Upton – Westmorland 1761-68 Seats: Ingmire Hall, Yorkshire (Otway seat, enlarged 1838, sold 1922, burned 1928, part demolished); Middleton Hall, Westmorland (medieval, add. 16th c., acq. 17th c., remod. 1647 and 1670, ruin in 18th c.); Beckside Hall, Westmorland (Otways acq. early 16th c., resident 17th c., became a farm house) Estates: Rubinstein – John Upton left £100,000 in probate in 1832. His landed estate passed to the Cottrell-Dormers later in the 18th c. (Bateman 5500 (E) 5800). URQUHART [Pollard] SCOTLAND & IRELAND Urquhart Origins: The Urquharts traced themselves back to Adam (Country Life, 37, p. 115). Well entrenched in landed society by the 14th century. Sheriffs of Cromarty since 1365. First [MP 1605 for Cromartyshire]. Two further [MPs 1617-40 both for shires]. The family wealth shrank in the 17th century until Captain John Urquhart (d. 1756), made a fortune as a merchant and planter and repurchased 1739-41 estates alienated earlier. 1. Sir John Urquhart – [Inverness-shire 1661-63] 2. Adam Urquhart – [Aberdeenshire 1665 1667 1669-74 1678] List of Parliamentary Families 497 3. Sir Alexander Urquhart – [Banffshire 1667] 4. Thomas Urquhart – [Cromarty Burgh 1670] 5. John Urquhart – [Cromartyshire 1693] 6. John Urquhart – [Dornoch Burgh 1703-07] Seats: Craigston Castle, Aberdeenshire (acq. 1597, built 1603-07, add. 1845, still own); Meldrum House, Aberdeenshire (descended for 750 years through Meldrum, Seton, Urquhart, and Duff families, for sale 1991); Cromarty Castle, Cromartyshire (acq. mid- 14th c., built 1470, add. 1632, sold 1760s, pulled down 1772) Estates: Bateman 4014 (S) 3118 and 5837 (S) 6707. 4,200 acres in 1996. Notes: The male line died out in 1837. An heiress mar. 1846 a Pollard who took the additional name Urquhart, see below. One in ODNB. Pollard Origins: A Pollard accompanied the Earl of Essex to Ireland in 1598 as a captain. Acquired estates soon afterwards. Sheriff 1692. Mary Urquhart, the family heiress married in 1846 William Pollard of Castle Pollard. 1. Dillon Pollard – {County Westmeath 1692-93} 2. Walter Pollard – {Fore 1695-99 1703-13} 3. William Pollard – County Westmeath 1852-57 1859-71 Seats: Castle Pollard (Kinturk, Rathyoung), Westmeath (acq. c. 1600, built 18th c., remod. 1821, sold 1935, institution); Craigston Castle, Aberdeenshire (acq. by mar. 1846, and took name Urquhart, still own) Estates: Bateman 6093 (I) 4782 Notes: One in ODNB. Urquhart Origins: Cadet line 15th century. 1. Robert Urquhart – Elginshire 1708-10 2. Duncan Urquhart – Inverness Burghs 1737-41 Seat: Burdsyards, Elginshire (acq. early 15th c., sold 1795) Estates: Worth £620 pa in 1730. Notes: The estates were sold by the 13th laird in 1795. 498 List of Parliamentary Families Urquhart Origins: The MP below claimed to be the Chief of Clan Urquhart after the extinction of the main line in 1837. 1. David Urquhart – Stafford 1847-52 Seats: Mollands House, Perthshire (resident 19th c.); Braelangwell, Cromartyshire (built late 18th c., sold 1839) VACHELL (Fachell) Origins: The founder of the family was a wool merchant c. 1300. The first MP 1324 for Berkshire was a lawyer who purchased estates. Five additional MPs 1388-1645, most for Reading. Kt 14th c. 1. Tanfield Vachell – Reading 1701-05 Seat: Coley Park (aka Vachell House), Berkshire (acq. early to mid 14th c., built c. 1555, remod. c. 1651, sold 1727, demolished and rebuilt 1802) Notes: The family experienced a financial crisis during the life of the last MP. VANDELEUR IRELAND Origins: The Vandeleur to emigrate to Ireland was the son of a Dutch merchant who acquired land in Clare in the 1630s and 1640s. He was a maltster and tanner, and his son was a Collector of Taxes in Limerick. High Sheriff of Clare 1664. 1. Crofton Vandeleur – {Ennis 1768-76} 2. Thomas Pakenham Vandeleur – {Granard 1790-97} 3. John Vandeleur – {Granard 1790-97} 4. John Vandeleur – {Carlow 1790-97 Ennis 1798-1800} 1801-02 5. Crofton Vandeleur – {Granard 1798-1800} 6. Crofton Vandeleur – Clare 1859-74 Seats: Kilrush House, Clare (acq. and built 1687, rebuilt early 19th c., fire 1897, ruin); Brickhill, Clare (owned 17th c., passed in 18th c. to Lysaghts); Cahircon (Cahercon), Clare (built 18th c., purch. 1899, sold 1921) Estates: Bateman 20206 (I) 11596 1 Ld Lt 19th-20 th Notes: One in ODNB..