William Wescomb
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The Reverend William Wescomb (1788 – 25 May 1832) was an Anglican clergyman who owned Thrumpton Hall in Nottinghamshire.
Early life
Wescomb was born at Langford Grove in 1788 and baptised on 6 June 1788 at St. Giles Church, Langford. He was the son of Nicholas Wescomb (1732–1808) and Lucy (née Marshall) Wescomb (1744–1835).[1] His elder brother was John Emerton Wescomb.[2][3]
His paternal grandparents were William Wescomb and Elizabeth (née Wotton) Wescomb. His maternal grandparents were William Marshall and Anne (née Gatwood) Marshall.[2]
Career
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He was the Rector at Langford, Essex.[4]
Upon the death of his unmarried brother, John Emerton Wescomb, in 1838, he inherited Thrumpton Hall in Nottinghamshire.[5]
Personal life
On 6 February 1816 at St George's, Hanover Square, Wescomb was married to Jane Douglas (c. 1790–1868), a daughter of William Douglas, a Judge at India.[6] Her paternal grandfather was Archibald Douglas, MP for Dumfries Burghs and Dumfriesshire.[7][8] Together, they lived at Thrumpton Hall, Nottinghamshire, and were the parents of:[2]
- Lucy Elizabeth Jane Wescomb (1822–1912), who married George Byron, 8th Baron Byron, a son of George Byron, 7th Baron Byron and Elizabeth Mary Chandos-Pole (the daughter of Sacheverell Pole, of Radbourne Hall), in 1843.[9][10] After his death in 1870, she married her cousin, the Rev. Philip Henry Douglas (a grandson of the Rev. Philip Douglas) in 1878.[11] Douglas was the Vicar at Thrumpton in 1873.[2]
- John William Wescomb (1824–1825), who died young.[2]
- Mary Jane Wescomb (1826–1909), who married Hon. Frederick Byron, also a son of George Byron, 7th Baron Byron and Elizabeth Mary Chandos-Pole, in 1851.[5]
- Catherine Sarah Wilhelmina Wescomb (1829–1914), who married Lord Frederick FitzRoy, MP for Thetford who was a son of Henry FitzRoy, 5th Duke of Grafton and Mary Caroline Berkeley (a daughter of Adm. Hon. Sir George Cranfield Berkeley).[2]
The Rev. Wescomb died on 25 May 1832 at Langford, Maldon District, Essex, and was buried at St. Giles Churchyard there.[2]
Descendants
Through his daughter Mary Jane, he was a grandfather of Hon. Eva Lucy Mary Byron (who married Col. Henry Robert Eyre of Middleton Lodge), George Byron, 9th Baron Byron (who married Fanny Lucy Radmall Brinckman),[12][13] and the Rev. Frederick Byron, 10th Baron Byron (who married Lady Anna Ismay Ethel FitzRoy, a granddaughter of the 7th Duke of Grafton).[2]