Babington family
The Babington family (sometimes Babbington) is an English and Anglo-Irish gentry family descending from Sir John de Babington, Lord of Babington, who was living from 1178.[1] The family were primarily landowners in Derbyshire, Northumberland, Leicestershire, County Cork and County Londonderry. Family seats included Rothley Court, Dethick Manor, Creevagh House, Roe Park House, Chilwell Hall, Curborough Hall and Packington Hall. The family has produced descendants who have occupied posts such as High Sheriff or MP for their county for generations.[2][3]
Sir John de Babington, Lord of Babington, was recorded in the county of Northumberland in 1178. The family had presided there since the Norman Conquest.[4] Sir John de Babington, a great-great-grandson of the original, was Chief Captain of Morlaix in Brittany occurring during the time of Edward III, and he is buried in monastery of the White Friars at Morlaix.[5] His son Sir John de Babington's exclaim 'foy est tout', on being chosen by Henry IV for dangerous duty in France, has been the family's motto ever since.[6] His son, Thomas Babington of Dethick served with Henry V at Agincourt,[7] whose own son Sir John Babington of Dethick was slain at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485 fighting for Richard III.[8]
The family is related by blood or marriage to the Marquesses of Tweeddale, Egerton family and Dukes of Sutherland, FitzHerbert family, Palmer family of Dorney Court, Earls of Cork, Barons of Dunsay and Earls of Elgin.[9]
Notable members
- Anthony Babington (1561–1586), English nobleman responsible for the Babington Plot against Elizabeth I
- Sir Anthony Babington (1476-1536), MP for Nottingham
- Sir Anthony Babington (1877–1972), Northern Ireland politician, barrister and judge
- Benjamin Guy Babington (1794–1866), English physician and epidemiologist
- Cardale Babington (1808–1895), English botanist and archaeologist
- Churchill Babington (1821–1889), English classical scholar and archaeologist
- Francis Babington (died 1569), English divine and academic administrator
- Gervase Babington (1550–1610), Bishop of Exeter and Worcester
- Sir James Melville Babington (1854–1936), Boer War commander
- Sir John Tremayne Babington (1891–1979), British Air Marshal
- Robert Babington (1920-2010), Northern Ireland politician, barrister and judge
- S. C. Babington, British Olympic archer in 1908
- Thomas Babington (1758–1837), English philanthropist and politician
- William Babington (academic), Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University, 1441–1443
- Sir William Babington (justice) (c. 1370–1454), lawyer and judge
- William Babington (physician) (1756–1833), physician and mineralogist
- Zachary Babington (died 1745), High Sheriff of Staffordshire
- Constance Babington Smith (1912–2000), British journalist and writer
- Sir Henry Babington Smith (1863–1923), British civil servant, whose father Archibald Smith married the daughter of Sir James Parker and Mary Babington
- Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay, whose aunt Jean married Thomas Babington, High Sheriff of Leicestershire, in 1787
References
- ↑ http://members.iinet.net.au/~billeah/babingdesc.html
- ↑ http://members.iinet.net.au/~billeah/babingdesc.html
- ↑ http://www.rotherhamweb.co.uk/genealogy/babington.htm
- ↑ The Genealogy of the family of Babington of Dethick by G.G.
- ↑ The Genealogy of the family of Babington of Dethick by G.G.
- ↑ https://www.genealogieonline.nl/kwartierstaat-de-paula-lopes/I2585.php
- ↑ http://www.peakdistrictonline.co.uk/dethick-c3092.html
- ↑ https://kedlestonderby.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/babingtons.pdf
- ↑ http://members.iinet.net.au/~billeah/babingdesc.html