A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain and Ireland enjoying territorial possessions or high official rank, but uninvested with heritable honours (1836)
URKE, esq. of Combe, in the county of Hereford, b. 28th September, 1780, m. 4th Aug:ust, 1804, Harriet, seconddaughter of the late General William Loftus, colonel ofthe second dragoon guards and lieutenant of the Towerof London, (a descendant of Adam Loftus, Archbishopof Dublin, temp. Queen… … twins. This family, whose surname was origi-nally RiCARDS, is of Norman extraction.The first person we find upon record is, RiCARDS, esq. who d. leaving three sons, viz. Oswald, d. s. p. Thomas, who carried on the line of thefamily. William-Henry, d. s.p.The second son. Colonel Thomas Ricards, a…
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