HENEAGE-WALKER, GEORGE-HENEAGE, esq. of Compton Basset, in the county of Wilts, M.A. of Christchurch college Oxford born on the 17th July 1799; married on the 7th August 1824 to Harriet-Sarah who was the eldest daughter of William Webber, esq. of Binfield Lodge in the county of Berkshire and has had issue,

i. Alan, born in May 1826; died in August 1828.
ii. Clement eldest son and heir apparent, born 6th March 1831 - died 9th December 1901. More..
iii. Michael was born 20th December 1835.

i. Matilda-Harriet.
ii. Alice.

This gentleman, the eldest son and heir of the late Reverand George Wyld, of Speen, in the county of Berkshire MA. vicar of Cheveley, in the same county, (who died on New Years Day 1837), inherited, under the will of Mrs Arabella Walker-Heneage, late of Compton Bassett, widow of his maternal great-uncle, John Walker-Heneage, esq. dated 25th May 1813, all her manors, capital and other messuages, lands and hereditaments, in the several counties of Wiltshire, Berkshire, Somerset, Middlesex, and Surrey; and, in compliance with a proviso annexed to such possession, was authorised, by a royal license dated 20th August 1818, to take the surname and arms of the family of Walker-Heneage only. He is hereditary chief usher of the court of Exchequer, and chief proclamator of the court of Common Pleas, a magistrate and deputy-lieutenant for the county of Wiltshire, and served the office of high-sheriff in the year 1829.

Lineage
The genealogy of the ancient family of Heneage is deduced by authentic evidences from Sir Robert Heneage, who held considerable possessions in the county of Lincoln in the reign of Henry III.

John Heneage of Hainton, in that county, the seventh in lineal descent from Sir Robert, died on the 4th April, 1530; having had issue, by Katherine his wife, the daughter of Thomas Wimbush, Esq., of Nocton, in the same county, four sons, viz.

i. Thomas (Sir), who succeeded to Hainton, and, by Katherine his wife, daughter of Sir John Skipwith, left an only daughter, his heir, Elizabeth, who married William Lord Willoughby, of Parham.

ii. John, whose descendants are in possession of Hainton.

iii. George, archdeacon of Lincoln, who died on the 9th September 1549.

iv. Robert The youngest son,

Robert Heneage, esq. of Lincoln, one of the king's auditors, who died on the 27th July, 1556, married, first, Lucy, daughter and co-heir of Ralph Buckton, esq. of Elmswell, in the county of York; and, secondly, Margaret, daughter of George Manners, Lord Roos, sister of Thomas, Earl of Rutland. By the former he had several sons, two of whom only left issue. Sir Thomas Heneage, the elder, of Copt Hall, in the county of Essex, one of the privy council and chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster to Queen Elizabeth, left an only daughter and heir, Elizabeth, created Viscountess Maidstone and Countess of Winchilsea. She married Sir Moyle Finch, Baronet, and is now represented by her descendant and heir male, George-William Finch-Hatton, Earl of Winchilsea and Nottingham.

Michael Heneage, esq. the younger son of the above Robert Heneage, was keeper of the records in the Tower of London. He was born 27th September 1540, and died 30th December 1600, leaving issue by Grace his wife, daughter of Robert Honywood, esq. of Charing, in Kent, four sons and three daughters. The eldest son

Thomas Heneage, esq. was of Battersea, in the county of Surrey, where he died 9th August 1641, leaving issue by Bridget his wife, daughter of George Woodward, esq. of Upton, in the county of Bucks, and relict of Sir Thomas Liddell, Knight of Ravensworth Castle, in the county of Durham, a son, Sir Michael Heneage Knight of Gray's Inn, who died in December 1711, leaving by Phebe, daughter of Samuel Foote, esq. four daughters and one son,

Charles Heneage, esq. of London, who died in 1738, leaving two daughters, Elizabeth and Cecil, his co-heirs; both dying unmarried, the latter in 1765, and the former in 1779, the inheritance of this branch of the Heneage family devolved to the issue of their aunt, Cecil, eldest daughter of Sir Michael Heneage, and wife of John Walker, esq. of the Inner Temple, and of Hadley, in the county of Middlesex.

The family of Walker is of great respectability, being derived from Anthony Walker, of St. Andrew's Wardrobe, in London, who died on the 11th May 1590, possessed of lands held in capita, as appears by his will, as well as by the inquisition post mortern taken 27th January following. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Dawbency, of Sharrington, in Norfolk; by whom he had several children, and amongst others, Thomas Walker, esq. of Westminster, hereditary Chief Usher of the Court of Exchequer, and marshal proclamator and barrier of the court of Common Pleas and to the Justices in Eyre. He died on the 12th October 1613, leaving by Joan his wife, daughter of John Moors, of Ipswich, his son and successor to his offices,

Clement Walker, esq. of the Middle Temple, and of the Charterhouse, Hydon, in the county of Somerset, who had special livery of his father's lands on the 24th November, 1614. He married, first, Mary, eldest daughter of Sir William Button,* knt. and baronet of Alton and Tockenham, in the parish of Lyneham, in the county of Wilts, and sister of Sir William, Sir Robert, and Sir John Button, successively baronets, who all died without issue. By this lady he had a son,

John Walker, esq. who, is aforesaid, married Cecil Heneage and died on the 1st March 1703, leaving, by that lady, two sons, the elder of whom,

Heneage Walker, esq. of Hadley. chief usher of the Exchequer, dying without issue 15th May 1731, was succeeded in his estates and offices by his only brother,

John Waker, esq. of Lyneham, who died on the 27th April 1758, aged 60 years, leaving by Dyonisia his wife, eldest daughter of James Colebrooke, esq. and sister of Sir James and Sir George Colebrooke, baronets, successively of Gatton, in the county of Surrey three sons and three daughters, John Walker was buried in Woodborough Church Wiltshire.

i. John, his heir. (below)
ii. James-Button, ensign 1st Regiment of Foot, slain at St. Cas, on the coast of France, in 1754
iii. Colebrooke

i. Mary, born in 1732; died at Grantham, unmarried, in 1775.
ii. Dyonisia, born in 1733; married 27th October 1772, the Reverand Theophilus Meredith, of Ross, in the county of Hereford, younger brother of Sir William Meredith, Baronet of Henbury, in the county of Chester, and had an only daughter, Henrietta-Arabella, born in 1774.
iii. Cecil-Ann, she was born in 1734 and married on the 10th July 1764 to Thomas Calcraft, esq. a lieutenant-colonel in the army, and had issue an only son and three daughters,

a. John Calcraft, esq. of Grantham, born in 1765, a general in the army, who died unmarried in 1830.
b. Cecil - Mary - Elizabeth, born in 1768 and also died unmarried in 1808.

2. Arabella-Bridget, born in 1773 married in 1794 to William-Thomas Darby esq. of Sunbury, in the county of Middlesex, who in 1795, took the surname and arms of St. Quintin, upon succeeding to the estates of Scampston, in Yorkshire, and died leaving issue.

3. Mary-Dyonisia, was born in 1776 who married 26th November 1796 the Reverend George Wyld, and died in May 1831, leaving:

i. George-Heneage Walker-Heneage, esq. of Compton.
ii. The Reverend Thomas-John Wyld, M.A. rector of North Wraxall, in the county of Wiltshire, born on the 11th November 1801; married on the 27th April 1836 to Maria, daughter of the late Joseph Neeld, esq. of Rockstone House, in the parish of All Saints, in the county of Southampton.
iii. The Reverend William-Thomas Wyld, M.A. rector of Woodborough, in the county of Wiltshire, he was born on the 5th July 1805.
iv. Granby-Colebrooke Wyld, born 27th March 1808; died in the following June.
v. James-William Wyld, born 9th September 1812; died in June 1813.
vi. John Wyld, born in June 1818, a cornet in the 3rd Light Dragoons.
i. Mary-Cecil.
ii. Arabella-Elizabeth, married and had issue.
iii. Caroline-Patience, who died in 1828, having married the Reverend Thomas Michell, and left two children.
iv. Cecil-Catherine.
v. Elizabeth-Milward, died an infant.
vi. Elizabeth-Milward.

John Walker
The eldest son and heir, John Walker, esq. of Compton Basset, chief usher of the Exchequer, obtained a royal license on the 8th March 1777, to enable him to take and use the surname, arms, and crest of Heneage in pursuance of the request of his cousin, Elizabeth Heneage, spinster of the above-mentioned.

He died in 1806, leaving no issue by Arabella his wife, daughter of Jonathan Cope, esq. (son and heir apparent of Sir Jonathan Cope, Baronet. of Brewern, in the county of Oxon), by the Lady Arabella Howard, eldest daughter of Henry, 4th Earl of Carlisle, K.G. This lady, who was devisee of her husband's estates, died 26th June 1818, having, by her will, entailed them on the present possessor, George Heneage Walker-Heneage, esq. and his heirs.

Coat of Arms - The Heneage Walker coat of arms is split quarterly with the 1st and 4th, top left - bottom right, representing the Heneage family viz. a greyhound current sable between three leopards' faces azure, within a bordure engrailed gules (a mullet charged with a crescent for difference): The 2nd and 3rd quarters, top right - bottom left, represent the Walker family, viz. azure a cheveron engrailed ermine between three plates, each plate charged with a trefoil slipped vert.

Crest of Heneage - A greyhound current sable (differenced as the arms).
Crest of Walker - A demi heraldic tiger per pale indented argent and sable, maned and tufted or.
Motto- "Walk in the fear of God!"
Estates - In the county of Wilts, &c.
Seat - Compton Basset, Wiltshire.

Sir William Button
*The ancient and knightly family of Button is derived from Sir Walter de Button or Bitton, who flourished in the reign of Henry III, and whose descendants gradually augmented their estates by alliances with the heiresses of Furneux, Bryan, Turberville, Basset, &c.

Sir William Button, knight of Alton Priors, the heir and representative of this house, was raised to the baronetage 18th March, 1621. He married Ruth, daughter of Walter Dunch, esq. of Avebury, in the county of Wilts, and died 16th January, 1654, leaving four sons,

i. Sir William, who died without issue 8th March, 1659
ii. Thomas, who died young.
iii. Sir Robert, who died without issue in 1677.
iv. Sir John Button, Baronet of Ogbourne St. George, in the county of Wilts, who died also without issue in 1713,

and three daughters; of whom Mary, the eldest, married Clement Walker, as above-mentioned.