Edward Yarde

Arms of Yarde: Argent, a chevron gules between three water bougets sable^[1]

Edward Yarde (1669–1735), of Churston Court in the parish of Churston Ferrers in Devon was a Member of Parliament for Totnes in Devon 1695-1698.^[2]

Origins

He was the eldest son and heir of Edward Yard (1638-1703) of Churston Court, MP for Ashburton in 1685, by his wife Anne Warre (d.1697), a daughter of Thomas Warre of Somerset.^[3]

Marriage & progeny

In 1696 he married Susanna Sparke (d.1733), a member of the prominent Sparke family of The Friary, in the parish of St Jude, Plymouth, and widow of Henry II Northleigh (1643–1694) of Peamore, Exminster, thrice MP for Okehampton.^[4] Henry Northleigh's sister Elizabeth Northleigh was the wife of Gilbert Yarde (d.1691/2), heir of Highweek and Bradley.^[5] Henry II Northleigh was the son and heir of Henry I Northleigh (1612-1675) by his wife Lettice Yard (born 1609), 2nd surviving daughter of Edward Yard (1583-1612) of Churston Ferrers.^[6] and great-aunt of Edward Yard (d.1735).^[7] By his wife he had progeny five sons (three of whom died young) including:

• John Yarde (1702-1773) of Churston Court, eldest son and heir, whose only son Edward Yard (d.1752) predeceased him without progeny.
• Francis Yarde (1703/4-1749/50), 5th son, who married his cousin Elizabeth Northleigh, by whom he had a daughter and sole heiress Susanna Yarde (born 1740), who became (in her issue) the heiress of her uncle John Yarde (1702-1773) of Churston Court. She married the judge Sir Francis Buller, 1st Baronet (1746-1800) of Downes, Crediton, and her eldest surviving son was Sir Francis Yarde-Buller (1767-1833), who in compliance with the will of his maternal great-uncle John Yarde (1702-1773) assumed the surname Yarde in lieu of his patronymic, but later by royal sign manual added the additional surname Buller.^[8] His eldest surviving son was John Yarde-Buller, 1st Baron Churston (1799-1871), raised to the peerage in 1858, and his second surviving son was Sir Edward Manningham-Buller, 1st Baronet (1800–1882) of Dilhorne, Towcester, Northamptonshire (ancestor of Viscount Dilhorne), created a baronet in 1866, who adopted the surname Manningham in addition to and before his patronymic.

References

1. Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p.829
2. http://historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1690-1715/member/yarde-edward-1669-1735
3. Vivian, p.831
4. Vivian, p.832, pedigree of Yarde; p.584, pedigree of Northleigh
5. Vivian, p.832; Inscribed monument in Alphington Church
6. Vivian, p.832; Inscribed leger stone in Alphington Church
7. Vivian, pp.831-2
8. Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of Cornwall: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1530, 1573 & 1620; with additions by J.L. Vivian, Exeter, 1887, p.60