Elizabeth Dicconson

Thomas Eccleston, Esq. of Eccleston, Scarisbrick, and Wrightington, m. 19 April 1784, Eleonora, dau. of Thomas Clifton, Esq. of Clifton and Lytham (see Clifton of Lytham), and had issue,

1. Thomas, b. 28 Nov. 1785; who succeeded to the Scarisbrick estates, and assumed the surname and arms of Scarisbrick by royal license, 8 May, 1810, m. Sybella Georgina, dau. of William Harrington, Esq. of Shaw Hall, Lancaster, but d. s. p. 17 July 1833.
   
2. William, b. 16 Sept. 1797; d. 27 Oct. 1839.
   
3. Charles, heir to Wrightington.
   
4. Anne, m. 18 Oct. 1867, Sir Thomas Windsor Hunloke, Bart. of Wingerworth, co. Derby, and had issue, ... Anne, Lady Hunloke, was authorised by royal license, 17 Oct. 1860, to take the name and arms of Scarisbrick only.
   
5. Mary, took the name Dicconson, 1 March, 1831.
   
6. Elizabeth, m. 15 Jan. 1819, Edward Clifton, Esq., 4th son of John Clifton, Esq. of Clifton and Lytham, co. Lancaster, and by him (who d. 23 Jan 1850) had issue as below.
   
7. Catherine.
   

Mr. Eccleston sold the estate of Eccleston to Col. Samuel Taylor, of Moston; and on succeeding to the possession of the Scarisbrick property, assumed the surname Scarisbrick. he d. 1 Nov 1809. His next surviving son,
Charles Eccleston, Esq. b 24 June 1801, s. to Wrightington, and took the name and arms of Dicconson, 8 May, 1810; and subsequently, 24 Aug. 1833, adopted that of Scarisbrick, on becoming possessed of Scarisbrick. He served as High sheriff co. Lancaster 1839, whereupon the estate of Wrightington passed to the son of his sister,
Elizabeth Clifton, then widow of Edward Clifton, Esq., late of Dorset Square, London, sometime Captain in the Coldstream Guards; and she and her issue were authorized, 11 Feb. 1861, to take, in compliance with an injunction in the will of her father, the name and arms of Dicconson. By her said husband she had issue,

1. Thomas, now Wrightington.
   
2. William Charles Clifton.
   
3. Henry Clifton, d. 26 March, 1865.
   
4. Edward Gerald Clifton.
   
5. Charles Clifton.
   
6. Harriet, m. 14 Feb 1849, Robert Tolver, Lord Gerard.
   
7. Mary Charlotte Clifton.
   

Mrs. (Clifton) Dicconson d. Nov. 1862.

Burke, Bernard, Sir. A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Great Britain & Ireland 6th ed. London : Harrison 1879. Vol I. page 458

Another sister, the widow of Captain Edward Clifton of Lytham, had succeeded Charles at Wrightington. She spent £17,000 on altering, restoring and rebuilding the Hall in 1860-62. It is not known when the riding school (now the recreation club) was built, but it is an extension of a 16th or 17th century building. Mrs Clifton was succeeded by her son, Thomas Clifton Dicconson who died in 1881 after being insane for 6 years. He was followed at Wrightington by his brother , William Charles Clifton Dicconson, who, dying in 1889, was again succeeded by a brother Charles Clifton Dicconson.

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