Sir Ralph Bates (1730-1783) of Milbourne and Holywell and his wife Lady Anne Ellison Bates were Lord and Lady of Milbourne Hall in Northumberland, England. The property was purchased by Thomas Bates (1525-1587) in 1552. Sir Ralph and Anne had 10 children. The eldest, Ralph, inherited Milbourne Hall. 5 other sons died without children. Their fourth son, Richard Bates, was killed on board H.M.S. Argo on 17 Feb 1783 in the West Indies. Of 5 daughters, 2 died young, and 2 married “well” into other families of nobility.
The youngest child of Sir Ralph and Anne Bates was the next in the Bonner lineage Nancy Bates. She married a British soldier, Robert Turnbull, and moved with him to his hometown Lilliesleaf, Scotland, 40 miles away from Milbourne Hall.
The Bates family are “gateway” ancestors connecting the Bonner family to several English and French kings. Details of the lineage from the Bates family to the royal lines begins below, and continues in the article Details of the Royal Bonner Lines of England & France. Ancestors who link to this latter article are in bold caps below.
Ralph Bates (m. Ann Ellison), son of:
Ralph Bates of Newbottle (1688-1754) (m Isabella Bates), son of:
Ralph Bates (b.1674) of Holywell {see also Branch A below} (m. Anne James, m2. John Shafto), son of:
Margaret Chaytor (m. Ralph Bates (bap.1613), daughter of:
Thomas Chaytor of Butterby, co. Durham (m. Eleanor Thornell), son of:
Eleanor Clervaux (m. Christopher Chaytor), daughter of:
Isabella Belasyse (m. William Clervaux), daughter of:
Margaret Threlkeld (m. William Belasyse), daughter of:
Margaret de Bromflete (m. Sir Lancelot Trelkeld), daughter of:
Eleanor Fitzhugh (b. 1400) (m. Henry Bromflete), daughter of:
ELIZABETH GREY (m. Henry Fitz Hugh b. 1358), daughter of:
Lora de St. Quintin (m. SIR ROBERT GREY, son of SIR JOHN GREY), daughter of:
SIR HERBERT de ST. QUINTIN
Branch A from Ralph Bates (b. 1674) of Holywell (m. Anne James), son of:
Ralph Bates (bap.1613) (m. Margaret Chaytor), son of:
Thomas Bates b. 1592 (m. Dorothy Errington), son of:
Elizabeth Ogle (m. Cuthbert Bates d.1601/2), daughter of:
John Ogle of Bebside (m. Phyllis Ogle), son of:
William Ogle of Causey Park (1491-1542) (m. Margaret Delaval m. aft.1502), son of:
Margaret Gascoigne (m. Ralph Ogle), daughter of:
Sir William Gascoigne (1445-1487) (m. MARGARET PERCY), son of:
William Gascoigne and JANE NEVILLE