by John Marshall, Royal Naval Biography — Stanhope… (1823)
“ In 1826, he assumed the additional surname and arms of Scudamore, being the lineal descendant of Mary, wife of Sir Giles Bridges, of Wilton Castle, in the above county; daughter of Sir James Scudamore, Knt.; and sister to John, first Viscount Scudamore. He married, January 20th, 1820, Mary, daughter of Major Thomas Dowell, late of the Commissary Department, Bengal establishment, by whom he has several children. ”
