My understanding is that the family of Lord Wharton died out.
However...part of a letter to the. Kendal Mercury. 25 June 1864
''There are Wharton's living now in Orton parish who are descendants of those Wharton's that the lecture is about. There is one James Wharton living now at High Wood End ,near Tebay station that is one of them and there is a very old spear with silver handle hanging in his house which is said to have been taken from the Scots by one Lord Wharton and handed down from one family to another till it reached its present owner. I myself know it belonged to his father and he himself is a very old man,and the same person has a book in his possession full of writing which was done by one Thomas Wharton one of the descendants about the Wharton's and their descendants.
I remember once looking at it and the old woman said ''it's no use thee looking at that,it's been written when Adam was a little boy '
And I remember the old people saying something about 2 of Lord Wharton's children who had to be stowed away in hampers and taken somewhere in the time of the first Scotch Rebellion. I cannot now explain it but I have no doubt there will be something in the book about it.
I remain yours truelyJ. W.''
Is there anybody with a newspaper subscription who could check out any subsequent correspondence to the paper.
Or throw any light on what happened to the book.
James Wharton of High Wood End died Aug 1864 ,son of James Wharton and Hannah Bird.
James Wharton 1771_1853 ,
