Milbanke Baronetcy question

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The 1661 Milbanke Baronetcy has been dormant since 1949.

It is likely that all male-line descendants of the first three sons of the first Baronet are extinct,though I cannot tell whether that has actually been established.

The current Milbank Baronets (created 1882), descended from the fourth son of the first Baronet, are thus likely the rightful heirs to the 1661 Baronetcy, but only if they descend ina legitimate line.

The question is, was William Milbank, of Thorp Perrow (1768-1802), the legitimate son of his father, Mark?

Does anyone have any information which would shed light on who was his mother, and whether she was married to his father?

See the genealogy below, in which I have omitted those persons irrelevant to the current succession.

Sir Mark Milbanke, of Halnaby, cr Baronet 1661 (ca 1630-1680); m.1st Elizabeth Acclome; m.2nd Faith Acclome (d.31 Apr 1689); issue of 1st m.:

1.Sir Mark, 2nd Bt., d.May 1698; m.3 Feb 1680 Jane Carr (bur 14 May 1704)

1.1.Sir Mark, 3rd Bt. (ca 1685-May 1705)

1.2.Sir Ralph, 4th Bt. (ca 1688-9 May 1748); m.1st May 1708 Elizabeth Darcy (17 Oct 1686-Oct 1720), sister of 3rd Earl of Holderness; m.2nd Anne Delaval (d.21 Mar 1765)

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[by 2nd m.]:

1.2.2.Sir Ralph, 5th Bt. (ca 1725-8 Jan 1798); m.by 1748 Elizabeth Hedworth (d.6 Jul 1767)

1.2.2.1.Sir Ralph, 6th Bt. (ca 1748-19 Mar 1825); took surname NOEL 1815 on inheriting estates of his brother-in-law; m.7 Jan 1777 Hon. Judith Noel (3 Nov 1751-28 Jan 1822)

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1.2.2.2.John, d.12 Mar 1800; m.1775 Cornelia Chambers

1.2.2.2.1.Sir John Peniston, 7th Bt. (20 Aug 1776-27 Jul 1850); m.1st 29 Sep 1799 Eleanor Herring (d.30 Jul 1819); m.2nd 3 Jan 1821 Mrs Elizabeth Grey, née Fenwick (d.6 Nov 1873)

1.2.2.2.1.1.Sir John Ralph, 8th Bt. (5 Nov 1800-30 Dec 1868), 1866 took surname MILBANKE-HUSKISSON on suc to estates of his cousin Elizabeth (below); m.13 Jul 1843 Emily Rose Mansfield (d.19 Dec 1905), sister of Lord Sandhurst; his sons seem never to have taken the Huskisson surname

1.2.2.2.1.1.1.Sir Peniston, 9th Bt. (14 Feb 1847-30 Nov 1899); m.20 Jan 1870 Elizabeth Margaret Denman (28 Apr 1847-31 Oct 1929), gdau of Lord Denman

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1.2.2.2.1.1.1.2.Sir John Peniston, 10th Bt. (9 Oct 1872-k.a. Dardanelles 21 Aug 1915); m.6 Dec 1900 Amelia Crichton (d.6 Dec 1927), gdau of Earl of Erne

1.2.2.2.1.1.1.2.1.Sir John Charles Peniston, 11th Bt. (9 Jan 1902-1 Jun 1947);m.14 Nov 1928 Margaret Sheila Mackellar (d.13 Oct 1969), former wife of Lord Loughborough, and later wife of Pr Dimitri of Russia

1.2.2.2.1.1.1.2.2.Sir Ralph Mark, 12th Bt. (11 Apr 1907-24 Nov 1949)

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1.2.3.Edward; m.Mary Terry

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1.2.3.2.Ralph, d.28 Nov 1823; Sources which usually say that a son “dsp”, when that is known, do not say “dsp” for him, though he probably did

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1.3.Acclom; he and the next three sons seem not to have married

1.4.William

1.5.John

2.Acclom, of Barningham; m.1st NN; m.2nd Anne Davison

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2.3.[ex 2] Mark, d.Apr 1758; Sources which usually say that a son “dsp”, when that is known, do not say “dsp” for him, though he probably did

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4.John MILBANK, of Thorp Perrow, d.13 Mar 1713;m.Mary Robson

4.1.John, of Thorp Perrow, d.22 Aug 1759; m.Dorothy Milbanke (above)

4.1.1.Mark, of Thorp Perrow; Burke’s Peerage 1959, as well as Burke’s Commoners, do not say whether he married, but go on to name his son as below; a recent online edition of Burke’s say that his son William was possibly illegitimate, and says that William’s surname was originally Melville but that he took the surname MILBANK in 1792

4.1.1.1.William, of Thorp Perrow (15 Jan 1768-Feb 1802); m.1792 Dorothy Wise

4.1.1.1.1.Mark, of Thorp Perrow (2 May 1795-21 Oct 1881); m.Jun 1817 Lady Augusta Henrietta Vane (d.13 Sep 1874)

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4.1.1.1.1.2.Sir Frederick Acclom, cr Baronet 1882 (21 Apr 1820-28 Apr 1898); m.18 Sep 1844 Alexina Harriet Elizabeth Don (d.22 Feb 1919) --> numerous issue, extant, which may be heirs to the 1661 Baronetcy in addition to the 1882 title