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Castle; and since joint clerk of the crown in the Court of King's Bench in Ireland. In 1796 he was major of the Warwickshire militia.

Fourth, Lady Sarah Frances, born on September 27th, 1747; married, June 3d, 1766, to Robert Stewart, Esq. since created Earl of Londonderry, and died in Dublin, July 18, 1770, leaving issue the present Viscount Castlereagh.

Fifth, Robert, s born on December 20th, 1748, who was a captain in the guards, and member of parliament for Orford, 1771, 1774, 1780, 1794, 1802, 1806; and in 1807, for the county of Carmarthen. On June 15th, 1773, he married Miss Delme, daughter of the late Peter Delme, Esq.; and by her, who died November 29th, 1804, had issue, first, Elizabeth; second, Henry, in the army; third, Frances Isabella, who on December 2d, 1802, became second wife of George Ferdinand, Lord Southampton. Lord Robert married, secondly, May 2d, 1806, Miss Chetwynd, sister to Viscount Chetwynd. He is joint clerk of the crown in the court of King's Bench in Ireland, with his brother Lord Henry.

Sixth, Lady Gertrude, born on October 9th, 1750, married, February 10th, 1772, George, Viscount and afterwards Earl of Grandison in Ireland; and died in Switzerland in 1793, leaving one daughter, Lady Gertrude Villiers, married, July 1st, 1802, to Lord Henry Stuart, a younger son to the Marquis of Bute.

Seventh, Lady Frances, born December 4th, 1751, married, May 22d, 1775, to Henry Earl of Lincoln, son and heir apparent to Henry Duke of Newcastle, who died in his father's life-time, October 22d, 1778, leaving issue by her an only daughter Catharine, born April 6th, 1776, married, October 2d, 1800, to Viscount Folkestone, and died May 17th, 1804, leaving a daughter born May 2d, 1804.

Eighth, Lady Elizabeth, born March 3d, 1754.

Ninth, Lady Isabel Rachael, born December 25th, 1755, married, October 19th, 1785, George Hatton, Esq. of Ireland.

Tenth, Edward, born May 18th, 1757, was canon of Christchurch in Oxford, and rector of Sudbury, Suffolk, and died September 12th, 1785, unmarried.

Eleventh, Lord Hugh, born April 29th, 1759, was brought up in the navy; arrived early at the rank of post-captain; dis

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f He has a residence in the Isle of Wight.

He resides at a purchased seat near Landilo in Carmarthenshire, close to Dinevor Castle.

tinguished himself in Lord Howe's victory, 1794. In June 1795, he arrived at the rank of admiral; and had afterwards the command of the fleet on the Jamaica station, where he died of the yellow fever in 1803. He was much beloved in the navy, and admired for his gallant spirit. In 1784 he was member of parliament for Newport in Cornwall; in 1788, for Tregony; in 1790, for Wendover, and in 1796, for Portsmouth. He married, April 2d, 1786, Lady Anne Horatia Waidegrave, daughter and coheir of the second Earl Waldegrave, (whose widow re-married the late Duke of Gloucester) and by her, who died September 11th, 1801, had issue, first, George Francis, who in 1806, was made a post-captain in the navy; second, Hugh; third, Horace; fourth, William; fifth, another son, born 1797; sixth, a daughter, born 1795; seventh, Mary, born 1798.

Twelfth, Lord William, born October 3d, 1760, married, November 10th, 1798, Miss Martha Clitherow. In 1790, he was member of parliament for Orford.

Thirteenth, Lord George, born July 21st, 1763, who was for some years in the army, both in the guards, and in the line. In 1784 he was member of parliament for Orford; and in 1796, for Totness. He married, July 20th, 1795, Miss Isabella Hamilton, daughter of the late Rev. George Hamilton, uncle to the Marquis of Abercorn, but has no issue. He is now commissioner of excise.

FRANCIS, Earl of Yarmouth, (better known as Viscount Beauchamp) succeeded his father in 1794, as SECOND MARQUIS OF HERTFORD. He was born February 12th, 1742-3, and was one of the lords, eldest sons of peers, who supported his Majesty's train at his coronation, September 22d, 1761. In 1766, he was elected member of parliament for Lestwithiel in Cornwall; and from 1768, to his father's death, sat for Orford. In 1774, he was appointed a lord of the treasury, which office he held till 1780. In 1804, he was appointed master of the horse to his Majesty, which he resigned in 1806. His Lordship is also a Knight of the Garter. While a commoner, he for many years took an active part in parliamentary business.

His Lordship married, first, on February 1st, 1768, Alicia, second daughter and coheir of the late Lord Viscount Windsor, of Ireland; by whom he had a daughter Alicia, who died an infant; and her Ladyship died February 11th, 1772.

His Lordship married, secondly, the Honourable Isabella Anne Ingram, (Shepheard) daughter and coheir of the late Charles Viscount Irvine, of Scotland; by whom he has a son

Francis William, Earl of Yarmouth, born March 11th, 1777, and married, May 18th, 1798, Miss Fagniani, and has issue Maria, born February 2d, 1799; and Richard, Viscount Beauchamp, born February 23d, 1800. Lord Yarmouth was, in 1802, returned member of parliament for Orford; and in 1807 for Lisburne in Ireland.

Titles. Francis Conway (Ingram h) Seymour, i Marquis and Earl of Hertford, Earl of Yarmouth, Viscount Beauchamp, Lord Conway, Baron of Ragley, and Baron of Killultagh.

Creations. Baron Conway (the name of a family) of Ragley in com. Warw. March 17th, 1702-3, 2 Queen Anne, (English honour) Baron Conway of Killultagh in the county of Antrim in Ireland, October 16th, 1703, 2 Queen Anne; Viscount Beauchamp, (the name of a family) and Earl of Hertford, August 3d, 1750, 24 Geo. II. and Earl of Yarmouth and Marquis of Hertford, June 29th, 1793, 33 Geo. III.

Arms. Quarterly, first and fourth, Sable, on a bend cotised, Argent, a rose between two annulets, Gules, for Conway; second and third, quarterly, first and fourth, Or, on a pile Gules, between six fleurs-de-lis, Azure; three lions passant-guardant, Or, being a coat of augmentation; second and third, Gules, two wings conjoined in lure, Or, for Seymour.

Crest. On a wreath, the bust of a Moor, sidefaced, couped, proper, wreathed about the temples, Argent and Azure.

Supporters. Two Moors, habited as in the plate of his arms; each wreathed as the crest; holding in their exterior hands a shield Azure, garnished Or; the dexter charged with the sun in its glory; the other with a crescent, Argent.

Motto. Fide et amore.

Chief Seats. Ragley in Warwickshire; Sudbury Hall, near Orford, Suffolk; and at Lisburn, in the county of Antrim in Ireland.

By Sign Manual.

i The paternal name of Seymour has been resumed by the family since the death of the first Marquis in 1794.

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THE House of BUTE is descended from a son, and as it is generally understood, (if I am not mistaken) from an illegitimate son, of King Robert II. of Scotland.

The origin of the regal family of STUART, may be found in our general histories.

"The fables of adulation," says Pinkerton, " have now passed away; and it is acknowledged that we have no certain evidence concerning this family, till the reign of David I. when WALTER, the son of ALAN, appears as STEWARD (Dapifer) of Scotland. Walter was succeeded in his high office by ALAN his son; who was followed by the second WALTER. No action worthy of the historic page is authentically recorded of these three: and the most important intelligence which we can obtain from their charters, is the situation of their lands; which were chiefly in that western promontory, watched by the fertile and picturesque river Clyde, and now called the shire of Renfrew, then, and since, the territory of the family and power of the Stewards. A higher fate awaited ALEXANDER, the fourth Steward of Scotland, who united the adjacent island of Bute to his patrimony by marrying the heiress; for in the year 1255, he appears among the great nobles who opposed the exorbitant power of the Comyns; and three years after is mentioned as one of the regents of Scot

"Crawford's Hist. of the Shire of Renfrew, and of the house of Stuart, Edinb 1710, fol. Paisley, 1782, 4to. Stewart's Genealogical Account of the Stuarts, Edin. 1739, 4to. For the origin of the family, consult also the remarks of Lord Hailes, Annals, vol. i. p. 358."

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land, during the minority of Alexander III.; and in 1263, he commanded the Scotish army at the contest of the Norwegians near Largs. JAMES, the next High Steward, was also a regent of Scotland, after the unhappy death of Alexander III. shared the fate of Wallace in the defence of his country, but soon abandoned him; then resumed the character and exertions of a patriot, and had the merit of being excepted in the amnesty of Edward I. His age alone seems to have restrained him from assisting the early patriotic endeavours of Robert I. for he died in 1309, after a life of sixty-six years."c

"His son WALTER, the sixth Lord High Steward, was father of ROBERT, seventh Lord High Steward, who afterwards ascended the throne of Scotland, as Robert II. "This successor to the sceptre was fortified by a numerous progeny, ready to assert and to perpetuate his claim." "The attachment," continues Pinkerton," of Robert to the fair sex, also appeared from his natural issue by his concubines, among which six sons are noted by genealogists; and the Stuarts of Bute, Cairney, and others, are of their descendants." e

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Sir JOHN Stuart, who thus occurs as the son of King Robert II.

b He died 1283.

Pinkerton's Scotland, vol. i. p. 3-5.

d Crawf. p. 30, 31. Stewart, p. 58, 160. "Bel chevalier etoit et avoit unze filz," says Froissart of Robert 11. tom. i. f. v. p. 256, edit. 1518.

e Pinkerton's Scotland, vol. i. p 8.

f It may not be out of place here to give a short account of the order of the other great branches of the Stuart family.

The first branch of the Stuarts, if legitimate, would be the Earls of Murray, descended from Sir James Stewart, fourth son of Murdoch Duke of Albany, son of Robert Duke of Albany, third son of King Robert II.

The next branch are the male heirs of Sir John Stuart of Bonkill, younger son of Alexander the Steward, who died 1283, and younger brother of James the Steward, grandfather of King Robert II.

Sir John Stuart, of Bonkill, had seven sons,

First, Sir Alexander of Bonkill, whose son, Sir John Stuart of Bonkill, was created Earl of Angus, whose grandson George, third Earl of Angus, died without issue 1377

Second, Sir Alan Stuart of Dreghorn, who lost his life at the battle of Halidon Hill, 1333, and whose grandson, Sir John Stuart of Darnley, died soon after 1354, leaving a son, Sir John of Darnley, whom Charles VII. made Lord D'Aubigny, and who died at the siege of Orleans 1429, leaving Sir Alan, father of John, Lord Darnley, and Earl of LENNOX, who died 1494, father of Matthew, second Earl of Lenncx, who died 1513, father of John, third Earl, who died 1526, father of Matthew, fourth Earl, who died 1571, father of Henry Lord Darnley, (who was father of King James V1.) and of Charles, who succeeded his father as fifth Earl, and dying 1576, left the celebrated Lady Arabella Stuart. Matthew, fourth Earl, had a younger brother John

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