WILLIAM-CHARLES COLYEAR, 3rd Earl of Portmore. m. 5 November 1770, Mary, 2nd dau. of John, 8th Earl of Rothes, by whom he left issue, L. THOMAS-CHARLES, Viscount Milsington. II William, an officer of rank in the army, d. s. p. III. Francis, b. January, 1781, d 25 May, 1787. Iv. John David, heutenant 64th foot, d. 19 March, 1801. 1. Mary, b. in 1773, II. Julia, b. in 1774, d. at Bath, 11 August, 1800. I. Catherine-Caroline, m. 1810, to James Brecknell, Esq. His lordship d. in 1823, and was s. by his son, THOMAS-CHARLES COLYEAR, 4th Earl of Portmore; who m. 1st, 22 May, 1793, Mary-Elizabeth, only child of Brownlow, Duke of Ancaster, by whom he had an only son, BROWNLOW-CHARLES, who s. to the great personal property of his grandfather, the Duke of Ancaster, at the decease of that nobleman in 1809, but d. at Rome, in 1819, of wounds received from banditti. The earl m. 2ndly, 6 September, 1828, Frances, youngest dau. of William Murrells, Esq. His lordship d. 18 January, 1835, and with him all the honours EXPIRED. Arms-Gu.. on a chev., between three wolves' heads, truncated and erased, arg., as many oak trees, eradicated, ppr., fructed, or. COMPTON-BARON WILMINGTON, OF WILMINGTON, CO. SUSSEX, VISCOUNT PEVENSEY, AND EARL OF WILMING ΤΟΝ. Barony, by Letters Patent, dated 11 January, 1728. Earldom, &c., by Letters Patent, dated 14 May, 1730. Lineage. The Right Honourable SIR SPENCER COMPTON, K.B., 3rd son of James, 3rd Earl of Northampton, having filled the Speaker's chair of the House of Commons in the parliaments of 1714 and 1722, and subsequently the offices of paymaster-general of his majesty's land forces, and treasurer of Chelsea Hospital, was elevated to the peerage 11 January, 1728, as Baron Wilmington. In 1730, his lordship was constituted lord privy Beal, and advanced 14 May in that year to the dignities of Viscount Pevensey, and EARL OF WILMINGTON. In the December following he was declared lord president of the council, and installed, 22 August, 1733, a knight of the Garter. He was also one of the lords justices during the king's absence in Hanover, and one of the governors of the Charter House. This nobleman, who was esteemed a personage of great worth, abilities, and integrity, d. unm. in July, 1743, when all his honours became EXTINCT; while his estates passed by his lordship's bequest to his brother George, 4th Earl of Northampton, and have since been carried by that nobleman's great-granddau. Lady Elizabeth Compton, only dau. and heiress of Charles, 7th Earl of Northampton, into the Cavendish family, upon her ladyship's marriage in 1782, with Lord George Cavendish (afterwards Earl of Burlington), grandfather of the present Duke of Devonshire. The Barony of Wilmington was revived on 7 September, 1812, in the advancement of Charles, 9th and late earl, to the Marquisate of Northampton. this evil design his lordship had intimation, through Egelivine, bishop of Durham, but, disregarding the intelligence, he repaired to Durham with 700 soldiers and commenced a course of plunder and bloodshed, which rousing the inhabitants of the neighbourhood, the town was assaulted and carried by a multitude of country people, and the earl and all his troops, to a man, put to death. This occurrence took place in 1069, in a few months after his lordship's appointment to the earldom. Arms-Gu., three garbs, or. CONINGSBY-BARON CONINGSBY, OF CONINGSBY, CO. LINCOLN, EARL OF CONINGSBY. BARONESS AND VISCOUNTESS CONINGSBY, OF HAMPTON COURT, CO. HEREFORD. Barony, by Letters Patent, dated 18 June, 1715. Earldom, by Letters Patent, dated 30 April, 1719. Baroness and Viscountess, by Letters Patent, dated 26 January, 1716. Lineage. The surname of this family was originally assumed from the town of Coningsby, co. Salop, and the Coningsbys are said to have been of ancie .t descent, but they do not appear to have attained much importance until the period of the revolution. A THOMAS DE CONINGSBIE certainly distinguished himself in the martial reign of EDWARD III., and participated in the glory of Poictiers, and the family of which we are about to treat may have sprung from him, but of that there is no evidence. SIR HUMPHREY CONINGSBY, Knt., was father of THOMAS, temp. HENRY VIII., who m. Cicely Salwey, dau. and co-heir of John Salwey, Esq., of Stanford, Worcestershire. Their son, HUMPHREY CONINGSBY, m. Ann, dau. of Sir Thomas Highfield, and had a son, SIR THOMAS CONINGSBY, Who d. 1625, having m. Philippa litzwilliam, of Milton, Northamptonshire, by whom he had a son, Fitzwilliam, m. Lady Cicely Neville, dau. of the 7th Earl of Abergavenny. Their son Humphry m. Lettice, dau. of Arthur Loftus, Esq., of Rathfarnham, and was father of THOMAS FITZWILLIAM CONINGSBY, Esq., of Hampton Court, co. Hereford (whose will was proved 1 December, 1666), m. Cecilia, eldest dau. of Henry Neville, Lord Abergavenny, and had a son and a dau, viz., THOMAS, his heir. Cecilia, who m. David Hyde, Esq., of Early Court, Berks, and had daus., co-heiresses, one of whom, Cecilia Hyde, m. 15 May, 1676, Richard Norbury. Esq., of Droitwich, and was great-grandmother of Coningsby Norbury, Esq., of Droitwich, whose dau. and heiress MARY-ANNE m. in 1827, Thomas Jones, Esq., J.P. and D.L., of Sherridge, co. Worcester, who has taken the name and arms of NORBURY. The son and heir, THOMAS CONINGSBY, Esq., having zealously promoted the revolution, attended King WILLIAM into Ireland, and was present at the battle of the Boyne, where, being close to his majesty when the king received a slight wound in the shoulder, he was the first to apply a handkerchief to the hurt. He was subsequently, upon WILLIAM's departure from Ireland, constituted lord justice with Lord Sydney, and elevated to the Arms-Sa., a lion passant guardant, or, between three helmets, peerage of that kingdom as BARON CONINGSBY, of Clanbrassil, arg. COMYN-EARL OF NORTHUMBERLAND. Conferred by WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR, anno 1068. Lineage. In the 3rd year of King WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR, that monarch conferred the Earldom of Northumberland, vacant by the death of Earl Copsi, upon ROBERT COMYN, but the nomination accorded so little with the wishes of the inhabitants of the county that they at first resolved to abandon entirely their dwellings; being prevented doing so, however, by the inclemency of the season, it was then determined, at all hazards, to put the new earl to death. Of co. Armagh, on 17 April, 1693; in which year his lordship was sworn of the privy council in England, and again in the reign of Queen ANNE, when he was made vice-treasurer and paymaster of the forces in Ireland. Upon the accession of King GEORGE I. he was made a peer of Great Britain (18 June, 1715), in the dignity of BARON CONINGSBY, of Coningsby, co. Lincoln, and created EARL OF CONINGSBY, also in the peerage of Great Britain, on 30 April, 1719, both honours being in remainder to MARGARET, Viscountess Coningsby, his eldest dau. by his 2nd wife, and her heirs male. His lordship m. 1st, Miss Gorges, dau. of Ferdinando Gorges, Esq., of Eye, co. Hereford, by whom he had issue, 1. THOMAS, who m., dau. of John Carr, Esq., of Northumberland, and dying v. p., left issue, Thomas, who d. unm. RICHARD, who 8. his grandfather in the Irish BARONY OF CONINGSBY, of Clanbrassil. His lordship m. Judith, dau. of Sir Thomas Lawley, Bart., but d. s. p. 18 December, 1729, when the dignity EXPIRED. 1. MELIOR, M. to Thomas, 1st Lord Southwell, ancestor, by her, of the VISCOUNTS SOUTHWELL. I. BARBARA, m. to George Eyre, Esq., of Eyre Court, Galway, and had a dau. Frances, m. to William Jackson, Esq., of Coleraine, and had issue a son and heir, The Right Honourable RICHARD JACKSON, of Coleraine, who III. LETTICE, M. to Edward Denny, Esq., of Tralee, co. Kerry. Lord Coningsby m. 2ndly, Frances, dau. and co-heir of Richard, Earl of Ranelagh, by Elizabeth his wife, dau. of William, 3rd Lord Willoughby, of Parham, and by her had two surviving daus., viz., MARGARET, who, in the lifetime of her father (26 January, 1716) was created BARONESS AND VISCOUNTESS CONINGSBY, of Hampton Court, co. Hereford, with remainder to her heirs male. FRANCES, m. 1732, to Sir Charles Hanbury-Williams, K.B., of Coldbrook Park, co. Monmouth, M.P., and left two daus., 1. FRANCES, m. 1754, William, 4th Earl of Essex, and d. 19 July, 1759, leaving a son and a dau., viz., 1 George, 5th Earl of Essex, who assumed the surname of Coningsby on succeeding to the Coningsby estates; he d. s. p. 23 April, 1839. 2 Elizabeth, m. 1777, to John, 3rd Lord Monson; their issue is EXTINCT II. CHARLOTTE, m. 1759, Admiral the Hon. Robert Boyle Walsingham, and was mother of CHARLOTTE, late BARONESS DE ROS. The earl d. 1 May, 1729, when the BARONY OF CONINGSBY, of Clanbrassil, devolved upon his grandson RICHARD, as stated above, and EXPIRED with that nobleman in the same year, while his dignities of Great Britain passed according to the limitation to his eldest dau. (by his 2nd wife), MARGARET, Viscountess Coningsby, of Hampton Court, who then became COUNTESS OF CONINGSBY. Her ladyship m. Sir Michael Newton, K.B., by whom she had an only son, John, who d. in infancy. Lady Coningsby d. s. p. in 1761, when all her own honours and those inherited from her father became EXTINCT. Arms-Gu., three conies sejeant, arg. CONSTABLE-VISCOUNT OF DUNBAR. By Letters Patent, dated 14 November, 1620. Lineage. SIR HENRY CONSTABLE, Knt, of Burton and Halsham, co. York, the representative of a very ancient and eminent family, 8. his father in 1608; and being a man of parts and learning, highly esteemed by JAMES VI., was created a peer of Scotland, by the title of VISCOUNT OF DUNBAR, and Lord Constable, by patent, dated at Newmarket, 14 November, 1620, to him and his heirs male, bearing the name and arms of CONSTABLE. He d. in 1645, leaving by Mary his wife, 2nd dau. of Sir John Tufton, Bart., of Hothfield, in Kent, and sister of Nicholas, 1st Earl of Thanet, 1. JOHN, 2nd Viscount of Dunbar. 11. Matthew, d. 8. p. I. Henry, d. s. p. 1. Mary, m. to Robert, 2nd Earl of Cardigan, and had an only child, Lady Mary Brudenel, m. to William, 3rd Earl of Kinnoul. II. Catherine, m. William Middleton, Esq., of Stockeld. The eldest son, JOHN CONSTABLE, 2nd Viscount of Dunbar, s. his father in 1645, and d. in 1666. He m. Lady Mary Brudenel, only dau. of Thomas, 1st Earl of Cardigan, and had issue, 1. John, d. v. p. unm. II. ROBERT, 3rd Viscount of Dunbar. 1. Cecily, m. to Francis Tunstall, of Skirgill Castle, and had several children, who all d. unm., except her eldest son, CUTHBERT TUNSTALL, who succeeding to the estates of his uncle William, 4th Viscount of Dunbar, took the name of Constable, and d. in 1747. He m. the Hon. Amy Clifford, 5th dau. of Hugh, 2nd Lord Clifford, of Chudleigh, sister of Elizabeth, Viscountess of Dunbar, and by her (who d. 25 July, 1731) had three children, WILLIAM, who was in his thirteenth year, Cecily in her ninth year, and Winifred in her third year, anno 1733. William Constable, of Burton Constable, the only son, s. his father in 1747. II. Catherine, m. to John Moore, of Kirklington, co. Nottingham. III. Mary, a nun. The eldest surviving son, ROBERT CONSTABLE, 3rd Viscount of Dunbar, dying 25 November, 1714, in the sixty-fourth year of his age, was buried in the north aisle of Westminster Abbey. He m. 1st, Mary, dau. of John, Lord Belasyse, of Worlaby, co. Lincoln, by whom he had one dau., MARY, m. to Simon Scrope, Esq., of Danby, co. York, but d. 8. p. He m. 2ndly, Lady Dorothy Brudenel, 3rd dau. of Robert, 2nd Earl of Cardigan, and relict of Charles, Earl of Westmoreland, 8. p.; she d. 26 January, 1739, in her ninety-first year, and was buried in Westminster Abbey. His lordship's brother, WILLIAM CONSTABLE, 4th Viscount of Dunbar, s. in 1714, and died not long afterwards. He m. Elizabeth, eldest dau. of Hugh, 2nd Lord Clifford, of Chudleigh, but as he had no issue by her (who m. 2ndly, 17 November, 1720, Charles Fairfax, of Gilling, only son of Thomas, Lord Fairfax, and died 25 April, 1721), his estates, in virtue of a special entail, devolved on his nephew, Cuthbert Tunstall, Esq., and the title has ever since remained DORMANT, no heir male general having appeared to claim it. The Burton Constable estate is now in the possession of SIR THOMAS-ASTON CLIFFORDCONSTABLE, Bart., of Tixall, co. Stafford, whose father, the late Sir Thomas Clifford, Bart., took the name and arms of Constable in 1821; his grand-aunts, the Hon. Elizabeth Clifford and the Hon. Amy Clifford, both married into the Constable family, the former with William, Viscount Dunbar, the latter with Cuthbert Tunstall, Esq. Arms-Or, three bars, az. CONWAY-BARONS CONWAY, OF RAGLEY, CO. WARWICK, VISCOUNTS CONWAY, OF CONWAY CASTLE, CO. CARNARVON, AND EARL OF CONWAY. Barony, by Letters Patent, dated 22 March, 1624. Viscounty, by Letters Patent, dated 6 June, 1626. Earldom, by Letters Patent, dated 3 December, 1679. Lineage. SIR HUGH CONWAY (whose ancestors had been seated at Prestatyn and Bodrhyddan, co. Flint, from the time of King EDWARD I.) received the honour of knighthood at the coronation of ELIZABETH, consort of King HENRY VII., having been previously a zealous supporter of the interests of that monarch, and master of his wardrobe. From this Sir Hugh sprang JOHN CONWAY, Esq., of Bodrhyddan, co. Flint, who m. 1st, Ellen, dau. of Edmund Minshull, Esq., by whom he had a son, HUGH (Sir), treasurer of Calais; and 2ndly, Janet, dau. of Edward Stanley, Esq. (son of Sir William Stanley, of Hooton), by whom he had, inter alios, 1. JOHN, of Bodrhyddan, whose descendant, Sir HUGH CONWAY, of Bodrhyddan, was created a Baronet 25 July, 1660; he m. Mary, dau. and heir of Richard Lloyd, Esq., and was father of SIR JOHN CONWAY, 2nd Baronet of Bodrhyddan, M.P., who m. 1st, Margaretta Maria, dau. of John Digby, Esq., of Goathurst, and had by her a dau., Maria Margaretta, wife of Sir Thomas Longueville, Bart., and a son, Harry, whose only child, HONORA, m. SIR JOHN GLYNNE, Bart., of Hawarden Castle, co. Flint. Sir John Conway, m. 2ndly, Penelope, dau. of Richard Grenville, Esq., of Wotton, by whom he had two daus., the elder of whom only married, viz., PENELOPE, who became the wife of JAMES RUSSELL STAPLETON, Esq.; their descendant is the present WILLIAM SHIPLEY CONWY, Esq., of Bodrhyddan. II. EDWARD, of whom we treat. III. James, of Soughton and Ruthyn. The eventual heiress of the CONWAYS of Soughton, CATHERINE CONWAY, m. the Rev. John Potter, rector of Badgeworth, co. Somerset, and d. 1775, leaving a son, JOHN CONWAY CONWAY, Esq., LL.B., of Lower Soughton, co. Flint. IV. Henry. The 2nd son, EDWARD CONWAY, Esq., one of the gentlemen ushers of the chamber to King HENRY VIII., who m. Anne, dau. and heiress of Richard Burdett, Esq., of Arrow, co. Warwick, and was 8. by his son, SIR JOHN CONWAY, Knt., who being in the great expedition made into Scotland in the 1st year of EDWARD VI., distinguished himself so highly as to be made a Banneret. Sir John m. Catherine, dau. of Sir Ralph Verney, Knt., and was s. at his decease, some time in the reign of EDWARD VI., by his son, SIR JOHN CONWAY, who was made governor of Ostend, by Robert, Earl of Leicester, in the year 1586. He m. Elene, dau. of Sir Fulke Greville, of Beauchamps Court, co. Warwick, and dying in the 1st King JAMES I., was 8. by his son, SIR EDWARD CONWAY. This gallant person received the honour of knighthood from Robert, Earl of Essex, at the sacking of Cadiz, where he commanded a regiment in 1596. After which he served in the Netherlands, and was governor of the Brill. In the 20th JAMES I. he was constituted one of the principal secretaries of state, and elevated to the peerage on 22 March, 1624, as BARON CONWAY, of Ragley, co. Warwick, a manor acquired by purchase towards the close of Queen ELIZABETH's reign. His lordship was appointed captain of the Isle of Wight in the December following, and being again secretary of state in the 1st King CHARLES I., was advanced to the IRISH VISCOUNTY OF KILLUltagh, co. Antrim, 15 March, 1626, in which year, on 6 June, he was created Viscount Conway, of Conway Castle, co. Carnarvon. His lordship filled afterwards the high office of president of the council, and was accredited upon some occasion ambassador extraordinary to the court of Vienna. His lordship m. Dorothy, dau. of Sir John Tracy, Knt., of Todington, co. Gloucester, and widow of Edward Bray, Esq., by whom he had issue, EDWARD, his successor; Thomas (Sir), a lieut.colonel in the army in the wars in Germany; and Ralph, together with four daus., viz., Frances, m. to Sir William Pelham, Knt., of Brocklesby, co. Lincoln. Brilliana, m. to Sir Robert Harley, Knt., of Brampton Bryan, co. Hereford. Heligawrth, m. to Sir William Smith, Knt., of Essex. The viscount m. 2ndly, Catharine, dau. of Giles Hambler, of EDWARD CONWAY, 2nd viscount, who had been summoned to parliament in the 4th of CHARLES I., in his father's barony of Conway. His lordship m. Frances, dau. of Sir Francis Popham, Knt., of Littlecot, co. Somerset, by whom he had two surviving sons, EDWARD and Francis, and two daus., Dorothy, m. to Sir George Rawdon, Bart., of Moira, co. Down (ancestor of the Lords Moira, of Ireland), and Anne. His lordship d. in 1655, and was 8. by his eldest surviving son, EDWARD CONWAY, 3rd viscount, who was created EARL OF CONWAY, 3 December, 1679, and was for some time secretary of state. His lordship m. 1st, Elizabeth, dau. of Sir Heneage Finch, serjeant-at-law and recorder of London, and sister of the Lord Chancellor Heneage (Finch), 1st Earl of Nottingham, by whom he had an only son, Heneage, who d. in infancy. He m 2ndly, Elizabeth, dau. of Henry Booth, Earl of Warrington; and 3rdly, Ursula, dau. of Colonel Stawel, but had no surviving issue. He d. in 1683, when all his honours became EXTINCT; but the principal part of his extensive estates passed, by his lordship's will, to the sons of Sir Edward Seymour, Bart., of Bury Pomeroy, by his 2nd wife Letitia, dau. of Alexander Popham, Esq., of Littlecote, M.P., with the injunction that the inheritor should assume the surname and arms of CONWAY. This fortune was first inherited by POPHAM SEYMOUR, Esq., who assumed, of course, the name of Conway, but that gentleman falling in a duel with Colonel Kirk, 4 June, 1699, and dying unm, it passed to his brother, FRANCIS SEYMOUR, Esq., who assumed likewise the surname of Conway, and was afterwards created BARON CONWAY, of Ragley, which barony now merges in the MARQUISATE OF HERTFORD. Arma-Sa., on a bend cotised, arg., a rose between two annulets, gu. Mount Charles, co. Donegal, 3 October, 1753, and further created Viscount Conyngham, 20 July, 1756, and EARL and BARON CONYNGHAM, 19 December, 1780, the barony to descend, in case of failure of male issue, to his nephew, Francis Pierpont Burton, Esq., M.P., of Buncraggy, co. Clare. His lordship m. in 1774, Ellen, only dau. and heir of Solomon Merret, Esq.; but d. s. p. 3 April, 1781, when all his honours became EXTINCT, except the Barony of Conyngham, which devolved, according to the limitation, upon the before-mentioned Francis Pierpont Burton, Esq., whose grandson is the present MARQUESS CONYNGHAM. Arms-Arg., a shakefork between three mullets, sa. COOTE-EARLS OF MOUNTRATH, BARON Earldom, by Letters Patent, dated 6 September, 1660. Lineage. This noble family, of which the senior branch still exists in Sir Charles Coote, Bart., of the Queen's Co., derived its origin from SIR JOHN COOTE, a native of France, who m. the dau. and heiress of the Lord Boys of that kingdom, and had issue SIR JOHN COOTE, who settled in Devonshire, and marrying a dau. of Sir John Fortescue, of that co., left a son, SIR WILLIAM COOтE, who m. a dau. of Thomas Mansel, and was father of Sir William Coote, who m. the dau. and heir of - Worthy, Esq., of Worthy, and had a son and heir, SIR JOHN COOTE, who m. the dau. of Sacheveral, and was father of ROBERT COOTE, the father, by Grantham his wife, of THOMAS COOTE, Esq., who m. the dau. of Darnell and left SIR JOHN COOTE, who had two sons, JOHN his heir, and Robert, abbot of St. Albans, and rector of St. Edmundsbury, in Suffolk. The elder, JOHN COOTE, had three sons, viz., Richard, who m. Margaret, dau. of Sir William Calthrope, of Norfolk, and had Christopher, who m. the dau. and co-heir of the family of Whitsingham, by whom he was father of Richard, who, by Elizabeth, dau. and co-heir of - Felton, was ancestor of the Cootes, of the co. of Norfolk; JOHN, of whom presently; Robert, who m. the dau. of Blaxton, of Blaxton, and had issue, John, who d. unm., and a dau. Anne, who became his heir: she m. Robert Waldgrave, Esq., and took with her into that family the lands in Devonshire. The 2nd son, JOHN COOTE, to whom his uncle Robert, the abbot, gave great possessions in Norfolk and Suffolk, m. Margaret, dau. of Drury, Esq., and had a son, FRANCIS COOTE, Esq., of Eaton, in Norfolk, a servant to Queen ELIZABETH, who, by Anne his wife, left a son, SIR NICHOLAS COOTE, living in 1636. He had issue, CHARLES, his heir, and William, dean of Down. The elder son, SIR CHARLES COOTE, removing to Ireland, served in the wars there against O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, as captain of 100 foot. He was subsequently provost-marshal of the province of Connaught, collector and receiver of the king's composition money there, and finally vice-president. In 1620, he was sworn of the privy council, and created a baronet of Ireland, by patent, dated 2 April, 1621. Upon the breaking out of the rebellion in 1641, Sir Charles Coote had a commission to raise 1,000 men to resist and suppress the rebels, and he was subsequently highly distinguished upon several occasions at the head of his regiment, but particularly by his gallant relief of Birr, in 1642, in which affair, heading 30 dismounted dragoons, he beat off the enemy with the loss of their captain and 40 men, relieved the castles of Birr, Burrass, and Knocknemease; and having continued fortyeight hours in the saddle, returned to the camp without the loss of a single soldier. This is the surprising passage through Montrath Woods which was perpetuated in the title of honour afterwards conferred upon his posterity. Sir Charles lost his life the ensuing year in a sally from the town of Trim; and parliament, in consideration of his services and sufferings, declared their intention, 16 May, 1642, of bestowing upon his children the estate in the Queen's Co., of Florence Fitzpatrick, a rebel, but which not having been effected, the Protector ordered, 27 July, 1654, that the deceased baronet's family should be put into possession thereof, until the intention of the legislature should be fulfilled. Sir Charles Coote m. prior to the year 1617, Dorothea younger dau. and co-heir of Hugh Cuffe, Esq., of Cuffe's Wood, co. Cork, and had issue, I. CHARLES, his successor. II. Chidley, of Killester, co. Dublin, a military man like his father, who for his services and arrears under Cromwell had lands assigned him, after the Restoration, in co. Kerry. Colonel Coote represented the Queen's Co., and afterwards the co. of Galway, in parliament. He m. Alice, or Anne, only dau. of Sir Thomas Philips, of Newtown-Limavady, co. Derry, and had issue, 1 CHIDLEY, of Kilmallock, co. Limerick, attainted by King JAMES's parliament in 1689, by the name of Chidley-Coote Fitz-Chidley, Esq. He was a lieut.-col. in the army, and lieutenant of the ordnance in the reigns of WILLIAM and MARY and Queen ANNE. He m. Catharine, dau. of Colonel Robert Sandys, son of Sir Edwin Sandys, of Northbourne, Kent, and had issue, Anne (m. to Bartholomew Purdon, Esq., of Ballyclogh; and Catherine, m. to Henry Boyle, Earl of Shannon), and an only son, his successor, CHIDLEY COOTE, D.D., of Ash Hill, who m. 31 January, 1702, Jane Evans, sister of the 1st Lord Carbery, and had issue, ROBERT, of Ash Hill, m. in 1730, Anne, dau. and heir of CHIDLEY, of Ash Hill, co. Limerick, m. 31 August, John-Chidley, of Huntingdon, Queen's Co., J.P., b. Chidley-Samuel, b. 21 December, 1829. Ralph, in holy orders, m. 1825, Miss Harriet Close. Bartholomew, whose son, Robert-Eyre-Purdon Coote, Charles, in holy orders. Jane, m. to William Purdon, Esq. Catherine, m. to the Rev. William Dobbin, D.D. George d. unm. Charles, dean of Kilfenora; m. 1st, in 1753, Grace, dau. of Thomas Tilson, Esq., and widow of Thomas Cuffe, Esq.; and 2ndly, in 1770, Catherine, dau. of Benjamin Bathurst, Esq., of Lydney, co. Gloucester; by the former of whom he had issue, CHARLES-HENRY, LORD CASTLECOOTE. Eyre (Sir), lieut.-general in the army. John. Thomas, whose eldest son, Brigade-Major Thomas Coote, left one surviving son, Charles-Eyre Coote, of Farway House, Clifton. EYRE (Sir), K B., of West Park, Hants, at one time commander-in-chief in India. 2 Philips (Sir), m. 1st, Jane, dau. of Dr. Henry Jones, bishop of Meath, by whom he had an only dau., Alice, who d. in 1680. Sir Philips m. 2ndly, Elizabeth, dau. and co-heir of William, Earl of Meath, by whom he had two daus. and a son, Charles, who m. Katherine, dau. of Sir Robert Newcomen, Bart., and d. in 1761, leaving an only son, CHIDLEY, of Mount Coote, co. Limerick, who unsuccessfully claimed the BARONY OF ARDEE, as heir-general of William, Earl of Meath. He m. Jane, dau. of Sir Ralph Gore, Bart., and left at his decease, 24 February, 1764, a dau., Elizabeth, . to James King, Esq., of Gola, and a son, CHARLES COOTE, Esq., of Mount Coote, who m. Elizabeth, dau. and co-heir of Philip Oliver, Esq, M.P., and was father of CHIDLEY COOTE, Esq., of Mount Coote, whom. Anne, dau. and co-heir of the Hon. W. W. Hewett, and d. 1843, leaving a son CHARLES CHIDLEY COOTE, Esq., of Mount Coote, and other issue. (See BURKE'S Landed Gentry). III. RICHARD, ancestor of the Earl of Bellamont. IV. Thomas, of Coote Hill, in Cavan; lieut.-col. of the Earl of Ossory's regiment of foot, m. Frances, dau. of Moyses Hill, Esq.. and d. 8. p. 27 November, 1671. 1. Letitia, m. to Sir Francis Hamilton, of Killeshandra. Sir Charles Coote was 8. by his eldest son, SIR CHARLES COOTE, 2nd bart., who was also actively employed against the rebels. He succeeded his father as provost marshal of Connaught, of which province he was made lord president by patent in 1645, and he afterwards zealously defended it for the parliament. In November 1651, he joined Ireton, and took Clare; he next blockaded Galway, which surrendered in 1652, in which year he repossessed himself of Ballyshannon, with the castles of Donegal, Sligo, and Ballymote; and was appointed, 17 December, the first of the Commonwealth's commissioners for the affairs of Ireland in the province of Connaught. In January, 1659, he was made one of the commissioners of government. About this period Sir Charles entered into measures with Lord Broghill for the restoration of the king, and, according to Lord Clarendon, being president of Connaught, and having a good command and interest in the army, and being a man of courage and impatience to serve his majesty, he sent over, in February, Sir Arthur Forbes (a Scottish gentleman, of good affection to the king and good interest in the province of Ulster, where he was an officer of horse, and was afterwards created Earl of Granard) to Brussels, to the Marquess of Ormonde, "that he might assure his majesty of his affection and duty; and that, if his majesty would vouchsafe himself to come into Ireland, he was confident the whole kingdom would declare for him." This loyal declaration the king received with great satisfaction, offering, in return, to make Sir Charles an earl, to confer upon him such command as he pleased, and to take his whole family under his especial protection; and after the Restoration his majesty, in accordance with this pledge, confirmed Sir Charles in his post of president of Connaught, appointing him at the same time keeper of the castle of Athlone, and granted to him various other important immunities, while he was elevated to the peerage, by letters patent, dated 6 September, 1660, as EARL OF MOUNTRATH. His lordship m. 1st, Mary, 2nd dau. and co-heiress of Sir Francis Ruish, of Ruish Hall, in the Queen's Co., M.P. for the King's Co., and of the privy council in the reign of King JAMES I., by whom he had an only son, CHARLES, his successor. The earl m. 2ndly, Jane, dau. of Sir Robert Hannay, Bart., of Scotland, by whom he had, I. RICHARD, who having lands assigned him, by the acts of settlement, in the cos. of Kilkenny, Kerry, Roscommon, and Limerick, became seated at Tullaghmine, in the first mentioned shire. He m. Penelope, dau. of Arthur, and sister of William Hill, Esq., of Hillsborough, co. Down, by whom he had surviving issue, 1 Rose, m. to Charles Boyle, Viscount Blesinton. 2 Jane, m. to Sir William Evans, Bart., of Kilcreene, co. Kilkenny, by whom she had four daus., of whom Catharine became eventually survivor, and then sole heiress of her father. She m. Francis Morres, Esq., of Castle Morres, co. Kilkenny, and her eldest son was advanced to the peerage as VISCOUNT MOUNTMORRES, II. Chidley, of Sherwood Park, co. Carlow. 1. Dorothy, m. to Rev. Moses Viredett, and d. 8 February, 1677. His lordship d. 18 December, 1661, and was 8. by his eldest son, CHARLES COOTE, 2nd earl; who m. in 1653, Alice, dau. of Sir Robert Meredyth, Knt., of Greenhills, co. Kildare, chancellor of the Exchequer, and had surviving issue, CHARLES, his successor. Anne, m. to Murrough Boyle, Viscount Blesinton; and d. in 1725. His lordship d. in 1672, and was s. by his son, CHARLES COOTE, 3rd earl. This nobleman m. Arabella Dormer, 2nd dau. and co-heir of Charles, Earl of Carnarvon, by whom he had surviving issue, three sons. His lordship, who carried the banner of Ireland at the funeral of Queen MARY, 5 March, 1694, and was one of the lords justices in 1696, d. in May, 1709, and was s. by his eldest son, CHARLES COOTE, 4th earl, member in the English parliament for Knaresborough, and of the privy council of King GEORGE I. His lordship dying unm. in the thirtieth year of his age, 14 September, 1715, the honours devolved upon his brother, HENRY COOTE, 5th earl; who was s. at his decease, unm., 27 March, 1720, by his brother, ALGERNON COOTE, 6th earl, member for Castle Rising in the British parliament, anno 1723. His lordship m. in 1721, Lady Diana Newport, youngest dau. of Richard, Earl of Bradford; and dying in August, 1744, was s. by his only son, CHARLES-HENRY COOTE, 7th earl. This nobleman having no heir to his hereditary honours, obtained a new peerage by letters patent, dated 20 July, 1800, creating him BARON CASTLECOOTE, with remainder to the Right Hon. Charles-Henry Coote, eldest son of the Very Rev. Charles Coote, dean of Kilfenora:-a creation which led to the great legal argument in the Fermoy case before the Lords Committee for Privileges in 1856. The earl d. 1 March, 1802, when the EARLDOM OF MOUNTRATH EXPIRED, while the ancient, baronetcy and estates devolved upon Charles Coote, Esq., of Ballyfin, in the Queen's Co. (revert to descendants of Col. Chidley Coote, of Killester, 2nd son of the 1st settler, Sir Charles Coote), and the Barony of Castlecoote passed, under the limitation, to THE RIGHT HON. CHARLES-HENRY COOTE, as 2nd lord. He m. Elizabeth-Anne, eldest dau. and co-heir of the Rev. Dr. Tilson; and d. 22 January, 1823, leaving an only son and successor, EYRE COOTE, 3rd Lord Castlecoote; who m. in July, 1822, Barbara, 2nd dau. of Sir Joshua-Colles Meredyth, Bart.; but d. 8. p. in 1827, when the peerage became EXTINCT. His lordship's widow m. 2ndly, in 1828, Joseph, present Earl of Milltown. Arms-Arg., a chev., sa., between three coots, close, ppr. COOTE-BARONS COOTE, OF COLOONY, EARLS OF BELLAMONT. Barony by Letters Patent, dated 6 September, 1660. Earldom by Letters Patent, dated 2 November, 1689. Lineage. RICHARD COOTE, Esq., brother of Sir Charles Coote, 1st Earl of Mountrath (see that dignity), having cordially aided his lordship in promoting the Restoration was elevated to the peerage of Ireland, by letters patent, dated 6 September, 1660, as BARON COOTE, of Coloony, co. Sligo. His lordship m. Mary, 2nd dau. of Sir George St. George, Bart., of Carrickdrumruske, co. Leitrim, and by her (who d. 5 November, 1701) had issue, 1. Charles, d. an infant. 1 John, d. unm. 1 Mary, m. 1st, in 1717, Guy Moore, Esq., of Abbey, in the same county, and by him (who d. 21 June, 1735), was mother of Guy Moore, Esq., and two daus., Mary and Elizabeth; and 2ndly, to Rev. William Gore, bishop of Limerick. 2 Elinor, m. to Robert Moore, Esq. of Ardmayle, and Mooremount, co. Tipperary, and had, with other issue, a son and beir, Thomas-Bob. Colonel Coote m. 2ndly, Mary, eldest dau. of Sir Robert King, Bart., of Rockingham, co. Roscommon, and by her (who . 2ndly, Henry Dering, Esq., of Dublin, and d. in July, 1750), had issue, 1 Chidley, buried at St. Michan's, 26 September, 1702. 1 Olivia, m. 1722, to Walter Jones, Esq., of Headford, co. Leitrim, and had issue. 2 Catharine, m. to Marcus-Anthony Morgan, Esq., M.P., of Cottelstown, co. Sligo, and d. 7 October, 1738. IV. Thomas, of Coote Hill, co. Cavan, barrister-at-law, chosen recorder of Dublin soon after the revolution, and constituted one of the justices of the King's Bench in 1693. In 1696 he was one of the commissioners entrusted with the great seal, and was appointed the same year, with the other judges, to hear and determine all causes of persons pretending to be comprehended within the articles of Limerick and Galway. He . 1st, Frances, dau. and co-heir of Colonel Christopher Copley, by his wife Mary, dau. of Roger Jones, the 1st Viscount Ranelagh, by whom he had a son, Chidley, lieut.-col. in Schomberg's regiment, who d. unm. 6 April, 1719. Mr. Justice Coote m. 2ndly, Elinor, dau. and co-heiress of Sir Thomas St. George, Knt., of Woodford, co. Essex, by whom he had a son, Thomas, who d. 8. p., and Mary. He m. 3rdly, in 1679, Anne, widow of William Tighe, Esq., of Rutland, co. Carlow, and dau. of Mr. Alderman Christopher Lovett, of Dublin, and dying 24 April, 1741, had issue by her, 1 CHARLES, of Coote-Hill, bapt. 15 September, 1695, M.P. for the co. of Cavan, for which shire he served the office of sheriff in 1719; m. in July, 1722, Prudence, 2nd dau. of Richard Geering, Esq., one of the six clerks of the Court of Chancery; and dying 19 October, 1750, left issue, CHARLES, his heir, who 8. to the BARONY OF COOTE, of Colony, at the decease of Richard, 3rd Earl of Bellamont, in 1766. Anne, m. 11 March, 1748, to William Anketel, Esq., of Frances, b. 1731; m. 2 June, 1755, to John Boswell, Caroline, b. 1733; m. in September, 1761, to James Uni- d. unm. 2 Francis, m. 17 September, 1748, Henrietta, dau. of the Right Hon. Luke Gardiner. 1 Frances, bapt. 4 May, 1682. 2 Elizabeth, bapt. 3 September, 1687, m. in 1704, to Mervyn Pratt, Esq., of Cabra Castle, co. Cavan, and had issue, Joseph, in holy orders, and other children. 3 Catharine, m. to James Macartney, Esq., M.P. for Granard, and d. 29 July, 1731. 4 Anne, bapt. 16 February, 1692; m. 9 November, 1716, to Samuel Bindon, Esq., of Rockmount, M.P. for Ennis. 1. Mary, m. to William, 1st Viscount Mountjoy. 11. Catherine, m. to Ferdinando Hastings. III. Letitia, m. to Robert, 1st Viscount Molesworth. IV. Olivia, m. to Audley Mervyn, of Trelick, co. Tyrone. v. Elizabeth, m. to Richard St. George, lieutenant-general. Richard, 1st Lord Coote, of Coloony, d. 10 July, 1683, and was buried in Christ Church. His eldest surviving son, RICHARD COOTE, 2nd baron, was member in the British parliament for Droitwich. This nobleman being one of the first to espouse the cause of the Prince of Orange, was attainted by King JAMES's parliament in 1689. His lordship was rewarded, however, immediately after the Revolution, by being appointed treasurer and receiver-general to Queen MARY, and being created, by patent, dated 2 November, 1689, EARL OF BELLAMONT, in Ireland. He filled, until his decease, 5 March, 1700, the office of governor of New York. He m. Catharine, dau. and heiress of Bridges Nanfon, Esq., of Bridgemorton, co. Worcester, by whom he had two sons, NANFAN and RICHARD, and was 8. by the elder, NANFAN COOTE, 3rd baron and 2nd earl; who m. in 1704, Frances, youngest dau. of Henry de Nassau, Lord of Auverquerque, sister of Henry, Earl of Grantham, by whom he had an only dau. FRANCES, who m. in 1723, Sir Robert Clifton, Bart., of Clifton, co. Notts. His lordship d. 12 July, 1708, when the honours devolved upon his brother, RICHARD COOTE, 4th baron and 3rd earl. This nobleman m. Ist, Judith, dau. and heiress of Francis Wilkinson, Esq., of Southwark, by whom he had issue, Richard, Lord Coloony, capt. of the foot-guards; d. 23 October, 1740. Thomas, Lord Coloony, m. Elizabeth, eldest dau. of Thomas Bond, of Dublin, merchant; and d. s. p. 24 March, 1765. Mary, d. unm. Judith, His lordshipm. 2ndly, in 1721, Anne, dau. of John Holloway, Esq., of Oxford, and widow of Sir Harry Oxenden, Bart., of Dene Court, co. Kent, but had no surviving issue. His lordship sold Coloony, and divers other lands, in March, 1729, to Joshua Cooper, Esq., of Markree, co. Sligo, for £16,945 5s. 6d.; and dying without male issue, 10 February, 1766, the EARLDOM OF BELLAMONT became EXTINCT, while the Barony of Coote, of Coloony, devolved upon his kinsman, CHARLES COOTE, Esq., of Coote Hill (revert to descendants of the Honourable Thomas Coote, youngest son of Richard, 1st lord), as 5th BARON COOTE, of Coloony, who was created, 4 September, 1767, EARL OF BELLAMONT. His lordship m. 20 August, 1774, Lady Emily-Maria-Margaret Fitzgerald, 2nd dau. of James, 1st Duke of Leinster, and had issue, Charles, Lord Coloony, who d. young in 1786; and four daus., his coheirs, viz., MARY; PRUDENTIA, who d. 18 January, 1837; EMILY; and LOUISA. Lord Bellamont d. 20 October, 1800, when all his honours became EXTINCT. Arms-Arg., a chev., sa., between three coots, ppr. COPLEY-BARON LYNDHURST. By Letters Patent, dated 27 April, 1827. RICHARD COPLEY, of the co. Limerick, who emigrated to America, and became of Boston, in the United States, m. Sarah, younger dau. of John Singleton, Esq., and had a son, JOHN-SINGLETON COPLEY, who settled in England, and obtaining eminence as a painter, was elected member of the Royal Academy. He m. Miss Clarke, and by her who d. 1836, left, at his decease, 1815, a son, SIR JOHN-SINGLETON COPLEY, P.C., F.R.S., and D.C.L., of Lyndhurst, co. Southampton, b. 21 May, 1772; m. in 1819, Sarah-Garay, dau. of Charles Brunsden, Esq., and widow of Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Thomas, 1st foot-guards, who fell at Waterloo. By this lady (who d. 15 January, 1834) he had issue, Sarah-Elizabeth, m. 8 January, 1850, to Henry John Selwyn, |