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Gascony, and was subsequently engaged in the wars in Flanders. His lordship m. Margaret, dau. of James, Lord Audley, and 3rd sister and co-heir of Nicholas, Lord Audley, of Heleigh, co. Stafford, and dying circa 1374, was s. by his son,

RICHARD FITZWILLIAM, of Ballymon, living in the reign of EDWARD II., left issue by Ellena his wife, two sons, WILLIAM and Robert, living 1342. The elder son,

WILLIAM FITZWILLIAM, built the castle of Wicklow, of

FULKE FITZ-WARINE, 4th baron, d. in 1377, and was 8. by which he was made constable, and in 1375 he was appointed his son, chief commander and governor of all that part of the country. He left (with a dau. Elizabeth, n. to Sir Thomas de Musgrave)

FULKE FITZ-WARINE, 5th baron, b. 1363. His lordship making proof of his age, in 7th RICHARD II., had livery of his lands. He m. Elizabeth, sister and heir of Sir William Cogan, Knt. of Baunton, by Elizabeth, afterwards m. to Sir Hugh Courtenay, Knt., of Haccomb, and was 8. at his decease, in 1391, by his son,

FULKE FITZ-WARINE, 6th baron. His lordship m. Alice, dau. of William, Lord Botreaux, afterwards m to William, Lord Clinton, and dying în minority, anno 1407, was 8. by his son,

FULKE FITZ-WARINE, 7th baron. This nobleman d. also in minority, anno 1429, and left his only sister,

ELIZABETH FITZ-WARINE, his heir, b. 1403. This lady m. afterwards, Richard Hankford, Esq., and left an only dau. and heiress,

THOMASINE HANKFORD, who m. SIR WILLIAM BOURCHIER,
Knt., who was summoned to parliament, in her right, as
LORD FITZ-WABINE. (See BOURCHIER, Barons Fitz
Warine.)

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FITZ-WARINE-BARONS FITZ-WARINE.

By Writ of Summons, dated 25 February, 1342.

Lineage.

Besides the barony of Fitz-Warine, conferred by the writ of EDWARD I., upon Fulke Fitz-Warine, in 1295, and which barony was eventually conveyed by an heiress to a branch of the great house of Bourchier, another member of the same family,

WILLIAM FITZ-WARINE, called Le Frere, was elevated to the peerage, as a baron, by writ of summons, dated 25 February, 1342. This William had been constituted governor of the castle of Montgomery, in the beginning of King EDWARD III.'s reign, and was afterwards engaged in the French and Scottish wars. The year he attained the peerage he was in France, being then of the rank of banneret, with one knight, eight esquires, and ten archers, on horseback, in his immediate train-and again in four years afterwards, His lordship m. Amicia, dau. and heir of Henry Haddon, of Candel Haddon, co. Dorset, and dying in 1361, possessed of estates in the counties of Berks, Somerset, and Dorset, was 8. by his son,

Ivo or JOHN FITZ-WARINE, 2nd baron, but never summoned to parliament. This nobleman was at the siege of Nantes in the beginning of the reign of RICHARD II., under Thomas of Woodstock. He d. in 1414, leaving an only dau. and heiress, ELEANOR FITZ-WARINE, who m. Sir John Chediock, and left a son,

SIR JOHN CHEDIOCK, Knt., who m. Katherine, dau. of Ralph Lumley, and left, at his decease, two daus. his coheirs, viz.,

Margaret, m. to William, 2nd Lord Stourton, ancestor of the present lord.

Katherine, m. 1st, to Sir William Stafford, and 2ndly, to Sir John Arundel, from whom the Lords Arundel, of Wardour, descend.

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a son,

WILLIAM FITZWILLIAM, who was sheriff of the co. Meath, 1381, and in 1382, constable of the castle of Wicklow. He d. in 1397, leaving a son,

JOHN FITZWILLIAM, who had a pardon from the king for all his transgressions. He left, by Christiana his wife, a son, HENRY FITZWILLIAM, who was 8. by

THOMAS FITZWILLIAM, constable of the town of Swords, who had,

1. RICHARD, of whom presentiy.

1. Felicia, m. to Walter, 3rd son of Sir Robert Cruise, of Graltagh and Tirrelstown.

RICHARD FITZWILLIAM, of Donnybrook, near Dublin, preSumed to be the father of

PHILIP FITZWILLIAM, Esq., to whom King HENRY VI. granted a certain sum of money out of the crown rents, which he had to pay for his manor of Thorn Castle, in order to enable him to build a fort there. To this Philip s.

STEPHEN FITZWILLIAM, who, in 1463, held the manor of Thorn Castle. He was s. by

WILLIAM FITZWILLIAM, who m. Anne, only dau. of Robert Cruise, Esq., of the Maull, co. Dublin, and left a son and heir,

RICHARD FITZWILLIAM, who m. Genet Hollywood, and THOMAS FITZWILLIAM, Esq., of Merrion, Bray, and Baggotrath, co. Dublin, of which county he was sheriff, in 1511. He m. Eleanor, dau. of John Dowdall, Esq., 3rd son of Sir John Dowdall, of Newtown, and d. 1529, having had three sons and two daus., viz.:

I. RICHARD, of whom presently.

II. William (Sir), clerk of the Hanaper, and M.P. for Carlow, who by Jane his wife, had four daus., Mabel, Elizabeth, Catharine, who m. Christopher, Viscount Gormanston, and d. in 1595, and Elizabeth.

III. Nicholas, (Sir), a priest, prebendary of Ballymore, and treasurer of the Cathedral of St. Patrick's.

1. Margaret, m. to William Walsh, Esq., of Carrigmaine, co. Dublin.

II. Alison, m. 1st, Christopher Usher, bailiff of Dublin and twice mayor thereof.

The eldest son,

RICHARD FITZWILLIAM, Esq., of Baggotrath, gentleman of the king's bed-chamber in 1527. This Richard m. Catherine, dau. of Robert Bathe, Esq., of Kepoke, co. Dublin, and had three sons,

I. THOMAS, his successor.

II. Michael, of Donamore, co. Meath, surveyor-general of crown lands. He m. Mary, dau. of Jenico, 3rd Viscount Gormanston, and had issue,

1 William, of Donamore, had a dau. Elizabeth, who m. 1st, Edward Plunket, of Loghgor, and 2ndly, Peter Taaffe, Esq. 2 Patrick.

1 Eleanor, m. to Howell Walsh, Esq.

2 Catherine, the 2nd wife of George King, Esq., of Clontarf.

3 Jane.

4 Elizabeth, m. to Gerald Fitz-Gerald, who was executed for murder in the time of the rebellion.

III. John.

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1. Catharine, m. 1st, to James Plunket, Esq., of Dunsoghly, son and heir of Sir John Plunket, chief justice of the King's Bench; and 2ndly, to Christopher, 4th Viscount Gormanston. She was buried 10 Feb, 1602.

The eldest son,

SIR RICHARD FITZWILLIAM, of Merrion, constable of the castle of Wicklow and lord warden of the marches of Leinster. He m. Jane, dau. of — Preston, and had issue,

1. THOMAS, his successor.

11. William, of Dundrum, m. in 1614, Mary, dau. of Mr. Smyth, and widow of Dr. Henry Ussher, archbishop of Armagh, but d. s. p. 16 July, 1616.

II. Christopher, d. 8. p. in 1649.

IV. Patrick, killed by Sir Robert Newcomen, unm.

v. Richard, of the Rock, m. the dau. of Sir Thady Duffe, of Dublin, Knt., and sister of Richard Duffe, Esq.

1. Catharine, m. to Henry Chevers, Esq., of Monktown, co. Dublin, 2nd son of John Chevers, Esq, of Macetown. II. Mary, m. 1st, to Matthew Plunket, 5th Lord Louth, and 2ndly, to Gerald Aylmer, Esq.

The eldest son,

SIR THOMAS FITZWILLIAM, Knt. of Merrion, co. Dublin, sheriff of that county, 1609, was created, 5 August, 1629, Baron Fitzwilliam, of Thorncastle, and VISCOUNT FITZWILLIAM, of Merrion, co. Dublin, in the peerage of Ireland. This nobleman repaired, the day after the breaking out of the rebellion, in 1641, to Dublin, and waiting upon the lords justices, made a tender of his best services to the crown; but, being a Roman catholic, he was rejected, and compelled to go into England, where, with his two sons, he faithfully and zealously served King CHARLES I., who, in recompense, granted his lordship a privy-seal for a British earldom, dated at Oxford, 1 May, 1645. but the great seal not being then in the power of that unhappy monarch, the patent could not be legally perfected, and it eventually never was. His lordship m. 23 Aug. 1605, Margaret, eldest dau. of Oliver, 4th Lord Louth, by his 1st wife Frances, dau. of Sir Nicholas Bagenall, Knt., Marshal of Ireland, and had issue,

dau. of Sir John Shelley, Bart., of Michael Grove, in Sussex, and by her (who d. 11 Dec. 1771) had three sons and two daus. viz.,

I. RICHARD, his successor.

II. William, bapt. 11 Sept. 1712, Usher of the Black Rod in Ireland, m. the only dau. of Thomas Bourchier, Esq., and had an only child, Julia, who d. in 1770.

I. John, bapt. 28 March, 1714, page of honour to H.R.H the Prince of Wales, a lieut.-general and M.P. He m. in October, 1751, Barbara, dau. of Dr. Chandler, bishop of Durham. 1. Mary, maid of honour to Caroline, Princess of Wales, m. 1st, 28 August, 1733, to Henry, Earl of Pembroke, and by him, who d. 9 January, 1749, she had an only son,

Henry, Earl of Pembroke.

She m. 2ndly, in September, 1751, North-Ludlow Bernard, Esq., major of dragoons, and d. 13 February, 1769. II. Frances, m. 18 May, 1732, to George, Lord Carbery. His lordship d. 6 June, 1743, and was 8. by his eldest son, RICHARD FITZWILLIAM, 6th Viscount Fitzwilliam, K.B., a privy-councillor of Ireland, and vice-admiral of Leinster, bapt. 24 July, 1711. His lordship m. 3 May, 1744, Catharine, dau. of Sir Matthew Decker, Bart., of Richmond, co. Surrey, by whom he had four sons,

1. RICHARD, 7th viscount.

11. William, m. 25 August, 1782, the only dau. and heir of John Eames, Esq., master of the court of Chancery in England. III. John.

IV. Thomas, m. in July, 1780, Agnes, dau. of - Macclesfield, Esq.

His lordship d. 25 May, 1776, and was buried in Donnybrook Chapel, near Dublin. He was 8. by his eldest son,

RICHARD FITZWILLIAM, 7th Viscount Fitzwilliam, b. in August, 1745, who d. unm. in 1816, when the principal part of his estates passed to the Earl of Pembroke, and are now enjoyed by GEORGE-ROBERT-CHARLES. EARL OF PEMBROKE, son and heir of the late Right Hon. Sydney Herbert, Lord Herbert, of Lea: the honours devolved upon the 7th lord's brother,

JOHN FITZWILLIAM, 8th Viscount Fitzwilliam; at whose

1. Richard, m. Ellinor Stanihurst, widow of Sir Henry Pierce, decease s. p. in 1833, the honours of the family became EXTINCT, of Shercock, co. Cavan, and d. v. p. 8. p.

II. OLIVER, 2nd viscount.

III. Christopher, m. Jane, dau. of Brereton, Esq., of Mal

pas, in Cheshire, and left a dau. Alicia.

IV. WILLIAM, 3rd viscount.

The 2nd son,

OLIVER FITZWILLIAM, 2nd Viscount Fitzwilliam, was a military officer, and being a lieutenant-general under the Marquess of Ormonde, achieved a victory at Roscommon, by which he gained the whole province of Connaught to the king's service. His lordship was created Earl of Tyrconnel by CHARLES II., by patent dated 20 April, 1663. He m. 1st, Dorothy, sister of his brother Christopher's wife; and 2ndly, Lady Eleanor Holles, eldest dau. of John, 1st Earl of Clare, but d. s. p. 11 April, 1667, when that dignity expired, while the other honours devolved upon his brother,

WILLIAM FITZWILLIAM, 3rd Viscount Fitzwilliam, governor of Whitchurch, in Cheshire, during the civil wars, and lieutenant-general of that co. He m. a dau. of Thomas Luttrell, Esq., of Luttrellstown, and sister of Thomas Luttrell, Esq., of Ranaghan, in Westmeath, and dying before 1681, had issue,

I. THOMAS, his successor.

1. Mary, m.in May, 1685, to John Browne, Esq., of Clongoosewood, co. Kildare, son and heir of Thomas Browne, Esq.,

counsellor-at-law, and by him, who d. in 1693, had issue,

1 Stephen-Fitzwilliam: 2 Christopher, of Castle Browne; 3 Bruno, counsellor-at-law; 1 Alice, m. to Mr. John Taylor; and 2 Anne, who d. unm. in 1737.

II. Rose, m. to Christopher Malpas, Esq., of Winston, and d. 1 March, 1744, leaving a son, John Malpas, Esq., of Rochestown, co. Dublin.

III. Margaret, m. to James Crawley, Esq.

IV. Catharine, m. to Nicholas, son of Robert Netterville, Esq., of Crucerath, co. Meath.

v. Dorothy, m. to Thomas Magher, Esq., of the Queen's co. The son and heir,

THOMAS FITZWILLIAM, 4th Viscount Fitzwilliam, for his attachment to King JAMES II. was outlawed, but the outlawry was subsequently reversed. His lordship m. 1st, Mary, dau. of Sir Philip Stapleton, of Wighill, co. York, Bart., by whom he had RICHARD, his heir, and a dau. m. to her 1st cousin, StephenFitzwilliam Browne, of Castle Browne, co. Kildare; and 2ndly, the sister of George Pitt, Esq., of Strathfieldsea, co. Southampton, and by her had a dau. Mary, m. 11 March, 1718, to George, Earl of Shrewsbury. His lordship d. 20 Feb. 1704, and was . by his only son,

Richard FitzwiLLIAM, 5th Viscount Fitzwilliam, who conformed to the established church, and took his seat in the Irish house of peers, 25 May, 1710. His lordship m. Frances, only

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FITZ-WILLIAM-BARON FITZ-WILLIAM.

By Writ of Summons, dated 5 April, 1327.

Lineage.

In the reign of HENRY II., William, the son of William FitzGodrick, was the first, according to Dugdale, who assumed this surname, and called himself

WILLIAM FITZ-WILLIAM, in which opinion Seager, Garterking-of-arms, temp. CHARLES I., coincides. William FitzGodrick is stated to have been cousin in blood to King EDWARD THE CONFESSOR, and to have been deputed upon an embassy by that monarch to William Duke of Normandy, at whose court he remained until he returned with the expedition in 1066, as marshal of the invading army, and it is added that the CONQUEROR bestowed upon him a scarf from his own arm, for the

gallantry he had displayed at Hastings. Sir William FitzWilliam (Fitz-Godrick's son), m. Eleanor, dau. and heir of Sir John de Elmley, Lord of Elmley and Sprotborough, in Yorkshire, and was s. by his son,

SIR WILLIAM FITZ-WILLIAM, who was living in 1117, Lord of Elmley and Sprotborough. This feudal lord m. Ella, dau. and co-heir of William, Earl of Warren and Surrey, and had Roger, to whom the Earl of Warren gave the lordship of Gretewell; and an elder son, his successor,

SIR WILLIAM FITZ-WILLIAM, lord of Elmley and Sprotborough, whom. Albreda, dau. and heir of Robert de Lizures, widow of Richard Fitz-Eustace, constable of Chester, and sister of the half blood to Robert de Laci, Baron of Pontefract, and had issue, a dau. Donatia, to whom her mother gave lands in Crowle-with a son, his successor,

SIR WILLIAM FITZ-WILLIAM. This feudal lord took up arms in the baronial cause, temp. King JOHN, but returned to his allegiance in the 5th HENRY III. He m. Ella, dau. of Hamlyn, Earl Warren and Surrey, and was 8. by his son,

SIR THOMAS FITZ-WILLIAM, who m. Agnes, one of the daus. and co-heirs of Roger Bertram, feudal lord of Mitford, by whom he had three sons,

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He had besides five daus., Margaret, Agnes, Bertha, Rometa, and Alberda, m. Sir Richard Walleis, Knt, of Burgh Walleis. Sir Thomas Fitz-William was 8. by his eldest son,

SIR WILLIAM FITZ-WILLIAM, of Sprotborough, who, in the 29th EDWARD I., was in the Scottish wars; but the next reign, joining in the great insurrection of Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, he was made prisoner with that nobleman at Boroughbridge, and hanged immediately after at York. He m. Agnes, dau. of Richard, Lord Grey, of Codnor, and left an only son,

Earl of Cumberland, but had no issue, in consequence of which the Earldom of Southampton at his decease, became EXTINCT, while his estates devolved upon (his brother's daus.) his nieces, Margaret Fitz-William, wife of Godfrey Fuljambe, Esq. Alice Fitz-William, wife of Sir James Fuljambe, Knt. Arms-Lozengy, arg. and gu., a mullet for difference.

SIR WILLIAM FITZ-WILLIAM, who was summoned to par- FLEMING liament in the 1st EDWARD IIL, as a baron, but never afterwards. This nobleman m. Maud, dau. of Edmund, Lord Deincourt, and had several children, but as none were subsequently esteemed barons, we presume, with Nicolas, that the summons was not a parliamentary, but a military one. From this Sir William the present noble house of Fitz-William, Earle FitzWilliam, lineally derive.

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FITZ-WILLIAM-EARL OF SOUTHAMPTON.

By Letters Patent, dated 18 October, 1537.

Lineage.

From Sir William Fitz-William, son of William Fitz-Godrick, marshal of the victorious army at Hastings, descended,

SIR WILLIAM FITZ-WILLIAM, who m. Agnes, dau. of Richard Lord Grey, of Codnor, and had issue a son,

SIR WILLIAM FITZ-WILLIAM, Summoned to parliament as a baron, 5 April, 1327. (See FITZ-WILLIAM, BARON FITZ-WILLIAM). He m. Maud, dau. of Edmond, Lord Deincourt, and had, with other issue, a son,

SIR JOHN FITZ-WILLIAM, who m. Joan, dau. of Sir Adam Reresby, Knt., and had a son.

SIR JOHN FITZ-WILLIAM, who m. Elizabeth, dau. and heiress of William Clinton, Earl of Huntingdon, and had several children, of whom,

EDMOND FITZWILLIAM, was grandfather of

SIR THOMAS FITZ-WILLIAM, Knt, of Aldwarke, co. York, who m. Lucy, dau. and co-heir of John Nevill, Marquess of Montacute, and had issue, THOMAS, slain at Flodden Field, in the 4th HENRY VIII., and another son,

WILLIAM FITZ-WILLIAM, who was made by King HENRY VIII one of the esquires of his body, and knighted soon after for his good services at the siege of Tournay. Upon the attainder of Edward Stafford, Duke of Buckingham, Sir William Fitz-William, being then vice-admiral of England, obtained a grant of the manor of Navesby, in the county of Northampton, part of that nobleman's possessions. In the 15th HENRY VIII. Sir William, as admiral of the English fleet, went to sea for the purpose of intercepting the Duke of Albany, who was about returning to Scotland with a large body of French. The next year he was captain of Guisnes, in Picardy, and he was soon after, being at the time treasurer of the household, deputed with John Taylor, doctor of law, to take the oath of the Lady Regent, then at Lyons, (King FRANCIS I. being a prisoner in Spain,) for ratifying the articles of a treaty just concluded between the crowns of England and France. In the 24th of the same reign he was joined in another embassy to France with the Duke of Norfolk and Dr. Cox, regarding the marriage of the French King's third son, with the English monarch's daughter, the Lady Elizabeth; after which (28th HENRY VIII.), being a knight of the Garter, treasurer of the household, and chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, he was constituted Admiral of England, Wales, Ireland, Normandy, Gascony, and Aquitaine, and elevated to the peerage, by letters patent, dated 18 October, 1537, as EARL OF SOUTHAMPTON. He was subsequently appointed lord privy seal. His lordship d. at Newcastle in 1543, upon his march into Scotland, leading the van of the English army, but so highly was he esteemed, that to do honour to his memory, his standard was borne in the forward, throughout the whole of the ensuing campaign. The earl m. Mabel, dau. of Henry, Lord Clifford, and sister of Henry, 1st

So says Dugdale, "but it appears from his list of summonses in that year, that Sir William Fitz-William was not included in either of the summonses to parliament, but only in the summons dated at Ramsay, 5 April, 1324, to attend at Newcastleupon-Tyne, with horse and arms. "NICOLAS."

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ARCHEMBALD, a nobleman of Flanders, accompanied WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR to England, and acquired the manor and lord. ship of Bratton, in Devonshire, with other manors in that county and Cornwall, which he held in 1087. His son,

STEPHEN FITZ-ARCHEMBALD, Lord of Bratton, paid a fine of ten silver marcs to the king for trespass, in 1139; and in 1145 he witnessed the charter of Henry de Tracy to the abbey of Barnstaple by the name of Stephen of Flanders. His son,

ARCHEMBALD, of Flanders, was, in 1165, returned as possessor of the family estates which he held "de veteri jeoffumento." He attended HENRY II. in his invasion of Ireland, and obtained the lordships of Astmayn and Eskertenen, in Tipperary, and Newcastle and Slane, on the river Boyne, from the latter of which he and his male descendants took their title of honour. He was a great baron of Ireland, and that dignity, subsequently known as that of a lord of parliament, continued to be enjoyed by his descendants until they were excluded from their seat in parliament by the penal laws. He was s. by his son, STEPHEN, of Flanders, who, in 1185, by the express comman·l of the king, with a retinue of nine knights and fifty horsemen, attended Prince John, then appointed lord of Ireland, to take possession of his government. He d. in the 14th year of the reign of JOHN. His son,

BALDWYN LE FLEMING, 3rd Baron of Slane, was, in 1242, with twenty-one Irish kings and princes, and nine other great barons, summoned to accompany HENRY III. in his Scotch wars, and when the king made peace, specially thanked by him. In 1260 he was, as a magnate of England, ordered to attend the king in London, to perform the services due to him, and to hear his commands. He was 8, by his son,

RICHARD LE FLEMING, 4th Baron of Slane, who as a tenant in capite of the crown, for his manors in Devon and Cornwall, accompanied the king, in 1293, in his wars in Wales, and in 1295 and 1300, in those of Scotland, in which he lost his life. He m. Maria, dau. of Nicholas Lord Martyn, by whom he had issue,

BALDWYN LE FLEMING, 5th Baron of Slane, who received various writs of military and parliamentary summons during the reign of EDWARD II. In 1318 he was specially thanked by the king for his services against Edward Bruce, who had been crowned King of Ireland. He d. 1332, having m. Matilda, dau. and co-heir of Sir Symon de Geynville, 2nd son of Geffry, next brother of Jean, Sire de Joinville, the celebrated historian and friend of St. Louis, by whom he had issue,

SYMON FLEMING, 6th Baron of Slane, who was, by letters patent, 20th EDWARD III., appointed conservator of the peace for the county of Meath. He d. in 1371, leaving issue by Cecilia his wife, dau. of Sir Thomas Champernon, of Modberrie, in Devonshire, a son and successor,

THOMAS FLEMING, 7th Baron of Slane, who was, with the Lords Gormanston and Delvin, guardian of the marches of Meath during the reigns of HENRY IV. and HENRY V. He m. 1st, Elizabeth, dau of Robert Preston, Lord Gormanston, by whom he had issue,

CHRISTOPHER, his successor.

He m. 2ndly. Catherine, dau. of James, Earl of Ormonde, by whom he had issue,

William, of Newcastle, who left issue by Jenetta Rochford, his wife, three sons, viz.,

1 James, who 3. as 12th Lord Slane.

2 John, whose male issue failed before 1515.

3 Robert, ancestor of the FLEMINGS of Drogheda, and of several branches of the family.

Thomas, Lord Slane, d. in 1436, after having enjoyed his peerage for more than half a century, and was 8. by his son,

CHRISTOPHER FLEMING, 8th Baron of Slane, whose services in the wars were gratefully acknowledged by HENRY VI., in 1436. He m. 1st, Levita, dau. and co-heir of Martin Ferrers, of Beere Ferrers, in Devonshire, by whom he had issue,

John Fleming, who d. v. p., leaving issue,
Christopher, heir to his grandfather.
Anne, . to Walter Dillon, Esq.) .
Amia, . to John Bellew, Esq.

Lord Christopher m. 2ndly, Elizabeth, dau. and co-heir of John, son and heir apparent of Sir David Wogan, by whom he had issue,

David Fleming, who s. as 10th Lord Slane.

Christopher, Lord Slane, d. in 1447, and was 8, by his grandson, CHRISTOPHER FLEMING, 9th Baron of Slane, who sat in parliament in 1450; and d. in 1457, s. p., leaving his two sisters his co-heirs. He was 8. by his uncle,

DAVID FLEMING, 10th Baron of Slane, who m. Alicia, dau. of Sir Robert Dillon, by whom he had issue,

THOMAS, his successor.

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Anne.

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Margaret, m. to John D'Arcy, Esq. of Platten.,

David, Lord Slane, d. in 1462, and was s. by his son,

THOMAS FLEMING, 11th Baron of Slane, who was seven years old on his father's death. His wardship was confirmed to the Earl of Kildare, by act of parliament, in 1463. In 1470 he had livery of all his lands by statute, although he was then under age. He d. in the following year 8. p., leaving his sisters, his co-heirs, and was 8. by his cousin,

JAMES FLEMING, 12th Baron of Slane (refer to the issue of Thomas, 7th Lord Slane, by his 2nd wife), who, in 1480, was made member of the order of St. George, then established in Ireland. In 1487, he, with the other peers of Ireland, signed the letter to HENRY VII. in favour of the Earl of Kildare, the lord deputy of Ireland, and in the following year attended that monarch at Greenwich. He . Elizabeth, widow of Christopher, Lord Killeen, and dau, and co-heir of Sir William Welles, lord chancellor of Ireland, only brother of Lionel, Lord Welles, lord lieutenant of that kingdom, in the reign of HENRY VI., by whom he had issue,

1. Christopher, his successor.

11. George (Sir), of Stephenston, who m. Margaret, sister of Piers, Earl of Ormonde, by whom he had,

George, who d. s. p.

James, who m Ismay, dau. of Sir Bartholomew Dillon, by whom he had an only son,

THOMAS, who 8. as 15th Lord Slane.

III. Thomas, of Derpatrick, who m. Alison, dau. of Walter
Cruice, of Navan, by whom he had,

WILLIAM, of Derpatrick, who m. Alice, dau. of Oliver Eus-
tace, of Liscarton, by whom he had an only son,
George, of Derpatrick, who m. Mary, only child of Walter
Cusack, of Kilkarn, by whom he had,

WILLIAM, who a. as 16th Lord Slane.

Edward, of Sydon.

IV. John.

v. William.

James, Lord Slane, d. in 1491. and was s. by his son,

CHRISTOPHER FLEMING, 13th Baron of Slane, who, in 1513, was, by letters patent, appointed lord high treasurer of Ireland, which high office he retained to the period of his death. He m. Ellys, dau. of Gerald, Earl of Kildare, but his marriage with her was set aside, and he afterwards m. Elizabeth, dau. of Nicholas Stukeley, of Affeton, co. Devon, Esq., by whom he had issue,

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JAMES FLEMING, 14th Baron of Slane, who sat in the parliament of 1541, which made HENRY VIII. King of Ireland. constantly served with the Earl of Essex, who in a letter to the queen, dated 1573, stated that he was the only nobleman who would consent to accompany him in his wars against O'Neal. He d. s. p. in 1576, leaving his sister his heir, and was 8. by his kinsman,

THOMAS FLEMING, 15th Baron of Slane (refer to the issue of James, 12th Lord Slane), who highly distinguished himself in the service of Queen ELIZABETH. He m. Katherine, dau. of Jenico, Lord Viscount Gormanston, by whom he had issue, Catherine, m. to Piers Butler, Esq., of the Old Abbey. Ellinor, who m. her cousin, William Fleming, who 8. as Lord Slane.

•These ladies became co-heirs of their brother, and succeeded to estates in Devonshire and Cornwall, as well as to some property in Ireland.

These ladies became co-heirs of their brother.

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Christopher, Lord Slane, d. in 1625, and was s. by his son,

THOMAS FLEMING, 18th Baron of Slane, who being a friar of the order of St. Francis, petitioned the king, in 1629, that his brother might enjoy the dignity of Baron of Slane; which petition his Majesty was pleased to grant, and to confirm the dignity to William, and the heirs male of his body, during the lifetime of Thomas. Thomas resided in his convent in the Netherlands, until he was made Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin, when he returned to Ireland. For a long period, with the aid of the retainers and friends of his family, he carried on a destructive war against the parliamentary forces.

WILLIAM FLEMING, who became, as before mentioned, 19th Baron of Slane, ne. Anne, dau. of Randal, Earl of Antrim, and widow of Christopher, Lord Delvin, by whom he had issue, 1. CHARLES, his successor.

II. RANDAL, who s. his brother.
III. Michael, who d. 8. p.

IV. William, of Gillenstown, who d. before his brother Randal, leaving issue,

William, who became de jure Baron of Slane, on the death of Christopher, Viscount Longford, and assumed that title. He had a pension of £300 a year, and d. in 1747, leaving an only son, Christopher, who also assumed the title of Lord Slane, who d. without issue male in 1772, and on his death the male issue of William, the 19th Lord Slane became extinct.

William, Lord Slane, was outlawed, after his death, in 1641; but afterwards declared, both by the king and the commissioners appointed under the act of settlement, innocent. After the Revolution, his outlawry was brought forward to deprive the family of the peerage. Lord William was 8. by his eldest

son,

CHARLES FLEMING, 20th Baron of Slane, who was excepted from pardon for life and estate by Cromwell's act for the settlement of Ireland, passed in 1652. He with his half-brother, Lord Westmeath, long maintained the royal cause in Ireland, and they were the last royalists in arms in that kingdom. He afterwards, with 10,000 troops, entered into the service of LOUIS XIV., in which he lost his life, in Italy, in 1661. He was 8. by his brother,

RANDALL FLEMING, 21st Baron of Slane, who was restored to all his estates on the Restoration. He m. 1st, Ellinor, dau. of Sir Richard Barnewall, Bart., of Crickstown, by whom he had,

Mary, who m. 1st, Richard Fleming, Esq,, of Staholmock, and afterwards Colonel Oliver O'Gara. By her 2nd husband she had a son Charles, who d. unm. 1785. By her 1st husband, she was mother of an only son, James, who d. unm., and an only dau, BRIDGET, m. to RANDALL PLUNKETT, 11th LORD DUNSANY.

Lord Randall m. 2ndly, Penelope, dau. of Henry, Earl of
Drogheda, by whom he had,
CHRISTOPHER, his successor.
Henry,
Randall,
Alice, m. Sir Gregory Byrne, Bart., and their grand-dau. and
eventual heiress, Catherine Xaveria Byrne, m. George
Bryan, Esq., and was mother of GEORGE BRYAN, Esq., of Jen-
kinstown, co. Kilkenny.

who both d. 8. p. in the lifetime of their
brother.

Randall, Lord Slane, d. in 1676, and was s. by his son,

CHRISTOPHER FLEMING, 22nd Baron of Slane, who was seven years old on the death of his father. In 1691 he was attainted for his adherence to JAMES II., whom he followed to France. In 1708 he was restored in blood and to his peerage, by an English act of parliament; and, in 1713, created by Queen ANNE, VISCOUNT LONGFORD. He d. in 1726, without male issue, and although on his death the dignity was assumed by his cousin William, and on the death of William by his son Christopher, the attainder of 1641 was alleged as a bar to the descent of the

dignity, notwithstanding that it had been admitted from the time of the Restoration until the succession of Viscount Longford, who was actually outlawed as Christopher Lord Slane, in

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1691. Both William and his son Christopher adhered to the
Roman Catholic religion, and therefore could not sit in par-
liament. The dignity was recently claimed by the late George
Bryan, of Jenkinstown, co. Kilkenny, Esq., as sole heir of the
Hon. Alice Fleming, youngest dau. of Randall, Lord Slane; but
this claim was opposed by James Fleming, Esq., now one of Her
Majesty's Counsel, who claimed to be the heir male of the family,
and alleged that the barony was descendable solely in the male
line. On 1 September, 1835, the House of Lords, after an inves-
tigation which lasted more than five years, resolved that Mr.
Bryan had not made out his claim to the Barony of Slane.

Arms-Vair, a chief, chequy, or and gu.

** The motto of this family is in Flemish, the only instance of an English or Irish family continuing to bear a motto in that language.

FLEMING-EARL OF WIGTON.

By Patent, 19 March, 1606.
Lineage.

This family has common crigin with the Flemings of Slane, and, after the Union of the crowns of England and Scotland, the Lords Slane, in all the settlements of their estates, made remainders, on failure of the prior branches, in favour of the Earls of Wigton.

SIR MALCOLM FLEMING was sheriff of Dumbarton in the reign of King ALEXANDER III. He was great grandson of a distinguished Flemish leader, Baldwin Flandrensis, who had a grant of the lands of Biggar from King DAVID I., and was sheriff of Lanark in the reigns of MALCOLM IV. and WILLIAM THE LION. Baldwin was a younger son of Stephen Flandrensis, or Stephen of Flanders, of Bratton, which Stephen first assumed the surname from Flanders.

ROBERT FLEMING of Biggar, the son of Sir Malcolm, was a faithful adherent of King ROBERT BRUCE, and obtained from that monarch the lands of Cumbernauld on the forfeiture of the great house of Comyn. He d. before 1314. He left two sons; 1. SIR MALCOLM, whose son, SIR MALCOLM, was created EARL OF WIGTON, in 1341, but his line failed in the person of his grandson, the 2nd earl, soon after 1332; II. SIR PATRICK FLEMING, Of Biggar.

There was a long succession of Lords of Biggar and Cumbernauld in this family, and in the reign of JAMES II., SIR ROBERT FLEMING was created a peer of parliament as BARON FLEMING. In 1606, the ancient title of EARL OF WIGTON was revived in the person of John, 6th Lord Fleming. In 1747, the earldom of Wigton became EXTINCT, and the estates of Biggar and Cumbernauld devolved on Lady Clementina Fleming, only surviving child of John, 6th earl.

The matrimonial alliances of the successive generations of the Flemings were illustrious, Robert, Duke of Albany, Regent of Scotland; Douglas, Earl of Douglas; Livingston, Lord Livingston; Drummond, Lord Drummond; JAMES IV., King of Scotland, natural dau.; Ross, Lord Ross; Graham, Earl of Montrose; Livingston, Earl of Linlithgow; Drummond, Earl of Perth; Seton, Earl of Dunfermline; and last and not least, Keith, Earl Marischal,

JOHN, 6th Lord Fleming (only son of John, 5th lord, by Elizabeth, his wife, only child of Robert, Master of Ross, and grandson of Malcolm, 3rd Lord Fleming, by Johanna Stewart, his wife), was created EARL OF WIGTON, LORD FLEMING AND CUMBERNAULD, by patent, dated at Whitehall, 19 March, 1606. His lordship m. 1st, Lady Lillias Graham, only dau. of John, 3rd Earl of Montrose, and had issue,

1. JOHN, 2nd Earl of Wigton

II. James, of Boghall, who m. in 1612, Janet Brisbane, dau.
of the Laird of Bishoptoun, and d. in 1622. His son, John,
came of age, 1643.
III. Malcolm.

IV. Alexander.

1. Jean, m. in 1603, to George, Master of Loudoun, and was mother of Margaret, Countess of Loudoun.

II. Anne, m. to Sir William Livingston, of Darnchester, eldest son of Sir William Livingston, of Kilsyth.

III. Margaret, m. in 1613, to Sir John Charteris, of Amisfield, and had issue.

IV. Lillias, m. in 1627. to Sir David Murray, of Stanhope, and had issue.

v. Mary, m. 1634, to Archibald Stewart, the younger, of Castlemilk, and had issue.

vi. Rachel, m. in 1624, to George Lindsay, of Covington. The earl m. 2ndly, Sarah Maxwell, eldest dau. of John, Lord Herries, relict of Sir James Johnston, of Johnston, and by her (whom. 3rdly, Hugh Montgomery, Viscount of Airds, in Ireland, and was buried at Edinburgh, 29 March, 1636) had two daus., Sarah and Jean. The earl d. 1619: his eldest son,

JOHN FLEMING, 2nd Earl of Wigton, m. Lady Margaret Liv. 218

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ingston, 2nd dau. of Alexander, 1st Earl of Linlithgow, and had issue,

1. JOHN, 3rd Earl of Wigton.

1. William, chamberlain of the household of
d. 8. p.

CHAFIES

1. Eleanor, m. at Cumbernauld, 23 April, 1650, to David, 2nd Earl of Wemyss, and d. s. p. 20 April, 1652.

II. Anne, m. 1st, to Robert, 7th Lord Boyd; 2ndly, to George, 2nd Earl of Dalhousie, and d. 20 April, 1661, having had issue.

III. Jean, m. in 1641, to Sir John Grierson, of Lag, co. Dumfries, and had issue.

The Earl of Wigton d. 7 May, 1650, and was s. by his son,

JOHN FLEMING, 3rd Earl of Wigton, who joined Montrose, was at the battle of Philiphaugh, 1645, and escaped with the marquess to the highlands, where he lay concealed for some time. His lordship was served heir to his father, 20 August, 1652. He m. Lady Jane Drummond, eldest dau. of John, 2nd Earl of Perth, and had issue,

I. JOHN, 4th Earl of Wigton.

11. Robert (Sir), d. unm.

III. James, d. unm.

IV. Harry, d. unm.

V. WILLIAM, 5th Earl of Wigton.

vi. Charles, d. unm.

1. Margaret, d. unm.

II. Lillias, m. to Richard Storry, Esq.
The eldest son,

III. Jean.

JOHN FLEMING, 4th Earl of Wigton, who had a charter to John, Lord Fleming, and Anne Ker, his wife, of the Earldom of Wigton, 10 May, 1662, and 8. his father, 1665. He m. Anne, 2nd dau. of Harry, Lord Ker, son and heir apparent of Robert, 1st Earl of Roxburghe, and by her had one dau.,

Jean, m. to George, 3rd Earl of Panmure; and d. in April, 1683. William, 5th Earl of Wigton, was served tutor-at-law as nearest heir of her, 21 September, 1669.

The earl d. in April, 1668, and was s. by his brother,

WILLIAM FLEMING, 5th Earl of Wigton, who . at Dalgety in September 1670, Lady Henriet Seton, dau. of Charles, 2nd Earl of Dunfermline, and by her (who n. 2ndly, William, 18th Earl of Crawford) had issue,

JOHN, 6th Earl of Wigton.
CHARLES, 7th Earl of Wigton

Mary, m. 30 March, 1695, to the Hon. Harry Maule, of Kelly, and was mother of William, Earl of Panmure. The eldest son,

JOHN FLEMING, 6th Earl of Wigton, 8. his father in 1681; attended JAMES II. to St Germains; opposed the treaty of Union in the parliament, 1706, voting against every article; and was committed prisoner to the castle of Edinburgh, at the breaking out of the rebellion, by warrant of Major-General Williams, 20 August, 1715. His lordship required the governor of the castle, under form of instrument, 19 June, 1716, to set being committed in time of war, could not be released without him at liberty. The governor answered, that his lordship a special warrant from the king, or those having power from him. The court of Justiciary, however, ordained the governor to set the prisoner at liberty, 24 June, 1716. He had the appointment of king's chamberlain of Fife, 1736; and dying at Edinburgh, 10 February, 1744, in the seventy-first year of his age, was buried at Biggar. (WOODS' DOUGLAS.) He m. 1st, 14 March, 1698, Lady Margaret Lindsay, 2nd dau. of Colin, 3rd

Earl of Balcarres, by whom he had a dau.,

Margaret, m. to Sir Archibald Primrose, Bart., of Dunipace, co. Stirling; but d. 8. p.

Keith, eldest dau. of William, 9th Earl Marischal, and by her The earl m. 2ndly (contract dated 8 February, 1711), Lady Mary (who d. 1721) had one dau.,

CLEMENTINA, m. in 1735, to CHARLES, 10th LORD ELPHIN-
STONE; and d. 1 January, 1799, aged eighty. Her grandson,
THE HON. CHARLES ELPHINSTONE FLEMING, admiral in the
royal navy, M. P. for the county of Stirling, succeeded in
her right to the estates of Cumbernauld and Biggar. the
ancient inheritance of the Earls of Wigton. He. in 1816,
Donna Catalina-Paulina-Alessandro, a Spanish lady, and
by her (who m. 2ndly, Captain Katon, R.N.) had,

1 JOHN-ELPHINSTONE-FLEMING, 14th Lord Elphinstone,
d. unm., 13 January, 1861.

1 Clementina, m. 24 March, 1845, Cornwallis, Viscount
Hawarden, and d. in January, 1865, leaving issue.

2 Mary-Keith, m. 1st, 20 April, 1843, to Alexander
Macalister, Esq., of Torriedale (which marriage was dis-
solved in 1847); and 2ndly, to Morgan Lloyd, Esq.;
and d. 11 March, 1859.

3 Anne-Elizabeth, m. 12 June, 1851, to William Cunning-
hame Bontine, Esq., of Ardoch, eldest son of R.-C. Cun-
ninghame-Graham, Esq., of Gartmore and Finlayston.
His lordship m. 3rdly, Eupheme, dau. of George Lockhart, of
Carnwath, co. Lanark, author of the Memoirs of Scotland, but
had no issue by her, who m. 2ndly, Peter Mac Elligot, major-

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