BROTHERTON-EARL OF NORFOLK. (See PLANTAGENET, Earl of Norfolk.) CROUNCKER-VISCOUNT BROUNCKER. By Letters Patent, dated 12 September, 1645. Lineage. The family of Brouncker, or Brunker, was early seated in the co. of Wilts. In 1544, HENRY BRUNKER, Esq., of Melksham and Erlestoke, M.P. for Devizes (son of Robert Brunker de Melksham), added to his estates in that county, about which time the town of Melksham was called Melksham-Brunker, as appears by old title deeds. This Henry Brunker (or Brounker, as sometimes spelt,) had two wives. By his 2nd wife he had two sons, Sir WILLIAM and Sir HENRY BROUNCKER, Knights. The elder SIR WILLIAM BROUNCKER, m. Maria, dau. of Sir Walter Mildmay, from which alliance descended the Erlestoke branch of the family, terminating in co-heiresses, 1707. The younger son, SIR WILLIAM BROUNCKER, Knt., b. in 1585, gentlemen of the privy chamber to CHARLES I., and vice chamberlain to CHARLES II., when Prince of Wales, was created a peer of Ireland, 12 September, 1645, as Baron Brouncker, of Newcastle, and Viscount Brouncker, of Lyons, co. Dublin. He m. Winifred, dau. of Sir William Leigh, Bart., of Newnham, Warwickshire, and by her, who d. in London, 20 July, 1649, had issue, Lord Brouncker, who had grant of the monastery of Clonnis, co. Monaghan, d. at Oxford in 1645, and was buried in the cathedral of Christ-church, Oxford, where there is a handsome monument erected to his memory and that of his wife Winifred. Lord Brouncker was s. by his eldest son, SIR WILLIAM BROUNCKER, 2nd Viscount Brouncker, famous for his proficiency in mathematical knowledge, who for fifteen years filled the president's chair of the Royal Society. He was also chancellor to Queen KATHERINE, and held other places of honour and profit. Lord Bouncker d. unm. in 1684, aged sixty-four, and was buried in the church of St. Katherine, near the Tower of London. He was s. by his brother, HENRY BROUNCKER, 3rd and last Viscount Brouncker, cofferer to King CHARLES II., and gentleman of the bedchamber to the Duke of York. This Lord Brouncker m. Rebecca Rodway, widow of the Hon. Thomas Jermyn (brother to the Earl of St. Albans), and d. in 1687-8, aged sixty-three s. p., when the honours became EXTINCT. Arms -Arg., six pellets, three, two, and one; a chief embattled, sa. BROWNE-VISCOUNTS MONTACUTE, OR MONTAGU. By Letters Patent, dated 2 September, 1554. Lineage. SIR ANTHONY BROWNE, who was made knight of the Bath at the coronation of King RICHARD II., left two sons, the younger, Sir Stephen Browne, lord mayor of London, in 1439, imported, during his mayoralty, large cargoes of rye from Prussia, in consequence of the scarcity of wheat, and distributed them amongst the poorer classes of the people. The elder son, 2 William, the father of Richard and Edmond. 3 Mathew (Sir), of Beechworth, m. Fridis wide, dau. of Sir Richard Guildford, K.G., of Hemsted, co. Kent, and had issue, Henry, of Beechworth Castle, m. 1st, Mary, dau. of John Sir Thomas Browne, of Beechworth Castle, who m. 1st, Sir Mathew Browne, of Beechworth Castle, m. Jane, Sir Ambrose Browne, of Beechworth Castle, created a baronet, 7 July, 1627, lord of the manor of Shapwick Egle, co. Sussex, m. Elizabeth, dau. of William Adam, of Saffron Waldron, co. Essex, and by her (who was buried at Dorking, 17 October, 1657) left at his decease, 16 August, 1661, a son, Sir Adam Browne, Baronet, whose only son, Ambrose, d. v. p., unm., when the baronetcy and line terminated at his decease; Edward, d. abroad, 1622; Thomas, living 1623; Jane, m. Sir Robert Kempe, and Mabel, d. unm. III. Robert (Sir), m. Mary, dau. of Sir William Mallet, Knt, and had a dau. and heiress, Eleanor, m. 1st, to Sir Thomas Fogge; and 2ndly, Sir William Kempe, of Olantye, co. Kent. 1. Katherine, m. to Humphrey Sackvile, Esq., of Buckhurst, co. Sussex. The eldest son, ANTHONY BROWNE, was appointedin the 1st year of HENRY VII. standard-bearer for the whole realm of England and elsewhere; and the next year, being one of the esquires of the king's body, was constituted governor of Queenborough Castle, Kent. At this period, participating in the victory achieved over the Earl of Lincoln and Lambert Simnell at Newark, he received the honour of knighthood, 1486. He m. Lucy, 4th dau. and co-heir of JOHN NEVIL, MARQUESS OF MONTAGU, and widow of Sir Thomas Fitz-Williams, of Aldwarke, co. York, and had issue, ANTHONY, his successor. Elizabeth. m. to Henry Somerset, Earl of Worcester. Sir Anthony was s. by his son, SIR ANTHONY BROWNE, who was with the Earl of Surrey, Lord High Admiral, at Southampton, in the 14th HENRY VIII. (1522-3), when he convoyed the emperor from that port to Biscay; and after landing at Morleis, in Britanny, was knighted for his gallantry in the assault and winning of that town. In two years afterwards, being then an esquire of the household, he was one of the challengers in feats of arms held at Greenwich before the king; and the next year he was appointed lieutenant of the Isle of Man during the minority of the Earl of Derby. After this he was twice deputed on important occasions ambassador to the court of France; and obtained in 30th of the same reign a grant of the office of master of the horse, with the annual fee of £40; in which year he had also a grant of the house and site of the late monastery of Battle, co. Sussex. In the next year he was elected, with the Lord Chancellor Audley, a knight of the most noble order of the Garter. In the 30th of HENRY, Sir Anthony was constituted standard-bearer to the king, and was nominated by his majesty one of the executors to his will. Sir Anthony Brown m. Alice, dau. of Sir John Gage, K.G., and by her (who was buried at Battley,) had issue, I. Henry. IV. Francis, m. Anne, dau. of Sir William Goring, of Burton, co. Sussex, Knt., and relict of Sir George Lyne, Knt. ▼. Henry. 1. Mary, m. 1st, to John Grey, 2nd son of Thomas, Marquess of Dorset; and 2ndly, to Sir Henry Capel, of Hadham, co. Herts, Bart. n. Mabel, m. to Gerald, Earl of Kildare. IL Lucy, m. to Thomas Roper, Esq., of Eltham, in Kent. Sir Anthony d.. 6 May, 1548, and was s. by his eldest son, SIR ANTHONY BROWNE, Knt., sheriff of Surrey and Sussex in the last year of EDWARD VI., who was elevated to the peerage by Queen MARY on 2 September, 1554, in the dignity of VISCOUNT MONTAGU, and immediately after deputed, by order of parliament, with Thomas Thurlby, bishop of Ely, to the Pope, for the purpose of reuniting the realm of England with the church of Rome. In the next year his lordship was installed a knight of the most noble order of the Garter; but upon the accession of Queen ELIZABETH his name was left out of the privy council, and he voted soon after, in his place in parliament, with the Earl of Shrewsbury. against abolishing the Pope's supremacy. Yet, according to Camden, he contrived to ingratiate himself with her majesty. Queen ELIZABETH," says that writer, "having experienced his loyalty, had great esteem for him (though he was a stiff Romanist), and paid him a visit some time before his death; for she was sensible that his regard for that religion was owing to his cradle and education, and proceeded rather from principle than faction, as some people's faith did." His lordship m. 1st, Jane, dau. of Robert Ratcliffe, Earl of Sussex, and had issue, 1. ANTHONY, who predeceased him on 29 June, 1592, leaving by his wife Mary, dau. of Sir William Dormer, Knt., of Ethorp, co. Bucks, and who re-married successively Sir Edward Twedale and Sir Thomas Gerard, of Bryn, Bart., I ANTHONY MARY, who 8. as 2nd viscount. 2 John, m. Anne, dau. of Giffard, Esq., and had a son, STANISLAUS, of Eastbourne, co. Sussex, father of Stanislaus, of Eastbourne, m. Honor, dau. of - Malbrank, merchant, of Cadiz, heir to her brother, Claudius, in the manor of Methley, and was buried in the family vault, at Midhurst, co. Sussex. His issue were, Francis, a merchant, at Cadiz, gave up his estate to his brother Mark, d. unm., and was buried at St. Lucar. Nicholas, d. unm. Stanislaus, d. unm. Mark, of Eastbourne, Lord of Methley, in Fillongley, co. Anna, m. Henry Mathew, of Heathhouse Bureton, co. Mary, m. Roger Langley, of Higham Gobious, co. Bed- Elizabeth, m.— Astley, of Escott Hall, co. Warwick. Mary, m. to Robert Alwyn, Esq., of Treford, co. Sussex. 3 George. 1 Dorothy, m. to Edward Lee, Esq., of Stanton Barry, co. Bucks. 2 Jane, m. to Sir Francis Englefield, Bart. 3 Catharine, m. to- Treganion, Esq. 1. Mary, m. 1st, to Henry Wriothesley, Earl of Southampton; 2ndly, to Sir Thomas Heneage, Knt.; and 3rdly, to Sir WilHam Harvey, Bart., created Lord Ross in Ireland, and Baron Kidbrook in England. The viscount m. 2ndly, Magdalen, dau. of William, Lord Dacres, of Gillesland, and had, with other issue, 1. George (Sir), of Wicham-Brews, co. Kent, m. Mary, dau. of Sir Robert Tyrwhitt, of Kettleby, co. Lincoln, Knt., and had (with four daus., Mary, wife of Thomas Paston, Esq., of Norfolk; Jane, Elizabeth, and Frances. One son, George, m. Eleanor, dau. of Sir Richard Blount, of Mapledurham, co. Oxford, Knt., and had two sons and three daus. (all nuns), George, K.B., had issue, two daus. John, of Caverham, created a baronet in 1665, had 1 Anthony, d. 8. p. 2 Sir John, d. 8. p., 8. his father as baronet. 3 Sir George, who d. 1729-30, had issue, 1 Sir John, who succeeded. 2 Anthony, an officer of marines. 11 Henry (Sir), of Kiddington, co. Oxford, m. Anne, dau. of Sir William Catesby, Knt, and had PETER (Sir), who was slain in the service of King CHARLES I., leaving two sons, HENRY, created a baronet in 1658, with remainder to his brother. Francis. III. Anthony (Sir), of Effingham, Knt., m. Anne Bell, of Norfolk, and d.s. p. IV. Thomas. d. unm. v. Philip, d. in the lifetime of his father. VI. William, d. in the lifetime of his father. I. Elizabeth, m. to Sir Robert Dormer, afterwards Lord Dormer. 11. Mabel, m. to Sir Henry Capel, ancestor to the Earl of Essex. III. Jane, m. to Sir Francis Lacon, of Willey, co. Salop, Knt. His lordship, who was on the trial of MARY, Queen of Scots, d. 19 October, 1592, and was 8. by his grandson, ANTHONY-MARY BROWNE, 2nd viscount, who m. in February, 1591, Jane, dau. of Thomas Sackville, Earl of Dorset, Lord High Treasurer of England, and had issue, FRANCIS, his successor. Mary, m. 1st, to William, Lord St John, of Basing; and 2ndly, to William, 2nd son of Thomas, Lord Arundel, of Wardour. Catherine, m. to William Tyrwhitt, Esq., of Kettleby. Lucy, Mary, m. to Robert, Lord Petre. His lordship d. 23 October, 1629, and was s. by his son, FRANCIS BROWNE, 3rd viscount. This nobleman suffered con siderably in the royal cause during the civil wars, but lived to hail the restoration of the monarchy. His lordship m. Elizabeth, youngest dau. of Henry Somerset, Marquess of Worcester, and had issue, FRANCIS and HENRY, successively viscounts, and Elizabeth, m. to Christopher Roper, 5th Lord Teynham. His lordship d. 2 November, 1682, and was 8. by his elder son, FRANCIS BROWNE, 4th viscount. This nobleman, who was a zealous catholic, was appointed lord lieutenant of Sussex, by King JAMES II., in 1687. His lordship m. Mary, dau. of William Herbert, Marquess of Powis, and widow of Robert Molineux, eldest son of Carryl, Viscount Molineux, but dying s. p. in 1708, his honours devolved upon his brother, HENRY BROWNE, 5th viscount, who m. Barbara, dau. of James Walsingam, Esq., of Chesterford, co. Essex, and had issue, ANTHONY, his successor. Mary, d. unm. Elizabeth, a nun. Barbara, m. to Ralph Sheldon, Esq., and had a dau. Catherine, who m. George Collingwood, Esq., and had a dau., the wife of Sir Robert Throgmorton, Bart. Catherine, m. to George Colingwood, Esq., of Estlington, co. Northumberland. Anne, m. to Anthony Kemp, Esq., of Slindon, in Sussex. Henrietta, m. to Richard Harcourt, Esq., and had a dau., wife of Carrington, Esq. His lordship d. 25 June, 1717, and was 8. by his son, ANTHONY BROWNE, 6th Viscount Montagu, who m. in 1720, Barbara, dau. of Sir John Webb, Bart., of Hathorp, co. Gloucester, by whom (who d. 7 April, 1779) he left at his death, 23 April, 1767 (having also had a dau. Mary, m. to Sir Richard Bedingfield, Bart.), a son, ANTHONY JOSEPH BROWNE, 7th viscount, b. 1730. This nobleman m. in 1765, Frances, sister of Sir Herbert Mackworth, Bart., andwidow of Alexander, Lord Halkerton, by whom he had issue, GEORGE-SAMUEL, his successor. Elizabeth Mary, b. 5 February, 1767, m. in 1794, to William Stephen Poyntz, Esq., of Midgham, Berks. His lordship d. 9 April, 1787, and was s. by his son, GEORGE-SAMUEL BROWNE, 8th viscount, b. 26 June, 1769, who met an untimely fate in a rash attempt to pass the waterfalls of Schauff hausen, accompanied by his friend, Mr. Sedley Burdet, in a small flat-bottomed boat, contrary to the advice, and even restriction of the local magistrate, who, knowing the certain result of so unprecedented an enterprise, had placed guards to intercept the daring travellers. They found means, however, to elude every precaution, and having pushed off, passed the first fall in security, but in attempting to clear the second they disappeared, and were never afterwards seen or heard of. It is presumed that the boat, impelled by the violence of the cataract, got jammed between the two rocks, and was thus destroyed. This melancholy event occurred in 1793, and about the same period his lordship's magnificent mansion at Cowdray* was accidentally burnt to the ground. His lordship (b. 26 June, 1769) dying unm. the viscounty was supposed to devolve upon (the great-grandson of Stanislaus Browne, Esq., son and heir of John Browne, Esq., brother of Anthony, 2nd viscount, and grandson of the 1st lord) his cousin, MARK ANTHONY BROWNE, Esq., 9th Viscount Montagu, at whose decease, in 1797, without issue, the dignity is supposed to have become EXTINCT. Arms Sa., three lions passant, in bend, between two double cotisses, arg. BROWNLOW-VISCOUNT TYRCONNEL. By Letters Patent, dated 1718. Lineage. RICHARD BROWNLOW, Esq., of Belton, co. Lincoln, prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas, temp. ELIZABETH and JAMES I., m. Katherine, da. of John Page, Esq., a master in chancery, and dying in 1638, left two sons, viz., JOHN (Sir), of Belton, created a baronet 1641, d. 8. p., 1680. WILLIAM (Sir), of whose line we treat. The 2nd son, SIR WILLIAM BROWNLOW, of Great Humby, co. Lincoln, was created a BARONET of England, 27 July, 1641. He m. Elizabeth, dau. and co-heir of William Duncombe, Esq., and d. in 1666, being s. by his son, SIR RICHARD BROWNLOW, 2nd Baronet of Humby, who m. Elizabeth, dau. of John Freke, Esq., of Stretton, co. Dorset, and was father of SIR JOHN BROWNLOW, 3rd Baronet of Humby, who m. Alice, dau. of Richard Sherrard, Esq., and had issue four daus., his co-heirs, viz., Jane, m. to Peregrine, Duke of Ancaster. Eleanor, m. to her cousin, Sir John Brownlow, Bart., afterwards Sir John d. 16 July, 1697, and was s. by his brother, SIR WILLIAM BROWNLOW, 4th Baronet of Humby, who m. Dorothy, dau. and co-heir of Sir Richard Mason, of Sutton, and had issue. The son and heir, SIR JOHN BROWNLOW, 5th Baronet of Humby, M.P. for Lincolnshire, was elevated to the peerage of Ireland as Baron Charleville and VISCOUNT TYRCONNEL, in 1718. His lordship m. 1st, Eleanor, dau. and co-heir of his uncle, Sir John Brownlow, Bart.; and 2ndly, Elizabeth, dau. of William Cartwright, Esq., of Marnham, Notts.; but d. 8. p. in 1754, when the peerage became EXTINCT. The estates of the family devolved on Lord Tyrconnel's sister, ANNE, whom. SIR RICHARD CUST, Bart.; and from this marriage descends the present EARL BROWNLOW. Arms-Or, an inescutcheon, within an orle of eight martlets, sa BRUCE-BARON BRUCE, OF ANANDALE. By Writ of Summons, dated 23 June, 1295. Lineage. ROBERT DE BRUS was a wealthy baron in Yorkshire in the reign of WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR, with whom he had come from Normandy. He had the castle and manor of Skelton, in Yorkshire, and Hert and Hertness, in the Bishoprick of Durham, and before the end of the reign of the CONQUEROR was possessed of ninety-four lordships in Yorkshire. His son (or, by by some accounts, the son of his son ADAM), ROBERT DE BRUCE, Lord of Skelton, made a figure at the Views of this fine Elizabethan structure have been published in the Monumenta Vetusta, though in a manner not remarkable for either faultless perspective or artistic finish. court of King HENRY I., where he became intimate with Prince David of Scotland, that monarch's brother-in-law. When the Prince became King of Scotland, as DAVID I., in 1124, Bruce obtained from him the lordship of Annandale, and great possessions in the south of Scotland. Robert de Bruce d. in 1141, and was buried at Gysburn, the place of his birth. He m. Agnes, dau. of Fulk de Paganell (and 2ndly, according to Drummond, Agnes de Annan), and had issue, ADAM DE BRUCE, of Skelton, in Yorkshire. He inherited his father's great English estates, and was ancestor to the family of Bruce of Skelton, which failed in the male line in 1271, at the decease s. p. of PETER DE BRUS, Lord of Skelton, whose sisters and co-heirs were 1 Agnes, m. to Walter de Fauconberg. 3 Margaret, m. to Robert de Ros, and had issue. The 4 Laderina, m. to John de Bellew. ROBERT. The 2nd son, ROBERT DE BRUCE became Lord of Annandale, as his father's gift, and was founder of the great House of Bruce in Scotland. He flourished under DAVID I., MALCOLM IV., and WILLIAM THE LICN. The name of his wife was Euphemia, by whom he had issue, ROBERT and WILLIAM. ROBERT DE BRUCE, lord of Annandale, m. in 1183, Isabel, natural dau. of King WILLIAM THE LION, by whom he had no issue: he was 8. before 1191, by his brother, WILLIAM DE BRUCE lord of Annandale, and possessor of large estates in the north of England. He obtained from King JOHN the grant of a weekly market at Hartilpool, and he granted lands to the canons of Gysburn. He d. in 1215, and was 8. by his son, ROBERT DE BRUCE, lord of Annandale. He m. Isabel, 2nd dau. of David, Earl of Huntingdon, son of Henry, Prince of Scotland, and grandson of King DAVID I. It was in consequence of this royal alliance, that their son entered into competition for the Scottish crown, and that their descendants became co-heirs of the ancient Scoto-Pictish and Anglo-Saxon kings. Isabel was co-heir of her brother, John the Scot, Earl of Chester; she d. in 1251, having survived her husband six years. He d. in 1245, and was 8. by his son, ROBERT DE BRUCE, lord of Annandale. He was an able and strenuous baron, and acted a great part in the reign of ALEXANDER III. In 1255, he was appointed one of the fifteen Regents of Scotland. In 1284, he was one of the Magnates Scotia who consented to accept Margaret of Norway as their sovereign, on the demise of ALEXANDER III. In 1291, he entered into an unsuccessful competition with John Baliol for the crown of Scotland. He d. at Lochmaben Castle, in 1295, aged eighty-five. In 1240, he m. Isabella, dau. of Gilbert de Clare, 3rd Earl of Gloucester, by whom he had ROBERT, his heir. BERNARD, of Conington and Exton. Sir Bernard Bruce was the ancestor of the only cadet branch of the House of Bruce which can boast of royal descent. He was seated at Exton, co. Rutland, and was father of SIR JOHN BRUCE, of Exton, whose only dau. and heir, JANE BRUCE, of Exton, was wife of Sir Nicholas Green. Her dau. and heir, JOAN GREEN, of Exton, was wife of Sir Thomas Culpeper, and her dau. and heir, CATHERINE CULPEPER, of Exton, was wife of Sir John Harington. Her descendant in the fourth degree, SIR JOHN HARINGTON, of Exton, heir-general of the only cadet branch of the royal Bruces, m. Lucy Sydney, dau. of Sir William Sydney of Penshurst, by whom he had a son, JOHN HARINGTON, created Lord Harington, of Exton, by King JAMES I., whose line failed, and a dau., ELIZABETH HARINGTON, wife of Sir Edward Montague, of Boughton. Through her the three families of the House of Montague, viz., the DUKES OF MONTAGUE and MANCHESTER, and the EARL OF SANDWICH: SONDES, EARL OF FEVERSHAM, and his descendants, LORDS MONSON and SONDES; and CHOLMELEY, BARONET OF EASTON; are all descended from the royal blood of Bruce. The competitor for the Scottish crown had also a dau.. CHRISTIAN BRUCE, wife of Patrick Dunbar, 7th Earl of March, ancestress to a long line of Earls of March. Robert Bruce, the competitor, was 8. by his eldest son, ROBERT BRUCE, Lord of Annandale, who was Earl of Carrick, in right of his wife. Margaret, Countess of Carrick (to whom he was m. in 1271), dau. and heir of Niel, Earl of Carrick, and widow of Adam de Kilconcath, Earl of Carrick. On the death of his countess, in 1292, he resigned the Earldom of Carrick to his eldest son. In 1296, he, along with his eldest son, swore fealty to King EDWARD I., and was summoned to parliament as a BARON of England from 23 June, 1295, to 26 January, 1297. He d. in 1304. By the Countess of Carrick he had issue, L. ROBERT, eventually King of Scotland. II. EDWARD, crowned King of Ireland in 1316, and killed at the battle of Dundalk, in 1318. He had issue, ROBERT, ALEXANDER, and THOMAS (stated to have been illegitimate), who were successively Earls of Carrick. II. Thomas, 8. p. v. Nigil, s. p. IV. Alexander. 8. p. 1. ISABEL, wife, 1st, of Sir Thomas Randolph, high chamber- II. MARY, wife, 1st, of Sir Neil Campbell, of Lochowe, by The three other dans, are said to have m. into the families of Blair Hall, whose chief is the EARL OF ELGIN; the BRUCES of AIRTH, and their cadet in Ireland, BRICE OF BRUCE, of KILLROOT; the BRUCES of STENHOUSE, &C., &c. Their detailed pedigrees may be seen in DRUMMOND'S "Noble British Families." Arms-Or, a saltier and chief, gu. BRUCE-EARL OF CARRICK. (See BRUCE, Baron Bruce, of Annandale.) ROBERT BRUCE, "THE BRUCE OF BANNOCKBURN," son of Robert de Brus (Bruce), Lord of Annandale, inherited the Earldom of Carrick, in 1292, at the decease of his mother, MARGARET, Countess of Carrick (only dau. and heir of Niel, Earl of Carrick, and grand-dau. of Duncan, the son of Gilbert, living temp. WILLIAM THE LION, who was created Earl of Carrick), and the dignity, upon his accession to the throne, merged in the crown of Scotland. Arms-Or, a saltier and chief, gu. BRUCE-EARLS OF AYLESBURY, BARONS Barony, by Letters Patent, dated 1 August, 1641. Lineage. ROBERT BRUCE, the eldest son, b. 11 July, 1274, was the King ROBERT had also a dau., who is believed to have been DAVID II., King of Scotland, who was crowned at Scone, in 1331. He had no issue by either of his wives-the Princess Joanna of England, dau. of EDWARD II., or Margaret de Logie, and he closed his inglorious reign in 1371, in the forty-seventh year of his age. With him and his cousin, Sir John Bruce, of Exton, ended the royal male line of Bruce, which continued to be represented as heirs-general by the STUART KINGS OF SCOTLAND, the EARLS OF SUTHERLAND, the STEWARTS OF ROSSTTHE, and (of the junior branch) the HARINGTONS of ΕΣΤΟΝ, But the great House of Bruce continued to be perpetuated in the male line by a most distinguished family of baronial rank, which has been prolific of high and important branches. The family of Bruce of Clackmanan, from which all the principal houses of the name in Scotland are descended, claims to be of the same stock with the ancient Lords of Annandale and of Skelton, and this claim was distinctly admitted by the head of the family, King DAVID II., in a charter to Sir Robert Bruce, the son of Thomas Bruce, of the castle and manor of Clackmanan, together with the lands of Wester Kennet, Garlet, &c., &c., dated 9 December, 1359. In this charter, the King designates Sir Robert Bruce thus: "Dilecto et fideli consanguineo suo Roberto de Bruis." The family of BRUCE of CLACKMANAN was the parent stem of the BRUCES of KENNET, Co. Clackmanan, whose chief is Alexander Hugh Bruce, Esq., of Kennet, and their junior branch of Garlet, now represented by William Downing Bruce, Esq., F.S.A., of Lincoln's Inn, barrister-at law; of the BRUCES of THOMAS BRUCE, 1st Earl of Elgin in the peerage of Scotland, was created a peer of England, 1 August, 1641, as BARON BRUCE, of WHORLTON, in the co. of York, and dying in 1643, was s. by his only son, ROBERT BRUCE, 2nd Earl of Elgin, who was advanced in the peerage of England, 18 March, 1664, to the dignities of Baron Bruce, of Skelton, co. York, Viscount Bruce of Ampthill, co. Bedford, and EARL OF AYLESBURY. His lordship m. Diana, dau. of Henry, 2nd Earl of Stamford, and dying in 1685, was s. by his only surviving son, THOMAS BRUCE, 3rd Earl of Elgin, and 2nd Earl of Aylesbury, who m. 1st, in 1676, Elizabeth Seymour, dau. of Henry, Lord Beauchamp, and heiress of her brother, William, 3rd Duke of 1. CHARLES, his successor, who was summoned to parliament in 1711, as LORD BRUCE, OF WHORLTON. 1. Elizabeth, m to George Brudenell, 3rd Earl of Cardigan, and had issue, 1 GEORGE, 4th Earl of Cardigan, m. Mary, dau. of John, Duke of Montagu, and, assuming the surname of Montagu, was advanced, at the decease of his father-in-law, to the Marquisate of Monthermer, and DUKEDOM OF MONTAGU. His grace d. in 1790, leaving one married dau., ELIZABETH, Duchess of Buccleuch, grandmother of the 2 James, successor to his brother, as 5th Earl of Cardigan. His lordship, who m. 2ndly, Charlotte, Countess of Sannu, and CHARLES BRUCE, 3rd Earl of Aylesbury, and 4th Earl of Elgin. This nobleman m. 1st, Anne, eldest dau. and one of the co-heirs of William Savile, Marquess of Halifax, by whom he had issue, Robert, m. Frances, dau. of Sir William Blackett, Bart., and MARY, m. 1728, Henry Brydges, 2nd Duke of Chandos, and was Elizabeth, m. in 1732, to Hon. Benjamin Bathurst, son and heir of Allen, Lord Bathurst, and d. s. p. His lordship m. 2ndly, Juliana, 2nd dau. of Charles Boyle, Earl of Burlington, but had no issue. He m. 3rdly, in 1739, Caroline, only dau. of John Campbell, 4th Duke of Argyll, by whom he had an only dau., Mary, m. in 1757, to Charles, Duke of Richmond. After the decease of his son, the Earl of Aylesbury and Elgin obtained, by letters patent, dated 17 April, 1746, the English Barony of BRUCE OF TOTTENHAM, Co. Wilts, in remainder to his nephew, the Hon. Thomas Brudenell. His lordship d. 10 February, 1747, when his Scottish honours passed to his heirsgeneral. (See ELGIN, BURKE's Peerage and Baronetage.) The English BARONY OF TOTTENHAM as limited, and the EARLDOM OF AYLESBURY, with his lordship's other English honours, EXPIRED. Arms. Or, a saltier and chief, gu., on a canton, arg., a lion rampant, az. BRUGES-EARL OF WINCHESTER. By Creation in open Parliament, 13 October, 1472, LEWIS DE BRUGES, Lord of Gruthuse, and Prince of Steenhouse, in Burgundy, "who" (says COURTHOPE, Historic Peerage) "was a knight of the Golden Fleece, and is stated by Philip de Comines to have been governor in Holland for the Duke of Burgundy," having evinced the greatest sympathy for King EDWARD IV., during that monarch's exile (when forced to fly by the Lancastrians in the 10th year of his reign,) at the court of his brother-in-law, Charles de Valois, Duke of Burgundy, was received in two years afterwards by EDWARD, then re-established monarch in his English dominions, with the highest honours, and as a testimony of the gratitude felt by the nation towards so stanch a friend of its sovereign, the House of Commons, in parliament assembled, besought the king, through their speaker, William Alyngton, to bestow upon the foreign Prince some especial mark of royal favour. In compliance with which request EDWARD advanced him, 13 October, 1472, to the dignity of EARL OF WINCHESTER, in the parliament chamber, by cincture with a sword, and granted to the new peer for upholding the dignity, the sum of £200 annually. In the November following his lordship obtained a patent of arms as Earl of Winchester, viz., "Azure dix mascles d'or orné d'une canton de armes de Angleterre; c'estasavoir de gules, a une léopard passant d'or, armé d'azure," which were so depicted in colours in the roll wherein his patent for them is recorded. But in the 15th of HENRY VII (1499), which was about twentyseven years after, both these grants were surrendered to the king. then at Calais, and upon each of their enrolments a vacat made, without having any reason assigned for the proceedings. His lordship m. Margaret, dau. of Henry de Boreslle, and had issue, JOHN, Lord of Gruthuse, father of REGINALD, who d. without male issue. Arms.-Az., ten mascles, four, three, two, and one, or, on a canton, gu., a lion passant guardant of the second. Martin, Baron of Kemes. By the other wife, Guy de Bryan left at his decease a son, SIR GUY DE BRYAN, who, in the 4th EDWARD III., was constituted governor of the castle of Haverford, but he was found next year to be of unsound mind-when an agreement was made, that the Barony of Chastel Walweyn should at once come into possession of his son GUOYEN, upon his undertaking to provide for his two sisters from the revenues thereof. This GUOYEN DE BRYAN, thus invested with the Barony of ChastelWalweyn, served in the Scottish wars, in the 11th of EDWARD III., and in consideration of his special services, had an annuity of £40 granted him by the king, out of the exchequer, for life. In the 15th of the same reign, he was made governor of St. Briavel's Castle, and warden of the forest of Dene, co. Gloucester; and from the 16th to the 20th he was engaged in the French wars. He d. in 1350, and was s. by his son, GUY DE BRYAN, who became a person of considerable note. About the time of his father's death he was standard-bearer to King EDWARD III., in the celebrated fight with the French at Calais, and deporting himself with great valour upon that occasion, he had a grant of 200 marks per annum, out of the exchequer, for life. He was also constituted governor of St. Briavel's Castle, and warden of the forest of Dene; and was summoned to parliament as a BARON from 25 November, 1350, to 6 December, 1389. In 1354 his lordship was one of the ambassadors to the court of Rome to procure the papal ratification of a league, then made, between the Kings of England and France; the next year, he attended King EDWARD in his expedition into France, when he was made a banneret, and he continued for several years subsequently in the French wars. In 1361 he was again accredited upon a mission of importance to the holy see, and being some years afterwards once more engaged against the French, he was made admiral of the king's fleet, a command renewed to his lordship in the next year (44th EDWARD III), and he was soon after elected a knight of the Garter. In the reign of RICHARD II., Lord Bryar also served against the French, and he was in the expedition made into Ireland, with Edward Mortimer, Earl of March. His lordship m. Elizabeth, dau. of William de Montacute, Earl of Salisbury, and widow of Hugh le Despenser, by whom (with two younger sons, who d issueless), he had, GUY, who d. in 1368, in the lifetime of his father, leaving issue, PHILIPPA, m., 1st, to John Devereux, and 2ndly, to Sir Henry le Scrope, Knt., but d. 8. p. 8th HENRY IV. ELIZABETH, m. to Sir Robert Lovell, Knt., and had an only dau. and heiress, MAUD LOVELL, who m., 1st, John Fitzalan, Earl of Arundel, and had issue, HUMPHREY, EARL OF ARUNDEL, d. 8. p. Her ladyship m. 2ndly, Sir Richard Stafford, and had a dau.. AVICE, m. to James Butler, Earl of Ormonde, and d. s. p. in 1456. His lordship d. in 1390, leaving his two grand-daus., Philippa, then twelve, and Elizabeth, nine years of age, his co-heirs, between whom the BARONY OF BRYAN fell into ABEYANCE, and it became EXTINCT, at the decease of Avice, COUNTESS OF ORMONDE, in 1456. Arms.-Or, three piles meeting in point, az BRYAN-BARON BRYAN. By Writ of Summons, dated 25 November, 1350. In the 29th of HENRY III., GUY DE BRIAN, whose chief seat was in the marches of Wales, received command to assist the Earl of Gloucester against the Welch; and in the 42nd of the same reign, he had a second military summons for a similar service. We find him Bubsequently, however, arrayed under the baronial banner, and constituted after the victory of his party, at Lewes, governor of the castles of KARDIGAN and KERMERDYN, but he soon afterwards returned to his allegiance, and was one of the sureties (51st HENRY III.) for Robert de Vere, Earl of Oxford, that that nobleman should thenceforward deport himself peaceably, and abide by the dictum of Kenilworth, for the redemption of his lands. This Guy de Brian, m twice: one of his wives being Eve, only dau. and heiress of Henry de Traci, and had by her an only dau, Maud, m. to Nicholas BRYDGES-BARONS CHANDOS, OF SUDE.. LEY CASTLE, CO. GLOUCESTER, EARLS OF CARNARVON, DUKES OF CHANDOS. Barony, by Letters Patent, dated 8 April, 1554, Earldom, by Letters Patent, dated 19 October, 1714. Dukedom, by Letters Patent, dated 30 April, 1729. Lineage. SIR SIMON DE BRUGGE, of the county of Hereford, supposed to have sprung from the old Counts de Rethel, in the province of Champagné, in France, having taken part against HENRY III. lost by confiscation a great proportion of his lands, which were conferred upon Roger, Lord Clifford. Sir Simon was father of another SIMON DE BRUGGE (commonly omitted in the printed pedigrees), who m. the dau. of Walwyn, a family of distinction in the co. of Hereford even to the present times, and had issue, JOHN DE BRUGGE, M.P. for the co. of Hereford, 16th EDWARD II., 1322, who left issue, |