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JAMES-EDWARD HARRIS, EARL of MALMESBURY, Viscount Fitz-Harris, of Heron Court, co. Southampton, and Baron Malmesbury, of Malmesbury, co. Wilts; succeeded his father, James, the late earl, 21 Nov. 1820; Governor of the Isle of Wight; born 19 Aug. 1778; married, 17 June 1806, Harriet-Susan, da. of Francis-Bateman Dashwood, of Well Vale, co. Lincoln, esq., and by her (who d. 5 Sept. 1815) had issue,JAMES-HOWARD, viscount Fitz-Harris, b. 25 March 1807, m., April 1830, lady Emma Bennett, da. of the earl of Tankerville; EDWARD-ALFRED-JOHN, b. 20 May 1808, commander R. N. ;- -3. CHARLES-A MYAND, b. 4 Aug. 1813, in holy orders, m., 20 May 1837, Katherine-Lucia, youngest da. of sir Edward O'Brien, of Dromoland,

bart.

THE earl's ancestor, JAMES HARRIS, esq., of the Close, in Salisbury, m. Gertrude, da. of Robert Townson, bishop of Salisbury, and d. 1679, aged 74. His grandson was

JAMES HARRIS, esq., of the Close, grandfather of the 1st earl, m. Elizabeth Cooper, da. of Anthony, 2d earl of Shaftesbury, and sister of Anthony, 3d earl, the celebrated author of the "Characteristics; " he d. 1731, aged 57, leaving issue three sons, Thomas, a master in Chancery, George-William, rector of Excliffe, and prebendary of Salisbury, who both d. s.p., and

JAMES HARRIS, (the eldest,) b. 20 July 1709, he was author of the celebrated treatises of Hermes' Philological Inquiries, &c.; he sat in parliament for Christchurch, Hants, and was successively appointed a lord of the admiralty and treasury, and secretary and comptroller to queen Charlotte; m. Elizabeth, da. of John Clarke, of Sandford, and d. 22 Dec. 1780, aged 72, having had issue by her, (who d. 8 July 1757,) 1. JAMES, 1st earl.

2. JOHN, d. an infant.

3. ELIZABETH, d. young.

4. CATHERINE GERTRUDE, m., June 1785, the right hon. Frederick-John Robinson, 2d son of Thomas, 1st lord Grantham, and d. 8 June 1834, æt. 85.

5. LOUISA-MARGARET, d. unm. 26 May 1826.

Sir JAMES HARRIS, 1st earl of Malmesbury, b. 9 April 1746, was appointed, 1771, minister plenipotentiary to Spain; 1776, he

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was ambassador to Russia; 1783, and again in 1788, he was envoy extraordinary to the Hague; 1796 and 1797, he went ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary for negotiating a peace with France. In 1779, he was invested with the order of the Bath; created a peer of Great Britain, 19 Sept. 1788, by the title of baron Malmesbury, and further advanced, 29 Dec. 1800, to the dignities of earl of Malmesbury and viscount Fitz-Harris, of Heron Court; 1807, appointed lord-lieut. co. Hants, and governor of the Isle of Wight. The earl received his Majesty's permission, 9 May 1791, to bear the Prussian eagle in his arms, and assume the motto allotted to him by the stadtholder, (the same as used by the house of Nassau,) which honourable additions were granted him by the king of Prussia and the prince of Orange, for his distinguished conduct during the commotions in Holland, where he was then ambassador; m., 28 July 1777, Harriet-Mary, younger sister of sir George Amyand, (who, on his marriage with Catherine, da. and sole h. of Velters Cornewall, of Moccas Court, co. Hereford, esq., assumed the name of Cornewall, in the place of that of Amyand, and by her (who d. 20 Aug. 1830) had issue,

1. JAMES-EDWARD, present earl.

2. CATHERINE, b. at St. Petersburgh, 29 May 1780, to whom the empress of Russia stood sponsor, m., 4 June 1821, lieut.-col. John Bell, deputy quarter-master-general at the Cape of Good Hope.

3. THOMAS-ALFRED, in holy orders, prebendary of York and rector of Hartley, co. Hants, b. 24 March 1782, m., 28 Sept. 1812, Maria, 4th da. of the rev. dr. George Markhain, dean of York, and d. at Nice, 15 Dec. 1823, leaving issue,

1. Alfred, b. 31 Oct. 1813, in the army. 2. George, b. 1 April 1816.

3. Louisa-Cecilia, b. 4 April 1820. 4. FRANCES, b. 22 Aug. 1784, m., 15 June 1815, lieut.-gen. the hon. sir Galbraith Lowry Cole, G.C.B., 2d son of William, 1st earl of Enniskillen.

5. GEORGE, b. 8 Feb. 1789, and d. 18 June following.

The earl d. 21 Nov. 1820, and was succeeded by his eldest son,

JAMES-EDWARD, present and 2d earl. Heir Apparent -JAMES- HOWARD, viscount FITZ-HARRIS, the earl's eldest son. Creations-Baron, 19 Sept. 1788; Viscount and Earl, 29 Dec. 1800.

JAMES-ALEXANDER ST.-CLAIR-ERSKINE, EARL of ROSSLYN, co. Mid-Lothian, and Baron Loughborough, of Loughborough, co. Surrey, and a Baronet, a lieut.-col. 9th dragoons; born April 1802, succeeded his father, James, late earl, 18 Jan. 1837; married, 10 Oct. 1826, Frances, da. of lieutenant-general William Wemyss, of Wemyss, and has issue,FANNY-ELIZABETH, b. 19 Oct. 1827, d. 11 May 1828;- -2. A DA., stillborn, 30 Aug. 1828; 3. JAMES-ALEXANDER, lord Loughborough, b. 10 May 1830 ;- 4. HARRIET-ELIZABETH, b. 26 June 1831; -5. ROBERT-FRANCIS, b. 2 March 1833.

THIS branch of the noble family of Erskine descends from

Sir CHARLES ERSKINE, of Alva, who was 4th son of John, 7th earl of Marr; he m., 1638, Mary, 3d da. of sir Thomas Hope, of Craighall, bart., and d. 1663, leaving issue, 1. Sir CHARLES, his successor.

2. THOMAS; 3. JOHN; both d. s.p. 4. JAMES; 5. DAVID.

6. MARY, m., 1676, William Hamilton, of Wishaw.

7. ELIZABETH.

Sir CHARLES ERSKINE, son and heir of the 1st sir Charles, was created a bart. of Nova Scotia, 30 April 1666, m. Christian, da. of sir James Dundas, of Arniston, knt., and had issue,

1. JAMES, 2d bart., who was killed, unm., at the battle of Landen, 1693.

2. Sir JOHN, 3d bart., of whom hereafter. 3. CHARLES, b. 1680, called to the bar in Scotland; appointed solicitor-general for that kingdom, 1725; a lord of session, 1748, when he took the title of lord Tinwald, and lord justice clerk, 1748; he was twice m., and d. 1763, leaving issue by his 1st wife, Grizel Grierson, heiress of Barjarg, co. Dumfries, besides ten children, who d. young, two sons,

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1. Charles, M.P. for Ayr, d. unm. 1749. 2. James, of Barjarg, appointed a baron of the Exchequer, 1754, and a lord of session, 1761, when he took the title of lord Barjarg, which he afterwards changed to lord Alva, and d. the senior judge of Great Britain, 13 May 1796, leaving issue.

4. ROBERT, M.D., physician to the emperor of Russia.

5. HELEN, m. John Haldane, of Gleneagles.

Sir JOHN ERSKINE, of Alva, 3d bart., succeeded his brother, sir James, 1693, m. Catherine, 2d da. of Henry, lord Sinclair, (to whose estates her grandson, James, 2d earl, eventually became heir,) and d. 12 March 1739, leaving issue two sons, 1. sir CHARLES, 4th bart., slain at Hulst, 1747, leaving an only child, Christian, b. 1743;

and 2.

Sir HENRY, 5th bart., a lieut.-gen. in the army, and col. of the royal Scots, m., 1761, Janet, da. of Peter Wedderburn, of Chesterhall, esq., and only sister of Alexander, 1st earl of Rosslyn, and d. 9 Aug. 1765, leaving issue by her, (who d. June 1767,) I. JAMES, 2d earl.

2. JOHN, comptroller of the army accounts, m., Dec. 1802, Mary, da. of sir John

WILLIAM CRAVEN, EARL of CRAVEN, co. York, Viscount Uffington, and Baron Craven, of Hempstead Marshal, co. Berks; born 18 July 1809; succeeded his father, William, late earl, 30 July 1825; married, 5 Sept. 1835, lady Emily-Mary, 2d da. of James-Walter, earl of Verulam, and has issue,- - 1. A DA., b. July 1836.

Frederick St. John, general in the army, brother to George - Richard, viscount Bolingbroke, d. 9 June 1819.

6. HENRY-AUGUSTUS-BERKELEY, majorin the army, b. 21 Dec. 1776, m., 26 Bec. 1829, Maria-Clarissa Trebhault, and d

20 May 1836.

7. RICHARD-KEPPEL, b. 1 June 1779. His lordship d. 26 Sept. 1791, and was succeeded by his eldest son,

WILLIAM, 7th baron, general in the army, and lord-lieut. of Berks; created, 18 June 1801, viscount Uffington and earl of Craven, b. 1 Sept. 1770, m., 12 Dec. 1807, Louisa, da. of John Brunton, of Norwich, gent., and had issue,

1. WILLIAM, present and 2d earl.

2. GEORGE-AUGUSTUS, b. 15 Dec. 1810, m., 23 Dec. 1833, Georgina, da. of Walter Smythe, of Bambridge House, co. Hants, esq., and d. 26 July 1836, leaving issue,

1. William-George, b. 6 May 1835. 2. Arthur-Keppel, 6. 27 March 1836. 3. FREDERICK-KEPPEL, b. 11 April 1812. 4. LOUSA-ELIZABETH-FREDERICA, b. 26 June 1815.

The earl d. 30 July 1825, and was succeeded by his eldest son,

WILLIAM, present and 2d earl.
Heir Apparent-

Creations-Baron, 11 Dec. 1665; Viscount and Earl, 18 June 1801.

Arms Argent, a fess between six cross crosslets fitchée gules.

Crest-On a chapeau gules, turned up ermine, a griffin statant, wings elevated ermine, beaked and membered or.

Supporters-Two griffins, wings elevated ermine, beaked and membered or.

Motto-Virtus in actione consistit. Virtue consists in action.

ARTHUR-GEORGE ONSLOW, EARL of ONSLOW, co. Salop, Viscount Cranley, Baron Onslow, of Onslow, co. Salop, and of West Clandon, co. Surrey, Baron Cranley, of Imber Court, co. Surrey, and a Baronet ; born 25 Oct. 1777; succeeded his father, Thomas, the late earl, 22 Feb. 1827; married, 21 July 1818, Mary, eldest da. of George Fludyer, of Ayston, co. Rutland, esq., sister of Caroline, countess Brownlow, and by her (who d. 1 March 1830) has issue,--1. MARY-AUGUSTA, b. 4 June 1819; 2. ARTHUR-GEORGE, viscount Cranley, b. 16 June

1820.

THE family of ONSLOW was seated at Onslow, in the co. Salop, as early as the reign of Henry III. Sir RICHARD ONSLOW d. 1664, leaving issue besides other children, three sons, sir ARTHUR, his h.; Denzill, who d. s.p.; and sir Henry, ancestor of lieut.-gen. Denzil Onslow.

Sir ARTHUR ONSLOW, having m. Mary, da. and co-h. of sir Thomas Foot, bart., alderman of London, succeeded to the title of bart., by virtue of an especial limitation in his father-in-law's patent, and d. 7 Aug. 1668, leaving issue, besides other children, two sons, RICHARD, 1st lord Onslow; and Foot, of whom hereafter.

RICHARD Onslow, eldest son of sir Arthur, was speaker of the house of commons, 1704; chancellor of the exchequer, 1714; and created, 25 June 1716, baron Onslow, of Onslow, with limitation, on failure of his issue male, to that of his uncle Denzill, and his father, sir Arthur, successively. His lordship d. Dec. 1717, leaving issue,

1. THOMAS, 2d lord.

2. ELIZABETH, m., 1st, Thomas Middleton, of Stansted - Mountfichet, co. Essex, esq.; 2dly, Samuel Baldwyn, of Lymington, esq.

3. MARY, m. sir John Williams, of Stoke

Nayland, co. Essex, knt., alderman of London.

THOMAS, 2d lord, d. 1742, leaving an only child,

THOMAS, 3d lord, who d. s.p. 8 Oct. 1776, when the title devolved on his 2d cousin, George Onslow, grandson of Foot Onslow, above named, whose descent we now proceed to trace.

FOOT Onslow, esq., was a commissioner of excise, m. Susannah, da. of Thomas Anlaby, of Etton, co. York, and widow of Arnold Colwell, and d. 10 May 1710, leaving issue by her,

1. AUTHUR, his heir.

2. RICHARD, lieut.-gen. and gov. of Plymouth, m. Pooley, da. of Charles Walton, esq., and niece and h. of admiral sir George Walton, and d. 1760, leaving issue,

1. George, a gen. in the army, d. 1792, leaving issue, 1. George-Walton, in holy orders, vicar of Seend and rector of Wisley, co. Surrey, b. 25 June 1768, m., 8 July 1800, Elizabeth, eldest da. of William Campbell, esq., and has issue, Elizabeth, b. 9 July 1801; Jane, b. 13 Nov. 1802; George-Walton, b. 18 Aug. 1804; AnnePooley Rose, b. 8 Oct. 1808; RobertThorp, b. 25 May 1810; Denzill, b. 21 Jan.