WILLIAM-SPENCER CAVENDISH, DUKE of DEVONSHIRE, Marquess of Hartington, Earl of Devonshire, Baron Clifford, of Lanesborough, and Baron Cavendish, of Hardwick, K. G., K.S.A., K.A.N., P.C., Lord-Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum for Derbyshire, High Steward of Derby, and late Lord Chamberlain of the Household, D.C.L.; born 21 May 1790; succeeded his father, William, the late duke, 29 July 1811. THIS potent and illustrious family, of which, during the last century, two branches arrived at dukedoms, is descended, according to Dugdale, from "a younger branch of the Gernons, men of great note divers ages since in the counties of Norfolk and Essex." Roger de Gernon, in the reign of Edward II., having acquired, by marriage with the heiress of John Potton, the lands of Cavendish, in Suffolk, his descendants assumed the name of Cavendish. Sir JOHN CAVENDISH, Son and h. of the above-named Roger, was chief justice of the King's Bench, and chancellor of the university of Cambridge, in the reign of Edward III. and Richard II., and murdered by the mob at Bury St. Edmunds 1381. From Roger Cavendish, sir John's next brother, descended a family of that name, seated at Grimstone in Suffolk; of which family was sir Thomas Cavendish, the celebrated navigator, the third person and second Englishman who achieved the circumnavigation of the globe. Sir WILLIAM CAVENDISH, 5th in lineal descent from the chief justice, was gentleman usher to cardinal Wolsey, and auditor of the court of augmentations; treasurer of the chamber, and privy counsellor to Henry VIII. and Edward VI. He obtained large grants of abbey lands, from the latter king, and d. 25 Oct. 1557, leaving issue by his 3d wife, Elizabeth, sister and h. of John Hardwick, of Hardwick, co. Derby, esq., and widow of Alexander Barley, of Barley, (who survived him, and marrying after his death two other husbands, d. 1607, the widow of George, 6th earl of Shrewsbury,) three sons, 1. HENRY. 1. WILLIAM, 4th earl. 2. ANNE, m. John Cecil, 5th earl of Exeter. The earl d. 23 Nov. 1684, and was succeeded by his only surviving son, WILLIAM, 4th earl and 1st duke of Devonshire, K.G., lord steward of the household, &c.; 12 May 1694, he was, by king William and queen Mary, created marquess of Hartington and duke of DEVONSHIRE. He m. Mary, 2d da. of James Butler, duke of Ormond, and by her (who d. 1710) had issue, 1. WILLIAM, 2d duke. 2. HENRY; 3. JAMES; who both m. but left no surviving male issue. 4. ELIZABETH, m. sir John Wentworth, bart. The duke d. 18 Aug. 1707, and was sueceeded by his son, WILLIAM, 2d duke, K.G., lord steward of the household, m. Rachel Russell, da. of lord William Russell, and had, 1. WILLIAM, 3d duke. 2. JAMES. 3. CHARLES, father of the celebrated chemist and philosopher, Henry Cavendish. 4. RACHEL, m. sir William Morgan, of Tredegar, K.B. 5. ELIZABETH, m. sir William Lowther, of Holker Hall, co. Lancaster, bart. 6. MARY; 7. CATHERINE; 8. ANN; 9. DIANA; all d. unm. His grace d. 1729, and was succeeded by his son, WILLIAM, 3d duke, K.G., b. 1698; lord steward of the household, 1729; m., 27 March 1718, Catherine, da. and sole h. of John Hoskins, co. Middlesex, esq.; and by her (who d. 8 May 1777) had 4 sons and 3 das., viz. 1. WILLIAM, 4th duke. 2. GEORGE-AUGUSTUS, b. 8 April 1728, d. unm. 2 May 1794. 3. FREDERICK, b. Aug. 1729, a field marshal of his majesty's forces, and col. 34th regt. of foot, d. 21 Oct. 1803, unm. 4. JOHN, b. 22 Oct. 1732, d. unm. 19 Dec. 1796. 5. CAROLINE, b. 22 May 1719, m. William, 2d earl of Bessborough. 6. ELIZABETH, b. 24 April 1723, m., Sept. 1743, the right hon. John Ponsonby, speaker of the house of commons in Ireland, next brother of William, 2d earl of Bessborough. 7. RACHAEL, b. 7 June 1727, m., 12 May 1748, Horatio, 1st earl of Orford. His grace d. 5 Dec. 1755, and was succeeded by his eldest son, WILLIAM, 4th duke of Devonshire, K.G., b. in 1720, called up to the house of peers, during the lifetime of his father, as baron Cavendish, of Hardwick, 13 June 1751; in 1755, appointed lord-lieutenant of Ireland; in 1756, first commissioner of the treasury; and, in 1757, lord chamberlain of the household. His grace m., 28 March 1748, Charlotte, da. and sole h. of Richard, earl of Burlington and Cork, (which lady inherited the barony of Clifford, originating in a writ of summons to her great grandfather, Charles yle, son and heir apparent of Richard, 2d ear of,) and by her (who d. 8 Dec. 1754) had 1. WILLIAM, 5th duke. 2. DOROTHY, b. 17 Aug. 1750, m. William, 3d duke of Portland. 3. RICHARD, b. 19 Jan. 1752, d. 12 Sept. 1781, unm. 4. GEORGE-AUGUSTUS - HENRY, created EARL of BURLINGTON, (see that title,) b. 31 March 1754, m., 27 Feb. 1782, lady Elizabeth Compton, da. of Charles, 7th earl of Northampton, and d. 9 May 1834, leaving issue by her, (who d. 7 April 1835, æt. 75,) 1. William, b. 10 Jan. 1783, m., 18 July 1807, Louisa O'Callaghan, eldest da. of Cornelius, 1st lord Lismore, and d. in consequence of a fall from his horse, 14 Jan. 1812, leaving issue, 1. WILLIAM, present earl, b. 27 April 1808, m., 6 Aug. 1829, lady Blanche Howard, da. of the earl of Carlisle, K.G., and has issue, William, lord Cavendish, b. 8 Dec. 1831, d. 15 May 1834; a son, lord Cavendish, b. 22 July 1833; a da., b. 16 March 1835; a son, b. Nov. 1836; 2. Fanny, b. 11 April 1809, m., 1 July 1837, FrederickJohn Howard, esq., only son of the hon. Frederick Howard, son of Frederick, 5th earl of Carlisle; 3. George-Henry, who with his brother and sister obtained a royal warrant of precedence, 18 March 1837, as sons and da. of an earl, b. 19 Aug. 1810, M.P. for the Northern Division of Derbyshire, m., 4 July 1835, Louisa, youngest da. of Henry, earl of Harewood, and has issue, 1. a son, b. 24 May 1836; 2. a da., b. 18 June 1837; and 4. a posthumous son, Cavendish-Richard, b. 3 July 1812. 2. George-Henry-Compton, b. 14 Oct. 1784, major 7th dragoons, drowned off the Manacle rocks, near Falmouth, in Jan. 1809. 3. Elizabeth-Dorothy, b. 12 June 1786, d. 17 Sept. 1786. 4. Anne, b. 11 Nov. 1787, m., 25 Oct. 1825, lord Charles Fitzroy, 2d son of the duke of Grafton. 5. Henry-Frederick-Compton, col. and lieut.-col. Ist life-guards, chief equerry and clerk-marshal to her majesty, b. 5 Nov. 1789, m., 1st, 24 Oct. 1811, Sarah, youngest da. of William-Augustus Fawkener, esq., late one of the clerks of his majesty's privy council, and by her (who d. Nov. 1817) had issue, 1. Elizabeth-Georgiana-Harriet, b. 12 Aug. 1812, m., 7 Feb. 1837, WilliamBernard Harcourt, of St. Leonards, co. Berks, esq.; 2. Sarah-Mary, maid of honour to the queen, b. 27 Aug. 1813; 3. Rachel, d. 31 July 1816; 4. William-HenryFrederick, b. 31 Oct. 1817, in the army. He m., 2dly, 16 June 1819, Frances-Susan, relict of the hon. Frederick Howard, and sole da. of W. H. Lambton, of Lambton Hall, co. Durham, esq., by whom he has, 5. Francis, b. March 1820; 6. Henry, b. May 1821; 7. Charles, b. 24 Sept. 1822; 8. George-Henry, page of honour to the queen, b. 29 Jan. 1824; 9. Augustus-John, b. 13 Sept. d. 2 Oct. 1825; 10. Frances, b. 12 Nov. 1826. 6. Elizabeth, b. 13 March 1792, d. 26 May 1794. 7. Charles-Compton, M.P. for the Eastern division of Sussex, b. 28 Aug. 1793, m., 18 June 1814, Catherine-Susan Gordon, eldest da. of George, marquess of Huntly, and has issue, 1. WilliamGeorge, b. 20 Oct. 1815, in the army; 2. Susan-Sophia, b. 1 March 1817, m., 12 Jan. 1837, Thomas Trevor, esq., eldest surviving son of major-gen. the hon. HenryOtway Trevor, brother of lord Dacre; 3. Harriett, b. 25 Nov. 1820. 8. Mary-Louisa, b. 6 March, and d. 7 June 1795. 9. Caroline, b. 5 April 1797. 10. Frederick-Compton, b. 28 Oct. 1801, d. 27 Jan. 1802. 11. Charlotte, b. 29 April, and d. 1 July 1803. His grace d. 2 Oct. 1764, and was succeeded by his eldest son, WILLIAM, 5th duke, K.B., b. 14 Dec. 1748, m., 1st, 5 June 1774, Georgiana-Spencer, da. of John, 1st earl Spencer, and by her (who d. 30 March 1806) had issue, 1. GEORGIANA-DOROTHY, b. 12 July 1783, m. George, earl of Carlisle, K.G. 2. HENRIETTA, b. 12 Aug. 1785, m., 24 Dec. 1809, Granville Leveson-Gower, earl Granville, son of Granville, 1st marquess of Stafford, K.G. 3. WILLIAM-SPENCER, present duke. His grace m., 2dly, 19 Oct. 1809, ElizabethFoster, 2d da. of Frederick-Augustus, 4th earl of Bristol, and bishop of Derry, relict of John-Thomas Foster, esq., cousin of lord Oriel, by which lady (who survived him, and d. at Rome, 30 March 1824) he had no issue. His grace d. 29 July 1811, and was succeeded by his only son, WILLIAM-SPENCER, present and 6th GEORGE SPENCER-CHURCHILL, DUKE of MARLBOROUGH, Marquess of Blandford, Earl of Sunderland and Marlborough, Baron Spencer, of Wormleighton, Baron Churchill, of Sundridge, and a Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, succeeded his father, George, the late duke, 30 Jan. 1817, High Steward of Oxford and Woodstock, F.S.A., and F.L.S. His grace, by royal sign manual, May 1817, was authorized, in order to perpetuate in his family a surname, to which his illustrious ancestor, John, 1st duke of Marlborough, by a long series of transcendant and heroic achievements added such imperishable lustre, to take and use the surname of CHURCHILL, in addition and after that of SPENCER; to bear the arms of Churchill quarterly with those of Spencer, together with a representation of the bearings of the standard of colours belonging to the honor or manor of Woodstock, and to bear and use the supporters borne and used by his said illustrious ancestor, John, 1st duke of Marlborough; born 6 March 1766; married, 15 Sept. 1791, Susan Stewart, da. of John, 8th earl of Galloway, K.T., and has issue, 1. CAROLINE-SUSAN, b. 26 Nov. and d. 18 Dec. 1792; 2. GEORGE, marquess of Blandford, b. 27 Dec. 1793, m., 11 Jan. 1819, Jane Stewart, eldest da. of George, 9th earl of Galloway, K.T., and has issue, 1. Louisa, b. 2 Jan. 1821; 2. John-Winston, earl of Sunderland, b. 2 June 1822; 3. Alfred, b. 24 April 1824; 4. Alan, b. 25 July 1825;--3. CHARLES, b. 3 Dec. 1794, m., 24 Aug. 1827, EtheldredCatherine, 2d da. of John Benett, of Pyt House, Wilts, M.P. for the Southern Division of that county, and has issue, 1. Charles-Henry. b. 27 May 1828; 2. Etheldred-Catherine, b. 15 June 1829, d. 15 May 1835; 3. Susan, b. 31 Jan. 1831; 4. Lucy-Caroline, b. 29 Jan. 1832; 5. A son, b. 27 Dec. 1835; 6. A da., b. 12 March 1837; 4. GEORGE-HENRY, b. 18 May 1796, m., 13 July 1824, his cousin, Elizabeth, eldest da. of the rev. Edward Nares, D D., by Charlotte, da. of George, 3d duke of Marlborough, (who re-m., 18 Aug. 1834, William Whately, esq., barrister at-law,) and d. 30 May 1828;- -5. HENRY-JOHN, capt. R. N., b. 22 Sept. 1797;6. CAROLINE-SUSAN, b. 11 Dec. 1798, m., 21 June 1822, David Pennant, jun., esq., of Downing, co. Flint, and d. 10 Jan. 1824. THE noble family of Spencer derives its descent from Geffry Le Despencer, younger brother of Hugh Le Despencer, Justiciar of England in the reign of Henry III., and ancestor of the celebrated favourites of Edward II. and Richard II. The13th in descent from Geffry, was sir ROBERT SPENCER, of Wormleighton, co. Northampton, knt., created by patent 21 July 1603, baron Spencer, of Wormleighton; he d. 25 Oct. 1627, and was succeeded by his son, WILLIAM, 2d lord, m. Penelope, da. of Henry Wriothesley, earl of Southampton, and d. 1636, leaving issue, besides other children, HENRY, 3d lord, and Robert, who was created viscount Tiviot, in Scotland, 1685, and d. s.p. HENRY, 3d lord, was created by patent, 8 June 1643, earl of Sunderland; he m. Dorothy, da. of Robert Sydney, earl of Leicester, and being slain at the battle of New bury, 1643, was succeeded by his only son, ROBERT, 2d earl, K.G., m. Anne, da. of George Digby, earl of Bristol, and d. 1702, leaving issue by her, (who d. 1715,) CHARLES, 3d earl, K.G., principal secretary of state, lord privy seal, and lord president of the council, in the reigns of queen Anne and George I.; m., 1st, Arabella, da. and co-h. of Henry Cavendish, duke of Newcastle, by whom (who d. 4 June 1698) he had an only da., 1. FRANCES, m. Henry Howard, 4th earl of Carlisle. The earl m., 2dly, Anne, 2d da. of John Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough, and by her (who d. 15 April 1716) had issue, 2. ROBERT, 4th earl. 3. CHARLES, 5th earl and 2d duke of Marlborough. 4. JOHN, ancestor of earl Spencer (see that title). 5. ANNE, m. William, viscount Bateman. 6. DIANA, m. John, 3d duke of Bedford. The earl m., 3dly, Judith, da. and co-h. of Benjamin Tichbourne, esq., by whom (who re-m. sir Robert Sutton, and d. 1749) he had no surviving issue; he d. 21 April 1722, and was succeeded by his eldest son, ROBERT, 4th earl, who d. unm. 1729, and was succeeded by his next brother, CHARLES, 5th earl, whose inheritance of the title of duke of Marlborough, we now proceed to state. JOHN CHURCHILL, 1st and celebrated duke of Marlborough, K.G., was created, 14 May 1685, baron Churchill, of Sundridge, co. Herts; on 9 April 1689, earl of Marlborough; and on 14 Dec. 1702, marquess of Blandford, and duke of MARLBOROUGH. In 1706 (the duke's only son having d. young) an act of parliament passed, extending the limitations of those honours to his das, and their issue male successively. His grace m. Sarah, da. and co-h. of Richard Jennings, and had issue, 1. JOHN, b. 1690, d. 1703. 2. HARRIOTT, m. Francis, earl of Godolphin. 3. ANNE, m. Charles, earl of Sunderland. 4. ELIZABETH, m., Scrope, 1st duke of Bridgewater. 5. MARY, m. John, duke of Montague. On the death of the duke, 1722, the above titles descended to his eldest da. Harriott, countess of Godolphin; and on her death without issue male, 24 Oct. 1733, they devolved on Charles, 5th earl of Sunderland, as son and h. of Anne, the duke's 2d da. CHARLES, 2d duke, was 25 July 1758, appointed commander-in-chief of all the British forces serving on the lower Rhine; m., 23 May 1732, Elizabeth, da. of Thomas, lord Trevor, by whom (who d. 7 Oct. 1761) he had issue, 1. DIANA, b. 24 March 1734, m., 1st, 9 Sept. 1757, Frederick, 3d viscount Bolingbroke (which marriage was dissolved by act of parliament 1768); and 2dly, the hon. Topham Beauclerk, only son of lord Sidney Beauclerk, and d. Aug. 1808. 2. ELIZABETH, b. 29 Dec. 1737, m. Henry, 10th earl of Pembroke. 3. GEORGE, 3d duke. 4. CHARLES, b. 31 March 1740, d. 16 June 1820, having m., 2 Oct. 1762, Mary, only da. of lord Vere, sister to the 4th duke of St. Alban's, and by her (who d. 13 Jan. 1812) had issue, 1. John, b. 21 Dec. 1767, m., 5 Feb. 1790, Elizabeth, da. of George, 3d duke of Marlborough, and d. 17 Dec. 1831, having issue by her, (who d. 11 Dec. 1812); I. George-John, d. 18 Aug. 1820; 2. FrederickCharles, in holy orders, rector of Wheatfield, co. Oxon, b. 18 March 1796, m., 6 Oct. 1823, Mary-Anne, da. of sir Scrope Bernard Morland, bart., and d. 2 Oct. 1831, leaving issue by her, (who re-m. the rev. Edward-Fanshaw Glanville,) 1. Harriett-Frances, b. 7 Oct. 1824; 2. CharlesVere, b. 17 May 1827; 3. a son, b. 27 July 1829; 3. Frederica, d.; 4. Georgiana-Elizabeth, b. 28 Nov. 1791; 5. Caroline-Susanna, b. 17 Sept. 1797, m., 14 Jan. 1830, viscompte Charles de Mentque; 6. Elizabeth, b. 6 Jan. 1799, m., 22 April 1823, Lacy Rumsey, esq. 2. William-Robert, b. 9 Jan. 1769, d. 23 Oct. 1834, having m., 13 Dec. 1791, Susan, countess Jenison Walworth, of the Holy Roman Empire, widow of Count Spreti, and had issue, 1. Charles, b. 22 June 1793, d. an infant; 2. Aubrey-George, in holy orders, D.D., Archdeacon of Bermuda, b. 8 Feb. 1795, m., 14 July 1822, Eliza, da. of John Musson, esq., and has issue, 1. Ella-Louisa, b. 24 Dec. 1824; 2. Emily-Pembroke, b. 14 Feb. 1827; 3. William, b. 4 May 1796, m., 20 July 1820, Frances, da. of John Garland, esq., and has issue, 1. William-Robert-Churchill, b. 9 Nov. 1823; 2. Augusta-Sydney, b. 27 April 1829; 4. the rev. George-John-Trevor, perpetual curate of Buxton, co. Derby, b. 11 Dec. 1799, m., 27 May 1823, HarrietTheodora, da. of sir Benjamin Hobhouse, bart., and has issue, 1. Theodora-AmeliaMary, b. 25 March 1824; 2. William-Cavendish, b. 17 July, d. 13 Aug. 1825; 3. SusanAnne-Sophia-Churchill, b. 14 May 1827; 4. William-Cavendish, b. 19 Jan. 1829; 5. Frederick, b. 14 Feb. 1807; 6. Louisa-Geor giana, b. 21 Aug. 1792; 7. Harriett-Caroline Octavia, b. 5 Jan. 1798, m., 9 Oct. 1819, her cousin, count Charles Westerholt. 5. ROBERT, b. 3 May 1747, m., 2 Oct. 1811, Henrietta, only da. of sir Everard Fawkner, knt. and relict of the hon. Edward Bouverie, son of Jacob, 1st viscount Folkestone, by which lady (who d. Nov. 1825) he had no issue. Lord Robert d. 23 June 1831. His grace d. 20 Oct. 1758, and was succeeded by his eldest son, GEORGE, 3d duke, K.G., b. 26 Jan. 1738-9, m., 22 Aug. 1762, Caroline Russell, sole da. of John, 4th duke of Bedford, K.G., and by her (who d. 26 Nov. 1811) had issue, 1. CAROLINE, b. 27 Oct. 1763, m. HenryWelbore, 2d viscount Clifden, in Ireland. 2. ELIZABETH, b. 20 Dec. 1764, m., 6 Feb. 1790, her cousin, John Spencer, esq., son of lord Charles Spencer, and d. 11 Dec. 1812. 3. GEORGE, present duke. 4. CHARLOTTE, b. 19 Oct. 1769, m., 16 April 1797, the rev. Edward Nares, D.D. son of the late judge Nares, and d. 10 Jan. 1802. 5. HENRY-JOHN, b. 20 Dec. 1770, d. at Berlin, 3 July 1795. 6. ANNE, b. 5 Nov. 1773, m. Cropley, present earl of Shaftesbury. 7. FRANCIS-ALMERIC, created 18 July 1815, baron Churchill (see BARON CHURCHILL). 8. AMELIA-SOPHIA, b. 8 Sept. 1785, m., 29 Sept. 1812, Henry-Pytches Boyce, esq. His grace d. 30 Jan. 1817, and was sueceeded by his eldest son, GEORGE, present and 4th duke. Heir Apparent GEORGE, marquess of BLANDFORD, the duke's eldest son. Creations-Baron Churchill, 14 May 1685; Baron Spencer, 21 July 1603; Earl of Marlborough, co. Wilts, 9 April 1689; Earl of Sunderland, 8 June 1643; and Marquess of Blandford, co. Dorset, and Duke of Marlborough, 14 Dec. 1702. Arms Quarterly, 1st and 4th. Sable, a lion rampant argent; on a canton of the second a cross gules-CHURCHILL. 2nd and 3d. Quarterly, argent and gules; on a bend sable, between two frets or, three escallops of the first-SPENCER. all, in the centre chief point, on an escocheon argent, the cross of St. George surmounted by another escocheon azure, charged with three fleurs-de-lis, two and one, or. Over Crests-1st. A lion couchant and guardant argent, supporting a banner gules, charged with a dexter hand couped argentCHURCHILL. 2d. Out of a ducal coronet a demi griffin, wings elevated and expanded argent, gorged with a collar gemel gules. Supporters-Two wyverns, wings elevated, gules; being those of Churchill, duke of Marlborough, granted as above mentioned. Motto Fiel pero desdichado. Faithful though unfortunate. JOHN-HENRY MANNERS, DUKE of RUTLAND, Marquess of Granby, Earl of Rutland, and Baron Manners, of Haddon, K.G., D.C.L., Lord-lieutenant co. Leicester, High Steward of Cambridge, late Recorder of Grantham and Scarborough, a Trustee of the British Museum; born 4 Jan. 1778; succeeded his father, Charles, the late duke, 24 Oct. 1787; married, 22 April 1799, Eliza Howard, da. of Frederick, earl of Carlisle, K. G., (by Caroline, da. of Granville, the 1st marquess of Stafford,) and by her (who d. 28 Nov. 1825) had issue, 1. CAROLINE-ISABELLA, b. 25 May 1800, and d. 18 Dec. 1804;- 2. ELIZABETH-FREDERICA, b. 10 Dec. 1802, m., 7 March 1822, Andrew-Robert Drummond, of Cadlands, Hants, esq.; 3. EMMELINE CHARLOTTE-ELIZABETH, b. 2 May 1806, m., 17 Feb. 1831, hon. Charles Stuart-Wortley, 2d son of John-Archibald, lord Wharncliffe ; 4. GEORGE-JOHN-HENRY, marquess of Granby, to whom king George IV. stood sponsor, b. 26 June, and d. 4 Aug. 1807; 5. KATHERINE-ISABELLA, b. 4 Feb. 1809, m., 1 Dec. 1830, FrederickWilliam, earl Jermyn; -6. ADELIZA-ELIZABETH-GERTRUDE, b. 29 Dec. 1810;7. GEORGE-JOHN-FREDERICK, marquess of Granby, b. 20 Aug. 1813, to whom the queen, by proxy, king George IV., and the duke of York, in person, stood sponsors, d. 15 June 1814;- 8. CHARLESCECIL-JOHN, marquess of Granby, M.P. for Stamford, b. 16 May 1815; 9. ADOLPHUS-EDWARD, b. 10 Nov. 1817, d. 6 Feb. 1818; 10. JOHN-JAMES-ROBERT, b. 20 Dec. 1818; - 11. GEORGE-JOHN, b. 22 June 1820. THE family of Manners was seated at Etale, in Northumberland, at least as early as the 12th century. In or about the reign of Henry VI., sir ROBERT MANNERS m. Eleanor, eldest da. and at length sole h. of THOMAS, last lord Roos, of Hamlake, Trusbut, and Belvoir, and had issue by her a son, GEORGE, who inherited the barony of Roos, m. Ann, da. and sole h. of sir Thomas St. Leger, knt. (by Eleanor, his wife, eldest sister to king Edward IV., widow of Henry Holland, duke of Exeter). He was succeeded by his eldest son, THOMAS, 2d lord Roos, and 1st earl of Rutland, K.G., who had special livery of the manors, castles, and lands devolved on him from lady Eleanor, his grandmother, sister and co-h. of Edmund, lord Roos, and also from Isabel, the other sister and co-h. of the said Edmund, and was, on the 18th of June 1525, created earl of Rutland, (a title that had never been previously borne but by those of the blood royal,) and had, in consequence of his descent from the sister of king Edward IV., an augmentation to his armorial bearings, viz. Or, 2 bars azure, and a chief gules, (as they appear on his father's tomb in St. George's Chapel,) which chief was augmented to quarterly, 1st and 4th, azure, 2 fleurs-de-lis, or; 2d and 3d gules, and a lyon of England. How and when the barony of Roos became separated from the earldom of Rutland, will be shewn under the title Roos: it remains to state that this earl, by Eleanor, da. of sir William Paston, knt., had a numerous family: he d. 1543, and was succeeded by his eldest son, HENRY, 2d earl, in whose descendants the title continued, through a succession of five earls, till 1641, when on the death of GEORGE, 7th earl, s.p., it devolved on his cousin, JOHN, 8th earl, who was grandson of sir John Manners, of Haddon, 2d son of the 1st earl; this John d. 1679, and was succeeded by his only surviving son, JOHN MANNERS, 9th earl, and 1st duke of Rutland, b. 29 May 1638; 29 April 1679, he was called up to the house of peers by the title of baron Manners, of Haddon, co. Derby; and by his 3d wife, Catherine, da. of Baptist Noel, viscount Camden, had issue, JOHN, 2d duke; Catherine, m., 1692, sir John Leveson-Gower, afterwards 1st baron Gower (ancestor of the duke of Sutherland); and Dorothy, b. 1681, m. Baptist Noel, 3d earl of Gainsborough. His grace d. 10 Jan. 1711, and was succeeded by his son, JOHN, 2d duke, K.G., b. 1677, m., 1st, Catherine, 2d da. to William, lord Russel, 2d son to William, 1st duke of Bedford, and by her (who d. 31 Oct. 1711) had issue, 1. JOHN, 3d duke. |