named was father of sir William, to whom the remainder of the titles of viscount and baron Maynard was granted in 1766. This sir WILLIAM Maynard was b. 19 April 1721, m. Charlotte, 2d da. of sir Cecil Bisshopp, of Parham, co. Sussex, bart., and dying 18 Jan. 1772, left issue by her, (who d. 16 May 1762,) 1. CHARLES, who succeeded, on the death of his cousin in 1775, to the title of viscount Maynard, and was 2d viscount. 2. HENRY, b. 30 Oct. 1758, rector of Radwinter, and vicar of Stansted, in Essex, d. May 1806, leaving issue by his wife, (who d. Aug. 1787,) 1. Harriet; 2. Susan; 3. Mary-Anne. 4. HENRY present viscount. CHARLES, 2d viscount, was b. 9 Aug. 1751, m., 12 July 1776, mrs. Anne Horton, and dying without issue, 10 March 1824, was succeeded by his nephew, HENRY, present and 3d viscount. Heir Apparent. -CHARLES-HENRY, the viscount's only son. Creations-Baronet, 1681; Viscount and Baron Maynard, 28 Oct. 1766. Arms-Argent a cheveron azure between three sinister hands couped at the wrist gules. Crest-A stag statant or. Supporters-Dexter, a stag proper attired or. Sinister, a talbot argent pyed sable, collared gules. Motto Manus justa nardus. The just hand is as precious ointment. JOHN-ROBERT TOWNSHEND, VISCOUNT SYDNEY, of St. Leonard's, co. Gloucester, and Baron Sydney, of Chiselhurst, co. Kent; born 9 Aug. 1805; succeeded his father, John-Thomas, late viscount, 20 Jan. 1831; married, 4 Aug. 1832, lady Emily-Caroline Paget, da. of the marquess of Anglesey. THOMAS TOWNSHEND (3d son of Charles, 2d viscount Townshend, by Elizabeth, his wife, only surviving da. of Thomas, lord Pelham, of Laughton, who was son and heir of sir John Pelham, bart., and of Lucy, his wife, da. of Robert Sydney, 2d earl of Leicester) was one of the tellers of the exchequer, m., 2 May 1730, Albinia, da. of colonel John Selwyn, of Matson, co. Gloucester, and d. 1781, having had issue by her, (who d. 1739,) 1. THOMAS, created viscount Sydney. 2. CHARLES, b. 1734. 3. HENRY, lieut.-colonel in the guards, killed in Germany, 1760. 4. ALBINIA, m. George Brodrick, viscount Midleton, in Ireland. 5. MARY. THOMAS TOWNSHEND, 1st viscount Sydney, was b. 24 Feb. 1733, M.P. for the university of Cambridge, and twice secretary of state for the home department, m., 19 May 1760, Elizabeth, eldest da. and co-h. of Richard Powys, of Hintlesham, co. Suffolk, and by her (who d. 1 May 1826) had issue 6 Sous and 6 das., of whom only seven survived their infancy. 1. JOHN-THOMAS, 2d viscount. 2. WILLIAM-AUGUSTUS, b. 10 March 1776, d. 3 July 1816. 3. Sir HORATIO-GEORGE-Powys, K.C.H., b. 6 Feb. 1780, col. in the army, and lieut.gen. of the Round Tower of Windsor Castle. 4. GEORGIANA, b. 1 June 1761, housekeeper at Windsor Castle, d. unm., 12 Sept. 1835. 5. MARY-ELIZABETH, b. 2 Sept. 1762, m. John, 2d and last earl of Chatham. 6. FRANCES, b. 20 Feb. 1772, m. George, lord Dynevor. 7. HARRIET-CATHERINE, b. 29 Nov. 1773, m. Charles, 4th duke of Buccleuch. His lordship d. 13 June 1800, and was succeeded by his eldest son, JOHN-THOMAS, 2d viscount, ranger of St. James's and Hyde Parks, and high steward of Great Yarmouth, b. 21 Feb. 1764, m., 1st, 12 April 1790, Sophia, 3d sister of Edward, lord de Clifford, by whom (who d. 9 Nov. 1795) he had issue, 1. SOPHIA MARY, b. 16 Feb. 1792, m., 15 Jan. 1833, the hon. Peregrine-Francis Cust. 2. MARY-ELIZABETH, b. 5 March 1794, m., 1st, 4 Oct. 1825, George-James Cholmondeley, esq., (who d. 1 Nov. 1830;) and 2dly, 9 Feb. 1832, Charles, earl of Romney. The viscount m., 2dly, 27 May 1802, lady Caroline Clements, da. of Robert, 1st earl of Leitrim, and by her (who d. 9 Aug. 1805) had issue, 3. JOHN-ROBERT, present viscount. The viscount d. 20 Jan. 1831, and was succeeded by his only son, JOHN-ROBERT, present and 3d viscount. Heir Apparent Creations-Baron, 6 March 1783; Viscount, 11 June 1789. Arms-Azure a chevron ermine between three escallops argent; a crescent for differ ence. Crest-A stag statant proper. Supporters-Dexter, a lion or, plain collared and chain reflexed over the back, charged on the breast with a pheon azure. Sinister, SAMUEL HOOD, VISCOUNT HOOD, of Whitley, co. Warwick, Baron Hood, of Catherington, co. Hants, Baron Hood, in the Peerage of Ireland, and a Baronet; born 10 Jan. 1808; succeeded his grandfather, Henry, late viscount, 25 Jan. 1836; married, 27 June 1837, Mary-Isabella, da. of Richard Tibbets, of Barton Seagrave, co. Northampton, esq. ALEXANDER HOOD, of Mosterton, co. Dorset, esq., in which county the HOODS possessed considerable landed property at the period of the civil wars, m. Elizabeth, da. of the rev. mr. Beach, and had issue, 1. ALEXANDER, his heir. 2. ARTHUR, in holy orders, d. unm. 3. SAMUEL, father of the 1st viscounts HOOD and BRIDPORT. 4. ELIZABETH; 5. HANNAH. ALEXANDER Hood, succeeded at Mosterton, m. Anne Way, and had issue 2 sons, viz. Arthur, who sold the property of Mosterton, and d. unm.; and SAMUEL HOOD, of Kingsland, co. Dorset, m. Anne, da. of James Berne, of Westbury, eo. Wilts, esq., and had issue 3 sons, viz. 1. Arthur, lieut. of the Pomona, lost in a hurricane in the West Indies; 2. Alexander, captain R.N., who circumnavigated the globe with Cook, and was killed on board his ship, the Mars, at the close of the successful action with the French ship l'Hercule, leaving issue, by Elizabeth, da. of John Periam, of Wootton Hintleigh, co. Somerset, a son, sir Alexander, who, on the death of his uncle, sir Samuel Hood, bart., and K.B., 24 Dec. 1814, succeeded to the title of bart.; 3. sir Samuel, vice-admiral of the blue, K.B., K.M.T., and M.P. for Westminster, created a bart., 13 April 1809, for a series of gallant services, m., 1804, the hon. Mary-Frederica-Elizabeth Mackenzie, eldest da. and co-h. of Francis, lord Seaforth, and d. without issue 24 Dec. 1814, when the title of bart. devolved on his nephew, according to the limitation of the patent (see Debrett's New Baronetage). The rev. SAMUEL HOOD, 3d son of Alexander Hood, of Mosterton, co. Dorset, and Elizabeth Beach, was vicar of Butleigh, co. Somerset, and afterwards of Thorncombe, co. Devon, m. Mary, da. of Richard Hoskins, of Beaminster, co. Dorset, and had issue by her, (who d. 10 Oct. 1766,) 1. SAMUEL, 1st viscount Hood. 2. ALEXANDER, created viscount Bridport, K.B., admiral of the red, vice-admiral of England, &c. (See BARON BRIDPORT, in the Peerage of Ireland.) 3. ARTHUR-WILLIAM, in holy orders, d. 4. ELIZABETH, m. Edmund Walker, alderman of Exeter. 5. ANNE, b. 1721, d. unm. 1796. Sir SAMUEL HOOD, 1st viscount Hood, G.C.B., entered early in the R. N., made a post-captain 22 July 1756; in 1759, for his bravery in capturing the Bellona frigate, he had the honour of being introduced to his majesty king George III., by lord Anson; created a bart. of Great Britain, 19 May 1778, and, in the same year, commissioner of Portsmouth dockyard; in 1780, promoted to the rank of admiral; received the public thanks of the kingdom for his gallant conduct in the West Indies, as an admiral, in the engagement with the French fleet under Count de Grasse, who was defeated, and taken prisoner, 1782; created a peer of Ireland, 12 Sept. the same year, by the title of baron Hood, of Catherington; and a peer of Great Britain, 1 June 1796, by the title of viscount Hood, of Whitley, co. Warwick; the viscount m., 15 Aug. 1749, Susannah, da. of Edward Lindzee, of Portsmouth, esq., who was created a peeress of Great Britain in her own right by the title of baroness Hood, of Catherington, co. Hants, 27 March 1795, and had issue by her, (who d. 25 May 1806,) Samuel and Thomas, who both d. young: and HENRY, 2d viscount. The viscount d. 27 Jan. 1816, and was succeeded by his only son, HENRY, 2d viscount, b. 25 Aug. 1753; who had, 25 May 1806, succeeded his mother, Susanna, in her own right baroness Hood, of Catherington, m., 10 Sept. 1774, Jane, da. and sole h. of Francis Wheeler, of Whitley, co. Warwick, esq., (grandson of admiral sir Charles Wheeler, knt., who was shipwrecked on the rocks of Scilly, 3d son of sir Charles Wheeler, bart., governor of the Leeward Islands, and M.P. for the University of Cambridge, 1661,) and had issue, 1. FRANCIS-WHEELER, b. 4 Oct. 1781, lieut.-col. 3d regt. of foot-guards, m., 11 Oct. 1804, Caroline, only da. of sir AndrewSnape Hamond, bart., and was killed, 2 March 1814, in action on the heights of Aire, in France, leaving issue, 1. Caroline, b. 16 Oct. 1805, m., 25 Feb. 1834, Arthur-Francis Gregory, of Stivichall, co. Warwick, esq. 2. Henry-Grosvenor, b. 29 Sept. 1806, d. 2 March 1807. 3. SAMUEL, present viscount. 4. Francis-Grosvenor, capt. in the grenadier regt. of foot-guards, b. 4 March 1809, to whom, as well as to his sister Caroline, the wife of Arthur-Francis Gregory, esq., his majesty was pleased to grant, by royal license, 10 May 1836, the same rank and precedence as if their father had succeeded to the title of viscount. 5. Anna-Hamond-Frederica, b. 16 May 1812, d. 11 May 1819. 2. SAMUEL, lord Bridport, in Ireland, b. 7 Dec. 1788, succeeded his grand-uncle, Alexander, viscount Bridport, in the barony of Bridport, 3 May 1814 (see Baron Bridport, in the Peerage of Ireland). 3. LOUISA, b. 16 May 1775, d. 11 March 1776. 4. LOUISA, b. 23 Nov. 1776, d. 12 Feb. 1777. 5. CHARLOTTE, b. 2 and d. 5 May 1778. 6. SUSANNAH, b. 17 May 1779, m. rev. R.G. Richards, vicar of Hambledon, Hants, and d. 1 Nov. 1823. 7. ELIZABETH-HARRIET, b. 5 Oct. 1780, d. 25 April 1782. 8. SELINA, b. 16 Nov. 1782, m., 16 April 1805, capt. Francis Mason, R.N., C.B. His lordship d. 25 Jan. 1836, and was succeeded by his grandson, SAMUEL, present and 3d viscount. Creations-Baronet, 19 May 1778; Baron, in Ireland, 12 Sept. 1782; Baron Hood, of Catherington, co. Hants, 27 March 1795; and Viscount Hood, of Whitley, co. Warwick, 1 June 1796. Arms-Azure, a fret argent; on a chief or, three crescents sable. Crest-A Cornish chough sable in front of an anchor in bend sinister or. Supporters-Dexter, a merman, holding in the right hand a trident. Sinister, a mermaid, holding in the left hand a lookingglass. Motto-Ventis secundis. With prosperous winds. EDWARD-JERVIS JERVIS, VISCOUNT ST. VINCENT, of Meaford, co. Stafford, succeeded his uncle, John, earl St. Vincent, in the viscounty, 13 March 1823; took the surname and arms of JERVIS only instead of his paternal name of Ricketts, by royal sign manual, 7 May 1823; married, 1st, 29 Jan. 1790, Mary-Cassandra, da. of Thomas Twisleton, lord Say and Sele, and had issue, 1. WILLIAM-JERVIS, b. 11 April 1794, d. Jan. 1837, having m., 28 July 1815, Sophia, da. of GeorgeNorborne Vincent, esq., and by her (who d. 2 Nov. 1828) had issue, 1. Anne-Agnes, b. 14 April 1817, d. 24 July 1818; 2. Barrington-Clarges, b. 30 Oct. 1822, d. 26 March 1823; 3. Caroline-Mary-Frances, b. 1 April 1824; 4. CARNEGIE-ROBERT-JOHN, b. 12 Aug. 1825; 5. WilliamMonck, b. 25 Jan. 1827; 6. and 7. Twin das., b. 23, and d. 25 Oct. 1828; 2. ELIZA-JULIA, b. 1 Oct. 1792, d. 29 Aug. 1805; 3. MARIA, b. 29 Nov. 1796, m., 25 Oct. 1833, George Wilkie, esq., M.D. His lordship's 1st marriage was dissolved by act of parliament 1798, and he m., 2dly, Mary-Anne, 2d da. of the late Thomas Parker, of Park Hall, co. Stafford, esq., by whom he has issue; 4. JOHN-EDWARD; SWYNFEN; -and 6. MARY-ANNE. THE family of Jervis appears to have been seated at Chatkyll and Meaford, co. Stafford, as early as the reign of Henry VIII. JOHN Jervis, of Chatkyll, was living 1664, and had issue 3 sons, 1. William, of Meaford; 2. sir Humfry, who was lord mayor of Dublin, 1682; and 3. John, who was father of JOHN JERVIS, of Durlaston, co. Stafford, m., 14 July 1692, Mary, only child of John Swynfen, of Swynfen, co. Stafford, and d. 3 Jan. 1746, leaving issue, 1. John, ancestor of the Jervises, of Durlaston; 2. William, rector of Steine; 3. Thomas, m. and left issue; 4. Benjamin; and 5. SWYNFEN JERVIS, who was a bencher of the Middle Temple, counsel to the admiral 5. EDWARD ty, and auditor of Greenwich Hospital, m. Elizabeth, da. of George Parker, of Park Hall, co. Stafford, esq., and d. 19 Nov. 1771, leaving issue, 1. WILLIAM, of Meaford, b. 1728, m. Jane, only surviving sister of Thomas Hatzell, of Newcastle-under-Line, gent., and d. 1813, without issue; his widow d. 1817. 2. JOHN, earl St. Vincent. 3. ELIZABETH, m. rev. mr. Batwell. 4. KATHERINE, m. Jeremiah Smith, esq. 5. MARY, m., 19 April 1757, WilliamHenry Ricketts, of Canaan, in Jamaica, and of Longwood, co. Hants, esq., a bencher of Gray's Inn, and d. 12 March 1828, aged 90, having had issue by him, 1. William-Henry, b. 4 Nov. 1764, capt. R.N., took the name of Jervis only, 1801, m., 9 Nov. 1793, Elizabeth-Jane, da. of Richard Lambart, 6th earl of Cavan, (which marriage was dissolved by act of parliament, 1799, and she re-m. rev. Joseph Brickenden,) and was drowned by the upsetting of his barge, 26 Jan. 1805, leaving issue 2 das., 1. Martha-Honora Georgiana, b. 27 Aug. 1794, m., 1st, Osborn Markham, esq., who took the name and arms of Jervis only, by royal sign manual, 1823; and 2dly, 2 July 1834, lieut.-gen. sir William Cockburn, bart.; 2. HenriettaElizabeth-Mary, b. 5 Dec. 1795, m., 27 Nov. 1817, Edmund Palmer, capt. R.N., C.B., who d. 19 Sept. 1834. 2. EDWARD-JERVIS, present vis count. 3. Mary, m. William Carnegie, present earl of Northesk, G.C.B. (see that title in the Peerage of Scotland). JOHN JERVIS, earl of St. Vincent, was b. at Meaford, 9 Jan. 1734, entered the navy at the early age of 10 years, and obtained the rank of post-captain, 13 Oct. 1760. In 1782, on account of the well-known action between his ship and the Pegase, French 74, he received the order of the Bath. In 1797, with a fleet of 15 sail of the line only, he engaged and totally defeated the Spanish fleet, consisting of 27 sail, 7 of which carried from 112 to 130 guns each, and was immediately elevated to the peerage, by the titles of baron Jervis of Meaford, and earl of St. Vincent, by patent 23 June 1797, taking this latter title from the cape of that name, near which he had achieved his glorious victory. In 1801, he was appointed 1st lord of the admiralty, and 27 April in that year, was created viscount St. Vincent, with remainder to his two nephews, William-Henry Ricketts, and Edward-Jervis Ricketts, and the heirs male of their bodies successively, and failing such, to his niece, Mary, countess of Northesk, and the heirs male of her body. His lordship, at the time of his death, was admiral of the fleet, and general of the marines. He m., 5 June 1783, Martha, da. of sir Thomas Parker, lord chief baron, but by her (who d. 8 Feb. 1816) had no issue. His lordship d. 13 March 1823, aged 89, when the titles of earl of St. Vincent and baron Jervis became extinct, and his elder nephew having died without male issue, before him, the viscounty devolved on his 2d nephew, EDWARD JERVIS, present and 2d vis ROBERT SAUNDERS-DUNDAS, VISCOUNT MELVILLE, of Melville, co. Edinburgh, and Baron Dunira, co. Perth, K. T., P.C., F. R., and A.S., Lord Privy Seal in Scotland, and Register of Seisins, Chancellor of the University of St. Andrew's, and General and Vice-President of the Queen's body guard of royal archers; an elder brother of the Trinity House; born 14 March 1771; succeeded his father, Henry, the late viscount, 29 May 1811; married, 29 Aug. 1796, Anne, da. of Huck Saunders, M.D., and grand-niece and co-h. (with her sister, countess of Westmoreland) of adm. sir Charles Saunders, K. B., and has issue,-1. HENRY, b. 25 Feb. 1801, lieut.-col. 83d foot ;- 2. RICHARD- SAUNDERS, b. 11 April 1802, capt. R. N. ;- -3. ROBERT, b. 14 Sept. 1803, store-keepergeneral of the navy; 4. JANE, b. 14 April 1805; 5. CHARLES, b. 11 Dec. 1806, in holy orders, m., 1 Aug. 1833, Louisa Maria, eldest da. of sir William Boothby, bart., and has issue, 1. a da., b. 18 May 1834; 2. a da., b. 14 Aug. 1836; 3. a da., b. 22 Sept. 1837 ;- -6. ANNE, b. 5 Jan. 1808. SIR HUGH DE DUNDAS, who d. in the reign of king Robert Bruce, is often mentioned as companion of sir William Wal lace, in defence of his country; the lands of Dundas had been possessed by his ancestors as early as 1124, at which time, Weldere, said to be son of Cospatrick, earl of Northumberland, gave those lands to his nephew, Helias, son of his brother, Hutred. These lands, with the original charter, are still in the possession of the elder branch of the Dundas family (see Baron DUNDAS). Sir JAMES DUNDAS, of Arniston, one of the senators of the college of justice, and M.P. co. Edinburgh, who d. 1679, was the immediate ancestor of the present viscount, and also of the late sir David Dundas, K.B., commander-in-chief of the forces, and of the present sir David Dundas, of Beechwood, bart. (See Debrett's New Baronetage). His grandson, The right hon. ROBERT DUNDAS, of Arniston, president of the court of session, and M.P. for Mid-Lothian, m. twice, 1st, Elizabeth, da. of Robert Watson, of Muirhouse, esq., by whom he had one son, 1. ROBERT, also lord president of the court of session, and M.P. co. Edinburgh, who, by his 1st wife, Henrietta, da. of sir James Carmichael, had issue 4 das., viz. 1. Elizabeth, m. sir John-Lockhart Ross, bart., d. June 1819. 2. Henrietta, m. Adam, 1st viscount Duncan. 3. Margaret, m. gen. John Scott, of Balcomie. 4. Anne, m. George Buchan, of Kello, esq. By his 2d wife, Jane, da. of William Grant, esq., he had, 5. The right hon. Robert, lord chief baron of the court of exchequer in Scotland, m. Elizabeth, da. of Henry, 1st viscount Melville, and left issue, Philip, major 7th hussars, and another son. 6. Francis, a lieut.-gen. in the army, and gov. of Carrickfergus. 7. The right hon. William. 8. Philip, gov. of Prince of Wales's island, d. 1807, having m. Margaret, sister to sir David Wedderburn, of Blackness, North Britain, bart. 9. Grizel, m. Robert Colt, esq. 10. Janet, m., 1st, John Hamilton, esq.; and, 2dly, 8 May 1827, George Dempster, of Skibo, esq. The right hon. Robert Dundas m., 2dly, Anne, da. of sir William Gordon, of InverGordon, bart., and had issue, 2. ADAM; 3. CHARLES; 4. THOMAS; all d. unm. 5. WILLIAM, lieut.-col. in the army, m. Mary, da. of the rev. dr. Henry Byam, of St. John's, Antigua, and had issue, 1. Anne, m. James M'Neil, esq. 6. HENRY, 1st viscount Melville. The right hon. HENRY DUNDAS, 1st viscount Melville, baron of Dunira, was appointed lord-advocate of Scotland 1775; secretary of state for the home department 1791; from 1792 to 1801, president of the board of control for the affairs of India; from 1794 to 1801, secretary of state for the war department; from 1783 to 1801, treasurer of the navy; created viscount Melville 1802; first lord of the admiralty 1807.-The viscount was impeached, in 1805, by the house of commons, and after a solemn trial in Westminster Hall, was acquitted by his peers; b. 28 April 1739, m., 1st, Elizabeth, da. of David Rennie, of Melville Castle, esq., and by her had issue, 1. ROBERT, present viscount. 2. ELIZABETH, b. 12 Aug. 1766, m., May 1787, the right hon. Robert Dundas, lord chief baron of the exchequer in Scotland. 3. ANNE, b. 28 Sept. 1767, m., 1st, 13 Feb. 1786, Henry Drummond, esq., and 2dly, 18 Dec. 1798, James Strange, esq. 4. MONTAGUE, b. 29 April 1772, m., Jan. 1799, George, baron Abercromby. The viscount m., 2dly, 2 April 1793, Jane Hope, sister to James, 3d earl of Hopetoun (who m., 2dly, 16 Feb. 1814, the right hon. lord Wallace, and d. 9 June 1829). The viscount d. 29 May 1811, and was succeeded by his only son, ROBERT, present and 2d viscount. Heir Apparent-HENRY, eldest son of the viscount. Creations-Viscount and Baron, 24 Dec. HENRY ADDINGTON, VISCOUNT SIDMOUTH, of Sidmouth, co. Devon, P.C., High Steward of Westminster and Reading, Governor of the Charter House, an elder Brother of the Trinity House, Deputy Ranger of Richmond Park, F.S.A. and D.C.L., late Recorder of Devizes, sometime Secretary of State for the Home Department; born 1757; married UrsulaMary, da. and co-h. of Leonard Hammond, of Cheam, co. Surrey, esq., son of William Hammond, esq., some time representative in parliament for the |