IN the reign of Alexander III., sir Richard Boyle, of Kelburne, m. Margery, da. of sir Walter Cunningham, and had Robert, his heir, who, 1296, was one of the barons of North Britain, who swore allegiance to Edward I. of England; and from him descended Hugo de Boyle, who, 1399, gave his lands to the monks of Paisley, for the welfare of his soul. From him descended John Boyle, of Kelburne, who was killed at the battle of Bannockburn, with King James III., 1488; from him descended

DAVID BOYLE, of Kelburne, 1st earl, who was, 31 Jan. 1699, created lord Boyle, of Kelburne, Stewartoun, Cumbraes, Larges, and Dalry; and, 12 April 1703, earl of Glasgow, viscount Kelburne, lord Boyle, of Stewartoun, Cumbraes, Fenwick, Larges, and Dalry; m., 1st, Margaret, eldest da. of Patrick Crawford, of Kilburny, esq., sister of the 1st viscount Garnock, and had issue, 1. JOHN, 2d earl.

2. PATRICK, a lord of session, Dec. 1746, d. unm. 31 March 1761.

3. PATRICK, m., 1st, Agnes, da. of William Mure, of Caldwell, esq., and by her (who d. 1758) had no issue; and 2dly, Elizabeth, da. of Alexander Dunlop, professor of Greek in the university of Glasgow, and by her had,

1. William, in the army, d. March 1783. 2. John, of Shewaltoun, d. 30 Jan. 1837.

3. Alexander, R.N., d. 30 April 1786.

4. David, lord justice clerk of Scotland, P.C., m., 1st, 24 Dec. 1804, Elizabeth, eldest da. of Alexander Montgomery, of Annick, esq., brother of Hugh, earl of Eglintoun, and by her (who d. in childbed, 14 April 1822) had issue, 1. Patrick, b. 29 March 1806, m., Aug. 1830, MaryFrances, 2d da. of sir Robert-D. Horn Elphinstone, bart.; 2. Elizabeth, b. 8 June 1807, m., 2 Dec. 1828, James Hope, esq.; 3. Helen, b. 24 Oct. 1808, m., 1 June 1829, Charles Fergusson, esq., eldest son of sir James Fergusson, of Kilkerrane, N.B., bart.; 4. Alexander, b. 9 March 1810, R.N.; 5. David, b. 7 July 1811, d. 21 Feb. 1815; 6. Hamilla-Augusta, b. 14 Sept. 1813; 7. Jane, b. 21 Feb. 1815, d. 10 May

1824; 8. Eleanora-Charlotte, b. 12 July 1816; 9. John, b. 9 Sept. 1819; 10. William, b. 25 Jan. 1821; 11. Archibald-Thomas, b. 14 April 1822. The right hon. David Boyle m., 2dly, 17 July 1827, Camilla-Catherine, da. of the hon. David Smythe, of Methven, senator of the college of justice, and by her has issue, 12. George-David, b. 17 May 1828; 13. Robert, b. 2 Dec. 1830; 14. Henry-Dundas, b. 1 Feb. 1833; 15. Amelia-Laura, b. 27 Dec. 1835.

5. Helen, m., 3 June 1795, Thomas Mure, of Warriston, co. Edinburgh, esq., son of col. George Mure, brother of William Mure, of Caldwell, and d. 7 Aug. 1805.

6. Elizabeth, m., 10 Nov. 1800, JohnRouet Smollett, of Bonhill and Auchindonan, esq., rear-admiral, R.N., and has issue.

7. Margaret; 8. Agnes; both d. young. 4. JANET; 5. MARGARET; 6. MARIAN; 7. CATHERINE; all d. unm.

8. HELEN, m. sir James Douglas, of Springwood, bart., and d. 17 Oct. 1794.

The earl d. 1740, and was succeeded by his son,

JOHN, 3d earl, lord high commissioner to the general assembly of the kirk of Scotland, 1764 to 1772, b. 4 Nov. 1714, m., 11 July 1755, Elizabeth, 2d da. of George, 12th lord Ross, at length sole h. of her brother, William, 13th lord Ross, and by her (who d 10 Oct. 1791) had issue,

1. JOHN, lord Boyle, d. young.

2. GEORGE, 4th earl.

3. ELIZABETH, b. 1759, m., Oct. 1786, sir George Douglas, of Springwood Park, bart., d. 15 Feb. 1801.

4. JANE-MARY, d. 30 April 1823.

The earl d. 7 March 1778, and was succeeded by his son,

GEORGE, present and 4th earl.

Heir Apparent-JAMES, viscount KELBURNE, the earl's son.

Creations-Lord Boyle, of Kelburne, Stewartoun, Cumbraes, Larges, and Dalry, to his issue male, remainder to his nearest heirs male whatsoever, 31 Jan. 1699; Earl of Glasgow, Viscount Kelburne, Lord Boyle, of Stewartoun, Cumbraes, Fenwick, Larges, and Dalry, by patent, 12 April 1703; Baron Ross, of Hawkstead, co. Renfrew, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, 11 Aug. 1815.

Arms-Quarterly. 1st and 4th. Or, an eagle with two heads displayed gules; a coat of augmentation for the earldom of Glasgow. 2d and 3d. Per bend embattled argent and gules-BOYLE. Over all an escocheon or, charged with three harts' horns, two and one, gules-BOYLE, of Kelburne.

Crest-An eagle with two heads displayed per pale embattled or and gules.

Supporters-Dexter, a wild man wreathed round the temples and waist, and holding in the right hand a branch of laurel proper. Sinister, a lion per pale embattled argent and gules.

Motto-Dominus providebit. The Lord will

provide.

THE surname of Hope is of great antiquity in Scotland. John de Hope swore fealty to king Edward I., when he overran Scotland 1298. Another John de Hope had a protection from king Henry IV. of England 1405. John de Hope, the immediate ancestor of this family, is said to have come from France, in the reign of Magdalen, queen of James V., 1537; settling in Scotland, he m. Elizabeth Cumming, by whom he had Edward, who was one of the most considerable inhabitants of Edinburgh in the reign of queen Mary; and being a great promoter of the Reformation, was chosen one of the commissioners for the metropolis to that parliament 1560: he was father of

HENRY HOPE, a considerable merchant, who, having frequent occasion to visit the continent, m. in one of these excursions, a French lady, Jaqueline de Tott, and by her had 2 sons, 1. Henry, ancestor of the great and opulent branch of the Hopes, long settled in Amsterdam; and 2.

THOMAS, entering upon the study of the law, made so rapid a progress in judicial knowledge, that he was, at an early age, called to the bar: his practice was, however, limited till 1606, when he undertook the defence of the six ministers tried for high treason, for denying that the king possessed authority in matters ecclesiastical: he acquitted himself so much to the satisfaction of the Presbyterians at this important trial, that they never afterwards undertook any business of importance without previously consulting him, and he immediately came into the first practice in the kingdom; he was constituted king's advocate, jointly with sir William Oliphant, of Newton, and was created a baronet 11 Feb. 1628. Sir William Oliphant dying 13 April 1628, king Charles I. was pleased not only to appoint sir Thomas Hope his sole advocate, but likewise to grant him several honourable privileges not enjoyed by his predecessors; m. Elizabeth, da. of John Bennet, of Wallyford, co. Haddington, and by her had a numerous issue.

Sir JAMES HOPE, of Hopetoun, his 6th

son, b. 12 July 1614, lord of session 1 June 1649, m., 14 Jan. 1688, Anne, sole da. and h. of Robert Foulis, of Leadhills, co. Lanark, esq., and by her had a numerous issue; of whom,

JOHN HOPE, of Hopetoun, 7th but eldest surviving son, succeeded him, and fixed his residence at the castle of Niddry. He embarked on board the Gloucester frigate with the duke of York, and several persons of quality, May 1682, and was lost in that ship, when it was wrecked, on the 5th of that month, in the 23d year of his age; m. Margaret Hamilton, eldest da. of John, 4th earl of Haddington, and by her (who d. 31 Dec. 1711) had issue, Eleanor, m. Thomas, 6th earl of Haddington, d. 19 April 1768, and an only son,

CHARLES, K.T., b. 1681, created a peer by the titles of earl of Hopetoun, viscount Aithrie, and lord Hope, by patent, 15 April 1703, to his issue male, remainder to the heirs female of his body. His lordship greatly increased the family estate by several advantageous purchases in various counties; and the noble seat of Hopetoun House, which he caused to be erected under the direction of sir William Bruce, remains a conspicuous monument of the magnificence of his taste. He m., 31 Aug. 1699, Henrietta Johnstone, sole da. of William, 1st marquess of Annandale, (by his 1st wife, Sophia, da. and h. of John Fairholme, of Craigie Hall, co. Linlithgow, esq.,) and by her (who d. 25 Nov. 1750) had issue 13 children, of whom 2 sons and 3 das. d. infants; the others were,

1. JOHN, 2d earl.

2. CHARLES, b. 8 May 1710, who, on the death of his uncle, James, 2d marquess of Annandale, in 1730, succeeded to the estates of Craigie Hall; and on his marriage, 1733, assumed the name and arms of Weir; m., 1st, 26 July 1733, Catharine, sole da. and h. of sir William Weir, of Blackwood, co. Lanark, bart., with whom he got that extensive property; and by her (who d. 5 Dec. 1743) had issue,

1. Charles, d. young.

2. William Hope-Weir, b. 17 May 1736, d. Sept. 1811, having m., 5 Jan. 1775, Sophia, da. of Joseph Corrie, of Dumfries, by whom he had, 1. James-Joseph, b. 3 June 1785, m., 7 Sept. 1813, lady Elizabeth Hay, da. of George, 7th marquess of Tweeddale, and has issue; 2. Jane-Sophia, b. 15 Dec. 1790, m., 3 July 1813, the hon. E.-P.-S. Knox, son of viscount Northland; 3. Edward-Hamilton, b. 12 Jan. 1792. 3. Henrietta, b. 1737, d. unm. 1808.

4. John, b. 7 April 1739, merchant in London, m., 2 June 1762, Mary, only da. of Eliab Britain, of Fortyhill, Enfield, co. Middlesex, esq., by Mary, da. and co-h. of sir William Wolstenholme, bart., and by her (who d. 25 June 1767) had issue 3 sons, 1. Charles-Hope, of Grantoun, lord president of the court of session, b. 29 June 1763, m., 8 Aug. 1793, lady Charlotte Hope, 8th da. of John, 2d earl of Hopetoun, by whom (who d. 22 Jan. 1834) he has issue, 1. John, b. 26 May 1794, m. and has issue; 2. Elizabeth, b. 11 Sept. 1796; 3. Charles, capt. R.N., b. 12 April 1798, m., 12 Sept. 1826, Anne, eldest da. of capt. William-Webly Parry, and has issue; 4. Mary, b. 16 Dec. 1799, d. unm. 1834; 5. Sophia, b. 17 Aug. 1801; 6. James, b. 28 May 1803, m., 2 Dec. 1828, Eliza, da. of the right hon. David Boyle; 7. Charlotte, b. 20 Feb. 1805; 8. Jane-Melville, b. 22 May 1806; 9. William, b. 11 Sept. 1807, in the army, m., 14 Sept. 1835, miss Statyra Livedostro; 10. Margaret, b. 7 Feb. 1810; 11. Anne-Wilhelmina, b. 29 April 1811, m., 7 July 1829, Hercules-James Robertson, esq.; and 12. Louisa-AugustaOctavia, b. 13 Sept. 1813; 2. lieut.-gen. sir John, G.C.H., b. 15 July 1765, and d. Aug. 1836, having m., 1st, 20 Sept. 1806, Margaret, only da. and h. of Robert Scott, esq., by whom (who d. 19 March 1813) he had issue, 1. Mary-Ann, b. 19 Feb. 1808; 2. Charlotte, b. 19 Sept. 1809, m. Lachlan M'Kinnon, esq.; 3. Margaret-Sophia, b. 11 May 1811. Sir John m., 2dly, 21 April 1814, Jane-Esther, da. of John Macdougal, esq., by whom he had issue, (besides 2 sons and 4 das., who d. young,) 4. John-Thomas, b. 19 Sept. 1816, in the army; 5. HenryPhilip, b. 6 Feb. 1818; 6. Charles-William, b. 20 Oct. 1824; 7. a da., b. 1 Dec. 1830; 3. sir William-Johnstone-Hope,G.C.B. and K.T.S., treasurer of Greenwich Hospital, b. 16 Aug. 1766, d. 2 May 1831, m., ist, 8 July 1792, his cousin, lady Anne Hope, da. of the 3d earl, and by her (who d. 28 Aug. 1818) had issue, 1. Elizabeth, b. 2 May 1793; 2. Mary, b. 20 March 1795, maid of honour to the queen dowager; 3. John-James, keeper of Lochmaben, and claimant of the earldom of Annandale, b. 29 Nov. 1796, m., 8 July 1816, Alicia-Jane, da. of George Gordon, esq., and has issue; 4. William-James, capt. R.N., b. 28 July 1798, m., 26 April 1826, Ellen, eldest da. of sir Thomas Kirkpatrick, bart., and has issue; 5. Charles-James, capt. R.N., b. 28 July 1798, m., 26 April 1826, Eliza, da. of Joseph Wood, esq., of Hayes, co. Middlesex, and d. 14 April 1835, leaving issue; 6. George-James, capt. R.N., b. 30 July 1802, m., 29 July 1826, Maria, da. of Joseph Ranking, esq., and has issue. Sir William m., 2dly, 30 Oct. 1821, Maria, da. of sir John Eden, bart., and widow of Frederick, 7th earl of Athlone.

The hon. Charles Hope-Weir m., 2dly, 20 March 1746, Ann-Vane, eldest da. of Henry, 1st earl of Darlington, (which marriage was dissolved by act of parliament 1757, and she m., 2dly, the hon. brig.-gen. George Monson, 3d son of John, 1st lord Monson,) and

by her (who d. Sept. 1776) had,

5. Henry, brig.-gen. in the army, and lieut.-governor of Canada, d. at Quebec 13 April 1789, without issue, by his wife, Sarah, da. of the rev. mr. Jones, prebendary of Armagh.

6. Charles, captain R.N., m. SusanAnne, da. of admiral Herbert Sawyer, and by her (who d. 10 July 1802) has issue, 1. Louisa, b. 1786, dec.; 2. Henry, capt. R.N., naval aide-de-camp to the queen, b. 1787, m., 21 July 1828, JaneSophia, youngest da. of the late sir Herbert Sawyer, K.C.B., who d. 6 Aug. 1829; 3. Anne, b. 1790, d. 4 Oct. 1825, having m. 18 Feb. 1820, capt. Charles S. J. Hawtayne, R.N.; 4. Catherine, b. 1792; 5. Jane, b. 1796, dec.; 6. Frederic, major 72d foot, b. 1 March 1799, m. Eliza, da. of gen. sir George Cockburn, K.G.H., and has issue a da., b. 8 Aug. 1834; 7. George, com. R.N., b. 30 May 1801, m., 2 Jan. 1833, Charlotte, 8th da. of rear-admiral John-Richard-Delap Tallemache, by lady Elizabeth Stratford, by whom (who d. 14 April 1837) he has issue a da.

The hon. Charles Hope-Weir, m., 3dly, 2 April 1766, Helen, da. of George Dunbar, of Leuchold, co. Linlithgow, esq., and by her (who d. 18 Sept. 1794) had issue,

7. Sir George, b. 6 July 1767, d. 2 May 1818, admiral R.N. and K.C.B., m., 28 Jan. 1803, Jemima, 5th da. of James, 3d earl of Hopetoun, and by her (who d. 5 Sept. 1808) had issue, Helen, b. 10 April 1807, and James, b. 3 March 1808, commander R.N. He m., 2dly, 1 Dec. 1814, Georgiana-Mary-Anne, da. of George, 7th lord Kinnaird, and has issue, Eliza, b. 17 Sept. 1816, m., 30 June 1835, sir Henry Verney, bart.

8. Helen-Charlotte, b. 7 Jan. 1773, m., 27 Nov. 1795, John Knight, of Lea Castle, co. Worcester, esq., and d. 8 May 1801. 9. Margaret, b. 1777.

10. Elizabeth, m. John, 4th earl of Hopetoun.

3. SOPHIA, m. James, earl of Findlater and Seafield, and d. 25 April 1761.

4. HENRIETTA, m. Francis, 5th lord Napier. 5. MARGARET, m. John Dundas, of Duddingston, and d. 1778.

6. HELEN, b. 27 July 1711, m., 13 Jan. 1737, James Watson, of Saughton, co Edinburgh, esq., and d. 22 July 1769.

7. CHRISTIAN, b. 31 March 1714, m., 8 April 1743, Thomas Graham, of Balgowan, co. Perth, esq., and d. 31 May 1799. (See BARON LYNEDOCH, in the Peerage of England.)

8. CHARLOTTE, b. 4 March 1720, m., 1 Oct. 1741, Thomas, lord Erskine, only surviving son of John, 11th earl of Mar.

The earl d. 26 Feb. 1742, and was succeeded by his eldest son,

JOHN, 2d earl, b. 7 Sept. 1704, m., 1st, 14 Sept. 1738, Anne Ogilvie, 2d da. of James, 5th earl of Findlater and Seafield, and by her (who d. 8 Feb. 1759) had issue,

1. ELIZABETH, b. 1 March 1736, m. Henry, earl of Drumlanrig, eldest son of Charles, 3d duke of Queensberry, and d. without issue 7 April 1756.

2. HENRIETTA, d. unm. 1 Jan. 1786. 3. CHARLES, d. unm. 6 June 1766. 4. JAMES, 3d earl of Hopetoun. 5. SOPHIA, b. 2 Feb. 1759, m., 30 April 1777, Charles, 8th earl of Haddington.

The earl m., 2dly, 30 Oct. 1762, Jane, da. of Robert Oliphant, of Rossie, co. Perth, esq., and by her (who d. 16 March 1767) had issue,

6. JOHN, 4th earl.

7. JANE, b. 12 Nov. 1766, m., 1st, H

Dundas, 1st viscount Melville; 2dly, Thomas, 1st lord Wallace.

The earl m., 3dly, 10 July 1767, Elizabeth Leslie, 2d da. of Alexander, 5th earl of Leven and Melville, and by her (who d. 10 April 1788) had issue,

8. CHARLES, of Waughton, co. Haddington, gen. in the army, b. 16 Oct. 1763, d. 1 July 1828, m., 30 April 187, Louisa Anne, da. of George Finch Hatton, of Eastwell Park, co. Kent, esq., (by Elizabeth, eldest da. of David, earl of Mansfield, K.T.,) and sister of the present earl of Winchilsea, and has a da..

Elizabeth, b. 23 Jan. 1810.

9. ELIZABETH, b. 16 Oct. 1768, m., 2 June 1797, John Kemp, D.D., and d. without issue, 17 Sept. 1801.

10. Sir ALEXANDER, G.C.B., a gen. in the army, and col. 14th foot; 5.9 Dec. 1769, m., 23 Oct. 1805, Georgiana-Alicia, youngest da. of George Brown, of Ellistoun, (by Dorothea, eldest da. of col. James Dundas,) and d. 19 May 1837, leaving issue,

1. John-Thomas, 6. 10 Jan. 187, m., 2 March 1835, lady Frances-Anne, 2d da, of Henry, earl of Harewood, and d. 17 April following.

2. George William, M.P. for Weymouth, b. 4 July 1808, m., 3 March 1836, Caroline - Georgiana, youngest da. of Henry-James, lord Montagu, and has 1. a son, b. 20 Dec. 1836.

3. Louisa Dorothea, b. 8 Feb. 1811, m., 10 Sept. 1832, the rev. lord Henry Kerr, brother to the marquess of Lothian.

4. James, b. 14 July 1812.

5. Alexander, b. 20 Aug. 1814, lieut. 77th foot, d. 12 Jan. 1835.

6. Charles, b. 6 May 1822, d. young. 11. CHARLOTTE, b. 4 May 1771, m., 8 Aug. 1793, the right hon. Charles Hope, of Grantoun, lord justice clerk, and d. 22 Jan. 1834.

12. MARGARET, 6. 24 June 1772, m., 10 July 1793, Alexander Maclean, of Ardgower, co. Inverness, esq., and d. Oct. 1831.

13. MARY, 6. 12 July 1773, m., 1795, sir Patrick Murray, of Auchtertyre, bart., king's remembrancer of the court of exchequer in Scotland, who d. 1 June 1837.

JOHN, 2d earl of Hopetoun, d. 12 Feb. 1781, and was succeeded by his eldest son,

JAMES, 3d earl, and 1st baron HOPE, in the peerage of the United Kingdom: on the death of his grand-uncle, of the half-blood, George, 4th marquess of Annandale, 1792, his great estates in Scotland devolved on the earl of Hopetoun, with the titles of carl of Annandale and Hartfield, which, however, the earl has not assumed, adding only the name of Johnstone to that of Hope; hereditary keeper of Lochmaben, and lordlieutenant o. Linlithgow; created a peer of the United Kingdom, by the title of baron Hopetoun, with remainder to the heirs male of the body of his father, John, 2d carl, 3 Feb. 1809; b. 23 Aug. 1741, m., 16 Aug. 1766, Elizabeth Carnegie, eldest da. of George, 6th earl of Northesk, and by her (who d. 19 Aug. 1793) had issue,

1. ANNE-JOHNSTONE, keeper of Lochmaben Castle, b. 13 Jan. 1768, m., 8 July 1792, admiral sir William-Johnstone Hope, G.C.B. and K.T.S., and d. 28 Aug. 1818.

2. JANE - ELIZABETH, d. unm, 18 Aug. 1786.

3. JEMIMA, d. 31 Dec. 1773.

4. GEORGIANA - JOHNSTONE, b. 12 Oct. 1773, m., 20 Nov. 1793, the hon. Andrew Cochrane-Johnstone, brother to Archibald,

9th earl of Dundonald, and d. at Dominica, 17 Sept. 1797.

5. JEMIMA, M., 28 Jan. 1903, rear-adm. sir George-Johnstone Hope, K.C.B., and d. 3 Sept. 188.

6. LUCINDA, d. unm. 8 Jan. 1800,

The earl d. 29 May 1816, without male issue, and was succeeded by his half-brother,

JOHN, 4th earl, 2d baron Hope, and 1st baron Niddry, co. Linlithgow, G.C.B., gen. in the army, and col, of the 42d foot ; b. 17 Aug. 1763, embraced a military life, and served as adjutant gen. to the forces under sir Ralph Abercrombie, in the West Indies, in 1794, 5, 6, and 7; to the army under his royal highness the duke of York, in Holland, 17; and in the expedition to Egypt, 18 At the battle of Corunna, 16 Jan. 19, in consequence of the death of sir John Moore, and the dangerous wound of sir David Baird, the command of the British army devolved on sir John Hope, whose ability and exertions secured the success of that day. He was subsequently appointed commander-in-chief of the forces in Ireland, from whence he was called, in 1813, to share the glories of the Peninsular war, and distinguished himself in the battles of Bayonne, Bordeaux, and Toulouse. For these services he was created a peer of the United Kingdom, 17 May 1814, by the title of baron Nidday, co. Lilith,ow, and succeeded his brother as earl of Hopetoun, in 1816; m., 1st, 7 Aug. 1798, Elizabeth, youngest da. of the hon. Charles Hope-Weir, but by her (who d. 20 March 1801) had no issue; 2dly, 9 Feb. 1803, Louisa-Dorothea, 3d da. of sir John Wedderburn, of Baliindean, bart., by whom (who d. 16 July 186) he had issue, 1. JOHN, present earl.

2. JAMES, Capt. and lieut col. Coldstream guards, b. 7 June 1807, M.P. for co. Linlithgow, m., 4 March 1837, Mary-Frances, youngest da. of George Frederick, 7th eari, and sister of George-Thomas-John, present marquess of Westineath.

3. CHARLES, b. 11 Sept. 1808.

4. ALEXANDER, b. 8 Nov. 1809, d. 24 Oct. 1827.

5. GEORGE, b. 12 April 1811, R.N.

6. HENRY, b. 6 Oct. 1812, d. March 1821. 7. WILLIAM, b. 24 June 1816, d. & Dec. 1835.

8. LEWIS, b. 29 Oct. 1817, in the army.
9. THOMAS, b. 20 Oct. 1819.

10. ADRIAN, b. 3 March 1821. 11. ALICIA, b. 18 June 1822. 12. JANE, b. 6 July 1823, d. 2 April 1834. The earl d. 27 Aug. 1823, and was succeeded by his eldest son,

Jons, present and 5th earl.

Heir Apparent—JOHN-ALEXANDER, lord Hope, the carl's eldest son.

Creations--Earl of Hopetoun, Viscount Aithrie, and Baron Hope, co. Lanark, 15 April 1703; Baron Hopetoun, in the peerage of the United Kingdom, 3 Feb. 1809; and Baron Niddry, co. Linlithgow, 17 May

1814.

Arms-Azure, on a chevron or, between three bezants, a laurel leaf vert.

Crest-A broken terrestrial globe, surmounted by a rainbow.

Supporters-Two figures of hope habited proper, each resting the exterior hand on an

anchor.

Motto-At spes non fracta. But my hope is not broken.

THE Viscount's ancestor, sir John Carey, knt., of Cockington, co. Devon, was made a baron of the exchequer by Richard II., and d. 1404, leaving issue, Robert, his h.; and John Carey, elected bishop of Exeter, 1419. From Robert, eldest son, descended sir William Carey, of Cockington, knt., who, siding with Henry VI., at the battle of Tewkesbury against Edward IV., was taken prisoner in the church, (whither he had fled for sanctuary,) and notwithstanding a promise of pardon, was beheaded: his son, Thomas Carey, m. Margaret, co-h. of sir Robert Spencer, knt., (by Eleanor, sister and co-h. of Edmund Beaufort, duke of Somerset,) and had issue 2 sons,-1. JOHN, grandfather of the 1st viscount Falkland; William, esquire of the body to Henry VIII., who m. Mary Bullen, da. and co-h. (with her sister queen Anne Bullen) of Thomas, earl of Wiltshire, and had issue, HENRY CAREY, who being so nearly allied in blood to queen Elizabeth, was created baron of Hunsdon: from him sprung the Careys, lords Hunsdon, and earls of Dover, and the Careys, earls of Monmouth, all which titles are now extinct.

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Sir HENRY CAREY, 1st viscount Falkland, K.B., 1616, at the creation of Charles, prince of Wales, was created viscount Falkland, co. Fife, 1620; he was comptroller of the household to James I., and in the same reign appointed to the high office of lord deputy (or viceroy) of Ireland. The viscount m. Elizabeth, da. of sir Laurence Tanfield, chief baron of the exchequer from 1607 to 1625, with whom he got the manor of Great Tew, Burford, and other estates, co. Oxford, and by her had,

1. HENRY, 2d viscount.

2. LAWRENCE, killed fighting under sir Charles Coote, when he defeated the Irish rebels at Swords, 1642.

3. ANNE, m. James, 2d earl of Home. The viscount d. 1633, and was succeeded by his son,

HENRY, 2d viscount, who served in the army against the Scots, and was afterwards secretary of state to king Charles I., and killed at the battle of Newbury. His lordship's mind was enriched with the stores of learning and the principles of virtue and religion; he wrote several poems and other pieces; and his saying was, that, "he pitied