4. Harriot, b. 11 Jan. 1760, d. 15 March 1788.

5. Catherine, b. 7 June 1763, d. 19 July 1819.

6. Elizabeth, b. 5 June 1765, m., 3 Nov. 1793, Glynn Wynn, esq.

7. Rachel, b. 17 Oct. 1766.

8. Jane, b. 26 Feb. 1768, m., 1st, 9 Aug. 1791, William Plumer, esq. (who d. 17 Jan. 1822); 2dly, 14 Sept. 1825, Richard-John Lewin, esq., R.N., (who d. 22 May 1827); and 3dly, 16 July 1828, Robert-Plumer Ward, esq.; she d. 26 March 1831.

9. Cecil, b. 15 March 1770, to whom his majesty granted the precedence of an earl's da. 27 Oct. 1789, m., 1st, 4 March 1792, her first cousin, John-James, 4th marquess of Abercorn, (which marriage being dissolved by act of parliament,) she m., 2dly, 23 May 1799, sir Joseph Copley, bart., and d. 19 June 1819.

10. Isabella, b. 28 Sept. 1772, m., 20 July 1795, lord George Seymour, son of Francis, 1st marquess of Hertford.

5. PLUMER, d. young.

6. WILLIAM, capt. R.N., lost in the Victory man-of-war, unm.

7. ANNE, m., 16 Aug. 1746, sir Henry Mackworth, bart., and d. 14 Dec. 1792.

The earl d. 13 Jan. 1744, and was succeeded by his eldest son,

JAMES, 8th earl, who was summoned by writ to the house of peers, in Ireland, 23 March 1735, in his father's lifetime, as lord Mountcastle, and was created a peer of Great Britain, 8 Aug. 1786, by the title of viscount Hamilton, of Hamilton, co. Leicester, with remainder to his nephew. The earl d. unm. 9 Oct. 1789, and was succeeded by his nephew,

JOHN-JAMES, K.G., 9th earl of Abercorn; created marquess of Abercorn, 2 Oct. 1790, b. 1756, m., 1st, 20 June 1779, Catharine, da. of sir Joseph Copley, of Sprotborough, co. York, bart., and by her (who d. 13 Sept. 1791) had issue,

1. JAMES, viscount Hamilton, b. 1786, d. 27 May 1814, having m., 25 Nov. 1809, Harriet, da. of the hon. John Douglas, son of James, 15th earl of Morton, and by her (who m., 2dly, 8 July 1815, George, present earl of Aberdeen, K.T.) had issue,

1. JAMES, present marquess.

2. Harriet, b. 12 April 1812, m., 17 May 1836, capt. William Baillie-Hamilton, R. N. 3. Claude, b. 27 July 1813.

2. CLAUDE, b. 1 Nov. 1787, d. at Madeira, Nov. 1808.

3. HARRIOT-MARGARET, b. 1781, d. 30 April 1803.

4. CATHERINE-CONSTANTIA, b. 7 Oct. 1782, d. 23 May 1788.

5. CATHERINE-ELIZABETH, b. 10 Jan. 1784, m. George, present earl of Aberdeen. 6. MARIA, b. 28 Feb. 1785, d. unm. 21 Jan. 1814.

The marquess m., 2dly, 4 March 1792, his cousin, Cecil Hamilton, 8th da. of the hon. George Hamilton, canon of Windsor, above mentioned, which marriage was dissolved by act of parliament, 1788, and she m., 2dly, 23 May 1799, sir Joseph Copley, bart., and d. 19 June 1819, and had issue by her,

7. CECIL-FRANCES, b. 19 July 1795, m. William, present earl of Wicklow.

The marquess m., 3dly, 3 April 1800, Anne-Jane, eldest da. of Arthur Gore, 2d earl of Arran, K.P., (by Catharine, only da. of William Annesley, viscount Glerawley,) and widow of Henry Hatton, of Great Clonard, co. Wexford, esq., by which lady (who d. 3 May 1827) he had no issue. The marquess d. 27 Jan. 1818, and was succeeded by his grandson,

JAMES, present and 2d marquess.
Heir Apparent-

Creations-Baron of Paisley, co. Renfrew, in 1591; Baron of Abercorn, co. Lanark, 1604; Earl of the same place, Baron of Hamilton, Mountcastle, and Kilpatrick, 10 July 1606; Baron of Strabane, co. Tyrone, 18 May 1618; Viscount Strabane, and Baron of Mountcastle, co. Tyrone, 2 Dec. 1701; Viscount Hamilton, of Hamilton, co. Leicester, 8 Aug. 1786, and Marquess of Abercorn, in Great Britain, 2 Oct. 1790; Baronet of Ireland, 1660.

Arms Quarterly. 1st and 4th. Gules, three cinquefoils ermine- HAMILTON. 2d and 3d. Argent, an antient ship or lymphad, with one mast, the sail furled up and oars out sable-ARRAN.

Crest-Out of a ducal coronet an oak tree proper, fructed or, and penetrated through the stem transversely by a frame-saw proper, the blade inscribed with the word THROUGH."

Supporters-Two antelopes argent, horned, unguled, ducally gorged, and the chain reflexed over their backs or.

Motto-Sola nobilitas virtus. Virtue is the only nobility.

THE marquess's immediate ancestor, FRANCIS, 1st lord Conway, of Ragley, in England, and baron Conway, of Killultagh, co. Antrim, was the eldest surviving son of sir Edward Seymour, speaker of the house of commons, 1673, by his 2d wife, Letitia, da. of sir Francis Popham, knt., which sir Edward Seymour, was grandfather (by his first wife, Margaret, da. and co-heiress of sir William Wale, alderman of London) of sir Edward Seymour, who succeeded as 8th duke of Somerset in 1750, on the decease of Algernon Seymour, duke of Somerset, without issue male.-Lord Conway was b. 28 May 1679, assumed the name and arms of CoNWAY, being heir, by adoption, to the estates of Edward Conway, earl of Conway; he was created a peer of England, 17 March 1702, by the title of baron Conway, of Ragley, co. Warwick, and a peer of Ireland, by the title of baron Conway, of Killultagh, co. Antrim; m., 1st, Feb. 1703, Mary Hyde, da. of Laurence, earl of Rochester, and by her (who d. 25 Jan. 1709) had issue,

1. LETITIA, b. 17 Oct. 1704, and d. 1723. 2. MARY, b. Aug. 1705, m. Nicholas Price, of Saintfield, co. Down, esq., and left issue. 3. HENRIETTA, b. 1706, d. 10 May 1771. 4. CATHERINE, b. 1708, d. 14 June 1737. His lordship m., 2dly, Jane Bowden, of Drogheda, in Ireland, and by her (who d. 13 Feb. 1716) had issue,

5. EDWARD, who d. an infant, 8 April 1710.

6. JANE, d. unm. 5 May 1749.

His lordship m., 3dly, in July 1718, Charlotte, da. of sir John Shorter, knt., lord mayor of London, and by her (who d. 12 Feb. 1734) had issue,

7. FRANCIS, 1st marquess.

8. HENRY, a gen. in the army, b. 1720, who d. July 1795, having m., 19 Dec. 1747, Caroline Campbell, only da. of John, 4th duke of Argyll, and widow of Charles Bruce, 1st earl of Aylesbury, and 4th earl of Elgin, by whom he had issue,

Anne, b. 8 Nov. 1748, who m., 14 June 1767, the hon. John Damer, eldest son of Joseph, 1st earl of Dorchester, and d. his widow, May 1828.

9. CHARLOTTE, b. 22 July, and d. Sept. 1717.

10. GEORGE-Augustus, b. Aug. 1723, d. an infant.

11. ARABELLA, d. young.

12. ANNE, m., 10 March 1765, John Harris, esq., and d. 1774, leaving issue. 13. CHARLES, d. young..

Francis, lord Conway, d. in Ireland, 3 Feb. 1732, and was succeeded by his son,

FRANCIS, 1st marquess of Hertford, K.G., who, 3 Aug. 1750, was created viscount Beauchamp, and earl of Hertford, with remainder, for want of male issue, to his brother; and, 5 July 1793, he was advanced to the dignity of marquess of Hertford, and earl of Yarmouth; b. 1719, m., 29 May 1741, Isabella Fitzroy, youngest da. of Charles, 2d duke of Grafton, and by her (who d. 10 Nov. 1782) had issue,

1. FRANCIS, 2d marquess.

2. ANNE, b. 1 Aug. 1744, m. Charles Moore, 1st marquess of Drogheda, K.P.

3. HENRY, b. 15 Dec. 1746, craner and wharfinger of the port of Dublin, and (with his brother, lord Robert Seymour) joint prothonotary, clerk of the crown, filacer ann keeper of the declarations in the King's Bench in Ireland, d. 5 Feb. 1830.

4. SARAH-FRANCES, b. 27 Sept. 1747, m. Robert Stewart, 1st marquess of Londonderry.

5. ROBERT, b. 20 Dec. 1748, d. 23 Nov. 1831, m., 1st, 15 June 1773. Anne, da. of Peter Delme, esq., and by her (who d. 29 Nov. 1804) had issue,

1. Elizabeth, m., 1st, 10 Dec. 1805, William-G. Davies, of Penylan, co. Carmarthen, esq., (who d. 4 July 1814,) and 2dly, May 1817, Herbert Evans, of Highmead, co. Cardigan, esq.

2. Henry, late serjeant-at-arms to the house of commons, M., I July 1800 Emily, youngest da. of George, 4th viscount Torrington, which lady d. 3 Sept. 1824.

3. Frances-Isabella, m. George-Ferdinand, 2d lord Southampton.

4. Anna-Maria, b. 22 Sept. 1781.

5. Gertrude-Hussey-Carpenter, b. 28 July 1784, m., 9 Nov. 1812, John Hensleigh Allen, of Cresselly, co. Carmarthen, esq., and d. 14 Jan. 1825.

Lord Robert m., 2dly, 2 May 1806, the hon. Anderlechtia-Clarissa Chetwynd, sister of viscount Chetwynd, by whom he had no issue.

6. GERTRUDE, b. 9 Oct. 1750, m., 10 Feb. 1772, George-Mason Villiers, earl of Grandison, and d. Sept. 1793.

7. FRANCES, b. 4 Dec. 1751, m., 22 May 1775, Henry-Pelham Clinton, earl of Lincoln, son of the duke of Newcastle, and d. 11 Nov. 1820.

8. ELIZABETH, b. 3 March 1754, and d. March 1825.

9. ISABELLA-RACHEL, b. 25 Dec. 1755, m., 19 Oct. 1785, George Hatton, esq., and d. 16 May 1825.

10. EDWARD, b. 18 May 1757, canon of Christ Church, in Oxford, and rector of Sudbourne-cum-Orford, Suffolk, d. 12 Sept. 1785, unm.

11. HUGH, b. 29 April 1752, an admiral R.N., and d. 11 Sept. 1801, having m., 2 April 1786, Anne-Horatia, da. of Maria, duchess of Gloucester, by her first husband, James, 2d earl of Waldegrave, and by her (who d. 12 June 1801) had issue,

1. Sir George-Francis, capt. R.N., G.C.H., and C.B., b. 17 Sept. 1787, serjeant-at-arms attending the house of lords, m., 25 Feb. 1811, Georgiana-Mary, 2d da. of the late admiral the hon. Sir GeorgeCranfield Berkeley, G.C.B., brother to the late earl of Berkeley, and has issue, 1. Francis-Hugh-George, b. 11 Feb. 1812, capt. in the army; 2. Georgiana-Isabella, b. 17 Jan. 1813; 3. Henry, b. 6 Aug. 1814, d. 9 May 1815; 4. Horatia-Louisa, b. 4 Dec. 1815, d. 13 April 1829; 5. Maria, b. 17 and d. 31 Jan. 1817; 6. Henry-George, b. 20 March 1818; 7. Fitz-Roy-William, b. 10 Jan. 1822, d. 7 Dec. 1833; 8. Emily-Charlotte, b. 19 Aug. 1825; 9. Matilda-Horatia, b. 13 Sept. 1830; 10. Laura-Wilhelmina, b.

D

17 Jan. 1833.

2. Hugh-Henry-John, lieut.-col., b. 25 Sept. 1790, m., 14 May 1818, Charlotte Cholmondeley, only da. of the marquess Cholmondeley, and d. 2 Dec. 1821, leaving issue by her, (who d. 24 June 1828,) 1. Conway-Seymour, b. 12 Sept. 1819, d. an inf.; 2. Hugh-Horatio, b. 15 Sept. 1821.

3. Sir Horace-Beauchamp, K.C.H., col. in the army, b. 22 Nov. 1791, m., 15 May 1818, Elizabeth-Malet, eldest da. of the late Sir Lawrence Palk, of Halden House, co. Devon, bart., and by her (who d. 18 Jan. 1827) had issue, 1. Charles-Francis, b. 13 Sept. 1819, in the army; 2. FrederickBeauchamp-Paget, b. 12 April 1821; 3. Adelaide-Horatia-Elizabeth, b. 27 Jan. 1825; 4. Gertrude-Elizabeth, b. 12 Jan. 1827, d. 18 Feb. 1829; col. Seymour m., 2dly, 1835, Frances-Isabella, eldest da. of William-Stephen Poyntz, of Cowdray Park, co. Sussex, esq., lady of the bedchamber to the queen dowager, relict of Robert, lord Clinton.

4. William-John-Richard, b. 6 July 1793, d. 1801.

5. Horatia-Maria-Frances, b. 17 Oct. 1795, m., 3 Dec. 1814, John-Philip Morier, esq.

6. Frederick-Charles-William, R.N., b. 1 Feb. 1797, m., 1st, 15 April 1822, lady Mary Gordon, 2d da. of the marquess of Huntly, by whom (who d. 13 June 1825) he had issue, 1. Conway- Frederick-Charles, b. 25 March 1823; 2. Mary-Frederica, b. 2 May 1824; he m., 2dly, 18 Sept. 1832, lady Augusta Hervey, da. of the marquess of Bristol, and has issue, 3. a son, b. 16 July 1833; 4. a da., b. 19 Aug. 1834; 5. a da., b. 28 Sept. 1835; 6. a son, b.9 Nov. 1836.

7. Mary-Georgiana-Emma, b. 23 Nov. 1798, m., 20 Aug. 1825, the hon. GeorgeLionel Dawson-Damer, 3d son of John, 1st earl of Portarlington.

12. WILLIAM, b. 3 Öct. 1760, m., 10 Nov. 1798, Martha, da. of James Clitherow, of Boston Hack, Middlesex, esq., and d. 31 Jan. 1837, leaving issue, 1. Edward, b. 18 Dec. 1801; 2. Henry, b. 29 Dec. 1802, m., 16 Aug. 1831, Jane, da. of Thomas Willan, esq., and has issue, Gertrude-Jane, b. 19 May 1832; William-Henry, b. 28 May 1834.

13. GEORGE, commissioner of excise, b. 21 July 1763, m., 20 July 1795, Isabella, da. of the hon. and rev. George Hamilton, and has issue,

1. Sir George Hamilton, G.C.H., envoy extraordinary at the court of Brussels, m., 21 July 1831, Gertrude, da. of the hon. general Trevor, and niece of Lord Dacre, and has issue, 1. Gertrude-Elizabeth, b. 28 Oct. d. 26 Nov. 1834; 2. a da., b. 6 Nov.

1835; 3. a da., b. 21 Feb. 1837.

2. Ísabella-Horatia, b. Feb. 1801, m., 9 Nov. 1820, the hon. Henry-Thomas Liddel, eldest son of Lord Ravensworth.

3. Emily-Henrietta, m., 28 May 1832, viscount Boyle, son of the earl of Shan

non.

The marquess d. 14 June 1794, and was sueceeded by his son,

FRANCIS, 2d marquess, K.G., Iord chamberlain of the household, and lord-lieut. and custos rotulorum of cos. Warwick and Antrim; b. 12 Feb. 1743, m., 1st, 1 Feb. 1768, Alice-Elizabeth, youngest da. and co-h. of Herbert Windsor, last viscount Windsor, of Ireland; and by her (who d. 11 Feb. 1772) had an only da.,

ALICE, who d. an infant.

The marquess m., 2dly, 20 May 1776, Isabella-Anne, da. and co-h. of Charles Ingram, viscount Irwin, of Scotland, in pursuance of whose will he took the surname and arms of Ingram, by royal sign manual in Dec. 1808; and dying 17 June 1822, left issue by his 2d wife, (who d. 12 April 1834,) an only son and successor,

FRANCIS-CHARLES, present and 3d

marquess.

Heir Apparent-RICHARD, earl of Yarmouth, eldest son of the marquess.

Creations-Baron Conway, of Ragley, co. Warwick, 17 March 1702; Baron Conway and Killultagh, co. Antrim, 16 Oct. 1703; Viscount Beauchamp, of Hacche, and Earl of Hertford, 3 Aug. 1750; and Earl of Yarmouth, and Marquess of Hertford, 5 July 1793.

Arms-Quarterly, 1st and 4th. Sable on a bend cottised argent, a rose gules between two annulets sable-CONWAY. 2d and 3d. Quarterly, 1st and 4th. Or, a pile gules, charged with three lions of England be tween six fleurs-de-lis azure, and 2d and 3d, gules, two wings conjoined in lure or

SEYMOUR.

Crests-1st. The bust of a Moor in profile couped proper, wreathed about the temples argent and azure-CONWAY. 2d. Out of a ducal coronet a demi-phoenix in flamesSEYMOUR.

Supporters-Two Blackamoors proper, wreathed about the temples or and sable, habited in a short garment or, adorned about their waists and shoulders with green and red feathers and buskins, gold; each resting his exterior hand on an antique shield azure, adorned, gold; that of the dexter supporter charged with the sun in splendour, and that of the sinister with a crescent argent.

Motto Fide et amore. By faith and love.

Macartney, K.B., and d. his widow, 28 Feb. 1828, aged 86.

8. ANNE, m. Hugh, 2d duke of Northumberland, K.G., (which marriage was dissolved by act of parliament 1779.)

9. AUGUSTA, m., 26 July 1773, capt. Andrew Corbett, and d. 5 Dec. 1778.

10. CAROLINE, m. John Dawson, 1st earl of Portarlington.

11. LOUISA, b. 15 Aug. 1757.

John, 3d earl of Bute, K.G., d. 10 March 1792, and was succeeded by his eldest son,

JOHN, marquess of Bute, created baron Cardiff, of Cardiff Castle, 20 May 1766, succeeded to his mother's barony of Mountstuart, 13 Nov. 1794, and 20 Feb. 1796, he was created viscount Mountjoy, in the Isle of Wight, earl of Windsor, co. Berks, and marquess of Bute, co. Bute, b. 30 June 1744, m., 1st, 12 Nov. 1766, Charlotte-Jane Hickman, eldest da. and co-h. of Herbert, viscount Windsor, and by her (who d. 28 Jan. 1800) had issue,

1. JOHN, lord Mountstuart, b. 25 Sept. 1767, m., 12 Oct. 1792, Elizabeth Crichton, da. and sole h. of Patrick, earl of Dumfries, in the Peerage of North Britain, and d. 22 Jan. 1794, leaving issue by her, (who d. 26 July 1797,)

1. JOHN, present marquess of Bute, and earl of Dumfries.

2. Patrick-James-Herbert, M.P. for the Burghs of Ayr, b. 25 Aug. 1794, who, in March 1817, received permission, by royal sign manual, that he and his issue may take and use the surname of Crichton in addition and before that of Stuart; and 28 May following, that he may enjoy the rank and precedence of the younger son of a marquess; m., 18 July 1818, Hannah, daughter of William Tighe, of Woodstock, co. Kilkenny, esq.; has issue, 1. Elizabeth-Penelope, b. 10 May 1819, d. 17 Jan. 1822; 2. Mary-Anne-Frances, b. 29 Sept. 1820; 3. John-William, b. 1822, d. 23 Feb. 1823; 4. James-Frederick-Dudley, b. 17 Feb. 1824; 5. Herbert-Windsor, b. 5 Aug. 1827.

2. MARIA-ALICIA-CHARLOTTE, b. 28 Oct. 1768; m. Charles Pinfold, esq., son of governor Finfold.

3. HERBERT-WINDSOR, b. 6 May 1770, d. unm. 20 Jan. 1825,

4. CHARLOTTE, b. 16 July 1771, m., 13 June 1791, sir William-Jackson Homan, of Dunham, co. Westmeath, bart.

5. EVELYN-JAMES, b. 7 May 1773. 6. ELIZABETH, b. 12 and d. 13 July 1774. 7. CHARLES, b. 18 July 1775, R.N., lost in the Leda frigate near Madeira, 1796.

8. HENRY, b. 7 June 1777, d. 12 Aug. 1809, having m., 1 July 1802, Gertrude-Amelia Villiers, da. and sole h. of George, last earl of Grandison, (which title became extinct 1800,) and by her (who d. 30 Aug. 1809) left issue 4 children, (who were all authorized by royal sign manual 1822, to take the name of Villiers, in addition to and before Stuart,) viz. :

1. Henry, lord-lieutenant co. Waterford, b. 8 June 1803.

2. William-Villiers, M.P. for Waterford, b. 21 Aug. 1804, m., 1 June 1833, Catherine,

only da. of Michael Cox, of Castletown, co. Kilkenny, esq.

3. Charles, b. 11 Sept. 1808, m., Nov. 1830, Elizabeth, eldest da. of John-Rouett Smollett, rear-adm. R.N.

4. Gertrude-Amelia, b. 1806, d. unm. 21 Jan. 1826.

9. WILLIAM, Capt. R.N., b. 18 Nov. 1778, d. of a fever on his passage from Jamaica, 28 July 1814, having m., June 1806, Georgiana Maude, da. of Cornwallis, viscount Hawarden, and by her (who d. 31 Aug. 1807) had an only child,

Georgiana, b. Aug. 1807, d. unm. 5 June

1833.

10. GEORGE, rear-adm. of the blue, b. 1 March 1780, m., 7 Oct. 1800, Jane, da. of the late major-gen. James Stewart, and has issue,

1. John-Windsor, b. 27 July 1802, d. 9 March 1826.

2. Elizabeth-Jane, b. 18 July 1803, m., 18 Aug. 1825, John Townshend, esq., eldest son of lord John Townshend.

3. Louisa, b. 4 Aug. 1804, d. 12 Jan. 1807. 4. Emily-Frances, b. 7 Feb. 1806, m., 9 Jan. 1834, hon. Charles Abbott, brother of lord Tenterden.

5. Henry, b. 2 Jan. 1808.

The marquess m., 2dly, 7 Sept. 300, Frances, 2d da. of Thomas Coutts, esq., (sister to Susan, countess of Guilford, and lady Burdett,) and by her (who d. 12 Nov. 1832) had issue,

11. FRANCES, b. 6 June 1801, m., 15 Sept. 1823, at Berne, to Dudley, viscount Sandon, son of the earl of Harrowby.

12. DUDLEY-COUTTS, b. 11 Jan. 1803, m., in Italy, Christiana-Alexandria-Egypta, da. of Lucien Buonaparte, prince of Canino, and has a son, Paul-Amadeus - Francis Coutts.

The marquess d. at Geneva, 16 Nov. 1814, and was succeeded by his grandson,

JOHN, present and 2d marquess, 5th earl of Bute, and 7th earl of Dumfries.

Heir Presumptive-Lord PATRICK-JAMESHERRERT CRICHTON-STUART, only brother to the marquess.

Creations-Lord Crichton, of Sanquhar, 1485; Viscount Ayr, 1622; Lord Cumnock and Earl of Dumfries, 1633; Lord Cumra and Inchmarnoch, Viscount Mountstuart and Kingarff, and Earl of Bute, 1703, and a Baronet, 28 March 1627, Scots honours; Baron Mountstuart, of Wortley, co. York, 1761; Baron Cardiff, of Cardiff Castle, co. Glamorgan, 20 May 1766; Viscount Mountjoy, of the Isle of Wight, Earl of Windsor, co. Berks, and Marquess of Bute, 20 Feb. 1796.

Arms-Quarterly. 1st and 4th. Or, a fess checquy argent and azure, with a double tressure flory counter flory gules-STUART. 2d and 3d. Argent, a lion rampant azureCRICHTON.

Crests--1st. A demi lion rampant gules, and over it the motto, "Nobilis est ira leonis"-STUART. 2d. A dragon vert, flames issuing from the mouth proper-CRICHTON. Supporters-Derter, a horse argent, bridled gules. Sinister, a stag proper.

Motto-Avito viret honore. He flourishes through the honour of his ancestors.