His lordship's immediate ancestor, the hon. FRANCIS ANNESLEY, of Castle-Wellan, was the eldest son of Francis, 1st viscount Valentia, by his 2d wife, Jane Stanhope, niece of Philip, earl of Chesterfield, and half-brother of Arthur, 2d viscount Valentia, and 1st earl of Anglesey: (see earl of MOUNTNORRIS:) he m. Deborah, da. of Henry Jones, bishop of Meath, (eldest son of Lewis Jones, bishop of Killaloe, and brother of Ambrose Jones, bishop of Kildare,) and had issue by her, (who d. 4 Sept. 1672,) 1. FRANCIS.

2. ARTHUR; 3. HENRY; both d. without issue.

4. JANE, b. 1661, m. James Bailey, of Inishargie, co. Down, esq.

5. DEBORAH, m. the rev. Charles Ward, 3d son of Nicholas Ward, esq., member for Down 1661, ancestor of the viscounts Bangor.

6. ANNE, m. Henry, only son of sir Edward Wood.

FRANCIS, the eldest son of the hon. Francis Annesley, was representative in the English parliament for the borough of Preston 1705, and for Westbury in the six succeeding parliaments, and was also a member for Downpatrick, in the parliament of Ireland; he m., 1st, 5 July 1605, Elizabeth, da. of sir Joseph Martin, knt.; and 2dly, July 1732, Elizabeth, da. of John Cropley, of Rochester, esq., and widow of William Gomeldon, of Somerfield Hall, co. Kent, esq., who d. without issue; and 3dly, 31 Aug. 1737, Sarah, only da. of William Sloane, esq., brother of sir Hans Sloane, bart., and widow of sir Richard Fowler, of Harnage Grange, co. Salop, by whom he had no issue. He d. 7 Aug. 1750, leaving issue by his 1st lady,

1. FRANCIS, D.C.L., rector of Winwick,

co. Lancaster, m., 1st, Elizabeth Sutton. (which marriage was dissolved by act of parliament in May 1725,) and 2dly, Anne, da. of sir Robert Gayer, K.B., by Elizabeth, da. of James, 2d earl of Anglesey.

2. HENRY, capt. of the Diamond man-ofwar, d. in the West Indies, 1728.

3. MARTIN, b. Oct. 1701, in holy orders, m., 12 Dec. 1732, Mary, da. of William Hanbury, of Little Martle, co. Hereford, esq., and d. June 1749.

4. JOHN: 5. JAMES; both d. unm.
6. WILLIAM, 1st viscount Glerawley.
7. ARTHUR, d. unm. Jan. 1786.

8. ELIZABETH, m. William Maguire, esq. 9. DEBORAH, d. unm.

WILLIAM, 1st viscount Glerawley, 6th son of Francis Annesley, of Castle Wellan, b. 1709, was created baron Annesley, of CastleWellan, 20 Sept. 1758, and advanced to the dignity of viscount Glerawley, 14 Nov. 1766; the viscount m., 16 Aug. 1738, Anne-Beresford, eldest da. of Marcus, earl of Tyrone, and sister of the 1st marquess of Waterford, and had issue by her, (who d. 12 May 1770,) 1. FRANCIS-CHARLES, 1st earl.

2. MARCUS, b. 17 April 1743, d. unm. 3. RICHARD, 2d earl.

4. WILLIAM, dean of Down, b. 3 March 1747, d. 11 June 1817, having m. miss Digby, only da. of John Digby, of Landestown, co. Kildare, esq., descended from Essex Digby, bishop of Dromore, brother of Robert, 1st lord Digby, and has issue,

1. Marcus, capt. in the army, m., 1803, Caroline, da. of Ferdinando Smith, of the Grange, co. Salop, esq., and has issue, 1. Jane-Amelia, b. 4 Sept. 1805; 2. ElizabethMatilda; 3. Caroline-Frances, deceased; 4. Maria; 5. Catherine; 6. Marcus-William; 7. Harriet.

2. William,m., 8 Feb.1806, miss Reynell,

and has issue, 1. William Richard, E.I.C. service; 2. Marcus-John; 3. Frances; 4. Elizabeth-Frances; 5. Matilda-Caroline; 6. Marcus-Christianus; 7. Jane-Eleanor-Catherine; 8. Arthur; 9. Annette-Selina; 10. Richard-Reynell; 11. Charles-Henry; 12. Anna-Maria-Fanny.

5. CATHERINE, m., 14 July 1760, Arthur, 2d earl of Arran, and d. 21 Nov. 1770.

The viscount d. 12 Sept. 1770, and was succeeded by his eldest son,

FRANCES-CHARLES, 2d viscount, created earl of Annesley, 18 Aug. 1789, with remainder to his brother Richard, m., 8 Feb. 1766, Mary, da. and co-h. of Richard Grove, esq., and dying without issue, 19 Dec. 1802, was succeeded by his brother,

RICHARD, 2d earl, b. 14 April 1745, m., 25 Sept. 1771, Anne, only child and sole h. of Robert Lambert, of Dunleddy, co. Down, esq., and by her (who d. 30 June 1822) had issue,

1. WILLIAM-RICHARD, 3d earl.

2. ROBERT, b. 1 June 1773, m. Mary-Anne, da. of James Gandon, of Cannon Brook, Ireland, esq., and d. 21 April 1825, having had issue,

1. James, English consul at Barcelona, m., 21 June 1826, Clementine, da. of the baron de Brockhausen, and has issue, 1. William-Richard, b. 23 May 1827; 2. AnneClementina, b. 25 July 1828; 3. JamesCharles, b. 4 Sept. 1829, d. 19 Nov. 1833; 4. Frances-Amelia, b. 10 June 1831, d. 25 July 1832; 5. Arthur-Adolphus, b. 23 Feb. 1833; 6. James-O'Donel, b. 23 Dec. 1834, and other issue, of whom Charles-James, 2d son, d. an infant.

2. William.

3. Francis-Charles.

4. George-Robert.

5. Mary-Anne, m., 5 July 1820, sir John Stepney Cowell, G.C.H., major in the army, and d. 8 Nov. 1821.

6. Catherine, m., 5 July 1820, the rev. J. Mahon, and d. 27 April 1822.

7. Eleanora-Caroline.

3. ARTHUR, b. 21 Nov. 1774, a lieut.-gen. in the army, took the surname of Grove before that of Annesley pursuant to the will of his aunt, Mary, countess of Annesley, m., 30 Jan. 1815, Elizabeth, sole da. of John Mahon, of Besborough, co. Tipperary, esq., and has issue,

1. Richard-Grove, b. 2 Dec. 1815. 2. John-Charles-Grove, b. 28 Oct. 1819. 3. Arthur-Fitz-Arthur-Grove, b. 19 June 1822.

4. William-Grove, b. 12 Feb. 1826.

5. Henry-Robert-Grove, b. 22 April1831. 6. Mary-Grove, b. 3 Feb. 1817, m., 21 April 1835, capt. Warden Flood, 51st foot. 7. Charlotte-Frances-Grove, b. 28 Feb. d. 8 April 1818.

8. Charlotte-Johanna-Grove, b. 16, d. 26 March 1821.

9. Charlotte-Elizabeth-Grove, b. 7 Aug.

1823.

10. Georgiana-Grove, b. 3 Oct. 1824. 11. Elizabeth-Grove, b. 26 Aug. 1827. 12. Fanny-Fitz-Lawrence-Grove, b. 12 Oct. 1829.

13. A da., b. and d. 17 Aug. 1832. 14. Louisa-Augusta-Grove, b. 2 Oct. 1834.

15. A son, b. 30 July 1836.

4. FRANCIS-CHARLES, R.N., b. 25 Nov. 1775, m., 25 July 1813, Mary, da. of col. William Radclyffe, and d. 5 Aug. 1832, having had issue by her, (who re-m., April 1834, the rev. J. Dickson,)

1. Richard-Arthur, b. 21 Nov. 1814, m., 17 Dec. 1836, Frances, youngest da. of capt. Barnewell.

2. Stephen-Francis-Charles, b. 21 Nov. 1817.

3. Francis-Charles, b. 30 June 1819. 4. Robert-Michael-Smith, b. 21 Nov. 1825.

5. William-Henry, b. 4 Oct. 1830. 6. Elizabeth-Catherine, b. 18 May 1816, d. 6 Aug. 1828.

7. Catherine-Mary, b. 14 Jan. 1822. 8. Anna-Maria, b. 5 Dec. 1823, d. 8 April 1825.

9. Anna-Maria-Wilhelmina, b. 26 Sept. 1827.

10. Elizabeth-Catherine, b. 8 Dec. 1828. 11. Frances-Mary, b. 25 Aug. 1832. 5. CATHERINE, m., Jan. 1801, sir Neil O'Donel, of Newport, co. Mayo bart., and d. his widow, 10 July 1830.

6. ANNE-MARIA, m. rev. George M'Dowell Johnstone, of Ballywillwill, co. Down.

The earl d. 9 Nov. 1824, and was succeeded by his eldest son,

WILLIAM-RICHARD, 3d earl, b. 16 July 1772; m., 1st, 19 May 1803, Isabella, 2d da. of William St. Lawrance, 2d earl of Howth, (which marriage was dissolved by act of parliament 1820, and she d. April 1826,) and had issue,

1. MARY, b. March 1804, m., 16 Feb. 1828, William-John M'Guire, of Rosstown, co. Down, esq.

The earl m., 2dly, 15 July 1828, PriscillaCecilia, 2d da. of Hugh Moore, of Eglanine House, co. Down, esq., and had issue, 2. WILLIAM-RICHARD, present earl. 3. HUGH, b. 26 Jan. 1831.

4. ROBERT, b. 10, d. 12 March 1833. 5. A son, b. Feb. 1834.

6. A SON, b. 20 Sept. 1835.

7. A son, b. 22 Feb. 1837.

The earl d. 25 Aug. 1838, and was succeeded by his eldest son, WILLIAM-RICHARD, present and 4th earl.

Heir Presumptive-Hon. HUGH ANNESLEY, his lordship's brother.

Creations-Baron, 20 Sept. 1758; Viscount, 14 Nov. 1766; Earl, 18 Aug. 1789.

Arms-Paly of six argent and azure, a bend gules.

Crest-A Moor's head, couped at the shoulders, in profile proper, wreathed round the temples, argent and azure.

Supporters-Dexter, a Roman soldier in armour resting his right hand on an antique shield, or buckler, proper. Sinister, a Moorish soldier, having a quiver of arrows pendent from a belt over his left shoulder, and his left hand resting on a bow, proper. Motto-Vitutis amore. From the love of

virtue.

Sir MICHAEL COLE (grandson of sir William Cole, of Enniskillen, knt.) m., 20 Feb. 1671, his cousin, Elizabeth, da. of sir John Cole, bart., (by Elizabeth Chichester, niece of Arthur, earl of Donegal,) and sister of sir Arthur Cole, lord Ranelagh, (which title became extinct in 1754,) and had issue,

JOHN, of Florence Court, b. in 1680, m., 1st July 1707, Florence, only da. of sir Bourchier Wrey, bart., of Trebitch, co. Cornwall, (by Florence, da. of sir John Rolle, of Stevenstone, co. Devon,) and 2dly, Mary, da. of Robert Saunderson, of Castle Saunderson, esq., and d. July 1726, leaving issue by his 1st wife,

JOHN Cole, 1st lord Mountflorence, b. 13 Oct. 1709, created, 8 Sept. 1760, baron Mountflorence; m., Oct. 1728, Elizabeth, eldest da. of Hugh-Willoughby Montgomery, of Carrow, co. Fermanagh, esq., and had issue by her, (who d. April 1771.)

1. WILLIAM-WILLOUGHBY, 1st earl. 2. ARTHUR, b. 8 Aug. 1750, m., 1780, Letitia, da. and heiress of Claudius Hamilton, esq., on which occasion he took the surname of Hamilton after that of Cole; he d. leaving issue,

1. John, in holy orders, d. 26 Feb. 1810, leaving issue.

2. Isabella, m. James Hamilton, esq. 3. Letitia, m., Aug. 1815, major Stafford. 4. Elizabeth, m., 9 Dec. 1820, H. Slade, esq.

5. Arthur-Willoughby, m., 16 Dec. 1831, Emily-Catherine, da. of the rev. CharlesCobbe Beresford.

3. MARY-ANNE, d. 30 June 1793.

4. FLORA-CAROLINE, m., 13 Dec. 1755, William Irvine, of Castle Irvine, co. Fermanagh, esq., and d. 20 Oct. 1757.

5. CATHARINE, m., 6 Oct. 1770, Richard Browne, esq.

6. MARY, d. 4 April 1755.

7. ELIZABETH.

His lordship d. 30 Nov. 1767, and was succeeded by his eldest son,

WILLIAM WILLOUGHBY, 2d lord, & 1736, created viscount Enmakillen, 20 July 1776, and advanced to the dignity of earl of Enmiskillen, 18 Aug. 1789. The earl m., 3 Nov. 1763, Anne, only sister of Armar, 1st earl of Belmore, and by her, (who d. Sept. 1302,) had issue,

1. JOHN WILLOUGHBY, present earl. 2. Sir GALBRAITH LOWRY, G.C.B. and K.T.S., gen. in the army, col. 27th regiment of foot, governor of Gravesend and Tilbury Fort, sometime governor and commanderin-chief at the Cape of Good Hope, received, 21 May 1815, the unanimous thanks of the house of commons for his distinguished services at the battle of Salamanca, 22 July 1812: the battle of Vittoria, 21 June 1813; the battles of the Pyrenees, July and Aug. 1813; the battle of Orthes, 27 Feb. 1814; and the capture of Bordeaux; b. 1 May 1772, m., 15 June 1815, Frances Harris, youngest da. of James, 1st earl of Malmesbury, G.C.B., and has issue,

1. Florence-Mary-Georgiana, b. 3 June 1816.

2. Arthur-Lowry, b. 24 Aug. 1817, in the army.

3. Louisa-Catherine, b. 16 Aug. 1818. 3. WILLIAM-MONTGOMERY, in holy orders, dean of Waterford, b. 14 Oct. 1773, d. 2 Sept. 1804.

4. ARTHUR-HENRY, b. 28 June 1780, M.P. for Enniskillen.

5. HENRY, d. an infant.

6. SARAH, b. 1 Sept. 1764, m., 23 Jan. 1790, Owen Wynne, esq., and d. March 1833.

7. ELIZABETH-ANNE, b. 8 Aug. 1765, m., Sept. 1788, col. Richard Magennis, and d. 26 May 1807.

8. ANNE, b. 14 Sept. 1769.

9. FLORENCE, b. 14 May 1778, m., Nov. 1797, Blaney-Townley Balfour, of Townley Hall, co. Louth, esq.

10. HENRIETTA-FRANCES, b. June 1784, m. Thomas-Philip, earl de Grey.

The earl d. 22 May 1803, and was suceceded by his eldest son,

JOHN-WILLOUGHBY, present and 2d earl. Heir Apparent-WILLIAM-WILLOUGHBY, viscount COLE, eldest son of the earl.

Creations-Baron, 8 Sept. 1760; Viscount, 20 July 1776; Earl, 1789; and Baron Grinstead, of Grinstead, co. Wilts, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, 11 Aug. 1815. Arms-Argent, a bull passant sable within a border of the second charged with eight

bezants; on a canton azure a harp or stringed argent.

Crest-A demi dragon, wings elevated, vert, holding a dart in the dexter paw, and resting the sinister on an antique buckler, charged as the canton.

Supporters-Two dragons regardant vert, each holding in the inner fore paw a dart proper.

Motto-Deum cole, regem serva. Worship God, serve the king.

THIS family is descended from a branch of the viscounts Frendraught, in Scotland. JOHN CREIGHTON, of Crum Castle, co. Fermanagh, esq., m. Mary, da. of sir Gerard Irvine, of Castle-Irvine, and had issue, ABRAHAM, who entered into the military service, and rose to the command of a regiment of foot, at the head of which he distinguished himself at the battle of Aghrim, in 1692; he represented co. Fermanagh in parliament, and d. March 1705, leaving issue, by his wife, Mary, (da. of James Spotiswood, bishop of Clogher,) an only son,

DAVID, b. 1671, who distinguished himself 1689, at the age of 18, by his gallant defence of the family seat of Crum Castle, against an army of 6000 chosen men of James II.; he was returned to parliament for Enniskillen, 1692, promoted to the command of a regiment of foot in the reign of George I., and was afterwards a major-gen. in the army, and gov. of Kilmainham. He m., 1700, Catharine, 2d da. of Richard Southwell, (only son of sir Thomas Southwell, bart., and father of Thomas, 1st lord Southwell, by Elizabeth, eldest da. of Murrough O'Bryen, 6th baron and 1st earl of Inchiquin,) and d. 1 June 1728, leaving issue by her, (who d. 5 April 1759,)

1. ABRAHAM, 1st lord Erne.

2. MELIORA, m., March 1741, Nicholas Ward, esq., of the Bangor family.

3. ELIZABETH..

4. MARY.

Dec. 1815, Loftus-Anthony Tottenham, esq., and d. 29 Sept. 1819.

4. MELIORA, m. Blaney Balfour, esq. 5. CHARLOTTE, M. King, esq., and d. 24 March 1819.

6. MARY, d. young. His lordship m., 2dly, 7 Sept. 1762, Jane, only da. of John King, of Charlestown, co. Roscommon, esq., and widow of Arthur Acheson, esq., 2d son of sir Arthur Acheson, bart., by whom he had no issue. His lordship d. 10 June 1772, and was succeeded by his eldest son,

JOHN, 2d lord, created viscount Erne, 1781; and earl of Erne, 1789; m., 1st, Feb. 1761, Catherine, 2d da. of Robert Howard, bishop of Elphin, and sister of Ralph, viscount Wicklow, and by her (who d. 15 June 1775) had issue,

1. ABRAHAM, 2d earl.

2. JOHN, lieut.-col., governor of Hurst Castle, b. 1770, d. 10 May 1833; having m., 1797, Jane, da. of Walter Welden, esq., and had issue,

1. John, b. 30 July 1802, m., July 1837, Selina Griselda, 2d da. of the rev. CharlesCobbe Beresford.

2. Henry, in the army, b. 31 Oct. 1804. 3. Samuel, b. 9 Jan. 1811.

4. Jane-Anne, m., 11 Aug. 1820, Robert Fowler, esq., son of the bishop of Ossory, and d. 19 May 1828.

5. Catherine, m., 31 May 1825, the rev. Francis Saunderson.

6. Helen.

7. Charlotte.

8. Mary.

3. ELIZABETH, b. 21 Jan. 1762, m., 20 May 1783, James King, esq., and d. 28 Jan. 1794. 4. PATIENCE, d.

5. CATHERINE, d. unm. 25 Nov. 1833. 6. MELIORA, d. 1784.

The earl m., 2dly, 22 July 1776, lady Mary Hervey, da. of Frederick-Augustus, 4th earl of Bristol, and had issue by her,

7. ELIZABETH CAROLINA MARY, m. James-Archibald, lord Wharncliffe.

RANDOLPH PROBY, of the city of Chester, settled at Brampton, co. Huntingdon, at the close of the 15th century, and by his wife, da. of Bernard, had 2 sons, 1. Ralph, of Brampton, living 1580, d. 1605, without issue; 2. sir PETER, of Brampton, served the office of lord mayor of London, 1622, d. 1624, leaving by Elizabeth, da. of John Thoroughgood, of Chivers, co. Essex, esq., 5 sons and I da.: 1. sir HENEAGE: 2. Edmund, D.D., a considerable benefactor to Jesus College, Cambridge: 3. Charles; 4. Henry; 5. Emanuel, 6. Walsingham, m. William Downtail, esq.

Sir HENEAGE, the eldest son, b. 1600, sheriff of Bucks, m. Helen, da. of Edward Allen, of Finchley, co. Middlesex, esq., and by her had sir Thomas, 1st bart., and JOHN. Sir Thomas Proby, was created a bart., 1662, and m. Frances, da. of sir Thomas Cotton, of Connington, bart., by whom he had issue, Thomas, d. unm.; Alice, m. I Thomas Wentworth, of Harrowden, co. Northampton, esq., by whom she was mother of Thomas, 1st marquess of Rockingham. Sir Thomas represented co. Huntingdon in several parliaments, and dying without issue male, 1689, the title became extinct: but the estates descended to his brother JOHN, who m. Jane, da. of sir Richard Cust, bart., (ancestor of the earls Brownlow,) and had issue, Frances, d. unm.; but dying 1710, his estates devolved to his male heir, William Proby, esq., governor of Fort St. George, Madras; m. Henrietta, da. of Robert Cornwall, of Borrington, co. Hereford, esq., and had issue, Editha, m. sir John Osborne, of Newton, co. Tipperary, bart.; and an only son,

JOHN, represented co. Huntingdon in parliament, m. the hon. Jane LevesonGower, eldest da. of John, lord Gower, (by Catharine Russell, da. of John, duke of Bedford,) and had issue by her, (who d. 10 June 1726,)

1. JOHN, 1st lord.

2. WILLIAM, d. unm.

3. THOMAS, killed at the attack of Ticonderago, 1756.

4. CHARLES, capt. R.N., commissioner of Chatham dock yard, m. miss Pownall, and had issue,

1. Charles, rector of Stanwick, co. Northampton, m., 1st, Susan, da. of George Cherry, esq., chairman of the victualling board; and, 2dly, his cousin, Catharine, 2d da. of the dean of Lichfield.

2. Baptist-Leveson, d. an infant.
3. Sarah, m. admiral Pigott.
4. Henry-Francis.

5. Charlotte, m., 1st, to col. Thomas Pitcairn; and, 2dly, to the rev. John Ferrers, rector of Beddington, co. Surrey. 6. Beatrice, m. commissioner Charles Cunningham, of Woolwich dockyard.

7. Elizabeth, m. admiral Titchíchogoff, of the Russian navy, d.

5. BAPTIST, dean of Lichfield, D.D., who d. 16 Jan. 1807, having m. Mary, da. of the rev. John Russell, and had issue,

1. Baptist-John, in holy orders, vicar of St. Mary's, in Lichfield, m. Mary-Susannah, youngest da. of sir Nigil-Bowyer Gresley, bart., and d. 1829, aged 68.

2. Charles, in holy orders, canon of Windsor, vicar of Tashbrooke, co. Warwick, and of Twickenham, co. Middlesex.

3. Joshua-John-Brownlow, in the service of the East India Company in Bengal.

4. Mary, b. 1754, m. Francis-Humberstone M'Kenzie, lord Seaforth, and d. 27 Feb. 1829.

5. Catharine, m. her cousin, the rev. Charles Proby, of Chatham, rector of Stanwick, co. Northampton, eldest son of commissioner Proby.

6. Caroline, m. Edward Grove, of Shenstone Park, co. Stafford, esq., since d. 7. Susan, d.

8. Anne.

6. CAROLINE, d. unm.

Sir JOHN PROBY, the eldest son, repre