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GEORGE MOSTYN, BARON VAUX, of Harrowden, co. Northampton, in whose favour her Majesty was pleased to terminate the abeyance of this barony, was summoned to parliament by writ dated 13 March 1838; born 7 March 1804; married, July 1828, Caroline, da. of Arthur Vansittart, of Shottesbrooke House, co. Berks, esq., and has issue, -1. GEORGE-CHARLES, b. 3 April 1830;-2. MONTAGUEHENRY, b. 25 April 1838.

(FOR his lordship's paternal descent see Debrett's New Baronetage.)

SirNICHOLAS VAUX,of Harrowden, (son of William Vaux, of the same place, who fell at Tewksbury, fighting on the side of king Henry VI.,) was summoned to parliament, 15 Henry VIII., (1524,) and died shortly after, leaving issue by his second wife, Anne, da. of sir Thomas Green, of Green's Norton, co. Northampton, knt., a son and successor,

THOMAS, 2d baron Vaux, who sat in parliament 22 H. VIII., 1531; he m. Elizabeth, da. and h. of sir Thomas Cheney, of Irtlingburgh, co. Northampton, knt., and had issue, WILLIAM, 3d baron Vaux, who was summoned to parliament 4th and 5th Ph. and Mary (1556 and 1557); he m., 1st, Elizabeth, da. of John Beaumont, of Grace Dieu, co. Leicester, esq., and had issue, 1. HENRY, d. vit. pat. 1587-8.

2. ELEANOR, m. Edward Brookesby, of Sholdby, co. Leicester, esq.

3. ELIZABETH, a nun at Caen, in Normandy.

4. ANNE.

His lordship m., 2dly, Mary, da. of sir John Tresham, of Rushton, co. Northampton, knt., by whom (who d. 1598) he had issue, 5. GEORGE, of whom hereafter. 6. EDWARD, d. s.p.

7. Sir AMBROSE, d. s.p.

GEORGE, 2d son of William, 3d baron, m. Elizabeth, da. of sir John Roper, knt., afterwards lord Teynham, and d. vit. pat., leaving issue,

1. EDWARD, 4th baron. 2. WILLIAM, d. s.p.

3. HENRY, 5th baron.

4. MARY, ancestress of the present baron, m. sir George Simeon, of Brightwell, co. Oxon, knt., of whom hereafter.

5. JOYCE, d. unm. May 1667.

6. KATHERINE, m. sir Henry Nevill, afterwards lord Abergavenny, and was ancestress of Robert-Henry, earl of Pembroke, and Edward-Bourchier Hartopp, esq., two of the co-heirs of the barony of Vaux, 1837.

William, 3d baron Vaux, d. 20 Aug. 1595, and was succeeded by his grandson,

EDWARD, 4th baron, m. Elizabeth, da. of Thomas, earl of Suffolk, and widow of William, earl of Banbury, by whom (who d. 15 April 1658) he had no legitimate issue; he d. 8 Sept. 1661, and was succeeded by his next surviving brother,

HENRY, 5th baron, who d. s.p. 20 Sept. 1663, when the barony fell into abeyance between his surviving sister, Joyce, and the descendants of his sisters, Katherine and Mary, and so continued till 1838, when it was revived in the person of the present baron, whose descent we now proceed to state.

Sir George Simeon, of Brightwell, co. Oxon, left by his 1st wife, Mary Vaux, before mentioned, two das. and co-hh., viz. Anne, d. unm., and Elizabeth, who m., 1st, William Conyers, esq., by whom she had no male issue; and 2dly, Edmond, 4th viscount Mountgarret in Ireland, to whom she was 2d wife, and who d. 1679; she d. 18 Feb. 1673, having had issue by the viscount, a da., Elizabeth, and a son, Edmond Butler, of Ballyragget, esq., who

m. Elizabeth, da. of George Mathew, of Thomastown, co. Tipperary, esq., and had issue,

1. EDMOND; 2. PIERCE; both d. s.p. 3. GEORGE, of whom hereafter.

4. ANNE, m. Dudley Bagenal, of Dunleckny, co. Carlow, esq.

GEORGE BUTLER, of Ballyragget, esq., only surviving son, m. Catherine, eldest da. of John, lord Kingston, and had issue by her, (who d. April 1762,)

1. JAMES, of whom hereafter.

2. EDMUND, dean of St. Peter's, b. 1721. 3. GERALD-ALEXANDER, b. 1725. 4. MARY, m. Ralph Standish Howard, esq.

5. FRANCES, m. sir James Stanley, of Nether Alderley, co. Chester, bart.

JAMES BUTLER, of Ballyragget, esq.,eldest son, b. 1711, m. Frances, da. and h. of Robert Dillon, of Dublin, esq., and d. 26 March 1746, leaving issue by her, (who d. 17 Nov. 1749,)

1. ROBERT, m., but d. s.p. June 1788. 2. JAMES, heir to his brother, d. s.p. 3. GEORGE.

4. MARY.

GEORGE BUTLER, of Ballyragget, esq., 3d son, but at length heir, m. two wives, and d. 1812, leaving issue by the first, an only da. and heir,

MARY, b. circa 1776, m., 17 May 1801, to Charles Mostyn, of Kiddington, co. Oxon, esq., son of Charles-Browne Mostyn, esq., and grandson of sir Edward Mostyn, of Talacre, co. Flint, bart., by Barbara, da. and h. of sir George Browne, of Kiddington, bart., (see Debrett's New Baronetage,) and d. 1831, having had issue by the said Charles Mostyn, esq., (who d. 11 March 1821,) an only son,

GEORGE MOSTYN, now baron Vaux. Heir Apparent-Hon. GEORGE-CHARLES MOSTYN, his lordship's son.

Creation-15 Henry VIII. (1524). Arms-Per bend sinister, ermine and ermines, a lion rampant or.

Crests-1st, on a mount vert, a lion as in the arms. 2d, a trefoil slipped vert.

Supporters-Dexter, a griffin sable, armed and membered, or. Sinister, a stag or. Motto-Hodie, non cras. To-day, not to

morrow.

The two following Peers were summoned to Parliament by Writ, and placed in their fathers' Baronies, on the occasion of Her Majesty's Coronation.

FRANCIS-GODOLPHIN-D'ARCY OSBORNE, (commonly called Marquess of CARMARTHEN,) BARON OSBORNE, of Kiveton, co. York; born 21 May 1798; summoned to parliament by writ, June 1838, and placed in his father's barony of Osborne of Kiveton; but succeeded to the DUKEDOM OF LEEDS, 10 July following, upon the decease of his father, George-William Frederick, 6th duke of Leeds, when this barony again merged in the higher dignity; married, 24 April 1828, Louisa-Catherine, da. of Richard Caton, of Maryland, esq., widow of sir Fenton-Elwill Bathurst-Hervey, bart., and sister of the marchioness Wellesley. (See DUKE of LEEDS.)

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GEORGE-WILLIAM-FREDERICK BRUDENELL-BRUCE, (commonly called Earl BRUCE,) BARON BRUCE, of Tottenham, co. Wilts; born 20 Nov. 1804; summoned to parliament by writ, July 1838, and placed in his father's barony of Bruce of Tottenham; married, 11 May 1837, Mary-Caroline, da. of George-Augustus, 11th earl of Pembroke.

(See MARQUESS of AILESBURY.)

Creation-17 April 1746.

For descent, arms, &c., see MARQUESS of AILESBURY.

PROMOTIONS.

Page 23.-Major-gen. Lord Charles Manners, C.B., nominated K.C.B.

50.-Sir Horace Seymour appointed an extra equerry to the queen dowager.

67.-Marquess of Bredalbane invested K.T., 21 March 1838.

70.-Marchioness of Breadalbane to be lady of the bedchamber, vice marchioness of Normanby.

77.-The earl of Devon to be high steward of the university of Oxford.

82.-Lord Burghersh invested K.C.B., 21 March 1838.

104.-Major the hon. George-Thomas Keppel appointed a groom in waiting to the queen.

269.-Hon. Edward Fox appointed minister plenipotentiary to the Grand Duke of Tuscany.

327.-GEORGE, earl of DALHOUSIE, having deceased, read JAMES-ANDREW, now baron DALHOUSIE, &C.

331.-James, Marquess of Ormonde, having deceased, read JOHN, now baron ORMONDE, &c.

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507.-George Hamilton, earl of Belfast, appointed vice-chamberlain of Her Majesty's household.

535.-Hon. John Duncan Bligh appointed envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to the court of Hanover.

576.-Ralph Howard, esq., M.P., created a baronet, by patent, 26 July 1833. 667.-CONSTANTINE-HENRY PHIPPS, baron Mulgrave, now marquess of Normanby, &c.

68. ROBERT SMITH, baron Carrington, having deceased, read ROBERT-JOHN SMITH, now baron CARRINGTON, &c.

1837.

BIRTHS.

Dec. 18.-Lady of Willam Russell, of Lincoln's Inn Fields, esq., a son.

1838.

At the Vicarage, Abbeyleix, hon. mrs. Wingfield, a son.

Jan. 17.-Countess of Brecknock, a son, who survived only a few hours. Feb.-At Walton rectory, Leicester, hon. mrs. Hobart, a da.

3.-Lady of the hon. the dean of Windsor, a son.

22.-Viscountess Chelsea, a da. 25.-Lady of William Leveson-Gower, of Titsey Park, co. Surrey, a son and h. 26.-Lady of hon. and rev. sir F. J. Stapleton, bart., a son.

27.-Lady of hon. W. Fraser, a son.

--Lady of col. hon. Leicester-F. Stanhope, a son.

28.-Lady de Tabley, a da.

March 4.-Lady of John Kennedy, esq., secretary of legation at Naples, a son.

8.-Lady of rev. Robert Eden, a son. 14.-Lady of hon. and rev. Charles A. Harris, a son.

17.-Lady Thomas Hay, a son. 20.-Lady of Edmund Jerningham, esq., a da.

21.-Hon. mrs. Osborne, a da.

-Lady Augusta Seymour, a son.
26.-Countess Cowper, a da.
April 4.-Lady Marcus Hill, a da.

7.-Hon. mrs. Spencer, a da.
8.-Lady of hon. R. V. Powis, a son.
-Lady Louth, a son.

13.-Duchess of Richmond, a da.

14.-Lady John Thynne, a son.

18.-Hon. mrs. Anderson, a son.

25.-Lady of the hon. and rev. Horatio

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May 7.-Hon. mrs. Spencer, a da. 8.-Countess of Guilford, a da. 9.-Viscountess Deerhurst, a son. 13.-Lady of the hon. capt. GeorgeFrederick Hotham, a son.

15.-Viscountess Adare, a da. 16.-Duchess of Sutherland, a da. named Victoria.

25.-Hon. mrs. Coventry, a da.

-Lady Agnes Byng, a da. 31.-Lady Georgiana E. C. Grey, a da. June 7.-Baroness Crofton, a son.

11.-Countess of Hillsborough, a son, still born.

18.-Countess of Carnarvon, a son.
21.-Hon. mrs. Rous, a son.

30.-Lady of the hon. and rev. William Towry Law, a da.

July 3.--Lady of the hon. St. John Butler, (son of lord Dunboyne,) a son.

4.-Viscountess Hood, a son.

7.-Lady of the hon. Edward-AnthonyJohn Preston, a da.

15.-Lady of capt. William-Edward Fitzmaurice, (brother of the earl of Orkney,) a son.

17.-Lady of the hon. Charles-Lennox Butler, (son of lord Dunboyne,) a da. 23.-Lady Robert Grosvenor, a son. 25.-Lady Rivers, a son.

Aug. 3.-Countess of Dartmouth, a da. 4.-Lady Stanley, a son, who died the same evening.

12.-Lady Henniker, a da.

-Lady Vernon, a da.

15.-Lady Henry Kerr, a son.
24.-Marchioness of Abercorn, a son

and h.

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1838.

Nov. 15.-Lady Louisa Cavendish, a son. --Lady Helen Stewart, a son and h. 16.-Hon. mrs. Capel, a da.

17.-Lady Caroline Lascelles, a da. 19.-Lady of the hon. J. A. Lysaght, a son and h.

23.-Hon. mrs. Henry Ashley, a da. 26.-Hon. Susan, wife of St. George Caulfield, esq., a da.

Dec. 2.-Lady Lovat, a son.

5.-Lady Thurlow, a son. 6.-Viscountess Holmesdale, a son. 12.-Lady of the hon. lieut.-col. Douglas, a da.

14.-Lady of the hon. and rev. Samuel Best, a son.

1839.

28.-Countess of Dunmore, a da.

Jan. 6.-Countess of Arran, a son.

1837.

MARRIAGES.

Nov. 16.-In Bengal, hon. Edmund Drummond, E.I.C. civil service, 3d son of viscount Strathallan, to Julia-Mary, da. of J. C. C. Sutherland, of Calcutta, esq. 1838. Jan. 23.-Hon. and rev. W. H. Spencer, 4th son of lord Churchill, to Elizabeth-Rose, 2d da. of T. Thornhill, of Woodleys, esq. Feb. 22.-Capt. Octavius Vernon-Harcourt, son of the archbishop of York, to mrs. Danby, of Swinton Park.

27.-Henry Shovell Marsham, esq., capt. R.N., 3d son of the hon. and rev. Jacob M., D.D., to Maria-Sophia, eldest da. of Walter Jones of Ballinamore, co. Leitrim, and Hayle Place, co. Kent, esq. March 9.-At Paris, Victor Amedée, compte de Rupert Mondar, to Mary-Clementina, only da. of Edward Jerningham, esq.

12.-St. Andrew Beauchamp, lord St. John, to Eleanor, 2d da. of vice-ad. sir Richard Hussey Hussey, of Wood Walton, K.C.B.

April.-F. Trench, esq., nephew of lord Ashtown, to Elizabeth, da. of J. Maconchy, of Edenmore, co. Dublin, esq.

8.-Guildford - James-Hillier Onslow, esq., nephew of the earl of Onslow, to Rosa-Anna, da. of gen. Onslow, of Stoughton House, Hunts.

12.-Capt. George Logan, of the Madras army, to Eugenia-Emma, youngest da. of the late hon. M. T. Harris, Madras civil service.

14. The earl of Essex to Catherine, da. of Edward Stephens, of Leadwell, co. Oxon, gent.

16.-Henry Trevor, esq., youngest son of major-gen. Henry Otway Trevor, to Eliza, da. of major-gen. Ellice.

17.-Charles Grey, esq., eldest son of Edward, bishop of Hereford, to Sarah, 2d da. of W. Gyde, of Cheltenham, co. Gloucester, esq.

18.-Rev. Littleton - Charles Powys, rector of Stalbridge, Dorset, to Amelia, da. of J. L. Moulliet, of Hampstead Hall, co. Stafford, esq., relict of Samuel Knight, of Impington, co. Cambridge, esq.

20. The earl of Clonmel to Annette, eldest da. of lord Downes.

21.-Hon. Bouverie-F. Primrose, son of the earl of Roseberry, to FredericaSophia, sister of the earl of Lichfield.

21.-Lawrence-Robert Shawe, esq., 5th dragoon guards, to Anne-Jane-Charlotte, 2d da. of viscount Bolingbroke.

1838.

April 25.-Viscount Galway, to HarrietteEliza, only da. of R. P. Milnes, of Fryston Hall, co. York, esq.

26.-Col. Noel Harris, to ElizabethMary, countess dowager of Huntingdon.

27-John-Henry, earl of Clonmel, to Annette, eldest da. of Ulysses, lord Downes.

May 2.-Rev. Horace-Gore Currie, to Charlotte, da. of viscount Sidmouth.

3.-Thomas Rothwell of Black-castle, co. Meath, esq., to Frances, da. of the hon. Arthur Vesey, and niece of viscount de Vesci.

3.-Capt. James-Arthur Murray, R.N., nephew of John, 4th duke of Atholl, m., 3dly, Julia, da. of John Delme of Fareham, co. Hants. esq.

— 3.-Rev. Francis Hodgson, archdeacon of Derby, to Elizabeth, da. of lord Den

man.

21.-Henry-William Beauclerk, esq., to lady Catherine-Frances, sister of the earl of Ashburnham.

22.-Hon. Edmund Phipps, brother of the marquess of Normanby, to MariaLouisa, da. of sir Colin Campbell, K.C.B., and widow of the hon. Charles-Francis Norton.

28.-Rev. James Sydney Darvill to Grace-Trevor-Charlotte, da. of William Boscawen, esq., and widow of William Fleming, esq.

29.-Major-gen. sir Thomas Hawker, K.C.H., to Mary, relict of the hon. capt. Frederic Noel, Ř.N.

June 5.-Edward Capel, esq., son of the hon. and rev. William-Robert Capel, to Elizabeth, eldest da. of James Binnie, of Demerara, esq.

5.-Hon. Frederick Thellusson, twin brother of lord Rendlesham, to ElizaCharlotte, eldest da. of sir George-Beeston Prescott, bart., relict of James Duff, esq.

19.-Lord Arundell, of Wardour, to Teresa, 5th da. of William, lord Stourton. 21.-Hon. William - Malet Vaughan, brother of the earl of Lisburne, to Louisa, only da. of Edmund Wigan, of Lapley, co. Stafford, esq.

25.-Capt. Charles J. Henry, 56th regt., to lady Selina-Constantia, sister of the marquess of Hastings. July 2.-Hon. John-St.-Vincent Saumarez, R.N., to Caroline, eldest da. of William Rhodes, of Bramhope Hall, co. York, esq.

1838.

July 3.-Rev. W. H. Mann, vicar of Bowden, co. Chester, to Frances-Dorothea, da. of the rev. Lyttelton Powys and niece of the 1st lord Lilford.

5.-Hon. John - Henry - Thomas Manners Sutton, son of viscount Canterbury, to Georgina, youngest da. of Charles Tompson of Witchingham Hall, co. Norfolk, esq.

21.-Charles-Augustus Danvers Butler, lieut. 21st Madras Infantry, son of the late hon. Butler Danvers, to Letitia, youngest da. of late col. Freese of the Madras artillery.

24. Frederick-John-William, earl of Cavan to Caroline-Augusta, youngest da. of lord Hatherton.

25.-Charles-Arthur St. Leger, esq., son of the hon. and rev. James St. Leger, to Jane Robina, 2d da. of William Hawksley, of the Circus, Bath, esq.

26.-Mr. Hamilton, eldest son of William Hamilton, esq., late minister at the Court of Naples, to the hon. miss Dillon, maid of honour to the queen. Aug. 2.-Hon. Alex. - Nelson Hood, only surviving son of Samuel, lord Bridport, to lady Mary-Penelope, da. of the marquess of Downshire.

2. Capt. E. C. Fletcher, 1st life guards, to lady Frances, da. of the earl of Romney.

2.-Richard Buckworth Dunn, esq., 2d dragoon guards, to Isabella-Pallmer, da. of James Hewitt Massy Dawson, of Ballanacoutry, co. Tipperary, esq.

6.—Rev. George - Bridges Moore, to Charlotte, da. of the hon. and rev. JohnEvelyn Boscawen.

6. Lord Elibank, to Emily-Marian, only da. of mr. A. Montgomery of Whim.

8.-Lord Thomas Cecil, son of the marquess of Exeter, to Sophia, sister of the duke of Richmond.

9.-Hon. Charles-F.-A.-C. Ponsonby, eldest son of lord De Mauley, to MariaJane-Elizabeth, da. of viscount Duncan

non.

14.-Hon. capt George-John Cavendish, R.N., brother of lord Waterpark, to Caroline, youngest sister of Charles Prideaux Brune, of Prideaux Place, co. Cornwall, esq.

16.-Capt. Hope, R.N., of Carriden, N.B., to Frederica, sister of lord Kinnaird. 22.-Hon. Percy Ashburnham, to Esther Martha, eldest da. and co-h. of the late lieut.-col. John By, R.E.

28.-Hon. William Booth Grey, to Frances, sister of Mark, lord Somerville. Sept. 6.-The earl of Sandwich, to Mary, 7th da. of Henry-William, marquess of Anglesey.

10.-Viscount Milton to Frances-Harriett, eldest da. of George-Sholto, earl of Morton.

13.-Hon. William Tollemache, grand

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son of the countess of Dysart, to lady Anna-Maria-St.-Maur.

Sept. 13.-Rev. Edwin Hotham, son of sir William Hotham, K.C.B., to Harriett, youngest da. of sir J. G. Cotterell, bart.

18.-Ralph Abercromby, esq., to MaryEliza, eldest da. of Gilbert, earl of Minto, 20.-Capt. Randal Rumley, 60th rifles, to Caroline- Mary, da. of sir George H. F. Berkeley, K.C.B.

Oct. 1.-Hon. and Rev. James Norton, brother of lord Grantley, to Isabella, only child of Thomas Lowndes, of Barrington Hall, co. Essex, esq.

2.-Viscount Combermere to the only da. of Robert Gibbings,of Gibbings Grove, co. Cork, esq.

10.-James J. R. Mackenzie, esq., to lady Anne, da. of earl Fitzwilliam.

29. James Alexander Douglas, of Gray's Inn, and Ealing, co. Middlesex, esq., to Mary, eldest da. of lord Petre. Nov. 26.-Capt. Edward Tennison, of Castle Tennison, co. Roscommon, to Louisa, da. of the earl of Litchfield.

Dec. 3.-Hon. and rev. Francis Clements, to miss King, da. of the rev. Gilbert King.

6.-J. H. Lloyd Anstruther, esq., of Hintlesham Hall, Suffolk, to GeorgianaCharlotte, eldest da. of the hon. Lindsay Burrell. -7.-Willoughby Peter Burrell, esq., 3d son of the hon. Lyndsay Burrell, to Fanny, 2d da. of William Jones Burdet,

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Jan. 1.-W. H. Bessy, esq., of Yarmouth, co. Norfolk, to Jane-Frances, eldest da. of lieut. De Montmorency, of Greenwich Hospital, and grand niece of viscount Frankfort de Montmorency.

---H. Richardson, esq., to Emily, 6th da. of lord Mark Kerr. ---Thomas Thompson, of Vanburgh House, Greenwich, co. Kent, esq., to hon. mrs. Charlotte-Margaret Welman, relict of Thomas W., esq., and da. of baroness Barham.

- 8.-Hon. George-Rolle-Walpole Trefusis, R.N., to Margaret-Frances, 2d da. of John James, of Houghton Lodge, co. Hants, esq.

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