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 112 BURKE'S COLONIAL GENTRY. constable of England ; and on the landing of the Duke of Monmouth, in 1685, he com- manded a part of King James's forces, and behaved with great gallantry in the action of Philip's Norton Lane, in the co. of Somerset, narrowly escaping with his life. He was, however, one of the first who deserted his royal master for the Prince of Orange, in ■whose cause he was wounded in storming the city of Cork, and d. within a fortnight, 9th October, 1690. His grace was «. by his son, Charles, second duke, K.Q-., who in- herited, in right of his mother on her decease, 7th February, 1722—23, the earldom of Arlington and viscounty of Thetford, creations of 22nd April, 1672, and barony of Arlington of Arlington, creation of 14th April, 1663—64.. His grace m. Henrietta, daughter of Charles, Marquess of Worcester, and granddaughter of Henry, Duke of Beau- fort, by whom he had issue, I. George, Earl of Euston, b. 24th August, 1715 ; d. in July, 1747, s.p. ; having m. in 1741, Dorothy, eldest daughter of the Earl of Burlington. II. Augustus, of whom presently. III. Charles, b. 23rd April, 1718; d. 29th July, 1739. I. Caroline, m. to William, second Earl of Harrington. II. Isabella, m. to Francis, first Marquess of Hertford. III. Harriet, d. tinm. His grace d. 6th May, 1757, and was s. by Ids grandson, Augustus Henry. His second son, Hon. Au&ustus Fitzeot, who was b. 16th October, 1716, m. Elizabeth, daughter of Colonel William Cosby, governor of New York, younger son of Alexander Cosby, Esq. of Stradbally Hall, Queen's Co. (see Burke's Landed Gentry), and by her (who m. secondly, James Jeffreys, Esq.) he left at his decease, 24th May, 1741, two sons, viz., I. Augustus Henry, who s. his grand- father as third duke ; b. 28th September, 1735 ; was installed a Knight of the Garter, and filled the offices of secre- tary of state and first lord of the Treasury in 1765 and 1766, and that of lord privy seal in 1771. His grace m. first, in 1756, the Hon. Anne Liddell, daughter and sole heir of Henry, Lord Ravensworth, from whom he was divorced, by Act of Par- liament, in 1769, having by her (who m. secondly, John Fitzpatrick, second Earl of Upper Ossory, and d. in 1804) had issue. His grace m. secondly, 24th June, 1769, Elizabeth, daughter of the Rev. Sir Richard Wrottesley, bart., and by her (who d. 25th May, 1822) had issue. The duke d. 14th March, 1811, and from him descends the present Duke of Grafton. II. Chaeles (Lieutenant-Geneeal). The second son, Lieutenant-Genebal Chaet.es Fitzrot, was elevated to the Peerage, 17th October, 1780, as Baron Southampton of Southamp- ton, 00. Hants. His lordship m. in 175S, Anne, daughter and co-heiress of Admiral Sir Peter Warren, K.B., by whom he had issue, eight sons and five daughters, of whom, I. George Ferdinand, who s. as second lord, was b. 7th August, 1761 ; m. first, 21st August, 1784, Laura, daughter of the Hon. and Right Rev. Frederick Keppel, lord bishop of Exeter, by whom (who d. 1798) he had an only daughter, Georgiana Maria, m. 1814, to John Horace Thomas Stapleton, Esq., and d. 8th August, 1830. His lordsliip m. se- condly, 2nd December, 1802, Frances Isabella, second daughter of Lord Robert Seymour, by whom (who d 3rd June, 1838) he liad, 1. Charles, third baron, lord lieu tenant of co. Northampton, b 28th September, 1804; m. first, 23rd February, 1826, Harriet^ only daughter of the Hon. Henry Fitzroy Stanhope, which lady d 23rd October, 1860 ; he m. se condly, 25th February, 1862, Ismay Catherine {V.A.,) daughter of Walter Nugent, Esq., a baron of ihe Austrian empire, and grand- daughter of Sir Charles Jenkin- son, Bart. Lady Southampton has been appointed one of Her Majesty's ladies of the bedcham- ber in ordinary, and had issue, 1. Charles Henry, present Baron Southampton, of Southamp- ton, CO. Hants, lieutenant 10th Hussars, b. 11th May, 1867 ; .?. his father, as fourth baron, 16th July, 1872. 2. Edward Algernon, h. 24th July, 1869, lieutenant 1st Life Guards, formerly page of honour to the Queen. 1. Ismav Mary Helen Augusta, b. 13th April, 1863 ; m. 12th June, 1883, Rev. Lord Charles Edward FitzRoy, son of Augustus Charles Lennox, seventh Duke of Grafton, K.G. 2. Frederica Louisa, b. 4th July, 1864, late maid of honour to the Queen ; m. 12th February, 1890, Percy Edward, eldfest son of General Crutchley, of Sunninghill Park, Berks. 3. Blanche Georgiana, b. 18th September, 1865 ; m. 6th December, 1887, Hon. Ed- ward Sholto Douglas-Pen- nant. His lordship d. 16th July, 1872, and was «. by his elder son, Charles Henry, present Lord Southampton.