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 262 DEBRETT S ILLUSTRATED PEERAGE. Ikerrin, Viscount, title borne fey the Earl of Carricfc, ILCHESTER, EARL OF. (FOX-.STRANGWAYS.) HENRY EDWARD FOX.STRANGWAYS, 5tk Earl, son of the Hon. John George Fox- Strangways, (who was son of the 2nd Earl) , by Amelia, 3rd daughter of Edward Marjoribanks, Esq. Born Sept. 13th, 1847 ; succeeded his uncle in 1865 ; edu- cated at Eton, and at Christ Church, Oxford; appointed Cornet Queen's Own Dorsetshire Yeomanry Cavalry, 1867, and Capt. 1870; was Capt. of Her Majesty's Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, 18734: married (1872) Lady Mary Eleanor Anne Dawson, only daughter of the 1st Earl ot Dartrey, and has issue J iving, Deeds without words. Son, Giles Stephen Holland, Lord Stavordale, b. 1874. Sister living, Mary Georgiana Julia, b. 1846, w.1872, (Hood). Patron of nineteen livings, Shepton Montague, V. Sorcerton, V. Milton Clevedon, V. Kilmington, R. Middle Chinnock, R. Somersetshire. Abbotsbury, V. Bridport, R. Melbury Bubb, R. Melbury Osmond, R. Stinsford, V. Winterbourne Monkton, R. Frome St. Quintin, R. Dorsetshire. West Grimstead, R. Plaitford, R. Liltle Somerford, R. Wilt- shire. And with the Earl of Egremont, Rewe, R., and Silveiton, R. Devon. Maiden Newton, R. Dorset. Creations, Baron Ilchester and Strangways, 1741, Baron Ilch ester and Stavordale and Baron Redlynch, 1747, Earl of Ilchester, 1756, all in the peerage of Great Britain. , Quarterly : 1st and 4th, sable, two lions passant, paly of six, argent and gules, Strangways ; 2nd and 3rd, ermine, on a chevron, azure, three foxes' heads erased, or, a canton of the 2nd charged with a fleur-de-lis of the 3rd, Fox. Crest, On a chapeau, azure, turned up ermine, a fox sejant, or. Supporters, Defter, a fox, ermine, frette, or, collared, dovetail, azure, and the collar charged with three fleurs-de-lis, gold ; sinister, a fox, proper, collared as the dexter. Seats, Melbury -house and Abbotsbury, near Dorchester; Redlynch -house, Bruton, Somersetshire. Town Residence, 42, Belgrave-square, S.W. ILCHESTER, Earl of, His lordship's predecessor was his uncle, William, Thomas Homer, 4th Earl of Ilchester. He succeeded his half-brother, Jan. 3, 1858 ; was Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs, 1835, and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Germanic Confederation, 18409: m. July 21, 1857, Sophia Penelope, daughter of the late Sir Robert Sheffield, 4th-Bart. and d. Jan. 10, 1865, without having had issue. Her ladyship. w. 2ndly, 1867, the 1st Baron Hylton. ILCHESTER, SOPHIA, COUNTESS OF. (see BARONESS HYLTON.)