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 DEBRETTS ILLUSTRATED PEERAGE. 379 Virtue is the way of life. PORTARLINGTON, EARL OF. (DAWSON-DAMER.) HENRY JOHN REUBEN DAWSON-DAMER, 3rd Earl, in the peerage of Ireland, and a Representative Peer for Ireland, son of Capt. the Hon. Henry Daw son -Darner, R.N. brother of the 2nd Earl. Born Sept. 5th, 1822; succeeded his uncle in 1845 ; was educated at Oxford University ; is a Dep. Lieut, and a Magistrate for Queen's county, and a Magistrate for Dorsetshire : married (1847) Lady Alex- andrina Octavia Maria Vane, who died 1874, 2nd daughter of the 3rd Marquess of Londonderry, K.G. He>r presumptive, His cousin, Lionel Seymour William, M.P. son of the late Right Hon. George Lionel Dawson-Damer, M.P. B. 1832 ; was educated at Eton ; entered the Scots Fusilier Guards, 1849, became Lieut, and Capt. 1854, and served in the Crimea; was present at Alma, Balaclava, Inkermann, and Sebastopol; retired 1856; has received the Crimean medal with clasps, the order of the Medjidie and the Turkish War medal; was M.P. for Portarlington, 185765, and was again returned (C.) 1868 ; has been Lieut. Queen's Own Dorsetshire Yeomanry Cavalry since 1858 ; is a Dep. Lieut, of Queen's county, and a Magistrate for that county, Middlesex, ana Dorsetshire: m. 1855, the Hon. Harriet Lydia Montagu, daughter of the 6th Baron Rokeby, and has, with other issue, George Lionel Henry Seymour, b. 1858. Residences, Came House, Dorchester ; 2, Chapel-street, W. CYw&s, Carlton, White's, Travellers', Kildare-street, (Dublin). Sinters lining, Eliza Williamsa Anne, b. 1820, m. 1847, (Saunderson). Louisa Georgiana, b. 1825, TO. 1853, (Knox). Creations, Baron Dawson of Dawson Court, Queen's County, 1770, Viscount Carlow, 1776, Earl of Portarlington, 1785, all in the peerage of Ireland. 3rm<3, Azure : a chevron, ermine, between three arrows, points downwards, or, barbed and fledged, proper ; on a chief, argent, three martlets, sable, and on a canton, gules, a mullet, or. Crest, A cat's head erased at the neck, and affrontee, of a tabby colour, holding in the mouth a rat, sable. >upportfrg, Two heraldic tigers. Seat, Emo-park, Portarlington, Queen's County, Ireland. Club, Carlton. PORTARLINGTON, Earl of, His lordship's predecessor was his uncle, John, 2nd Earl of Portarlington, A. Feb. 26, 178!; succeeded his father, 1798; he was a Colonel in the Army ; and d. unmarried, Dec. 28, 1845. PORTLAND, DUKE OF. (SCOTT-BENTINCK.) WILLIAM JOHN CAVENDISH SCOTT- BEXTINCK, 5th Duke. Born Sept. 17th, 1800; succeeded his father in 1854; was M.P. for Lynn, 18246 ; is a Dep. Lieut, of Nottinghamshire, a Family Trustee of the British Museum, and a co-heir to the "Barony of Ogle. Heir presumptive, Major- Gen. Arthur Ca"endish Bentinck, youngest son of the late Lord Charles Bentinck; b. May, 1819: late Col. /th Dragoon Guards: rn. 1st 1857, Elizabeth Sophia, who Fp-ir diseracp d - 1858, eldest daughter of Sir Vincent Whit- shed, 5th Bart.; 2ndly 1862, Augusta Mary Elizabeth, daughter of the Hon. and Very Rev. Henry Montague Browne, Dean of Lismore, and has with other issue, William John Arthur Charles James Cavendish, b. 1858. Residence, East Court, Wokingham, Berks. Club, Car] ton, United Service.