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 COMPTON] 'TITLES DORMANT AND TITLES IN ABEYANCE 696 COMPTON Barony (writ 1572). — Heirs : Charles Vera Townshend Mainwaring-Ellerker-Onslow J ; Henrv Ferrers Ferrers i ; Major Charles Archibald Townshend Boultbee i. A Petition was pre- seiilcil by Ihe fir.sl-named in 1912. CRANSTOUN, Barony (summons 1609). — Now dormant, but heir unknown. CROMWELL, Barony (writ 1375).— Heirs : Duke of Abercorn J- ; Selina Frances, Mrs. Bewicke- Coplev ' - • Charles John Peebles Chaplin tV ; Amabel Jemima, Mrs. Somers-Cocks jV 5 Earl of Abingdon i • Baroness Beaumont yV ; Hon. Ivy Stapleton -,W ; the heir or co-heirs of Sir Philip- Knevet. Bt. (d. circa 1654) U Mrs. Bewicke-Copley has petitioned His Majesty for the termmation of the aljeyance in her favour. CULLEN, Viscounty (Irel. 1642). — Is now vested in the l']arl of Lindsey. DACRE of Gillesland, Barony (writ 1482).— Heirs : Lord :Iowbray and Stourton J ; Lady Fumi- vall i ; the Earl of Carlisle h. DAGWORTH, Barony (writ 1347). — Heirs : Lord Mowbray and Stom-ton 1- ; Lady Furnivall |. DALKEITH, Barony (Scot. 1430). — It is by no means unhkely that a Peerage of this name was vested in the late Lord Herries. DARCy, Barony (writ 1509, but partially under attainder).— Heirs : Lord Mowbray and Stom-toa i ; Lady Furnivall 1-. DAUBENEY, Barony (writ 1295).— Heirs : Visct. Gage i ; the heir i of Hon. Anne Grove ; the heir ^ of Mary ilackworth ; Reginald Joseph Weld i. DEINCOURT, Barony (wi-it 1299). — Heirs : The heir of Isabel Deincourt, Hving 1327, but if, as- seeuis most likely, she died without issue, then the heirship devolved upon the holders of the next Barony. DEINCOURT, Barony (writ 1332). — Heirs : The Earl of Abingdon -i ; Baroness Beaumont J ; Hon. Ivy Stap'loton J. DE LA POLE, Barony (writ 1366).— Heirs : Identical with the co-heirs to the Baronies of Morley and [Montoagle (which see). DE LA WARR, Barony (writ 1299).— Heirs : The heir of Mary West m. Sir Adrian Poynings, by whom she had three daughters and co-heirs living in 1567. DE LA WARR, Barony (writ (?) 1572). — There is a ctu:ious decision of the House of Lords in 1611 which placed Lord De La Warr in the position of being possessed of an ancient Barony in Fee. This may possiljly be explained on the supposition that the three co-heirs mentioned next above had died s.p. Otherwise the supposition must be that a Barony in Fee existed dating from 1472. In that case the Barony has devolved upon the present Lord De La Warr. DELVIN, Baron (Irel. 1389). Unquestionably a titular dignity created in the family of Fitzjohn was in existence in the family of Nugent, and devolved upon the Earls of Westmeath until 1752, when it fell into abeyance between co-heirs. Two separate Attorney-Generals of Ireland have reported in favour of the existence of a Parliamentary Barony. — Heirs : The heir | of Mary, Lady Athenry ; Gen. Andrew Nugent, of Portaferry House, eo. Down, i- DESPENCER, Barony (writ 1387). — Sole heir : Lady Wentworth who is apparently de jure Baroness. Despeiicer. DEVEREUX, Barony (writ 1299). — Probably the sole heir is Henry Fitzwalter Plumptre, of Good- ncstone I'ark, whoSis at any rate co-heir to an entire moiety. See also Fitzwalter. DEVON, Earldom. — This is held under the decision of the Committee for Privileges in 1831. There is very little, if any, doubt that the decision would be reversed if the point were brought up a second time. Its effect was reversed in the Wiltes case. If that be so then the subsequent Earls of Devon hold their Earldom by writs and sittings thereunder, i.e. in fee, in which case there is now an Earldom of Devon vested in Viscountess Halifax. DINHAM, or Dynaunt, Barony (1283).— Heirs : Viscount Gage ^V ; the heir of Hon Anne Grove J^ ; Reoinald Joseph Weld is ; Lord Zouehe ^'tt : Lady Somerset tt'.t ; the heir tV of Mary (b. 1701), witeot - Samuel Long ; the heir ' of Mary, wife of Thomas Leighton, living circa 1625 ; the heir J of Cecilia, wife of Thomas Kirkham, of Blagdon ; the heir J of Thomas Arundell, of Lanherne. A Petition on behalf of Viscount Gage and Sir Robert Bourchier Sherard Wrey, Bart., was referred to the Com- mittee for Privileges of the House of Lords, 16 May, 1912; but on 21 May, 1914, the House declared that no evidence of the existence or descent of the barony had been produced. " DIRLETON, Barony (Scot, circa 1441). — Under attainder subject to which the heir is Alans Stepney-Gulston. of Derwydd, Llandebie, Carmarthenshire. DUDHOPE, Viscounty (Scot.). — Dormant. Obviously it cannot be extinct. Probably the heir is Capt. H. S. Sc-rymgeour-Wedderburn. if DUDLEY, or Sutton de Dudley, Barony (writ 1342).— Heirs : Lieut. -Col. Ferdinando Dudley William Lea Smith ', : Robert Smart J; the heir of Alexander Francis William Raitt (b. 1842) ^- : the^heir J of Elizabeth ToUey, by Henry IMorgan, of Dudlev. Th-^ senior co-heir, Lt.-Col. F. D. W. Lea Smith, 6th Bntt,, Worcs. Regt., J. P. co. Wore, was b. 4 April, 1872 : m. 3 Feb. l'.)04 Sybil Augusta, dau, of Rev. ("anon Henry Wilham Coventry. Residences^Baynhall, Kempsey : Hileso.ven Grange, CO. Wore. Issue — Ferdinando Dudley Henry Smith, b. 23 June, 1910. Barbara Amy Felicity. The case of Col. Lea Smith was heard before the Committee for Privileges, and on 31 March, 1914, he was declared to be senior co-heir to the barony.