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Margaret, daughter of Sir John Trevelyan, of Nettlecombe, and had only a daughter, Margaret.

(XV'II) Margaret, daughter of Alexander (3) and Margaret (Trevelyan) Luttrell, married her cousin, Henry Fownes, who took the name of Luttrell, and they had a son, John Fownes.

(XVIII) John Fownes, son of Henry Fownes and Margaret Luttrell. married Mary Drew, and had a son John, who was succeeded by his brother Henry.

(XIX) Henry, son of John Fownes and Mary (Drew) Luttrell, was succeeded by his nephew, George (2), son of a younger brother, Francis.

(XX) George (2), son of Francis Lut- trell and nephew of Henry Luttrell, married Anne Elizabeth Periam. daughter of Sir Alexander Hood. George (2) Luttrell entertained in 1879 ^he prince of Wales, afterwards Edward the Sixth. He died in 1910, and was succeeded by the present owner of Dunster Castle and of the manor of East Quantockshead, Captain Alexander Luttrell. He married Alice Edwina, daugh- ter of Colonel Munro Ferguson, of Raith and Xovar, in Scotland, and sister of Colo- nel Ferguson, who was one of the rough riders under Colonel Roosevelt.

(I) The Robert Luttrell who has been mentioned above as having settled on the banks of the Liffey near Dublin at Luttrells- town. was in 1226 treasurer of St. Patrick's Cathedral, and in 1236 was lord chancellor of Ireland. There is mention of a Michael Luttrell, who owned the same estate at the close of the century, and later in 1349 of a Simon Luttrell. who died in the possession of the property.

( I ) The next owner whose name we have is Robert Luttrell, who married a daughter of Sir Elias de Ashbourne, of Devon. Eng- land, and by this marriage added materially to his already large estate.

(II) Christopher Luttrell, son of Robert Luttrell, married Catherine, daughter of Thomas Rochfort, ancestor of the earl of Belvedere. They had one son Richard.

(III) Richard Luttrell. son of Christopher and Catherine (Rochfort) Luttrell, married a daughter of Patrick Fitz-Leons, Esq., and they had a son, Sir Thomas.

(IV) Sir Thomas Luttrell, son of Rich- ard Luttrell, was in the reign of Henry the Eighth the chief justice of Ireland. He mar-

ried Anne, daughter of Baron Aylmer, an- cestor of Lord Aylmer, and they had a son Richard.

(V) Richard (2) Luttrell. son of Sir Thomas Luttrell, married ]\Iary. daughter of Lord Dufany, and they had a son Thomas.

(VI) Thomas (2) Luttrell, son of Rich- ard (2) Luttrell, had the audacity to make a comparison with the earl of Thomond, the chief of the O'Briens, in the lord deputy's presence. He married Eleanor Preston, daughter of Christopher, fourth Lord Vis- count Gormanston by Catherine, daughter of William Fitz William, and had a son Simon.

(VII) Simon Luttrell. son of Thomas (2) and Eleanor (Preston) Luttrell, was made a gentleman of the bed chamber to Charles the Second. He married Janice, daughter of the fifth V^iscount Gormanston. a cousin, and had sons : Simon, Henry, Robert. The last named was the founder of the American family.

(\'III) Simon (2) and Henry Luttrell. sons of Simon (i) Luttrell, were both prom- inent in the war between James the Second and the Prince of Orange, Simon at that time being the governor of the city of Dub- lin. At the close of the war Simon chose to go to France with other Irish soldiers, and afterwards commanded an Irish regiment in foreign service. Seeing before the close of the war that William's forces would be vic- torious, Henry left the cause of King James and took with him a large command of Irish soldiers, and was at the close of the war fighting under the flag of William, and to this day some historians place the respon- sibility for the defeat of James to the defec- tion of Henry Luttrell at this time. He has, however, been cleared of all blame in the matter by the more careful English his- torians. Henry's descendants became very prominent and Henry occupied at dififerent times important positions in Ireland and was held in high esteem by King William. He married Elizabeth Jones, and had sons : Robert (considered by some genealogists as the founder of the American family, but the evidences point rather to Robert (2) Luttrell, the uncle of this Robert (3) Lut- trell being the American progenitor) ; Simon, who was made by George the Third first Baron Irnham, second Viscount Car- hampton. and later still earl of Carhampton.

(IX) Simon (3) Luttrell, son of Henry