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'THE LADIES OF CASTELLMARCH' (11 S. xii. 360, 407, 487 ; 12 S. i. 53). MB. JOHNSON says that " Hell's Mouth, Forth Neigwl, or Port Nigel are all one and the same." No one denies it. Of course they are, but what I do deny is that Castellmarch is situated on Forth Nigel, which is a very different matter.

.My statements are based, not only on per- sonal knowledge, but on the British Ordnance map of the district, and a glance at this "" will convince the most sceptical," and I hope your correspondent also.

Forth Neigwl or Nigel is a deeply indented foay some four miles long on the west of Cilan Head. It derives its name from that "hero of romance and history, Sir Nigel de

' Loring, who was granted the neighbouring lands in reward for his war services. When driven into this bay by a gale or contrary winds, it is very difficult for a vessel to beat out again ; hence there have been wrecks, and the natives have christened it, as they ^christen all such bays, Hell's Mouth. (There is another Hell's Mouth near Cemaes in Anglesey.)

On the east side of Cilan Head, and divided .from Forth Neigwl by this large promontory,

'is -the* bay on which the village of Abersoch and the house of Castellmarch are situated. It would be absurd to call this bay Hell's Mouth, as there is good anchorage near

"St. Tudwal's Islands a short distance out.

' Hence the bay is marked St. Tudwal's Road on the Ordnance map, and is generally called Abersoch Bay by the public.

If the German map referred to connects this bay with Forth Neigwl or gives them Tjoth the same name, then it is hopelessly wrong. JOSEPH C. BRIDGE.

Chester.

E MARQUESS OP CARNARVON (12 S. i. 91). Apparently there has only been one Mar-


 * .quisate of Carnarvon in the English peerage

-ever created. James Brydges, already Vis- count Wilton and Earl of Carnarvon (so -created Oct. 19, 1714), was created Marquis of Carnarvon and Duke of Chandos, April 29, 1719, and these titles were inherited by his -son Henry Brydges, 1744-71, and by his grandson James Brydges, 3rd Marquis of Carnarvon and 3rd Duke of Chandos from 1771 to 1789, when they became extinct. -g? There have been $j three Earldoms of

./Carnarvon. (1) Robert" Dormer, 2nd Baron Dormer of Wenge, co. Bucks, was created

' Viscount Ascott and Earl of Carnarvon, Aug. 2,. 1628, by King Charles I,, titles which

r^^ame extinct in 1709 on the death of his Charles Dormer, the 2nd Earl. (2) James

Brydges, 9th Baron Chandos of Sudeley Castle, co. Gloucester, was created Viscount Wilton and Earl of Carnarvon, Oct. 19, 1714, by King George I., titles which becamo extinct, as above stated, in 1789. (3) Henry Herbert, 1st Baron Forchester of High Clere, co. Southampton, was created, July 3, 1793, by King George III., Earl (of the Town and County) of Carnarvon a title held by his descendant, the present and 5th Earl.

F. DE H. L.

This title was bestowed upon Jame g Brydges, who, having succeeded his fathe r as 9th Baron Chandos oi Sudeley Castle, o^ Oct. 16, 1714, was, three .days later, created Viscount Wilton and Earl of Carnarvon, which peerage was one of the fourteen con- ferred by George I. on the occasion of his coronation. On April 29, 1719, the Earl was advanced to the dignities of Marquess of Carnarvon and Duke of Chandos. This nobleman died Aug. 9, 1744. His only surviving son, and heir male, Henry, suc- ceeded him, and deceased Nov. 28, 1771, leaving an only son and heir, James, who passed away Sept. 29, 1789, s.p.m., when all the above honours became extinct in the Brydges family.

The title of Marquess of Carnarvon has never since been revived.

Fuller particulars concerning the above three Marquesses will be found in Doyle, ' Official Baronage of England,' vol. i. pp. 339, 355-8 ; and Gibbs, ' Complete Peerage,' vol. iii. pp. 45, 129-33.

FRANCIS H. RELTON.

8 Lansdowne Road, East Croyden.

James Brydges, 9th Baron Chandos, 1st Viscount Wilton, and 1st Earl of Carnar- von, was created Marquess of Carnarvon and Duke of Chandos April 30, 1719. His grandson James, 3rd Duke and Marquess, died without male issue Sept. 29, 1789, when his titles became extinct.

H. JTJNITJS HARDWICKE, M.D.

Southfield Mount, St. Leonards-on-Sea.

[MR. A. R. BAYLEY and G. F. R. B. thanked for replies.]

FEMALE NOVELISTS, 1785-1815 (12 S. i. 111). 3. Mary Ann Cavendish Bradshaw was the eldest daughter of James St. John Jeffreyes of Blarney Castle, co. Cork, arid niece of John, first Earl of Clare, Lord Chancellor of Ireland. She married in 1784 the seventh Earl of Westmeath, and was the mother of the eighth Earl, who became in 1822 Marquis of Westmeath. She was divorced jri October, 1796, and married, in