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 12 s. ix. DEO. io, mi.] NOTES AND QUERIES. 473 the Small Pox; she was daughter of the late Lord Burlington and was married to Lord Hartington, son to the Duke of Devonshire. In a little MS. book at Oxburgh, entitled ' Lives of Bedingfeld wives,' is the following, written by the Hon. Charlotte, Lady Beding- feld, nee Jerningham : 3rd Lady Bedicgfeld, Lady Elizabeth Boyle. This lady was the wife of Sir Henry Arundell Bedingfeld, 3rd Baronet. She married August 28, 1719, and her eldest son was born the year following at her Parents' house at Chiswick. Her father was Charles, Earl of Burlington, and her mother was Julia, daughter and heir of Henry Noel, 2nd son to Edward, Viscount Campden, who died 1677. . . . Lady Eliza- beth's sisters were (1) Juliana, Lady Bruce; (2) Lady Jane Boyle, who lived on Turnham Green, and died unmarried [her portrait is at Oxburgh] ; (3) The Countess of Shannon. Her brother, Richard, Earl of Burlington, left an only daughter, his sole heir, who married the Duke of Devonshire, and was mother to the present Duke [ob. 1811] and to the late Dutchy of Port- land by this marriage all the Burlington property passed into the Duke of Devonshire's family, and nothing to the Bedingfelds but some indif- ferent views of Chiswick Gardens and some curious table linen. The views of Chiswick and the table linen are still at Oxburgh. By the way, Sir Richard, in. the journal already quoted, writes "Parson's Green " instead of " Turn- ham Green " ! 1780, Jan. 28. My aunt, Lady Jane Boyle, the last of the Burlington^, and sister to my mother, died at Parson's Green, near London, aet. 82. KATHARINE PASTON -BEDINGFELD. Villa Borghese, Torquay. After the mansion [Beaufort House] had stood j empty for several years, it was purchased by Sir I Hans Sloane ; and, in the year 1740, it was pulled j down, in pursuance of the directions of that j gentleman. The chief gate, which was built by j Inigo Jones for the Earl of Middlesex, Sir Hans ! Sloane gave to the Earl of Burlington, who re- ' moved it to his gardens at Chiswick. (London ! and Middlesex,' vol. iv., by J. Norris Brewer, 1816, ! p. 38.) Among these [the ornamental buildings in the | gardens of Chiswick House] must be noticed a gate, ; erected at Chelsea by Inigo Jones, on the premises which had formerly belonged to Sir Thomas More, and which were then occupied by Lord Treasurer Middlesex. This valuable piece of masonry was presented to Lord Burlington by Sir Hans Sloane in 1738. (Ibid., p. 320.) Brewer (p. 319) refers to Horace Walpole's ' Anecdotes of Painting,' where, in the j article on ' Richard Boyle, Earl of Burling- ton,' is the following : His enthusiasm for the works of Inigo Jones : was so active, that he repaired the church in j Covent Garden because it was the production of I that great master, and purchased a gateway at j Beaufort Garden in Chelsea, and transported the identical stones to Chiswick with religious attach- ment. In view of the words " built," " piece of masonry," " identical stones," it is far from clear whether the iron gate is indicated. Whether Lord Burlington bought or re- ceived the gate or gateway as a gift is of little importance. ROBERT PIERPOINT. COL. CHESTER'S EXTRACTS FROM PARISH REGISTERS (11 S. vi. 90; 12 S. ix. 389). These were compiled in duplicate at the expense of Col. Chester's friend, and after- wards executor, the late G. E. C., who indeed himself made some of the extracts, and one set was held by each. Col. Chester's set passed to the College of Arms and the other has been distributed, chiefly among public libraries connected with the parishes concerned, owing to G. E. C.'s express wish not to " lessen the value of this gift " by allowing another copy of the extracts to be available as a whole in any public library. C. OF A. ILLICIT DISTILLING IN SCOTTISH HIGH- LANDS (12 S. ix. 431). In reply to the query by D. M. U., the only work I am ac- quainted with referring to the above is : An Account of Highland Whisky, with Smug- gling Stories and Detections. By Ian MacDonald, I.S.O. (late of Inland Revenue). Privately printed at Stirling by Eneas Mackay, 43, Murray Place, and by Wm. Mackay and Son, Inverness, 1914. It is quite a small venture and does not relate much that any student of the subject is not already aware of. It can be seen in the British Museum. There have been numerous magazine articles on the subject for which the Periodicals Index at the British Museum should be consulted. If D. M. U. will let me have his address and is in town I can possibly assist him in other ways. B. R. LEFTWICH. "THE KING'S ENGLISH": "GESTURE" (12 S. ix. 387). The gallicism for which The Guardian reproves King George began, so far as my observation goes, to crop up in the newspapers last year. Like most neologisms, it is at present overworked. In The Daily News of Nov. 24, 1921, Mr. H. Wilson Harris writes : " You cannot quite get that gesture from Mr. Balfour." The same paper, Nov. 9, speaks of " the hope that Sir James Craig might make a generous gesture." In fact I have noted it at least once a day for the last month or so. With it we may compare " to explore every avenue," " to leave no