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 850 COKRIOBNDA, BfTO., TO VOL. 11. Bart, which Oeorge (who d. 18 April 1676, nged 59) was a. and h. of the 3d Baron (d. 80 April 1837, aged 56), vr. a. but eventually h. of the let Baron {d 14 Sep. 1808, a^ed 83), 4tb a. but eventually h. male of Sir Thomas Lyttbi^ton, 4th Bart, {d, 14 Sep. 1751), by Christian, yr. sister of Kicliard (Tbmpls), 1st VisoouNT and Baron Cobham, who had been so cr. [1718], with a spec. rem. in favour of the heirs male of the body of hb aisters, Hester (wife of Richard (Gubnvilli) and the said Christian. He was b. 27 Oct 1842, Ht Hagley Park, co. Worcester; ed. at Eton and at IVin. Coll., Cambridge; B.A., 1864; M.A., 1867; was M.P. for East Worcestershire, 1868-74; guc <o Ihe peeraf/e (as Barttn LytUUon, kc.) on the death of his father, 18 April 1876 ; Land Commr., 1881-89 ; $uc. to the Vitamntey and Barony of Cobham ^ 26 March 1889, but woa not introduced, na such, till 8 April 1897. Railway Commr., 1891 ; aometiroe Dep. Chairman of the Great Weatern Railway. He in., 19 Oct 1878, Mary Susan Caroline, 2d da. of William Oeorge (Caybndish), 2d Baron Chishaii, by Henrietta Frances, da. of the Rt Hon. y^Uiam Saunders Sebright Lasciixbs. She was 5. 19 March 1858^ " p. 327; line 5, afUr "1779," add "in Marylebone"; line 8. /or "writ," rtad " wUl "; line 17, after ** extinct," add " He was bur, 11th at Kensal Gi-een." p. 328; line 3, for *' Musenm," read "Museum "; line 7, for " 72," read " 71 "; line 10, after **ed.," udd '*at Weatm. achool and"; line 42. afta- "for," add " Rye, April 1640, and, in Nov. 1640 (till diaabled 1644), for." p. 329 ; Hue 10, after " Judith," aild " (bap. 1 June 1606, at Holliugbourne and living Feb. 1649)"; line 16, for " 2nd," read " 8d "; after "was," add **bap. 21 March 1634/5, at Holliugbourne"; line 19, a/<^ "m.," add *' before 13 Sep. 1660 (the date of her naturalisation) "; line 28,/of " 16," read "at Hollingboume, 4"; line 80, after •«1719," add "and was bur. 22, at Hollingboume"; line 35, after "1642," add "at Hollingboume"; line 41, for "25 June 1725, aged 85," read "at Hoveston St. John, co. Norfolk, and was 6iir. 19 June 1725, at Hollingboume, aged 83 "; line 52, /br "was bur, 19," read "<f. suddenly 2 and waa bitr, 9. " p. 330 ; line 2, after " Herts," add "MP. for Old Sarum, 1679-81 "; line 21, far "In 1780," read "From 173034"; line 80, after "Paris.," add "1754-61"; after " subsequently," add " 1763." p. 331 ; line 2, after " 1823," wJd "at Wapping"; line 8, for " 1874." read " 1824, of a convulsive fit"; line 18, /o9- " 1856," read " 1855"; line 31, after "Service, udd "He d. of jaundice, at 1 SuHMtx square, 14 and was bur. 22 June 1894, at Ottery St Mary.(«) aged 73. Will pr. at £15,444. Hia wiilow, who was b. 1853, living 1898 "; imert a$ eaid note " (*) His Oxford career was, save for the taking of the ordinary degrees, a total blank, contrasting singularly with that of his father, who waa let class in classics besides obtaining the prise in 1810 for Latin verse, and in 1813 both for Latin essay and Engliah essay. See also Vol. vii, p. 105, note (*), eub Selborae. Hia *ulver tongued' oratory waa aingularly effective in hia apeecli (the longeat on record in a Court of Law) 15 Jan. to 16 Feb. 1872, when, as Counsel, he opposed the claim of the toi ditant *Sir Roger ' to the estates and Baronetcy of Tichborne. He, however, made no great reputation either in the House of Commons or on the Bench, and the important figure which, in hia lifetime, he held, arose, probably, from hia being a man of high culture, fine presence and dignified demeanour, as also an eioellent raeonteur and after-dinner apeaker. In politica he was a strong liberal and a firm friend and follower of Gladstone. While Ch. Justice he appeared in the unique poaition of defendant (in hia own Court) for an action for libel, brought againat him (unsuccessfully) by his son-in-law, Charles Warren Adams." Itotween lines 81 and 82 insert as under — t# IL 1894. S, Bbbnaru John Sbtmour (Colbridgb), Bakon Colb- RIDOK OF Ottirt St. Mary [1074 |, 1st s. and h., 6. 19 Aug. 1851, at Heath's Court afsd., ed. at Eton and at Trin. Coll, Oxford ; B.A. 1875 ; Barrister (Middle-Temple) 1877 ; waa M.P. for the Attercliffe div. of Sheffield, 1885-94 ; Queen's Counsel, 1892 ; sue, to the peerage 14 June 1894, contending (unsuccessfully) that his seat in the lower House was uot vacated thereby till afier the writ of summuus