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 WALTHAM — WANDSWORTH. 47 II. 1762, f. DRIG0B ViLLBRB (Olmiijs), Baron Waltham of to PniupflTowR [I.], only r. and h. ; 6l 12 March 1746 ; fue. to tkt 178G. peerage [I.]i 5 Oct. 1762 ; was M.P. for Maiden. He m. 8 June 1767t at St Marylebone, Franoea, da. of ( — ) Coi, of Cbelmaford, ^7 ( — ) ^'^ of Kdmund Fowlrr and Fhwoea, da. of Henry MiLDMAT, of Qraoea. He d, a p. at New Hall afad., 10 Feb. 1787* in hk 42d year. when ike peerage became «rltiidL(») Will pr. Feb. 1787. Hia widow d. 26 Oct. 1819, at Goodoeaton, oo. Kent» aged 76. Will dat 22 May 1818, pr. 19 Not. 1819.(^) WALTON. See '' Wbnslbtdalk of Walton, oo. Lancaster," Barony (ParXB0), er. 1866 ; ex, 1868. WANDESfORD. t.e, << Wandksford," Barony [I.] (Wandesford), er, 1707 with the ViaoouirraT or CASTLiooMRii [I.] ; ez, with the Earldom of Wandeafurd [I.]^ 1784. t.tf., '' Wandbbford " Earldom [L] {Wande»ford), cr, 1758; tx. 1784. WANDSWORTH. Barony. i. '<Stdnbt Jambs Stkrn, Esq.," Ist 8. of, let I. ] 895. Vnoonirr di Stbmt in the kingdom of PortugNl,(«) by Sophia, da. and ooheir of Aaron Aiher Goldsmid, of Cavendiah aquare (br. of Sir Isaac Lyon OOLDSMm, lat Bart), waa 6. 1845 ; ed. at Mag. Go])., Oambridge ; became head of the London Arm of " Stem Brothers '* Financiera ; unauooessf oily contested in the *' Liberal " intereat tlie representation of Mid-Surrey in 1880 and 1884 ; of Tiverton in 1885, and of Ipawicb, 1886, becoming, however (finally) M.P. for the Stowmarket div. of Suffolk, 1891-95, snd waa cr. 19 July 1895,(<1) BARON WANDSWORTH of Wandsworth, co. London(«) ; Hon. OoL, 4th Vol. Batt Eaat Surrey Rag. PamUjf £'«to(et.— These, in 1883, appear to ha?e been under 2,000 aorea, but in 1806, the *' aeata ** of |j<ird Wandsworth are Btnteur Baronies conferred on the retirement of the Earl of Rnsebery from the Premienhip. These were [1] Tjoch (Ao«A); [2] Bnrghclere {Oard" ner) ; [3] Wandaworth {Stem) ; nnd [4] Ashton {WiUiammm), Their creation cauaed considerable comment, .being on the recommendation c»f a Minister, who had supported the Abolition of the House of L<»rdfl, which he thus inconsistently increased. None of those so honoured had been as much as 10 vears in the House of Commons, and Mr. Stern, who bad not been there i years, never held any (even the smallest) office. In an article in Uie well known periodical called '' Truth" hia creation is thus spoken of; Mr. Stern " knew what he wanted — it was a Peerage. He did not waste his time in studying politics or in msking speeches, being a pradieal man, he u»ed the maet praetieal meane to attain the object of his ambition — he is now Lord Wandsworth.'* (*) TbB adminiitralive county of London was thus (somewhat questionably) allowed to displace in a formal document the County of Surrey.