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 BERWICK. 349 r.ERWICK. See "Hume of Berwick," Barony, eft 1601 ; ex. 1611. See " Hume of Berwick," Barony, <•/•. 1776 ; eg. I7S1. BERWICK-UPOX-TWEED. Dukedom. 1, JamesI'itzJames, v:l<l«st(»)o{ the two illc«it.sonsof King I. 1 G«S7 "J iimes U by Arabella (sister of John, afterward* Duke of Marlborough) . ' da. of Sir Winston Churchill, was 4. 21 Aug. 1G70 ; eil. abroad, at the Colleges of Tully, PIcssisand La Floche.aud, having distinguished 1,,Jd - himself at the siege of Buda in 16S6,( 1 ') when that fortress was wrested from the Turks, was iu that year made Col. of the 8th Foot. On 19 March 1686/7,b« was er.(by his Father; BARON OF nosWORTH, en. Leicester, EAKL OF TIN MOUTH, co. Northumberland, and DUKE OF BERWICK-UPON-TWEED. Shortly afterwards he joined the Imperial army in Hungary, becoming a Major-Gen. (herein. Gov. of Portsmouth and Lord-Lieut, of I lants, 16S7. Col. of the Royal Horse Guards, HISS. On 28 Nov. 10SS he was elected K.G., but, not presenting himself for installation, his election was declared void 1 Jany. following. lie served for his Father's cause iu Ireland at the siege of Londonderry, the battle of Boyne, &c, and was attainted iu 1696, whereby his honours became forfeited. He was naturalised in France, 17 Dec. 1703, serving with great distinction in the French army. Cript. Gen. and Grandee of Spain, 1701. Marshal of France, 1706. In reward for the victory of Abnaaza over the English and Portuguese he was a (by Philip V) Duke of Liria and Xa-ka in Spain, 1707; Knight of the Golden Fleece, 1707 ; a: Duke of Fit: James in France 23 May 1710, with a spec. rem. to his issue by his second wife. Was Councillor of Regency of France, 1 7 1 !>. Installed a Knight of the St. Esprit, at Versailles, 3 Juno 1724. Gov. of Strasburg, 1730. He mi. "firstly 26 March 1695, Ham* Dow. Countess ok Lucan [I.], da. of William (de Burgh) Earl of Clanhi- c.miiie [L] by his 2nd wife Helen, da. of Donough (McCarty), Kaiii. of ClaScaktt [I.J. She & If) Jany. 169S. He in., secondlv, 18 April 1700, Anne, da. of the Hon. de Verc. All had issue which, at the death of Agnes Bertram, spinster, (mentioned in the text) were coheirs, viz., (1) William FUz- William, grandson and h. of Agnes, the 1st da. ; (2) Philip Darcy, grandson and h. of Isabel, the 2nd da. ; (3) Elias de PiUulbury, & ami k. of Christian, the 3rd da. ; and (I) Gilbert de Aton, grandson and h. (by Isabel his mother) of Ada, the 4th da. (*) See as to the yr. s. Henry Fitz James, suh "Albemarle" titular Dukedom of [MM !], ante, p. 68. " ( h ) " The following list of Englishmen are authentically proved to have taken part in the siege : — Dudley, illegit. son of Prince Rupert, known in the Imperial army as Prince Dudley ; Jakes Fitz-James, illegit. sou of King James II ; Forbes, Earl of Granard. volunteer J Viscount Mountjoy, from Ireland; Lord Halifax; George Hay, from .Scotland ; Kerry, brother to Lord Quberry (sic), from Scotland ; Cutts, volun- teer; St. George, volunteer J Howard, volunteer ; Moove, volunteer ; Captain Talbot, volunteer ; Captain Bellairs [Bollrtsis ?] ; James Richard, engineer; Wiseman, volunteer; Carre, Highlander," See a letter signed " HENQELMULLEB, Austio-Hungarian Charge 1 d'All'aires, IS, Belgrnve-square," published in the "Morning Post," relating to the bi-centenary anniversary of the recapture of the fortress of Huda (from the Turks) about to be celebrated at Budapesth from the 1st to the 8th of September following. Of these officers, Dudley Bard was slain iu this siege ; The Earl of Gianard [I.] (/. 173} ; Viscount Mountjoy [1.] was slain 1692 ; " Lord Halifax" seems to mean Lord George Savile (3rd s. of George, 1st Marquess of Halifax) slain at this siege ; " George nay " was possibly the 4th Earl of Kiunoull who hail sin: as such, as early as 1677 and who d. unm. in Eicngaru iu 1687 ; The " brother to Lord Quberry " is possibly the Hon. J im ies Douglas, Col. of the Guards [S.J 10S4, who d. as Lieut-Gen. at Namur in 1691. He was in 16S6 the only surv. br. of William, 3rd Farl, 1st Mar- quess and 1st Duke of Qncensbcrry [S.j, and may possibly have been called " Kony " from the name of his estate. 2 B