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 354 BEVERLEY — BHURTPORE. BEVERLEY. U: " MARQUESS OF BEVERLEY, co. York "j see "Dover " Duke- dooi of; or 1708, ex. 1778. Earldom. l. ^li«e^ox(Pbbicj*),Lgj»d Lgvaese, Baron of Alnwick, CO. Northumberland, was, mi 2 Nov. 17'.'0. cr. F.AKL (IT REVER. I. 1790. LEY, co. York. Ho was 2ad s. of Hash ;1'eiicv, formerly Smithsos) Dike uf NoirniiMiiKiiLAXD, &e. by Elizabeth, da. and It. of Algernon (SEYMOI'Ii), Dl'Kti OK SoMKI'.sKT, E.UIL iff Ni UtTHlMHKItLAN l>, &C He was /;. 21 Jany. 1 750, was M.I', for Northumberland, 17-10 to 1780, in which year by the death of liis Father, 0 June 1780, he sue. to the Peerage as Lobs Lovaine, the Duke having been so ci'. 28 June 178J with a spec, rem. in favour of this his vr. son. Col. of the Northumberland Militia, 177S-1S04. lie Witt) .mo of the English who were detained prisoners in France during hostilities. lie >,t. S June 177a at Siou House, Isleworth, Midi., Isabella Susannah, sister of l'eter, 1st RaIIon GWYDyn, and 2nd 30. (Jeoroe (Percy), Earl or Bkverrev, Sc., a. ami li., b. 22 Juue 177S. Ou 12 Feb. ISO') in hi- t>7th year he stir, hib cousiu as DlKE ok NoliTHi'MliEiu.ANn. See " NoiniHMIii:iil.AM>." Dukedom of; cr, 170(3 uuder the 5th Duke. BEWUE. L& "LUKD HAY OF BEWLIE," tut life ami viilmut seat in Pari. 21 Juue 1000. See " Caiii.IsLK." Earldom of, cr. 1022 : (.■: 1000. BEXLEY. Barony. 1. The Ri. llox. Nicholas Vaxshtart, >d' Foots Cray t I aaci l'laee. Kent, 2nd s. of Henry Yansittait, (iov. of Bengal, by Amelia, da. ~ ' of Nicholas MonsE, Governor of Madras, 28 April 1760 ; ed. at Mr. .Z. Gilpin's school, Cheam, Surrey; matrie. at Oxford (Ch. Ch.) 1831. 09 March 1781 ; student of Ch. Ch. and ]!.A., 17S7 ; M.A., 1791; cr. D.C.L., Hi June 1814; Barrister (Line. Jim) 1791 ; Bencher, 1812; M.P for Hastings, 179C ; for Old Sarum, 1S02-1812, and for Harwich. 1812-1823; Envoy to Denmark. 1801 ; Joint Sec. to the Treasure. 1801 : a Lord of the Treasury [I.], (£01 ; Secretary to the Lord Lieut. [L], 1805*; PC, 18U5 ; Joint Sec. to the Treasury, 1800-1807"; CHANCELLOR ok THE ExCJlKQUEK, 1812 to 1823, was on his resignation ci that post (>') cr., 1 March 1823, BARON BEXLEY, of Bexley, eo. Kent, receiving a pension of £3,000 a year. Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and a Cabinet Minister, 1S23-1H28 ; High Steward of Harwich, Director of Greenwich Hospital, F.li.S., F.S.A., Ice. He m. 22 July 1800, Catharine Isabella, da. of William ( Eden), 1st Baboh Auckland, by Eleanor, 2nd da. of Sir Gilbert Elliot, Hart. [H.] She, who was //. 20 Sep. 1778, </. 10 Aug. 1810. He d. S Feb. 1851, s.p. in his 85th year at Foots Cray afsd., when his Peerage became extinct, "Will pr. Feb 1852. BHURTPORE. See "COMIiER.MERE, OF BHURTPORTE in the East Indies mid of Combermerc, co. Chester," Yiscountey, cr. 1827. (f) " His Lordship is remarkable for the elegance and suavity of his manners." See ' Collins," vol. v, p. 287. f*j " He boasted, upon very fair grounds, of having had the satisfaction to retire, leaving a clear surplus revenue of (.'7,000,00(1 per annum, [yet] great [as] was hie financial reputation, it is certain that his views and statements could never be understood; hia opponents charged him with wilful mystification," See. "Annual Keg.," 1851.