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 76 ALTHAM. IV. 1701. 4. Arthur (Annesley), Lord Altham [I.], 1st s. and h., 12 years old in 1701. He took his seat 9 July 1711. He m. firstly, when a minor, Phillips, da. of —. She d. s.p. Admon. 22 June 1704 to Dorothy, Dow. Baroness Altham, mother and guardian of her husband, and again 18 Jau. 1708-9 to her said husband, he having attained the age of 21. He m. secondly 22 July 1707 Mary Siieffied, Spinster, illegit. da. of John (Sheffield) Duke of Buckingham. She was separated from her husband 1717, when he established another person, Joan Landt (whom he called " Lady Altham ") in her place. He d. (as was supposed) 1 ) s.p.e.) at Inehicore near Dublin 14 Nov. 1727 and was bur. at Ch. Ch., Dublin. His widow d. 26 Oct. 1729 and was bur. at St. Andrews, Holboru, Loudon. Admon. 18 May 1743 to her s. "James Annesley, Esq.")*) V. 1727. 5. Richard (Annesley) Lord Altham [I.], uncle") 8 ~-i and h., supposing the last Peer to have d. s.p. legit. His I ™ right of succession to the Peerage was acknowledged by the House [I], inaa- _3 s ~ much as he took his Beat (as Lord Altham) IS Nov. 1727. On 1 April 17:J7 3 he (by virtue of the same descent) sue. his cousin Arthur as VISCOUNT VALENTIA, &c. [I.] (under which title he took his seat [I.] 4 Oct. 1737), and < 5 s J as EARL OF ANGLESEY, &c. [E.] He d. 14 Feb. 1761, s.p. legit, according „ jsj to the decision of the English House of Pari. (22 April 1771) whereby the EARLDOM OF ANGLESEY and his other English honours became (under 3. i 3 „ the English decision) ex., but the Irish dignities devolved on his sou, who, »5£ according to the decision of the Irish House of Pari. 1760 (confirmed 1772), J £ s S was b. in wedlock. ( A ) By the trial in the Irish Exchequer, mentioned below, the truth of the following statements, which appear more fully in a publication entitled " The adventures of an unfortunate i/ounrf nobleman," seems to be established. It is stated however (per contra) in the petition of George, 2nd Earl of Mountnori'is. 7th Lord Altham, kc. [I.] for the Earldom of Anglesey (30 Jan. 1ST 9), that by a subsequent chancery suit this " uufortuuate young uoblemau," James Auneslej was found to be a bastard s. of a maidservant named Landy. According to his own account, however, his dedcent was as under, viz. V. 1727. 5. James Annesley (tic jure Lord Altham [I.] and in 1737 de jure Earl ok Anulesey, &c. [E.]), only s. and h. of the 4th Lord Altham [I.] by Mary his wife (formerly Mary Sheffield, spinster), above named 6. at Dumnain, co. Wexford, 1715, being an obstruction to the grant of some leases, which his father's extravagance rendered necessary, was removed to an obscure school, whence his death was announced. On his father's death, his uncle Richard (who hail assumed the title of Lord Altham [I.] as stated in the text ) gold him. a* a slave, to an American planter. He escaped however to Jamaica, and thence, in Sep. 1740, to England, Admiral Vernon taking him under his care. He commenced an action of ejectment against his uncle, then (as stated in the text) Earl of .Anglesey, which came on for trial 11 Nov. 1743. The defence attempted was that, though s. of the 4th Lord, he was not by his wife, but by one Joan Landy, spinster. This however was confuted, and the jury on the loth day of the trial returned a verdict for the Plaintiff, who recovered the estates accordingly. Singularly enough, he appears never to have assumed the family honours either in England, or even in Ireland, where his legitimacy had thus been established. He in. firstly —, da. of — Chester of Staines Bridge, Midi. He m. secondly 14 Sep. 1751 at Bidborough, Kent, Margaret, da. of Thomas 1'anson of Bounds, near Tunbridge. He d. 5 Jan. 1760. VI. 1700. 0. James Annesley (do jure Lord Altham, &c. [I.] and Earl of Anglesey, &c. [E.]), b. and h., only s. by 1st wife. He d. s.p. Nov. 1763. VII. 1763. 7. [ ] Annesley (de jure Lord Altham, &c. [I.] and Earl of Anglesey, &c. [E.]), br. and h., only s. of his father by the 2nd wife. He d. unm., aged about 7 years in 1764, when the legitimate issue male of the 4th Lord (assuming that it ever existed) became ex. [See Burke's " Jlomanct of the Arietorracy," edit. 1855, vol ii, p. 327, &c. ; also Burke's " Vicissitudes of Families," 3rd series, 1863, vol: ii{, p. 70, &c.j