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 148 C A RLETON— C A RLTNG FOR V) . OABLETON (ca York). [See also under " Carlton."] Barony 1. The Kt. Hon. Henry Boyle, ft. br. of Charles, J 171| EaKL w BcRLINcroN [E.] ami EaW. OF Cork [7.], being 2nd surv. s. . ' of Charles (Boyle), Loud Clifford, by his 1st wife Jane, da. of, WiBUam (Setmouh), Dike of So.ueh.set, whs M.A. Cambridge (Triii. 1 ' Z0, Coll.) 1693 ; M.P. for Cambridge Univ., 10:18-1702, aud subsequently for Westminster: one of the Lords of the Treasury, 1699-1702 ; Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1701-0S ; Lord Treasurer [1.1, 1 704-011 ; one of the Commissioners for the Union [S.], 1700: Princ-Sec. of Statu: 170S-10, and was, un 19 Oct. 1714, a: BARON CARLETON of Carleton, co. l ork. On (i July 1 720, lie was it. Hon. D.C.L., Oxford. LoiVD PRESIDENT OK THE CpUNCrt, 25 Julie 1721, till his death. He d. mini, at Carleton House, Pall Mall, Midx., 11 and was bur. 31 March 172i">, when this Peerage became extinct.^) II. 178G. 1. Richard (Boyle), Earl of Shannon, &c. [I], who had sue. his Father in that Peerage in 1764, was, on 6 Aug. 1786, cr. BARON CARLETON of Carleton, co. York. See "Shannon," Earldom of [I.], cr. 1756, under the 2nd Earl. CARLETON OF AMNER and CARLETON OF CLARE. Barony [I.] 2. Rt. Hon. Hugh Carleton, Lord Ch. Justice of the 7 IT^Q Common Pleas [I.], was, on 17 Sep, 1789, cr. BARON CARLETON OF AMNER, ('') oo. Tipperary, and subsequently, 21 Nov. 1797, VISCOUNT CARLETON OF CLARE. He was 3d s. of Francis Viscountcy Carleton, of Cork, by Rebecca, da. of Hugh Lawton, of Lake Marsh, [I.] oo. Cork, Mid was b. 11 Sep, 1739 ; Barrister of Dublin ; Solicitor- T, Geu.[I.l 1779 ; Lord Ch. Justice of the Common Pleas. [I.] 1787-1800, L II Jl , being raised to the Peerage in 17S9 as above j Rek Peer [I.], 1801 ; to cr. Hon. D.C.L.. Oxford, 3 July 1810. Hew. firstly, 2 Aug. 1766, lfe'26. Elizabeth, da. of Richard Mercer. She d. 27 May 1794. He m. secondly, 15 July 1795, Mary Buckley, 2d da, of Abednego Mathew. She d. 13 March 1810. Hen!, s.p. 25 Feb. 1S26 in his SSth year, at his house in Ciii.ri;e Street, Hanover Bq., Midx., when his Peerage became extinct. CARLUKE, see Carlyle. CARLIXGFORD. Viscountcy 1. Barniiam Swift, of Rotheram, co. York, s. of Sir [!•] Robert S. of the same, by his second wife Ursula, da. of Stephen, anil I. 1G27, sister and coheir to Martin Barnham, of Lewes, Sussex, became (by the to death of his eldest br.) h. to his Father, (who d. 14 March 1625,) and was 16 34 shortly afterwards, 26 March 1627,cr. VISCOUNT CARLINGKOUD, co. Louth [I.] He TO, Mary, da. of William (Crichton), 1st Earl or Dl.vfkiks [S.] by Euphemia, da. of James Seto.v, of Toncli. Hed. abroad s.p.m. 28 Jany. 1634. when his Peerage became <xtinrt.(*} Caveat against proof of his will at York, 1 May 1635, unless the widow he summoned, &c. The will of his widow, dat. 26 July 1672, was pr. at Durham ( b ) ( a ) Bishop Burnet's character of him, when Chancellor of the Exchequer [1701-08] and " turned 30," with Dean Swift's comments thereon in italics, is as follows : — " Is a good companion in conversation ; agreeable among the ladies ; serves the Queen very assiduously in council ; makes a considerable figure in the House of Commons ; by his prudent administration obliges everybody in the Exchequer, and, in time, may prove a great man. Had some very scurvy qualities, ■particularly avarice." ( b ) Said to be a corruption of " Avontar," a river in co. Tipperary.