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 CHARLEMONT. 209 Viscountcy [I.] " IV. Barony [I.] VIII. Earldom [I.] L >173t 17G3 4, S, and 1. James (Caulfeild), Viscount Charlemont, &c. [I.], 2nd but 1st surv. s. and 1)., b. in Dublin, 1 S Aug. 1 728. After a lung residence abroad (1 746- 54) be returned to Ireland, taking bis seat in tbe House of Lords [I.] 7 Oct. 1754 when he began to take part in public affairs. Gov. of co. Armagh and P.C. [I.] 1754 ; LL.D. (Dublin) 15 July 1754. He commanded the levies for the defence of Belfast against the French in 1760. On 23 Dec. 1763 he was cr. EARL OF CHARLEMONT/- 1 ) co. Armagh [I.]. Thro' his influence, chiefly, the bill of Mr. Flood, limiting the duration of Pari, to 8 years, was passed in 1 76S in the House of Lords [I.] His influence in politics was very great, and in July 1 7S0 he was chosen Commander in Chief of the (then newly embodied) Irish Volunteers', which post he held till their dissolution. He was President of the Volunteer Convention at Dublin (the last summoned) in Nov. 1783, and his personal influence probably prevented violence between that, assembly and the Pari. K.P. 5 Feb. 1783, being one of the 15 orig. Knights of that " most illustrious order."( b ) President of the Boyal Irish Academy on its establishment in 1785. F.R.S. and F.S.A., London, &e. A firm Whig and a great opponent of the Irish Union, its near approach is thought to have hastened the death of this well-meaning Patriot.(°) He was P.C. [I.] to George III [1783 ?] as well as to George II. He m. 2 July 1768, Mary, da. of Thomas Hickman of BrickhiU, co. Clare. He d. 4 Aug. 1799 at his house in Dublin. Will or Admou. 1816. His widow d, April 1807. 1 2, 5, 9, and 1. Francis William (Caulfeild), EaRL OF Charlemont, &c. [I.], s. and h.h. 3 Jan. 1775 ; ed. at Trin. Coll. Dublin, B.A., 1794. M.P. for co. Armagh, 1798-99. Rep. Pkmi[I.],1806-63. KP. Oct. 1831. (•') P.C. [I.], 1S31. He was a; 13 Feb. 1837 BARON CHARLE- MONT of Charlemont, co. Armagh [U.K.], with a spec, rem. failing heirs male of his body, to his br. Henry Caulfeild of Hockley, in the said co., but (the election of Irish Peers being for life) continued to sit as an Earl [I.] in the House of Lords till his death. Lord Lieut, of co. Tyrone. He m. 9 Feb. 1S02, Anne, yst. da. and coheir of William BbrMINGHAm(") of Ross Hill co. Galway. He d. s.p.s. 26 Dec. 1S63 at Marino, near Dublin in his S9th year. His widow (who was a Lady of the Bedchamber to 185 1) d, 23 Nov. 1876 aged 96, at No. 14, Upper Gros- venor street, Midx. [James William Caulfeild, styled Viscount Caulfeild, s. and h np., 4. Aug. 1S03. He d. unm. and v.p., 13 Jan. 1823, at Abbeville in France.] Earldom [1.] II. Viscountcy [I.] V. Barony [I.] IX. Barony [U.K.] I. 1837 ] 1 Earldom [I III. Viscountcy [I.] VI. Barony [I.] X. Barony [U.K.] II. J.1S63 3, 6, 10, and 2. James Molyneux (Caul- feild), Earl of Chahlemont [1763], Viscount Ch.uile.mont [1665] and Lord Caulfeild, Baron of Charlemont [1620] all in the peerage of Ireland, also Baron Charlemont [1S37] in that of the United Kingdom, nephew and h., being s. and h. of the Hon. Henry Caulfeild abovenamed, (on whom the Barony U.K. had been entailed) by Elizabeth Margaret, da. of Dodwell Browne of Ralines, co. Mayo. He was b. 10 Oct. 1820 ; ed. at Cambridge (Trin. Coll.) High Sheriff for co. Tyrone, 1842. M.P. for co. Armagh, 1S47-57. Lord Lieut, of co. Tyrone, 1864. He m. firstly, 18 Dec. 1S56, Elizabeth Jane, da. of William Meredyth (Somer- (") See preamble to this creation in " Lodge " vol. iii, p. 154, and see, ante, p. 207, note " c." ( b ) See vol. i, p. 136, note "d." ( 5 ) "A siucere, zealous and active friend to his country," being part of an epitaph on himself, composed by himself, is perhaps the best description of his character. (") The Marquess of Downshire [I.], the Marquess of Clauricarde [I.], the Earl of Chiirlemont [I.], and the Earl of Llandaft' [I.], were four extra Knights of the order of St. Patrick nominated by King William IV. at his coronation, (°) See tabular pod. Vol. i, p. 177.