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 38 BROUGHTON — BROUNCKER. partner in the House of " Whitbread and Co. " Brewers, London. Having adopted ad- vanced liberal views ho was elected M.P. for Westm. 1S20-33 ; for Nottingham, 1831-47, and for Harwich, 1848-51. On 15 Aug. 1S31 he sue. bin Father in the Baronetcy and the family estates. He was P.C., and See. of War, 1832-33 ; Ch. Sec. for Ireland in April and May, 1833 ; Ch. Com. of Woods and Forests July to Nov. 1834 : President ,>f the Boardof Control, 1835-41 and again 1S4G-52. G.C.B. (civil), 1852. Hon. Col., Wilts Militia, 1S59. F.R.S., &c. He m. 28 July 182S, at her Father's house (by spec, lie), Julia Tomliuson, da. of George (Hay), 7th Marquess ok Tweedale [S] by Hannah Charlotte, da. of James (Maitland) Earl of Lauderdale [S] She d. 3 April 1835. He d. s.p.m. at (No. 42) Berkeley square, Midx. 3 June 1860, in his 83d year when his Peerage became cxlinctp) Personalty sworn under i250,000(''). BROUGHTON-IN-FURNESS. Sec " Cross of Brougiiton-in-Furxess, co. Lane." Viscountcy, er. It 86. BROUNCKER OF LYONS AND BROUNCKER OF NEWCASTLE. Viscountcy 1, Sir William Brouncker, s. and h. of Sir Hcnvy an£ l B., Lord President of Minister, by Ann,( c ) sometimes said to lie Ann Barony [I ] Parker, da. of the Lord Mohlev, was b. 1585, sue. his Father 3 June 1607 ; was Gent, of the Privy Chamber to Charles I. and Vice I. 1645. Chamberlain to the Prince of Wales, and, having been Commissary Gen. of the Musters against the Scots, 1639, was er. D.C.L., o{ Oxford 1 Nov. 1642 ; received a grant of the nionasterv of Clonnis, co. Monaghan. and was, on 12 Sep. 1645 (by pat. dat. at Ragland), er, BARON BROUNCKKU OF NEW- CASTLE and VISCOUNT BROUNCKER OF LYONS,( (1 ) both co. Dublin [I.] He joined the King's party at Oxford, that same year. Ho m. Winifred, da. of Sir William Leigh, of Newnham, co. Warwick. He was bur. 20 Nov. 1645, from Wadham College, in Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, M.I. Will dat. 13 Oct. 1645, in his "60th year," pr. 21 Sep. 1649. His widow d. July 1649, in Loudon, bur. 10 Aug. by her husband, M.L Her will dat. 23 July, pr. 13 Aug. 1649. II. 1615 2. William (Brouncker), Viscount Brouncker of Lyons &c. [I.] s. and h. b. 1620 ; was er. M.D. of the Univ. of Oxford 23 Feb. 1646/7, having previously published many scientific works ; was the first who was President of the Royal Society, London, (incorporated 15 July 1662), being annually re-elected till his resignation, 30 Nov. 1677. President of Gresham College, 1664-67 ; Cl ancellor to Katharine, the Queen Consort, 1662 ; Commissioner of the Admiralty, 1664, and Master of St. Katharine's Hospital, London, 1681. He rf. unui. in St. James-street, Westm. 5 April 1684, and was bur. in the chapel of St. Katharine's afsd. Will dat. 26 Dec. 1683, in his " 64th year," pr. 5 April 1684. (") He was an author and poet. His "Journey through Albania " is an account of his expedition there in 1809 with Lord Byron, who dedicated to him the 4th canto of "Childe Harold," and who thus alludes to his poetical effusions in the "Lines to Mr. Jlodyson, written on board the Lisbon Packet." — " Hobhouse, muttering fearful curses, As the hatchway down he rolls, Now his breakfast, now his verses, Vomits forth and d s our bouIs." f>) Of his two surv. daughters and coheirs, one m. in 1854, Lord Dorchester and the other Hi. hi 1851 the Earl of Rodcn [I]. (<=) " The Lady Ann Brunckerd " was bur. at St. Margaret's Westm. 22 May 1612. (d) Pepys says he gave £1200 to bo made an Irish Lord, and swore the same day that he had not 12d. left to pay for his dinner.