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 BUCKINGHAM. 65 Earldom. lG18,( d ) 1. Dame Mart Compton was, 1 July 1618, ( cr. COUNTESS OF BUCKINGHAM for life. She was / ° da. of Anthony BEAUMONT of Glenfield, co. Leicester, by X,( :i ) I 1G32. ( — ) da. of Thomas AiorsTuosG of Corby, co. Lincoln, and / m. firstly (as wis 2»d vsife) Sit George YrLUETts oi Brokesby, co. Leicester, by whom she was mother (among other issue) of George Villiers cr. Kajii. Of Buckingham in 1616/7, and Marquess op Bltkinouam in 1617/8, as hereafter mentioned. Her husband d. i Jan. 1605/6, and she in. secondly, 19 June 1606, at Goadby, co. Leic., Sir William Rayner, of Orton Longueville, co. Huntingdon, who d. four months afterwards. She m. thirdly Sir Thomas Compton (br. of William, 1st Karl ok Northampton), who d. April 1G26. She rf. at Whitehall, in April 1832, in her 63rd year, when her life Peerage heeame extinct, and was bur. 21st in Westm. Abbey, M.I. Will, Sec, dat. 12 Apr. 1631 to 4 Apr. 1032, pr. 7 May 1632. Earldom. 1, Geouge Yu.uers, 4tl s. of Sir Geovgc VillieuS of Brokesby, co. Leicester, being his 2d s. by his 2d wife Mary, cr. in IX. 1G17.( J ) 161S, Countess of Buckingham (see ante), was b. at Brokesby 2S Aug. 1592. He was cd. at Billesden School, co. Leic., and subsequently in Marquessate. Paris, whence coming to Court, "the handsomeness of his person " T -1 p ■) o and his various accomplishments (secouded by the favour of the Queen 1. lulO, Consort and of Archbishop Abbot, who were desirous to supplant Robert [Chit], Earl of Somerset in the King's favour), ingratiated Dukedom, him extremely to the King. He was made Cupbearer, 1613 ; Gent. TV 1 fi - ''? °f tue Bedchamber, 1615 ; was knighted 24 April 1615 ; Master of ' **** the Horse, 1616 ; el KG., 21 Apr. and inst. 7 July 1616 ; Keeper of Whaddon Park and Chase, 1616 ; Ch. Justice in Eyre, north of Trent, 1616-19 ; Master of the King's Bench Office, &c. On 27 Aug. 1616 he was or. BARON WHADDON OF WHADDON, Bucks, and VISCOUNT VILLIERS.( b ) 5. Gaillnrd Duras, Seigneur de Duras, 1176. 6. Thomas Grey, Marquis of Dorset, 1483. 7. Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey, 1485, 8. Francis Lovell, Viscount Lovell, 1485. 9. Edmund de la Pole, Duke of Suffolk, 1503/4. 10. Edward Stafford, Duke of Buckingham, 1521. 11. Henry Courtney, Marquis of Exeter, 1539-40. 12. Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk, 1547. 13. Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey. 1547. 14. William Paget, Lord Paget, 1552. 15. William Parr, Marquis of Northampton, 1553. 16. Andrew Dudley, 1553. 17. Thomes Percy, Eavl of Northumberland, lf>69. IS. Charles Nevill, Earl of Westmoreland, 1570(?). [19]. Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk, 1571/2.] [20]. Henry Broke, Baron Cobham, 1604. [21]. James Scott, Duke of Monmouth, 168-3 [22.] James Butler, Duke of Ormonde, 1716." ( a ) There being but 18 mouths difference in the creation of the Earldoms respec- tively conferred on the son (No. IX.) and on the mother (No. X.) they have, for convenience sake, been (here) transposed. ( b ) The following note is given in " Courthope" p. 492 :— Extract of a letter from Sir Francis Bacon to Villiers, 12 Aug. 1616 (Cabala, p. 57, 3rded.) : " I have sent now your patent of creation of Lord Bletehly of Bletchly and of Viscount Villirs. Bletchly is your own, and I liked the sound of the name better than Whaddon ; but the name will be hid, for you will be called Viscount Villirs. I have put them in a patent after the manner of the patent for Earls where Baronies are joined ; but the chief reason was because I would avoid double prefaces, which had not been fit ; nevertheless, the ceremony of robing and otherwise must be double." P