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 FAUCONBERG. 323 Lord Lieut. North Riding, co. York, 10GO-87' 1 ) and 1GS9-1700 ; Ambassador to Venice, 1669 ; Capt. of the Gent. Pensioners, 1072-70 ; P.O. to Charles if and to William III, &c. Ho was cr. 9 April 16S9, KARL FAUCONBERG.( b ) He m. firmly, 3 July 1651, at East Baruet, Herts, Mildred, da. of Nicholas (Saunderson), 1st Viscount G'astleton [I.], by W inifred, da. of John Klltoft. She d. 8 May 1656. He m. secondly, 18 Nov. 165", at Hampton Court, Hidx, (.celebrated also at White- hall), Mary, 3d da. and Sth child of Oliver Cromwell, the Lord Protector of England, by Elizabeth, da. of Sir James Bourchier, of Felstead, Essex. Hi* A s.p. 31 Dec. 1700, at Sutton House in Chiswick, Midi., aged 72, when the Earldom of Pauconbcrg became extinct. He was bur. at Coxwold afsd. M.I. Will pr. May 1701. His widow who was bap. at Huntingdon, 9 Feb. 1637, d. at Sutton House afsd. 14 and was bm. 24 March 1712/3, at Chiswick. ( c ) Will pr. June 1713, Viscountcy, ka. 8. Thomas (Belasyse), Viscount Fatjcoxberg op III 1700 Henknoll and BARON FAUCONBERG OF VARUM, nephew and h., being s. and h. the Hon. Sir Rowland Belasyse, K.B., by Anne, da. and h. of Humphrey DAYEsronT, of Sutton, co. Chester, which Rowland was next surv, br. to the last Lord, and d. 16 Aug. 1699, aged 67. He m. before July 169S, Bridget, da. of Sir John Gage, 4th Bart., of Firle, Sussex, and coheir of his first wife, Mary, da. and b. of Thomas Middlemore, of KJgbastnn, co. Warwick. He (/. at Brussels, 26 Nov. 171S, and was bur. at Coxwold afsd. Will pr. May 171 :•. His widow d. 19 Nov. 1732. IV. 17 IS. % and 1. Tiiomas (Belasyse), Viscount Faucoxberg Earldom 0F H ENK " i0 '- L ' s mm! ' April 1699; sold the estate of Smithells, co. Lancaster, 1721 ; conformed to the established religion II 175G. and took the oaths, 3 Feb. 1737 ; a lord of the Bedchamber, 1738. He was cr. 16 June 1756, EARL FAUCONBERG OF NEW- BOROUGH, co. York. He m. 5 Aug. 1726, Catharine, da. and h. of John Betham alias Fowler, of Rowiugtoii, co. Warwick and of St. Thomas, co. Stafford-, by Catharine his wife.( d ) She d. 30 May 1760, in George street, St. Geo. Han. sq. He d. i Feb. 1774, at Newborough Hall, co. York, aged 75, Will pr. May 1774. Earldom. ~ 2 and 5. Henry (Belayse), Earl Fau- ttt C05BBBG of Newborough, Viscount Fauconbero of '} 177-1. Henknoll, &c, 3d and yst. but only surv. s. and h., Viscountcy, &c. ! 6. 13 April 1743, styled Lord Belasyse, 1756-74 ; _ M,P. for Peterborough, 1768-74. He was a great chamber, 177 7 ; Lord Lieut. North Riding of York- shire, 1777, and Col. of a Reg. of Foot (called " Fauconlcr/js "), 1779. He m. firstly, 29 May 1766, at St. James,' Westm., Charlotte, sister of Peniston, 1st Viscount Melbourne [It da. of Sir Matthew Lamb, 1st Bart., by Charlotte, da. of the Rt. Hon. Thomas Coke. She, who was b. 1 Nov. 1743, d. 1 April 1790, and was bur. at Coxwold afsd. He m. secondly, 5 Jan. 1791, Jane, da. of John Cheshyhe, of Rennington, co. Chester. He d. of apoplexy s.p.m. 23 March 1S02, aged 58, when the Earldom of Pauconbcrg of A'cirborovgh became cxtinct.{°) Will pr. 1S02. His widow d. 4 April 1S20. Will pr. May 1820. (") See vol. i, p. 28, note " a " (sub "Abingdon ") for a list of the Lord Lieutenants dismissed in 1687, by James II. ( b ) Not " Earl of Faucouberg." See vol. ii, p. 102, note " a," sub " Cadogan." (°) She was, according to Bishop Burnet, " a wiso and worthy woman, more likely to have maintained the post [of Protector] than either of her brothers." ( (l ) See account of her maternal descent from the Fowler family in the "Her. Visitations of Staffordshire" 1614 and 1664, edited by H. Sydney Graze Brook, p. 137. (°) His three surviving daughters by his 1st wife were the coheirs of the family, vis. (1) Charlotte, b. 10 Jan. 1767, m. Thomas Edward Wynn, who took the name of Belasyse. She d. B.p. 1825 when her nephew Sir George Wombwell, Bart., sue. to Newborough and other tho family estates (2) Anne, b. 27 Dec. 1768, m. 19 July 1791 (as his first wife) Sir George Wouibwell, Bart., and d. 7 July 1808, leaving issue as X 2
 * • - 1 favorite of King Geo. III. ; was a Lord of the Bed-