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 74 DERBY. behalf of the young king, lie was severely wounded 26 Aug. 1051, at the fight in YVigan lane and taken prisoner at the battle of Worcester 3 Sep. 1651, and beheaded (pursuant to a Court Martial of the Pari, army) 15 Oct. 1651, at Bolton, eo. Lancaster. (•'') He was bur. at Onnskirk. Admon. May 1062. His distinguished widow d. 21 March 1663, and was bur. at Orniskirk. Will pr. 166-1. XVII. 1G51. S. Charles (Stanley), Earl of Derby [1485] and Lord Strange [1628], s. and h., b. 19 Jany. 1628, ttyUd Loud Strange till 1651. He joined in Booth's rising in Aug. 1659 on behalf of the King ; Lord Lieut, eos. Lancaster and Chester ; Bearer of the third Sword at the Coronation, 23 April 1661. He IB. 1050, Dorothea Helena (Maid of Honour to the Queen of Bohemia), da. of John, Baron DE KuTA, in Holland. He d. 21 Dec. 1672, and was bur. 29 Jany. 1672/3 at Ormskirk. Admon. as late of ICnowsley, co. Lane., 3 Oct. 1674. His widow was bur. 10 April 1703, at Ormskirk. XVIII. 1672. 9. William-Geohge-Richard (Stanley), Earl op Derby [1485] and Lord Strange [1628], s. and h., 6. about 1655, styled Lord Strange till 1672 ; Lord Lieut, of cos. Chester and Lane. 1676-S7( h ) and 1688-1702 ; bearer of the second sword at the Coronation of James II, 23 April 1 0S5 ; (•) was one of the pall bearers, 5 March 1694/5, at the funeral of Queen Mary ; Lord Lieut, of North Wales (save eo. Denbigh) June 1702. He m. 10 July 1673, Elizabeth, sister of James, 2d Duke oi- Ohmond, da. of Thomas Butler, styled Karl ok Ossory, by Emilia, da. of Henry de Nassau, Loud ok Aitekqukh<;i;e, in Holland. He el. 5 Nov. 1702, s.p.m.( d ) and was bur, at Ormskirk. Will pr. July 1705. His widow (/. 5 and was bur. 12 July 1717, in Westm. Abbey, aged 57; M.L at Kew, Surrey. Will dat. 23 Feb. 1714/5, pr. 26 July 1717. [James Stanley, styled Loud Strange, only s. and h., b. 28 and Art/-. 29 June 16S0, at Knowsley Chapel ; d. v.p. and mini, at Naples, 1699, and was bur. 11 April 1700 at Ormskirk.] XIX. 1702. 10. James (Stanley), Earl of Derby, bt. and h. male, 6. 3 July 1664 ; M.P. for Clitheroe 1685-87 ; for Preston (in the Convention Pari.) 16S9-90 ; and for Lancashire 1695-1702. He served several campaigns in Flanders under William III ; was Lieiit.-Col. in the Foot Guards becoming finally, 1703, Major-Gen. in the army ; Col. of the 16th Foot, 1692 to 1705 when he retired from the army. Groom of the Bedchamber 16S9-1702 ; Lord Lieut, co. Lane. 1702-10 and 1714-36 ; P.C. 1706 ; Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1700-10 ; Bearer of the Sword at the Coronation of Queen Anne 23 April 1702 and of Geo. 1,20 Oct. 1714 ; Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard 1735-23. By the death of his great niece, 8 Aug. 1732, he became the heir general of his father and as such Lord Strange [162S].( d ) He in. Feb. 1705 at the chapel of Hahiaker (near Chichester) Mary, da. and h. of Sir William Morlf.y, K.B., of Halnaker, afsd., Co. Sussex, by his 2d wife Anne, da. and h. of Sir John Deniiam, KB. He d. s.p. 1 Feb. (*) See vol. i, p. 194, note "c," in " The Loyalists' Bloody Roll." 0>) See list of the Lords Lieuts. dismissed by James II, vol, i, p. 28, note " a," under " Abingdon." ( c ) A portrait of his handsome and intellectual face is in Sandford's magnificent work " Coronation of James If," and is admirably reproduced by Mr. Doyle in his " Official Baronage." ( a ) The Varolii/ of Strange, which originated in the writ of 1628, fell into abcyanrc in 1702, on the death of the 9th Earl of Derby, between his two daughters and coheirs. In 1714 the right thereto passed to Henrietta the only surv. da. then wife of John, Lord Ashburnham. In 1718 it passed to her only surv. child Henrietta Bridget Ashburnham, spinster, on whose death unm. 8 Aug. 1732, it reverted to James, 10th Earl of Derby, who then became heir general of the grantee. In 1736 it devolved on James (Murray), 2d Duke of Athole [S]. grandson and h. of Amelia, Marchioness of Athole [S]., the only child whose issue then remained of James, 7th Earl of Derby, the 1st Lord Strange of the creation of 1628. See the coheirs of the Barony of Strange cic Knockin {cr. 1299) and of the Barony o£ Stanley (ci: 1456), p. / 2, note "f."