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 10 GALWAY. 25 Nov. 1692, BARON PORTARLINGTON and VISCOUNT GALWAY [I.] and subsequently, 12 May 1697, EARL OF GALWAY [I.] He was Gen. of tho Forces in Ireland (where above 36,000 acres had been granted to him) but was, in 1693, Lieut. Gen. of the Forces in Savoy, and in 1694 Envoy Extraordinary to Savoy. From 1697 to 1701 he was one of the joint Lords Justices of Ireland, as again in 1704, having meanwhile commanded in Portugal and Spain, 1704 to 1710 ; P.C., 1715, soon after which date he retired from public life to his seat at Rookley, Hants. He d. unm. 3 Sep. 1720, aged 72, at the house of Lady Russell, at Stratton, and was bur. the 6th at Micheldever, aged 72, when all Ids honours became extinct. Burial reg. at East Stratton, Hants.(") Will dat. 20 Aug. and pr. 7 Dec 1728.( b ) See "Whitworth of Galway," Barony [I.] (Whitworth), a: 1720; ex. 1725. Viscountcy [I.] 1. John Monckton, of Cavil and Hodroyd, co. V 17 9 7 York, s. and h. of Robert M. of the same, by Theodosia, da. aud coheir of John Fountains, of Melton-on-the-hill, co. York ; b. 1695 ; sue. his father, 1722, and was cr., 17 July 1727, ( c ) BARON OF KILLARD, co. Clare, and VISCOUNT GALWAY,(<>) co. Galway [I.], not, however, taking his seat till 4 Oct. 1737. He was M.P. for Clitheroe, 1727-34 ; for Pontefract, 1734-47 and 1749-51 ; a Commissioner of the Revenue,[L], 1734-47 ; Surveyor Gen. of Woods and Forests [E.], 1748 ; LL.D., Cambridge, 1 July 1749. He m. firstly Elizabeth, da. of John (Manners), 2d Duke of Rutland, by his first wife, Catharine, sister of Wriothesley, 2d Duke ok Bedford, aud da. of John Russell, slyled Lord Russell, She d, 22 March 1729/30, aged 21. He m. secondly, Nov. 1734, Jane, da. of Henry Westenra, cf Dublin, by Eleanor, sister of John (Allen), 1st Viscount Allen [I.] He d. 15 July 1751. Will pr. 1751. His widow d. May 1788. Will pr. 1788. VI. 1751. 2. William (Monckton, afterwards MonoktOn-Abun- dell), Viscount Galwat, &c. [I.], 1st s. and h., by first wife ; M.P. for Pontefract, 1747-48; for Thirsk, 1749-54, and for Pontefract (again), 1754-72 ; Receiver Gen. of Crown rents in co. York, Durham, &c, 1748 ; sue. to the peerage of Daniel de Massue, Baron de Ruvigny, by his second wife, " Madeleine de Fontaine, Lady de la Caillemotte," the said Daniel having been by his first wife, " Madeleine Pinot," father of several daughters, of whom the eldest, Rachel, was Countess of Southampton. ( a ) Bishop Burnet's character of him (when towards 60) with Dean Sioift's remarks thereon (given in italics) is as follows, " One of the first gentlemen in the army with a head fitted for the Cabinet as well as the Camp ; is very modest, vigilant, and sincere — in all directly otherwise — without pride or affectation ; wears his own hair ; is plain in his dress and manners.— a deceitful, hypocritical, factious knave, a damnable hypocrite, of no religion." (*>) The legacies amount to .£12,670 (besides annuities), the residue being left to his first cousin, Rachel (the well known) Lady Russell, whose mother, Rachel, Countess of Southampton, was Bister (of the half blood ex parte patcrnd) to Henry, 1st Marquis de Ruvigni. See p. 9, note "e." ( c ) The Privy Seal of George I., 25 May 1727, directing such peerage to be created, was void by the death of that King, but was replaced by the Privy Seal 24 June following of his successor. ( d ) His first wife (the mother of his successor) was connected with the late Earl of Galway, her mother, Catharine, Duchess of Rutland, being da. of Rachel, the well known Lady Russell, by Rachel (net de Ruvigny), Countess of Southampton, paternal aunt of the said Earl. See p. 9, note "e." This descent, however, involves no representation whatever of the Ruvigny family, which apparently vests in the family o£ Russell, Dukes of Bedford.