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 KINGSBURN— KINGSTON. 401 KINGSBUBN. i.e., " Kildiuxy, KiNosmntN, ast) Dhlmuy," Barony [S.] (Lindsay- Crnwford), a: 1703, with the Viscountcy OF Mount-Crawford [S.J, but changed, a few mouths later, for the Viscountcy of U a knock and the Bahony of Kilbibny AND DnrjniT [S.] See " QaBNOCK " Viscountcy [S.J KIXGSDOWN. Barony. The Kt. Hon. Thomas Pjsjibebton-Leioh, s. and h. of I 1858 Robert Pk.mbkrton, Barrister at Law of the Middle Temple, by . ' Margaret!) 1st da. and coheir oi Edward LKIQH, of Bisphaui Hall, CO. jofn Lancaster, was b. 11 Feb. 17t*-i, in London, and after being ed. in a JoO(. Solicitor's office, became a Barrister (Line. Inn), 1S16 ; King's Counsel, 1829; M.P. for Rye, 1831, and for Kipon, 1832-43; Attorney Gen. to the 1'rinee of Wales, 1841-43. Having, however, by the death, in Jan. 1843, of his maternal cousin, Sir Robert Holt Leigh. Bait, of Hindley Hall, co. Lancaster, sue. to a life interest in the Wigan estates of about £17,000 a year, he took the name of Leigh after his patronimic of Pembcrttm, by Royal lie. 7 March 1843, and retired from practise at the Bar, becoming Chancellor at the Duchy of Cornwall and B.C. in 1843. For above 20 years he gave the greatest attention to his duties as a member of the Judicial Committee, declining the Great Seal from the Derby Minhtrv in 185S, but being cr. 28 Aug. 1858, BARON KINGSDOWN of Kings- down, eo. Kent. He d. umn. 7 Oct. 1S67, aged 74, at his residence, Torre Hill, near Sittiugbourne, Kent, when the peerage became cxtinct.(") KINGSLAND. Sett " Darxewall or Kingslaxd, co. Dublin," Viscountcy [I.], cr. 1646; w. 1834. KINGSTON [Scotland,] Viscountcy [s.j i. The Hox. Sir Alexander Seton, 3d but 2d I lfiVl surv. s. of George, 3d Karl of Wintoun [S.], by his first wife, Anne, da. of Francis (Hay), Earl ok Ehkoli. [S.J, was b. 1021 ; was knighted (when a schoolboy) by the King when on a visit to Seton in 1033 ; was abroad for several years after 1037, being in attendance on Charles, Prince of Wales, till 1047, bv whom (when King) he was cr.,( b ) 6 Feb. 1 1;:, 1 the first creation after his coronation in Scotland) VISCOUNT OF KINGSTON [S.J He i«. firstly Jean, da. of Sir George Fletcher. She d. s.p.m. He m, secondly Elizabeth, da. of Sir Archibald Douglas, of Whittinghame, co. Haddington, and heiress (28 Nov. ItitiO) of her brother, Archibald, She was living 1G Stay 1G62, and d. before 8 Sep. 1BS4. He m. thirdly^) Elizabeth, 3d da. of John (Hamilton), LohD Belhaven [S.J He n. fourthly, 3 Aug. 1BS6, at Edinburgh, Margaret, da. of Archibald (Douglas), Karl of Ormond [S.J (s. and h. ftp. of William, 1st Marquess of Douglas TS.J ), by his second wife. Jean, da. and coheir of David (YVemyss), 2d Karl of Wkmyss [S.J She d. s.p. at Whittinghame afsd. Oct. 1099. Funeral entry in Lyon office. II. 1700 ? 3. Archibald (Seton), Viscount Kingston [S.l 3d but 1st surv. s. and h. by second wife ; was served heir to his br., Charles Seton, Master of Kingston, 9 Oct. 1683, and to his mother, Elizabeth Douglas, 8 Sep. 1(584. He d. unm. 1711. (") There is a good biography of him in the "Annual Reg." for 1867, where it is stated that "those who knew him well and are fully competent to judge place him without hesitation in the highest rank of English Lawyers." (>') See vol. v, s«i "Laugdale, "for a list of peerages a: by Charles II. during his exile. (o) No such match, however, is noticed in AVood's " Douglas,'' sub " Belhaven." 20