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 74 GR ANA RD — GRANDISON. Earldom [I.] ] 7 and George Arthur Hastings yjT (Forbes), Earl OF Granard, &o. [I], also 1!aron y 1Q37 Ghanard ok Castle Donington, grandson anil h., being Barony [U.K.] ] ' s. and h. of George John Forbes, styled Viscount TT J Forbes, and Frances Marv, his wife, abovenaraed. He > was b. 5 Aug. 1S33, at Chilton Hall, co. Suffolk, aud bap. the 7th at Clare in that co. ; was styled Viscount Forbes, 1836-37 ; sue. to the peerage, 1837 ; was attache at Dresden, 1852-51 ; Lieut. Col. Coin, and Hon. Col. 9th Batt. Rifle Brigade, 1855. Lord Lieut, o£ co. Leitrim, 1S56-72 ; K.P., 30 Jan. 1857. He m. firstly, 2 June 1858, at Rathaspeeck, Jane Cololougb, yr. da. and coheir of Hamilton Kuox Groc.aN-Morc.an, of Johnstown Castle, co. Wexford, by Sophia Maria, da. of Ebenezer Radford Howe, of Ballyharty, co. Wexford. She d. s.p.m., 22 Jan. 1872, in her 32d year, at Johnstown Castle afsd. He vi. secondly, 4 Sep. 1873, at Thorndon Hall, Essex, Frances Mary, 1st da. of William Bernard (Petrk), 12th Bar >n Petre op Whittle, by Mary Theresa, da. of the Hon. Charles Thomas Clifford. He d. 25 Aug. 1889, aged 56, at Castle Forbes afsd. Will pr. Dec. 1S89 above ,£31,000. His widow, who was b. 27 Aug 1844, living 1S9C. Earldom [I.] 1 S and J. Bernard Arthur William Yjtt Patrick Hastings (Forbes), Earl ok Granard [1684], 1889 Viscount ok Granard, and Baron Claneuugh [1675], Barony [U.K.] | ' in the peerage of Ireland, also Baron Granard ok TTT | Castle Donington [1806], 1st s. and h. by second wife ; ilJ - J b. 11 Sep. 1874, at 25 Merrion- square-south, Dublin : styled Viscount Forbes till 1S89 when he sue. to the peerage. Family Estates.— These, in 1883, consisted of 14,928 acres in co. Longford ; 4,266 in co. Leitrim and 2,050 in co. Wexford. Total 21,294 acres, worth £9,840 a year. Principal Residence. Castle Forbes, co. Longford. GRANBY. i.e., " Granby, co. Nottingham," Mavquessate (Manner*), er. 1703, with the Dukedom op Rutland, which see. GRANDISOX. Barony by Sir Otho de Grandi30N,(") was, in 1276, made Governor Writ. °f the islands of Guernsey and Jersey by King Edward I., whom, when Prince, he had attended in the Holy Laud aud from whom, in I. 1299, 1281, he received large grants of land, including the town of to Tipperary. In 1289, being then Secretary to the King, he was sent 1305 1 on an embassy to Rome and was subsequently employed in other important missions. He was sum. to Pari, as a Baron [LORD GRANDISON] by writs from 21 Sep. ( 1299), 27 Ed. I., to 22 Jan. (1304/5), 22 Ed. I. He d. abroad and R.p., probably about 1305, but certainly before (12 Ed. II.), 1318-19, when his pcoage became extinct. I. 1299. 1. William de Graxdison.C) yr. br. of Otho, Lord Grandisou abovenamed, was in the houschold( 1 ') of Edmund, Earl of Lancaster, -and having m. before 1290, Sybilla, youngest of the two daughters and (") The parentage of the 1st Lord Grandisou appears to be unknown. Camden considers the family to be one of those who came hither from the Netherlands at the Conquest. Dugdale says nothing whatever on the subject. Leland speaks of William Grandison as " de geuere Imperatoris, qui frater fuit nobilissimi Dni Othonis de Grandisoue in Burtjundia diocesis Lauccnensis ubi caBtium de Graudisono est situm firmis saxis." ( b ) "A menial servant," according to Dugdale.