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 210 MANCHESTER. VII. Earldom. X. Duke, by Jane, da. of Sir William Maxwell, 3d Bart. [S.] She, who watt b. 2 Feb. 1771, d. 20 Aug. 1S2S. He *.(«) at Rome, IS March 1843, aged 71.('>) Will pr. June 1843. Dukedom. ~ g and 9. George (Montagu), Duke op Man- ■yi ' Chester, Earl ok Manchester, ice, s. and h., b. 9 July l M2 17fifli &t Kimbolton Castle; sti/led Viscount Mandevii.i.k, Earldom. I ' till 1843 ; entered the Navy, 1812, in which, in 1822, he yy became Commander; M.P. for do, Huntingdon, 132(3-37: lAl J sue. to the peerage, 18 March 1S43. He m. firstly, 8 Oct. 1822, at St. James', Westin., Millicciit, da. and h. of Robert Bernard Sparrow, of Brampton Park, co. Huntingdon, Brut. Gen. in the army, by Olivia, 1st da. of Arthur (Aciieson), 1st Earl or Gospoud [I ). She, who was 6. 25 Jan. 179S, d. 21 Nov. 1818, at Kimbolton Castle, aged 50. Will pr. Feb. 1849. He m. secondly, 29 Aug. 1S50, at Kilroot, Temple Corran, Harriet Sydney, 5th da. of Conway Richard Dorrs, of Castle Dobbs. co. Antrim, by Charlotte Maria, da. and coheir of William Sinclair, of Fort William, co. Antrim. He d. 18 Aug. 1855, at Tunbridge Wells, aged 56. Will pr. Sep. 1855. His widow, who was b. 1S34, m. 16 Dec. 1858. at St. Geo. Han. sq., Sir Stevenson Arthur Blackwood, K.C.B, See. to the Gen. Post office, and was living 1S93. Dukedom, 7 and 10. William Dbogo (Montagu), Duke ok Manchester, Earl ok Manchester, &c, a. and h., by 1S55 ^ rs ' w '^ e > ^ ^ c '- 1823, at Kimbolton Castle, ami was generally known (during the life of his grandfather), as Lord Kimbolton till 1S43; ed. at Sandhurst ; entered the the army, 1841; styled Viscount Manuevillk, 1848—1844; Aide-de-camp at Cape of Good Hope, 1813-44 ; Capt. Grenadier Foot Guards, 1 S 16-50 ; M.P. for Bewdley, 1817-52, and for Huntingdon, 1852-55 ; a Lord of the Bedchamber to Prince Albert (Prince Consort), March to Dec. 1852 ; sue. to the peerage, 18 Aug. 1S55 ; LL.D. of Cambridge, 3 June 1S71 ; K.P., 3 March 1S77. He m., 22 July 1852, Louisa Frederick Augusta, Countess Von Alten, da. of Charles Francis Victor, Count Von Alten, of Hanover. Hed. 22 March 1890, at Naples, aged 56, and was bur. at Kimbolton. Personalty sworn at £76,600. His widow, who was b. Dec. 1832, and who was Mistress of the Robes, 1858 — 1S59,( C ) ( a ) The cause was a violent fever of three days. See Wraxall's " Memoirs " (edit. 1884, p. 172), who adds, " the opposition lost in him a steady adherent. His person and manners were most dignified, but neither his abilities nor his fortune corres- ponded with his figure ; " again (it. ii, p. 59), on his having been appointed by Fox to the French Embassy, " his figure was noble, his manners affable and corres- ponding with his high rank, but bis fortune bore no proportion to his dignity. Tho' a man of very dissipated habits and unaccustomed to diplomatic business, he did not want talents." ( b ) It appears that in his youth he was " distinguished as a first rate waterman on the Thames," also that he was "a staunch Conservative in polities." See "Annual Register" for 1843. ( c ) The following is a list of the Mistresses of the Robes to Queen Victoria (an office which, when the Queen is a Queen Regnant, is an important one and changes with the Government) by which it will be seen that none, during that reign, was under the rank of a Duchess (1) the Duchess of Sutherland [wife of the 2d Duke J, 1837-41, 1846-62, 1853-58, and 1859-61; (2) Th; Duchess of Buccleuch [wife of tho 5th Duke] 1841-46; (3) the Duchess of Athole, 1852-53, and as joint "acting-mistress" since 1892 : (4) the Duchess of Manchester, 1858-59 ; (5) the Duchess of Wellington, 1861-68, and 1874-80 ; (6) the Duchess of Argyll, 1868-70; (7) the Duchess of Sutherland [wife of the 3d Duke] 1870-74 ; (8) the Duchess of Bedford, 1880-83, and, as "acting-mistress," Feb. to Aug. 1886; (9) the Duchess of Roxburgh*, 1883-85, and as joint "acting-mistress" since 1892; (10) the Duchess of Buocleuch [wife of the 6th Duke] 1885 to Feb. 1886, and again, Aug. 1886 to 1892. The post (then a nan political one) was held by the Dow. Duchess of Leeds, during the whole reign of William IV., to the Queen Consort Adelaide, and by Mary, Duchess of Aucaster, 1761-93, and by Elizabeth, Marchioness of Bath, 1793 — 1819 during the reign of George III., to the Queen Consort Charlotte.