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 286 MEINILL — MELBOUKN E. V. 1308. 3. Philip (Darct), Loud Darcy pe TCxaytit, ami, apparently, tie jure Loan Mkinii.i,, 2d but 1st butt. s. and h. of hU mother; aged 11 in 1362 when be tin: his eldest br. M Lord Dau< t, under which title (only 1 he was sum to Pari. 1377 to 1397. He su; on the death of his mother in 136S to VVhorlton ami her vast estates, co. York, as well as to the representation of the Barony of Meinill, which continued united with the Barony "f Darcy de Kniyth till liotli fell into nhci'inrc in 1411. See " DARCY DK K.NAYT1I " Barony, cr. 1332, and see also tabular pedigree in vol. iii, p. 23, note " a." Rep "Pabct" ami " Darcy asb Mkinill," Barony {Parry), er. 1011, tttb the second Baron, who was sum. as '* Onnyert de Parrir cl M'-i/nill" from 167S to 1GS0: ex. (together with the Eaildom of HolderneS.se) 1778. MELBOURNE and MELBOURNE OF KILMORE. Barony [[.] /. siu Periston Lamb, Bart., of Brocket Hall, t 17"0 Herts, only s. and h. of Sir Matthew La MB, Bart, (so cr. 17 Jan. 17flf»l, by charlotte, sister and h- of George Lewis Cokk, of Viscountcy f I.] Melbourne.; ') eo. Derby, da. of the lit. Hon. Thomas Coke, Vice, Chamberlain to Queen Anne ; was 6. •>'.> Jan. 1740 or 1748; mic. v his father as second Baronet, ti Nov. 1 7'iS ; Was M.P. for Ludger- Barony [U.K.I W8t 1774, and 17S0; for Malmesbury iu 1784 and for Newport (Isle of Wight), 1 703-9(5, having been (as a follower of I. 1 S 1 5. Lort x l)rt h) cr., S June 1770, LOUD MEL BO I' HE, BARON OF KILMORE. co. Oavan fl ]. and subsequently, 16 Dee. 1780, VISCOUNT MELBOURNE OF KILMORE, eo. Cavan [I.] He was a Gent, of the Bedchamber to the Prince of Wales in 1783 and a Lord of the Bedchamber I to the King) in 1*12. He was nr., 11 Aug. 1813, BARON MELBOURNE of Melbourne, co. Derby [U.K.] He m, 13 April 1719, at the Bishop of Peterborough's houae in Great George street. St. Geo. Han. «q., Elizabeth, da. of Sir Ralph Mimunkk, 5th Itart., of Halu.iby, CO. York, by Elizabeth, da. of John HbbwortH, of ('hexter-le- Street. She ,!) at Melbourne house, Whitehall. (°) lie d. there, 22 July 1828, aged 80 or 8S.(«) Will pr. Nov. 1828. II. 1828. ■-?. William (Lamb), Viscount Melbourne or Kilmork, Set:.. [I. J. also Baron Mki.roi'RNB [U.K.], 2d but 1st surv. . and h. ;(°) b. 15 March at Melbourne house, Piccadilly,; 1 ') and bap. 11 April 1770, at St. James' Wcstm. : ed. at Eton and (as a Fellow Commoner in 1 790) at Trim Coll., Cambridge, (") The manor of Melbourne was held by the Bishops of Carlisle from 1133 till 1701 when the then Bishop by act of Part, conveyed the fee to Thomas Coke, the lessee. It is described in 1873 as being of 2,787 acres worth £6,670 a year, and now (1S!>3) belongs, by descent, to Earl Cowpcr. (t>) "The rise of the family was due to her brilliant qualities." [Nat. lliot/r., skA. " Lamb, William."] She appears to have been " when no longer in her first youth " one of the numerous objects of admiration of the Prince of Wales, [" ]Vntrall," edit. 18S4, vol. V, p. 370]. Her graceful figure is well depicted by Reynolds. ( c ) Melbourne house, Whitehall, formerly known as "York house" 'and sub- sequently as " Dover house ) was acquired by him from the Duke of York and Albany in exchange for " Melbourne house, Piccadilly," which latter (afterwards, from its new owner, culled " The Albany") he had previously acquired from Lord Holland in 1770 ami hail built at a vast ex pence on the site of the old " Piccadilly house " (■>) He was " principally known by the distinguished place that he occupies ici the annals of meretricious pleasure, the memoirs of Mrs. Bellamy or Mrs. Baddeley, the syrens and courtesans of a former age." He appears in a great measure to have squandered the "splendid fortune" which his father " from an inferior situation of life " had attained. See " Wraxall " as in note " b " next above. (o) See p. 287, note "a."