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 who was bap. 18 May 1677, at Kensington, d. 19 Sep. 1718, and is said(a) to have been bur. 5 Oct. in Westm. Abbey. He d. at Floors afad., 24 Feb. 1740/1, agod about 60, and was bur. at Bowden.(b).

2 and 6., , &c. [3.], also, &c. [G. B.], only's. and h., b. about 1709; styled till 24 Feb. 1740/1; was cr. v.p. (when a boy), 24 May 1722,, co. York, and , in the said county, taking his seat, 18 Jan. 1730. He ''suc. as Duke of Roxburghe'', &c. [S.], 24 Feb. 1741/2.(c) He m., 16 June 1789, his cousin, Essex, 1st da. of Sir Roger, 3 Bart., of Mostyn, co. Flint, by Essex, da. of Daniel, 2d abovenamed. He d. at Bath, 23 Aug. 1755, aged about 46. Will pr. 1755. His widow d. 7 Dec. 1764, at Bowmont Lodge, co. Roxburgh. Will pr. 1764.

3 and 7., , &c. [S.], also, &c. [G. B.], 1st's. and h., b. in Hanover square, 23 April 1740; styled from Feb 1740,1 till ''suc. to the peerages'' [S. and G. B.] as above, 23 Aug. 1755;(d) was a Lord of the Bedchamber, 1768; KT., 28 Nov. 1768; L. Lieut. of co. Roxburgh, 1794; P.C., 1796; Groom of the Stole and First Lord of the Bedchamber, 1796; F.S.A., 1797; KG., 8 June 1801, being allowed to retain the order of the Thistle there with.(e) He is best known as a collector of rare books(f) and of broadside ballads. (g) He d. unm, of inflammation of the liver, 19 March 1804, in his 64th year, at his house in St. James' square, and was bur. at Bowden, when the Earldom and Barony of Ker of Wakefield [G. B.] became extinct. Will, disposing of property worth some £120,000 between his two sisters for their lives, pr. 1811.(h)