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 124 SHEFFIELD. riotsC) in 1780, and was w. 9 Jan. 1781, BARON SHEFFIELD OF DUNAMOUE, co. Meath [I ] Two years later, he was (having at that time no male issue,) it. 20 Sep. 1783,( b ) BARON SHEFFIELD OF ROSCOMMON, co. Roscommon [I.], with, in this case, a spec. rem. in favour of his two daughters and the heirs male of their bodies successively. He took an active part in promoting the Irish union, and was accordingly cr. a Peer of the United Kingdom, 29 July 1S02, as BARON* SHEFFIELD of Sheffield, eo. York.'') Pres. of the Board of Agriculture, 1S03 ; P C. and a Lord of Trade, ISO!). He was cr. 22 Jan. 1816, VISCOUNT PEVEN'SEY, and EARL OF SHEFFIELD [I.] He m. firstly, -JO April 1767, at Richmond, co. Surrey, Abigail, da. of Lewis Way, by his third wife, Abigail, da. and h. of John LocKKY, of Holme* Hull, co. Hereford, by Abigail, da. and h. of Sir Roger Hill, of Penhain. Rucks. She d. s.p.in.s.('l) 3 April 1793, in Downing street,(') of pleurisy, and was bur. at Fletching. He m. secondly, 26 Dec. 1791, at Stanmer. co. Sussex (spec, lie ), Lucy, 2d da. of Thomas (PklHaM). 1st Haul of Chichkstkh, by Aune, da. mid h. of Frederick Meinluu-t Fiunkland. She, who was b. 22 Feb. 1763, d. s.p. IS Jan. 1797, at Sheffield Place afsd., aged 33, and was bur. at F'letehiug. He m. thirdly, 20 Jan. 179S, in Conduit street, St. Geo. Han. so. (spec, lie), Aune, 2d da. of Frederick (South), 2d Earl ok Guilford, by Anne, da. and b. of George Sff.ke. He if. 30 May 1821, aged 65, at his house in Portland Place, ami was bur. at Fletching. ,') Will pr. 1S21. His widow, who was b. 8 Jan. 1764, and who was a Lady in Waiting to Caroline, Princess of Wales (before she quitted this country) d. 18 Jan. 1832, aged 68, at Portland Place afsd. Will pr. Feb. 1832. II. 1821. ~. ("eokge Augustus Frederick Charles (Holroyd), Earl of Sheffield, &o. [I.], also Baron Sheffield [U.K.], yst. and only surv. s. and h., being only s. by third wife, b. 16 March 1S02, in Whitehall Gardens, and bap. there; styled Viscount Pevensky from 1816 till he sue. to the peerage, an above, 30 May 1821 : was a Lord in Waiting, 1858-59. He m. 6 June 1825, Harriet, 1st da. of Henry 'Lascell.es), 2d Emu. OF HaRKWOOD, by Henrietta da. of Sir John Saunders Sebright, Bart. He d. 5 April 1S76, aged 74. His widow who was b. 19 June 1802, and who was sometime a Lady of the Bedchamber to Queeu Adelaide, d. 1 Jan. 18S9, in her 87th year, at 10 Royal Crescent, Brighton, and was bur. at Fletching. Will pr. 13 March 1S89, above £03,000. [Frederick-Henuy-Stuart Holroyd, s/i/led Viscount Fevensey, 1st s. and h. ap., b. 24 Oct. 1827, d. v.p. 21 March 1829.] III. 1876. 3. Henry North (IIoluoyd), Earl of Sheffield [18161 Baron Sheffield of Dunamore [1781], and Baron Sheffield of Roscommon [1783], in the peerage of Ireland, also Baron Sheffield [U.K.], 2d but 1st surv. s. and h., b. IS Jan. 1832, in Portland Place afsd. ; styled Viscount Pevensey till 1876 ; ed. at Eton ; Attache to the Legation at Copenhagen, 1 S52-53, him in 1802 the Barony of Sheffield of Sheffield, co. York (with which apparently he had no connection) seems an anomaly. ( a ) " To CoL Holroyd, since deservedly raised to the Briti.-h peerage, and to his Regiment of Militia, the country was eminently indebted for repelling the fury of the mob at the Bank, where, during some moments, the conflict seemed doubtful and the assailants had nearly forced an entrance." [Wraxall, 1, 243.] (*■) See vol. iii, p. 44, note " d," sub " Delaval," as to the Irish creations of 1783 in the Fox Ministry. ( c ) See remark, p. 123, note " c." ( d ) John William, her only b., d. in his 5th year. (o) She appears to have been an amiable woman, wdio, with her husband, took an active part in protecting and assisting those who were driven out of France by the Revolution. (') He, tho' a violent opponent of the abolition of the Slave trade, was a man of considerable capacity, being a leadiug authority on matters relating to agriculture and commerce, and author of divers treatises on that and other subjects. His friendship with Gibbon (who is buried in his vault at Fletching), which began as early as 176'4, is, however his chief title to fame. An Earldom, a Viscountcy, and three Baronies (of which one had a spec. rem. in favour of a brace of daughters) were the rewards of his most fully-appreciated merits.