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 412 TORRINGTON — TORTWORTH. VII. 1831. 7. George (Bysg), Viscount Toukingtox, &c, 'M but 1st surv. s. iiinl being 1st s. by second wife ; 6. 9 Set). 1S12, at Chatham dockyard : sometime, 1829-42, an officer in the army : sue. to the peerage 18 June 1S3 ; Lord of the bedchamber (to Will. 1V. 1833-34 ; a Lord in wailing, 1837-41, and again 1 S. r .!' : er. D.C.L. of Oxford. 21 May 1839 ; Knight Grand Cross of the Ernestine .irder of Saxe Coburg, Jan. 1810 ; Gov. of Ceylon, 1 S I 7-f.0( l> ) ; Lord of the bedchamber to the Prince Consort. 1853 ; Hon. Col. West Kent Militia, 1 St>9. He m. IS March 1 833, at All Soul*, Langhain place, Marylebone, Mary Anne, 1st da. of Sir John Dugdale A.stlkv, 1st Bart., of Kverlcy, by Sarah, da. of William PuiB. He ( /. B.p.m. at the Hotel des Anglais, Monte Carlo, in Italy, 27 April, and was hiir. 2 May 1884, at Mereworth, co. Kent, aged 71. Will pr. 17 June 1884, over £12,000. His widow </. 26 Jan. 1SSS, at 4 Warwick square, V I I I . 1884. 8. George Stanley (Bvsg), Viscquxt Tobrixotox, &c, nephew and h. male, being 1st s. and h. of the Hon. Bobert- Barlow- Palmer BtHO, Major, Bengal North Infantry, by Elizabeth Maria Lowther, 1st da. of ( — ) Gwatkin, Col. in the Bengal service, winch Robert (who was killed in the Indian Mutiny at the head of his regiment, 18 Dec. 1857, aged 41), was next br. to the 7th Viscount. He was b. 29 April 18-11, joined the Bide Brigade. ISfiS. retiring as Hon. Lieut. Col. in the Army. 1SS1 : having served in the Indian mutiny campaign. 18fi7, and in the Zulu campaign. 1879 ; was aide-de-camp to the Viceroy of Ireland. 1S76-S2 ; sue. to (he peerage. 27 April 1884. He »i. firstly. 24 Jan. 1882. Alice Arabella, da. of James Jamksox. of Airfield, co. Dublin. She d. s p.m.. IS Dec. 1SS3. He m. secondly, 3 Feb. 1S8;"». EmmelineSt. Maur. 3d da. of the Rev. Henry SEY.MOl'lt. Hector of Holme Pierrepont, Notts. bj his first wife. Susannah P.iscoe, da. of the Rev. Bobert TRITTOK, Rector of Mordeu. co. Surrey. He d. of typhoid fever. 20 Oct. 1SS9, at Diuard, in France, aged 4S. His widow, who was 6. 23 Sep. 1S60. living lS9d. IX. 1SS9. George Master (Hyxc;), Viscount Torrinoton [1721] ami BaBOS Byxi; ok SoDTBIIX [1721J. only s. and h., by second wife ; 4. 10 Sep. 1SSG ; sue. to tUe peerage, 20 Oct. 1889. Family Estates. — These, in 18S3, were under 2.000 acres. Principal Jksulcncc.— Yotes Court, near Mereworth, co. Kent. TORRY. i.e., " Bruce of Torry," Barony [S.] (Brace), a: 1G47, with tlio Earldom ok Kixcardise [S.]. which see. TORTIIORRELL, or TOKTIIORWALI). See "Carltle of Tortiiorwald," Barony [S.] (Carlylc), a: 1473?; resigned 1638. i.e., " Nith, Torthorwald and Ross," Viscountcy [S.] (Douglas), er. 1682. with the Marqoessate of Qukensberhy [S.], and 1684, with the Dukedom ok QUEENSDEitRY [S.J. which see. TORTWORTH. See "Ducie of Tortworth, co. Gloucester." Barony (Moreton), cr. 1763. i.e., " Moreton of Tortworth, co. Gloucester," Barony (Reynolds- Moreton), cr. 1837, with the Earldom ok Dccik, which see. (») The eldest son of the Gth Viscount was b. 23 May, and d. 1 Dec. 1796, and the second son was still bom, 4 Jan. 1S0G. ( b ) A formidable insurrection occurred in Ceylon while he was Governor, and he was violently attacked in parliament for the measures [which included the hanging of 4 native priests in their robes], he had taken to suppress it ; he, however, defended himself with complete success.