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 78 SCARSDALE. lG03/4,at the Tower of London, and was a: a Baronet, 22 May 1 Gil, being the Gth of the 18 persons with whom that order was instituted, and was or. 26 Oct. 1621, BASON DEINCOURT(») OF SUTTON, co. Derby. Taking an active part on the Royalist side (in which cause two of his sons were slain) he was a: 11 Nov. 1645, EARL OF SCAHSDALK, co Derby. He m. 16 Sep. 1607, at Great Berkhamp.-tead, Herts, Anne, sister of Henry. 1st Viscoi'.nt Falkland [S.], 6th da. of Sir Edward Caiiyk, of Aldenbam, Herts, by Catharine (Dow. BaRONKSS Paokt), via. of Sir Henry KsvvBTT, of Buckenliam, co. Norfolk. He d. at his house at Sutton 9 April 1655, and was bur. at Sutton. (») Will pr. 1655. His widow, who was bap. 10 Aug. 1585, at Great Berkhainpstead, d. before 1660. IT. 1655. Q. Nicholas (Leke), Earl of Scarsdale, &c, 2< but 1st surv. s. and h.,( 1 ') bap. 1 Oct. 1612, at Newark, Notts ; possibly styled Lord Dkixciwht from 164a till he sue. to the peerage, as above, 9 April 1655. He »i. about 1657 Frances, 3d and yst da. of Robert (Rich), 2.1 Kaui. ok WARWICK, by his first wife, Frances, da. of Sir William Hatton, otieritiar NEWPORT, lie ./ 27 Jan. and was bur. 4 Feb. 1680/1 in Westm. Abbey, aged 5S. Admou. 10 Feb. '.680/1, His widow was bur. there 21 Nov. 1692. III. 1681. 3. Robert (Leke), Earl of Scausdai.e, &tu, 1st s. and h., b. 9 and bap. 16 March 1658/4, at St. Giles's in the Fields ; slijleii LORD Dkincolht till 16S1 ; C'apt. of the Gent. Pensioners 1677-S3 ; CapL of Horse, 1678-79 and 1685-87, and Col. of the Princess Anne's Horse. 1685-S7 ; M.P. for Newark upon Trent, 1679. He was sum. to pari. v.p. 23 Oct. 1680, in his father's barony as LORD DEINCOl'RT, but sue. to the Earldom shortly afterwards, 27 Jan. 16S0/1 ; L.-Lieut. of Derbyshire 1687-SS ;(<•) Groom of the Stole to Prince George of Denmark, 1685-87 ; L. -Sewer to the Queen Consort of James II. at the coronation, 23 April 1685, as also at that of Queen Auue, 23 April 1702. Tito' one of the nobility " in arms '"*) in 16S8 for the Prince of Orange, he appears not to have approved of that Prince's subsequent proceedings. (•) He m. [Qv.{s) in Feb. 1671/J] Mary, 2d and yst. da. and coheir of Sir John Lewi's, Bart., of Ledston, co. York ('/. (*) See vol. iii, p. 40, note ,: e," sub " Deiucourt, " as to the ridiculous assumption of the surname of Deiucourt by a member uf the Tennyson family in consequence of a descent from this Francis Leke, one of whose peerage dignities was Baron Deiucourt of Sutton. (fr) He appears to have been a boorish and ignorant man with " a very unusual and unpleasant face," according to Clarendon, who tells an amusing story of him and his neighbour, the Earl of Kingston, each trying to palm off tbfl King's messengers (who were seeking to borrow money for him) on one another, the Earl describing Lord Deincottrt as one who " was good for nothing and lived like a hog, and who could not have so little as ±'20,000 in the scurvy house in which he lived " While Lord Deiucourt stated that " the Earl of Kingston never did good to anybody and loved nobody but himself, but had a world of money." Dugdaie writes that the Karl of Scarsdale " became so much mortified after that awfull murther of bis rightful Sovereign that he apnarreled himself in sackcloth and causing his grave to be digged some years before his death laid himself down in it every Friday, exercising himself frequently in Divine meditations anil prayers." ( c ) His eldest br., Henry, was slain in France. ( J ) One (jf the L. Lieuts. dismissed by James II. See a list of them in vol. ii, p. 28, note " a," sub " Abingdon." {") See a list of these in vol. ii, p. 28, note "b," sub " Abingdon." C) Macky [" Character* "} says that he, " upon the Prince of Orange's being declared King, threw up all. nor ever came into the measures of the Court during that reign." He adds of him, that "he was always a man of pleasure more than business ; no man loves the company of ladies more than he. or says less when he is in it, yet is successful in his intrigues ; a great sportsman, and bath neither genius nor taste for anything else ; is of a middle stature, of a sanguine complexion, very fat, and 45 years old." ^ (K) The following passage possibly relates to the proceedings preceding this marriage. " Last uight one of Sir John Lewis his heires was stolen from her mother's house iu Lincoln's Inn fields by I know not who " [Hatton Correspondence, 12 Feb. 167I/2J.