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 64 COMPLETE PEERAGE ailesbury V. 1814. 2 and I. Charles (Brudenell-Bruce), Earl of M AROTTFSSATF Ailesbury, i^c., 3rd and yst., but only surv. s. and h. (") by 1st wife, b. in Seamore place, Mayfair, I. 1821. 14 Feb., and ^«/>. 24 Apr. 1773, at St. Geo., Han. Sq. ; styled Lord Bruce, 1783-18 14; M.P. for Marlborough in 5 Paris., 1796-18 14; Col. Wilts Yeomanry, 1797, and of the Wilts Militia, 1811-27; K-T. 20 May 1819. He was irr., 17 July 1 82 1, C) VISCOUNT SAVERNAKE of Savernake Forest, Wilts, EARL BRUCE OF WHORLTON, co. York, and MARQUESS OF AILESBURY, C) Bucks. He w., istly, 20 May ^ 1793, at Florence, Henrietta Maria, ist da. of Noel (Hill), ist Baron Berwick, of Attingham, by Anna, da. of Henry Vernon. She d. in Grosvenor Sq., 2, and was bur. 11 Jan. 1831, at Maulden afsd. Admon. Jan. 1840. He »;., 2ndly, 20 Aug. 1833, at Ham House in Petersham, Surrey, Maria Elizabeth, 2nd da. of the Hon. Charles Tollemache, (3rd s. of Louisa, suo jure Countess of Dysart [S.]) by his 2nd wife, Gertrude Florinda, ist da. of Gen. William Gardiner. He d, at Tottenham Park, 4, and was bur. 12 Jan. 1856, at Great Bedwyn, Wilts, aged 82. Will pr. July 1856. His widow, who was b. 27 Oct. 1809, d. 7 May 1893, aged 83 ("), and was bur. at Petersham. Will dat. 24 July 1891, pr. at ;^74,920 personalty. 2 and 3. George William Frederick (Brudenell-Bruce), Marquess of Ailes- r. r BURY, tfc, 1st s. and h. by ist wife; b. ^ * 20 Nov. 1 804, in Lower Grosvenor Str., and bap. at St. Geo., Han. Sq., George III and his Queen being sponsors ; styled Lord Bruce, 18 14-21, and Earl Bruce, 1821-56; matric. at Oxford (Ch. Ch.), 2 Oct. 1822 ; M.P. for Marlborough, 1826-30; Lieut. Col. Com. Wilts Yeomanry, 1835, of which, in 1876, he became Hon. Col. ; was sum. to Pari, v.p.^ 10 July 1838, in his father's Barony, as LORD BRUCE OF TOTTENHAM ; sue. to the Marquessate of Ailesbury, (") His next elder br. (the and s. of his parents) Charles, was b. 7 Mar. 1 767, and d. 22 Jan. 1768. V.G. ('') This was one of the coronation peerages of George IV., for a list of which see vol. ii, Appendix F. C') The (Brudenell-Bruce) Marquesses of Ailesbury, bear the arms of Brudenell: — Silver a cheveron gules between three hats of estate azure. Since 1767 this house has borne the arms of Bruce, Earl of Elgin, in the first quarter. Old examples commonly give the hats in the Brudenell shield as lined and turned up with gules. [ex inform. Oswald Barron.) V.G. C) Hist. MSS. Com., App., 15th Report, Part vii, p. 254. V.G. (") For nearly 60 [!] years the "evergreen Maria Marchioness," sprightly, gay and universally popular, was a constant frequenter of London parties and country race courses, and was to be seen in Hyde Park with flaxen hair (or wig), driving two ponies, generally preceded by two outriders. She was one of the four Marchionesses of Ailesbury who flourished from 1886 to 1891. MARQUESSATE. II. EARLDOM. VI.