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 ALBEMARLE COMPLETE PEERAGE 91 Grand Prior. " On 13 Jan. 1696, he was cr. by his father James II (when in exile), DUKE OF ALBEMARLE, EARL OF ROCHFORD, AND BARON OF ROIVINEY, (") and was placed in command of the Toulon fleet designed to invade England. He was, in 1702, made a Lt. Gen. and Admiral in France. He m., 20 July 1700, Marie Gabrielle, only child of Jean d'Audibert, Count of Lussan, in Languedoc, by Marie Fran9oise, da. of Henri Raimond, Seigneur de Brignon, also in Languedoc. (") He d. s.p.m.s.,^) 16/27 Dec. 1702, at Bagnols in Langue- doc. His widow w.jC) at St. Eustache, Paris, 25 May 1707 (without the knowledge and much to the displeasure of her parents), John (Drum- mond), 2nd Earl (lilu/ar Duke) of Melfort [S.], who d. 29 Jan. 1754. She, who was l>. about 1675, ^. 15 May 1741, at St. Germain en Laye. IL 1 72 1. I. George (Granville), Baron Lansdown, (17 1 2) was cr., by the titular King James III, 6 Oct. 1721, as " George Granville Esq," LORD OF LANSDOWN, Devon, VISCOUNT OF [ — ] co.[ — ], and EARL OF BATH, Somerset [E.,] with rem. to his heirs male, and on 3 Nov. following, as " George Granvill, commonly called Lord Lansdown, Earl of Corbeil and Lord Thorigni and Granville in France and Normandy," he was cr. BARON LANSDOWN OF BIDE- FORD, Devon, VISCOUNT BEVEL, EARL OF BATHE, MARQUIS MONK AND FITZHEMON, and DUKE OF ALBEMARLE [E.], with a spec. rem. failing heirs male of his body, to his br. Bernard and the heirs male of his body. (") He d. s.p.m., 8 Jan. 1734/5. (') in. 1735 2. Bernard (Granville), titular Duke of Albe- to marle (^c, nephew and h. under the spec, rem., being 1776. 1st s. of Bernard G. of Buckland, co. Gloucester, by Mary, d.i. of Sir Martin Westcombe, ist Bart. (1700), which last named Bernard was yr. br. of the late Duke. He was b. 1700 ; served in the Army ; sue. his father 8 Dec. 1723, and his uncle 1 1 years later. He d. unm., at Calwich, co. Stafford, 2 July 1776, when the Dukedom, and other honours cr. 3 Nov. 172 1, became extinct, but those conferred on 6 Oct. of that year devolved on his h. male. EARLDOM, (^c. i. Arnold Joost van Keppel, Heer van der y, Voorst in Guelderland, Baron van Keppel, s. and h. ^'' of Osewolt van Keppel, of the same (who d. 1685), (*) For a list of Jacobite Peerages see Appendix F at the end of this vol. (*") See Anselme, vol. tx, p. 243. f) He had one da., Marie, a nun, who was living 20 June 1707. V.G. C) According to Anselme, ut supra, (1733), she " se remaria a — Mahoni, Colonel Irlandois. Ce mariage fut tenu cach^, afin qu'elle pilt conserver le titre duchesse d'Albemarle. " No confirmation has been found of this story. If she did marry Mahony, it must have been as her 2nd husband. V.G. Q There is a long preamble setting forth the promise made by Charles II to the Granville family, mentioned on p. 90. (') For fuller particulars see sub Lansdown of Bideford.