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 132 COMPLETE PEERAGE Anglesey Earl of Oxford. He d. at Amsterdam, shortly after 9 Dec. 1654, in great poverty, aged 76. Admon. 2 July 1657, to his s. " Stanley Carr, Esq," and (on his death) again 14 May 1672, to his s. Earl Charles. His widow, who was b. about 1 600, d. at St. Paul's, Covent Garden, and was bur. 1 5 Feb. 1656/7, in Westm. Abbey. Admon. 9 June 1657 to her s. Earl Charles. II. 1654. 2. Charles'(Kerr), Earl of Ancram, i£c. [S.], 2nd s., being only s. by 2nd wife. He (being then styled ' Lord Carr') was M.P. for St. Michael's, Mar. 1647 till secluded in Dec. 1648 ; and sue. to the peerage [S.] in Dec. 1654, according to the spee. rem. in the creation of that dignity. He was subsequently (July to Dec. 1660) M.P. for Thirsk, and for Wigan (in 5 parls.), 1661-81, and 1685-87. He m. shortly before i May 1662. His wife, and a son, were living 5 Feb. 1675/6, but the latter d. s.p. and v.p. He d. s.p.s., in needy circumstances, between i and 11 Sep. 1690. III. 1690. 3. Robert (Kerr), Earl of Lothian, Earl of Ancram, &?c. [S.], nephew and h., being s. and h. of William, Earl of Lothian [S.], elder br. (of the half-blood) to the deceased, which William was ist s. and h. of the ist Earl of Ancram [S.], and his only s. by the ist wife. He was b. 8 Mar. 1636 ; sue. his father, Oct. 1675, ^s Earl of Lothian, ^c. [S.]. He was cr., 23 June 1701, MARQUESS OF LOTHIAN [S.] ; see that dignity. i.e. "Ancram," Earldom [S.] (Kerr), cr. 1701 with the Marquessate OF Lothian [S.], which see. ANDOVER i.e. "Andover go. Southampton," Viscountcy (Howard), cr. 1622 ; see Berkshire, Earldom, cr. 1626. ANGLESEY EARLDOM. I. The Hon. Christopher Villiers, of Ashley Park, J --^ in the parish of Walton on Thames, Surrey, 3rd s. of "• Mzry, suo Jure Countess of Buckingham, by Sir George Villiers, of Brokesby, co. Leicester, and yr. br. of George, ist Duke of Buckingham, was Gent, of the Horse 1616, Gent, of the Bedchamber, and Master of the Robes 1617 ; and on 18 Apr. 1623, was cr. BARON VILLIERS OF DAVENTRY, co. Northampton, and EARL OF AN- GLESEY in Wales. (*) Chief Steward of the Honour of Hampton Court, 1628. He m. Elizabeth, da. of Thomas Sheldon, of Howby, co. Leicester. He d. 3 Apr. 1630, at Windsor, and was bur. in St. George's Chapel there. (") Admon. 6 May 1630 to his widow. She m., 5 Aug. (') " There was talk here that the Earl of Anglesey (Kit Villiers) was banished the Court .... The Kintj saying, he would have no drunkards of his chamber. " (Rev. J. Mead to Sir M. Stuteville, 23 Apr. 1625.) V.G. ('') See Nicolas, Memoir of A. Vincent, Windsor Herald, pp. 93-94, and see also (as to the 2nd Earl) the burial at St. Martin's, of Carolus Fillers, Comes.