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 136 COMPLETE PEERAGE Anglesey he was made one of the Lords Justices, i Aug. to 18 Sep. 17 14, (') until the arrival of George I from Hanover. A Governor of co. Wexford, Nov. 1 727. He m., on Sat. before 27 July 1701/2, C*) (Lie. Fac. Office 6 Jan., both above 21) his cousin, Mary, 3rd da. of John (Thompson), ist Lord Haversham, by Frances, widow of Francis Wyndham, da. of Arthur (An- nfsley), 1st Earl of Anglesey. She d. at Woodstock, Oxon, 22 Jan. 1 7 1 8/9, and was bur. at Farnborough afsd. He d. s.p., i Apr. 1 73 7, at Farn- borough, and was buried there.C) Will dat. 18 Feb. 1735, pr. May 1737. VIII. 1737 6. Richard (Annesley), Earl OF Anglesey and Baron to Annesley [E.], also Viscount Valentia, Baron Mount- 1761. NORRis, and (5th) Baron Altham [I.], cousin and h. male, C) being yr. s. of Richard, 3rd Baron Altham [I.], (by Dorothy, da. of John Davey), who was a yr. s. of Arthur (iii), ist Earl OF Anglesey, &c. [E.], and (iii) 2nd Viscount Valentia, &fc. [I.]. He was b. shortly after 1 690, (^) became an Ensign in the army, but was struck off the half pay in 17 15, about which time, being in needy circumstances, he appears to have sought his fortune by marriage (or marriages) as stated below. On 14 Nov. 1727 he sue. his elder br. as BARON ALTHAM [I.], and his right thereto was acknowledged by his taking his seat as such. In 1737 he sue. his cousin (as above) in the Earldom of Anglesey and other titles [E. £5? I.], and took his seat in England, as an Earl, 10 May 1737, and in Ireland, as a Viscount, 4 Oct. 1737. (') He was also a Governor of CO. Wexford before 1745, in which county he fixed his residence at Camolin Park. He w., 25 Jan. 1715, (^) when he is stated to have been 21, ('') at Northam, in North Devon, Ann, da. of Capt. John Prust, of Monkleigh, near Bideford, in that co., by Mary, da. of Thomas Ley. She, who was b. 21 Sep. and bap. 11 Oct. 1694, at Monkleigh, is said to have brought him a considerable fortune, and to have lived with him at Westminster, and at Waterford and Ross, but to have separated from him in 1 7 1 9, returning to North Devon, where she d. s.p., and was bur. (as Ann, Countess of Anglesey) 13 Aug. 1741, (^) at Monkleigh, Devon. (') For a list of these see note sub ii Duke of Devonshire. " A person of true merit, and must be lamented of all good men. " (Duke of Ormonde to E. Hamilton, 13 May 1737.) V.G. (") Letter of Selina, Countess Ferrers, dat. 27 July. V.G. C^) See Coll. Top. et Gen., vol. vii, p. 233. ("') If, however, the statement of James Annesley, " tht unfortunate young noble- man " (who claimed to be s. and h. of Arthur, 4th Lord Altham [I.], the elder br. of this Richard) be true, the said James (and not the abovenamed Richard) would have been the h. male. See full account of this under Altham. (") The Richard Annesley hap. 31 Oct. 1689, and bur. 18 Nov. 1690, at Westm. Abbey, was his elder br. (') For an account of his conviction, 3 Aug. 1744, on the charge of assaulting " The Hon. James Annesley Esq., " the claimant to his estates and honours, see State Trials, vol. xviii, p. 197. (*^ Parish Reg., produced at the claim (in 1 8 1 9) of George, Earl of Mountnorris [I.], to the Earldom of Anglesey. C) See " Anglesey Case, " 1771.