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 300 COMPLETE PEERAGE athlone EARLDOM [I.] I. GoDARD (») van Reede (") s. and h. of Godard J /- Adriaan van R., ist Baron van Reede (") [in Denmark, " ' so cr. 25 May 1671] Lord of Amerongen, Middachten, Lievendaal, Ginkel, Gfc., in the United Provinces, several times Ambassador to England and Denmark (who d. 1691), by his wife Brilliana (or Margaret), da. of George Turnor, by his wife Salomd van Meetkercken. He was i. 4 June 1644 (O.S.) at Amerongen Castle, in Utrecht, his family belonging to the old feudal nobility of that province. He was made Lieut. Gen. of Cavalry in the United Provinces 20 Oct. 1683, and was appointed, by William III, Lieut. Gen. and Commander in Chief of the army in Ireland. Having distinguished himself by the capture of Athlone, 20 June 1 691, and at the battle of Aughrim on 10 July following, he was naturalised as ' Baron de Ginkel ' by Act of Pari. 24 Feb. 169 1/2, and was cr. (^) 4 Mar. 169 1/2, BARON OF AGHRIM, co. Galway, and EARL OF ATHLONE, (") CO. Roscommon [I]. On 13 Oct. 1693 the King granted him the forfeited estates (26,481 acres) (') of William Dongan, the attainted Earl of Limerick [I.], but this grant was reversed by Pari, on 15 Dec. 1699. Commander in Chief of the allied armies in Flanders, and, in 1702, was Veldt-Marshal of the armies of the States Gen. He m.,(cort. 31 July), 26 Aug. 1666, at EUekom, in Gelderland, Urselina Philopota, da. of Reinier van Raesveld, Lord of Middachten, by Margaretha van Leefdael, his wife. He d. 1 1 Feb. 1 702/3, of apoplexy, at Utrecht, and was I?ur. at Amerongen. His widow d. 30 Sep. 1721, at Middachten Castle, and was also iur. at Amerongen. Their mutual testament dat. 11 Apr. 1701. II. 1703. 2. Frederik Christiaan (van Reede), Earl of Ath- lone, i^c., [I.], s. and h., h. 20 Oct. 1668, at Utrecht. He was a member of the Nobles in that province. Naturalised in England 1 696. Lieut. Gen. of the Dutch Forces, and Governor of Sluys. In 1 7 10 (^) The Editor desires to acknowledge the valuable help which he has received in the re-writing of this article from G.D.Burtchaell, Athlone Pursuivant, and from the Marquis de Ruvigny, the latter having examined the Dutch, and the former the Irish sources of information, including the original certificate of " the nobles and knights representing the second estate of the country of Utrecht " dated 3 Jan. 1780, which is filed with an English translation in Ulster's office, and which has been fol- lowed as to the spelling of most of the proper names in this article. V.G. (") It would appear that this is the correct family name, although ' Ginkel ' was the one by which they were known in England ; this latter, however, was only one of several Dutch Lordships which they held. V.G. {'^) His cousin german, Jan van Reede, Heer van Renswoude, is said to have been cr. a Baron [E.], by Charles I, by letters patent dated 24 Mar. 1644. His line is extinct, {ex inform, the Marquis de Ruvigny.) V.G. C) See the preamble to the patent in Lodge, vol. ii, p. 155. (') The Dutch Earls of Athlone bore arms of Silver, two dances sable, {ex inform. Oswald Barron.) V.G. (') This grant to the man who had won Ireland for him, was less than a quarter of that to the lad Keppel, who had done no public service. For a list of the largest of these grants, and some remarks thereon, see p. 92, note "a. " V.G.