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 ATHLONE COMPLETE PEERAGE 301 he was taken prisoner after the siege of St. Venant. He m., (cont. same day) 2 Mar. 17 15, at Zuylestein Castle, Henrietta ("), yst. da. of William Henry (de Nassau-Zuylestein), ist Earl of Rochford, by Jane, da. and h. of Sir Henry Wroth. He d. 15 Aug. 17 19, (") at Sluys. III. 1719. 3. GoDARD Adriaan (van Reede), Earl OF Athlone, fsPc, [I.], s. and h., b. 25 Jan. 17 15/6, at Utrecht. He d. unm. 8 Oct. 1736, of the small pox, at Marburg, in Hesse (where he was a student at the University), and was bu7'. at Amerongen, aged 20 years and 8 months. IV. 1736. 4. Frederik. Willem (van Reede), Earl OF Athlone, fsPc, [I.], only br. and h., b. i Apr. 17 17, at Utrecht, and bap. at the Walloon Church there, 3 days later. Ed. at the University of Marburg. " Though only 30 years of age, he had a seat in several Colleges of the generality, in behalf of the province of Utrecht. " (°) He m. (cont. 13 Apr.), 2 May 1742, at Voorschoten, Louisa Isabella Herme- lina, da. and coh. of Arent, Baron van Wassenaar [H.R.E.], Lord of Duvenvoirde, Voorschoten, {ifc, in the United Provinces, Ambassador from the States Gen. to the Court of St. James, by Anna Margaretha, da. of Hans Willem (Bentinck.), ist Earl of Portland. He d. i Dec. 1747, at Arnhem. His widow, who was b. at the Hague, and bap. there 19 Feb. 171 8/9, d. 22, Apr. 1756, at Amerongen. Will dat. 12 Nov. 1754. V. 1747. 5. Frederik Christiaan Reinh art (van Reede), Earl OF Athlone, &c., [1.], s. and h., b. 31 Jan. 1743, at the Hague. He was a member of the Nobles in the provmce of Utrecht, was Ranger of the said province, and was Chief Magistrate for that city in 1790. He was cr., 25 Sep. 1790, Count of the Holy Roman Empire, as Count VAN Reede. In 1 795, the French having occupied Holland, he accompanied the Stadtholder to England, and took his seat in the House of Lords [I.] 10 Mar. 1795, C) his signed pedigree being 'delivered in ' to the Lords by Ulster King of Arms at the same time. (^) On i Aug. 1 800 he obtained an annuity from that House as a poor Peer. He m.y 29 Dec. 1765, at the Hague, his cousin, Anna Elisabeth Christina, da. of Jan C) Her eldest sister, Maria, m. Godard van Reede, lord of Harweld, 2nd s. of the ist Earl of Athlone [I]. V.G. C) The Dutch accounts and Diet. Nat. B'log. say 17 19, and Burke 1729, but 1720 is the date given in the ped. signed by the 5th Earl in 1795- V.G. (') Lodge, vol ii, p. 157, where, how^ever, this statement is appHed to Godert, Earl ot A., a supposed yr. br. of the 3rd Earl, who does not appear in fact to have had any existence. V.G. C*) The decision of the House enabling him so to do seems questionable, as it appears that he was an alien. The Crown, however, would not have been bound by such decision. (') "According to the Resolutions of the House of Peers of 12 June 1778. " This interesting document, from Lords Entries., vol. iii, pp. 453-54, of which a copy has been most kindly furnished, to the Editor, by G.D.Burtchaell, Athlone Pursui- vant, corrects several serious errors into which Lodge has fallen, as, e.g., in note (") above.