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 ATHLUMNEY COMPLETE PEERAGE 303 VAN Reede [Denmark, 1671], 5th Count van Reede [H.R.E. 17.90], Lord of Amerongen, Middachten, Lievendaal, Ginkel, (ffc. [United Provinces], uncle and h. male, being 5th (") and yst. s. of the 5th Earl, i?. 2 1 July 1780, at Utrecht. He m., 7 Sep. 18 14, at Amsterdam, Wendela Eleanora, da. of Sir James Boreel, 8th Bart. [1645], of the Hague, Jonkherr [Neth. 28 Aug. 1 8 14], Member of the Equestrian Order and States of Holland, by Margaretha Johanna, da. of Willem Munter, Echevin of Amsterdam. He d. s.p.y 21 May 1844, ^t the Hague, when his peerage titles, and all his foreign honours, became extinct. His widow, who was b. 1 1 July 1792, at Amsterdam, d. 30 Jan. 1868, at Avegoor Castle, in the village of Ellekom afsd. i.e. " Athlone " Earldom (H.R.H. Prince Albert Victor Christian Edward), cr. 1890, with the Dukedom of Clarence and Avondale, which see ; extinct 1892. ATHLUMNEY OF SOMERVILLE AND DOLLARDSTOWN BARONY [I.] 1. William Meredyth Somerville, of Somerville, y „, CO. Meath, s. and h. of Sir Marcus S., of the same, 4th ^' Bart. [T. 1748], by his ist wife, Mary Anne, only da. and h. of Sir Richard Gorges-Meredyth, Bart. [I. 1787], b. 1802. Matric. Oxford (Ch. Ch.) 18 Feb. 1822, aged 19. He was M.P. (Liberal) for Drogheda 1837-52, for Canterbury 1854-65, Under Secretary Home Department 1846-47, Chief Secretary for Ireland 1847-52, and P.C. 22 July 1847. He was raised to the Peerage of Ireland (") 14 Dec. 1863, being cr. BARON ATHLUMNEY OF SOMERVILLE AND DOLLARDSTOWN, co. Meath [I.], and, within three years, was cr., 3 May 1866, BARON MEREDYTH of Dollardstown, co. Meath [U.K.]. He was a respectable Parliamentary official. He w., istly, 22 Dec. 1832, (spec, lie.) in Hamilton Place, St. Geo., Han. Sq., Maria Harriet, yst. da. of Henry (Conyngham), ist Marquess Conyngham [I.], by Elizabeth, da. of Joseph Denison. She d. s.p.m.s., 3 Dec. 1843. He m., 2ndly, at the British Embassy, Paris, 16 Oct. i860, Maria Georgiana Elizabeth, only da. of Herbert George Jones, Serjeant at Law, by Maria Alicia, 2nd da. of Sir George William Leeds, ist Bart. [18 12]. He d. at Waterloo Crescent, Dover, Kent, 7, and was bur. 13 Dec. 1873, at Kents- town, CO. Meath. Will pr. 20 Jan. 1874. His widow, who was b. 24 June 1 83 1, d., aged 67, at Frant, Sussex, 6, and was bur. 11 Jan. 1899, at Kentstown. Will dat. 21 Apr. 1897, pr. 16 Feb. 1899. ('') (*) The 4th s., Jan Reinhart Gerard, b. 12 Dec. 1774, d. s.p.m., 18 Mar. 1818. (*) The three extinctions used for this purpose, according to the Act of Union [I.], were Caher (Earl of Glengall), Riversdale, and Dungannon. William Henry Marcus S., only s. by ist wife, d. v.p., an infant, 1 1 Sep. 1837.