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 BALTiNGLAss COMPLETE PEERAGE 395 Woodford, Essex, of rheumatism, 22, and was bur. there 29 Jan. 1 720/1, aged 42. M.I. Admon., as of Woodford Hall, Essex, 4 Mar. 1 720/1, V. 171 5. 5. Charles (Calvert), Baron Baltimore [I.], s. and h., . ., ^. 29 Sep. 1699. Gent, of the Bedchamber to the Prince " ■ of Wales 1731-47, and Cofferer of the Household to that Prince 1747-51 ; F.R.S. 9 Dec. 1731 ; Governor of Maryland (in person) 1732-33 ; M.P. (Tory) for St. Germans, 1734-41, and for Surrey 1741 till his death. A Lord of the Admiralty 1742-44 ; Elder Brother of the Trinity House 1744-51 ; Surveyor Gen. of the Duchy of Cornwall 1747-51. He w., 20 July 1730, Mary, da. of Sir Theodore Janssen, of Wimbledon, Surrey, ist Bart., by Williamsa, da. of Sir Robert Henley, of the Grange, Hants. He d. 24 Apr. 1751, and was bur. at Erith, Kent aged 5i.('') Will dat. 17 Nov. 1750, pr. 30 Apr. 175 i. His widows/. 25 Mar. 1770, at Chaillot, near Paris. VI. 1751 6. Frederick (Calvert), Baron Baltimore [I.], only to s. and h., b. 6 Feb. 173 1/2. Ed. at Eton. F.R.S. 1771. 26 Feb. 1767. He w., 9 Mar. 1753, Diana, da. of Scrope (Egerton), 1st Duke of Bridgewater, by his 2nd wife, Rachael, da. of W^riothesley (Russell), 2nd Duke of Bedford. She, who was b. 3 Mar. i']2iJ2, d. 13 Aug. 1758. Admon. 21 Nov. 1758. After a career of profligacy and extravagance, he was tried for a rape at Kingston assizes 26 Mar. 1768, and having with difficulty escaped conviction (") left England. He d. s.p., 4 Sep. 1771, at Naples, and was bur. at Epsom, aged 39, when the Peerage became extinct. Will pr. Jan. 1772. Family Estates. — Most of these were sold by the last Lord to John Trotter, an upholsterer of Soho, Midx. BALTINGLASS(") VISCOUNTCY [I.] I. Sir Thomas Eustace, of Harristown, s. of y Richard E., by Anne, da. of Robert Eustace, of ^^ ' Ballyloughrane, nephew and h. male of Rowland (Eustace or Fitz Eustace), Lord Portlester [I.], b. about 1480, sue. his said uncle in the family estates 14 Dec. 1496, was cr. BARON KILCUL- (*) King George II said of him — " There is my Lord Baltimore, who thinks he understands everything, and understands nothing : who wants to be well with both Courts and is well with neither, and who, entre nous, is a little mad. " (Lord Hervey, Memoirs, vol. ii.) Mrs. Delaney, with whose affections he had trifled, and with whom he had been on the point of marriage, who is therefore a tainted witness as to his wife, writes of him as " very handsome, genteel and unaffected, " and of her, at a ball, as looking " like a frightened owl, her locks strutted out, and most furiously greased or rather gummed and powdered. " There are many more references to him in her memoirs. V.G. C) See Gent. Mag., 1768, p. 180. C) For the ranking of Irish peers see Appendix A in this volume. V.G.