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 BELLOMONT 107 CooTE OF CoLooNY [I.], by Mary, da. of Sir George St. George, of Carrick-drummuske, co. Leitrim, sue. his father lo July 1683 ; was M.P. (Whig) for Droitwich, 1689-95. Being one of the first to join the Prince of Orange (^) in 1688, he was, in his absencejC") attainted by the Irish Pari, of James II in May 1689. The new Sovereigns, however, made him Governor of Leitrim, and cr. him, 2 Nov. 1689, "EARL OF BELLOMONT (<=) in our Kingdom of Irelandj'^"^) bestowing upon him the preposterous grant of over 77,000 acres of forfeited Irish lands.(^) He was Treasurer to the Queen 1689-93; Gov. of Massachusetts 1695, and of New York 1697 till his death. (*) He took his seat in the House 27 June 1696. He w., 19 Aug. 1680 (Lie. Vic. Gen., she about 15), Catharine, da. and h. of Bridges Nanfan,(8) of Birtsmorton, co. Worcester, by Catharine, da. and coh. of Sir George Hastings. He d. 5 Mar. 1 700/1, greatly lamented, at New York, where a fast was observed for his death. W^ill dat. 23 Aug. 1697, pr. 25 Feb. 1704/5. His widow, who is said to have been b. 9 and bap. 13 Feb. 1665, at St. Giles's-in-the-Fields, m., i Apr. 1702, at St. Mary Magd., Old Fish Str., London, William Caldwall, of St. James's, Westm., Capt. of a Man-of- War, afterwards Rear Admiral of the Red, who d. 171 8, aged 55, and was bur. at Birtsmorton. M.I. She sue. her father (who d. aged 82) 4 June 1704, in the estates of Birtsmorton and Berrow, co. Worcester. She m., 3rdly, 24 Nov. 1720, at St. Mary Magd. afsd., Samuel Pytts, of Kyre, co. Worcester. She m., 4thly, at Morton Court, near Ledbury, co. Hereford, 3 Dec. 1737, a few months before her death, William Bridgen, Alderman, afterwards (1763) Lord Mayor of London, who d. at Enfield, Oct. 1779, aged above 70. She d. 12 Mar. I'l'Sll'^i ^t Morton Court, aged 72, and was bur. at Birtsmorton. M.I. Will dat. 1 1 Mar. 1737/8, pr. June 1741. (*) For a list of the principal persons who joined the Prince of Orange, see Appendix H in this volume. (*■) For a list of peers present in, and absent from, this Pari., see vol. iii. Appendix D. (') See ante, p. 105, note "a." {^) See Lodge, vol. iii, p. 209, note, where his " proscription " in 1687 for absence from Ireland is set out, as also the preamble of his patent of peerage. (') For a list of the largest of these grants, and some remarks thereon, see vol. i, p. 92, note "a." (*) " He was a man of eminently fair character, upright, courageous and inde- pendent. Though a decided Whig he had distinguished himself by bringing before the Pari, at Westm. some tyrannical acts done by Whigs at Dublin." The King sent him to New York in order to put down the "freebooting " which was then a disgrace to the Colonies. Unfortunately it occurred to him to fit out a privateer for that purpose (at his own and his friends' expense) apd to entrust it to a veteran mariner named William Kidd. When, however, " Capt. Kidd " was in full command of the "Adventure Galley," he became the terror of all the merchants, and was finally arrested as a pirate in 1698. See Macaulay's History, vol. v, p. 246, (Jc, edit. 1861. (^) A pedigree of the family of Nanfan, by Sir John Maclean, is printed in the Bristol & Ghuc. Arch. Soc. Proceedings, vol. x, sub " Birtsmorton."