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 114 BELVIDERE BELVIDERE EARLDOM [I.] I. Robert Rochfort, s. and h. of the Rt. Hon. J ^ George R., of Gaulstown, co. Westmeath, by Elizabeth, '^ * yst. da. of Henry (Moore), 3rd Earl of Drogheda [I.], was b. 26 Mar. 1708; sue. his father 8 July 1730, in whose room he was elected M.P. for co. Westmeath, 25 Oct. 1731. He was rr., 16 Mar. 1737/8, BARON BELFIELD, of co. Westmeath [1.], taking his seat as such on the 27th of the same month. P.C. [1.] 12 Dec. 1749. On 5 Oct. 1 75 1 he was cr. VISCOUNT BELFIELD, of co. Westmeath [I.], talcing his seat as such, 7 Nov. following. On 29 Nov. 1756 he was cr. EARL OF BELVIDERE, of co. Westmeath [I.], and took his seat as such, 2 Nov. 1757. Muster Master Gen. [I.] 1764 till his death. He m., istly, 16 Dec. 1 73 1, Elizabeth, ist da. of Richard Tenison, of Thomastown, co. Louth, Commissioner of the Revenue, by Margaret, da. and h. of William Barton, of Thomastown afsd. She d. s.p., 5 June 1 732, in London, of the small-pox. He w., 2ndly, 7 Aug. 1736, Mary, ist da. of Richard (Moles- worth), 3rd Viscount Molesworth [I.], by his ist wife, Jane, da. of ( — ) Lucas, of Dublin. He d. 13 Nov. 1774, at Belvidere, aged 66. Will pr. 1774, Prerog. Ct. [Lj-O His wife survived him. II. 1774 2. George (Rochfort), Earl of Belvidere [1756], to Viscount Belfield [1751], and Baron Belfield [1738] 1814. [I.], s. and h., by 2nd wife, b. 12 Oct. 1738. Styled Viscount Belfield 1756-74. M.P. for Philipstown 1758-61, and for co. Westmeath 1761-74. Sheriff of Westmeath 1762; a Gov. of Westmeath 1772 till his death. Grand Master of Freemasons [I.] 1774-76. On 24 Oct. 1775, he took his seat in the House of Lords [I.], and, on 7 June I776,('') obtained a pension of ;^8oo a year in consideration of his own and his father's services. He m., istly, 20 Aug. 1775, Dorothea, 2nd da. of John Bloomfield, of Redwood, King's County, by Jane, da. of Brig. Gen. George Jocelyn. She d. 6 Apr. 1803. He m., 2ndly, by spec, lie, 10 Nov. 1 803, Jane, da. of the Rev. James Mackay, of Phibsborough, co. Dublin. He d. s.p., 13 May 18 14, in Gt. Denmark Str., Dublin, in his 76th year, when all his Peerage titles became extinct.(^) (") Of him and his 2nd wife Mrs. Delany writes, Mar. j 4.2/4, thus: — "He has discovered an intrigue, and they say he has come to England in search of him.... he is very well bred and very well in his person and manner; his wife is locked up in one of his houses in Ireland, with a strict guard over her, and they say he is so miserable as to love her even now; she is extremely handsome and has many personal accomplishments. ' A fairer person lost not heaven.' " V.G. C") Sir John Blaquiere writes of him in 1775, as "left very embarrassed in his circumstances, and from his distress must consequently be dependent on the Crown." V.G. {') This was one of the three extinctions used, in accordance with the Act of Union, for the creation of the Barony of Garvagh [I.], 28 Oct. 1818.