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 236 BOTETOURT 4 Paris. 1 741-63. (^) Lord Lieut, of co. Gloucester 1762-66. Groom of the Bedchamber 1760-64. Having proved himself coh. (h. to one-third) of this BaronyjC") the abeyance was terminated in his favour, and he was sum. to Pari, on 13 Apr. I764.('') Gov. of Virginia i768-70.('^) He d. during his residence there, 15 Oct. 1770, and was bur. in the College of William-and-Mary, in the town of Williamsburgh. Will pr. Jan. 1771. On his death the Barony again fell into abeyance. V. 1803. 5. Henry (Somerset), Duke of Beaufort, fife., s. and h. of Charles, 4th Duke of Beaufort, by Elizabeth, only sister and sole h. of Norborne (Berkeley), Lord Botetourt above- named (which Elizabeth d. 8 Apr. 1799), being, in right of his said mother, coh. (h. to one third) of the Barony of Botetourt [1305], obtained a confirmation of the same by pat. dat. 4 June i 803, to him and the heirs of his body.('^) He d.i Oct. following, since which time this Barony has followed the course of succession of the Dukedom of Beaufort. See "Beaufort," Dukedom of, cr. 1682, under the 5th and succeeding Dukes. BOTETOURT OF LANGPORT i.e. "Botetourt of Langport, Somerset," Barony {Berkeley), see Falmouth," Earldom ofjO cr. 17 Mar. 1664; extinct 3 June 1665. BOTHAL i.e. "Ogle of Bothal, Northumberland," Barony {Cavendish), o. 3 Nov. 1620, with theViscountcy of Mansfield, Notts. See " Newcastle," Dukedom of, cr. 1664; extinct 1691. (*) He was a supporter of the Bute Administration. V.G. C") For pedigree see p. 234. (^) J. H. Round has dealt with this case in his Peerage and Pedigree (vol. i, pp. 252-3), as bearing on the question of "referring" a sitting to an earlier writ. "The proof of sitting was for the second peer; the first writ was addressed to his grandfather, the first peer : as they were both named John, the terms of the Resolu- tion are ambiguous." Nicolas alleges that the sitting was referred to the first writ, but Round considers this doubtful, and observes that " the precedence assigned in 1764 is, admittedly, against the view that the peerage dates from 33 Edw. I." V.G. (^) The saying at the time was that this appointment was made, not because Virginia wanted a Governor, but because Lord Botetourt wanted a place. ("^) See ante, page 233, note "b." (') The descent (without any representation) of Charles Berkeley, the patentee of this Barony, from the Lords Botetourt, is shown in the tabular pedigree given on p. 234.