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 28o BRANDEN i758,(^) he was cr. BARON BRANDEN, co. Kerry [I.]. He w., Dec. 1 71 2, Elizabeth Anne, ist da. of Thomas (Fitzmaurice), ist Earl of Kerry [I.], by Anne, da. of Sir William Petty. She d. i-j Dec, 1757. He ^.13 Jan. 1762, aged 73, and was bur. at Ardfert. II. 1762. 2. William (Crosbie), Baron Bran-n ^"7- § ^ DEN [I.], s. and h. On 30 Nov. 1 771 he was cr. Viscount Crosbie of Ardfert, co. Kerry [I.], and, on 22 July 1 776, Earl OF Glandore [I.]. He d. 1 1 Apr. 1781. III. 1781. 3. John (Crosbie), Earl OF Glandore, Viscount Crosbie of Ardfert, and Baron Branden [I.], 2nd but ist surv. s. and h. He d. s.p.,22 Oct. 1 8 1 5, when the Earldom and Viscountcy became extinct. •p tj' in ■-^ .^ M rt ^ -.c « 3 -*, D- C ~-J W2 s OS sj 1 rt ■1 1 -. 9r ""^ II 3 CD -t ^ o z c IV. 1 81 5 4. William (Crosbie), Baron Branden [I.], cousin to and h. male, being only s. and h. of Maurice C, Dean of 1832. Limerick, by his 2nd wife, Pyne, da. of Sir Henry Cavendish, Bart., of Doveridge, co. Derby. He was b. I Nov. 1 771; was ed. at Trin. Coll. Dublin; B.A., 1796; B.D., and D.D., 1 816; Rector of Castle Island, co. Kerry. He m., 3 May 1815, Elizabeth, 1st da. of Col. David La Touche, of Marlay, co. Dublin, by Cecilia, da. of Joseph (Leeson), ist Earl of Milltown [I.]. He d. s.p.m.s.,(^) 3 May 1832, at Nice, aged 6o,('') when the Barony of Branden [I.] became extinct.i^) His widow survived him many years, and d. i Apr. 1862, at Torquay. (^) It seems remarkable that the patent should bear date the very day after the creation of the Countess of Brandon [I.]. The privy seal for the Countess is dat. 25, and that for the Baron 27 July 1758. "Brandon, a mountain on the mutual boundary between the Barony of Gowran and that of Ida co. Ki/ienny, Leinster " (see Par/. Gazetteer [I.], 1849) is not to be confounded with the well-known village, mountain, and bay, in the Barony of Corkaguiney, co. Kerry, Munster. C') His only s., Maurice, d. an infant in 18 16. V.G. ('^) " Lord Branden, who is a divine as well as a peer, got possession of a cor- respondence between his lady and Mr. Secretary Lamb [Lord Melbourne] which left no doubt to him or anyone else, as to the nature of the connection between these young people; so he writes a letter to the lady announcing his discovery, but he adds if she will exert her interest with Mr. Lamb to procure him a Bishopric, he will overlook her offence, and restore her the letters; to which my lady replies, she shall neither degrade herself nor Mr. Lamb by making any such application, but that she is very grateful to my lord for the letter he has written her, which she shall put im- mediately into Mr. Lamb's possession " {Creevy Papers). An action for divorce against her was begun in Michaelmas 1829, Viscount Melbourne being the co- respondent, but the case was non-suited and withdrawn. V.G. (^) It was one of the three extinctions acted on, according to the Act of Union [I.], in the creation of the Barony of Carew [I.], 14 June 1834.