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 398 BUCKINGHAM (as son of " George Villiers of Chalgrove, Oxon, Clerk"), being then 17; B.A. 1746; M.A. 1749; Vicar of Frodsham, co. Chester, 1772. Hem., 22 May 1770, at St. Bride's, Fleet Str., Mary Saverby. He d. s.p., 24 June 1774, when the male line of the ist Viscount Purbeck (allowing the legitimacy of his son or reputed son) as also of all those on whom the Earldom of Buckingham, (f^c, had been entailed under the spec. rem. of 1 4 Mar. 1 6 1 6/7, became extinct. (^) His will, as of St. George's, South- wark, dat. 20 June 1770, pr. 16 Dec. 1774. DUKEDOM. I. John Sheffield, only s. and h. of Edmund (Sheffield), 2nd Earl of Mulgrave, by Elizabeth, da. VI. 1703. of Lionel (Cranfield), Earl of Middlesex; was 1^. 8 Sep. 1 647, and kip. 1 2 Apr. 1 648, at St. Martin's-in-the-Fields. He sue. his father as Earl of Mulgrave, (sfc, 24 Aug. 1658; served with the Fleet, and fought, May 1 672, at the defeat of the Dutch in Solebay, being Capt. of a ship 1673; Gent, of the Bedchamber 1673-82; and again to James II, May to Oct. 1685; Col. of the Holland Regt. (afterwards the 3rd Foot) 1673-82, and 1684-85, and in command of the Forces sent to Tangier;('') nom. K.G. 23 Apr., and inst. 28 May 1674; Gov. of Hull Dec. 1679-82; Lord. Lieut, of the East Riding 1679-82, ("=) 1687-88, and 171 1-13; P.C. 24 July 1685 tillFeb. 1688/9,3 May 1694 till 12 Mar. 1695/6,21 Apr. 1702 till May 1708, and 21 Sep. 17 10 till Sep. 17 14; Lord Chamberlain of the Household (Tory) 1685-88; Vice Admiral for Yorkshire and North- umberland 1687-89. On 10 May 1694 he was ^r. MARQUESS OF NOR- MANBY, CO. Lincoln; Lord Privy Seal Apr. 1702 to Mar. 1705; Lord Lieut, of the North Riding 1702-05 and 1711-14. On 23 Mar. 1702/3 he was cr. DUKE OF THE COUNTY OF BUCKINGHAM AND OF NORMANBY.('^) He was a Commissioner for the Scottish Union 1706; Lord Steward of the Household 1710-11; Lord President of the Council June 17 11 to Sep. I7i4;('=) Lord Lieut, of Middlesex 1711-14, (^) Edward Villiers, his only br., d. (presumably before him) unm. Their sister, Catharine m. (as his ist wife) John Lewis, Dean of Ossory, by whom she had a son, Villiers William Lewis, who, in 1790, took the name of Villiers, having inherited the manor of Aylsham Burgh, Norfolk, which had come into the Villiers family from his (undoubted) ancestress, Frances, da. of Sir Edward Coke, wife of (his ancestor, or reputed ancestor) the ist Viscount Purbeck, and mother of Robert Danvers otherwise Villiers, his grandfather's grandfather. C') He was given this employment to get him out of the way, as he was making love to the Princess Anne. V.G. ("=) He was very shy of accepting these honours, of which the Duke of Monmouth had just been deprived, as being " feathers plucked from the King's son." V.G. {^) It is probable that this title {Normanby) was here added in case of the Earldom of Buckingham being established to the Villiers family; just as '■'■Mortimer" was added to the Earldom of Oxford, conferred, in 1 7 11, on Robert Harley. (=) He was displaced on 22 Sep. 17 14, the new King giving the office to the Earl of Nottingham. See also Appendix D to this volume.