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 486 CALEDON EARLDOM, VISCOUNTCY BARONY [I.] II. 2. Du Pre (Alexander), Earl of Caledon, ^c. [I.], only s. and h., b. 14 Dec. 1777. Ed. at Eton and at Ch. Ch. Oxford ; M.P. (Tory) for New- AND l 1802. townards in the last Irish Pari., Jan.-Dec. 1800; Sheriff of CO. Armagh 1801; Rep. Peer [I.] 1804; Lord Lieut, of co. Tyrone 1831 till his death; Gov. of the Cape of Good Hope,(^) July 1 806-1 1, being the first Gov. after its cession to England; nom. K.P. 20, and inst. 28 Aug. 1821. He »»., 16 Oct. 18 1 1, at St. James's, Westm., Catharine FreemanjC") 2nd da. and coh. of Philip (Yorke), 3rd Earl of Hardwicke, by EHzabeth, da. of James (Lindsay), 3rd Earl of Balcarres [S.]. He d. 8 Apr. 1839, at Caledon House, co. Tyrone, aged 61. Will pr. Aug. 1839. His widow, who was b. 14 Apr. 1786, and bap. at Marylebone, d. 8 July 1863, aged 77, at Tittenhanger, Herts. Will pr. 22 Sep. 1863, under ^^14,000. III. 1839. 3. James Du Pre (Alexander), Earl of Caledon, i^c. [1.], only s. and h.,b. 27 July 18 12, in London. Ed. at Ch. Ch. Oxford; M.P. (Conservative) for co. Tyrone, 1837-39; ent. the army 1833; Capt. in the Coldstream Guards 1839; Sheriff of co. Armagh (as Viscount Alexander) i836;('=) Rep. Peer [I.] 1841. He w., 4 Sep. 1845, Jane Frederica Harriet Mary, 4th da. of James Walter (Grimston), 1st Earl of Verulam, by Charlotte, da. of Charles (Jenkinson), ist Earl of Liverpool. He d. 30 June 1855, in Carlton House Terrace, aged 42, and was bur. at Caledon. Will pr. Aug. 1855. His widow, who was b. 17 Jan. 1825, V.A. (2nd class), Lady of the Bedchamber 1858-78, d. at Tittenhanger afsd. 30 Mar. 1888, aged 63. IV. 1855. 4. James (Alexander), Earl of Caledon, tfc. [I.], s. and h., b. 11 July 1846, in Carlton House Terrace, Westm.; ed. at Harrow, and at Ch. Ch. Oxford; was an officer in the 1st Life Guards, 1867-81. Served in the Egyptian campaign (medal and clasp 1882, and Khedive's bronze star); Major ist Inniskilling Fusiliers. Rep. Peer [I.] (Conservative) 20 Oct. 1877. Nom. K.P. 14 Nov. 1896, and inv. II Feb. 1897. He m., 9 Oct. 1884, Elizabeth, 2nd da. of Hector (Graham-Toler), 3rd Earl of Norbury [I.], by Steuart Lindsay, da. of Sir Henry Lindsay-Bethune, Bart., de jure Earl of Lindsay [S.]. He d. 27 Apr. 1898, from blood poisoning and pneumonia, in Curzon Str., May- fair, and was bur. at Caledon, aged 5i.('^) His widow, who was b. 6 June 1857, is now (1912) living. (^) A district and town in Cape Colony are named after him. {'') She brought him as her dowry the beautiful house of Tittenhanger, near St. Albans, designed by Inigo Jones. V.G. (') As to this courtesy title see note sub Belmore. V.G. (**) He was one of the numerous peers who have been directors of public companies. For a list of these (in 1896) see vol. v. Appendix C. V.G.