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 138 EARLDOM [I.] II. VISCOUNTCY [I.] V. BARONY [I.] IX. BARONY [U.K.] I. 1837. CHARLEMONT 2, 5, 9, and I. Francis William (Caul- feild), Earl of Charlemont, &c. [I.], s. and h., ^. 3 Jan. 1775; ed. at Trin. Coll. Dublin, B.A. 1794. M.P. for co. Armagh, 11799. 1797-99. Rep. Peer [1.], 1806-63. K.P.(') ' 19 Oct. 1 83 1 (extra till 24 Jan. 1833). P.C. [I.] 13 Feb. 1832. He was cr., 13 Feb. 1837, BARON CHARLEMONT of Charlemont, co. Armagh [U.K.], with a spec. rem. failing heirs male of his body, to his br. Henry Caulfeild, of Hockley, in the said co., but (the election of Irish peers being for life) continued to sit as an Earl [I.] in the House of Lords, where he acted with the Whigs, till his death. Lord Lieut. 1839, and Custos Rot. of co. Tyrone, 1841 till his death. He m., 9 Feb. 1802, Anne,('') yst. da. and coh. of William Bermingham,('') of Ross Hill, co. Galway, by Mary, da. of Thomas Ruttledge. He d. s.p.s., 26 Dec. 1863, at his seat, Marino, afsd., in his 89th year.('') His widow, who was a Lady of the Bedchamber 1837-54, d. 23 Nov. 1876, aged 96, at 14 Upper Grosvenor Str,, Midx. [James William Caulfeild, styled Viscount Caulfeild, s. and h.(') ap., i. Aug. 1803. Matric. at Oxford (Ch. Ch.) 25 Apr. 1822, aged 18. He d. unm. and v.p., 13 Jan. 1823, at Abbeville, in France, in his 20th year.] tensive observation." A firm Whig and a great opponent of the Irish Union, its near approach is thought to have hastened his death. "A sincere, zealous and active friend to his country," being part of an epitaph on himself, composed by himself, is perhaps the best description of his character. G.E.C. and V.G. (*) The Marquess of Downshire [I.], the Marquess of Clanricarde [I.], the Earl of Charlemont [I.], and the Earl of LandafF [I.], were four extra Knights of the Order of St. Patrick nominated by William IV at his Coronation. By a Statute of the Order 24 Jan. 1833, the number of the knights was permanently increased, and these extra knights were absorbed into the regular establishment. C') " Lady Charlemont is here in great beauty, but not making much sensation, as she has no coquetterie, not even desir de pla'ire, which repels a Frenchman just as much as a humpback." (Harriet, Countess Granville: letter, Sep. 31 [sic] 1 814). V.G. ifj See tabular pedigree, vol. i, p. 298, where her name is erroneously given as " Maud." ('^) In 181 1 Lord Glenbervie recorded his "unaffected cheerful good sense and hospitality" and described him as "the honest, the cheerful, the frank, and the good- humoured and good-natured husband of a wife who. . . seems to love her husband more than any of the Wits or Literates. . . who daily offer their frigid incense and pedantic vows at her shrine." V.G. (^) The 2nd s., William Francis, d. 1807.