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 i82 CHESTERFIELD Algernon (Percy), loth Earl of Northumberland, by his ist wife, Anne, da. ofWilliam (Cecil), 2nd Earl of Salisbury. She, who was b. 19 Dec. 1633, d. s.p.s., 29 Nov., and was bur. 7 Dec. 1654, at Petworth. He m., 2 ndly, shortly before 25 Sep. i66o,('') Elizabeth, da. of James (Butler), 1st Duke of Ormonde, by Elizabeth, suo jure Baroness Dingwall [S.]. She, who was b. 29 June 1640, at Kilkenny, d. s.p.m.s., at Wellingborough, July 1665. He m., 3rdly, Elizabeth, ist da. and coh. of Charles (Dormer), 2nd Earl of Carnarvon, by his ist wife, Elizabeth, da. of Arthur (Capell), 1st Baron Capell of Hadham. She d. in 1677, shortly before 24 Oct.C") He d. at his house in Bloomsbury Sq., Midx., in his 80th year, 28 Jan., and was carried thence 8 Feb. and bur. 12 Feb. 17 13/4, at Shelford afsd. Will dat. 17 Dec. 1713, pr. 21 Jan. 17 14/5. III. 1714- 3- Philip (Stanhope), Earl of Chesterfield, fePc, 3rd but 1st surv. s. and h., being ist s. by 3rd wife, b. 3 and bap. 17 Feb. 1672/3, at St. Giles's-in-the-Fields, Midx., the Earl of Carnarvon, the Earl of Ossory, and the Countess of Essex, being his sponsors. He was a Whig in politics. He m. (lie. from Fac. Off. 24 Feb. 1 69 1/2) Elizabeth, da. of George (Savile), ist Marquess of Halifax, by his 2nd wife, Gertrude, da. of the Hon. William Pierrepont. She d. about 7 Sep. 1708. He d. at his seat, Bretby, co. Derby, 9, and was bur. 15 Feb. 1725/6, at Shelford, aged ^t,- Will pr. Feb. 1725/6. IV. 1726. 4. Philip Dormer (Stanhope), Earl of Chester- field, &c., 1st s. and h., b. 22 Sep., and bap. 9 Oct. 1694, at St. James's, Westm. Ed. at Trin. Hall, Cambridge, till the age of 19. M.P. (Whig) for St. Germans, 1715-22, taking his seat before he was of age, and narrowly escaping a fine of ;^500 ; for Lostwithiel, 1722 to May (*) A few months after the marriage, Pepys, under date 20 Jan. 166 1/2, says, "I was told the occasion of my Lord Chesterfield's going and taking his lady (my Lord Ormond's daughter) from Court. It seems he hath been long jealous of the Duke of York, but . . . the lady by all opinions is a most good virtuous woman." His father-in-law, the Duke of Ormonde, writes 17 Jan. 1662/3, "Lord Chester- field's extravagant proceedings must deprive him of the esteem and opinion of all sober men. I do not know how to govern myself to redeem my daughter from the afflicting life that seems to be prepared for her and my Lord C. (for whose person and disease I have kindness and compassion) from that scandalous state he has brought himself to." Of the lady herself there is an account in the Memoirs of Count Gramont, cap. vii ; " This was one of the most agreeable women in the world : she had a most exquisite shape, though she was not very tall ; her complexion was extremely fair with all the expressive charms of a brunette ; her manners were engaging ; her wit lively and amusing ; but her heart ever open to tender sentiments, was neither scrupulous in point of constancy, nor nice in point of sincerity." Her husband, who was exceedingly jealous, is said to have had her poisoned in the wine administered for the sacrament. V.G. C") See his letter to his brother-in-law, the Earl of Ossory, of that date, in Hiit. MSS. Com., Ormonde MSS., vol. iv, p. 54. V.G.