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 i88 CHETWYND CHETWYND OF BEARHAVEN VISCOUNTCY [I.] I. Walter Chetwynd,^ s. and h. of John C, M.P. for Stafford, formerly of Ridge and Meare, but I. 1 71 7. afterwards of Ingestrie, co. Stafford {d. 9 Dec. 1702), by Lucy, da. of Robert Roane, of Chaldon, Surrey; matric. at Oxford (Ch. Ch.), 28 May 1696, being then aged 18; IM.P. (Tory) for Stafford, i702-ii,('') 1712-22, and 1725-34; Master of the Buckhounds 1705-11; Ranger of St. James's Park and Keeper of the Mall, 1714-27. He was, on 29 June 1717, cr. BARON OF RATH- DOWNE, CO. DUBLIN, AND VISCOUNT CHETWYND OF BEARHAVEN, co. Kerry [I.], with a spec. rem. failing the heirs male of his body to those of his deceased father. High Steward of Stafford, 171 7. He w., 27 May 1703, at St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, Mary, ist da. and coh. of John (Berkeley), 4th and last Viscount Fitzhardinge and Baron Berkeley of Rathdowne [I.], by Barbara, da. of Sir Edward ViLLiERS, Knight Marshal. He ^. j./)., after a tedious illness, 21 Feb. 1735/6, at Ingestrie, and was bur. there. Will dat. 13 to 14 Feb., pr. 16 Mar. I •735/6 and 2 Nov. 1736. His widow, who had been Maid of Honour to Queen Anne, d. 3 June 1741, aged above 70, and was bur. at Ingestrie. Will dated 27 Nov. 1736, pr. 19 Mar. 1736/7, II. 1736. 2. John (Chetwynd), Viscount Chetwynd OF Bear- haven, fffc. [I.], br. and h. according to the spec. rem. in the patent. Receiver Gen. for the Duchy of Lancaster 1 702-1 8 ; Envoy to Savoy 1 706-10; a Commissioner, or Lord, of Trade, 1714-28; M.P.('=) for St. Mawes, 1715-22; for Stockbridge, 1722-34, and for Stafford, 1738-47; Envoy to Spain, 171 7-1 8; a Lord of the Admiralty 1717-27; Recorder of Stafford, 1735, and High Steward of Stafford. He w., before 1720, ( — )> who d. 21 Feb. 1738/9, and was bur. at Ingestrie. He d. s.p.m.5.,(^) 21 June 1767, and was bur. at Ingestrie. Will dat. 3 Mar. 1765, pr. 12 July 1767, by his daughters, Catherine Talbot, widow, and Frances Chetwynd, spinster. (^) He inherited the manor ot Bold and other property in co. Stafford, by the death, !./>., of Walter Chetwynd, of Ingestrie, his cousin and godfather, on 2 1 Mar. 1 693. 1^) He joined the Whigs about 1708 and supported them till he obtained his Peerage, but soon afterwards reverted to the Tories. V.G. if) He was at first a Whig, but opposed Walpole and acted with the Tories after 1727. V.G. {^) Of his sons (i) John, matric. at Oxford (Corpus), 12 May 1737, being then aged 17 ; was cr. M.A. 24 Jan. 1739/40 ; d. at Ingestrie v.p., and unm., 30 May 1 741. (2) William Richard, matric. at Oxford (Corpus), 17 Jan. 1746/7, being then aged 15. He was M.P. for Stafford 1754-65, and w., 13 Mar. 1753, the ist da. of ( — ) Wollaston, of St. James's Square, but d. s.p.m. and v.p., Feb. 1765, in the South of France. Their sister, Catherine, m. the Hon. John Talbot, and was mother of the 1st Earl Talbot and Viscount Ingestre, who inherited the Chetwynd estates, being grandfather of the 3rd Earl Talbot, v/ho, in 1856, became Earl of Shrewsbury,