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 236 CLANRICARDE 10 May 1753. P.C. [I.] for 8 days, being sworn 8, and removed 16 July 1 76 1. He m., I July 1740, Hester Amelia, yst. da. of Sir Henry Vincent, 6th Bart., of Stoice Dabernon, by Elizabeth, da. of Bezaliel Sherman, of London. He d. at Portumna Castle, co. Galway, 21 Apr. 1782, and was bur., with his ancestors, at Athenry, aged 6i.(^) Admon. 2 Aug. 1794. His widow J. 29 Dec. 1803, at Corhampton, Hants.C") Will pr. Jan. 1804. XII. 1782. 12 and I. Henry (de Burgh), Earl of Clan- RiCARDE, tfc. [I.], s. and h., b. 8 Jan. and bap. MARQUESSATE [I.] 9 Feb. 1742/3, at Kensington, Midx. ; M.P. for CO. Galway (as Lord Dunkellin), 1768-69; took II. 1789 his seat in the House of Lords [I.], 27 May 1782; to a Gov. of CO. Galway 1782, and Gustos Rot. of that 1 797. CO. 1792, both till his death; K.P., nom. 5 Feb. and inv. II Mar. 1783, being one of the 15 orig. Knights of that order.Q P.C. [I.] 6 Mar. 1783. On 17 Aug. 1789 he was cr. MARQUESS OF CLANRICARDE [I.], no other Marquessate [I.] save that of Kildare (which was held with the Dukedom of Leinster) being then existing.('') He »?., 17 Mar. 1785 (spec, lie), at St. Mary- lebone, Urania Anne, da. of George (Paulet), I2th Marquess of Win- chester, by Martha, da. of Thomas Ingoldsby. He d. s.p., 8 Dec. 1797, at Portumna Castle, and was bur. at Athenry, aged 54, when the Marquessate of Clanricarde [I.] became extinct. Will pr. Dec. 1798. His widow m., 28 Oct. 1799, at St. James's, Westm., Col. Peter Kington, who was slain in the attack on Buenos Ayres, 6 July 1 807. She m., 3rdly, as his 2nd wife, 22 May 1 8 13, Vice Adm. the Hon. Sir Joseph Sidney Yorke, K.C.B., who d. 5 Apr. 1 83 1, aged 52, being accidentally drowned off his yacht in the Hamble river. She d. 27 Dec. 1843 at Sydney Lodge, near Southampton, aged 76. Will pr. May 1 844. EARLDOM [I.] 13 and i. John Thomas (de Burgh), Earl of yxTT Clanricarde, i^c. [I.], only br. and h., b. 22 Sep. /"'■ 1744- He was sometime Lieut. Col. of the 68th Foot; . 1800. Major Gen. 1793, Lieut. Gen. 1798, Gen. in the Army 1803; Custos Rot. for co. Galway 1798 till his death. He took his seat in the House of Lords [I.] 2 Mar. 1798. On 29 Dec. (*) He and some woman appear in 17 73, "The Hibernian Hero and Miss P. . m," in the notorious tete-a-tete portraits in the Town and Country Mag., vol. v, p. 233. See Appendix B in the last vol. of this work. The history of the Earl of Clanricarde's family was left out of Lodge's Peerage in 1754 at his Lordship's desire. V.G. (b) " C ss of C de had but little peace in the days of her tyrant Lord, though her conduct was amiable, and her manners enchanting." [The Abbey of Kilk- hampton, by Sir Herbert Croft, ed. 1788, p. 112). V.G. ("=) See a list of these, ante, vol. i, p. 227, note "c." C) For the creations in the Irish Peerage at this date see Appendix H to this volume.