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 238 CLANRICARDE He m., 4 Apr. i825,(*) at Gloucester Lodge, Harriet, sister and sole h. of Charles John, Earl Canning, only da. of the Rt. Hon. George Canning, by Joan, suo jure. Viscountess Canning of Kilbrahan. He d. 10 Apr. 1874, at 17 Stratton Str., Piccadilly, Midx., aged 71. His widow, who was b. 13 Apr. 1804, d. there 8 Jan. i876.('') [Ulick Canning de Burgh, styled Lord Dunkellin, ist s. and h. ap., b. 12 July 1827, in St. James's Sq., Midx.; ed. at Eton; entered the army, 1846; A.D.C. to the Lord Lieut. [I.], 1846-52; State Steward to the same, 1853-54; Lieut. Col. Coldstream Guards, 1854-60; served in the Crimea, being taken prisoner at Sebastopol, Oct. 1854; Knight of the Medjidie; Mil. Sec. to Lord Canning, when Gov. Gen. of India, i856;('^) served (as volunteer) on the Staff, during the Persian Expedition, 1856-57. He was M.P. (Liberal) for Galway, 1857-65, and for co. Galway, 1 865-67. C^) He d. unm. and v.p., at 17 Stratton Str. afsd., 16 Aug. 1867, aged 40.] MARQUESSATE [I.] IV. EARLDOM [I.] XV. 2, 15, and 3. Hubert George (de Burgh-Canning), Marquess of Clanri- -, CARDE [I. 1825], Earl of Clanricarde '^■[I. 1543], Earl of Clanricarde [I. 1800], Viscount BouRK-E of Clanmories [I. 1629] and Baron Dunkellin [I. 1543]; also Baron Somerhill [U.K. 1826], 2nd and (^) Harriet, Countess Granville writes, 17 Jan. 1825, "The Earl of Clanricarde is aux pieds de Miss Canning, and we are in daily expectation of the question. He is immensely rich, quite good-looking enough, clever, and very gentle- manlike. The girl is determined in his favour;" and on 7 Feb. following, "His only flaw is said to be his fondness for low company, and this is in the power of the wife to correct." {ex inform. Bright Brown). V.G. C') Lord Macaulay, in a letter of 11 July 1831, thus describes her: "She is very beautiful, and very like her father, with eyes full of fire and great expression in all her features. She showed much cleverness and information, but, I thought, a little more of political animosity than is quite becoming in a pretty woman." Harriet, Countess Granville writes, I Oct. 1834, "Lady Clanricarde is not so much admired. Her nose is a little red, and she is grand and dry in her manner to them. The cleverness they do not get at, as none of it is spent in small talk." "Lady Clanricarde a de I'esprit, de la mesure, du bon goAt, de la dignitd, mais, a ce qu'il me semble, assez de secheresse de coeur, et un peu de raideur d'esprit ; ses manieres, son caractere, je crois, ont une valeur reelle, sans abandon ni seduction ; mais, a tout prendre, c'est assurement une personne distingu^e, et de la meilleure et plus exquise compagnie." (Duchesse de Dino, Chronique, 14 Oct. 1834). "She was a most alarming person, and I shall never forget the terror with which my visits to her used to inspire me." {Memories of Fifty Tears, by Lady St. Helier, 1909, p. 93). V.G. {^) When he is described by Countess Canning as " prosperous and merry and bearded and red." V.G. {^) He was a prominent "Adullamite," and moved the rating franchise amend- ment to the Reform Bill of 1866, the carrying of which caused the resignation of Earl Russell's last administration. V.G.