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 CARBERY 9 his honours became extinct.(^) Will dat. 25 May 17 10, pr. 2 Feb. 1712/3-0 BARONY [I.] I. George Evans, s. and h. ap. of George E., of J Bulgaden Hall, co. Limerick (many years M.P. for co. ' ^' Limerick, &c., who d. May 1720), by Mary, da. of John Eyre, of Eyre Court, co. Galway, was b. about 1680; M.P. (Whig) for co. Limerick 1 713-14. Having (together with his said father) been a staunch supporter of the Protestant succession, he was on 12 Nov. 1 7 14 appointed Gov. of Limerick Castle (which was renewed to him 19 May 1740). By patent dat. 9 May 1715, he was cr. BARON CARBERY (') of Carberj', co. Cork [I.], with a spec. rem. to the heirs male of the body of his father,('^) who (being then Hving) is said to have declined that honour. He took his seat in the House of Lords [I.] 14 Nov., and was sworn P.C. [I.] 1 8 Nov. 1 7 1 5. He was M.P. for Westbury, Wilts, 1 7 1 5-22, and 1724-27. He ;«., May 1703, Anne, da. of William Stafford, of Blatherwick, Northants, and yr. of the two sisters (') and coheirs of William Stafford. By her he acquired the estate of Laxton, Northants. He 12'. 28 Aug. 1749, at Caharas, co. Limerick, aged about 69. Will pr. 1749. His widow d. 30 Dec. 1757, in King Str., Oxmantown. Will pr. 1758. IL 1749. 2. George (Evans), Baron Carbery [I.], 2nd but 1st surv. s. and h. M.P. (Whig) for Westbury 1734-47; took his seat in the House of Lords [I.] 22 Nov. 1749. He w., 23 May 1732, Frances, 2nd and yst. da. of Richard (FitzWilliam), 5th Viscount FitzWilliam [L], by Frances, da. of Sir John Shelley, Bart. He d. 2 Feb. 1759, at Caharas afsd. His widow d. 30 July 1789, in Chapel Str., Grosvenor Sq. Admon. Aug. 1789. (^) He was a literary man, and patron of the poet Dryden. Pepys (16 Nov. 1667) describes him as "one of the lewdest fellows of the age, worse than Sir Charles Sedley." "He had redeemed his estate and amassed wealth by the Govt, of Jamaica, where he carried many gentlemen of Wales and sold 'em for slaves, as he did his chaplain to a blacksmith; and though he has left his da. ;^4,000 p.a. besides a great personal estate, was contented rather to keep all he had gotten to himself, than to dispose of her well in marriage with any part of it, or the settlement on or after his death, though 84 [sic] years old." (Letter from Ralph Palmer to Viscount Fermanagh, 7th Rep. Hist. MSS. Com., p. 508). V.G. (*>) Lady Ann Vaughan, his only da. and h., m. the same year (17 1 3) Charles (Powlett), 3rd Duke of Bolton, as his ist wife, and d. s.p., 20 Sep. 1 751. (<=) " He was considered the finest man of his day, and the King bestowed this honour on him, on account of his extreme beauty and manliness." {^Annual Register, 1804, p. 519). (■*) See preamble to the patent in Lodge, vol. vii, p. 41, note. if) Susanna, the elder coh., m. 1699, Henry O'Brien, of Stonehall, co. Clare, whose posterity inherited Blatherwick Park, and took the name of Stafford. 2