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 14 CARDIGAN by Mary, da. of Sir John Tufton, Bart. She d. s.p.m. He ;«., 2ndly, Anne, da. of Thomas (Savage), Viscount Savage, by Elizabeth, suo jure. Countess Rivers. She d. i6 June 1696. He d. 16 July 1703, aged 96. Willpr. I703.(^) [Francis Brudenell, styled Lord Brudenell, only surv. s. and h. ap., by 2nd wife. He »?., about i June 1668, Frances,('') ist da. of Thomas (Savile), Earl of Sussex, by his 2nd wife, Anne, only da. of Christopher (Villiers), 1st Earl of Anglesey, sister and h. of James, 2nd and last Earl. She d. 6 June 1695, suddenly, of apoplexy, in Sussex. He d. v.p., 1698. Admon. as of Twickenham, Midx., 18 Aug. 1698.] III. 1703. 3. George (Brudenell), Earl of Cardigan, fife, grandson and h., being s. and h. of Francis Brudenell, styled I.OKD Brudenell, by Frances, his wife, abovenamed. On 12 Jan. 1708/9 he took his seat, having renounced the Roman Catholic faith on the previous day. Master of the Buckhounds to Queen Anne, and to George I, 1712-15; LL.D. Cambridge, 25 Apr. 1728. He m., 15 May 1707, at St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, Elizabeth, (") i st da. of Thomas (Bruce), 2nd Earl of Ailesbury, by Elizabeth, da. of Henry Seymour, stykdl^oKD Beauchamp, s. and h. ap. of William, Duke of Somerset. He d. 5 July 1732, at the seat of his brother-in-law, Lord Bruce. Will pr. 1732. His widow, who was b. about Jan. 1689, d. Dec. 1745. Will pr. 1746. Both were bur. at Deene. IV. 1732. 4. George (Brudenell, afterwards Montagu), Earl of Cardigan, (dc, s. and h., b. at Cardigan House, Lin- coln's Inn Fields, 26 July, and bap. i Aug. 1712, at St. Giles's-in-the- Fields, Midx. Matric. at Oxford (Queen's Coll.) i July 1726, M.A. 31 Jan. 1729/30. Was a Page of Honour at the Coronation, 11 Oct. 1727. On the death of his wife's father, j.jO./w., 15 July 1749, he assumed the name of Montagu. Chief Justice in Eyre, North of Trent, 1 742-52 ; F.R.S. 7 Dec. 1749; Constable of Windsor Castle, 1752 till his death. Nom. K.G. 1 3 Mar. and inst. 4 June 1 752. On 5 Nov. 1766 he, being a Tory, was cr. MARQUESS OF MONTHERMER and DUKE OF MONTAGU.C^) (") " I obtained a promise from my Lord Brudenell, my dear friend, that he would not drink for a week [to any excess, is understood] ... he was open hearted and generous in his way." [Memoirs of Thomas, Earl of Ailesbury). V.G. (*") "1668, 4 June. — Lord Brudenel's marriage with Lady [Frances] Savile, eldest sister of the Earl of Sussex, was perfected last week, but it will not be consum- mated for five months for particular reasons." {Hist. MSS. Com., 12th Rep., Appendix vii). V.G. (<^) "She is extremely goodhumoured, and has everything that can recommend a lady of quality." (Lady Dupplin, June 171 1). V.G. i^) He and the Earl of Northumberland (formerly Sir Hugh Smithson) were promised Dukedoms with the very proper stipulation that the title should be limited to their issue by their then wives, in whose right only they had a claim to such dignities. The