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 322 CLINTON XVII. 1 79 1. 17. Robert George William (Trefusis), Lord Clinton, cousin and h., being s. and h. of Robert Cotton Trefusis, by his ist wife, Anne, da. of John (St. John), loth Baron St. John of Bletso, which Robert Cotton (who d. 1778), was s. and h. of Robert [d. 1742), who was s. and h. of Samuel [d. 1724), 2nd but only s. that had issue, of Francis Trefusis {d. 1680) (all four being of Trefusis, in the parish of Mylor, Cornwall), by Bridget, sister of Samuel Rolle abovementioned (whose issue became extinct on the death of the Earl of Orford abovenamed in Dec. 1791), the said Bridget being the only child whose issue was then remaining of Robert Rolle, by Arabella, only child whose issue was then remaining of Theophilus (Clinton), 5th Earl of Lincoln and 17th Lord Clinton abovenamed. He was b. 5 Oct., and bap. 3 Nov. 1764, at St. James's, Westm., and sue. his father in the family estates, 7 Aug. 1781. His claim to the Peerage being allowed,(^) he was sum. to the House of Lords, 27 Feb. 1794, by writ directed Robert George William Trefusis de Clinton^ Chr. He m., 28 Apr. 1 786, at Lausanne, Alber- tina Marianna, da. of John Abraham Rodolph Gaulis, " Banneret," and one of the principal magistrates of Lausanne. He d. 28 Aug. 1797, in Bolton Row, Piccadilly, and was bur. at Trefusis, Cornwall, aged 32.('') Will pr. Oct. 1797. His widow d. 7 Feb. 1798, from the breaking of a blood vessel, at Cross, near Torrington, Devon. Will pr. May 1798. XVIII. 1797- 18. Robert Cotton St. John (Trefusis), Lord Clinton, s. and h., b. at Trefusis 28 Apr., and bap. 2 May 1787, at Mylor afsd. Ed. at Harrow. Ent. the Army 1803; Col. 1825; A.D.C. to the Duke of Wellington in the Peninsular war, and sometime Capt. in the i6th Light Dragoons. A Lord of the Bedchamber 1827 till his death. He m., 4 Aug. 18 14 (spec, lie), Frances Selina Isabella, ist da. and coh, of William Stephen Poyntz, of Cowdray, Sussex, by Elizabeth Mary, da. of Anthony (Browne), Viscount Montagu. He d. s.p., Oct. i832,('^) near Florence, and was bur. at Trefusis, aged 45. Admon. Jan. 1833. His widow, who was sometime a Lady of the Bed- chamber to Adelaide, the Queen Consort, >«., July 1835, ^^ his 2nd wife. Sir Horace Beauchamp Seymour, K.C.H., Col. in the Army, who d. 23 Nov. i85i,aged 60. She d. s.p., 29 Aug. 1875, '" h^"" ^^^^ year, at 28 St. James's Place, Midx. Will pr. 17 Sep. 1875, under ;{^ 180,000. (^) See vol. iv, Appendix H, for similar allowances of Peerages where the abeyance has terminated. (*") His name does not appear in any division list, nor is it appended to any Protest in the House of Lords. As to his politics the Editor can only say that he was not one of the small band of Fox's followers in the Upper House. The mansion of Heanton Satchville, formerly belonging to the Rolles, was burnt in 1795, the family with difficulty escaping. V.G. (f) He voted for Cath. emancipation, and for the Reform Bill. V.G.