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 368 COLERAINE he inherited Cannon Place, in Bray, Berks. He bought Kempsford Hall, CO. Gloucester, in 1761. On 26 Feb. 1762 (Privy Seal dat. 24 Nov. 1761) he was cr. BARON COLERAINE,^) OF COLERAINE, co. London- derry [I.]. He m., 18 Jan. 1736, at Gloucester,^') Elizabeth, da. and h. of Richard Bond, of Cobrey Court, co. Hereford, by Blanche, da. and h. of Richard Vaughan, of Whitchurch, in that co. He d. 24 Jan. 1773, at his seat at Bray, and was bur. at Driffield, aged 76. M.I.('^) Will, in which he strictly entailed his estates on his 3 sons and his only da. and their issue in tail male, dat. 22 May 1771, pr., with 17 codicils, 10 Mar. 1773. His widow, who was ^. 1715, ^. 19 Dec. 1780, at Windsor Castle, and was bur. at Driffield. M.I. Will dat. 27 May 1779, pr. 8 Feb. 178 1. V. 1773. 2. John (Hanger), Baron Coleraine [L], 2nd(^) but 1st surv. s. and h., b. 3, and bap. 11 Apr. 1743, at Driffield. Ed. at Reading school; matric. at Oxford (Queen's Coll.), 30 May 1761, aged 18. He d. unm., 4 Dec. 1794, in Paris, during the Revolution, and was bur. in England, aged 5i.(°) VL 1794- 3- William (Hanger), Baron Coleraine [I.], next br. and h., b. 6, and bap. 19 Aug. 1744, at Driffield; ed. at Reading school; matric. at Oxford (Queen's Coll.), 30 May 1 76 1, aged 17. Ent. the Army as Cornet in the Royal Horse Guards (Blues) 20 Sep. 1763; Lieut. Oct. 1765; Capt. Nov. 1772; served under the Marquess of Granby, and retired July 1776. He was M.P. (Tory) for East Retford, 1775-78; for Aldborough, 1778-80, and for St. Michael, (*) The Dowager Baroness Coleraine [I.], who d. 1754, was first cousin to his father. G.E.C. A letter from him, addressed to the Duke of Newcastle, applying for the Irish Barony of Coleraine, dated 12 Dec. 1760, is preserved in the Brit. Museum. He mentions that his cousin, the Lady of the last Lord Coleraine, had left him "the greatest part of their estate," and that he had "a fortune equal to that of almost any title of nobility whatever," that he had been "near ten years in Parlia- ment" and was "zealously attached to his Majesty and his most illustrious family." V.G. (b) Driffield Register. V.G. if) He rebuilt Driffield Church, and erected a fine marble monument to himself and his wife, on which, after his death, his family affixed an inscription to the effect that the Day of Judgment would disclose what sort of man he was. V.G. {^) The 1st s., Gabriel, b. 13, and bap. 23 May 1738, at Driffield, d. unm. and v.p., and was bur. 3 Aug. I747> at Driffield. V.G. if) He sold his mother's estate of Cobrey in 1775. He was a dissolute fellow, residing chiefly in Paris. Kitty Fisher, who afterwards m. the Duke of Grafton, was under his protection, as also was the then notorious Mrs. Baddesley, who had previously been the mistress of his own br. and successor, William. A descendant writes, "John was an awful blackguard. Once he knocked out one of her [Mrs. Baddesley's] teeth, and covered her with bruises." Mrs. Steele's Memoirs of Mrs. Baddesley are full of this nobleman. Walpole calls him and his brothers "unnatural wretches." V.G.