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 426 CORK was bur. 27 June 1904, at Marston, aged 75.(") Will pr. 20 July 1904, gross over ^{^42,000, net over ;^3 1,000. His widow, who was b. 19 Oct. 1828, d. at 40 Charles Str., Berkeley Sq., 10 Oct. I9i2.('') [Charles Spencer Canning Boyle, styled Viscount Dungarvan, s. and h., b. 24 Nov. 1861, at i Grafton Str., Midx. ; ed. at Eton; served in the S. African War 1 900-02. C^) Having sue. to the peerage after 22 Jan. 1 90 1, he is, as such, outside the scope of this work.] Family Estates. — These, in i 883, consisted of 3,398 acres in co. Somer- set, worth ;£5,094 a year, besides, in Ireland, 20,195 acres in co. Cork; 11,531 in CO. Kerry, and 3,189 in co. Limerick, worth ;^ 12,249 ^ year. Total, 38,313 acres, worth /^ 17,343 a year. Principal Residence. — Marston House, near Frome, Somerset. CORNBURY i.e. "CoRNBURY, CO. Oxford," Viscountcy {Hyde'), cr. 1661, with the Earldom of Clarendon, which see; extinct 1753. CORNEWALLE or CORNWALL BARONY BY John Cornewalle, s. and h. of Sir John C, was sum. WRIT. to Pari, from 24 May (1433) n Hen. VI to 3 Dec. (1441) 20 Hen. VI, by writs directed Johanni CornewaylF '433 (o'" Cornewaiir) Chivaler, whereby he is held to have to become LORD CORNEWALLE.(^) About 3 weeks later, 1443. on 17 July 1433, he was cr., in open Pari., BARON OF FANHOPE, CO. Hereford, and on 30 Jan. 1441/2, he was i^) He was one of the numerous peers who have been directors of public companies, for a list of whom (in 1896) see vol. v, Appendix C. V.G. i^) " Certainly Lady Emily de Burgh was in all conscience pretty, clever, and high-bred enough to make an impression on hearts far less susceptible than was mine." (Sir Horace Rumbold's Recollections). As a girl she was remarkable for her beauty. "She had a particularly lovely little head most gracefully poised. Her natural intelli- gence and keen wit had been fostered by an excellent education. She was very well read ... a brilliant talker. . . She published a small volume [of verse], Memories and Thoughts, in 1886. . . Thin and dis.ippointing as it is, and eked out with enigmas, charades, and translations, the book at any rate reveals Lady Cork's warm heart." {The Times, Obituary Notice). V.G. i^) For a list of peers and heirs ap. of peers who served in this war, see Appendix B in this volume. In 1905 he sold Marston and the Somerset estates, and all the family portraits. V.G. (f) There is proof in the Rolls of Pari, of his sitting. As might be expected, no contemporary document describes him as Lord Cornewalle, and in spite of his hav- ing been undoubtedly cr. Baron Fanhope, he is not called anything but Sir John Cornewalle, either in the writs or in the enrolment of his creation as Baron Milbroke.