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 CARNARVON 47 He OT., 25 Apr. 1796, at St. Geo., Han. Sq., Elizabeth Kitty, sister and h. of Sir John Acland, 8th Bart., being only da. of John Dyke Acland of Pixton, Somerset, by Christian Harriet Caroline, da. of Stephen (Fox- Strangways), 1st Earl of Ilchester. She, who was b. 13 Dec. 1772 and who brought the estate of Pixton, Somerset, to this family, d. 5 Mar. 1813, at Shooters Hill. Willpr.1813. He^. 16 Apr. 1833, in Grosvenor Sq., and was bur. at Burghclere, Hants, aged 60. Will pr. July 1833. VIII. 1833. 3. Henry John George (Herbert), Earl OF Car- narvon, iQfc., s. and h., b. 8 June 1800, in Grosvenor Sq.; ed. at Eton; matric. at Oxford (Ch. Ch.) (as Lord Porchester) 22 Oct. 1 8 17. M.P. (Tory) for Wootton Bassett, 1831-32; High Steward of Newbury; F.R.S. 27 May 1841. He »/., 4 Aug. 1830, at Aldingbourne, Sussex, Henrietta Anne, ist da. of Lord Henry Thomas Howard-Molyneux-Howard (br. of Bernard Edward, 12th Duke of Norfolk.), by Elizabeth, da. of Edward Long, Ch. Judge of the Vice Admiralty Court at Jamaica. He d. 10 Dec. 1849, at Pusey, Berks, aged 49. (^) Will pr. Feb. 1850. His widow, who was h. 17 July 1804, </. 26 May 1876, at Pixton Park. Will pr. 7 July 1876, under ;^ 10,000. IX. 1849. 4. Henry Howard Molyneux (Herbert), Earl of Carnarvon, ist s.and h.,^. 24 June 1 831, in Grosvenor Sq. Ed. at Eton; matric. at Oxford (Ch. Ch.) (as Lord Porchester) 17 Oct. 1 849 ; first class in classics, B. A. 1852; Constable of Carnarvon Castle, 1854; Under Sec. of State for the Colonies, 1858-59; High Steward of the Univ. of Oxford, 16 Apr. 1859 till his death; D.C.L. Oxford (by diploma), 10 June 1859; LL.D. Cambridge, 3 June 1864; Secretary of State for the Colonies (Conservative)July i866toMar. i867('')andFeb. 18 74 to Feb. 1878; P.C. 6 July 1866; Dep. Grand Master of Freemasons 1870-74, and Pro Grand Master 1874 till his death. F.R.S. 8 Apr. 1875; F.S.A. 6 Apr. 1876, and President of that Society 1878-85. High Steward of Newbury, 1884; P.C. [I.] 1885. Lord Lieut, of Ireland, June 1885 to Jan. 1886; Lord Lieut, of Hants 1887-90. He ;«., istly, 5 Sep. 1861, at Westm. Abbey, Evelyn,('') da. of George (Stanhope), 6th Earl of Chesterfield, by Anne Elizabeth, da. of Cecil Weld (Weld-Forester), ist Baron Forester of (^) Sir Walter Scott described him as " A young man who lies on the carpet and looks poetical and dandyish . . . fine lad too." "An intelligent man, but a great alarmist and very desponding; he thinks we are going on step by step to an utter subversion of all interests and institutions." {Greville Memoirs, vol. iii, p. II 6). He spent large sums on the restoration of Highclere. V.G. C') He voted in 1869, as did Salisbury and other Tories, for the disestablishment of the Irish Church. V.G. {^) "Amiable, clever, accomplished, and kind, with a charm of voice and manner peculiar to herself, she was the most perfect hostess, and in her time no place was more delightful to stay at than Highclere." (Lord Ronald Gower's Reminiscences). V.G.