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 114 DE DUNSTANVILLE became extinct, but the Barony of Basset of Stratton devolved on his da. under the spec. rem. in its creation. (") See that dignity. His widow d. 30 Dec. 1864, in her 88th year, at 10 Charles Str., Berkeley Sq., Midx. Family Estates. — These, in 1883, as possessed by Gustavus Lambart Basset, of Tehidy Park, great-nephew and h. male (and, after 1855, h. gen.) of Lord de Dunstanville and Basset, consisted of 16,969 acres in Cornwall, of the annual value of ;^32,854. DEENE See "Brudenell of Deene, co. Northampton," Barony {BrudenelF), cr. 1780; extinct 181 1 ; and for fuller particulars see "Cardigan," Earldom of, cr. 1 66 1. DEEPS i.e. "Saunders of Deeps, co. Wexford," Barony [I.] (Gore), cr. 1758, with the ViscouNTCY of Sudley of Castle Gore [1.]; see " Arran," Earldom of [I.], cr. 1762, under the ist Earl. DE ERESBY see WILLOUGHBY OF ERESBY DEERHURST i.e. "Deerhurst of the hundred of Deerhurst, co. Gloucester," Vis- countcy (Coventry), cr. 1697, with the Earldom of Coventry, which see. DE FREYNE OF ARTAGH and DE FREYNE OF COOLAVIN BARONY. I. Arthur French, s. and h. of Arthur F., of French T g Park, CO. Roscommon (d. 24 Nov. i82o),('') by Margaret, ■^^ da. of Edmond Costello, of Edmonstown, co. Mayo, i. „^ about 1786; M. P. (Whig) for co. Roscommon, 1821-32. ^°-5°- On 16 May 1839, he was cr. BARON DE FREYNE (<=) C") He had enormous wealth from mines in Cornwall, and was a patron of the Cornish painter, Opie. He obtained his peerage on Pitt's recommendation. V.G. (*>) This Arthur French was M.P. for co. Roscommon, 1790 till his death. He is said to have been oflFered an Earldom to support the Union, and, subsequently, a Barony, without any condition annexed. John French, his uncle, also M.P. for CO. Roscommon, 1745 till his death (s.p.) in 1775, was about to have been raised to the peerage as Baron Dungar, a dignity which (after his death) is said to have been declined by Arthur French, also M.P. for co. Roscommon 1783 till his death 1790, br. and h. of the said John, being father of Arthur abovenamed and grandfather of Lord de Freyne. G.E.C. Peel writes, "I never yet met with a man in Ireland who had not himself either refused honours from the Crown, or was not the son of a man, or had not married the daughter of a man who had been hard-hearted enough to refuse the solicitations of the Government. In general it is a peerage that has been refused." V.G. (') This name, spelt in various ways, Frene, Freign, is'c, and latinised as de Fraxinii, belonged to an old English family, a distinguished member of which was