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 2i6 DERBY Butler, ityled Earl of Ossory, by Amelie, da. of Henry de Nassau, Lord OF Auverquerque in Holland. He d. 5 Nov. 1702, s.p.m.s.,(^) and was bur. at Ormskirk, aged about 47. Will pr. July 1705. His widow d. 5, and was bur. 12 July 17 17, in Westm. Abbey, aged 57; M.I. at Kew, Surrey. Will dat. 23 Feb. 17 14/5, pr. 26 July 17 17. [James Stanley, styled Lord Strange, only s. and h. ap., h. 28, and bap. 29 June 1680, at Knowsley Chapel; d. v.p., and unm., Oct. 1699, at Naples, or at Venice, of smallpox, aged 19, and was bur. 14 Apr. 1700, at Ormskirk.] XIX. 1702. 10. James (Stanley), Earl of Derby, br. and h. male,-^. 3 July 1664; M.P. (Whig) for Clitheroe 1685-87, for Preston 1689-90, and for co. Lancaster 1 690-1 702. He served in several campaigns in Flanders under William III; was Lieut. Col. in the Foot Guards, becoming finally, 1704, Major Gen. in the army; Col. of the 1 6th Foot 1692 to 1705, when he retired from the army. Groom of the Bedchamber 1689-1702; Lord Lieut, of co. Lancaster 1702-10 and 1714-36; Vice Adm. co. Lancaster 1702-12; Chamberlain of Chester 1702-36; P.C. 10 June 1706; Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1706-10; bearer of the Sword at the Coronation of Queen Anne 23 Apr. 1702, and that of George I 20 Oct. 17 14; Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard 1715-23. By the death of his great-niece, 8 Aug. 1732, he became the tr general oi his father, and, as such. Lord Strange [i62 8].('') He m.j Feb. 1705, at the chapel of Halnaker (near Chichester), Sussex, Mary, da. and h. of Sir William Morley, K.B., of Halnaker afsd., by his 2nd wife, Anne, da. and h. of Sir John Denham, K.B. He d. s.p.s., i Feb. iJ^S/^f at Knowsley, and was bur. at Ormskirk, aged 71, when the Barony of Strange (*) devolved on the heir general, as also did the Lordship of the Isle of Man and most of his large estates.C") Will pr. 1736. His widow, who was b. 8 Sep. 1667, d. 29 Mar. 1752, at Chichester, and was bur. at Boxgrove, Sussex, aged 84. (') The Barony of Strange, which originated in the writ of 1628, fell into abeyance in 1702, on the death of the 9th Earl of Derby, between his two daughters and coheirs. In 1714 the right thereto passed to Henrietta, the only surv. da., then wife of John, Lord Ashburnham. In 1718 it passed to her only surv. child, Henrietta Bridget Ashburnham, spinster, on whose death unm., 8 Aug. 1732, it reverted to James, lOth Earl of Derby, who then became heir general of the grantee. On the Earl's death in 1736 it devolved on James (Murray), 2nd Duke of Atholl [S.], grand- son and h. of Amelia, Marchioness of Atholl [S.], the only child whose issue' then remained of James, 7th Earl of Derby, the 1st Lord Strange of the creation of 1628. See the coheirs of the Barony of Strange of Knokin {cr. 1299) and of the Barony of Stanley {cr. 1456), ante, p. 212, note "f." C') Bp. Burnet's character of him (at the age of 40 and upwards), with Dean Swift's remarks thereon in italics, is as under: "On his brother's death he came to the House of Peers where he never will make any figure, the sword being more his