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 DERWENT 223 DE REEDE See " Reede " which appears to have been the name of the Barony conferred, 24 Mar. 1644/5, on John de Reede, Ambassador from Holland. DERNELEY see DARNLEY DE ROS see ROS DERRY ISLAND See "Avonmore of Derry Island, co. Tipperary," Viscountcy [1.], (Yeherron), cr. 1800. DERVOCK See "Macartney of Dervock, co. Antrim," Barony [I.] {Macartney)^ cr. 1792; extinct 1806. DERWENT OF HACKNESS BARONY. I. Harcourt van-den-Bempde-Johnstone, s. and h., „„ of Sir John van-den-Bempde-Johnstone, 2nd Bart., of Hackness Hall, co. York;,(') by Louisa Augusta, 2nd da. of the Hon. Edward Venables-Vernon-Harcourt, Archbishop of York; b. 3 Jan. 1829, at Bishopsthorpe Palace, York; ed. at Eton; sometime Lieut. 2nd Life Guards; sue. his father as 3rd Bart. 24 Feb. 1869; M.P. (Liberal) for Scarborough i869-8o.('') He was cr., 10 Oct. 1 88 1, BARON DERWENT OF HACKNESS, in the North Riding of co. York. He »;., 27 May 1850, at St. Geo., Han. Sq., Charlotte, sister of Charles Henr}', ist Baron Hillingdon, 2nd da. of Sir Charles Mills, Bart, (so cr. 1868), by Emily, da. of Richard Henry Cox, of Hillingdon, co. Midx. She, who was b. 20 Jan. 1826, d. at Hackness Hall, of pneumonia, 22, and was bur. 25 Aug. 1903, at Hackness. Will pr. over ;^2 1,000. [Francis van-den-Bempde-Johnstone, ist s. and h. ap.,('') b. 26 May I 85 1, at 51 Upper Brook Str.; sometime Capt. 2nd Life Guards. He ;«., 23 Sep. 1880, at St. Peter's, Eaton Sq., Ethel, ist da. of Henry Strickland- Constable, of Wassand Hall, co. York, by Cornelia Charlotte Anne, yst. (*) For his descent from John van-den-Bempde, of Hackness Hall, see vol. i, pp. 167-8. V.G. C") His retirement from parliament in July 1880 was conveniently arranged to provide a seat for a Liberal Cabinet Minister (J. G. Dodson, afterwards Lord Monk- Bretton), who had been unseated by the election judge at Chester. There are many instances of peerages and baronetcies being conferred on members of the Lower House who have kindly made way for ministers requiring seats. He voted against the Budget of 1909. V.G. (f) His yst. brother, Gilbert, served in the European War 1 91 4 —, as Lieut. 1st C.B. London Rifles (The Queens). For a list of peers and sons of peers who served in this war, see vol. viii, Appendix F.