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 224 DERWENT da. of Col. Henry Dumaresq. She, who was b. 25 Nov. 1861, at Scar- borough, and bap. there, d. s.p.m. at Wassand, near Hull, 2, and was bur. 7 Oct. 1 891, at Hackness.] Family Estates. — These, in 1883, consisted of 12,764 acres in the North Riding of Yorkshire, worth ;/^ 10,026 a year. Principal Residence. — Hackness Hall, near Scarborough, co. York. DERWENTWATER EARLDOM. I. Francis Radclyffe, only surv. s. and h. of Sir Edward R., 2nd Bart., of Dilston, Northumberland, and ' ■ of Derwentwater, Cumberland, by Elizabeth, da. and h. of Thomas Barton, of Wenby, co. York, was b. 1625; Capt. in Vane's regt. of Foot 1667; sue. his father as 3rd Bart., 18 Dec. 1663. He was cr., 7 Mar. 1687/8,0 BARON TYNDALE, co. North- umberland, VISCOUNT RADCLYFFE AND LANGLEY, and EARL OF DERWENTWATER, co. Cumberland. A Tory. He m., in or before 1655, Catherine, widow of Henry Lawson, of Brough, co. York (who was slain 1644), da. and coh. of Sir William Fenwicke, Bart., of Meldon, Northumberland, by Isabel, da. and h. of Sir Arthur Gray, of Spindlestone in that co. She d. before 1696. He d. Apr. 1696, aged 71, and was bur. at Dilston. Will dat. 20 Apr. 1696, pr. 4 Oct. 1698. II. 1696. 2. Edward (Radclyffe), Earl of Derwentwater, ^CjC") s. and h., b. 9 Dec. 1655; styled Viscount Radclyffe, 1688-96. A Tory. He m., 18 Aug. 1687, the Lady Mary Tudor, illegit. da. of Charles II, by Mary Davies, a well-known singer C^) and actress. He d. at his house in Arlington Str., Midx., 29 Apr., and was bur. 10 May 1 705, at Dilston, aged 49. Will dat. 14 to 23 Apr., pr. 24 May 1705. His widow, who was b. 16 Oct. 1673, being the 14th and yst. child of her Royal father, had from him a warrant of the precedency of the da. of an Earl, 10 Dec. 1680 (with confirmation of the surname of Tudor), (*) This is one of the few English peerages conferred by James II before his exile, which (not reckoning titles of inferior rank granted in the same patent) were but ten in all. These are i Dukedom, i.e. Berwick {Fitx-Jamei); i Marquessate, i.e. Powis [Herbert); 3 Earldoms, i.e. Dorchester [Sedley), Derwentwater [Radclyffe), and Stafford [Howard); 5 Baronies, i.e. Dover [Jermyn], Churchill, Jeffreys, Walde- grave, and Griffin. See below sub "Dundee," as to Scottish Peerages conferred by that monarch; and as to Irish Peerages so conferred see sub "Galway." C") The Peerage writers have one and all (including even Doyle, in 1886), followed Sandfird [p. 654], who states the name of this Peer to be (that of his father) Francis. His own will, the will of his father, and of his brother Francis, ^c, clearly prove this to be wrong, as apparently are the dates given by Sandford for the births of the children of this Earl. (•) She is said to have first attracted the monarch's attention by her singing of "My Lodging is on the cold ground." For a list of Royal Bastards see vol. vi, Appendix F. V.G.