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 DE SAUMAREZ 231 Nile, I Aug. 1790; was cr. a Baronet, 13 June 1801; obtained a victory off Algeciras over the French and Spanish fleets, i July 1801, for which he received the thanks of both Houses; was nom. K.B. 5 Sep., inv. 17 Nov. i8oi,and inst. 19 Nov. 1803; G.C.B. 2 Jan. 1815; Grand Cross of the Swedish Order of the Sword; D.C.L. of Oxford, 16 Tune 18 14. In his 75th year he was, on 15 Sep. 1831, cr. BARON DE SAUMAREZ in the island of Guernsey. (") A Whig. He m., 27 Oct. 1788, in Guernsey, Martha, da. and h. of Thomas le Marchant, of Guernsey, by Mary, da. and coh. of Peter Dobree, of the same. He d. 9 Oct. 1836, at Saumarez, in Guernsey, in his 80th year, and was bur. at Catel in that island. His widow d. there 17 Apr. 1849, aged 80. II. 1836. 2. James (Saumarez), Baron DE Saumarez, 1st s. and h., b. 9 Oct. 1789, in Guernsey; matric. at Oxford (Ch. Ch.) 22 Oct. 1807, B.A. and 2nd class classics 181 1, M.A. 18 14; in holy orders; Rector of Huggate, co. York, 1825-63. A Conservative. C") He m., 5 Oct. I 8 14, Mary, da. of Vice Adm. William Lechmere, of Steeple Aston, Oxon, by Elizabeth, da. of Sir John Dashwood-King, 2nd Bart. She<2'. 12 May 1849 (a few weeks after her mother-in-law), at Cheltenham. He d. there s.p., 9 Apr. 1863, aged 73. III. 1863. 3. John St. Vincent (Saumarez), Baron DE Saumarez, br. and h., being 4th and yst. s. of the ist Baron; b. 28 May 1806, in Guernsey; ed. at Harrow and at the Royal Mil. Coll., Sandhurst; was in the Rifle brigade; became Col. in the Army 1854, retiring 1855. A Conservative. He m., istly, 2 July 1838, at Paris, Caroline Esther, ist da. of William Rhodes, of Kirkshill and of Bramhope Hall, co. York. She d. 15 July 1846, aged 28, at Lucerne. He w., 2ndly, 13 Apr. 1850, at Cheltenham, Margaret Antoinette, 4th da. of William Richard Hopkins Northey, of Wing House, Bucks. He d. 8 Jan. i89i,aged 84, at 41 Princes Gate, Hyde Park, and was bur. in Brompton cemetery. His widow d. 10 May 1904, at 41 Princes Gate afsd., aged 86. IV. 1 891. 4. James St. Vincent (Saumarez), Baron de Saumarez [1831], ist s. andh. by ist wife, b. 17 July 1843, in Montagu Sq., Marylebone; ed. at Eton, Cheltenham Coll., and at Trin. Coll. Cambridge, B.A. 1863; sometime Capt. Gren. Guards, retiring 1867; second Sec. Diplomatic Service 1874-83. A Conservative. Hew;., 10 Oct. 1882, at St. Peter's, Eaton Sq., Jane Anne, ist da. and coh. of Charles Acton Broke, Capt. R.E., of Livermere Park, Sufiblk, by Anna Maria, da. of John Hamilton, of Sundrum, co. Ayr. (^) This was one of the peerages conferred at the Coronation of William IV. See vol. ii, Appendix F. C*) He rarely voted in' the House of Lords, but in 1846 he opposed the repeal of the Corn Laws, and in 1850 he supported'the vote of censure on the Liberal Govt, in respect of the " Don Pacifico " affair. V.G.