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 284 DESPENSER VIII. 1629. 5. MiLDMAY (Fane), Earl of Westmorland, Lord le Despenser, (sfc, s. and h.; i>. 1602; J. 12 Feb. 1665/6. IX. 1666. 6. Charles (Fane), Earl of Westmorland, Lord le Despenser, ^^c, s. and h.; />. 1634; ^/.j./., Sep. 1 69 1. X. 1691. 7. Vere (Fane), Earl of Westmorland, Lord LE Despenser, (sfc, br. and h.; cJ. 29 Dec. 1693. XI. 1693. 8. Vere(Fane), Earl of Westmorland, Lord LE Despenser, ^c, s. and h. ; i>. Apr. 1 678 ; ap. 24 Mar. 1685/6. He J. s.p., 26 Aug. 1762, when the Irish Barony became extinct, the Earldom of Westmorland and Barony of Burghersh devolved on his cousin and h. ma/e, while the Barony of le Despenser again fell into abeyance.(^) ■^ XIV. 1763 II. Francis Dashwood, s. and h. of Sir Francis D., to I St Bart., by his 2nd wife, Mary, ist surv. da. of Vere 1 78 1. (Fane), 4th Earl of Westmorland, Lord le Despenser, is'c, abovenamed, was b. in Great Marlborough Str., London, Dec. 1708, and bap. at St. Anne's, Soho; ed. at Eton; sue. his father 4 Nov. 1724; was M.P. (Tory) for Romney 174 1-6 1, for Weymouth 1761-63; P.C. 20 Mar. 1761; Treasurer of the Chamber i76i-62;('') Chancellor of the Exchequer (under the Bute ministry) May 1762 to Apr. i763.('=) He was sum. to the House of Lords, 19 Apr. 1763, as LORD LE DESPENSER, the abeyance of that Barony being thus (") The two coheirs were (i) Sir Francis Dashwood, Bart, (who in 1763 became Lord le Despenser), s. and h. of Sir Francis D., Bart., by Mary, eldest surv. da. of Vere, 4th Earl of Westmorland abovenamed, and (2) Sir Thomas Stapleton, Bart, (father of Thomas who, in 1788, became Lord le Despenser), s. and h. of Sir Wil- liam Stapleton, Bart., by Catherine, da. of William Paul, of Braywick, Berks, by Catherine, 2nd surv. da. of the said 4th Earl of Westmorland. (0) This office was abolished in 1782. V.G. (<=) Wilkes says this post was given him '■'■for his skill in casting up tavern hills." See Wraxall, vol. ii, p. 1 8 (i 884), where it is said that he " far exceeded in licentious- ness of conduct any model exhibited since Charles II." He was founder, at Medmen- ham Abbey, near Marlow, of " The Knights of St. Francis of Wycombe," better