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 392 DONEGALL 1 6 Nov. 1 76 1, at Easton, Suffolk, Anne, only da. of James (Hamilton), 5th Duke of Hamilton [S.], by his 3rd wife, Anne, da. and coh. of Edward Spencer. She, who was b. Nov. 1738, d. after a long illness, at Bath, II, and was bur. 22 Nov. 1780, at St. Michael's, Lichfield, aged 42. He m., 2ndly, 24 Oct. 1788, at St. Michael's, Bath, Charlotte, widow of Thomas Moore, and da. of Conway Spencer, of Tremary, co. Down. She d. at Fisherwick, 19, and was bur. 28 Sep. 1789, at St. Michael's, Lichfield. He w., 3rdly, 12 Oct. 1790, at his house in St. James's Sq., St. James's, Westm. (spec, lie, he 51, she 22), Barbara,(*) da. of the Rev. Luke Godfrey, D.D., Rector of Midleton, co. Cork, by Mary, da. of the Rev. David Cope, Rector of Killahagh, co. Kerry. He d. in St. James's Sq. afsd., 5 Jan. 1799, aged 59. Will pr. 11 Jan. 1799. His widow d. 28 Dec. 1829, in Curzon Str., Mayfair. Will pr. Feb. 1830. MARQUESSATE [I.] n. EARLDOM [I.] VI. 2 and 6. George Augustus (Chi- chester), Marquess of Donegall, Earl of Donegall, i£c. [I.], also Baron '^^' Fisherwick, s. and h. by ist wife, b. 14 Aug., and bap. 9 Sep. 1769, at St. James's, Westm.; styled Viscount Chichester, 1769-91, and Earl of Belfast, 1791-99; M.P. for Carrickfergus, i798-99;('') P.C. [L] 22 Feb. 1803; K.P. 20 Aug. 1 82 1. Lord Lieut, of co. Donegal, 1831-44. He «i., 8 Aug. 1795 (spec, lie), at St. Marylebone, Anna May, spinster, illegit. da. of Sir Edward May, 2nd Bart. [I.J.^ He d. 5 Oct. 1844, at in a letter of Haliday to Lord Marchmont, 21 June 1788, as "a serious, well disposed nobleman," who " has expended ^^20,000 on books not yet opened, and to have been ;/^48,ooo p.a. See Appendix C in this volume. V.G. (*) Lady Sarah Lennox describes her on the day of her marriage as "a hand- some, well behaved girl." V.G. C") He was an opponent to the last of Catholic Emancipation, but after 1829 supported the Whig-Liberal party during the Reform period. He did not vote on the motion of want of confidence in the Melbourne administration in i84i,and in 1842 he voted with the Conservatives on the Corn Law question. V.G. (■=) "The unfortunate discovery of the invalidity of Lord Donegal's marriage has thrown that town [Belfast] into the greatest dismay." (Mr. Gregory to Mr. Grant, 24 July 1 8 19). "The overthrow of Lord Belfast's marriage j-ecte of the Marquess of Donegall's marriage when Lord Belfast] and fortunes, by Lord Shaftesbury having discovered that the Marquis and Marchioness were married under age by licence and not by banns, which renders it illegal, and bastardizes their children irreparably, is the greatest news of the upper circles at present. The young lady had said she married only for money, therefore for her no pity is shown; but poor Lord Belfast to lose rank, fortune, and wife at once at 20 years of age is a strong and painful catastrophe to bear properly. I hear Mr. Chichester (rightful heir) behaves well, but he cannot prevent the entail affecting his heirs nor the title descending to him from his cousin." (Lady Charleville, 13 July 1819). "The
 * ^I0,000 on shells not yet unpacked." The value of his Irish estates in 1797 is said