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DEBRETT'S ILLUSTRATED PEERAGE. Seats, Marino, near Dublin: Roxborough-castle, Moy, (co.) Tyrone. Clubs, Reform, Brooks's, Travellers', Fox. CHARLEMONT, Earl of, His lordship's predecessor was his uncle, Francis William, K.P. 2nd Earl of Charlemont. He was b. Jan. 3, 17/5 $ succeeded his father, Aug. 4, 1799; was a Representative Peer for Ireland, and was, in 1837, raised to the peerage of the United Kingdom: i.Feb. 9, 1802, Anne, daughter of W. Bermingham, Esq. of Ross- hill; and d. Dec. 26, 1863, having had issue two sons and two daughters, who all pre- deceased him. He was the last of the Irish Peers elected at the Union of Ireland _with Great Britain, in 1801, and sat in the House of Lords for over sixty-two years. He also sat in both Houses of Parliament. CHARLEMONT, ANNE, Countess of, youngest daughter and co-heir of William Bermingham, Esq., of Rosshill, (co.) Galway ; was sometime a Lady of the Bedchamber to the Queen : m. 1802, the 2nd Earl of Charlemont, who d. 1863. Residence, 14, Tipper Grosvenor-street, W. CHARLEVILLE, EARLDOM OF, see Peerages Extinct." Charteris, family name of the Earl of Wemyss and March. Chaworth, Baron, title of the Earl of Meath on Roll of H. L. CHELMSFORD, BARON. (THESIGER.) FREDERIC THESIGER, P.C., D.C.L., F.R.S., 1st Baron, and a Knight; son of Charles Thesiger, Esq. Collector of Customs at St. Vincent's. Born July 15th, 1794; entered the Navy as Midshipman and served in the " Cambrian " frigate at Copenhagen, 1 807, and afterwards retired from the service ; called to the Bar at Gray's Inn 1818, and became a King's Counsel, 1834; was Solicitor General, 1844 5, Attorney-Gen. 1845 6, and , ,-, , 1852, and Lord Chancellor, 18589, and Hope and Fortune. ' _ , , , . ,, . 18668. Received the honour of Knight- hood, 1844, and created Hon. D.C.L. of Oxford, 1853; is a Governor of the Charterhouse. Was M.P. for Woodstock, 1 8404, for Abingdon, 1844 52, and for Stamford, 18528. Married (1822) Anna Maria, who died 1875, youngest daughter of William Tinling, Esq. of Southampton, and has issue, living, Sows, Frederic Augustus, C.B., b. 1827 ; was educated at Eton ; entered the Rifle Brigade, 1844; became Ensign and Lieut. Grenadier Guards, 1845, Lieut, and Capt. 1850, Major, 1855, Capt. and Lieut.-Col. 1857, Lieut.-Col. 95th Foot, 1858, and Col. 1863; served with the Grenadier Guards in the Crimea.and was present at the siege and fall of Sebastopol ; has the Crimean medal and clasp, the Sardinian and Turkish war medals, and the Order of the Medjidie. Served in the Indian Mutiny with the 95th Foot, and has the Indian medal ; was Acting Dep. Adj. -Gen. at Bombay, I860, and in the Abyssinian war, 18678 ; and was Adj. -Gen. of the Bengal Army, 186s 70, made a C.B. and Aide-de-Camp to the Queen, 1868 : m. 1867, Adria Fanny, daughter of Major-Gen. Heath, of the Bombay Army, and has issue, Frederick John Napier, b. 1868. Clubs, Carlton, United Service. Charles Wemyss, b. 1831, m. 1863. Alfred Henry, b. 1836, m. 1862. Edward Peirson, b. 1842, . 186p.