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DEBRETT S ILLUSTRATED PEERAGE. Kingdom, and by his sagacious seamanship and daring gallantry gained a name inferior'to none of the naval commanders of his age ; among his most brilliant achievements in the Royal Navy was the burning of the French fleet i , the Basque Roads, April 11, 1809, and the capture, by boarding, of the Spanish frigate " El Gamo " of 32 guns and 319 men, with the brig " Speedy" of 158 tons and 54 men ; the Spanish captain and 53 of his men being killed during the fight. In 1821, he commanded the fleets of Chili and Peru in the war of their independence, and entirely destroyed the Spanish fleet in the Pacific. In 1825, 1 e commanded the Brazilian fleet in the Brazilian war of independence, and was completely successful. He subsequently commanded the Greek Navy. In Brazil he was created a Marquess, and has received many foreign orders and decorations of every distinction. He m. Aug. 8, 1812, Katherine Corbet, daughter of Thomas Barnes, Esq., and d. Oct. 31, I860, having had issue four sons and two daughters. Her ladyship d. 1865. DUNFERMLINE, BARONY OF, see " Peerages Extinct." Duneira, Baron, title borne by Viscount Melville. DUNGANNON, Viscountess, SOPHIA HILL TREVOR, daughter of Georges D'Arcy Irvine, Esq. ; m. 1821, the 3rd Viscount, Dungannon, who d, 1862, when his title became extinct. Seat, Dungarvan, Viscount, son of the Earl of Cork and Orrery, (see Cork and Orrery.) DUNGARVAN, Viscountess, (by courtesy) CATHERINE, daughter of the 2nd Earl of Howth ; m. 1828, Charles, Viscount Dungarvan, eldest son of the 8th Earl of Cork and Orrery, who d. 1834. Residence, 10, Chesham-street, S.W. Dunglass, Lord, son of the Earl of Home, (see Home.) Dunkellin, Lord, title borne by the Marquess of Clanricarde. Dunkerron, Baron, title borne by the Mirquess of Lansdowne. Dunlo, Viscount, son of the Earl of Clancarty. (see Clancarty.) Dunluce, Viscount, title borne by the Earl of Antrim. DUNMORE, EARL OF. (MURRAY.) Sits as BARON. CHARLES A DOLPH us MURRAY, of Harris, 7th Earl. Born March 24th, 1841 ; suc- ceeded his father in 1845 ; was educated at Eton ; was Capt. in the Scots Fusilier Guards ; is Lord Lieut, of Stirlingshire, a Dep. Lieut, of Inverness-shire, and Lord Superior of the Isle of St. Kilda ; appointed a Lord in Waiting to the Queen 1874: married (1866) Lady Gertrude Coke, 3rd daughter of the 2nd Earl of Leicester, and has issue, living,