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30 DEBRETT'S ILLUSTRATED PEERAGE. ATHLUMNEY, BARON. (SOMERVILLE.) Sits as BARON MEREDYTH. JAMES HERBERT GUSTAVUS MEREDYTH SOMERVILLE, 2nd Baron, and a Baronet. Born March 23rd, 1865; succeeded his father 1873. Sisters living, Mary Anne Blanche, b. 186 1. Georgiana Alice Lizzie, b. 1862. Cecilia Louisa, b. 1866. Florence Emily Frances, b. 1869. Half-sister living, Elizabeth Jane, m. 1856, the 3rd Earl of Charlemont, K.P. Creations, Baron Athlumney, in the peerage of Ireland, 1863. Baron Meredyth, in the peerage Fear God as long as thou shalt live. of the United Kingdom, 1866. A Baronet, 1748. Slrms, Quarterly : 1st and 4th, azure, three mullets, or, two and one between seven, cross crosslets titchee, argent, three and one, and two and one for SomerrUle. 2nd, Ar- gent, a chevron, sable, netween three Cornish choughs, proper, for Warburton. 3rd, Argent, a lion rampant, sable, gorged with a collar and chain affixed and reflexed over the back, or, for Meredith. Crrst, a demi-lion rampant, gules, charged on the shoulder with. a cross crosslet ntchee, and two mullets, argwnt. Sttpportm, Dexter, a greyhound, proper, collared, gules, and charged on the shoulder with a mullet, and two cross crosslets fitche"e, sable ; sinister, a lion rampant, sable, collared and chained, or, charged on the. shoulder with a cross crosslet fitchee, and two mullets, argent. Seat, Somerville, Navan, (co.) Meath, Ireland. ATHLUMNEY, Baron, His lordship's predecessor was his father, William Meredyth Athlumney, P.C., 1st Baron, and a Baronet, son of Sir Marcus Somerville, Bart. He was b. 1802. Educated at Harrow. Was Paid Attache at Berlin 182932. Sat as M.P. for Drogheda 1837 52, and for Canterbury 1854 65, unsuccessfuly contested Drogheda 1835 and Canterbury 1852. Was Under Secretary for the Home Department 18467, and Chief Secretary for Ireland 184752, and a Dep. Lieut, and a Magistrate for Meath. Created an Irish peer 1863, and a peer of the United Kingdom 1866. Married 1st, 1832, Lady Harriet Maria Conyngham who d. 1843 daughter of the 1st Marquess of Conyngham; and 2ndly, Io60, Maria Georgina Elizabeth, daughter of Herbert George Jones, Serjeant-at-law; he u. Dec. 18/3, leaving issue one son and five daughters. ATHLUMNEY, Baroness, MARIA GEORGINA ELIZABETH, daughter of the late Herbert George Jones, Serjeant-at-law ; m. 1860, as his 2nd wife, the 1st Baron Athlumney, who d. Dec. 1873. Residence, Somerville, Navan, co. Meath, Ireland. ATHOLE, DUKE OF. (MURRAY.) Sits as EARL STRANGE. JOHN JAMES HUGH HENRY STEWART MURRAY, K.T. 7th Duke. Born Aug. 6th, 1840; succeeded his father in 1864; educated at Eton ; appointed Ensign and Lieut. Scots Fusilier Guards in 1859, became Lieut, and Capt. 1864, retired 1866; is Hereditary Sheriff of Perthshire, and a Dep. Lieut, of that county: married (1863) Louisa, daughter of Sir Thomas Moncreiffe, 7th Bart, and has issue, living, Sons, John George, Marquess of Tullibardine, b. 1871. George, b. 1873. Daughters, Dorothea Louisa, b. 1866. Helen, b. 1867. Evelyn, b, 1868.