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DEBRETT'S ILLUSTRATED PEERAGE. 159 DOWNSHIRE, Marquess of, His lordship's predecessor was his father, Arthur Wills Blundell Trumbull Sandys Roden, 5th Marquess of Downshire. He was b. Dec. 24, 1844, and succeeded his father 1868. Entered the 1st Life Guards as Cornet and Sub-Lieut. 1866, became Lieut. 186/, retired 1868. Was Capt. of the South Downshire Militia, Cornet West Somerset Yeomanry Cavalry, Hereditary Constable of Hillsborough Fort, and a Magistrate for co. Down : m. 18/0, Georgiana, daughter on John and Lady Georgiana Ball'our, of Balbirnie, Fifeshire; and d. March 30, 1874, leaving issue one son. DOWNSHIRE, Marchioness of, GEORGIANA, daughter of John and Lady Georgiana Balfour, of Balbirnie, Fifeshire : m. 1870, the 5th Marquess of Downshire, who d. 1874. Residence, 24, Belgrave-square, S.W. DOWNSHIRE, Dowager Marchioness of, CAROLINE FRANCES STAPLETON- COTTON, eldest daughter of Field Marshal the 1st Viscount Combermere, G.C.B., K.S.I. : m. 1837, the 4th Marquess of Downshire, who d. 1868. Residences, Wakehurst-place, Hayward's-heath, Sussex; 24, Belgrave-square, S.W. DROGHEDA, MARQUESS OF. (MOORE.) Sits as BARON MOORE. HENRY FRANCIS SEYMOUR MOORE, K.P. P.C. for Ireland, 3rd Marquess, 8th Earl, in the peerage of Ireland, son of Lord Henry Seymour Moore, who was brother of the 2nd Marquess. Born Aug. 14th, 1825; succeeded his uncle in 1837; educated at Eton, and at Trinity College, Dublin; has been Lieut.-Col. of the KU- dare Militia Rifles since 1861 ; is Lieut, and Vice-Admiral of the Province of Leinster, a Magistrate and Dep. Lieut, for A brave man may fall, but Kildare and Queen's County, and Ranger cannot yield. of the Curragh of Kildare : married (1874) the Hon. Mary Caroline Stuart- Wortley, eldest daughter of the 2nd Baron Wharncliffe. Heir presumptive to the Earldom only, Ponsonby William Moore, Esq. son of the late Ponsonby Arthur Moore, Esq., (who was grandson of the Hon. Ponsonby Moore, brother of the 1st Marquess), by Augusta Sophia, daughter of Gen. the Hon. William Henry Gardner. B. 1846. Residence, Ballyhale, (co.) Kilkenny, Ireland. Creations, Baron Moore, of Mellefont, 1616, Viscount Moore of Drogheda, 1621, Earl of Drogheda, 1661, Marquess of Drogheda, 1/91, all in the peerage of Ireland. Baron Moore, of Moore-place, Kent, in the peerage of the United Kingdom, 1801. 3rtns, Azure : on a chief indented, or, three mullets pierced, gules. Crest, Out of a ducal coronet, or, a Moor's head in profile, proper, wreathed round the temples, argent and azure. Supporters, Two greyhounds, argent. Seat, Moore-abbey, Monasterevan, (co.) Kildare, Ireland. C/M&S, Carlton, Travellers', White's. DROGHEDA, Marquess of, His lordship's predecessor was his uncle, Charles Edward, 2nd Marquess and 7th Earl of Drogheda. He was b. Aug. 23, 1770, suc- ceeded his father, Dec. 22, 1821, and d. unmarried, Feb. 6, 1837. Drumlanrig, Earl of, title borne by the Duke of Buccleuch. ,, Viscount, son of the Marquess of Queensberry. (see Queensberry.)