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176 DEBRETT'S ILLUSTRATED PEERAGE. Seats, Cowdray, Sussex ; Lohort-castle, Cork, Ireland ; Nork -house, Epsom, Surrey : Churchtown, Buttevant, Ireland ; Passenham-manor, Stony Stratford. Town Residence, 26, St. James's-place, S.W. Club, Carlton. EGMONT, Earl of, His lordship's predecessor was his uncle George James, 6th Earl of Egmont, and a Baronet, son of Charles George, 1st Baron Arden, who was half-brother to the 3rd Earl of Egmont. He was b. Mar. 14, 1794 ; succeeded his fa- ther in the Barony 1840, and his cousin in the Earldom 1841. Was Midshipman of the " Orion " at Trafalgar 1805 ; served in Egypt and in Ameica; was present at the capture of the " President" 1815, and the siege of Algiers 1816; became a Vice Admiral 1857, and was an Admiral on the Reserved List 186374. Sat as M.P. for West Surrey 183740 : m. 1819, Jane who d. 1870 daughter of J. Hornby, Esq., of Hook House, Hampshire. He d. Aug. 1874, without issue. EGREMONT, Countess of, JANE, daughter of the Rev. W. Roberts : m. 1820, the 4th Earl of Egremont, who d. 1845, when his title became extinct. Residences, Orchard Wyndh am, Somersetshire ; Silverton, Devonshire. Elcho, Lord, M.P., son of the Earl of Wemyss. (see Wemyss.) ELDON, EARL OF. (SCOTT.) JOHN SCOTT, 3rd Earl. Born Nov. 8th, 1845; succeeded his father in 1854; was educated at Eton, and at Christ Church, Oxford; was appointed Hon. Col. of the 1st Administrative Battalion Dorsetshire Rifle Volunteers, 1867; is a Magistrate for Dorsetshire: married (1869) Henrietta Minna, daughter of Capt. Henry Martin Turner and the Hon. Mrs. Turner, and has issue, living, Soris, John, Viscount Er.combe, b. May, 1870. Let honour be without a stain. Ernest Stowell, 4. 1872. Daughter, Louisa Katherine, b. 1871. Sisters living, Augusta Henrietta, b. 1836, m. 1859, the Hon. Thomas Francis Fremantle. eldest son of the 1st Baron Cottesloe. Katharine Frances, b. 1837, m. 1858, the Hon, Gustavus Hamilton- Russell, eldest son of the 7th Viscount Boyne. Gertrude Louisa, b. 1841, m. I860, (Cectf). Selina Jane, b. 1843, m. 1864, (Bond). Creations, Baron Eldon of Eldon, 1799, Viscount Encombe and Earl of Eldon, 1821, all in the peerage of the United Kingdom. Argent : an anchor erect, sable, between three lions' heads erased, gules : on a chief wavy, azure, a portcullis, or. Crest, A lion's head erased, gules, gorged with a chain, and pendent. therefrom a portcullis, or. Supporters, Two lions guardant, proper, each gorged with a double chain and a portcullis attached thereto, gold ; pendent from the portcullis a shield, argent, charged with a civic wreath, vert. Seats, Shirley -house, Croydon ; Encombe, Dorsetshire. Town Residence, l, Hamilton -place, W. Clu b, Carlton. ELDON, Earl of, His lordship's predecessor was his father, John, D.C.L. 2nd Earl of Eldon. He was. b. Dec. 10, 1805, and succeeded his grandfather, Jan. 13, 1838 ; m. Oct. l, 1831, the Hon. Louisa Duncombe, daughter of the 1st Baron Feversham, (she d. 1852) ; and d. Sept. 13, 1854, having had issue a son and six daughters.