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DEBRETT'S ILLUSTRATED PEERAGE. 285 Lurgashall, R. Petworth, R. Pulborough, R. Northchapel, R. Up Waltham, R. Tillington, R. Bignor, R. Kirdford, R. Sussex. Egremont. R. Cumberland. Creation, Baron Leconfield of Leconfield, in the East Riding of the county of York, in the peerage of the United Kingdom, 1859. , Azure: a chevron, between three lions' heads erased, or, within a bordure wavy, of the last. Crest, A lion's head erased, or, within a fetterlock, the lock gold, and the bow countercomponee, or and azure; the head charged with a saltire wavy, gules. Supporters, Dexter, a lion, azure, wings inverted, and plain collared, or; sinister, a griffin, argent, gutte de sang, plain collared, gules. Seats, Petworth, Sussex; Drove-house, Chichester, Sussex; East-lodge, Brighton; Cockermouth-castle, Cumberland. Clubs Carlton, White's. LEGONFIELD, Baron, His lordship's predecessor was his father, George, 1st Baron Leconfleld, natural son of George O'Brien Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont (title extinct). He was b. June 5, 1/87; was a Col. in the Army, and was raised to the peerage in 1859 ; m. April 25, 1815, Mary Fanny, only daughter of the Rev. William Blunt, of Crabbett, Sussex, (she d. 1863) ; and d. March 8, 1869, having had issue three sons and six daughters. LE DESPENCER, BARONESS. (BOSCAWEN.) MARY FRANCES ELIZABETH BOSCAWEN, Baroness Le Despencer, daughter of the Hon. Thomas Stapleton, (who died 1829), eldest son of the 22nd Baron Le De- spencer. Born March 24th, 1822 ; suc- ceeded to the title on the death of her grandfather, the 22nd Baron, in 1831: married (1845) Evelyn, 6th Viscount Fal- mouth. For issue, see Viscount Falmouth. Patroness of two livings, Mereworth, R. and Tudeley,V. Kent. Creation, Baron le Despencer, by writ, dated 24th Dec. 1264, in the peerage of England, con- firmed 1604. ,i r Hr- 1St ' ar ent ' a lion rampant, sable, Stapleton; 2nd, azure, three Sd P A} r '/; U 3rd ' S ^ es ' * ^tire, argent, a rose of the field, barbed and seeded, proper, Neville; 4th, quarterly, argent and gules, in the 2nd and 3rd quarters, a frette or ; over all a bend, sable, Despmcer. Supporters* ,-Dexter, a griffin, wings elevated or, collared, and line reflexed over the back, sable, the collar charged with three escallops, " r For Residences, see Viscount Falmouth. LE DESPENCER, Baroness, Her ladyship's predecessor was her grand- father, Sir Thomas Stapleton, Bart, who inherited the Barony, 1788, it having been in abeyance since the death of Sir Francis Dashwood: m. 1791, Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel Eliot, Esq. of Antigua, (she d. 1848} ; and d. in 1831, having issue four sons and six daughters. Lee, (Dillon -Lee), family name of Viscount Dillon.