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DEBRETT'S ILLUSTRATED PEERAGE. 429 SHANNON, EARL OF. (BOYLE.) Sits as BARON CARLETON. HENRY BENTINCK BOYLE, 5th Earl. Born Nov. 22nd, 1833; succeeded his father in 1868 ; was educated at Eton ; was appointed Attache at Frankfort, 1852, but was at once transferred to Vienna, and retired, 1853; formerly Lieut. 2nd Derbyshire Militia, resigned 1871 ; is Col. of the West Cork Artillery, and a Magistrate for (co.) Cork: married 1st (1859), Lady Blanche Emma Lascelles, 3rd daughter of the 3rd Earl of Harewood, (this lady died Let us be judged by our actions. 1863) , and has issue, living, Sows, Richard Henry, Viscount Boyle, b. I860. Henry, b. 1862. Robert, b. 1863. His lordship married 2ndly (1868), Julia Charlotte, youngest daughter of Sir W. Cradock-Hartopp, 3rd Bart., and has issue, living, Son*, Walter John Harry, b. 1869. Edward Spencer Harry, 6. 1870. Algernon Douglas Edward Harry, b. 1871. Creations, Earl of Shannon, Viscount Boyle of Bandon, and Baron Boyle of Castle Martyr, in the peerage of Ireland, 1756, Baron Carleton in the county of York, in the peerage of Great Britain, 1786. arms, Per bend embattled, argent and gules, a crescent for difference. Crest, Out of a ducal coronet, a lion's head, per pale embattled, argent and gules, and charged with a crescent for difference. Supporters, Two lions, the dexter, per pale embattled, gules and argent ; the sinister, per pale embattled, argent and gules, each charged with a crescent for difference. Seat, Castle-Martyr, co. Cork, Ireland. Town Residence, 25, Norfolk Street, Park Lane. Clubs, Travellers', Carlton, Boodle's. SHANNON, Earl of, His lordship's predecessor was his father, Richard, 4th Earl. He was b. May 12, 180Q, and succeeded his father, 1842; was a Dep. Lieut, of Cork, and Col. of the West Cork Militia Artillery : TO. May 28, 1832, Emily Henrietta, youngest daughter of Lord George Seymour; and d. Aug. 1, 1868, having had issue two sons. SHANNON, Dowager Countess of, EMILY HENRIETTA, youngest daughter of Lord George Seymour, (who was 7th son of the 1st Marquess of Hertford) ; m. 1832, the 4th Earl of Shannon, who d. 1868. Shaw-Lefevre, family name of Viscount Eversley. SHEFFIELD, EARL OF. What God hath commanded you to be. (HOLROYD.) Sits as BARON. GEORGE AUGUSTUS FREDERICK CHARLES HOLROYD, 2nd Earl. Born March 16th, 1802 ; succeeded his father in 1821 ; was educated at Eton, and at Christ Church, Oxford ; was a Lord in Waiting to William IV. 1835, and to the Queen, 1858-9 ; is a Magistrate, and a Dep. Lieut, of Sussex : married (1825) Lady Harriet Lascelles, eldest daughter of the 2nd Earl of Hare- wood, and has issue, living, Snns, Henry North, Viscount Pevensey, b. 1832 , educated at Eton ; was Attach^ at the Lega-