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436 DEBRETT'S ILLUSTRATED PEERAGE. Creations, Baron Monteagle, 1760, Viscount Westport of Westport, 1768, Earl of Altamont, 1771, Marquess of Sligo, 1800 ; all in the peerage of Ireland : Barcn Monteagle of Westport, in the peerage of the United Kingdom, 1806. 9rms, Sable : three lions passant, in bend, between four bendlef-s, argent. Crest, An eagle, displayed, vert. Supporters, Dexter, a talbot, proper, gorged with a baron's coronet ; sinister, a horse, argent. Seat, Westport-house, Westport, (co.) Mayo, Ireland. Town Address, Bath Hotel, Dover Street, W. C/w6,-^TraveUers'. SLIGO, Marquess of, His lordship's predecessor was his father, Howe Peter, 2nd Marquess of Sligo. He was b. May 18, 1788, and succeeded his lather, Jan. 2, J809 ; vvas Lord Lieut, of Mayo, Governor and Vice- Admiral of Jamaica, and Colonel of the Mayo Militia: m. March 4, 1816, Lady Hester Catherine De Burgh, daughter of the 13th Earl of Clanricarde, and d. Jan. 26, 1845, having had issue six sons and eight daughters. SLIGO, Marchioness of, HESTER CATHERINE DE BURGH, daughter of the 13th Earl of Clanricarde; b. 1800: m. 1816, the 2nd Marquess of Sligo,. who d. 1845. Is heiress presumptive to the Earldom of Clanricarde under a special remainder granted to her father Dec. 29th, 1800. Residence, 16, Mansfield- street, W. Soberton, Baron, title borne by the Earl of Lichfield. Somerhill, Baron, title of the Marquess of Clanricarde on Roll of H. L. SOMERS, EARL. (SoMERs-CocKS.) CHARLES SOMERS SOMERS-COCKS, 3rd Earl, and a Baronet. Born July 14th, 1819; succeeded his father in 1852; was educated at Christ Church, Oxford, (B.A. 1840) ; sat as M.P. for Reigate, 18417 ; was a Lord-in-Waiting to the Queen, 1852 7 ; is a Dep. Lieut, and a Magistrate for Herefordshire and Surrey, and a Trustee of the British Museum : married (1850) Virginia, daughter of the late James Pattle, Esq. and has issue, living, To be useful, rather than conspicuous. Daughter*, IsabeUa. Caroline, 6.1851, m. 1872, (Somerset). Adeline Marie, b. 1852. Heir presumptive to the Barony only, His cousin, the Rev. Charles Richard, b. 1814, son of the Hon. Philip James (2nd son of Charles, 1st Baron) ; was educated at Christ Church, Oxford, (B.A. 1835, M.A. 1837) : has been Vicar of Neen Savage, Shropshire, since 1843, and of Wolverley, Worcestershire, since 1839 : is Domestic chaplain to Earl Somers. Residence, The Vicarage, Neen Savage, Cleobury Mortimer. Sisters living, 'Caroline Margaret, b. 1817, in. 184P, (Courtenay). Harriet Catherine,

  • . 1823, m. 1850, (Wegg-Prosser). Emily Maria, b. 182Q.

Patron of seven livings, Leigh, V. St. Peter's, V. Droitwich. North Piddle, R. Little Stoultoii, V. Malvern, V. Worcestershire. Eastnor, R. Pixley, R. Herefordshire. Creations, Baron Somers of Evesham, 1784, Earl Somers and Viscount Eastnor in the peerage of the United Kingdom, 1821. A Baronet, 1772. arms, ist and 4th, sable: a chevron between three stags' scalps with attires, argent, Cocks ; 2nd and 3rd, vert, afesse dancettee, ermine, Somers. Crest, On a mount , vert, a stag, lodged and reguardant, argent, horned and hoofed, sable. Supporters, Two lions, each gorged with a collar dancettee, vert. Seats, Eastnor-castle, Ledbury, Herefordshire ; Reigate -priory, Surrey. Town Residence, 4, Chesterfield Gardens, May Fair, W. Clubs, Travellers', Athenaeum.