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460 DEBRETT S ILLUSTRATED PEERAGE. In this sign is my hope. L TAAFFE, VISCOUNT. (TAAFFE.) EDWARD FRANCIS JOSEPH TAAFFE, llth Viscount, in the peerage of Ireland, and a Count of the Holy Roman Empire. Born Feb. 24th, 1833 ;* succeeded his bro- ther in 1873. Educated at the University of Vienna. Appointed Secretary in the Office of the Governor of Bohemia 1861, and a Councillor of the same department and head of the Provincial Court at Prague; was Governor of Salzburg 1863 6; appointed Governor of a District, Privy Councillor and Minister of the Interior for the Empire of Austria 1867, and Deputy President of the Austrian Ministry 1868. Formerly a Member of the Bohemian Diet. Is now Governor of the Tyrol, and Vorarlberg, and Chamberlain and Privy Councillor to the Emperor of Austria. Is a Knight of Malta, and a Grand Cross of the Austrian order of Leopold. Married (1860) the Countess Csaky de Kereszteg, a Dame of Palace to the Empress of Austria, and has issue, living, Son, Henry, b. May 22nd, 1872. Daughters, Mary, b. 1866. Louisa, b. 1868. Helena, b. 1870. Sisters living, Clementina, b. 1827; is a Maid of Honour to the Archduchess Mathilda. Louisa, b. 1829 : is a Maid of Honour to the Empress Marianne. Amelia Walpurga, b. 1832 ; is a Maid of Honour to the Archduchess Maria Annunziata. Creations, Viscount Taaffe of Corran, and Baron of Ballymote, both in the county of Sligo, in the peerage of Ireland, 1628, Count of the Holy Roman Empire, 1/84. Slrmg, Gules : a cross, argent, fretty, azure. Crest, A dexter arm, embowed, in armour, the hand grasping a scimitar, proper. Supporters Dexter, a horse, argent, semee of estoiles, sable ; sinister, a wyvern, wings elevated, proper. Seats, Ellischau Castle, and Kolinetz, Bohemia. Residence, Innspruck. Club, Carlton. TAAFFE, Viscount, His lordship's predecessor was his brother, Charles Rudolph Frances Joseph Clement, 10th Viscount Taaffe. He was b. April 26, 1823, and succeeded his father 1855. Was Chamberlain to the Emperor of Austria, a Crlrw?! in the Austrian army, and a Knight of Malta. He d. unmarried Nov. 19, 1873. Tait, surname of the Archbishop of Canterbury*