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1 10 ANTRIM — AP-ADAM. Admiral Lord Mark Robert KntR. 3rd s. of William John. 5th Marquess of Lothian [S.] The Countess d. 26 Oct. 1X35 and was hat: 4 Nov. at Shiplake, Oxon. Bet husband, who was b. 12 Nov. 1776, d. 9 Sep. 1840. [Charles Fortescue Kerr, rtyted YISCOUXT DUXLUCE, 5th but 1st surv. s. and h. ap., J. 4 April 1S10, and bap. 30 May following at Binfield, Berks, d. unni. 26 July 1834 and was bur. 4 Aug. at Shiplake afsd.] IX. 1835. 4. Hugh Seymour (Kerr, afterwards McDonnell), EaM of Axthim, && [I.], 6th but 1st surv. s and h., b. 7 Aug. 1812 and bap. 4 Sep. at. St. Maiylebone, Midx. By royal lie. 27 June 1S36, he took the name of McDoKSEIX only." He ;«. 3 May ISM, Laura Cecilia, 5th da. of Thomas (Parker), 5th Karl of Mavclesfiki.D by his second wife Eliza, da. of William ItttETOS Woi.stenholjif. He d s.p.m. 19 July 1855 and was but: the 30 at Bunnaniairge. His .vidow, who was b. ISO!*, (/.at Beaufort Gardeus, South Kensington, 26 Jan. 1883. X. 1855. 5. ~S ark (Kerr. nfteneanU McDonnell), Earl of An- trim, Sec. [I.], br. and h. male, b. 3 April 1 SI 4 in Port man square, and bap. 21 April at St Marylebone, Midx. Captain H.N. By royal lie. 8 Nov. 1855 he took the name of McDonnell only. He established his claim as an Irish Peer 16 July 385S. He m. 27 April 1849, Jane Emma Hannah, 2nd da. of Tnrnar M.umn of C.irrill, co. Armagh Major in the army, by Harriet, da. of Ualph Henry SXKYI), also a major in the army. He d. 19 Dec. 1869 at Cilenarm Castle, aged 55. His widow living 1884. XI. 1869. 6. "William Randal (McDonnell), Earl of Antrim and Viscount DtTKLCCK [1.], s. and h., b. S Jan. 18S1 in London. I'M at Eton College and at Ch. Ch., Oxford. He »!. 1 June 1875 at St James' Westm., Louisa Jane, 3rd da. of Gen. the Hon. Charles Ghky (2nd s. of Charles, 2nd Eakl Grey), by Caroline Eliza, 1st. da. of Sir Thomas Harvie FaIiquuau, iud Bart. Claim to Peerage allowed 18 June 1872. [Randal Mark Kerr McDonnell, styled VISCOUXT DUXLTJCE, 6. 10 Dec. 1878 at St. James' Palace, Midx.] Family Estates.— These, in 1883, besides about 100 acres in co. Londonderry, consisted of about 34,300 acres in co. Antrim. Total about 34,400 acres, valued at about £21,000 a year. See Batemau's "Great Landowners." Princijud Residence, Glenarm Castle, co. Antrim. AP-ADAM. 1. Sir Joun Ap-Adam, whose parentage is not proved,^) but who possessed in his own right lands in Gorste and Betesley ( Bee cski/ f now Beachley) within Tidenham, in the Marches of W ales and Gloucestershire, having in. in or before (1290), 19 Ed. I, EtaWft da. and h. of John de Gl'RNKY of Beverstone, co. Gloucester, by Olivia, da. of Henry Lovel of Castle Gary, co. Somerset, obtained in right of his said wife the Lordship of Beverstone, as rdso of Barrow-Gurueyana Baron by- Writ. I. 1298-9. to 1309. ( a ) The matter of his ancestry .is fully dealt with by the learned historian of Cheshire, Dr. Geo. Ormerod, in his "Strigulensia" (1861), who himself possessed a portion of the Ap Adam estate in Tideuhain. In this work we read that in the " alleged commission stated to have been issued by Ed. IV for the purpose of ascertaining the descent of William Herbert, Earl of Pembroke " [printed in full in Sir S. li. Meyrick's ' Visitations of Wales,' vol. i, p. 196, and stigmatised by Meyrick as a forgery probably of the time of Ed. VI], it is asserted that " the male descent of William Herbert, Patriarch of the later noble Houses of Herbert and then- Collaterals," was from "Jenkin Ar Adam, yr. br. of a Sir Thomas Ar Adam ; " and it is further alleged that " the previous race ot