BEL AS YSE — BELFO R U. H. IGSO. IIksry (Rela.sv.se), Loan Ukcasv-se of W»ut.r,Y, to grandson and h., being only s. and h. of Sir Henry Belaayse, K.B., by 16'J1. Kia second wife Susan, afterwards suo jure Baroness Belasysk, da. and coheir of Sir William Auimine, Bart, (see " Bel.vsyse, of Osgod- by" Barony, cr. 1074) which Sir Henry Belasyse was s. and h. ap. of the last. Lord (by his 3 .st wife) and (/. v.p. 1067. He m. Atme, sister of George, 3rd Eakl of Cardigan, da. of Francis Bhuuesell, styled LoHQ BRUDEXELL, by Frances, da. of James (Savii.e) IOarI. ok Sussex. He d. s.p and was bur. 20 Aug. 1691 at St. Giles in the fields, when the Barony became extinct. Will dat. 11 May and pr. 13 Sep. 1691. His widow m. Jan. 1692/3 Charles (Lennox) 1st DoKfi OF Richmond (who </. 27 Kay 1723) and (/. 9 Dec. 1722. BELASYSE OF OSGODBY. /. Dame Susan Belasyse, widow of Sir Henry Barony. IVI.i.-vse, KB. (s. and h. a]>. of John, Loud Belasyse of Woueabi- For Life. abovenamed) da. and coheir of Sir William Aiumine, Bart, of T Tf-i Osgndby, co. Lincoln, by Anne, da. and coheir of Sir Robert Crank, h 11)1-1, ] } . lrt (^hic-l, Anne m. secondly, as bis 2nd wife, John, Lord REtASYSK,
- e as abovesaid) was cr., 1 April 1674, BAKOXESS BEIiASYSB OS
1713. OSGODBY, co. Lincoln, /or Uft.(*) S!ie m. firstly, 20 Oct. 1662, at Kensington, Sir Henry Belasyse abovenamed, by mar. lie. from Bp. of London, he aged 23, Widr., she aged IS, Spr. He d. t-Jk (being killed in a duel) and was bur. 10 Aug. 1067 at St Giles in the fields His " ill dat 0 Aug. pr. 20 Oct ill tli.it year. She Ml. secondly, before 1684, James FoRTREf of Cheipiers, who was aged 25 at the Her. Visit, of co. Cambridge in 1684. She. d. at a good old age 6 March 1712/3, and was bur. 13 at Twickenham, Midi., when her life peerage became extinct. Will dat. S Sep. 1710, pr. 11 March 1713. BELFAST. See "Ckiciiestek of Belfast," Barony [I.], cr. 1612 ; m. 1625. i.>: " CsiiciiF.sTEa of Belfast," Barony [I.]. See " Cuicliesteb. of CauiiickfeugUS, Viscouutcy [I.], cr. 1625. i.e. '■ Belfast," Earldom of [I.]. See "Do.vbgam,," Marquessafce of [I], cr. 1791. BELFIELD. Barony [I.] 1. Robert Rociifort of Gaulstown, co. Westmeath, I I73S W!us > 0,1 16 Marcl1 1'37/S, cr. BARON BELFIELD of co. West- meath [I.], and, on 5 Oct. 1751, cr. VISCOUNT BELFIELD of co. Viscount™ 17 i Westmeath. On 29 Nov. 1756 he was cr. EARL OF BELVIDERE yL 1 of co. Westmeath [I.]. See fuller account under " Belvidbkb," I 1751. Earldom of [I.], cr. 1756 ; cr. 1814. ie. "GnAHA.ii op Belfoko, co. IfertkiimberJaBd," Barony. See "GnAHAM," Earldom, cr. 1722. (') Among the statements of the persons who verified on oath to the birth of the young rrince, James Francis (6. 10 June 1688) which included the Queen Dowager. 40 ladies and gentlemen of high rank, 4 physicians, &ft, " the evidence of the follow- ing Protestant Ladies, Isabella, Coontess of Roscommon, Anne, Countess of Arrax, Anne, Cocstess of Sunderland, Lady Isabella Wkntworth, La<ly Bri.easys, and Mrs. Margaret Dawson was so positive, minute and consistent with that of the Catholic ladies, that, if any real doubts had existed, it must have set them at rest for «rer." See Strickland's " Lives of the Queens of England," vol. vi, p. 247,edit. 1852.
