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ABINGDON — ABINGER. 33 March, 1841, also at St. Geo., Han. Sq., Frederica Augusta, 5th da. of Charlotte siio jure COUNTKSS OK ANTRIM [I.], by V ice-Admiral Lord Hark Hubert K.EUU. He ft. 16 Oct. 1854. Will jir. May 1855. His widow d. 26 Nov. 1864, at Eccleston Sq., Midx. VI. 1 Sol. ft Montagu (Bebtie), V.xxil of jVbincjdox, &c, s. and h., l>v 1st wife, l!l June 1808. in [lover Str., Midx. Ed. at Eton and nt Trin. Coll., Cambridge). A.M., 1829. Or, D.C.L. of Oxford 11 June 1S34. M.l'. forOxon. 1830, 1882-62, mid for Abingd.m 1852-54. Lord Lieut, of Berks 1834-81. High Steward of Oxford and Abingdon, ill. 7. Jan. 1835, Elizabeth Laviuia, only da. and h. of George Granville Vi:ii. .-H ueocitT, of Xuneham Courteuay, Oxon., by his 1st wife Elizabeth, 1st da. of HichnrU (BlXOHAM), 2nd Ear* of Lucan [I.J. She ((. 16 Oct. 1858. He d. in tlrosvenor Str., Midx., S Feb. 1884. VlL 188-1. 7. Montagu Aktih". (Bektie), Earl of Abixgdox, ami Louu NorrsyS, 1st s. ami h., b. 13 May, 1S36, in Han. Sq. Ed. at Eton. Lieut-Col. Royal Berks .Militia 1863-SO. Hon. Col. 1S80. He m. firstly, 10 July 1858, Caroline Theresa, 1st da. and, iu her issue, coheir of Charles Townklky of Towneley, Co, Lancaster, by Caroline, da. of William Philip (Moi.ynkux), 2nd Eaul ok Sefto.v [I.J. She </. 4 Sep. 1S73, at Wytham Abbey, Berks. He m. secondly, 18 Oct 1883, at the Roman Catholic cathedral, Portsmouth, Mary, da. of Major Gen. the Hon. James Charlemagne Dcuutnit, C.B., fey Ella Frances Catherine, only da. of Sir Archibald Ausos, Bart. She was b. 13 Oct."lS67. [Montagu Cuaui.es Fuancw Beutle, gtytd LORD NORREYS, 1st s. and h. ap. by 1st wife, b. 3 Oct. 1880. Capt. Royal Berks militia.] Nate. — In 1SS4, the family estates consisted of about 21,000 acres, valued at about £28,000 a year ; a':., above S,000 in Oxon., rather less than s,000 iu Berks, and 66 acres in Bucks (which lo',000 acres or so were of the annual value of about £23,000) ; also above !,50o acres in Lancashire anil 500 in Yorkshire (part of the Towneley property), of the animal value (exclusive of mine rents) of about £5,000 in addition. See Batemau's " Great Landowners." Principal Residence, Wytham Abbey, Berks. ABINGER. Barons. t. Sir James Scarlett, Loril Chief Banm of the I 1835 Exchequer, 2nd s. of Robert S., of Puekett's Spring, in St. James' Parish Jamaica, by Elizabeth WRIGHT, widow, da. of Philip Anui.in, of Paradise estate iu that island, was b. there 1760 ; entered as a Fellow Commoner at Trin. Coll., Cambridge, at the age of fifteen; A.B. 1798; A.M. 1704 j LL.D. 1835 ; Barrister (Inner Temple) 1791 ; King's Counsel 1816 ; M.P. for Peterborough 1819-30 (having been defeated, in 1822, for the University of Cambridge) ; M.P. for Malton 1830-31 ; for Cockermonth 1S31 ; and for Norwich 1832-34 : Attorney-Gen. for a short time in 1827, and again in 1829, was on 24 Dec. 1S34 (Sir Robert Peel being then Prime Minister), made Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer, and a few weeks afterward, on 12 Jan. 1S35, was CP. BARON ABINGER, of Abinger, (") co. Surrey, and of the city of Norwich ; being the first Chief Baron who ever received a Peerage while iu office. P.C. ( b ) He m. firstly, 22 Aug. 1792, Louise Henrietta, 3rd da. of Peter Cami-bell, of Kilmorey, co. Argyll. She d. 8 March 1S29. He m, secondly (a ft sw months before his death), 28 Sep. Is43, Elizabeth, widow of Rev. Henry John Ridlky, Rector of Abinger, and da. of Lee-Steere Stkehk, H This estate, which had been purchased by him, was sold by his the proceeds invested in an estate in Scotland. 0 1 ) " His reputation as a judge did not equal his fame as au advocate. He had too much the habit of deciding which of the two parties in the cause was in the right, and arguing in his favour: while juries, who had been accustomed to be lead by his pleadings as n counsel, refused to submit to his dictation as a judge."— Fosb' " Judges of England."