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CLINTON. 307 Earldom. t 1746, to 1751. XIV. 1721. 14 and 1. Hugh Foktescue, of Filloigh, Devon, s. and li of Hugh F. of the same, by his 1st wife, Bridget, da. and sole U. of Hugh Boscawen, of Trcgothan, Cornwall, by Margaret, da. (whose issue iu 1692 became coheir) to Theophihis (Clinton), 5th Eaul or Lincoln and 12th LonD Clinton abovenamed, being, as above shewn, one of the coheirs to the Barony, was sum. to Pari. 15 March 1720/1, as LOUD CLINTON. Lord-Lieut, of Devon, 1721-33 ; Lord of the Bedchamber to the Prince of Wales, 1725-27, and to the King (the same person) 1727-33. K.B. 27 May 1725, being one of the original Knights of that most Hon. order ; cr. L.L.D. of Cambridge, 25 April 1728. On 5 July 1749 he was er. BARON FORTESCUE OP CASTLE HILL, co. Devon (with a spec, rem.), and EARL CLINTON. He (/. unto, 2 May 1761, when the Earldom of Clinton, became extinct, the Barony of Fortescue devolving on his half In-other, Matthew Fortescue (see that dignity) and the Barony of Clinton falling again into abeyance, between his only sister of the whole blood, Margaret Fortescue, spinster,( a ) and his cousin, Margaret, Dow. Countess of Orford. Will, &c, dat. 6 April 1717 to 27 April 1751, pr. 17 May 1751. 15. Margaret, sua jure BARONESS CLINTON, who, on the death of hercousin Margaret Fortescue, spinster, above named, XV 17G0 ^ ^ ,lrcn 1 ' "0, became entitled to that dignity as sole heir to her great grandfather, the 12th Lord, she being only da. and h. of Samuel ROLLE, of Heanton Satchville, in Petroxstow, Devon (by Margaret, da. of Roger XV. r. XIV. Robert=fMargaret, (Walpole), 2nd Karlof Orford, (I. 1751, aged 50. who, in 1760, be- came mo jure Baro- ness Clin- ton, only da. and h., 13 Jan. 1781. Francis Trefusis, s. and h., d. num. Sep. 1692, aged 19. c Hugh Fortescue, of Margaret, (=>) Filleigh, Devon, only only da. of s.andh. of his mother, her mother. He was sum. in 1721 She (/. num. Samuel Tre- fusis, of Tre- fusis, br. and h. He </. 4 April 1721, as Lord Clinton, ami aged 47. was cr. in 1751, Earl Clinton, as also (this last, with a spec, rem.) Baron Fortescue. He d. nam, 1751. 14 March 1700. XVI. George (Walpole), Earl of Orford, &c., and Lord Clinton, only child and h. He d. num. 5 Dec. 1791, aged 01. Robert Trefusis. of Tre- fusis. s. and h. He d. Aug. 1742, aged 31._ _T Robert Cotton Trefusis, of Trefusis, s. and fa. He d. Aug. 1778, aged 39. XVII. , T Robert Ceorge William Trefusis, s. and h., who. being after 1791 the sole heir of Theophihis (Clinton), Earl of Lincoln and Lord Clinton abovenamed, was, in 1794, sum. as Lord Clinton. (") This lady was generally, though erroneously considered to have become suo jure Baroness Clinton, on the death of her brother 1751, and is so styled in Edmondson's "Bnronagium," She was, however, only a coheir to such Barony at that date, the determination thereof in 1721, in her brother's favour, extending only to the heirs of Ml body, on failure of which it fell (as before) into abeyance. She, however, il. mini, at Ebrington, co. Glouc., 14 March 1760, and at her death the abeyance of the Barony terminated, the issue of Lady Margaret Boscawen, ncc Clinton, being thereby extinct. Her will, dat. 29 April 1746, before her brother's death, was proved as that of "Margaret, Lady Baroness Clinton, heretofore Margaret Fortescue," 25 April 1760, by the Hon. Lucy Fortescue, widow, her stepmother and executrix. V 2