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808 CLINTON. Tctckfieij), of Hacldon Court, in Tkorverton, Devon), which Samuel (who d. I 719) was s. and h. of Robert Rolle, of the same, by Arabella, 1st da. of Theophilu! (Clinton), 5th Earl of Lincoln and 17th Loud Clinton abovenamed. She m. firstly 26 March 1724, Robert (Walfole), 2nd Earl of Orford [1746], who c?. 31 March 1751, aged 50. Within two months of his death, she in. secondly 25 May 1751 (marriage registered at Keith's Chapel, May Fair, Midx.), the Hon. Sowallia Shirley, 4th s. of Robert, 1st Earl Ferrers. He, who was Comptroller of the Household to Charlotte, the Queen Consort, d. 25 Oct. and was bur. 2 Nov. 1765 in Grosvenor Chapel, South Audley Street, in his 55th year. Her ladyship d. at Pisa, in Italy, 13 Jany. 1781, and was bur. at Leghorn. XVI. 1781. 1G. George (Wali-ole), Earl of Orford, Viscount Walfole, Lord Clinton, &c., only child and h., ft. 2 April 1730. He d. unm. 5 Dec. 1791, when the Earldom of Orford, &c, devolved on his uncle and h, male (see fuller particulars under " Orford," Earldom of, cr. 1742, sub. the 3rd Earl), but the Barony of Clinton devolved :is under. XVII 1 791. 17. Robert George William (Trefusis), Lord Clinton, cousin and h., being s. and h. of Robert Cotton Trefusis, by his 1st wife Anne, da. of .Tohu (St. John), 10th Baron St. John of Bi.etso, which Robert Cotton (who d. 177S), was s. and h. of Robert {d. 17 12), who was s. and h. (if Samuel (d. 1724), 2nd but only s. that had issue, of Fraucis Trefusis (all being of Trefusis, in the parish of Mylor, eo. Cornwall), by Bridget, sister of Samuel Halle abovementioned (whose issue became extinct by the death of the Earl of Orford abovenamed in Dee. 1791), the said Bridget being the Only child whose issue win then remaining of Robert Rolle, by Arabella, only child whose issue was then remaining of Theophilus (Clinton), 5th Earl of Lincoln and 17th Lord Clinton abovenamed. He was ft. o Oct. and imp. 3 Nov. 1704, at St. James', Westm. and sue. his Father in the family estates, 7 Aug. 17S1. His claim to the peerage being allowed/ 4 ) he was sum. to the House of Lords, 27 Feb. 1794, by writ, directed "Robert liconjt William Trrfusis de Clinton, Chr." He m. 2S April 1780, at Lausanne, Albeitina Marianna, da. of John Abraham Rodolph Gaui.is "Banneret," and one of the principal magistrates of Lausanne, in Switzerland. He d. 28 Aug. 1797. Willpr. Oct. 1797. His widow d. 7 Feb. 1798. Will pr. May 1798. XVIII. 1797. IS. Robert Cotton St. John (Trefusis), Lord Clinton, s. and b., ft. at Trefusis 28 April 1787, and bap. 2 May at Mylor afsd., Col. in the army and sometime aide-de-camp to the Duke of Wellington in the Peninsular war and C'apt. in the lo'th Light Dragoons. Aide-de-camp to the King and one of the Lords of the Bedchamber. He m. 4 Aug. 1814, Frances Seliua Isabella, 1st. da. and coheir of William Stephen Poyntz, of C'owdray, Sussex, by Elizabeth Mary, da. of Anthony (Browne), Viscount Montagu. He d. s.p. Oct. 1832. Admon. Jany. 1S33. His widow, who was sometime a Lady of the Bedchamber to Adelaide, the Queen Consort, in. July 1835 (as his 2nd wife), Sir Horace Beauchamp Setmour, K.C.H., Col. in the Army, who d. 23 Nov. 1851, aged 60. She d. s.p. 29 Aug. 1S75, in her 80th year, at 28, St. James' Place, Midx. Will pr. 17 Sep. 1875, under £180,000. XIX. 1832. 19. Charles Rodolph (Trefusis), Lord Clinton, br. and h„ 6. 9 Nov. 1791 ; matric. at Oxford (Oriel Coll.), 12 March 1810 ; B.A. and 1st class in Math., 1814 ; Fellow of All Soul's Coll. and M.A., 1817 ; M.P. for Callington, 1813-1818, sometime a Commissioner of Excise. At the funeral of Geo. Ill (15 Feb. 1820), he bore the Great Banner, and at that of Geo. IV (15 July 1830), the Banner of St. George. He m. 25 Oct. 1831, Elizabeth Georgiaua, da. of William (Kerr), 6th Marquess of Lothian [S.], by his second wife Harriet, da. of Henry (Scott), 3rd Duke of Hbcc'levou [S.] He d. 10 April ISo'G, in his 27th ye;ir, at Heanton Satchville, North Devon. Will pr. 24 July 1866, under £25,000. Hia widow, who was 6. 25 Sep. 1807, 4. 19 March 1871, aged 63, at 67 Princes Gate, Midx. Will pr. 0 May 1871, under £10,000. (») See p. 293, note ( d ) for similar allowances of Peerages where the abeyance has terminated.