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DEVONSHIRE. Will dat. 15 pr. 38 Oct. 1707. His widow, who was b. 0 Aug. 1710 (with her parents} ;it Wcstm. Abbey. (») 101G, d. 31 July, ami was bur. Dukedom. II. Earldom. VI. >1707. 2 and J. William (Cavexpisii), Dunn of DEVONSHIRE, MABqCKSS OV HauTINGTON, &C, 1st s. and h., b. about l6TS,$tg!ed Loud C.tvi:xm.sii, 1684-04 ; s/y/ni Marquess of Haiitinctox, lCil 1-1 707 ; served with the army in Flanders, 1692 ; M.P. for CO. Derby, 1 (iff.- 1 702 for Castle Rising 1702 ; for Yorkshire 1702-07 ; Capt. of the Yeomen of the Guard, 1702-07 ; o LI..D., of Cambridge (at the came time as his Father) 10 April 1705; l'.C. 1707 to Queen Anne, nnd 1714 to George I. ; LoBS STEWARD of the Household, 1707-10 to Queen Anne, and again 1714-16 to George I.; C'h -Justice in Eyre, north of Trent, 1707- 10 ; elected K.G., 22d March 170S1, 10, ; hut. » Dee. 1710. Oue of the "Louis Justices" (Regents) of the Realm, 1 Aug. to 28 Sep. 1714 0'); Loud President of the Council to Geo. L and II , viz., 1710-1717, and 1725-1727. Was one of the Lords Justices of the Realm during the King's absence in 1720-1725 and 1727. He m. 21 June 16SS at the chapel of Southampton House, St. Giles in the fields, Midx, (he about 10, she about 11, mar.-lie. from Vic. -Gen.) Rachel, sister to Wrothesley, 2d Puke of Bedford, 1st da. of William Russell, styled Lord Russell, by Rachel, da. of Thomas (WltOTHESLEY), Eahl of SoutHamiton. She was 6. Jan. 1674, d. 28 Dec. 1725. Will pr. Jan. 1725/6. He </. in Devonshire House, Piccadilly 4 June 1729 and was bar. at All Saints', Derby. Will pr. 12 June 1729. ( c ) Dukedom. ^ J and G, William (Cavexdisii), Duke of Devox- snuiE, Marquess of IIartixotox, &g, 1st s. and h , b. > 17°0 MOTfJtjiM Marquess of Hautington, 1707-29 ; m.itric. Earldom, u --' at Oxford (New Coll.) 30 (fay 1715, and then aged Iti ; vrT er. M.A., (3 July 1717 ; M.P. for Lostwithiel, 1721-21 ; for Grampouud 1721-27, and for Huntingdonshire, 1727-29 ; Capt. of the Gent-Pensioners, 1/20-31 ", Lord Lieut, of co. Djrby, 1729-35; P.O. 1731; tilti Privy Seal, 1731-33 ; Loud Steward of the Household, 1733-37, an I again 1741-19. tie was one of the Lords Justices of the Realm during the Ring's absence therefrom in 1741, 1745, and 1748 ; Chief Gov. (Loud Lieut.) of Ireland, 1737-15. Giving to the frequent disagreements in aud successor. Horace Walpile says of him that he was " a Patriot among the men, a Corydon among the ladies." He was also great as a duellist, was something of an author, aud was the erector of the vast mutton at CImtsworth, begun in 1087. ( a ) An engraving of her from a picture ai H.trdiviek U in Mrs. Jameson's " Court Beauties of Charles II." ( b ) The seven great officers (virtute officii) who under the act 4 and 5 Anne were (under the style of " Lords Justices") Regents of Great Britain, on the demise of the Queen, 1 Aug. to 18 Sep. 1714, were the AKcnmsilor {Tcnison) of Canterbury) ; Lord Harcourt, Lord Chancellor ; Duke OF Buckingham, President of the Council ; Duke of Shrewsbury, Lord Treasurer; Karl of DARTMOUTH, Privy Seal ; Earl of Strafford, first Lord of the Admiralty and Sir Thomcs Parker, Ch. Justice of the King's Bench, afterwards Earl of Macclesfield. To these the King added 19 (or rather in fact 18) others— Wit, the Aucnnisiioi' (f)azocs) of York, 5 English Dukes. viz., Shrewsbury (who virtule officii, had but 2 days previous to the Queen's demise acquired a right thereto) Somerset, Bolton, Devonshire and Kent, 3 Scotch Dukes, viz., Argyll, Montrose and Roxburgh ; 7 Earls, viz., Pembroke, Anglesey, Carlisle, Nottingham, Abingdon, Scarbrough and Oxford ; 1 Viscount, vis., Townshend, and 2 Barons, viz., Halifax (Montagu) and G'owfer. ( c ) His character, given by Bishop Burnet, is " A Gentleman of very good sense, a bold orator aud zealous itssertor of the liberty of the People ; one of the best beloved Gentlemen by the country party in England ; a constant opposer of Mr. Howe in the House of Commons ; one who makes a great figure in his person; of a brown com- plexion; taller than a middle stature," to which Dean Swift adds, ft very poor undcrstaiidinr/, " being the same remark he made of his Father.