170 DOWNSHIRE — DRAYCOTE. Downshire Militia, 1S31 ; X.P., 24 Nov. 1831 :(•') cr. LL.D. of Cambridge, 6 July 1835 ; Vice President of the Royal Society, Dublin, &c. He m. 25 Oct. 1811 Maria, 1st da. of Other Hickman (Windsor), 5th Bake or Plymouth, by Sarah, da. and coheir of Andrew (AltcHElt), 2d and last BakoH Archer. He d. 12 Sep. 1845, in his 75th year at Blesington, co. Wicklow. Admon. May 1S45. His widow, who was b. 30 May 1790, d. at 50 Grosvenor street, Midx., 7 April 1S55, iu her 05th year. Will pr. May 1S55. IV. 1815. 4- Arthur - Wills - Blundell - .Sandys - TruSIBULL- Windsor (Hill), Marquess of Downshire, &c. [I.], also Earl of Hillsborough, &c, s. and h,, b. 6 Aug. 1812, at Hillsborough Castle ; styled EabI OF HrLLSDOBOUGH till 1845 ; ed. at Eton and at Ch. Ch., Oxford ; matrie. 21 Oct. 1830; M.P. for co. Down, 1836-45 ; Lieut. Col. (1833) and afterwards (1845J Col. of the South Dawnshire Militia. K.P., 24 May 1859. He m. 23 Aug. 1837, Caroline- Frances, 1st da. of Stapleton (StaPleton-Cotton), 1st Viscount Comukkmerk of Bhurtpoiie, by his 2d wife, Caroline, da. of William-Fulku Giieville. He d. at the Dolphin Inn, Heme Bay, co. Kent, ti Aug. 1868, aged 56. Will pr. under £200,000. His widow, who was 6. 1816, living 1890. V. 1868. 5. Arthur- Wills-Blundell-Trujibull-Sandys-Roden (niLL), Marquess of Downshire, &c. [I.], also Earl op Hnu- borough, &a, 1st s. and h., 6. 24 Dec. 1844, in Upper Grosveuor street, Midx. ; styled Eakl of Hillsborough, 1845-63 ; sometime, 1866-6S, an officer iu theAst Life Guards. He m. 26 July 1870, at St. Geo. Han. sq., Georgiana-Elizabeth, da,(of John Balfour, of Balbimie, co. Fife, by Georgiana-Isabella, da. of John-Frederick (Campbell), 1st Eakl Cawdor. He d. 31 March 1874, aged 29, at Easthampstead Park, Berks. His widow living 1890. VI. 1874. 6. Arthtjr-AVills-John-Wellixgtok-Blundell-Trtjji- bull (Hill), Marquess of Downshire [1789], Earl of Hills- borough [1751], Viscount Hillsborough [1717], Viscount Kilwaulin [1751], and Bakon Hill of Kilwarlin [1717], iu the peerage of Ireland, also Eaul of Hills- borough [1772], Viscount Fairford [1772], and Baron Harwich [1756], in the peerage of Great Britain, only s. and h., 6. 2 July 1871, at 21 Belgrave square, Midx. ; styled Earl op Hillsborough till 1874. Fanuly Estates. -These, in 1883, consisted of 5,287 acres in Berks (valued at £4,853 a year) and 281 in co. Suffolk; besides, in Ireland, of 78,051 acres in co. Down; 15,766 in co. Wicklow ; 13,679 in King's county ; 5,787 iu co. Antrim ; and 1,338 in co. Kildare. Total 120,189 acres, valued at i'96,691 a year. Principal Residences— Hillsborough Castle, co. Down, and Easthampstead Tark, near Bracknell, Berks. The Marquess of Downshire is one of the 28 noblemen who, in 1883, possessed above 100,000 acres in the United Kingdom, being in point of acreage the 18th ; but in point of yearly income the 8th. Seo a list of these in vol. ii, p. 51, note " a," sub. "Buccleuch." Barony. DOWNTON. I. 1747, AnthonyDuncombe, cr. 23 June 1747, " LORD FEVER-
- » SHAM, BARON OF DOWNTON, co. Wilts." See under "Feversham"
1763. Barony, cr. 1747 ; ex. 1763. DRAYCOTE. Richard de Draycote was sum. to attend the King at Salisbury by writ 26 Jan. (1296/7), 25 Ed. I, but such summons cannot be considered in the light of a regular writ of summons to Pari. ( b ) Pi One of the four extra Knights nominated by William IV. at his Coronation. See vol. ii, p. 209, note " d," sub " Charlemont." ( b ) See vol. i, p. Ill, note " b," sub. " Ap Adam " as to this writ.
