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ELLESMERE — ELMLE y. 257 the Peel ministry) cr. 6 July 1816, VISCOUNT BRACKLEY of Brackley, co. Northampton, and EARL OF ELLESMERE of Ellcsmere, co. Salop. K.G., 7 Feb. 185G ; Lord Lieut, of co. Lancaster, 1856-57. He was also cr. D.C.L. of Oxford, 10 June 183-1 ; Rector of King's Coll., Aberdeen, 18.38 ; President of the Asiatic Society, 18-19, &c. He m. 18 June 1822, Harriet Catherine, da. of Charles Greville, by Charlotte, da. of William Henry (Cavkndish-Bkntinck), 3d Duke of Pobthno. He d. at Bridgewater House, St. James' Park, 18 Feb. 1857, aged 57, and was bur. at Worsley.(n) M.I. Will pr. May 1857. His widow d. there 17 April 1806. II. 1857. 2. George Granville Francis (Egerton), Earl op Ellesmere, &c. 1st s. and h., 6. 15 June 1823, iu London ; styled Viscount Brackley, 1846-57, matric. at Oxford (Ch. Ch.), 26 May 1841; M.P. for North Staffordshire, 1847-51 ; Lieut. Col. Lancashire Yeomanry, 1857. He m. 29 April 18-16, at St. Geo. Han. so,., Mary Louisa, 4th da. of John Frederick (Campbell), 1st EARL Cawdor, by Elizabeth, da. of Thomas (Thynne), 2d Marquess of Bath. He d. 19 Sep. 1862, at Balbiruie, co. Fife, aged 39. His widow who was 6. 7 Jan, 1825, living 1S90. III. 1SG2. 3. Francis Charles Granville (Egerton), Earl op Ellesmere, and Viscount Brackley, s. and h., 6. 5 April 1847, at Hamilton Place, Midx ; styled Viscount Brackley, 1857-62 ; ed. at Eton and at Trin. Coll., Cambridge ; B.A., 1868 ; Lieut. Col. of 3d Manchester Batt. of Rifle Volunteers. He m, 9 Dec. 1868, Katharine Louisa, 2d of Constantiue (Pmrrs), 2d Marquess of Normanuy, by Laura, da. of Robert Russell. She was 6. 21 Jhu. 1850. [Joiin-Francis-Granville-Scrofe Egerton, styled Viscount Brack- ley, s. and h. ap., b. 14 Nov. 1872 ; ed. at Eton.] Family Estates.— These, in 1883, consisted of 10.0S0 acres in Lancashire, 2,839 in Northamptonshire, 303 in Cheshire (worth £11,130 a year) and an unstated quantity in Staffordshire (worth £139 a year) the total being (with this last exception) 13,222 acres, worth £71,290 a year, of which about £61,000 is credited (iu the return) to the Bridgewater trustees. Principal Residences, Worsley Hall, near Manchester, co Lancaster and Brackley manor, co. Northampton. ELM PARK. See "Clarina op Elm Park, co. Limerick," Barony [I.] (Massetj), cr. 1800. ELM HAM. See " Waveney of Sooth Elmltam, co. Suffolk," Barcny (Adair), cr. 1873 ; ex. 1886. ELMLEY. i.e., "Elmley" Viscomitcy (Ltjijon), cr. 1815, with the Earldom op Beauchamp, which see. (*) He was also an author of some little note, no less than 26 of his works (most of which are now forgotten) being mentioned in Stephen's "Nat. Biog." His merits, however, as a poet are somewhat slightingly spoken of in the " Ingoldsby Legends " where in the moral to " The Tragedy " the last two lines run thus — " Lest you, too, should stumble, and Lord Leveson Gower, he Be ca'll'd on— sad Poet !— to tell your sad story |" S