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DERWENTWATER. 79 III. 1705, 3. James (Rav>clyffej, Earl of Derwestwater, &c, to s. anil h., b. in Arlington street, Midi., 28 June 16S9, styled Viscount 1716. Hadolyffe till 1705 ; was in command in the Jacobite army, Oct, 1716, but after the defeat at Preston surrendered himself prisoner, 13 Nov. 1715, and was sent to the Tower of London. He m. (settl. dat. 24 June 1712), Anna-Maria, 1st da. of Sir John Wsnn, 3d Bart., of Odstoek, Wilts, by- Barbara, da. and coheir of John (Belasyse), 1st Baron Belasyse of Woulaby. He was found guilty of high treason and beheaded on Tower Hill 24 Feb. 1715/8, and having being attainted all hit honours became forfeited.!*} He was bur. privately at St. Giles in the fields, Midx. M.I.( h ) His widow d. at Brussels, of the small-pox, 30 Aug. i 723, aged 30, and was bur. in the church of the English Cauonesses at Luuvaine. Will dat. 5 to lti March 1722, pr. 27 May 1731. IV. 171C. Joun Radclyffe, di/b'd Viscount Radclyffe, who but for the attainder would have been Earl of Perwentwater, &c, and who so designated himself, only s. and h. He inherited the greater part of the vast family estates which were preserved by the entail from forfeiture. He (/. num. and under age at his grandfather's (Sir John Webb) house in Great Marl- borough street, Midx., 31 Dec. 1731, and was bur. with his mother at Louvain. Will dat. 11 Nov. 1731, pr. 1732.00 V. 1731. o. CiuitLEs Radct.yffe, who, but for thn attainder, would have been Earl of Derwkntwatkh, &c, and who so styled himself, uncle and h, male, beiug 3d and yst. s. of the 2d Earl. He was b. 3 Sep. liifi:!, at Little Parndon, Essex. He joined the Jacobite rising and with his br., the Earl, surrendered himself prisoner 13 Nov. 1715, and was found guilty of high treason. His extreme youth (22 years) would probably have procured his pardon, but on 11 Dec. 1716, he (with 13 others) escaped from Newgate and joined the Stuart family on the Continent where he became Secretary to Prince Charles Edward. He m. 24 June 1724, at St. Mary's, Brussels, Charlotte- Maria, suo jure, Countess of Newbuhgu [SJ who, in 1694, had sue. her father Charles (Lkvinoston), 2d Eaiil of Newuurgh FSJ in that dignity and who was widow of the Hon. Thomas Clifford. At the iisiug of 1745 he embarked for Scotland (doubtless to join the " Chevalier," tho' of this fact no proof was obtained) but the ship being captured off Deal he was brought prisoner to the Tower of Loudon. In Michaelmas 1746 he was condemned to death under his former sentence of some 30 years since, in spite of the gen. pardon of 1716 and, tho' owing to the attainder, he was not legally a Peer, he was (as such) beheaded (like his brother 30 years before) on Tower Hill, 8 Dec. 1716, aged 53, and bur. the 11th at St. Giles in the fields. ( ,l ) His widow, the Countess of Newburgh [SJ (/. in London 4 Aug. 1755, and was bur. with him. M.T. Her will dat. 25 April 1751, pr. 12 Jany. 1756. ( a ) See below, sub "Duffus," for a list of peerages forfeited in the insurrection of 1715. ( b ) His generosity was unbounded ; he was " a man formed by nature to be generally beloved." See Patten's "Rebellion." His youth, also, made his fats much lamented. With him was executed William (Gordon), 6th Viscount Kenmure [SJ. ; the escape from the Tower, on the previous day, of William (Maxwell), 5th Earl of Nithsdale [S.j, having prevented that Earl frotu'sufleriug the like fate. ( c ) Alice Mary, his only sister and h. m. 2 May 1732. llobert James (Petre), Sth Baron Petre of Writtle, and is ancestress of the present peer, who consequently is heir gen. of the 1st Earl of Derweutwater. ( d ) He and the Earl, his br., are said not only to have lost their lives, but upwards of £300,000 in money value, for the Stuart cause.