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DER WENT WATER — DESART. 3-3 = 3 VI. 17-16. G. James Bartholomew Radclyffe, who") § but for the attainder would have been Earl of Der- wentwateb, 8. and h., 6. 23 Aug. 1725; sue- hU mother as Earl of Newbi-kch, &c. [S]., on i Aug. 1755. He d, 2 Jany 1786. J 3 TIL 178G, 7. Anthony James (Radclyffe), Eaw, &, to OF N'BWBDBOH, kc. fS]., who, but for tho attainder, 1811. would have been Eabl of Derwf.ntwatkr, only s. and h., 6. 20 June 1757.( a ) He d. sp. 29 Nov. 1814, when the male issue of the 1st Earl came to an end and all the honours [EJ granted under the patent of 16SS (which since 1 71 G had been under attainder) became absolutely extinct.^') J ~ DESART. Barony [I]. 1. JoriN- Cl'FFE, of Desarfc, co. Kilkenny, s. and h. of T 1 7Vi Agmondesham C, of Castle Inch, in that co., by Ann, widow of John Warden, and da. of Sir John OTWAY, of London, was M.P. for Thomastown 1715-27 ; sue. his father Dec. 1727 and was cr. 10 Nov 1733, BA.RON DESAKT(«), co. Kilkenny [I]., taking his seat two days afterwards. He m. firstly 2 Sep. 1707, Margaret, da. and h. of James Hamilton, of Carnesure. co. Downe, but by her had no surv. issue. He m. secondly 12 Feb. 1720/7, Dorothea, 1st da. of Lieut.-Gen. Richard Gonurcs, of Kilbrew, co. Meath, l>y his 1st wife Jane, da. of Sir Arthur Loftfs. He d. 26 June 1719, and was bur. at Castle Inch. (■•>) In 1783 the long pending claim to the Denventwater estates (which by entail had been preserved from entire forfeiture) was compromised by Act of Pari, and the property was vested in trust for Greenwich Hospital while an annuity of £2,500 was granted to Lord Newburgh and the heirs male under the entail. ( b ) In 1865 there appeared at Blaydon in tho Tyue valley a remarkable character stating herself to be Amelia-Mary-Tudor Radeliffe, suo jure Countess of Derwhnt- wateb, then aged 35. According to her story, John, the -1th Earl, did not die a young man and mini, in 1 731 but fled to Germany and there m. in 1740, at Frankfort-on-the- Main, the Countess of Waldstein. Of their eleven children all d. young but two, viz., (V) James, the 5th Earl, who sue. his father, but who d. s.p. and (VII John James, the 6th Earl, who m. 4 June 1813, the Princess Sobieski. Of their six children the eldest (VII) — was the 7th and last Earl who d. num. in 1854, leaving his property to his only surv. sister (VIII) Amelia, the (soi-disant) suo jure Countess abovenamed. On 29 Sep. 1 868, this Lady effected a lodgement in Dilston Castle claiming it and some 4 other estates in the Barony as her own inheritance. From this she was ejected in two days but she continued encamped, close by, some 40 days longer. In 1870, on refusal of a tenant to pay his rent to her, she caused his stock to be distrained and sold, for which acts all who were concerned therein were found guilty while " the Countess " wa3 adjudicated a bankrupt, 24 March 1871. From 25 Nov. 1872, till July 1873 she was in Newcastle Gaol for contempt of court. In 1874 she made a raid on the Whittonstall estates and was mulcted in heavy damages accordingly. She d. unm. of bronchitis 26 Feb. 1380, aged 49 (according to her coffin plate) at Shotley bridge and was bur. at Blackill cemetery, co. Durham. A very interesting account of her and her strange proceedings by "William Lougstaff" is in "The Monthly Chronicle of North-Country lore" (April and May 1888), vol. ii, pp. 165-170 and 205- 212. In March 1870 and again in May 1871 her "heirlooms " had been sold at New- castle, including several copies of a lithographed pedigree (3J by 2J feet) which shewed " the title of Lady Amelia to the Denventwater Estates." The result of this last auction (one of two days) was £275, tho' the effects were valued by " the Countess " herself at £200,000 ! ( c ) See the preamble to this patent (where the merits of his father and grandfather are set forth as also the services of the latter " Protest'antium successioui ") in " Lodge " VI, 62.