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GROSVENOR— GUILDFORD. 121 GROSVENOR, ana GROSVENOR OF EATON. Barony. 1. Sm Richard Ghosyenor, Bart., of Eaton, co. I 17(il Chester, only surv. s. unci h. of Sir Robert Grosvenor, 6th Bart., by June, da. and h. of Thomas Warre, of Swell Court and Shipton Earldom. Beauchamp, cn. Somerset, was 4. 18 June 1/31: ed. at Oriel Coll.. T 7-fii Oxford! cr, M.A., 2 July 1751, and D.C.L., 2 July 1754; M.P. for J. lib*. Chester, 1754-61 ; sw: his father as 7th Bart., 1 Aug. 1755 ; Mayor of Chester, 1759, and was (at the recommendation of Pittjer. BARON GROSVENOR OF EATON', co. Chester. He was Cupbearer at the' coronation, 22 Sep. 1761, of Qsorge DTI. He was, 5 July 17S4, cr. VISCOUNT UELGRAVE, ct). Chester, and EARL GROSVENOR. He was Well known in the sporting world ;(») was F.S.A., &c. He mi., 19 July 1764, at St. Geo. Han. sq., Henrietta, da. of Henry Vernon, of Hilton Park, co. Stafford, by Henrietta, da. of Thomas (Wentworth), Earl ok Strafford. Against her he exhibited a libel, 1 March 1770, for adultery (April or May 1769) with II.R.II. the Duke of Cumberland, and obtained a separationC 1 ) accordingly. He rl. at Earlscourt, Kensington 5, and was bur. 15 Aug. 1S02, at Eccleston, co. Chester, aged 71. Will pr. 1S02. His widow m. (two weeks after his death) 1 Sep. 1802. Lieut. Gen. George Porte-, afterwards (1818) de Hocuepied who became Bakon de HocilF.r-iED in Hungary and d. 25 March 1828, aged OS, and was bw. at Putney, Surrey. She d. a few weeks before him Jan. 1828. Will pr. April 1S2S. II. 1802. 2. Robert (Grosvenor), Earl Grosvenor, Viscount Belgrave, and Baron Grosvenor of Eaton, 2d but ouly surv. s. and h., b. 22 March 1767: styled Viscount Bblghavb, 178-4-1802 ; sue. to the peerage, 5 Aug. 1S02. . He was cr., 13 Sep. 1801, MARQUESS OF WESTMINSTER. See that dignity. GUERNSEY. i.e., '•' Guernsey ."(°) Barony (Einch), cr. 1703 ; see " Aylesford " Earldom, cr. 1714. See "De Saumarez in the island of Guernsey," Barony (Saumarcz), cr. 1831. GUIENNE, see Aquitaine. GUILDFORD, or GUILFORD. Earldom. Elizabeth, Dow. Viscountess Boyle of Kynalmeaky I IfiOO [!•]. da. of William (Fkilding), 1st Earl ok Denbigh, by Susan, da. . ' of Sir George Vilmehs, hi. 103S or 1639, Lewis (Boyle), 1st Viscount ir .'c, Boyle of Kynalmeaky [I.], who d. s.p., 2 Sep. 1642, and wascr., 14 July 1660, COUNTESS OF GUILDFORD,('>) co. Surrey, for life. She d. s.p. Sep. 1667 when the peerage became extinct. See fuller particulars under " Boyle ok Kynalmeaky," Viscountcy [[.], cr. 162S, sub the 1st Viscount. (") See vol. i, p. 352, note " a," sub " Bessborough," as to his love for " The turf." He was said to have been the greatest breeder (then existing) of racing stock. ( b ) The damages awarded were £10,000 iu spite of the endeavours of Ch. Justice Lord Mansfield " to save the King's brother." See Wraxall's " Memoirs," vol. ii, p. 55, edit, 1884. The Earl settled £1,200 a year on his repudiated wife. His own conduct had given her " no slight grounds of alienation," while as to the lady herself she was, according to Walpole, one "whom a good person, moderate beauty, no understanding and excessive vanity had rendered too accessible " to her Royal seducer. See " Nat. B'wigr." ( c ) See vol. i, p. 209, note " b," sub " Aylesford," as to the spelling and designation of this Barony which is not in " co. Southampton as hitherto (generally) stated. ( d ) She is styled iu the patent roll, 12 Car. II., pt. 17, No. 12, " Elizabctha Lodovic Vicccomitissa de Kinclmcky," Sec, i.e. (presumably) " Elizabetha vidua Ludovic Boyle, Vicecomitissa, &c. The dignity conferred is spelt in this instance " Guildford," tuo' in the subsequent patents (1674, 16S3, and 1752) " Guilford."