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KENRY— -KENSINGTON. 347 KENRY. i.e., "Kenuy, co. Limerick," Barony (Wyndham-Quin), cr. 18GG ; see "DUNBA7EN and Mount Earl," Earldom [1.], cr. is22, under the 3d Earl. KENSINGTON. i.e., Kensington, co. Middlesex," Barony (Riclt), cr. 1G?3; see " HOLLAND " Earldom, cr. 102-1 ; both dignities cjc. (together with the Earldom of Warwick) in 175a.(i) Barony [I.] J, "William Edvardes, of Johnston, co. Pembroke, I 1776 ^ only surv. s. and h. of Francis Edwaiides of the same by ' ' Elizabeth ( b ), da. of Hubert (Illcu) 5th Haul W Warwick (2nd Eaiil Holland and Bahon Kensington), by his second wife, Ann, da. of Edward (Montagu), 2d Eaul iif Mancuestek, was 6. about 1711, was M.P. for Haverfordwest in nine parls., 1747 to 1784, and 17S6 to 1S01, and, having inherited the estates of the family of Rich (sometime Earls of Warwick, Earls Holland and BaRONS Kensington) at Kensington, co. Middlesex, aud elsewhere, was cr., 20 July 1770, BauoM Kensington [L]. Hem. 10 June 1702, Elizabeth, da. and coheir of William U'ahukn, of Longridge, co. Pembroke. He d. 13 Dec. 1801, aged 90 («). His widow d. IS Nov. 1814, aged 73. II. 1801. 2. William (Edwaiides), Baron Kensington [1.1 only s. and h, ; h. 21 April 1777; sue. to the peerage [I.] 13 Dec. 1S01 ; M.P. for Haverfordwest, 1S02-18. He m. 2 Dec. 17£'7, and again, at St. James, Westminster, 27 April 18L2. Dorothy Patricia, da. of Richard Thomas. She d. 2a Dec. 1843. He d. at. Kensington, 10 Aug. 1802, aged 75, Will pr. Aug. 1S52, III. 1852. 3. William (Edwaiides), Baron Kensington [I J, 2d but 1st surv. h. and h., b. 3 Feb. 1801, at St.Ubes, uear Lisbon ; ed. at Eton ; an officer in the navy, serving as Lieut., at Navariuo, and retiring as Capt. R.N. in 1850 ; .mic. to the peerage f I.J 10 Aug. 1852 ; Lord Lieut, of Pembrokeshire, 1861. He m. 12 Oct 1S33, Laura Jane, 4th da. of L'uthbert Ellison, of Hepburn, co. Durham, by Isabella Grace, da. of Henry Ibuktsok, of St.. Anthony's, Northumberland. She d. 20 Eeb. 1840. He d. 1 Jan. 1S72, in his 71st year, at Sandhill Park. IV; 1872. 4 iltl d 1- William (Edwardes), Baron Kensington D. m ._ rIT ,-i [I.J, s. and h., 6. 11 May 1835 in London; ed. at Eton ; Lieut. Col. J»arony L u Kj c „ 1(Utru . un 0nanl8( 1S07-70 ; M.P. for Haverfordwest, 1868-85; I. 1 S8G. »«'•'• to the peerage [l.J 1 Jan. 1872 ; Lord Lieut, of Pembrokeshire, 1872 ; one of the Grooms-in-waiting, 1873-74 ; P.O. 1880; Comp. troller of the Household, 1SS0-85 ; a Lord-in-waiting, Feb. to Aug., 1880 ; and was (») Henry Rich, styled Lord Keusington, s. and h. ap. of Robert, 2d Earl Holland (aud Baron Kensington), </. v.p. and s.p. April 1050 under age, leaving a widow, Christian, afterwards Baroness Berkeley of Stratum, See p. 241, sub. •' Holland." ( D ) " Lady Elizabeth Rich had run out her fortune and retired to Wales and there married Francis Edwards, who was a younger sou of a gentleman ; he was a purser of H ship ; gut £00 per aim. My Lord Warwick [the 7th aud penultimate Earl, 4th Earl Holland and Baron Kensington] d. unm. [in 17-1J anil without a will, so [Lady ElizabethJ Edwards, his aunt, became heir at law to this estate, and her son drank himself to death, but has entailed the estate, with power of granting leases upon all his relations he could thiuk of." See '-Memoranda by Edward Barley, Earl of CKford," in Uarl. mss., No. 7654 (formerly Addit. mss., No. 5U05) in the Brit. Museum, as quoted in " N. & Q., " 2d S. ; I. 326. ( c ) ,; He w as usually called the Father of the House of Commons, being the oldest member of that house." Ann. Reg. 1801.