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102 S RFTON — SEG R A V E . $ and 2. CEABLES WlEUAM (MOLYNKI'X), Earl of Ssftok, Arc. [1.1 also Baron Sekton o» m"v; Ciioxtkth, 1st s. and h., b. 10 July 1796', in Her- L " keley square : Ogled VlSCODNT Molyneux till 1838; M.l*. for Smith Lancashire, 1832-35 ; sue. to (Ac w. a<jc. as above, 20 Nov. 1838 ; L. Lieut, of Lancashire, 18S1. He m. 19 June 1S34, Mary Augusta, only da, of Robert GnKOGK-HonvooD, of Hnpwood Hall, co. Lancaster, by Cecilia, da. of JohD (Ryno), .1th VlSCOUST Tqehnctox. He tl. 2 Aug. 1855, at Croxteth Hall afad., iu his 00th year. Will nr. Sep. 1855. His widow living 1895. Earldom [I.] III. Barony [U.K.] 11. Earldom [I.] IV. Barony [U.K.] III. 4 and S. William Phiuu? (MOLYNEUX), Kahl ok Seftok [1771], and YlscorNT Moi.ynkix or 1855 M.HYIioitoluill [lb'28], in the peerage of Ireland, also Baron Skkton ok Choxtktb [1831], also a Baronet [1611], 1st s. and h., b. Ht Croxteth Hall, 14 Oct. 1838 : styled Viscount Molyneux, lsys-oo ; ed. nt Eton; an officer in the Grenadier Guards, 1851-58, serving in the Crimen ; sue. to the peerage, as above, "J Aug. 1855 ; L. Lieut, of Lancashire, 185S ; was Chief Commissioner with the Garter^") to King Louis I. of Portugal, who was invested therewith at Ajuda, near Lisbon, 4 May 1865. He was accordingly made a Knight of the Tower and Sword of Portugal. He in. IS July 1866, Cecil Emily, 5th da. of William George Hyltou (Joluffe), 1st BaRON H Virus, by his first wife, Eleanor, da. of the Hon. Thomas Berkeley Paget. [Chaiu.es- Wili.iam-Hyi.ton Molyneux, styled Viscount Molynefx, 1st s. and h. ap., b. 25 June lSo'7. at Sefton House, in Belgiave square ; ed. at Eton ; Lieut. Lancashire Hussars Yeo. Cav. ; sometime Attache to the British Embassy at Paris.] Family Estates. — These, in 1SS3, consisted of 20,260 neres in Lancashire, worth £43.0(10 a year, not, however, including the valuable building land iu and close to Liverpool. ( b ) Principal Residence. Croxteth Hall, near Liverpool, co. Lancaster. SEGRAVE. Barony by l. Nicholas de Segiiave, of Segrave, co. Leicester, s. Writ. .„„] J, „f Gilbert EE Seghave,(') of the same, by Annabil, da. ami I 1283 coheir of Hubert DE Chafcumbe, sue. his father about 1260; was ~ r ' Knuilitcd, 1 Aug. 1263, in an expedition against the Welsh ; was one of the ringleaders among the rebellious Barons, heading a charge • against the Royal forces at the battle of Lewes, and was accordingly had stamped upon him his hideous form, but, with it, his sharp and caustic wit . . . Having successively sought for amusement in hunting, shooting, racing, gaining, he plunged with ardour into politics . . . He was a devoted husband, a kind and affectionate father, a courteous, cordial, and obliging host ... He was absolutely devoid of religious belief or opinions . . . His general conduct was stained with jio gross immorality." [Grevilie Memoirs, 2nd part, vol. i, p. 139— 111.] "I have rarely seen the effects of a neglected education and a vivacious temperament manifested in a more remarkable way than in Sefton, who lias naturally a great deal of cleverness, but who, from the above causes, and the absence of the habit of moral discipline and of culm and patient reflection, is » fool and a very mischievous one." [Grevilie Memoirs, vol. iii, p. 88.] (») See vol. ii, p. 192, note " a," sub " L'athcart," for a list of these special Garter missions. (") See -vol. ii, p. 51, note " a " (circa ffnem), sub " Buccleuch," as to this sort of property. (°) This Gilbert was a. and h. of Stephen de Segrave, who, (says Matthew Paris,) " tho' come of no high parentage, was, in his youth, of a Clerk made a Knight, and in his later days, thro' his prudence and valour, so exalted, that he had the reputation of one of the chief men of the Realm, managing the greatest affairs as he pleased ; in doing whereof he more minded his own profit than the common good, yet for some good deeds and for making a discreet testament he died with much honour."