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314 SUFFOLK. wife Sarah, da. of Sir Francis IIfskkm., Bart., of Chippenham. Shed. (as "Lady Walden ' ) 2 and was bur. s lice. 1703 at Walden, aged 35. lie in. secondly, in April 1705 Henrietta, widow nf his late wife's brother, Henry Horatio O'BitlKN, ttj/ltd LORD O'Brien (who d. 10 July 109C, aged -0), 3<1 da. of Henry (Somerset), 1st Di ke of BkaIFout. by Mary, da. of Arthur (CaFKLl), 1st I'.aiion C.U'FLI. UK Hadiia.m Shed s.p. at Audlcy End J ami wasiiir. 13 Aug. 1715 at Walden, ill her 46 th year. Admon. •1 .Inly ins. He </. at Gunnesbury afsd. l!i Sep., and was bur. 2 Oct. 171S at Walden afsd. iu his 4SUh year. Admon. 16 Oct, 1718 and 23 Fell. 1721,2. XV. 1718. 7. Charles Wii.uam (Howard), Karl ok Suffolk [1003]. Eari. of UlNlioN [1700] and P.auon CllRSTKRPoRn [17<iftb 2nrf but only surv. s. and h.(») by first wife ; 9 and bap. 25 May 1693 at Great billing afsd. : stilled Loud Chkstkhford, from 1700 to 1709, ami (improperly) Lord Wai.dkn,! 1 ') from 1709 to 1718 : I'age of honour at the coronation of Geo. ]., 20 Oct 1714 ; siir;. to the peerage, as above, 1!' Sep. 1718 ; Keeorder of Saffron Walden ami L. Lieut, of Essex, 1718. He hi. Arabella, yst. da. and coheir of Sir Samuel As rnv, of Henbury, co. Gloucester, by Elizabeth, da an I h. of Qenrge Mouse, of Henbury afsd. He tl. there s.p.. 8 Fel>- 1721/2, ami was bur. 1 hence at Walden, in his 29th year, when the Earlilom of Bindon ami the Honing of CheUerlord became extant. Will dat, 1 April 1721, pr. 7 May 1722. His widow d. 23 Juu'c 1722. lb r will pr. 1722. XVI. 1722. 8. Kdwaru (Howard), Karl of Stjfi'Olk, uncle ami h. male, being next br. of the whole blow) to Henry, the lit h Earl; b. about 1071 ; aiir. to the peerage !l Feb. 1721/2. He d. unni. 22 and was bur. 30 Juue 1731 at Wiildeu .Had. in his 00th J?ear(<>). Will dat. 3 April 1723, pr. 16 Nov. 1731. XVII. 1731. 9. Charles (Howard), Karl op Suffolk, yst. br.and h. male, b. 1075 ; an officer in the army, 1703, being Lieut. Cel. of the Coldstream Foot Guards, 171!) ; Groom of the Bedchamber, 1714-1727 LL.D of Cambridge, 7 Oct. 1717 ; sue. to the peerage, 22 Julie 1731. He m. 2 March 170a/t>, at St. Benet's, Paul's wharf, Henrietta, sister to John, let Haul of lilcKINOIIAMsllIUK, 1st da. of Sir Henry Houaiit, 1th Bart, by Elizabeth, 1st da. and coheir of Joseph Maynakd. He d. at Bath, 28 Sep., and was bur. 9 Oct. 1733, at Walden afsd., aged 58.( d ) Admon. 13 Dec. 1733. His widow, who was b. about 1681, was a Lady of the Bedchamber to Caroline, Princess of Wales, to whose husbttfi 1 she was mistress, and ;it whose court, when King, she was well known. In 1732, she was Groom of the Stole to the Queen Consort. She m. secondly .("j 20 June 1735, at Cranford, Midx., the Hon. George Berkeley, Master of St. Katharine's Hospital (some 5 years her junior), who d. s.p. at Bath, 29 Oct. 1740. She d. at her resilience, Marble hill,( f ) in Twickenham, Midx. 20 July 1707, aged S6.(«) Will dat. 30 May 1705, pr. 12 Oct. 1707. ( a ) The copy of an inscription on a coffin plate (see p. 311, note "e") states that "The Honble Henry Howard, 1st s. of Henry, Lord Walden, d. May Otli (1092), aged 15 years (or 5 years.)" It is however probable that for "years " we must read " days. 1 ' (>>) See p. 313, note " d." (°) He was the writer of "some ridiculous poetry." See Walpole's " Koyal ami Noble Authors." ( J ) Lord Hervey describes him as " wrong-headed, ill-tempered, obstinate, drunken, extravagant [and] brutal." He appears to have been iu constant pecuniary troubles, till Geo. IL, on his accession, settled on him an annuity of £1 ,200, and installed his wife, then formally separated from him, in St. James's palace. (°) As to this match George II. (openly avowing to his wife his former relations with this lady) writes to her [Hervey's "Memoirs"} "J'etoia extremement surpris de la disposition que ma vielle maitresse a fait de son corps en mariage il ce vieux goutteux, George Berkeley et je m'eu rejouis fort." ( r ) The Prince of Wales (afterwards Oeo. II.) gave, in 1724, no less then £12,000 towards the erection of this house, but, at her death, her property besides this well known mansion, is said to have been not more than £20,000. (e) H. Walpole (" Reminiscences ") says that " her mental qualifications were by no means shining ," and ("Memoir*") thattho' " sensible, artful and agreeable," she "had neither sense nor art enough" to make Geo. II. " think her eo agreeable as his wife." She is much praised by the writers of that period, whose society she greatly cultivated. She became, latterly, very deaf, to which Pope alludes iu his well