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AUDLEY COMPLETE PEERAGE 345 Gov. of Languard Fort, Suffolk, (") by the 2nd of his 3 wives, Elizabeth, (") only sister of the last two Barons abovenamed, and da. of James (Tuchet), 5th Earl of Castlehaven, fsPc. [I.], Lord Audley. He was b. 4 Feb. 1758. Ensign 2nd Reg. of Foot. By Royal lie, 3 Apr. 1784, he took the name of Touchet after that of Thicknesse. In politics he was a Whig. He m., istly, 21 May 178 i, at her father's house in Hanover Sq., Eliza- beth, 2nd da. and coh. of Sir John Hussey Delaval, Bart., afterwards Lord Delaval [L and G.B.], by his ist wife, Susannah, da of R. Robinson. She d. II July 1785, at Sandridge Lodge, near Melksham, and was bur. there. He m., 2ndly, 2 May 1792, Augusta Henrietta Catherina, widow of Col. MooRHOusE, C) 2nd and yst. da. and coh. of the Rev. Andr6 BoisDAUNE, by Elizabeth, 2nd da. of Edward Strode, oi Southhill, Somerset. He d. 24 Aug. 18 18, at Sandridge Lodge afsd., and was bur. at Melksham, aged 60. Admon. Apr. 18 19. His widow ^. Apr. 1844, aged 82, at Sidmouth. Will pr. May 1844. XX. 1818. 20. George John (Thicknesse-Touchet), Lord Aud- ley, s. and h. by ist wife, b. 23 Jan. 1783. Ed. at Eton. In politics he was a Whig. He w., 18 Apr. 1816, at Brussels, Anne Jane, 1st da. of Vice Admiral Sir Ross Donelly, K.C.B. He d. 14, and was bur. 23 Jan. 1837, at Melksham, aged nearly 54. His widow d. 18 Aug. 1855, at Dover. XXI. 1837 21. George Edward (Thicknesse-Touchet), Lord to Audley, s. and h., (^) b. 26 Jan. 18 17. In politics he 1872. was a Liberal. Hew., istly, 16 Apr. 1857, at St Mark's, C) This eccentric character m., 3rdly, 27 Sep. 1762, Anne, da. of Thomas Ford, Clerk of the Arraigns, by whom also he had issue, and d. 23 Nov. 1792, and was bur. at Boulogne. See his M.I. in l<! . & Q., 9th Ser., vol. ii, p. 341. In his will, pr. 24 Jan. 1793, he desires his right hand to be cut off and sent to his s., Lord Audley, to " remind him of his duty to God, after having so long abandoned the duty he owed to a father, who once affectionately loved him." He appears, however, to have been a vile rascal, and to have swindled his s., to annoy whom he put up this notice on a board at Bath : — " Boots and shoes mended, carpets beat iffc, by P. Thicknesse, father of Lord Audley. " See Historic Houses in Bath. V.G. (') She m. 10 May 1749, and d. (30 years before her husband) 28 Mar. 1762. f ) " Have you heard Lady Audley 's first husband Mr. Moorhouse is risen from the dead, and returned to claim his wife, or at least his money ? and as Lord A. married her for that, probably he will beg leave to part with both at once. Instead of being killed in the E. Indies he was taken prisoner, and has been exchanged, or made his escape lately. At least this is the story. I do not vouch for the truth of a single syllable of it. (M.J.Holroyd, letter of 11 Dec. 1795.) No confirmation of this " Enoch Arden " tale has been discovered. V.G. (*) Of his 3 brothers, (i) John, b. 8 Nov. 1819, sometime an officer in the army, m., 6 Sep. 1842, Elizabeth, 3rd da. of John Henry Blennerhasset, of co. Kerry, and d. 21 July 1861, of delirium tremens, in the Infirmary, Cork, leaving a s. and h., George John, b. 27 Apr. 1847, who d., under age and unm., 11 Nov. 1866. (2) William Ross, b. 23 Nov. 1821, d. presumably unm., and long before 1900. (3) James, b. 1825, d. an infant. V.G. 45