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I40 BERKELEY the House in 1673, and was still pending when, on 11 Sep. 1679, he was cr. VISCOUNT DURSLEY and EARL OF BERKELEY (») both co. Gloucester. Gov. of the Levant Co. 1673-96. P.C. 17 July 1678 to 21 Apr. 1679, and 31 July 1685 to Feb. 1688/9. Master of the Trin. House 1681-82. He was one of the Lords who subscribed at Guildhall, in Dec. 1688, the declaration to assist the Prince of Orange. C*) Custos Rot. of Surrey 1689-98. VLem., 11 Aug. 1646, at Morden, Surrey, Elizabeth, da. and coh.C^) of John Masingberd, of London, Merchant, Treasurer of the East India Company, by Cecilia, da. of Thomas Pettit,() of London, Merchant. He d. 14 Oct. 1698, aged 71, and was bu7: at Cranford. M.L Willdat. 21 Sep., pr. 19 Dec. 1698. Q His widow was i-wr. loDec. 1708, at Cranford. Will dat. 26 Aug. 1706, pr. 20 Dec. 1708. EARLDOM. 2 and 10. Charles (Berkeley), Earl of Berkeley, l» ^ „ ^c, s. and h., b. 8 Apr. 1649. K.B. at the coronation of ° ■ Charles II, 23 Apr. 1661; matric. at Oxford (Ch. Ch.) 3 BARONY ^^y 1662, cr. M.A. 28 Sep. 1663.0 F-R-S. 21 Nov. 1667. Gent, of the Bedchamber to Cosmo III, Grand X. 1689. Dukeof Tuscany, 3 Jan. 1675. Committeeof the Levant Co. 1678-79, and of the East India Co. 1 699-1 705. M.P. (Whig) for Gloucester, 1679-81. Envoy to Madrid, 1689. On 1 1 July 1689, he was sum. to the House of Lords v.p., in his father's Barony, as LORD BERKELEY.(8) Envoy to the States of Holland, 1689- 1695. Gustos Rot. 1689, and Lord Lieut, of co. Gloucester 1694, both till his death; P.C. 3 May 1694; High Steward of Gloucester 1695; Custos Rot. 1 699-1 7 10, and Lord Lieut, of Surrey 1702-10; Constable of St. Briavel's Castle and Warden of the Forest of Dean, 1697 till his death; one of the Lords Justices and Governors of Ireland, i6()<)-i'joo.(^) He m. (^) See note sub Charles, Earl Cadogan [1776]. C') His name however does not appear in the list of the Principal Persons in arms for the Prince of Orange (for a list of whom see Appendix H in this volume), nor was he re-appointed to the Privy Council on that Prince's accession. He was not a party politician, but his influence was used on the Whig side in his later years. V.G. (^) The other coh., Mary, m. Robert (Bertie), Earl of Lindsey. [^) Third s. of Cyriac Pettit, of Shalmesford, Kent. V.G. (') He "will say openly that he hath fought more set fields than any man in England hath done." (Pepyi,^Ye). 1664/5). V.G. He was "a man of strict virtue and piety, of considerable literature, and author of a religious tract" on which Waller wrote some verses. See Collins, vol. iii, p. 619, in a note by Sir E. Brydges. He gave to Sion College, London, the valuable library of Sir Robert Coke (s. and h. of the Lord Chief Justice), who m. Theophila Berkeley, sister of his father. (*) See note sub James, Earl of Suffolk [1640]. (*) For a list of eldest sons sum. v.p. to Pari, see vol. i, Appendix G. C") Dean Swift (who accompanied him to Ireland) got his first preferment through his means. The Dean's comments, in italics, on Bp. Burnet's character of him, "A gentleman of learning, parts, and a lover of the constitution of his country," are as follows, "A shorty fat man."