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144 BERKELEY (though illegit.) br. being (subsequently) so designated. He matric. at Oxford (Corpus) i6 June 1814. He d. unm., 27 Aug. 1882, in his 87th year,(*) at Cranford afsd., and was bur. there. At his death the Barony of Berkeley [1421] passed to the heir general of the body of the 1st Baron (as set out below), but the Earldom and Viscountcy devolved on the heir male of the body of the grantee thereof,C') w'z: — EARLDOM. VII. 7. George Lennox Fitzhardinge (Berkeley), 1882. Earl of Berkeley and Viscount Dursley, cousin and h. male, being 3rd and yst. but only surv. s. and h, of Gen. Sir George Henry Frederick Berkeley, K.C.B. {d. 2^ Sep. 1857, aged 72), by Lucy, da. and coh. of Sir Thomas Sutton, Bart., which Sir George was ist s. and h. of Admiral the Hon. Sir George Cranfield Berkeley, G.C.B. {d. 25 Feb. 1818, aged 64), next br. to the 5th Earl. He was i. 25 Feb. 1827; was sometime an officer in the army; sue. to the peerage 27 Aug. 1882, but, his right thereto not having been established, never took his seat. He w., 22 Feb. i860, Cecile, divorced wife of Admiral the Hon. Sir Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds Pellew, 2nd da. and coh. of Edward Drummond, (Count Drummond de Melfort, in France) by Maria NASMYTH,his wife. He d. in Dover Str., 27 Aug. 1888, aged 61, and was bur. in the family vault at Moseley, Surrey. His widow living 191 1. VIII. 1888. 8. Randal Mowbray Thomas (Berkeley), Earl OF Berkeley and Viscount Dursley [1679], only s. and h., b. 30 Jan. 1865; entered the Royal Navy 1881; Lieut. 1887; ityled Viscount Dursley, 1882-88. His right to the peerage was established 31 July 1891. F.R.S. 1908. He w., 9 Aug. 1887, Kate, widow of Arthur Jackson, yst. da. of William Brand. She d. s.p.^ 29 Mar. 1898, suddenly, at Foxcombe, near Abingdon, and was bur. at V^ootton, Berks. The right to the Barony of Berkeley (') devolved on the death (27 Aug. 1882) of the {de jure) 6th Earl of Berkeley, &c., (who was both heir general and heir male of the body of the Baron so sum.) as below. baptism there without the description of Lord Dursley, appears to be one of a series of fraudulent entries made therein by his father (together with his marriage entry of 30 Mar. 1785), when he (late in life) conceived the idea of legitimating the four bastard sons, who were born before 1796. (*) The Hon. George Charles Grantley FitzHardinge Berkeley, his next br. and h. presumptive (M.P. for West Gloucestershire 1832-52, and well known for his sport- ing, political and literary career), d. 20 Feb. 1 881, aged 81, s.p.s.^ having survived his two sons, of whom one had attained the age of 40 and the other that of 5 I . C") For instances of Earldoms held without Baronies, see vol. vii, Appendix G. (') For some remarks on this Barony, see vol. vii, Appendix C.