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BERWICK 163 from the Turks. On 19 Mar. 1686/7, he was cr. (by his father) BARON OF BOSWORTH, CO. Leicester, EARL OF TINMOUTH, Northumber- land, and DUKE OF BERWICK-UPON-TWEED.^) Shortly after- wards he joined the Imperial Army in Hungary, becoming a Major Gen. thereini687. Col. 8th Foot 1687-88. Lord Lieut, of Hants 1687-88; Gov. of Portsmouth 1687-89. Col. of the Royal Horse Guards Feb. to Nov. 1688; Col. 3rd Troop Horse Guards 1688-89. On 28 Sep. 1688 he was nominated K.G., but, not presenting himself for installation, his nomination was declared void i Jan. following. He served for his father's cause in Ireland at the siege of Londonderry, the battle of the Boyne,iyc., and was attainted in 1695, whereby his honours hcz:).vae. forfeited. He was naturalised in France 17 Dec. 1703, serving with great distinction in the French army. Capt. Gen. and Grandee of Spain Feb. 1704. Marshal of France 1706. In reward for the victory of Almanza over the English and Portuguese, 25 Apr. 1 707, he was, in that year, cr. (by Philip V) Duke of Liria and Xerica in Spain; Knight of the Golden Fleece, 1707; cr. Duke of Fitz James in France,() May 1 7 10, with a spec. rem. to his issue by his 2nd wife. Was Councillor of Regency of France 1719. Installed a Knight of the St. Esprit, () at Versailles, 3 June 1724. Gov. of Strasburg 1730. He w., istly, 26 Mar. 1695, at St. Germain, Honora, widow of Patrick Sarsfield, generally known as Earl of Lucan [I.], da. of William (de Burgh), Earl OF Clanricarde [I.], by his 2nd wife, Helen, da. of Donough (McCarty), Earl of Clancarty [I.]. She d. of consumption, at Pezenas,() in Langue- teer; St. George, volunteer ; Howard, volunteer ; Moore, volunteer ; Captain Talbot, volunteer; Captain Bellairs [Bellasis ?] ; James Richard, engineer; Wiseman, volunte( r; Carre, Highlander." See a letter signed "Hengelmuller, Austro-Hungarian Charge d'Affaires, 18, Belgrave-square," published in the Morning Post, relating to the bi-centenary anniversary of the recapture of the fortress of Buda (from the Turks) about to be celebrated at Buda-Pesth from the 1st to the 8th of September following. Of these officers, Dudley Bard was slain in this siege ; The Earl of Granard [I.] d. 1734; Viscount Mountjoy [I.] was slain 1692; "Lord Halifax" seems to mean Lord George Savile (3rd s. of George, ist Marquess of Halifax), slain at this siege; "George Hay" was possibly the 4th Earl of Kinnoull, who had sue. as such, as early as i677> and who d. unm., in Hungary in 1687; the "brother to Lord Quberry" is possibly the Hon. James Douglas, Col. of the Guards [S.] 1684, who d. as Lieut. Gen. at Namurin 1 691. He was in 1686 the only surv. br. of William, 3rd Earl, ist Marquess and 1st Duke of Queensberry [S.], and may possibly have been called "Kerry" from the name of his estate ; Cutts, volunteer, was in 1 690 cr. Baron Cutts of Gowran [I.]. {'■) This was one of the 10 English peerages cr. by James II, for a list of which see sub Francis, Earl of Derwentwater [1688]. C^) By this patent of May 1 7 10, registered 23 May, the territory of Warty, near Clermont en Beauvaisis, was erected en duche Pairie in his favour under the name of Fitz James. {Jnse/me, vol. v, pp. 162-5). V.G. (■=) See note sub Charles, titular Viscount Clare [1706]. {^) Saint-Simon writes in his Memoirs, "qu'il avait epousee par amour et qui avait tres bien reussi a la cour et a St. Germain . . . Elle etait a la premiere fleur de son age, belle, touchante, faite a peindre, une nymphe." {ex inform. David C. Herries). V.G.