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BOLINGBROKE 209 IV. 1824. 4. Henry (St. John), Viscount Bolingbroke, i^c., 2nd but 1st surv.(^) s. and h. by ist wife, b. 6 Mar. 1786; matric. at Oxford (Ch. Ch.) 3 Feb. 1804. A Whig in politics. He m., 3 June 1 8 12, at St. Geo., Han Sq., Maria, 2nd da. of Sir Henry Paulet St. John-Mildmay (formerly St. John), Bart., by Jane, da. and coh. of Carew MiLDMAY, of Shawford House, Hants. She d. 21 Dec. 1836, at Aberyst- with. He d. at Elgin, i, and was bur. 7 Oct. 1851, at Lydiard Tregoze. Will pr. Nov. 1 85 1. V. 1851. 5. Henry (St. John), Viscount Bolingbroke, &c., s. and h., bap. 30 Mar. 1820, at Fyfield, Hants. A Con- servative in politics. He is alleged to have »/., In 1869, Ellen, da. of G. W. Medex, a schoolmaster at Brussels, by ( — ) Graham, of Netherby. She, who had been his mistress, d. s.p. legit., 7 May 1885, aged 46, in Oxford Terrace, they having been living there as " Mr. and Mrs. Walker," but her coffin plate is inscribed " Ellen, Viscountess Bolingbroke." He ;;;., as a widower, aged 72, 5 Jan. 1893, at a registry office in Bath, Mary Emily Elizabeth, who had been for many years his mistress, da. of Robert Howard, a blacksmith. (**) He d. 7 Nov. 1899, at Lydiard, and was bur. there. His widow is living (191 1) at Lydiard Park. VI. 1899. 6. Henry Vernon (St. John), Viscount B0LINGBR0K.E [17 1 2], Viscount St. John [17 16], Baron St. John of Lydiard Tregoze [17 12], and Baron St. John of Battersea [17 16], s. and h., b. 15 Mar. 1896, at 29 Gay Str., Bath (Lord Bolingbroke, who was then aged 76, registering him at Bath as his s. and h.). His existence was not generally known of till after his father's death, but his succession has not (191 i) been disputed. Family Estates. — These,in 1883, consisted of 3,382 acresin Wilts, worth

^5,536 a year. Principal Residence. — Lydiard Park, near Swindon, Wilts.

BOLSOVER BARONY. I. Augusta Mary Elizabeth Browne, 2nd and , „„ yst. da. of the Hon. Henry Montague Browne, Dean of Lismore (a yr. s. of James Caulfeild, 2nd Baron Kilmaine [L]), by Catherine Penelope, da. of Lodge Evans (Morres, after- wards DE Montmorency), ist Viscount Frankfort de Montmorency [L], was b. 8 Nov. 1834, in Dublin. She m., 10 June 1862 (as his 2nd wife), Lieut. Gen. Arthur Cavendish-Bentinck, who d. 1 1 Dec. 1877. On 23 Apr. 1880, she was fr. BARONESS BOLSOVER of Bolsover Castle, co. Derby, for life, with a spec. rem. of the dignity of (^) His elder br., George, d. 26 May 1803, at Lydiard Tregoze. C") By her he had 2 sons, Henry Mildmay, b. 1 880, and Charles Reginald, h. 1883 (both born in the lifetime of Ellen Medex afsd.),who at onetime figured in the peerages as if legitimate. V.G. 28