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BURLINGTON 433 of William (Savile) Marquess of Halifax, by Mary, da. of Daniel (Finch), Earl of Winchilsea. He d. s.p.m., at his house at Chiswick, 3, and was bur. 15 Dec. 1753, at Londesborough,(^) aged 59, when his Irish Peerages devolved on his cousin and h. male,() John (Boyle), Earl of Orrery [I.]. See "Cork," Earldom of [I.], cr. 1620. As to the English Peerages, the Earldom of Burlington and the Barony of Clifford of Lanesborough became extinct, while the Barony of Clifford {cr. by the writ of 1628) devolved on his da. and sole h. (See under that title). Will pr. 1753. His widow, who was b. 13, and bap. 24 Sep. 1699, at St. James's, Westm., and who was Lady of the Bedchamber to Caroline, the Queen Consort, d. 21 Sep., and was bur. 12 Oct. 1758, at Londesborough. Will pr. 1758- IV. 1831. I. George Augustus Henry Cavendish, j/y/if^ Lord George Cavendish, 3rdandyst. s. of William (Cavendish), 4th Duke of Devonshire, by Charlotte, jwoywr^ Baroness Clifford [1628], da. and h. of Richard (Boyle), Earl of Burlington abovenamed, was b. 21 Mar. 1754; M.P. (Whig) for Knaresborough 1775-80; for Derby 1780-96, and for Derbyshire (in 10 Paris.) 1 797-1 831; LL.D. Cambridge, 2 July 1 8 II. He was, on 10 Sep. 1831, cr. BARON CAVENDISH OF KEIGHLEY, co. York and EARL OF BURLINGTON.C^) He m., (*) He was well known as an amateur architect, a great collector of pictures, and as the patron of Gay and Pope, of Kent, the architect, ^c. The well-known portico at Burlington House, Piccadilly, is not supposed to have been his design, he being but 23 in 1718, when it was erected. The villa he erected at Chiswick, Midx., was a specimen of his work as an architect. It was said of it that it was " too small to live in and too large to hang to a watch." He is represented as a mason going up a ladder in Hogarth's "Man of Taste" (where Pope is whitewashing Burlington House and bespattering the Duke of Chandos), and is again satirised, with his friends, in Hogarth's "Taste of the Town." So extravagant were his expenses in buildings and on the fine arts, that it is said they amounted to above ;^200,000, to raise which he had to sell land in Ireland, worth ^^9,000 a year. G.E.C. The beautiful wrought iron gates were remoed from the Chiswick Villa towards the end of the 19th century, and now (19 12) adorn the front of Devonshire House, Piccadilly. The Earl of Winchilsea writes of him, 12 Apr. 1736, that "besides his own debts and difficulties, he has the incumbrance of a wife, my niece, the wickedest mischievous jade upon earth. I can easily pardon the lady her coqueting and her intriguing, . . . but lying and making mischief, abusing everybody, imposing upon her husband and exposing him only to show her own power does deserve some correction and some wholesale severity such as sending a lady down into the country." V.G. (*>) He inherited therewith only the creation fee of the Earldom of Cork; the estates of the Boyle family co. Waterford, comprising Lismore Castle, ^c. (which belonged to the 1st Earl) going with the vast estates inherited from the Clifford family (Bolton Abbey and Londesborough, co. York, iffc.) and the acquired property at Chiswick, Midx.; Burlington House, Piccadilly, is'c., to Charlotte, iuo jure Baroness Clifford, (the da. and h. of the last Earl), who brought them to the family of Cavendish. ("=) He was one of the 22 Peers [U.K.] cr. at the coronation of William IV. For a list of these see Appendix F in this vol. s(>