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658 APPENDIX H PRINCIPAL PERSONS WHO JOINED THE PRINCE OF ORANGE In Dugdale's Ancient Usage of Arms (edit. 1812, p. 439) there is a list of the "Nobility and Principal Gentry stated to be in arms with the Prince OF Orange and in several parts of the Kingdom, 1688." See also Memoirs of Philip, Earl of Chesterfield, &'c. Dugdale's list, alphabetically arranged, with some additions from the Memoirs, is as under. Prince George of Denmark. He deserted his Father-in-law at Andover, the 26 Nov., the day after his wife had departed clandestinely (with Sarah, Lady Churchill) from Whitehall to Nottingham, under the escort of Bishop Compton, who rode by the Princess' carriage " in a buif coat and jack boots, with a sword at his side and pistols in his holsters." (*) Abingdon, James (Bertie), ist Earl of Bath, John (Granville), ist Earl of He was in command at Plymouth, which fortress he, on 18 Nov. 1688, placed at the disposal of the Prince of Orange (then at Exeter), whereby " the invaders had not a single enemy in their rear." ("") " Berkeley, Colonel." Query if the following paragraph applies to him . " The Lord Fitzharding d. lately ^ is sue. in his title and honour by Col. Berkley." See N. Luttrell's diary, under 13 June 1690. " Bertie, Captain " Hon. Henry Bertie, yr. br. of Lord Abingdon abovenamed, M.P. for Oxford. He d. Dec. 1734. " Bray, Squire." Chesterfield, Philip (Stanhope), 2nd Earl of. Author of the Memoirs above referred to. See also below under " iVIanchester."() Cholmondeley, Hugh (Cholmondeley), 2nd Viscount [I.]. He joined the Northern rising in 1688, and was cr. Earl of Cholmondeley in 1706. Churchill, John {Churchill), Lord. Cr. Immediately afterwards Earl, and finally (1702) Duke, of Marlborough. His desertion of the King (*) Macaulay's History of England. C") See note mb II Earl of Chesterfield.