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2IO CHURSTON 2ndly, i6 Apr. 1861, at Mamhead, Devon, Caroline, 3rd da. of Sir Robert "William Newman, ist Bart., by Mary Jane, da. of Richard Denne, of Winchelsea, Sussex. She d. s.p., 27 Nov. 1866, at 2 Upper Portland Place, Midx. He d. 4 Sep. 1871, in his 73rd year, at Lupton House, South Devon. Will pr. under ;^ 18,000. II. 1871. 2. John (Yarde-Buller), Baron Churston of Churston Ferrers and Lupton, grandson and h., being 1st s. and h. of the Hon. John Yarde-Buller, by Charlotte, da. of Edward Sacheverell Chandos-Pole, of Radborne, co. Derby, which John was ist s. and h. ap. of the last Baron by his ist wife, but d. v.p., 6 May 1867, aged 43. He was b. 26 Oct. 1846; Capt. Scots Fusilier Guards, 1869-71. A Conservative. He m., 23 Sep. 1872, at the Episcopal Church, Kilmar- nock, Barbara, only child of Admiral Sir Hastings Reginald Yelverton (formerly Henry), G.C.B., by Barbara, Dowager Marchioness of Hast- ings, suo jure Baroness Grey (of Ruthin). He d. of paralysis, at Lupton House, 30 Nov., and was bur. 3 Dec. 1910, at Churston, aged 64. "Will pr. Jan. 191 1, gross ;^i, 634, net ;^667, exclusive of settled landed estate in Cornwall and Devon, valued gross under ;(^ 180,000, net under ;/^ioo,ooo. His widow, who was b. ii Jan. 1849, at Efford House, Hants, was living 1912. [John Reginald Lopes Yarde-Buller, ist s. and h. a.p., b. 9 Nov. 1873, sometime Capt. Scots Guards; served in the S. African "War(*) 1900-01 (medal with 4 clasps); A.D.C. to the "Viceroy of India 1902-03, and to H.R.H. the Duke of Connaught 1904-06. He m., 24 Apr. 1907, at the Registry, Kensington (the marriage being announced in the news- papers in Aug. following), Jessie, only da. of Alfred Smither, a servant at the Temple, by Jessie, da. of ( — ) Morison. She was an actress. C') Having sue. to the Peerage after 22 Jan. 1901, he is, as such, outside the scope of this work.] Family Estates. — These, in 1883, consisted of 5,326 acres in Devon, valued at £6,2yj a year; 4,786 in Cornwall, at ;^4,225, and 791 in co. Stafford, at £,<)6l. Total 10,903 acres, valued at ;^i 1,464 a year. Principal Residences. — Lupton House (near Brixham) and Churston Fer- rers,('=) South Devon. (*) For a list of peers and h. ap. of peers serving in this war, see Appendix B to this volume. () Her stage name was Denise Orme. She sang and played the violin at the Alhambra; she also played in "The Little Michus " at Daly's, and appeared at the Gaiety. For a list of peers who have m. actresses, singers, or dancers, see Appendix C in the last volume. V.G. ("=) This estate came into the Buller family by the marriage (5 Dec. 1763) of Susanna, da. and h. of Francis Yarde, of Churston Ferrers, with Sir Francis Buller, the 1st Bart., grandfather of the 1st Peer.