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470 COURTOWN He m., istly, 4 July 1822 (spec, lie), at Montagu House, Privy Gardens (St. Margaret's, Westm.), Charlotte Albinia, 2nd da. of his maternal uncle, Charles William Henry (Montagu-Scott), 4th Duke of Buccleuch [S.], by Harriet Catherine, da. of Thomas (Townshend), ist Viscount Sydney. She, who was b. 16 July 1799, ^^ Dalkeith House, d. 29 Feb. 1828, at Rome. He m., 2ndly, 29 Oct. 1850, at St. Peter's, Dublin, Dora, yst. da. of the Rt. Hon. Edward Pennefather, Ch. Justice of the Queen's Bench [I.], by Susan, ist da. of John Darby, of Leap Castle, King's Co. He d. 20 Nov. 1858, at Courtown House, co. Wexford, aged 64. His widow d. at Edinburgh, 10 Dec. 1859, aged 34. V. 1858. 5. James George Henry (Stopford), Earl OF Cour- town [1762], Viscount Stopford [1762], and Baron Courtown [1758], in the peerageof Ireland, also Baron Saltersford [1796 G.B.], 1st s. and h. by ist wife, b. 24 Apr. 1823, at Courtown House, co. Wexford; ed. at Eton; Capt. Gren. Guards, 1845-46; Sheriff of co. Wexford, 1848. A Conservative. He m., 3 Sep. 1846, at St. James's, Westm., Elizabeth Frances, 2nd da. of George John (Milles, formerly Watson), 4th Baron Sondes, by Eleanor, da. of Sir Edward Knatchbull, Bart. She, who was b. 26 Aug. 1827, d. 12 Mar. 1894, at Courtown House. [James Walter Milles Stopford, j/y/f^ Viscount Stopford, ist s. and h. ap., b. 3 Mar. 1853, at 34 Cavendish Sq., Marylebone; ed. at Eton, and at Trin. Coll. Cambridge; Sheriff of co. Wexford, 1877, and of co. Carlow 1878; Lord Lieut, and Custos Rot. of co. Wexford 27 July 1901; A.D.C. to the Earl of Carnarvon when Lord Lieut, of Ireland. He m., istly, 27 Apr. 1876, at St. Geo., Han. Sq., Catherine Elizabeth, ist da. and coh. of Richard Cornwallis (Neville), 4th Baron Braybrooke, by Charlotte Sarah, da. of Hector John (Toler), 2nd Earl of Norbury [I.]. She, who was b. 8 Aug. 1855, at 18 Hertford Str., Mayfair, d. aged 29, at 6 Queen's Gardens, Windsor, 1 2, and was bur. 1 5 Aug. 1 8 84, in the cemetery there. He m., 2ndly, 25 Apr. 1886, at St. Paul's, Knightsbridge, Gertrude, ist da. of Lieut. Gen. Charles James Conway Mills, of Cardington, Beds, by Gertrude, da. of Samuel Whitbread, of Southill Park, in that co.] Family Estates. — These, in 1883, consisted of 14,426 acres in co. Wexford, 7,395 in co. Carlow, besides 1,493 (worth only £,12,^ a year) in Cheshire. Total, 23,314 acres, worth £i2fi()i a year. Principal Resi- dence. — Courtown House, near Gorey, co. Wexford. COUSLAND i.e. " Oxenfoord of Cousland, co. Edinburgh," Barony {Dalrymple), cr. 1 841; see "Stair," Earldom [S.], cr. 1703, under the 8th Earl.