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494 CRANBROOK [John Stewart Gathorne-Hardy,/^;';;/^^/)' (1839-78) Hakdy, sty/ed (1892-1906) Lord Medway, ist s. and h. ap., />. 22 Mar. 1839; ed. at Eton, and at Ch. Ch. Oxford. Sometime Lieut, in Rifle brigade. He m., 12 June 1867, at Plaxtol, Cecily Marguerite Wilhelmina, da. of Joseph RiDGWAY, of Brandford, late of Fairlawn, Kent, and of Wallsoches, co. Lancaster. He d. 13 July 191 1. His widow was living 1913. Having sue. to the peei-age after 22 Jan. 1901, he is, as such, outside the scope of this work.] Fami/y Estates. — These, in 1883, consisted of 5,177 acres in Kent, and II in Sussex. Total, 5,188 acres, worth ^6,426 a year. Principal Resi- dence. — Hemsted Park, near Staplehurst, Kent. Note. — The Hemsted es- tate was bought in 1857 by the ist Lord, who built the present mansion in the Elizabethan style; it was sold to Sir Harold Harmsworth, the newspaper proprietor, in June 19 12. CRANFIELD BARONY. I. "Lionel Cranfield, Knt., Master of the Court of Wards and Liveries, Keeper of the Great Wardrobe, Com- I. 1 62 1. missioner of the Treasury, &'c.," was, on 9 July 1621, cr. " BARON CRANFIELD of Cranfield, co. Bedford.^) On 16 Sep. 1622 he was cr. EARL OF MIDDLESEX, both which titles, on the death of his yr. s., the 3rd holder of them, 26 Oct. 1674, became extinct. See "Middlesex," Earldom of, cr. 1622; extinct 1674. i.e. " Cranfield of Cranfield, co. Bedford," Barony (Sackvi/k), cr. 4 Apr. 1675, with the Earldom of Middlesex, which see; extinct (with the Dukedom and Earldom of Dorset), 1843. CRANLEY AND CRANLEY OF IMBERCOURT BARONY. I. George Onslow, only s. and h. of the Rt. Hon. , , Arthur O., Speaker to the House of Commons, 1727-61, ^- '77t'- ^as^ on 20 May 1776, cr. BARON CRANLEY OF VT<;rnTTxrTrv IMBERCOURT, Surrey. On 9 Oct. following he sue. V I5<^u u IN 1 u r . j^jg ^^^^jj^ ^^ BARON ONSLOW, a Peerage cr. 171 6. I. 1 801. On 19 June 1801 he was rn VISCOUNT CRANLEY, of Cranley, Surrey, and EARL OF ONSLOW, co. Salop. See " Onslow," Earldom, cr. 1801. (*) Sec Creations, 1483-1646, in App., 47th Rep., D.K. Pub. Records.