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44 CARMICHAEL II. 1672. 2. John (Carmichael), Lord Carmichael [S.], grand- son and h., being only s. and h. of William Carmichael, Master of Carmichael, by Grizel, his wife. He was b. 28 Feb. 1638. On 25 June 1701, he was cr. EARL OF HYNDFORD, VISCOUNT OF INGLISBERRY AND NEMPHLAR and LORD CARMICHAEL OF CARMICHAEL [S.], "to him and his heirs male and of tailzee, tfc." See "Hyndford," Earldom of [S.], cr. 1701, dormant i8i7.(^) CARNARVON (county of ) EARLDOM. I. Robert Dormer, only s. and h. of Sir William D., byAlice(w. 21 Feb. i6o9/io),da. of Sir Richard Molyneux, I. 1628. 1st Bart., of Sefton, co. Lancaster, which Sir William was 1st s. and h. ap. of Robert, ist Baron Dormer of Wyng, but d. v.p., being bur. 22 Oct. 161 6, at Wing. On 8 Nov. 1616, he sue. his grandfather abovenamed as Baron Dormer of Wyng, as also in his hereditary office of Chief Avenor and Keeper of the King's Hawks and Falcons, i^c, being then aged about 6 years. Ed. at Eton 1621-24; metric, at Oxford (Exeter College) 30 Apr. 1624, M.A. 25 May 1627. On 2 Aug. 1628, being still under age, he was cr. VISCOUNT ASCOTT, co. Bucks, and EARL OF CARNARVON. Lord Lieut, of Bucks 1641. Knighted by the King, at York, 18 Apr. 1642; D.C.L. Oxford, i Nov. 1642. He was a zealous Loyalist, being one of those who subscribed the King's declaration in 1642, in which year also he commanded a regt. of Horse. He fought at the battle of Roundwaydown, 13 July 1643, but was slain a few months afterwards at the first battle of Newbury, after having routed the enemy.() He m., 27 Feb. 1625, Anna Sophia, ist da. of Philip (Herbert), 4th Earl of Pembroke, by his ist wife, Susan, da. of Edward (Verb), Earl of Oxford. He d., as above mentioned, 20 Sep. 1643, aged about T,T„ and was bur. at Jesus Coll. Oxford, but removed 3 Aug. 1650 to Wing. Will pr. 1643. His widow d. shortly before 7 Feb. 1694/5, at a great age. (') The Barony of Carmichael, cr. 1647 ^n*! ratified 1651, "was not at any time resigned. Whatever construction be put upon the grant of the Earldom, the heir male is certainly entitled to the dignity of Lord Carmichael under the letters patent of 1 65 1." See Hewlett, p. 48. () The arms of Dormer are azure, ten golden billets, on a chief or a lion rampant sable. V.G. {^) Lord Clarendon says of him that though "before the war he seemed to be wholly delighted with hunting, hawking, and the like, after the troubles began he wholly gave himself up to the office and duty of a soldier, no man more diligently obliging or more dextrously commanding, for he was not only of a very keen courage, but an excellent discerner and pursuer of advantage upon his enemy. He had a mind and understanding very present in the article of danger; was a great lover of justice and practised it then most deliberately when he had power to do wrong. By his death the King found a sensible weakness in his army." See vol. ii. Appendix A, for the Loyalists' Bloody Roll, in which he is included.