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84 DARNLEY MORE, CO. Meath [I.]; on 7 Mar. 1722/3, cr. VISCOUNT DARNLEY OF ATHBOY, co. Meath [I.], and on 29 June 1725, EARL OF DARNLEY, co. Meath [L]. He m., 24 Aug. 17 13, at Westm. Abbey, Theodosia, suo jure. Baroness Clifton (of Leighton Bromswold; see that title, cr. by writ 1608), which lady was the descendant and h. gen. of Esme (Stuart), Duke and Earl of Lennox, Earl of Darnley, Lord Darnley, fePc. [S.], she being also, after the Royal line (descendants of King James VI), the next representative of the Earls of Lennox and Lords Darnley [S.], of the Stuart family. She, who was b. 9 Nov., and bap. 6 Dec. 1695, in St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, ^. 30 July, and was bur. 15 Aug. 1722, in Westm. Abbey, aged 26. He ^. at Epsom, Surrey, 12, and was bur. 25 Sep. 1728, in Westm. Abbey, in his 41st year. Will, dat. I Jan. 1724/5, giving ;{^ 1,500 to endow a poor house at Athboy, pr. 19 Sep. 1728, in England. IL 1728. 2. Edward (Bligh), Earl of Darnley, ^c. [I.], also Lord Clifton (of Leighton Bromswold), s. and h., b. 9 Nov. 171 5; ed. at Westm., and at Geneva; sue. his mother in the English Barony in 1722, and his father in the Irish Earldom, &€., in 1728; taking his seat [E.] i Feb. 1736 and [I.] 4 Oct. 1737; F.R.S. 9 Feb. 1737/8; Grand Master of Freemasons 1737-38; a Lord of the Bedchamber to the Prince of Wales, Oct. 1 742-47. (') He d. unm., at Cobham Hall, Kent, 22 July, and was bur. i Aug. 1 747, in Westm. Abbey, aged 31. Will pr. 1 747. III. 1747. 3. John (Bligh), Earl of Darnley, ^c. [I.], also Lord Clifton (of Leighton Bromswold), br. and h., b. I Oct. 1 719, in Arlington Str., Midx.; ed. at Westm., and at Merton Coll. Oxford, M.A. 13 July 1738; M.P. for Athboy [I.] 1739-47, for Maid- stone (Anti-Walpole Whig) 1741-47. He took his seat in the House of Lords [I.] 20 Dec. 1760. He m., 11 Sep. 1766, in Dublin, Mary, da. and h. of John Stoyte, of Street, co. Westmeath, Barrister-at-Law, by Mary, sister of Ralph, Viscount Wicklow [I.], ist da. of Robert Howard, Bishop of Elphin. He d. 31 July 1 781, at Cobham Hall, aged 61, and was bur. at Cobham. His widow, who was b. 18 Oct. 1747, .a'. 27 Mar. 1803, in her 56th year, at her seat, called Bounds, and was bur. in Southborough Chapel, near Tunbridge Wells. M.I. at Bidborough. IV. 1 78 1. 4. John (Bligh), Earl of Darnley, i^c. [I.], also Lord Clifton (of Leighton Bromswold), s. and h., b. 30 June 1767, in Ireland; ed. at Eton, and at Ch. Ch. Oxford; took his seat in the House of Lords [I.] 30 Mar. 1789; er. D.C.L. 3 July 1793. F.S.A. 15 Dec. i8o3;() F.R.S. 22 Mar. 18 10. In 1829, he unsuccessfully (^) He was one of the Whigs, who, under the leadership of Pulteney, opposed Walpole. V.G. (•>) "Declines paying the fees." Note in the official list. V.G.