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DUNBAR 513 VISCOUNTCY [S.] I. Henry Constable, only s. and h. of Henry C, of Burton, in the West Riding, co. I. 1620. York (d. 15 Dec. 1607), by Margaret, da. of Sir William Dormer, of W^ing, Bucks, b. about June 1588; matric. at Oxford (Trin. Coll.) 9 Apr. 1597, apparently in his 9th year! He was knighted, 14 Mar. i6o3/4,() at the Tower of London. He was, by patent dat. at Newmarket, 14 Nov. 1620, cr. VIS- COUNT OF DUNBAR and LORD CONSTABLE [S.], with rem. to his heirs male, bearing the name and arms of Constable. He m., in or be- fore 1612, Mary, sister of Nicholas, ist Earl of Thanet, da. of Sir John TuFTON, 1st Bart., by his 2nd wife. Christian, da. and coh. of Sir Humphrey Browne, Justice of the Common Pleas. He d. 1645, aged about 57, of wounds received at the siege of Scarborough CastlcC") His widow d. between 8 Apr. and 24 June 1659, at which dates respectively her will was dat. and pr. In it she orders her burial at Halsham. II. 1645. 2. John (Constable), Viscount Dunbar, i^c. [S.], s. and h., aged 50 at the Heraldic Visit, of Yorkshire, 1665. He m., probably before Jan. 1636/7, and certainly before 1649, Mary, da. of Thomas (Brudenell), ist Earl of Cardigan, by Mary, da. of Sir Thomas Tresham. He d'. about 1668. Will dat. 15 Dec. 1667, ordering his burial at Halsham, pr. at York 23 May 1668. His widow m. John Dalton, of Swine, co. York. Her admon. 13 Nov. 1685. III. 1668 . 3. Robert (Constable), Viscount Dunbar, &c. [S.], 2nd,('^) but ist surv. s. and h., aged 14 in 1665. On 3 May 1 67 1 he pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey to an indictment charging him with the murder of one Peter Varnall, by wounding him in the head with a rapier. He had, however, previously obtained the King's pardon. He m., istly, in or before 1672, Maryj^) da. of John (Belasyse), ist Baron Belasyse of Worlaby, by his ist wife, Jane, da. and h. of Sir Robert of the Earl of Dunbar, but this service was reduced by the Court of Session at the instance of Sir George Home, Bart., of Blackader, descended from the next yst. br. of the said Alexander. There appears, however, to be issue male in existence from Patrick Home, of Killknow, son of the said Alexander and uncle of the 1st Earl, which would have a preferable claim. Such issue was (i) the Baronets of Renton [S.], cr. about 1675, extinct 1788; (2) the Baronets of Lumsden [S.], cr. iGgj, extinct 1784. (*) Not 1614, as in Diet. Nat. Biog. V.G. C*) See The Loyalists' Bloody Roll, vol. ii, Appendix A. Though said to have been "a man of parts and learning," he appears to have been a great gambler, losing (1635-36) ;r3,ooo at one sitting. V.G. (') His elder br., John, was aged 16 at the Her. Visit., 5 Sep. 1665, but d. v.p., after 15 Dec. 1667. V.G. (^) " The thing that makes most noise about town, is my Lady Dunbar being brought to bed, and owning the child to be got by Father Confessor . . . his Lord- ship being very certain 'twas none of his. This is a great mortification to my Lord Bellasis."" (Letter of Peregrine Bertie, 21 July 1687)^. V.G. 65