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72 DARCY X. 1778. 12. Amelia, j«o_;«r^ Baroness Darcy [1344] (*) and suo jure Baroness Conyers [1509], also de jure Countess of Mertola [Portugal 1668], only surv. child and h. of Robert (Darcy), Earl of Holderness, Lord Darcy and Lord Conyers, ^c, abovenamed, by Mary, da. of Francis Doublet, Member of the States of Holland, b. 12 Oct. 1754. She m. Francis Godolphin-Osborne, styled Marquess of Carmarthen, who in 1789 became Duke of Leeds. She d. 27 Jan. 1784. See fuller account sub Conyers. XI. 1784. 13. George William Frederick. (Osborne), Lord Darcy (^) and Lord Conyers, s. and h., who on the death of his father became Duke of Leeds. By the judgment of the House of Lords, 27 Apr. 1798, he was pro- nounced to have made out his claim to the Barony of Conyers. H&d. 10 July 1838. Xn. 1838. 14. Francis GoDOLPHiN D'Arcy (Osborne, afterwards, 1849, D'Arcy-Osborne), Duke of Leeds, Marquess of Carmarthen, Earl of Danby, Viscount Latimer, Lord Darcy (^) and Lord Conyers, i^c., s. and h. On his death s.p., 4 May 1859, the Dukedom of Leeds, fife., devolved on his cousin and h. male^ but the Baronies of Darcy and of Con- yers devolved on the h. general as under. « 3 £| OcJsg c ^ a- XIII. 1859 15. Sackville George (Lane-Fox), Lord Darcy to [1344] (°) and Lord Conyers [1509], nephew and h., 1888. being s. and h. of Sackville Walter Lane-Fox, by his ist wife, Charlotte Mary Anne Georgiana, only sister of the last-named Peer. See fuller account sub Conyers. On his death, s.p.m.s., 24 Aug. 1888, theBaronyofDarcy [1344] and the Barony of Conyers [1509] fell into abeyance between his two daughters and coheirs, and so continued until the abeyance of the latter was terminated in favour of the elder coh., Marcia Amelia Mary, 8 June 1892 (see Conyers), and the abeyance of the former was terminated in favour of the yr. coh. eleven years later, as below. XIV. 1903. 16. Violet Ida Evelyn (Lane- Fox), Baroness Darcy [1344], 2nd da. and coh. of Sackville George (Lane-Fox), Lord Darcy and Lord Conyers abovenamed, was b. i June 1865. On 29 Sep. 1903, the abeyance of the Barony of Darcy was determined in her favour, and she became, accordingly, BARONESS DARCY [i 344].() She if) According to the decision, 29 Sep. 1903, as to that Barony. The title was not used, however, the owner being unaware of any right thereto. V.G. C") The precedence of 1344 in the case of this Barony was based upon what was held to be the first sitting in Pari, of John Darcy, who was sum. to Pari. 27 Jan.