Historical and genealogical memoirs of the House of Hamilton

OF THE BRANCHES OF THE HOUSE OF HAMILTON. 263
ed him, by patent, dated 13th May 1719,
Baron of Claneboye, and Viscount of
Limerick, and he accordingly took his
seat in the House of Peers on the 1st
July of the same year.
His Lordship sat for several years in
the British House of Commons, as
Member for the different boroughs of
Wendover, Tavistock, and Morpeth, and,
in 1743, was chairman of the committee
of secrecy to inquire into the conduct of
Sir Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford.
He exerted himself strenuously to esta-
blish a cambric manufacture in Ireland.
In April 1746 he was appointed one
of the privy council, aud made governor
of the co. of Louth ; and by privy seal,
3d November 1756, and patent 24th of
the same month, he was created Earl of
Clanbrassil, in the co. of Armagh, by
which title he took his seat in the House
of Peers 11th October 1757. His Lord-
ship married at the Hague, on 15th
October 1728, Lady Henrietta Ben tin ck,
third daughter of William, first Earl of
Portland, by whom he had issue, four
sons and three daughters, of whom only
one son and two daughters survived,
viz.
1. James, Viscount Limerick.
1. Lady Anne, born in May 1730, (to
whom the Princess of Orange stood
godmother), married, 11th December
1752, to Robert, first Earl of Roden,
and had a numerous issue.
2. Lady Caroline, who died unmarried
13th October 1762.
His Lordship died in 1758, and was
succeeded by,
V. James, second Earl of Clanbrassil; earl
CLANBRASSIL.
ArchdoH.
was born 13th August 1729.
He took his seat in the Irish House
of Peers, on succeeding to the honours,
10th April 1758 ; and, 14th December
1768, was elected to the British Parlia-
ment, member for Helston in Cornwall.
His Lordship was governor of the co.
of Louth, a member of the privy council ;
and, at the institution of the illustrious
order of St Patrick, his Majesty George
the Third was pleased to nominate him
to be an original Knight thereof, 21st
May 1774.
His Lordship married Grace, daugh-
ter of Thomas Foley of Stoke-Edith in
Hertfordshire, afterwards Baron Foley
of Kidderminster, by whom he had no
issue ; and, dying in 1799, the titles
became extinct ; but he was succeeded
in his estates by his only surviving sister,
Anne, Countess of Roden, whose grand-
son, Robert, the present Earl of Roden, Debreu's Peer-
was created Baron Clanbrassil of Hyde- ^' Ro[ | en
Hall, co. of Herts, in the Peerage of
Great Britain 14th July 1821.
Titles. — Earl of Clanbrassil, Vis-
count Claneboye, and Lord Hamilton in
co.Downe. Earl of Clanbrassil, Viscount
of Limerick, and Baron Claneboye.
Creations. — Viscount of Claneboye
and Lord Hamilton, 4th May 1622;
Earl of Clanbrassil, 4th March 1644;
Baron of Claneboye and Viscount
Limerick, 13 th May 1719; Earl of
Clanbrassil, 24th November 1756.
The Arms were ruby, three cinque-
foils, pearl, on a chief, topaz ; a lion
passant-guardant of the first, holding in
his dexter paw a cheval-trap, sapphire.