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THE ROYAL FAMILY. CnAxs.xs STUAKY, Olh Earl of Lennox, who as. in 1574, Elisabelh, dan. of Sir William Cavendish, and si. in 1576, leaving an only child, A5IARELLA STUART, who having farnsed a matrimonial alliance with William Seymour, lharqness of Hertferd, without the king’s consent, scm committed prisaner to the Tower, where else closed Iser nnlsappy life, 27 Sept. 1615. The Queen-Dowager sss. 3rdly, henry Stuart, Lord Stethven, bnt Isad no ether issue: she sl. 1539. Mary, 5.1498; as. isI, 9 Oct. 1511, to Louis XII. of France, by sehoun she Isad no issue and Sadly, 13 Slay, 1515, to Sir Charles Branden, fluke of Suffolk, E.G., by whesn (wised. 1546) she had (else ,l. 25 June, 533), Henry, Earl of Lincoln, who sl. sussss. Frances, who sss. henry Grey, Marqaess of Dorset (aflerwards Duke of Sssffotk, beheaded 1354), and had three daus., JANE, is. 1537, the amiable and nnfortnnate J.ADT JANE GREY; es. Lord Ossildford Dudley; was proclaimed Queess 10 July, 1553; and was beheaclesl 12 Feb. 1354, leaving no issae. EATBER5NE, s,s. 1st, 5 henry, Lord Herbert, and Sadly, to Edward Seysuaus; Earl of llertferd, by the latter of whsem she had a son, EowAau, Lard Beanehamp, who as. hionara, dass. of Sir Rirhassi Rogers, Rnt., assd left two sans, WIL5.sns, Marquess of Stertfanl and Duke ef Seascrset, who sss. 1st, Lady Ansbella Stuart, wise sI 5. p., and Sndty, Lady Frances Devereox, by whesss else had, HEaRT, Lord lleauehasup, wisose dass. and erentual heiress, Elizabeth, a. Ylsontas Bruce, Earl of Elgin and Ailesbury, assd was mouser of CssAsscss, 4tls Earl of Elgin and 3rd Earl of Asesbury, whose dan. and eventually sole Iseiress, StART, as. HENRY Rasness, DaRE or CoAn005, and her grauddan., Anne-Elizabeth, dan. and cole Iseir of Janaea Brydges, 3rd Duke of Clsandes, sss. in 1796, ttiehard, Starquess (ssnd afterwards DaRe) of Boekinghans, and hasi a sen and Iseir, ItseI5AaD-PLANTAuENET, late DUKE cc BcrEsannAts, father of she present Duke. FaAaess, Lard Seynsour of Yrewbridge, great grandfatlser of As.eEaaoa, 7th Duke of Somerset, wlsese sIan. ansi heiress, Elizalseths, a. Sir hugh Smithson, of Stasswiek, and was anceslress of the Isresent Drssea or Avsies.s and or NoaTnusisEanarsn. htenera, sss. to Sir Perdinando Sutton, KIt. Sfaav, sss. 1553 to Startin Keys, greens-porter to Queen RL5zAEET,s, and sl. a. p. 1570. Eleanar, who sss. llenry Clifford, Part of Cumbertand, assd left an only dau. and heiress, Olargaret, v’ho sss. hlens7 Stassley, Earl of Derby, and had isssse, 5. Fssnsaaano, 5th Earl of Derby, who sss. Alice, dau. of Sir Jolsn Siseneer, of Allhorp. and ,l. in 1394, leaving three dasss., Isis co-heirs, viz., - I ANNE, as. 1st, to Grey Orydgos, Stls Lord Cisandos, and Sndly, to Stsrvyn, Earl of Castlehaven. 2 FsAaaEa, who sss. John Egerton, Earl ef llristgewater; and from this snarriage descend (all quartering the royal arsus) Victor-Albert, Earl of Jersey; Goorgo, rsuke of Sutherland. E.G.; Frauria-Charles-Granville, Earl of Ettesmere; John-Without, Earl Browsslew St. Williasn Saladan, of Crusts, near Jeneva; William-Charles Master, Esq. of Knote Park, cc. Otoueesser; Pranris Hayter, Esq. of Roche Court, Wilts; Lord Egerton, of Tatlon. ro. Clsester Tlsomas-William Tsstton, Esq. of Wythenshaw, eo. Cisester; Wihliasn Oansond hlanausosad, Esq. of 55. Albmss Court, Keqt; Maximilian Dudley Digges Dahisoss, Esq. of Itanslslons, Kent; Sirs. BranOll, of Uismhssler llall, Essex; Sir Ferslinansl Stassley tlead llryiges, tiart., Ar. 3 Es.szAawrss, wlso sss. Henryltastings, 5th Earl of ltssntingdau, and is now reisresentod by her descendant, ltenry-Weysforst-tihar1es-Ptantagenet Rawsion, Slarqsseas of hastings, who is cntillfd, as one of site eorepresentatives of EmCAEETn of York, to quarter tlse royal arssss. is. Williasu, 6th Earl of Dsrby, ICC., ssho sss. in 1594, Elizabeth, dan. of Edward Vore, h7tls Earl of Oxford, and is new represessled by his descendant, Sir Gcorge-Assgastus-Prederiek-Jahn Slnsvay, Duke of Athole, who is entitled, to qssarter the royssl arnas. Ylsat right also vesls, irs virtue of this line of descent, in Charles-Adolphue, Earl of Domosore, and the otisee asalo branches of Use hoase of Murray; in Janses Ross FasHuharsoss, of lnvereuud, eo. Aberdeen; and in Stargarel, Baroness Naime and Keith. KsNn HENRY VII. rt. at Richmond, 21 April, 1509, and was buried in bis own chapel nt Westminster; he was s. by hio only surviving son, HENRY THE EIGHTH, wbo, after being declared King of Ireland, by an Irish Act of Parliament, wao otyled by an English Act, passed in the 35th year of his reign, c. 3 (which doclared it high Ireason to deprive the King of thio style), “ Henriens Octavus Dci Gratis, AngliR, Francim, et Ilibernim Rex, Fidel Defensor, et in terra ecelesiD Anglicanm et Hiberssicte esspremssm cspnt ;“ in English, “ Henry the eighth, by the grace of God, King of England, France, and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, assd uf the Chssrch of England, and also of Ireland, in earth the Ssspreme Head.” He was the first who bore the title of “Majesty,” each King befoi’e him being called “Sovereign Lord Iligbnesa.” HENRY VIII. was 5. at Greenwich, 28 Jan. 1491; crowned 24 Jnne, 1509; ss. lot, 3 Jnste, 1509, Catheriue of Arragon, the widow of his deceased brother, and by her (who ri. 6 Jan. 1536) had am only dan., MART, who ascended the shrene at the decease of her half-brotlaer. Rise King was divorced from his first Queen in 1533, when be avnwed his marriage (which had previously taken place, 14 Nov. 1532) with Anne Bolcyn5 dan. of Sir Thomas Boleyn, created Earl of Ormonde, by whom Iso had an only surviving dan., ELICAEETe, who s. her lsahf-sister upon the tlsrene. HENRY’S second Qoeess was brought to the block (his marriage having been previouslyanntslled) 19 May, 1530, nnd he or. the following day, JANE, dan. of Sir Johs, Seymour, who ri. 14 Oct. 1537, in giving birth to a son. Enwasn, who ascended the throne, as Otis of that name. KtNG HENRY se. 4thly, 6 Jan. 1539, ANNE, dan. of the Dnke of Cleves, from whom be was divorced in the July of same year. He sIt. Sthly, 8 Aug. 1510, Katharisse,dao. of hord Edmund Howard, niece of Thomas, Doke of Norfolk, and cuusin-german of Queen ANNE BOLEYN. In eighteen months after her uuptials (viz., 18 Feb. i542), Katharine Howard was beheaded. The King sss. 6thly, 12 Jnly, 1543, Katharine, dan. of Sir Thomas Parr, of Kendal, and relict of the Hon. Edward Borough, and of Edward Neville, Lord Latimer, which lady snrvived Isim, and es. subsequently, Thomas, Lord Seymonr of Sudeley, ssncle tn KtNo EDwARD VI. KsNo HENRY si. at Whitehall, 28 Jan. 1547, and was bnried at Windsor (Katharine Parr sorvived until 7 Sept. 1548) he was s. by his only son, as EDWARD THE SIXTH, styled the same as hENRY VIII., Is. at Humpton Conrt, 12 Out. 1537; crowned 25 Feb. 1547; it. at Greenwich, 6 July, 1553, ones., and was honed at Westminster. The frown devolved, after an ssnsnccessfssl oppositinu on the part of hady Jane Grey (see hENRY VII.), sspon his elder sister, as QUEEN MARY, styled the same as HENRY VIII., nntil her marriage, when she was styled, with her husband, Pntase II., “PmrLIp and MARY, by the Grace of G,sd, KnIg and Qsseeo of England ass 1 France, Naples, Jerusalem, and Ireland, Defenders of the Faith, Princes esf Spain and Sicily, Archdukes ssf Austria, Dukes of Milan, Burgundy, and Brabant, Re.” QUEEN MABY was 6. at Greenwich, 8 Feb. 1515; crowned