WESTMORLAND. 119 170S, bebff iov. 14 Jan. 1795, and insi. 29 Utij 1801 ; Matter of the Horw, 1796-98 ; L. Privy Seal for nearly 80 yean, vig,, 1798 — 1806, end again, 1807-27 ; one of the h. Guardiana of tbe Ilealm, Sep. to Not. 1821 ; L. Lieut, of Northamptonahire, 1828-41. He m. firatly, 20 Mny 1782, in SooUand (a runaway match), Sarah Jane, only ehild and eventnally heir of Robert Child, of Oeterley park, c<i. Midx., and of Lfondott, Banker, by Sarah (afterwards Barohbss Duciii of Tortwokth), dM. of Gilbert JODRBLL. She d, of fever, 9 Not. 1793, at Phoonix park, near Dublin. Will pr. March 1794. He m. secondly. 24 March 1800, by suec. lie. at " the houne of Mr. Dundas," Wimbledon, oo. Surrey, Jane, 2d da. and coheir(*} of lUchard HucK- SAUHDmis, formerly Huck, M.D., by Jane, dn, of Peter Kinsrt, and Anne, sinter of Admiral Sir Charles Saundkkr, K.B. He, hnTing been for Bfiine yenra stoiin blind, d at Brighton, 15 and woa bur, 27 Dec. 1841, at Apethor|ie, aged 82.(^) Will pr. Feb. 1842. Hia widow, from whom he had been separated for many years, d, 26 March 1867, at Brympton Houae, Somerset Will pr. Aug. 1857. XVII. 1841. 11. John (Fane), Earl of Wkstmorijlnd, &c., let s* and h., being only s. by first wife ; h. 2 Feb. 1784, at 4 SackTille street, Piooadilly, and ttyled (for 57 years) Lord Bukgirbh till 1841 ; ed. at Harrow and at Trin. Coll., Cambridge, being er, M.A., 1808 ; was M.P. for 1«Tme Regis, 1806-16 ; entered the Army, Dec 1808, being Aide-de-CamptoGen. Don,iu Hsnover, 1805-06 ; Assistant Adjutant Gen. in Sicily, Turkey, Egypt and Portugal, 180608 ; extra Aide-de-Camp to Sir Arthur Wellealey, 1809, and was present at Talavers, Torres Yedras, Busaoo, fcc, aerTing with tlie ISth Dmgoon Guards in the Portiiguene campaign of 1810; was, in 1814, at the campaign in France, becoming Major G«n. in 1825, Lieut. Gen. 1888, and eTentually, 1854, General iu the Army, besides being Col. 56th Foot, 1842-59, and receiTing the silver war medal with four claf*ps in 1849. He was aecredited on a mission to the head quarters of the allied army in Germany in Sep. 1818 ; was Knight of Maria Theresa of Anstris, 9 Jnne 1814 ; cr, LLD. of Cambridge, July 1814 ; waa Minister in residence at Florence, 1814-30 ; O.B., 4 June 1814 : Knight Grand Cross of St. Ferdinand and Merit of Naples, 27 JuIt 1815 ; O.O.H., 28 April 1817 ; Knight Grand Cross of St Joseph of Tuscany, 14 July 1818; Knight of the Crescent of Turkey; P.C., 1822; wns ap(>ointAd Minister to Naples. 1880, bnt the appointment was roToked ; er, D.C.L. of Oxf(»rd, 10 June 1884; KO.B., 15 Feb. 1838; Minister in reaidenoe at Berlin, 1841-51 ; we. io the peerm^ 9M Barl, 15 Deo. 1841 ; Knight of Henry the lion of Brunswick, 2 FeK 1843; G.O.B., 24 June 1846; Ambassador at Vienna, 1851-55, being one of the apecial Plenipoa. at the Viennese oonferences in 1855 ; was Envoy to Bnissels iu July 1856, to congratulate the King on the 25th anniTersary of his succession. He m., 6 or 26 June 1811, at St. James', Weatm., Priscilla Anne, 8d da. of William (WiLtBSUiT-Pou, formerly WiLLnLBT), 8d Barl op MoRRnroroir [I.], by Katharine Klizabeth, da. and coheir of Admiral the Hon. John .Forbib. He d. 16 Oct 1859, at Apethorpe, aged 75,(*) and was 5iir. there. His widow, who was 5. 18 March 1798, li. at 29 Portman square, 18 and waa hur. 25 Feb. 1879, at Apethorpe, aged 85.W (*) Anne, the 1st da., became Viscountess Melville. n Hia portrait, *< after Sir T. Lawrence, 1807," is engraTed in *' Doyle." He is thus s)K>ken of in Parlkmeniary P&rtraiU, 1795 (I., p. 20) : ** To all the advantages of a handsome and graceful peraon he unites a fluency of speech and an nnembsrraaaed manner." Malone, however, in a letter, 7 Nov. 1794, to the Earl of Charlemont, calls him "an inaiguiflcant trifler," while Dyron, in his DeviVt Drive, speaking of that Potentate's Tisit to the House of Peers, writes : " He saw the Lord Liverpool, seemingly wise, The Lord Westmoreland, certainlT silly." (") His portrait, " after Sir T. Lawrence " (like that of his father), is engraTed iu " DoM* He was spoken of in 1809, as " a Tery fine young man " [Jackson's Diarie» Besides distinguishing himself as a soldier and a diplomatist, he was, perhaps, still more known as a composer of music, both operatic and sacred. He was tbe founder of the Royal AcademT of Music, opened 24 March 1828 ; was the author of i%e Sariy Camj^igm of wt Duke of Wdlingion in Portugal and Spain and of other works. {*) She was a oleTsr artist. The picture painted by her of the Countess of Momington with her three distinguished sons haa been engraTed.
