24 DARCY— DARLINGTON . Aug. 1041 Cr. 1SAUU*> anil on »*w ™™ *«»■»•— — COHTEBS with iu o;icli esse " confirmation of the dignity " to him " and the heirs ma/e of his body, with the place and precedence of his ancestor the former Batons. This precedence, as far as that of the Barony of Darcy, Was that of John, Lord Darey, so sum. in 1332, of whom, maternally, he was a coheir.(*) In MU4 he became Loud Conyers, being at that date sole heir to the Barony of Conyers, cr. by writ m IMS. See fuller account of him and of this creation under " Cunvehs" Barony of (cr. loOl'j iu Vol. ii. p. 348. He d. 3 March 1653/4. II. 165-1. 2. Conyers (Darcy), Lord Conyers [1509] and Baron Darcy and BaRoS Conyers [1641], s. and h. Ho WU SOW. to Purl, from S May 10(31 to 1 March 1679 SO, and again as " Omycrs dc Darcic el Mcynill "() from 7 Oct. 1678 to 1 March 1679, SO. On 5 Dec. 16S2 he was cr. Earl ok Holdku- ness. All his honours, but the Barony of Couyers, cr. by writ of 1509, became extinct on the death s.p.ni. of the 4th Earl, on 19 May 177S. See " HOLDERNKSS Earldom of cr. 1632; ex, 177S. DARCY OF NATAF. Barony [I.] 1. James 1>arcy of Sedbury Park, co. York, s. and h. t 1701 ot tue Hon. James Darcy (yr. s. of Conyers, Barou Darcy and Barou Convers, [1641] above named) by Isabel, da. of Sir Marmaduke Wyvill, Bart, and Isabel, da. and h. of Sir William Gascoigne of Sedbury afsd. was aged 15 at the Her. Visit, of co. York in 1665, and was, having no male issue, cr. 13 Sep. 1721, BAKUX DARCY of NAVAN, co. Heath [I.J for life, with rem. in tail male to his grandson, " James Darcy, Esq, son of William Jessop, Esq, and Mary his wife, 1st da. of the said James, Lord Darcy. He »i. firstly (setti. dat. 15 Not. 1676) Bethia, da. of George Payler of Xunuioncktou, co. York. He m. secoudly (settl. dat. IS June 1703) Ann, da. of Jolm (Stawel), 2nd Baron Stawkl of Somerton. She was bur. St Gilliug, co. York. He m. thirdly, Mary, da, of Sir William Hicks, 3rd Bart, by Marthagnes, da. of Sir Harry Coningsby. He d, s p.m. 19 July 1731 aged SO and was bur. at Gilling afsd. II. 1731, James (Darcy), Baron Darcy- of Navan [I.], grandson to and h. according to the spec. lim. iu the pateut of creation, being 1733. s. and h.' ap. of James Jessop of Bromehall, co. York, by Mary, 1st da. and coheir of the last Lord by his 1st wife. He (/. unm. and intestate 15 June 1733 aged 26 and was bur. at Gilling afsd., when the title became extinct. Admon. 2 July 1733 to his father and again 31 March 1735 to Mary Jessop widow and others, exors. of his said father then deed. DARLINGTON. i.e. "DARLINGTON, co. Durham," Larony {Senile,/), a: 1685/6 (for life), with the Earldom ok Dorchester, which see ; ex. 1692. Earldom. Charlotte Sophia, mo jure, Countess of Leinsteu I 1722 01 am ' also CounteBS Von Platen and Hallermund, iu Germany, . ' and, jure tnariti, Baroness Von Kielmansegge, in Germany, was 6 April 1722, cr. BARONESS OF BRENTFORD, co. Midx., and 11 '°- COUNTESS OF DARLINGTON, co. Durham, for life. She was of the house of On'i.EN, being da. of Frantz Ernest, Imperial Count Vox Platen and HaKBKJiund, by ( — ) who was Mistress to Ernest Augustus, Elector of Hanover, to whose son, George Lewis (afterwards, George I of England), she (as did also the wife of Count Platen, her eldest brother) held the same situation. She, who was b. about 1673, in. (when young) John Adolph Kielmanseguk, after- wards Baron Von KlELMANSKOOB, and Master of the Horse to George I, when Elector W See -vol. i, p. 229, note " a," sub " Banbury," as to precedency of Teera granted by royal wan-ant, &c. ( b ) As to this writ see vol. ii. p. 349 note " c," under " Conyers."
