DE FREYNE — DE GREY. 37 respectively. He m. ISIS, Mary, da. of Christopher Mc Dermott, of Cregga. She d. 7 Sep. 1S43. He d. s.p. 29 Sep. 1856, when the Barony of de Frcync of Artayh (1839) became extinct, but the Barony of 1 S51 , devolved as under. II. 18-56. 2. Jonx (French), Baron de Fretne of Coolavin, br. and h. under the spec. rem. in the creation of that Barony ; b. 17S8; B A. (Triu. Coll.), Dublin, 1810; M.A., 1315 ; in holy orders: Rector of Grange Sylva;, co. Kilkenny. He d. s.p., 22 Aug. 1863, in Dublin. III. 1863. 3. Charles (French), Baron de Freyne of Coolavin, br. and h. under the spec. rem. in the creation of that Barony ; b. 22 Oct. 1790, sometime Capt in Slst Foot. He m. 17 May 1854, iu the Protestant Church, of Orange Gorman, Dublin, {*) Catherine, da. of Luke Maree. He d. 2S Oct. 1868, at French Park afsd. His widow living 18S9. IT. 18C8. 4- Arthur (French), Baron de Fretne of Coolavin, B. and U., h. 9 July 1S55 ; ed. at Downside and at Beaumont (Roman Catholic) Colleges. He m. 8 Feb. 1S77, at St. John the Baptist, Nice, Laura Oetavia, sister of Laurence, 3rd Eabl ok Zetland, da. of the Hon. John Charles Dundas, by Margaret Matilda, da. of James Talbot. She who was J. 11 Oct. 1835, and raised to the rank of an Earl's daughter by royal warrant, 1S73, d. 19 Jauy. 1S81, at Villa de Cessoles, Nice. He m. secondly, 2S Sep. 18S2, at the Church of our Lady of the Rosary, Marylebone Road, Midi., Marie Georgian*, da. of Richard Westbrook Lamb of West Denton, Northumberland. Family Estates... These, in 1S83, consisted of 34,400 acres in co. Roscommon : 4,059 in co. Sligo and 329 iu co's Gahvay and Mayo. Total 38.788 acres, worth £15,231 a year. Principal residence, French Park, co. Roscommon. DE GREY OF "WREST. Earldom. 1. Amarell, 1st da. and coheir of Jemima, SUO jure, I 1810 Marchioness Grey [1740] and Baroness Lucas ok Crudwell, [1663], ~ ' by Philip (Yorke), 2d Earl ok Hardwicke, was b. 22 Jany. 1751 ; m. 16 July 1 772, at St. James', Vv'estm., Alexander Hume-Campbell, styled Viscount Polwartii (who was cr. 20 May 1776, Baron Hume of Berwick, and who d. s.p. and v.p., 9 March 1781, aged 31), sue. her mother, 10 Jauy. 1797, as Baroness Lucas or Crudwell, under the spec. rem. in the creation of that dignity and was, 25 Oct. 1816, cr. COUNTESS DE GHEY( b ) OF WREST, co. Bedford, with a spec. (") A previous marriage was alleged, dat. 13 Feb. 1851, of which there were three sous, viz. (1), Charles, 6. 21 Oct. following ; (2), John, 4. 13 March 1S53 ; (3) William John, *. 21 April 1S54, all being alive at their father's death, but passed over (as illegitimate) in the succession to the peerage. ft) The name was thus altered according to the fashion of the 10th century. The Marquessate conferred, iu 1740, on the grantees grandfather (and inherited by her mother), was " Orcy " not " Dc Grey," and even in the writs of summons to her earlier ancestors, the Lords Grey dc Ruthin, the designation " de" (at all events since 1389) followed, instead of preceding the word Grey ; as also in the cases of the Lords Grey de Codnor (1335), Grey dc Wilton (1377), Grey de Powis (14S2), &c. There is an interesting article on " surnames with the prefix dc " in the " Her. and Ocn." vol. i, pp. 138-158, from which it appears that " in the revival of the particle dc, it- would seem that the Irish led the way," but that in England "tho same admiration of the prefix de began to be entertained in the latter part of the last century." The following peerages of the 18th or 19th century illustrate this much prized prefix. In 17GG tho Barony Dc Montalt [I.] was created (ex. 1777) ; in 1776 the Viscountcy He Vesci [I.] (the Barony [U.K.] in 1884) ; iu 1784 the Barony Grey de Wilton, (the Viscountcy in 1801) ; in 1785 another Barony Dc Montalt [I ] (the Earldom, [U.K] m 1886); in 1796 the Barony Dc Dunstanville of Tehidy J in 1800 the Barony De Blaquiere of Ardkill [[.] ; in 1815 the Viscountcy Frankfort dc Montmorency [I.] ; in 1820 the Barony De Tabley of Tabley House, (" a tautologous designation that
