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G4 DERAJIORE — DERBY. DINEYOR, by Frances, da. of Lord Charles FlTZBOY. She, who was b. 17 Aug. 1827, d. 12 Aug. 1S87, at 12 Grosveuor Place, Midx. Family Estates.. .These, in 1SS3, consisted of 7,762 acres in co. Londonderry, 0,100 in co. Down (these last worth £ f ,411 a year) 284 in co. Antrim, and 2,927 in co. Limerick. Total 17,373 acres, worth .£M,SSS a year, Principal Resilience, Belvoir Park, uear Belfast. DE RAMSEY OF RAMSEY ABBEY. Barony. 1. Edward Fellowes of Ramsey Ahbey, co. Ilunting- t -1CC7 dou, and Haverland Hall, co. Norfolk, 2d but 1st surv. s. and h. of i. William Henry F. of the same, by Emma, da. of Richard Benton of Englefield House, Berks; 6. 14 May 1800, ed. at Charterhouse, sometime Lieut. 16th Hussars, sue. his father 25 Aug. 1837, ALP. for co. Huntingdon 1837-80, was cr., 8 July 1SS7, BARON HE RAMSEY)*) OF RAMSEY ABBEY, co. Huntingdon. ('•) He m. 22 July 1815, Mary-Julia, 1st da. of Oeorgo John (Miu.es), 4th Baron Sondes of Lees Court, by Eleanor, da. of Sir Edward KNATCHBOTA, Bart. He d. 9 Aug. 1SS7 after a long illness, at 3 Belgrave Square, Midx., five weeks after his creation ; bur. at Ramsey. Will nr. above ill 34,000. His widow was b. 8 Oct. 1S25 and living 1S90. II. 1887. ft "William-Henry" (Fellowes), Barox de Ramsev of Ramsey Abbey, s. and h., b. 10 May 1848, ed. at Eton; Lieut. 1st Life Guards 1867 J Capt. 1872-77 ; M.P. for co. Huntingdon 1880-85 and for the Ramsey division 1885-87 ; one of the Lords in Waiting, 1890. He m. 12 July 1877, at St. James, Westm., Uosamoud-Jane-Frances, 2d da. of John Winston (Spencer- Churchill), Duke of Marlborough, by Frances-Aune-Emily, da. of Charles- William (Yane), 3d Marquess of Londonderry [I.] She was b. 9 Nov. 1851. Family Estates. — These, in 1883, consisted of 15,629 acres in co. Huntingdon, 4,083 in Norfolk, and 309 in co. Cambridge. Total 20,021 acres, worth £26,203 a year. Principal Residence, Ramsey Abbey, co. Huntingdon. DERBY [County of]. Earldom. 1. Robert de Ferrariis, Ferrars or Ferrers, 3d son I 1138 °^ Henry de Ferrers (by Bertha, his wife) one of the companions of William the Conqueror (being s. of his guardian, Walkeline, Seigneur de Ferrierres( c ) in Normandy) was 6. before 1083; sue. his 2d br. Engenulf, before 1136 in the honour of Tutbury, co. Stafford, and iu above 200 Lordships in divers counties (of which 114 were in Derbyshire), distinguished himself greatly as "Robert de Tutbury " in command of the Derbyshire forces at the battle of ( tt ) This is one of the modern anlirjues of the 19th century, framed on the same model as " De Tabley of Tabley House." See, ante, p. 37, note " b,-' under "De Grey " for some remarks on the prefix " de." ( b ) He was one of the eight "Jubilee" Barons cr. that month. See list of these vol. ii, p. 238, note " a," under " Cheylesmore." (o) See an article in the "Brit. Arch. Ass." (1851), vol. vii, p. 220, by J. R. Planehe, on " The Armorial bearings of the families of Ferrers and Peverel," in which that able and amusing writer remarks that tho' he does "not charge the ancient Heralds with having forged the horseshoes for De Ferrers," it is more probable that it was by the match with Marshall, that " the horse-shoe pinches." It must be noted that the Peverell connection, therein alluded to ia renounced by the author, some years later in his " The Conqueror." See infra, p. 65, note " g." ( d ) As the holders of other earlier Earldoms were frequently sty led Earls of various places according to their chief residence, &c ; the earlier Earls of Derby having resided chiefly at Tutbury Castle, were not unfrequently styled Earls of Tutbury ; being still more frequently, from their surname, styled Earls db Ferrers. See also rt_ flfi. nntn " f "