HARBERTON — HARBOROUGH. 159 His election, in 1817, as Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin, was declared invalid. He sue. to the peerage [I.], 27 Sep. 1832, to. 31 Oct. 1785, Esther, 1st da. of James Spencer, of Rathangan, co. Kildare. He d. 4 July 1833. His widow d. 3 Jan. 1810. Will pr. March 1810. V. 1S33. 5. John James (Pomeroy), Viscount Harbertos, &c. [I.], 1st h. and h., 6. 20 Dec. 1790, at Umey, co. Tyrone ; sue. to the peerage [I.], 4 July 1833. He m., 1 March 1322, his first cousin, Caroline, 8th da. of the Rev. Sir John Robinson, 1st Bart., of R.ikeby Hall, co. Louth, by Mary Anne, 2d da. of James Spenceii, aboveuamed. He d. 5 Oct. 1802, aged 72, at Well House, Malvern Wells. His widow d. 8 May 1386, aged 85, at Meadovvside, Twickenham, Midx. Will pr. 12 July 1886, over £5,000. VI. 1SC2. 6. James Spencer (Pomeroy), Viscoust Harberton 1.1791], and Baron Harberton of Cakbery [1783] in the peerage of Ireland, 3d but 1st surv. s. ami h., b. 23 Nov. 1836, at Spencer Farm, Rathangan, co. Kildare ; ed. at Trin. Coll., Cambri tge ; cr. M.A., 1859 ; sue. to the peerage [I.], 5 Oct. 1862. Ho m. 2 April 1861, Florence Wallace, da. of William Wallace Legge, of Malone House, co. Antrim. Family Estates.— These, in 1883, consisted of 5,223 acres in co. Kildare, worth £3, 799 a year. Principal Residence. Lystou Court, near Ross, co. Hereford. HARBOROUGH. 1: Bennet (Sherard), Baron Sherard of Leitrim I 1714 ^' 1*^"]> ^ kit only surv. s. and h. of Beunet, 2d Baron Sheiiaud ok Leitrim [I.], by Elizabeth, da. and coheir of Sir Robert Cbms- Earldom. topheh, of Alford, co. Lincoln, was 6. 1675 ; sue. to the peerage [I.], . 171() 16 Jan. 1698/9 ; Lord Lieut, of Rutland, 1700-12, and again 1715, I. U LJ. till his death ; M.P. for Leicestershire, 1701-02, and for Rutland, 1713-14 ; cr. LL.D. of Cambridge, 16 April 1705, being (by George I.) or., 19 Oct. 1711, BARON HARBOROUGH of Harborough, co. Leicester, with a spec, rem., failing heirs male of his body, to Philip Sherard, of Whissendine, co. Rutland, in like manner. He was subsequently cr., 31 Oct. 1718, VISCOUNT SHERARD OF STAPLEFO tD, co. Leicester (but without such spec, rem.) aud dually 8 May 1719, EARL OF HARBOROUGH with the same spec. rem. as the Barony; Ch. Justice in Eyre, North of Trent, 1719. He m. (Lie. Fac.) 30 April 1696, at Westm. Abbey, Mary, da. aud coheir of Sir Henry Calverley, of Eryholme, co. York, by Mary, da. of Sir Henry Thompson, of Escrick. She d. 20 May 1"02.(«) He d. s.p.s. in London 16 Oct. and was bur. 15 Nov. 1732, at Stapleford, co. Leicester, aged 55. M. I. Will dat. 27 May to 27 July and pr. 2 Nov. Vil.{») On his death the Viscountaj af Sherard of Stapleford (cr. 171S) became extinct, but the other honours devolved as under. II. 1732. 2. Philip (Sherard), Earl of Harborough, and Baron Hauborough, also Baron Sherard of Leitrim [I.], nephew aud h., being s. and h. of the Hon. Philip Sherard, of Whissendine, co. Rutland, by Dorothy, da. of Henry (Fairfax), 4th Lord Fairfax of Cameron [S.], which Philip was 2d s. to William, 1st Baron Sherard of Leitrim [I.] He was 6. about 1680; sue. his father 1695 ; Gent, of the Privy Chamber to Queen Anne, 1703, and to Geo. I., 1714 ; M.P. for Rutland, 1708-10; sue. to the peerage, 16 Oct. 1732, viz., to the Irish Barony as heir male of the body of the grantee, and to the British titles under the spec. rem. in their creation ; Lord Lieut, of Rutland, 1733. He hi. Anne, da. and h. of Nicholas Pedley, (jf Wnshingtey, co. Huntingdon (a. and h. of Sir Nicholas P.), by Frances, da. of Robert Apreecb, of the same. She (by whom he had six sons and eight ( tt ) Her only child " Bennet Henry " was b. April 1702 and d. the Aug, following There is a mezzotint engraving of her by J. Smith from a painting by Sir Godfrey Kneller. ( b ) He is said to have left £500 a year to his sister Viscountess Irwin [S.] and £5,000 (sic) a year to his sister the Duchess of Rutland. See Lodge's " Irish Peerage," 1789, vol. vii, p. 9, sab " Sherard."
