KINCA RDINE — KINDERTON. 389 VII. 1720? T. TnojiAs (Bruce), Eabl of Kincardine, &c. [8.J, br. and li., b. 19 .March 18G3 ; reg. at Edinburgh; sue. to the Earldom, &c. [S.] about 1 720. He m. Rachel, da. of Robert Pauncefout, of co. Hereford. He d. at Broomhall 23 March 1740, aged 77."( a ) His widow d. there 17 March 1753. VIII. 1740. 8. William (Bruce), Earl of Kincardine, &c. [S.], (March.) s. and h., styled Loru Bruce till he sue. to the Earldom, &c [S.J, 23 March 17-10, which he only enjoyed a few months. He m., 14 Feb. 1726, Janet (a noted beauty), da. of James Koberton, Advocate, and one of the Princ. Clerks of Session [S.] He d. at Dunkirk (on his journey to Naples) 8 Sen, 1740.(1-) His widow d. at Edinburgh 20 March 1772. IX. 1740. 0. Charles (Bruce), Earl of Kincardine, and Loud (Sep.) Brcce OF Torry [8.1 s. and h., b. 26 July 1732 ; sue. his father in the Earldom, &c- [S.J, 8 Sep 1740, and sue. his cousin, Charles (BBOce), 4th Eahl of Elgin, &c, [S.], and 3d Earl of Ailesbury [E.], as Earl of Elms, &c. [S.], 1G Feb. 1746/7. See " Elgin " Earldom [S.], cr. 1633, under the 5th and subsequent Earls. i.e., "Kincardine" Earldom [S.] {Graham), cr. 1707, with the Dukedom of Montrose [S.], which see. i.e., "Badenoch, Lochaber, Strathaven, Balmore, Adchindoun, Oarthie, and Kincardine," Barony [S.] {Gordon), cr. 16S4, with the Dukedom of Gordon [S.], which see; ex. 1836. KINCLEVEN. i.e., ' ' Kincleven, ' Bannj |S.] {Stewart), cr. 1607 ;('•') sec "Car- rick " [in Orkney! Earldom [S-], cr. 1628 ; ex. 1652. KINDERTON. [This was the name of one of the Baronies of the Count}' Palatiuc of Chester, a Barony long held by the family of Venables. The last of the so styled Barons of Kinderton^) was Sir Peter Yenables who d. s.p, and whose sister, Mary, m. Thomas Pigott, of Chetwynd, Salop, leaving a da. and h., Anne, who by her husband, Henry Vernon, was father of George Venables-Veruon, cr. " Lord Vernon, Baron of Kinderton, co. Chester," in 1762 as mentioned below.] See "Vernon of Kinderton, co. Chester," Barony (VenaHes- Vernon), cr. 1762, ( a ) " A man of good parts, great honour, and a true patriot." Wood's " Douglas." m " A man of worth and benevolence." Wood's " Douglas." ( c ) This Barony (as also was that of Balfour of Burleigh) was created without any mention of heirs and Lord Kincleven sat (by proxy) in the Pari. [S.] of 4 Aug. 1621, between Lord Balfour oi Burley (entered on the roll as Lord Burlie) cr. 16 July 1607, and Lord Holyroodhouse, cr. 20 Dec. 1607. See "Hewlett," pp. 62-56, where it in remarked that " by the law of Scotland the grant of a heritable subject [which a Scotch peerage is] to a person without mention of heirs is a grant to him. and his heirs." The grantee's only da. and h., Margaret, m. Sir Matthew Mennes, K B. (who rf. 1615) and had an only child, Margaret, who m. Sir John Heath, of Blasted, co. Kent, and d. 1676, leaving Margaret, her da. and h., who M. George (Verney), 4th Lord Willoughby de Broke, and was ancestress of the succeeding Lords. ( d ) " Le Baron de Kynderton " sat in the Pari, of 11 Hen. IV. tho' neither he nor any of his ancestors appear to have been so summoned ; so also in like manner sat " Le Baron de Hylton " in the Pari, of (1399), 1 Hen. IV. See p. 304, nots " c," sub " Hylton."