266 STRAFFORD. John Chamberlayne Slaughter, of Upper Slaughter Hall, co. Dorset, which William (wlu> d. 16 June 1776, aged 76) was only surv. 8. and h. of Peter Wentwohth, of Henbury, co. Dorset, Equerry to the Queen Consort {bur. 14 Feb. 1738/9, at St. Martin's in the fielils), who was next br to Th Unas, cr. Ivuu. OF StbaFFOBD, (kc. in 1 711. He was b. at Hen bury. afsd., 28 Feb. anil /m/>. '.'0 March 1 74 1/'-', at Sturmittlter Marshal, co. Dorset ; eil. at Eton : Etisiuu 1st Font Guards, 17ti0 : iuc, (<> the pttngt, 10 March 1781, under the spec. rem. in its creation. He m. 17 Sep. 1772, at Silton, co. Dorset, Eliza, 3d da. of Thomas Gould, of Froonie Billet in that county, by Mary, t'a. of William Fkeke. He </. s p. suddenly (being found dead in Ins bed) at Nottingham, 6 Aug. 1790. and was bur. at. Sturndnster afar]., aired 57, when nil his honour) became extinct. Will pr. Oct. 1749. His widow m. William, or Horace, CHUBCBILL, and d. his widow 1 May 1811, at Henbnry. afsd. Barony. Lieut. (lux. thk Kt. Hon. Sir John Brso, g.cb. T 18'? r ) ? ' tn:lt " f c *" ri ! 1 ' Bfao, l ) of Wrotham Park, - * ' in Barnet, co. Mid*. (./. 22 Oct. 17S0, aged 54), by Anne, 2d but 1st Earldom, da. teat had issue of the Kt. Hon. William CO.VOtXf, of Castletown, , . . . ijtw ui Ireland, by Anne, 1st sister and coheir of William (Westwouth VI, 164 I. 0(1 (IVth) E.utL ok Stkakfiikd abovenamed,i b j was A. in Hill street, Berkeley square, 1772 ; ed. at Westm. sehool ; joined the army 1783, serving in Flanders, Holland. Ireland, in the expeditions to Hanover, Copenhagen, and Walcheren, in the Peninsular war as Major General (1813), at Vittoria, the the Pyrenees, at Moii^uerre( c ), and finally at Waterloo, twice receiving thanks for his services fvorn both houses of Purl. ; K.C'B., 12 April 1815 ; Knight (2d class) of St. Vladimir of Russia, Aug. 1815: Knight of Maria Theresa of Austria. Oct. 1S15 : G.C.H., 1826 ; Com. in Chief of the forces iu Ireland. 1828-31 ; P.C. [I.]. 15 July 1828; G.CB , 20 July 1831 : M.P. for Poole, 1832-35; C.,v. of Londonderry ami Culmore, 1S32; being cr. 12 May 1835, BARON STRAFFORD OF HARMOJfDS- WUKTH, co. Middlesex. In 1841, he heaame a General in the army, and on 10 Jau. 13-17, he sue. to Wrotham park, afsd., on the death of his eldest br.. George llyne, M.P. for 56 years tor Middlesex. He was cr. 18 Sep. 1817, VISCOUNT ENFIELD OF ENFIELD, Co. Middlesex, and HAUL OF STHAFFOltD, and was made 2 Oct. 1855, Field Marshal. He was Col. of the Coldstream Foot Guards, 1850, having been Col. of the 29th Foot, 1828. He m. 6rstly, 14 June 1801, Mary Stevens. 1st da. and coheir of Peter Mackenzie, of Grove House, iu Twickenham, co. Midi. She el. 17 June 1806. He m. secondly 9 May 1808, or 1809, Marianne, 2d da. of Sir Walter James James, formerly Head, 1st Bart., of Langley Hall, Berks, by Jane, 3d da. of Charles (Pratt), 1st Eaul Camden. She d. 26 Oct. 1845, at 6 Portman square. He d-, 3 June 1860, at 44 Grosveuor street, aged S8. Barony. 2. George Stevens (Byng), Earl op Strafford, &c, H 1853 l 3 ' s - Bad h., only sou by first wife, A. iu Duke street, Manchester square, Marylebone, 8 June, and bap. 9 Aug. 1806, at Twickenham Earldom, afsd. ; ed. at Sandhurst. ; entered the army, 1822, becoming Capt, Vrr icen 47th Foot, 1830 ; M.P. for Milborne Port, 1830-32; for Chatham, Ml. lbW. i g 34.3 5; for Po(> | ei 1835-37, and for Chatham (2d time), IS37-53 ; Comptroller of the Household to tho Viceroy of Ireland, 1831 ; a Lord of the Treasury, June to Nov. 1834 ; Comptroller of the Household, 1835-41; (a) This George Byng, was s. and h. of the Hon. Robert Byng, Gov. of Barbados (d. 1740), 3d s. of George, 1st Viscount Torriugton. ( b ) See p. 265, note "h." (e) The King, as a mark of the " signal intrepidity and heroic valour " displayed by him in the action fought at Mouguerre, near Bayonne, 18 Dec. 1S13, granted, as an augmentation to his coat of arms, the representation of the colours of the 31st Foot which he bad himself planted on that day, on the enemy's lines. These, accordingly, are borne, " in bend sinister," over his paternal arms of " Quarterly, sa and arg., in the 6rst quarter a lion ramp., of the second," as also a crest of augmentation surmounted with the word " Mouguerre " on a scroll.
