42 SALISBURY. 13 July 16S3,(») nt St. Martin's Ontwich, London (Lie. Vie. Gen.), Frances, da. and coheir "(being the only child that had issue) of Simon Bennet, of Beachanipton, Bucks and Witley Tark, Surrey, by Grace, da. of Gilbert Mohkwood. He was bur. 3 Nov. 1694, at Hat-Odd. Will pr. 169-1. His widow, who was b. 20 Oct. 1670 at Calverton, Bucks, d. 8 and was but. IS July 1713, at St. Giles iu the fields. M.I.( b ) Will pr. Oct. 1713. XVIII. 1694. 5. James (Cecil), Earl ok Sausbort, &c. b. and h., b. Juno L601,(*) being styled Viscount CrabboBHS, till he site, to the peerage, as above, Nov. 1691 : ed. at Ch. Ch., Oxford ; cr. JI.A. 27 March 1708 ; took his Beat in the house, and the oaths of supremacy, jScc, 19 June 1712 ; L.-Lieut. of Herts 1712-14 ; bearer of St. Edwards staff, at the coronation of George L, 20 Oct. 1714. He »>. 12 Fe>. 1708/8 at Gray's Inn chapel, Anne, 2d da. and coheir of Thomas (Tufton), 6th Eaiii. UK THANBT, by Catharine, da. and coheir of Henry (Cavendish), Di ke of Newcastle. He it. 9 Oct. 1728, aged 37, and was bur. ISth at Hatfield, Admon. 23 Oct. 172"). His widow, who was b. 9 Aug. 1693, J. 22 and was bur. 31 March 1757 at Hatfield. Will pr. 1757. XIX. 1728. 0. James (Cecil), Karl of Salisbury, &c, 1st. and h., 6. anil bap. 20 Oct. 1713, at Hatfield, being stilled Viscount Cranuorne till he sue. U> the pccrai/c, as above, 9 Oct. 1728 ; ed. at Westm. ; High Steward of Hertford, 1735-80. He nt. 28 Jan. 1744/5, at Hutlield afsd., Elizabeth, sister of the Rev. John Kket, Rector of Hatfield, 1st da. of Edward K.EKT, of Canter- bury. She d. at Kensington. 3, and was bur. 13 Feb. 1776, aged 55, at Hatfield. He d. 19 and was bur. as afsd. 23 Sep. 1780, aged 66. Will pr. Dec. 17S0. XX. 1780. 7 ami 1. James (Cecil), Earl of Salisbury, Sec. TVT „„„ a .„t 0 only 8 aDn *• ■* Se P- au d bap. 1 Oct. 1748, at Hatfield, being in-arquessaie. sti/Ud Vlsc „o N - r ChaNBORHB till 17S0 : L. Lieut, of Herts, 1771— I 1789. 1823, and Col. of the Herts Militia, 1773—1815 ; cr. D.C.L. of Oxford, 7 July 1773; M.P. for Great Bedwin. 1774— 1780, and for Lauuceston, 1780 ; Treasurer of the Household, 5 Sep. 1780 ; sue. to the peerage, as above, 19 Sep. 1780 ; High Steward of Hertford, 1780 ; P.C., 1780 ; L. Chamber- lain of the Household, 1783- 1S04 ; F.S.A. aud F.U.S., 1784 ; was cr. 24 Aug. 1789, MAKQUESS OF SALISBURY ; el. and iuv. K.G., 12 June 1793 ; iust. (by disp.), 29 May 1801 ; Col. in the army (during service), 1794 ; Joint Postmaster Gen., 1816 ; Bearer of St. Edward's Staff at the coronation, 19 July 1821, of Geo. IV. He m. 2 Dec. 1773, at Lambeth Palace, Emily Mary. 3d da. of Wills (Hill), 1st Marquess of Downsuire [L], by Margaret, sister of James, 1st Duke of Leinstkii [I.], da. of Robert (Fnz Gerald), Earl of Kildare [I.] He d- 13 Juue 1823, at Hatfield, and was bur. there 23, aged 75.(< 1 J Will pr. 1823. His widow, who was b. in Dublin 16 Aug. 1751, d. 27 Nov. 1835, perishing iu the fire that burnt down the west wing of Hatfield house, aud was bur. 10 Dec. at Hatfield, aged 85. Will pr. May 1836. (a) "The younger da. of rich Bennet " [Sir C. Lyttelton to Viscount Hatton, 14 July 1683] "the da. (about 13 years old) of great Bennett" [Luttrell's "Diary" 13 July 1683]. The "great Bennett " had died the year before, 20 Aug. 1682, aged 60, being nephew and heir of Sir Simon Bennet, Bart, (so cr. 1627) of Beachampton afsd., the eldest surv. b. and h. of Sir Thomas Bennet, Lord Mayor of London, 1603-04. As to the young Lady's mother, Luttrell tells us [Diary 20 Sep. 1694.] " Yesterday Mrs. Bennet, mother to the Countess of Salisbury, was murdered by a butcher, who broke into her home." ( b ) She has been painted by Kneller. (<•) His mother was " brought to bed of a son, having been several years without a child," [Luttrell's "Diary" 8 June 1691]. (d) George Ticknor (Life, &c, I, p. 268), writes of him in 1S19 as being " 70 years old, but well preserved and a specimen of the gentlemau of the last generation, with easy elegant manners and a proud graceful courtesy." A charming portrait of, hiui "after Sir W. Beechey, 1803," is eugraved in " DoijUr
