62 COMPLETE PEERAGE ailesbury failing the heirs male of his body, to Thomas Bruce Brudenell, 4th and yst. s. of Elizabeth (his only surv. sister), by George, 3rd Earl of Cardigan. He ;»., istly, 7 Feb. 1705/6, at St. Giles-in-the-Fields, (fortune ;£6o,ooo) Anne, ist da. and coh. of William (Saville), 2nd Marquess of Halifax, by his ist wife, Elizabeth, da. and h. of Sir Samuel Grimston, Bart., of Gor- hambury, Herts. (") She d. 18, and was l?ur. 25 July 17 17, at Maulden afsd. He m., 2ndly, 2 Feb. 1719/20, at Burlington House, Chiswick, Juliana, 2nd da. of Charles (Boyle), 3rd Earl of Burlington [E.], and 3rd Earl of Cork [I.], by Juliana, da. and h. of the Hon. Henry Noel, of LufFenham, Rutland. She d. s.p., 26 Mar., and was l>nr. 2 Apr. 1739, at Maulden. He w., 3rdly, 18 June 1739, at Somerset House Chapel, Midx., (she 18 and he 57), (") Caroline, only da. of Gen. John Campbell, of Mamore, afterwards (1761) 4th Duk.e of Argyll [S.], by Mary, da. of John (Bellenden) 2nd Lord Bellenden [S.]. He d. s.p.m.s., 10, and was bur. 16 Feb. i-J^Sj-], at Maulden. (') Will pr. Apr. 1747. On his death the Earldom of Elgin, and the Barony of Bruce of Kinloss [S.], devolved (under the spec. rem. in the patent of 1633) on his cousin and h. male, Charles (Bruce), 9th Earl of Kincardine [S.] ; the Barony of Kinloss [S.], {cr. 1 601) devolved, de jure, on (his grandson) the heir of line, but was not assumed by him, C) while, as to the English Honours, the Earldom of Ailesbury, the Viscountcy of Bruce of Ampthill, and the Barony of Bruce of Skelton (all of which were cr. 1664), also the Barony of Bruce of Whorlton {cr. 1 64 1 ), became extinct ; but the Barony of Bruce of Tot- tenham (cr. 1746) devolved under the spec. rem. on his nephew, afterwards (1776) cr. Earl of Ailesbury, as below. His widow, who was b. 12 Jan. 1721, »2., 19 Dec. 1747, at Somerset House Chapel, Field Marshal the afterwards Duke of Chandos), was (in 1889) represented by her descendant, the (last) Duke of Buckingham and Chandos {d. 1889), who thus became the senior roh. (h. of line) to Mary Tudor, Queen of France, sister of Henry VIII. (See p. 60, note "a"). A lock of this lady's hair was among the articles in the sale of the effects of the (then) Duke of Buckingham, at Stowe, Bucks, in August 1848, and sold for the small sum of jTy I OS. It had been, however, acquired by purchase (not descent) in 1786, by the Duke of Chandos, but its authenticity was indisputable. (°) Although she was heiress in blood of the Grimstons of Gorhambury, her father left the family estates to his great nephew, William Luckyn, who took the name of Grimston, and was ancestor of the Earls of Verulam. V.G. C") Mrs. Delaney writes, " Her father can give her no fortune ; she is very pretty, modest, well behaved, and just 18, has ;^2000 a year jointure, and ;^400 pin money; they say he is cross, covetous and three score years old. " V.G. (") Of his 2 sons, both by his ist wife, (i) George, d. young ; (2) Robert, M.P. for Great Bedwyn, m. 8 Feb. 1728/9, Frances, da. of Sir William Blackett, Bart., of Wallington, co. Northumberland, and d. s.p. and v.p. 30 Aug. 1738. C) This was James Brydges, afterwards (1771) 3rd Duke of Chandos, s. and h. of Mary, his ist da. and coh. (by 1st wife), who had d. v.p. This James d. s.p.m., 1789, leaving an only da. and h., Anna Eliza (i^/ y«r^ Baroness Kinloss [S.]), mother of Richard Plantagenet, 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos (who d. 1 861), and grandmother of the 3rd Duke {d. 1889), who, on 21 July 1868, established his right, in virtue of this descent, to the Barony of Kinloss [S.] afsd.
