ALDBORouGH COMPLETE PEERAGE 99 coh. of the Ven. Benjamin O'Neale, Archdeacon of Leighlin, by Hannah, da. and coh. of Col. Joshua Paul. He d. 29 June, and was bur. 4 July 1777, aged 86. Will pr. in Prerog. Court [I.] 1778. His widow d. 1 1 Mar. 1796, at her house in Kildare Str., Dublin, after a lingering illness, in her 90th year. Will pr. [I.] as "Countess Dowager," 1802. EARLDOM [I.] 2. Edward, or Edward Augustus, (Stratford), VTSrOTTNTrY n n Earl of Aldborough, ^c, s. and h. M. P. (Whig L -J interest) for Taunton, Somerset, 1774, but was un- II. 1777. seated on petition, for bribery ; and for Baltinglass [I.] 1759-68, and 1775-77. A Governor of co. Wicklow 1778 ; F.R.S. May 1777 ; Hon. D.C.L. Oxford 3 July 1777. He voted in favour of the Irish Union in 1800. He m.^ istly, 29 July 1765, (spec, lie.) at St. Geo., Han. Sq., Barbara, 2nd da. and h. of the Hon. Nicholas Herbert, of Great Glemham, Suffolk (7th s. of Thomas, 8th Earl of Pembroke), by Anne, da. and coh. of Dudley North, of Great Glemham afsd. She, who was b. July 1742, d. s.p., 11 Apr. 1785, of apoplexy, aged 42, and was bur. at Glemham. M.I. Admon. 1788. He w., 2ndly, 24 May 1787 (spec, lie.) in the house of the Dowager Duchess of Chandos, in Grosvenor Sq., Anne Elizabeth, (a fortune of
- ^50,ooo) only da. of John (Henniker), ist Lord Henniker [L], by
Anne, ist da. and coh. of Sir John Major, ist Bart. He d. s.p., 2 Jan. 1 80 1, aged about 60, at Belan, co. Wicklow, and was bur. in St. Thomas's, Dublin. (*) Will dat. 14 Sep. to 5 Oct. 1800, pr. Jan. 1803. His widow m., Dec. 1 801, George Powell, Barrister at Law, and d. s.p. at Aldborough House, Dublin, 14 July 1802. Admon. Jan. 1803. III. 1801. 3. John (Stratford), Earl OF Aldborough, i^c. [I.], br. and h., M.P. for co. Wicklow 1776-90; for Baltin- glass, 1763-76 and 1 790-1 800. C*) A Governor of co. Wicklow 1795. He m., Apr. 1777, Elizabeth, da. and h. of the Rev. Frederick Hamilton (a grandson of William, Duke of Hamilton [S.]), Archdeacon of Raphoe and Vicar of Wellingborough, Northants, by Rachel, da. of ( ) Daniel, of Ireland. He d. s.p.m., 7 Mar. 1823, at Belan, co. Kildare. His widow d. 29 Jan. 1846, at her hotel in Paris. (°) IV. 1823. 4. Benjamin O'Neale (Stratford), Earl of Ald- borough, &c. [I.], br. and h. male, being 4th s. of the 1st Earl. A Governor of co. Wicklow 1777. M.P. for Baltinglass 1777-83 and 1 790-1 800. He m., (lie. from Consistory Court, Dublin) 10 Jan. 1774, Martha, only da. and h. of John Burton, of St. Anne's, (") He was noted for his ability and eccentricity. V.G. n When Sir John Blaquiere writing of him says, " The support and gratitude of this very honourable family never to be depended upon. " V.G. C^) Gent. Mag. gives a circumstantial account of her death, at Bath, about May 1 8 II, from an abscess, and adds that she had been a Dublin toast, and the best horse- woman in Ireland. V.G.
