ANNESLEY COMPLETE PEERAGE 171 1783-90, for Newtownards 1790-96, for Blessington 1797-1800, (") for Clogher Feb.-Mar. 1800, and for Midleton Apr.-Dec. 1800. Sheriff of CO. Down, 1783. Commissioner of the Customs [I.] 1786-95, and 1802-06; Commissioner of the Excise [I.] 1795-18 10. P.C. [I.] 1798. He m.y 25 Sep. 1771, at Swanlinbar, co. Cavan, Anne, (with ^^15,000 p.a.) only da. and h, of Robert Lambert, of Dunlady, co. Down, by Alice, widow of John Corry, of Newry, da. of the Rev. John Vaughan, Rector of Dromore, Ireland. She, who was b. in 1752, d. 30 June 1822, at Belfast He d. at Clontarf, 9, and was bur. 16 Nov. 1824, at Kilmegan afsd., aged 79. Will pr. 23 Dec. 1824. 3 and 4. William Richard (Annesley), EarlAnnesley, iyc.,s.andh.,^. 16 July 1772. M.P. (Whig) for Downpatrick, 1815-20; Sheriff of co. Down, 1822, as Viscount Glerawley. He m., istly, 19 May 1803, Isabella, 2nd da. of William (St. Lawrence), 2nd Earl of Howth [L], by his ist wife, Mary, da. and coh. of Thomas (Bermingham), Earl of Louth [I.]. This marriage was dissolved by Act of Pari. 8 June 1821. (") She d. Apr. 1827. He w., 2ndly, 15 July 1828, at Kilmegan afsd., Priscilla Cecilia, 2nd da. of Hugh Moore, of Eglantine House, in the parish of Blaris, CO. Down, by Priscilla Cecilia, widow of Robert Shaw, and da. of Col. Robert Armitage, of Kensington. He d. at Oriel Lodge, Cheltenham, 25 Aug., and was bur. i Sep. 1838, at Kilmegan afsd., aged 66. Will dat. 29 June 1836 to 16 Aug. 1838, pr. 2 Oct. 1838. His widow, who was bap. 8 Sep. 1808, at Lisburn Cath., d. 29 Mar. 1891, aged 83, at Donard Lodge, Newcastle, co. Down, and was bur. at Castlewellan. Will pr. 6 May 1891. EARLDOM [L] in. BARONY [L] IV. 1824. EARLDOM [I.] IV. BARONY [I.] V. 1838. 4 and 5. William Richard (Annesley), Earl Annesley, i^c. [I.], s. and h. by 2nd wife, b. 21 Feb., in Rutland Sq., Dublin, and bap. II May 1830, at St. Thomas's, Dublin. M.P. (Conservative) for Great Grimsby, 1852-57. He established his claim as a transition, from the extreme of an embarrissing [m] rapidity to the sleepy langour [hV] of monotonical preaching : and his manner has much vehemence without fire, and much impetuosity without force. " Review of the Principal Characters of the I. H. ofC, by " Falkland " [the Rev. John R. Scott], pub. 1789. {ex inform, the Rev. A.B. Beaven.) V.G. (') He was compelled to resign his seat in Jan. 1800, by the patron of the borough, the Marquess of Downshire, for having voted for the Union. He was one of the 3 Commissioners appointed, after the Union, to assess the sums to be paid in compensation to the patrons of the disfranchised boroughs, {ex inform, the Rev. A. B. Beaven.) V.G. (*") The cause was her crim. con. with Henry John Burn, sometime Lieut. loth Hussars, with whom she eloped from Versailles in July 181 9. Damages (laid at
- ^20,000) were obtained for ;^i,500 in June 1820. She d. Apr. 1827, aged 44.
