loo BELLENDEN IV. 1741. 4. Ker (Bellenden), Lord Bellenden OF Broughton [S.], s. and h., b. 22 Oct., and bap. 11 Dec. 1725, at Walkerne, Herts. Was an officer R.N. Heritable Usher of the Exche- quer [S.]. He ;«., 13 Mar. 1749, at Erith, Elizabeth, da. of Richard Brett, Clerk of the Cheque in Deptford Dockyard. Q He d. 2 Mar. I753,() at Woolwich, aged 27, and was bur. at Westmill, Herts. M.I. Will pr. Aug. 1753. His widow d. 21 Jan. 1798, at Fareham, Hants, aged 71. Will dat. 14 Jan. 1792, pr. 16 Feb. 1798. V. 1753. 5. John Ker (Bellenden), Lord Bellenden of Broughton [S.], only s. and h., b. at Woolwich 22 Aug., and bap. 23 Sep. 1751. On 23 Apr. 1755, he had a grant of ;^250 a year at pleasure as Usher of the Exchequer [S.], confirmed, by George III, 4 Apr. 1761. Ensign 25th regt., 1775. -^^ ^- ^^ J^n^ I787j ^t Leith, Sarah Cumming, of Montego Bay, Jamaica, widow, a mulatto woman. She d. in Golden Sq., London, 21, and was bur. 29 Nov. 1794, at St. Marylebone. Will pr. Dec. 1794. He d. s.p., 20 Oct. 1796, at Edinburgh, aged 41, and, being insolvent, his office of Heritable Usher, fife, was sold by Order of the Court of Session.() VI. 1796. 6. Robert (Bellenden), Lord Bellenden OF Brough- ton [S.], uncle and h., b. 7 Apr., and bap. 23 Aug. 1734, at Westmill, Herts. Capt. nth Foot, 1761, and 68th Foot, 1767. On 8 Feb. 1797, he had a grant of ;^2 50 a year as the salary of Usher of the Exchequer [S.]. He d. unm. 13 Oct. 1797, at Bath, and was bur. at Westmill afsd., aged 63. VII. 1797 7. William (Bellenden), Lord Bellenden OF Brough- to ton [S.], cousin and h. male, being only s. and h. of 1805. William B., by Jacomina Farmer, of Normington, co. Lincoln, which W^illiam was 3rd s. of John, the 2nd Lord. He was bap. 20 Oct. 1728, at Ashton under Hill, co. Gloucester. On 19 Mar. 1 804 (in his 76th year) he sue. his cousin as DUKE OF ROX- BURGHE, Is'c. [S.]. On his death, s.p.s., 22 Oct. 1805, the issue male of William, 2nd Earl of Roxburghe [S.] failed, and the Barony of Bellenden of Broughton [S.] became, probably, extinct, or at all events, dormant. — See fuller account under "Roxburghe," Earldom and Dukedom of [S.]. if) According to the pedigree in the College of Arms his only wife was named Elizabeth, and was da. of JVilliam Brett. He is sometimes (incorrectly) said to have m.y 2ndly, in 1750, Elizabeth, da. of George Campbell, Storekeeper at Woolwich, but the will of William Robins, of Portsea, proved 1763, mentions as his niece, " Elizabeth, Lady Ker Bellenden, da. of Richard Brett, of Deptford." C") In his M.I. the date of his death is incorrectly given as 13 Mar. 1754. {^) A letter from this peer to Lord Lonsdale, stating that he has not the honour to be known to him, but hopes he will compassionate a nobleman in distress, and find it convenient to render the smallest assistance per bearer, ^c, is printed in the Hut. MSS. Com., 13th Rep., pt. vii, p. 147. V.G.
