176 BEXLEY Barrister (Line. Inn) 1791; Bencher 18 12; M.P. (Tory) for Hastings 1796-1802, for Old Sarum 1802-12, for East Grinstead June to Sep. 1812, and tor Harwich 1812-23; Envoy to Denmark, 1801; Joint Sec. to the Treasury 1801-04, and 1806-07; P.C. [I.] 14 Jan. 1805; Sec. to the Lord Lieut. [I.] Jan. to Sep. 1805; Chancellor of the Exchequer 18 12 to i823,(*) and was on his resignation of that postC") cr. i Mar. 1823, BARON BEXLEY, of Bexley, Kent,() receiving a pension of ^^3,000 a year. F.R.S. 7 Feb. 18 12, F.S.A. 24 Jan. 1822. Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1823-28; High Steward of Harwich, Director of Greenwich Hospital 1824-29. He w., 22 July 1806, Catharine Isabella, 2nd da. of William (Eden), ist Baron Auckland, by Eleanor, 2nd da. of Sir Gilbert Elliot, Bart. [S.]. She, who was b. 20 Sep. 1778, d. 10 Aug. 18 10. He d. s.p., 8 Feb. 1 851, in his 85th year, at Foots Cray afsd., when his Peerage became extinct. Will pr. Feb. 1852. BHURTPORE See "CoMBERMERE, OF Bhurtpore in the East Indies and of Comber- mere, CO. Chester," Viscountcy {Cotton)^ cr. 1827. BICKERSTAFF See "Stanley of Bickerstaff, co. Lancaster," Barony {Smith-Stanley), cr. 1832. BIDDEFORD i.e. "Granville, of Kilkhampton and Biddeford," Barony {Gran- ville), see "Bath," Earldom of; cr. 1661; extinct 1717. See "Lansdown of Biddeford, co. Devon," Barony (^Granville), cr. 17 12; extinct 1735. BIDEFORD i.e. Lansdown of Bideford, Barony, see Albemarle, Dukedom, cr. 3 Nov. 1 72 1 by the titular James III; and vol. i, Appendix F. (f) He was one of the 22 "stalwarts" who voted against the 3rd reading of the Reform Bill, 4 June 1832, after Wellington and the great bulk of the Opposition had decided to abstain. For a list of these see vol. iii, Appendix I. V.G. C") " He boasted, upon very fair grounds, of having had the satisfaction to retire, leaving a clear surplus revenue of ^Ty, 000, 000 per annum, [yet] great [as] was his financial reputation, it is certain that his views and statements could never be under- stood ; his opponents charged him with wilful mystification." [Annual Reg., 1851). (') This creation was with the object of getting him out of the House of Commons and out of the way of Canning, who was then joining the administration, and to whom he was politically hostile. "To crown all, Van. is to be crowned with a coronet! Laugh if you will, but it is a most serious relief to me." (G. Canning to Sir Charles Bagot, 3 Jan. 1823). V.G.
