268 BOYNE IV. 1772. 4. Richard (Hamilton), Viscount Boyne, i^fc. [I.], br. and h., b. 24 Mar. 1724. In 1746 he sue. to the Stackallan estates on the death of the 2nd Viscount. He was M.P. for Navan, 1755-60. Sheriff of co. Meath 1766. He m. Georgiana, 2nd da. of William Bury, of Shannon Grove, co. Limerick, by Jane, sister of Charles, 1st Earl of Charleville [I.], da. of John (Moore), Baron Moore of TuLLAMORE [I.]. He d. 30 July 1789, in Ireland. Admon. Feb. 1790. V. 1789. 5. GusTAvus (Hamilton), Viscount BoYNE, &'c. [I.], s. and h., l>. 20 Dec. 1749. Sheriff of co. Meath 1774. He m. (lie. 26 Mar. 1773), i Apr. 1773, Martha Matilda (a fortune of
- ^40,ooo), da. of Sir Quaile Somerville, 2nd Bart. [I.], by his 2nd wife,
Sarah, da. of Thomas Towers, of Archerstown, co. Meath. He d. 29 Feb. 1816, in Prince's Str., Han. Sq. His widow m., 11 July 1821, at the British Embassy, Paris, Sir Thomas Webb, Bart., who d. 26 Mar. 1823. She d. 16 Sep. 1826. Admon. Nov. 1826. VI. 1 8 16. 6. Gustavus (Hamilton), Viscount Boyne, ^c. [I.], s. and h., i. 12 Apr. 1777. He m., 4 Aug. 1796, Har- riet, da. of Benjamin Baugh, of Burwarton House, Salop. She d'. i Nov. 1854, in Belgrave Sq. He d'. there 30 Mar. 1855. VII. 1855. 7. Gustavus Frederick John James (Hamilton- Russell), Viscount Boyne, fffc. [I.], only surv. s. and h., l>. II May 1797, at Downton Hall, near Ludlow, Salop. Sheriff of that county 1841. Having m., 9 Sep. 1828, at Hastings, Emma Maria, sister and (in 1850) h. of William Russell, of Brancepeth Castle,(^) Durham, da. of Matthew Russell, of the same, by Elizabeth, da. of George Tennyson, of Bayons Manor, co. Lincoln, he took by Royal lie, 26 Feb. 1850, the surname of Russell after that of Hamilton. On 31 Aug. 1866, he, being a leading Conservative, was cr. BARON BRANCEPETH of Brancepeth, co. Durham [U.K.]. His wife d'. 29 Apr. 1870, at 22 Belgrave Sq., Midx. He d. 27 Oct. 1872, aged 74, at Brancepeth Castle. (^) J. H. Round points out that Brancepeth, the historic seat of the Nevills (in- herited from the Bulmers), was held by them till their forfeiture under Elizabeth. It was granted by James I to his favourite, Robert Kerr (see Somerset, Earldom, 1613), and, after being held by several families, was purchased in I 796 by Mr. William Russell. We read in Burke's Commoners (vol. i, p. 104) that "Mr. Russell commenced his fortunate career at Sunderland as a general merchant and, as his opulence in- creased, speculated extensively in collieries, and acquired immense wealth. He d., in 1817, one of the richest commoners in England." His son Matthew rebuilt and modernised the castle in 18 18. He also observes that the family were still using the ancient coat of the Russells of Strensham (with an escallop on the chevron) in 1833 (Burke's Commoners), and that it now forms the first quarter of Lord Boyne's coat, only modified (by the heralds) by changing the chevron to two chevronels and the escallop to a cinquefoil. V.G.
