298 BREADALBANE Baron Decies [I.]. She, who was b. 7 Sep. 1854, was an extra Lady in "Waiting to H.R.H. the Duchess of Albany. Family Estates. — These, in 1 883, consisted of 234,166 acres in co. Perth, and 204,192 in co. Argyll. Total 438,358 acres,(^) valued at about ;^55,700 a year. Principal Residence: — Taymouth Castle, co. Perth. BRECHIN i.e. "Brechin Navar and Ardmanach " Barony [S.] {Stewart), cr. 148 1, with the Earldom of Ross, which see; extinct, with the Dukedom of Ross [S.], 1504. i.e. " Maule of Brechin and Navar " Barony [S.] (Maule), see " Pan- mure" Earldom of [S.], cr. f>(> forfeited 17 15. See "Panmure of Brechin and Navar, co. Forfar" Barony [S.] (Maule), cr. 1831; extinct 1874. BRECKNOCK (county of) i.e. "Butler of Lanthony, co. Monmouth and Earl of Brecknock in Wales," cr. 20 July 1660. Forfeited, together with the Dukedom of Ormond [E.], 17 15. See "Ormond," Marquessate of [I.], cr. 1642, under the first Marquess. i.e. "Brecknock," Earldom (Pratt), cr. 18 12 with the Marquessate of Camden, which see. BREFFNEY Owen O'Rourke, who had served in Ireland for James II, and after- wards retired to France, was Ambassador to Vienna, 18 Apr. 1727, for the titular James III, who cr. him, 24 May 1727, BARON O'ROURKE OF CARHA, CO. Leitrim [I.], with the usual rem. On 31 July 1731 he was cr. VISCOUNT BREFFNEY of Connaught [I.], with the same rem. In July 1742, "as a special mark of the Royal favour, he having no chil- dren, and his lady being past the age of having any," he had a new patent, but with the precedency of the former as BARON OF CARHA and VISCOUNT BREFFNEY [I.], with rem. failing h. male of his body to hiscousin German, Constantine O'Rourke, of Carha,and the heirs male of his body. See also vol. i. Appendix F. (f) He is one of the ten noblemen who possessed in 1883, above 100,000 acres in the U.K., and in the size of his estates (though by no means in rental) stood third, being only exceeded by the Dukes of Sutherland and Buccleuch. See, for a list of these landowners, vol. vi. Appendix H.
