82 CASTLECOMER of the Hon. George Montagu, of Horton, Northants (s. of Henry, ist Earl of Manchester), by Elizabeth, da. of Sir Anthony Irby. He d. in London, 15, and was bur. 24 Sep. 1707, at Kirklington, aged 51. Will pr. 17 1 5. His widow d. 13 Nov. 1731. Will, in which she desires to be bur. at St. Katharine's by the Tower of London, dat. 26 Apr. 1 729, pr. 6 Dec. 1 73 1 . II. 1707. 2. Christopher (Wandesford), Viscount Castle- comer, tfc. [I.], s. and h., bap. at St. Margaret's, Westm., 2 Mar. 1683/4; ent. Trin. Coll. Dublin 10 Mar. 1701/2 as Fellow Com., B.A. 1704; M.P. for St. Canice [I.] July-Sep. 1707. He was M.P. (Whig) for Morpeth, 1 7 lo-i 3 ;again elected therefor 171 5, but sat for Ripon, 1715 till his death; P.C. [I.] app. 25 Apr. 17 10; a Governor of Kilkenny, 171 5. (^) He m., 1717, Frances, sister of Thomas, ist Duke of Newcastle, da. of Thomas (Pelham), ist Baron Pelham of Laughton, by his 2nd wife, Grace, da. of Gilbert (Holles), Earl of Clare. He d. 23 June 17 19, in Newport Str., London, and was bur. at Charlton, Kent, aged 35. Will pr. Oct. 1719. His widow d. s.p.s., 27 June 1756. Admon. 23 Sep. 1756. III. 1719- 3- Christopher (Wandesford), Viscount Castle- coMER, &c. [I.], only child and h., b. 17 17. He d. of the small pox, in his 19th year, and unm., 8, and was bur. 10 May 1736, at St. James's, Westm. Admon. 12 June 1736 and 10 Feb. 1756. IV. 1736. 4. George (Wandesford), Viscount Castlecomer, iifc. [I.], uncle and h., being 2nd s. of the ist Viscount, iap. at Kirklington, 22 Sep. 1687; ent. Trin. Coll. Dublin 9 Nov. 1706 as Pensioner, aged 16 [sic, query 19!*]. Sometime Capt. in Hotham's Regt. of Foot. He m. (lie. Cork, 17 10) Susanna, da. of the Rev. John Griffith, Archdeacon of Killaloe, by Susanna, da. of Capt. Epenetus Crosse, of Crosse's Green, co. Cork. He d'. 25 June 1 751, in St. Stephen's Green, and was bur. at St. Anne's, Dublin, aged 64. Will pr. 1 75 1 . His widow d. 10 Sep. 1757. (^) The Book of Dignities, Professor Frith in Did. Nat. Biog., and other authorities state that Lord Castlecomer held the office of Secretary at War from Mar. to May 1 7 1 8. The appointment is not noted in The London Gazette, and although The Political State of Great Britain for Mar. 1718 records that "about this time" he was "made Secretary at War in the room of Mr. Secretary Craggs," the same publication in May 17x8 says that Robert Pringle (who in Haydn appears as Castlecomer's successor) was "made Secretary at War in the room of James Craggs, Esq., one of His Majesty's principal Secretaries of State," no mention being made of Castlecomer. No new writ issued for Ripon at this time in place of Castlecomer, whose seat would necessarily have been vacated by his acceptance of office. An examination of the War Office general letter book shows that his rumoured appointment to the Secretaryship at War did not take place, and that in fact he never held that post, {ex inform, the Rev. A. B. Beaven). V.G.
