212 CLANBRASSILL having been cr. M.A. 28 Sep. 1663 {sic).{'-) P.C. [I.] Feb. 1 670/1. He m., May 1667, Alice, da. of Henry (Moore), ist Earl of Drogheda [I.], by Alice, da. of William (Spencer), 2nd Baron Spencer of Worm- LEiGHTON. He d. s.p., 12, and was bur. 15 Jan. 1675, at Christ Church, Dublin, when all his honours became extinct. "Will dat. 27 Mar. 1674, devising all his real estate to his wife, pr. 1 674/5. C') His widow w., Sep. 1677 (as his 2nd wife), John (Hamilton), 2nd Lord Bargeny [S.], who d. 15 May 1693. She d. s.p., 25 Dec. 1677, at Roscommon House, Dublin. 111. 1756. I. James Hamilton, s. and h. of James H., of Tolly- more, CO. Down, by Anne, sister of Charles, Earl of Peterborough and Monmouth, da. of John (Mordaunt), ist Viscount Mordaunt of Avalon, sue. his father at an early age; M.P. for Dundalk [I.], 1 7 1 5- 1 9. He was, 1 3 May 1 7 1 9, cr. BARON CLANEBOYE, co. Down, and VISCOUNT OF THE CITY OF LIMERICK [I.], taking his seat as such i July following. One of the Common Council for the province of Georgia, 1733; M.P.('=) for Wendover 1735-41, for Tavistock 1 741/2-47, and for Morpeth 1747-54. Chairman, Mar. 1 741/2, of the Committee to enquire into the conduct of (the late Prime Minister) the Earl of Orford. He obtained in 1 742 the reversion of the office of King's Remembrancer [I.], on the death of Lord Palmerston (who d. 10 June '^lSl)i foJ" his son. P.C. [I.] 14 Apr. 1746; Gov. of co. Louth, 1756 till his death. On 24 Nov. 1756 he was cr. EARL OF CLAN- BRASSILL, CO. Armagh [I.], taking his seat as such, 11 Oct. 1757. He m., 15 Oct. 1728, at the Hague, Henrietta, da. of William (Bentinck), 1st Earl of Portland, by his 2nd wife, Jane, da. of Sir John Temple, of Palmerston, co. Dublin. He d. 17 Mar. 1758, at St. Stephen's Green, Dublin. Will pr. 1758. His widow d. 10 June 1792, at Templeogue. Will pr, 1792. (^) For a list of peers on whom this degree was conferred on this day, see note sub James, Earl of Suffolk [1640]. C") She is stated to have prevailed on her husband to make this will in spite of his pointing out to her that it would be useless, as the estates were, failing his male issue, entailed by the first lord on collaterals. She is then supposed to have poisoned her husband, and destroyed her father-in-law's will. There then ensued, for 20 years, a contest, both by armed bands and in the law courts, between the defrauded heirs and Lady Clanbrassill, or her representatives, which was only terminated by the acci- dental discovery in the Charter room at Killyleagh Castle, of a duly executed and valid copy of the first Earl's will. See, for a fuller account, A Sketch of My Mother, by the Marquess of DufFerin, from which these facts are drawn. V.G. (<^) He was one of the leaders of the Whigs opposed to Walpole. His hostile motion for an enquiry into the last 20 years of Walpole's administration, with a view to his impeachment, was defeated in the House of Commons, Mar. 1742, by 2 votes, but he succeeded in carrying by 7 votes a second motion to enquire into the last 10 years. V.G.
