CARNARVON 45 11- 1643 2. Charles (Dormer), Earl of Carnarvon [1628], to Viscount Ascott [1628] and Baron Dormer of Wyng 1709. [16 1 5], also a Baronet [16 15], Hereditary Chief Avenor and Keeper of the King's Hawks,(^) (ffc, only s. and h., L 25 Oct., and kip. 26 Nov. 1632, at St. Benet's, Paul's Wharf, London. M.A. Oxford 12 Apr. 1648. He was a Tory in politics. He ;«., istly, in or before 1653, Elizabeth, da. of Arthur (Capell), ist Baron Capell OF Hadham, by Elizabeth, da. and h. of Sir Charles Morrison, Bart. She, who was l>tjp. 4 June 1 633, at Hadham Parva, d. 30 July, and was htr. 6 Aug. 1678, at Wing, Bucks. He «;., 2ndly, Mary, da. of Montagu (Bertie), 2nd Earl of Lindsey, by his 2nd wife, Bridget, suo jure Baroness Norreys OF Rycote. She, who was b. and bcjp. i Sep. 1655, at Campden House, Kensington, Midx., d. s.p., at Lindsay House, Westm., 30 June, and was bur. 6 July 1709, at Wing. Will dat. 22 Oct. 1707, pr. 8 July 1709. He d. s.p.m.s.,(^) a few months later, aged 77, at Ascott House, 29 Nov., and was bur. 1 8 Dec. 1 709, at Wing afsd., when the Earldom and Viscountcy [cr. 1628] became extinct, but the Barony [cr. 16 15] devolved on his cousin and h. male. Will dat. 30 July 1709. See "Dormer," Barony, cr. 1615. [Charles Dormer, styled Viscount Ascott, ist s. and h. ap., by ist wife, bap. 25 June 1652, at Wing.('=) Matric. at Oxford (Ch. Ch.) 22 Apr. 1664, being then aged 1 1. He was cr. M.A. (being then of Merton College) 8 Sep. 1665. He d. v.p., a minor and unm.] EARLDOM, in. 1714. MARQUESSATE. L 1719. OF CARNARVON 9 Aug. 1744. I . James (Brydges), Baron Chandos OF Sudeley Castle, having sue. his father, 16 Oct. 1 7 14, in that dignity, was, a few days afterwards, 19 Oct. 17 14, cr. VISCOUNT WILTON, co. Hereford, and EARL OF CARNARVON-C^) On 29 Apr. 1 719, he was cr. MARQUESS and DUKE OF CHANDOS. He d see " Duke
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--J -. y c CO ^ : p if) It is pointed out by J. H. Round that this office was not really hereditary, but was claimed in virtue of the manor of Timer, Bucks, which had been purchased by the Dormers. At the coronation of James II this Earl claimed to be " Marshal, Sur- veyor, and Conservator of the King's hawks," but the claim was not allowed. See Round's The King's Serjeants, p. 309. V.G. (^) Of his two surv. daughters and coheirs (i) Elizabeth, ;;/. Philip (Stanhope), 2nd Earl of Chesterfield, and was grandmother of Philip Dormer, the celebrated Earl; and (2) Isabella, m. Charles (Coote), 3rd Earl of Mountrath [I.], and was ancestress of the succeeding Earls. (^) Two yr. brs. of the whole blood, William, b. 25, and bap. 30 Sep. 1666, at St. Paul's, Covent Garden, was bur. 10 Apr. 1668, at Wing, and Robert, b. 14, and bap. 22 Jan. 1667/8 there, was bur. 3 Mar. 1668/9, at Wing. (<^) This was one of the 14 peerages cr. at the Coronation of George I, for a list of which see vol. ii. Appendix F.
