DARNLEY 85 claimed (by petition) the Dukedom of Lennox [S.], a: 1581, as heir general of Charles, the 6th Duke, who d. i6-j2. A Whig. He m., 19 Sep. 1791, at Lurgan, co. Armagh, Elizabeth, da. of the Rt. Hon. William Brownlow, of Lurgan, by his 2nd wife, Catherine, da. of Roger Hall, of Mount Hall, CO. Down. He d. 17 Mar. 1831, aged 63, at Cobham Hall.(^) His widow c/. 22 Dec. following, at Leamington. Both were iu>: at Cobham. V. 1831. 5. Edward (Bligh), Earl OF Darnley, {sfc. [I.], also Lord Clifton (of Leighton Bromswold), 2nd, but ist surv.C") s. and h., ^.25 Feb. 1795; ed. at Eton, and at Ch. Ch. Oxford; I St Class Classics and B.A. 18 16, M.A. 18 19; M.P. (Whig) for Canter- bury 1818-30; Lord Lieut, of co. Meath 1831-35; F.R.S. 2 May 1833. He m., 26 July 1825, at Abbeyleix, Emma Jane, 3rd da. of Henry Brooke (Parnell), 1st Baron Congleton, by Caroline Elizabeth, da. of John (Dawson), ist Earl of Portarlington [L]. He J. 11 Feb. 1835, from lock-jaw, by a wound from an axe, while felling timber, at Cobham Hall, aged nearly 40. His widow, who was l^. 7 Apr. 1804, d. 15 Mar. 1884, in her 80th year, at Brunswick Place, Brighton. Both were I'ur. at Cobham. VI. 1835. 6. John Stuart (Bligh), Earl of Darnley, tfc. [L], also Lord Clifton (of Leighton Bromswold), s. and h., b. 16 Apr. 1827, in Harley Str., Marylebone; ed. at Eton, and at Ch. Ch. Oxford, B.A. 1848, M.A. 1869; Hereditary High Steward of Gravesend and Milton. A Conservative. He m., 3 1 Aug. i 850, at St. Peter's, Pimlico, Harriet Mary, ist da. of Henry Thomas (PELHAM),3rd Earl of Chichester, by Mar)', da. of Robert (Brudenell), 6th Earl of Cardigan. He d. suddenly, of angina pectoris, at Clifton Lodge, near Athboy, co. Meath, 14, and was i>ur. 21 Dec. 1896, at Cobham, aged 69.() His widow, who was b. 5 June 1829, <2'. at 21 Hill Str., Midx., 4, and was bur. 7 Sep. 1905, at Cobham, aged 76. Will pr. over ;/[ 10,000. VII. 1896. 7. Edward Henry Stuart (Bligh), Earl of Darnley, dfc. [I.], also Lord Clifton (of Leighton Bromswold), ist s. and h., i. 21 Aug. 1851, at Cobham Hall afsd.; stykd Lord Clifton till 1896; ed. at Eton, and at Ch. Ch. Oxford. A Conserva- (*) "He speaks often, but is a very indifferent speaker ... is of an amiable temper and disposition." {Sketches of Irish Political Character, I 799). His Irish estates are said, in 1799, to have been worth £i),000 p.a. For a list of the largest resident Irish landlords at that date, see Appendix C to this volume. V.G. () His elder br., John, d. an infant, in 1793. {) In Sir Alfred Lyall's Life of Lord Dufferin, he is referred to, while at Eton, as " endowed with such a ready knack of turning out " Latin verses " that it would have been false economy not to employ him; and he appears to have supplied the universal demand." V.G.
