no DE BLAQUIERE VI. 1889. 6. William (de Blaquiere), Baron de Blaquiere of Ardkill [I.], cousin and h. male, being 2nd and only surv. s. of Charles de Blaquiere, of Woodstock, Canada (who d. there 16 July 1869, aged 49), by his istwife, Agnes, widow of W. Lawson, which Charles was the 5th s. of the Hon. Peter Boyle de Blaquiere, Chancellor of the Univ. of Toronto (who d. 23 Oct. i860, aged 76), 4th and yst. s. of the ist Baron. He was b. 5 Sep. 1856. He established his right to vote at the election of Rep. Peers [I.]. He m., 25 Jan. 1888, at Christchurch Cathedral, Montreal, Lucianne, ist da. of George Desbarats, of Montreal. [John de Blaquiere, ist s. and h. ap., b. i Aug. 1889, in Montreal, Canada. Lieut. Scottish Rifles Jan. 1913. He was killed in the European War in Mar. 1915.0] Family Estates. — These, in 1883, were under 3,000 acres. DECHMONT i.e. "Dechmont, CO. Linlithgow," Barony [S.] {Hamilton), cr. 1696 with the Earldom of Orkney [S.], which see. DECIES BARONY AND Maurice FitzGerald,() ist s. and h. of Gerald VISCOUNTCY [I.] Fitzjohn FitzGerald, of Dromana, co. Waterford (d. 1553), by Ellice, 4th da. of Piers (Butler), Earl of 1569 Ormond and Ossory [I.], was b. 1530; Knighted at to Waterford by the Earl of Sussex, Lord Lieut. [I.] 1572. on St. Andrew's Day 1558; Sheriff of co. Cork during pleasure i June 1559-67. On 27 Jan. 1568/9 [date ot Fiantll^) he was cr. BARON OF DROMANA [Dromane] [I.], and four days later, on 31 Jan. 1568/9, was cr. (*) His only brother, Alan Boyle De Blaquiere, b. 28 Mar. 1895, is a Naval cadet. For a list of peers and h. ap. of peers who fought in the European War, 191 4- , see vol. viii, Appendix F. C*) His arms as Viscount Decies are recorded in Ulster's Office — Ermine, a saltire engrailed within a bordure Gules. (G. D. Burtchaell). V.G. ("=) The Queen's Letters for both dignities were dated at Havering 16 July 1568. " The ' Fiants ' or Warrants to the Court of Chancery for Grants under the Great Seal, so called from their usually commencing with the words Fiant literae patentee., extend from the reign of Henry VIII to the present time. . . . The present practice is not to issue Letters Patent to the parties entitled to them until the enrol- ment has been made upon the Patent Roll, for which purpose the Fiant is treated as the original, though the enrolment directed by the Act is of the Letters themselves. This practice has, I presume, prevailed since the 17 and 18 Charles II, cap. 2, known as the Act of Explanation, the 73rd section of which enacts that all Letters Patent of titles of honor, offices, or lands shall be void, unless they contain a clause of en- rolment in the Chancery of Ireland within a time to be specified. Prior to this enactment, the causes operating to such enrolments as were made, were, I apprehend, the security thereby given to the grantee, and the obtaining of their customary fees
