i62 DE LA WARR in Nev/ Palace Yard, 26 May, and was bur. 2 June 1723, at St. Margaret's, Westm. Will pr. 1723. His widow d. 31 Jan., and was bur. 6 Feb. 1737/8, at St. Margaret's afsd. Will pr. 1738. XVI. 1723. 7 and i. John (West), Baron de la Warr, only s. and h., b. 4 Apr. 1693. On his return from his travels, he EARLDOM. was made Standard Bearer to the Band of Gent. Pen- sioners (1712-14), and Clerk extraordinary of the Privy ^701- Council 1712-23; M.P. (Whig) for Grampound 1715-22; Guidon and 1st Major, ist troop of Horse Guards 171 5; Lieut. Col. thereof 17 17; Lieut. Col. ist regt. of Foot Guards 1730; Col. ist troop Horse Guards 1737-66; Brig. Gen. 1743, serving, as such, at the battle of Dettingen, 16 June; Major Gen. 1745; Lieut. Gen. 1 747, and Gen. of Horse 1765. Verderer of Windsor Park 1 7 1 8. On the revival of the order of the Bath, he was nom. K.B. 27 May, and inst. 25 June 1725; Lord of the Bedchamber T725-27; F.R.S. 19 Dec. 1728; P.C. 12 June 1 731; Treasurer of the Household June 1731-37; Ambassador to Saxe Gotha, Mar. 1736, to conclude the marriage of the Prince of Wales with the Princess Augusta, whom he attended into England. Gov. of the Levant Co. 1736 till his death; Gov. of New York July to Sep. 1737; Gov. of Gravesend and Tilbury Fort 1747-52; Gov. of Guernsey 1752-66. On the accession of George III, he was cr., 18 Mar. 1 76 1, VISCOUNT CANTELUPE and EARL DE LA WARR. He ;«., istly, 25 May 1721, secretly, in the country,(*) Charlotte, da. of Donogh (MacCarthy), 4th Earl of Clancartv [I.], by Elizabeth, da. of Robert (Spencer), 2nd Earl of Sunder- land. She d. at Bath, 7, and was bur. 16 Feb. 1734/5, in Westm. Abbey, aged 34. Admon. 6 Nov. 1736. He m., 2ndly, 15 June 1744, Anne,() widow of George (Nevill), Lord Abergavenny, da. of Nehemiah Walker, " a sea captain," of co. Midx. She d. 26 June 1748, at Balderwood Lodge, Hants. He d. 16, and was bur. 22 Mar. 1766, at St. Margaret's, Westm., aged 72. Will pr. 1766. EARLDOM II. 2 and 8. John (West), Earl de la Warr, Viscount Cantelupe, and Baron de la Warr, ist (^ _.^ s. and h., by ist wife, b. 1729; entered 3rd regt. ' ' of Foot Guards 1746; Lieut. Col. ist troop of Horse Guards 1755; Col. in the Army 1758; A.D.C. to the King 1760-61; styled Viscount Cantelupe, 1761-66, Major Gen. 1761; Col. ist troop Horse Gren. Guards 1763-66; Col. ist troop of Horse Guards 1766 till his death, and Lieut. Gen. in the Army 1770. Vice-Chamberlain to the Queen Consort 1761-66, and from 1766 her Master of the Horse, BARONY XVII. (*) Hist. MSS. Com., Various MSS., vol. viii, p. 316. V.G. () See vol. i, p. 39, note " b." She is said to have brought her 2nd husband
- ^6o,000 and a considerable real estate." V.G.
