DELVIN VI. 1684. 6. Richard (Nugent), Earl OF Westmeath and Baron Delvin [I.], grandson and h., being s. and h. of Christopher Nugent, styled Lord Delvin, who d. v.p. He d. unm., Apr. 17 14. VII. 1714. 7. Thomas (Nugent), Earl OF Westmeath and Baron Delvin [I.], br. and h. He d. s.p.m.s., 30 June I752,(^) and was sue. by his br. and h. male in the Earl- dom ot Westmeath [I.] and (considering the nature of the ancient Irish Baronies) doubtless in the Barony of Delvin [I.] also; see Westmeath, Earldom of [I.], a: 1621. o W5 DE MAULEY OF CANFORD BARONY. I. William Francis Spencer PoNsoNBY, of Canford ■. n „ House, Dorset, 3rd s. of Frederick (Ponsonby), 3rd ■^ ■ Earl of Bessborough [I.], by Henrietta Frances, da. of John (Spencer), ist Earl Spencer, was b. in Cavendish Sq., 31 July, and bap. 31 Aug. 1787, at St. Marylebone, Midx.; M.P. (Whig) for Poole, 1 826-3 1,() for Knaresborough June to Dec. 1832, and for Dorset 1832-37; F.R.S. 2 Feb. 1832. His wife being a coh.("=) to the Barony of Mauley, which is held to have been cr. by writ in 1295, he was, 10 July i838,C») cr. BARON DE IVIAULEY(^) OF CANFORD, CO. Dorset. He m., 8 Aug. 18 14, at St. Marylebone afsd., Barbara, da. and h. of Anthony (Ashley-Cooper), 5th Earl of Shaftesbury, by (*) Of his eleven children, all d. before him, though two of his daughters had married and had issue, viz. (i) Mary, m., 1705, Francis (Bermingliam), Lord Athenry [I.], and d. July 1725, leaving issue Thomas, her s. and h., cr. Earl of Louth [I.] in 1759, who d. s.p.m.s., 1799; see Athenry. (2) Catherine, m. Andrew Nugent, of Dysart, co. Westmeath, and d. 7 Oct. 1756, leaving issue Lavalin Nugent, of Dysart and TuUangham, her s. and h., l>. 1722. For claims made to this Barony see vol. vii. Appendix H. C") When he resigned his seat to contest Dorset against Lord Ashley, by whom he was defeated. V.G. if) Through the families of Ashley-Cooper, Webb, Salvaine, and Maulc)-. C^) This is one of the eleven peerages conferred at the Coronation of Queen Victoria. See vol. ii, Appendix F. (') It was not till the reign of George IV that the " fashion proceeded from reviving old names and titles to inventing some that were entirely new but formed on the antique pattern, like a modern Gothic castle." In 1826, Sir John Fleming Leicester was cr. " Lord de Tabley of Tabley House, a tautologous designation that was sufficiently unmeaning;" in 1838, Mr. Ponsonby was cr. "Baron de Mauley oj Canford," in allusion to an ancient Barony of which the owners, had they continued, would have been called Mau!e; not de Mauley." See an article on "Surnames with the prefix De" in Her. and Gen., vol. i, pp. 138-158, and see also vol. vi of the present work. Appendix A.
