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396 DONERAILE da. and h. of Charles (Mohun), Baron Mohun of Oakhampton, by his ist wife, Charlotte, da. of Thomas Mainwaring. She d. Nov. 1718. He w., 2ndly, Mar. 1725, Catherine Sarah, (^) da. of Capt. John Conyngham. He d. in the Isle of Man, 13 Mar. 1733/4. Admon. 25 June 1740, 23 Feb. i750/i,and ifDec. 1753. His widow was ^«r. 2 Aug. 1783, at Kensington, Midx. Will pr. 1783. III. 1734- 3- Arthur Mohun (St. Leger), Viscount Done- RAiLE, i^c. [I.], only s. and h., b. 7 Aug. 171 8; matric. at Oxford (Hart Hall) 24 May 1734; took his seat in the House of Lords [I.] 10 Oct. 1739. He was M.P. (Whig) for Winchelsea, i74i-47;() and for Old Sarum, 1747-50; Lord of the Bedchamber to the Prince of Wales, 1747-50. He m., istly, 3 Apr. 1738, Mary, da. and h. of Anthony Sheppard, of Newcastle, co. Longford, by Elizabeth, sister of John, ist Viscount Allen [I.], da. of Sir Joshua Allen. She d. of smallpox 1 1 Aug. following, and was bur. at Newcastle afsd. Admon. 30 Apr. 1739. He 7«., 2ndly, Catherine, ist da. of Clotworthy (Sk.effington), 4th Viscount Massereene [I.], by Catherine, da. of Arthur (Chichester), 4th Earl of Donegall [I.]. He d. s.p., of consumption, at Lisbon, in Aug., and was bur. 28 Sep. 1750, at St. Giles*s-in-the-Fields afsd., aged 32. Will pr. 1750. His widow d. 3 Apr. 1751, and was bur. at St. Mary's, Dublin. IV. 1750 4. Hayes (St. Leger), Viscount Doneraile and to Baron Kilmayden [I.], uncle and h., being 3rd and yst. 1767. s. of the 1st Viscount. He was /-«/). i Jan. i70i/2,atSt. Giles's-in-the-Fields afsd.; M.P. for Doneraile 1728-50; P.C. [I.], 14 Oct. 1 75 1, taking his seat in the House of Lords [I.] 23rd of that month. He w., in 1722 (lie. 30 Apr.), at St. Anne's, Dublin, Elizabeth, I st da. and coh. of Joseph Deane, of CrumHn, co. Dublin, Ch. Baron of the Exchequer [I.], by Margaret, sister of Henry, ist Earl of Shannon [I.], da. of Henry Boyle, of Castle Martyr, co. Cork. She d. 3, and was bur. 6 Dec. 1761, in St. Patrick's Cath., Dubhn, aged 59. M.I.(') He d. s.p., at Bath, aged 65, and was bur. 18 Apr. 1767, in Bath Abbey, when all his honours became extinct. Will pr. 1767. (*) In Jan. 1734 [i 733/4] she was applying for alimony. Her husband "being a weak man and a sot, his relatives have him entirely in their keeping in the Isle of Man, where, for ^^200 a year, he may have his dose of brandy and claret twice a day." {Hist. MSS. Com., Various MSS., vol. vi, p. 63). V.G. (•>) When first elected he supported Walpole, but later joined the Leicester House party. " A young man of great parts, but of no steadiness in courage, conduct or principles." (Walpole's George II, vol. i, p. 74). Sir Charles Hanbury Williams wrote a ballad on his turning his chapel at the Grove, Herts, into a kitchen. V.G. (') The will of "Elizabeth Dowager [j/c] Viscountess Downrayl " was pr. 1793 in the Prerog. Ct. [I.].