4IO DORCHESTER Major Gen. 1772, Lieut. Gen. 1777, and Gen. 1793, being Col. of the 47th Foot 1772-90, Col. in Chief of the 84th Foot 1782-83; Col. of the 15th Dragoons 1790-1801, of the 27th Dragoons 1801-02, and of the 4th Dragoons 1802-08; Lieut. Gov. of Quebec 1766 to 1768; Gov. 1768 to 1778, effecting a brilliant repulse of the Americans in 1776; nom. K.B. 6 July 1776, inst. 19 May 1779. Gov. of Fort Charlemont [I.] 1 778-1 808. Commander in Chief in North America 1782-96. From Apr. 1786 to 1796, he was Gov. of Quebec, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, and Gov. Gen. of Canada. On 21 Aug. 1786, he was cr. LORD DORCHESTER, BARON OF DORCHESTER, co. Oxford.^ He m., 21 May 1772, at the Bishop of London's Palace, Fulham, Midx., Maria, 3rd da. of Thomas (Howard), 2nd Earl of Effingham, by Elizabeth, da. of Peter Beckford, of Jamaica. He d. suddenly, 10 Nov. 1808, aged 84, at Stubbings, near Maidenhead, Berks, and was bur. at Nately Scures, Hants. His widow, who was b. 30, and bap. 31 Aug. 1753, at Great Bookham, Surrey, d. 14 Mar. 1836, aged 82, at Hackwood Park, the seat of Lord Bolton, and was bur. with her husband-C") n. 1808. 2. Arthur Henry (Carleton), Baron Dorchester, grandson and h., being only s. and h. of Lieut. Col. the Hon. Christopher Carleton, by Priscilla Martha, i st da. and coh. of William Belford, Capt. in the Army, which Christopher was 3rd but ist surv. s. and h. ap. of the last Lord, but d. v.p., on his passage from India, 6 Feb. 1806, aged 30. He was b. on board ship, in the Madras Roads, 20 Feb. 1805, and was bap. at the church of St. Helena. Ed. at Win- chester. He was sometime an officer in the Horse Guards Blue. He d. unm., in Lower Brook Str., Midx., 3, and was bur. 9 June 1826, at Nately Scures, aged 20. ('^) in. 1826. 3. Guy (Carleton), Baron Dorchester, cousin and h. male, being 2nd but ist surv. s. and h. of Lieut. Col. the Hon. George Carleton, by Henrietta, da. of Edward King, of Askham Hall, CO. York, which George was the 6th s. of the ist Baron, and was slain at Bergen-op-Zoom, 9 Mar. 18 14, aged 32. He was b. 25 Oct., and bap. (*) Sir Egerton Brydges appositely remarks {Collins, vol. viii, p. 116, note "k") that "He seems to have taken the title because it had been used by one of his own name. Sir Dudley Carleton, who does not appear to have been related to him." This last fact is quite clear, and as Sir Guy had no territorial interest whatever in Dor- chester or the county of Oxford, this assumption must be classed with those of Smith, in I 796 (as to the title of Carrington), of Parker, in I 8 1 5 (as to that of Morley), ^c, and, in the not far distant future, probably of " Brown, "Jones, and Robinson," as to the titles of Montagu, Ranelagh and Rokeby. C*) It was reported at the time of her death that she "had received a pension of j^ii5 on the Civil List for 72 years." V.G. {") In an obituary notice of his mother and only sister, who were lost off Ostend, 29 Oct. 1815, he is spoken of as an "engaging boy, of quick abilities, and a very ardent temper." See Gent. Mag., vol. 85, part 2, p. 476. V.G.
