VIVE UT VIVAS

ABERCROMBY, BARON. (ABERCROMBY.)

GEORGE-RALPH ABERCROMBY, Baron Abercromby of Aboukir and Tullibody, Co. Clackmannan, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom: b. 23 Sept. 1838, succeeded 25 June 1852.

His Lordship's father, GEORGE-RALPH, THIRD LORD, was b. 30 May 1800, succeeded 14 Feb. 1843, and d. 25 June 1852; having m. 3 April 1832, LOUISAPENUEL, DOWAGER LADY ABERCROMBY, daughter of the Hon. John-Hay Forbes, Lord Medwyn, a Lord of Session and Justiciary in Scotland, b. 27 July 1810, by whom he had issue,

1 Louisa, b. 18 Oct. 1833, d. June 1837.

2 Hon. Montagu, b. 11 Aug. 1835.

3 GEORGE-RALPH, PRESENT AND FOURTH LORD.

4 Hon. John, b. 15 Jan. 1841.

5 Hon. Ralph, b. 11 Feb. 1842.

The gallant SIR RALPH ABERCROMBY, great-grandfather of the present Peer, was b. in 1734, and d. of the wounds he received whilst commanding at the battle of Alexandria, 28 March 1801, having m. 17 Nov. 1767, MARY-ANNE, daughter of John Menzies, Esq., of Fernton, Co. Perth, who was b. in 1747, created a Peeress 28 May 1801, and d. 11 Feb. 1821. They had issue,

1 GEORGE, SECOND LORD, b. 14 Oct. 1770, succeeded his mother, MaryAnne, 1st Baroness, 11 Feb. 1821, and d. 14 Feb. 1843; having m. 25 Jan. 1799, the Hon. Montagu Dundas, 3rd daughter of Henry, 1st Viscount Melville, by whom, who was b. 30 April 1772, and died March 1837, he left issue,

1 GEORGE-RALPH, THIRD LORD, father of the present Lord.

2 Hon. Montagu, b. 25 May 1807, Lady Panmure.

3 Hon. Mary-Anne, b. 7 Dec. 1811.

2 Hon. General Sir John, G.C.B., d. 14 Feb. 1817.

3 Hon. Anne, b. 21 Sept. 1768, d. 17 Sept. 1844, having m. 23 April 1795, Donald Cameron, Esq., of Lochiel, who d. in Oct. 1832.

4 Hon. Mary, b. 19 Aug. 1773, d. 26 April 1825.

5 Hon. James, BARON DUNFERMLINE, b. 7 Nov. 1776.

6 Hon. Catherine, b. 4 Dec. 1780, d. 7 May 1841; having m. 31 Dec. 1811, Thomas Buchanan, Esq., who d. May 1842.

7 Hon. Col, Alexander, C.B., and Knight of several foreign Orders, b. 4 March 1784, d. 27 Aug. 1853.

Creation.-1801.

Genealogy. See Genealogical Volume.

Motto. Vive ut vivas: Live that you may live.

Seats.-Tullibody, Clackmannanshire, and Airthrey Castle, Stirling.

ABERDEEN, EARL OF. (GORDON.)

GEORGE HAMILTON-GORDON, Earl of Aberdeen, Viscount Formartine, Baron Haddo, Methlick, Tarvis, and Kellie, in the Peerage of Scotland, Viscount Gordon of Aberdeen, in that of the United Kingdom, and a Baronet of Nova Scotia; K.T., P.C., First Lord of the Treasury, Lord Lieutenant of Aberdeenshire, Chancellor of the University and King's College, Aberdeen, an official Commissioner of Chelsea Hospital, a Governor of Harrow School, a Trustee of the British Museum, and of the National Gallery, and an official Trustee of the Hunterian Museum, Ranger of Greenwich Park; Knight of the Austrian Order of St. Stephen, F.R.S., F.S.A., F.H.S., and M.A.; b. 28 Jan. 1784, succeeded his grandfather George, 3rd Earl, 13 Aug. 1801, m. 1st, 28 July 1805, Lady Catharine-Elizabeth Hamilton, 3rd daughter of John-James, 1st Marquis of Abercorn, b. 10 Jan. 1784, and d. 29 Feb. 1812; 2ndly, 8 July 1815, Harriet, 2nd daughter of the late Hon. John Douglas,-see MORTON, and widow of James, Viscount Hamilton, eldest son of John-James, 1st Marquis of Abercorn, b. 8 June 1792, and d. 26 Aug. 1833. His Lordship has had issue,

by 1st marriage:

1 Lady Jane, b. 11 Feb. 1807, d. 21 July 1824.

2 Lady Caroline-Catharine, b. 28 March 1808, d. 24 July 1818.

3 Lady Alice, b. 12 July 1809, d. 21 April 1829.

4 Lord Haddo, b. and d. 23 Nov. 1810.

by 2nd marriage:

5*George-John-James, Lord Haddo, b. 28 Sept. 1816, m. 5 Nov. 1840, Mary, 2nd daughter of the late George Baillie, Esq.,-see HADDINGTON, and has issue,

1 Hon. George, b. 10 Dec. 1841. Hon. James-Henry, b. 11 Oct. 1845.

5 Hon. Harriet, b. 1848.

2 Hon. Mary, b. 28 April 1844. 4 Hon. John Campbell, b. 3 Aug. 1847. 6 Hon. Katherine, b. 1852.

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6 Hon. Lieut.-Col. Alexander, Gren. Guards, Equerry to H.R.H. the Prince Albert, b. 11 Dec. 1817, m. 9 Dec. 1852, Caroline-Emilia-Mary, eldest dau. of Sir John Herschell, Bart.

7 Lady Frances, b. 4 Dec. 1818, d. 20 April 1834.

8 Hon. and Rev. Douglas, Rector of Stanmore, Midd., b. 13 March 1824, m. 15 July 1851, Lady Ellen-Susan-Anne Douglas, 2nd dau. of the Earl of Morton, and has issue,

The Earl's father, GEORGE, LORD HADDO, eldest son of George, 3rd Earl, was b. 28 Jan. 1764, and d. 2 Oct. 1791, having m. 18 June 1782, Charlotte, youngest daughter of William Baird, Esq., of Newbyth, Co. Haddington, by whom, who d. 8 Oct. 1795, he had issue,

1 GEORGE, PRESENT AND FOURTH EARL.

2 Hon. Rear-Admiral William, M.P., b. 1784.

3 Lieut.-Col. Sir Alexander, K.C.B., killed at Waterloo, 18 June 1815.

4 Lady Alicia, b. 29 July 1788, advanced to the precedence of an Earl's daughter, 22 Jan. 1813, and d. 24 April 1847.

5 Hon. Lieut.-Col. Sir Charles, b. 5 July 1790, d. 30 Sept. 1835.

6 Right Hon. Sir Robert, G.C.B., b. 1791, d. 8 Oct. 1847.

7 Hon. Rear-Admiral John, b. 1792.

Creations.-Earl of Aberdeen, Viscount of Formartine, Baron Haddo, Methlick, Tarvis, and Kellie 1682; Viscount Gordon 1814. Bart. 1642.

Genealogy.--See Genealogical Volume.

Mottoes.-Fortuna sequatur: Let fortune follow.-Ne nimium: Not exceeding.
Town Residence.-7, Argyll Street.

Seats.-Haddo House, and Buchan Ness, Aberdeenshire; and Ranger's Lodge, Blackheath.

Collateral Branches.

[Uncle and Aunts of the Earl, issue of George,

3rd Earl.]

1 Hon. William, d. April 1845.

2 Lady Catherine, d. unm. 30 Sept. 1784. 3 Lady Anne, d. 5 Feb. 1821, having m. 5 July 1787, Edward Place, Esq., of Skelton Grange, Yorks., who d. 14 Dec. 1842.

4 Lady Susan, d. unm. 26 July 1795.

5 Lady Mary, d. 7 Aug. 1852; having m. 12 March 1789, Thomas Horton, Esq., of Howroyde Hall, Yorks., who d. 22 Dec. 1829.

[Cousins of the present Peer, issue of Hon. Alexander, Lord Rockville, 4th son of William, 2nd Earl.]

1 Charles, b. 27 April 1770, d. 18 Feb. 1851; having m. 9 June 1806, Elizabeth, widow of William Clutton, Esq., by whom, who d. 9 Sept. 1853, he left issue:

1 WILLIAM-COSMO GORDON, Esq., of Fyvie Castle, Aberdeenshire, b. 17 May 1810, m. 9 June 1848, Mary Grace, 3rd daughter of Sir Robert Abercromby,

Bart.

2 Alexander-Henry, b. 14 Jan. 1813, m. 15 Sept. 1842, Catharine, 3rd daughter of Admiral Douglas.

3 Charles William, b. 19 March 1817. 2 Sir William Duff-Gordon, Bart., b. 8 April 1772, d. 8 March 1823; having m. 10

Feb. 1810, Caroline, 5th daughter of the late Sir George Cornewall, Bart., b. 20 May 1789, by whom he left issue:

1 Sir Alexander - Cornewall DUFFGORDON, Bart., a Clerk of the Treasury, and Assistant Gentleman Usher in the Queen's Household, b. 3 Feb. 1811, m. 16 May 1840, Lucie, only child of John Austin, Esq., b. 26 June 1821; and has issue:

1 Janet-Ann, b. 24 Feb. 1842.

2 Maurice, b. 15 March 1849.

2 Cosmo-Lewis, b. 22 Feb. 1812.
3 Georgiana-Catherine, b. 20 Sept.

1817.

4 Alicia-Frances, b. 26 April 1822. 3 Cosmo, m. and has issue.

4 Anne, d. 27 March 1837, having m. 17 June 1795, John Cathcart, Esq., of Genoch, Co. Wigton, who was b. 14 May 1768, and d. 5 Oct. 1835.

5 Jane, b. 24 July 1775, m. 14 Jan. 1799, the Hon. Hugh Lindsay, who d. 23 April 1844.-See CRAWFORD.

6 Catherine, m. 1 Oct. 1800, Robert Hepburn, Esq., of Clerkington, who d. 5 Aug.

ABERGAVENNY, EARL OF. (NEVILL.)

WILLIAM NEVILL., Earl of Abergavenny, Viscount Nevill, and Baron Abergavenny, in the Peerage of Great Britain; his Lordship is in Holy Orders, he was b. 28 June 1792, succeeded 12 April 1845, m. 7 Sept. 1824, Caroline, 2nd daughter of the late Ralph Leeke, Esq., of Longford Hall, Salop, and has issue,

1 Henry, b. 1825, d. 21 March 1829.

2* William, Viscount Nevill, b. 16 Sept. 1826, m. 2 May 1848, Caroline, eldest daughter of Sir John Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, Bart., by LouisaAugusta Vernon-Harcourt,-see VERNON, and has had issue,

1 A daughter, b. 25 Dec. 1849, d. 4 Jan. 1850.

2 A daughter, b. 10 Sept. 1851.

3 A son, b. 4 March 1853.

3 Augusta, b. 24 Jan. 1828, d. 25 March 1829.

4 Lady Caroline-Emily, b. 31 May 1829.
5 Lady Henrietta-Augusta, b. 18 June 1830.

6 Lady Isabel-Mary-Frances, b. 6 Sept. 1831.

7 Hon. Ralph-Pelham, b. 28 Nov. 1832.

His Lordship's father, HENRY, SECOND EARL, K.T., was b. 22 Feb. 1755, succeeded on the death of his father, George, 1st Earl, 10 Sept. 1785, and d. 27 March 1843, having m. 3 Oct. 1781, Mary, only child of the late John Robinson, Esq., of Wyke House, Middlesex, many years Secretary to the Treasury, by whom, who d. 26 Oct. 1796, he had issue,

1 Lady Mary-Catherine, b. 27 Feb. 1783, d. 11 July 1807; having m. 2 Jan. 1802, Thomas Myers, Esq.

2 Henry, Viscount Nevill, b. 22 May 1785, d. 8 April 1806.

3 Ralph, Viscount Nevill, b. 21 Dec. 1786, d. 19 May 1826, having m. 2 Feb. 1813, Mary-Anne, daughter of the late Bruce Elcock, Esq., b. 1793,

d. 6 June 1828.

4 Lady Henrietta, b. 14 July 1788, d. 28 July 1827.

5 JOHN, THIRD EARL, b. 25 Dec. 1789, succeeded 27 March 1843, and d. unmarried 12 April 1845.

6 WILLIAM, PRESENT AND FOURTH EARL.

Creation.-Baron of Abergavenny by tenure from the reign of King Henry the 3rd, Earl of Abergavenny and Viscount Nevill, 1784.

Genealogy.-See Genealogical Volume.

Motto. Ne vile velis: Incline to nothing base.

Town Residence.-58, Portland Place.

Seats.-Eridge Castle, Tunbridge Wells; and Birling Manor, Maidstone.

ABINGDON, EARL OF. (BERTIE.)

MONTAGU BERTIE, Earl of Abingdon, and Baron Norreys of Rycote, Co. Oxford, in the Peerage of England, Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire, High Steward of Abingdon, and D.C.L.; b. 30 April 1784, succeeded 26 Sept. 1799, m. 27 Aug. 1807, Emily, 5th daughter of the late Hon. General Thomas Gage,-see GAGE, who was b. 25 April 1776, and d. 28 Aug. 1838. The Earl m. 2ndly, 11 March 1841, Lady Frederica-Augusta Kerr, 7th daughter of the late Lord Mark Kerr and the late Countess of Antrim, b. 22 June 1816. By his 1st marriage his Lordship has had issue,

1*Montagu, Lord Norreys, M.P., b. 19 June 1808, m. 7 Jan. 1835, ElizabethLavinia, only child of George-Granville Harcourt, Esq.,-sec VERNON, b. 7 Feb. 1816, and has issue,

1 Hon. Montagu-Arthur, b. 13 May 1836.

2 Hon. Elizabeth-Emily, b. 5 November 1838.

3 Hon. Lavinia-Louisa, b. 6 Jan. 1843.

4 Hon. Francis-Leveson, b. 17 Aug. 1844.

5 Hon. Alberic-Edward, b. 14 November 1846.

6 Hon. Frances-Evelyn, b. 23 April 1848.

7 Hon. George Aubrey-Vere, b. 2 May 1850.

8 Hon. Charles Claude, b. 31 Aug. 1851.

2 Lady Charlotte-Margaret, b. 23 July 1809.

3 Lady Emily-Caroline, b. 11 Aug. 1810, m. 31 July 1830, the Hon. and Rev. Charles Bathurst,- -see BATHURST, who d. 1 March 1842.

4 Hon. Albemarle, b. 26 Sept. 1811, d. 4 Feb. 1825.

5 Hon. and Rev. Henry-William, Vicar of Great Ilford, Essex, b. 16 Sept.

1812.

6 Lady Augusta-Georgiana, b. 14 April, d. 7 May 1815.

7 Hon. Vere-Peregrine, b. 23 Nov. 1817, d. 21 March 1818.

8 Hon. Brownlow-Charles, b. 19 Aug. 1819, d. at sea 30 Dec. 1852.

His Lordship's father, WILLOUGHBY, FOURTH EARL, was b. 16 Jan. 1740, and d. 26 Sept. 1799; having m. 7 July 1768, Charlotte, daughter and co-heir of Admiral Sir Peter Warren, K.B., by whom, who d. 28 Jan. 1794, he had issue,

1 Lady Charlotte, b. 12 Oct. 1769, d. 11 Jan. 1799.

2 Lady Amelia, b. 6 Jan. 1774, d. May 1784.

3 Willoughby, Lord Norreys, b. 8, d. 20 Feb. 1779.

4 Willoughby, Lord Norreys, b. 9 April 1781, d. an infant.

5 MONTAGU, PRESENT AND FIFTH EARL.

6 Lady Louisa-Anne-Maria-Bridget, b. 8 March 1786, deceased.

7 Hon. Willoughby, b. 24 June 1787, d. 19 Dec. 1810; having m. 26 Nov. 1808, Catherine-Slane, daughter of Mr. Saunders, and by her, who d. 20 Feb. 1850, had an only son,

Willoughby-Vere, b. posthumous 20 April 1811, d. 26 July 1812.

8 Lady Caroline, b. 17 Oct. 1788, m. 23 Jan. 1821, Charles-John BaillieHamilton, Esq.-See HADDINGTON.

9 Hon. Peregrine, b. 30 July 1790, d. 17 Oct. 1849.

10 Hon. and Rev. Frederick, M.A., Rector of Albury, Oxon, and Wytham, Berks, b. 12 Feb. 1793, m. 17 Oct. 1825, Lady Georgina-Anne-Emily Kerr, 2nd daughter of Charlotte, late Countess of Antrim, b. 3 July 1806, and has issue,

1 Charlotte-Ann-Emily, b. 22 Jan. 1827, d. 19 Dec. 1839. 2 GeorginaElizabeth, b. 5 June 1828, d. 1 Nov. 1838. 3 Charles-M'Donnell, b. 17 Sept. 1829. 4 Montagu-Mark, b. 5 March 1831, d. on board H. M. S. Cormorant, off Rio, 27 March 1850. 5 Agnes, b. 26 July 1832. Willoughby, b. 29 Jan. 1834. 7 Vere-Clinton, b. 19 Dec. 1835. Frederic-Arthur, b. 24 Sept. 1837. 9 Peregrine-Francis, b. 18 Dec. 1841. 11 Albemarle-Henry, b. 26 Feb. 1847.

10 Adela Mary, b. 12 Jan. 1845.

Creation.-Baron Norreys of Rycote (by writ) 1572, Earl of Abingdon 1682.
Genealogy.-See Genealogical Volume.

Motto.-Virtus ariete fortior: Virtue is stronger than a battering-ram.
Seat.-Wytham Abbey, Berkshire.

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ABINGER, BARON. (SCARLETT.)

ROBERT-CAMPBELL SCARLETT, Baron Abinger of Abinger, Co. Surrey, and of the City of Norwich, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom; b. 5 Sept. 1794, succeeded 7 April 1844, m. 19 July 1824, Sarah, 2nd daughter of George Smith, Esq., late Chief Justice of the Isle of Mauritius, and has issue,

1 Hon. Henrietta-Elizabeth, b. 20 June 1825, m. 28 July 1846, the Hon. Otway-Fortescue Toler.-See NORBURY.

2 Hon. William-Frederick, Capt. Scots Fusilier Guards, b. 30 Aug. 1826.

3 Hon. Frances-Mary, b. 2 March 1828.

4 Hon. James-Henry-Lawrence, b. 19 Jan. 1830, d. 15 June 1845.

His Lordship's father, JAMES, FIRST LORD, the late Chief Baron of the Exchequer, was b. in 1769, and d. 7 April 1844, having m. 1st, 22nd Oct. 1792, Louise-Henrietta, 3rd daughter of Peter Campbell, Esq., of Kilmorrey, Co. af