HENRY, his successor. William. Ralph, in holy orders, elected bishop of Norwich, in 1288, and translated to the see of Ely, by the Pope, in 1299, upon a dispute arising between the monks of Ely, regarding a successor to that bishopric, at the decease of William de Luda. Sir John was s. by his eldest son, SIR HENRY DE WALPOL, in the manors of Walpol and Houton, (as it was anciently writ ten); which Sir Henry was amongst those of greatest note, in the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk, who were summoned, in the 25th Edward 1. to be at London, on the Sunday after the Octaves of St. John the Baptist, apparelled with horse and arms, according to their degree, to pass with the king beyond seas," for their own honor, and the safety of th ir king and kingdom," as the words of the writ import. This expedition was for the relief of Guy, Earl of Flanders, at that time oppressed by the French king, who had taken several towns from him. From this Sir Henry descended EDWARD WALPOLE, esq. of Houghton, who m. Lucy, daughter of Sir Terry Robsart, and heiress of her grandfather, Sir John Robsart, K.B. and K.G. (in consequence of the decease of her brother, Sir John Robsart, and his daughter, Amie Robsart, wife of Sir Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester). The great-great-grandson of this marriage, SIR EDWARD WALPOLE, K. B. a distinguished and eloquent member of the parliament which restored King Charles II. m. in 1649, Susan, daughter of Sir Robert Crane, bart. of Chilton, in the county of Suffolk, and was s. by his eldest son, ROBERT WALPOLE, esq. who was returned to parliament for Castle Rising, in the county of York, in the first year of William and Mary, and so continued until his decease, in 1700. He m. Mary, only daughter and heiress of Sir Jeffery Burwell, knt. of Rougham, in the county of Suffolk, by whom he left, with several daughters, three sons, ROBERT, his successor, the celebrated prime minister. Horatio, b. in 1678; a diplomatist of the first class, during the administration of his brother, created, 4th June, 1756, Baron Walpole, of Wolterton. His lordship m. in 1720, Mary-Magdalen, daughter and co-heiress of Peter Lombard, esq. and dying in 1757, left issue, 1. HORATIO, second baron, of whom hereafter, as successor to Horatio, fourth Earl of Orford, in the barony of Walpole, of Walpole. II. Thomas, m. 14th November, 1753, Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Sir Joshua Vanneck, bart. and left at his decease in 1803, two sons and a daughter, formerly envoy to the court of Munich, m. in 1803, Margaret, daughter of John, second Earl of Egmont, and has issue, 1. Thomas, b. in 1805. 2. Spencer-Horatio. 3. Robert, an officer in the army. 4. John. 5. Charles. 7. Sophia. 6. Catherine. Lambert, lieutenant-colonel in the army, m. in 1788, Margaret, daughter of Robert, first Lord Clive, by whom he left issue, 1. Frances-Margaretta. 2. Charlotte-Louisa. Catherine, d. unmarried. Elizabeth. III. Richard a banker of London, M.P. for Yarmouth, m. 22nd November, 1757, Margaret, third daughter of Sir Joshua Vanneck, and dying in 1798, left issue, Richard, m. 23rd January, 1792, Robert, b. in 1768. Edward, M.A. of Cambridge, b. in 1776. Mary Rachael, m. to Rev. Ashton Caroline, m. to Hon. and Rev. George-Henry Neville. IV. Robert, envoy-extraordinary, and minister-plenipotentiary to the court of Portugal, m. first, in 1780, Diana, daughter of Walter Grosett, esq. by whom he has issue, Robert, in holy orders, m. 6th Feb. 1811, Caroline-Frances, youngest daughter of John Hyde, esq. and has issue, 1. Reginald-Robert, b. in 1817. 2. Robert-Seymour. 3. Emily-Jane. George, d. in 1807. 4. A daughter. Mr. Walpole espoused secondly, in 1785, Sophia, eldest daughter of Richard Sturt, esq. and left issue, Richard, b. in 1786. Henry. William. Edward, m. in 1815, Ann-Theresa, daughter of Daniel Gildermeester, esq. and has issue. Francis, m. in 1828, Elizabeth, daughter of T. A. Knight, esq. and had issue. Arthur. John. Horatio. Galfridus, an officer in the royal navy. Mr. Walpole was s. by his eldest son, SIR ROBERT WALPOLE, subsequently so cele Thomas, of Sta ̧bury Park, Surrey, brated as the prime minister of King George 1. and George II. (see Burke's Extinct and Dor mant Peerage). Sir Robert was first honored with the order of the Bath, and, while yet a commoner, installed a knight of the Garter. He was elevated to the peerage, 9th February, 1742, by the titles of Baron of Houghton, Viscount Walpole, and EARL OF ORFORD. His lordship m. first, in 1700, Catherine, daughter of Sir John Shorter, lord-mayor of London, by whom he had issue, ROBERT, his successor. Edward (Sir), chief-secretary of Ireland, d. HORACE, who s. as fourth Earl. Mary, m. to George, Earl of Cholmondeley. The earl m. secondly, Maria, daughter and coheiress of Thomas Skerret, esq. and dying in 1745, was s. by his eldest son, ROBERT, Second Earl of Orford, who had been created 10th June, 1723, Baron Walpole, of Walpole, in the county of Norfolk, with remainder, in default of the issue male of himself and his father, to the male descendants of his grandfather. His lordship, who was a knight of the Bath, and held several high and lucrative official employments, m. in 1724, Margaret, daughter and sole heiress of Samuel Rolle, esq. of Haynton, in the county of Devon, and dying 1st April, 1751, was s. by his eldest son, GEORGE, third earl, a lord of the bedchamber, and ranger of St. James's and Hyde Parks; at whose decease, unmarried, 5th December, 1791, the honors reverted to his uncle, HORACE, fourth earl, b. in 1717, for whom his father, (the minister, Walpole), procured the places of usher of the receipt of the exchequer, comptroller of the great roll, and keeper of the foreign receipts. His lordship had a seat in the house of commons for several years; but he was more distinguished in the literary than the political circle. Soon after his return from his travels, he purchased a villa at Twickenham, which he transformed into a Gothic mansion, and there (the celebrated "Strawberry Hill,") Sir Edward Walpole, left three illegitimate daughters, viz. 1. Laura, m. to the Hon. and Rev. Frederick Keppel, son of William-Anne, second Earl of Albemarle. 2. Maria, m. first to James, second Earl of Elizabeth Laura, m. to her cousin Anne-Horatio. The Countess espoused secondly, H. R. H. WILLIAM-HENRY, Duke of Gloucester, and was mother of their Royal Highnesses WILLIAM-FREDERICK, present Duke of Gloucester, and Princess SOPHIA-MATILDA, of Gloucester. 3. Charlotte, m. to Lionel, fourth Earl of Dysart. he continued ever afterwards chiefly to reside. Here he established a private press, at which he not only printed his own works, but many other curious pieces. From this press first issued, "The Catalogue of Royal and Noble Authors," 1758, 2 vols. 12mo. "Anecdotes of Painting," 1762; "Historic Doubts," 1768; "Mysterious Mother," 1768; "Miscellaneous Antiquities," 1772, 4to. His lordship d. unmarried, 2nd March, 1797, when all the honors of the family expired, except the barony of Walpole, of Walpole, in the county of Norfolk, which devolved, according to the limitation, upon his first cousin, HORATIO, second Lord Walpole, of Wolterton, (revert to second son of Robert Walpole, esq. M.P. for Castle Rising, father of Sir Robert Walpole, the minister), who was created EARL OF ORFORD, 1st April, 1806. His lordship m. 12th May, 1748, Rachael, third daughter of William, third Duke of Devonshire, and was s. at his decease, 24th February, 1809, by his eldest turned forwards gu. tasselled or, charged with a Catherine-wheel of the last. Supporters-DEXTER, an antelope: SINISTER, a stag, ar. attired ppr. each gorged with a collar, chequy, or and az. chained or. Motto Fari quæ sentias. Seat-Wolterton Park, Aylsham, Norfolk. ORIEL, BARON, of Ferrard, in the county of Louth, in the peerage of the United Kingdom; created 17th July, 1821. See Viscount Ferrard. ORKNEY, EARL OF, (Thomas-JohnHamilton Fitzmaurice,) Viscount Kirkwall, and Baron Dechmont, in the peerage of Scotland; b. 8th August, 1803; m. 14th March, 1826, Charlotte - Isabella, second bert, third Earl of Cassilis, and was s. by his eldest surviving son, PATRICK STEWART, second earl, who was condemned for high treason, and beheaded at the market cross of Edinburgh, 6th February, 1614. He d. s. p. and his estates and honors were forfeited to the crown. So much for the extinct Lords Orkney; we now proceed with the extant. LORD GEORGE HAMILTON, fifth son of Lord William Douglas, (created Duke of Hamilton for life,) by Anne, Duchess of Hamilton, was elevated to the peerage of Scotland, 3rd January, 1696, by the titles of Baron Dechmont, Viscount Kirkwall, and EARL OF ORKNEY, to him and the heirs male of his body, which failing, to the heirs whatsoever of his body. His lordship m. 25th November, 1695, Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Sir Edward Villiers, knight-marischal of England, and sister of Edward, first Earl of daughter of George, Lord Boston, and has Jersey, by whom he left at his demise, in 1737, issue, GEORGE-WILLIAM-HAMILTON, Viscount Kirkwall, b. 6th May, 1827. Henry-Warrender, b. 7th July, 1828. (a son) b. 23rd April, 1830. The earl s. to the honors of his family, upon three daughters. The eldest, Anne, according to the limitation of the patent, succeeded to the family honors. The second, Frances, married the Earl of Scarborough; and the youngest, Harriet, married John, Earl of Cork and Ossory. The Earl of Orkney was a celebrated military com the demise of his grandmother, 30th Decem-mander, and distinguished himself in the wars ber, 1831. Lineage. The EARLDOM OF ORKNEY, was claimed by HENRY SINCLAIR, eldest son of Sir William Sinclair, of Roslyn, and Isabel, his wife, daughter and co-heir of Malise, Earl of Strathern, Caithness, and Orkney, and his claim was admitted by HAKON, Sixth King of Norway, in 1379, but his investiture was burdened with severe conditions. He was considered as being appointed governor and Earl of Orkney, by an absolute grace of the King; was bound to serve him with one hundred men completely armed, when required; to defend Orkney against any invasion with the whole power of his house, &c. &c. From this period the earldom remained in the family of Sinclair, until King James III. having acquired the Islands of Orkney in marriage with Margaret of Denmark, in 1469, William Sinclair, third Earl of Orkney, resigned the Earldom, in 1470, into his majesty's hands, and it was annexed to the crown by act of parliament the ensuing year. The late earl being stiled instead, Earl of Caithness and Lord Sinclair. The Orkneys thenceforward conferred no dignity until the year 1567, when JAMES HEPBURN, fourth Earl of Bothwell, was created Duke of Orkney, 12th May, in that year, three days after his marriage with Mary, Queen of Scots, but he forfeited all his honors in the December following. between JAMES and WILLIAM, in Ireland; and, subsequently, participated in the brilliant triumphs of the reign of Queen Anne. His lordship, who was one of the representative peers of Scotland, d. 29th January, 1737, and was s. by his eldest daughter, ANNE, as Countess of Orkney. Her ladyship m. 28th March, 1720, William O'Bryen, fourth Earl of Inchiquin, in Ireland, (see Marquess of Thomond,) by whom she had four sons, all of whom predeceased herself, and four daughters. The countess d. in 1756, and was s. by her eldest daughter, MARY, as second Countess of Orkney, who m. in 1753, her first cousin, Murrough, first Marquess of Thomond, by whom she left at her decease, in 1790, an only daughter, her successor, MARY O'BRYEN, third Countess of Orkney, who m. 21st December, 1771, the Honorable Thomas Fitz-Maurice, of Llewenny Hall, in the county of Denbigh, second son of John, Earl of Shelburne, brother of William, first Marquess of Lansdowne, and uncle of the present Marquess, by whom (who d. in 1793) she had an only son, John, Viscount Kirkwall, b. 9th October, 1778, m. 11th August, 1802, Anna Maria, eldest daughter of John, first Lord De Blaquiere, and d. 23rd November, 1820, leaving two sons, THOMAS-JOHN-HAMILTON, present earl. William-Edward, captain 2nd life-guards, b. 21st March, 1805. The countess d. 30th December, 1831. Creation-3rd January, 1696. ROBERT STEWART, natural son of King JAMES V., abbot of Holyrood-house, but who conformed to the protestant religion in 1559, had a grant of Arms Quarterly first, az. a ship at anchor, the crown lands of Orkney and Zetland in 1565, oars crossed, in saltier, within a double tressure, and was created EARL OF ORKNEY, in 1581. He flory, counter-flory, or, for ORKNEY; second, gu. m. Lady JANE KENNEDY, eldest daughter of Gil-three lions, passant, guardant, barways, per pale, or and ar. for O'BRYEN; third, quarterly, first and fourth gu. three cinquefoils erm. for HAMIL TON; second and third, ar. a ship, sails furled, sa. for ARRAN; fourth, ar. a human heart, imperially crowned, ppr. on a chief az. three mullets of the field for DOUGLAS. Supporters-DEXTER, an antelope ar. armed, ducally gorged, chained, and unguled, or; SINISTER, a stag ppr. attired, unguled, plain collared, and chained, or. Seat-Taplow Court, Bucks. Note The Orkneys, and the Island of Zetland, which were formerly attached to the earldom of Orkney, when that dignity was borne by members of the royal house of Stuart in the fourteenth, fifteenth, and sixteenth centuries, are now severed from it, having been granted, in 1737, to the Earl of Morton, who disposed of his interest therein to Sir Lawrence Dundas; whose grandson, Lord Dundas, now possesses them. ORMONDE, MARQUESS OF, (James Butler,) Earl of Ormonde and Ossory; Viscount Thurles, of Thurles, in the county of Tipperary; and Baron Arklow, of Arklow, in the peerage of Ireland; Baron Ormonde, of Llanthony, in the county of Monmouth, in the peerage of the United Kingdom; b. 15th July, 1774; m. 27th October, 1807, Grace-Louisa, daughter of the Right Honorable John Staples, of the county of Tyrone, and the Honorable Harriet Molesworth, (daughter of Richard, third Viscount Molesworth,) by whom he has issue, JOHN BUTLER, Earl of Ossory, M.P. b. 24th Walter, b. 14th January, 1814, an officer in James, b. 18th May, 1815. Richard-Molesworth, b. 30th January, 1818. Harriet Eleanor, b. 11th December, 1810, m. His lordship s. to the earldom of Ormonde and Ossory, and the inferior Irish dignities, at the demise of his brother, 10th August, 1820; and was created a baron of the United Kingdom, 17th July, 1821, and a marquess of Ireland, 5th October, 1825. The Marquess of Ormonde is hereditary chief butler of Ireland, a knight of St. Patrick, lordlieutenant and custus-rotulorum of the county of Kilkenny, and colonel of the Kilkenny militia. Lineage. This The antiquity of this family is indisputable; but whence it immediately derives its origin is not so clearly established. Its surname, however, admits of no doubt as springing from the chief butlerage of Ireland, conferred by Henry II. upon THEOBALD WALTER, in 1177, who had accompanied him into that kingdom in 1171. Theobald was eldest son of Herveius Walter, (one of the companions of the Conqueror,) by Maud de Valois, and brother of Hubert, Archbishop of Canterbury in 1193, (translated from the see of Salisbury, while a prisoner in the justice, and treasurer of England. Holy Land,) and, subsequently, chancellor, chiefTheobald Walter, having returned into England, afterwards accompanied PRINCE JOHN into Ireland, anno 1185. He was possessed of the baronies of Upper Ormond, Lower Ormond, and numerous other territories; and dying in 1206, was s. by his only son, (by his wife Maud, daughter and heiress of Robert Vavasour, a great Baron of Yorkshire,) THEOBALD, who first assumed the surname of Le Botiler, or Butler, in 1221, and was appointed He m. Joan, lord-justice of Ireland in 1247. eldest sister and co-heiress of John de Marisco, a considerable baron in Ireland, to whose estates succeeded; and dying in 1248, was s. by his in that kingdom, and in England, his posterity eldest son, THEOBALD, who m. Margery, eldest daughter of Richard de Burgo, (ancestor of the Lords Clanricarde,) by whom he acquired considerable For a very interesting account of the hereditary office of "CHIEF BUTLER," and of the ORMONDE FAMILY, see "A view of the Legal Institutions, &c. &c. of Ireland, by William Lynch, esq. F.S.A.;" decidedly the ablest work, as yet published, upon the feudal dignities of that kingdom. Prince JOHN confirmed the grant of Butlerage upon the wines imported into Ireland to Theobald Walter, and when confirming and enlarging the incorporation charters of Ireland, he reserved, according to Mr. Lynch, a privilege, "That out of each ship that thither should happen to come, his officer (meaning Lord Theobald, who is styled "Pincerna" in those charters) might choose two hogsheads of wine for his use, for forty shillings, that is to say, for twenty shillings each hogshead, and nothing more, unless at the pleasure of the merchant." accession of landed property, and was s. by his son, Gloucester, (an edifice erected in the beginning of the thirteenth century, by William, Earl-mar and which has ever since been so considered by the head of the family. In 1392, 1401, and 1404, his lordship was lord-justice of Ireland. He m. Anne, dau. of John, Lord Welles, and had issue, JAMES, his successor. Richard (Sir), of Polestown, in the county of Kilkenny, m. Catharine, daughter of Gildas O'Reily, Lord of the county of Cavan, and was s. by his son, THEOBALD, fourth butler, who sat as a baron inshal,) which he made his chief place of residence, the parliament of Ireland, and assisted King Edward I. in his wars in Scotland. He m. Joan, eldest daughter of John Fitz-Geoffry, Lord of Kirtling, and Baron of Berkhamstead, lordjustice of Ireland, and youngest son of the famous Geoffry Fitzpiers, Earl of Essex, and lord-justiciary of England, by whom he had a numerous family. This Lord Theobald obtained a grant from Edward I. of the prizage of wines in Ireland; (which grant was purchased from Walter, late Marquess of Ormonde, by government, in 1810, for the sum of £216,000, and the contract received the sanction of parliament, by an act passed 31st May, 1811). Theobald, fourth butler, was s. in 1255, by his eldest son, THEOBALD, fifth butler, who sat in parliament as a baron, his name appearing fifth upon the roll. He d. unmarried in 1299, and was s. in his barony and estates by his brother, EDMOND. This feudal lord received the honor of knighthood, in London, in 1309. In 1312, he was appointed lord-deputy of Ireland; in 1314, chief-governor, under the title of lord-justice; and, on the 1st of Sept. 1315, created Earl of Carrick-Mac-Griffyne. His lordship m. in 1302, Joan, daughter of John, first Earl of Kildare, by whom, with two daughters, he left three sons, JAMES, his successor. John, from whom the present Earl of Carrick derives. Lawrence. The earl, going on a pilgrimage into Spain, to the shrine of St. James of Compostella, died after his return to London, 13th September, 1321, and was s. by his eldest son, JAMES, second earl, and seventh butler. This nobleman was a minor at the decease of his father, but obtained license, in four years after, for 2000 marks, to marry whom he pleased: he accordingly espoused Eleanor, second daughter of Humphrey de Bohun, fourth Earl of Hereford and Essex, HIGH-CONSTABLE of England, by Elizabeth, daughter of King EDWARD I.; and was created, in consequence of his marriage, by Edward III. 2nd November, 1328, Earl of Ormonde. This nobleman had a renewed grant of the prizage of wines, 5th June, 1372, (which had been resumed by the crown in 1344,) and a grant of the regalities, liberties, &c. of the county of Tipperary, with the rights of a palatine in that county for life. His lordship d. 6th January, 1337--8, and was s. by his elder son, JAMES, Second Earl of Ormonde, called the noble earl, on account of being great-grandson of Edward I. In 1359 and 1360, his lordship was appointed lord-justice of Ireland, and dying in 1382, was s. by his son, (by Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Darcy, lord-justice of Ireland,) JAMES, third earl, who, by building and making the castle of Gowran his usual residence, was commonly called Earl of Gowran. His lordship purchased, in 1391, the castle of Kilkenny, from the heirs of Sir Hugh le de Spencer, Earl of II. M M Edmund (Sir), who was s. by his son, James (Sir), m. Sabina, daughter of Donald Reogh Mac Murrough Cavenagh, Prince of his sept, and dying in 1487, left, with other issue, PIERCE, of whom hereafter, as eighth Earl of Ormonde. His lordship d. in 1405, and was s. by his elder son, JAMES, fourth earl, who was called the white earl, and esteemed a very learned personage. His lordship prevailed upon Henry V. to create a king of arms in Ireland, by the title of Ireland King of Arms, (a designation altered by Henry VIII. to Ulster, king of arms,) and he gave lands for ever to the herald's college. was lord-justice of Ireland in 1407, and again in 1440, in which latter year he had a grant of the temporalities of the see of Cashel, for ten years after the death of the archbishop, Richard O'Hedian. His lordship m. first, Johan, daughter of Gerald, fifth earl of Kildare, by whom he had three sons, successive earls, and two daughters; and, secondly, in 1432, Elizabeth, daughter of William Beauchamp, Lord Bergavenny, and widow of John, Lord Grey, of Wilton. He d. in 1452, and was s. by his eldest son, He JAMES, fifth earl, who was created, by King Henry VI. 8th July, 1449, for his fidelity to the Lancastrian interest, Earl of Wiltshire, in the peerage of England. In 1451 he was made lorddeputy of Ireland, and the next year succeeding his father in the title of ORMONDE, he was appointed lord-lieutenant for ten years. In 1455 he was constituted LORD HIGH TREASURER OF ENGLAND, and afterwards made a knight of the Garter. Falling into the hands of the Yorkists, after the battle of Towton, his lordship was beheaded, at Newcastle, 1st May, 1461, when the earldom of Wiltshire expired, as would that of Ormonde, the earl's brother and heir being also at the battle of Towton, and, in consequence, attainted, had not Edward IV. restored him in blood, and so enabled him to succeed, as JOHN, sixth Earl of Ormonde. This nobleman was considered one of the first gentlemen of the age in which he lived; and Edward IV. is reported to have said, " that if good breeding and liberal qualities were lost in the world, they might be all found in the Earl of Ormond." He was complete master of the languages of Europe, and was sent ambassador to its principal courts. He d. in 1478, in the Holy Laud, having, in a fit of devotion, made a visit to Jerusalem, and was s. by his brother, 265 |