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in the Double Cube Eooni. He died in 1649, and was succeeded 

 by his son Phili]), fifth Earl, who is one of the figures in the big 

 picture, and whose portrait, again, by Vandyke, is in the ante-room 

 to the Double Cube Room. A portrait of his wife, Penelope 

 Naunton, by Vandyke, is also in the ])ouble Cube Eoom. He 

 <lied in 1669, and was succeeded by his son William, sixth Earl, 

 whose portrait as a child by Sir Peter Lely is in the Single Cube 

 iloom. He died unmarried in 1764, and was succeeded by his 

 half-brother, Philip, seventh Earl, who married Henrietta de 

 Querouaille, sister to the Duchess of Portsmouth. He had no 

 son, fortunately, as he was not a very reputable nobleman, and 

 his only daughter married John Lord Jeffreys, whose portrait by 

 Lely is in the Library. There is no portrait known of this Earl. 

 He died in 1683, and was succeeded by his brother Thomas, eighth 

 Earl, who was one of the most remarkable men of the time. He 

 took an active part in the quelling of the Monmouth Piebellion, 

 was Ambassador Extraordinary to the States General, Lord Privy 

 Seal, 1st Plenipotentiary at the Treaty of Eyswick, Lord Lieutenant 

 of Ireland, Lord High Admiral of England, and held many other 

 appointments. He also brought over William of Orange. But in 

 addition to this versatility in public life, he was a great " virtuoso " 

 and student of art, and it was he who collected all the antique 

 statues, busts, altars, sarcophagi, etc., which are ranged round the 

 cloisters, having purchased, in addition to his own collection, the 

 antiques collected by Lord Arundell, by Mazarin, and Eichelieu. 

 A portrait of Earl Thomas by Wissing hangs in the Single Cube 

 Room. He died in 1733, and was succeeded by his son Henry, 

 ninth Earl. This Earl was a soldier, and was in 1741 constituted 

 Lieutenant-General of the King's Forces. He was a great architect, 

 and it was during his time that the Palladian Bridge and the 

 Casino in the park were built. He also built Westminster Bridge. 

 His portrait, by Sir Godfrey Kneller, is in the Single Cube Room, 

 and his bust in the Dining-Room. He died in 1750, and was 

 succeeded by his son Henry, tenth Earl, who also was a soldier, 

 and a great lover of horses. He built the riding school at Wilton, 

 and another at Whitehall, but the latter was subsequently pulled 



