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The eldest, Frances Cavendish, married Sir Henry Pierre- 

 pont of Holm Pierrepont, in the county of Nottingham, by 

 whom she had two sons, whereof the first died young ; the 

 second, Robert, after Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull, married 

 Gertrude, the eldest daughter and co-heir to Henry Talbot, 

 fourth son to George, Earl of Shrewsbury, by whom he had 

 five sons and three daughters, whereof the eldest son, Henry, 

 now Marquess of Dorchester, hath had two wives ; the first 

 Cecilia, eldest daughter to the Lord Viscount Bayning, by 

 whom he had several children, of which there are living only 

 two daughters ; the eldest Anne, who married John Ross, 

 only son to John now Earl of Rutland ; the second, Grace, 

 who is unmarried. His second wife was Catherine, second 

 daughter to James, Earl of Derby, by whom he has no issue 

 living. 1 



The second son of the Earl of Kingston, William, married 

 the sole daughter and heir of Sir Thomas Harries, by whom 

 he had issue five sons and five daughters, whereof two sons 

 and two daughters died unmarried. The other six are : 2 



Robert, the eldest, who married Elizabeth, daughter and 

 co-heir to Sir John Evelyn, by whom he has three sons, and 

 one daughter. The second son George, and the third Gervase, 

 are yet unmarried. 



The eldest daughter of William Pierrepont, Frances, is 

 married to my Lord's now only son and heir, Henry, Earl of 

 Ogle, as before is mentioned. 



The second, Grace, is married to Gilbert, now Earl of Clare, 

 by whom he hath issue two sons and three daughters. 3 



The third, Gertrude, is unmarried. 



The third son of the Earl of Kingston, Francis Pierrepont, 



1 Robert, Earl of Kingston, died on July 30, 1643, in the manner described on page 

 27 of this Life. Henry, Marquis of Dorchester, is frequently mentioned in the Memoirs 

 of Mrs. Hutchinson, see vol. i, 164 ; vol. ii, 168. Lady Roos was divorced by Act of 

 Parliament in 1668 : Vide Collins' Peerage, ed. Brydges, i, 480, and Clarendon's Life: 

 Continuation, 999-1008. 



2 William Pierrepont, whose character is sketched in the Memoirs of Colonel Hutchin- 

 son. The three sons of Robert Pierrepont, mentioned above, grandsons of William 

 Pierrepont, became in succession Earls of Kingston, and the third, Evelyn, was the first 

 Duke of that name and the father of Lady Mary Wortley Montague. Gervase, third 

 son of William Pierrepont, became in 1703 Lord Pierrepont, but died without issue. 



3 Gilbert, third Earl of Clare, 1 633-1 689. His son, John Holies, married Margaret, 

 daughter of Henry Cavendish, second Duke of Newcastle ; inherited the estates of his 

 father-in-law, and in 1694 obtained the title of Duke of Newcastle. Grace, fourth and 

 youngest daughter of this Gilbert, Earl of Clare, was the mother of Henry Pelham the 

 statesman, and Thomas Pelham, heir of his uncle, John Holies, created Duke of New* 

 castle in 1715. 



