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His Grace's only daughter and heir, the lady Henrietta Cavendi/Jj 

 Holies, married the right honourable Edivard Earl of Oxford and 

 Mortimer on the laft of Auguft, 1713, with whom his lordfllip 

 had a large perfonal fortune,' befides the baronial honours and 

 eftates in this county, her mother's dowry, which devolved to 

 their only daughter and heir, the Lady Margaret Cavendijh Harley, 

 married, nth July, 1734, to his Grace William Duke of Portland. 

 He was knight of the moft noble order of the garter, granted 

 only at the coronation of a king, or queen, or inftallation of one 

 of the royal family, except on extraordinary occafions, as in the 

 cafe of Th-jinas Neinll, Efq; fpeaker to the houfe of commons, 

 brother to the Lord Abergavenny, who for his wife conduct and 

 eminent fervices in that houfe, had that high honour conferred 

 upon him in full parliament, 7 K. Henry VIII, 1516: no fubjecl: 

 before him having it out of the common courfe (o). His Grace 

 was fuccecded in honour and eftate by his eldcft fon and heir, 

 now the moft noble Duke of Portland, owner of the baronial 

 caftle and Lord (hi p of B-AhalL 



Only an old tower is now {landing of the caftle, large and 

 {lately, through which has been the grand entrance. On the 

 north front are the arms of its antient barons. On the fouth 

 and fouth-eaft fronts are feveral plants, Jempsri.'i'ues^ ivy, wall- 

 flowers, alfo feaverfew, pellitory of the wall, and tlicftinibui-us or 

 flowering elder. It Hands on an agreeable mount, on the north 

 fide of the winding trout-ftreams of the Wanjbeck, gliding between 

 pleafant meadows, and hanging woods. 



Near it is the parochial church. It has three handfome iiles ; 

 the pulpit well placed, .againft the north pillar, on entering the 



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