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Creations. Baron, by patent, May 20, 1776 ; Earl and Viscount, by patent, 

 July 18, 1809. 



Arms. Azure, three crescents, Or, each charged with an ermine spot, Sable. 



Crest . In a mural crown, Or, a Wyvern's head, Argent, thereon an Ermine 

 spot, Sable. 



Supporters. Two Griffins, Argent, charged on their breast with an Ermine 

 spot, Sable, collared Azure, thereon three crescents, Or, and chained Azure, 



Motto, Servata fides cineri (The promise made to my ancestors is now 

 kept.) 



Heir-Apparent. Dudley Viscount Sandon. 



Chief Seat. Sandon, Staffordshire, 



WHITWORTH, EARL WHITWORTH. 



CHARLES WHITWORTH, Earl Whitworth, Viscount Adbaston, of 

 Adbaston, in Staffordshire, Baron Whitworth, of Newport-Pratt, in 

 Ireland; Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, and Grand Master of the 

 Order of St. Patrick, a Privy Counsellor, a Lord of Trade and 

 Plantations, High Steward of Stratford -upon- Avon, a Lieutenant- 

 General, G. c. B. and D. c. L. born in 1760, appointed Minister 

 Plenipotentiary at Warsaw in 1786 ; Envoy Extraordinary and 

 Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of Russia, in September 

 1788; invested with the Military Order of the Bath in 1793; 

 Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of Denmark in 1800; created 

 a Peer of Ireland, March 21, 1800, by the title of Baron Whit- 

 worth, of Newport-Pratt, in the county of Galway; Ambassador 

 Extraordinary to the Court of France in 1802; appointed a Lord 

 of the Bedchamber in 1813 ; created a Peer of Great Britain by 

 the title of Viscount Whitworth of Adbaston, sworn of the Privy 

 Council, and appointed Viceroy of Ireland in 1813 ; married April 

 7, 1801, Arabella Diana Duchess of Dorset, widow of John Frede- 

 rick third duke of Dorset, and eldest daughter of Sir Charles Cope, 

 Bart, of Orton Longueville, by Catherine Countess of Liverpool. 



The Viscount's grandfather, Francis Whitworth, Esq. of Ley- 

 borne Castle, in Kent, was younger brother of Charles Lord Whit- 

 worth, Baron of Galway, who was created a Peer of Ireland in 

 1721, but d. without issue in 1725, when the Barony became ex- 

 tinct. His Lordship had filled many important diplomatic situa- 

 tions, being successively appointed Envoy Extraordinary to the 

 Court of St. Petersburg!! in 1707, in the reign of Queen Anne ; 



