HISTORY OF STAFFORDSHIRE. [317 



cuting the will of the learned Dr. Ratcliffe, and was a member of 

 Parliament for six Parliaments of Great Britain, and dying Janu- 

 ary 28, 1768, was succeeded by his son, William, the tirst Lord, 

 created a Baron Oct. 17, 1780, b. February 20, 1728, m. August 

 20, 1760, Louisa, only surviving daughter of John St. John, second 

 Viscount Bolingbroke, by whom (who d- June 7, 1800) he had is- 

 sue, Edward, b. January 23, 1763, and d. 1773; Walter, 6. March 

 28, 1776, and d. 1763 ; William, the present Lord ; Hervey, b. 

 March 14, 1777, m. July 22, 1806, Miss Pole, daughter of the Hon. 

 William Pole ; Louisa, b. September 30, 1764, m. Walter Sneyd, 

 Esq. of Keel Hall, by whom she has issue ; Barbara, b. October 

 25, 1768, and d. 1773; Henrietta, b. February 14, 1780, and d. 

 January 13, 1797; Charles, b. September 22, 1781; Richard, b. 

 November 22, 1782 ; Frances, b. November 9, 1785, m. May 21, 

 1805, Major-General Edward Paget, third son of Henry Earl of 

 Uxbridge, and she d. May 30, 1806. His Lordship died October 

 22, 1798, and was succeeded by his son William, the present Lord. 



Creations. Baronet, May 30, 1627 ; Baron Bagot, of Bagot's Bromley, in 

 the county of Stafford, Oct. 17, 1780. 

 Arms. Ermine, two chevronels, Azure. 



Crest. In a ducal coronet, Or, a goat's head, Argent, attired, Or. 

 Supporters, Two goats, Argent, attired and unguled, Or. 

 Motto. -Antiquam obtinens (Possessing antiquity.^ 

 Chief Seat. Blithfield, near Lichfield, in the county of Stafford. 



CHICHESTER, BARON FISHERWICK. 



GEORGE AUGUSTUS CHICHESTER, Baron Fisherwick, in the 

 county of Stafford, and Marquis of Donegal, Earl of Belfast, Vis- 

 count Chichester* and Baron of Belfast, in the kingdom of Ireland; 

 born Aug. 13, 1769, married, Aug. H, 1795, Anne, daughter of Sir 

 Edward May, of Mayfield, in the county of Waterford, Bart, and 

 has issue, 1st, George Hamilton, Earl of Belfast, b. Feb. 8, 1797 ; 

 2d, Edward, b. June 11, 1799 ; 3d, Spencer Augustus, b. Nov. 27, 

 1805; 4th, Arthur, b. Sept. 30, 1808; 5th, Hamilton Frances, b. 

 March 9, 1810; 6th, John, b. Nov. 12, 1811. 



This family seems anciently to have borne the name of Ciren- 

 cester, and was one of the most eminent in the county of Devon, 



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