308 Great Bedwyn. 



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A.D. 



The Hon. Robert Bruce, was brother to Thomas, Earl of Ailes- 

 bury and Elgin, and to James Bruce, mentioned above. He died 

 in May 1729, aged 62. 



1727. 1 Geo. II. Nov. 28. George, Viscount Lewisham, declared 



not duly elected 26 Mar. 1728. Sir William 

 Willys, Bart. 



1728. William Sloper, Esq. loco Viscount Lewisham. 



1732. Francis Seymour, Esq. loco Sir William Willys, who died, 

 and a new writ was ordered 21 April 1732. 



Lord Lewisham, son of William first Earl of Dartmouth, died of 

 small pox in 1732, before his father, leaving a son, who inherited 

 the title, and two daughters, one of whom, Anne, married James 

 Brudenell, afterwards 5th Earl of Cardigan. 



Sir William Willys was the 6th Baronet of Fen Ditton in Cam- 

 bridgeshire. He died 14 April 1732, when the Baronetcy expired. 

 His estates were afterwards sold to Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough. 



Francis Seymour was second son of Sir Edward, before men- 

 tioned, and was of Sherborne, co. Dorset. He was baptized at 

 Easton, near Pewsey, 1 Oct. 1697, and was buried at Maiden 

 Bradley 2 Jan. 1762. In the next Parliament he sat for Marl- 

 borough. 



1734. 8 Geo. II. June 13. William Sloper, Esq. Col. Robert 

 Murray. 



Petition: Jan. 1735, of John Crawley and Abel Ketelby, 



Esqrs. — No Report. 



1738. Edward Popham, Esq. loco Col. Robert Murray deceased. 



The new writ was ordered 29 March 1738. 



William Sloper was at this time deputy Cofferer of His Majesty's 

 Household. 



Robert Murray was Colonel of a Regiment of Foot, and a Bri- 

 gadier General. 



John Crawley was of Stockwood in the couuty of Bedford. He 

 afterwards sat in this, and again in the next Parliament for Marl- 

 borough. 



Edward Popham, Esq. of Littlecot, who sat in the four next 

 Parliaments for the County of Wilts. 



1741. 15 Geo. II. June 25. Sir Edward Turner, Bart. D.C.L. 

 Lascelles Metcalf, Esq, 

 Sir Edward Turner, Bart, of Ambrosden, co. Oxford, and a raein- 



