By the Rev. J. Ward. 



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George, third Earl of Cardigan. Their eldest hrother was George, 

 fourth Earl of Cardigan, K.G., created in 1766 Marquis of Mont- 

 hermer and Duke of Montagu ; and their youngest brother was 

 Thomas, second Baron Bruce of Tottenham, created in 1776 Earl 

 of Ailesbury. James Brudenell, born 10 April 1725, was Master 

 of the Robes. He was created Baron Brudenell of Deane in 1780, 

 which dignity expired on his decease. He succeeded his brother 

 in the Earldom of Cardigan and Barony of Brudenell of Stanton 

 Wyvill in 1790, and died without surviving issue 24 Feb. 1811. 

 Robert Brudenell, born 20 Oct. 1726, died 20 Oct. 1768. He was 

 Lieut. Governor of Windsor Castle, Colonel of the 4th regiment, 

 Groom of the Bedchamber to the Duke of York, and Vice Cham- 

 berlain to Her Majesty. His only son Robert, born posthumous 

 26 April 1769, succeeded as sixth Earl of Cardigan in 1811. 



William, son of William Northey, Esq. of Compton Basset and 

 other manors in the county of Wilts, by Abigail, daughter of Sir 

 Thomas Webster of Battel Abbey, Bart, and grandson of Sir Ed- 

 ward Northey, who was Attorney General to Q,ueen Anne, was a 

 Groom of the Bedchamber to George III. He was created D.C.L. 

 at Oxford 2 July 1754, was a Fellow of the Royal Society and 

 Lieut. Col. of the Wiltshire Militia. In the House of Commons 

 he was a distinguished member, espousing the cause of the Oppo- 

 sition in the eventful period, in which he lived. This William 

 Northey sold Compton Basset in 1761, but his descendants still re- 

 tain the manors of Box and Haselbury in this county. 



Benjamin (Bond) Hopkins, Esq., had a considerable property 

 in the parishes of Great Bedwyn and Burbage, all of which, ex- 

 cept the manor of Wexcombe, he sold to the Earl of Ailesbury in 

 1787. 



1774. 15 Geo. III. Nov. 29. James, Earl of Courtown. Paul 

 Methuen, Esq. 



1774. James, Viscount Cranbourn loco James, Earl of Courtown, 



who accepted the Chiltern Hundreds, and a new writ was 



ordered 4 Dec. 1774. 



James, second Earl of Courtown, co. Wexford, was created a Peer 

 of Great Britain in 1794 as Baron Saltersford, co. Chester. He 

 married Mary, coheir of Richard Powys, Esq, of Hintlesham Hall, 

 co. Suffolk, by Mary, daughter of George, third Earl of Cardigan. 



Paul, son of Thomas Methuen of Bradford-on-Avon, Esq., by 

 Anne, daughter of Isaac Selfe of Benacre, Esq., purchased Cors- 

 ham House, co. Wilts. His relative Sir Paul Methuen, K.B. 

 the distinguished Minister in the reigns of Queen Anne and King 

 George, bequeathed to him the fine collection of pictures, which 

 now adorns the gallery at Corsham; but Corsham never belonged 

 to Sir Paul. Mr. Methuen died 1795. 



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