466 HERALDRY, 
daughter and co-heir of fir John Werden, bart. by whom 
he had iffue: i. William, who died in 1737. 2. 
■Charles, a colonel in the army, who died in 1775, having 
married Mifs Elizabeth Jones, by which lady he had 
a fon, George, the fifth duke, born December j, 1758) 
who fucceeded to the dukedom on the death of his 
coufin, George; which dignity he enjoyed till Febru¬ 
ary 16, 1787, when, dying without iffue, the honour 
defcended to his coufin, Aubrey lord Vere, the late 
and-fixth duke, born June 3, 1740, married May-4, 
1763, Catharine, daughter of William earl of Befbo- 
rough, by whom he had iffue: Catharine-Elizabeth, 
born February 20, 1764; Aubrey, the prefent duke; 
William, born December 18, 1766; married July 21, 
1791, Mifs Carter Thelwall, who died Oftober 17, 
1797, without iffue; he married, fecondly, March 4, 
3799, Mifs Nelthorpe, and has iffue feveral children : 
Amelius, a captain in the royal navy; Caroline married 
to the honorable C. Dundas; Georgiana, who died 
Oftober 17, 1791; and Frederic, in holy orders. His 
grace died February 9, 1802, when he was fucceeded by 
his fon Aubrey, the prefent duke. 3. Charlotte, mar¬ 
ried to the late John Drummond, efq. by whom he had 
iffue, Charlotte, who married her coufin Beauclerck ; 
and other children. 4. Caroline, married to fir William 
Draper, K.B. and died in 1778. 
Vere, father of thelateduke, was born July 14, 1699, 
and married Mary, eldeft daughter and co-heir of Tho¬ 
mas Chambers, of Hanworth, efq. by whom he had 
Aubrey, the fixth and late duke. Mary, born De¬ 
cember 4, 1743; married Oftober 2, 1762, to lord 
Charles Spencer, brother to George, the prefent duke 
of Marlborough, and has iffue. His lordfhip died 
Oftober 1, 1781, and was fucceeded by his only fur- 
viving fon, Aubrey, the late duke, as lord Vere, who, 
on the death of George, the fifth duke, fucceeded to the 
dukedom of his grandfather on February 16, 1787. 
Henry, born Auguft n, 1701; married in December 
3738, Martha, daughter of John and fitter and heir of 
Nevil lord Lovelace, by whom he had iffue a fon, 
Henry, who married, in November 1769, Mifs Char¬ 
lotte Drummond, who died in March 1774, leaving 
iffue; and fix daughters; Diana; Henrietta; Mary, 
jnarried, J uly 6, 1782, to the reverend Wql ter Williams, 
of Harrow; Charlotte; Martha, married in 1794, the 
honorable and reverend George Talbot, uncle to lord 
Talbot; Anne. Sidney, born February 27, 1702 ; mar¬ 
ried, December 9, 1736, Mary, daughter of Thomas 
Norris, of Speak, in Lancafhire, efq. and died November 
33, 1744, leaving one fon, the late Topliam Beauclerck, 
born in 1739, who married in 1768, Diana (the divorced 
vifcountefs of Bolingbroke,) filter to the duke of Marl¬ 
borough, and died in 1780, leaving iffue one fon, Charles- 
George, and three daughters, Mary, Elizabeth, and 
Anne. Elizabeth was married April 8, 1787, to the 
prefent earl of Pembroke, and died in 1793. Anne, 
married May 23, 1794, John Talbot, brother to* earl 
Talbot. George, born December 26, 1704., lieutenant- 
eneral of his majefly’s forces, married Mifs Margaret 
ainbridge; he died in 1768, and his lady Oftober 23, 
J792, without iffue. Seymour, born in 1708, died an 
infant. James late bifhap of Hereford, born 1702, died 
Oftober 38, 1787, unmarried. Aubrey born in 1711, 
was killed at C u thagena in 1740, His grace the late 
duke died February 5, 1802, and was fucceeded by his 
fon Aubrey, the prefent and feventh duke. 
Creations.— Baron of Heddington and earl of Bnr- 
ford, December 27, 1676. Duke of Saint Albans, 
January 10, 1684. Baron Vere of Hanworth, March 28, 
37 5°’ 
Residences. —Windfor, in the county of Berkfhire. 
Hanworth Park, in the county of Middlefex ; and Beft- 
wood Park in Nottinghamfhire.—Town-houfe, Stratford 
Place, Oxford Street, 
Armorial Bearings,— Seethe annexed Engraving. 
Motto.—A ufpicium melioris A pledge of bet¬ 
ter times.” 
OSBORNE, DUKE OF LEEDS. 
GEORGE-WILLIAM-FREDERIC OSBORNE, 
Duke of LEEDS, Marquis of Carmarthen, Earl of 
Danby, Vifcount Latimer and Dumblaine, Baron Of- 
borne of Kiveton, Baron Conyers, and a Baronet, Lord 
Lieutenant of the North Riding of Yorkfhire, Governor 
of the Iflands of Scilly, Ranger of Richmond Foreft, 
and Conftableof Middleham Caftle; born July 21, 1775 ; 
married Auguff 17, 1797, Charlotte daughter of the 
Marquis of Townlhend; has iffue, Francis-Godolphin 
D’Arcy, Marquis of Carmaerthen, heir apparent; born 
May 21, 1798; and fucceeded his father as duke of 
Leeds January 31, 1799. 
The family of Ofborne rofe to pre-eminent diftinftion 
in the perfon of fir Edward Ofborne, knight, created a 
baronet by James I. and was father to Thomas, firft 
duke of Leeds. He was patronifed by the celebrated 
earl of Strafford, and, when that nobleman was confti- 
tuted lord prefident of the North, he was appointed 
vice-prefident. 
Thomas Ofborne, firfl duke of Leeds, adhered to the 
royal caufe during the civil wars; and, upon the refto- 
ration of Charles II. was appointed in 1671, treafurer 
of the navy, and conftituted June 19,. 1673, lord high 
treafurer of England. He was in the fame year created 
baron Kiveton in the county of York and vifcount 
Latimer, and in the year following was raifed to the 
dignity of earl of Danby; and created vifcount Dum¬ 
blaine in the kingdom of Scotland. He was impeached 
of high crimes and mifdemeanours by the houfe of com¬ 
mons in 1679, and difmiffed from his office of lord high 
treafurer. Upon the landing of the prince of Orange, 
lie fecured in his favour the city of York. He was 
chairman of the committee of the houfe of peers when 
it was refolved that the throne w s as vacant, and he 
warmly recommended for the fucceffion the prince and 
princefs of Orange. He was. conftituted February 13, 
1689, lord prefident of the council, in the following 
year was created marquis of Carmarthen, and a few 
years after’ was advanced to the dignity of duke of 
Leeds. He diftinguifhed himfelf in the independant 
party upon the trial of doftor Henry Sachaverel, in 
February 1710. He died July 26, 1712. 
Peregrine, fecond duke of Leeds, his fon, was called 
up to the houfe of peers during the life of his father by 
the title of baron Ofborne of Kiveton; as was, under 
the fame circumftances, Peregrine Hyde, third duke of 
Leeds, his fon. His grace married Elizabeth, daughter 
of Robert firft earl of Oxford; by which lady, who 
died November 20, 1713, he had iffue Thomas, fourth 
duke of Leeds, who fucceeded his father May 9, 1773. 
He was born November 6, 1713, and married Mary, 
fecond daughter of Francis earl of Godolphin ; and 
had iffue Francis-Godolphin, the fifth duke, born 
January 29, 1751, who was fummoned to parliament on 
the fifteenth of May, 1776, by the title of baron Ofborne, s 
of Kiveton, and fucceeded his father as duke of Leeds, 
March 23, 1789, and married Amelia D’Arcy, only 
furviving daughter of the late earl of Holderneffe, by 
whom he had iffue, George-William-Frederic, the prefent 
and fixth duke ; U'ho, on the death of his mother, 
January 26, 1784, fucceeded to the barony of Conyers ; 
Mary-Henrietta-Juliana, born September 6, 1776, mar¬ 
ried, Auguft 1801, Thomas, earl of Chichefter: Francis- 
Godolphin, born Oftober 11, 1777; married, March 
31, 1800, Elizabeth-Charlotte Eden, daughter of Wil. 
liain lord Auckland, and had iffue a fon, born July 
1802. His grace’s marriage was diffolved by aft of par¬ 
liament in May 1779, when her grace remarried Mr. 
Byron. His grace married, fecondly, Oftober 11, 1778, 
Catharine, daughter of Thomas Anguifh, efq. and by 
her had iffue Sidney-Godolphin, born December 16, 
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