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HERALDRY. 
. exchequer, for that of one of the principal fecretaries 
of (late, March 25, 1718, and was created earl Stanhope. 
He died February 4, 1 721. This nobleman was in the 
particular confidence of George I. and had entrufted to 
him the principal direflion of the foreign affairs of his 
government. He married, February 24, 1713, Lucy, 
youngelt daughter of Thomas Pitt, efq. anceftor to the 
earls of Chatham and lords Camelford ; by whom he had 
iflue, Philip, fecond earl, born Auguft 15, 1714; died 
March 7, 1786, having married, in 1745, Grifel Hamil¬ 
ton, daughter of vifcount Binning, foil of the earl of 
Haddington, by whom he had iffue, Philip, born June 
24, 1746; died June 6, 1763 ; and Charles, the prefent 
earl. James, the firfl e'arl, 'died February 5, 1721, when 
Philip, fecond earl, fucceeded, and died in 1786,'and 
was fucceeded by Charles, the third and prefent earl. 
Creations.— Baron* and Vifcount Mahon, July 12, 
1717 ; and Earl Stanhope, April 14, 1718. 
Residences. —Chevening Place, in the county of 
Kent; and Mahon Houfe, in Devonffiire,—Town-houfe, 
Stratford-place. 
Armorial Bearings. —See the annexed Engraving. 
Motto.— A Deo et rege. —“ From God and the king.” 
SHERARD, EARL OF HARBOROUGH. 
PHILIP SHERARD, Earl of HARBOROUGH,_ 
Lord Sherard, Baron Sherard, in the kingdom of Ire-* 
land ; born October 10, 1767 ; fucceeded his father, the 
late earl, April 21, 1799; married, July 9, 1791, Elea¬ 
nor, daughter of colonel Moncktpn, of Fincfhade, in 
Morthamptonfhire, coufin to vifcount Galway ; and had 
a daughter, born in May, 1792 ; another daughter, born 
O<5tober_ 3, 1793; a daughter, 'born November 1795; 
Philip lord Sherard, heir apparent, born Augufl 26, 
1797 ; a daughter, born June 21, 1799; and a daughter, 
born July 3, 1802. 
The family of Sherard is lineally defcended from 
Schirard, who was refident in England prior to the time 
of the Norman conqueft. William Sherard, in the reign 
of Charles I. was created, July 10, 1627, baron Sherard 
of Leitrim, in the kingdom of Ireland,. Bennet, third 
lord Sherard of Leitrim, his grandfon, was created by 
George I. baron of Harborough, vifcount Sherard of Sta- 
pieford, and earl of Harborough, with remainder of the 
barony and the.earldom to Philip, grandfon of Philip, 
younger fon of William firfl lord Sherard of Leitrim. 
Philip, fecond earl of Harborough, upon whom the 
titles had thus been entailed, married Anne, daughter 
and heir of Nicholas Pedley, of the borough of Hunting¬ 
don, efquire ; by which lady, who died February 16, 
1730, he had iffue, 1. Bennet, third earl of Harborough. 
2. Robert, fourth earl of Harborough. 3. Philip, who 
embraced the profeflionof the army, and was appointed, 
Septembers, 1775, colonel of the fixty-ninth regiment 
of foot; and promoted, Augufl 29, 1777, to the rank of 
lieutenant-general. 4. Dorothy, married to the reverend 
James Torkington, of Great Stewkley, in the county of 
Huntingdon. Earl. Philip died July 20, 1750. 
Bennet, third earl of Harborough, married four wives: 
firfl, Elizabeth Verney, daughter of Ralph, late, earl 
Verney of the kingdom of Ireland; and by her, who 
died June 7, 1756, had no furviving iflue. His lordfhip 
married, fecondly, Frances, daughter of William Noel, 
efq. and by her, who died September 13, 1760, had a 
daughter, Frances, married to colonel George Morgan, 
pf the foot guards, and has iffue. His lordfhip married, 
thirdly, Margaret, daughter of Thomas Hill, efq. of 
Tern, in Shropfhire; by whom, who died February 1, 
1767, he had Bennet lord Sherard, born February 21, 
1768, and died the 21ft of the fame month. His lordfhip 
married, fourthly, Elizabeth, daughter of fir Thomas 
Cave, bart. of Stanford-hall, in Leicefterfhire ; by whom 
he had no iffue ; and dying on Feb. 24, 1770, without any 
furviving male iffue, was fucceeded by his fourth bro¬ 
ther, Robert. John, born May 15, 1713, died unmarried. 
Vol. IX. No.-604. 
Robert, who fucceeded his brother Bennet, was born 
October 1, 1719; married, firfl, to Cathariqe, eldeft 
daughter and coheir of Edward Heard, efq. of Salifbury; 
who dying without iffue, February 5, 1765, he married, 
fecondly, Jane, daughter of William Reeves, efq. of 
Melton Mowbray, in Leicederfhire, by whom, who died 
in November 1770, he had iffue, Philip, the prefent earl. 
Lucy, born October 5, 1769; married to fir Thomas 
Cave, bart. who died in January 1792 ; and file married, 
fecondly, Augufl: 21, 1798, Philip Pufey, brother to the 
late earl of Radnor. His lordfhip married, thirdly, May 
25, 1772, Dorothy, daughter and heir of William Ro¬ 
berts, efq. of Glaidon, in Rutlandfhire, by whom he 
had a daughter, Sophia-Dorothy, born April 17, 1775, 
and died November 5, 1781. Jane, born December 1, 
1770, died an infant. In the early part of life, his lord¬ 
fhip entered into holy orders ; but, on fticceeding to the 
earldom on the death of his brother, he Vefigned his 
ecclefiaftica) preferments in 1733, and dying, April 21, 
1779, was fucceeded by his fon Philip, the prefent and. 
fifth earl. 
Creations. —-Lord Sherard, in Ireland, July 1®, 
1627; Baron of Harborough, Odtober 19, 1714; and 
Earl, May 8, 1719. - 
Residences, —Stapleford, in the county of Leicefter; 
and Glaifton, in the county of Rutland. 
Armorial Bearings. —See the annexed Engraving. 
Motto. — Hojlis honori invidia .—“ An enemy’s envy is 
an honour.” 
PARKER, EARL OF MACCLESFIELD. 
GEORGE PARKER, Earl of MACCLESFIELD, 
Vifcount Parker of Ewelme, and Baron Parker of Mac¬ 
clesfield ; Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard, High 
Steward of Henley, LL.D. and F.R.S. born February 
24, 1755 ; fucceeded his father, the late earl, February 
29, 1795 ; married, May 25, 1780,'Mary-Franees, daugh¬ 
ter and coheir of Thomas Drake, D.D. reltor of Amer- 
fham, in the county of Bucks, and had iflue, a fon, 
George, who died an infant; and Maria, born January 
23, 1781; married, November 13, 1802, to lord Binning, 
only fon of Charles- earl of Haddington. 
The family of Parker has been traced back to the 
reign of Richard II. Thomas Parker, in the reign of 
queen Anne, was conftituted lord chief juftice of the 
court of King’s Bench. By George 1. he was created 
baron Parker of Macclesfield ; and, having refigned the 
office of Jord chief juftice, he was promoted, May 12, 
1718, to the office of lord high chancellor of Great Bri¬ 
tain. He was. foon after created vifcount Parker of 
Ewelme, and earl'of Macclesfield, with remainder, fail¬ 
ing his ilfue male, to Elizabeth his daughter, married 
to fir William Heathcote, of Hurfley, in the county of 
Southampton, bart. She died February 21, 1747. 
George, fecond earl of Macclesfield, was conftituted 
one of the tellers of the exchequer for life ; and Novem¬ 
ber 30, 1752, eledted prefident of the royal fociety. He 
acquired reputation by a fpeech delivered in the houfe 
of lords, in favoifr of the adi of parliament for altering 
the ftyle. He married Mary, daughter of Ralph Lane, 
of Horton, in the county of Northampton, efquire; by 
which lady, who died June 4, 1753, he had iflue; Tho¬ 
mas, the third earl ; George-Lane, born September 6, 
1724, a general in the army, died September 6, 1791, 
having married lady Cotterell Dormer, who died July 
29, 1802, without iflue. The earl married, fecondly, 
in December 1757, Dorothy Nefbit, and by her had no 
iflue. The earl diedMaj^h 17, 1764, and was fucceeded 
by his eldeft fon, Thomas, the third earl, born Odlober 
12, 1723; married, December 12, 1749, Mary, eldeft, 
daughter of fir William Heathcote, bart. and had iflue, 
George, the fourth earl; Thomas, married, firfl, March 
16, 1796, Mils Edwards, daughter of Lewis Edwards, 
efq. and has iflue, a daughter, born in 1797; and fecond¬ 
ly, March 19, 1807, Eliza, youngeft daughter of William 
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