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ord of the illand of Jamaica, efquire ; by which lady, 
who was appointed, September 5, 1761, one of the ladies 
of the bedchamber to the queen, and-married, fecondly, 
fir George Howard, knight of the bath, he had jlfue, 
Thomas, third earl of Effingham, born January 13, 
1746, married to Catharine, daughter of Metcalf Proftor, 
e(q. of Thorpe, in Yorkffiire, by whom, who died Offio- 
ber 14, 1791, at New York, and his lordftip November 
*5 following, he had no ilfue, and was fucceeded by 
his brother, Richard, the prefentearl. Elizabeth, bom 
November 10, 1750; married to the right rev. Henry- 
Reginald Courtenay, late biffiop of Exeter, by whom (lie 
had ilfue, three fons and five daughters ; Anne, born 
May 4, 1752; ; married Chriftopher Carleton, efquire, 
nephew to lord Dorchefter, lieutenant-colonel of the 
29th regiment of foot, who died in Canada, in'1787 ; 
Maria, born Augufi 30, 1753 ; married, May 22, 1772, 
Guy Carleton, lord Dorchefter, and has ilfue. Francis- 
Herririg, born May 22, 1755 ; Frances, who died June 
26, 1796. The prefumptive heir is Francis-Herriiig 
Howard, only brother to the prefent earl. 
Creations. —Baron Howard of Effingham in the 
county of Surrey, March is, 1554. Earl of Effingham,- 
December 8, 1731. 
Residences. —Great Bookham irrthe county of Sur¬ 
rey ; and Grange Hall in the county of York.—Town, 
houfe, Queen Anne-ftreet, Weftminfter. 
Armorial Bearings.— See the annexed Engraving. 
Motto.— Virtus mille fcuta. —“ VaioCir is equal to a 
thoufand llvields.” 
STANHOPE, EARL OF HARRINGTON. 
CHARLES STANHOPE, Earl of HARRING¬ 
TON, Vifcount Peterffiam, and Baron Harrington ; a 
General in the Army, and Colonel-of the firlt Regiment 
of Life-guards; born March 20, 1753 ; fucceeded his 
father, thp late earl, April 1, 1779 ; married, May 22, 
1779, the daughter and co-heir of fir Michael Fleming, 
bart. of Brorrtpton, in Middlefex, by whom he has ilfue, 
Charles, vifcount Peterffiam, colonel in the army, heir 
apparent, born in April 1781 ; Lincoln-Edward-Robert, 
captain in the t6th regiment of dragoons, born in 1782; 
Anna-Maria, born September 3, 1783 ; Leicelter, jn the 
army, born in 1784; Fitzroy, in the army, born in 1788 ; 
Francis, born in 1789; Henry, born in 1790; Caroline, 
born in 1791; Charlotte-Augufta, born in 1792; Au- 
gulhis, born in 1794. 
William Stanhope, third in defeent from John, bro¬ 
ther of Philip Stanhope firft earl of Chefterfield, was 
employed in various foreign negociations and embaflies 
during the reign of George I. and in the beginning of 
the reign of George II. By the latter he was created 
-baron of. Harrington, and conftituted, June 13, 1730, one 
of his majefty’s principal fecretaries of itate ; which 
office he exchanged at the clofe of the adminiftraAion of 
fir Robert Walpole, February 12, 1742, for the appoint¬ 
ment of lord prefident of the council, at which time he 
tyas created vifcount Peterffiam, and earl of Harrington. 
Having refigned this office, he was again appointed, Octo¬ 
ber 18, 1744, one of the principal fecretaries of ftate ; 
which office fullered a temporary fufpenfion during the 
adminiftration of Mr. Pelham, from the tenth to the 
fourteentli of Ferbuary 1746. In the clofe of that year 
he refigned the office of fecretary of date, and was 
declared, November 22, lord lieutenant of the kingdom 
of Ireland, in which poll he continued till September 
1751. He died December 8, 1756. 
William, fecond earl of Harrington, his fon, embraced 
the profeflion of the army, and behaved with great 
gallantry at the battle of Fontenoy, May 11, 1745. Ha 
married Caroline, daughter of Charles fecond duke of 
Grafton; by which lady, who died June 26, 1784, he 
had iflue, j. Caroline, married to Kenneth Mackenzie 
earl of Seaforth of the kingdom of Ireland. She died 
February 9, 1767. 2. Ifabella, born April 4, 1748, and 
married to Charles-William Molineux, earl of Sefton of 
the kingdom of Ireland. 3. Amelia, married to Richard 
Barry, fixtli earl of Barrymore of the kingdom of Ireland. 
She died in September 1780. 4. Henrietta, married to 
Thomas lord Foley. She died January 2, 1781-. 5. 
Charles, prefent and third earl of Harrington. 6. Henry- 
Fitzroy, married to Mifs Falconer, by which; lady he 
has iflue a fon, born June 20, 1787. 7. Anna-Maria, 
born March 31, 1760, and married to Thomas Pelham 
earl of Lincoln, oidy lurviving *fpn of Henry-Fiennes 
Pelham, duke of Newcaftle, who died in 1795. 
Creations. —Baron of Harrington in the county of 
Northampton, November 20, 1729. VifcountPeterlham 
in the county of Surrey, and Earl of Harrington, Febru¬ 
ary 9, 1742. 
Residences. —Linby, in the county of Nottingham ; 
and Elvallon Hall, in the county of Derby.—Town- 
houfe, in Stable Yard. 
Armorial Bearings. —See the annexed Engraving. 
Motto.— A Deo et rege. —“ From God and the king.” 
WALLOP, EARL OF PORTSMOUTH. 
JOHN-CHARLES WALLOP, Earl of PORTS¬ 
MOUTH, Vifcount Lymington, and Baron Wallpp of 
Farleigh-Wallop in the county of Southampton; bofn. 
December 18, 1767; fucceeded l\is father, the late earl. 
May 16, 1797 ; married, November 19, 1799, Grace 
Norton, lifter to William lord Grantley. 
The family of Wallop or Welhop, ranked amongll 
the chiefs in England, prior to the Norman conquelfv 
Sir John Wallop, knight of the garter in the reign of 
Henry VIII. performed many confiderable fervices both 
by fea and land ; and was employed in feveral important 
embaflies. He accompanied fir Edward Howard, lord 
high admiral of-England, in his engagement with Prer 
jeant, April 25, 1514, in which that gallant commander 
loft hisjife ; and in 1516, was commander in chief of the 
fquadron that made a fuccefsful defeent- upon the coall 
of Normandy. He died in 1552. Sir Oliver, his brother-, 
diftinguiffied himfelf at the battle of Pinkey, September 
10,1547. Sir Henry, fon of fir Oliver, was confidenfially 
employed in the tranfaffiions of the, kingdom of Ireland 
during the reign of queen Elizabeth ; and loft his fons, 
Oliver and William, the firft in the military fervice of 
his country, and the fecond, in the province of Bretagne 
in P rance. 
John, fifth in defeent from fir Henry, was by George 
I. created baron Wallop of Wallop, and vifcount Ly¬ 
mington ; and by George II. earl of Portfmouth. He 
married, firft, May 26, 1716, Bri'dget, eldeft daughter 
of Charles Bennet, earl of Tankerville ; by which lady, 
who died Odtober 12, 1738, he had ilfue, Bridget, born 
February 20, 1717, died unmarried. John vifcount Ly¬ 
mington, married to Catharine, daughter and heir of 
John Conduit, efq. by a niece of the celebrated fir Ifaac 
Newton ; and dying in 1749, left ilfue by his lady, who 
died April 15, 1750, 1. John the late earl. 2. Henry, 
in the army, who died Auguft 1794. 3. Barton, laje 
mafter of Magdalen College, Cambridge ; married, Mifs 
Camilla-Powlett Smith, of Crux-Eafton, in Hampffiire, 
and died September 1, 1781, leaving itfue a daughter, 
Urania-Catharine-Camilla, born November 23, 1774, and 
a pofthumous fon, born December 24, 1781, Barton- 
William-Powlett, captain in the Nova Scotia fencibles ; 
married, September 21, 1807, Mifs Ward, of St. John’s, 
New Brunfwick. 4. Bennett, born January 29, 1745. 
5. Catharine, married to the lion. Lockhart Gordon, a 
younger brother to the earl of Aboyne in Scotland. 
Borlace, in the army, died April 1741 ; Mary, died April 
13, 1722; Charles, died unmarried, in Auguft 1771; 
Anne, died unmarried, March 3, 1759; Bluett, in the 
army, died unmarried, June 6, 1749; Elizabeth, died 
in June 1727; Henry, died an infant; Bennett, died 
young. His lordlhip married, fecondly, June 4, 1741, 
Elizabeth, daughter and co-heir of J tmes, lord Giiffin, 
and widow of Henry Grey, efq.. of Billingbear, Berks. 
She died without ilfue ; and lus iordlhip dying, Novein- 
