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GROSVENOR, EARL GROSVENOR. 
ROBERT GROSVENOR, Earl GROSVENOR, 
Vifcount Belgrave, in the county palatine of Chefter, 
Lord Grofvenor, of Eaton, in Chelhire, and a Baronet ; 
Lord Lieutenant and Cuftos Rotulorum of Flint; born 
March 22, 1767; fucceeded his father the late earl, 
Aug,lift 5, 1802; married, April 28,1794, Eleanor, daugh¬ 
ter of Thomas earl of Wilton ; by which lady he has 
iflue, Richard vifcount Belgrave, heir apparent, born 
January 27, 1795; Thomas, born December 30, 1799, 
on whom the earldom of Wilton is entailed; Robert, 
born April 24, 1801 ; and Mary, born February 19, 1802. 
The family of Grofvenor is defcended from an uncle 
of Rollo firft duke of Normandy, who aftifted that chief¬ 
tain in his conqueft of Normandy in 912. The family- 
name is fuppofed to have been derived from the appel¬ 
lation of gros-veneur, fignifying the rank and dignity of 
its progenitors. Gilbert le Grofvenor, his defcendant, 
came over to England with William the Conqueror. 
Ralph, third in defcent from Gilbert, adhered to the 
party of the emprefs Maud, in her wars againft king 
Stephen. Robert, his fon, ferved under Richard Coeur 
de Lion, in the Holy Land ; and Robert, third in defcent 
from Robert, ferved under Edward III. at the battle of 
Crefly, Auguft 26, 1346. 
Richard, ninth in defcent from the laft-mentioned 
Robert, was created a baronet by James I. February 23, 
1622. Sir Richard, fecond baronet, his fon, adhered 
to the party of Charles I. in the civil wars, and had his 
eftate l'equeftered by the parliamentary fadtion. Sir 
Thomas, third baronet, his grandfon, is faid to have 
rejected an offer from James II. of a regiment and a 
peerage, upon condition that he would vote for the bill 
for repealing the penal laws. Sir Robert, fixth baronet, 
his fon, married Jane, daughter and heir of Thomas 
Warre of Swelcourt, in the county of Somerfet, efquire; 
by which lady, who died April 10, 1773, he had iflue, 
Richard, firft earl Grofvenor. Thomas, married, Sep- 
21, 1759> Deborah, daughter and co-heir of Stephen 
Skynner, of Walthamftow, in Elfex, efquire, by which 
lady, he had iflue, 1. Richard, born Odtober 5, 1762; 
married to Mifs Drax, of Charlborough, in the county 
of Dorfet, and took the name of Drax. 2. Stephen, who 
died young. 3. Thomas, a general in the army, and 
colonel of the ninety-feventh regiment of infantry ; mar¬ 
ried, April 6, 1797, Mifs Heathcote, fifter to fir Gilbert 
Heathcote, bart. 4. Maria-Deborah, born Auguft 30, 
1761. 5. Emma, who died in 1793. 6. Robert, born 
June 7, 1767. Mary, who died unmarried in 1774; 
Elizabeth; Jane, died 1738, unmarried; Dorothy, mar¬ 
ried to the prefent vifcount Curzon, uncle to lord Scarf, 
dale, and died in 1774, leaving iflue. Richard, the 
feventh baronet, died Auguft 1, 1755, and was fucceeded 
by his fon, Richard, eighth baronet, and firft earl, born 
June 18,1731; married, July 19, 1764, Henrietta, daugh¬ 
ter of Henry Vernon, efq. by Henrietta, daughter of 
Thomas, third earl of Strafford, by whom he had iflue, 
Richard, who died an infant, and Robert, now earl. 
The countefs married, fecondly, in September 1802, 
George Porter, a general in the army. The earl, dying 
Auguft 5, 1802, was fucceeded by his only fon, Robert, 
fecond and prefent earl. 
Creations. —Baron Grofvenor, April 8, 1761 ; Vif- 
count and Earl, July 5, 1784. 
Residences. —Grofvenor'Houfe, in Chefhire; and 
Halkin, in Flmifhire.—Town-houfe, Upper Grofvenor- 
ftMet. 
Armorial Bearings, —See the annexed Engraving. 
Of armorial bearings granted or aflumed invirtue of hold¬ 
ing an office, a more fatisfaftory example cannot be addu- 
eed than what is afforded by the noble houfe of Grofve¬ 
nor. The creft and fupporters allude to their ancient 
office of Great Huntfman to the dukes of Normandy ; a 
place of great dignity in thofe times, as companion of 
the prince. Their name, Grofvenor, or Crus Veneur , 
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in Norman ; or, Grojfo Vetialore , as it is rendered in old 
Latin records, indilputably implies their office of fnper- 
intendant of the chace. 
Motto. —Nobilitas virtvs nonJlemma ckaraEler .—“ Vir¬ 
tue, not pedigree, eharafterizes nobility.” 
PRATT, EARL CAMDEN. 
JOHN-JEFFREYS PRATT, Earl CAMDEN, 
Vifcount Bayham, and Baron Camden, Knight of the 
Garter; Lord Prefident of the Council, Recorder of 
Bath, one of the Tellers of the Exchequer, and an elder 
brother of the Trinity Houfe; born February n, 1759; 
fucceeded his father, the late earl, April 18, 1794* mar¬ 
ried, December 31, 1785, Frances, daughter and heir of 
William Molefworth, efq. of Wembury in Devonfhire, 
by whom he has iflue, Frances-Anne, born November 21, 
1787; Georgiana-Elizabeth, born July 4> I79 1 > Caro¬ 
line-Anne, born July 21, 1792; George-Charles vifcount 
Bayham, heir apparent, born May 2, 1799. 
The family of Pratt is defcended from Richard Pratt, 
who fuffered fo extremely in the civil wars of Charles I, 
Sir John, his grandfon, was conftituted, October 26, 
1714, one of the juftices of the court of king’s bench, 
April 15, 1718, one of the commiflioners for the cuftodjr 
of the great feal, and in the fame year lord chief juftice 
of the court of king’s bench. He married, firft, Eliza¬ 
beth, daughter of the reverend Henry Gregory, of 
Middleton Stoney in the county of Oxford; by which 
lady he liard iflue, 1. John. 2. Grace, married to John 
Fortefcue lord Fortefcue, of the kingdom of Ireland. 
3. Anne, married to Edward Gee, efq. 4- Jane, mar¬ 
ried to Thomas Taylor, of Popes, in the county of 
Hertford, efq. Sir John Pratt married, fecondly, Eli¬ 
zabeth, daughter of the reverend Hugh Wilfon, of 
Fynant in the county of Montgomery ; by which lady, 
who died in 1728, he had iflue, 1. Thomas, who was 
one of the chief clerks of the office of treafury. 2. 
Charles, firft earl Camden. 3. Caroline, married to 
Herbert, baron of Munfter, in the province of Weft- 
phalia, died September 3, 1805. 4. Jane, married to 
Nicholas Hardinge, of Canbury, in the county of Surrey, 
efquire. 5. Anna-Maria, married to Thomas Barret 
Leonard, late lord Dacre. 6~. Frances, died unmarried. 
7. Thomas, died March 19, 1805. 8. William, an 
officer in the South-Sea Company’s lervice, and was call 
away at fea. Charles, firft earl Camden, born in 17143 
was, in 1759, chofen recorder of Bath, and the lame 
year was appointed his majefty’s attorney general ; in 
December 1761, he was conftituted chief juftice of the 
court of common pleas. His lordlhip obtained great 
applaufe by his condudl, May 6, 1763, in difcharging 
Mr. Wilkes from his confinement in the Tower, and. 
declaring the general warrant upon which he had been 
apprehended illegal. Upon this occafionhe wasprefented 
with the freedom of the cities of London, Dublin, Exe¬ 
ter, and Norwich. During the adminiftration of the 
marquis of Rockingham, he was created baron Camden 
of Camden; and when that adminiftration was fuper- 
feded by a new cabinet under the aufpices of the late 
earl of Chatham, he was declared lord high chancellor 
of England. Upon the change of miniftry at the con- 
clufion of the American war, he was conftituted, March 
27, 1782, lord prefident of the council; which office he 
refigned in March 1783, and was reftored to the fame 
appointment, December 1, 1784. He married Elizabeth, 
daughter and heir of Nicholas J effreys, efq. of the Priory, 
in Breconlhire, by whom, who died in January 1779, he 
had iflue, John, the fecond and prefent earl; Frances, 
who married, June 7, 1755, Robert, earl of Londonderry j 
in 1 Ireland, and has iflue, Elizabeth; Sarah, who mar¬ 
ried Nicholas Price, efq. of Saintfield, in the county of 
Downe; Jane, who married fir Walter-Janies James, 
bart. of Langley Hall, Berkfliire; Robert, who was in 
the army, and died unmarried. 
Creations. —Baron Camden, July 16; 1765; Vif¬ 
count and Earl, May 13, 1786. 
Residences. 
