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H E R A L D R Y. 
Residences. —Wildernefs Park, in the., county of 
Kent; 'and Bayham Abbey, in S'u(Iex.--TGW i n-houfe, 
Arlington-ftreet. 
Armorial Bearings.—S ee the annexed Engraving, 
Motto. — Judicium parium, aut leges terns. —■“ The 
j.udgment of our peers, or the law of the land.” 
MURRAY/.EARL STRANGE. 
JOHN MURRAY, Earl STRANGE, Baron Mur¬ 
ray of Stanley, in the county, of. Gloucefter, Baron 
Strange, of Knockyn; alfo Duke of Athol, &c. in 
Scotland.—See Duk.es of Scotland. 
EDGCUMBE,'EARL OF MOUNT - EDGCUMBE. 
RICHARD EDGCUMBE, Earl of MOUNT- 
EDGCUMBE, Vifcount M.ount-Edgcumbe and Valle- 
tort,. and 1 Baron Edgcumbe ; Lord Lieutenant and Vice-¬ 
admiral of Cornwall, Recorder of Plympton-Earle, and 
LL.D. born September 14,' 1764; fucceeded his father 
the late earl, February 4, 1795 ; married February 21, 
1.789, Sophia Hobart, daughter of John, fecond earl of 
Buckinghamftiire, by which lady, who died Auguft 17, 
1.806, Jie has ilTue, Emma-Sophia, born July 28, 1791 ; 
Caroline, born October 22, 1792 ; William vifcount 
Valletort, heir apparent, born November 19, 1794; 
Erneft, born March 23, 1797; a daughter, born June 
26, 1800. 
The family of Edgcumbe was of confiderable note in 
the reign of Edward III. Sir Richard Edgcumbe 
coalefced with Henry Stafford duke of Buckingham 
a gain ft the ufurpation of Richard III. and went over to 
the continent to Henry Tudor earl of Richmond, after¬ 
wards Henry VJJ. and diftinguifhed himfelf by his 
gallant exploits at the battle of Bofworth, Auguft 22, 
1485. Upon the accellion of king Henry, he was ap¬ 
pointed by that monarch comptrolierof his houlehold, 
and employed by him in feveral important tranfadlions. 
Sir Richard Edgcumhe, his grandfon, in the reign of 
Henry VIII. eredfed the noble family manfion at Mount 
Edgcumbe.. Piers Edgcumbe, his great-grandfon, was 
a ftrenuous fup,porter of Charles I. in the civil wars. 
Richard, grandfon of Piers, was by George II. created 
baron Edgcumbe, of Mount Edgcumbe, and conftituted, 
Dec. 22, 1743, chancellor of the duchy and county pala¬ 
tine of Lancafter, which office he refigned, Jan. 24, 1758. 
He alfo faiTed a regiment for the public fervice at the 
breaking-out of the rebellion in 1745. He died Nov 22, 
1358; and his fecond fon, George, the late earl, was 
advanced, to the dignity of a vifcount, by George III. 
March 5, 1781. His grandfather Richard, married Ma¬ 
tilda, daughter of lir Henry Furnefe, bart. by whom he 
had two Ions ; Richard, the fecond lord, who died 
unmarried May 10, 1761, and was fucceeded by his 
brother George, the third lord and firft earl, born in 
1731 ; married, Auguft 6, 1761, Emma, daughter and 
heir of Dr. John Gilbert, late archbiffiop of York, by 
whom he had ilfue, Richard, the fecond and prefent earl. 
Creations. —Baron Edgcumbe, April 23, 1742 ; 
Vifcount, February 17,17.81; and Earl, Auguft 18, 1789. 
Residences. —Mount Edgcumbe, in the county of 
Devon; Cotele, in Cornwall; and Richmond Hill, in 
Surrey.—Town-houfe, in Hill-ftreet, Berkeley-fquare. 
Armorial Bearings. —See the annexed Engraving. 
Motto. — Au plaifir fort de Dieu. —“ At the all-pow¬ 
erful difpofal ot God.” 
FORTESCUE, EARL FORTESCUE. 
HUGH FORTESCUE, Earl FORTESCUE, Vif¬ 
count Ebringlon, arid baron Fortefcue, of Caftle Hill, 
in the county of Devon ; Lord Lieutenant, Cuftos Rotu- 
lorura, and Vice-admiral of the fame county; High 
Steward of Barnftaple and South Moulton ; born March 
12, 1753; Succeeded his father the late lord, July 8, 
4785; married,. May 10, 1782, Hefter Grenville, lifter 
eo George marquis of Buckingham; by whichTady he 
lias ilfue, Hugh, vifcount Ebrington, heir apparent, born 
February 13, 1783 ; Hefter, born December 17, 1784; 
married, May 26, 1804, to Peter lord King; Matthew, 
born in Auguft 1786. 
The family of Fortefcue is defcended from fir Richard 
le Fort, who dilplayed confiderable valour in the battle 
ot Haftings,. Ottober 14, 1066, in confequence of which 
his family allurned the furname of Fortefcue. Sir, John 
Fortefcue was one of thofe gallant leaders who diftin- 
guiffied themfelves in the wars of Henry V. for the 
crown of France; and Henry, his fon, was conftituted 
by Henry VI. June 25, 1426, lord chief juftice of the 
court ot common pleas of the kingdom of Ireland. Sir 
John, fon of Henry, was, appointed, in 1442, lord chief 
juftice of the court of king’s bench; which office he 
afterwards exchanged for that of lord high chancellor" 
of England. He adhered to the party of the houfeof 
Lancafter in the civil wars; and wrote a treatife De Lau- 
dibus Legum Anglia , which has.frequently been appealed 
to as one ot the earlieft monuments of ourffee cbnftitution. 
Hugh, ninth in defcent from lord chancellor Fortefcue, 
married.Bridget, daughter and heir of Hugh Bofcawen, 
elq. by MargaretJ' daughter and co-heir of Theophilus, 
earl of Lincoln, and baron Clinton and Saye, by whom 
he had ilfue Hugh and Theophilus; and by a fecond 
wife, Lucy, daughter of Matthew, firft lord Aylmer, lie 
had Matthew, late earl Fortefcue ; Lucy, married, in 
1742, to George lord Lyttelton, and died January 19, 
1746. The eldeft lifter of Theophilus, earl of Lincoln, 
and baron Clinton and'Saye, married Robert Rolle, efq. 
who died in 1767, having had ilfue by her, Samuel 
Rolle, efq. whole only daughter Margaret married, in 
1724, to Robert, fecond earl of Orford ; on the death,of 
Ills mother the barony of Clinton and Saye devolved oa 
his lordlhip, and on his death it devolved on R. G. W. 
Trefufus, in the county of Cornwall. The barony, 
w hen in abeyance, was by George I. conferred on Hugh 
Fortefcue, ton and heir of the above-mentioned Hugh 
and Bridget, who, having demanded a writ of fummons 
to parliament, was, March 16, 1717, called up to the 
houfe of lords, and took his feat as the ancient barons 
Clinton and Saye, who, by feveral fummonfes, had en¬ 
joyed that honour from February. 6, 1298, the 26th 
Edward I. He was alfo advanced to the dignity of earl 
Clinton and baron Fortefcue, of Caftle Hill ;'and, in 
default of ilfue male, the title, of baron Fortefcue was 
to defcend to Matthew Fortefcue, his lordfhip’s youngeft 
and half brother, and the heirs male of his body. The¬ 
ophilus, his lordfhip’s own brother, died unmarried 
in March 1746; and, his lordlhip dying alfo,unmarried. 
May 2, 1751, the title of earl Clinton became extinft-; 
the barony of Clinton and Saye reverted to Margaret, 
countefs dowager of Orford ; but the barony of Fortefcue 
defcended to his half-brother, Matthew. Hislordlliip was 
bornin 1716 ; married, July 8, 1752, Anne, fecond daugh¬ 
ter of John Campbell, of Calder, in North Britain, efq. 
by whom he had ilfue, Hugh, the prefent earl; Matthew, 
born April 12, 1754, a captain in the royal navy ; mar¬ 
ried to lady Ackland, widow <If fir T. Ackland, bart. 
John, died unmarried in March 1773 ; Lucy, married, 
in September 1778, the reverend Mr. Harrington. His 
lordlhip, dying July 8, 1785, was fucceeded by his fon, 
Hugh, the firft and prefent earl. 
Creations. —Baron Fortefcue, July 5, 1746; Vif¬ 
count and Earl, Auguft 18,-1789. 
Residences. —Caftlehilf, in the county of Devon; 
and Ebrington Hall, in the county qf Gloucefter.— 
Town-houfe, Grofvenor-fquare. (V* - 
Armorial Bearings. —See the annexed Engraving. 
Motto.— Forte fcvtum falus t ducum: —“ A ftrong Ihield 
is the leader’s fafety.” 
DIGBY, EARL DIGBY. 
EDWARD DIGBY, Earl DIGBY, Vifcount Cole- 
Ihill, and Baron Digby, in England; alfo Lord Digby,. 
Baron 
