346 HERA 
Cicely, daughter of Henry Bourchier earl ofEffex, earl 
ot Eu in tiie duchy of Normandy, vifcount Bourchier, 
and baron Bourchier and Lovaine, and defcendant of 
Thomas of Woodfiock duke of Gloucefier, youngeft fon 
ot Edward I IT. The family of Devereux is the only 
furviving reprefentative of Thomas of Woodfiock. Wal¬ 
ter, third lord de Ferrars, the iffue of this marriage, was 
by Edward VI. created vifcount Hereford. He had iffue, 
i. Richard, father of Walter, fecond lord vifcount Here¬ 
ford. 2. Edward.—Walter, fecond lord vifcount Here¬ 
ford, was admitted, in right of his great grandmother, 
in 1571, to the titles of earl of E11, and baron Bourchier 
and Lovaine ; and was created by queen Elizabeth, 
May 4, in the following year, earl of Elfex. 
Robert, fecond earl of. EfTex, his fon, is one of the 
nioft interefting charadters in the hiftory of England. He 
was a nobleman of an intrepid and impetuous fpirit, 
generous, but precipitate ; and an advantage was made 
of thefe qualities to eftedt his ruin. He was appointed 
mafier of the horfe to queen Elizabeth, in 1588, and 
commanded the land-forces in the expedition againft 
Cadiz, in 1596. In the following year he was conftituted 
earl marifhal of England, and in 1599 lord deputy of the 
kingdom of Ireland. In this lad employment he was 
unfuccefsful; and, having returned abruptly without 
leave of the queen, foon fell under her difpleafure, and 
was beheaded, February 25, 1601. See the biographical 
Iketch of his life, under Devereux, vol. v. p.772-774- 
He married Frances, daughter and heir of fir Francis 
WaWingham, fecretary of date, and relidt of fir Philip 
Sidney; by which lady he had iffue, 1. Robert, third 
earl of Effex. 2. Dorothy, married to fir Henry Shirley, 
of Stanton Harold, in the county of Leiceder, baronet. 
Robert, third earl of Effex, was foon after redored in 
-blood, and married Frances, daughter of Thomas fird 
earl of Sud'olk, from whom he was divorced ; and (he 
was afterwards the infamous contriver of the poifoning 
of fir Thomas Overbury. Upon the fird infurredtions 
of the Scots, in 1639, the earl was appointed lieutenant- 
general of the forces that were fent againd them; and 
in 1641, promoted to be lord chamberlain of the lioufe- 
hold to Charles I. but he refigned this pod in the fol¬ 
lowing year, and was made commander in chief of the 
parliamentary forces in the civil war, in which dation ( 
he continued till the pafiing of the felf-denying ordi¬ 
nance, in April 1645. Upon his death, September 14, 
1647, the titles of earl of Effex and Eu became extindt, 
and thofe of baron de Ferrars of Chartley, Bourchier, and 
Lovaine, came into the family of Shirley earl Ferrars. 
Edward, younger fon of Walter fird lord vifcount 
Hereford, was created a baronet by James 1. November 
25, 1612 ; and had iffue, 1. Walter, fifth lord vifcount 
Hereford, who fucceeded to the title upon the death of 
Robert third earl of Effex. 2. George, grandfather of 
Price ninth lord vifcount Hereford ; and of Vaughan, 
grandfather of Edward eleventh lord vifcount Hereford. 
Edward, eleventh lord vifcount Hereford, married Ca¬ 
tharine, daughter of Richard Mytton, of Garth, in the 
county of Montgomery, efquire; by which lady, who 
died F'eb. 22, 1748, he had iffue, 1. Bridget, married to 
Pryce Jones, efq. and died in May 1781. 2. Arthur, 
died in 17.43. 3. Edward, twelfth vifcount. 4. Arthur,, 
died an infant. 5. Catharine, married to the Rev. John 
Ackland, of Broadclifi, in Devonfhire, and died January 
20, 1804. 6. George, the thirteenth vifcount. The ele¬ 
venth vifcount, dying Augufi 20, 1760, was fucceeded 
by his fon, Edward, the twelfth vifcount, born February 
19, 1741 ; married, June 2, 1774, the honourable Hen- 
rietta-Charlotte-Tracy Keck, one of the maids of ho¬ 
nour to her majefty, daughter of Anthony Keck, efq. 
and dying without iffue, Augufi 1, 1783, was fucceeded 
by his brother, George, the thirteenth vifcount, born 
April 25, 1744; married, December 15, 1768, hiscoufin, 
Mariana, daughter and heir of-George Devereux, efq. 
of Tregoyd, in Breconlhire, by whom he had iffue thir- 
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teen children, fix of whom furvived him, t. Henry, the 
fourteenth vifcount. 2. Marianna, married to (ir James 
Cockburn, of Langton, baronet. 3. Charlotte-Henrietta- 
Maria. 4'. Juliana-Stratford-Maria. 5. Gatharine-Eliza- 
Marianna, married to Walter Wilkins, of Maeflough, 
Radnorfiiire, efquire. 6. Georgianna-Marianna. The 
vifcount died December 31, 1804, and was fucceeded 
by his only fon, Henry, the fourteenth and prefent 
vifcount. 
Creations. —Vifcount Hereford, February 2, 1542; 
and fubfequently by intermarriage as Barons Ferrars, of 
Chartley ; Baronet, 1615. 
Residences. —Nantcribba Hall, in the county of 
Montgomery ; and Tregoyd, in the county.of Brecon.— 
Town-houfe, Chandos-ftreet, Cavendifli-fquare. 
Armorial Bearing s.—Seethe annexed Engraving. 
Motto. — Bafts virtutum conjlantia. — “ Sedatenefs is 
the foundation of virtue.” 
BELASYSE, VISQOUNT FAUCONBERG. 
ROWLAND BELASYSE, Viscount FAUCON¬ 
BERG, of Henknowle, in the county palatine of Dur¬ 
ham, and Baron Fauconberg, of Yarm, inYorkfhire; 
born February 1747; fucceeded to the above honours 
on the 23d of March 1802, on the death of Henry eail 
Fauconberg, when the earldom became extindt. 
His lordfhip is defcended from Rowland Belafyfe, efq. 
brother to Thomas, third vifcount. He married Fran- 
ces, daughter of Chriftopher Roper, fifth lord-Teynham, 
by whom he had iffue five daughters, Mary, Bridget, 
Frances, Barbara, and Anne, who died without iffue ; 
and two Tons, Henry, who died unmarried, Odtober 14, 
1782, and Anthony, who died Odtober 9, 1754, having 
married Sufannah, daughter of John Clarvet, efq. by 
which lady he had iffue, Rowland, the prefent vifcount; 
Raymond, who died an infant; Charles, D. D. born 
May 7, 1750; and Thomas, born September 11, 1731 ; 
married to Marie-Louife de Maneville, by whom he has 
five daughters, Mary, Frances, Elizabeth, Anne, and 
Barbara: Mary, who died April 1790; Frances, born 
in 1753; and Barbara, born in 1754. The heir preemp¬ 
tive is the reverend Charles Belafyfe, next brother to 
the vifcount. 
Creation. —Vifcount Fauconberg, of Henknowle, 
January 30, 1640. 
Residence. —Newborough Park, in Yorklhire. 
Armorial Bearings. —-See the annexed Engraving. 
Motto.— Bonne et belle ajfez. —“ Good and handfome 
enough.” 
ST. JOHN, VISCOUNT BOLINGBROKE. 
GEORGE-R1 CHARD St. JOHN, Viscount BO¬ 
LINGBROKE and St. JOHN, Baron St. John, of Ly- 
diard Tregoze, Baron St. John, of Batterfea, and a Ba¬ 
ronet; born March'5, 1761; fucceeded his father, the 
late vifcount, May 5, 1787; married, in 1783, Charlotte, 
daughter of the reverend D. Collins, fecond mafier of 
Winchefter college, and redtor of Midhurfi, in Suffex; 
by which lady, who died in 1803, he had ifi'ue, George, 
and Mary, both died young ; and Henry, heir apparent. 
The family of St. John is of great antiquity in Eng¬ 
land. Sir Oliver St. John, in the reign of Henry VI. 
married Margaret, filter and heir to John Beauchamp, 
lord Beauchamp of Bletlhoe; by which lady, who after¬ 
wards married John Beaufort duke of Somerset, and was 
grandmother to Henry VII. he had iffue, 1. John, an- 
ceftor to the extindt earls of Bolingbrpke, and to Henry 
Beauchamp, lord St. John of Bletfhoe. 2. Oliver. 
John, fon of Oliver, was one of the three executors of 
Margaret, countefs of Richmond, mother to Henry VII. 
and foundrefs of Chrift’s college, and St. John’s college, 
in the univerfity of Cambridge. He had iffue, 1. John, 
who had iffue, John; and Barbara, married to fir Ed¬ 
ward, brother of George Villiers, firft duke of Bucking¬ 
ham. 2. Oliver, who diftinguilhed himfelf at the battle 
