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H E R A L D R Y. 
1796; Vifcount Bridport, June 10,1801; and in 1788, 
a Knight of the Bath. The prefumptive heir to the 
Jrith barony is Samuel, fecond foil.of Henry lord Hood, 
fon of vifcount Hood. 
Residences. — Cricket Lodge, Somerfetfhire.— 
Town-houfe, Harley-ftreet. 
Armorial Bearings. —Seethe annexed Engraving. 
The armorial bearings of lord vifcount Bridport, are, 
like thofe of his elder brother, fymbolical of his nauti¬ 
cal profeffion, and of the important fervices which he 
rendered to his country by his bravery and prowefs as 
an officer of the Britiili navy. Both thefe illuftrious 
brothers were early bred to the fea ; whence from fa¬ 
mily, as well as profeffion, their arms have great 11 mi 1 i- 
tude. They are : Azure, a fret argent; on a chief or, 
three crefcents fable.. 
Creft.—A. Cornifli chough proper, repofing his dex¬ 
ter foot on an anchor or. 
Supporter.,—Dexter, Neptune, god of the fea, pro¬ 
per ; his mantle, and the fling of it, vert; holding a tri¬ 
dent in his interior hand eredt proper, and refting his 
exterior hand on an anchor eretl of. Sinifter, a fea-lion 
argent; his mane, tail, and fins,.gules. 
Motto.— Vendsfecundis. —“ By profperous gales.” 
, In 1761, lord Bridport, wheneaptainof the Veftalfrigate 
of 32 guns, engaged and retook from the French, after a 
very long and determined adtion, our Warwick man of 
war of .60 guns, which they had captured fome time be¬ 
fore. On June 1, 1794, his diftinguifhed bravery, under 
lord Howe, in the deftrudtion and capture of the French 
republican fleet, will never be obliterated from the me¬ 
mory of Engliflimen. O11 the 23d of June, 1795, being 
appointed to the command of a fleet, he again engaged 
that of the French republic, and captured three lail of 
the line-, one of 80, and two of,74 guns. For his emi¬ 
nent fervices, he twice received the public thanks of 
both houfes of parliament, and had the fupporters an¬ 
nexed to his arms under the diredtion of his majefty. 
ASHETON CURZON, VISCOUNT CURZON. 
ASHETON CURZON, Baron and Viscount 
CURZON, LL.D. of Penn, in the county of Bucks ; 
born February 2, 1729; married, firft, Either Hanmer, 
only daughter of William Hanmer, efq. by whom, who 
died July 21, 1764, he had iffiue, Penn-Alheton, born Ja¬ 
nuary 31, 1757, married to Sophia, baronefs Howe, 
eldelt daughter of Richard, lad earl Howe, and died 
September 3, 1797, leaving iflue, Marianne, born Au- 
gufl at, 1790; Leiceder, born November 8, 1792, fince 
dead ;'George-Augudus, who died in January 1805; 
Richard-William, heir apparent, born December 9, 
1796; Edher, born December 24, 1758, married to fir 
George Bromley, bart. who, by his majefly’s permiflion, 
April 6, 1803, affirmed the name and arms of Paunce- 
fote, now fir Geprge Pauncefote, bart. by whom Die has 
iflue, Robert-Howe, born November 28, 1778; Mary, 
born February ji, 1760, married lord Stawell, and died 
September 19, 1804, leaving iflue, Mary, born in July 
1780. Lord Curzon married, fecondly, February 6, 
1766, Dorothy, filter to Richard firft earl Grofvenor, by 
which lady, who died February 24, i774> he had il- 
f ue , Jane, who died an infant ; Dorothy, born Septem¬ 
ber 3, 1767, and died in 1771 ; Elizabeth, born July 25, 
3768; Harriot, born June 20, 1769, died young; Alhe- 
ton, born June 1, 1771; Charlotte, born November 5, 
1772, married to Dugdale-Stratford Dugdale, efq. of 
Mere vale, in the county of Warwick; Robert, born 
February 13, 1774. The vifcount married, thirdly, 
April 17, 1777, Anna-Margaretta, daughter of Amos 
Meredith, elq. filler to fir William Meredith, bart. and 
widow of Barlow Trecothick, efq. but by her, who died 
June 13, 1804, he had no iflue. 
‘Creations. —Baron Curzon, Auguft 13, 1794; Vif- 
co.unt, February 27, 1802. 
Residences. —Hagley-place, near Walfal, in Stai- 
fordfhire; and Penn-houfe, in the county of Bucks.— 
Town-houfe, Davies-ftreet, Berkeley-fquare. 
Armorial Bearings. —Seethe annexed Engraving. 
Motto. —“ Let Curzon hold what Curzon lield.” 
DUNDAS, VISCOUNT'MELVILLE. 
HENRY DUNDAS, Viscount MELVILLE, of 
Melville, in the county of Edinburgh, and Baron Du- 
nira, in the county of Perth : Chancellor of the Univer- 
fity of St. Andrew, Lord Privy Seal and Governor of 
the Bank in Scotland ; an elder Brother of the Trinity 
Houfe, and a Governor of the Charter Houfe, D.C.L. 
married, firfl, Elizabeth, daughter of David Rennie, of 
Melville caftle, efq. and has>i(Tue, r. Robert, heir appa¬ 
rent, born March 14, 1771, married to Mils Saunders, 
and has iflue, Henry, born February 25, 1801 ; Richard- 
Saunders, born April 11, 1802; and a fon, born Sep¬ 
tember 14, 1803. 2. Elizabeth, born Augufl: 12, 1766, 
married to the right honourable Robert Dundas, lord, 
chief baron of the exchequer in Scotland, and has iflue 
one daughter, Anne, and three fons, Robert, Henry, 
and William-Pitt. 3. Anne, born September 28, 1767, 
married, firft, to Henry Drummond, efq. deceafed, and 
has iffiue, Elizabeth, and three fons, Henry, Robert, and 
Spencer-Rodney ; and, fecondly, to James Strange, efq. 
4. Montagu, born April 29, 1772, married to the ho¬ 
nourable George Abercromby, eldeft foil of baronefs 
Abercromby, and has iffiue, George, born in May 1800. 
The vifcount married, fecondly, April 2, 1793, lady 
Jane Hope, filter to James earl of Hopetoun. 
The father of the vifcount was the right honourable 
Robert Dundas, lord prefident of the court of feilion in 
Scotland; who married, firft, Elizabeth Watfon, by 
whom he had iffiue, the right honourable Robert Dun¬ 
das, lord prefident of the court of leffion, who, by his 
firft marriage with Henrietta, daughter of fir James Car¬ 
michael, had iffiue four daughters, viz. Elizabeth, mar¬ 
ried to fir John-Lockhart Rofs, bart. 2. Henrietta, mar¬ 
ried Adam, firft vifcount Duncan, deceafed, leaving iffiue 
the prefent vifcount Duncan. 3. Margaret, married to 
general John Scott, of Balcomie. And 4. Anne, mar¬ 
ried to George Buchan, of Kello, elquire. Mr. Dun¬ 
das married, fecondly, Jane, daughter of W illiam Grant, 
efq. by whom he had, 1. the prefent right honourable 
Robert Dundas, lord chief baron of the court of exche¬ 
quer in Scotland, married Elizabeth, daughter of vif¬ 
count Melville. 2. Francis, a lieutenant-general in the 
army, and governor of Cafrickfergus. 3. The right ho¬ 
nourable William Dundas, one of the commiffioners for 
the affairs of India. 4. Philip, governor of the Prince 
of Wales’s Ifland, who died in 1807, having married 
Margaret, filter to fir David Wedderburn, bai t. And 
two daughters, Grizel, married to Robert Colt, efq. 
and Janet, married to John Hamilton, efq. The vif- 
count’s father, by his fecond marriage with Anne, daugh¬ 
ter of fir William Gordon, of Inver Gordon, baronet, 
had iffiue the prefent vifcount Melville, and feveral 
fons who died unmarried. 
Creations.— Baron Dunira, and Vifcount Melville, 
December 21, 1802. 
Residenc.es.— Melville Caftle, near Edinburgh; 
Drimmie Place, in Fifelhire; and Wimbledon, in the 
county of Surrey. 
Armorial Bearings. —See the annexed Engraving. 
Motto.— Quodpoluiperfeci .—“I have perfected all 
I could.” 
ADDINGTON, VISCOUNT SIDMOUTH. 
HENRY ADDINGTON, Viscount SIDMOUTH, 
in the county of Devon ; Ranger of Richmond Park, a 
Governor of the Charter Houle, Recorder of Devizes, 
and High Steward of Reading; married Urfula-Mary, 
daughter and co-heir of Leonard Hammond, of Cheam, 
in the county of Surrey, efquire, by which lady he has 
. iffiue. 1. Henry, clerk of the pells, and heir apparent. 
2. William, 
