HERALDRY. 
general Montgomery. Receiving fuccou^sT from Eng¬ 
land in the following fpring, he drove the enemy to the 
frontiers of New York, and deftroyed all^their maritime 
preparations upon Lake Champlain; and thus to his. 
valour and intrepidity w.e owe the prefervation of the 
Canadas, which now form the principal part of Britifli 
America. (Seevol. i. p.434.) He was appointed, Ja,- 
nuary r, 1776, to the rank of general in America, and 
foon after elected knight of the military order of the 
bath. He was promoted, Auguft 29, 1777, to the rank 
of lieutenant-general of his majefty’s forces; and, having 
refigned the government of Canada, was chofen, in 1780, 
to be firft commiflioner of the board appointed by par¬ 
liament to audit and examine the public accounts of 
the kingdom. He was appointed, in 1786, governor and 
captain-general of the provinces of Canada, Nova Scotia, 
and New Brimfwick; and in reward of his great and 
meritorious fervices, was created baron Dorchefter, of 
Dorchefter. On his lordfhip’s return from the govern¬ 
ment of Canada, he was advanced to the rank of general, 
appointed to the command of the 4th regiment of dra¬ 
goon guards, and made governor of fort Charlemont in 
Ireland. 
The family of Carleton had refidence for many centu¬ 
ries at Carleton-hall, in the county of Cumberland ; and 
was raifed to the peerage by the ftyle and title of v.ifcount 
Dorchefter and baron of Jmbercourt, in 1628; which 
became extinft in 1632 ; and the family removed to Ire¬ 
land.,. Clvriftopher Carleton, of Newry, in the county 
of Down, in that kingdom, married Catharine, daughter 
of Henry Ball, efq. by which lady, who died in 1757, 
he had ilfue, 1. William, who married Mil's Wolcombe, 
of the county of DeVon; by which lady he had ilfue, 
Chriftopher, born in 1749, who embraced the military 
profeftion, and married Anne, daughter of Thomas fe- 
cond earl of Effingham. The father and mother were 
loft at fea, in 1753. Lancelot, who embraced the mili¬ 
tary profeflion, and died in the expedition again ft: Car- 
thagena, in 1741. 3. Sir Guy Carleton, now lord Dor¬ 
chefter. 4. Thomas, who embraced the military pro¬ 
feflion, and was conftituted, November 20, 17,82, colonel 
of his majefty’s forces; and July 28, 1784, captain-ge¬ 
neral and,governor of the province of New Brunfwick. 
Chriftopher, the father, died in 1738. 
Creation. —Baron Dorchefter, of Dorchefter, in the 
county of Oxford, Auguft 21, 1786. 
Residence. —Elholt Place, near Leeds, in the county 
of York. 
Armorial Bea rings. —See the annexed Engraving. 
When lord Dorchefter was advanced to the dignity of 
knight of the bath, the inlignia of his armorial bearings 
were made fymbolical of the country wherein his valour 
had been fo long and fuccefsfully exercifed. They are: 
Ermine, on a bend fable, three pheons or arrow-heads 
argent. 
Creft.—A dexter arm embowed at the elbow, hold¬ 
ing an arrow proper ; the arm naked to the elbow ; the 
fhirt folded above it argent, and the arm beyoijd habited 
gules. 
Supporters.—Two beavers proper; emblematic of Ca¬ 
nada : the dexter gorged with a mural coronet; the finif- 
ter with a naval coronet, both or: intended to deiignate 
his viftones in America by.fea and land. 
Motto.— Quondam his vicimus armis. —“ With thefe 
arms we formerly conquered.” 
JENKINSON, BARON HAWKESBURY. 
ROBERT-BANKS JENKINSON, Baron HAWKES- 
BURY, in Gloucefterfhire ; called up to the houfe of 
peers November 16, 1803; Secretary of State for the 
Home Department ; a Lord of Trade and Plantations; 
a Commiflioner for the Affairs of India ; Conftable of 
Dover Caftle ; Warden, Keeper, and Admiral, of the 
Cinque Ports; and a Governor of the Charter Houfe ; 
VOL. IX. No.609. 
579 
F.R.S. born Jitney, 1770; married, March *5, 1795, 
lady Theodofia-Louifa Hervey, daughter of Frederic, 
fourth earl of Briftol, and After to the prefent earl. His 
lordfhip is the eldeft fon of Charles earl of Liverpool; 
for whofe family fee p. 537 of this volume. 
ELIOTT, BARON HEATHFIELD. 
FRANCIS-AUGUSTUS ELIOTT, Baron HEATH- 
FIELD and Gibraltar; a Lieutenant-general in the Ar¬ 
my; and Colonel of the 20th Regiment of Dragoons; 
fncceeded his father, George-Auguftus, the late lord, 
July 6, 1796. 
The family of Eliott is defcended from Aliot, one of 
the Norman chiefs who came over to England with Wil¬ 
liam the Conqueror. Of this family were Gilbert Eliott, 
of Stobs, in the county of Roxburgh, created by 
Charles II. in 1666, a baronet of Nova Scotia ; and Gil¬ 
bert Eliott, of Minto, who was created by William III. 
in 1700, a baronet of Nova Scotia. Sir Gilbert Eliott^ 
of Stobs, father of lord Heathfield, married Eleanor, 
daughter of William Elliot, of Wells, in the county of 
Roxburgh, efquire; by which lady, who died in 1728, 
he had ilfue, 1. Sir John, father of fir Francis. 2. Alex¬ 
ander, one of the Englilh council at Bengal, under War¬ 
ren Haftings.efq. 3. George-Auguftus, late lord Heath- 
field, born Decembera^, 1717; married Anne, daughter 
of fir Francis Drake, of Buckland, in the county of De¬ 
von, bait, by which lady, who died February 13, 1772, 
he had iftue, Francis-Auguftus, the prefent and fecond 
lord ; Francis, in the army ; Gilbert, and another child, 
who died infants; Anne, born in 1754; married, May 
21, I 777 » John-Trayton Fuller, of Brighthelmftone, in 
the county of Suftex, efquire, and has ilfue.—The heir 
prefumptive is Francis, only brother to his lordfliip. 
George-Auguftus Eliott, firft lord Heathfield, immor- 
talifed his name by the glorious defence he mad* at 
Gibraltar, when befieged by the combined forces of 
France and Spain, in 1782; as well as by his gallant 
condudt at the taking of the Havannah, in 1762; for 
particulars of all which, as well as for a biographical 
fketch of his life, fee-the articles Eliott, vol.vi. 
p.474; and England, p.733, and. 769, of the fame 
volume. 
Creation.— Baron Heathfield and Gibraltar, July 
6, 1787. 
Residences. —Nutwell Court, and Buckland Ab¬ 
bey, in Devonfhire ; and Boxley, in the county of Suftex. 
Town-houfe, Hill-ftreet, Berkeley-fquare. 
Armoria i. Bearings.— See the annexed Engraving. 
The armorial bearings of baron Heathfield will for 
ever record his valour, and military prowels. They are: 
Gules, on a bend or, a baton azure;—faid to have been 
given to hisanceftor, theNormanchief Aliot, by William 
the Conqueror after the battle of Haftings. On a chief 
azure, the arms of Gibraltar, viz. a caftle between two 
pillars argent, fymbolical of the pillars of Hercules ; a 
key pendant from the knocker of the caftle gate, affixed ‘ 
by a. chain of the fecond ; beneath the caftle, in gold let¬ 
ters, plus ultra ; “ further beyond.” 
Creft.—A dexter hand, couped at the wrift, holding' 
a fabre proper; on the wrift a key, ward downwards, 
likewife proper. 
Supporters.—Dexter a ram ; finifter a goat, attired 
and unguled, all argertt, and each gorged with a chaplet 
vert; and refting their interior hind feet on mural 
crowns argent, elevated on a whitifti rock. 
Motto .—Fortiter et reEle .—“ Courageoufiy and faith¬ 
fully.” - 
KENYON, BARON KENYON. 
GEORGE KENYON, Baron KENYON, Baron of 
Gredington, in the county of Flint, and a Baronet; Fi- 
lafer and Cuftos Brevium in the court of King’s Bench ; 
born July 22, 1776; fucceeded his father, Lloyd Ken- 
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