m HERA 
of Anbone Surtees, of Newcaftle-upon-'i'yne, efquire; 
by which lady he had iffue, John, who died December 
24, 180,5, having married, AugUft-22, 1804, Mifs Ridley, 
only daughter of fir Matthew-White Ridley, bait. of 
Blagdon, in the county of Northumberland, and had 
iffneafon. Elizabeth; William-Henry; and Frances. 
His lordfhip was, April 14, 1801, conflituted lord high 
chancellor of Great Britain, which office he refigned in 
TeBruary 1806; and to which he was re-appointed in 
1807. . 
HiS lordfhip’s family have been long feated in the 
town and county of Newcaftle-upon-Tyne ; his father, 
William Scott, efq. was a man of mod refpedtable cha¬ 
racter: he married, and had iffue, 1. Henry, merchant 
in Newcastle.. 2. Sir William, knight, D.C.L. bred to 
-the civil law, and is a judge of the high court of admi¬ 
ralty, and chancellor of the diocefe of London. 3. John, 
the prefent lord Eldon, who was admitted, in 1772, a 
-Undent in the Inner Temple; and, in 1788, appointed 
iolicitor-genera-1, and received the honour of knight¬ 
hood ; in 1793, he was appointed attorney-general, fuc- 
cedded to the cbief-jufticeffiip of the Common Pleas, 
on the refignatiof) of chief-juftice Eyre; and, in confe-- 
quence of his great legal talents, was appointed lord 
high chancellor of Great Britain, and raifed to the dig-, 
nity of the peerage.—The prefumptive heir is his lord- 
chip’s grand fon. 
Creation.— Baron Eldon, July 18, 1799. 
Residences. —Newby Park, in the county of York ; 
and Kemfter, in the county of Northumberland.—Town- 
houfe, in Piccadilly. 
Armorial Bearing s. —See the annexed Engraving. 
Motto.— Sed fine labe decus . •—“ Honour without a 
/lain.” 
FITZGIBBON, BARON FITZGIBBON. 
JOHN FITZGIBBON, Baron FITZGIBBON, of 
Sidbury, in the county of Devon; and Earl of Clare, 
Vifcountand Baron Fitzgibbou, in Ireland.—See Earl 
of Clare, among the Peers of Ireland. 
MOORE, BARON MOORE. 
CHARLES MOORE, Bar>on MOORE, of Moore 
Place, in the county of Kent; and Marquis of Drog¬ 
heda, in Ireland—See Marquis of Drogheda, among 
the Peers of Ireland. 
TOTTENHAM, BARON LOFTUS. 
JOHN TOTTENHAM, Baron LOFTUS, of Long 
Loftus, in the county of York ; and Marquis of Ely, i'n 
■Ireland.—See Marquis of Ely, among the Peers of 
Ireland. 
BUTLER, BARON BUTLER. 
WALTER BUTLER, Baron BUTLER, of Lant- 
■hony, in the county of Monmouth ; and Earl of Ormond 
mid Oft’ory, in Ireland.—See Earl of Ormond and 
Qssory, among the Peers of Ireland. 
PRO BY, BARON CARYSFORT. 
JOHN-JOSHUA PROBY, Baron CARYSFORT, 
of Norman Crofs, in the county of Huntingdon ; and 
Earl of Carysfort, in Ireland.—See Earl of Carts- 
f-ort, among the Peers of Ireland. 
ARDEN, BARON ALVANLEY. 
WILLIAM ARDEN, Baron ALVANLEY, of Al¬ 
vanley, in Che/hire, an Officer in the Second Regimerit 
of Fdot Guards; fucc’eeded his father, the late lord, 
-March 19, 1804. 
Richard, ftrft baron Alvanley, father of the prefent 
lord, was fon of J. Arden, of Arden, in the county of 
Chefter, efquire; born in 1755 ; and, being bred to the 
ftudy of the law, was fuCceflively appointed, in 1782, 
Iolicitor-general; and in 1784, attorney-general, mailer 
L D 11 Y. 
of the rolls, and chief-juftice of the court of Common 
Pleas ; and afterwards advanced to the. peerage. His 
lordffiip married Mifs Bootle, daughter of Richard=Wil- 
braham Bootle, efq. and had iffue, f. William, the pre¬ 
fent baron ; 2. Richard ; 3'. Frances-; and 4. Catharine. 
His lordffiip, dying March 19, 1804, was fucceeded by 
his eldeft fon, William, the .prefent lord.—The heir pre- 
fumptive is Richard, brother to his lordffiip. 
Creation.— Baron Alvanley, May 22, 18.01', 
Residences.- —Harcpftead, near London ; and Tor-' 
porley Houfe, in Chefhire.—Town-houfe, Great Geotge- 
ftreet, Weftminfter. 
Armorial Be a ring s'.—See the annexed Engraving. 
Motto. — Patentid virtccs .—“ Conquer by patience.' 1 
FITZHERBERT, BARON ST. HELENS. 
ALLEYNE FITZHERBERT, Baron ST. HE¬ 
LENS, in the Ifie of Wight, and county of Southamp¬ 
ton. His Lordffiip is a'l'fo, Baron St. Helens, in Ireland ; 
a Lord of the King’s Bedchamber, a Trullee of the Bri- 
tifli and Hunterian Mufeums, Baron S.t. Helens in Ire. 
land, and a Privy Counfellor a!fo there ; F.S. A. 
William Fitzherbert, of Tiftington, in the county of 
Derby., efquire, his lordffiip’s father, died.in 1772, hav¬ 
ing married Mary, daughter of Littleton-Poyntz Mey- 
nell, efq. by his wife, Judith, daughter of Thomas Al- 
leyne, efq. of the ifland of Barbadoes ;. by which lady, 
who died in 1753, he had iffue, William; John, who 
died in the Earl Indies; Thomas, a lieutenant in the 
army, died young; Selina, married to Henry Galley, 
efquire; and Alleyne, the prefent lord. 
Creation. —Baron St. Helens, July 15, iSor,., 
Residences.—M' effiam Place, in the county of Der¬ 
by.—Town-houfe, in Old Burlington-ftreet. 
Armorial Bearing s. —See theannexed Engraving! 
Mo tto.— Intaminatishonorihus.—‘\ Unfp.otted honour.’’ 
ELPHINSTONE, BARON KEITH. 
GEORGE-KEITH ELPHINST-ONE, Baron 
■KEITH, in England, with remainder to his lordffiip’s 
only daughter ; Baron Keith, of Stonehaven, Marifchal 
in Ireland; an Admiral of the White, Knight of the 
Military Order of the Bath, and of the Crefcent; Secre¬ 
tary., Chamberlain, Keeper of the Signet, and Counfel- 
lor of State, for Scotland, and for Cornwall, to the Prince 
of Wales, and Treafurer and.Comptroller of the Houfe- 
hold to the Duke of Clarence; F.E.S. born in 1747; 
married, April 9, 1787, Jane, daughter and heir of Wil¬ 
liam Mercer, of Aldie, in.the county of Perth, efquire • 
by which lady, who died December 12, 1789, he had 
iffue, Margaret-Mercer, heir apparent, on whom the 
Engliffi barony of Keith is in remainder. His lordffiip 
married, fecondly, February 4,1808, MifsThrale, eldefj 
daughter of the late Henry Thrale, efq. 
His lordffiip is the yonngeft fon of Charles, tenth lord 
Elphinftone, of the kingdom of Scotland', who married 
Clementina, only daughter of John Fleming, earl of 
Wigtoun ; by which lady he had ifftje, John, eleventh 
lord Elphinftone;. Charles, loft in the Prince George 
man of war, in 1758; William-Fullarton, a diredlor of 
the Eaft-India company ; George-Keith,created, in July 
1797, lord Keith, in Ireland; Mary; Eleanor, married. 
May 7, 1777, William Adam, efq. lerjeant at law, and 
chancellor to the prince of Wales; by whom, who died 
February 4, i860, he has iffue, Primrofe ; Charlotte, 
died July 4, 1801 ; Clementina, married to James, late, 
lord Perth; bywhom ffie had iffue, James, who died 
young;, and Cleme’ntina. Charles, lord Keith’s father, 
dying in 1781, was fucceeded by 'John,, the eleventh 
lord, who married Anne, daughter of James, third lord 
Rtithven; by which lady, who died Align it 1-9, 1794, 
he had iffue, John, the twelfth and prefent lord Elphin- 
.ftone, wh,o is nephew to lord Keith. 
Creation.—B aron Keith, in England, December 15, 
i8oj. 
Residences.— 
