HERALDRY. 
tnont; fucceeded her mother, Mary, the late countefs, 
May 10, 1790; born September 4, 1:755; married, De¬ 
cember 2i, 1777, to the honourable Thomas Fitzmau- 
rice, uncle to the prefent marquis of Lanfdowne, who 
died October 28, 1793; and has iflue, John, vifcount 
Kirkwall, heir apparent, born October 2, 1778; married, 
Auguft 18, 1802, Anna-Maria, eldeft daughter of John 
lord de Blaquire, knight of the bath ; and has iflue, Tho- 
mas-John-Hamilton-Fitzmaurice, born Auguft 8, 1803. 
The countefs of Orkney is defcended from the ancient 
houfe of Douglas; her maternal grandfather, George, 
was the fifth fon of William earl of Selkirk, who mar¬ 
ried Anne duchels of Hamilton; and in confequence of 
that affinity, was, in her right, created duke of Hamil¬ 
ton ; upon which he refigned the title of Selkirk, in fa¬ 
vour of George, the fifth fon; William, who was the 
firft duke of Hamilton of the Douglas family, choofing 
a military life, and diftinguifhing himfelf by his bravery 
and conduct in the battles of the Boyne, Aughrim, Sten- 
kirk, Landen, Oudenarde, Ramilies, Hochftet, Shellen- 
burg, Mons, See. and in the feyeral fieges of Athlone, 
Limeric, and Namur; at the attack of the laft place he 
was made brigadier by king William ; and on the ill of 
March, 1689, was made a colonel, and afterwards created 
earl of Orkney: in the firft of queen Anne, he was made 
a lieutenant-general ; in 1710, he was made one of the 
privy council, and general of the foot in Flanders, 
where, in 1712, he ferved under the duke of Ormond ; 
in 1714 he was appointed gentleman of the bedchamber 
to George I. and governor of Virginia. By George II. 
he was promoted to the rank of field-marftial, and go¬ 
vernor of Edinburgh caftle. He married Elizabeth, 
daughter of fir Edward Villiers, and After to Edward 
' earl of Jerfey ; and had three daughters: Anne, married., 
in 1720, William O’Brien, fourth earl of Inchiquin; 
Frances, married, fir Thomas-Lumley Sanderfon, after¬ 
wards earl of Scarborough ; Harriet, married John lord 
Boyle, earl of Orrery and Cork. The earl dying, Ja¬ 
nuary 29, 1737, aged feventy-two years, Anne, countefs 
of Inchiquin, fucceeded him in title and eftate. She 
had feveral children, of whom all died before their 
mother, except Mary, who married Murrpugh O’Bryen, 
now marquis of Thomond ; and Anne. Her ladyfhip, 
dying in 1756, was fucceeded by her eldeft daughter, 
Mary, countefs of Orkney ; who, dying May 10, 1790, 
was fucceeded by her daughter Mary, the prefent 
countefs. 
CREATioif.it-Earl, Vifcount Kirkwall, and Baron 
Deghmont, January 3, 1696. 
FORRESTER (ANNA-MARIA), Baroness FOR¬ 
RESTER, of Corftorphine, in Mid-Lothian ; fucceeded 
her mother, the late baronefs, in 1784. 
George, the fifth lord, fignalized his loyalty to George 
I. in 1715, at the battle of Prefton, in Lancalhire; and was 
loon after appointed colonel ofthe fourth troop of horfe- 
guards ; and, dying in February 1726, left by Charlotte, 
his wife, daughter and co-heir of Anthony Row, of the 
county of Oxford, efquire, one fon, and two daughters; 
George, his fucceflor; Caroline, the late baronefs ; Har¬ 
riet, married to Edward Walter, efq. and died in March 
1725, leaving iflue a daughter, Harriet, who married, 
July 28, 1774, Janies Bueknall, third vifcount Grimfton ; 
and, dying November 7, 1786, left iflue, the honourable 
James-Walter-Grimfton, the prefent heir to this barony; 
who married, Auguft 11,1807, lady Charlotte Jenkinfon, 
only daughter of Charles earl of Liverpool. George, 
who fucceeded his father, was a captain in the royal 
ravy; and dying unmarried, in 1748, was fucceeded by 
his epufin, fon of his uncle John, fourth fon of W illiam 
the fourth lord. .William, the feventh lord, dying un¬ 
married, in November 1763, the title defcended to Ca¬ 
roline, the late baronefs; who married George Cock- 
burn, of Ormifton, efquire, comptroller of the navy, who 
died in 1770, by wlibm flte was lefta wido.w, with one 
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daughter, Anna-Maria, the prefent baronefs, who fuc¬ 
ceeded her mother in March 1784.—The prefumptive 
heir is James-Walter Grimfton, eldeft fon of vifcount 
Grimfton. 
Creation. —Baron Forrefter, in 1633. 
PEERS AND PEERESSES OF IRELAND, 
For whofe Armorial Bearings, fee the correfpondent 
Engravings. 
The Princes of the Blood-Royal are alfo Peers of 
Ireland; and their appropriate titles will be found 
p. 458-460, of this article. 
DUKE. 
FITZGERALD (AUGUSTUS - FREDERIC), 
Duke of LEINSTER, Marquis of Kildare, Earl ot 
Kildare and Offaley, Baron of Offaley ; Premier Duke, 
Marquis, and Earl, of Ireland; and Vifcount Leinfter, 
of Taplow, in England ; born Auguft 21, 1791 ; fuc¬ 
ceeded his father, the late duke, October id, 1804. 
The family of Fitzgerald is defcended from Maurice, 
who, with his brother William, was among the chief¬ 
tains that accompanied Richard, furnamed Strongbow, 
earl of Pembroke, in the conqueft of Ireland. Gerald, 
his fon, was created, by king John, in 1205, baron Offa- 
ley ; and was made chief juftice of Ireland. Maurice, 
fecond lord Offaley, his fon, was conftituted by Henry 
III. in 1229 and 1232, lord juftice of the kingdom' of 
Ireland. This nobleman, likchis pofterity, performed 
many eminent feats in battle ; having defeated and killed 
Richard Marftial earl of Pembroke; and taken prifoner 
Cormac Macarthy O’Melaghlin, a leader of the infur- 
gents. He afterwards marched againft the O’Donnells 
and the O’Neils ; and aflifted Henry III. in 1244, in an 
expedition againft the Welfh. At length, he took upon 
him the habit of St. Francis, and died in religipus re¬ 
tirement, May 8, 1257; leaving iflue, Thomas, third 
lord Offaley ; and Maurice,, who was conftituted by 
Henry III. June 23, 1272, lord juftice of the kingdom 
of Ireland. 
John, fourth lord Offaley, his fon, and Maurice, his 
brother, raifed an army'for the fuppreffion of the infur- 
gent Macarthy More, in 1261 ; and were killed in fight¬ 
ing againft him. Thomas, fixth lord Offaley, grandfon 
ot John, was carried while an infant in the cradle by an 
ape to the top of the fteeple of the abbey of Trallee, 
and afterwards broughffdown again and reftored to his 
cradle ; in memory of which lingular ^event his pofterity 
have ever fince borne an ape for their crelt, and two 
apes for their fupporters. He was conftituted by Ed¬ 
ward I. April 3, 1295, lord juftice of the kingdom of 
Ireland, and had iflue, John, feventh lord Offaley; and 
Maurice, created by Edward III. Auguft 27, 1329, earl 
of Defmond. Lord Defmond was conftituted, July 20, 
1355, l° r d juftice of Ireland; and upon various occa- 
fions headed an army in defence of his country. The- 
branch of Defmond difputed the point of Seniority with 
the ancertors of the duke of Leinfter; and the title bea 
came extindl in 1632. 
John, feventh lord Offaley, performed confiderable 
fervices againft Edward Bruce, and the Scottilh inva¬ 
ders, in 1315; and was by Edward II. May 14, 1316, 
created earl of Kildare. Thomas, fecond earl of Kil¬ 
dare, his foil, was conftituted lord juftice of the king¬ 
dom of Ireland. Maurice, fourth earl of Kildare, his 
fon, ferved with great reputation under Edward III. at 
the fiege of Calais. Gerald, fifth earl of Kildare, his 
fon, was appointed by Henry IV. September 7, 1405, 
lord juftice of the kingdom of Ireland. Thomas, fe¬ 
venth earl of Kildare, his grandfon, was conftituted by 
Henry VI. in 1454, lord deputy of the kingdom of Ire¬ 
land, which office he exchanged, in 1463, for that of 
lord high chancellor of that kingdom. Gerald, eighth 
earl of Kildare, his fon, fucceeded his father in the office 
of lord deputy of the kingdom .of Ireland ; and, after. 
diftinguifhing , 
