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rend Potiltev Forefter, grandfon of James Forefter, efq. 
ofBradfield, Herts; John, in holy orders, married, Ja¬ 
nuary.1708, Elizabeth, youngeft daughter of fir Charles 
Porter, lord chancellor of Ireland, and widow of Ed¬ 
ward Devenifti, efq.- and died June 1, 1716 ; William* 
of Moore Hall, in the county of Loiith, died April i, 
1762 ; Robert, married Anne baronefs Dacre, heir of 
Thomas Yelverton, earl of Sulfex, and baron Dacre, 
and relift of Richard Barret, efq. of Bell Houfe, in the 
county of Eifex ; and of Henry, eighth lord Teynham ; 
Capel, married to lady Mary Paulet, daughter of Charles,, 
fecond dtike of Bolton, and relift of Henry O’Neil, efq. 
of Shanes Cafile ; Alice, married, 1697, fir Gudavits' 
Hume, bart. of Cafile Hume, defcended from the barons 
of Polworth ; Elizabeth, married, 1704, George Roch- 
fort, efq. by whom file was mother of the firft earl of 
Bel videre. 
Henry, the fourth earl of Drogheda, fucceeded his 
grandfather in the earldom; and married Charlotte, 
daughter of Hugh, firft vifcount Falmouth; and, dying 
April 4, 17.45, was fucceeded by his only brother, Ed¬ 
ward, the fifth earl; who marrried, firft, lady Sarah 
Ponfonby, daughter of the firft earl of Belborough, 
and had ilfue, Henry, lord Moore, who died in France; 
Charles, lord Moore; Ponfonby, married to the ho¬ 
nourable Elizabeth Moore, daughter of Stephen, firft 
vifcount Mountcalhell ; and, lecondly, to Catharine, 
filler of Frederic lord Alhtoun; Edward, in holy or¬ 
ders; Sarah, married, Auguft 13, 1748, William Pole, 
efq. of Ballyfin, defcended from the Poles of Devon- 
fliire. The earl married, fecondly, Bridget, niece of 
Thomas lord Southwell; by which lady, who died 
July 37, 1761, he had ilfue, William, who died Auguft 
8, 1762; Robert, married to Margaret, daughter of 
James Stephenfon, efq. and had, ilfue, Sarah-Henrietta, 
married in 1798, William French, efq. brother of Fre¬ 
deric lord Alhtoun ; Frances, and Elizabeth-Richarda. 
The earl, together with his fon, the honourable and 
reverend Edward Loftus, was loft in his palfage to 
Dublin, Ofto'ber 28, 1758 ; when he was fucceeded by 
Charles lord Moore, the fixth earl, eighth vifcount, 
and firft marquis. 
Creations. —Lord Moore, Baron of Mellfont, July 
31, 1616 ; Vifcount Moore, February 7, 1621 ; June 14. 
1661, Earl of Drogheda; Marqjiis, June 27, 1791; and 
Baron Moote, in England, January 13, 1801. 
Residence. —Moore Place, in the county of Kent. 
Motto. — Fortiscadere, cedere nonpoteft .—“ The brave 
may fall, but cannot yield.” 
WELLESLEY (RICHARD-COLLEY), Marquis 
WELLESLEY, of Norragh, Earl of Mornington, Vif- 
count Wellefley, of Dengan Caftle, Baron Mornington, 
in Ireland ; and Baron Wellefley, of Wellefley, in Somer- 
fetfhire ; Knight of St-. Patrick, and Knight of the 
Crefcent; born June 20, 1760; fucceeded his father, 
the late earl of Mornington, May 22, 1784 ; married, 
November 29, 1794, Hyacinthe-Gabrielle, only daugh¬ 
ter of Pierre Rolland, efq. 
Richard Colley, firft lord Mornington, was defcended 
from the ancient family of Colley, long feated in the 
county of Rutland; and which palled over to Ireland 
in the reign of Henry VIII. He alfumed the name of 
Wellefley, being heir to the ancient family of Wel¬ 
lefley, formerly barons of Norrah. His lordfhip mar¬ 
ried, December 1 23, 1719, Elizabeth, daughter of John 
Sale, efq'. by which lady he had ilfue, Garret, the fe- 
cond-lorti; Elizabeth, married to Chichefter Fortefcue, 
efq. of Dromilken, in Louth ; Frances, married to 
Wiliiam-Francis Crolby, efq. of Ballyheige, in Kerry. 
His lordihip, dying in 1758, was fucceeded by his fon. 
Garret, fecond lord, and firft earl, born July 19, 1735, 
who was advanced to the dignities of vifcount Wel¬ 
lefley and earl of Mornington; and married, February 
6, 1759, Anne, eldeft daughter of Arthur Hill, firft vil- 
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count Dungannon ; by which lady he had ilfue, i. Ri¬ 
chard, the prefent marquis. 2. Arthur-Gerald, wh©' 
died young. 3. William, governor of Queen’s County, 
born May 20, 1763; and who, in 1778, on "fucceeding to 
tHe eftates of William Pole, of Ballyfin, efquire, alfumed 
the name and arms'of Pole, married, May 17, 1784,; 
Catharine-E.lizabeth, eldeft daughter and co-heir of 
admiral John Forbes, brother of George, fourth earl of 
Granard ; and has iflue a daughter, married, July 22, 
1806, the honourable Hervey Bagot, brother to William 
lord.Bagot. 4. Frances-Seymoiir, died young. 5. Sir 
Arthur, born May x, 1769, a major-general in the army, 
colonel of the 33d regiment of infantry, and who, for 
the diftinguilhed fervices achieved by him in the com¬ 
mand of the leparate army within the Deccan, received. 
May 3, 1804, the unanimous thanks of both houfes of 
parliament, and was, September 1, following, declared 
an extra knight companion of the military order of the 
Bath; married, April 10, x'Sofi, Mifs Pakenham. His va¬ 
lour and fuccefs in the battle of Vimiera in Portugal, 
Auguft 2i, 1808, are at this moment difregarded on 
account of the very favourable terms he granted the 
enemy immediately afterwards. 6. Gerard-Vale¬ 
rian, in holy orders, chaplain in ordinary to his ma- 
jefty, and prebendary of Weftminfter; married, June 
2, 1802, lady Emily Cadogan, daughter of Charles earl 
Cadogan, and has ilfue a fori, born September 19, 1804. 
7. Plenry, born January 20, 1773, appointed, in Septem¬ 
ber 1804, envoy extraordinary and minifter plenipoten¬ 
tiary to the court of Madrid; married, September 20,. 
1803, Charlotte, daughter of Charles earl Cadogan. 
8. Anne, married to the honourable Henry Fitzroy, 
brother to lord Southampton, who dying March 19, 
1794, left ilfue two children ; her ladylhip married, fe¬ 
condly, Auguft 9, 1799, Culling Smith, efq. 9. Mary- 
Elizabeth, who died March 3, 1794. Garret, firft earl, 
dying May 23, 17S4, was fucceeded by his eldeft fon, 
Richard, the fecond earl, who was created baron Wel¬ 
lefley, of Wellefley, in England, and was December a, 
1799, advanced to the dignity of marquis Wellefley, of 
Norrah, in Ireland.—The prefumptive heir to the ho¬ 
nours of Baron Mornington, in lreland, Vifcount Wel¬ 
lefley, and Earl of Morfiington, in Ireland, is. the ho¬ 
nourable William-Wellelley Pole, next brother to the 
marquis. 
Creations.— Baron, July 9, 1746; Vifcount and 
Earl, Auguft 25, 1760 ; Marquis Wellefley, December 
2, 1799; Baron Wellefley, in England, Oft. 10, 1797. 
The Armorial Bearings of the marquis of Wellefley, 
are not only highly and pleafingly illuftrative of the 
Science of Heraldry, but will ferve to record, to future 
ages, his.magnanimity and judicious conduct in the war 
with Tippoo Sultaun, in Hindooftan; whereby in the 
fliort period of three months, he overturned the machi¬ 
nations of the French republic for fecuring the Mahratta 
territory to the lultan of Myfore; ftormed the capi¬ 
tal city of Seringapatam, where Tippoo fell, and con¬ 
quered all the countries between the Jumna and the 
Ganges ; by which means he fecured a permanent 
peace, and added confiderably to the Britifli dominions 
in the Eaft. His armorial bearings are correctly deli¬ 
neated on the correfpondent engraving, viz. Quarterly, 
firft and fourth gules, a crols argent between four 
erodes paternofter or faltires, formed of plates; for 
Wellefley, or Weltey, as heretofore written. Second 
and third, or, a lion rampant gules, ducally gorged or; 
for Colley. On the honour point an efcutcheon pur- 
pure, charged with an eftoile radiated wavy, between 
eight fpots of the royal tiger, in pairs, faltirewife pro¬ 
per ; the ftandard of the lultan of Myfore. Crelt, out 
of a ducal coronet or, a demi-lion rampant ifluant gules, 
iuftaining the banner of St. George; on the dexter fide 
of the demi-lion, ifluant from tiie ducal coronet, the 
afore-blazoned banner of Myfore ; and on the iinifter 
fide of the demi-lion, ill'uant from the ducal coronet the 
tri-coloured 
