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t ri-coloured flag-of the republic of France, viz. Argent, 
gules, and azure.-—Supporters. Two'lidhs rampant 
gules, ducal ly gorged and chains .reflexed or ; the dex¬ 
ter 1 ioi\ only guardant, tearing with his mouth the ban- 
ner'of Myfore (ectired and fu (fiiined by his dexter paw : 
the finifter lion fecures, in like manner, with his exte¬ 
rior paw, ; the French republican flag. 
His lord/hip received the. thanks of both houfes of 
parliament; with the following public declaration,,, 
dated Whitehall, December 13, 1799 :—“ The king has 
been pleafed to grant to the mcft honourable Richard 
marquis of Wellefley, of Norragh, in the kingdom of 
Ireland, and baron Wellefley in this kingdom, knight 
of the mo ft i 11 u ilrlous order of St. Patrick, in confidera- 
tion of his great and eminent public fervices, in the ar¬ 
duous (filiation of governor-general of the Britifh pof- 
le(lions in the Eaft Indies, from the time of taking upon 
him the Paid government, to the glorious termination of 
the war with the late fultan of Myfore, his,royal li¬ 
cence and Authority to bear, as an honourable augmen¬ 
tation to his coat of arms, an inefcutcheon purpure, 
charged with an eftoile radiated wavy, between eight 
fpots of the royal tiger, in pairs, faltirewife proper; 
teprefenting the ftandard of the (aid fultan, taken at 
Seringapatam, and prefented to the faid Richard mar¬ 
quis Welleiley, at Madras, on his majefty’s birth-day, 
the 4th of June, 1799: and alfo, thata reprefer.tation of 
the (aid ftandard, and of the tri-coloured flags, taken 
and prefehted at the fame time, be added to the fup- 
porters and creft of the-faid marquis Wellefley; the 
fame being firft duly exemplified according to the laws 
of arms,, and regiftered in the Heralds’ Office; and alfo 
to order, that his majefty’s faid conceffion, and efpecial 
mark of his royal favour, be regiftered in the College of 
Arms.” 
Motto. — Porro union ejl necejfarium. —“ Moreover one 
■thing is peedful.” 
TAYLOUR (THOMAS), Marquis of HEAD- 
FORT, Earl of Bedive, Vilcount Headfort, Knight of 
St. Patrick'; born November 18, 1757; liicceeded his 
father, the late earl, February 14, 1795; married, De¬ 
cember 4, 1778, Mary, daughter and heir of George 
Quin, efq. of Queenfborough, in the county of Clare, 
and has ififue, Thomas earl of Bedtive, heir apparent, 
born May 4, 1787 ; Mary, born January 20, 1782; Eli- 
zabeth-Jane, born Auguft 20, 1790 ; George, born 
March 10, 1792. 
The .family of Taylour was originally feated in the 
county of Suflex ; from whence they pafted over to 
Ireland: Sir Thomas, the firft baronet, born in 1662, 
married Anne, daughter of fir Robert Cotton, bart. and 
was father of fir Thomas, the fecond baronet, born No¬ 
vember 20, 1686, married to Sarah, daughter of John 
Graham, efq. of Platten, and hadiflue fir Thomas; Sa¬ 
rah, who died in 1763 ; Henrietta, married to Richard 
Moore, efq. of Barn, in Tipperary. Sir Thomas, the 
third baronet, and firft earl, married Jane, daughter.of 
Elizabeth vifcojnntels Langford, by the right honour¬ 
able Hercules-Rowley, and had iflue, Thomas vifcount 
Headfort; Hercules-Langford, who died in 1790; Ro¬ 
bert, a major-general in the army; Clotworthy, mar¬ 
ried to Frances Rowley, niece ahd heir of vifcount 
Langford; Edward, in holy orders, married, in 1S07, 
to Marianne St. Leger, daughter of the honourable 
Richard St. Leger, fecond fan of vifcount Doneraile; 
Henrietta, married, in 1791, to Chambre-Brabazon Pon- 
lonby, elq. Catharine, born in 1773. The earl died 
February 14, 1794, when he was fucceeded by his 
elded Ion, Thomas, the fecond earl and firft; map- 
quis. 
Creations. —Baron, September 6, 1760; Vifcount, 
April 12, 1762; Earl, 1766; marquis, December 29, 
4800. 
‘ Residences. — Beftive Caftle, in the county of 
Meath.—Tpwn-houle, in Stanhope-ftreet. 
L D R Y. 
Motto .—Confeqvitur quodcunquc petit .— <l He attains 
whatever he purfues.” 
BROWNE (JOHN-DENIS), Marquis of SLIGO, 
Earl of Altamont, Vifcount Weftport, and a Peer of ’ 
the United Kingdom, by the title of Baron Montcagle, 
of Weftport, in Mayo; Knight of St. Patrick, Governor 
of the County of Mayo; and Cuftos Rotulorum of the. 
county of Clare; born June 11, 1736 ; fucceeded his 
-father;, the late earl, December 28, 1780 ; married, May 
21, 1787, lady Louifa-Catharine Howe, daughter and 
co-heir of Richard earl Howe, and fifter of Charlotte- 
Sophia baronefs Howe ; and has-iffiie, Bowe-Petei';.earl 
of Altamont, born May 18, 1788. 
John, the firft earl, married Anne, fifter of Arthur 
earl of Arran ; by which lady, who died March 7, 1771, 
he had iflue Peter vifcount Weftport; Arthur a colonel 
in the army .; George, married Dorcas, co-heir of Jahies 
Moore, efq. of Newport, and died without iflue male; 
James'j prime ferjeant at law, in Ireland; died unmar¬ 
ried in 1790; Henry, married Mifs Lynch, daughter ;of 
fir Henry Lynch, bart. John, married Mifs Mary Cocks; 
and, fecondly, Rofalinda, daughter of Henry Gilker, 
efq. Anne, married, in 1763, Rofs Mahon, efq. of Caf¬ 
tle Gore, in Galway. The earl, dying July 4, 1776, was 
liicceeded by Peter vifcount Weftport, the fecond earl; 
who married Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Denis 
Kelly, efq. chief juftice of Jamaica; by which lady, 
who died Auguft 1, 1765, he had iflue, John-Denis, vif¬ 
count Weftport; Denis, a privy conn fell or in Ireland, 
married, in 1796, Anne, daughter of Rofs Mahon, efq. 
and had iflue, Anne, married to Otway-Cufte, firft earl 
of Dyfart ; Mary, died in 1776 ; Elizabeth, married to 
Rofs Mahon, efq. of Caftle-bar; and Charlotte, married 
to John Mahon, efq. His lordffiip died Dec. 28, 1780, 
and. was fucceededby his eldeft fan John-Denis, vifcount 
Weftport, who became the third earl,,and firft marquis. 
Creations. —Baron, September 19, 1760; Vifcount, 
in 1768 ; Earl, December 4, 1771 ; Marquis of Sligo, 
December.29, 1800; Baron Monteagle, of Weftport, in 
Mayo, in the United Kingdom, February 15, 18*06. 
Residences. —Weftport Hotife, in the county of 
Mayo.—Town-houfe, in Grafton-ftreet, Bond-ftreet,. 
Motto.— Suivez raijon. —“ Follow realon,” 
LOFTUS (JOHN), Marquis of ELY, Earl of Ely, 
Vifcount Loftus, of Ely, Baron Lofttis, of Loftus Hall, 
in Ireland, Baron Loftus,>of Long Loftus, in Yorkfhire, 
a Privy Counfellor, Governor of Fermanagh, and a co¬ 
lonel of the Wexford militia ; born February 15, 1770 ; 
liicceeded his father, the late marquis, March 22, 1806. 
His lordffiip’s great grandfather, Nicholas, vifcount 
Loftus, of Ely, the fifth in defcent from arwjibifhop 
Loftus, was born in 1687; and married, firft, Anne P011- 
fonby, fecond daughter of William vifcount Duncan- 
non ; and, fecondly, Letitia, widow of Arthur, third 
vifcount Loftus, of Ely, only daughter of fir John Row- 
ley, who died without'iflue, July 19, 1765. His lord¬ 
ffiip died, December 31, 1763, leaving iflue, by his firft 
lady, 1. Nicholas. 2. Henry. 3. Mary, married to 
William Alcock, efq. of Wilton. 4. Anne, married 
Charles Tottenham, efq. 5. Elizabeth, married fir 
John Tottenham, bart. Nicholas, the fecond vifcount 
Loftus, was created earl of Ely in 1766; and married 
Mary, daughter and heir of fir Guftavus.Hume, bart. 
of Caftle-Hume, in Fermanagh, and died October 31, 
1766, leaving Blue by his lady, who died October 1740, 
an Only foil, Nicholas, the Tecond earl, born September 
11, 1738, and died unmarried November 12, 1769, when 
the earldom became extimft ; but the title of vifcount 
devolved on his uncle, Henry., the fourth vifcount, born 
November 11, 1709, created earl of Ely in 1771. His 
lordfliip married, firft, in 1745, Frances, _daughter of 
Henry Monro, efq. of Roe’s Hall, in Downlhire, who 
died without iflue in Auguft 1774 ; and he married, fe¬ 
condly, in 1773, Anne, daughter of Hugh Bonfoy, efq. 
