640 HERA 
The family of Bligh is defcended from fir Gervafe 
Clifton, who by James I. was created baron Clifton of 
Leighton Bromfwold. Catharine, baronefs Clifton, his 
daughter, married Efme Stuart, baron Darnley, Tor- 
bolton, Methuen, and Aubigne, earl of Lenox, and 
duke of Lenox of the kingdom of Scotland, who was 
defcended from a younger branch of the family of Henry 
lord Darnley, confort to queen Mary, and titular king of, 
Scotland. The duke of Lenox was created by James I. 
in 1619, t arl of March, in the county of York; and was 
conftituted, in 1624, heritable lord great chamberlain of 
the kingdom of Scotland. He died in 1625, leaving ilTue 
by his confort baronefs Clifton, 1. James, his fucceffor. 
2. Bernard. 3. George. 
James, duke of Lenox, was conftituted by Charles I. 
in 1626, heritable lord high admiral of the kingdom of 
Scotland ; and created, in 1641, duke of Richmond, in 
the county of York, with remainder to his.brothers. He 
was farther declared, in 1644, lord ftewardof the houfe- 
hold to Charles I. and died March 30, 1655, leaving iffue 
Efme, fecond duke of Richmond. 
Bernard, fecond fon of Efme duke of Lenox, diftin- 
guifhed himfelf on the fide of Charles I. in the civil 1 
w ars, particularly at the battles of Newbury and Nafe- 
by. In confideration of his fervices, he was created by 
that monarch, in 1644, baron Stuart of Newbury in the 
county of Berks, and earl of Litchfield in the county of 
Stafford, with remainder to George his brother. He 
was killed in an engagement at Rowton Heath, Septem¬ 
ber 26, 1745. 
George, younger fon of Efme duke of Lenox, was 
killed in the battle of Kineton, fighting for Charles I. 
He left iffue, 1. Charles, third duke of Richmond; 
upon whofe death, December 12, 1672, all the honours, 
both Englifii and Scotch, which had been bellowed upon 
the male line of this family, became extindl. 2. Catha¬ 
rine, who fucceeded upon the death of her brother to 
the title of baronefs Clifton; and married Henry lord 
Ibrickan, fon of Henry O’Bryen earl of Thomond of the 
kingdom of Ireland; by whom Ihe had iffue Catharine, 
married to Edward Hyde earl of Clarendon. 
Theodofia, the iffue of this marriage, married John 
Bligh, whofe grandfather went to Ireland during the 
protedlorate of Oliver Cromwell, as an agent over the 
forfeited eftates. In confequence of this marriage, he 
was created by George I. September 14, 1721, baron 
Clifton of Rathmore in the county of Meath 5 March 7, 
1723, vifcount Darnley pf Athboy in the fame county; 
and, June 29, 1725, earl of Darnley, of the kingdom of 
Ireland. He had iffue, by Theodofia, his confort, 1. 
Edward, fecond earl of Darnley, who died July 20, 1747. 
1. John, third earl of Darnley. 3. Anne, married, firft, 
September 17, 1742, to Robert Hawkins Magil, of Gill 
Hall, in the county of Down, efquire; and, fecondly, 
in the year 1748, to Bernard Ward, firft lord vifcount 
Bangor, of the kingdom of Ireland. Earl John, the 
father, died September 12, 1728. 
John, third earl of Darnley, married, September 11, 
1766, Mary, daughter and heir of John Stoyte, of the 
county of Weftmeath, in the kingdom of Ireland, efq. 
by which lady, who died March 27, 1803, he had iffue, 
John, the prefent earl; Edward, born in 1769, lieute¬ 
nant-colonel of the 5th regiment of foot; William, born 
in 1775, a lieutenant-colonel in the army, married, July 
2, 1806, lady Sophia Stewart, youngeft daughter ot John 
feventhearl of Galloway; Mary, married Auguft 6,1789, 
to fir Lawrence Palk, bart. of Halden Houfe, in Devon- 
tbire ; Theodofia, married to Thomas Bligh, efq. Sarah, 
died unmarried ; Catharine, married to the honourable 
brigadier-general Charles-William Stewart, fecond fon 
of Robert earl of Londonderry. His lordfhip, dying 
July 30, 1781, was fucceeded by John, the prefent and 
fourth earl. 
Creations.— -Baron, September 14, 1721 ; Vifcount, 
March 7, 1723; Earl, June 21, 1725; the Englifh ba¬ 
rony of Clifton, July 9, 1608, 
L D R Y. 
Residences.— Cobham Hall, in the county of Kent. 
—Town-houfe, in Berkeley-fquare. 
Motto.— Finem refpice .—“ Confider the end.” 
PERCEVAL (JOHN-J AMES), Ea r l of EGMONT, 
Vifcount Perceval of Kanturk, Baron Perceval of Bur¬ 
ton, and a Baronet; Lord Lovell and Holland of En- 
tnore, in Great Britain; Lord Paramount of the Seigni¬ 
ory and Barony of Duhallow; born January 23, 1738; 
fucceeded his father, the late earl, December 20, 1772; 
married June 4, 1765, Ifabella, only daughter and heir 
of lord Naffau-Powlet, third fon of Charles, fecond duke 
of Bolton; by which lady, who died June 1, 1794, he 
has iffue, John lord Perceval, heir apparent, born Au¬ 
guft 13, 1767; married, March 10, 1792, Bridget Wynn, 
niece of Thomas lord New borough; Ifabella, born April 
13, 1769, and died December 15, 1776. 
The family of Perceval is defcended from Robert,, 
younger fon of Eudes, duke of Bretagne; and was in- 
difcriminately ftiled d’Yvery, and Perceval. They mi¬ 
grated into the duchy of Normandy, where they poffeffed 
the caftle of Yvery, and the hereditary office of chief 
butler. Two of this family, Robert and Roger, came 
over to England with William the Conqueror. Roger 
obtained from that prince the barony of Yvery, in the 
county of Oxford ; and Roger, his fon, was hereditary 
chief butler to the Conqueror, and one of the principal 
partifans of Robert duke of Normandy, upon the death, 
of his father William I. Robert, the contemporary of 
the elder Roger, alfo accompanied William the Con¬ 
queror to England ; but afterwards returned to his for¬ 
mer fettlement in the duchy of Normandy, where he 
made a confiderable figure. Afcelon, his fon, was fur- 
named Lupus; from'which circumftance his pofterityaf¬ 
terwards affumed the furname of Lupus or Lovel. 
William, his fon, paffed a confiderable part of his time 
in England, and was the founder of the caftle at Caftle 
Carey, in the county of Somerfet. He was a ftrenuous 
partizan of the emprefs Maud, in the reign of king Ste¬ 
phen ; and endured two fieges in the fortrefs he had 
eredted. He married Auberie, daughter of Robert de 
Bellemont, earl of Mellent and Leicefter, and great 
grand-daughter of Henry I. king of France ; by which 
lady he had iffue, 1. Waleran, who fucceeded to his 
father’s eftates in the duchy of Normandy. This branch 
produced many eminent men ; and became extindt in 
the fifteenth century. From hence are defcended, by 
heirs general, the dukes of Orleans, Retz, Amin, 
Gefvres, and Montmorency Luxembourg; the marquifes 
of Alegre, Eftampes, Barbefieux, and Maillebois, and 
the count de Boulainvilliers, of the kingdom of France; 
the marcgraves of Baden and Heffe Darmftadt, and the 
princes of Naffau, Ziegen, Hohenzollern, and Lobko- 
witz, in the empire of Germany; the dukes of Havre,. 
Arfchot, and Aremberg, and the princes of Chimai, of 
the kingdom of Spain ; the dukes of Guaftalla and Bi- 
faccia, and the houfe of Pignatelli, in Italy ; and the 
princes of Gavre, and counts of Egmont, in the province 
of Flanders. 2. Henry, who fucceeded to his father’s 
eftates in the county of Somerfet; and from whom de¬ 
fcended the barons Lovel, of Carey, which branch be¬ 
came extindl in 1351. 3. William. 4. Richard. 
William, third ion of William and Auberie, had iffue, 
William, who had fummons to parliament among the 
barons in the reign of king John; and whofe pofterity 
bore the title of lord Lovel of Tichmarch, in the county 
of Northampton. John, fecond lord Lovel, his fon, 
had iffue, 1. John, third lord Lovel, whofe grandfon, 
John, fifth lord Lovel, married Maud, daughter and heir 
of Hugh lord Burnel, of Holgate, in the county of Salop; 
in whofe right he fucceeded to the title of Burnel. 2. 
Philip, who was conftituted, by Henfy I. lord high 
treafurer of England. 
John, eighth lord Lovel, grandfo'n of John, fifth lord 
Lovel, was engaged in the wars of Edward HI. for the-' 
crown of France, and of Richard II. in the kingdom of 
Ireland. 
