HERALDRY. 
Ireland. He took part with the rebellious barons againft 
this latter prince; but afterwards became reconciled to 
the king, and was admitted into his favour. He married 
Mary, grand-daughter and heir of Robert lord Holland, 
elder brother of Thomas -earl of Kent; in whofe right 
he fucceeded to the title of Holland. William, tenth 
lord Lovel, his grandfon, married Alice, daughter and 
heir of John lord Deincourt ; in whofe right he fucceed¬ 
ed to the titles of baron Deincourt of Blankley, in the 
county of Lincoln ; baron Grey of Rutherfield, in the 
county of Oxford ; and baron Fitzalan of Bedal, in the 
county of York. By this lady he had iffue, i. John, 
eleventh lord Lovel. 2. William. 
John, eleventh lord Lovel, adhered to the party of 
the holife of Lancafter in the civil wars; and died Ja¬ 
nuary 9, 1464. Francis, twelfth lord Lovel, his fon, 
was by Edward IV. January 4, 1483, created vifcount 
Lovel. He was fecond in command under Richard duke 
of Gloucefter, afterwards Richard III. in his expedition 
into Scotland ; and was the particular favourite of that 
monarch. By king Richard he was conftituted lord 
chamberlain of the houfehold, and chief butler of Eng¬ 
land. He fled to the continent after the battle of Bof- 
worth ; and, returning in the affair of Lambert Simnel, 
was killed at the battle of Stoke, June 6, 1487 ; and his 
eflate was confifcated by Henry VII. 
William, fecond fon of William tenth lord Lovel, 
married Eleanor, daughter and heir of Robert lord Mor¬ 
ley, in whofe right he fucceeded to the titles of Mor¬ 
ley, Marfhal, Hengham, and Rhie, and to the office of 
hereditary marfhal of the kingdom of Ireland. He had 
iffue, 1. Henry, fecond lord Morley, who married Eli¬ 
zabeth, daughter of John de la Pole duke of Suffolk, 
and fifterof John earl of Lincoln, who had been declared 
heir apparent to the crown by Richard III. He was 
killed at the fiege of Dixmude, in 1489. 2. Alice, mar¬ 
ried to fir William Parker, knight; who in her right 
fucceeded to the titles of Morley, Marfhal, Hengham, 
and Rhie, and to the office of hereditary marfhal of the 
kingdom of Ireland. The male iffue of this marriage 
ceafed in 1696, and the titles have fince remained dor¬ 
mant. 
Richard, younger fon of William and Auberie, af- 
fumed the original family name of Perceval, and loft a 
leg in the expedition of Richard 1. furnamed Cceur de 
Lion, to the Holy Land ; in which he bore a high com¬ 
mand. Richard, his fon, had iffue, 1. Robert, who en¬ 
gaged in the invafion of Ireland in the reign of Henry II. 
and had fummons to the parliament of that kingdom by 
the title of baron Perceval, in 1285. Robert, third lord 
Perceval, his fon, was killed in fighting againft the na¬ 
tives, Ottober 22, 1303; leaving iffue, Thomas, fourth 
lord Perceval; upon whofe death, in 1312, the title be¬ 
came extinft. 2. John, grandfather of Walter, who 
greatly diftinguifhed himfelf at the battle of Creffy, 
Auguft 26, 1346; and had iffue Ralph; and John. 
Ralph, grandfon of Ralph, engaged with Henry Staf¬ 
ford duke of Buckingham, in the caufe of Richard III. 
and was killed at the battle of Bofworth, Auguft 22, 
1485. Richard, fourth in defcent from Ralph, was, 
from his fingular ingenuity and learning, employed by 
queen Elizabeth to decipher the intercepted difpatches 
of the lyng of Spain-, at the period of the famous ar¬ 
mada; and, being from that time diftinguifhed by the 
government, he obtained the paramount lordfhip of Du- 
liallow, and of the territories of Poble O’Callaghan, and 
Poble O’Keeffe, in the kingdom of Ireland. Sir Philip, 
his fon, was one of the molt confiderable perfons in that 
kingdom, and fuffered greatly by the civil wars of 
Charles I. He was appointed, March 23, 1642, com. 
miffary-general of the army of Ireland ; and was one of 
the king’s commiffioners at the treaty of Oxford, in 1644. 
He died November 10, 1647. 
John,, his fon, is laid to have been principally inftru- 
aaental in advifing Richard Cromwell to relign the pro- 
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teftorate ; and was created a baronet by Charles II. Sep¬ 
tember 9, 1661, with a provifion that the eldeft fon or 
grandfon fit-all be entitled to that dignity after the age 
of twenty-one years, during the life of his father or 
grandfather. Sir John, fifth baronet, third in defcent 
from fir John, firft baronet, was created by George I. 
April 21, 1715, baron Perceval of Burton, in the king¬ 
dom of Ireland; and, September 25, 1722, vifcount 
Perceval of Kanturk, in that kingdom. By George II. 
he was conftituted, June 9, 1732, prefident of the pro¬ 
vince of Georgia, in North America; and created, No T 
vember 6, 1733, earl of Egmont, in the kingdom of Ire¬ 
land. He married Catharine, daughter and heir of fir 
Philip Parker, of Erwarton, in the county of Suffolk, 
baronet, the laft male reprefentative of the Parkers, ba¬ 
rons Morley, Marfhal, Hengham, and Rhie ; by which 
lady, who died Auguft 22, 1749, he had iffue, 1. John, 
fecond earl of Egmont. 2. Helena, married to John 
Rawdon, earl of Moira, of the kingdom of Ireland. She 
died June n, 1746 ; and the earl of Egmont, her father. 
May 1, 1748. 
John, fecond earl of Egmont, was created by George 
III. baron Lovell and Holland of Enmore; and confti¬ 
tuted, September 10, 1763,'firft lord commiffioner of the 
admiralty ; which office he refigned in September 1766. 
He married, firft, Catharine, daughter of James, fifth 
earl of Salifbury; by which lady, who died Auguft 16, 
1752, he had iffue, John-James, the prefent earl; Cecil- 
Parker, died March 4, 1753; Philip-Tufton, a captain 
in the royal navy, died April 12, 1795 ; Eclward, in the 
army, married to Mifs Haworth; Frederic-Auguftus, 
died January 21, 1757; Catharine, married to Thomas 
lord Newborough, and died in June 1782; Margaret,, 
died January 23, 1750. His lordfhip married, fecondly, 
January 26, 1756, Catharine, third daughter of the ho¬ 
nourable Charles Compton; by which lady, who was 
created a peerefs in her own right, by the title of baro- 
nefs Arden, of Lohart Caftle, May 19, 1770, and died 
June 11, 1784, he had iffue, 1. Charles-George, born 
Ottober 1, 1756 ; fucceeded to the title of lord Arden, 
of Lohart Caftle, on the deceafe of his mother Catha¬ 
rine, and was created a peer of England, July 20, 1802, 
by the title of baron Arden, of Arden, in the county of 
Warwick; married, March 1, 1787, Margaret-Eliza- 
beth, eldeft daughter of fir Thomas Spencer Wilfon,. 
bart. of Charlton, in Kent. 2. Spencer, born November 
1, 1762, appointed chancellor of the exchequer; mar¬ 
ried, Auguft 20, 179,0, Jane, fecond daughter of fir- 
Thomas Wilfon, bart. of Charlton, in Kent. 3. Henry, 
died July 27, 1772, 4. Mary, married to Andrew. 
Berkeley Drummond, efq. of Cadiands, in the county 
of Southampton. 5. Ann?, died Auguft 1, 1772. 6. 
Charlotte, died February 19, 1761. 7. Elizabeth, born 
December 12, 1763. 8. Frances, married, June 6, 1803,. 
to John Mitford, lord Redefdale. 9. Margaret, mar¬ 
ried, December 6, 1803, to Thomas Walpole, efq. ne¬ 
phew of Horatio earl of Orford. His lordfhip, dying 
December 13, 1770, was fucceeded by his fon, John- 
James, the prefent and third earl. 
Creations. —Baron, April 21, 1713; Vifcount, Fe¬ 
bruary 25, 1722; Earl, November 6, 1733; Baron Lo¬ 
vell and Holland, in England, May 7, 1762. 
Residences. —Enmore Caftle, in the county of So- 
merfet; and Sandon Houfe, in Hertfordflrire.—Town- 
houfe, in Grofvenor-place. 
Motto. — Sub cruce Candida. — “Under the white 
crofs:” which was the diftinguifhing banner of Richard 
Perceval, in the Holy Land. 
PONSONBY (FREDERIC), Earl of BESBO- 
ROUGH, Vifcount Duncannon, -Baron of Befborough,' 
in Ireland ; Lord Ponfonby, Baron Ponfonby, of Syion- 
by, in England; and Vice-admiral of Munfter; born 
January 24, 1758; fucceeded Jiis father, the late earl, 
March 11, 1793; married, November 27, 1780, lady 
