HERA 
Creations. —Baron, April 10, 1761 ; Vifcount and 
Earl, February 12, 1766. 
Residence. — CHillingby Park, in the county of 
Surrey. 
MoI-to. — EJfe quarn vidert.*— u Be rather than feem 
to be.” 
ST.LAWRENCE (WILLIAM), Earl of HOWTH, 
Vifcount St. Lawrence, Baron of Howth, Governor of 
Dublin; born Oftober 4, 175a; fucceeded his father, 
the late earl, September 20, 1801; married, June r, 
1777, Mary, daughter and co-heir of Thomas Binning- . 
ham, earl of Lowth ; by which lady, who died July 20, 
1793, he had iffue, Harriet, married, January 22, 1801, 
Arthur French St. George, efq. of Tyrone, in Galway ; 
and Ifabella, married, May 19, 1803, William-Richard 
lord Glerawley, eldeft foil of Richard earl of Annefley ; 
Matilda ; and Mary. His lordfhip married, fecondly, 
Margaret, daughter of William Burke, efq. of Glinfk 
in Galway, and has ili'ue, vifcount St. Lawrence,-heir 
apparent, born Auguft 1803 ; and a fon, born November 
1806. 
Thomas, the twenty-feventh baron, born May 10, 
1.730, was the firft earl of Howth ; and married, No- 
vefnber 17, 1750, Ifabella, eldeft jitter of Edward 
earl of Kingfton ; by which lady, wl)o died Oftober 20, 
1794, he had iffue, 1. William lord St. Lawrence, 2. 
Thomas, bifliop of Cork and Rofs, born in 1755; mar¬ 
ried to Frances, eldeft daughter and co-heir of Henry 
Coghlan, grandfon of Henry Maule, biftiop of Meath ; 
and has ill tie, Thomas, Edward, Robert, Emma, Ifa¬ 
bella, Letitia, Caroline, and Frances. 3. Henry, in the 
army, died Auguft 7^ 1787. 4. Ifabella, married, No¬ 
vember 16, 1773, Dudley, lord Sidney ; who dying with¬ 
out ilfue in 1744, the barony became extinft. 5. Eliza¬ 
beth, married, February 7, 1806, general Pa v iil Emilius 
Irving. 6. Frances. The earl, dying September 20, 
1801, was fucceeded by his eldeft fon, William, the 
twenty-eighth baron and fecondearl. 
Creations. —Baron, March 4, 1482; Vifcount St,- 
Lawrence, and Earl of Howth, September 3, 1767. 
Motto .—Oui penfe. —“ Who thinks.” 
KING (GEORGE), Earl of KINGSTON, Vif¬ 
count Kingfborough, Baron Kingfton, of Rockingham, 
Governor of the county of Cork, and Recorder of Boy le ; 
born April 9, 1771 ; fucceeded his father, the late earl, 
April 17, 1799; married. May 5, 1794, Helena Moore, 
only daughter of Stephen earl of Monteafhel, by lady 
Helena Rawdon, lifter to Francis earl of Moira; and 
has ilfue, Edward vifcount Kinglborough, heir apparent, 
born September 25, 1796; Robert, born in 1797; and 
George, born in 1799. 
Edward, the firft earl of Kingfton, was born May 29, 
1726, and married, January 2, 1752, Jane, daughter of 
Thomas Caulfield, efq. of the Charlemont family, and 
had ilfue, Robert vifcount Kingfborough; .Henry, who 
died April 1785; William, died June n, 1762; Jane, 
married to Laurence earl of Rofs; Eleanor-Elizabeth ; 
llabella-Letitia ; and Frances, married to Thomas Ten- 
nifon, of Caftle-Tennifon, in the county of Rofcommon, 
el'quire. The earl died November 8, 1797, and was fuc¬ 
ceeded by his fon Robert, the fecond earl, born in 1754, 
who married, December 5, 1769, Caroline, daughter 
and heir of Richard Fitzgerald, elq. of Mount Ophaley, 
in the county of Kildare; and had ilfue, 1. George, 
vifcount Kingfborough. 2. Robert, born Auguft 12, 
1773, created baron Erris, December 29, 1800, and vif¬ 
count Lorton in 1806 ; married, December 9, 1799. 3. 
Edward, a captain in the royal navy. 4. Henry, major 
in the fifth regiment of infantry, married Mary, eldeft 
daughter of the honourable John Hewitt, dean of Cloyne, 
fourth fon of James vifcount Clifford, chancellor of 
Ireland. 5. Richard, a captain in the 6th regiment of 
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dragoon guards, married, June 6, 1800, Mifs Rofs, 
eltfeft daughter of William Rofs, efq. of Sandwick, in 
North Britain. 6. John, appointed fecretary to the era- 
baify to the eleftor of Wirtemberg, March 2, 1805. 7. 
James. 8. Margaret, married to Stephen, the fecond 
earl of Monteafhel. 9. Caroline, married, Auguft 16, 
1800, to major-general Morrifon. 10. Mary. n.Jane. , 
12. Eleanor. His lordfliip ; dying April 17, 1799, was 
fucceeded by his fon George, the third and prefent earl.. 
Creations. —Baron, July 13, 1764; Vifcount, No¬ 
vember 15, 1766; and Earl, Auguft 25, 1768. 
Residence. —Rockingham Park, in the county of 
Rofcommpn. 
Motto. — Spes tuiijjima calis. —“ The fafeft hope is in 
heaven.” 
MOLYNEUX (WILLIAM), Earl of SEFTON, 
Vifcount Molyneux, of Mayborough, a Baronet, and 
Vice-admiral of Connought ; born September 18, 1772; 
fucceeded his father, the late earl, December 30, 1794; 
married, January 1, 1792, the honourable Elizabeth, 
Craven, eldeft daughter of William lord Craven, by 
lady Elizabeth Berkeley, margravine of Anfpach ; and 
has ilfue, Georgiana-Ifabella-Frances, born December 
15, 1792; Maria, born February-22, 1795; .Charles- 
William, vifcount Molyneux, heir apparent, born July 
10,1796; Louifa-Ann-Maria, born Oftober 22, 1797; 
George-Berkeley, born July 16, 1799 ; a fon, born Au¬ 
guft 27, 1800 ; and another fon, born March 5, 1805. 
Charles-William Molyneux, the ninth vifcount, bom 
September 30, 1748, was the firft earl of Sefton ; and 
married, November 27, 1^68,,lady.Ifabella Stanhope, 
daughter of William earl of Harrington, by lady Caro¬ 
line, eldeft daughter of Charles Fitzroy, duke of Graf¬ 
ton ; by which lady he had ilfue, William vifcount Mo¬ 
lyneux ; and another fon, born April 22, 1778, and died 
young. The earl dying December 30, 1794, was fuc¬ 
ceeded by. his only fon, William, the fecond earl, and 
tenth vifcount. 
Creations. —Vifcount, December 22, 1628 ; Earl, 
November 30, 1771. 
Motto. — Vivcrefat vir, cere.— Conquer, a fid live.” 
JOSCEIYN (ROBERT), Earl of RODEN, Vif¬ 
count Jocelyn, Baron of Newport, Knight of St. Patrick, 
Auditor general of the Exchequer in Ireland, Cuftos Ro- 
tulorum of the County of Louth, and a Privy Gounfellor; 
born Oftober 26, 1756 ; fucceeded his father, Robert, 
the lqte earl, June 22, 1797 ; married, firft, February 
5, 1788, Frances-Theodofia; eldeft daughter of Robert 
Bligh, dean of Elphin, brother of John earl of Darnley ; 
and has ilfue, Robert vifcount Jofcelyn, heir apparent. 
His lordfhip married, fecondly, July 5, 1804, Juliana- 
Anne, youngeft daughter 7 of John Orde, efq. of Weft- 
wood, in the county of Northumberfand ; by which lady 
he has ilfue a daughter. 
The family of Jofcelyn is of very high antiquity. 
Egidius Jofcelin, a nobleman of Britany, patted into 
England in the reign of Edward the Confeffor ; and was 
father of fir Gilbert Jofcelyn, who returned into Nor¬ 
mandy, and came back with William the Conqueror, 
from whom he afterwards obtained the- manors of Sem- 
pringhain. He left iffue two foils, Gilbert, and Geolfry. 
The eldeft was born at Sempringham, and founded the 
Ciftercian monaftery of monks at that place, who were 
from him called Gilbertines ; and died in 1186. Geolfry 
de Jofcelyn, the fecond fon, inherited the eftates ; and 
from whom defcended Thomas Jofcelyn, who married, 
in 1229, Maud, daughter and co-heir of fir John Hyde, 
of Hyde-hall, in the county of Herts; by which mar¬ 
riage the family became polfed'ed of Hyde Hall, now 
belonging to the earl of Roden. Sir Robert Jofcelyn, 
lineal defendant of Thomas, a baronet-in 1665, and 
had iffue, by Jane, co-heir of Robert Strange, efq. of 
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