HERA 
Williams, young-eft foil of John Williams, efq. and 
grandfon of fir William Williams, bart. fpeaker of the 
houfe of commons.' The vifcount died March 15, 1738, 
and was fucceeded by his brother, James, the fixth vif¬ 
count, born in 1717, and married, Auguft 5, 1749, Em¬ 
ma, daughter and heir of Thomas Rowland, efq. of 
Carevv, in the I fie of Anglefey, and had ifiue by her, 
Bridget, who died in 1766 ; and Eleanor-Maria, died an 
infant. The vifcount died April 23, 1752, leaving his 
lady enfient of a foil, Thomas-James, who became the 
feventh vifcount, and was created a peer of Great Bri¬ 
tain, May if, 1784, by the title of lord Bulkeley, baron 
of Beaumaris.— Creation, 1643. 
Residences. —Baron-Hill, in Anglefey.; Poynton, in 
Chefiiire; and Reyer, in the county of Bucks.—Town- 
houfe, in Stanhope-ftreet. 
Motto.— Nec tanere nec timide. —Neither rafhly nor 
timidly.” 
CHOLMONDELEY (GEORGE - JAMES), Vis¬ 
count CHOLMONDELEY, of Kells, Baron Chol- 
mondeley, of Newburgh ; Earl of Cholmondeley, and 
Vifcount Malpas, anda Baronet, in England.—SeeEARL 
of Cholmondeley, among the Peers of England, 
p.509. 
DAWN AX (JOHN-CHRISTOPHER-BURTON), 
Viscount DOWNE; Baron Dawnay, of Cowick, in 
the Peerage of England, and a Baronet; born Novem¬ 
ber 15, 1764; fucGeeded his father, John, the late vif¬ 
count, December'21, 1780; married, January 7, 1801, 
Margaret-Jane, daughter of fir Philip Ainflie, bart. 
Sir John Dawnay, bart. of Cowick, in the county of' 
York, was the firft vifcount Downe ; whofe only ion, 
■ Henry, file fecond vifcount, married Mildred, daughter 
of William.Godfrey, efq. of Thunick, in Lincolnshire ; 
and-bad-jffue by her, who died September 1725, John ; 
William ; Henry, a prebendary of Canterbury ; married 
Elizabeth, elded daughter of fir Thomas D’Aeth, bart. 
of Knowlton, in Kent, and died July 1754; Chriftopher, 
married to Mifs Rundall, of Maefton, in Yorkfliire, who 
died January 3, 1769; George, a captain in the royal 
navy ; Godfrey; Mildred, married to fir William Fow- 
lis, bart. Dorothy, married, firft, toRobertShaftoe, efq. 
and fecondly, to Thomas Eden, prebendary of Durham, 
fourth foil of fir Robert Eden, bart. of Weft Auckland', 
and died without ifiue, November 26, 1734. The vif¬ 
count died in May 1741, and was fucceeded by his 
grandfon, Henry-Pleydell, third vifcount,' the eldeft fon 
of the honourable John Dawnay, who died before his 
father, July 31, 1740 ; which John married, Auguft 10, 
1724, Charlotte-Louifa, youngeft daughter of Robert 
Pleydell, efq. of Ampuly Crucis, in Gloucefterfhire, 
and heir of her brother ; and had iflue, Henry-Ple-ydell, 
and John, who were fucceftively vifcounts. Henry- 
Pleydell, the third vifcount, born April 8, 1727, was 
a colonel in the army, and lieutenant-colonel of the 25th 
regiment of foot, which he commanded at the battle of 
Minden, in 1759. He died December 9, 1760, of a wound 
he received at the battle of Campen,- near Wefe.l ; and 
was fucceeded by his only brother, John, the fourth 
vifcount, born April 9, 1728; married, May 20, 1763, 
Laura,daughter and heir of William Burton, efq.of Luffen- 
ham, in Rutlandftiire, by Elizabeth, daughter of George 
Pitt, efq. of Stratfieldfay, in the county of Southamp¬ 
ton ; and had ilfue, John-Chriftopher, his fucceffbr; 
William-Henry, born Auguft 20, 1772; Marmaduke, 
born July 27, 1777, in holy orders; Thomas, born May 
30, 1779; Catharine, born Auguft 23, 1768; Lora, born 
June 17, 1774, died young. The vifcount, dying Dec. 
31, 1780, was fucceeded by his eldeft fon, John-Chrifto- 
pher, the fifth and prelent vifcount_The prefumptive 
heir is William-Henry, next brother of the vifcount. 
Creations. —Vifcount Downe, 1681; Baron Dawnay, 
5796. 
LDRY. 661 
Residences —Cowick Hall, and Danby Lodge, in 
tlie county of York.—Town-houfe, in Wigmore-ftreet. 
Motto .—Timet pudorem. —“ Fear fhame.” 
HOV/E (WILLIAM), Viscount HOWE, Baron 
of Clenawly, and a Baronet; Knight of the Bath, a Ge¬ 
neral in the Army, Colonel of the 19th Regiment of 
Dragoons, and Governor of Plymouth ; fucceeded his 
brother, the late earl, Auguft 5, 1799, when the Englifh 
earldom became extinCT.. He married Frances, fourth 
daughter of the right honourable William Conolly, i>f 
Caftletown, in Kildare, by lady Anne Wentworth, eldeft 
daughter of Thomas, third earl of Strafford. 
The family of Howe was of confiderable note in the 
reign of Henry VIII. John Howe, in tlie reign of queen 
Elizabeth, married Jane, fitter of fir Richard Grubham, 
of Williford, in the county of Wilts, knight; by which 
lady, through whom a confiderable property descended , 
to the family, he had iflue, 1. George, created a baro¬ 
net June 20, 1660, which title became extinCt in his fon. 
2. John, created a baronet September 22, 1660, and had. 
iffne, fir Richard Grubham, fecond baronet ; and John, 
father of Scrope; and of John, father of John, firft lord 
Ched worth. 
Scrope, grandfon of fir John, "firft baronet, was a dif- 
tinguifhed leader in the whig party during the reigns of 
Charles II. and James II. He was one of thofe, who, 
June 26, 1680, delivered a prefentment to the grand 
jury of the county of Middlefex, agalnft the duke of 
1 ork, on account of his adherence to the Roman-catho¬ 
lic religion. After the accefiion of that prince, he con¬ 
certed mealures with William, fourth earl of Devon- 
lhire, for biinging about the revolution; and, on ac¬ 
count of his patriotifm and ability in that tranfadtion, 
was created by William III. May 16, 1761, baron 
Clenawley, in the county of Fermanagh, and vifcount 
-Howe, of the kingdom of Ireland. He died January 16, 
1712. 
Emanuel Scrope, fecond lord vifcount Howe of the 
kingdom of Ireland, his fon, fucceeded to the baronet¬ 
age upon the failure of the elder branch, July 3, 1730; 
and married Mary-Sophia-Charlotte, daughter of baron 
Kilmanfegg, of the' electorate of Hanover, mafterof the 
horle.to George I. and of Sophia-Charlotte, coun.tefs 
° u ein jU ‘ n the kingdomof Ireland ; by which lady, 
who died June x 3,1782, he had ifiue, 1. George-Ang.uftus, 
third lord vifcount Howe, who embraced the profefiion 
ot the army, and was killed at Ticonderago, in the war 
°* *755; 2 - Richard, tlie late earl Howe, in England. 
3. William. 4. Charlotte, married to Robert Fettiplace, 
of Swinbrook, in the county of Oxford, efquire, and died 
in 1787. 5 . Mary, married to Will'iam-Auguftus, bro- 
tncr to George lord Rivers, of Stratfieldfay. 
William; third fon of Emanuel, fecond vifcount, 
embraced the military profefiion ; and, having ferved 
with diltinCtion in tlie preceding-war, was feiected, in 
1776, to be commander in chief of the forces deftined to 
reduce the difaffeCted colonies of North America; upon 
which occafion he was elected knight of the molt honour¬ 
able order of the bath'. The campaign of that year was at¬ 
tended with feyeral brilliant actions. General Howe 
forced the American lines at Long Ifland, captured the 
town of New York, repulfed the main army of the Ame¬ 
ricans at the White Plains, and drove the enemy-acrofs 
the province of New Jerfey, and the Delaware, into Phi¬ 
ladelphia; and the following year was difiinguithed by 
the capture of Philadelphia, and the fuccefsful actions 
of the Brandywine, and GermanTown. See the article 
America, vol. i. p. 449. In 1778, he refigned his com¬ 
mand ; and was promoted to the rank of major-general 
in the army, May 25, 1772; to the rank of general, Ja¬ 
nuary 1, 1776 ; ,to the office of lieutenant-general of the 
office of ordnance, April 23, 1782; and to that of colonel 
of the nineteenth regiment of dragoons., April 21, 178'6. 
