662 HERA 
He was alfo appointed lieutenant-governor of the Ifle of 
Richard, the fourth vifcount, was admiral of the fleet, 
general of marines, knight of the garter, and firft lord 
of the admiralty ; created for his eminent fervices a peer 
ot Great Britain, by the title of vilcount Howe, of Lan- 
gar, April 20, 1782 ; advanced to the dignity of earl 
Howe, June 1788 ; and baron Howe, of Langar, Augu-ft 
19, 1788, with remainder in failure of iflue male to his 
daughters. He married, March 10, 1758, Mary, daugh¬ 
ter of Chiverton Harropp, efq. ofWelby, in Leicefter- 
fliire ; and had iflue by her, who died Auguft: 1800, So- 
phia-Charlotte, married July 31, 1787, the honourable 
Penn Aflieton Cttrzoii, eldeft fon of Aflieton vifcount 
Curzon; Mary-Juliana, died April 11, 1800; Louifa- 
Catharine, married to John Denis, marquis of Sligo. 
The earl, dying Auguft 5, 1799, without iflue male, the 
Englifh earldom and vifcounty became extinci ; but he 
was fucceeded in his Englifh barony of Howe, of Langar, 
by his eldeft daughter, Sophia-Charlotte ; and in the 
hereditary Iriflt honours, by his only brother, William, 
the prefent and fifth vifcount.—See Baroness Howe, 
.among the English Peeresses, p. 595.— Creation, 
1700. 
Motto.— Utcunqueplacuerit Deo. —“ As it fliall pleafe 
God.” 
HAMILTON (JOHN-JAMES), Viscount and 
Baron STRABANE, and Baron Montcaftle, in Ire¬ 
land ; Earl and Baron Abercorn, and Baron of Paifley, 
Baron Hamilton and Kirkpatrick, in Scotland, and a 
Baronet; and Marquis of Abercorn, and Vifcount Ha¬ 
milton, of Hamilton, in the County of Leicefter, and 
Knight of the Garter.—See Marquis of Abercorn, 
among the Peers of England, p.485. 
MOLESWORTH (ROBERT), Viscount MOLES- 
WORTH, of Swords, Baron of Philipftown ; born De¬ 
cember 1729; fucceeded his coufin,‘Richard Naffau, the 
late vifcount, June 22, 1793 ; married, Auguft 18, 1761, 
Mary-Anne, daughter .of Ifrael Alleyne, efq. and hasiflue, 
William-John, heir apparent, born Auguft 18, 1.763, a 
lieutenant-colonel in the army ; Walter, born Auguft 
24, 1764, deceafed ; Robert, born April 16, 1768, mar¬ 
ried, September 17, 1793, Mary, eldeft daughter of 
Charles fourth vifcount R'anelagh; Richard, born May 
10, 1774, died September 19, 1793; Henrietta-Maria, 
born Auguft 1762, died November 22, 1785; Eleanor, 
born November 18, 1766, died October 8, 1785 ; Anne, 
born June 3, 1770, married December 27, 1792, Jolni- 
' Forfter Hill, efq. of Foreft, in the county of Dublin; 
Jane, born June 14, 1772, married, September 13, 1792, 
John Stephen foil, efq. Charlotte-Eliza, who died young! 
Richard, third vifcount Molefworth, was aide-de- 
camp to the duke of Marlborough at the battle of Ra¬ 
mifies ; and commander in chief of his majefty’s forces 
in Ireland. He married, firft, Mifs Jane Lucas, of the 
city of Dublin; and had iflue by her, who died in 1742, 
Mary, married to Robert earl of Belvidere ; Letitia, 
married to colonel James Molefworth, and ^iied in 1787; 
and Amelia, died January 30, 1758. The vifcount mar¬ 
ried, fecondly, February 7, 1743, Mary, daughter of 
William Ufher, archdeacon of Clonfert; by which lady, 
who died May 6, 1763, he had iflue, Richard-Naflau, 
his fucceflor; Mary, died an infant; Henrietta, born 
July 1745; Melofina, born in 1746, and Mary, in 1747, 
were, with their mother, Mary vifeountefs Molel'vvortn, 
molt unfortunately burnt to death, at their houfe in 
London, May 6, 1763; Louifa, born October 23, 1749, 
fnarried William-Brabazon lord Ponfonby ; Elizabeth, 
born September 17,. 1751 ; Charlotte, born O&ober 2, 
1755. The vifcount died Otftober 12, 1758, and was 
fucceeded by his only fon, Richard-Naflau, the fourth 
vifcount, born November 4, 1748 ; and dying unmarried, 
June 23, 1793, was fucceeded by his coufin, Robert, 
L D R Y. 
eldeft fon of the honourable William Molefworth, third 
fon of Robert, the firft vifcount; married, July 25,- 1726, 
Anne, daughter of Robert Adair, efq. of Hollybrook, 
and died March 6, 1770, leaving blue, Robert, who fuc¬ 
ceeded to the title; John; Richard, in holy orders, 
married to Mifs Clarke, daughter of James Clarke, efq. 
of Moulley, in Surrey; Letitia, married to George John- 
fton, efq. and died February 15, 1764; Elizabeth, mar¬ 
ried to Richard Holmes, efq. Juliana; Jane; Amelia; 
and Ifabella, married to Knight Mitchell, efq. of Shute 
Lodge, in Devonlhire. Robert, the eldeft fon, fucceed¬ 
ed his coufin, as the fifth vifcount, June 23, 1793. 
—Creation, 1716. 
Residence.— Swords, in the county of Dublin. 
Motto. — Vincit amor patria. — “ The love of my 
country prevails.” 
CHETWYND (RICHARD), Viscount CHET- 
WYND, cf Beerhaven, in the county of Kerry, Baron 
of Rathdowne, in the county of Dublin, and Clerk ex¬ 
traordinary to the Privy Council in Ireland; born Sep¬ 
tember 29,1757; fucceeded his father, the late vifcount, ~ 
November 12, 1791; married, July 30, 1791, Charlotte, 
filter to Ralph-Wiiliam Cartwright, of Aynho, in Npr- 
thamptonfhire, efquire, and knight of the (hire for the 
county of Northampton ; by which lady he has iflue, 
Charlotte, born September 14, 1793 ; Either, born Sep¬ 
tember 22, 1797; Mary-Catharine, and Siifannah, twins, 
both dead; Ricllard-Walter, heir apparent, born De¬ 
cember 14, 1S00; Mary-Anne, born April 27, 1802; and 
William-John, born November 20, 1804, died January 
1805. 
Walter Chetwynd, the firft vifcount, married Mary, 
daughter and co-heir of John Berkeley, vifcount Fitz- 
harding, who died June 3, 1741 ; and his lordlhip, dy¬ 
ing without iflue, February 21, 1736, was fucceeded by 
his brother, John, who had iflue two fons, the eldeft of 
whom died in 1741 ; and William-Richard, the youngeft, 
in 1765, leaving one daughter, married to John Parlous, 
efq. and two other daughters ; Catharine, married to 
JohnTuibot, efq. brother to William lord Talbot, to 
whom Ihs was fecond wife, and by him had iflue, John- 
Chetwynd Talbot, efq. born in 1749, married 4o Char¬ 
lotte, daughter of Wills, firft marquis of Downlhire ; 
and Frances, who died in 1805. John, the fecond vif¬ 
count, died June 21, 1767, and was fucceeded by his 
brother, William, the third vifcount; wno married Mifs 
Honora Baker; by whom, who died in 1726, he had iflue, 
Mary, married to the honourable and reverend Henry 
Roper, fon of the eighth lord Teynham, and died in 
1758; Deborah, died in 1788; Lucy, died in 1784; 
Either; Thomas, died at fea; John, in holy orders, 
married to Mifs Judith Pigott, by whom he has iflue 
two daughters, and one fon ; William', married to Mifs 
Penelope Carelton, and was killed in an aiStion with the 
rebels, at Saintfield, in Ireland, June 1789. His lord¬ 
lhip, dying April 3, 1770, was fucceeded by his eldeft 
fon, William, the fourth vifcount, born November 25, 
1721; married to Siifannah, daughter of fir Jonathan 
Cope, bart. by whom he had ilfue, William, died in 
1779; John-Whitmore, died in 1788 ; Richard, the pre¬ 
fent vifcount; Granville-Anfon, married to Martha, 
daughter of the late Henry Stapylton, efq. of Wighill, 
in Yorklhire; and has iflue, Henry-Rit hard, Harriet- 
Horiora, Charlotte, Efther-Sufannah, Margaret, Diana- 
Clarifla, and Granville-William. His lordlhip had alfo 
two daughters; Sufannah, born May 26, 1762, married 
toMunbee Goulburn, of Jamaica, efquire, who died in 
November 1793, leaving iflue three fons; and Ander- 
lechtia-CIarifla, married, in May 1806, lord Robert Sey- 
moiir, third fon of Francis, late marquis of Hertford. 
Flis lordlhip, dying November 12, 1)91, was fucceeded 
by his fon, Richard, the prefent and fifth vifcount. 
— Creation, June 29, 1717. 
Residence.— Beerhaven, in the county of Kerry. 
Motto.— 
