His Lordship was also LL.D. and Colonel of the Militia of Glamorganshire.

In February, 1733-4, his Lordship married Mary de Cardonel, sole daughter and heir (she being then only fifteen years of age), of Adam de Cardonnel, of Bedhampton Park, in the county of Southampton, Esq. Secretary at War at home, and to the army in Flanders, in the reign of Queen Anne, and representative in three parliaments for the town of Southampton; who having discharged with great honour and distinguished abilities, the several public employments through which he had passed, King George I. was pleased to honour him with repeated offers of making him Secretary of State; which, however, he declined, having predetermined never to engage again in public affairs. By her he had one son, William, who died an infant; and a daughter, Cecil, born in July 1735, and married, on August 16th, 1756, to George Rice, Esq. of Newton, in Carmarthenshire, one of the Lords Commissioners of Trade and the Plantations, and Knight in parliament for that county, of which he was also Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum. This Lady succeeded, on the death of her father, 27th April, 1782, to the title of Baroness Dinevor.

His Lordship died at his house in Lincoln's-Inn-Fields, 27th April, 1782, on which the earldom became extinct; but having been created BARON DINEVOR, on 29th September, 1780, with remainder to his daughter, Lady Cecil Rice, she succeeded to that Barony, and the Barony of Talbot descended to his nephew and heir-male, John-Chetwynd Talbot,

To return therefore to the Hon. John Talbot, his Lordship's younger brother, who died before him in 1756, as already mentioned. This John had issue,

1. John Chetwynd, third Lord Talbot.

2. Charles, born, June 30th, 1752.

3. George, in holy orders, born June 6th, 1756, married, May 23d, 1794, Anne, daughter of the Hon. Topham Beauclerk. 4. William-Henry, a Captain of dragoons, born in 1754, died unmarried in 1782.

5. Edward died an infant.

JOHN CHETWYND, eldest son, succeeded his uncle as THIRD BARON TALBOT, on April 27th, 1782, and was created Viscount of Ingestrie, co. Staff. and EARL TALBOT, of Hensol, in Glamorganshire, by patent, bearing date July 3d, 1784.

His Lordship died May 19th, 1793; having married, May 7th,

1776, Lady Charlotte, daughter of Wills Hill, first Marquis of Downshire, and by her, who died January 17th, 1804, left issue, 1. Charles Chetwynd, present Earl.

2. John, born April 4th, 1779.

CHARLES CHETWYND Succeeded his father as SECOND EARL TALBOT of the new creation.

His Lordship was born April 25th, 1777, and married, August 28th, 1800, Frances Thomasine Lambart, eldest daughter of Charles Lambart, of Beau Park, in Ireland, Esq. by Frances, sister of John Dutton, Lord Sherborne, by whom he has

Frances-Charlotte, born May 17th, 1801.

Charles-Thomas, Viscount Ingestrie, born July 11th, 1802.
A son, born November 8th, 1803.

And another son, born May 31st, 1806.

Titles. Charles Chetwynd Talbot, Earl Talbot, Lord Talbot, Baron of Hensol.

Creations. Baron Talbot, of Hensol, in the county of Glamorgan, on December 5th (1733), 7 George II.; and Earl Talbot, July 3d, 1784, 1 George III.

Arms. Gules, a lion rampant, within a border engrailed, Or, a crescent difference.

Crest. On a chapeau, Gules, turned up ermine, a lion, Or, his tail extended.

Supporters. On each side, a talbot, Argent, collared with a double tressure fleury, counter fleury, Gules.

Motto. HUMANI NIHIL ALIENUM.

Chief Seat. Ingestrie, Staffordshire.

THIS noble family is descended from a long train, in the male line, of illustrious ancestors, who flourished in Normandy, with great dignity and grandeur, from the time of its first erection into a sovereign dukedom, A. D. 912, to the Conquest of England, in the year 1066; having been always ranked among the foremost there, either for nobleness of blood or power; and having had the government of many castles and strong holds in that duchy, and likewise the possession of the honourable and powerful office of Le Grovenour; it is certain, that from that place of high trust they took their surname, which has been variously written Grosvenor, Le Grosvenor, Le Grosvenour, Grovenor, Le Groveneur, and Le Grovenour.

The patriarch of this ancient house was an uncle of Rollo, the famous Dane; and one of the principal commanders, who, A. D. 876, accompanied him in his descent upon England, where that renowned chieftain proposed to fix an abode for himself and Danish or Norman followers; but finding his countrymen masters of the best part of that kingdom, and Alfred (the Great), in a condition to maintain the rest, he set sail for France, in hopes of obtaining a settlement there; and the event answered his expectation. Rollo got such firm footing in Neustria (to which he gave the name of Normandy), that it was not in the power of the French to drive him out; and their sovereign, Charles, styled the Simple, was forced, in order to free himself from the continual dread of so potent and enterprizing a neighbour, to grant him that part of Neustria, then in the hands of the victorious Danes, situate between the Seine and the Epte, with the title of Duke of Normandy. This happened in the year 912, when Edward (com

monly called the Elder), swayed the English sceptre: and Rollo, according to agreement, embracing the Christian faith, was bapbized, did homage to the French monarch, and married Giselle, or Gisela, his sister, by some called his daughter. Rollo having thus obtained that fine province, liberally rewarded his kinsmen, companions, and fellow adventurers.

In the year 1066, William, seventh Duke of Normandy, though an illegitimate son of Robert, the sixth Duke, whose father, Richard II. the fourth Duke, was great grandson to the beforementioned Rollo, landed at Pevensey (now Pemsey), in Sussex, on September 29th; and having vanquished and slain Harold II. in an engagement, on October 14th, at a place since known by the name of Battle-abbey, a few miles from Hastings, got himself acknowledged King of England, and was crowned on Christmasday, that year.

Among the attendants of the said William, Duke of Normandy, in that victorious expedition into England, were his two uterine brothers, Robert, Earl of Mortaigne, in the duchy of Normandy (who afterwards got the earldom of Cornwall), and Odo, Bishop of Bajeux, in the said duchy (created Earl of Kent, in 1067) with Hugh Lupus, Count of Avranches, who by his mother was their nephew (of whom mention will be made as Earl of Chester), and GILBERT LE GROSVENOR, nephew to the said Hugh; as is evident from a record, preserved in the Tower of London, concerning a famous plea (which shall in its proper place be taken due notice of), in a court of chivalry, with relation to a Coat of Arms claimed by Sir Richard le Scrope (who had been Lord High Chancellor of England in 1382), and Sir Robert le Grosvenor.

The said Hugh Lupus, Earl of Avranches, in Normandy, nephew to King William, the Conqueror, and uncle to Gilbert le Grosvenor aforesaid, got the whole earldom and county of Chester from his uncle, King William, in 1070, the fourth year of his reign, to be holden as freely by his sword, as the King himself held England by his crown: and, after the battle of Namptwich, parted with the lordship of Lostock, and gave one moiety, which was called Nether-Lostock, to Sir Hugh Rowchamp (progenitor to John de Holford, hereafter mentioned in the armorial contest), and the other moiety, called Over Lostock, to ROBERT le Grosvenor, the son of Gilbert le Grosvernor, aforesaid, and which continued with his heirs male descendants until the year 1465, when it was partitioned with other lands among the coheirs of Robert le Grosvenor, after-mentioned.

In Doomsday-Book, begun in 1080, and finished in 1086, it is recorded, that the before-mentioned Hugh, Earl of Chester, had among other possessions, Lay, Codynton, prope Farndon, and Little-Budworth, which he afterwards bestowed upon this family.

Cotemporary with the said Hugh, Earl of Chester, who departed this life, A. D. 1103, there appear others persons of the name of Grosvenor: for in 1093, when that nobleman, then advanced in years, and disposed to several works of piety (of which his munificence to the monastery of Bec, and the foundation of St. Severus, in Normandy, are instances), founded a new convent for monks of the Benedictine order, in his city of Chester, and endowed it very largely, we find Ranulph le Grosvenor, and Ernoise le Grosvenor, witnesses to his charter, now in the custody of the Dean and Chapter of Chester. By the same charter, his Lordship allowed each of his principal Barons to give C s. per annum land thereto, and all others, as much as they were able to bestow, &c.

Amongst his Barons, and great men, who were the next benefactors to the said Benedictine abbey, we meet with several of the family who gave lands in Lostock, Contintune, Lay, Bradford, Namptwich, and Brocktune, as appears by the confirmation of Richard, second Earl of Chester, son of Hugh aforesaid, dated at Gralam, A. D. 1119. They likewise gave benefactions to their uncle's foundation of Bec and St. Severus, in Normandy.

Also cotemporary with the beforementioned Hugh Lupus, Earl of Chester, and Robert le Grosvenor, lived Ulger le Grosvenor, whose name occurs among the commanders who, A. D. 1102, garrisoned the castle of Bridgnorth, in Shropshire, in behalf of Robert de Belesme, Earl of Arundel and Shrewsbury, who had incurred the displeasure of King Henry I. for asserting the claim of his brother, Robert, Duke of Normandy, the eldest son of King William, the Conqueror.

The said Robert le Grosvenor, who got Over-Lostock from Hugh, Earl of Chester, and was son of Gilbert le Grosvenor, who came to England, A. D. 1066, with William, the Conqueror, was succeeded by

HENRY le Grosvenor, his son and heir, who was father of

RAUFE le Grosvenor, who adhered to the cause of the Empress Maud against King Stephen. He was with his cousin, Ranulph de Gernoniis, fourth Earl of Chester, at the battle of Lincoln, on February 2d, 1141, 6 Steph. when that prince was made prisoner;