of the first troop of Horse-guards, in the room of his father. On March 8th, 1761, he was promoted to the rank of Major-general; and, on April 30th, 1770, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenantgeneral. At establishing her Majesty's household, in September, 1761, his Lordship was nominated Vice-chamberlain, in which station he appeared at her nuptial and coronation processions. On December 5th, 1766, his Lordship was appointed Master of the horse to her Majesty, in which post he continued till his death, which happened at his house in Audley Square, London, November 228, 1777; and his remains were interred on the 30th of the same month, in the family vault at St. Margaret's, Westminster.

His Lordship was married, on August 8th, 1756, to Mary, daughter of Lieutenant-general Wynyard, by whom he had issue six sons.

1. William-Augustus, third Earl.

2. John-Richard, fourth Earl.

3. Thomas-Holles, born September 27th, 1760, died 1772. 4. George, born December 31st, 1762, died 1772.

3. Augustus, born 1764, died young.

6. Septimus-Henty, born November 11th, 1765, died October 20th, 1793.

7. Amelia, died March 1770.

8. Lady Georgina, married, November 23d, 1782, EdwardPerey Bulkeley, Esq. and has issue.

9. Frederick, born 1767, married, first, April 7th, 1792, Charlotte, daughter and coheiress of Richard Mitchell, Esq. of Cullum Court, Berks, who died 1795, leaving one son; he married, secondly, Maria, daughter and coheiress of Richard Myddelton, Esq. of Chirk Castle, Denbighshire.

10. Lady Matilda, born 1774, married Lieu. Gen. Henry Wynyard.

WILLIAM AUGUSTUS, eldest son, succeeded as THIRD EARL. He was born April 27th, 1757, and had'a Commission in the Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards. Dying unmarried in January, 1783, he was succeeded by his next brother,

JOHN RICHARD, Fourth Earl, born July 28th, 1758, who married, April 22d, 1783, Catharine, daughter of Henry Lyell, Esq. by whom he had issue,

1. Lady Catherine-Georgina, born, August 29th, 1784..

2. Lady Charlotte, born October 20th, 1790, died an infant. 3. George-John, son and heir.

His Lordship died July 28th, 1795, and was succeeded by his only son,

GEORGE-JOHN, present and FIFTH EARL, born October 26th,

1791.

Titles. William Augustus West, Earl Delawar, Viscount Cantelupe, Lord Delawarr, and Lord West.

Creations. Baron De la Warr, by writ of summons to parliament, June 8th (1294), 22 Edward I.; and Baron West, February 25th (1341-2), 16 Edward III.; Earl De la Warr, and Viscount Cantelupe, March 18th, 1761, 1 George III.

Arms. Argent, a fess dancette sable.

Crest. In a ducal coronet, Or; a griffin's head, Azure, ears and beak of the first.

Supporters. On the dexter side, a wolf coward, Argent, collared, Or; on the sinister, a cockatrice, Or, his wings displayed, Gules, and Or.

Motto. JOUR DE MA VIE.

The ancient seats at Wherwell, &c. were sold generations back. The late Earl's seat was Boldre Lodge, in the New Forest; which was only a Crown lease, and expired at his death.

THE first of this name,

who settled in England, was LAURENCE DES BOUVERIES, born Anno 1542, at Sainhin,d near Lisle, in Flanders, and a younger son of Le Sieur Des Bouveries, of the

a This family (whose name has been variously written De Bouverie, De la Bouverie, Des Boveries, Des Bouverie, but since established, by act of parliament, Bouverie), is of ancient and honourable extraction in the Low Countries; in the histories of which it frequently occurs.

Bertrand De la Bouverie, who, in 1396, sold the estate of Herelle, near Montdidier, to Lewis II. Duke of Bourbon, for 400 crowns of gold, to the Crown, is recorded, in the genealogy of the house of Melun,t to have married Isabella de Melun, Lady of Viane, near Grammont, in Flanders, daughter of Hugues, Lord Antoing and Epinoy, and of Margaret de Piquigny (widow of Robert de Namur, Lord of Beaufort on the Meuze, son of John of Flanders, Count de Namur) and had issue, who, in right of their mother, quartered with their paternal coat (Gules, a Bend Vaire), the arms of Melun and Wallincourt, as appears by a monument still remaining, at Henin, near Bossut, in Hainault, and which was b From the Visitation of London, K. XIX. p. 219, in the College of Arms. c From an original picture at Longford Castle.

d E Registro Eccl. Wallonensis apud Canterbury.

"La Famille de Bouverie est reconnu passez plusieurs siecles entre les patrices de Cambray." Hist. de Cambray et du Cambresis, Tom. III. p. 319. Edit. 1664.

+ Histoire des Pairs & des Grands Officiers de la Couronne, Tom. V. p. 228. f. Généalogie de la Maison de Melun. Trophées de Brabant, par Christopher But kens, in fol. Tom. I. p. 445.

Memoire pour servir a l'histoire de France et de Bourgogne, 4to. Paris, Gaudouin & Gissart, 1729, Tom. II. p. 200. Etat des Officiers Domestiques de Philippe, dit le Bon, Duc de Bourgogne. Receveurs Generaux (1460). Trophées de Brabant. Supplement. Tom. I. p. 203.

Chatteau des Bouveries, near the same place, where the elder branch of this family possessed a considerable estate. Having frequently absented himself from mass, he was told by his father, he suspected he had conversed too much with his heretic tenants; and that, if he did not appear there the next Sunday, he would have him examined by the Inquisition. Laurence, thoroughly terrified with the intimation of such a procedure, fled immediately to Frankfort on the Mein; and seating himself at the gate of a person who kept a considerable silk manufactory, was asked by him, what occasion brought him thither? Having made an ample and satisfactory relation, the old man told him, he likewise had been driven thither on account of his religion; that he observed, by the whiteness of his hands, he had not been used to hardships: therefore, if he would live with him, he should only keep his accounts, and supervise his workmen. In that station he behaved so discreetly, and agreeably to his patron, that he married him to his niece, and at his decease bequeathed unto him his whole fortune. Soon after which having no hopes of returning to his native place, on account of the persecutions which still raged against the Protestants, he, and his wife, Barbara, took advantage of that offer which the generous and benevolent policy

erected to his daughter, Jane de la Bouverie (wife of John de Haynin, Cupbearer to the Dauphin), who died in 1479.-Robert De la Bouverie, in 1460, was one' of the domestics of Philip Duke of Burgundy, surnamed the Good. I-John De la Bouverie was Solicitor-General to Charles Duke of Burgundy, in 1469:* and in a print, representing the holding of a Parliament by the said Charles Duke of Burgundy, in 1471 and 1475, J. Bouverie appears in the rank of President.f He is again (besides on many other occasions), mentioned as Chief of the council to Mary, daughter of Charles Duke of Burgundy, aforesaid, in 1746.‡ In 1481, and 1482, the said John de la Bouverie, Lord of Bierbeque and Wiere, was one of the Ambassadors of Maximilian, Duke of Austria, in the treaty between him and Lewis XI. of France: and, in 1492, we find him Chancellor of Brabant.§ He bore for arms, as aforesaid, Gules, a Bend, Vaire.**

e Ex Autog. penes præhon. Comitem de Radnor.

Titres originaux de Archieves dec. Pierre d'Aire, en Flandres.

+ Monumens de la Monarchie Francoise, par le P. du Montfaucon, Tom. III. P. 349.

Trophées de Brabant, Supplement, Tom. I. p. 46. Etat des Officiers Do mestiques de Marie, fille de Charles Duc de Bourgogne, 1476.

|| Memoires de Comines, Edit. de 1723, Tom. V. p. 243, 273.
Trophées de Brabant, fol. Tom. II. p. 364.

** Vid. Certificate from the Herald's Office of Brussels, entered in the College of Arms, London,

of Queen Elizabeth held out, of a safe asylum in this kingdom; and coming over to England settled at Canterbury, where we find him charged, in 1569, to the poors-rate of the Walloon church. Others of his family either attended him to England, or followed him thither: for we find Susan, the only child of his brother John, married & Simon Oudart, of Sandwich, in Kent; and James, the son of another brother, Anthony, was resident at Sandwich about the year 1600, and by Warde, of Not

tingham, left issue two sons, and two daughters.

The said Laurence, by his said i wife, Barbara, whose maiden name was Vanden Hove, had issue five sons and three daughters, viz.

1. Edward, of whom, and his posterity, we shall treat afterwards.

2. Jacob, Minister of Hilleghorn, in Holland, who married Catharine, daughter of John Lethieullier; but had no issue.

3. Valentine, who died unmarried.

4. Samuel; and, 5. James; who both married, and had issue.

5. Lea, the wife of Peter de la Forterie, of London; 6. Elizabeth, married to Elias Maurojis, in 1594; and, 7. Jane, to Thomas de la Tombe, of London, in 1604.

He married, secondly, Catharine, daughter of Pipelart; but by her had no issue.

EDWARD Des Bouveries, the eldest son, died in 1625; having married at Cologne,' Mary, daughter of Jasper de Fournestraux, by Mary Tiberkin," whose father was burnt in Germany for the Protestant religion, being drawn to the place of execution by his own coach-horses.

He had by her one son, Edward Des Bouverie;" and three daughters, viz. Mary, the wife of Abraham De L'Eau, of London, merchant; Elizabeth, of James Gough, of London; and Jane, of Nicholas Adye, of Down Court, near Doddington, in Kent, Esqrs.

His only son, the said EDWARD Des Bouverie, was born in

f The family at this place, like numerous other protestant refugees, followed the occupation of silk weavers.

1 Ex Autog, penes præhon. Comitem de Radnor.

E Registro Ecclesiæ de Austin Fryars, Land.

1 Ex Stem. penes Pet. Delmé Arm.

1 Ibid.

Ex Autog, ut antea.
• Ibid.

k Visit London prædict.

a Visit. London Prædict.