HERBERT EARL OF CAERNARVON.

MAJOR General WILLIAM Herbert, fifth son of Thomas, the eighth Earl of Pembroke. (See Vol. III. p. 142), married Catherine-Elizabeth, daughter of Tews, Esq. of Aix la Chapelle, and died March 31st, 1757, leaving issue three sons.

1. Henry, now Earl of Caernarvon,

2. Charles, formerly a Captain in the Navy, who married, in 1775, Lady Caroline Montague, sister to the late Duke of Manchester, but has no issue.

3. Rev. Mr. Herbert.

Also two daughters; Georgina and Caroline, both unmarried. HENRY, the present EARL OF CAERNARVON, was born August 20th, 1741. In 1768, and 1774, he was returned to parliament for the borough of Wilton; and was advanced to the peerage by letters patent, dated October 17th, 1780, by the title of BARON PORCHESTER, of High Clere, in the county of Southampton, and further elevated to the title of EARL OF CAERNARVON, by patent July 3d, 1793.

In February, 1806, he was appointed Master of the Horse, in which office he was succeeded by the Duke of Montrose.

His Lordship married, July 15th, 1771, Elizabeth Alicia-Maria, sister of George, present Earl of Egremont, born November 29th, 1752, by whom he has issue,

1. Henry-George, Lord Porchester, born June 3d, 1772, M. P. for Cricklade, married, April 26th, 1796, Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Colonel Ackland, by Lady Harriet Strangways, sister of the second Earl of Ilchester, by whom he has issue, HarrietElizabeth, born June 23d, 1797; and son, born in June 1800. 2. Charles, born July 5th, 1774; late M.P. for Wilton, a Cap

tain in the Navy, drowned in the harbour of Gijon, in Spain, September 12th, 1808, married, July 9th, 1800, Bridget-Augusta, fourth daughter of the Hon. John Byng.

3. William, born January 12th, 1778; married, May 17th, 1806, the Hon. Letitia-Dorothea, second daughter of Joshua, Viscount Allen.

4. George, born February 21st, 1779; married, September 1st, 1806, Miss Head.b

5. Percy, born September 17th, 1780, died April 1st, 1784. 6. Algernon, born July 12th, 1792.

7. Frances, born June 5th, 1775; married, December 5th, 1797, Thomas, Lord Ducie, and has issue.

Titles. Henry Herbert, Earl of Caernarvon, Baron Porchester of High Clere, in the county of Southampton.

Creations. Baron Porchester, October 17th, 1780, 20 George III.; and Earl of Caernarvon, July 3d, 1793.

Arms. Per pale Azure and Gules, three lions rampant Argent, a crescent for difference,

Crest. On a wreath a wyvern with wings elevated vert, holding in his mouth a sinister hand, coupt at the wrist, Gules, charged on the breast with a crescent for difference.

Supporters. On the dexter side, à panther guardant Argent, spotted Gules and Azure, and fire issuing out of his mouth and ears, proper; on the sinister side a lion Argent, each ducally gorged per pale Azure and Gules, and charged on the shoulder with one spot of ermine.

Motto. UNG JE SERVIRAY.

Chief Seat. At High Clere, in Hampshire.

a Distinguished for his classical and poetical attainments.

Daughter of Francis Head. Esq. who assumed that name in right of his mcther, Gabrielle, daughter and coheir of Sir Francis Head, of Hermitage. in Kent, Bart. who died 1768. Gabrielle's husband was Moses Mendez, Esq. Mrs. Her bert's mother was sister to Sir John Stepney, Bart. and remarried Lieut.-General Cowel, of the Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards.

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SIR ROBERT Jenkinson, of Walcot, in the county of Oxon, Knt. (son of Robert Jenkinson, Esq.) had the honour of knighthood conferred on him by King James I. in the 16th year of his reign, 1618. He married Anna-Maria, eldest daughter of Sir Robert Lee, of Billeslee, in Warwickshire, Knt. and had several children; Anna Maria, his daughter, married Thomas Child, of Northwike, in Worcestershire, Esq. Sir Robert died in 1645.

Sir ROBERT Jenkinson, his son and heir, was created a Baronet by King Charles II. May 18th, 1661, in the 13th year of his reign, and chosen Knight of the shire for the county of Oxon; first, in 1654, and again in the first parliament after the restoration of the royal family, and continued so till his death.

He married Mary, daughter of Sir John Banks, of Kingstonhall, in the county of Dorset, Knt. Lord chief-justice of the court of Common-pleas, in the reign of King Charles I. and had a daughter, Frances, married to Thomas Wheat, of Glympton, in Oxon, Esq. (father of Sir Thomas Wheat, Bart.), and Sir Robert, his successor, and died 1677. He was a great friend of the cele

a It has been said that he was descended from Anthony Jenkinson, an emiment navigator and merchant, in the reigns of Edward VI. Queen Mary, and Queen Elizabeth, who was Ambassador from England to Constantinople, and the Czar of Muscovy; and who returning with a large fortune, vested it in lands in the counties of Oxford and Gloucester. The arms exemplified by Camden have allusions to the sea-service.

b Whose Lady immortalized herself by her heroic loyalty in the Civil Wars, like Lady Arundel and the Countess of Derby. See most of the histories and memoirs of those times.

brated Sir Matthew Hale; who, by his will, appointed him trustee of his estates, and guardian of his grand-children. was also a friend of Mr. Robert Boyle.

He

Sir Robert Jenkinson, second Baronet, his eldest son and heir, succeeded his father in honour and estate, and was chosen in his room, Knight of the shire for the county of Oxon, and so continued till his death.

He married Sarah, daughter to Thomas Tomlins, of Bromley, in the county of Middlesex, Esq. sister and sole heir to her brother, Thomas, and died January 30th, 1709, leaving several children. One of his daughters married Sir Jonathan Cope, of Brewern, in Oxon, Bart. who died 1765: she died 1755.

Colonel Charles Jenkinson, a younger son, of whom presently, was father of the late Earl of Liverpool.

Sir ROBERT Jenkinson, third Baronet, eldest son and heir, succeeded his father in honour and estate, and was chosen in his room, Knight of the shire for the county of Oxon, and so continued till his death. He married Henrietta-Maria, daughter of Charles Scarborough, Esq. one of the clerks of the board of green-cloth to the late Queen Anne (who surviving him, was re-married to Charles Eversfield, of Den, in Sussex, Esq. member of parliament for Horsham, in that county.) Sir Robert died October 29th, 1717, leaving no issue; and was succeeded in honour and estate by his next brother,

Sir ROBERT-BANKS Jenkinson, fourth Baronet, who was chosen Knight of the shire for the county of Oxon, in his brother's room, and represented the said county in the next parlament. He married Catherine, third daughter of Sir Robert Dashwood, of Northbrook, in the county of Oxford, Bart. (by Penelope, one of the daughters and coheirs of Sir Thomas Chamberlayne, of Wickham, in the county of Oxford, Bart.), by whom he had issue two sons and two daughters.

1. Catherine. 2. Robert. 3. Banks. And, 4. Penelope. Dying July, 1738, he was succeeded in dignity and estate by bis eldest son,

Sir ROBERT Jenkinson, fifth Baronet, who married Mary, third daughter of Sir Jonathan Cope, of Brewern, in Oxfordshire, Bart, by whom he had no issue. This Lady died in July, 1765, and Sir Robert, August 8th, 1766. He was succeeded in title and estate, by his brother,

See Life of Sir Matthew Hale.

Sir BANKS Jenkinson, sixth Baronet, who died unmarried July 22d, 1789, and was succeeded by his cousin, Charles, late Earl of Liverpool.

We now therefore return to Col. Charles Jenkinson, younger son of Sir Robert Jenkinson, the first Baronet, by Sarah Tomlins, who is reported to have been brought into the army under the patronage of the celebrated Earl of Peterborough. He died 1750, having married Amantha, daughter of Wolfran Cornwall, a Captain in the Royal Navy; which Lady survived him till 1785. By her he had issue several children; of whom were,

1. Charles, late Earl.

2. Colonel John Jenkinson, Joint-Secretary for Ireland, and Gentleman Usher to the Queen, who died May 1st, 1805, having married Frances, daughter of Rear-Admiral John Parker, by whom he had several children; of whom, Charles, formerly in the Foot Guards, is now M. P. for Dover; another son, also in the Guards, was killed at the landing in Egypt, 1801; and another son died in consequence of his wounds at the battle of Talavera.

3. Elizabeth married her cousin, the late Right Hon. Charles Wolfran Cornwall, Speaker of the House of Commons, who died 1784; and died his widow, without issue, March 8th, 1809.

4. Jane, unmarried.

CHARLES, eldest son, FIRST EARL OF LIVERPOOL, and seventh Baronet, was born about May 16th, 1727, and educated at the Charter-house, whence he went to Oxford, where he took the degree of A. M. and thence came to London to seek his fortune in the world; having early distinguished himself, by the active part he took in a celebrated election controversy for the county of Oxford, where his alliances were numerous, and not unconnected with the contending parties. On this occasion his literary talents were supposed to have contributed materially to the interests of the side he espoused. By the first Earl of Harcourt, who was then Governor to the King, as Prince of Wales, he was introduced to his Majesty; and through the same channel obtained the notice and confidence of the Earl of Bute, to whom he was private Secretary. In 1761, he sat in parliament as M.P. for Cockermouth; and held the office of Under Secretary of State. In 1763 and 1764, he was Secretary to the Treasury; in 1766, he was nominated one of the Lords of the Admiralty; and from 1767 to 1773, was a Lord of the Treasury.