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DEBRETTS ILLUSTRATED PEERAGE. 289 Creations, Baron of Offaly, co. Kildare, 1205, Earl of Kildare, 1316, Earl of Offaly and Marquess of Kildare, 1761, Duke of Leinster, 1766, all in the peerage of Ireland; Viscount Leinster of Taplow, Bucks, 1747, Baron Kildare, 1*70, both in the peerage of Great Britain. &rms, Argent : a saltire gules. (Crest, A monkey statant proper, environed round the loins and chained or. Supporter*, Two monkeys proper, environed round the loins and chained or. Seats, Carton-house, Maynooth, co, Kildare, : Kilkea-castle, Mageney, Ireland. Town Residence, 6, Carlton-house-terrace, S.W. LEINSTER, Duke of, His Grace's predecessor was his father, Augustus Frederick Fitz-Gerald, P.C., 3rd Puke, and Premier Duke, Marquess, and Earl, of Ireland. He was A. Aug. 21, 1791, and succeeded his father 1804, was Lord Lieut, and Custos Rotu- lornm of Kildare, Grand Master of the Freemasons of Ireland, a Magistrate for cos. Dublin and Meath, and Visitor of Maynooth College: m. 1818, Lady Charlotte Augu>ta Stanhope, 3rd daughter of Charles, 3rd Earl of Harrington, who d. 1859. He d. Oct. 10, 1874, leaving issue three sons and one daughter. LEITRIM, EARL OF. By ancestral virtues. (CLEMENTS.) Sits as BARON CLEMENTS. WILLIAM SYDNEY CLEMENTS, 3rd Earl. Born 1800 ; succeeded his father in 1854 ; entered the 51st Foot, and retired as Lieut.-Col. 1855; has been Col. in the Leitrim Militia since 1843 ; was a Ma- gistrate for (cos.) Leitrim, Donegal, and Galway, and sat as M.P. for (co.) Leitrim, 183947. Brother lining, Charles Skefflngton, heir pre- sumptive, b. 1807 ; was educated at Harrow ; entered the Army as Cornet, 1825, and retired as Capt. 1838; was an Assistant Irieh Poor Law Commissioner, 1838 46, and M.P. for Leitrim, 184752 ; is a Dep. Lieut, for (co.) Leitrim, and a Magistrate for (co.) Donegal. Residence, 44, Grosvenor-street, W. Sisters living, Maria, m. 1828, (Keppel). Elizabeth. Creations Baron Leitrim of Manor Hamilton, 1783, Viscount Leitrim, 1793, Earl of Leitrim, 1795, all in the peerage of Ireland; Baron Clements of Kilmacrenan, in the peerage of the United Kingdom, 1831. SJrms, Quarterly; 1st and 4th, argent, two bends wavy, sable, on a chief gules three bezants. Clements: 2nd and 3rd, per pale, indented, or and gules, Birmingham, Crest, A falcon, close, proper, belled, or. Supporter*, -Two stags, proper, the dexter with a trefoil slipped, vert, in the mouth ; the sinister plain collared, or. Smte, Killadoon, Celbridge, (co.) Kildare, and Manor Hamilton, (co.) Leitrim, Ireland. CTwd*, Carlton, United service. I.EITEIM, Earl of, His lordship's predecessor was his father, Nathaniel, K.p. 2nd Earl of Leitrim, A.May 9, 1768 ; succeeded his father, July 27, 1804 ; he was Lord Lieut, of Leitrim, and Colonel of the Donegal Militia; m. Mary, daughter of the late W. Beimingham, Esq. of Ross-hill (she d, 1840); and d. Dec. 31, 1854, ha ving issue five son* and three daughters. Lennox, Duke of, title borne by the Duke of Richmond. (Gordon-Lennox), family name of the Duke of Richmond. Le-Poer-Trench, family name of the Earl of Clancarty. Leslie, Baroness, title borne by the Countess of Rothes.