STRAFFORD. P.C., 1S35 ; Lieut. Col. West Midx. Militia, 183? ; Col. thereof, 1814-49, and Hon. Col thereof, 1819-73 ; Treasurer of the Household, June to .Se|>. 1841 ; Joint See. to India Board ot Control, 1816-47; styled Viscount Enfield, 1 .S47 t>0, being sum. to Purl, v p., S April 1863, in his father's Barony as Baron Strafford OK HaKMONDS- WORTB(') altd sitceetdinq (seven years later), 3 June I860, IM E«rl of Strnjford, &c, Hon. Lieut Royal Naval Reserve, 1870 ; F.R.S. Hfl /«. tirstly, 7 March 1829, Agnes, 5th da. of Henry William J Paqkt), 1st Marquess ok Angi.ksf.y, by hw Brat wife, Charlotte, 21 da. of Charles (Cadooan), 1st Earl Cadooan. She, who ivas 4. 11 Feb. ] SO I, d. 9 Oct. 1845, at Cojile, Beds, aged 41. He m. secondly, 16 March 1848, at Latimers, Bucks, Harriet Elisabeth, 2d da. of Charles Compton (Cavendish), 1st BaROX ChksHam, by Catherine Susan, da. of George (Gordon), flth Marquess of Hl'NTi.v [S.) He d'. of congestion of the lungs, 29 Oct. 1886, at Wrotham Park afsd., aijed SO. Will pr. at £287,000. His widow, who was 6. 25 Nov. 1820, d. 26 June 1892, at Sherborne House, Northleach, aged 71. Barony. ,J. George Henry Chabt.es (Byng), Earl of Straf- III 1874 1 " mu ! 181 ']. VlBOfMJSt Enfield [1817], and Baron Strafford of HaBMQNPSWORTH [1S35], 1st s. and h. by first wife, b. 22 Feb. 1830, Earldom, in Upper Brook street ; ed. at Eton and at Ch. Ch., Oxford ; B.A. VIII 1R>fi (•»«•!> Class Classics), 1S52 j M A., 1854 ; MP. for Tavistock, 1852-57, . lof'O. an< j f l>r Middlesex. 1S57-74 ; Attache to spec, mission at Vienna, 1S55 ; stilled Viscount Enfiei.d, 1860-86 : Lieut. Col. 2d Midx. Militia, 1898-73 ; Hon. Col. thereof. 1S73-7S ; Hon. Col. 17th (formerly 29th) Midx. lioyal Volunteers, 1862 ; See. to Poor Law Board, 1865-68 ; Under Sec for foreign affairs, 1871-74 : sum. to pari, v.p., 26 Feb. 1874. in his father's Barony as Baron Strafford of Harmond»worth ; a Lord in waiting 1880; Under Sec. for India 1800-83 ; First Civil Service Commissr. (unpaid) 1880-88; L.-Lieut. for co. Midx. 1S84 ; me. 29 Oct. 1886 as Earl of Strafurd, &c. He n. 25 July 1854, at Hatch- f«ni, co. Surrey, Alice Harriet Frederica, 1st da. of Francis (Eoerton), 1st Earl of Ellesmere, by Harriet Catherine, da. of Charles Grevili.e. She was 6. 10 Oct. 1830. Family Estates. — These, iu 1883, consisted of 4,993 acres in Middlesex ; 1,634 in Herts; 707 iu Kent ; 13 in Bedfordshire; besides 7,647 in co. Londonderry. Total, 14,994 acres, worth £16,349 a year. Principal Seal, Wrotham Park, near Barnet. STRAFFORD OF HARMONDISHAM. Barony /, Sir John Byng, G.C.B., was cr. 12 M«y< I 1835 1S35, BARON STRAFFORD OF HARMONDISHAM, co. S Middlesex, being subsequently cr, 18 Sep. 1S47, EARL OF STRAFFORD, &c. He d. 3 June 1860. II. 1853. $?. George Stevens Btng, styled Viscount Enfiei.d, s. and h. ap., was sum. v.p. in his father's Barony 8 April 1S53, becoming thus Baron Strafford of Harmondisham. He sue. ■i Je.ue I860 as 2d Earl of Strafford, &c. He d. 22 Oct. 1SS6, aged 80. KIJ HI. 1874. 3. George Henry Charles Byng, styled Vis- count Enfield, s. and h. ap. was sum. v.p. in his father's BarODy, 28 Feb. 1S74, becoming thus Baron Strafford of Harmondisham. £ He sue. 29 Oct. ISSCas id Earl of Strafford, 4c. See that dignity, rr. 1847. J fe S i (') See vol. v, p. 184, uote " a," sub " Lynn."
