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AiLSA COMPLETE PEERAGE 67 Monaghan, by Caroline, sister of Robert Bermingham (Clements), 4th Earl OF Leitrim, 2nd. da. of the Hon. and Rev. Francis Nathaniel Clements.] [Chandos Sydney Cedric Brudenell-Bruce, styled Viscount Saver- NAKE, b. 26 Jan. 1904.] Family Estates — These, in 1883, consisted of 37,993 acres in Wilts ; 15,502 in CO. York (then valued at £i7,S^-j a year), and 1,556 in Berks. Total, ^^,051 acres, worth ;^ 5 9,716 a year. Of these, however, 10,002 acres of the Yorkshire property (of the gross annual value of about

^i 1,675) including the celebrated ruins of Jervaux Abbey, were sold in

Feb. 1887, for ;^3 10,000, while as to the Wiltshire estate, it was, in 1891-92, agreed to be sold for ;^7 50,000, but the contract (though confirmed by the House of Lords in Aug. 1892) fell through, and that (deeply encumbered) estate remains (1909) in the family. AILESFORD, see AYLESFORD AILMER, see AYLMER AILSA BARONY. I. Archibald (Kennedy), Earl of Cassillis, , . £sfc., [S.], s. and h. of Archibald, the nth Earl, by his 2nd wife, Anne, da. of John Watts, of lVlARnTT17<;^ATP New York, was l>. Feb. 1770. He raised an in- ivi AKU U l^bSA 1 tL. ^epe„^je„t Company of Foot, 1 790, and sue. his father 1, 1 83 1. in the Scottish Peerage 30 Dec. 1794- He was elected a Rep. Peer [S.] i 796-1 806, and on 12 Nov. 1806 was cr. BARON AILSA, of Ailsa, co. Ayr. K.T. 17 July 1821. He was subsequently, 10 Sep. 1831, at the coronation of William IV (one of whose illegit. daughters his 2nd s. had m.), cr. MARQUESS OF AILSA, of the Isle of Ailsa, co. Ayr. F.R.S., i^c. He was a consistent Liberal in politics, and voted for the " Reform Bill," 14 Apr. 1832. He m., I June 1793, at Dun, co. Forfar, Margaret, 2nd da. of John Erskine, of Dun afsd., by Mary, da. of William Baird, of Newbyth. He d. 8 Sep. 1846, at his residence, St. Margaret's, Isleworth, Midx., and was bur. at Dun, aged 76. Will. dat. 11 Sep. 1843, pr- Nov. 1 846, at j{; 1 60,000. His widow d. 5 Jan. 1848, of influenza, at St. Margaret's afsd., aged 76. Will pr. Jan. 1848. [Archibald Kennedy, styled Earl of Cassillis, s. and h. ap., b. 4 June 1794. M.P. for Evesham, 1830. He m., i May 18 14, at Dun House, Eleanor, only da. and h. of Alexander Allardyce, of Dunottar, co. Kin- cardine. (") He d. v.p., 12 Aug. 1832, at Cassillis House, co. Ayr. His widow, who was aged 17 in 18 13, d. there 16 Nov. 1832.] " C) Lord Kennedy called upon me today full of the same blushes and bashful- ness he exhibited while a*boy, which dont become the papa of two lusty children. What a pity it was he did not first marry jilma Mater, and then go abroad, in place of espousing Miss Allardyce and growing mouldy at Dunotter ! However, neither his