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ANTRIM COMPLETE PEERAGE 177 MARQUESSATE [I.] 5 Feb. 1783, he was nom. as K.P. (at the institut- jj „ ion of that order), but never installed, as, being ' " unwilling to resign the Order of the Bath, he

  • ° " relinquished the stall intended for him, " as a

1 79 1. Knight of St Patrick, 8 Mar. following. Having no male issue, he was, on 19 June 1785, cr. VISCOUNT DUNLUCE and EARL OF ANTRIM [1.], with a spec. rem. of those dignities, failing heirs male of his body, to his daughters in order of seniority, and the heirs male of their bodies respectively. P.C. [I.] 1786. On 18 Aug. 1789,0 he was cr. MARQUESS OF ANTRIM [I.], but without such spec. rem. He »?., 3 July 1774, Letitia, widow of the Hon. Arthur Trevor (who d. 19 June ijjo), ist da. of Harvey (Morres), ist Viscount Mountmorres [I.], by his ist wife, Letitia, 4th da. of Brabazon (Ponsonby), 1st Earl of Bessborough [I.]. He tJ. 29 July 1791, at Antrim House, Merrion Sq., Dublin, and was iur. at Bonamargy. On his death the Marquessate of Antrim [I.] and suck peerage honours as he had inherited {viz. the Earldom of Antrim [I.] cr. in 1620, and the ViscouNTCY of Dunluce [I.], cr. in 1618), became extinct, but the creations of 1785 devolved as below. Will dat. 14 Aug. 1790, pr. at Dublin 15 Aug. 1791. His widow d. of cancer, in Grosvenor Sq., 7, and was bur. 14 Dec. 1801, at St. James's, Westm. Will, with nine codicils, pr. 21 Jan. 1802. EARLDOM [I.] 2. Anne Katharine, j«oy«r^ Countess OF Antrim and Y|, Viscountess Dunluce [I. 1785], ist da. and coh., who, '^ ' under the spec. rem. of 1785, inherited the abovenamed peerages. She was b. (being a twin with her sister Letitia Mary), 1 1 Feb. 1778. She m., istly, 25 Apr. 1799, (spec, lie.) in her mother's house in Han. Sq., Sir Henry Vane-Tempest, Bart., of Wynyard, co. Durham. He ^. s.p.m., I Aug. 1813. (*") She w., 2ndly, by spec, lie, in Bruton Str., St. James's, Westm., 24 May 18 17, Edmund Phelps, who, by Royal lie. 27 June 18 17, took the name of McDonnell only, and d. at Rome, 30 May 1852, aged 72. She d. s.p.m., in Park Lane, Midx., 30 June, and was bur. 7 July 1834, at St. James's, Westm., aged 56. Will pr. Aug. 1853 and July 1854. VIII. 1834. 3. Charlotte, suo jure Countess of Antrim and Viscountess Dunluce [I.], only surv. sister and h., who, under the spec. rem. of 1785, inherited the abovenamed peerages. She was b. 12 Aug. 1779. (°) She m. (as Lady Charlotte McDonnell, spinster), (") See note sub George, Marquess of Waterford [1789]. C') Frances Anne Emily, their only da. and h., m., as his 2nd wife, 3 Apr. 1819, Charles William (Vane, formerly Stewart), 1st Lord Stewart, who, in 1822, became 3rd Marquess of Londonderry [I.]. She d., his widow, 20 Jan. 1865, having inherited the large estates of her father. Her ist son, Earl Vane, sue. his (half) br. as 5th Marquess of Londonderry [I.] in 1872, and d. 1884. (°) The Scots Peerage says 11 Feb. 1778. V.G. 24