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92 BELFAST i.e. "Chichester of Belfast," Barony [I.] (Chichester) see "Chi- chester OF Carrickfergus," Viscountcy [I.], cr. 1625. i.e. " Belfast," Earldom of [I.] (Chichesur), see " Donegall,' Marquessate of [I.], cr. 1791. BELFIELD I. Robert Rochfort, of Gaulstown, co. West- meath, was on 16 Mar. 1737/8, cr. BARON BEL- FIELD of CO. Westmeath [I.], and on 5 Oct. vicrr^TTXT-rrv rn i75i> 'f"- VISCOUNT BELFIELD of co. West- VlbLUUWiLI L^-J meath. On 29 Nov. 1756 he was cr. EARL OF BARONY [I.] L 1738. L 1751. 1756 ; extinct 18 14. BELVIDERE of co. Westmeath [I.]. See fuller account under "Belvidere," Earldom of [I.], cr. BELFORD i.e. " Graham of Belford, co. Northumberland," Barony {Graham), see "Graham," Earldom, cr. 1722. BELGRAVE i.e. " Belgrave," Viscountcy {Grosvenor), see " Grosvenor," Earl- dom, cr. 1784. BELHAVEN VISCOUNTCY [S.] to 1639. I. Sir Robert Douglas, of Spott, co. Haddington, 3rd s. of Malcolm D., of Mains, co. Dunbarton, by ( — ), da. of John Cunningham, of Drumquhassil, was Page of Honour and Master of the Horse to Henry, Prince of Wales ; Gent, of the Bedchamber to James I and Charles I, to which last he was Master of the Household and P.C. ; was knighted at Whitehall 7 Feb. 1608/9, and was, on 24 June 1633, cr. VISCOUNT OF BELHAVEN co. Haddington [S.]. He w., 12 Jan. 1610/1, at St. Mary Woolnoth, London, Nicola, ist da. of Robert Moray, of Abercairney. She d. s.p.s., Nov. 1612, in childbed, and was bur. in the Savoy Chapel, Midx. M.I.(^) He d. s.p.m., 14 Jan. 1638/9, at Edinburgh, in his 66th year, and was bur. in the Abbey of Holyrood, when the title became extinct. M.I. there.() (^) Copies of these inscriptions are in Douglas, vol. i, p. 200, and in Crawfurd, p. 35. In Douglas also, is an account of the brave conduct of the Viscount in oppos-