Forester, by Lady Katherine Manners, second daughter of the fourth Duke
of Rutland. She married, in 1844, Viscount Newport, who succeeded his
father as third and present Earl of Bradford, by whom she had four sons
and two daughters.
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No. 4. PORTRAIT, SAID TO BE KING RICHARD THE THIRD.
PAINTER UNKNOWN.
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No. 5. ROBERT JENKINSON, SECOND EARL OF LIVERPOOL, K.G.
_Dark coat. White waistcoat._
BORN 1770, DIED 1828.
BY SIR GEORGE HAYTER.
BEGAN his education at a school at Parsons-green, where he remained till
he was thirteen, and was then removed to the Charterhouse, where he
continued for two or three years, and distinguished himself in classics
and other branches of learning. He afterwards entered Christ Church
College, Oxford, but his father had early destined him for public life,
and directed Robert’s studies with a view to his future career, making a
point that political science, commerce, and finance should be especially
attended to. At college young Jenkinson became the companion and friend
of George Canning, afterwards Prime Minister, a friendship which
continued for a very long period. Robert Jenkinson was at Paris on the
breaking out of the Revolution, and witnessed the demolition of the
Bastille by the mob: he was the means of affording useful information to
the British Government respecting the state of French public affairs,
being in close correspondence with Mr. Pitt. On his return to England he
was chosen Member of Parliament for Rye, under the especial patronage of
the Minister. But his election taking place twelve months before his age
qualified him to sit in the House of Commons, he passed the intervening
time in Paris. In 1791, on attaining his twenty-first year, he took his
seat, and made his first speech in opposition to a motion of Mr.
Whitbread’s on foreign affairs, in which the young member showed a
wonderful acquaintance with European politics and international law.
Both he and his father were opposed to the Abolition of the Slave-trade.
When in 1792 Charles Fox moved an address to the King to the effect that
his Majesty should send an Ambassador to the French Republic (Lord Gower
having been recalled), Mr. Jenkinson, in the absence of Mr. Pitt,
replied in indignant and eloquent terms: ‘On this very day, while we are
here debating about sending an Ambassador to Paris—on this very day is
the King of France to receive sentence; and in all probability it is the
day of his murder.’ And he proceeded in glowing terms to point out how
ill-advised, undignified, and unfeeling the sanction which would thus be
given to ‘sanguinary monsters’ would appear in the sight of all men.
Fox’s motion was rejected without a division, and Jenkinson’s eloquence
gained him universal praise, Edmund Burke being loud in his approbation.
The young member rose in the opinion of all parties from that moment,
and continued to take a prominent part as an upholder of the Government,
which course he pursued for several years. In 1793 he was appointed one
of the Commissioners of the India Board: he invariably distinguished
himself, especially when speaking on matters connected with trade and
commerce, for which, Mr. Sheridan said, ‘Mr. Jenkinson might be expected
to have some claims to hereditary knowledge.’ In 1796 Robert’s father
was created Earl of Liverpool, and he himself assumed the title of Lord
Hawkesbury. He was a staunch advocate for the union with Ireland, and in
1801 he became Foreign Secretary, on the formation of a new Ministry,
which gave him ample scope for his knowledge of political affairs on the
Continent; and in the fulfilment of his official duties, he gained new
laurels on many occasions too numerous to detail here. Later on, the
management of the House of Commons (as it is technically called)
devolved upon Lord Hawkesbury, who spoke on all the important questions
of the day, and, at the opening of the next session, was called up to
the House of Lords in order to strengthen the Ministry in the Upper
House. On the return of Mr. Pitt at the head of the Ministry, he
received the seals of the Home Department. At a late period of this
session, on Mr. Wilberforce again bringing forward his favourite
question of the Abolition of the Slave-trade, Lord Hawkesbury was
instrumental in opposing the measure in the House of Lords, after it had
passed the Commons, a course which he also pursued with regard to the
Emancipation of the Roman Catholics of Ireland, advocated by Lord
Grenville. On the death of Mr. Pitt in 1806, the King sent for Lord
Hawkesbury to form a new Ministry, an offer which he deemed it advisable
to decline, accepting, however, the office of Warden of the Cinque
Ports. He afterwards resumed his old post as Home Secretary, and, his
father dying in 1808, he succeeded to the Earldom of Liverpool. He
warmly advocated the cause of Spain, and was selected to move the thanks
of the House of Lords to Lord Wellington for his gallantry in the
Peninsula. After the assassination of Mr. Perceval in 1812, Lord
Liverpool was prevailed upon, after frequent refusals, to accept the
office of Prime Minister, and during his long administration, which
lasted from 1812 to 1827, many of the questions of the deepest
importance connected with home and foreign politics were brought under
the notice of the Government. Lord Liverpool never slackened in his
attention to public affairs, whatever difference of opinion may have
existed then, or subsequently as to the liberality of his opinions. The
last occasion on which Lord Liverpool was seen at his post was on the
15th of February 1827, when he moved an address expressing the
willingness of the House to make an additional provision for the Duke
and Duchess of Clarence. On the next day, after rising apparently in
good health, and reading his morning letters, he was found by his
servant stretched lifeless on the floor, and when the three most eminent
physicians of the day were called in, it was ascertained that Lord
Liverpool was suffering from an attack of an apoplectic and paralytic
nature. As soon as prudence allowed, he was removed to his house at
Combe Wood, where he gradually declined, both in mental and bodily
power, and expired, in the presence of his wife, and his brother and
successor, the Honourable Charles Cecil Jenkinson, on the 4th of
December 1828.
Lord Liverpool was twice married: first, to Lady Louisa Hervey, third
daughter of the Bishop of Derry, fourth Earl of Bristol, who died in
1821; and secondly, to Mary, daughter of Charles Chester, Esq., formerly
Bagot, brother of the first Lord Bagot. He had no children by either
marriage.
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No. 6. NAPOLEON BUONAPARTE THE FIRST: EMPEROR OF FRANCE.
_Dark green uniform._
BY DAVID.
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No. 7. GEORGE AUGUSTUS FREDERICK HENRY, SECOND EARL OF BRADFORD.
_Blue coat. White waistcoat. Cloak._
BORN 1789, DIED 1865.
BY SIR GEORGE HAYTER.
HE was the eldest son of the first Earl of Bradford by the Hon. Lucy
Byng. He married, first, Georgina, only daughter of Sir Thomas
Moncreiffe, Bart., by whom he had several children; and secondly, Helen,
widow of Sir David Moncreiffe, Bart., and daughter of Æneas Mackay,
Esq., who died at Cannes in 1869.
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No. 8. ANNE BOLEYN, SECOND WIFE OF KING HENRY THE EIGHTH.
_Large cap. Gown cut square._
EXECUTED 1536.
THIS is a crayon sketch by Holbein, with a memorandum in his own
handwriting.
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No. 9. ORLANDO, FIRST EARL OF BRADFORD.
BORN 1762, DIED 1825.
BY SIR GEORGE HAYTER.
HE was the second Baron Bradford, and promoted to the Earldom in 1815.
He married, in 1788, the Hon. Lucy Byng, daughter of George, fourth
Viscount Torrington.
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No. 10. QUEEN VICTORIA.
A SKETCH BY THOMAS.
EXECUTED FOR ORLANDO, LORD BRADFORD, WHEN LORD CHAMBERLAIN, BY HER
MAJESTY’S PERMISSION.
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No. 11. GEORGE THE SECOND, KING OF ENGLAND.
_Red coat. Ribbon of the Garter._
BORN 1683, CROWNED KING OF ENGLAND 1727, DIED 1760.
BY PINE.
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No. 13. EDWARD STANLEY, FOURTEENTH EARL OF DERBY, K.G.
_Black frock-coat. White waistcoat. Right hand on a table. Left holds
the string of eye-glass._
BORN 1799, DIED 1869.
BY SIR FRANCIS GRANT, P.R.A.
HE was the eldest son of Edward, Lord Stanley, afterwards thirteenth
Earl of Derby by Charlotte, second daughter of the Rev. Geoffrey Hornby.
The subject of this notice was educated at Eton and Christ Church,
Oxford, where in 1819 he gained the Chancellor’s prize for Latin verse
for his poem of _Syracuse_. In 1821 he entered the House of Commons as
member for Stockbridge, and sat subsequently for Preston, Windsor, and
North Lancashire. He was Under-Secretary for the Colonies from 1830 to
1833, Secretary of State for the Colonies from 1833 to 1834, and again
from 1841 to 1845. In 1844 he was summoned to the House of Lords in his
father’s barony of Stanley, and in 1859 was made a K.G. He was First
Lord of the Treasury in 1852, 1858, and 1866. He was a strenuous opposer
of Free-trade and the Repeal of the Corn Laws, and his name is
invariably connected with ‘Protection.’ Lord Derby was remarkable as a
statesman, a scholar, a wit, and an orator. In the latter capacity his
enthusiasm and eloquence gained him the sobriquet of ‘the Rupert of
Debate.’ In society his brilliant conversation, keen sense of humour,
and genial disposition, made him a favourite with men and women of all
classes and opinions, and his death was as much deplored in private as
in political circles.
He married, in 1825, Emma Caroline, second daughter of Edward, first
Lord Skelmersdale, who survived him, and by whom he had two sons and a
daughter.
This little picture is the original design of Sir F. Grant for a large
portrait of Lord Derby, which was painted for the family, and he
afterwards finished it with great care, and gave it to Lord Bradford.
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No. 15. HENRY GRESWOLD LEWIS, ESQ. OF MALVERN HALL.
DIED 1819.
BY CONSTABLE.
HE married the Honourable Charlotte Bridgeman, daughter of Henry, Lord
Bradford.
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No. 16. THE HONOURABLE AND REVEREND GEORGE BRIDGEMAN.
_Black coat._
BORN 1765, DIED 1832.
BY CONSTABLE.
HE was the youngest son of Henry, first Lord Bradford, by the daughter
and heir of the Rev. John Simpson. He entered the Church, and held
successively the family livings of Weston, and Wigan (in Lancashire),
where he died.
In 1792 he married Lady Lucy Boyle, only daughter of Edmund, seventh
Earl of Cork and Orrery, by whom he had two daughters and one son. Lady
Lucy died in 1801, and in 1809 the widower married Charlotte Louisa,
daughter of William Poyntz, Esq. of Midgham, Berks, who was first cousin
to his first wife. This lady had no children, and she died in 1840, at
Hampton Court. Mr. Bridgeman was a most amiable man and a most genial
companion. He was beloved in his own family, and among a large circle of
friends, by the servants of his household, the poor in his parish, by
children, horses, and dogs. Indeed, the influence he exercised over
animals was wonderful. In his latter days he possessed a beautiful
thoroughbred chestnut mare, hot-tempered and violent by nature, who let
no opportunity slip of taking the bit between her teeth. The grooms,
until they became ‘up to her wicked ways,’ fought shy of riding her, and
the writer’s sister, a splendid and fearless horsewoman, was very much
mortified one day at finding she could not hold ‘uncle George’s’ mare.
Yet the moment Mr. Bridgeman, then old and infirm, got into the saddle,
the generous beast became as quiet as a lamb, and her master would often
lay the reins on her beautiful neck, to show the perfect understanding
that subsisted between them. Added to an earnest and by no means morose
piety, the good pastor possessed a vein of genial humour, and a genuine
love of fun, which was doubtless one of the qualities that endeared him
to the younger part of the community, and an anecdote is told of him
which is highly characteristic. One evening, dining alone at a club in
London, where he was little known, it was impossible to avoid
overhearing the conversation at a neighbouring table, which, strangely
enough, turned on his own son, an officer of the Guards. The diners
spoke of the pecuniary difficulties into which he had lately been
plunged, and while they confessed his extravagance, they sang his
praises—at least he was not selfish, at least he spent his money on
others, etc. etc.; no doubt about it, Bridgeman was a capital fellow,
the best fellow in the world, and many were the jolly parties they had
had at his expense. Now this was a sore subject at that moment to the
Rector of Wigan, but his sense of the ludicrous triumphed over every
other feeling, and, rising quietly, he advanced towards the astonished
group at the other table. ‘Gentlemen,’ he said, ‘I am very grateful for
the handsome terms in which you have spoken of my son, but will you
allow me to remark that it is I who am the best fellow in the world,
since it is I who have paid for all those dinners and suppers, which I
am delighted to think you have so much enjoyed.’
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No. 17. THE HONOURABLE JOHN BRIDGEMAN SIMPSON.
_Brown coat. White waistcoat._
BORN 1763, DIED 1850.
AFTER HOPPNER. _The Original is at Babworth._
HE was the second son of Henry Bridgeman, first Baron Bradford, of
Weston under Lizard, by the daughter and heir of the Rev. John Simpson
of Babworth, County Notts. In 1784 he married Henrietta Frances,
daughter and heir of Sir Thomas Worsley, Bart., by whom (who died in
1791) he had, besides two children who died young, a daughter who became
heir to her uncle, Sir Richard Worsley, and married the Honourable
Charles Pelham, afterwards Lord Yarborough. John Bridgeman assumed the
maternal arms and name of Simpson in 1785, and eventually inherited the
property of that family. In 1793 he married, as his second wife, Grace,
daughter of Samuel Estwicke, Esq., by whom he had a very numerous
family.
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No. 18. SIR GEORGE GUNNING, BART.
_Dark coat._
BORN 1783, DIED 1823.
BY CONSTABLE.
HE was the eldest son of Sir Robert Gunning, Bart., K.B., of Horton,
County North Hants, by Anne, only daughter of Robert Sutton, Esq. of
Scofton, County Notts. Sir Robert had resided some time at the Courts of
Berlin and St. Petersburg, as Minister Plenipotentiary, and was created
a Baronet for his diplomatic services. His son and successor, George,
married the daughter of Henry Bridgeman, first Lord Bradford, in 1794.
Sir George represented the boroughs of Wigan, Hastings, and East
Grinstead, at different periods in Parliament.
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No. 19. SIR WILLIAM LOWTHER, BART.
_Brown coat. White waistcoat. Right hand holding a fold of the coat.
White frill._
DIED 1763 (?).
BY SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS.
HE was the son of Sir Thomas Lowther of Holker Hall, by Lady Elizabeth
Cavendish (called in the family Lady Betty), daughter of the second Duke
of Devonshire.
A note in Sir Joshua Reynolds’ handwriting says that he made three
copies of the portrait of Sir William Lowther: one for Major Kynaston,
one for Mr. Bridgeman, and one for Lord Frederick Cavendish, Lady
Elizabeth’s nephew, in 1758. He died unmarried, and left all the Holker
property to Lord George Cavendish, on whose death in 1794 the estates
devolved on the Duke of Devonshire, and are now in possession of the
present Duke (1888). Sir William Lowther was a man of refined taste, had
travelled much in Italy, and made an excellent collection of pictures,
respecting the purchase of which he gives some amusing details in
letters which are still extant at Holker.
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No. 20. VICE-ADMIRAL LORD HUGH SEYMOUR.
_Naval uniform._
BORN 1759, DIED 1801.
BY HOPPNER.
HE was the fifth son of Francis, Earl, afterwards Marquis, of Hertford,
by a daughter of the Duke of Grafton. He entered the Royal Navy while
yet a boy, and justified his parents’ choice of a profession for him,
never losing an opportunity of distinguishing himself in the service he
loved. His first cruise was on board the _Pallas_, Captain the
Honourable Leveson Gower.
In 1785 he married Lady Horatia Waldegrave, daughter of James, second
Earl Waldegrave, with whose beautiful features we are well acquainted in
Sir Joshua Reynolds’ world-famed picture of ‘The Three Sisters,’ so long
the glory of Strawberry Hill. The union was very happy, only marred by
the separations which Lord Hugh’s profession entailed; they had a family
of five sons and three daughters. Seymour gained post-rank early, and in
1794 did good service in command of the _Leviathan_, on the glorious 1st
of June (Lord Howe’s victory), when he was promoted to a colonelcy of
marines. Next year he attained flag-rank, and commanded the _Spaniel_,
under Lord Bridport, in that Admiral’s encounter with the French fleet
off the island of St. Croix. From 1795 to 1798 Lord Hugh had a seat at
the Board of Admiralty, after which he was appointed Commander-in-Chief
of the Leeward Islands, during which time the colony of Surinam
surrendered to the English combined naval and military forces under
Admiral Lord Hugh Seymour and General Trigge. The Admiral’s eldest son,
afterwards Admiral Sir George Seymour, whose son succeeded to the
Marquisate of Hertford, was on board his father’s ship, but was
invalided home in 1801, and on his arrival in England sad news awaited
him. His beloved mother was no more; while a fast sailing ship brought
the fatal tidings that a few days after his own departure, Lord Hugh had
died of yellow fever. Yet another blow was in store for the poor young
sailor, enfeebled by illness, and nearly overwhelmed by this
accumulation of sorrow, in the loss of his favourite little brother,
William, the pet of the family. The tenderest care and most consummate
skill were needed to snatch George Seymour from the jaws of death. But
he lived to be an honour to his profession, and a blessing to his family
and friends. He inherited his mother’s beauty, as those who remember him
can testify. His countenance was noble, his eyes large and brilliant,
while even the wide gash of a sabre cut, received in action, across the
lips, was powerless to mar the rare sweetness of his smile.
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No. 21. HENRY, FIRST LORD BRADFORD.
_Peer’s Parliamentary robes. White hair._
DIED 1800.
BY ROMNEY (?).
[See page 188.]
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No. 22. GEORGE BRIDGEMAN, ESQ.
_Uniform Grenadier Guards. Scarlet cloak._
BORN 1727, DIED 1767.
BY SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS.
HE was the third son of Sir Orlando Bridgeman, by Lady Ann Newport,
daughter and heiress of the second Earl of Bradford. He died unmarried
at Lisbon.
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No. 23. CAPTAIN JOHN WILLETT PAYNE, R.N., AFTERWARDS VICE-ADMIRAL.
_Naval uniform._
BORN 1752, DIED 1803.
BY HOPPNER.
HE entered the Royal Navy in 1769, on board the _Quebec_, thirty-two
guns, Captain Lord Ducie; then served in the _Eagle_, sixty-four guns,
bearing the flag of Earl Howe, during the American war, whence he was
made Lieutenant, and afterwards promoted to post-rank, July 1780.
Captain Payne distinguished himself on several occasions, especially in
an engagement in the West Indies, in 1783, with the _Pluto_, a ship of
very superior force. He was in command of the _Russell_, in Lord Howe’s
memorable victory, the glorious 1st of June 1794. In 1799 he became
Rear-Admiral of the _Red_, and the following year succeeded Lord
Bridport as Treasurer of Greenwich Hospital. He brought over Caroline of
Brunswick, Princess of Wales, on board the _Jupiter_. Jack Payne, as he
was called in society, was a great favourite and constant companion of
the Prince of Wales, who appointed him Comptroller of his Household, in
which capacity he made himself extremely popular by his courtesy,
geniality, and genuine kindness. At the time of his death he had also
the command (being then Vice-Admiral) of the coasts of Devonshire and
Cornwall, and Lord Warden of the Stannaries.
He died at Greenwich, whence he was followed to the grave by an
interminable procession of carriages, many of which contained friends
and acquaintances, for Admiral Payne was a most popular member of
society. He was buried in St. Margaret’s, Westminster.
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No. 24. THE HONOURABLE ORLANDO GEORGE CHARLES BRIDGEMAN, THIRD EARL OF
BRADFORD.
_When a child. In a red frock. Sitting on the lawn._
BORN 1819.
BY SIR GEORGE HAYTER, R.A.
HE is the eldest son of the second Earl of Bradford (of the Bridgeman
family), by Georgina, the only daughter of Sir Thomas Moncreiffe, Bart.
Educated at Harrow School and at Trinity College, Cambridge; was M.P.
for Shropshire, from 1842 until he succeeded to the Earldom in 1865; was
Vice-Chamberlain of the Royal Household from February till December
1852, and from February 1858 till June 1859; Lord Chamberlain from 1866
till December 1868; and Master of the Horse to the Queen from 1874 till
May 1880; and again from June 1885 till Feb. 1886. He is
Deputy-Lieutenant of Staffordshire, and Deputy-Lieutenant of
Warwickshire; Captain of the Salopian Yeomanry, 1844, and
Lieutenant-Colonel of 1st Battalion of Shropshire Volunteers; also
Lord-Lieutenant and _Custos Rotulorum_ of Shropshire since 1875.
In 1844 he married the Honourable Selina Forester, youngest daughter of
the first Lord Forester, by Lady Katherine Manners, second daughter of
the fourth Duke of Rutland.
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No. 1. MARGARET HOWARD, COUNTESS OF CARLISLE, AND HER NIECE, LADY DIANA
RUSSELL.
_Reddish brown gown. Resting her hand on a table. Little girl in a white
frock leaning against her aunt’s knee._
BORN 1618. DIED 1664.
BY STONE AFTER VANDYCK.
SHE was the third daughter of Francis, fourth Earl of Bedford, by
Catherine Brydges. She married at a very early age James Hay, afterwards
second Earl of Carlisle, of that family. Margaret’s father-in-law was
often connected with her own father in the political events of the reign
of Charles the First. After the death of her husband in 1660, she
married her second lord, Robert Rich, Earl of Warwick, second Earl of
Holland; and lastly, Edward Montagu, Earl of Manchester, of whom
Clarendon speaks in terms of high eulogium. The little girl in the
picture is Lady Diana Russell, afterwards Lady Allington.
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No. 3. THOMAS, EARL OF ARUNDEL AND SURREY.
_In armour. With a boy beside him._
BORN 1592. DIED 1646.
BY VANDYCK.
RESPECTING this picture there has been more than one controversy, and it
has been not only erroneously named in a catalogue of a gallery at
Madrid, but copied, doubtless from thence, into the edition of
engravings of Vandyck’s portraits in the British Museum. It has been
miscalled Don Alonzo Perez de Guzman el Bueno and his son. The late Lord
Bradford, when in Madrid, saw a replica of the picture in his
possession, and made a note to the effect that the portrait could not be
that of the Spanish nobleman in question, according to the date of
Vandyck’s death. His lordship identified it as that of Thomas, Earl of
Arundel and Surrey, and his grandson.
Thomas was the only son of Philip, Earl of Arundel (who died a prisoner
in the Tower), by Anne, sister and co-heir of Thomas, Lord Dacre of
Gillesland. He was deprived, by his father’s attainder, of the honours
and greater part of the estates of his family, and had only the title of
Lord Maltravers by courtesy during Queen Elizabeth’s reign, but was
restored by Act of Parliament in the first year of James the First
(1603) to all the titles and estates which his father had enjoyed before
his attainder, as also to the Earldom of Surrey, and to such dignity of
baronies as his grandfather, the Duke of Norfolk, had also forfeited. He
was, moreover, created Earl Marshal in 1621, and Earl of Norfolk in
1644; he married Lady Alatheia Talbot, daughter, and eventually sole
heir, of Gilbert, seventh Earl of Shrewsbury, and was succeeded by his
second son, Henry Frederick.
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No. 5. DOROTHY, COUNTESS OF SUNDERLAND.
_Crimson dress. Pearl ornaments. Pillar in the background._
BORN 1620, DIED 1683-4.
BY VANDYCK.