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ment, took the surname of SAUNDERSON, in pursuance of the will of the said Earl.

His Lordship married the Lady Frances, second daughter of George Hamilton, Earl of Orkney (one of the Ladies of the Bedchamber to her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales). By the said Lady, who died December 30th, 1772, he had issue two

sons,

First, Richard, late Earl of Scarborough; and,

Second, the Hon. George Lumley, who died December 11th, 1739.

Also three daughters, Lady Anne, died unmarried about 1807; Lady Frances, married, in June 1753, to Peter, late Earl of Ludlow, in Ireland; and Lady Harriot, who died November 6th, 1747.

And his Lordship deceasing, March 15th, 1752, was succeeded by his only son,

RICHARD, FOURTH EARL OF SCARBOROUGH, who was, in July 1765, appointed cofferer of his Majesty's household; on July 12, 1765, was sworn of his Majesty's most honourable privy-council : his Lordship was also deputy Earl-marshal of England to his grace, Edward, late Duke of Norfolk, and colonel of the northern battalion of the Lincolnshire militia.

He married, December 12th, 1752, Barbara, sister and heir to Sir George Savile, of Rufford in Nottinghamshire, Bart. and by her, who died July 22d, 1797, had issue five sons;

First, George Augustus, late Earl.

Second, Richard, born, on April 3d, 1757, present Earl. Third, Thomas-Charles, born May 3d, 1760, a captain in the royal navy, slain on board the Isis, September 3d, 1782.

Fourth, John, in holy orders, who, by his Majesty's permission, has now assumed the name of Savile, pursuant to the will of his uncle, the late Sir George Savile, Bart. He is rector of Wintringham; was born in 1761; and married, in November 1785, to Anna-Maria, daughter of Julian Herring, Esq. and has issue, George-Augustus, born in November 1786, and five other children.

Fifth, Frederic, born in October 1762; married, February 20, 1786, to Miss Boddington, and has issue Frederic, born January 1788.

Sixth, Mary-Arabella, born in October 1763; married, June 12th, 1792, to Francis-Ferrand Foljambe, Esq.

Seventh, Savile-Henry, a lieutenant-colonel in the army, and late lieutenant-colonel of the twenty-third dragoons, born June 18th, 1768; married, Dec. 13th, 1806, Miss M. H. Tahourdin, daughter of Henry Tahourdin, Esq. of Sydenham, Kent.

Eighth, William, born August 28th, 1769, a brigadier-general in the army; married, October 3d, 1804, Mary, daughter of Thomas Sutherland, of Ulverstone, Esq. and by her (who died in July 1807) had no issue.

Ninth, Louisa, married, February 26th, 1798, to WinchcombeHenry Hartley, Esq. and has issue Barbara, born November 1798; Winchcombe-Henry Savile, born August 2d, 1800; and another

son.

Tenth, Sophia.

His Lordship died May 12th, 1782, and was succeeded by his eldest son,

GEORGE-AUGUSTUS, FIFTH EARL, who was born September 22d, 1753. In 1774, he was chosen member of parliament for Lincolnshire; and dying unmarried, September 5th, 1807, was succeeded by his next brother,

RICHARD, present and SIXTH EARL, who was born April 16th, 1757, and previous to his accession to the title, bore the name of Savile, in right of his uncle, whose estates he enjoyed while a younger brother. He had for some time a commission in a regiment of dragoons in early life.

His Lordship married May 25th, 1787, Harriet Willoughby, sister to Henry Lord Middleton; but has no issue.

Titles. Richard Lumley-Saunderson, Earl of Scarborough, Viscount and Baron Lumley, of Lumley-castle.

Creations. Baron Lumley, of Lumley-castle (in the bishoprick of Durham), May 31st, 1681, 33 Car. II.; Viscount Lumley, of Lumley-castle, April 10th, 1689, 1 Will. and Mar.; and Earl of Scarborough, April 15th, 1690, 3 Will. and Mar. Also Viscount Lumley, of Waterford in Ireland, July 12th, 1628, 4 Car. I.

Arms. Argent, a fess Gules, between three parrots, or popin.. jays, proper, collared of the second; being the arms of the ancient Barons Thweng, from one of the heirs whereof his Lordship is lineally descended. But the ancient arms of Lumley are, Gules, six Martlets, Argent.

Crest. On a wreath, in her nest proper, a pelican feeding her young, Argent, vulned proper.

Supporters. Two parrots, with wings expanded, Vert, beaked and membered, Gules.

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Motto. MURUS NEUS CONSCIENTIA SANA.

Chief Seats. Sandbeck, near Tickhill, in the West Riding of Yorkshire; Glentworth, in Lincolnshire; and Lumley-castle, near Durham, a venerable fabric, now uninhabited, standing on the. romantic banks of the Wear, in a fine park. i

iSee Gilpin's Tour to Scotland, vol.i. p. 21.

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THE house of NASSAU has produced heroes, allied to the greatest Princes of Europe, and renowned both in the cabinet and the field but the brevity needful for the work I am engaged in, not permitting me to treat farther than what immediately relates to the descent of this noble family, I shall only observe, that HenryFrederick de Nassau, Prince of Orange, and grandfather to William III. Prince of Orange, Stadtholder of the United Provinces, King of England, &c. had a natural son,

FREDERICK DE NASSAU, whom he endowed with the lordship of Zuleistein, and who thereupon took that surname. In 1669, the aforesaid William, Prince of Orange, coming in the winter to the court of England, was accompanied by the said Mons Zuleistein: on which Bishop Burneta observes, "That King Charles the Second tried the Prince in point of religion (as the Prince told him) and spoke of all the protestants as a factious body broken among themselves, ever since they had broken off from the main body; and wished he would take more pains and look into things better, and not be led by his Dutch blockheads. The Prince told all this to Zuleistein his natural uncle. They were both amazed at it, and wondered how the King could trust so great a secret, as his being a papist. The Prince told me, he never spoke of this to any other person, till after his death."

MONS. ZULEISTEIN was general of the foot, in the service of the States-General, when his country was invaded by the French,

a Hist. of his Own Times, 8vo. vol. i. p. 383.
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in 1672. In that dismal conjuncture, when the Prince of Orange was made Stadtholder, his first action was an attack on Naerden, and, in order thereto, he detached General Zuleistein, to take quarters between Utrecht and Naerden. Whereupon the Duke of Luxemburgh marched the next day to relieve the besieged, and with between eight and nine thousand men, fell on the quarter of General Zuleistein, but was repulsed with loss, and forced to retire. The town was after battered, and reduced to such extremities, that they sent to capitulate. In which interval, the Duke of Luxemburgh, having been reinforced, marched through waters by the guide of some peasants, aud again attacked the quarters of General Zuleistein, and after a bloody and resolute dispute, the General was slain, October 12th, 1672, dying valiantly fighting," and refusing quarter from the enemy.

He took to wife, Mary (daughter of Sir William Killigrew, of the county of Cornwall, Eart. and Chamberlain to Queen Catharine, consort of Charles II.) who came over with the Princess Mary, mother of King William. He had issue by her, his son and heir,

WILLIAM HENRY de Zuleistein, FIRST EARL OF ROCHFORD, who was greatly confided in by the Prince of Orange, who sent him to King James 11. on the birth of the Prince of Wales, to congratulate him thereon, and to inform himself of the state of the nation d "Whereupon he brought him such positive advices,

and such an assurance of the invitation he had desired, that he was fully fixed in his purpose to prepare for his intended expedition into England." When the Prince embarked, he came over in the same ship with him, and on his landing, marching with him to Windsor, he was sent by him to King James at Feversham, to desire him to continue there or at Rochester, or set him at full liberty to go whithersoever he pleased; but King James setting out before his arrival there, he missed him on the way. However, on the King's return to Whitehall, three lords being sent by the Prince, with a message to the King, for his remove from thence, he readily agreed thereto; and when they were gone from him as far as the privy-chamber, he sent for them back again, and told them, "He had forgot to acquaint them with

b Lives of the Princes of Orange, p. 135.
Hist. of Engl. vol. iii p. 319.
e Ibid. vol. iii. p. 526.

d Ibid. vol. ii. p. 481.
f Ibid. p 536, and Burnet's Hist. p. 544-
&list. of Engl ut antea, P. 537•

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