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Influence of the Aristocracy.

of Gresham hospital, Durham. Returns 2 members for Brackley. Relations, see Egerton in the List of Places.

Bristol, Frederick William Hervey, Earl of, hereditary steward of St. Edmondsbury.

*Buckinghamshire, George Robert Hobart, Earl of. His father, who died in 1816, was president of the board of controul, £6000. Cadogan, Charles Henry, Earl of.

*Caledon, Dupree Alexander, Earl of, son-in-law to the earl of Hardwicke. Returns 2 members for Old Sarum. His cousin receives from the compensation-list of Ireland, as chairman of the committee of supply, £500 per annum. The bishop of Down and Connor, £5500, is a relation to the earl.

*Cardigan, Robert Brudenell, Earl of. The late earl was governor of Windsor castle, £1118.

Carlisle, Frederick Howard, Earl of, brother-in-law to the marquis of Stafford. Returns 2 members for Morpeth, for Cumberland 1.

Carnarvon, Henry George Herbert, Earl of. The countess is lady of the bedchamber to the Princess of Wales.

Carysfort, John Joshua Proby, Earl of. From the Irish compensation list, as commissioner of the custody of the rolls, £1307.

From his different employ.
See List of Places.

Cathcart, William Shaw Cathcart, Earl of. ments his lordship's income is immense. Charlemont, Francis William Caulfield, Earl of.

*Chatham, John Pitt, Earl of, governor of Jersey, £800, pension £4000, besides other emoluments. See Chatham in the List of Places. Chesterfield, George Augustus Frederick Stanhope, hereditary keeper of Thorney-wood-chase, Nottinghamshire; a minor.

*+Chichester, Thomas Pelham, Earl of, brother to the bishop of Exeter, joint post-master-general in Ireland. Returns 1 member for Lewes. Clarendon, Thomas Villiers, Earl of. Returns 1 member for WoottonBassett. For relations, see Villiers in the List of Places,

Clare, John Fitzgibbon, Earl of. Countess of Clare, mother to the earl, pension £1000. R. H. Fitzgibbon, usher in Court of Chancery, Ireland, £2940.

Cork, Edmund Boyle, Earl of, a lieutenant-general.

*+Coventry, George William Coventry, Earl of, recorder of Worcester. *+Courtown, Jos. George Stopford, Earl of, captain of the band of gentlemen pensioners. For relations, see the Stopfords in the List of Places, Cowper, Peter Leopold Louis Francis Cowper, Earl, pension, £2000. > *Craven, William Craven, Earl of, lieutenant in the army, recorder of Coventry.

Dalhousie, George Ramsay, Earl of, general in the army, lieutenant-governor of Nova Scotia,

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Darlington, William Harvey Vane, Earl of.

chelsea 1, and Camelford 2 members.

Returns Durham 1, Win

Darnley, John Bligh, Earl of, high-steward of Gravesend and Milton. Dartmouth, William Legge, Earl of. Relations, see Legge in List of

Places.

*Delaware, George John West, Earl of, son-in-law to the duke of Dorset, lord of the bedchamber.

Denbigh, Basil Percy Fielding, Earl of: a minor.

Derby, Edward Smith Stanley, Earl of, lord-lieutenant of Lancashire. Returns one member for Preston.

*Digby, Edward Digby, Earl of.

Rev. Charles Digby, canon of

Windsor, £600; ditto of Wells, £400.

Donoughmore, Richard Hely Hutchinson, Earl of. As searcher, packer, guager, &c. £3127. Vide Hutchinson, List of Places.

Egmont, John James Percival, Earl of.

*Egremont, George O'Brien Wyndham, Earl of. For relations, see Wyndham in List of Places.

*Enniskillen, John Willoughby Cole, Earl of.

Erne, John Creighton, Earl of. Relation to the earl of Bristol.

Essex, George Capel Coningsby, Earl of. The Capels hold several places in the royal household, and the hon. J. T. Capel is receiver at Berbice. Farnham, John Joseph Maxwell, Earl of.

Ferrers, Robert Shirley, Earl of. His uncle is on the superannuated list as rear-admiral.

Fitzwilliam, William Wentworth Fitzwilliam, Earl of, father to lord Milton. Parliamentary influence: Higham-Ferrars 1, Malton 2 members, patron of Peterborough city, 2 members.

Fortescue, Hugh Fortescue, Earl of, uncle-in-law to the marquis of Buck ingham, and father-in-law to lord King. For the numerous places held by relations, see Fortescue in the List of Places.

*+Galloway, George Stuart, Earl of, brother-in-law to the marquis of Anglesey. Lady Lucy Stuart, pension dated 1806, £300.

*Gronard, George Forbes, Earl of, brother-in-law to the marquis of Has tings, father-in-law to lord Roncliffe, and father to lord Forbes.

Grey, Charles Grey, Earl of, brother-in-law to lord Ponsonby and the late Mr. Whitbread, and father-in-law to Mr. Lambton, 1 member for Durham.

Grosvenor, Robert Grosvenor, Earl of, father of the earl of Wilton and viscount Belgrave.

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*Guildford, Francis North, Earl of: patron of Banbury. For relations, see the Norths in the List of Places.

Harborough, Philip Sherard, Earl of: a minor.

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*+Harcourt, William Harcourt, Earl of: as ranger of Windsor great park, master of the robes, &c. £6100.

Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of. Returns for Cambridgeshire member, and joint proprietor of Ryegate. For relations, see the Yorkes, in the List of Places.

+Harewood, Edward Lascelles, Earl of, father of earl Lascelles, lord-lieutenant of the West-Riding of Yorkshire. Returns 1 member for Northallerton.

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Harrington, Charles Stanhope, Earl of, governor of Windsor-castle £182. The sons and relatives of the earl hold places in the king's household. **Harrowby, Dudley Ryder, Earl of, lord president of the council, £4000. Returns 2 members for Tiverton. See Ryders in List of Places. *Hopetoun, John Hope, Earl of.

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Ilchester, Henry Stephen Fox Strangways, Earl of, related to Ford HolBland and the marquis of Lansdowne.

Jersey, George Villiers, Earl of, son-in-law of the earl of Westmorland. Kingston, George King, Earl of, brother-in-law to the earl of Mountcashel. *Kinnoul, Thomas Robert Haye Drummond, Earl of. Pension £1000, king at arms £578. Relations, rector of Hadleigh, in Suffolk, £900, and prebendary of York and Southwell.

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Lauderdale, Joseph Maitland, Earl of. For relations to the earl, see the Maitlands in the List of Places."

*Limerick, Edmund Henry Percy, Earl of, clerk of the crown and hanager in Ireland, £405.

Lindsay, Albemarle Bertie, Earl of, a general in the army, and governor of Blackness-castle.

*Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of. See List of Places., Longford, Thomas Pakenham, Earl of, cousin to the hon. Thomas Pakenham, master-general of the ordnance in Ireland, £1200.

*+Lonsdale, William Lowther, Earl of, lieutenant-colonel in the army, father of lord Lowther, and father-in-law of right hon. John Beckett, judge-advocate. Parliamentary influence: Cockermouth 2, Carlisle 1, Cumberland, and Westmorland 2; proprietor of the borough of Haslemere, and joint proprietor of Appleby.

*+Macclesfield, George Parker, Earl of, captain of the yeomen of the guard £100, father-in-law to lord Binning.

+Malmesbury, James Harris, Earl of: pension as late ambassador, £2300. See Fitzharris, List of Places.

*Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, heritable keeper of Scoon palace. The earl's mother deputy-ranger of Richmond-park; and the reversion of auditor of the exchequer in Scotland is in the earl's second son. * Manvers, Charles Herbert Pierrepont, Earl of, captain in the navy. His brother as late foreign minister, £1200.

Minto, Gilbert Elliot, Earl of, pensión £1200.

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Morley, John Parker, Earl of,

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Moray, Francis Stuart, Earl of, brother-in-law to lord Grey, vizeI +Morton, George Douglas, Earl of, chamberlain of the late queen's house

hold, £1200.

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Mountcashel, Stephen Moore, Earl of, general in the army. *+Mount Edgecombe, Richard Edgecumbe, Earl of, father of lord Valletort, captain of the band of gentlemen pensioners, £1000. Returns for Lastwithiel 2, Bossiney 1, and Plympton 2 members.

Mulgrave, Henry Phipps, Earl of, general in the army. Returns I member for Scarborough. Brother to the hon. E. Phipps, commissioner of excise, £1400, and the hon. Aug. Phipps, deputy-paymaster at Gibraltar, £547.

*+Nelson, William Nelson, Earl of, D.D. brother to the late lord Nelson, prebendary of Canterbury, £700; pension by act of parliament, £7000. O'Niel, Charles Henry St. John, Earl of, joint postmaster-general in Ireland. Sir John Lee, a relation, is comptroller of the port of Cork, £896, and searcher, packer, and guager of the port of Wexford, £560, exclusive of fees.

Onslow, Thomas Onslow, Earl of, out-ranger of Windsor great park. Relations, see List of Places.

*Orford, Horatio Walpole, Earl of.

Returns 2 members for Lynn-Regis. The hon. Robert, as late foreign minister, £2000. Thomas Walpole, ditto, £800.

Oxford, Edward Harley, Earl of.

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*+Pembroke, George Augustus Herbert, Earl of, governor of Guernsey, a general. Returns 2 members for Wilton. Countess of Pembroke, one of the ladies of the late queen's bedchamber. *+Plymouth, Other Archer Windsor, Earl of, son-in-law of Lord Amherst. +Pomfret, George Fermor, Earl of, D.C.L.

Portsmouth, John Charles Wallop, Earl of, brother-in-law to lord Grantley. *Poulett, John Poulett, Earl of, a lord of the king's bedchamber. Returns 2 members for Bridgewater.

*Powis, Edward Clive, Earl of, father-in-law of the duke of Northumberland. Proprietor of the borough of Bishop's Castle and Montgomery; patron of Ludlow and Montgomeryshire.

Radnor, Jacob Pleydell Bouverie, father of lord Folkstone. Proprietor of the borough of Downton, and returns 1 for Salisbury. Relations, see Bouverie List of Places.

Rochford, William Henry Nassau, Earl of, pension £1200.

+Roden, Robert Jocelyn, Earl of, searcher of the port of Galway, &c. £2389, father of viscount Jocelyn. See List of Places,itve o +Romney, Charles Marsham, Earl of. The hon. J. Marsham, canon of Windsor, £600, and prebendary of Rochester, £400, is a relation.

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Rosslyn, James St. Clair Erskine, Earl of, a general, director of the court of chancery in Scotland, £1712. His children clerk to the court, £925. His sisters' pensions, £600 per annum.

Rothes, George William, Earl of, brother-in-law of the earl of Chichester. *St. Germains, John Crags Elliot, Earl of, M.A. ·

St. Vincent, John Jervis, Earl of.

Pension, by act of parliament, £1000; from the Irish compensation list, £1083. See the Ricketts' relations, in the List of Places.

Sandwich, George Montagu, Earl of. Returns Huntingdonshire 1, and Huntingdon 2 members.

*Shaftesbury, Cropley Ashley Cooper, Earl of. Returns for Dorchester 1 member.

*Shannon, Henry Boyle, Earl of, clerk of the pells in Ireland.

*+Sheffield, John Baker Holroyd, Earl of. Lady Sheffield is lady of the bed-chamber to the princess of Wales. Lady Glenbervie, sister to lady Sheffield, mistress of the robes to the princess of Wales,

Shrewsbury, Charles Talbot, Earl of. A Roman catholic.

Spencer, George John Spencer, Earl of, father to viscount Althorpe. Par liamentary influence: Northamptonshire 1, and St. Alban's 2 members. Stamford, George Harry Grey, Earl of. The hon. E. Grey, son of the earl, is prebend of Durhamı.

*Stanhope, Philip Henry, Earl of, son-in-law of lord Carrington, surveyor of green wax, keeper of the records, &c. £1131. See List of Places. *Strathmore, John Lyon Bowes, Earl of.

Talbot, Charles Chetwynd Talbot Chetwynd, Earl, lord lieutenant of Ireland, £30,000. See List of Places.

Tankerville, Charles Bennet, Earl of, father of lord Ossulston.

Thanet, Sackville Tufton, Earl of; hereditary sheriff of Westmoreland, -joint proprietor of Appleby.

+Verulam, Joseph Walter Grimstone, Earl of.

Upper Ossory, John Fitzpatrick, Earl of.. Waldegrave, John James Waldegrave, Earl of. *Warwick, Henry Richard Greville, Earl of.

Returns 2 members for Warwick. William Fulke Greville, superannuated captain in the navy, £219. Charles Greville, secretary of the island of Tobago, £400, and naval officer at Demerara, £350. C. C. F. Greville, clerk extraordinary to the privy council, £419.

*+Westmorland, John Fane, Earl of, lord privy seal, £3000. Returns for Lyme Regis 1 member.

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*+Whitworth, Charles Whitworth, Earl of. Pension as late foreign minister, £2300,

Wilton, Thomas Grovesnor, Earl of, second son of earl Grosvenor; a minor, *Winchilsea, George Finch, Earl of, comptroller of the king's household.

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