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     Edward Stawell, 4th Baron Stawell of Somerton gained the title of 4th Baron Stawell of Somerton.

     Arthur Hill, 2nd Marquess of Downshire was born on 3 March 1753.¹ He was the son of Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire and Lady Margaretta FitzGerald.¹ He married Mary Sandys, Baroness Sandys of Ombersley, daughter of Colonel Hon. Martin Sandys and Mary Trumbull, on 29 June 1786.³ He died on 7 September 1801 at age 48.¹
     He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) (Tory) for Lostwithiel between 1774 and 1780.¹ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) (Tory) for County Down [Ireland] between 1776 and 1793.¹ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) (Tory) for Malmesbury between 1780 and 1784.¹ He was invested as a Privy Counsellor (P.C.) [Ireland] in 1793.¹ He succeeded to the title of 3rd Viscount Hillsborough, co. Down [I., 1717] on 7 October 1793.¹ He succeeded to the title of 2nd Viscount Fairford, co. Gloucester [G.B., 1772] on 7 October 1793.¹ He succeeded to the title of 2nd Lord Harwich, Baron of Harwich, co. Essex [G.B., 1756] on 7 October 1793.¹ He succeeded to the title of 2nd Marquess of Downshire [I., 1789] on 7 October 1793.¹ He succeeded to the title of 2nd Earl of Hillsborough [G.B., 1772] on 7 October 1793.¹ He succeeded to the title of 2nd Viscount Kilwarlin, co. Down [I., 1751] on 7 October 1793.¹ He succeeded to the title of 3rd Baron Hill of Kilwarlin, co. Down [I., 1717] on 7 October 1793.¹ He succeeded to the title of 2nd Earl of Hillsborough, co. Down [I., 1751] on 7 October 1793.¹

     Katherine Louisa Fairfax was the daughter of Thomas Fairfax.¹

     Colonel Hon. Martin Sandys was born circa 1729.² He is the son of Samuel Sandys, 1st Lord Sandys, Baron of Ombersley and Laetitia Tipping.³ He married Mary Trumbull, daughter of William Trumbull and Hon. Mary Blundell, in 1760.¹ He died on 26 December 1768, with two sons (died young):.²
      Col, Equerry to DUKE OF CUMBERLAND.²

     Mary Trumbull is the daughter of William Trumbull and Hon. Mary Blundell.¹ She married Colonel Hon. Martin Sandys, son of Samuel Sandys, 1st Lord Sandys, Baron of Ombersley and Laetitia Tipping, in 1760.¹ She died in 1769.²
      Sec State temp WILLIAM III.² By Lady Judith Alexander.² Sister and coheir of 5th Earl of Stirling).² She lived Easthampstead Park.² From 1760, her married name became Sandys.¹

     Henry Legge, 2nd Baron Stawel of Somerton was born on 22 February 1757.¹ He was the son of Rt. Hon. Henry Bilson-Legge and Mary Stawell, Baroness Stawel of Somerton.¹ He married Hon. Mary Curzon, daughter of Assheton Curzon, 1st Viscount Curzon of Penn and Esther Hanmer, on 1 July 1779.¹ He died on 25 August 1820 at age 63.¹
     He succeeded to the title of 2nd Baron Stawel of Somerton, co. Somerset [G.B., 1760] on 29 July 1780.³ On his death, his barony became extinct.¹

     Hon. Mary Curzon was born in 1760.² She was the daughter of Assheton Curzon, 1st Viscount Curzon of Penn and Esther Hanmer.^1,3 She married Henry Legge, 2nd Baron Stawel of Somerton, son of Rt. Hon. Henry Bilson-Legge and Mary Stawell, Baroness Stawel of Somerton, on 1 July 1779.¹ She died on 12 September 1804.¹
      Her married name became Legge.

     Hon. Mary Legge was born in 1780.² She was the daughter of Henry Legge, 2nd Baron Stawel of Somerton and Hon. Mary Curzon.¹ She married John Dutton, 2nd Baron Sherborne, son of James Dutton, 1st Baron Sherborne and Elizabeth Coke, on 11 August 1803.¹ She died on 21 October 1864.³
      Her married name became Dutton.

     John Dutton, 2nd Baron Sherborne was born on 24 June 1779. He was the son of James Dutton, 1st Baron Sherborne and Elizabeth Coke. He married Hon. Mary Legge, daughter of Henry Legge, 2nd Baron Stawel of Somerton and Hon. Mary Curzon, on 11 August 1803.¹ He died on 18 October 1862 at age 83.
     He gained the title of 2nd Baron Sherborne.

     Jane Bond was born circa 1712.¹ She was the daughter of Christopher Bond and Jane Whorwood.¹ She married James Lenox Dutton, son of James Naper.¹ She died on 29 May 1776.¹
      Her married name became Dutton.¹