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A Genealogical Account of Montague, Earl of Cardigan.

His noble earl is defcended from William Brudenell, who fourished in the reigns of king Henry III. and king Edwa d I the feat of the family being then at Doddington, in Oxfordhire, part of his elate lying at Adderbury and Bloxham, in that county; and another part of it in Northamptonshire. Sir Thomas Brudenell, another of the ancestors of this noble earl, in confideration of his loyalty and eminent fervices to king Charles I. was, by king Charles II. in the 13th year of his reign, created earl of Cardigan, three days before his majelly's coronation. He was buried at Deene with his anceflors, leaving iffae by Mary his wife, who died October 13, 1664, daughter of Sir Thomas Trefham of Rushton St. Peter, in com. Northampton, knight, two fons, Robert who fucceeded him; and Edmund, who died unmarried June 15, 1562, as alfo one daughter, lady Mary, married to John Conftable, of Burton-Conftable, in Holderness, viícount Dunbar, in North Britain.

Which Robert earl of Cardigan married two wives, firft. Mary, daughter of Henry Conftable, vif count Dunbar, by whom he had iffue a daughter, Mary, married to William Hay, earl of Kenoule in Scotland; he, fecondly, married Anne, daughter of Thomas Rivers vifcount Savage, by whom he had iffue two fons, Francis lord Brudenell, and Jofeph, who died in his infancy; as alfo three daughters, AnnaMaria, married to Francis Talbot earl of Shrewsbury, flain in a duel March 16, 1667, and by her was father to Charles late duke of Shrewfeury; and was, fecondly, wife to George Rodney Bridges, of 7 сплату 1764.

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Keyhfham, in the county of Somerfet, Elq; and died April 29, 1702; Catherine, to Charles earl of Middleton in Scotland, one of the principal stewards of ftate for hat kingdom in 1684, in which o ce he ferved the remainder of king Charles's reign, and through the whole of that of his fucceffor king James II. Dorothy, third daughter, was firft married to Charles Fane earl of Weftmoreland, and afterwards to Robert Conftable, viscount Dunbar, in Scotland.

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Francis lord Brudenel beforementioned, died in the lifetime of his father, anno 1698, having married Frances, only daughter to James Saville earl of Suffex, and fifter and heirefs to James Saville, the laft earl of Suffex of that name. left him a widower in 1695, leaving iffue two fons, and three daughters; George, late earl of Cardigan, and James; lady Mary, married to Richard lord viscount Molineux of the kingdom of Ireland; lady Anne, married firft to John lord viscount Bellafis, of Worlaby, in com. Line. and, fecondly, to Charles Lennox duke of Richmond, by whom she had the late duke, and died in the month of December 1722; lady Frances, married firft toCharles Livingflon earl of Newburg in Scotland, who dying about the year 1694, left by her an only daughter, married to Charles Radcliffe, Efq; beheaded on Towerhill in 1746, brother to James earl of Derwentwater.

The honourable James Brudenell, younger fon, on the 23d of March 1715, was appointed mafter of the Jewel office, and, on the acceffion of his late majefty, was on the gth of September 1727 continued in the fame poft, which he refigned in 1730,

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being on the 4th of June the fame year constituted one of the commiffioners of trade and plantations; and was one of the grooms of the bedchamber to the king; alfo in June 1737 was appointed gentleman of the horfe to the king. He was member of parliament for Andover, and for the city of Chichester, from 1715 to the time of his decease in August 1746. He married Sufan, daughter of Bartholomew Burton, of North- Luffenham, in com. Rutland, Efq; by whom he had iffue George his fon and heir; and Auguftus, who died in the tenth year of his age, in March 1735, alfo two daughters, Carolina, and Louifa.

George, late earl of Cardigan, fucceeded his grand-father, anno 1703, and took his feat in the house of peers January 12, 1707. In the reign of queen Anne, his lordship was mafter of her majesty's buckhounds; and January 7, 1710, was appointed cuftos rotulorum of the county of Northampton, and departing this life, July 5, 1732, left iffue, by his wife, the lady Elizabeth Bruce,eldeft daughter to Thomas earl of Ailefbury, four fons and two daughters. George, now earl of Cardigan, on July 7, 1730, was married to the lady Mary Montague, youngest daughter, and now one of the coheirs of John duke of Montague, and fince the deceafe of his grace has taken the name and arms of Montague. His lordship hath iffue one fon, John lord Brudenell, born at his houfe in Albermarle-ftreet, on the 18th of March 1735, alfo three daughters, lady Elizabeth, lady Margaret, and lady Henrietta.

His lordship, on February 14,

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1742, had a grant of the offices of warden and chief-juftice in eyre of all his majesty's forefts, parks, chaces, and warrens beyond Trent; which he refigned in 1752, being on the 22d of February that year appointed constable of Windfor caftle, and lieutenant of the faid castle. On the 13th of March 1752, he was elected a knight-companion of the moft noble order of the garter, being at that time beyond the feas; which was the fecond infance upon record of a fubject's being elected when abroad; and his lordship embarking at Calais to return to England, was by ftormy weather drove into Oftend, and failing from thence, arrived at Dover on the twenty-first of March, and was inftalled at Windfor on the 4th of June following.

Armorial Bearings.] Of Montagu and Monthermer quarterly two coats, the first and fourth argent, three lozenges conjoined in fefo gules, within a border fable; fecond and third fable, a lion rampant argent, and in a canton argent, the cross of England, for Churchill.

Creft.] On a wreath, gryphon's head couped, or, with wings indorfed, and beaked fable.

Supporters.] On the dexter fide a gryphon, or, beaked, winged, and four legs fable. On the finifter, a wyvern, gules, collared, or, wings expanded, gules, charged on the breaft in a canton azure, St. Andrew's crofs, argent.

Motto.] Spectamur agendo, Try us. Chief Seats.] At Dean in North amptonshire; at Blackheath in Kent; at Windfor caftle as Conftable; and Dover-ftreet, London.

Two Remarkable Military ANECDOTES.

OWARDS the clofe of the laft century, when Marechal Catinat invaded Piedmont, it was of

the highest importance to the prefent King, then Duke, to march in time for putting Turin in a better

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to Catinat, the Marechal faid, I mut fee this man of fuch extraordinary fpirit and refolution; and allowed that he and his men fhould march out with their fwords. As Santena paffed by him, the Marechal said,

posture of defence. To this end he difpatched the Count de Santena, then a major, and fince general, with a few hundred men, to Avigliano, an old cafile about three German miles from Turin, which commands the road and valley of Soufa As the That he did indeed well deferve. French army, which confifted of to be hanged; but to fhew him that thirty thousand men, was for paf- he could esteem courage and bravery fing by Santena, he fired at them in an enemy, he should dine with with what little artillery he had. him that day." At table fome Catinat, who was no lefs furprifed French officers upbraided Santena than provoked at this infult, fent to on account of the Duke of Savoy's the cattle, threatening to hang up forming a league with heretics the commanding officer; who re- gaint the moft Chriftian King. turned him for anfwer, he fhould Santena remained filent for fome never have him alive, and that till time, til at laft he asked the Marethe artillery fhould be brought be- chal whether he would allow him fore the cattle, no furrender was to freedom of speech? Catinat corbe expected. Catinat, now fill fenting, he replied, "That his mafmore incenfed, ordered a battery ter had indeed, for felf-defence, to be erected, and fummoned the taken arms against the King of caftle a fecond time. Santena an- France, and had entered into an alfwered, that a breach must first be liance with heretics, fuch as the made, which being begun, he of English and Dutch; nay further, fered to capitulate. Catinat fent a that his mafter was for doing fomelieutenant into the caftle to settle the thing worse, and had fent to Conarticles of capitulation; but as a ftantinople, to negotiate a league preliminary condition, demanded with the Turks; but his moft Chrif bat the foldiers fhould be made tian Majefty had unluckily been be prifoners of war, and the officers fore-hand with him there." Catinat hanged. Upon this Santena took laughed at the officers who had the lieutenant into his chamber. forced this keen repartee from Sanfhut the door, and conducted him tena, faying, this might teach them, between two barrels of powder, with never to infult brave men under miftwo lighted matches lying by. fortunes. lying by. fortunes. However, Santena, by Santena taking one of the lighted his extraordinary behaviour, had matches, got upon one of the pow- the good fortune to obtain for his der barrels, and defired the lieutenant mafter a fufpenfion of arms for fome. to follow his example; adding, days. that fince he must die, many more of the French fhould take a fpring into the air, before all the Piedmontefe in the cattle fhould lofe their lives. The lieutenant fo little relished this compliment, that he begged of Santena to lay afide fuch a defperate defign, promifing to do all that lay in his power for obtain ing an honourable capitulation for the garrifon. Upon this affurance the commandant difmiffed the lieutenant, who having made his report

At the fiege of Turin, in, 17c6, the French had broke into one of the fubterraneous galleries belonging to the citadel, and the French engineer was rewarded with 200 louisd'ors for difcovering this paffage. The French now concluded that they fhould make their way into the citadel, by means of this fecret paflage, and accordingly posted two hundred grenadiers there. One Micha, a Piedmontefe peafant, who had been compelled to ferve as a pioneer, and

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