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Bellomont, Earl of (I, 1680 - 1683)

Creation: let.pat. 9 Dec 1680

Extinct: 5 Jan 1682/3

Family name: Kirkhoven

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Arms:

Argent three Hearts Gules

Crest:

A Demi Negress couped at the waist in profile proper wreathed around the temples Azure and argent winged of the last

Supporters:

Dexter:  A Dragon sans wings Vert;  Sinister:  A Buck Ermine armed and winged Or

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Charles Henry [Kirkhoven], 1st Baron Wotton later 1st Earl of Bellomont

son and heir of Jan van den Kerchhove, Lord of Henvliet, by his wife Katherine Stafford, suo jure Countess of Chesterfield, widow of Hon Sir Henry Stanhope, styled Lord Stanhope, and 1st dau. and cohrss. of Thomas [Wotton], 2nd Baron Wotton

born

mar.

25 Aug 1679 Hon Frances Harpur (b. 12 Nov 1642; widow of Sir John Harpur, of Swarkeston, co. Derby; mar. (3) 3 Jul 1684 Henry Hevingham, of Hevingham Hall, co. Suffolk; dsp. 25 May 1714; bur. at Swarkeston, co. Derby), 1st dau. of William [Willoughby], 6th Baron Willoughby of Parham, by his wife Anne Cary, 3rd dau. of Sir Philip Carey, of Aldenham, co. Hertford, and of St Olave's, Silver Street, London

died

s.p. 5 Jan 1682/3 (bur. in Canterbury Cathedral)

created

31 Aug 1650 Baron Wotton, of Wotton in the County of Kent (Peerage of England)

9 Dec 1680 Earl of Bellomont (Peerage of Ireland)

On the death of the Earl of Bellomont all his peerage titles became extinct.

 First written 3 Oct 2007

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