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Hampden, Viscount (GB, 1776 - 1824)

Creation: let.pat. 14 Jun 1776

Extinct: 9 Sep 1824

Family name: Trevor later Trevor-Hampden

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Arms:

Quarterly:  1st and 4th, Argent a Saltire Gules between four Eagles displayed Azure (Hampden);  2nd and 3rd, Per bend sinister Ermine and Ermines a Lion rampant Or (Trevor)

Crest:

1st:  A Talbot passant Ermine gorged with a Plain Collar and chained Or (Hampden);  2nd:  On a Chapeau Gules turned up Ermine a Wyvern rising Sable (Trevor)

Supporters:

On either side a Wyvern reguardant Sable

Motto:

 Vestigia Nulla Retrorsum

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Robert [Trevor later Trevor-Hampden], 4th Baron Trevor later 1st Viscount Hampden

1st son of Thomas [Trevor], 1st Baron Trevor, by his second wife and cousin Anne Bernard, widow of Sir Robert Bernard, 3rd Bt., and dau. of Robert Weldon, of St Laurence Jewry, London

born

17 Feb 1705/6

mar.

6 Feb 1743 Baroness Constantia de Huybert (d. 15 Jun 1761;  bur. at Great Hampden, co. Buckingham), dau. of Peter Anthony de Huybert, Lord van Kruyningen, in Holland

children

1. Hon Thomas Trevor-Hampden, later 2nd Viscount Hampden

2. Hon John Trevor-Hampden, later 3rd Viscount Hampden

1. Hon Mary Constantia Trevor-Hampden (b. 22 Feb 1743/4; dsps. 8 Feb 1767; bur. at Charlton, co. Wiltshire), mar. 25 May 1764 as his first wife Henry [Howard], 12th Earl of Suffolk, and had issue

2. Anne Trevor-Hampden (dvp. 1760)

died

22 Aug 1783 (bur. at Bromham, co. Bedford)

created

14 Jun 1776 Viscount Hampden, of Great and Little Hampden in the County of Buckingham

suc. by

son

note

Secretary of Embassy at The Hague 1734-36;  Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at The Hague 1739-46;  Commissioner of the Irish Revenue 1746-59;  in compliance with the will of his second cousin John Hampden, of Great Hampden, co. Buckingham, who died unm. in 1754, he took the name of Hampden for himself and his heirs male in addition to the name of Trevor by Royal Licence 1754;  Joint Postmaster General 1759-65;  suc. his elder brother as 4th Baron Trevor 27 Sep 1764;  FRS 1764;  FSA 1776

Thomas [Trevor-Hampden], 2nd Viscount Hampden, GCH

born

11 Sep 1746

mar. (1)

13 Jun 1768 Catherine Graeme (b. 12 Apr 1749; d. 24 May 1804), only child of Gen David Graeme, of Braco Castle, co. Perth

mar. (2)

11 Jun 1805 Maria Brown (b. c. 1773; d. 27 Jun 1833; bur. at Ellistoun), dau. of George Brown, of Ellistoun, Scotland

died

s.p. 20 Aug 1824 (bur. at Glynde, co. Sussex)

suc. by

brother

note

Member of Parliament (Whig) for Lewes 1768-74; GCH (Civil) 1816

John [Trevor-Hampden], 3rd Viscount Hampden, PC

born

24 Feb 1748/9

mar.

5 Aug 1773 Harriet Burton (b. c. 1751; d. 26 Jun 1829; bur. at Glynde, co. Sussex), only child of Rev Daniel Burton DD, Canon of Christ Church, Oxford, and Rector of Slapton, co. Buckingham

died

s.p. 9 Sep 1824 (bur. at Glynde, co. Sussex)

note

Minister to the Diet at Ratisbon 1780-83; Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Turin 1783-98; Privy Councillor 1797

On the death of the 3rd Viscount Hampden the Viscountcy of Hampden and the Barony of Trevor became extinct.

First written 6 Mar 2012

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