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Radnor, Earl of (E, 1679 - 1757)

Creation: let.pat. 23 Jul 1679

Extinct: 15 Jul 1757

Family name: Robartes

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Arms:

Azure three Estoiles Or a Chief wavy of the last

Crest:

A Lion rampant Or holding a Sword enflamed proper

Supporters:

On either side a Goat Argent ducally gorged Azure

Motto:

 Quae supra

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John [Robartes], 2nd Baron Robartes later 1st Earl of Radnor, PC

only son and heir of Richard [Robartes], 1st Baron Robartes, by his wife Frances Hender, dau. and cohrss. of John Hender, of Botreaux Castle, co. Cornwall

born

1606

mar. (1)

aft. 21 Apr 1630 Lady Lucy Rich (b. c. 1615; d. betw. 1635 and 1646), 2nd dau. of Robert [Rich], 2nd Earl of Warwick, by his first wife Frances Hatton, dau. and hrss. of Sir William Newport later Hatton

children by first wife

1. Hon Robert Robartes, styled Viscount Bodmin, Member of Parliament for Cornwall 1660 and for Bossiney 1661-79, Constable of Carnarvon Castle 1663, Envoy Extraordinary to Copenhagen 1680-81 (b. 1633; dvp. 12 Feb 1681/2), mar. bef. 1658 Sarah Bodvile, granted the style and precedence of the widow of an Earl by Royal Warrant 1685/6 (bur. 20 Sep 1720), dau. and cohrss. of Col John Bodvile, of Bodvile Castle, co. Cornwall, and had issue:

1a. John Robartes (b. 10 Feb 1658; bur. vp. 1 Sep 1674)

2a. Hon Charles Bodvile Robartes, later 2nd Earl of Radnor

3a. Hon Russell Robartes, Member of Parliament for Bodmin, a Teller of the Exchequer (b. 1694; bur. 7 Feb 1717/8), mar. Lady Mary Booth, 2nd dau. of Henry [Booth], 1st Earl of Warrington, by his wife Mary Langham, only surv. child and hrss. in her issue of Sir James Langham, 2nd Bt., of Cottesbrooke, co. Northampton, and had issue:

1b. Henry Robartes, later 3rd Earl of Radnor

1b. Lady Mary Vere Robartes (d. 1758), mar. 1719 Thomas Hunt, of Mollington Hall, co. Chester (bapt. 11 Aug 1684; d. 1739), 1st surv. son and heir of John Hunt, of Mollington Hall, co. Chester, by his wife Dorcas Amphlett, 2nd dau. of Richard Amphlett, of Clent, and had issue:

1c. Thomas Hunt, of Mollington Hall, co. Chester, Member of Parliament for Bodmin 1784-88 (d. 1788), mar. Mary Bold, dau. and cohrss. of Peter Bold, of Bold Hall, co. Lancaster, and had issue:

1d. Anna Maria Hunt, suc. to Lanhydrock 1798 (d. 3 Mar 1861), mar. 15 Nov 1804 Hon Charles Bagenal Agar (b. 13 Aug 1769; d. 16 Jun 1811), 3rd son of John [Agar], 1st Viscount Clifden, by his wife Lucia Walsingham, widow of Hon Henry Boyle later Walsingham, 2nd son by his second wife of Henry [Boyle], 1st Earl of Shannon, and 1st dau. of Col John Martin, of Dublin, Ireland, and had issue:

1e. Thomas James Agar later Agar-Robartes, later 1st Baron Robartes

2d. Frances Hunt (d. 1798)

2c. George Hunt, of Lanhydrock Hall, Member of Parliament for Bodmin 1753-84 (d. 8 Nov 1798)

1c. Mary Hunt, mar. 1740 as his second wife Roger Wilbraham, of Nantwich, co. Chester (d. 1754), and had issue

1a. Hon Isabella Robartes, mar. Col ..... Legh, of Adlington, co. Chester

2a. Hon Sarah Robartes (d. unm.)

3a. Hon Lucy Robartes, mar. Hon George Booth, 4th son of George [Booth], 1st Baron Delamer, by his second wife Lady Elizabeth Grey, 1st dau. of Henry [Grey], 1st Earl of Stamford, and had issue

4a. Hon Essex Robartes (d. unm.)

2. Hon Hender Robartes MP

3. Hon John Robartes (d. young)

mar. (2)

betw. 11 May 1646 and 21 Apr 1647 Letitia Isabella Smith (mar. (2) 8 Jun 1688 as his second wife Charles [Cheyne], 1st Viscount Newhaven; d. 9 Jul 1714), dau. of Sir John Smith, of Bidborough, co. Kent, by his wife Lady Isabella Rich, sister of Robert [Rich], 2nd Earl of Warwick, and 4th dau. by his first wife of Robert [Rich], 1st Earl of Warwick

children by second wife

4. Hon Francis Robartes, Member of Parliament for Bodmin, a Teller of the Exchequer (bapt. 6 Jan 1649/50; d. 3 Feb 1717/8), mar. Lady Anne FitzGerald, only dau. of Wentworth [FitzGerald], 17th Earl of Kildare, by his wife Lady Elizabeth Holles, 2nd dau. of John [Holles], 2nd Earl of Clare, and had issue:

1a. John Robartes, later 4th Earl of Radnor

2a. Francis Robartes (d. 1734), mar. Mary Wallis, dau. of William Wallis, of Groveby, co. Wiltshire, and had issue:

1b. John Robartes

5. Hon Henry Robartes (dsp.), mar. Francis Coryton

6. Hon Warwick Robartes

1. Lady Letitia Isabella Robartes (d. c. 1681), mar. (1) 28 Oct 1669 Charles [Moore], 2nd Earl of Drogheda, and (2) c. 1680 as his first wife William Wycherley, the dramatist

2. Lady Diana Robartes

3. Lady Aramintha Robartes, mar. Rt Rev Ezekiel Hopkins DD, Bishop of Derry

4. Lady Olimpia Robartes

5. Lady Essex Robartes, mar. John Specot, of Penhaile, co. Cornwall

died

17 Jul 1685

created

23 Jul 1679 Viscount Bodmin, of Bodmin in the County of Cornwall, and Earl of Radnor

suc. by

grandson

note

suc. his father as 2nd Baron Robartes 19 Apr 1634 ; fought for Parliament in the Civil War; Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall 1642-45 and of Devon 1644-45; Governor of Plymouth 1644-45; a member of the Committee of both Kingdoms 1643/4 and of the Committee of both Houses 1647/8; Recorder of Loswithiel 1646; a Governor of the Charterhouse 1645 and 1660; Custos Rotulorum of Cornwall 1660; Privy Councillor 1660 and 1679; a Commissioner of the Treasury 1660; a member of the Council of Trade 1660; Lord Deputy of Ireland 1660-61; Lord Privy Seal 1661-73; a Commissioner for executing the office of Earl Marshal 1662; Speaker of the House of Lords; Lord Lieutenant of Ireland 1669-70; Lord President of the Council 1679-84; a Commissioner for Tangiers 1680

Charles Bodvile [Robartes], 2nd Earl of Radnor

born

26 Jul 1660

mar.

bef. 4 Jun 1689 Elizabeth Cutler (d. 13 Jan 1696/7), only dau. and cohrss. of Sir John Cutler, 1st Bt, of Westminster, by his first wife Elisha Tipping, dau. of Sir Thomas Tipping, of Wheatfield, co. Oxford

died

s. p. 3 Aug 1723

suc. by

nephew

note

Member of Parliament for Bossiney 1679-80 and for Cornwall 1685; Constable of Carnarvon Castle 1692; Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall 1696-1702 and 1714-23; Lord Warden of the Stannaries and High Steward of the Duchy of Cornwall 1701-02; Privy Councillor 1701/2 and 1714; Treasurer of the Chamber 1714-20

Henry [Robartes], 3rd Earl of Radnor

born

c. 1695

died

1 Feb 1741

suc. by

cousin

note

John [Robartes], 4th Earl of Radnor

born

1686

died

15 Jul 1757

note

On the death of the 4th Earl of Radnor all his titles became extinct

 First written 4 Apr 2003

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