A supplement to the four volumes of The peerage of England; Containing a succession of the peers from 1740; with accounts of those who have been ... families since advanced to the peerage of thi

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1750 Excerpt: ... black Marble, having natural Veins and Branches of Gold Colour all over it, with a Ball at the Top, and at the Bottom of it are Figures mourning, and other proper Emblems of Mortality, in Statuary Marble. On the Table below, is this Inscription. Hie sttus est Thomas Archer Armiger, Sjmonis equitis auratis antiquijjima familia oriundi filitis, §ui literis, armis, & peregrinationibus Juventutem impendit, Redux gravi tempore Patrice publicis in Comitiis inferviitt Erat imprimis Fidei & Amicitia servantisjimus, Singularis ei morum fuavitas £sf facilis confuetudo, ZQkam nemo bonus odiijse vellet, nemo improbus auderet, Ætat. sute 67. Annoq; Dem. 1685 Juxta recumbunt Anna, & Elizabetha, Ilia pia Mater, heec conjux mitisstma Andreæ Archer, Forma & Virtute consummatijjima Fœminarum decus, Ingenio animiq; lumine etiam virorum invidia, An. Ætat. 52, 1685. Elizabethæ Æt. 29, 1703. Hoc monumenlum Andreas Archer filius Primogenitus fietajis ergo posuit, He He married Elizabeth, Daughter of Sir Samuel Dalhwood, LordMayor of London in 1702, by whom he had Issue three Sons, Thomas, Henry, and Daniel j and:four Daughters, Elizabeth, Sarah, and Diana j which last is married to Thomas ChapJin, of Blankney-Hallin Com. 'Lincoln, Esq;. Henry was elected Member for Warwick in the second, third, aud fourth Parliaments of King George the Second, and married the Lady Elizabeth Montagu, Sister to George, the present Earl of Hallifax. Thomas was Member with his Brother Henry for Warwick, in the second Parliament of King George the Second, and was Member for Bramber, in Suffix, in the third Parliament of King George the Second; and his Majesty was pleased to create him a Peer of this Realm, by the Name, Stile, and Title, of Lord ...