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Chapters from Family Chests (3 P HAFTERS FAMILY E WA A M A . W F . D RD L ORD , AU THOR OF COUNTY FAMIL IE S , ETC” ETC. IN TW O VOL UMES . VOL . 11. L ONDON B L H R S U E S T AND B L A CK E T T, P U I S E , ”b 13 R R B S e . G EAT MA L OROUGH 1887 . £4? ” “ fif fi t b $ q fip n ? fi 9 9 fl C O N T E N T S T H E S E C O N D V O L U M E . THE RISE OF THE PE IRESES THE STANLEYS AND THE MURRAYS THE H OUSE OF DE CLIFFORD P IR J HN DINELEY BART S . OOR O , SIM N F A L L VAT O R SER , ORD O THE RISE OF THE DUOAL HOUSE OF PORTLAND THE NOBLE HOUSE OF COURTENAY THE GALLANT ADMIRAL LORD DUNDONALD THE MURDER OF LORD CHARLEMONT THE DUDL EYS OF NORTHAMPTONSHIRE THORNTON OF THORNVILLE THE CAVENDISHES ‘ BESS OF HARDWI ORE ' OLIVE PRINCESS C U B AN , OF M ERL D WILD DARELL OF L IT’I‘LECOTE E IZ A FA N CoUNTEss D BY L RRE , OF ER vi CONTE NTS . A ROMANCE IN THE HOUSE OF ROSEBERY ’ THREE VERY FAIR SE YMOURS L ETI ICE DIGBY LA OEEAL EY , DY ROMANCE OF THE EARLDOM OF KELLIE A ROMANCE IN THE DARTMOUTH FAMILY O LD LADY CORR THE DE LA POLES THE E GLINTON TOURNAMENT MA C L F TH L OLM , ORD OR THE PRINCE AND PRI NCESS OF HE SSE - HOMBURG THE RISE OF THE HOUSE OF GOLDSMID THE LOVE - MATCH OF THE EARL OF OSSORY NAN C LARGES D C B A , U HESS OF AL EM RLE MA GA T D CH N WCA T R RE . U ESS OF E S LE THE LORDSHIP OF LORNE THE ANCIENT EARLDOM OF DESMOND THE GALLANT SIR JOHN CHANDOS H MF M C APTERS FRO A ILY CHESTS. TH F P E RISE O THE HIPPSES . I 00 not kno w that in the whole range of houses connecte d with the p e erage there is to be found a family whose rise to wealth and high titles has b e en more truly the result of Phi ses accident than that of the p p , Earls of e u e A Mulgrav and Marq is s of Normanby. ’ r eferenc e to the genealogical portion of Burke s e Peerag will explain my meaning . e hi ses e Three c nturies ago the P p p w re plain , e e e untitl d gentl m n , or possibly only yeomen, in — e ne e a . Lincolnshir . O of th ir number Mr l th e t e e Wi liam Phipps, firs whose nam app ars in his the annals of the country, or even of county B VOL . II . I 2 CHAPTERS FROM FAM LY CHESTS . — appears to have raised a regim ent of hors e soldiers for the service of King Charles during i t s w as th e Civ l Wars. But hi loyal act not at all likely to have h elp e d him in a pecuniary e e . s nse ; for, with very rare exceptions, Charl s II s e ems to have had a very short memory Of good e f t de e ds done to his father wh n in di ficul ies. li e e . Mr . Wil am Phipps, how v r, had a grandson , Constantine , who chose the profession of the law, and who , going over to Ireland at a for t unat e e e junctur , rose to b come the occupant of ’ ‘ i s re the woolsack in the s ster i land, and to c eive H e e the honour of knighthood . h ld the 17 14 e seals till , when he r signed, and, coming e his back to London , settl d down in chambers th e e e in Templ , r solved to Spend his declining e e years in l isure and retirem nt . th e e e Like nobl house of Lansdowne , whos " e e e e th e history I hav trac d in th s pages , hous e of Phipps included in its pedigre e a man of e e practical g nius, whose name and care r I find ’ e Mecha nic s Ma azine thus mention d in the g , for u i was hi a co s n of Sir Constantine William P pps, the inventor of th e diving- b ell - See vol i . 241 . , pp 250. 3 THE RISE OF THE PHIPPSES. The first diving- bell of which we read was e e Sus ende d nothing but a very large k ttl , p by e h rop s, wit the mouth downwards, and planks sit th e e i . to on, fixed in middl of its concav ty r ee e 1588 ex eri Two G ks at Tol do , in , made an p e i e e e e m nt w th it b for the Emp ror Charl s V . e e e Th y d sc nded in it, with a lighted candle, to i e e 8 l i e . 16 3 a cons d rabl d pth In , Wi liam Ph pps, so n un the of a blacksmith, formed a project for loading a rich Spanish ship sunk on th e coast of him e Hispaniola . Charles II . gave a vess l with e e e e v rything n cessary for his und rtaking ; but, e e h e e e e . b ing unsucc ssful, r turn d in great pov rty He then e ndeavour ed to procure anoth er v essel ; l hi but, fai ing, he got a subscription, to w ch the e 168 7 Duke Of Albemarle contribut d . In Phipps s et sail in a ship of two hundred tons, having previously engage d to divide his profits accor d ing to th e twenty shar e s of which th e sub scrip e tion consisted . At first all his labours prov d e h e e e fruitless ; but at last, wh n se m d almost to i h e u e so despa r, was fort nat enough to bring up much treasure that h e return e d to England with the value of Of this sum h e got a bout and th e Duke of Albemarle B 2 4 CHAPTERS FROM FAMILY CHESTS . e th e Phipps was knight d by king, and since that time diving- bells have be e n con ’ l e stant y employ d . e h e d W No doubt, wh n ied , this Sir illiam Phipps l eft th e results of his inve ntion to his e e e cousin Constantin , who appears to hav nam d him his l in after only son Wi liam , whom the e hop es of the family w ere c e ntr d . This Mr. William Phipps marri e d th e Lady Cath erine e e th e e Ann sley, only daught r of Earl of Angl e e w as e sey, whos count ss a natural daught r of e e Jam s II . As the husband of this latt r lady, e e di e e the Earl of Angl s y, d conv niently young, her ladyship took for her second husband John f e e No rmanb She fi ld, Duk of Buckingham and y, sh e e by whom had an only son , who di d in his e e th e minority, and bequ athed to his moth r re o f e e version his large Yorkshire stat s . It was of cours e a v ery natural thing for th e r a n e e e mothe , h ving i h rit d a fine estat from the so n second e e only of her marriage, to l av it to the only grandson of h er first marriage ; and so it e th e so n cam about that Constantine Phipps, of Mr. William Phipps and th e Lady Cath erine e Annesl y, when he found himself the heir to this PHIPP ES 5 THE RISE OF THE S . n e e e oble prop rty, was nabl d to claim and to s e Th e e obtain an Iri h pe rage . titl which he r Ne w Bo ss chose was that of Lord Mulg ave , of , in the county of Wexford ; the sam e that had been one of th e lesser title s of th e Duk e of ef Buckingham . E dmund Sh field, third Lord f e e w e She fi ld, of Butt r ick, was cr ated Earl of 162 6 e 164 6 Mulgrave in , and at his d ath , in , was succ e e de d by his grandson Edmund as se cond w as th e e - e e earl . He the father of abov m ntion d effi e e e th e John Sh eld, who was l vat d to Mar uisat e 16 9 4 1703 ad q of Normanby in , and in v n a ced to th e dignity of Duke of Buckingham . e e - his His grac was w ll known in day as a poet, e re He e 1720 but of moderat p tensions .
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