13 111 ? G R E A T B R I T A I N A N I R E L A N D . V \ ' I . O L . L O N D O N ' I E 6 L L D G A T E [ I I I W I L L I A M MA C K E NZ , 9 ’ E D I N BURG H A N D D UB L I N. A S E R I E S O F P I C T U R E S Q U T H E NQ BZ L E M E ' N A N D G E N T L E M E N W I T H D E SC RI PTI V E A N D H I S TO R I A C L L E TT E R PR E S S . ) l l Y E D IT RI. " " A UT HO R O F A H I ST O RY O F BR IT I S H BI R DS D E D I CAT E D BY PE RMI S S I ON TO B E R MO T G R I O S MA JE T H , S A C U ST Y E Q UE EN. V I . V O L . W EATS PI CTURESQUE VI E S OF S . BAG SHOT PA RK , '— SURREY NE AR WI NDS R BERKS HI RE . A RO Y AL RES I D E NC E . , O , I Y AL H I N K “ H S RO GH ESS TH E DU E O I CONNAUGHT . olden b ui ldi n s h ous e s an and To see g , castles, the of ancient aristocracy, m m ” onasteries, we ust visit the land of our fathers . u m i n m d The present, as the previo s volu es of this work, will show, so e egree , ff m m and I hope with e ect, the truth of the re ark of an A erican writer, which I m b e en have quoted before , for the exa ples I have so far able to give of the “ ” u m m t m Co nty Seats of the noble en and gentle en of the Uni ed Kingdo , are not u d only not a tithe, but literally not a h n redth part of those which adorn our - m e nd m and m. well loved and grand old country fro to end , fro north to south, fro t eas to west . Bagshot Park has been a Royal demesne since the reign of King H enry the and and u m m i m o f m mb Eighth , a frequent favo rite resort fro ti e to t e various e ers th e m of Royal fa ily . Hi s H u m u d s on Royal ighness Prince Arth r Willia Patrick Albert G elph, the thir H e r M u and of ajesty Queen Victoria, Duke of Connaught, D ke of Strathearn, Earl S u m d m of ssex in the Peerage of the United Kingdo , Prince of the United King o , K P. K K T . u G . D ke of Saxony, Prince of Saxe Coburg and Gotha, . , , , ’ m H er H r a Me ber of Majesty s Most onourable Privy Council, Majo in H and d - the S eventh ussars, afterwar s Lieutenant Colonel of the First Battalion Rifle B e H r H rigad , onora y Colonel of the London Irish Rifle Volunteers, onorary Colonel l a d - de - m a of th e Is e of Wight Artillery Militi , Military Ai e Ca p to the Queen , R nger v1 . B the Princes s Louise Margaret Alexander Victoria Frederick Charles of A A BR N CEPETH C STLE , — . B NEAR DURHAM, DURHAM VISCOUNT OYNE . BRANCEPETH was anciently a seat of the great and potent house of Nevill, Earls of m m m m i n West oreland, than which there is no other ore e inent, nor any so e inent , the whole range of British aristocracy . The old castle had b een b uilt by the family of Bulmer before the Norman Con m quest, and was strongly fortified with towers, and defended by a oat . Part of the. r d i m n m m “ ’ ” o iginal buil ing st ll re ai s, and a ong other fine roo s the Barons hall, which 1 82 1 m d r r in the year was orna ented with stained glass win ows, the west one ep e m m l ’ batt e . senting views of the e orable of Neville s Cross The greater portion , a E s however,was t ken down by Matthew Russell, q , and the present noble structure . the v m erected on its site It stands a little to south of the illage of the na e . The m m . H Church is beautifully e bowered in foliage A strea , called the ockley, runs through the park and falls into the Wear . H m Hi s This is a branch of . the ducal house of a ilton, of which Grace the Duke m of Abercorn i s the hea d . It springs fro THE or t d EARL ARRAN (second of the ti le) , Regent of Scotlan , father of L O RD H 1 53 5 Hi s CLAUD AMILTON , create BARON PAISLEY in . youngest son , S I R F RE DERI CK H m d d u and AM ILTON, who arrie Sy ney, da ghter heiress of Sir John h m u Vaughan , signalised i self in the wars of Gustavus Adolph s , the renowned King H m d . i s of Sweden, and was afterwards a e Governor of Ulster son , H d u m l GUSTAVUS AMILTON, was a isting ished i itary officer in the service of King m d m m th m l Willia the Thir , for who he raised six regi ents, two of e sti l well known d hi s th e as the Inniskilling Dragoon Guar s . For services at the Battle of Boyne, d and t i he was w Siege of London erry, ak ng of Athlone, rewarded ith a grant of ’ land - m and ma B s C. forfeited , appointed Brigadier General of the King s ar ies, de u n - In the reign of Queen Anne he was advanced to the rank of Lie te ant General, and F i r s t to d 1 7 1 5 as R H elevated by George the the Peerage of Irelan , in , BA ON AMILTON , ckall n and ' 1 71 7 H e m S to e V I SO O UNr u 2 8th . of , created BOYNE , A gust , arried Elizabeth , ’ d H u h u m n . aughter of Sir enry Brooke, of Brooke s Boro g , in the co nty of Fer a agh H e m 1 6th 1 723 h h ad an died S epte ber . , , aving , with other issue, eldest son, A BRANC E PETH C STLE . H m FREDERICK AMILTON, who left by hi s wife Sophia, sister of Ja es, Viscount m i n 1 71 5 u d d hi s m Li erick, at his decease , a son, who s ccee e grandfather, na ely, Us r Avus H m r i n 1 746 G AMILTON, second VISCOUNT BOYNE , at whose decease, un ar ied, , u d the hono rs evolved on his cousin, H d u H m FREDE RICK AMILTON, third VISCOUNT BOYNE, (el est son of G stavus a ilton, of ’ P Red M. i Wood, in the King s County, for the county of Donegal, by his w fe , m u 1 7 1 7 onl d u arried in Jan ary, , Dorothea, y a ghter of Richard Bellew, first Lord H m 1 78 7 d u m H E s ut . e b Bellew ) arried, in , Elizabeth , a ghter of Benja in edley, q , d 1 7 72 u d d dying without chil ren, in , was s ccee e by his brother, M 2 4 H th . 1 72 4 m d RICHARD AMILTON, fourth VISCOUNT BOYNE, born arch , , who arrie d l m u E s i n u Georgiana, secon daughter of Wil ia B ry, q , of Shannon Grove, the co nty m m — h e d u 3 0 h t . 1 789 of Li erick, by who he had, with others ied J ly , H t m ‘ 2 t 1 74 0 h . 9 m GUSTAVUS AMILTON, fif h VISCOUNT BOYNE , born Dece ber , , arried, l s t . 1 773 t l m d u e m April , , to Mar ha Mati da So erville, only a ght r of Sir Quaile S o erville, H d d 1 6 H i . 1 8 e . s Bart ie in elder son, H I S UNT A 1 2 V O O . 1 77 7 m H GUSTAVUS AMILTON, sixth BOYNE , born pril th , , arried arriet , d m B u E s H u , , , S t only aughter of Benja in a gh q of Burwarton o se hropshire, and lef , d a 3 0th 1 85 5 an n s on at his ece se, March , , only survivi g and heir, H V I S O O UNT 1 1 th G T T , , A .