Creat.

7 Mar.

1627.

Creat.

26 Mar. 1628.

WILLIAM CAVENDISH, earl of Newcastle, &c. in armour; 8vo.

There are several portraits of him at Welbeck, by Diepenbeck, who designed the prints for his book of horsemanship, &c. See the preceding division of this Class.

HENRY GREY, earl of Standford. Hollar f. a small oval.

HENRY GREY, earl of Stamford; on horseback. Stent; 4to. view of Hull; rare.

HENRY GRAY, earl of Stamford, lord Gray, of Gray Bonville, &c. in Ricraft's Survey of England's Champions," 1649.

HENRY GRAY, earl of Standford (Stamford); small oval. W. Richardson.

There is a portrait of him at Dunham, the seat of the Earl of Stamford.

Henry, lord Grey, of Groby, married Anne, daughter and coheir of William Cecil, earl of Exeter; in whose right he was possessed of the castle, borough, and manor of Stamford, whence he took his title. He was colonel of a regiment in the parliament army, under the Earl of Essex, and was very active in their service, particularly in Herefordshire and Cornwall. In the "Mercurius Rusticus," is an account of his sending Captain Kirle to plunder the house of Thomas Swift, vicar of Goodwich,t in the county of Hereford, who was supposed to have been plundered oftener than any other person during the civil war. He was grandfather of the celebrated dean of St. Patrick's.‡ 21st of August, 1673.

P. 71. edit. 1646.

+ Goodrich.

The Earl of Stamford died the

See the "Life of Dr. Swift," by Deane Swift, esq.

MOUNTJOY BLUNT (BLOUNT), earl of Newport. Hollar f. a small oval.

The Lord MOUNTJOY BLOUNT, M. D. Martin Droeshout sc. 8vo. rare: afterward printed with a border; which is also scarce.

MOUNTJOY BLOUNT, earle of Newport, &c. small oval. W. Richardson.

1628.

Mountjoy Blount was a natural son of Charles Blount, earl of Creat. Devonshire, by Penelope, daughter of Walter Devereux, earl of 3 Aug. Essex, and wife of Robert, lord Rich. He was created baron of Thurlston by James I. and earl of Newport by Charles. He was master of the ordnance, and one of the council of war in the royal army. He died at Oxford in 1665, and lies buried at Christ Church.

HIERONYMUS WESTON, comes Portlandiæ. Vandyck p. Hollar f. h. sh. This is copied by Gaywood.

There is another, smaller, in Lord Clarendon's "History," before the character of his father.

1632,

Jerome, son of Richard Weston, earl of Portland, lord-treasurer Creat. in this reign, was a man of good abilities, of various learning, and 17 Feb. genteel accomplishments; which enabled him to speak pertinently 8 Car. I. and gracefully upon every occasion. He was a good statesman, and had the reputation of being well skilled in naval affairs, in the reign of Charles II. He died, according to Heylin, the 16th or 18th of March, 1662; according to Lloyd, 1663-4.* His son Charles, a young nobleman of great expectation, voluntarily entered himself into the sea-service under the Duke of York. He was killed in an engagement with the Dutch, the 3d of June, 1665.

*I look upon the authority of Heylin to be better than that of Lloyd.

THOMAS WENTWORTH, earl of Strafford; in armour. Vandyck p. W. Hollar f. 1640; h.sh.*

THOMAS WENTWORTH, &c. Vandyck p. Houbraken sc. 1740; Illust. Head. In the collection of Sir Francis Child.

There is a portrait of him at Welbeck, and another at Petworth.

LORD STRAFFORD. Vertue sc. One of the set of Loyalists. From a painting at Lord Strafford's.

THOMAS, &c. in an oval; his titles in Dutch and English; seven lines at bottom. C. Visscher.

THOMAS WENTWORTH, &C. E. Bocquet sc. In "Noble Authors," by Park.

THOMAS WENTWORTH, &c. J. S. Agar sc. 1816; from the original of Vandyck, in the collection of the Right Honourable the Earl of Egremont; in Mr. Lodge's "Illustrious Portraits."

THOMAS, earl of Strafford. Vandyck p. Cooper ;† h. sh. mezz.

SIR THOMAS WENTWORTH, earl of Strafford. Vandyck p. Vandergucht sc. 8vo.

THOMAS WENTWORTH, &c. neatly copied from Houbraken, by Strange. In Smollett's "History.'

Mr. Garrard, in a letter to Lord Wentworth, then lord-deputy in Ireland, dated Sion (House), Oct. 9th, 1637, mentions this picture in these terms: "I daily visit your picture, done by Vandyck, in armour, which hangs in one of the galleries here; which is all the service my eyes can do to your lordship.-BINDLEY.

The name of a printseller.

THOMAS, earl of Strafford. Hollar f. a small oval.

THOMAS, earl of Strafford. Vaughan sc. robes of the Garter; whole length; 4to.

SIR THOMAS WENTWORTH, &c. lord-lieutenant of Ireland; collar of the Garter.

THOMAS, earl of Strafford. G. G. (Glover); 12mo. THOMAS WENTWORTH, comes Straffordiæ; 12mo. SIR THOMAS WENTWORTH, &c. R. White sc. h. sh.

THOMAS WENTWORDT, Hibernia prorex, &c. 12mo. THOMAS WENTWORDT, grave Van Strafford, &c. THOMAS, earl of Strafford. Moncornet exc. 4to.

SIR THOMAS WENTWORTH, earl of Strafford, and Sir Philip Mainwaring, his secretary. Vandyck p. Vertue sc. 1739; h.sh.

The original of this is at Blenheim, and much inferior to the next, which Mr. Walpole esteems the finest picture of Vandyck.*

THOMAS WENTWORTH, earl of Strafford, and Sir Philip Mainwaring. Vandyck p. Houston f.

This print was never published. The original is at the Marquis of Rockingham's, at Wentworth-house.

Progenies STRAFFORDIANA: namely, William, lord Wentworth, afterward earl of Strafford ;† Lady

* See "Anecdotes of Painting," vol. ii. p. 104, 2d edit.

He died, without issue, in Oct. 1695.

Creal.

12 Jan.

1639,

Anne Wentworth, married to Edward, lord Rockingham; Lady Arabella Wentworth, married to the Honourable Justin Maccartie, son of the Earl of Clincartie (Clancarty). Vertue sc. 1739; h. sh.

THOMAS WENTWORTH, &c. with an account of his execution, in English and Dutch; large h. sh.

Sir Thomas Wentworth, who had distinguished himself among the foremost of the popular leaders in the House of Commons, of a 15 Car. I. sudden attached himself to the king. He was soon after called to the House of Peers, was made lord-president of the North, and lord-lieutenant of Ireland. He was great from his honours and preferments; but much greater in, and from himself. The desertion from his party, the elevation of his rank, the plenitude of his power, and the dread of his abilities, rendered him, in the highest degree, obnoxious to the patriots, who persecuted him with unrelenting hatred. He pleaded his cause, upon his trial, with a clearness and strength of reason, that must have acquitted him in any court, but such as was determined to condemn him. When he saw that the force of argument was not likely to prevail, he had recourse to the pathetic, of which he was a great master. Such were the powers of his eloquence, that many who sincerely hated the prime minister, as sincerely pitied the man. In the last dreadful scene of his life, he acquitt d himself with a greatness of mind suitable to the dignity of his character. His enemies expressed a malignant joy upon this occasion; but his dismayed and affrighted friends considered his death as a prelude only to more executions.* Beheaded the 12th of May, 1641.

THE EARL OF CLEVELAND; from a drawing in the King's "Clarendon." Cooper sc. 8vo.

Thomas Wentworth, created lord Wentworth of Nettlested, in the county of York, by King James I. in 1610, was further raised

This is the character of the Earl of Strafford, as it is represented by the generality of our historians. Mrs. Macaulay would think it too favourable: and it ought to be acknowledged, that that ingenious lady has incontestibly proved, that some parts of his conduct coincided too much with the arbitrary proceedings of Charles I.