EARLS AND MARQUESSES OF See also:

• LONDONDERRY
• LONDONDERRY, CHARLES WILLIAM STEWART (VANE), 3RD MARQUESS
• EARLS AND MARQUESSES OF LONDONDERRY
• LONDONDERRY, or DERRY
• LONDONDERRY, ROBERT STEWART, 2ND MARQUESS OF (1769-1822)

LONDONDERRY  . The 1st See also:

• EARL

earl of See also:

• LONDONDERRY
• LONDONDERRY, CHARLES WILLIAM STEWART (VANE), 3RD MARQUESS
• LONDONDERRY, EARLS AND MARQUESSES OF
• LONDONDERRY, or DERRY
• LONDONDERRY, ROBERT STEWART, 2ND MARQUESS OF (1769-1822)

Londonderry was See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas Ridgeway (c . 1565-1631), a See also:

• DEVON, EARLS OF

Devon See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man, who was treasurer in See also:

• IRELAND
• IRELAND, CHURCH
• IRELAND, CHURCH OF
• IRELAND, JOHN (1761-1842)
• IRELAND, JOHN (1838- )
• IRELAND, WILLIAM HENRY (1777-1835)

Ireland from 16o6 to 1616 and was engaged in the See also:

• PLANTATION (Lat. plantare, to plant)

plantation of See also:

• ULSTER
• ULSTER, EARLS OF

Ulster . Ridgeway was made a See also:

• BARONET

baronet in 1611, See also:

• BARON
• BARON (1835-1895)
• BARON, MICHEL (1653—1729)

Baron Ridgeway in 1616 and earl of Londonderry in 1623 . The Ridgeways held the earldom until See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1714, when See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

Robert, the 4th earl, died without sons . In 1726 Robert's son-in-See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law, Thomas See also:

• PITT, THOMAS (1653-1726)
• PITT, WILLIAM (1759-1806)

Pitt (c . 1688-1729), son of Thomas Pitt, " See also:

• DIAMOND

Diamond Pitt," See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor at See also:

• MADRAS

Madras and See also:

• UNCLE

uncle of the See also:

• GREAT

great earl of See also:

• CHATHAM
• CHATHAM, WILLIAM PITT

Chatham, was created earl of Londonderry, the earldom again becoming See also:

• EXTINCT

extinct when his younger son Ridgeway, the 3rd earl of this See also:

• LINE

line, died unmarried in See also:

• JANUARY

January 1765 . In 1796 Robert See also:

• STEWART, ALEXANDER TURNEY (1803-1876)
• STEWART, BALFOUR (1828-1887)
• STEWART, CHARLES (1778–1869)
• STEWART, DUGALD (1753-1828)
• STEWART, J
• STEWART, JOHN (1749—1822)
• STEWART, JULIUS L
• STEWART, SIR DONALD MARTIN (1824–19o0)
• STEWART, SIR HERBERT (1843—1885)
• STEWART, SIR WILLIAM (c. 1540—c. 1605)
• STEWART, STUART
• STEWART, WILLIAM (c. 1480-c. 1550)

Stewart (1739-1821), of See also:

• MOUNT, WILLIAM SIDNEY (1807-1868)

Mount Stewart, Co . Down, was made earl of Londonderry in the Irish See also:

• PEERAGE
• PEERAGE (Fr. pairage, med. Lat. paragium; M.E. Pere, 0. Fr. per, peer, later pair; Lat. Paris, " equal ")

peerage . He had been created Baron Londonderry in 1789 and See also:

• VISCOUNT (through O. Fr. viscomte, mod. vicomte, from Low Lat. vice-comes, cf. Portug. visconde, Ital. visconte)

Viscount Castlereagh in 1795; in 1816 he was advanced to the See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank of See also:

• MARQUESS (1760-1842)
• MARQUESS, or MARQUIS (Fr. marquis, Ital. marchese; from med. Lat. marchio, marchisus, i.e. comes marchiae, " count of the March ")

marquess of Londonderry . The 3rd marquess married the heiress of the See also:

• VANE (formerly spelt " fane," i.e. pennon, flag; cf. Ger. Feline, Du. vaan, Fr. girouette, Ital. banderuola, Ger. Wellerfahne)
• VANE, SIR HENRY (1589-1654)
• VANE, SIR HENRY (1613-1662)

Vane-Tempests and took the name of Vane instead of Stewart; the 5th marquess called himself Vane-See also:

• TEMPEST, MARIE (1866– )

Tempest and the 6th marquess Vane-Tempest-Stewart .