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Irvine, Viscount of (S, 1661 - 1778)

Creation: let.pat. 23 May 1661

Extinct: 19 Jun 1778

Family name: Ingram

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Arms:

Ermine on a Fess Gules three Escallops Or

Crest:

A Cock proper

Supporters:

Dexter:  a Griffin proper;  Sinister:  an Antelope proper horned maned tufted and unguled Or ducally gorged Gules

Motto:

 Magnanimus Esto

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Henry [Ingram], 1st Viscount of Irvine

3rd but 1st surv. son and heir of Sir Arthur Ingram, of Temple Newsam, co. York, by his first wife Eleanor Slingsby, dau. of Sir Henry Slingsby, of Redhouse, co. York

bapt.

8 Apr 1641

mar.

7 Jun 1661 Lady Essex Montagu (d. betw. 4 and 13 Oct 1677), dau. of Edward [Montagu], 2nd Earl of Manchester, by his third wife Essex Bevill, widow of Sir Thomas Bevill and dau. of Sir Thomas Cheeke, of Pirgo, co. Essex, by his wife Lady Essex Rich, 3rd dau. by his first wife of Robert [Rich], 1st Earl of Warwick

children

1. Hon Edward Ingram, later 2nd Viscount of Irvine

2. Hon Arthur Ingram, later 3rd Viscount of Irvine

1. Hon Essex Ingram (bapt. 10 Jan 1664/5; d. bef. 27 Apr 1670)

bur.

13 Aug 1666 (bur. at Whitkirk, co. York)

created

23 May 1661 Lord Ingram and Viscount of Irvine

suc. by

son

note

Edward [Ingram], 2nd Viscount of Irvine

born

c. 1662

mar.

c. 1686 Hon Elizabeth Sherard (mar. (2) 11 Jun 1696 Hon John Noel, of Walcot, co. Northampton, 2nd son by his fourth wife of Baptist [Noel], 3rd Viscount Campden; d. 1 Mar 1746/7), sister of Bennet [Sherard], 1st Earl of Harborough, and 1st dau. of Bennet [Sherard], 2nd Baron Sherard, by his wife Elizabeth Christopher, dau. and cohrss. of Sir Robert Christopher, of Alford, co. Lincoln

only child

1. Hon Katherine Ingram (b. c. 1686; d. 6 Nov 1688)

died

s.p.m. 16 Sep 1688 (bur. at Whitkirk, co. York)

suc. by

brother

note

Arthur [Ingram], 3rd Viscount of Irvine

bapt.

25 Jan 1665/6

mar.

6 Oct 1685 Isabella Machel (b. 25 Oct 1670; d. 21 Jul 1764; bur. at Horsham, co. Sussex), 1st dau. and cohrss. of John Machel, of Hills, co. Sussex, by his wife Helena .....

children

1. Hon Edward Machel Ingram, later 4th Viscount of Irvine

2. Hon Rich Ingram, later 5th Viscount of Irvine

3. Hon Arthur Ingram, later 6th Viscount of Irvine

4. Hon Henry Ingram, later 7th Viscount of Irvine

5. Hon John Ingram (bapt. 6 Apr 1693; d. unm.)

6. George Ingram, later 8th Viscount of Irvine

7. Gen Hon Charles Ingram, Member of Parliament for Horsham 1737 (bapt. 8 Apr 1696; d. 28 Nov 1748), mar. 9 Mar 1725/6 Elizabeth Brace (widow of Francis Brace, of Biddenham, co. Bedford; bur. 20 Dec 1739), dau. and cohrss. of Charles Scarborough, of Windsor, co. Berkshire, Clerk of the Board of the Green Cloth, and had issue:

1a. Charles Ingram, later 9th Viscount of Irvine

1a. Isabella Ingram (bur. 25 Feb 1762), mar. 17 Mar 1761 Lt Col Frecheville Ramsden (bapt. 11 Apr 1715; d. 24 Dec 1804), 6th son of Sir William Ramsden, 2nd Bt., of Byram, co. York, and had issue

2a. Anna Ingram (bapt. 21 Oct 1730; bur. 22 Jun 1731)

3a. Elizabeth Arthur Ingram (bapt. 26 Jun 1734), mar. 3 May 1767 Nathaniel Bayley

8. Hon Thomas Ingram (bapt. 9 Feb 1697/8; bur. vp. 18 May 1698)

9. Hon William Ingram (bur. betw. 20 Sep 1753 and 15 Jun 1756)

died

21 Jun 1702 (bur. at Whitkirk, co. York)

suc. by

son

note

Member of Parliament for Scarborough 1693-1701 and for Yorkshire 1701-1702; Lord Lieutenant of the North Riding of Yorkshire 1699-1702

Edward [Ingram], 4th Viscount of Irvine

born

26 Dec 1686

died

7 May 1714

suc. by

brother

note

made the Grand Tour 1705-07; died of smallpox in London

Rich [Ingram], 5th Viscount of Irvine

born

6 Jan 1687/8

mar.

c. Dec 1717 Lady Anne Howard, a Lady of the Bedchamber to the Princess of Wales 1736 (b. bef. 1696; mar. (2) 11 Jun 1737 Col William Douglas; d. 2 Dec 1764; bur. at Kew, co. Surrey), 2nd dau. of Charles [Howard], 3rd Earl of Carlisle, by his wife Lady Anne Capell, only dau. of Arthur [Capell], 1st Earl of Essex

died

s.p. 10 Apr 1721 (also died of smallpox; bur. in Westminster Abbey)

suc. by

brother

note

Lord Lieutenant of the East Riding of Yorkshire 1714-15; Governor of Kingston-upon-Hull 1715-21; Col of the 16th Foot Regiment 1715-17 and of the Ist Regiment of Dragoon Guards 1717-21; Governor of Barbados 1720-21 but died before taking up appointment

Arthur [Ingram], 6th Viscount of Irvine

bapt.

21 Dec 1689

died

26 May 1736

suc. by

brother

note

Member of Parliament (Whig) for Horsham 1715-21; Lord Lieutenant of the East Riding of Yorkshire 1728-36

Henry [Ingram], 7th Viscount of Irvine

born

30 Apr 1691

mar.

bef. Jun 1737 Anne Scarborough (d. 20 Mar 1766), dau. and cohrss. of Charles Scarborough, of Windsor, co. Berkshire, Clerk of the Board of the Green Cloth

died

s.p. 4 Apr 1761 (bur. at Whitkirk, co. York)

suc. by

brother

note

Member of Parliament (Whig) for Horsham 1721-36; Commissary General of Stores for Gibraltar 1727 and for Minorca 1735; Lord Lieutenant of the East Riding of Yorkshire 1736-61

George [Ingram], 8th Viscount of Irvine

bapt.

19 Nov 1694

died

14 Apr 1763

suc. by

nephew

note

Rector of Crudwell, co. Wiltshire 1719; Chaplain to the House of Commons 1724; Prebendary of Westminster 1724-63

Charles [Ingram], 9th Viscount of Irvine

born

19 Mar 1726/7

mar.

aft. 28 Jun 1758 Frances Shepheard (b. 8 Aug 1734; d. 20 Nov 1807; bur. at Whitkirk, co. York), illeg. dau. and hrss. of Samuel Shepherd MP, of Exning, co. Suffolk

children

1. Hon Isabella Anne Ingram-Shepheard (d. 12 Apr 1834), mar. 20 May 1776 as his second wife Francis [Seymour-Conway later Ingram-Seymour-Conway], 2nd Marquess of Hertford, and had issue

2. Hon Frances Ingram-Shepheard (d. 29 Sep 1841), mar. 1 Mar 1781 Lt Col Lord William Gordon MP (dspm. 1 May 1823), 2nd son of Cosmo George [Gordon], 3rd Duke of Gordon, by his wife Lady Catharine Gordon, only dau. by his second wife of William [Gordon], 2nd Earl of Aberdeen, and had issue

3. Hon Elizabeth Ingram-Shepheard (d. 23 Aug 1817), mar. 2 Aug 1782 Hugo Meynell, of Hoar Cross, co. Stafford (d. 1801), 1st son and heir of Hugo Meynell, of Bradley, co. Derby, by his wife Anne Boothby Skrimshire, 1st dau. of Thomas Boothby Skrimshire MP, of Norbury Manor, co. Kent, and had issue

4. Hon Harriet Ingram-Shepheard, mar. Henry Hervey Aston

5. Hon Louisa Susanna Ingram-Shepheard (b. c. 1766; d. 22 Nov 1857), mar. 7 Jul 1787 Sir John Ramsden, 4th Bt. MP, of Byram, co. York, and had issue

died

19 Jun 1778 (bur. at Whitkirk, co. York)

note

Member of Parliament for Horsham (Whig) 1747-63; a Groom of the Bedchamber to George, Prince of Wales, 1756-60 and to King George III 1760-63; a Representative Peer for Scotland 1768-78

On the death of the 9th Viscount of Irvine both his titles became extinct.

First written 23 May 2003

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