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da. of Eusebius Horton, of Catton, co. Derby. She d. 11 March 1866, at 24, Arlington street, aged 44. He d., after a long and painful illness, 2 Aug. 1878, at Parham aged., aged 63.

XV. 1873. 15. Robert Nathaniel Cecil George (Curson), Lord Zouche De Haryegworth,<r1> only s. and h., b. 12 July 1851, at Catton Hall, co. Derby; ed. at Kton, and at Ch. Ch., Oxford, where he matric. 19 May 1869; suc. to the peerage 2 Aug. 1873. He m. 15 July 1875, at St. Geo., Han. sq., Annie Mary Eleanor (then aged 18) 3d da. of Alexander (FRASER), 17th LORD SALTOUN OF ABERNETHY [8.], by Charlotte, da of Thomas Browne Evans. She, who was b. 8 Feb. 1857 and who left his house three months after marriage, was divorced by decree “nisi," 8 Dec. 1876.(b) Family Estates.-These, in 1888, consisted of 6,654 acres in Sussex, and 239 in Staffordshire. Total, 6,898 acres, worth £6,223 a year. Principal seat, Parham Park, near Pulborough, co. Sussex. ZOUCHE, or LA ZOUCHE, DE MORTIMER or DE RICHARDS CASTLE. Writ. Barony by 1. WILLIAM LA ZOUCHE, formerly MORTIMER, yr. br. of Hugh, LORD MORTIMER, (so sum. 1299), both being sons of Robert I. 1323. DE MORTIMER, of Richards Castle, co. Hereford (d. 1287), by Joyce, da. and h. of William LA ZOUCHE, having inherited, thro' his mother, some of the estates of that family, and acquired others, including probably that of Ashby de la Zouche, co. Leicester, (*) (which last he undoubtedly possessed in 1827, after the death s.p.m., in 1814, of Alan. LORD LA ZOUCHE), took the name of La Zouche, and was sum. to Parl. as a Baron(d) from 26 Dec. (1823), 17 Ed. II (•) to 14 Jan. (1336/7), 10 Ed. III., the first and second writs being directed "Willo la Zousche" (LORD ZOUCHE or LA ZOUCHE) that for 10 Oct. (1825), 19 Ed. II.,(¹) as also for one subsequently, "Willo, la Zousch de Castro Rici" (LORD ZOUCHE DE RICHARDS CASTLE), but those from 15 June (1828), 2 Ed. III., to (his last summons) Jan. 1886/7; "Willo La Zousche de Mortuo Mari" (LORD ZOUCH DE MORTIMER.(5)

(a) It is a curious coincidence that the title of Zouche which word in French signifies "the stock of a tree"-should be borne by a family named Curzon, the word ("Courgeon") signifying therein " a twig or "cutting." Camden mentions that William La Zouche, Archbishop of York (1342-52) was (for his valour against the Scotch) alluded to as under "Et pater invictus, sicco de stipite dictus."

(b) The cause was crim. con, with the Earl of Mayo [I.] She m. 30 Aug. 1898, Arthur William (Hill-Trevor) 2d Baron Trevor of Brynkinalt, at which place she d. s.p. 10 May 1895, aged 88. See vol. vii, p. 427, note "b."

(c) There seems to be little doubt but that Ashby so passed, together with the Lordships of Swavesey and Fulborne, co. Cambridge, which undoubtedly did so. The account in Dugdale (vol. i., p. 158, sub. “Mortimer,") is that this William "enjoyed the lordship of Ashby, oo. Leicester, whereof Robert his father [died 1286-87, 15 Ed. I.], had been possessed by the gift of Alan La Zouch, his uncle." It is, however, known that Alan La Zouche d. (1269-70), 5 Hen. III., seized of this manor leaving Roger his a. and h., aged 28, who had livery thereof, and d. (1284-85), 18 Ed. I., leaving Alan his s. and h., afterwards (1299), Lord La Zouche, who in 1801 is described as "dominus de Assheby," which Lordship, apparently, he held till his death, a.p.m., in 1814.

(d) There is proof in the Rolls of Parl. of his sitting.

(e) This was the same Parl in which his cousin, another William La Zouche, appears with the designation of "de Haryngworth" added to him for the first time.

(f)In this Parl. writs are directed to three persons named William Zouche, viz., (1) Willo la Zouche, (2) Willo la Zousch de Haryngworth, and (3) Willo la Zeusch de Castro Rici," which last doubtless refers to this Baron. The first entry is marked † in the "Report on the dignity of a Peer," and it is far from clear to whom it may refer.

(g) "In the Rolls of Parl., vol. ii., p. 68, 'Mons. Will. la Zouch de Assheby' is stated to have been a Trier of Petitions in 1882, and notwithstanding that this Baron was never so designated in Writs of Summons, it may almost be considered as certain that William la Zouche de Mortimer was the person in question." [Courthope].