CORISANDE-ARMANDINE-LEONICE-SOPHIE, Countess of Tankerville, the lady whose portrait graces the present number, is daughter of the Duc de Gramont, and grand-daughter of the Duc de Polignac. Her ladyship espoused, in 1806, Charles Augustus Lord Ossulston, (who became Earl of Tankerville at the decease of his father, in December, 1822,) and has had issue,

CHARLES, Lord Ossulston, born in 1810. Emma, married in 1830 Viscount Fitzharris, son of the present Earl of Malmesbury. Harriet-Olivia, who died an infant in

1824.

The illustrious house of GRAMONT springs directly from SANCHE-GARCIE D'AURE, Viscount de l'Arboust, Lord of Montalban, and of Salles, who attended King Charles the Sixth, with nineteen esquires, to the conquest of Guienne, in 1405. This nobleman espoused, in 1380, Bertrande de Tussan, daughter of the Chevalier Bernard, and had issue,

1. MANAUD, who succeeded his father as Viscount de l'Arboust, and was great grandfather of John d'Aure, who inherited the Viscounty de l'Arboust, upon the demise of his elder brother. He married in 1553, Aubriette de Lortez, daughter and heiress of Corberan, Lord of Lortez, and left at his decease an only child and heiress ISABEL, who wedded Bernard d'Arstorg, Lord of Montbartiez, and conveyed to that family the Vis

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county of L'Arboust, and the Lordships of Curdaillac, Lodes, &c.

2. SANCHE-GARCIE.

3. Gerald, Bishop of Lombes.

4. Bertrande, married to Pierre-Armand, Baron de Castlebajac.

The second son SANCHE-GARCIE D'AURE, Lord of Haut-Faget, and Seneschal of Bigorre, was slain at the siege of the Château de Garris, in Navarre. He married in 1417 Anne Viscountess d'Aster, and had two sons, Tristan, Bishop of Aire, and

JOHN D'AURE, Viscount d'Aster, his successor. This nobleman, one of the gallant companions in arms of the chivalrous FRANCIS the FIRST, served with high reputation during the whole of the war in Italy. His Lordship wedded in 1525, CLARE DE GRAMONT, sister and heiress of John Lord of Gramont, and was succeeded at his demise by his only son,

ANTHONY D'AURE, Viscount d'Aster, who assumed the name and arms of the house of GRAMONT. This eminent person, who was Governor and Lieutenant of the kingdom of Navarre, acquired great renown in the war against the emperor, at the capture of Calais, and in several other important expeditions. At the commencement of the religious conflicts, he sided with, and rendered especial service to, the Huguenots, being then high in favour with the Queen of Navarre. Laying subsequently aside, however, his protestant mantle, the Viscount became a most faithful

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and useful servant to King Henry the Third. He married in 1549, Helen de Clermont, only daughter of Francis, Lord of Traves and Toulongeon, by whom he left a son and heir, PHILLIBERT DE GRAMONT, Count de Gramont and de Guiche, Viscount d'Aster, Governor of Bayonne, and Seneschal of Bearn, who espoused Diana, Viscountess de Louvigny, La Belle Corisande d'Andouins, and was succeeded at his decease, (being slain at the siege of La Fere, in August, 1580,) by his son.

ANTHONY DE GRAMONT, Count de Gramont, de Guiche, and Viscount D'Aster, Viceroy of Navarre, Governor and hereditary Mayor of Bayonne. This nobleman, a distinguished soldier, in the reign of Louis the Thirteenth, signalised himself on different occasions against the Huguenots. In 1594, he was at the siege of Laon, and in the following year assisted at the battle of Fontaine Françoise. He married first in 1601 Louise de Roquelaire, eldest daughter of Anthony, Lord of Roquelaire, Marshal of France; and, secondly, in 1618, Claude, daughter of Louis de Montmorency, Baron de Bouteville. By his first Countess he had ANTHONY, his heir, and Roger, Count de Louvigny, killed in a duel in Flanders. By his second, the chivalric PHILLIBERT, Count de Gramont. This dis

guished personage entering into the military service of his country, was in many of the campaigns of CONDÉ and TuRENNE. Having subsequently, however, devoted himself to a lady, known to enjoy, in an especial degree, the favour of Louis the Fourteenth, he was obliged to retire from the French Court; whence directing his course to England, his gallantry, politeness, and wit, assured him a most gracious reception from our joyous monarch, King Charles the Second. The celebrated memoirs of this nobleman,

from the pen of Anthony, COUNT HAMILTON, (his brother-in-law,) have delineated, with an exquisite and faithful pencil, the chief characters of those gay and licentious times. The Count de Gramont wedded Elizabeth*, daughter of Sir George Hamilton, and died in 1707, leaving an only surviving daughter, CLAUDE CHARLOTTE, married to Henry Howard, Earl of Stafford. The Count De Gramont died in 1644, and was succeeded by his eldest son,

This lady, whose personal graces and mental accomplishments are the theme of unbounded panegyric in the "Memoirs de Gramont," had previously refused the Duke of Richmond, Jermyn, nephew of the Earl of St. Albans, and Henry Howard, afterwards Duke of Norfolk.

ANTHONY DE GRAMONT, Count de Guiche and de Louvigny, Sovereign of Bidache, &c., who was created in 1633 Duc GRAMONT and PEER OF FRANCE. Having early adopted the profession of arms, he took a prominent part in the martial reign of Louis the Fourteenth. In 1641 he was presented with the baton of Marshal, and in a short time after sent Ambassador Extraordinary to the Diet at Frankfort. The Duc, who is mentioned by a contemporary historian as the "ornament of the French Court," espoused, in 1634, Frances Margaretta, daughter of Hector de Chivré, Lord of Plessis, and had, with other issue, ARNAUD, Count de Guiche, Lieutenant General of the Armies of the Kingone of the gallant warriors who immortalised the era of Louis the Fourteenth. This eminent Commander distinguished himself at the siege of Valenciennes, at the capture of Dunkirk, but, above all, at the memorable passage of the Rhine, where, exhorting his troops to follow, he was the first to plunge into the stream. He wedded in 1658 the daughter of Maximilian Duc de Sully, but predeceased his father, without issue, in 1675.

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ANTHONY DE GRAMONT, Duc de Gramont, Count de Guiche, who succeeded his father, and was likewise a military officer. At his decease in 1720, the estates and honours devolved on his son,

ANTHONY DE GRAMONT, Duc de Gramont, Field Marshal of France. This noblebleman had a command in the army opposed to MARLBOROUGH, and was present at the battles of Ramilies and Malplaquet. He married in 1697 Marie Christine, daughter of Anne-Jules, the Marshal Duc de Noailles, and dying in 1725, was succeeded by his elder son,

LOUIS-ANTHONY ARMAND DE GRAMONT, Duc de Gramout, Colonel of the Gardes Françoises, Governor and Lieutenant-General of Navarre, who wedded, in 1710, Louisa Frances, daughter of Louis d'Aumont de Crevaut d'Humieres; but dying without male issue, the hereditary honours of the house of Gramont devolved on his only brother,

LOUIS DE GRAMONT, Duke de Gramont, Governor of Navarre, &c. From this nobleman, who espoused the daughter of CharlesArmand, Duc de Biron, and fell at the head of his regiment, the French guards, on the celebrated field of Fontenoy, sprang the Duc de Gramont, who married the daughter of the Duc de Polignac, and was father of Corisande-Armandine, present Countess of

TANKERVILLE.