Lord Westcote was Governor of South Carolina and of Jamaica, and Envoy Extraordinary to the Court of Portugal. In 1794 he was created Baron Lyttelton in the Peerage of England, assuming the same title as had become extinct by the death of his nephew in 1779. Lord Lyttelton was a descendant of the great lawyer, Sir Thomas Lyttelton, Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, who wrote the celebrated treatise on Tenures, in the fifteenth century. [Illustration] MAITLAND, JOHN, EARL OF LAUDERDALE _Arms._--Or, a lion rampant dechaussé, within a double tressure flory counterflory of fleurs-de-lys gu. _Maitland._ _Crest._--A lion sejant affrontée gu., ducally crowned or, holding in the dexter paw a sword ppr., pommelled and hilted or, in the sinister paw a fleur-de-lys az., on a fillet "CONSILIO ET ANIMIS." _Coronet._--That of an Earl. _Helmet._--That of a Peer. _Supporters._--Two eagles, wings expanded, ppr. _Legend._--IOANNES METELLANVS LAUDERIÆ COMES. [LA BIGNE. _Magna Bibliotheca Veterum Patrum et Antiq. Scriptorum Ecclesiasticorum._ Coloniae Agrippinae, 1618.] [Illustration] _Crest._--A lion sejant affrontée gu., holding in his dexter paw a sword ppr., pommelled and hilted or, and in the sinister paw a fleur-de-lys az. _Coronet._--That of a Viscount. _Motto._--CONSILIO ET ANIMIS. _Note._--Used between 1616 and 1624. [TACITUS. _Opera._ 1595.] John Maitland (born circ. 1580, died 18th January 1645) was the only son of John Maitland, Lord Maitland of Thirlestane, and succeeded to his father's peerage in 1595. In 1616 Lord Maitland was created Viscount Lauderdale, and in 1624, Earl of Lauderdale. Lord Lauderdale was a Lord of Session in Scotland. [Illustration] MANNERS, FRANCIS, SEVENTH EARL OF RUTLAND _Crest._--Within the Garter. On a chapeau gu., turned up erm., a peacock in pride ppr. _Ros_ afterwards _Manners_. _Coronet._--That of an Earl. [RUVIUS. _Commentarii in Octo libros Aristotelis de Physico._ Col. Agrippinae, 1616.] Francis Manners (born 1578, died 17th December 1632) was the son of John Manners, Earl of Rutland. He was educated at Cambridge, and studied law at the Inner Temple. Mr. Manners was made a Knight of the Order of the Bath in 1604, and in 1612, on the death of his elder brother, Roger, he succeeded to his father's peerage. Lord Rutland was Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire, Constable of Nottingham Castle, and in 1612 he entertained James I. at Belvoir Castle. In consequence of certain legal decisions adverse to his claim to an older title he was, in 1616, made Lord Ross of Hamlake. In the same year he was made a Knight of the Garter. He carried the sceptre with the dove at the coronation of Charles I., was Chief-Justice of Eyre north of Trent, and in 1623 he commanded the fleet sent to escort Prince Charles back from Spain.