PORTSMOUTH

John Charles Wallop 3 Earl of (son of 2 earl of Portsmouth 1742–97). b. Hurst bourne park near And over 18 Dec. 1767; styled viscount Lymington 1767–97; succeeded his father as 3 earl of Portsmouth 16 May 1797; hereditary bailiff of Burley; all his property vested in trustees 1790; placed in care of a medical attendant, Mr. Coombe 1808–14; most cruelly treated by his second wife; declared to have been incapable of managing his affairs from 1 Jany. 1809 by a commi ion which sat 10–28 Feb. 1823. d. Hurst bourne park, 14 July 1853. A genuine report of the proceedings to enquire into the sanity of the earl of Portsmouth (1823); G.M. xl 307 (1852).