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Lot Essay
The arms are those of Pratt quartering Jeffreys with Molesworth in pretense for John Jeffreys Pratt, 2nd Earl and 1st Marquess Camden, so created 7 September 1812, as also Earl of the County of Brecknock, K.G. (1799), P.C. (1793).
John Jeffreys Pratt, 1st Marquess Camden, married, in 1785, Frances Molesworth, daughter of William Molesworth and his wife Anne Smyth. He became Tory M.P. for Bath in 1780 and was appointed Teller of the Exchequer in the same year. He served under the Earl of Shelburne as Lord of the Admiralty between 1782 and 1783 and under William Pitt the Younger between 1783 and 1789. From 1783 to 1789 he was Lord of the Treasury. He was Lord Lieutenant of Ireland from 1795 to 1798 and Secretary of State for War and the Colonies from 1804 to 1805.
John Jeffreys Pratt, 1st Marquess Camden, married, in 1785, Frances Molesworth, daughter of William Molesworth and his wife Anne Smyth. He became Tory M.P. for Bath in 1780 and was appointed Teller of the Exchequer in the same year. He served under the Earl of Shelburne as Lord of the Admiralty between 1782 and 1783 and under William Pitt the Younger between 1783 and 1789. From 1783 to 1789 he was Lord of the Treasury. He was Lord Lieutenant of Ireland from 1795 to 1798 and Secretary of State for War and the Colonies from 1804 to 1805.