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by jenjunebug

Today I am continuing to publish the portraits I have gathered so far. I’ll be adding to this list as I go. Eventually I hope to create a new website with a virtual gallery of portraits. Maybe we can find a home for an in-person museum at some point! Wouldn’t the Bank of Ireland on College Green, the former Parliament House, make a wonderful building for a National Portrait Gallery?

Also, I notice that we can welcome a new property to the Section 482 list:

Millbrook House
Kilkea, Beaconstown, Castledermot, Co. Kildare
R14Y319
Open dates in 2024: May 17- 31, Aug 12-31, Sept 7-16, Dec 17-31, 9am-1pm
Fee: Adult €8, student/OAP/groups €5

I look forward to visiting!

I usually like to publish a new post every Thursday, but I’m publishing one today as I’ll hopefully publish another tomorrow! I still have eighteen properties I have already visited to write up, so I’m working away. Also I’m gearing up for Heritage week August 12-20th when I hope to visit as many properties as possible. All of the Section 482 properties, except those listed as “Tourist Accommodation” should be open, so I hope you get to visit some as well!

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Mrs Gilbert Eccles British school courtesy of National Trust Castle Ward. Ann Cockburn married Gilbert Eccles (1602-1694), High Sheriff of County Tyrone and County Fermanagh, and they were grandparents of John Eccles (1664-1727) Lord Mayor of Dublin. I presume this is a portrait of Ann Cockburn.
John Eccles (1664-1727) Lord Mayor of Dublin (1714), courtesy of National Trust Castle Ward.
Elizabeth Eccles née Best, wife of John Eccles Lord Mayor of Dublin, Irish school courtesy of National Trust Castle Ward.
Elizabeth née Ambrose (b. 1706) possibly by John Lewis. She marries Hugh Eccles (1701-1761) who was the son of John Eccles (1664-1727). She was daugher of Isaac Ambrose (1680-1736), courtesy of National Trust Castle Ward.
Elizabeth née Ambrose (b. 1706) who marries Hugh Eccles (1701-1761), daugher of Isaac Ambrose (1680-1736), Irish school courtesy of National Trust Castle Ward.
Isaac Ambrose Eccles (1736?-1809) attributed to Joseph Wilson or Robert Hunter courtesy of National Trust Castle Ward. He was the son of Hugh Eccles and Elizabeth née Ambrose.
Called Isaac Ambrose Eccles (1736?-1809) English school courtesy of National Trust Castle Ward. He was Esquire of Cronroe, a gentleman of distinguished literary attainments, his father’s heir, a magistrate of County Wicklow. He was the grandson of John Eccles Lord Mayor of Dublin (1714).
Richard Lovell Edgeworth (1744-1817), by Horace Hone 1785, National Portrait Gallery of London 5069.
Maria Edgeworth, c. 1841 A daguerreotype photograph of the Irish author by Richard Beard (1801 – 1885) courtesy of Adam’s auction 30 April 2013
Victorian School Portrait of a young woman of the Edgeworth family courtesy Adam’s 28 June 2010
Young Woman of the Edgeworth Family, Victorian School, courtesy of Adam’s auction 27 Nov 2016 and courtesy Adam’s 28 June 2010.
Victorian School Portrait of a gentleman of the Edgeworth family courtesy Adam’s 28 June 2010.
Mrs. Anne Edgeworth by Follower of Sir Peter Lely courtesy of Adam’s 28 June 2010.
Robert Emmet. Published by Fishel, Alder & Schwartz 64 Fulton St. New York (1880), coloured and framed and entitled ”Robert Emmett, The Irish Patriot” courtesy Adam’s auction 18 April 2012
Thomas Addis Emmett (1764-1827) by William Carroll, bearing insription on back Thomas Addis Emmet by William O’Carroll, 57 Henry St Dublin, courtesy of Adam’s auction 22 Nov 2015.
George Ensor (1769-1843) of Ardress House, County Armagh, by John Comerford, courtesy of Armagh County Museum.
Sophia Maria Knox Grogan Morgan (1805-1867) née Rowe, with her second husband Thomas Esmonde 9th Baronet (1786-1868); Jane Colclough Grogan Morgan (1834-1872), she married George Arthur Forbes (1833-1889), 7th Earl of Granard, who is in the third portrait.
Maurice Eustace, Attributed to Philip Hussey (1713-1783), provenance Castlemore House and by descent. Hussey specialised in portraits of lawyers, possibly the setting is the Four Courts before rebuilt by Gandon, courtesy of Adam’s auction 12 Oct 2014.
Thomas Everard, 18th CENTURY IRISH SCHOOL courtesy Adam’s 12 July 2011.

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Edward Fitzgerald of New Park, County Wexford (1770-1807), Revolutionary Engraver W.T. Annis After Thomas Nugent, courtesy of National Gallery of Ireland.
Gerald Fitzgerald (1487-1534) 9th Earl of Kildare, courtesy of Bodleian Libraries.

Gerald Fitzgerald (1487-1534) 9th Earl of Kildare was the son of Gerald FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Kildare and Alison Eustace. He married, first, Elizabeth Zouche (d. 1517).

Their daughter Catherine married Jenico Preston, 3rd Viscount Gormanston, and secondly, Richard St. Lawrence 6th Baron Howth. Their daughter Cecilia married Cahir Mac Art Boy Kavanagh, Baron of Ballyanne, The MacMorrough. Their daughter Ellis married James Fleming 9th Lord Slane. Their son Thomas Fitzgerald (1513-1536/7) became 10th Earl of Kildare.

Thomas FitzGerald (1513-1536/7) 10th Earl of Kildare, “Silken Thomas,” c. 1530 attributed to Anthony Van Dyck. He had no offspring.

Gerald Fitzgerald (1487-1534) 9th Earl of Kildare married secondly Elizabeth daughter of Thomas Grey 1st Marquess of Dorset, and they had several more children. Their daughter Elizabeth (1528-1589/90) married first Anthony Browne, Joint Keeper of Windsor Great Park on 29 January 1528/29, with his brother 1st Earl of Southampton. She married secondly Edward Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln. Gerald 9th Earl and Elizabeth had a son Gerald FitzGerald (1525-1585) who became 1st/11th Earl of Kildare. He was called ‘The Wizard Earl’. He held the office of Master of Horse to Cosimo de’ Medici, Duke of Florence.

A younger brother of the Wizard Earl, Edward (1528-1590), was the father of Gerald FitzGerald (d. 1611/12) 14th Earl of Kildare.

The 11th Earl, the Wizard Earl, married his cousin Mabel Browne. Their daughter Elizabeth (d. 1617) married Donough O’Brien 3rd Earl of Thomond. The 11th Earl’s daughter Mary (d. 1610) married Christopher Nugent 5th Baron Delvin.

A son of the 11th Earl, Henry (1562-1597) became the 12th Earl and was also known as “Henry of the Battleaxes.” He had only daughters so his brother became the 13th Earl. The 12th Earl’s daughter Elizabeth married Lucas Plunkett 1st Earl of Fingall. His daughter Bridget married first Ruaidhri O’Donnell, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell, then Nicholas Barnewall, 1st Viscount Barnewall of Kingsland.

William FitzGerald (d. 1599) 3rd/13th Earl of Kildare was another son of Gerald FitzGerald, 1st/11th Earl of Kildare. He died circa April 1599, lost at sea while crossing from England to Ireland, unmarried. The title went to his uncle Edward’s (1528-1590) son Gerald FitzGerald (d. 1611/12) who became 14th Earl of Kildare.

Gerald FitzGerald (d. 1611/12) 14th Earl of Kildare married Elizabeth daughter of Christopher Nugent, 5th Baron Delvin, who gave birth to Gerald FitzGerald (1611-1620) who became 15th Earl of Kildare. The 15th Earl died young. The title passed the 14th Earl’s younger brother’s son, George FitzGerald (1611/12-1660) who became 16th Earl of Kildare.

The 16th Earl married Joan Boyle (1611-1656/7), daughter of Richard Boyle 1st Earl of Cork. Their daughter Elizabeth (d. 1697/98) married Callaghan MacCarty, 3rd Earl of Clancarty. Their daughter Eleanor (d. 1681) married Walter Borrowes, 2nd Bt of Grangemellon, County Kildare. Their son Wentworth FitzGerald (1634-1663/64) became 17th Earl of Kildare.

The 17th Earl married Elizabeth daughter of John Holles, 2nd Earl of Clare.

Elizabeth FitzGerald, née Holles, Countess of Kildare, 1660, by John Michael Wright, wife of Wentworth Fitzgerald 17th Earl of Kildare.

Elizabeth and the 17th Earl of Kildare had a son, John FitzGerald (1661-1707) who became 18th Earl of Kildare. The 18th Earl married Mary O’Brien (1662-1683), daughter of Henry O’Brien (d. 1678) Lord O’Brien, MP for Clare. She gave birth to a son but he died in his first year. The 18th Earl then married Elizabeth daughter Richard Jones, 1st and last Earl of Ranelagh but they had no children.

Elizabeth née Jones (d. 1758), Countess of Kildare wife of 18th Earl, daughter of Richard Jones 1st Earl of Ranelagh by Peter Lely.

The title passed to a cousin, Robert Fitzgerald (1675-1744), who became 19th Earl of Kildare. He was the son of Robert Fitzgerald (d. 1697/98), a younger son of George Fitzgerald 16th Earl of Kildare. The 19th Earl’s sister Mary (1666-1697) married John Allen, 1st Viscount Allen of County Kildare.

Robert, 19th Earl of Kildare (1675-1744) after Frederick Graves, courtesy of Adam’s auction 15th Oct 2019. Robert FitzGerald was married to Mary O’Brien, daughter of William O’Brien 3rd Earl of Inchiquin. They had 12 children but only 2 survived to majority. They had lived quietly at Kilkea Castle, near Athy, but in 1739 Robert bought back the lease of Carton, in Maynooth, for £8,000. He commissioned Richard Castle, the eminent architect, to reconstruct the existing house. In the pediment over the South front, previously the main entrance, is the coat of arms of Robert FitzGerald and his wife Mary O’Brien. Robert also employed the La Franchini brothers to construct the wonderful ceiling in the Gold Salon. The additions to Carton were not finished when Robert died in 1744 but he left instructions in his will to finish the restoration according to his plans. A monument dedicated to Robert FitzGerald is situated in Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin. (This portrait hung in Carton until 1949 when the Fitzgerald family sold the estate. It hung in Kilkea Castle until 1960. It was in the FitzGerald family collection in Oxfordshire until 2013.)

Robert FitzGerald 19th Earl of Kildare married Mary O’Brien, daughter of William O’Brien 3rd Earl of Inchiquin. Their daughter Margaretta (d. 1766) married Wills Hill, 1st Earl of Hillsborough, Co. Down, 1st Marquess of Downshire.

Margaretta Fitzgerald (d. 1766) Countess of Hillsborough, daughter of Robert Fitzgerald, 19th Earl of Kildare, attributed to Charles Jervas, courtesy of Fonsie Mealy auction. She married Wills Hill, 1st Earl of Hillsborough, Co. Down, 1st Marquess of Downshire.

A son of Robert 19th Earl and Mary was Richard Fitzgerald who lived at Mount Ophaly in County Kildare and married Margaret (d. 1763) daughter of James King, 4th Baron Kingston. Their other son was James FitzGerald (1722-1773) who became 20th Earl of Kildare and later, 1st Duke of Leinster.

Caroline King née Fitzgerald (c. 1754-1823), daughter of Richard (1733-1776) who was son of Robert, 19th Earl of Kildare. She married Robert King (1754-1799), 2nd Earl of Kingston.
James Fitzgerald (1722-1773) 20th Earl of Kildare later 1st Duke of Leinster, by Robert Hunter c. 1803, courtesy of National Gallery of Ireland.

James Fitzgerald (1722-1773) 20th Earl of Kildare later 1st Duke of Leinster married Emilia Mary née Lennox (1731-1814), daughter of Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond. They had many children, including William Robert Fitzgerald (1749-1804), 2nd Duke of Leinster.

Emilia Mary Fitzgerald née Lennox (1731-1814) Duchess of Leinster, courtesy of National Gallery of Ireland.
Emily Margaret FitzGerald (1751-1818), daughter of 1st Duke of Leinster wife of Charles Coote 1st Earl of Bellomont by H D Hamilton courtesy Fine Art Sale Cheffins 2014.
Henry FitzGerald (1761-1829) by Hugh Douglas Hamilton courtesy of Cheffins Fine Art sale 2013. He was a son of the 1st Duke of Leinster and Emily Lennox.
Henry Fitzgerald 1761-1829, son of the 1st Duke of Leinster and Emily Lennox, attributed to John Hoppner, courtesy of Adam’s auction 13 Oct 2015
Edward Fitzgerald (1763-1798), the rebel son of the 1st Duke of Leinster.
William Robert Fitzgerald (1749-1804), 2nd Duke of Leinster, 1775 by engraver John Dixon, after Joshua Reynolds, courtesy of National Gallery of Ireland.
William Robert FitzGerald (1748-1804), 2nd Duke of Leinster.
HUGH DOUGLAS HAMILTON portrait of Emilia Olivia née St. George, 2nd Duchess of Leinster courtesy of Bonhams Old Master Paintings 2018. She gave birth to Augustus Frederick FitzGerald, 3rd Duke of Leinster.
Augustus Frederick Fitzgerald (1791-1874), 3rd Duke of Leinster, engraver George Saunders after Stephen Catterson Smith, courtesy of National Gallery of Ireland. He married Charlotte Augusta Stanhope, and she gave birth to their heir, Charles William FitzGerald, 4th Duke of Leinster.
Maurice Fitzgerald (1852-1901) and his wife, Adelaide Jane Frances Forbes (1860-1942). Maurice was a son of Charles William FitzGerald, 4th Duke of Leinster and his wife Caroline Sutherland-Leveson-Gower.
Thomas Geancach Fitzgerald (d. 1730/31) 18th Knight of Glin, courtesy of The Knights of Glin: A Geraldine family, by J. Anthony Gaughan (1978).

Thomas Fitzgerald (d. 1730/31) was the son of Gerald Fitzgerald (d. 1689) 17th Knight of Glin and Joan daughter of Donough O’Brien of Carrigogunnell Castle, County Limerick. Gerald 17th Knight held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Limerick City in 1661, and High Sheriff of Limerick in 1680. He fought in the Battle of Windmill Hill in 1689, after the Siege of Derry. He was Member of Parliament (M.P.) for County Limerick in 1689, in King James II Patriot Parliament.

Thomas Fitzgerald (d. 1730/31) 18th Knight of Glin obtained a Certificate in 1701 for not having taken part in the wars of King James II, although he was an active supporter of Jacobite cause. In 1713/14 he was one of the Catholic nobility of Ireland licensed to carry arms. [1] His wife Mary née Fitzgerald of Ballymartyr gave birth to, among other children, the 19th, 20th, 21st and 22nd Knights of Glin. A daughter, Catherine (d. 1759) married first Thomas Freke Crosbie and second, Robert Fitzgerald, 17th Knight of Kerry.

John Fitzgerald (d. 1737) 19th Knight of Glin courtesy of The Knights of Glin: A Geraldine family, by J. Anthony Gaughan (1978).
Edmond Fitzgerald (d. 1763) 20th Knight of Glin, a brother of the 19th, 21st and 22nd Knights of Glin.
Richard Fitzgerald (1710-1775) 21st Knight of Glin, by Heroman Van Der Mijn, photograph courtesy of Glin Castle website. He conformed to the Protestant faith. He had only daughters so the title passed to his brother.
Thomas Fitzgerald, 22nd Knight of Glin By Philip Hussey courtesy of https//:theirishaesthete.com/tag/knight-of-glin/, Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=81941595

Thomas Fitzgerald (d. 1781) 22nd Knight of Glin married Mary Bateman. She gave birth to his heir, John Bateman FitzGerald (d. 1803) who became 23rd Knight of Glin. His wife Margaretta Maria Gwyn (d. 1801) gave birth to their heir, John Fraunceis FitzGerald (1791-1854) 24th Knight of Glin.

Glin Castle, photograph courtesy of Glin Castle website. The picture of Colonel John Bateman FitzGerald (1765-1803) the 23rd Knight of Glin, the builder of the house, wearing the uniform of his volunteer regiment the Royal Glin Artillery. In his portrait, which hangs over the Portland stone chimneypiece, he is proudly pointing at his cannon.
Photograph courtesy of Glin castle website. The portrait is Margaretta Maria Gwyn (1769-1801), wife of John Bateman Fitzgerald (1765-1803) 23rd Knight of Glin, I believe.
John Fraunceis Fitzgerald (1803-1854), “Knight of the Women,” the 24th Knight, photograph courtesy of the castle website.

As well as the Earls of Kildare, who became Dukes of Leinster, and Knights of Glin, Fitzgeralds were also Lords of the Decies, and Knights of Kerry, and Earls of Desmond.

Maurice FitzGerald (d. 1729) 14th Knight of Kerry fought for King James II in the Battle of the Boyne. He married Elizabeth Crosbie, who gave birth to their heir, John FitzGerald (d. 1741) who became 15th Knight of Kerry.

John FitzGerald (d. 1741) 15th Knight of Kerry had a son Maurice (d. 1780) who became 16th Knight of Kerry, and a daughter Elizabeth who married Richard Townsend of Castletownshend in County Cork.

Elizabeth Townsend née Fitzgerald, wife of Richard Townsend. Elizabeth Fitzgerald was daughter of John Fitzgerald (1706-1741), 15th Knight of Kerry, and married to Richard Townsend (1725-1783).

Maurice (d. 1780) 16th Knight of Kerry married Anna Maria, daughter of William FitzMaurice, 2nd Earl of Kerry. They did not have children, and Maurice’s uncle Robert (1716-1781) became the 17th Knight of Kerry.

Maurice Fitzgerald, Knight of Kerry – I’m not sure whether he’s the 14th or 16th Knight.
Katherine Fitzgerald (c.1504-1604) daughter of John Fitzgerald 2nd Lord of the Decies, wife of Thomas Fitzgerald (1454-1534) 11th Earl of Desmond.
Thought to be a Portrait of Catherine, Countess of Desmond (née Fitzgerald), (c.1510-1604), 2nd wife of Thomas Fitzgerald, 11th Earl of Desmond, photograph courtesy of National Gallery of Ireland.
Mary née Hervey (1726-1815) was George “Fighting Fitzgerald”s mother, of Turlough Park, County Mayo. She was the granddaughter of John Hervey 1st Earl of Bristol, sister of Frederick Augustus Hervey 4th Earl of Bristol, Bishop of Derry who built Downhill, Co Derry. She married George Fitzgerald (c. 1712-1782) of Turlough Park, County Mayo.
Johann Zoffany Portrait of George Fitzgerald (1748-1786) with his Sons George and Charles (roughly 1764) courtesy of National Gallery of Ireland and Crawford Gallery.
John Fitzgibbon, 1st Earl of Clare (1749-1802) Date c.1799-1800 by Hugh Douglas Hamilton, Irish, 1740-1808, courtesy of National Gallery of Ireland.
William Fitzmaurice (1694-1747), 2nd earl and 21st Baron of Kerry by Stephen Slaughter, courtesy of The Irish Sale by Sotheby’s May 18, 2001.
John FitzPatrick, 2nd Earl of Upper Ossory (1745–1818) by Thomas Beach (1738-1806) c.1765, Great Britain Immediate source Christie’s, South Kensington, London.
Mary Fox née Fitzpatrick (1746-1778), wife of Stephen Fox 2nd Baron Hollard, by Pompeo Batoni. She was a daughter of John FitzPatrick 1st Earl of Upper Ossory.
Louisa Lansdowne née Fitzpatrick, wife of William Petty 1st Marquess of Lansdowne by Joshua Reynolds from Catalogue of the pictures and drawings in the National loan exhibition, in aid of National gallery funds, Grafton Galleries, London. She was a daughter of John FitzPatrick 1st Earl of Upper Ossory.
Richard FitzWilliam, 7th Viscount FitzWilliam (1745-1816), founder of the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge, Vice-Admiral of Leinster, Engraver Richard Earlom, English, 1743-1822 After Hugh Howard, Irish, 1675-1737, courtesy of National Gallery of Ireland.
John Michael Henry Fock 3rd Baron De Robeck (1790-1856).
Sophia Maria Knox Grogan Morgan (1805-1867) née Rowe, with her second husband Thomas Esmonde 9th Baronet (1786-1868); Jane Colclough Grogan Morgan (1834-1872), she married George Arthur Forbes (1833-1889), 7th Earl of Granard, who is in the third portrait.
Maurice Fitzgerald (1852-1901) and his wife, Adelaide Jane Frances Forbes (1860-1942).
John Foster, (1740-1828), Last Speaker of the Irish House of Commons, later 1st Baron Oriel Date 1799 Engraver/ Patrick Maguire, Irish, fl.1783-1820 After Gilbert Stuart, American, 1755-1828, courtesy of National Gallery of Ireland.
Elizabeth Christina Foster née Hervey (1759-1824) later Duchess of Devonshire by Angelica Kauffmann courtesy of National Trust Ickworth. She was the daughter of Frederick Augustus Hervey 4th Earl of Bristol, Bishop of Derry who built Downhill, Co Derry. She married John Thomas Foster MP (1747-1796) and later, William Boyle Cavendish 5th Duke of Devonshire. Last, she married Valentine Richard Quin 1st Earl of Dunraven and Mount Earl.
Archibald Hamilton Foulkes of Coolawinna Co. Wicklow, c.1780 courtesy of Adam’s auction 13 Oct 2013
John Freke of Castle Freke, Co. Cork. attributed to John Lewis, courtesy of Adam’s auction 16th Oct 2018. From the same sale was the signed and dated (1757) conversation piece by Lewis called Sir John Freke, Lady Freke and Mr Jeffries of Blarney (sold Sothebys at Slane Castle Lot 423, 26/6/1979). The present lot is likely to be an individual study of the same sitter, perhaps Sir John Redmond Freke M.P. for Cork. John Evans whose mother was Grace Freke inherited from his maternal uncle,founding the family of Evans Freke, whose baronetcy was only created in 1768. The Evans title of Baron Carbery was subsequently inherited by this family.

[1] Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh. Burke’s Irish Family Records. London, U.K.: Burkes Peerage Ltd, 1976.

2 thoughts on “Portraits E-F”

  1. Hi there –

    Very much enjoying your photos, nice idea.

    https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw285241/Robert-Westley-Hall-Dare

    Have you seen this by any chance from the NPG London? This is the Hall-Dare of Newtownbarry House, Co. Wexford (now Bunclody). Robert’s sister, Mabel, was born in Beauparc, of Lambart stock. Alas he died in Rome of typhoid in 1876, his son, also Robert, inheriting.

    Kind regards

    Gerry Brisch

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  2. Hi

    I’m a long time viewer of your webpages/emails on historic houses and we also visited a number that you mentioned in County Roscommon last year. I’m also one of the volunteer guides at Johnstown Castle here in Co Wexford.

    You have a few unattributed paintings/photos of various Morgan/Esmonde/Forbes/Fitzgeralds etc in this email. These are all connected to Johnstown Castle. I think it might be possible to get you better images with the proviso you give Johnstown Castle a mention (the paintings are in a private collection in France, but again it might be possible to get the OK for reproduction as long as there is a credit to the owners).

    I’m also curious as to where the photo of the display case containing the three photographs of Sophia, Jane and the Earl of Granard was taken. It may well have been in the museum at Johnstown Castle, but it would be interesting to know if this is also housed somewhere else.

    I should add that your emails and website are very valuable and thank you for all of your efforts. I think you did visit Johnstown Castle a while ago, but my impression/recollection is that you didn’t stay long. So do get in touch if you want to visit again.

    With best wishes

    Duncan

    Dr Duncan Laurence, Coolnagee, Forth Mountain, Wexford, Ireland. 00 353 87 907 9753 blog/website: https://duncansenvironment.wordpress.com/

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