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*Nicholas Taafe, 6th Viscount Taafe, (1677-1769), Lieut.-General in the Austrian Army Date 1763 Engraver John Dixon, Irish, c.1740-1811 After Robert Hunter, Irish, 1715/1720-c.1803.*

*Richard Talbot (1630-1691), 1st Duke of Tyrconnell, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland for King James II, courtesy of National Gallery of Ireland.* *Portrait by Francois De Troy, court painter for James II while in exile.*

*Richard Talbot 1st Duke of Tyrconnel ”Tyrconel, Vice-Roy in Irelande’ courtesy of Adam’s auction 30 April 2013, A late 17th Century engraving.*

*Frances née Jennings (1647-1730), Vicereine of Ireland 1687-89, Duchess of Tyrconnell. She was married to Richard Talbot, 1st Duke of Tyrconnell (1630-1691).*

*Richard Talbot (1638-1703) of Malahide, painting attributed to Peter Lely, photograph courtesy of National Gallery of Ireland.*

*Frances Thomasine, Countess Talbot (née Lambart), (1782-1819), Wife of the 3rd Earl Talbot Date 1822 Engraver John Samuel Agar, British, c.1773-1858 After Charles Robertson, Irish, 1759-1821,* *courtesy of National Gallery of Ireland.*

*Colonel Richard Wogan Talbot (c. 1766-1849) 2nd Baron Talbot of Malahide, 1840 by Giovanni Battista Canevari, courtesy of National Gallery of Ireland.*

*Gertrude Talbot, Daughter of the 18th Earl of Shrewsbury, married 13th Earl of Pembroke in 1874, Adam’s County House Collections auction 12th October 2020.*

*James Napper Tandy (c. 1740-1819) when a French General, by James Petrie, Scottish, 1750-1819.*

Timothy William Ferres tells us in his wonderful blog [1]:

THE RT HON THOMAS TAYLOR (1662-1736), who was created a baronet, 1704, designated of Kells, County Meath, and sworn of the Privy Council in 1726. Sir Thomas wedded Anne, daughter of Sir Robert Cotton Bt, of Combermere, and had issue, THOMAS (1657-96) his heir;
Robert (Very Rev) (d. 1744), Dean of Clonfert;
Henry;
James (1700-1747);
Henrietta; Salisbury (married first William Fitzgerand, Bishop of Clonfert and second, Brig.-Gen. James Crofts, son of James Scott, 1st and last Duke of Monmouth); Anne.

Sir Thomas was succeeded by his eldest son, THE RT HON SIR THOMAS TAYLOR (1657-96), 2nd Baronet, MP for Maidstone, 1689-96, Privy Counsellor, who married Mary, daughter of John Graham, of Platten, County Meath, and left, with a daughter, Henrietta (who married Richard Moore of Barne, County Tipperary), an only son,

THE RT HON SIR THOMAS TAYLOR, 3rd Baronet (1724-95), KP, MP for Kells, 1747-60, who wedded, in 1754, Jane, eldest daughter of the Rt Hon Hercules Langford Rowley, by Elizabeth, Viscountess Langford, and had issue,

THOMAS (1757-1829) his successor;
Robert, a general in the army;
Clotworthy (1763-1825) created 1st Baron Langford of Summerhill, he took the surname Rowley when his wife Frances Rowley inherited her uncle Lord Langford’s estate;
Henry Edward, in holy orders;
Henrietta (married Chambré Brabazon Ponsonby-Barker (1762-1834) of Kilcooley Abbey, County Kilkenny).

Sir Thomas was elevated to the peerage, in 1760, in the dignity of Baron Headfort; and advanced to a viscountcy, in 1762,as Viscount Headfort. His lordship was further advanced, in 1766, to the dignity of an earldom, as Earl of Bective.

*Thomas Taylour (1724-1795) 1st Earl of Bective wearing the star and sash of the Order of St. Patrick by Gilbert Stuart and studio courtesy of Sotheby’s, Public Domain,* https//:commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=27947645.jpg

*Reverend Henry Edward Taylor of Ardgillan Castle, County Dublin*, *who was a son of Thomas Taylour (1724-1795) 1st Earl of Bective*.

In 1783 he was installed as a Founder Knight of St Patrick (KP), and sworn of the Privy Council of Ireland. His lordship was succeeded by his eldest son, THOMAS, 2nd Earl (1757-1829), who espoused, in 1778, Mary, only daughter and heir of George Quin, of Quinsborough, County Clare, and had issue: THOMAS (1787-1870) his successor;
George;
Mary; Elizabeth Jane.

Thomas Taylour (1757-1829) 1st Marquess of Headfort by Pompeo Batoni courtesy of Google Art Project By Pompeo Batoni – 9QE_ZzFPQzDZiQ at Google Cultural Institute, Public Domain, https//:commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=29800995

*Mary née Quin (the daughter of George Quin and Caroline Cavendish) The Marchioness of Headfort, wife of Thomas Taylour (1757-1829) 1st Marquess of Headfort*, *holding her Daughter Mary, 1782, by Pompeo Batoni, Google_Art_Project 6wGvrQuQJ1yERA at Google Cultural Institute, Public Domain,* https//:commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=29801821.jpg

His lordship was created, in 1800, MARQUESS OF HEADFORT.

The Taylour family became very much involved in the political life of the locality, and several members of the family served as MPs for Kells and the county of Meath. [1]