Portraits D

My page of portraits for C and D is too long so I am splitting into two pages.

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I have some editorial decisions to make here – let me know if you have an opinion on it. There are names such as “De Burgh” and “De la Poer.” Do I put them under the letter “D”? I am doing so. It gets more confusing, however, when someone can be called, interchangeably, “De Burgh” or “Bourke.” In this case, I’m putting them under both names! I’m more confused about the De La Poer Beresfords. Do I put them under “D” or “B” for Beresford? I’m not sure if “De la Poer” is actually part of the surname. Let me know if you know! For now, I am counting it as part of the surname.

*Denis Daly (1747-1791) attributed to Joshua Reynolds, courtesy of Christies 2012 Mount Congreve the London Sale*

*Portrait of Thomas Dawson (1725-1813), Lord Dartrey, 1st Viscount Cremorne, miniature, courtesy of National Gallery of Ireland.*

*A portrait of Lady Constance Leslie née Dawson Damer (1836-1925) in later life, of Castle Leslie, County Monaghan*. *She was the daughter of George Lionel Dawson-Damer, who was son of John Dawson 1st Earl of Portarlington.* Photograph © Jennifer Winder-Baggot, www.irishhistorichouses.com

Alexandra Octavia Maria Dawson-Damer née Vane (1823-1874), she married John Henry Reuben Dawson-Damer, 3rd Earl of Portarlington, of Emo in County Laois, and was daughter of Charles William Vane 3rd Marquess of Londonderry.

Mary Seymour, who according to Mealy’s sales catalogue married John Dawson 1st Earl of Portarlington of Emo Court, by Thomas Heaphey, courtesy of Fonsie Mealy auction; I think she married George Lionel Dawson-Damer, son of 1st Earl.

*Admiral Richard Deane (Regicide) 17th Century English School courtesy Fonsie Mealy Fortgranite auction.* Note:Major Joseph Deane (Inistiogue, 1661-66), of Crumlin, County Dublin, and Ballicocksoust, County Kilkenny (formerly the estate of Richard Strange), was the youngest son of Edward Deane, of Pinnock, Gloucestershire, by his 2nd wife, Anne Wase, and was born at Pinnock, 2nd February, 1624. His elder brother, Colonel Richard Deane, a leading member of the Republican party, was one of the Judges who sat on the trial of Charles I, and signed the death warrant of the King. Colonel Richard Deane was entrusted with the settlement of Scotland, which he speedily effected by his temperance and sagacity. He was next appointed one of the “Generals at Sea”, having for his colleague the famous Robert Blake, but was killed in action against the Dutch on 2nd June, 1653. He was honoured with a public funeral and buried in Henry VII’s Chapel at Westminster, but in 1661 his body (being that of a Regicide) was exhumed and cast out of the Abbey. Joseph Deane was educated at Winchester School, and entered the Parliamentary Army as Cornet in Rainsborough’s Horse. He volunteered for service in Ireland under Oliver Cromwell, in whose army he held the rank of Major. Under the Act of Settlement he had two grants of land (16th January, 1666, and 22nd June, 1669), comprising 9,324 statute acres, situated in the counties of Meath, Down, and Kilkenny, 3,859 acres being in Kilkenny. He purchased from Richard Talbot (afterwards Earl and Duke of Tyrconnell) the Manor of Terenure, in county Dublin, for 4,000. He was named on some important committees of the House of Commons, but was fined 10 for absence on 31st January 1665. In 1664 he paid 4s. hearth money for “Ballicagbsust”. In 1677 he served as High Sheriff of county Dublin. He died 21st December, 1699, having been twice married. By his 1st wife Anne —-, he had one son and two daughters – Joseph, of Crumlin, whose son, Joseph, became Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer, and died without male issue. (1) Anne, married in May, 1673 (as his 3rd wife), Godwin Swift, Attorney-General to the Duke of Ormonde. (2) Elizabeth, married 1st in May, 1672, Captain Henry Grey; 2nd in July, 1677, Donogh O’Brien, of Lemenagh, County Clare. Major Deane married, 2ndly, in 1659, Elizabeth, daughter of Maurice Cuffe, and sister of Captain Joseph Cuffe, of Castle Inch, elected M.P. for Knocktopher in 1665, and by her, who died 3rd April, 1698, had a son and a daughter – Edward whom hereafter M.P. for Inistiogue; and Dorothy, married Maurice Berkeley, of Glasnevin county Dublin.THE MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT FOR THE COUNTY, CITY AND BOROUGHS OF KILKENNYBY G.D. BURTCHAELL, M.A., LL.B [Written for the KILKENNY MODERATOR]

*Tomb of Elizabeth née Deane, Countess Doneraile, d. 1761, wife of Hayes St. Leger, Viscount Doneraile*. Photograph © Jennifer Winder-Baggot, www.irishhistorichouses.com

*William Dease (c. 1752-1798), Open House, 2011, Royal College of Surgeons*. Photograph © Jennifer Winder-Baggot, www.irishhistorichouses.com

Probably *Eleanor de Bohun (c. 1304-1363)*, *the wife of James Butler the 1st Earl of Ormond, in St. Mary’s Church, Gowran, County Kilkenny.* Photograph © Jennifer Winder-Baggot, www.irishhistorichouses.com

Portrait of Ulick de Burgo or Bourke, 5th Earl of Clanricarde (d. 1657). He was created Marquess of Clanricarde. He was Lord Deputy and Commander in Chief of Royalist forces against Cromwell in 1649. His Irish estates were lost but then recovered by his widow after the restoration of Charles II to the throne.

Richard Bourke (d. 1635) was 4th Earl of Clanricarde and he married Frances Walsingham.

They had a son, Ulick de Burgo or Bourke, 5th Earl of Clanricarde (d. 1657) who was created 1st Marquess of Clanricarde. He was succeeded by his cousin, Richard Bourke (d. 1666) 6th Earl of Clanricarde.

Richard Bourke (d. 1666) 6th Earl of Clanricarde married Elizabeth Butler, daughter of Walter Butler, 11th Earl of Ormond. They had daughters so his brother William (d. 1687) succeeded as 7th Earl of Clanricarde.

William the 7th Earl married Lettice Shirley who gave birth to Richard Bourke (d. 1709) 8th Earl of Clanricarde, who had only daughters, and then John Bourke (1642-1722) who became 9th Earl of Clanricarde.

The 7th Earl married a second time, to Helen MacCarty (d. 1732) who was daughter of Donough MacCarty 1st Earl of Clancarty. They had a daughter, Honora Bourke (d. 1697/8) who married James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick-upon-Tweed, illegitimate son of King James II.

The 9th Earl married and had many children, including Michael Bourke (d. 1726) 10th Earl of Clanricarde. He married Anne Smith, daughter of John Smith, Chancellor of the Exchequer, widow of Hugh Parker of Meldford Hall, Sussex, whose income helped to restore the family fortunes, and she gave birth to John Smith de Burgh (1720-1782) who became 11th Earl of Clanricarde. In 1752 his name was legally changed to John Smith de Burgh by Royal License.

John Smith de Burgh (1720-1782) 11th Earl of Clanricarde married Hester Amelia Vincent. He changed his surname from Bourke to De Burgh. They had a son, Henry de Burgh (1742-1797) who was created 1st (and last, as he had no children) Marquess of Clanricarde.

*Henry de Burgh, 12th Earl and 1st Marquess of Clanricarde (1742 – 1797), Attributed to John Smart (British, 1741-1811) courtesy of https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-6249637*

*Henry de Burgh, (1743-1797) 1st Marquess of Clanricarde (2nd creation), as Knight of St. Patrick*, *by Robert Hunter.*

When he died his brother earned the title, as General John Thomas de Burgh (1744-1808) 13th Earl of Clanricarde. He was created 1st Earl of Clanricarde, co. Galway [Ireland] in 1800, with special remainder to his daughters. His daughter Hester Catherine de Burgh married Howe Peter Browne, 2nd Marquess of Sligo. His daughter Emily married Thomas St. Lawrence, 3rd Earl of Howth.

*John Thomas De Burgh (1744-1808) 13th Earl of Clanricarde was created 1st Earl of Clanricarde, Co. Galway*.

His son Ulick John de Burgh (1802-1874) was created 1st Marquess of Clanricarde. He married Harriet Canning, daughter of Prime Minister George Canning. Ulick was described as being immensely rich.

*Ulick John De Burgh *(1802-1874)*, 14th Earl and 1st Marquess of Clanricarde (3rd creation).*

*The 2nd Marquess, Hubert George De Burgh-Canning (1832-1916), “the notorious miser and eccentric who spent his life in squalid rooms in London and dressed like a tramp.”*

*Elizabeth de Burgh, who married Henry Thynne Lascelles, 4th Earl of Harewood. She was the sister of* *the 2^nd Marquess, Hubert George De Burgh-Canning*.

*Elizabeth de la Poer Beresford (1736-1806), wife of Thomas Cobbe of Newbridge House, in a costume evocative of Mary Queen of Scots, miniature, Cobbe Collection.*

*George de la Poer Beresford (1735-1800) 2nd Earl of Tyrone, later 1st Marquess of Waterford, by Johann Zoffany courtesy of National Trust Hatchlands.*

*Henry de la Poer Beresford (1772-1826) 2nd Marquess of Waterford by William Beechy courtesy of Eton College.*

*Louisa Anne Beresford née Stuart (1818-1891) by Sir Francis Grant 1859-1860, NPG 3176. The National Portrait Gallery tells us:* “Louisa Stuart was brought up mostly in Paris, where her father was British Ambassador to the French court. She was taught to draw from an early age and art, along with religion and philanthropy, was one of her main interests throughout her life. A gifted amateur watercolourist, she did not exhibit at professional galleries until the 1870s. With a strong interest in the welfare of the tenants on her Northumberland estate, she rebuilt the village of Ford. She provided a school and started a temperance society in the village. Her greatest artistic achievement was the decoration of the new school with life sized scenes from the Old and New testaments that used children and adults from the village as models.”

*Eamon De Valera*. Photograph © Jennifer Winder-Baggot, www.irishhistorichouses.com

Aubrey de Vere, 2nd Baronet de Vere, Curragh Chase, County Limerick, courtesy Adam’s auction 11 Dec 2012, Irish School (Late 19th Century). Stephen Edward and Catherine Rice had a daughter Mary who married him.

*James Dennis (d. 1782) Baron Tracton of Tracton Abbey, Co. Cork, Chief Baron of the Exchequer courtesy Fonsie Mealy Fortgranite auction.* *He bequeathed his estates in County Kerry to his eldest nephew and heir-at-law, Reverend Meade Swift, and those in counties Cork and Dublin to his other nephew John Swift*. *They both took the surname “Dennis” then.*

Thomas Swift (d. 1803) of Lynn, County Westmeath married Frances Dennis. She was the sister of James Dennis (d. 1782) Baron Tracton of Tracton Abbey, Co. Cork. Lord Tracton bequeathed his estates in County Kerry to his eldest nephew and heir-at-law, Reverend Meade Swift, and those in counties Cork and Dublin to his other nephew John Swift. They both took the surname “Dennis” then.

Reverend Meade Swift, now Dennis (1753-1837) married Delia Sophia Saunders, daughter of Reverend Morley Pendred Saunders and Martha, daughter of John Stratford, 1st Earl of Aldborough and Martha O’Neale.