Hugh de Lacy (d. 1186) 4th Baron Lacy portrait by Gerald of Wales – Expugnatio Hibernica (1189) https///www.isos.dias.ie/NLI/NLI_MS_700Maurice Victor Lakin (1919-1995), last man to privately own Johnstown Castle, County Wexford, before handing it over to the state in 1945.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.Major-General John Lambert, (1619-1683), Parliamentarian, Deputy Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, courtesy of National Gallery of Ireland.Hugh Percy Lane (1875-1915) by George Charles Beresford, 1909, NPG x6528.Charles Lanyon (1813-1889) courtesy of Queen’s University Belfast.Henry Lascelles (1767-1841) 2nd Earl of Harewood by Thomas Goff Lupton after Sir Thomas Lawrence 1823, NPG D35437.David Digges La Touche (1703-1785), of Bellevue, County Wicklow, courtesy of National Gallery of Ireland.William Digges La Touche (d.1803) of no. 4, St Stephen’s Green courtesy of Adam’s 1st April 2009, Irish School, late 18th Century. He was a brother of David Digges La Touche (1703-1785), of Bellevue, County Wicklow.
David Digges La Touche (1703-1785) had sons David (1729-1817) and John (d. 1805)
David La Touche (1729-1817), of Marlay, 1800 by Hugh Douglas Hamilton, courtesy of National Gallery of Ireland.David Digges La Touche (1729-1817) of Marlay, County Dublin, by James Fittler, photograph courtesy of National Gallery of Ireland.John La Touche (1732-1805) by Angelica Kauffmann courtesy of MutualArt.com
First, let us look at his son David’s family, and then at John’s. David La Touche (1729-1817) and his wife, née Marlay, had many children:
Harriet married Nicholas Colthurst, 3rd Bt of Ardrum, County Cork;
Anne (d. 1798) married George Charles Jefferyes (d. 1841) of Blarney Castle, County Cork;
Emily married Col. George Vesey of Lucan House, Dublin;
Maria (d. 1829) married Maurice Fitzgerald, 18th Knight of Kerry;
Elizabeth (d. 1788) married Robert Butler, 3rd Earl of Lanesborough;
Elizabeth, Countess of Lanesborough (née La Touche), (1764-1788), wife of Robert Henry Butler 3rd Earl of Lanesborough. Date 1791 Engraver Francesco Bartolozzi, Italian, 1725-1815 After Horace Hone, English, 1756-1825, photograph courtesy of National Gallery of Ireland.
David married Cecilia Leeson, daughter of Joseph Leeson 1st Earl of Milltown;
Cecilia La Touche (d. 1848) née Leeson (about 1769-1848), by Hugh Douglas Hamilton. She married David La Touche (1769-1816). She was the daughter of Joseph Leeson (1701-1783), 1st Earl of Milltown and Elizabeth French.Photograph courtesy of English Heritage, Kenwood.
There was a son John David La Touche born 1772 who had a son: Peter La Touche (1777-1830) married Charlotte daughter of Cornwallis Maude, 1st Viscount Hawarden.
Peter La Touche of Bellevue (1733-1828) Date 1775 by Robert Hunter, Irish, 1715/1720-c.1803, photograph courtesy of National Gallery of Ireland.Portrait Of A Young Gentleman, Believed To Be Peter Digges La Touche courtesy of Adam’s 1st April 2009, Irish School, late 18th Century.Mrs La Touche of Bellevue by Stephen Catterson Smith 1806-1872, courtesy of National Gallery of Ireland NGI 628.
Now let’s go back and look at the family of John La Touche (1732-1805). He had a son Robert La Touche (d. 1844). He lived in Harristown in County Kildare. He married Emily Trench (1790-1816), daughter of William Power Keating Trench, 1st Earl of Clancarty.
They had a daughter Gertrude (1812-1864) who married Henry Stanley McClintock. Robert and Emily née Trench had a son John (1814-1904) who married Maria Price (1824-1906).
Maria La Touche née Price (1824-1906) of Harristown, she married John La Touche (1814-1904).
John (1814-1904) and Maria née Price (1824-1906) had a daughter Emily Maria (1846-1868) who married Bernard Matthew Ward, son of Edward Southwell Ward, 3rd Viscount Bangor.
Rose La Touche, 1861, by John Ruskin From “Ruskin, Turner and the pre-Raphaelites”, by Robert Hewison, 2000.Elizabeth La Touche née Vicars (1756-1842), wife of Peter La Touche, by John Whitaker National Portrait Gallery of London D18415.Valentine Lawless (1773-1853) 2nd Baron Cloncurry, member of the Society of United Irishmen and President of the Dublin Literary Society, he lived at the Lyons estate in County Kildare. He married first Elizabeth Gergiana Morgan, daughter of General Charles Morgan but divorced her and married secondly Emily Douglas, third daughter of Archibald Douglas and Mary Crosbie, and widow of the Hon. Joseph Leeson.Suzannah, Daughter of John Benson, wife of George Digby Leake of Rathkeale Abbey, Son of Sir John Leake and Great-Grandson of Francis Leake, Earl of Scarsdale of Sutton, Derbyshire; His Wife Suzannah, Daughter of John Benson courtesy Adam’s 11 Oct 2011, IRISH SCHOOL 18TH CENTURYColonel George Leake of Rathkeale Abbey, Son of Jones Benson Leake courtesy Adam’s 11 Oct 2011, IRISH SCHOOL 18TH CENTURY.George D’Alton Leake of Rathkeale Abbey, Elder Son of George Leake and of Alice D’Alton Furnell courtesy Adam’s 11 Oct 2011, IRISH SCHOOL 18TH CENTURY.Portrait of Joseph Leeson (1660-1741) of Saint Stephen’s Green Date c.1772, photograph courtesy of National Gallery of Ireland.
Joseph Leeson (1660-1741) married Margaret Brice.
Margaret Leeson née Brice wife of Joseph Leeson (1660-1741), c. 1772 by unknown artist, courtesy of National Gallery of Ireland NGI 1649.
Their daughter Anne married Hugh Henry (d. 1743). Their daughter Joyce married Robert Blackwood, 1st Bt. of Ballyleidy, Co. Down, and their son Joseph (1701-1783) became 1st Earl of Milltown.
Joseph Leeson (1701-1783), later 1st Earl of Milltown, 1744, by Pompeo Batoni, National Gallery of Ireland 701.Joseph Leeson (1701-1783) 1st Earl of Milltown, painted by Anthony Lee. Portrait from the National Gallery of Ireland. Later he was created 1st Earl of Milltown.He had Russborough House built in County Wicklow.
Joseph Leeson (1701-1783) 1st Earl of Milltown married first Cecelia Leigh (d. 1731?). Their daughter Mary (d. 1794) married John Bourke, 2nd Earl of Mayo. A son Joseph Leeson (1730-1801) succeeded as 2nd Earl of Milltown. He died unmarried and his brother Brice (1735-1807) succeeded as 3rd Earl of Milltown.
Cecilia Leeson née Leigh d. 1737, painted by Anthony Lee, courtesy of National Gallery of Ireland.Joseph Leeson (1730-1801) later 2nd Earl of Milltown, 1751 by Pompeo Batoni, courtesy of National Gallery of Ireland.
Joseph Leeson (1701-1783) 1st Earl of Milltown then married Anne Preston (d. 1766) daughter of Nathaniel Preston of Swainstown, County Meath. They had a daughter Anne who married her cousin Hugh Henry.
Third, Joseph Leeson (1701-1783) 1st Earl of Milltown married Elizabeth French (d. 1842), daughter of Reverend William French.
Joseph Leeson (1701-1783) 1st Earl of Milltown with his third wife Elizabeth née French and their daughter Cecilia and his grandson Joseph later 3rd Earl of Milltown, 1772, after Pompeo Batoni,courtesy of National Gallery of Ireland, NGI.1697. This is what the Gallery website says, but I think this 3rd Earl of Milltown was Brice Leeson (1735-1807).
Joseph Leeson (1701-1783) 1st Earl of Milltown and Elizabeth née French (d. 1842) had a daughter Cecelia who married David La Touche. A daughter Frances Isabella (d. 1840) married Marcus Beresford (1764-1797). They also had sons William (1770-1819) and Robert (1773-1842).
Cecilia La Touche (d. 1848) née Leeson (about 1769-1848), by Hugh Douglas Hamilton. She married David La Touche (1769-1816). She was the daughter of Joseph Leeson (1701-1783), 1st Earl of Milltown and Elizabeth French.Photograph courtesy of English Heritage, Kenwood.
Brice (1735-1807) 3rd Earl of Milltown married Maria Graydon and she gave birth to Joseph (1766-1800); John (1767-1835) and Robert (d. 1842).
Joseph (1766-1800) married Emily Douglas (d. 1841) and she gave birth to their heir, Joseph (1799-1866) who succeeded as 4th Earl of Milltown.
Emily Douglas (d.1841) by James Dowling Herbert courtesy of National Gallery of Ireland NGI 6271. She was wife of Joseph Leeson (1766-1800) mother of 4th Earl of Milltown.
Joseph (1799-1866) 4th Earl of Milltown married Barbara (d. 1874), daughter of Joshua Colles Meredyth, 8th Bt of Greenhills, Co. Kildare, widow of Eyre Tilson Coote, 3rd Baron Castle Coote. She gave birth to both the 5th and the 6th Earls of Milltown.
Edward Nugent Leeson, 6th Earl of Milltown (1835-1890), 1875 by Francis Grant, Courtesy of National Gallery of Ireland NGI.1036.Anthony Lefroy (1800-1890), Conservative politician; MP for Longford and Dublin University, by Camille Silvy 1861 courtesy of National Portrait Gallery NPG Ax54615.Elizabeth née Lennard (1670-1701), Countess of Meath, wife of 3rd Earl, 1701 engraving by Paul Van Somer II after Paul Mignard, photograph courtesy of National Gallery of Ireland.Charles Lennox (1672-1723) 1st Duke of Richmond and Lennox, Courtier; son of King Charles II, by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt c. 1703 courtesy of National Portrait Gallery NPG 3221.
Charles Lennox (1672-1723) 1st Duke of Richmond and Lennox was an illegitimate son of King Charles II, by Louise Renée de Penancoët de Kérouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth. His son Charles Lennox (1701-1750) succeeded as 2nd Duke of Richmond and married Sarah Cadogan (1705-1751).
Sarah Lennox née Cadogan (1705-1751) and Charles Lennox (1701-1750) 2nd Duke of Richmond.Charles Lennox 2nd Duke of Richmond (1701-1750).The portrait over the fireplace in the dining room is a half-length portrait of Charles Lennox (1701–1750), 2nd Duke of Richmond and 2nd Duke of Lennox, wearing armour with the ribbon of the Order of the Garter.
Charles Lennox (1701-1750) 2nd Duke of Richmond and Sarah née Cadogan (1705-1751) had several children:
Georgiana Carolina (1723-1774) married Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland of Foxley;Emilia Mary
Emilia Mary (1731-1814) married James Fitzgerald 1st Duke of Leinster;
Emilia Mary Fitzgerald née Lennox (1731-1814) Duchess of Leinster, courtesy of National Gallery of Ireland.She was married to James FitzGerald 1st Duke of Leinster, 1st Marquess of Kildare, 20th Earl of Kildare.Emilia née Lennox (1731-1814), Countess of Leinster, engraving after Joshua Reynolds, courtesy of National Gallery of Ireland.
Louisa Augusta (1743-1821) married Thomas Conolly;
Pastel of Lady Louisa Lennox (1743-1817), circle of George Knapton, c.1747.The portrait of Lady Louisa Conolly née Lennox (1743-1817) is after Reynolds (the original is in the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard). She was the daughter of Charles 2nd Duke of Richmond and Lennox, and wife of Thomas Conolly(1734-1803).Louisa Conolly née Lennox (1743-1817) who married Thomas Conolly (1734-1803).Louisa Conolly née Lennox (1743-1817), by Hugh Douglas Hamilton.The small medallion in the centre is Lady Louisa by Hugh Douglas Hamilton. The one of the two girls on the right is of Louisa Staples (1770-1833) and her sister, by Hugh Douglas Hamilton. William James Conolly (1712-1754) was the nephew of William Conolly who built Castletown, and he inherited the estate. He was the father of Thomas Conolly (1734-1803). Thomas’s sister Harriet married John Staples (1736-1820), and their daughter was Louisa Staples. Louisa married Thomas Pakenham (1757-1836). It was their son, Edward Michael (1786-1849) who inherited Castletown, and added Conolly to his surname, to become Pakenham Conolly.
Sarah (1745-1826) married Thomas Charles Bunbuy 6th Baronet then George Napier, and another daughter, Cecily (1750-1769) married Robert XI Arthur Geoffrey Nicholls, Comte de Cherbourg. A son, George Henry Lennox (d. 1805) married Louisa, daughter of General William Henry Kerr, 4th Marquess of Lothian. The elder son, Charles Lennox, (1734/5-1806) succeeded as 3rd Duke of Richmond.
I think this is a portrait of Louisa’s brother Charles Lennox (1734-1806), 3rd Duke of Richmond.Charles Lennox (1734-1806) 3rd Duke of Richmond and Lennox,courtesy of National Gallery of Ireland.
Charles Lennox, (1734/5-1806) 3rd Duke of Richmond had a daughter so his nephew General Charles Lennox (1764-1819) succeeded as 4th Duke of Richmond.
Charles Lennox (1764-1819) 4th Duke of Richmond, engraver Henry Hoppner Meyer, after painter John Jackson, courtesy of National Gallery of Ireland.Charlotte Lennox née Gordon (1768-1842), Duchess of Richmond, Vicereine 1807-1813, wife of Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond.James Lenox (1651/2-1723) courtesy of National Trust, Springhill, County Derry.He was the grandfather of Clotworthy Lenox (d. 1785).Clotworthy Lenox (d. 1785) courtesy of National Trust, Springhill, County Derry.Called Anne Conyngham (1724-1777) Mrs Clotworthy Lenox, courtesy of National Trust. Springhill, County Derry.She was the daughter of George Butle Conyngham (1690-1765).George Lenox-Conyngham (1752-1816) courtesy of National Trust. Springhill, County Derry.He was the son of Clotworthy Lenox (d. 1785) and Anne Conyngham (1724-1777).William Lenox-Conyngham (1792-1858) courtesy of National Trust, Springhill, County Derry.He was the son of George Lenox-Conyngham (1752-1816).Charlotte Melosina Staples (1786-1847), wife of William Lenox-Conyngham (1792-1858), courtesy of National Trust. Springhill, County Derry.Jean Hamilton (d. 1788), Mrs William Conyngham, by Joshua Reynolds, courtesy of National Trust, Springhill, County Derry.
Reverend John Leslie (d. 1671) married Katherine Conyngham. They had a son John Leslie (1645-1721) who married Elizabeth Hamilton, and a son Reverend Charles Leslie (1650-1722).
Rev. Charles Leslie (1650-1722), painting after Alexis Simon Belle, courtesy of National Gallery of Ireland.
Reverend Charles Leslie (1650-1722) married Jane Griffith and they had a son, Robert (d. 1743). He married Frances, daughter of John Rogerson, and they had a son, Charles Powell Leslie (1732-1800).
Portrait of Charles Powell Leslie (c. 1731-1800) of Castle Leslie, County Monaghan .
Charles Powell Leslie (1732-1800) married first Prudence Penelope Hill-Trevor she gave birth to their heir, Charles Powell Leslie (1769-1831). They had a second son, Reverend John Leslie (1772-1854) who married Isabella St. Lawrence (d. 1830), and who served as Bishop of Dromore and Bishop of Elphin.
Charles Powell Leslie (1769-1831), Castle Leslie, County MonaghanBishop John Leslie (1772-1854), Corravahan, County Cavan.Frances King (d. 1835), daughter of Robert Edward King 1st Viscount Lorton, who married Right Reverend Charles Leslie (1810-1870) of Corravahan, County Cavan, Bishop of Kilmore, who was son of Reverend John Leslie (1772-1854) and Isabella née St. Lawrence (d. 1830).
Charles Powell Leslie (1732-1800) married secondly Mary Anne Tench and they had several children.
Colonel Charles Powell Leslie (d. 1831) married Christiana Fosbery and they had several children, including Charles Powell Leslie (1821-1871) who died unmarried, and John Leslie (1822-1916) who became 1st Baronet of Castle Leslie.
A portrait of Lady Constance Leslie (née Dawson Damer) in later life, of Castle Leslie, County Monaghan, wife of John Leslie (1822-1916) 1st Baronet of Glaslough, Co Monaghan.Shane Leslie(1885-1781), 3rd Baronet of Glaslough, County Monaghan.Leonie Leslie (1859-1943), Shane Leslie’s mother. Originally Leonie Jerome, her sister Jennie was Winston Churchill’s mother.Maria Phipps née Liddell, Marchioness of Normanby (1798-1882) by George Hayter.Josephine Lloyd (1827-1912) who married Henry Robert Westenra, 2nd (UK) and 3rd Baron (Ireland) Rossmore of Monaghan.Archbishop-Chancellor Adam Loftus (1533-1605). The portrait is in Trinity College Dublin, as he was the first Provost.
Adam Loftus (1533-1605) married Jane Purdon and they had several children:
Anne married Henry Colley and then Edward Blayney, 1st Lord Blayney, Baron of Monaghan;
Martha (d. 1609) married Thomas Colclough (1564-1624) of Tintern Abbey in County Wexford;
Isabelle (d. 1597) married William Ussher (1561-1659);
Alice (d. 1609) married Henry Warren of Warrenstown, County Offaly;
Katherine married Francis Berkeley; Margaret married George Colley; Dorothy (d. 1633) married John Moore (1570-1633).
Adam Loftus and Jane née Purdon had a son Thomas (d. 1635); Adam (d. 1599); Edward (d. 1601) and Dudley (b. 1561).
Dudley Loftus (b. 1561) married Anne Bagenal and they had a son, Adam, who married Jane daughter of Walter Vaughan of Golden Grove, County Offaly. They had other sons: Samuel, Edward and Nicholas (1592-1666).
Adam Loftus and Jane née Vaughan had several children. Their daughter Lettice married Richard son of William Parsons, 1st Baronet; Margaret married Walter Burrowes 2nd Baronet; Elizabeth married Nicholas Forde; Mary married Thomas Boyd of Dublin. Their son Arthur married Dorothy Boyle (1617-1668), daughter of Richard Boyle 1st Earl of Cork. She married secondly Gilbert Talbot, son of William 1st Baronet Talbot, of Carton, Co. Kildare.
Arthur Loftus and Dorothy Boyle (1617-1668) had a daughter Ellen who married Theobald Bourke 4th Viscount of Mayo. Arthur and Dorothy had a son Arthur (1632-1691), who became 1st (and last) Viscount Lisburne.
Lucy Loftus née Brydges (1654-1681? or 1646-1689?) of Sudeley Manor, Gloucestershire, England, by Peter Lely, wife of Adam Loftus (1632-1691), 1st and last Viscount Lisburne.
Dudley Loftus (b. 1561) Anne née Bagenal’s son Nicholas (1592-1666) of Fethard, County Tipperary, married Margaret Chetham and they had a son Nicholas (b. 1635) who had three daughters, and Henry (1636-1716), who lived at Loftus Hall in County Wexford.
Henry Loftus (1636-1716) married first Amy Gorges and they had a daughter Jane (d. 1734) who married Thomas Cosby (d. 1735) of Stradbally Hall in County Laois, and a daughter Margaret who married Highgate Boyd.
Henry Loftus (1636-1716) then married Anne Crewkern and they had a son Henry who died unmarried and a son Nicholas (d. 1763) who became 1st Viscount Loftus of Ely.
Nicholas Loftus, 1st Viscount Ely (1687-1763). Rathfarnham Castle.
Nicholas Loftus (d. 1763) 1st Viscount Loftus of Ely married Anne, daughter of William Ponsonby, 1st Viscount Duncannon. They had several children:
Mary (d. 1779) married William Alcock (d. 1779) of Wilton Castle in County Wexford;
Anne (d. 1768) married Charles Tottenham (1716-1795).
Elizabeth (d. 1747) married John Tottenham, 1st Bt (d. 1786);
Nicholas (d. 1766) who took the name Hume-Loftus and became 1st Earl of Ely. He married Mary Hume, daughter of Gustavus Hume, 3rd Baronet. Their son Nicholas Loftus Hume (1738-1769) 2nd Earl of Ely and on his death the Earldom expired.
Nicholas Hume Loftus, 1st Earl of Ely (1708-1766) by Jacob Ennis.He added Hume to his name after marrying Mary Hume, daughter of Gustavus Hume 3rd Baronet of Castle Hume, Co Fermanagh.
Nicholas Loftus (d. 1763) 1st Viscount Loftus of Ely and Anne née Ponsonby had another son Henry Loftus (1709-1783) who became 1st (and last Earl) of Ely of the second creation.
Henry Loftus, 1st Earl of Ely of the 2nd Creation (1709-1783) by Angelica Kauffman.He was the son of Nicholas Loftus, 1st Viscount Ely (1687-1763). Rathfarnham Castle.Henry Loftus (1709-1783) and wife Frances Monroe, Countess of Ely (d.1821) by Sir Joshua Reynolds courtesy of National TrustUpton House.
Nicholas Loftus (d. 1763) 1st Viscount Loftus of Ely and Anne née Ponsonby’s daughter Elizabeth (d. 1747) who married John Tottenham, 1st Bt (d. 1786) had a son Charles (1738-1806) who took the surname Loftus in 1784, and was created 1st Marquess of Ely.
Charles Tottenham Loftus (1738-1806) 1st Marquess of Ely by Hugh Douglas Hamilton, at Rathfarnham Castle.He was the son of John Tottenham 1st Baronet Tottenham and Elizabeth Loftus, daughter of Nicholas Loftus 1st Viscount Loftus of Ely, of Loftus Hall in County Wexford.
Charles Tottenham Loftus (1738-1806) 1st Marquess of Ely married Jane Myhill and they had two sons: John Loftus (1770-1845) who succeeded as 2nd Marquess of Ely, and Rt. Rev. Lord Robert Ponsonby Tottenham (1773-1850) who served as Bishop of Clogher.
Oil painting on canvas, John Loftus, 2nd Marquess of Ely (1770-1845), attributed to Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830). A three-quarter-length portrait, in a brown coat and blue sash. Peer’s robes to the right, red curtain to the background. A picture of the sitter’s wife by Lawrence is in the Art Institute of Chicago.Sothebys, Public Domain,https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15266849John Henry Wellington Graham Loftus (1849-1889) 4th Marquess of Ely with Jane Loftus née Hope-Vere Marchioness of Ely by John & Charles Watkins c. 1860, NPG x134191.Inscription verso reads, ‘Harriette / Née McClintock – wife of Richard Longfield of Longueville Co. Cork.’ courtesy of Whyte’s May 2016. Harriet Elizabeth (c. 1814-1834) was the daughter of John McClintock (1770-1855) of County Louth and Elizabeth Trench (1784-1877), and she married Richard Longfield (1802-1889) of Longueville, County Cork.Lowry, Robert (d. 1729) of Aghenis Irish school courtesy of National Trust Castle Coole.He was the father of Galbraith Lowry-Corry (1706-1769).Galbraith Lowry-Corry (1706-1769) courtesy of National Trust, Castle Coole, County Fermanagh.Sarah Corry (1709-1779) later Mrs Galbraith Lowry Corry, by Anthony Lee courtesy of National Trust, Castle Coole, County Fermanagh.Armar Lowry-Corry (1740-1802) 1st Earl Belmore, by Robert Hunter, courtesy of National Trust, Castle Coole, County Fermanagh.He was the son ofGalbraith Lowry-Corry (1706-1769) and Sarah Corry (1709-1779).Margaret Lowry-Corry née Butler (1748-1775) by Robert Hunter, courtesy of National Trust, Castle Coole, County Fermanagh.She was 1st wife of Armar Lowry-Corry (1740-1802) 1st Earl Belmore.Mary Anne Lowry-Corry née Caldwell, (d. 1841) Countess Belmore by Hugh Douglas Hamilton courtesy of National Trust Castle Coole. She was the daughter of John Caldwell 4th Baronet of Castle Caldwell in County Fermanagh. She was 3rd wife of Armar Lowry-Corry (1740-1802) 1st Earl Belmore. His second wife was Henrietta Hobart, daughter of John Hobart 2nd Earl of Buckinghamshire.Somerset Lowry-Corry (1774-1841) 2nd Earl Belmore, by Hugh Douglas Hamilton, courtesy of National Trust, Castle Coole, County Fermanagh.He married Juliana Butler (1783-1861), daughter of Henry Thomas Butler 2nd Earl of Carrick (2nd Creation).Juliana Butler (1727/8-1804) Countess of Carrick, with her younger daughters Lady Henrietta Butler (1750-1785), later Viscountess Mountgarret, and Lady Margaret Butler/Lowry-Corry (1748-1775), by Richard Cosway, courtesy of National Trust, Castle Coole, County Fermanagh.Emily Louise Lowry-Corry née Shepherd (1814-1904) Countess Belmore, wife of Armar Lowry-Corry 3rd Earl of Belmore, by Stephen Pearce courtesy of National Trust Castle Coole.Somerset Richard Lowry-Corry (1835-1913) 4th Earl Belmore, by Stephen Pearce, courtesy of National Trust, Castle Coole, County Fermanagh.He was son of Armar Lowry-Corry 3rd Earl of Belmore.Henry Thomas Lowry Corry (1803-1873) by and published by William Walker 1867, NPG Ax15852.Anne Luttrell (1743-1808), who married Christopher Horton and later, Henry Frederick, Duke of Cumberland, painted by Thomas Gainsborough, National Gallery of Ireland, NGI795.Georgiana Pakenham née Lygon (1774-1880).She married Thomas Pakenham 2nd Earl of Longford.
Alessandro Gallilei(1691-1737), architect of Castletown, County Kildare.James Gandon (1743-1823), courtesy of National Gallery of Ireland.Luke Gardiner (1690-1755), MP, Vice Treasurer of Ireland, engraver John Brooks, after Charles Jervas.Mrs Gardiner, wife of the Right Hon. Charles Gardiner and mother of Luke Gardiner, Viscount Mountjoy and Lady Clancarty (née Anne Gardiner), attributed to William Healy, courtesy of Adam’s auction 12th June 2019.Luke Gardiner, 1st Viscount Mountjoy, (1745-1798), Colonel of the Dublin Militia Date 1798 Engraver Henry Brocas the Elder, Irish, 1766-1838 After James Dowling Herbert, Irish, c.1762-1837, courtesy of National Gallery of Ireland.Lady Gardiner, wife of Luke Gardiner, attributed to Hugh Douglas Hamilton, courtesy of Fonsie Mealy auction 18th Apr 2023.Ann Gardiner (1746-1810), by Nathaniel Hone. It is thought to be Anne Gardiner. Courtesy of Whytes March 2020 auction; She was daughter of Charles Gardiner (1720-1769 and married William Power Keating Trench, 1st Earl of Clancarty, and sat with son for Hone also.Charles John Gardiner (1782-1829) 1st Earl of Blessington, by James Holmes circa 1812, courtesy of National Portrait Gallery NPG 1523.Godert de Ginkel 1630-1703 1st Earl of Athlone, courtesy of National Gallery of Ireland.Maud Gonne, by Sarah Purser (1848 – 1943), 1880.Charlotte Lennox née Gordon (1768-1842), Duchess of Richmond, Vicereine 1807-1813, wife of Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond.Bishop William Gore Bishop of Limerick 1772-1784 courtesy of Bishop William Gore Bishop of Limerick 1772-1784 courtesy oflaoishouses.wordpress.com the heath house.Circle of James Latham (Tipperary 1696-1747 Dublin) Portrait of a gentleman, purported to be Sir Arthur Gore of Newton Gore courtesy of British & Continental Pictures by Bonhams April 28, 2009Ralph Gore (1725–1802), 6th Bt, Later 1st Earl of Rosse, on His Bay Hunt, attriibuted to Thomas Spencer, courtesy of National Trust.Colonel Henry Gore, Later Baron Annaly of Tenelick, Co. Longford by Hugh Douglas Hamilton courtesy of Adams 2010.Arthur Saunders Gore, Viscount Sudley, later 2nd Earl of Arran (1734-1809), and his wife Catherine, née Annesley (1739-1770), with their son (?), Arthur Saunders Gore, later 3rd Earl of Arran (1761-1837), as Cupid by Pompeo Batoni 1769.pngElizabeth Gore née Underwood (1761-1829), Countess of Arran by Hugh Douglas Hamilton, sold in Christies 2008. She was the wife of Arthur Saunders Gore 2nd Earl of Arran of the Arran Islands.Russborough House 2018: Lady Beit’s grandmother, Mabel Ogilvy née Gore (1866-1956), Countess of Airlie, wife of David William Stanley Ogilvy, 11th Earl of Airlie, by John Singer Sargent.She was daughter of Arthur Saunders William Charles Fox Gore, 5th Earl of Arran of the Arran Islands.Countess Markievicz, Constance née Gore-Booth (1868-1927) by Casimir Markievicz, 1899, National Gallery of Ireland 1231.Countess Markievicz, studio portrait, courtesy of National Gallery of Ireland.Constance Gore-Booth (left) and her sister, Eva, in 1895.Josselyn Gore-Booth.Henry Gore-Booth (1843-1900), 5th Baronet, by Sarah Purser.Henry Gore-Booth, (1843-1900), 5th BaronetMary Delany (née Granville) (1700-1788) Paper collage artist; memoir and letter writer, by John Opie, 1792, courtesy of National Portrait Gallery NPG 1030.Henry Grattan (1746-1820).Hamilton Knox Grogan-Morgan (1807-1854) and his familyof Johnstown Castle, County Wexford.His wife is Sophia Maria née Rowe (1805-1867).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.Alice Guest née Grosvenor Viscountess Wimborne by Sir John Lavery, Vicereine 1915-18.Arthur Guinness of Beaumont, J.P., (1768-1855), courtesy of National Gallery of Ireland.Arthur Edward Guinness (1840-1915) Baron Ardilaun, by Sir Leslie Ward, published in Vanity Fair 8 May 1880, courtesy of National Portrait Gallery NPG D43957.Arthur Guinness (1768-1855) by Martin Gregan, courtesy of Adam’s auction 13 Oct 2015. Provenance: St. Annes, Clontarf, and by descent in the family. Martin Cregan was amongst the most highly regarded, prolific and successful portraitists of his day. Glin and Crookshank (1978) describe his start in life as romantic, but being brought up as a foster child in Summerhill in Co. Meath and then into the service of the Stewarts of Killymoon in Co. Tyrone may not have been so idyllic as he never, even to his own family, referred to his parentage or upbringing. His talent for drawing was, however, recognized by the Stewarts and he was sent to the Dublin Society Schools where he was a double prize-winner in 1806 and 1807. He was then generously sponsored by the Stewarts to go to London where he became Sir Martin Archer Shees one and only pupil. Cregan returned to Dublin in 1822 and quickly developed a reputation as a fine portrait painter and over a period of thirty-three years exhibited 334 pictures at the Royal Hibernian Academy, of which institution he was a founding member and later President. He fathered sixteen children, the support of whom necessitated his continuing to paint commissions up until his death at the age of 82.
The present work, a portrait of the second Arthur Guinness (1768-1855), was exhibited at the RHA in 1827 and is also listed in Strickland. Arthur was the second son of Guinness founder, Arthur Guinness (1725-1803) and is credited with greatly developing the business at a time of great change economically and politically. He also extended the operations of the family into such areas as flour milling and banking. Arthurs interest in banking led him to being appointed to the Court of Directors of the Bank of Ireland and later becoming its Govenor. He was also chairman of Dublin Chamber of Commerce and was elected a member of Dublin Corporation. He married Ann Lee in 1793 and had nine children, including Benjamin Lee Guinness who was born in 1798. The letter held by the sitter identifies him and is addressed at Beaumont House, his childhood home, which is now part of Beaumont Hospital on the north side of Dublin. Views of Beaumont House were drawn by his daughter, Mary Jane after some remodeling in the 1850s (see Painting Ireland, Topographical Views from Glin Castle, ref. nos.143 & 144).
Benjamin Lee Guinness by Stephen Catterson Smith Jr courtesy of Adam’s auction 13 Oct 2015, Provenance: St. Annes, Clontarf, and by descent in the family. Born in Dublin in 1849, Stephen was eldest son of portrait painter Stephen Catterson Smith, PRHA and Anne Wyke, herself an artist who exhibited occasionally at the RHA. Stephen Jun. had intended to join the army but owing to financial issues he was unable to enter that profession and instead settled down as a painter in his fathers studio. He is listed in the RHA records as having first exhibited there in 1871 with a Portrait. His father died the following year and he effectively took over the practice and continued the family tradition of painting the great and the good of Irish society. He was a regular visitor to Scotland and it was whilst there in 1905 that he caught a severe cold which permanently affected his health. He died on November 24th 1912, at his home, 42 St. Stephens Green in the same room in which he was born. Walter Strickland notes that Smith Jun. made a number of copies of pictures painted by his father, including portraits of the present Sir Benjamin Lee Guinness and his wife Lady Guinness, which were done, we must presume, for Lord Ardilaun. The original portrait of Benjamin Lee Guinness was painted in 1862/3 and exhibited at the RHA in 1863.
Sir Benjamin Lee Guinness, 1st Baronet (1798 – 1868) was the third son of Arthur Guinness II and his wife Anne Lee and grandson of the first Arthur Guinness, founder of the eponymous brewery. While his father had developed the family business and had extended the familys range of commercial interests, it was Benjamin Lee that brought the brewery onto a different level altogether. By the time of his fathers death in 1855, he had become Irelands richest man by developing a huge export trade.
He enjoyed a successful political career, being elected Lord Mayor of Dublin in 1851 and taking a seat in the House of Commons in 1865, a position he retained until his death. His philanthropy was well known, particularly in his home city of Dublin. He undertook in the 1860s the restoration of St. Patricks Cathedral and is reported as having spent the enormous sum of £150,000 on the enterprise. His Dublin home was what is now known as Iveagh House at 80, St. Stephens Green and in 1852 he purchased Ashford Castle in Co.Mayo adding two large Victorian extensions to the castellated mansion. An avid gardener, he extended the estate to 26,000 acres and planted many thousands of trees and oversaw the development of the massive woodlands. On his death in 1868, he was succeeded in the baronetcy by his eldest son, Arthur (later Lord Ardilaum) who took over the brewery with his brother Edward (later Lord Iveagh). His daughter, Anne (1839 – 1889) married William, Lord Plunket in 1863. He is buried in the family vault in Mount Jerome Cemetery in Dublin.
James Gunning of Castle Coote, County Roscommon (d.1767), Father of the Celebrated beauties, Elizabeth, Maria and Catherine, with Medallion Portrait of his Daughter, Maria Date/ c.1760 Engraver Richard Houston, Irish, 1721/22-1775, courtesy of National Gallery of Ireland.Elizabeth, Duchess of Hamilton and Brandon (née Gunning), (1734-1770) Engraver Richard Houston, Irish, 1721/22-1775 After Francis Cotes, English, 1726-1770, courtesy of National Gallery of Ireland.She was the daughter of Colonel John Gunning (1700-1767) of Castle Coote, County Roscommon and of Bridget Bourke (1716-1779), daughter of Theobald Bourke (1681-1741) 6th Viscount of Mayo.Elizabeth married James Hamilton, 6th Duke of Hamilton of Scotland.Photograph courtesy of Glin castle website.The portrait is Margaretta Maria Gwyn (1769-1801), wife of John Bateman Fitzgerald (1765-1803) 23rd Knightof Glin, I believe.
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