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by jenjunebugAugust 23, 2023June 26, 2024

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*Hugh de Lacy (d. 1186) 4th Baron Lacy portrait by Gerald of Wales* – Expugnatio Hibernica (1189) https///www.isos.dias.ie/NLI/NLI_MS_700

*Maurice 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 CENTURY

*Colonel 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).

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 Monaghan*

*Bishop 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 Trust* *Upton 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.