Richard Saint George of Woodsgift, County Kilkenny (d. 1755), (Brigadier General ), 1744 After Francis Bindon, Irish, 1690-1765 engraver John Brooks, Irish.Hugh Douglas Hamilton portrait of Emilia Olivia née St. George, 2nd Duchess of Leinster courtesy of Bonhams Old Master Paintings 2018.Emilia Olivia Ussher-St. George, the Duchess of Leinster by Hugh Douglas Hamilton courtesy of Old Master Paintings Part II by Christie’s 2012.Emilia Olivia née Usher St. George (1759-1798), Duchess of Leinster, wife of 2nd Duke, 1780 engraver William Dickinson after Joshua Reynolds, courtesy of National Gallery of Ireland.Anne St. George née Stepney of Durrow Abbey County Offaly, and Child, 1971, by George Romney courtesy of August Heckscher Collection 1959.147Harriet St. Lawrence (d. 1830), daughter of William 2nd Earl of Howth. She married Arthur French St. George (1780-1844).Elizabeth Aldworth née St. Leger (1693-1773),the first female Freemason.https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MrsAldworth.jpg#/media/File:MrsAldworth.jpgJohn Hayes St. Leger (1756-1799) courtesy of National Trust Waddesdon Manor.Elizabeth Sandford, mother of Henry Sandford Pakenham, wife of Reverend Henry Pakenham, Dean of St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Dublin. Henry Sandford Pakenham married the heiress Grace Catherine Mahon and changed his surname to Pakenham Mahon.Patrick Sarsfield 1st Earl of Lucan (1620-1693) attributed to Hyacinthe Rigaud, French, 1659-1743.John Scott (1739-1798) 1st Earl of Clonmel, engraver Pierre Conde French after Richard Cosway, courtesy of National Gallery of Ireland.Dorothy Scott (1765-1837) second wife of John Keane, 1st Baronet, by George Romney courtesy of Philadelphia Museum of Art.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.She was the daughter of Hugh Seymour Conway 1st Marquess of Hertford.Sarah Eliza Conolly née Shaw (1845-1921), wife of Thomas of Castletown.Robert Shaw, 1774-1849, first baronet of Bushy Park Co. Dublin attributed to Hugh Douglas Hamilton courtesy of Mealys Autumn Sale 2015.Maria Shaw (1838-1875), Daughter of Sir Frederick Shaw 3rd Bt of Bushy Park, Dublin, by William Brocas, courtesy of Adam’s auction 23 March 2016.Helena Selina Blackwood née Sheridan (1807-1867), Writer, Wife of 4th Baron Dufferin and Clandeboye, later Countess of Gifford Date 1849, Engraver John Henry Robinson, English, 1796 – 1871 After Frank Stone, English, 1800-1859.Sir Henry Sidney (1529-1586), Lord Deputy of Ireland, after painter Arnold Van Brounkhorst, courtesy of National Gallery of Ireland.Philip Sidney in a painted oval Provenance Estate of The Late Basil Collins courtesy Adam’s 8 March 2006.John Smith-Barry (1725-1784) of Fota, County Cork.
John Barry (1725-1784), who added the name Smith to his surname after his marriage to a wealthy heiress, was the son of James Barry, 4th Earl of Barrymore, of Castlelyons, County Cork, and Barry’s third wife, Anne Chichester, daughter of Arthur Chichester, 3rd Earl of Donegall (it was spelled with two ‘l’s in the title, unlike the county). He married Dorothy Smith, daughter of Hugh Smith of Weald Hall, Essex, and John added Smith to his surname.
Hugh Smith (1673-1745) of Weald Hall, father of Dorothy Smith who married John Barry (1725-1784), of Fota House, County Cork.Dorothy Smith née Barrett, wife of Hugh Smith (1673-1745) of Weald Hall.Dorothy Smith-Barry née Smith (1727-1756) wife of John Hugh Smith Barry (1725-1784).
John and Dorothy’s oldest son and heir was James Hugh Smith-Barry (1746-1801). He never married, but had several children.
James Hugh Smith-Barry (1746-1801).Portrait Of A Lady traditionally identified as Caroline Courtenay Née Smith-Barry, courtesy of Whyte’s Sept 2007, daughter of James Smith-Barry (1746-1801) of Fota House, County Cork, she married George Courtenay of Ballyedmond House, County Cork (no longer exists).
John Smith-Barry (1783-1837), son of James Hugh Smith-Barry (1746-1801) settled in Fota, County Cork, after his marriage to Eliza Courtenay of Ballyedmond, Midleton, County Cork.
John Smith-Barry (1783-1837), who hired the Morrisons to enlarge Fota house, County Cork.John Smith-Barry (1783-1837), who hired the Morrisons to enlarge Fota house.I think this is probably Eliza Mary née Courtenay (1797-1828) who married John Smith-Barry, Fota House, County Cork, August 2023.Eliza Mary née Courtenay (1797-1828) who married John Smith-Barry. She was the daughter of Robert Courteney of Ballyedmond in County Cork.
James Hugh Smith-Barry (1816-1856) inherited Fota and also Marbury Hall in Cheshire. He served as Deputy Lieutenant, Justice of the Peace and High Sheriff of County Cork. He married Elizabeth Jacson of Cheshire. After her husband died, she married George Fleming Warren, 2nd Baron de Tabley of Tabley House, County Chester.
James Hugh Smith-Barry by William Orpen 1904, courtesy of Fonsie Mealy auction 2022.
Arthur Hugh Smith-Barry (1843-1925), the oldest son of James and Elizabeth, inherited Fota and also Marbury Hall. He too served as Deputy Lieutenant, Justice of the Peace and High Sheriff of County Cork as well as Member of Parliament (M.P.) (Conservative) for County Cork between 1867 and 1874. He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) (Conservative) for South Huntingdonshire in England between 1886 and 1900. In 1902 he was created 1st (and last) Baron Barrymore of County Cork.
Arthur Hugh Smith-Barry (1843-1925) of Fota House, 1st Viscount Barrymore.Captain Richard Hugh Smith-Barry (1823-1894) of Fota House, County Cork.Charlotte Mary Smyth with a Landscape View of Ballynatray by James Butler Brenan courtesy of Adam’s 6 Oct 2009, provenance Ballynatray House.She married Charles William Moore 5th Earl of Mountcashell.Richard Smyth of Ballynatray (1796-1858) who married in 1821 Harriet St. Leger of Doneraile, Irish school, courtesy of Adam’s auction 6 Oct 2009.Percy Ellen Frederick William Smythe (1825-1869) 8th Viscount Strangford and Philippa Eliza Sydney Smythe (d. 1854) daughter of 6th Viscount Strangford, wife of Henry J. Baillie (d. 1885) of Scotland by William Fisher, 1817 – 1895.Mary Somerset (1665-1733), Duchess of Ormond, wife of James Butler 2nd Duke of Ormond (1665-1745), painted by Michael Dahl.Lady Mary Somerset, Duchess of Ormonde (1665-1733) by Michael Dahl (Stockholm 1656/9 ? London 1743), 1690s. Three-quarter-length portrait, of a young woman, seated, full front, her head three-quarters left. She is wearing a deep brown-gold dress, blue lined and is holding a rose in her right hand. A bottle green curtain is to the right and an arcade in the left background.Mary Butler née Somerset(1665-1733) Duchess of Ormonde, Engraver John Smith, After Godfrey Kneller.Henry Somerset (1629-1700) 1st Duke of Beaufort by Robert White, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt, NPG D28194.Mary Isabella Manners née Somerset, Duchess of Rutland, daughter of Charles Somerset 4th Duke of Beaufort and Elizabeth Berkeley, wife of Charles Manners, 4th Duke of Beaufort, Vice Regent of Ireland.Mary Sackville (1637-1678) Countess of Orrery later Viscountess Shannon (d.1714) by Godfrey Kneller courtesy of National Trust Knole.She was the wife of Roger Boyle, 2nd Earl of Orrery.Charlotte née Seymour (1835-1903) Countess Spencer, wife of John Poyntz Spencer 5th Earl Spencer, by John Leslie, 1860.She was the daughter of Frederick Charles William Seymour.Thomas Spring-Rice (1760-1866), Chancellor of the Exchequer and later 1st Baron Monteagle, photograph courtesy of National Gallery of Ireland.Thomas Spring-Rice (1849-1926) 2nd Baron Monteagle by Charles Wellington Furse, photograph courtesy of National Gallery of Ireland.Mary Spring Rice (1880-1924) and Molly Childers aboard the Asgard during the Howth gun-running.Elizabeth Stanhope née Butler (1640-1665), daughter of the 1st Duke of Ormonde and 2nd wife of Philip Stanhope2nd Earl of Chesterfield Date: 1681/1688 Engraver: Isaac Beckett, English, c.1653-c.1715/19 After Peter Lely, Dutch, 1618-1680, courtesy of National Gallery of Ireland.John Staples (1736-1820), of Lissan, County Tyrone, courtesy of National Trust. Springhill, County Derry.Portrait called The Honourable Harriet Molesworth (1745-1812), wife of John Staples (1736-1820) (probably Harriet Conolly, d. 1771), by Francis Cotes, courtesy of National Trust. Springhill, County Derry.Grace Louisa Staples (1779-1860) Marchioness of Ormonde by John Saunders. She was the wife of James Wandesford Butler, 1st Marquess of Ormonde, and daughter of John Staples (1736-1820) of Lissan, County Tyrone.Chalotte Melosina Staples (1786-1847), wife of William Lenox-Conyngham (1792-1858), daughter of John Staples (1736-1820) of Lissan, County Tyrone, courtesy of National Trust. Springhill, County Derry.Louisa Anne Pakenham née Staples (1770-1833) and her sister Henrietta Margaret Trench née Staples (1770-1847) Countess of Clancarty (c.1770-1847) by Hugh Douglas Hamilton. Louisa was married to Thomas Pakenham (1757-1836) and Henrietta was married to Richard Power Keating Le Poer Trench (1767-1837) 2nd Earl of Clancarty.Their father was John Staples (1736-1820) of County Tyrone, and their mother was Harriet Conolly (1739-1771)of Castletown House, County Kildare.Robert Staples (1772-1832) 8th Baronet, of Springhill, County Derry and Lissan, County Tyrone, courtesy of National Trust. Springhill, County Derry.Charles Stewart Parnell’s mother Delia. She was an American, daughter of the famous “Old Ironsides,” Admiral Charles Stewart.William Stewart of Killymoon (1710-1797), British (Irish) School, mid 18th century, inscribed. Oil painting on canvas, A half-length portrait, wearing a gold trimmed blue coat.James Stewart (1741-1821) of Killymoon, County Tyrone, by Pompeo Batoni, courtesy of Ulster Museum.He was a son of William Stewart of Killymoon (1710-1797).Alexander Stewart (1699/1700-1781) of Ballylawn, by Andrea Soldi, courtesy of National Trust, Mount Stewart.
Alexander Stewart (1699/1700-1781) and his wife, Mary Cowan, bought a large area of land in County Down in 1744, part of which became Mount Stewart demesne.
Oil painting on canvas, Alexander Stewart of Mount Stewart (1700-1781), school of Sir Godfrey Kneller (Lubeck 1646/9 – London 1723). A half-length portrait of Alexander Stewart, father of the 1st Marquess of Londonderry, facing the viewer, with his head turned slightly to the right, wearing a red coat and a cravat over a gold-embroidered jacket. By Unknown author – https://www.artuk.org/discover/artworks/alexander-stewart-of-ballylawn-17001781-132900, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=72556779Mary Cowan (1713-1788) who married Alexander Stewart, by Andrea Soldi, courtesy of National Trust, Mount Stewart.Robert Stewart (1739-1821) later 1st Marquess Londonderry, by Anton Raphael Mengs, courtesy of National Trust, Mount Stewart.He was the son of Alexander Stewart (1700-1781) of Ballylawn and Mary née Cowan.Oil painting on paper laid down on canvas, A Conversation Piece with Robert, 1st Marquess of Londonderry (1739-1821), his Second Wife, Frances (1750-1833), their Son Charles William (1778-1854), and their Four Younger Daughters, Selina, Matilda, Emily Jane and Octavia by Thomas Robinson (Windermere before 1770 – Dublin 1810), 1803-08. The daughters shown are Lady Selina Stewart, later Lady Selina Kerr (d.1871), Lady Emily Jane Stewart, Viscountess Hardinge (1789-1865), Lady Octavia Catherine Stewart, later Baroness Ellenborough (d.1819) and Lady Matilda Stewart, later Lady Matilda Ward (d.1842). Their elder three daughters Georgiana (d. 1804), Caroline (1865) and France Anne (1777 – 1810) are not present.Alexander Stewart of Ards, brother of 1st Marquess Londonderry, by Pompeo Batoni, courtesy of National Trust, Mount Stewart.He was the son of Alexander Stewart (1700-1781) of Ballylawn and Mary née Cowan.Robert Stewart (1769-1822) Viscount Castlereagh, later 2nd Marquess of Londonderry, by Hugh Douglas Hamilton, courtesy of National Trust, Mount Stewart.Amelia Anne Hobart (1772-1829) wife of Robert Stewart, 1st Viscount Castlereagh, by Thomas Lawrence, courtesy of National Trust Mount Stewart.Charles William Stewart (later Vane) (1778-1854), later 3rd Marquess of Londonderry, in Garter Robes, by James Godsell Middleton, courtesy of National Trust, Mount Stewart.He was the half-brother of Robert Stewart (1769-1822) Viscount Castlereagh.Painting by Thomas Lawrence of Catherine Bligh, daughter of 3rd Lord Darnley, with her son Frederick Wililam Robert, who became 4th Marquess of Londonderry. Mount Stewart, County Down, June 2023.She married Charles William Stewart (later Vane) (1778-1854), later 3rd Marquess of Londonderry.Frances Anne (1800-1865) Marchioness of Londonderry, and her son George Henry (1827-1828) Viscount Seaham, by Thomas Lawrence, courtesy of National Trust, Mount Stewart. She married Charles Stewart later Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry.Elizabeth Jocelyn (1813-1884), Marchioness of Londonderry, formerly Viscountess Powerscourt, by James Rannie Swinton, courtesy of Mount Stewart National Trust. She was married to the 6th Viscount Powerscourt. She was the daughter of Robert Jocelyn 3rd Earl of Roden. After her husband’s death she married Frederick William Robert Stewart, 4th Marquess of Londonderry, of Mount Stewart, County Down.Anna Stewart (née Garner), of Lisburn Co. Down, Second Wife of William Stewart of Wilmont, by Nathaniel Hone, courtesy of Shepphards auctions.William Stewart (c. 1650-1692) 3rd Bt and 1st Viscount Mountjoy courtesy of National Trust Mount Stewart.William Stewart (c. 1650-1692) 3rd Bt and 1st Viscount Mountjoy.Anne Boyle (1700-1742) 2nd Lady Mountjoy, wife of William Stewart 2nd Viscount Mountjoy by Garrett Morphy Adams auction 19 Oct 2021. She was the daughter of Murrough Boyle, 1st Viscount of Blessington.William Stewart (1709-1769) 1st Earl of Blesington by Stephen Slaughter courtesy of Museum of Freemasonry. He was the son of William Stewart 2nd Earl of Mountjoy and Anne née Boyle.James Stopford (1794-1858) 4th Earl of Courtown, attributed to Joseph Slater, courtesy of Fonsie Mealy auction.He married Charlotte Albina Montagu Scott.“Col. E. Stratford” attributed to Charles Jervas, courtesy Fonsie Mealy Fortgranite auction.It could be Edward Stratford (1663-1740) father of John Stratford (d. 1777) 1st Earl of Aldborough. He lived at Belan, County Kildare.John Stratford (d. 1777) 1st Earl of Aldborough courtesy of Fonsie Mealy Fortgranite auction.He lived at Belan in County Kildare.He married Martha O’Neale, daughter of Benjamin, Archdeacon of Leighlin and Ferns.Martha O’Neale, daughter of Benjamin, Archdeacon of Leighlin and Ferns, 1st Countess Aldborough, courtesy of Fonsie Mealy Fortgranite auction.Martha, Countess of Aldborough courtesy of Fonsie Mealy Fortgranite auction.Edward Stratford (1736-1801) 2nd Earl of Aldborough in ceremonial robes, and with painted coat of arms, by Philip Hussey courtesy of Fonsie Mealy Fortgranite.He lived in Belan House, County Kildare.Elizabeth Countess of Aldborough (1759-1811) by Hugh Douglas Hamilton, as Hebe. Elizabeth Hamilton was wife of John Stratford 3rd Earl of Aldborough.She was the daughter of Frederick Hamilton, Dean of Raphoe, County Donegal.Maria Stratford (1744-1797) daughter of 1st Earl of Aldborough, standing by a tree, landscape in background, wearing full length white silk dress, Attributed to James Latham (1696 – 1747) courtesy Fonsie Mealy Fortgranite.Archbishop George Stone (1708-1754), Primate of Ireland by Alan Ramsay.James Stuart (1612-1655) 1st Duke of Richmond and 4th Duke of Lennox, son of King Charles II.Elizabeth Stuart née Yorke (1789-1867). Lady Stuart de Rothesay, with her daughters Charlotte (1817-1861) and Louisa (1818-1891) by George Hayter, photograph courtesy of UK Government Art Collection. Elizabeth was the daughter of Philip Yorke 3rd Earl of Hardwicke; Louisa married Henry de la Poer Beresford 3rd Marquis of Waterford; Charlotte married Charles John Canning 1st Viceroy of India , 2nd Viscount Canning, 1st Earl Canning. 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.”John Stuart (1744-1814), Lord Mountstuart, later 4th Earl and 1st Marquess of Bute by Jean Etienne Liotard, 1763.Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1718-1794), Wife of John Patrick Crichton Stuart 3rd Earl of Bute, print after Christian Friedrich Zincke, 1830s, courtesy of National Portrait Gallery of London, NPG D34619.Caroline née Sutherland Leveson Gower (1827-1887), wife of 4th Duke of Leinster, courtesy of National Gallery of Ireland.Late 16th / Early 17th Century English School “Mrs. William Swifte” courtesy Fonsie Mealy Fortgranite auction.
Burke’s Landed Gentry of Ireland tells us that Francis Swifte, son of Henry of Sheffield, County York, was knighted in 1616 and died in 1642. Henry of Sheffield’s other son was Thomas, who was buried in Canterbury Cathedral, who married Margaret, daughter and heir of the Right Rev. Thomas Godwin, Bishop of Bath & Wells. Many generations of Swift after him had the forename “Godwin.” Thomas and Margaret had a son William, born in 1566, who was Rector of Herbaldown and who married Mary Philpott.
17th Century English School “Portrait of a Gentleman in Armour, Sir Francis Swifte,” courtesy Fonsie Mealy Fortgranite auction.Probably Francis Swifte, son of Henry of Sheffield, County York, was knighted in 1616 and died in 1642.Reverend Thomas Swifte, 17th Century Irish School. He was born in Canterbury in 1561, and married Margaret, daughter and heir of the Right Rev. Thomas Godwin, Bishop of Bath & Wells. He was the son of Henry Swifte; courtesy of Fonsie Mealy’s Fortgranite auction.Many generations of Swift after him had the forename “Godwin.”Late 16th / early 17th Century English School, “Right Reverend Thomas Godwin, courtesy Fonsie Mealy Fortgranite auction.
Thomas and Mary’s son Reverend Thomas (1595-1658) of Goodrich, Herefordshire, England, and Bristow, was ancestor of the Irish Swift family of Swiftsheath and Lionsden. He was devoted to King Charles I and the son of Charles I who was to become King Charles II.
Thomas married Elizabeth Dryden (c. 1605-1658). They had many children, many of whom lived in Ireland. His son Jonathan (d. 1667) was a solicitor in Dublin, who married Abigail Erick of County Leicester, and they had a son, born after his death in Hoey’s Court, Dublin, right next to Dublin Castle, in 1667, also named Jonathan, the famed writer, Dean of St Patrick’s Cathedral in Dublin. He wrote many anecdotes about his grandfather in his manuscript The Family of Swift which is preserved in the library at Trinity College, Dublin (I must go to see it!). He died in 1745.
Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) by Charles Jervas circa 1718, National Portrait Gallery in London, 278.Portrait of Dean Swift attributed to Rupert Barber (1719-1772), courtesy of Adam’s auction 12 May 2013.This must be Jonathan Swift who died in 1745, Dean of St. Patrick’s Cathedral.Portrait of Stella courtesy of Adam’s auction 12 May 2013, attributed to Rupert Barber (1719-1772).“Portrait of Esther Johnson (Stella),” Late 18th / Early 19th Century after James Latham (1696 – 1747) courtesy of Fonsie Mealy Fortgranite sale.
Reverend Thomas Swift (1595-1658) had another son, Godwin Swift (d. 1695), who was Attorney-General to the Duke of Ormonde, and married four times. Geoffrey Marescaux tells us that Godwin Swift paid the famous Jonathan Swift’s school fees. His heir was child of his second wife, Katherine Webster, Godwin Swift (1672-1739), later of Dunbrow, County Dublin and Swiftsheath, County Kilkenny. For information on Swiftsheath, see https://kilkennyarchaeologicalsociety.ie/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/OKR1978-356-Geoffrey-Marescaux-Swiftes-Heath.pdf
Godwin Swift (1672-1739) married his cousin, Elizabeth, who was daughter of another son of Reverend Thomas Swift Vicar at Goodrich and Elizabeth née Dryden, William, who had land in Carlow, Kilkenny, Leitrim and Roscommon.
Godwin Swift (1672-1739) and Elizabeth had a son Godwin who inherited Swiftsheath and also owned Tidenton, County Kilkenny. He married a cousin, Elizabeth Swift, who was daughter of Deane Swift (c. 1674-1714) of Castle Rickard, County Westmeath. Deane Swift (c. 1674-1714) was another son of Godwin Swift Attorney-General to the Duke of Ormonde, by his 3rd wife, Hannah Deane.
Their son Godwin Swift (c. 1734-1815) lived in Swiftsheath and Lionsden, County Meath. He also married a cousin, Maria Swift, daughter of Deane Swift (c. 1707-1783) and Mary née Harrison, daughter of Theophilus Harrison. To add confusion to the family tree, Theophilus Harrison, Reverend of Clonmacnois, married twice, and one of his wives, Eleanor Meade, daughter of William Meade Lt Col of Ballintober, County Cork, had been previously married to Godwin Swift Attorney-General to the Duke of Ormonde as his fourth wife! Mary Harrison’s mother was Theophilus Harrison’s second wife, Martha Swift – yes, another Swift! She was the daughter of Adam Swift of Greencastle, County Down, who was another son of Thomas Swift Vicar at Goodrich and Elizabeth née Dryden.
Reverend Deane Swifte, 17th Century Irish School, cousin and biographer of Dean Jonathan Swift. This is be Deane Swift (1703-1783), son of Deane Swift of Castle Rickard, County Westmeath. His great grandfather was a Regicide, ie. signed the death warrant of King Charles I, but fortunately died before Charles II was restored to the throne, according to Jonathan Swift!Admiral Richard Deane (Regicide) 17th Century English School courtesy Fonsie Mealy Fortgranite auction.The Fonsie Mealy site adds: “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]Mrs Godwin Swifte of Swifte’s Heath, courtesy of Fonsie Mealy’s Fortgranite sale.
Godwin Swift (c. 1734-1815) of Swiftsheath and Lionsden and his cousin, Maria Swift had another son called Godwin Swift (c. 1779-1814), of Lionsden. This Godwin Swift married yet another cousin, Jane Sophia Swift (1785-1851), in 1803. She was the daughter of Richard Swift (1750-1796) who was the son of John L’Estrange Swift (1709-1793) of Lynn, County Westmeath, who was the son of Meade Swift (1682-1739) of Lynn, County Westmeath, who was the son of Godwin Swift Attorney-General to the Duke of Ormonde and Eleanor née Meade!
Jane Sophia Swift (1785-1851) married secondly, in 1818, Louis Auguste Alexander, Comte Lepelletier de Molende.
Countess Molende née Swift and her granddaughter Luigina de Sadre, Gifted by the artist to W.R. Swifte as a token, as his predecessor Jonathan Swifte served as Rector at Agher Church from 1699 – 1745, courtesy Fonsie Mealy Fortgranite auction.
Godwin Swift (c. 1779-1814), of Lionsden and Jane Sophia Swift (1785-1851) had a son Godwin Meade Pratt Swift (1805-1864) of Swiftsheath and Lionsden.
Identified as “Godwin Pratt Meade Swifte Lord Carlingford (m. MJ Clarke), Leahy, Dixon & Mulvanney, 19th Century Irish School, standing in a landscape by a grey horse with Foulksrath Castle, Co. Kilkenny in the distance”, courtesy of Fonsie Mealy Fortgranite. Godwin Meade Pratt Swift (1805-1864) of Swiftsheath and Lionsdenmarried Mary Jane Clarke of Bansha Castle, County Tipperary.He took the title Viscount Carlingford.Jane Christina Swifte (1810-1854), the wife of “Chevalier Sergio Demacdo, Minister Plenipotentiary of HM Emperor of Brazil,” Early 19th Century Irish School, courtesy Fonsie Mealy Fortgranite. She was the daughter of Godwin Swift of Lionsden and Jane Sophia.
Godwin called himself Viscount Carlingford, reviving a title created in 1627 for another branch of the Swift family. Godwin also added the “e” back to the end of the name Swift. He married first, Maria Theresa Plankenstern, Baroness de Wetzlar of Austria at Paris in 1830 after the birth of their son Ferdinando. [see https://www.youwho.ie/swifte.html ].
Godwin secondly married Jane Anne Hopkins on 18 Mar 1845 at Liverpool after an non legal ceremony some years earlier. Godwin returned with his family from the continent in 1845 to take up residence at Swiftesheath. Jane died at Lionsden, Castle Rickard in 1848 and was buried in the family vault. Godwin thirdly married Mary Jane Clarke on 4 Feb 1863 at Kilkenny and declared himself a widower. Mary was the daughter of Robert Hare Clarke. Godwin died 4 Jul 1864.
He created a flying machine which he hoisted to the top of Foulkesrathe Castle, which stood on the property of Swiftesheath, but it failed to fly and a butler who was piloting the plane broke a leg in his fall.
Identified as Pratt Swifte, Early 19th Century Irish School, courtesy of Fonsie Mealy Fortgranite sale.Mrs. Swifte, grandmother of Thomas Dennis courtesy Fonsie Mealy Fortgranite Auction.19th Century Irish School, Portrait of Mrs. Godwin Swifte courtesy Fonsie Mealy Fortgranite auction.There were so many Godwin Swifts it is hard to identify the sitter.Godwin Butler Meade Swifte (1864-1923) son of “Viscount Carlingford,” wearing uniform of the High Sheriff of Kilkenny, seated holding a sword, D.L. was the High Sheriff of Kilkenny and later Carlow, and resided at Swifte’s Heath, Co. Kilkenny, courtesy of Fonsie Mealy Fortgranite.Ernest Godwin Swifte K.C., with a companion painting of Lady Francis Swifte courtesy of Fonsie Mealy Fortgranite sale.He was the son of William Richard Swift (1807-1890), son of Godwin Swift of Lionsden and Jane Sophia.“Lady Francis Swifte,” with a companion painting of Ernest Godwin Swifte K.C., courtesy of Fonsie Mealy Fortgranite sale.Perhaps it is Ernest Godwin’s sister Julia Frances Swift, who did not marry.
Windham Quin (1717-1789) of Adare, County Limerick by Stephen Slaughter, courtesy of Yale Center for British Art.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.
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Walter Raleigh (1552-1618) by Unknown English artist 1588, National Portrait Gallery of London ref. 7.Francis Rawdon-Hastings (1754-1826) 2nd Earl of Moira by John Hoppner courtesy of Lady Lever Art Gallery.John Redmond (1856-1918) by Harry Jones Thaddeus, 1901, National Gallery of Ireland NGI889.William Robinson, from “In Harmony with Nature, The Irish Country House Garden 1600-1900” in the Irish Georgian Society, July 2022, curated by Robert O’Byrne.Richard Harcourt Robinson, died in 1910. Rokeby, County LouthArchbishop Richard Robinson (1708-1794) by Angelica Kauffmann or Joshua Reynolds, courtesy of Armagh Robinson Library.Richard Robinson (1787-1847), Baronet, English School (c.1847) with a depiction of his armorials and campaign medals issued to survivors of the Napoleonic Wars courtesy Adam’s auction 6 Oct 2009.This must be Richard Robinson 2nd Baronet of Rokeby Hall in County Louth. He was the son of John Freind, who married a sister of Richard Robinson Baron of Rokeby, and who took the name of Robinson when he inherted Rokeby.John Loftus Robinson, architect of Dun Laoghaire County Hall. Dun Laoghaire County Hall.William Robinson (1644-1712) Royal Hospital Kilmainham, 15th October 2023.James Rochfort (executed in 1652 after killing someone in a duel) usually known by his nickname “Prime Iron,” by Garret Morphy.He married Thomasine Pigott of Dysart.
James Rochfort (“Prime Iron”) and Thomasine Pigott had several children including Charles who married Marbella, daughter of Theophilus Jones and Alice Ussher, and Robert (1652-1727), who became Speaker of the Irish House of Commons and Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer. He married Hannah Hancock (d. 1733) of Twyford, County Westmeath.
Robert Rochfort (1652-1727) as Speaker of the Irish House of Commons by an unknown artist, Photograph of a painting owned by Michael O’Reilly.
Robert Rochfort (1652-1727) and Hannah née Hancock had sons George Rochfort (1682-1730), later of Gaulstown, Co. Westmeath and John (1690-1771). George married Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Hamilton-Moore, 3rd Earl of Drogheda. John married, first, Deborah Staunton (d. 1737) then Emilia (d. 1770), daughter of John Eyre (1659-1709) of Eyre Court.
George Rochfort (1682-1730), of Gaulstown, Co. Westmeath, M.P. for Co. Westmeath by Charles Jervas courtesy of Christies Auction 2002
George and Elizabeth née Moore had lots of children. The heir was Robert (1708-1774) who was later created 1st Earl of Belvedere.
Robert Rochfort, 1st Earl of Belvedere (1708-1774), three-quarter-length, in van Dyck costume, by Robert Hunter It is possible that the present portrait was executed posthumously.
Other children included Mary (1705-1729) who married Henry Tuite, 6th Baronet. Alice (1710-1738) married Thomas Loftus (1701-1768). Thomasine, born 1716, married Gustavus Lambart of Beauparc, County Meath (a section 482 property, see my entry). Anne married Henry Lyons, High Sheriff for King’s County. William (1719-1772) married Henrietta Ramsay. Arthur married Sarah Singleton and became MP for County Westmeath. George (1713-1794) married Alice, daughter of Gustavus Hume, 3rd Baronet.
Jane née Rochfort Countess of Lanesborough (1737-1828) Attributed to Thomas Pope Stevens courtesy Christies Irish Sale 2002. She was the daughter of Robert Rochfort, 1st Earl of Belvedere and married Brinsley Butler, 2nd Earl of Lanesborough.Sarah Rochfort (nee Singleton) was the daughter of The Rev. Rowland Singleton (1696-1741) of Drogheda, later Vicar of Termonfeckin, County Louth, wife of Arthur Rochfort (1711-1774) of Bellfield House Co Westmeath, sold at Shepphards.
The first Earl of Belvedere is infamous for locking up his wife, Mary Molesworth, daughter of the 3rd Viscount of Swords (see my entry about Belvedere, County Westmeath). Their daughter Jane (d. 1828) married Brinsley Butler, 2nd Earl of Lanesborough. Robert 1st Earl’s son George (1738-1813) succeeded as 2nd Earl of Belvedere.
George Rochfort (1738-1815), later 2nd Earl of Belvedere by ROBERT HUNTER (C. 1715/20-1801), Adams auction 18 Oct 2022.George Rochfort (12 October 1738 – 13 May 1814), 2nd Earl of Belvedere, and his second wife Jane née Mackay, by Robert Hunter, 1804 courtesy of Christies.John Rogerson (1676-1741), 1741 by Stephen Slaughter, courtesy of National Gallery of Ireland.Slaughter was an Englishman who paid many visits to Ireland.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.Hamilton Knox Grogan-Morgan (1807-1854) and his familyof Johnstown Castle, County Wexford.His wife is Sophia Maria née Rowe (1805-1867).Her father was Ebenezer Radford Rowe of Ballyharty, County Wexford, whose mother was Elizabeth Grogan from Johnstown Castle! Her mother was Elizabeth Emily Irvine from Castle Irvine in County Fermanagh.John Russell (1710-1771) 4th Duke of Bedford was Chancellor of the University 1765-1771. The portrait is by Thomas Gainsborough. Russell was Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in 1756 and resigned in 1761. Provost’s House, Trinity College Dublin.Louisa Hamilton née Russell Duchess of Abercorn, by Edwin Landseer (Vicereine 1866-68 and 1874-76), wife of James Hamilton (1811-1885) 1st Duke of Abercorn.
I have an editorial decision to make regarding women. Do I put them under their married name or under their maiden name? I think for now I’ll put them under both, as it’s nice to see them in relation to their fathers as well as in relation to their husband!
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James Lenox Naper (1712-1776), who later changed his surname to Dutton.William Newcome (1729–1800), Archbishop of Armagh.I think this is a portrait of Henrietta Townsend née Newenham (1764-1848). She married Richard Boyle Townsend and was daughter of John Newenham (1738-1785) of Maryborough, County Corkand Harriet Vereker of Roxborough, County Limerick.William Nicolson (1655-1727) Bishop of Derry.Isaac Nicholson, b. 1840.General William Nugent (d. 1690) Date. c.1685 by Gaspar Smitz, courtesy of National Gallery of Ireland.Christopher Nugent (1642-1680) Lord Delvin portrait (c1660-5) by Gaspar Smitz at National Gallery of Ireland. Dublin, Ireland.Smitz was a Dutch artist who is said to have come to England shortly after the Restoration and who became a member of the Guild of St. Luke in Dublin.This Guild was also known as the Guild of Dublin Cutlers, Painter-Steyners and Stationers, and was founded in 1670.Mary Ann Cavendish Bradshaw also known as the Countess of Westmeath. Portrait painted by Sir Thomas Lawrence in 1806. She was born Marianne Jeffreys, and married George Frederick Nugent, the 7th Earl of Westmeath and she became the Countess of Westmeath. In 1796 in a sensational court case she divorced Nugent and soon after married Augustus Cavendish Bradshaw.
Murrough O’Brien (d. 1551) King of Thomond, submitted to King Henry VIII in 1543 and was created 1st Earl of Thomond [Ireland] on 1 July 1543, for life with a special remainder to his nephew, Donogh. He was also created 1st Baron of Inchiquin [Ireland].
Donough O’Brien (died 1582) of Leameneagh and Dromoland, younger son of Murrough O’Brien last King of Thomond, 1st Earl of Thomond, painted 1577 on panel, courtesy History of the O’Briens from Brian Boroimhe, AD. 1000 to AD. 1945, by Donough O’Brien, page 200.Slaney O’Brien nee McNamara, daughter of John of Cratelagh, wife of Donough O’Brien of Leameneagh (d. 1582), 1577 on panel in her 28th year. History of the O’Briens from Brian Boroimhe, AD. 1000 to AD. 1945, by Donough O’Brien, p 200.
His son Donogh McMurrough O’Brien (d. 1582) lived at Leamanagh and at Dromoland, County Clare. He in turn had a son Connor McDonogh O’Brien (d. 1603/4), who had a son, Donogh O’Brien (1595-1634/35) who married Honora Wingfield.
Slaney O’Brien, wife of Conor, Daughter of Turlough O’Brien of the Dough and Ennistymon courtesy Max Gheeraerts, Historical memoir of the O’Briens, The Origin and History of the O’Brien Clan by John O’Donoghue, Publ.1860, Martin Breen 2002.Donough O’Brien of Lemeneagh (1595-1637) Scan from Historical Memoir of the O’Briens, The Origin and History of the O’Brien Clan John O’Donoghue published by Martin Breen (Collection of Lord Inchiquin).
Donogh and Honoria Wingfield had a son Colonel Connor McDonogh O’Brien (1617-1651) who married Mary ‘Rua’ MacMahon.
Máire Rua O’Brien née McMahon (1615/1616 – 1686) daughter of Turlough Roe McMahon Baronet, wearing Felemish bobbin lace with O’Brien coat of arms.She married first Colonel Neylan, then in 1639, Colonel Conor O’Brien (1617-1651) of Lemeneagh, ancestor of Barons Inchiquin, but he was slain in battle in 1651. She then married, to keep the family property, Captain John Cooper of Ireton’s army, whom she is said to have murdered! It’s a rare example of a portrait almost certainly painted in Ireland in the first half of the seventeenth century – see Irish Portraits 1660-1860 by Anne Crookshank and the Knight of Glin, published by the Paul Mellon Foundation for British Art 1969.Donough O’Brien (1642-1717), 1st Baronet of Lemeneagh and Dromoland, Co. Clare by Mary Beale, 1690. He lived in Dromoland Castle.He was the son of Máire Rua O’Brien née McMahon (1615/1616 – 1686) and Conor McDonogh O’Brien (1617-1651).Lucia Hamilton, 1674, daughter of George Hamilton. Wife of Donough O’Brien, 1st Baronet, married in 1674. She died two years later, not long after the birth of his son and heir, Lucius.Lucius O’Brien (1675-1717) son of Donough O’Brien 1st Baronet of Leameneh, History of the O’Briens from Brian Boroimhe, AD. 1000 to AD. 1945, by Donough O’Brien, p 212.jpgCatherine Keightley, daughter of Thomas Keightley and Frances Hyde, aunt of Queens Anne and Mary, wife of Lucius O’Brien, History of the O’Briens from Brian Boroimhe, AD. 1000 to AD. 1945, by Donough O’Brien, p 232.Edward O’Brien (1705-1765) 2nd Baronet of Dromoland, County Clare from Historical memoir of the O’Briens : The Origin and History of the O’Brien Clan, by John O’Donoghue A.M, Barrister-at-Law, First Published in 1860 (Martin Breen 2002) Illustrations section (Collection of O’Brien of Dromoland), Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=109837449He was the son of Lucius O’Brien.Mary Hickman, wife of Edward O’Brien, 2nd Baronet, from Historical memoir of the O’Briens : The Origin and History of the O’Brien Clan, by John O’Donoghue A.M, Barrister-at-Law, First Published in 1860 (Martin Breen 2002) Illustrations section, Public Domain,https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=109837783Lucius O’Brien (1731-1795) 3rd Baronet, courtesy of Harnet – The Other Clare Vol. 9 page 14,15.Ann Ffrench wife of Sir Lucius O’Brien, 3rd Baronet courtesy Unknown author – These My Friends and Forebears: The O’Briens of Dromoland. She was daughter of Robert Ffrench of Monivea Castle, County Galway, MP for County Galway, and of Nichola Acheson, daughter of Arthur, 5th Baronet of Market Hill, County Armagh.Capt. Edward O’Brien, holding a musket in the uniform of 52nd Regiment of Foot, standing against landscape, line of infantry firing a volley against an advisory, by Robert Hunter (1715 – 1780), courtesy of Adam’s auction 16 Oct 2018. Edward O’Brien (c.1735 1787) was the third son of Sir Edward O’Brien 2nd Baronet of Dromoland and Mary Hickman. A portrait of him and titled Master Edward O’Brien by Philip Hussey was exhibited with the Irish Portraits 1660 1860 Dublin, London and Belfast 1970, Cat no. 31. His ambition was to be a solider but there was no money to buy a Cornecy of Dragoons until 1759. A riding accident prevented his joining Corps being raised to go to America. He became a Captain in the 122nd Regiment and then exchanged (costing £379 3 4) into the 52nd Regiment. He married his cousin Charlotte Hickman of Brickhall, Co. Clare. With his easy-going spendthrift nature and love of horses, it is easy to see why he was his fathers favourite son. Although his father had left him Jockey Hall on the Curragh, he was not able to provide for his family and appealed to his more serious brother, Lucius, for help who assigned him a life interest in lands at Leamanagh and organised his return to military service. However, he forbade him from leaving the kingdom, thereby again preventing him going to America where he thought he could distinguish himself. He died in 1787 with the rank of colonel.
Another son of Murrough O’Brien (d. 1551) 1st Earl of Thomond was Dermod O’Brien (d. 1552) 2nd Baron of Inchiquin. He married Margaret (d. 1568), daughter of Donough O’Brien (d. 1553) 1st Earl of Thomond. She gave birth to their heir, Murrough Macdermot O’Brien (1550-1573) 3rd Baron of Inchiquin. After her husband died, Margaret married Richard Bourke (d. 1582) 2nd Earl of Clanricarde. Murrough O’Brien (1614-1674) 6th Baron of Inchiquin was created 1st Earl of Inchiquin.
Murrough O’Brien (1614-1674) 1st Earl of Inchiquin by John Michael Wright courtesy of Manchester Art Gallery.He married Elizabeth St. Leger (d. 1685).
Murrough O’Brien (1614-1674) 1st Earl of Inchiquin married Elizabeth St. Leger (d. 1685). His daughter Honoria married Lt.-Col. Theobald Bourke, 3rd Lord Bourke, Baron of Brittas. His daughter Elizabeth (d. 1688) married Richard Southwell, MP for Askeaton, County Limerick. His daughter Mary married Henry Boyle (1648-1693) son of the 1st Earl of Orrery. His son was William O’Brien (d. 1691) 2nd Earl of Inchiquin.
Lady Mary Boyle nursing her son Charles, by Godfrey Kneller (1646-1723) Adams auction 18 Oct 2022. She was daughter of Murrough O’Brien (1614-1674) 1st Earl of Inchiquin. She married married Henry Boyle (1648-1693) son of the 1st Earl of Orrery.William O’Brien (1638-1952) 2nd Earl of Inchiquin, 7th Baron Inchiquinhttps//:commons.wikimedia.org
William O’Brien (1638-1952) 2nd Earl of Inchiquin, 7th Baron Inchiquin married Margaret Boyle, daughter of Roger Boyle 1st Earl of Orrery. Their son was William O’Brien (d. 1719) 3rd Earl of Inchiquin.
William O’Brien (d. 1719) 3rd Earl of Inchiquin married Mary Villiers and their daughter Mary married Robert FitzGerald, 19th Earl of Kildare.
James O’Brien (d. 1771) was a son of William O’Brien (d. 1719) 3rd Earl of Inchiquin and Mary Villiers. He married Mary Jephson. They had a son Murrough O’Brien (1726-1808) 1st Marquess of Thomond.
Murrough O’Brien, 1st Marquess of Thomond, (1726-1808) Engraver Samuel William Reynolds, English, 1773-1835 After John Hoppner, English, 1758-1810,courtesy of National Gallery of Ireland.Murrough O’Brien, 1st Marquess of Thomond KP, PC (1726–1808), 5th Earl of Inchiquin (1777–1800) by Henry Bone courtesy of Bonhams.Mary Palmer, Countess of Inchiquin, Marchioness of Thomond (1750-1820), wife of Murrough O’Brien, 1st Marquess (after Sir Joshua Reynolds) by Thomas Phillips courtesy of National Trust Petworth.
James O’Brien (d. 1771) and Mary Jephson had a daughter Anne (1720-1745) who married Most Rev. Michael Cox (1691-1779). James O’Brien (d. 1771) and Mary Jephson had another daughter, Henrietta (d. 1797), who married William Vigors Burdett, 2nd Bt of Dunmore, County Carlow. Murrough O’Brien 1st Marquess had no sons so the title passed to the sons of his brother, Edward O’Brien (d. 1801).
Miss Henrietta O’Brien by Stephen Slaughter 1746. She married first Terence O’Loughlen and second William Vigors Burdett 2nd Baronet, and was sister of Anne who married Archbishop Cox of Cashel.William Smith O’Brien (1803-1864) by George Francis Mulvaney, courtesy of National Gallery of Ireland P1934.Louisa O’Callaghan (1780-1863) as Hebe, daughter of Cornelius O’Callaghan (1741/41-1797) 1st Baron Lismore by Hugh Douglas Hamilton courtesy of Country House Collections at Townley Hall 16th October 2018 Adams.She married William George Spencer Cavendish, son of 1st Earl of Burlington.Daniel O’Connell.Phelim O’Connor, d. 1315, King of Connaught, courtesy of National Gallery of Ireland.Denis O’Conor of Ballinagare (Donnchadh Liath) (b. 1674), picture from Charles O’Conor of Ballinagare, ed. Luke Gibbons and Kieran O’Conor.Charles O’Conor of Ballinagare (1710–1791), courtesy of Royal Irish Academy.He was a son of Denis O’Conor of Ballinagare (Donnchadh Liath) (b. 1674)Charles O’Conor of Ballinagare (1710–1791), in middle age, from Charles O’Conor of Ballinagare, ed. Luke Gibbons and Kieran O’Conor.He was a son of Denis O’Conor of Ballinagare (Donnchadh Liath) (b. 1674)Charles O’Conor of Mount Allen (1736–1808) as a young man from Charles O’Conor of Ballinagare, ed. Luke Gibbons and Kieran O’Conor. He was a son of Charles O’Conor of Ballinagare (1710–1791).Denis O’Conor of Ballinagare (1732–1804), in middle age, from Charles O’Conor of Ballinagare, ed. Luke Gibbons and Kieran O’Conor.He was the eldest son of Charles O’Conor of Ballinagare (1710–1791)Owen O’Conor (1763-1831) of Ballinagare, son of Denis O’Conor of Ballinagare (1732–1804). He purchased Clonalis estate in 1805 and inherited the O’Conor Don title in 1820. Owen moved his family and household to Clonalis in that year and left Ballinagare Castle. Photograph courtesy of Charles O’Conor of Ballinagare, ed. Luke Gibbons and Kieran O’Conor.Portraits of Charles William Cooper (1817-1898), who took the name O’Hara when he inherited his uncle’s estate, and his wife Anne Streatfield (1836-1882).Grace O’Malley (1530-1603) 18th century Irish school, courtesy of Fonsie Mealy auction.Hugh O’Neill (c. 1540-1616) 2nd Earl of Tyrone, courtesy of National Museums Northern Ireland, Ulster Museum. Phelim O’Neill (1604-1653), Leader of 1641 Rebellion, courtesy of National Gallery of Ireland.John O’Neill, 1st Viscount O’Neill, M.P., (1740-1798) Engraver: Samuel William Reynolds, English, 1773-1835 Copyist: James Dowling Herbert, Irish, c.1762-1837 After Matthew William Peters, English, 1742-1814, courtesy of National Gallery of Ireland.Mrs John O’Neill (née Henrietta Boyle) (1756-1793), Poet and Patron of Mrs Siddons, Engraver John Raphael Smith, English, 1752-1812 After Matthew William Peters, English, 1742-1814, courtesy of National Gallery of Ireland.She was the wife of John O’Neill (1740-1798), 1st Viscount, of Shane’s Castle, County Antrim, and the daughter of Charles Boyle, Viscount Dungarvan, who was the son of John Boyle 5th Earl of Orrery and 5th Earl of Cork.Neil O’Neil (1658-1690) 2nd Baronet of Killyleagh, County Antrim by John Michael Wright, courtesy of Tate Britain.It is the only surviving contemporary presentation of the traditional costume of an Irish chieftain. At his feet is the armour of a Japanese samurai as a symbol of victory over the oppression of Catholics; next to him is an Irish wolfhound as a symbol of Ireland.Lady Neill O’Neill, Frances née Molyneux (1655-1732) daughter of 3rd Viscount who married Neil O’Neill of Killelagh in 1677, by Garrett Morphy. The painting was probably painted soon after her husband died from wounds obtained in the Battle of the Boyne in 1690, due to the funerary urn carved with a memento moi of skull and crossbones.Rose O’Neill, later Mrs Nicholas Wogan (c.1695) by Garrett Morphy. She was daughter of Neil O’Neil (1658-1690) 2nd Baronet of Killyleagh, County Antrim, and married Col Nicholas Wogan of Rathcoffey, Co Meath. Her daughter married John Talbot of Malahide.Maria Susanna Ormbsy by Hugh Douglas Hamilton, she was daughter of William Ormsby (1718-1781) and Hannah Wynne of Hazelwood, County Sligo courtesy of Adams auction 27 March 2018. This excellent portrait, painted after Hamiltons return to Dublin from Rome is not listed by Fintan Cullen. [Oil Paintings of Hugh Douglas Hamilton, Walpole Society Vol. 50 1984] and is a welcome addition to the inventory of Hamiltons extant portraits (1796). It re-emerged from the recent disposal of the Harlech Collection in Wales. The Ormsby-Gores, in spite of a Welsh title and seat, represent two families from the West of Ireland who flourished in the 18th century. The subject of the present lot, Maria Susannah Ormsby was the daughter of William Ormsby M.P for Sligo and Hannah Wynne of Haselwood, County Sligo, the lovely Palladian villa designed by Richard Castle. Her brother, Owen Ormsby married (1777) Margaret Owen who came into a great Welsh estate that had been swollen by the Godolphin inheritance. Their only child and heiress Mary Jane Ormsby married (1815)William Gore, M.P. for Leitrim from a family long influential in Counties Mayo, Sligo and Leitrim. Thereafter the family became Ormsby-Gore and were subsumed into English high society with a title from the Barony of Harlech. Our subject, Maria Susannah Ormsby, died unmarried so this portrait of a charming and artistic woman remained with the Ormsby-Gores. As an observation of mature character it confirms Hugh Douglas Hamiltons place in the top rank of European portraiture.
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Thought to be Elizabeth Louisa née Beresford (1783-1856) who married Sir Denis Pack (1774-1823), then Thomas Reynell, 6th Baronet, courtesy of Whyte’s Nov 2011.She was the daughter of George de la Poer Beresford, 1st Marquess of Waterford.Captain Denis William Pack-Beresford (1818-1881) of Fennagh House in the parish of Lorum, County Carlow by Stephen Pearse (1819-1904) courtesy of Whyte’s Nov 2011. He was the son of Denis Pack and Elizabeth Louisa née Beresford. He married Annette Caroline Browne of Browne’s Hill, County Carlow.Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey (1768-1854).Frances Jane Paget (1817-1903) Marchioness of Ormonde with her son James Earl of Ossory, by Richard Bruckner.She married John Butler 2nd Marquess of Ormonde. Funnily enough, all of her sons were named James! The Earl of Ossory was her eldest son James Edward William Theobald Butler(1844-1919), who became 15th Earl of Ossory in 1854 when he was ten years old. The painting thus anachronistically refers to him as the Earl of Ossory, as he was not yet ten years old when it was painted.A younger son, James Arthur Wellington Foley Butler (1849-1943) also became Earl of Ossory, in 1919, the same year he became 4th Marquess of Ormonde, when his older brother James the 3rd Marquess died.Frances Jane’s father was General Hon. Sir Edward Paget, and she was the daughter of his second wife, Harriet Legge. His first wife was Frances, daughter of William Bagot 1st Baron Bagot of Bagot’s Bromley, Staffordshire, England.William Lygon Pakenham, 4th Earl of Longford.Thomas Pakenham (1713-1766), 1st Baron Longford, Date c.1756 Credit Line: Presented, Mrs R. Montagu, 1956.Thomas Pakenham, 1st Baron of Longford (1713-1766), who married Elizabeth Cuffe.Elizabeth Cuffe (1719-1794) who married Thomas Pakenham, 1st Baron Longford. She became Countess of Longford in her own right, through her father Michael Cuffe (1694-1744), who was heir to Ambrose Aungier, 2nd and last Earl of Longford (1st creation).Edward Michael Pakenham, 2nd Baron Longford (1743-1792). His daughter married the Duke of Wellington, Arthur Wellesley.Thomas Pakenham the 2nd Earl of Longford (1774-1835).Georgiana Pakenham née Lygon (1774-1880).She married Thomas Pakenham 2nd Earl of Longford.Louisa Anne Pakenham née Staples (1770-1833) and her sister Henrietta Margaret Trench née Staples (1770-1847) Countess of Clancarty (c.1770-1847) by Hugh Douglas Hamilton. Louisa was married to Thomas Pakenham (1757-1836) and Henrietta was married to Richard Power Keating Le Poer Trench (1767-1837) 2nd Earl of Clancarty.Their father was John Staples (1736-1820) of County Tyrone, and their mother was Harriet Conolly (1739-1771)of Castletown House, County Kildare.Major General Edward Pakenham (1778-1815), another uncle of Henry Sandford Pakenham Mahon, also hangs in the front hall of Strokestown House. A portrait of Lt. Gen. Hercules Pakenham (1781-1850), an uncle of Henry Sandford Pakenham Mahon, hangs in the front hall of Strokestown House.Elizabeth Sandford, mother of Henry Sandford Pakenham, wife of Reverend Henry Pakenham, Dean of St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Dublin. Henry Sandford Pakenham married the heiress Grace Catherine Mahon and changed his surname to Pakenham Mahon.Olive Hales Pakenham Mahon dressed for a visit to Buckingham Palace in the 1930s.Olive Hales Pakenham Mahon (1894-1981). She was from Strokestown House, and married first Edward Charles Stafford King-Harman, and then Wilfred Stuart Atherstone Hales who added the surname Pakenham Mahon to his name.Mary, Countess of Inchiquin (née Palmer), (1750-1820), 2nd wife of Murrough O’Brien (1726-1808) 4th Earl of Inchiquin, later 1st Marquess of Thomond; After Thomas Lawrence, English, 1769-1830, photograph courtesy of National Gallery of Ireland.Charles Stewart Parnell(1846-1891).John Parnell, brother of Charles Stewart Parnell.John Parnell (1744-1801) 2nd Baronet of Rathleague by Batoni, 1770, courtesy of National Gallery of Ireland.He was the great-grandfather of Charles Stewart Parnell. His son William (1870-1821) added the name Hayes to his surname after inheriting Avondale, County Wicklow, from Samuel Hayes.Sir William Parsons (?1570-1650), 1st Baronet Parsons, Surveyor-General and Lord Justice of Ireland Date: 1777 Engraver Samuel De Wilde, English, 1748-1832 After Unknown Artist, England, 17th century, British. He emigrated to Ireland around 1590. He was the brother of Laurence Parsons (d. 1628), grandfather of Laurence Parsons (d. 1698), 1st Baronet Parsons, of Birr Castle.William Parsons married Elizabeth Lany, daughter of John, an alderman of Dublin.National Portrait Gallery of London D3829.Frances née Parsons Harman (1775-1841) who married Robert Edward King (1773-1854), 1st Viscount Lorton. She was the daughter of Lawrence Harman Parsons (1749-1807) 1st Earl of Rosse who assumed the surname Parsons-Harman.William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse (1800-1867) by Stephen Catterson Smith 1860.William Parsons (1800-1867) 3rd Earl of Rosse, photograph courtesy of National Gallery of Ireland.Henrietta Paulet née Crofts, Duchess of Bolton (1682-1730) daughter of James Crofts (Scott), 1st and last Duke of Monmouth, illegitimate son of King Charles II. She married Charles Paulet, 2nd Duke of Bolton.Thomas Ryder Pepper (1760-1828) with The Old Castle, Loughton in the background from Loughton house auction, 2016, Shepphards.He married Anne Bloomfield, the sister of Benjamin Bloomfield 1st Baron Bloomfield, of Loughton, County Offaly.John Perceval, 1st Baronet (1629–1665) engraving by J Faber (1743).Catherine (1637 – 1679) the only daughter of Sir Robert Southwell of Kinsale, wife of Sir John Perceval, 1st Baronet. Engraved by J. Faber (1743).John Perceval, 3rd Bt (1660-1686) by Thomas Pooley, c. 1670-74, courtesy of National Gallery of Ireland NGI 4627.John Perceval 3rd Bt, by John Faber Jr, National Portrait Gallery of London D29835.John Perceval (1683-1748) 1st Earl of Egmont, County Cork, by and published by John Smith, after Sir Godfrey Kneller 1704, National Portrait Gallery of England D11553.John Perceval, 1st Earl of Egmont (1683-1748) by Hans Hysing.John Perceval, 2nd Earl of Egmont, (1711-1700) Date 1764 by Engraver James McArdell, Irish, c.1729-1765 After Thomas Hudson, English, 1701-1779.John Perceval (1711-1770) 2nd Earl of Egmont by Thomas Hudson.John Perceval, 2nd Earl of Egmont with Catherine Perceval (née Cecil), Countess of Egmont by Richard Josey, after Sir Joshua Reynolds mezzotint, 1876 (1756) National Portrait Gallery of London D1855.Catherine Perceval (née Compton), Countess of Egmont; Charles George Perceval, 2nd Baron Arden by James Macardell, after Thomas Hudson mezzotint, published 1765, National Portrait Gallery of London D1829.Spencer Perceval (d. 1812) by George Francis Joseph (died 1846), given to the National Portrait Gallery, London in 1857.He was the son of the 2nd Earl of Egmont, and served for a short time as Prime Minister of England.Sir John Perrot 1527-1592, said to be a son of King Henry VIII; soldier and Lord Deputy of Ireland, date 1776, engraver Valentine Green, English 1739-1813 copyist George Powle. His daughter Lettice (d. 1620) married Arthur Chichester 1st and last Baron Chichester of Belfast (b. 1563).Edmond Sexton Pery, later 1st Viscount Pery (1719-1806) Date: c.1790 by Gilbert Stuart, American, 1755-1828.William Petty (1623-1687) by Isaac Fuller circa 1651, National Portrait Gallery of London 2924.William Petty (1623-1687) by Godfrey Kneller courtesy of Romsey Town Hall.William Petty, (1623-1687), Physician in the Army in Ireland, Surveyor General and Political Economist Date: 1696, Engraver John Smith, English, 1652-1743 After John Baptist Closterman, German, c.1690-1713.A sketch of Henry Petty (1675-1751) Earl of Shelburne by George Townshend, 4th Viscount and 1st Marquess Townshend National Portrait Gallery of London ref. 4855(15). He was the son of William Petty (1623-1687) and he married Arabella, daughter of Charles Boyle 2nd Baron Clifford of Lanesborough.
Thomas Fitzmaurice (1668-1741) 1st Earl of Kerry (21st Baron of Kerry), Viscount Clanmorris was the father of John Fitzmaurice Petty (1706-1761) 1st Earl of Shelburne, who added Petty to his name after his mother, Anne Petty (d. 1737). Another son of the 1st Earl of Kerry was his heir William FitzMaurice (1694-1747) who succeeded as 2nd Earl of Kerry.
William Petty (1737-1805) 1st Marquess of Lansdowne Lord Shelburne, Prime Minister, after Sir Joshua Reynolds based on a work of 1766, National Portrait Gallery of London 43.He was the son of John Fitzmaurice Petty (1706-1761) 1st Earl of Shelburne, who was the son of Thomas Fitzmaurice 1st Earl of Kerry (21st Baron of Kerry), Viscount ClanmorrisLouisa 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.John Henry Petty (1765-1809) 2nd Marquess of Lansdowne National Portrait Gallery of London ref. D37171.Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice (1780-1863) 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne, Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery, by Henry Walton circa 1805 courtesy of National Portrait Gallery, NPG 178.Henry Thomas Petty-Fitzmaurice (1816-1866) 4th Marquess of Lansdowne, Politician and railway company chairman, photograph by by John & Charles Watkins circa early 1860s, courtesy of National Portrait Gallery NPG Ax16422.Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice 5th Marquess of Lansdowne by Philip Alexius de László.Beatrix Frances Duchess of St Albans, Maud Evelyn Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marchioness of Lansdowne (wife of 5th Marquess), Theresa Susey Helen Vane-Tempest-Stewart, Marchioness of Londonderry and Evelyn Emily Mary Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, by Frederick & Richard Speaight.Mrs Letitia Pilkington (née Van Lewen), (1712-1750), “Adventuress” and Author Date: c.1760 Engraver: Richard Purcell, Irish, c.1736-c.1766 After Nathaniel Hone the Elder, Irish, 1718-1784.Oliver Plunket, by Edward Luttrell courtesy of National Portrait Gallery London.Called Frances Hales, Countess of Fingall, possibly Margaret MacCarty later Countess of Fingall, wife of Luke Plunkett (1639-1685) 3rd Earl of Fingall, by Simon Pietersz Verelst courtesy of National Trust Hatchlands. Margaret was daughter of Donough MacCarty (or MacCarthy) 1st Earl of Clancarty; 2nd Viscount Muskerry. Frances Hales married Peter Plunkett (1678-1717) 4th Earl of Fingall.Arthur James Plunkett (1759-1836) 8th Earl of Fingall by Charles Turner after Joseph Del Vechio NPG D36923.Horace Plunkett by photographer Bassano Ltd, 1923, courtesy of National Portrait Gallery of London, reference NPGx12783.William Conyngham Plunket, 1st Baron Plunket, (1764-1854), Orator and former Lord Chancellor of Ireland Engraver David Lucas, British, 1802-1881 After Richard Rothwell, Irish, 1800-1868.Marble bust of William Plunket, 1st Baron Plunket (1764-1854), Lord Chancellor of Ireland, by CHRISTOPHER MOORE RHA (1790 – 1863), courtesy of Adams auction 19 Oct 2021.William Pole of Ballyfin (d. 1781), English school of 18th century, pastel, courtesy of Christies auction, wikimedia commons. He married Sarah Moore, daughter of the 5th Earl of Drogheda.
Brabazon Ponsonby (1679-1758) 1st Earl of Bessborough, 2nd Viscount Duncannon, of the fort of Duncannon, Co. Wexford married Sarah Margetson. Their daughter Sarah (d. 1736/37) married Edward Moore, 5th Earl of Drogheda. Their daughter Anne married Benjamin Burton of Burton Hall, County Carlow. Their daughter Letitia (d. 1754) married Hervey Morres, 1st Viscount Mountmorres. Their son William Ponsonby (1704-1793) succeeded as 2nd Earl of Bessborough and a younger son, John (1713-1787) married Elizabeth, daughter of William Cavendish 3rd Duke of Devonshire.
John Ponsonby (1713 – 1787) by Hugh Douglas Hamilton, courtesy of The Library Collection auction 26 April 2023 at Adams. He was Speaker of the Irish House of Commons.He was the son of Brabazon Ponsonby (1679-1758) 1st Earl of Bessborough, 2nd Viscount Duncannon, of the fort of Duncannon, Co. Wexford.He married Elizabeth, daughter of William Cavendish 3rd Duke of Devonshire.The Hon. Richard Ponsonby (1772-1853), Bishop of Derry and Raphoe, British (English) School, circa 1830. A half-length portrait of a man, known as “handsome Dick Ponsonby”, turned go the right, gazing at the spectator, wearing surplice and white bands. He was a son of William Brabazon Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby of Imokilly (1744-1806) who was a son of John Ponsonby (1713 – 1787). Courtesy of National Trust imagesWilliam Ponsonby, 2nd Earl of Bessborough, (1705-1793), observing a copy of the Borghese Vase Date 1794 by Engraver Robert Dunkarton, English, 1744-1811 After John Singleton Copley, American, 1738-1815.Oil painting on canvas, William Ponsonby, 2nd Earl of Bessborough (1704-1793), attributed to Jeremiah Davison (Scotland c.1695 ? London after 1750) or George Knapton (London 1698 ? Kensington 1778), circa 1743/50. Oval, half-length portrait, turned slightly to the left, gazing at spectator, wearing oriental costume, composed of a red tunic, blue cloak edged with white fur and a red and white turban. Courtesy of National Trust Hardwick House. He married Caroline Cavendish, daughter of 3rd Duke of Devonshire.Frederick Ponsonby, Viscount Duncannon, (1758-1844), later 3rd Earl of Bessborough Date 1786, Engraver Joseph Grozer, British, fl.1784-1797 After Joshua Reynolds, English, 1723-1792.Lady Caroline Lamb née Ponsonby (1785-1828) by Eliza H. Trotter, NPG 3312.She was the daughter of the 3rd Earl of Bessborough.John William Brabazon Ponsonby (1781-1847) 4th Earl of Bessborough, County Kilkenny.Marguerite née Power, Countess of Blessington. Marguerite (1789-1849) was daughter of Edmund Power, and she married first Maurice St. Leger Farmer, and secondly, Charles John Gardiner, 1st and last Earl of Blessington, son of Luke Gardiner, 1st Viscount Mountjoy. She wrote the book Confessions of an Elderly Gentleman, published 1836, and The Idler in Italy, published between 1839 and 1840, in three volumes.Mervyn Pratt (1807-1890), husband of Madeline Jackson, of Enniscoe, County Mayo.Mary Preston youngest daughter of the Hon. Henry Hamilton, by Hugh Douglas Hamilton Adam’s auction 20 Sept 2015. Mary Hamilton married in 1764 (as his second wife) the second Nathaniel Preston (1724-1796), Reverend, of Swainstown, Co. Meath. Her father was a younger son of Gustavus Hamilton 1st Viscount Boyne of Stackallan, Co. Meath and her parents were intimate with Mrs Delaney who of them said – “I never saw a couple better suited than Mr Hamilton and his wife, their house like themselves looks cheerful and neat…., they have four children, whose behaviour shows the sense of their parents”. Mary’s brother, Sackville Hamilton became a competent and respected Civil Servant.Lucretia (1804-1891) Viscountess Gormanston, daughter of William Jerningham, wife of Edward Anthony John Preston 13th Viscount Gormanston courtesy of Adam’s auction 12 Oct 2014.Thomas Prior (1682-1751), Founding Member and Secretary to the Dublin Society, Engraver Charles Spooner, Irish, c.1720-1767 After John van Nost the Younger, Flemish, c.1710 – 1780.Henry Prittie, 3rd Baron Dunalley (1807-1885) by Stephen Catterson Smith courtesy of Christie’s 2013.Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (1812-1852) by James Henry Lynch, after John Rogers Herbert NPG D20474.
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.
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.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.
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