Portraits T-U-V

by jenjunebugOctober 2, 2023May 11, 2024

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

*Captain Edward Richard Taylor of Ardgillan Castle, County Dublin.*

*Charles Thorpe (1772-1820) by engraver Patrick Maguire, photograph courtesy of National Gallery of Ireland.*

*Caroline Hamilton née Tighe (1777-1861), photograph courtesy of Hamwood house website.*

*Mary Tighe née Blachford (1772-1810) as sculpted by Lorenzo Bartolini ca. 1820, photograph courtesy of National Library of Ireland.*

*Theodosia Blachford née Tighe (c.1780) A self portrait, seated three-quarter length, with her children, Mary (1772-1810) and John (1771-1817) courtesy of Adam’s 2 April 2008.* *Theodosia was married to William Acton Blachford (1729-1773) of Altidore, County Wicklow, and she was the daughter of William Tighe (1710-1766) of Rosanna, County Wicklow.*

*William Tighe of Rosanna! Portrait by by Charles Jervas (c.1675-1739), courtesy of Adams auction 19 Oct 2021.*

*Mrs Sophia Tipping and her Daughter Wilhelmina Salisbury by Philip Hussey.*

*Theobald Wolfe Tone, courtesy of National Gallery of Ireland.*

*Charles Tottenham in his Boots (1685-1758), 1731 by James Latham.*

*Charles Tottenham Loftus (1737-1806), 1st Marquess of Ely by Hugh Douglas Hamilton.*

*Jane Tottenham-Loftus (née Myhill), 1740-1807, Marchioness of Ely.* *She was the daughter of Robert Myhill of Killarney, Co Kilkenny and she married Charles Tottenham Loftus 1st Marquess of Ely.*

*Portrait of Mary, daughter of Hamilton Townley, married Blayney Townley (Balfour) of Townley Hall, *ENGLISH SCHOOL (MID 18TH CENTURY)* courtesy Adam’s 11 Oct 2011.*

*Lieutenant-Colonel John Townsend, of the 14th Light Dragoons (d. 1845).*

*Reverend Horace Townsend (1750-1837). He was from the Townshend family of the Castle at Castletownshend, County Cork.*

*Richard Townsend (1725-1783), served as MP and high sheriff and lived at Castletownshend. He married Elizabeth Fitzgerald.*

*Elizabeth Townsend née Fitzgerald, wife of Richard Townsend. Elizabeth Fitzgerald was daughter of John Fitzgerald (1706-1741), 15th Knight of Kerry, and married to Richard Townsend (1725-1783).*

*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 Cork* *and Harriet Vereker of Roxborough, County Limerick.*

*George Townshend, (1724-1807), later 4th Viscount and 1st Marquess Townshend, also Lord Lieutenant of Ireland Engraver James McArdell, Irish, c.1729-1765 After Thomas Hudson, English, 1701-1779*

*George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend (1724-1807) by George Romney.*

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.*

*A portrait of Mr Trench, dated 1920, from Loughton house sale, 2016, Shepphards. I’m not sure which Mr. Trench he is.*

William Power Keating Trench (1741-1805) (later first Earl of Clancarty) by Hugh Douglas Hamilton (1739-1808), courtesy Adam’s 28 March 2012. He was the father of Frances Mary, who married Henry Stanley Monck, 2nd Viscount of Ballytrammon, County Wexford and 1st Earl of Rathdowne.

*A portrait of Dora Agnes Caroline Trench (1858-1899) née Turnor, wife of Benjamin Bloomfield Trench, from Loughton house sale, 2016, Shepphards.*

*A portrait of Blanche Trench (1852-1937), from Loughton house sale, 2016, Shepphards. She was a daughter of Henry Trench and Georgiana née Bloomfield.*

*Frederick Trench (1755-1840) 1st Baron Ashtown from Loughton sale Sept 2016 by Shepphards. He was an uncle of Henry Trench who married Georgiana Bloomfield.*

*Stephen Trotter, King’s Inn, Blackhall Place.*

*Richard Turner, from “In Harmony with Nature, The Irish Country House Garden 1600-1900” in the Irish Georgian Society, July 2022, curated by Robert O’Byrne*.

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*Ann Upton (1664-1753) wife of William “Goodwill” Conyngham (1660-1721), daughter of Arthur Upton (1623-1706) of Castle Upton, County Antrim, courtesy of National Trust. Springhill, County Derry.*

*Sophia Ward, daughter of Michael Ward (1683-1759) of Castle Ward, County Down, who married Arthur Upton (1715-1768), by Charles Jervas, courtesy of National Trust, Castle Ward.*

*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.*

*Mary Jenny Ussher (1682-1763), who married Richard Molesworth 3rd Viscount of Swords, Dublin. 14 Henrietta Street, Dublin, 10th September 2023.*

*James Ussher (1580-1656) Archbishop of Armagh aged 74 by Peter Lely, courtesy of National Trust Hatchlands.*

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Henry Vane-Tempest (1771–1813), 2nd Bt, the source of much of the Mount Stewart family income, as the 3rd Marquess married his heiress daughter. The portrait is by Peter Edward Stroehling. Courtesy of National Trust Mount Stewart, County Down.

Frances Anne (1800-1865) Marchioness of Londonderry, and her son George Herny (1827-1828) Viscount Seaham, by Thomas Lawrence, courtesy of National Trust, Mount Stewart. She married Charles Stewart later Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry, *and she was daughter of Henry Vane-Tempest (1771–1813), 2nd Bt*.

*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.*

Alexandra Octavia Maria Vane (1823-1874), she married John Henry Reuben Dawson-Damer, 3rd Earl of Portarlington, of Emo in County Laois, and was daughter of Charles Willam Vane 3rd Marquess of Londonderry (son of Robert Stewart 1st Marquess of Londonderry) and Frances Anne Emily Vane-Tempest. The portrait is by James Godsell Middleton; courtesy of National Trust, Mount Stewart.

Elizabeth Jocelyn (1813-1884), Marchioness of Londonderry, wife of 4th Marquess of Londonderry, formerly Viscountess Powerscourt, wife of 6th Viscount Powerscourt, by James Rannie Swinton, courtesy of Mount Stewart National Trust.

Oil painting on canvas, Lady Edith Helen Vane-Tempest-Stewart née Chaplin, Marchioness of Londonderry, DBE (1878-1959) in Uniform of the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps by Philip Alexius de László de Lombos (Budapest 1869 – London 1937), 1918. She was the wife of the 7th Marquess of Londonderry. Mount Stewart, County Down, June 2023.

Edward Charles Stewart Robert Vane-Tempest-Stewart (1902–1955), Lord Stewart, 8th Marquess of Londonderry, as a Page at the Coronation of George V, 1911, by Philip Alexius de László. Mount Stewart, County Down, June 2023.

*Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart (1852-1915), 6th Marquess of Londonderry*.

*Theresa Susey Helen Vane-Tempest-Stewart née Chetwynd-Talbot, Marchioness of Londonderry (1856-1919) by John Singer Sargent, Vicereine 1886-89*, *wife of Charles Stewart Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 6th Marquess of Londonderry.*

*Possibly a portrait of Hester Van Homreigh (1690-1723), Jonathan Swift’s “Vanessa,” courtesy of National Gallery of Ireland.*

*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*.

*Colonel Charles Vereker (1768-1842), Constable of Limerick Castle, later 2nd Viscount Gort, engraver James Heath after John Comerford, courtesy of National Gallery of Ireland.*

*The Vere Foster Family Date 1907 byWilliam Orpen, Irish, 1878-1931 courtesy of National Gallery of Ireland.*

*Elizabeth La Touche née Vicars (1756-1842), wife of Peter La Touche, by John Whitaker NPG D18415.*

*John Villiers (c.1684 – 1766) 1st Earl Grandison by Alan Ramsay.*

*Captain A. H. H. Villiers, Fota House, County Cork, August 2023.*

*Rosemarie Villiers and Children, Fota House, County Cork.*

[1] http://lordbelmontinnorthernireland.blogspot.com/2013/07/virginia-park.html

Portraits J-K

by jenjunebugAugust 8, 2023June 15, 2024

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*Colonel George Jackson (1761-1805), MP for County Mayo*.

*A portrait of Jane Cuffe, daughter of James Cuffe of Ballinrobe, County Mayo, wife of George Jackson (1717-1789).*

*Madeline Jackson (abt 1816-1899) of Enniscoe.*

*Dorothy née Barry (1670-1748), married John Jacob 3rd Bt* *of Bromley.* *She was the daughter of Richard Barry 2nd Earl of Barrymore.*

*John Jameson (1740-1823), Whiskey Distiller, c. 1820 by Henry Raeburn, National Gallery of Ireland*.

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.

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

*Leonie Leslie (1859-1943), Shane Leslie’s mother. Originally Leonie Jerome, her sister Jennie was Winston Churchill’s mother.*

*Charles Jervas (1675-1739) by Thomas Priscott after Gerard Vandergucht, courtesy of National Portrait Gallery NPG D8359.*

Robert Jocelyn, Baron Newport (c.1688-1756), Lord Chancellor of Ireland, later 1st Viscount Jocelyn Date 1747 Engraver Andrew Miller, English, fl.1737-1763 After Justin Pope-Stevens, Irish, fl.1743, d.1771, courtesy of National Gallery of Ireland.

*Robert Jocelyn (1688? – 1756) Viscount Jocelyn, Lord Chancellor of Ireland,by STEPHEN SLAUGHTER (1697-1765), Adams auction 26th April 2022*.

*Robert Jocelyn (1688? – 1756) Baron Newport and 1st Viscount, as Lord High Chancellor of Ireland Irish school courtesy of National Trust Castle Ward.*

Robert Jocelyn (1788-1870) 3rd Earl of Roden, by Thomas Goff Lupton, printed by R. Lloyd, published 28 April 1839 by Hodgson & Graves, after Frederick Richard Say, courtesy of National Portrait Gallery NPG D39829.

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

*Attributed to Adam Black, Portrait of a Gentleman, believed to be Mr. J.J. Johnston, Warrenstown, Co. Meath courtesy Adam’s auction 9 Oct 2012*.

In 1847, the Johnson family of Warrenstown changed their surname from MacShane to Anglicized Johnson. Christopher Johnson married Anne, daughter of Michael Warren of Warrenstown, County Meath. Their son John married Catherine Nangle. [1]

*Francis Johnston (1761-1829), 1823 by engraver Henry Hoppner Meyer after Thomas Clement Thompson, courtesy of National Gallery of Ireland.*

Mary Cecilia, 6th daughter of Thomas Reymond Johnstone of Alva. Married May 1837 Laurence Harman King-Harman, 2nd son of Robert Edward 1st Viscount Lorton. She lived at Newcastle until her husband’s death in 1875 and then in London when she died in 1904.

*This painting just identifies the sitter as Mrs King-Harman. She is probably Laurence Harman King-Harman’s wife Mary Cecilia née Johnstone, in later life.*

Richard Jones (1636 – 1712) 3rd Viscount and 1st Earl of Ranelagh, style of Sir Godfrey Kneller (Lubeck 1646/9 – London 1723), circa 1700. A three-quarter-length portrait, turned to right, head facing, left hand on hip. Wearing armour, jabot, blue cloak and full bottomed wig. A grisaille painting in background. He was the son of Arthur Jones, 1st Viscount Ranelagh in the Irish peerage and succeeded as 3rd Viscount in 1669 and became Chancellor of the Irish Exchequer in 1668; farmed Irish revenues, 1674-81; Paymaster-General of the Forces, 1691-1702; Richard Hill of Hawkstone (1654-1727) was his Deputy Paymaster in Flanders for six years. Jones was dismissed for embezzlement, was convicted of defalacation, but escaped prosecution; he spent all his ill-gotten money on fine houses and gardens. The Ranelagh pleasure-grounds were laid out on his former estate in Chelsea. He sat in the English parliament between 1685 and 1703. He married firstly The Hon. Elizabeth Willoughby and secondly Lady Margaret Cecil. Courtesy of National Trust Attingham Park.

*Margaret Jones née Cecil (1673-1727) *Countess of Ranelagh*, 2nd wife of Richard Jones 1st Earl of Ranelagh Engraver: John Smith, English, 1652-1743 After Godfrey Kneller, German, 1646-1723*, *courtesy of National Gallery of Ireland.*

*Anne Murray (1734-1827) who married Theophilus Jones (1725-1811)*

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*Angelica Kauffmann (1741-1807) by Angelica Kauffmann, oil on canvas, circa 1770-1775, courtesy of National Portrait Gallery NPG 430.*

*Arthur MacMorrough Kavanagh, M.P., (1831-1839), Politician and Sportsman Date after 1889 Engraver Morris & Co., courtesy of National Gallery of Ireland.*

*General John Keane (1781-1844), 1st Baron Keane of Ghuznee in Afghanistan and Cappoquin, Co. Waterford, by Martin Arthur Shea.*

*Dorothy Scott (1765-1837) second wife of John Keane, 1st Baronet, by George Romney courtesy of Philadelphia Museum of Art.*

*Henry Keene (1726-1776), architect of the Provost’s House*, *Trinity College Dublin.*

*Anne Keene, wife of Henry, architect of the Provost’s house. She looks rather worried*.

Rev. Thomas Kelly of Kellyville Athy, seated in his study, holding a book, by Maria Spilsbury Taylor. Courtesy of Adams auction 16 Oct 2018. Born in 1769 Thomas Kelly was the only son of Judge Thomas Kelly of Kellyville. Having initially intended to follow his father into the law he changed his mind taking holy orders in 1792. Ordained into the Church of England he returned to Ireland where he proved a popular evangelical preacher but soon fell out with Archbishop Fowler of Dublin who forbade him to preach in any church in the Dublin archdiocese. Kelly, in turn, established the Kellyites a fringe Anglican group much like the Plymouth Brethern or the Walkerites. Already a man of independent means, Kelly made an advantageous marriage to Ms Tighe of Rosanna which enabled him to establish meeting houses in Dublin, Athy, Portarlington, Wexford and Waterford. It is presumably through his wife that Rev. Kelly would have encountered Maria Spilsbury Taylor. She executed numerous commissions for the Tighes including portraits of various family members both at their home, Rosanna, in Co. Wicklow and their townhouse overlooking St Stephens Green in Dublin.

*King Charles I, and below, a mistress of King Charles II, Louise Renée de Penancoët de Kérouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth, who was the mother of Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond*

*Robert King (1657–1693), 2nd Baron Kingston by John Michael Wright courtesy of Ulster Museum.*

Robert King (d. 1657) lived in Boyle Abbey, County Roscommon. He married first, Frances, daughter of Henry Folliott, 1st Lord Folliott, Baron of Ballyshannon. Frances gave birth to a son, John King (1638-1676) who became 1st Baron Kingston; a second son, Robert (d. 1707) became 1st Baronet King, of Boyle Abbey, Co. Roscommon.

*Robert King, (d. 1707) 1st Baronet of Boyle Abbey, County Roscommon from the circle of John Closterman, courtesy of “mutualart.com”*

John King (1638-1676) 1st Baron Kingston married Catherine Fenton who gave birth to their heir, the 2nd Baron Kingston (1657–1693), who died unmarried, so the title passed to John (d. 1727/8) 3rd Baron Kingston.

John (d. 1727/8) 3rd Baron Kingston married Margaret O’Cahan.

Margaret O’Cahan (c. 1662-1721), standing in a black habit, and holding a string of rosary beads, Attributed to Garret Morphy (c.1655-1715), courtesy Adam’s 6 Oct 2009 she married James King 3rd Baron Kingston.

The 3rd Baron’s daughter Catherine married George Butler, grandson of Edmund Roe Butler, 4th Viscount Mountgarret. His son James King (1693-1761) became 4th Baron Kingston. He married Elizabeth, daughter of John Meade, 1st Bt of Ballintubber, County Cork. She was the widow of Ralph Freke, 1st Bt.

Their daughter Margaret (d. 1763) married Richard Fitzgerald, son of Robert Fitzgerald, 19th Earl of Kildare. A son predeceased him, so on the 4th Baron’s death, the Barony of Kingston became extinct.

Jeremiah Barrett (d.1770) A conversation portrait of the Children, William, Elizabeth and Margaret King, of James 4th (last) Baron Kingston of Mitchelstown with a pet doe and dog courtesy of Adam’s 6 Oct 2009. The surviving daughter Margaret, daughter of Elizabeth Meade (Clanwilliam), inherited the vast Mitchellstown Estate of the White Knights. She married Richard Fitzgerald of Mount Ophally, and their only daughter Caroline married, as arranged, the 2nd Earl of Kingston thus uniting the two branches of the King family. Life at Mitchellstown was recorded by two famous employees of the Kings, Arthur Young the agriculturalist and Mary Wollstonecraft who probably sketched out the basis of Vindication of the Rights of Women whilst governess to the King children. It was not without excitement, in 1799 Lord Kingston shot dead Colonel Fitzgerald, his wife’s illegitimate half-brother in the hotel in Mitchellstown for abducting his 17 year old daughter Mary Elizabeth and his eldest daughter Margaret having married the 2nd Earl of Mount Cashell left him to befriend Shelley in Italy and is The Lady in ‘The Sensitive Plant’. Provenance: Rockingham House.

Robert King (d. 1707) 1st Baronet King, of Boyle Abbey, Co. Roscommon married Frances Gore, granddaughter of Paul Gore, 1st Baronet Gore, of Magherabegg, Co. Donegal. Their daughter Mary married Chidley, son of Richard Coote, 1st Lord Coote, Baron of Coloony. A son John became 2nd Baronet but died childless and the title passed to his brother Henry (d. 1739/40) who became 3rd Baronet of Boyle Abbey, Co. Roscommon.

*Henry King (1681-1739) 3rd Baronet King of Boyle Abbey, by Robert Hunter.*

Henry King (d. 1739/40) 3rd Baronet of Boyle Abbey, Co. Roscommon married Isabella, daughter of Edward Wingfield of Powerscourt, County Wicklow.

*Isabella Wingfield (d. 1761) by John Verelst, 1722, daughter of Edward Wingfield (d. 1728) of Powerscourt, sister of 1st Viscount Powerscourt, wife of Henry King 3rd Baronet.*

Henry King (d. 1739/40) 3rd Baronet and Isabella’s daughter Elinor married William Stewart of Killymoon. Another daughter, Isabella (1729-1794) married Thomas St. Lawrence 1st Earl of Howth, and Anne (d. 1803) married John ‘Diamond’ Knox of Castlerea, Co. Mayo, and Frances (1726-1812) married Hans Widman Wood of Rossmead, County Westmeath. It’s funny looking at their portraits by Robert Hunter – he seems to have used the same picture for each sister except for Frances, with tiny adjustments to the dress and pose!

*Frances King, by Robert Hunter. The portrait is in King House. Thus could be a portrait of Robert’s sister Frances (1726-1812) who married Hans Widman Wood of Rossmead, County Westmeath.*

Portrait almost certainly of Anne King, daughter of Sir Henry King and sister of 1st Earl of Kingston, married John ‘Diamond’ Knox of Castlerea, Co. Mayo courtesy Adam’s 6 Oct 2009 by Robert Hunter (c.1715/20-c.1803).

*Isabella King, daughter of Sir Henry King and sister of 1st Earl of Kingston, wife of Thomas, 1st Earl of Howth courtesy Adam’s 6 Oct 2009 Robert Hunter (c.1715/20-c.1803).*

Eleanor King (1722-1810), *daughter of Sir Henry King 3rd Baronet of Boyle Abbey and sister of Edward 1st Earl of Kingston, with her son James Stewart* (18749-1840), *by Robert Hunter*. Eleanor married William Stewart of Killymoon, County Tyrone. *This picture was also in the auction at Adam’s 6 Oct 2009*.

*Portrait most likely to be William Stewart of Killymoon married to Isabella King, courtesy of Adam’s 6 Oct 2009 by Robert Hunter (c.1715/20-c.1803).*

Henry King (d. 1739/40) 3rd Baronet and Isabella’s son Robert (1724-1755) succeeded as 4th Baronet King, of Boyle Abbey, Co. Roscommon and was created 1st (and last) Baron Kingsborough. Another son, Edward (1726-1797) succeeded as 5th Baronet King, of Boyle Abbey, Co. Roscommon was created 1st Earl of Kingston, and they had another son, Henry.

*Robert King (1724-1755), later 1st (and last) Baron Kingsborough courtesy Adam’s 6 Oct 2009, by Robert Hunter (c.1715/20-c.1803).*

Robert King, created Baron Kingsborough, died 1755, painting by Robert Hunter, courtesy Adam’s auction 11th Oct 2016. The sales catalogue tells us what the museum does not: Robert King 1724-1755 M.P. for Boyle succeeding Richard Wingfield, succeeded as 4th baronet in 1740 and was made Baron Kingsborough at the age of 23 in 1747, having fought a notorious duel with Captain Johnston. He borrowed the large sum of £40,000, became Grand Master of the Freemasons, set the family up in Henrietta Street and lived with a mistress, Mrs. Jones. He died unmarried and his will was bitterly contested by his surviving brothers as far as the House of Lords in London, Edward claimed that Kingsborough was subjected to undue influence by Mrs. Jones, “a common prostitute,” and that the will was witnessed by a drunken porter and a Swiss servant, all such being scoundrels.

Robert King (1724-1755), 4th Baronet of Boyle Abbey, *created Baron Kingsborough*, *by Robert Hunter.*

*Edward King (1726-1797), 5th Baronet of Boyle Abbey and eventually, 1st Earl of Kingston.* *The portrait is the same as above, so is misidentified in one of them.*

*Edward King, later 1st Earl Kingston courtesy Adam’s 6 Oct 2009 by Robert Hunter (c.1715/20-c.1803).*

*In King House in Boyle, County Roscommon, the same portrait is identified as Henry King b. 1733 by Hunter. He was a son of Henry King who built King House.*

Henry King, Later Rt. Hon. Colonel courtesy Adam’s 6 Oct 2009 by Robert Hunter (c.1715/20-c.1803). He was probably a younger son of Henry King 3rd Baronet of Boyle Abbey, since several of the siblings were painted by Robert Hunter.

Edward (1726-1797) 5th Baronet King, of Boyle Abbey, Co. Roscommon, 1st Earl of Kingston married Jane Caulfeild (d. 1784), daughter of Thomas Caulfeild of Castle Donamon, County Roscommon. Their daughter Jane (d. 1838) married Laurence Harman, 1st Earl of Rosse. A daughter Frances married Thomas Tenison (d. 1812). Another daughter, Eleanor, died unmarried, as did her sister Isabella. The heir was Robert (1754-1799) who became 2nd Earl of Kingston.

*Eleanor King, died 1822, unmarried, painting by Hugh Douglas Hamilton.*

*Robert King (1754-1799) 2nd Earl of Kingston by Hugh Douglas Hamilton.*

Robert King (1754-1799) 2nd Earl of Kingston married Caroline Fitzgerald (d. 1823), daughter of Richard Fitzgerald and Margaret King. The latter was daughter of James King, 4th Baron Kingston. Richard Fitzgerald was son of Robert 19th Earl of Kildare.

*Caroline, née Fitzgerald, Countess of Kingston, wife of Robert King 2nd Earl of Kingston, by Hugh Douglas Hamilton.* *She was the daughter of Richard Fitzgerald and Margaret King. The latter was daughter of James King, 4th Baron Kingston. Richard Fitzgerald was son of Robert 19th Earl of Kildare*.

*Caroline King née Fitzgerald (c. 1754-1823), daughter of Richard and Margaret Fitzgerald, who married Robert King (1754-1799), 2nd Earl of Kingston.*

Caroline née Fitzgerald and Robert King 2nd Earl of Kingston had a daughter Margaret (1773-1835) who married first, Stephen Moore 2nd Earl of Mountcashell and second, George William Tighe. Caroline and Robert 2nd Earl’s son George (1771-1839) succeeded as 3rd Earl of Kingston.

*Margaret King (1773–1835) c. 1800 Public Domain*, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=67983213

*George King (1771-1839), later 3rd Earl of Kingston, painting by Romney.*

Caroline and Robert 2nd Earl’s son Henry (d. 1839) married first Mary Hewitt and then Catherine Philips. Another son, James William King (d. 1848) married Caroline Cleaver. Another son, Robert Edward (1773-1854) was created 1st Viscount Lorton of Boyle, County Roscommon. Another son, Richard Fitzgerald King (1779-1856) married Williamina Ross.

*This large portrait in the dining room is General Robert King (1773-1854), 1st Viscount Lorton, who was the son of Robert King, 2nd Earl of Kingston.*

In the centre, Frances née Parsons Harman (1775-1841) who married Robert Edward King (1773-1854) *1st Viscount Lorton*. She is flanked by their daughter Jane King, who married Anthony Lefroy, and Frances King, who married Right Reverend Charles Leslie of Corravahan.

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.

*Jane King (d. 1868), daughter of Robert Edward King General, 1st Viscount Lorton of Boyle, who married Anthony Lefroy (1800-1890) of Carriglas Manor, County Longford.*

*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.*

George King (1771-1839) 3rd Earl of Kingston had several illegitimate children with Caroline Amelia Morison, daughter of William Morison, Chief Justice of the Bahamas. The 3rd Earl married Helena Moore (1773-1847), daughter of Stephen Moore, 1st Earl Mountcashell. His son (1795-1837) Edward King, known as Viscount Kingsborough, was imprisoned for his father’s debts and died of typhus in prison. His son Robert Henry King (1796-1867) succeeded 4th Earl of Kingston. He was declared of unsound mind, and had no children. His brother James King (1800-1869) succeeded as 5th Earl of Kingston.