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Lineage.

This is a branch from the O'Donovans of the county of Cork, (see vol. iii. p. 398,) but when it removed into the county of Wexford is uncertain; traditionally, two brothers, Murrogh and Cornelius, (head of the family of Clonmore, and of which line Juliana Donovan, Countess of Anglesey, was descended,) came into Wexford from Cork, and the former marrying, as it is said, Jane, daughter and heiress of Colonel John Kiernan, the patentee under Cromwell of the estates of Fernes, Ballymore, &c. became the head of the Ballymore family, and was father of

RICKARD DONOVAN, esq. of Fernes, &c., the first certain ancestor of this line, who on the 13th August, 1696, on the marriage of his son, made a deed of settlement of the castle, town, and lands of Upper Fernes, together with many other town lands, to trustees to the use of his son Murrogh, and the heirs male of his body lawfully to be begotten, and for want of such issue, to the heirs male of the body of the said Rickard Donovan, his father, lawfully to be begotten, failing, such remainder to the issue female of said Murrogh, and in failure of such remainder, to the right heirs of said Murrogh for ever. Rickard Donovan married Julian Carew, and dying before 1701, was succeeded by his son,

MURROGH DONOVAN, esq. of Ballymore, whom. first, 13th August, 1696, Lucy Archer, by whom he had issue,

RICHARD, his heir. Henry.

He m. secondly, (settlement dated 23rd May, 1704,) Mrs. Anna Carew, by whom (whose will was proved in Dublin, in 1713,) he had issue, two sons, Robert, being one of them, and three daughters, of whom Catharine, m. the Rev. S. Hayden. Dying intestate in 1712, Mr. Donovan was succeeded by his eldest son,

RICHARD DONOVAN, esq. of Ballymore, who in Trinity Term, 1731, suffered a common recovery of the estates, and thereby docked the several remainders, limited and created by the deed of 13th August, 1696, and shortly afterwards married Elizabeth, daughter of Rogers, esq. and had issue, EDWARD, his heir. Mary, d. unm. will proved 1805.

Henrietta, d. unm. will proved 1795. Richard Donovan's will is dated 8th June, 1767, and he d. 15th July, 1768, his will being proved in Dublin same year. He was succeeded by his only son,

EDWARD DONOVAN, esq. of Ballymore, barrister-at-law, who m. (the deed of settle

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Samuel Ogle died 10th March, 1718, and was succeeded by his eldest son,

GEORGE OGLE, baptized 18th May, 1704, m. Frances, eldest daughter of Sir Thomas Twysden, bart. of East Peckham, in Kent. He died October, 1746, leaving by his wife, (who died 9th May, 1749,) an only son, George, who at his father's death, being then but seven years of age, was placed under the guardianship of Edward Donovan, esq. and inherited on his coming of age a noble fortune. This

of Wexford, was born in 1739, and on the 29th GEORGE OGLE, esq. of Belle-vue, in the county county. He was also a governor of the county, December, 1769, was elected member for the and in 1784, appointed a member of the privy council, and register of deeds in Ireland. He married Elizabeth, sister to Lorenzo Moore, esq. late colonel of the battle-axe-guards, and M. P. for the borough of Dungannon, who died a majorgeneral, 18th March, 1837, at Dresden. Mr. Ogle died 1814, without issue, and the present his heir-at-law. Richard Donovan, esq. of Ballymore, was served

Arms borne by the Ogle family-Argent, a fess between three crescents gules.

Crest-An heraldic antelope's head erased ar. tufted, maned, and horned, gules.

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Edward Donovan's will was dated 15th March, 1773, and on the 26th April, same year, was proved in Dublin. His widow's will was proved same place, 1794. He was succeeded by his eldest son,

v. Albert-William.

VI. Harrietta-Anne, married 1837,
James M'Kenny, esq. of Dublin.
VII. Laura.

VIII. Mary-Medora.

John, d. unm. in 1829.

George, married and has issue.
William, married Miss Dallas, of Port-
arlington, and has issue,

William-John.

Henry, d. unm. in Jamaica.
Solomon, in holy orders.
Arthur, d. yonng.

Anne, m. Solomon Speer, esq. of the
county of Tyrone, barrister, and had
issue.

Catherine, d. unm. 24th January, 1837.
Mary, m. John Glascott, esq. barrister,
and has issue.

Eliza, m. William Russell Farmar, esq.
of Bloomfield, in the county of Wex-
ford, and has issue.
Caroline.

Richard Donovan, who was in the commis-
sion of the peace for the county of Wexford,
d. the 9th January, 1816, and was succeeded
by his eldest son, the present RICHARD Do-
NOVAN, esq. of Ballymore.

RICHARD DONOVAN, esq. of Ballymore, who having attained his age of twenty-one years, on the 6th May, 1778, in the Easter Term of that year, suffered a common recovery of the estates, and it was declared by said deed that the said recovery should enure to the use of the said Richard Donovan, and his heirs and assigns for ever. He m. (settlement being dated 27th and 28th June, 1789,) Anne, daughter of Goddard Richards, side of the shield a cubit dexter arm vested Arms—Argent, issuing from the sinister esq. of The Grange, in the county of Wex-gules, cuffed azure, the hand ppr. grasping ford, and had issue,

RICHARD, his heir, now of Ballymore. Goddard-Edward, capt. 83rd regiment, d. unm. at the Cape of Good Hope, in 1808.

Robert, married Miss Taylor, and had issue,

1. Richard.
11. Robert.
1. Henry.

IV. Edwin.

an old Irish sword, the blade entwined with
a serpent ppr.

Crest-A falcon alighting.
Mottoes-Adjuvante Deo in hostes; also
Vir super hostes. Irish, Gilloa Eirh a Nauidh

a Boo.

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GALLY-KNIGHT, OF FIRBECK AND LANGOLD.

KNIGHT-GALLY, HENRY, esq. of Firbeck Hall and Langold, in the county of York, b. 2nd December, 1788, m. in 1828, Henrietta, third daughter of Anthony Hardolph Eyre, esq. of Grove, Notts. Mr. Knight, who succeeded his father in 1808, is a magistrate for the counties of Nottingham and York, and a deputy lieutenant and M.P. for the former. In the years 1810 and 1811, he travelled in Spain, Sicily, Greece, the Holy Land, and Egypt; and in 1815, published a volume of poems. 1826, he appeared again in a literary capacity, as the author of a pamphlet on the Catholic Question, and in 1837, he produced "An Architectural Tour in Normandy."

In

Lineage.

This family, originally of Hampshire, was settled in the North by

SIR RALPH KNIGHT, (son of William Knight, esq. by Alice Worthington, his wife,) who served with distinction, in the forces of the parliament, became aid-de-camp to General Monk, and received the honour of knighthood at the restoration. Having m. a lady of Yorkshire, he purchased about 1650, from Thomas Burton, the estate of Langold, in that county, as a residence for her near her relations, during his absence on military duty, and he subsequently obtained other estates in the same and in the adjoining county. Sir Ralph wedded first, 23rd June, 1646, Faith, daughter of the Rev. William Dickinson, vicar of Rotherham, of a family seated in the parish of Ecclesfield, and secondly, the widow of John Rolleston, esq. of Sokeholme. By the former, who died 18th April, 1671, aged fifty-four, he had issue,

JOHN, of Langold, bapt. at Rotherham, 21st June, 1648, m. Mary, daughter of Alderman Clarkson, of London, and d. 6th May, 1695, leaving an only

child,

HANNAH, m. at Eckington, 10th
April, 1708, to Thomas Stones,
esq. of Mosborough.

ISAAC, of whom presently.
Ralph, m. but left no issue.
Thomas, living in 1689.

Dickinson, died 10th January, 1746.

Hester, m. to John Clarkson, esq. of

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Sir Ralph died 21st April, 1691, and was buried at Firbeck. His second son,

ISAAC KNIGHT, esq. of Langold, m. Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Robinson, of Denston, in Suffolk, and dying 13th September, 1721, aged sixty-eight, was s. by his only son,

RALPH KNIGHT, esq. of Langold, bapt. at St. John's, 6th Jnne, 1712, who died unm. in 1768, when his estates devolved on his only sister and heir,

ELIZABETH KNIGHT, who had m. the Rev. Henry Gally, D.D. rector of St. Giles's-inthe-Fields, chaplain in ordinary to GEORGE II. and a prebendary of Norwich and Gloucester, and had two sons, JOHN and HENRY. Dr. Gally was one of those refugee families whom the religious persecution, consequent on the revocation of the Edict of Nantz, forced to leave their native country and seek an asylum in England. He was a distinguished scholar and corresponded with the contemporary literati of the continent. He died 7th August, 1769, and his widow, in 1784. Their elder son,

JOHN GALLY, esq. of Langold, barristerat-law, assumed as did his younger brother, the surname and arms of KNIGHT. He was in the commission of the peace for Yorkshire and Notts, and served in parliament for Aldborough and Boroughbridge. He d. unm. in 1804, aged sixty-three, and was s. by his brother,

HENRY GALLY KNIGHT, esq. of Langold, barrister-at-law, who m. in 1784, Selina, daughter of William Fitzherbert, esq. of Tissington, in Derbyshire, and died in 1808, leaving an only son, the present HENRY GALLY KNIGHT, esq. of Langold and Fir

beck.

Arms Quarterly; 1st and 4th for KNIGHT, or on a chief sa. three griffins segreant of the field; 2nd and 3rd for GALLY, a chev. or, charged with a chain sa. between two mullets arg. and a cock of the same, beaked gold

Crests 1st for KNIGHT, out of a ducal coronet or, an eagle displayed erm.; 2nd for GALLY, out of a foreign coronet a cock arg.

Motto-Toujours pret.

Estates-In the counties of Nottingham and York.

Town Residence-69, Lower Grosvenor Street.

Seat-Firbeck Hall, near Bawtry.

*The Gallys were long established at Nismes and Languedoc.

HORE, OF POLE HORE..

HORE, HERBERT FRANCIS, esq. of Pole Hore, in the county of Wexford, b. at Clonattin, in that county, 14th March, 1817.

Lineage.

The surname of this family originated at the time of the Crusades, when some designation was necessarily affixed to the christian names of those who embarked in them, for distinction's sake;-as le Brun, le White, le Grey, &c.-The adjective le hore, signifies the white or hoar, and is so used frequently by CHAUCER.-De Burgo derives the name from the town of Hore, in the county of Tipperary, where Hore abbey was built.

This family was in early ages of distinction in England; where, says Verstegan, "I find many of this surname of good note and special regard in many places of this kingdom." They held lands in the 12th century, in South Wales, after its conquest by the Normans; and acquired considerable estates in adjoining shires, holding high martial offices in the Marches of Wales, and serving as sheriffs and representatives in parliament of their counties and boroughs.

In Devonshire and Cornwall two very ancient lines flourished; from the former descend the two BARONETS of the name of HOARE;-the heiress of Hore of Gloucestershire, m. Henry Clifford, Lord of Frampton, temp. HENRY IV.;-that of Marston, Oxfordshire, m. Unton, son of Sir John, and father of Sir Richard Croke; (see vol. i. p. 357.) another house, distinguished in that County and in Cambridgeshire, possessing the lordship of Elsefield, in the county of Oxon; and the manors of Childerley magna

and parva, Lulworth, Boxworth, and Magna Ravele, Cambridgeshire; Wysshawe and Langley, Warwickshire; and Barlee or Hore's, Herts; left Editha, its heiress, who m. Thomas Fulthorpe, esq. of Barnard Castle. Of this house was Sir Nicholas Hore, knt., who m. circa 1470, Katherine, dau. of Sir Thomas Cotton, of Landwade, Cambridgeshire; and John Hore, esq. who was at the siege of Rouen, with HENRY V.

According to tradition, and an old " genealogy," the first of the name in Ireland

was

SIR WILLIAM HORE, living in the first year of RICHARD Coeur de Lion (1190), who is said to have been one of the Norman knights that accompanied Maurice Fitzgerald from Wales, to the invasion of that kingdom; and to have received large grants of land in the baronies of Shelmalier and Shelburne, and shire of Wexford; in the country called HORESLAND, containing the district of Horeswood, the union and parish of Horetown, &c.

It is certain, however, that a considerable part of these baronies was in the possession of the family; and, from an inquisition, (temp. HENRY III.) in the Chapter house, Westminster, that

WILLIAM LE HORE, written "Le hore," had, immediately after the conquest of Ireland, a deed or "charta" of Richard de Clare, therein called "Comes Lageniæ,” of the lands of Baliconmod, for doing military service to the king himself, at the castle of Dublin.

HENRY LE HORE had letters of protection on accompanying William le Marshall, Earl of Pembroke, into Ireland, in 1207.

RALPH LE HORE was sheriff of Dublin in 1253, and was granted the tower of the bridge of that city, to him and his heirs, saving to the citizens free ingress and egress.

The almost total want of early records respecting the county of Wexford, renders information earlier than the time of HENRY III. inaccessible, when we find

GEOFFREY LE HORE, of that shire, father of William le Hore, living 1252, from whose brother Thomas, descended

NICHOLAS LE HORE, Lord of HORESLAND,

in 1287, for which he did not make suit of The third son, court, and

RALPH LE HORE, who was granted the custody of the forfeited lands in county Wexford, of the Knights Templars, in 1312. From Geoffrey also derived the family of HORE, OF BALLYSHELANE AND KILLSALLAGHAN,* and

THOMAS LE HORE, CHIEF OF HIS NAME, of the Pole, in the county of Wexford; with whom the pedigree in the visitation of that county, (dated 1618) of “Hore of the Pole," commences. He flourished temp. EDWARD I., and is said to have given his lordship of Horetown, to Sir Philip Furlonge, knt. in exchange for that manor and other lands, about the year 1306.

He and his descendants resided at the castle of the Pole for four hundred and thirty years; and held that manor of the barony of Kayer, by grand serjeanty tenure ;-their service was, 66 to keep a passage over the Pill water of the Slaney, (on a head-land projecting into which river their castle stood) as often as the sessions should be held at Wexford." His sons were,

1. RICHARD, who d. ante 1345, leaving

a son,

WALTER, who was summoned with
horses and arms in 1345, and was
probably slain in France.

H. DAVID, "dell Polle," appointed in
1332, keeper of the lands of Lawrence
de Hastings, Earl of Pembroke, and
Earl Palatine of Wexford. He was
sheriff of the county in 1334, and one
of the five persons of distinction to
whom the guardianship of the Abbey
of Dunbrody was assigned, on that
monastery ceasing to give alms and
perform acts of charity, by a com-
mission from EDWARD III. He left
issue,

1. THOMAS, "dell Polle," in 1355.
2. NICHOLAS, OF THE POLE, com-
missioner of the Peace in 1356,
and sheriff in 1377 and 1379, was
by patent, 6th July, 49 EDWARD
III. one of the five warriors of
the shire, to whom that king as-
signed the conservation of the
tried fidelity of his subjects in
that county, with power to govern
the country with horses and arms,
fortify places where invasion was
expected, and seize on all sup-
plies going to the Irish enemy.
He d. s. p. and was s. by his
cousin, SIR NICHOLAS.

III. WALTER, of whose line we have to

treat.

WALTER LE HORE, esq. was summoned in 1345, to attend, with his horses and arms properly appointed and in his best array for war, the Lord Justice of Ireland; with the gentlemen of his county, to accompany the expedition made that year into France by EDWARD III., at which time the famous battle of CRESSY was fought. He left issue,

JOHN, living 1379.

WILLIAM, of whom afterwards.
Robert, appointed 4 RICHARD II. At-
torney-General of Ireland.

The son and successor,

WILLIAM LE HORE, esq. chief serjeant of Wexfordshire before the year 1382; had several sons, of whom the eldest,

I. NICHOLAS (SIR), succeeded his namesake and cousin at the Pole; of whom hereafter.

II. Thomas, had a grant of the manors of Cookestown and Hamondstown, in the shire of Meath, from Mortimer, Earl of March; and dying before 1427, left Alianore, his heiress. III. John (Sir), of Shandon, county Waterford, for whose descendants, see The eldest son, HORE OF SHANDON.

SIR NICHOLAS LE HORE, knt. of the Pole, was seneschall of the Earl of Pembroke's lands, and sheriff of Wexfordshire in 1390 and 1396. He was married in 1374, and was that year distrained by the seneschall of the liberties of Wexford, for the exits of his wife's dower in three manors.

She was Matilda, daughter and eventually co-heir of SIR WILLIAm de Loundres, knt. BARON OF THE NAAS, and widow of Mathew Tuyte William de Meones, and Adam L'Enfaunt. Her brother, Sir John de Loundres, dying after her without issue, the barony of Naas fell into abeyance; and was accorded many years after to Lord Preston of GORMANSTON, a descendant of one of her younger sisters, Elizabeth, who was widow in 1399, of Sir Christopher Preston, knt., and then wife of Sir Thomas le Fleming, Baron of Slane.

Sir Nicholas le Hore doubtless forfeited all chance of the honour by his "seditions and treasons," for which he in one year alone paid two fines for pardons. He was surety for Sir Simon Neville, Baron of Rosgarland, in 1396; and in 1407 appointed Custodier of the castle and manor of Kilmannock, in the county of Wexford, during the minority of Henry fitz John le Hore.

He left several sons, some holding lands in Meath, of the Mortimers, Earls of March; whose descendants, Christopher and John Hore, esqs. took the oath of allegiance to

The Ballyshelane and Killsallaghan branch HENRY VII. at Trim, 25th February, 1488. was one of considerable importance.

Of these, Thomas Hore, was ABBOT OF

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