ROBERT, his heir. Francis, of Dardistown, who m. Bridget, sister of William Dongan, Earl of Limerick, and had issue, CHRISTOPHER, of Dardistown, M.P. colonel of Patrick, lieutenant-colonel in Berwick's regi- Mary, m. to Roger Ferrall, esq. of Mornin. Alison, m. to Sir Anthony Mullady, knt. The elder son, SIR ROBERT NUGENT, second baronet, of Moyrath, and Taghmon, m. Thomasin Eure, of Ballyardon, and dying in 1675, was s. by his son, SIR THOMAS NUGENT, third baronet, of Moyrath, who commanded a regiment for King JAMES, and following that Prince to France, was made colonel in the French service. He m. Anne, younger daughter of Carey, Earl of Roscommon, and had, beside two daughters, Ellen and Bridget, two sons, JOHN and Richard, both attainted for the rebellion. Arms-Erm. two bars. gu. Galway, forfeited by Roger O'Shagnessy. Sir Thomas m. Penelope, only daughter of the first Earl of Cadogan, and was killed at the battle of Malplaquet in 1709, leaving issue, THOMAS, his heir. Juliana, Lady Meath, d. s. p. Anne, m. to Samuel Pobson, esq. Elizabeth, m. first, to Sir J. D. Hamon, bart. and secondly, to Charles Smyth, esq. by whom she had a son, JOHN-PRENDERGAST SMYTH, created BARON KILTARTON in 1810, and VISCOUNT GORT in 1816. The only son, SIR THOMAS PRENDERGAST, second Baronet, m. Anne, daughter and heir of Sir Griffith Williams, bart. of Marl, Carnarvonshire, and died s. p. in 1760, when the title became EXTINCT. Sir Thomas was, for many years, member of the Irish parliament for the borough of Clonmel, and was, it is said, about to be raised to the peerage as Viscount Clonmel, but died before the completion of the patent. His estate of Gort devolved on the Smyths, and is now possessed by their representative Charles, Viscount Gort. Arms-Gu. a saltire or and az. NORTON. GREGORY NORTON, esq. was created a BARONET in 1624, but the title soon became EXTINCT. READING, OF DUBLIN. SIR ROBERT READING, of Dublin, bart. so created 27th August, 1675, m. Jane, relict of Charles, first Earl of Mountrath, and daughter of Sir Robert Hannay, bart. and by her, who died 18th November, 1684, had an only daughter and heir, ELIZABETH, M. in 1686, to James, first Viscount O'BRIEN-ARRAGH. SEE ARRAGH. PRENDERGAST, OF GORT. Lineage. The name of Prendergast is ancient, supposed to be the same as that written Prenelirlegast, in Holinshed's list of names on the Roll of Battell Abbey. Fuller, quoting Holinshed, writes it Prendir le gast. When the Normans invaded Wales, a baron of the name founded the castle and town of Prendergast, in Pembrokeshire, still existing. MAURICE DE PRENDERGAST accompanied the first Norman invaders of Ireland, and had large grants of land in the south of that kingdom, where he built NEWCASTLE PRENDERGAST. His descendant, THOMAS PRENDERGAST, esq. of Newcastle, in the county of Tipperary, born in 1614, married Elinor, sister of Walter, eleventh Earl of Ormond, and had issue, Jeffrey, THOMAS, and James.* He died in 1725, aged one hundred and eleven, as appears on his tombstone at Newcastle, near Clonmell. His son, THOMAS PRENDERGAST, esq. colonel in the army of WILLIAM III. and Queen ANNE, discovered a plot against the life of the king, and was rewarded with a BARONETCY and the estate of Gort, in the county of ROCHE. Lineage. DOMINICK ROCHE, esq. son of Jordan Oge Roche, esq. mayor of Limerick in 1639, and descended from the ancient house of Fermoy, laid claim to considerable estates in the county of Limerick, which had been forfeited by his ancestors, and though he had a decree in his favour, he never obtained possession. On the arrival of King JAMES II. in Ireland, he was received with great favour by that prince, and created BARON TARBERT and VISCOUNT CAHERVAHALLA, honours which were of course unacknowledged by the government then existing. Dominick Roche's grandsons were Thomas Roche, esq. of Dublin, and SIR BOYLE ROCHE, in early life a military officer, and subsequently a prominent member of the Irish parliament. His blunders, it is well known, were of calculation, not of intellect, for whenever the Irish, ministry had to apprehend the ill humour of parliament, Sir Boyle was put forward to excite a laugh-pour avoir les rieurs de leur côté," as the French say. He m. Mary, daughter of Admiral Sir Thomas Frankland, bart. of Thirkelby, in the county of York, but d. s. p. in 1801, when the BARONETCY became EXTINCT. Arms-Gu. three roaches naiant in pale arg. * Of these gentlemen many descendants still exist. SARSFIELD. Lineage. SIR DOMINICK SARSFIELD, knt. chief justice of the Common Pleas, was created the first BARONET in Ireland, 30th September, 1619, and raised to the peerage of Ireland in 1624, as Baron of Barrett's county, and Viscount Kingsale, both in the county of Cork; but the Lord Baron Kingsale, complaining to the king that the title belonged to him, the matter was referred to several learned lords and judges for their decision, which was given in favour of the Lord Kingsale: soon after, Sir Dominick was made VISCOUNT SARSFIELD of Kilmallock, with precedence of the former patent. His son and successor, WILLIAM SARSFIELD, second Viscount Kilmallock, was father of, DAVID SARSFIELD, third Viscount Kilmallock, who suffered attainder in 1691, and under that forfeiture the title fell, Arms-Az. an eagle or, crowned arg. SHAEN, OF KILMORE. Lineage. SIR JAMLS SHAEN, of Kilmore, in the county of Roscommon and Bishopstone, in Westmeath, son of Sir Francis Shaen, knt. was appointed lessor Collector, and Receiver-General of the province of Leinster, 4th October, 1660, Register of the Court of Claims, 30th March, 1661, Surveyor-General for life, 13th February, 1667, and in 1692, one of the Farmers of the revenue, a commissioner of Excise. On the 7th February, 1662, he obtained a patent of Baronetcy. Sir James m. 28th July, 1659, Lady Frances Fitzgerald, daughter of George, sixteenth Earl of Kildare, and dying, 13th December, 1695, was s. by his only son, SIR ARTHUR SHAEN, second Baronet, of Kilmore, high sheriff of the county of Mayo, in the year 1708, who m. first, Jane, daughter and heir of Sir Samuel Hele, bart, of Fleet, in the county of Devon, but by her had no issue, and secondly, Susanna, daughter of Morgan Magan, esq, of Togherstown, in the county of Westmeath, by whom he had three daughters, his co-heirs, viz. FRANCES, m. 1st June, 1738, John Bingham, esq. ELIZABETH, who died unm. Her brother, JAMES WARE, esq. was father of RoBERT WARE, esq. of Dublin, whose daughter and eventual heiress, SARAH WARE, m. in 1780, Samuel Hibbert, esq. and d. in 1813, leaving, with other issue, a son and heir, the present SAMUEL HIBBERT-WARE, M.D. (See BURKE'S Commoners). + Of RICHARD TALBOT, Duke of Tyrconnel, much ill has been written, and more believed; but his history, like that of his unfortunate country, has only been written by the pen of party steeped in gall, and copied servilely from the pages of prejudice, by the lame historians of modern man distinguished in the service of King William. at the revolution. By Mr. Carter, the co-beirs of Shaen had, with a daughter Susanna, m. t John Kirwan, esq. of Castle Hacket, in the county of Galway, three sons, of whom the eldest, THOMAS CARTER, esq. of Castlemartin, b. 29th May, 1753, wedded in 1783, Miss Butier, only daughter of the Honourable Jobn Butler. brother of Humphrey, first Earl of Lanes borough, and had issue, Sir Arthur, d. 24th June, 1725, when the BARONETCT became EXTINCT. Arms-Or, three piles issuant from the chief ga. within a bordure erm. SONDS, OF BLACKHALL. SIR WILLIAM SONDS, or SANDS, late of Throwley, in Kent, subsequently of Blackball, in the county of Kildare, was created a BARONET 13th November, 1676, being the high sheriff of the latter county. Ha m. Grace, sister of William Thwaits, esq. and widow of William Hawkins, esq. and by her, whose will is dated 4th August, 1711, he had, with two daughters, Mary and Grace, a son, JOHN, his heir. Sir William, whose will bears date 13th June, 1687, was s. at his decease, by his son, SIR JOHN SONDS, second baronet, who m. in 1982, Jane, daughter of James Ware, esq. elder son of Sir James Ware, the Historian. Arms-Quarterly, 1st and 4th: gu. on a chevron, arg. three Moors' heads, couped, sa. between as many crosses crosslet, fitchée, or, for SANDS. 2nd and 3rd: az. a fess between three bezants, upon a chief of the second, three escallop shells, gu. for CLARK. STYLE. See Baronetage of England, SIR HUMPHREY STYLE, knight, of Langley, in the county of Kent, having been a BARONET both of England and Ireland. TALBOT, OF CARTON. ROBERT TALBOT, esq. younger son of Sir Thomas Talbot, knight, of Malahide, in the county of Dublin, was father of WILLIAM TALBOT, esq. who acquired the estate of Carton, in the county of Kildare, and was created a BARONET 4th February, 1622. His son and successor, SIR ROBERT TALBOT, second Baronet, of Carton, was father (inter alios) of I. ROBERT, his heir, whose line became EXTINCT. II. RICHARD, who, by patent, dated 20th June, 1685, was created Baron of Talbot's town, Viscount of Baltinglass, and Earl of Tyrconnell, times, more anxious for authority than for authenticity. Two qualities he possessed in an eminent degree-wit and valour; and if to gifts so brilliant and so Irish be joined devotion to his country, and fidelity to the unfortunate and fated family with whose exile he began life, and with whose ruin he finished it, it cannot be denied that in his character the elements of evil were mixed with moch great and striking good. Under happier circumstances the good might have predominated; and he, whose deeds are held even by his own family in such high estimation, might have shed a lustre on his race by those talents and with remainder in tail-male to his nephews; and was subsequently, 20th March, 1689, advanced to the dignity of Marquess and Duke of Tyrconnell, by King JAMES II. in whose service, as Chief Governor of Ireland, he died. The Duke, by Frances, Countess Hamilton, left two daughters, of whom, Charlotte was m. to the Prince de Vintimiglia, and had issue two daughters; the one m. to M. Verac, and the other to the Prince Belmonte; but both dying without issue, Richard Wogan Talbot, now Baron of Malahide, became heir general to the Duke of Tyrconnell, as descendant and sole heir of Frances, the Duke's sister. In the castle there is a half length painting, by Sir Peter Lely, and, notwithstanding all that was written by his successful, yet unforgiving enemies at the revolution, this portrait goes far to support what we find said of the Duke in Count Grammont's Memoirs, that he was "one of the tallest men in England, and possessed of a fine and brilliant exterior; his manners were noble and brilliant ;" and that he was "one of the most genteel men in the court of CHARLES II." There is also a painting of the Duchess, who was eldest daughter and co-heiress of Richard Jennings,t of Sandridge, in Hertfordshire, and sister to Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough; and her beauty and character are thus depicted by a cotemporary; “She had the fairest and brightest complexion that ever was seen; her hair a most beauteous flaxen, her countenance extremely animated, though, generally, persons so exquisitely fair have an insipidity; her whole person was fine, particularly her neck and bosom. The charms of her person, and the unaffected sprightliness of her wit, gained her the general admiration of the whole court; in these fascinating qualities she had there (CHARLES'S court) other competitors; but scarcely one, except Miss Jennings, maintained throughout the character of unblemished chastity." After the death of the Duke, whose sincere attachment to his unfortunate sovereign has never been disputed, the Duchess was permitted to erect a house (still standing) in Kingstreet, Dublin, as a nunnery for poor Clares, and in this obscure retirement, burying all the attractions and graces which once so adorned the court of England, she died at the age of ninety-two, and was interred in Patrick's Cathedral, 9th March, 1703. III. Frances, m. to her cousin, Richard Talbot, esq. of Malahide, and by him (who d. in 1703,) had a son, the present Richard Wogan Talbot, Lord TALBOT DE MALAHIDE. Arms-Gu. a lion rampant, or, within a bordure engrailed, erminois. TRANT, OF THE QUEEN'S COUNTY. Lineage. SIR PATRICK TRANT, son of a London merchant, who realized a very considerable fortune, was, at the time of the revolution, one of the largest landed proprietors in Ireland. In 1686, he obtained a patent of BARONETCY, and stood so high in favour with JAMES II. that letters patent were in progress to create Sir Patrick, Lord Maryborough, when JAMES fled from Dublin. For his fidelity to that ill-fated Prince, Sir Patrick was ATTAINTED, and his vast estates being forfeited, were sold at Chichester House in 1703, to The Yellow Bladebone Company, for the inadequate sum of £30,000. Sir Patrick left at his decease, two daughters, his co-beirs, of whom Ellen, wedded Christopher, Viscount Longford, and was mother of an only daughter, Ellen, who died unmarried in 1748. The other daughter married the Prince d'Auvergne, but had no issue. Sir Patrick had a brother Dominick, who married a sister of Sir Stephen Rice, and was ancestor of the late Dominick Trant, esq. of the Island of Montserrat, who m. a daughter of P. L. Story, esq. and left at his decease, a son and a daughter. Nearly connected also with Sir Patrick, were two brothers, from one of whom descends William Trant, esq. formerly M.P. for Dover, and from the other, derived Sir James Fitzgerald, bart. and Mrs. Pepper, of Portman-square. Arms-Per pale, az. and gu. two swords in saltier, arg. hilts and pomels, or, between three roses of the third. TRESWELL. COLONEL DANIEL TRESWELL, was created a BARONET 1665; but the title has been long EXTINCT. TUFTON, OF VINTNERS. SIR WILLIAM TUFTON, of Vintners, in the county of JOHN TALBOT, of Malahide, grandfather of shire, and by her, who died in 1649, he had three sons heroism which gave force to his passions, and celebrity to his errors. While King JAMES was arming (for the BATTLE OF THE BOYNE) in Slane Castle, another scene, equally striking, was acted in the hall of Malahide. Before the dawn of day, the Talbots, with their kinsmen, to the number of fourteen, assembled, armed to the teeth, round a breakfast table, at which the sister of the king's lieutenant-general (Tirconnel), the Lady Frances, widow of the head of this loyal party (Richard Talbot, of Malahide, who d. in 1703), presided. They set forth with a light to join their kinsman the Duke, the King's camp lying on the near shore of the Boyne, and found Tirconnel, with the Duke of Berwick, reconnoitering the position of King WILLIAM on the opposite side of the river. While WILLIAM was and one daughter, VERE, eventual heiress, m. first, to mounting his horse, it happened that a man and two horses, standing near him, were killed by a cannon ball. A second bullet rebounding, glanced over the right shoulder of the gallant WILLIAM, and inflicted a flesh wound; his officers crowded round him, and it was thought by the enemy that he was killed. A shout of joy rose from the Irish camp; and Tirconuel, prompt to avail himself of the great event, sent forth a squadron of cavalry to profit by the consternation. In this petulant attack perished the party of the Talbots, one only returning to the castle to tell the story of the eventful day. This one was a stripling youth, Richard, son, heir, and successor of the then Talbot of Malahide.-LADY MORGAN'S Irish Sketches in the Metropolitan Magazine. + For an account of the family of JENYNS, see BURKE'S History of the Commoners, vol. iii. Sir Thomas Beaumont, baronet, of Gracedien; and secondly, to George Lane, esq. Sir William died, at Barbadoes, in 1650, and was s. by his son, SIR BENEDICT TUFTON, second baronet, who died s. p. and was s. by his brother, SIR CHARLES TUFTON, third baronet, at whose decease the BARONETCY became EXTINCT. Arms-Sa. an eagle displayed, erm. within a bordure, arg. TYNTE, OF DUNLAVEN. EDWARD TYNTE, esq. of Wrexhall, in the county of Somerset, living in 1585, was father of two sons, namely, 1. EDWARD, of Wrexhall, grandfather of EDWARD TYNTE, esq. of Chelvey, in the county of Somerset, M.P. for Bridgewater, in 1631, a devoted adherent of royalty during the civil wars, and named in the list of gentlemen of Estate, intended to have been created knights of the Royal Oak. Hem. Jane, daughter and heir of Hugh Halsewell, esq. of Halsewell, in the county of Somerset, and thus acquired the Estate which has since been the chief residence of the family. His son and heir, HALSEWELL TYNTE, esq. of Halsewell, was created a BARONEr of England, 7th June, 1673. From him descends the present, CHARLES KEMEYS KEMEYS TYNTE, esq. of Halsewell. (See BURKE'S Commoners.) 11. ROBERT. The second son, SIR ROBERT TYNTE, knt. who settled in Ireland, in 1645, was ancestor of, ROBERT TYNTE, esq. of Dunlaven, in the county of Wicklow, who m. Lady Elizabeth Stratford, daughter of John, first Earl of Aldborough, and had a son and successor, JAMES STRATFORD TYNTE, esq. of Dunlaven, who was created a BARONET in 1778. He m. Hannah, daughter of Morley Pendred Saunders, esq. of Saunders Grove, in the county of Wicklow, by Lady Martha, his wife, daughter of John, first Earl of Aldborough, and had two daughters his co-heirs, of whom, JEMIMA ROBERTA, m. in 1806, Joseph Pratt, esq. or Cabra Castle, in the county of Cavan, and their second son, JOSEPH PRATT-TYNTE, esq. of Tynte Park in the county of Wicklow, has inherited the Tynte estates. He m. in 1838, Geraldine, second daughter of William Richard Hopkyns-Northey, esq. of Suffolklawn, Cheltenham, and grandaughter of General NortheyHopkins of Oving House, Bucks. At Sir James Tynte's, decease, the BARONETCY became EXTINCT; his widow m. secondly, Fitzmaurice Caldwell, esq. Arms-Gu. a lion couchant between six crosses crosslet arg. TYRRELL, OF LYNN. EDWARD TYRRELL, esq. of Lynn, in the county of Westmeath, was created a BARONET, 20th May, 1680, with limitation of the honour, in default of issue male of his body, to Edward Tyrrell, junior, his nephew, and his heirs male. Sir Edward m. Eleanor. dan. of Sir Dudley Loftus, knt. of Killyan, by Cecilia, his wife, daughter of the learned Sir James Ware, auditor-general of Ireland, and had an only child, CATHERINE, who wedded Robert Edgeworth, esq. of Longwood, in the county of Meath, and had, with other issue, 1. EDWARD EDGEWORTH, of Kilshrewly, in the county of Longford, ancestor of the present THOMAS NEWCOMEN-EDGEWORTH, esq. of Kilshrewly, in the county of Longford. 2. PACKINGTON EDGEWORTH, upon whom were settled the Tyrrell estates, a portion of which still remains in the possession of Pakington Edgeworth's descendant. PACKINGTON EDGEWORTH, esq. of Long wood, in the county of Meath. Sir Edward Tyrrell was ATTAINTED in 1688, and the BARONETCY became obscured by that act of forfeiture. His estates were, however, restored to Robert Edgeworth, esq. of Longwood. WARD. In 1682, a BARONETCY was conferred on the family of WARD, of Killagh, in the county of Down, but the title soon became EXTINCT. WILMOT. In 1621, a BARONETCY was conferred on ARTHUR WILMOT, esq. but soon after EXPIRED. WILSON. JOHN WILSON, esq. of Killenure in the county of Donegal, was created a BARONET in 1629, a title now EXTINCT. "In 1628, (we quote Mr. Lodge, the Irish genealo gist,) Sir Frederick, by petition to CHARLES I. desired his majesty to grant him the nomination and making of two Irish Baronets; which request (though his majesty was resolved not to draw it into a precedent for others), in regard the king was desirous to gratify so well-deserving a servant, and was confident he would nominate none but such as were of meet and fitting quality and condition for that dignity, was pleased to grant; and accordingly, 20th May, 1629, he nominated John Magrath, of Allevollan, in the county of Tippe rary, and John Wilson, of Killenure, in the county of Donegal, esquires, who were raised to the dignity by letters patent." YORKE. SIR WILLIAM YORKE, a distinguished lawyer, was appointed lord-chief-justice of the Common Pleas in Ireland, 1743, and created a BARONET in 1761. He d. s. p. when the title became EXTINCT. She had been twice previously married, first, to George Colley, of Edenberg, and secondly, to Colonel William Duckinfield. BARONETCIES OF SCOTLAND, EXTINCT AND DORMANT. ALEXANDER, OF MENSTRIE. SIR WILLIAM ALEXANDER, of Menstrie, the celebrated poet, had a grant of the territory of Nova Scotia by Charter, dated 10th September, 1621, and the king gave him permission to divide that territory into one hundred parcels, and to dispose of those tracts, with the title of BARONET, for the purpose of improving the colony. Sir William obtained about £200 from each purchaser; and he had likewise the privilege of coining a sort of base copper money, denominated "Turners," by which he acquired much wealth. In 1626, he became Secretary of State for Scotland, and in 1630 was created Lord Alexander and Viscount Stirling; and in 1633 advanced to the Viscounty of Canada and EARLDOM OF STIRLING. (See BURKE'S Extinct and Dormant Peerage of Scotland). Arms-Party per pale, az. and sa. a chev. and in base a crescent, all counterchanged. ARNOT. SIR MICHARL ARNOT, of Arnot, in the county of Perth, the descendant of a very ancient Fifeshire family, designated of that Ilk so early as the 12th century, was created a Baronet by CHARLES I. 27th July, 1629. His son and heir, SIR DAVID ARNOT, second Baronet, M.P. for Kinross in 1689, was father of SIR JOHN ARNOT, third Baronet, who, having devoted himself early to a military life, was appointed, in 1727, Adjutant General of Scotland. In 1735 he rose to the rank of Brigadier General; in 1739 to that of Major General, and died, 4th June, 1750, a Lieutenant General and Adjutant General of North Britain. His eldest son, SIR JOHN ARNOT, fourth Baronet, was succeeded by his son, SIR WILLIAM ARNOT, fifth Baronet, Lieutenant Colonel of the Queen's regiment of dragoon guards, who d. in 1782, leaving a son and heir, SIR WILLIAM ARNOT, sixth and last Baronet. Arms-Arg. a chev. sa. between two mullets in chief, and a crescent (qu. estoile) in base, gu. BAILLIE. SIR GIDEON BAILLIE, of Lochend, created a BARONET in 1636, m. Magdalen, daughter and co-heir of David, Lord Carnegie, and left by her who wedded secondly, Sir John Crawford, of Kilbirnie, an only daughter and heir, Margaret, wife of Sir John Colquhoun, bart. of Luss. BARR. SIR ROBERT BARR, Burgess of Glasgow, was created a BARONET of Nova Scotia, but the date of creation is not exactly known. BENNET. SIR WILLIAM BENNET, of Grubet, created in 1670, was father of a daughter who married Charles Stuart, of Dunearn, and was mother of ALEXANDER STUART, of Dunearn, well known for his valuable collection of pictures and books, who d. s. p. Arms-Gu. on a chev. between three stars, arg. a cross patee, gu. BENNET. SIR GEORGE BENNET, of the county of Fife, created a BARONET in 1671, was living in Poland when Nis bet wrote. Arms-Gu. on a chev. between three stars, arg. a cross patee, gu. BLACKADER. SIR JOHN BLACKADER, of Tulliallan, in Perthshire, heir male of Blackader, of that Ilk, in the county of Berwick,t descended from Patrick Blackader, who acquired, towards the close of the 15th century, the lands of Tulliallan, in marriage with the daughter and co-heir of James Edmondston of that Ilk. Sir John created a BARONET in 1626. He left an only daughter and heir, MARRIOTT, m. to Laurence, eldest son of Laurence Oliphant, esq. of Condie, direct ancestor of the present LAURENCE OLIPHANT, esq. of Condie, late M.P. for Perth. Arms-Az. on a chev. arg. three roses, gu. BOLLES. DAME MARY BOLLES, widow, of Osberton, in the county of Nottingham, was created a BARONETESS of Nova Scotia in 1635, the only instance of the dignity having been conferred upon a female. Her ladyship was daughter of Mr. Wykham, of Ledstone, in the county of York, and widow of Thomas Bolles, esq. of + Beatrice, eldest daughter of one of the two portioners of Robert Blackader, of Blackader, m. John Home, fourth of the seven sons of Sir David Home, of Wedderburne, so well known in border song, as "the seven spears of Wedderburne." |