St George of Wood Park

This family deduces its pedigree from BALDWIN ST GEORGE, one of the companions-in-arms of WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR, whose descendants flourished in England for several centuries, and frequently represented Cambridgeshire in Parliament.

Sir Baldwin St George (1362-1426), of Hatley, Cambridgeshire, was MP for Cambridgeshire between 1394 and 1414.

SIR RICHARD ST GEORGE (c1550-1635), Clarenceux King of Arms (19th in lineal descent from Baldwin), married, in 1575, Elizabeth, daughter of Nicholas St John, of Lidiard Tregoze, Wiltshire, by whom he left at his decease three sons,

Henry, Garter King of Arms;
George (Sir), of Carrickdrumrusk (Carrick-on-Shannon);
RICHARD, of whom we treat.

The third son,

CAPTAIN RICHARD ST GEORGE (1590-1667), went over to Ireland in the beginning of the 17th century, in the Royal Army, and was appointed Governor of the town and castle of Athlone.

He was born at Hatley St George, Cambridgeshire, and wedded, in 1625, Anne, daughter of Michael Pinnock, of Turrock, County Roscommon, by which lady he had issue,

HENRY, his heir;
Mary; Anne.

The only surviving son,

HENRY ST GEORGE (1638-1723), of Athlone, and of Woodsgift, County Kilkenny, MP for Athlone, 1715-23, was an officer in the Irish army of CHARLES II.

He espoused, in 1669, Anne, daughter of Alderman Ridgeley Hatfield, of the city of Dublin, and had issue,

Richard, of Kilrush;
Henry;
ARTHUR, of whom hereafter;
George, of Woodsgift, MP.

The third son,

THE VERY REV DR ARTHUR ST GEORGE (1681-1772), Dean of Ross, married Jane, daughter of Sir Thomas Molyneux Bt, of Castle Dillon, County Armagh, and had issue,

Richard, of Kilrush;

THOMAS, of whom hereafter;

Capel;

Arthur;

Howard, ancestor of ST GEORGE of Kilrush;

Henry (Rev);

Catherine.

The second son,

THOMAS ST GEORGE (1738-85), MP for Clogher, 1776-85, Commissioner of Barracks, wedded, in 1776, Lucinda, fourth daughter of Archibald, 1st Viscount Gosford, and had issue,

Thomas Baldwin;

ACHESON, of whom we treat;

John;

Archibald;

William Molyneux.

The eldest surviving son,

ACHESON ST GEORGE (1778-), of Wood Park, Tynan, County Armagh, High Sheriff of County Armagh, 1826, espoused firstly, in 1810, Eleanor, daughter of Robert Gordon, of Clonmel, and had issue,

Thomas Gordon, Lieutenant-Colonel, East India Company;

William, East India Company;

ACHESON, of whom hereafter;

John, East India Company;

Lucinda Margaret; Eleanor Mary; Olivia.

He married secondly, in 1824, Jane, second daughter of the Hon and Very Rev John Hewitt, Dean of Cloyne (fourth son of James, 1st Viscount Lifford), and had one daughter,

Alicia Hewitt Caroline.

The third son,

ACHESON ST GEORGE (1819-1902), of Wood Park, County Armagh, married, in 1890, Jane Rebecca, only surviving child of Thomas Knox Armstrong, of Fellows Hall, County Armagh, and dsp 1902.

WOOD PARK, near Tynan, County Armagh, was a Georgian house to the south of the neighbouring estate of Fellows Hall.

Wood Park features in J A K Dean's  Plight of the Big House in Northern Ireland on Page 66.

First published in December, 2020.