tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27057714505963008872024-03-19T08:48:45.245+00:00Lord Belmont in Northern IrelandEstablished in 2007 by Timothy William Ferres: writing about a variety of topics including the Monarchy, Nobility, Gentry, Heraldry, Pageantry, Heritage, Country Houses, Conservation, Cats, Travel.Timothy Belmonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15111145260662707575noreply@blogger.comBlogger5022125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705771450596300887.post-67849763520482510022024-03-19T07:40:00.001+00:002024-03-19T07:44:00.622+00:00Hockley Lodge<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwEBUt1vn9tAHJRcr2jhHZAY92ol4W7Urt8dG-YCtCTDeICasILosnkDZUi46EOt86MfQsGBT4ocB2lYowO47O8Bc1WWOQS-19m9JJCc_B7Djd1rjRAlrUoZ0LwhVxR_ZI6w5D_x_1MqRMi3QkDMLez1rlxGiUwfzaelOwPpbSA8BKog1qnfl6-qkC2hoo/s368/Screenshot%202024-03-19%20at%2007.41.45.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="368" height="171" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwEBUt1vn9tAHJRcr2jhHZAY92ol4W7Urt8dG-YCtCTDeICasILosnkDZUi46EOt86MfQsGBT4ocB2lYowO47O8Bc1WWOQS-19m9JJCc_B7Djd1rjRAlrUoZ0LwhVxR_ZI6w5D_x_1MqRMi3QkDMLez1rlxGiUwfzaelOwPpbSA8BKog1qnfl6-qkC2hoo/w200-h171/Screenshot%202024-03-19%20at%2007.41.45.png" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">THE VISCOUNTS CHARLEMONT WERE THE LARGEST LANDOWNERS IN COUNTY ARMAGH, WITH </span>20,695<span style="font-size: x-small;"> ACRES</span></b></div><span><div style="font-family: "IM Fell English SC"; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "IM Fell English SC"; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="font-size: normal;">The settlement of this noble family in Ireland took place in the reign of <span style="font-size: x-small;">ELIZABETH I</span>, when</span> the Rt Hon Sir Toby Caulfeild</span>, a distinguished and gallant soldier, was employed in that part of Her Majesty's dominions against the formidable Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone.</div><div style="font-family: "IM Fell English SC"; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-family: "IM Fell English SC"; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjkqbpKOvjgTmpZVwkDJGUrPOFpvW0st8-MMa12Wc0bwMcjN5PxKsCpNh9EoXX8DkVGOihA3_HFPQKIjvhFcrK1r9TJdDkBLshkEs-PNsAXuV5obmhuNZ9chIwceh1QbIoT5GX0Rx4sL7ofn2ujwxvr97zxjA0PJ3_pWpnBb-qbRtz24t7wyT776nfKUw=s800" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="581" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjkqbpKOvjgTmpZVwkDJGUrPOFpvW0st8-MMa12Wc0bwMcjN5PxKsCpNh9EoXX8DkVGOihA3_HFPQKIjvhFcrK1r9TJdDkBLshkEs-PNsAXuV5obmhuNZ9chIwceh1QbIoT5GX0Rx4sL7ofn2ujwxvr97zxjA0PJ3_pWpnBb-qbRtz24t7wyT776nfKUw=w290-h400" width="290" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: xx-small;">James, 1st Earl of Charlemont KP (National Portrait Gallery)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><div><br /><a href="https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/member/caulfeild-hon-henry-1779-1862"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">THE HON HENRY CAULFEILD</span></b></a> (1779-1862), third but second surviving son of James, 1st Earl of Charlemont KP, and Mary, daughter of Thomas Hickman, of Brickhill, County Clare, married, in 1819, Elizabeth Margaret, daughter of Dodwell Browne, of Rahins, County Mayo, and had issue,</div><div></div><blockquote><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-small;">JAMES MOLYNEUX,<i> 3rd Earl of Charlemont</i>;</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-small;">Henry William (1822-67);</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-small;">Margaret Zoe.</span></div></blockquote><div></div><div>Mr Caulfeild, of Hockley Lodge, County Armagh, was High Sheriff of County Armagh, 1832, MP for County Armagh, 1802-7, 1815-18, and 1820-30.</div><div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg1XTfZZER0lzjzf7vT7MKs3t-HY7NX9vqfdDtz21XZAyiupX9NBPa8zzQncMmQH6C-CDLHsblyICcj3NXUuqSUG4JKP68O-y3OPL5Tp8lGY5MFSzio-s0SZkKGz2F8PeXxkvLyXR7UzJFU-ivHmlJsj0dMG7mSDMizj-aogCsJ1yOHg_wpBiHKgxDWiA=s3776" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3776" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg1XTfZZER0lzjzf7vT7MKs3t-HY7NX9vqfdDtz21XZAyiupX9NBPa8zzQncMmQH6C-CDLHsblyICcj3NXUuqSUG4JKP68O-y3OPL5Tp8lGY5MFSzio-s0SZkKGz2F8PeXxkvLyXR7UzJFU-ivHmlJsj0dMG7mSDMizj-aogCsJ1yOHg_wpBiHKgxDWiA=w400-h320" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Hockley Lodge (Buildings of County Armagh)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br />HOCKLEY LODGE, near <a href="https://lordbelmontinnorthernireland.blogspot.com/2021/04/richhill.html"><b><span style="font-family: IM Fell English SC; font-size: x-small;">RICHHILL</span></b></a>, County Armagh, is described in the Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, 1837, thus:</div><div><i><blockquote>"Adjoining<span style="font-family: IM Fell English SC;"> <a href="https://lordbelmontinnorthernireland.blogspot.com/2017/06/castle-dillon.html"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">CASTLE DILLON</span></b></a></span> is Hockley Lodge, the seat of the Hon Henry Caulfeild, brother of Lord Charlemont, an elegant modern residence, containing some stately apartments and an extensive and valuable library."</blockquote></i></div>There was a house here dating from the 1770s, set within a demesne, with wider parkland, and many fine trees in the area immediately around the house.</div><div><br /></div><div>The present building is thought to date from about 1820.</div><div><br /></div><div>Other features include an ice house, a horse pond and a walled garden.</div><div><br /></div><div>In 1871 Hockley demesne extended to 292 acres.</div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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while the southern elevation has protruding pavilions at each end.</div><div><br /></div><div>The Hon Henry Caulfeild died in 1862, and his widow, Elizabeth, survived him until her death in 1878.</div><div><br /></div><div>Hockley was thereafter leased to James Henry Stronge (later the <a href="https://lordbelmontinnorthernireland.blogspot.com/2014/02/the-stronge-baronets.html"><b><span style="font-family: IM Fell English SC; font-size: x-small;">RT HON SIR JAMES STRONGE Bt</span></b></a>); Captain George D Beresford; and, in 1908, to James Wilson.</div><div><br /></div><div>Thomas Henry Mowbray Leader (1885-1951) purchased Hockley Lodge in 1932.</div><div><br /></div><div>Mr Leader, formerly of Dromagh and Rosnalee, County Cork, Game Warden, British Columbia, had served in the First World War with the North Irish Horse, and as a captain in the Royal Tank Corps.</div><div><br /></div><div>He married, in 1924, his first cousin, Frances Margaret Alice (<i>Hockey Lodge, Armagh</i>), eldest daughter of the <a href="https://lordbelmontinnorthernireland.blogspot.com/2014/02/deans-hill.html"><b><span style="font-family: IM Fell English SC; font-size: x-small;">RT HON HENRY BRUCE ARMSTRONG</span></b></a>, and had issue.</div><div><br /></div><div>Hockley Lodge was finally sold, in 1983, to the <a href="https://www.elimnursinghomes.com/hockley-private-nursing-home/"><b>Elim Pentecostal Church</b></a> for use as a private nursing home, which it remains to this day.</div><div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjY2Fxd_XvEn-P8-sA4UlkZOw2tDCxVRkTCGtfBDqm0qUuoy8vv0qgeNhKsuP5ltJzTIp4iS5M6Nqdi7nb_kfzi79kdNOCi4P3aqTjfRpt5DD-EW701DOxK3fKpMx37fv1L5EBS0wpEZxLLJ4YFL_mKcpkDngIbvmnqTK--xiAK9KlzVJu2Qi4443uPrg=s667" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="468" data-original-width="667" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjY2Fxd_XvEn-P8-sA4UlkZOw2tDCxVRkTCGtfBDqm0qUuoy8vv0qgeNhKsuP5ltJzTIp4iS5M6Nqdi7nb_kfzi79kdNOCi4P3aqTjfRpt5DD-EW701DOxK3fKpMx37fv1L5EBS0wpEZxLLJ4YFL_mKcpkDngIbvmnqTK--xiAK9KlzVJu2Qi4443uPrg=w400-h281" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Middle Lodge, Hockley, 2018 (Images: UAHS)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Hockley used to have three gate lodges (Main, Drumilly, and Middle), all dating from about 1836: of which the middle lodge was a <a href="https://www.ulsterarchitecturalheritage.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/UAH_BHARNI-Report_2019_FINAL.pdf"><b>building at risk in 2018</b></a>.</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: xx-small;">First published in February, 2022. </span></div></div>Timothy Belmonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15111145260662707575noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705771450596300887.post-8606049134591573492024-03-18T12:16:00.000+00:002024-03-18T12:16:39.257+00:00Kinlough House<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">WILLIAM JOHNSTON JP</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> (1814-88), of Kinlough House and Mountjoy Square, High Sheriff of County Leitrim, 1850, wedded, in 1856, Sarah Jane, daughter of the Rev William Percy, Rector of Carrick-on-Shannon, and had issue,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">JAMES JOHNSTON JP DL</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> (1858-), of Kinlough House, High Sheriff of County Leitrim, 1884, who married, in 1890, Rebecca Ceely, daughter of Maurice Ceely Maude, of Lenaghan Park, County Fermanagh, and had issue,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It was remodelled in the 1820s by Robert Johnston, who renamed it Kinlough House.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">In 1943 the Irish Tourist Association Survey recorded that the house had been destroyed by fire twenty years earlier, but that the gardens were still open to the public.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It was a five-bay, two-storey over basement house, built <i>ca</i> 1800 by Robert Johnston; now ruinous.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">There were two ashlar chimney-stacks with string courses; sandstone walls with ruled-and-lined render; and tooled limestone quoins and string course.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Although this impressive former country house now lies in ruins, the grandeur and elegance of the building still survives.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: normal;">After their parents' death, and while still children, they fled with an uncle following the revocation of the edict of Nantes, and settled in England.</span><br />
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They both died in 1800, leaving issue,<br />
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CECIL MANOR, near Augher, County Tyrone, was a rather austere three-storey, early 19th century block, probably attributed to William Farrell.<br />
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It was built <i>ca</i> 1830 for the Rev Francis Gervais, who had purchased the estate from the Cairnes family in 1811.<br />
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The windows were set wide apart in the solid expanses of wall.<br />
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Its entrance front had a Classical porch, prolonged by a wing of the same height.<br />
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There was a slightly overhanging roof with a bracket cornice; and chimney-stacks grouped together in a long line.<br />
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The demesne had four gate lodges, of which two seem to have survived, albeit in a parlous state.<br />
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This was formerly a fine demesne on the lower slopes of Knockmany.<br />
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There is still an avenue of Douglas Fir and forest planting, and a lake.<br />
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There was a boys and girls school, on Erasmus Smith's foundation, endowed with two acres of land by the Rev Francis and Mrs Gervais, who, in conjunction with the trustees of that charity, built the schoolhouse.<br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">First published in September, 2010. </span>Timothy Belmonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15111145260662707575noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705771450596300887.post-61296500137665127832024-03-17T07:45:00.001+00:002024-03-17T08:28:25.797+00:00Chapel of the Resurrection<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjSDFtPA9YxazJggvOJD5zqLZ5dUS_qWvQqukyrcyAWLnH_ptIRTm4cXuyTCgc5QvE30wGUVcRZ-bByJWaFIxgACrjcbFg2TefofOd0esCIQZbdRpNUKpeYskWvaoaX0TmwsZEYHFqMLq5Ay4_j5hxYlmoyQXipTBhhTTaSD1rxHXYVkWB5VD4esdjpEw=s2374" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1407" data-original-width="2374" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjSDFtPA9YxazJggvOJD5zqLZ5dUS_qWvQqukyrcyAWLnH_ptIRTm4cXuyTCgc5QvE30wGUVcRZ-bByJWaFIxgACrjcbFg2TefofOd0esCIQZbdRpNUKpeYskWvaoaX0TmwsZEYHFqMLq5Ay4_j5hxYlmoyQXipTBhhTTaSD1rxHXYVkWB5VD4esdjpEw=w400-h238" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">The Chapel, with Belfast Castle in the background (picture post card)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "IM Fell English SC";">THE CHAPEL OF THE RESURRECTION, 21, Innisfayle Park, Belfast, was constructed between 1865-69 in the Gothic-Revival style as a mortuary chapel for the 3rd Marquess of Donegall.</span></div>
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This charming little chapel predates Belfast Castle, which was constructed in 1868-70.</div>
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The late Sir Charles Brett remarked that the 3rd Marquess found his previous dwelling of Ormeau House an ‘<i>ill-constructed residence</i>’, and Lord Donegall himself wrote that his estate was<i> "under a disadvantage for want of a more suitable family residence.’</i></div>
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Despite being in constant debt, Lord Donegall decided to construct a new mansion house on lands he still owned in the deer park to the north of Belfast.</div>
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The Donegall family chapel, designed by Lanyon, Lynn & Lanyon, was built as a mortuary chapel that served as a memorial to the 3rd Marquess's son Frederick Richard, Earl of Belfast, who had died prematurely in 1853.</div>
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The chapel was not only a memorial to their son, but was also to be used as a burial place for members of the Chichester family (who had heretofore been interred at Carrickfergus).</div>
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The Chapel of the Resurrection was consecrated on the 20th December, 1869, by the Rt Rev Dr Robert Knox, Lord Bishop of Down, Connor and Dromore.</div>
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The interior of the chapel originally possessed a white marble monument to Lord Belfast which depicted him on his deathbed (sculpted by Patrick McDowell).</div>
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Following the completion of the site, the remains of Lord Belfast were moved to the Chapel of the Resurrection and interred in its vault.</div>
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The conversion of the building included the decoration of the interior and the addition of an altar, reading-desk, organ and stained-glass windows.</div>
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The refurbishment of the interior was carried out by Cox & Sons, London, and Buckley's of Youghal, County Cork.</div>
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The church organ was built by Wordsworth of Leeds.</div>
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Following the death of the 3rd Marquess in 1883, Belfast Castle and its estate passed to his son-in-law, Anthony Ashley-Cooper (<i>styled</i> Lord Ashley), later 8th Earl of Shaftesbury, who had married the Lady Harriet Chichester in 1857.</div>
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The Shaftesbury family continued to own Belfast Castle until 1934, when the 9th Earl of Shaftesbury granted the building and the 200 acre estate to Belfast Corporation.</div>
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The Shaftesburys are thought to have continued using the chapel for private and semi-private services thereafter, even though they had no need of it, as they could worship in an Oratory located inside the Castle itself; but during the 1st World War services in the chapel were discontinued, except very occasionally.</div>
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Having been utilised as a private dwelling for only 65 years, Belfast Castle was granted to Belfast Corporation on 1st February 1935.</div>
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Lord Shaftesbury retained the chapel until 1938, when it was transferred to the Church of Ireland.</div>
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The first public service was held at the Chapel of the Resurrection on the 18th September, 1938.</div>
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The building suffered minor damage during the Belfast Blitz, and repairs were subsequently carried out to the damaged roof and windows.</div>
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The chapel continued to be used regularly for services between 1938 and the 1960s; due to the decline in church attendance, however, the change in the make-up of the local population and the vandalism of the building (following the development of post-war housing around it in the 1950s and 1960s), regular services were abandoned in 1965.</div>
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The last service was held on the 27th august, 1972.</div>
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The congregation of St Peter’s endeavoured to maintain the chapel, but by 1974 recurrent acts of vandalism had forced the Select Vestry to remove all furnishings from the building and to sell the organ to a rural church.</div>
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By the 1980s the church had fallen into an advanced state of disrepair and was curtailed behind a barbed-wire fence.</div>
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In 1982 the vaults beneath the chapel were vandalised and the remaining tombs (the remains of the Chichester family) desecrated by vandals.</div>
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Sadly the chapel has continued to lie vacant since the 1970s.</div>
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In 2007-08 holding repairs were carried out to the chapel, which included repairs to its roof, the restoration of its roof trusses and the cleaning of its stonework.</div>
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The restoration aimed to make the chapel safe and restrict further acts of vandalism; all openings and doors were blocked up.</div>
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Some of the original furnishings of the chapel survive at St Peter’s parish church, Antrim Road, Belfast.</div>
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In a side chapel of St Peter's (opened in 2000; named the Chapel of the Resurrection) are a number of artefacts from the derelict chapel, including its reredos, the altar, a number of statues, the credence table and the original lectern.</div>
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The chapel has a heavily-pitched, natural slate roof, with masonry cross finial to gabled façade and metal cross finial to apse.<br />
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Rock-faced masonry walls have cut-stone dressings, including string-courses and stepped buttresses.<br />
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Pointed arch window openings to nave have tracery, forming a bipartite arrangement.<br />
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There is a rose window at the gabled façade, and trefoil-arch openings to belfry.<br />
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A pointed arched door opening is set within a cusped and sprocketed, gabled surround.<br />
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The chapel's interior was of great beauty and charm.<br />
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Two effigies or statues of Lord Belfast, one of which was a life-size representation in pure white marble of him on his death-bed, his mother holding his right hand; the other, a plaster statue of the young nobleman.<br />
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Lower Crescent and Upper Crescent, both in the University Quarter of south Belfast, have inspired me since childhood.<br />
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Lower Crescent, which runs from 4 University Road to Botanic Avenue, is to the north of the Upper Crescent; whereas Upper Crescent runs from 28 University Road to Crescent Gardens.<br />
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Most of the 2nd Marquess of Donegall's Belfast estate was sold in the early to mid-19th century, thereby freeing large areas of land around the town for development.<br />
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The lands to the south, along the Malone Ridge, were particularly attractive to developers, and fostered the construction of many fine late Georgian-style terraces from the mid 1830s onwards, a trend accelerated by the establishment of the prestigious Queen's College (Queen's University) in the area, in the later 1840s.<br />
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These new, grand terraces were occupied by the city's professional and business classes, who vacated their older residences in the centre of the town (like College Square North); which, in turn, eventually became shops and offices.<br />
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Upper Crescent was perhaps the grandest terrace development undertaken in south Belfast.<br />
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This was an elegantly curving row of three-storey dwellings in a late Regency style, built in 1846 by the timber merchant <b><a href="http://lordbelmontinnorthernireland.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/the-corry-baronets.html">Robert Corry</a></b>.<br />
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It has been suggested that the celebrated Belfast architect Sir Charles Lanyon may have been involved in the design of the crescents.<br />
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Corry himself undertook the building work and took up residence at 16 Upper Crescent.<br />
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For the first few years of its existence it was known as <i>Corry's Crescent</i>.<br />
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To the immediate north of Upper Crescent, where <b><a href="http://www.crescentchurch.org/">Crescent Church</a></b> now stands, there was a large, grassed area which formed part of Mr Corry's gardens.<br />
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Shortly after this plot was laid out, however, Corry had it ploughed up and used for the cultivation of vegetables (for the relief of local workers suffering as a result of the famine).<br />
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To the north of this garden ran an old water course; to the east, some smaller gardens (belonging to other residents of Upper Crescent); and further to the east and to the north-east, Albion Lane.<br />
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In 1852, Robert Corry built another terrace to the north of his garden and just south of the old water course.<br />
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This new development, called Lower Crescent, was much in the same vein as that to the south and was occupied by the same mix of professional and business men; though, by as early as 1860, the ground floors of some of the properties were utilized as offices.<br />
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In the late 1860s, a railway line was laid to the immediate north of Lower Crescent (along the line of the old water course).<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">In 1873, the large sandstone building, (originally Ladies Collegiate, later Victoria College), was added to the west end of the terrace, with two houses added to the east end by the end of the decade, the most easterly of which, Rivoli House, originally contained a dance academy run by a Frederick Brouneau.</span></blockquote>
The railway line cut across Albion Lane and presaged the laying out of a new, broader thoroughfare, to be named <i>Botanic Avenue</i>.<br />
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Upper Crescent was further extended in the 1860s and 70s, with two large William Hastings-designed properties erected to the west end in 1869, one of which, Crescent House (latterly a bank) also fronted on to University Road.<br />
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In 1878-79, two further houses were added at this end.<br />
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In 1885-7, a large Presbyterian church (the present Crescent Church) was erected to plans by the Glasgow architect, John Bennie Wilson, on the west side of Robert Corry's former garden, with a two-storey terrace, the present <i>Crescent Gardens</i>, built on the site of smaller garden plots to the east end in 1898.<br />
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During the first half of the 20th century, most of the properties of Upper and Lower Crescent, as well as Crescent Gardens, remained private residences.<br />
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By 1960, however, many had become businesses; while others were divided into flats, and Rivoli House (later Dreenagh House) became a hotel.<br />
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This trend continued and by the beginning of the 21st century none of the properties were occupied as private dwellings.<br />
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In the mid 1990s, three of the 1860-70 houses at the west end of Upper Crescent were demolished and a modern office block was built in their place.<br />
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In 2000, the railway cutting to the south of Lower Crescent was built over in preparation for a new development.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">1 UPPER CRESCENT:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Originally named Crescent House, was built in 1869 to designs by William Hastings. Its original resident was Dr Wilberforce Arnold, whose family remained there until the early 1900s. The next occupant was Dr John Campbell, who was followed by a Dr William Campbell (presumably his son). Both Campbells (and possibly Dr Arnold before them) appear have used the University Road section of the property as a surgery. In the 1970s, the building was acquired by Queen's University and served as the University's Institute of Professional Legal Studies. In 2001-02 the property was converted to a branch of the Bank of Ireland (and practically rebuilt in the process), with half of the first floor and all of the second floor converted to offices, linked to the large modern office block to the east.</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">7 UPPER CRESCENT:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Built in 1849, occupied by Robert Workman, who remained there until the mid-1850s, when he was followed by John Coates, secretary of the County Antrim Grand Jury. By 1860, the building was in the hands of a John P Corry, a relative of the builder of the Crescent, Robert Corry. At this stage (according to valuation records), the ground floor was used as offices. James P Corry remained in residence until 1877, when he was succeeded by MrWilliam Dobbin. John Morrow, of the Ayr Steamship Company, is listed as the householder in 1899 and 1910; with P T Crymble in 1920. In the later 1920s, the property was acquired by a Miss Wallace, who remained there until the 1970s; and for part of this time used the premises as a nursing home. Thereafter the property was converted to offices. The current occupant acquired the building in 1983.</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">8 UPPER CRESCENT:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Occupied, in 1849, by a merchant named Edward Tucker, who was followed by the Rev William Patterson (Professor of Mathematics, Queen's College) in the early 1850s; Peter Keegan, wine merchant, in the later 1850s; James Glass from <i>ca </i>1860-77; and then Mrs Shillington. In the 1899 directory, Robert Workman, Junior, is listed as the occupant; William Harper in 1910; Joseph Walsh, 1915-40s; then H M Hamilton; and Herbert Kearney. In the 1970s the property was converted to offices.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Mrs Grueber; followed in the mid 1850s by Professor Charles McDowell, who remained there until the early 1880s. In the 1899 and 1910 directories, a W H Ward (of the Ulster Damask & Linen Company) is listed as the occupant; with a Robert Robinson in 1920-30. By 1951, the property had become converted to offices, occupied firstly by the Forestry Division of the NI Department of Agriculture, and then by a firm of quantity surveyors.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Mrs Murdock in 1849; followed in the 1850s by James Green and then James P Corry (a relative of the above mentioned Robert). Corry was succeeded by Jane Vance, who remained there until the later 1870s. The next resident was Alexander Taylor; with a solicitor, J S Mahon, listed in the 1899 and 1910 directories. About 1918, the property was acquired by a family named Matthews, who remained there until the 1950s, when the building was converted into offices (financiers, then a travel agent).</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: small;">James Greene, (1st clerk, Custom House); followed by Mrs Herdman; and, by 1860, William McNeill; and, by the late 1870s, James Festu. By 1899, the building was home to William Yates; then, pre-1920, the Rev William Beatty; and then T Bell, who remained there from the mid 1920s to the 1960s. By 1970 the property had been converted to an office.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Between 1849-1910/20, the house was occupied by Robert Boag, of Albion Clothing Company, possibly the same person, though likely a father and son. By 1920, it had become <i>The Crescent Private Nursing Home</i>, but had reverted to an conventional dwelling again by 1930, with Miss Mabel Simms in residence. Miss Simms remained there until at least 1960, but by 1970 the building had been converted to an <span style="font-family: inherit;">office.</span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: small;">William Brown, of Day, Bottomley & Company, who, in the 1850s, leased the house to Mrs Esther Orr, who remained there until about 1880. The next occupant was James Hyndman; followed in the early 1900s by Mrs Cron. Mr E Matthews and his family remained there from the 1920s until the 1960s. By 1970, the house was being used by a group of elocution teachers, but appears to have reverted to a private dwelling in the late 1970s. The property appears to have become offices from the mid 1980s.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Mrs Dickey; Henry Smith, linen manufacturer, by 1852; and Jane Millford by 1860. The Rev W S Darley became resident in the later 1870s; with Mrs Thompson listed in the 1899 directory; William Galloway (damask designer) in 1920; and the Rev R H White in 1930. In the 1950s, this building and its two neighbours to the east (nos.15 & 16) served as the <i>Ulster Nature Cure Clinic</i>. In the 1960s all three were acquired by Queen's University and converted to student residences. It was probably at this point that the major internal changes to the buildings were carried out; however, it's not improbable that the earlier presence of the Ulster Nature Cure Clinic probably entailed some alterations, perhaps the creation of doorways between the formerly separate properties.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Robert Cassidy, solicitor, who remained here until about 1853, when he moved to the newly-built Lower Crescent; followed by the Rev Robert Wilson, whose family in turn were followed by Mr John Downing. By 1899, Mrs Manley was in residence; and by 1920 a "druggist" named John Clarke; Mrs Rankin, by 1930. A decade later the property served as a nursing home. In the 1950s, this building and its two neighbours to each side (nos.14 and 16) were the <i>Ulster Nature Cure Clinic</i>.</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Sources: Henderson's Belfast Directory; Belfast & Province of Ulster Directory; ST Carleton, <i>The Growth of South Belfast</i> (QUB MA thesis, 1967); John Caughey,<i> Seize Then The Hour: A history of James P Corry & Compnay</i> (Belfast, 1974), pp.28-29; David Evans, <i>Historic buildings of Queen's University</i> (revised edition, 1980); Alison Jordan:<i> Margaret Byers, Pioneer of Women's Education </i>(QUB Institute of Irish Studies). </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">First published in March, 2014.</span>Timothy Belmonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15111145260662707575noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705771450596300887.post-59498607768132017982024-03-15T12:26:00.000+00:002024-03-15T12:26:08.274+00:00Derrynoid Lodge<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="font-size: x-small;">THE TORRENSES OWNED </span>4,844<span style="font-size: x-small;"> ACRES OF LAND IN COUNTY LONDONDERRY</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">THOMAS TORRENS</span>, a cavalry officer from Sweden who served in the army of <span style="font-size: x-small;">WILLIAM III, </span>resigned his commission and settled, about 1690, at Dungiven, County Londonderry.<div><br /></div><div>He married and had issue,<br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;">Thomas, <i>d</i> 1735;<br />Henry, <i>d</i> 1755;<br />JOHN, <i>of whom we treat</i>;<br />Robert (Rev), Rector of Hervey Hill;<i> father of</i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Torrens_(economist)"><b>Robert Torrens</b></a>;</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">THE REV JOHN TORRENS</span> (1708-87), of Templemore, County Londonderry, Rector of Ballynascreen, 1722, Headmaster of Derry Diocesan School, 1734-5, Prebendary of Derry, 1747, Vicar-General of the Diocese of Derry, married firstly, in 1733, Anne, daughter of the Rev Roger Blackhall, headmaster of Derry Diocesan School, 1702-34, and had issue,<br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;">Roger, 1733-1804;<br />THOMAS, <i>of whom presently</i>;<br />Robert, <i>b</i> 1748;<br />Martha; Jane; Anne; Elizabeth.</span></blockquote>
Mr Torrens wedded secondly, in 1752, Elizabeth Fisher.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">THE REV THOMAS TORRENS</span> (1741-79), of Londonderry, espoused, in 1765, Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel Curry, and had issue,<br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;">John (Ven), Archdeacon of Dublin;<br />Samuel, captain, 52nd (Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot;<br />ROBERT, <i>of whom hereafter</i>;<br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Torrens_%28British_Army_officer%29"><b>Henry</b></a> (Sir), Major-General, KCB.</span></blockquote>
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The Rev Thomas Torrens's third son,<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Torrens_%28judge%29">ROBERT TORRENS</a></b></span> (1775-1856), of Derrynoid Lodge, Draperstown, County Londonderry, was a senior judge, having been appointed, in 1823, a Justice of the Court of Common Pleas in Ireland.<br />
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The Hon Mr Justice Torrens married, in 1809, his cousin Anne, daughter of Thomas Torrens, and had issue,<br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;">THOMAS FRANCIS, <i>b</i> 1810, died in Italy;<br />Robert Samuel (1818-51), captain, 42nd Regiment;<br />Samuel John (1825-46), died in Madeira;<br />HENRIETTA, <i>of whom presently</i>;<br />Ann, 1829-32.</span></blockquote>
Mr Justice Torrens's elder daughter,<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">HENRIETTA TORRENS</span> (1819-57), espoused <a href="http://lordbelmontinnorthernireland.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/shanes-castle.html"><b><span style="font-family: IM Fell English SC;">William, 1st Baron O'Neill</span></b></a>, and had issue,<br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;">Edward, 2nd Baron O'Neill;<br />Arthur;<br />ROBERT TORRENS, <i>of whom we treat</i>;<br />Anne.</span></blockquote>
The Lady O'Neill died in 1857, and bequeathed the Derrynoid estate to her third son,<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Torrens_O%27Neill">MAJOR THE HON ROBERT TORRENS O'NEILL</a></b></span> (1845-1910), of <b><a href="http://lordbelmontinnorthernireland.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/tullymore-lodge.html"><span style="font-family: IM Fell English SC;">Tullymore Lodge</span></a></b>, County Antrim, who died <i>unmarried</i>. <br />
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DERRYNOID LODGE, near Draperstown, County Londonderry, was built <i>ca </i>1809 for the Hon Mr Justice Torrens.<br />
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It was originally a thatched cottage though, about<i> </i>1816, the house was extended and a slate roof was erected.<br />
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The Lodge was last inhabited before the start of the 2nd World War.<br />
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In 1952, Derrynoid Lodge suffered severe fire damage and was subsequently demolished.<br />
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In 1995, with funding from the Department of Agriculture, International Fund for Ireland and the European Union, the former land steward’s house and other servants’ quarters were refurbished to form a striking sandstone frontage to the Derrynoid Centre.<br />
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<b><a href="https://www.communityni.org/organisation/rural-college-derrynoid-centre">THE DERRYNOID CENTRE</a></b> is situated in 250 acres of secluded forest woodland, on the site of the Georgian manor house, Derrynoid Lodge.<br />
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It contains 40 en-suite bedrooms, an on-site restaurant & bar and leisure facilities.<br />
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Conference facilities include a multi-media lecture theatre which could accommodate 110 guests, and 8 fully equipped syndicate rooms.<br />
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Hobby & leisure courses, and training & consultancy services are available.<br />
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The Centre <b><a href="https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/news/sudden-closure-of-rural-college-as-company-is-declared-insolvent-28601784.html">closed down</a></b>, however, in March, 2011.<br />
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<b><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">THE BARONS LURGAN WERE THE SECOND LARGEST LANDOWNERS IN COUNTY ARMAGH, WITH </span>15,166<span style="font-size: x-small;"> ACRES</span></b></div></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: IM Fell English SC;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">JOHN BROWNLOW</span>, of Epworth, in the Isle of Axholme, Lincolnshire, removed to Ulster and settled in County Armagh, where he had a grant of Doughcoron (or Doughcarron) and other lands in the barony of ONeilland, 1610, which lands were erected into the manor of Doughcoron, with liberty to impark 450 acres in demesne.</div></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on">This John Brownlow had (with two younger sons, John, died unmarried 1640, and Richard, died unmarried 1661) an eldest son and heir,<br /><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">SIR WILLIAM BROWNLOW</span> (1591-1661), Knight, of Doughcoron, who was knighted by Henry Cary, Viscount Falkland, Lord Deputy of Ireland, 1622.</span></span></div><div><br /></div><div>He wedded Elinor, daughter and co-heir of John O'Dogherty, of Derry, County Armagh, and by her had three daughters, his co-heiresses,</div><div></div><blockquote><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-small;">LETTICE, <i>of whom hereafter</i>;</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-small;">Rose; Eleanor.</span></div></blockquote><div></div><div>Sir William died in 1661.</div><div><br /></div><div>His eldest daughter,</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: x-small;">LETTICE BROWNLOW</span>, espoused firstly, Patrick Chamberlain, of County Louth, by whom she had a son, ARTHUR, devisee of his grandfather.</div><div><br /></div><div>She married secondly, Christopher Clinton; thirdly, Alexander Aston; and fourthly, ________ Beversham.</div><div><br /></div><div>Her son by her first husband,<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Brownlow"><b>ARTHUR CHAMBERLAIN</b></a></span> (1645-1711), became heir to his maternal grandfather, and adopted the surname of <span style="font-size: x-small;">BROWNLOW</span>.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: normal;">He was High Sheriff of County Armagh, 1668-9, MP for Armagh County, 1689-1711<span style="font-size: x-small;">, </span></span></span>and<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span></span>wedded, about 1679, Jane, daughter of <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standish_Hartstonge">Sir Standish Hartstonge Bt</a>,</b> by whom he had, with other issue,<br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;">WILLIAM, <i>his heir</i>;<br />Anne, <i>m </i>Matthew Forde;<br />Lettice, <i>m </i>Robert Cope.</span></blockquote>
Mr Brownlow was succeeded by his eldest son, <br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Brownlow_(1683%E2%80%931739)">WILLIAM BROWNLOW</a></b></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> (1683-1739), MP for Armagh County, 1711-39, who married, in 1712, the Lady Elizabeth Hamilton, daughter of James, 6th Earl of Abercorn, and had issue,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Brownlow_(1726%E2%80%931794)"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">THE RT HON WILLIAM BROWNLOW</span></b></a> (1726-94), of Lurgan, MP for Armagh County, 1753-94, who married firstly, in 1754, Judith Letitia, eldest daughter of the Very Rev Charles Meredyth, Dean of Ardfert, and had issue,</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: normal;">He wedded secondly, in 1765, </span></span>Catherine, daughter of Roger Hall, of Mount Hall, County Down, and had further issue,</div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;">James (1772-1832);<br />Francis (Rev), <i>b</i> 1779; <i>m </i>Catherine, 6th daughter of 8th Earl of Meath;<br />Catherine, <i>m</i>, in 1783, M Forde, of Seaforde;<br />Isabella, <i>m</i>, in 1796, Richard, 4th Viscount Powerscourt;<br />Elizabeth, <i>m</i>, in 1791, John, 4th Earl of Darnley;<br />Mary Anne, died unmarried 1791;<br />Frances Letitia, <i>m</i>, in 1800, John, 2nd Viscount de Vesci;<br />Selina; Louisa.</span></blockquote>
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Brownlow_(1755%E2%80%931815)"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">WILLIAM BROWNLOW</span></b></a>, who <i>dsp</i> 1815, and was succeeded by his brother,<br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;">William, a military officer, killed in Spain, 1813;<br />CHARLES, <i>of whom we treat</i>;<br />John (Rev), b 1798;<br />Frederick, <i>b</i> 1800; army major;<br />George, <i>b</i> 1805; East India Company;<br />Henry, <i>b</i> 1807; East India Company;<br />Isabella, <i>m</i>, in 1818, R Macneill, of Barra;<br />Anna, <i>m</i>, in 1821, Col Maxwell Close, of Drumbanagher;<br />Mary, <i>m</i>, in 1822, Rev John F Close.</span></blockquote>
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Colonel Brownlow was succeeded by his eldest son,<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Mr Brownlow was elevated to the peerage, in 1839, in the dignity of BARON LURGAN, of Lurgan, County Armagh.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">CHARLES</span>, 2nd Baron (1831-82), KP, of Lurgan, Knight of St Patrick, who espoused, in 1853, Emily Anne, fourth daughter of John, 3rd Baron Kilmaine, and had issue,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">WILLIAM</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">, 3rd Baron (1858-1937), KCVO, of Lurgan, State Steward to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 1895-1905, who married, in 1893, the Lady Emily Julia Cadogan, eldest daughter of George, 5th Earl Cadogan, and had issue, an only child, </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">WILLIAM GEORGE EDWARD</span>, 4th Baron (1902-84), who wedded, in 1979, (Florence) May Cooper, widow of Eric Cooper, of Johnannesburg, South Africa, and daughter of Louis Francis Squire Webster, of Johannesburg.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: normal;">UNDER the Plantation of Ulster, John Brownlow, of Nottingham, offered himself as an undertaker of land at Oneilland, County Armagh.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Brownlow stated Nottingham as his place of origin, his family's native city and where his father had served as Mayor; but he himself had actually been living in Epworth, Lincolnshire, and had only returned to Nottingham on his father's death to claim his inheritance.</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: normal;">He was granted the 'middle proportion' of Doughcoron in the barony of Oneilland by patent from <span style="font-size: x-small;">JAMES I</span> in 1610.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: normal;">With the death of John Brownlow, his son, William inherited his father's property; and in 1622 William was knighted by Lord Falkland, the lord deputy of Ireland.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: normal;">The existing Brownlow estate was not only consolidating and prospering but also being extended, for on the death of Sir William Brownlow in 1660, he was succeeded by his grandson, Arthur Chamberlain, eldest son of Lettice Brownlow. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: normal;">Arthur Brownlow, <i>alias</i> Chamberlain, was a prudent manager and accumulated a considerable amount of money which he invested in other lands, chiefly in County Armagh were he acquired the manor of Richmount and thus became one of the largest property owners in the county.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: normal;">Meanwhile throughout the 17th and 18th centuries the County Armagh Brownlow estate in the manors of Brownlowsderry and Richmound continued to prosper and with it the Brownlows, while Lurgan continued to grow as a town.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: normal;">However, the changing political situation in Ireland, especially in regard to the land question, and the introduction of the Land Acts, meant the end of the great estate.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: normal;">This, coupled with family financial crisis, forced the Brownlow family to sell off most of their remaining estate, including Brownlow House, in 1893. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">They moved to London, although maintaining their contact and links with the town and people of Lurgan.</span></div>
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<span><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The 2nd Lord Lurgan owned the celebrated greyhound,</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic;"> Master McGrath</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">; and his brother-in-law was Mr Maxwell Close whose home, incidentally, was </span><a href="http://lordbelmontinnorthernireland.blogspot.com/2009/11/drumbanagher-house.html" style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: IM Fell English SC; font-size: x-small;">DRUMBANAGHER HOUSE</span></a><span style="font-family: inherit;">, built to the design of William Playfair who also designed Brownlow House.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: normal;">BROWNLOW HOUSE, near Lurgan, County Armagh, is a large Elizabethan-Revival mansion, built by William Playfair about 1836.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This large mansion is built of a honey-coloured stone, with numerous gables and lofty finials; abundant tall chimney-pots; oriels crowned with strap-work; and a tower with a dome and lantern.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: normal;">The walls of three main reception rooms are decorated with panels painted to look like <i>verd-antique</i>; the ceilings grained to resemble various woods.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: normal;">The windows overlooking the great staircase boast heraldic stained glass.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: normal;">Brownlow House was sold by the Lurgan family to the Orange Order in 1903.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: normal;">The surrounding parkland is reputedly the largest public park in Northern Ireland.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><a href="http://www.proni.gov.uk/introduction_brownlow_d1928.pdf" style="font-weight: bold;">The Brownlow Papers</a> are held by the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: normal;">By 1883, the Brownlow estate was valued at £20,589 a year (£1.8 million today).</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: normal;">This consisted of the manors of Brownlowsderry and Richmount.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: normal;">The memory of the Lurgan family lives on, in the form of <a href="http://lurgantrust.org/history.html" style="font-weight: bold;">a charitable trust</a>.</span></span></div>
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: IM Fell English SC;">By a deed of <span style="font-size: x-small;">WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR</span>, it appears that the Coles were of the rank of barons, and were resident in Hampshire in that monarch's reign. The first of this family who settled in Ulster was</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.dib.ie/biography/cole-sir-william-a1830"><b>SIR WILLIAM COLE</b></a></span>, Knight (<i>c</i>1571-1653), who fixed his abode in County Fermanagh early in the reign of <span style="font-size: x-small;">JAMES I</span>.<br />
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<span style="font-family: IM Fell English SC;"><span>He was the son of Emmanuel Cole (<i>c</i>1545-<i>c</i>1625), third son of Thomas Cole, of London; whose father, John, was son of William Cole, who was a younger son of John Cole, who was second son of Sir John Cole, of Nethway, Devon, by Anne, daughter and heir of Sir Nicholas Bodrugan, Knight, son of John Cole, of Hittisleigh, Devon, during the reign of </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">EDWARD III</span><span>, great-grandson of William Cole, of Hittisleigh, living in 1243.</span></span></blockquote>
Sir William was appointed captain of the longboats and barges at Ballyshannon and Lough Erne, by patent, in 1607.<br />
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This gentleman became an undertaker in the plantation of Ulster, and had an assignment, in 1611, of 1,000 acres of escheated lands, in the county wherein he resided; to which, in 1612, were added 320 acres in the same county.<br />
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Eighty acres whereof were assigned for the town of Enniskillen; and that town was then incorporated by charter, consisting of a provost and twelve burgesses, Sir William being the first provost.<br />
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Sir William raised a regiment, which he commanded against the rebels, in 1643, with important success.<br />
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He wedded twice: Firstly, to Susan, daughter and heiress of John Croft, of Lancashire, by whom he had two daughters.<br />
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This gentleman's second wife was Catherine, daughter of Sir Laurence Parsons, of Birr, second baron of the Irish Exchequer, by whom he left, at his decease (with at least two daughters),<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">SIR MICHAEL COLE </span>(1644-<i>c</i>1711), Knight, MP for Enniskillen, 1665-6, 1692-3, 1695-9, 1703-11, wedded Alice, daughter of Chidley Coote, of Killester, County Dublin, and was succeeded by his only surviving child,<br />
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<b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cole,_1st_Baron_Mountflorence"><span style="font-size: x-small;">JOHN COLE</span></a></b> (1709-67), of Florence Court, MP for Enniskillen, 1730-60, who was elevated to the peerage, in 1760, in the dignity of <i>Baron Mount Florence,</i> of Florence Court, County Fermanagh.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">WILLIAM</span>,<i> his successor</i>;</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Arthur, <i>m </i>Letitia Hamilton.</span></blockquote>
His lordship was succeeded by his elder son,<span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">WILLIAM WILLOUGHBY</span>, 2nd Baron (1736-1803), who was created, in 1776, <i>Viscount Enniskillen</i>; and advanced to the dignity of an earldom, in 1789, as <span style="font-size: small;">EARL OF ENNISKILLEN.</span><br />
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His lordship married, in 1763, Anne, daughter of Galbraith Lowry-Corry, of Aghenis , County Tyrone, and sister of Armar, 1st Earl of Belmore, and had issue,<br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;">JOHN WILLOUGHBY, <i>his successor;</i><br /><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lowry_Cole"><b>Galbraith Lowry</b></a> (Sir), GCB, general in the army;<br />William Montgomery (Very Rev), Dean of Waterford;<br /><a href="http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/member/cole-hon-arthur-1780-1844"><b>Arthur Henry</b></a>, MP;<br />Henry, died young;<br />Sarah; Elizabeth Anne; Anne; Florence; Henrietta Frances.</span></blockquote>
He was succeeded by his eldest son,<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">JOHN WILLOUGHBY</span>, 2nd Earl (1768-1840), KP, who married, in 1805, the Lady Charlotte Paget, fourth daughter of Henry, 1st Earl of Uxbridge, and had issue,<br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;">WILLIAM WILLOUGHBY, <i>his successor</i>;<br />Henry Arthur;<br />John Lowry;<br />Lowry Balfour;<br />Jane Anne Louisa Florence.</span></blockquote>
His lordship was appointed a Knight of St Patrick, 1810.<br />
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He was created, in 1815, <i>Baron Grinstead</i>, of Grinstead, Wiltshire, in the peerage of the United Kingdom.<br />
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His Lordship was succeeded by his eldest son,<br />
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WILLIAM WILLOUGHBY,</span> 3rd Earl (1807-86), Honorary Colonel, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers.<br />
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cole,_2nd_Earl_of_Enniskillen" title="John Cole, 2nd Earl of Enniskillen">John Willoughby Cole, 2nd Earl</a> (1768–1840);</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Cole,_3rd_Earl_of_Enniskillen" title="William Cole, 3rd Earl of Enniskillen">William Willoughby Cole, 3rd Earl</a> (1807-86);</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lowry_Cole,_4th_Earl_of_Enniskillen" title="Lowry Cole, 4th Earl of Enniskillen">Lowry Egerton Cole, 4th Earl</a> (1845–1924);</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Cole,_5th_Earl_of_Enniskillen&action=edit&redlink=1" title="John Cole, 5th Earl of Enniskillen (page does not exist)">John Henry Michael Cole, 5th Earl</a>
(1876–1963);</span><ul>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Michael Galbraith Lowry Cole, Viscount Cole (1921-56);</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;">David Lowry Cole, 6th Earl, MBE (1918-89);</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Andrew John Galbraith Cole, 7th Earl (<i>b </i>1942).</span></li>
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The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heir_presumptive" title="Heir presumptive">heir presumptive</a> is the present holder's first cousin Berkeley Arthur Cole (<i>b </i>1949). He is the eldest son of the Hon Arthur Gerald Cole (1920–2005), younger brother of the 6th Earl. </span></blockquote>
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">First Published in January, 2012. </span>Timothy Belmonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15111145260662707575noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705771450596300887.post-88006001908557298912024-03-14T07:36:00.000+00:002024-03-14T07:36:35.525+00:00Ballywhite House<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEieJp-tcKHPystTncd3Gz1mjXRTAGrZjiJBpG8YH8auR3KLwxWKLl60QQPE4rB0mojhiknkbBw6G6rc3Bx4-511hcbap6-2vTkG_ZcBuWkptl6iDwHRtabkFZqbarVDWzitY5yFbGc0HmttZVinbRXBRPM_ta92Up3nF0VglgPDeLGtTcD_R23Huel3sA=s251" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="251" data-original-width="225" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEieJp-tcKHPystTncd3Gz1mjXRTAGrZjiJBpG8YH8auR3KLwxWKLl60QQPE4rB0mojhiknkbBw6G6rc3Bx4-511hcbap6-2vTkG_ZcBuWkptl6iDwHRtabkFZqbarVDWzitY5yFbGc0HmttZVinbRXBRPM_ta92Up3nF0VglgPDeLGtTcD_R23Huel3sA=w179-h200" width="179" /></a></div><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Brownlow_(1726%E2%80%931794)"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">THE RT HON WILLIAM BROWNLOW</span></b></a> (1726-94), of Lurgan, MP for Armagh County, 1753-94, married firstly, in 1754, Judith Letitia, eldest daughter of the Very Rev Charles Meredyth, Dean of Ardfert, and had issue,<div><div><blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-small;">WILLIAM, <i>his heir</i>;<br />CHARLES, <i>heir to his brother.</i></span></blockquote></div>He wedded secondly, in 1765, Catherine, daughter of Roger Hall, of Mount Hall, County Down, and had further issue,<blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-small;">James (1772-1832);<br />FRANCIS, <i>of whom hereafter;</i><br />Catherine, <i>m</i>, in 1783, M Forde, of Seaforde;<br />Isabella, <i>m</i>, in 1796, Richard, 4th Viscount Powerscourt;<br />Elizabeth, <i>m</i>, in 1791, John, 4th Earl of Darnley;<br />Mary Anne, died unmarried 1791;<br />Frances Letitia, <i>m</i>, in 1800, John, 2nd Viscount de Vesci;<br />Selina; Louisa.</span></blockquote></div><div>Mr Brownlow's youngest son,</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: x-small;">THE REV FRANCIS BROWNLOW</span> (1779-1847), Rector of Cumber Upper, County Londonderry, espoused, in 1799, the Lady Catherine Brabazon, daughter of Anthony, 8th Earl of Meath, and had issue,</div><div></div><blockquote><div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">William, </span><i style="font-family: georgia;">ancestor of the</i> <a href="https://lordbelmontinnorthernireland.blogspot.com/2014/04/1st-baron-lurgan.html"><b><span style="font-family: IM Fell English SC;">BARONS LURGAN</span></b></a><span style="font-family: georgia;">;</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-small;">John (Very Rev), Dean of Clonmacnoise, 1862-82;</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-small;">JAMES, <i>of whom we treat;</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-small;">Anne Julia; Isabella Elizabeth; Martha Grace; Mary; Catherine Cecilia.</span></div></blockquote><div></div><div>The youngest son,</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: x-small;">JAMES BROWNLOW</span> (1808-96), married, in 1849, Maria Harriet, daughter of General Rainey, and had issue,</div><div></div><blockquote><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-small;">WILLIAM CLAUDE BRABAZON, <i>his heir</i>;</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-small;">Charles James Rainey;</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-small;">Maurice FitzGerald;</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-small;">Harold Arthur (Rev);</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-small;">Catherine Frances; Caroline Grey; Maria Isabella; Emily Louisa; Margaret Ethel de Vesci; Esme Bligh.</span></div></blockquote><div></div><div>Mr Brownlow was succeeded by his eldest son,</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: x-small;">WILLIAM CLAUDE BRABAZON BROWNLOW JP</span> (1850-1914), of Coolderry, Carrickmacross, County Monaghan, who wedded, in 1882, Janet Georgina, daughter of Robert Orme, and had issue,</div><div></div><blockquote><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-small;">GUY JAMES, <i>his heir;</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-small;">Andrew L'Estrange;</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-small;">Gwendolyn Sydney; Eileen Anne; Marjorie; Geraldine Maria; Nina Emily.</span></div></blockquote><div></div><div>The elder son,</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Brownlow"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">COLONEL GUY JAMES BROWNLOW DSO DL</span></b></a> (1883-1960), of Hays, Sedgehill, Wiltshire, and Ballywhite, County Down, High Sheriff of County Down, 1945, wedded, in 1920, Elinor Hope Georgina, daughter of Colonel George John Scott, and had issue,</div><div></div><blockquote><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-small;">WILLIAM STEPHEN,<i> his heir;</i></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">James Christy, of </span><a href="https://lordbelmontinnorthernireland.blogspot.com/2016/03/ballydugan-house.html"><b><span style="font-family: IM Fell English SC;">BALLYDUGAN HOUSE</span></b></a><span style="font-family: georgia;">; High Sheriff of Co Down, 1971;</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-small;">Anne.</span></div></blockquote><div></div><div>Colonel Brownlow was succeeded by his elder son,</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Brownlow_(British_Army_officer)"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">COLONEL WILLIAM STEPHEN BROWNLOW JP</span></b></a> (1921-98), of Ballywhite, Lord-Lieutenant of County Down, 1990-96, High Sheriff of County Down, 1959, who married, in 1961, Eveleigh Finola Margaret, daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel George William Panter, and had issue,</div><div></div><blockquote><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-small;">JAMES GEORGE CHRISTY;</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-small;">Camilla Jane; Melissa Anne.</span></div></blockquote><div></div><div><b></b><blockquote><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyEh3uxlG1PFRHdOe96bJ_vM8yOYchpziqdocPAQXnsLI8rJSzh2N0P0195uhcA7X4ZlmLnQWCGVMDt0pgg402Q7UgaeLVdpI47Hy8mvJFGQIP9RvoASQpjgCfUm7cGVPkh0zzHY_NHtcYSdRuRisgugiRS-aKkJmqlVY6gozi_afaOgVYXymQZquVvQ/s2606/IMG_1203.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="2606" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyEh3uxlG1PFRHdOe96bJ_vM8yOYchpziqdocPAQXnsLI8rJSzh2N0P0195uhcA7X4ZlmLnQWCGVMDt0pgg402Q7UgaeLVdpI47Hy8mvJFGQIP9RvoASQpjgCfUm7cGVPkh0zzHY_NHtcYSdRuRisgugiRS-aKkJmqlVY6gozi_afaOgVYXymQZquVvQ/w400-h293/IMG_1203.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Ballywhite House (Image: Davina Jones/ Parallel Lives)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></blockquote><p>BALLYWHITE HOUSE is situated at Ballywhite Bay, about two miles north-west of Portaferry, County Down.</p></div>
This is a Georgian house comprising two storeys with gable.<br />
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It was extended and enhanced in the Italianate style about 1870 by its then owner, John Warnock, a Downpatrick solicitor, who also added a conservatory.<br />
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A substantial pedimented projection, similar to a wing, juts out from the centre of the entrance front, which has coupled Corinthian pilasters on the upper storey.<br />
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One of the gable ends has a single-storey bow; while the other end has a Victorian conservatory joined to a single-storey ballroom wing.<br />
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<br />This property was originally an 18th century farm-house owned by the McDonnell familu.<div><br /></div><div>Isabella McDonnell lived there in 1838.<br />
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John Warnock (1811-91) purchased the property about 1861.<br />
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It was sold <i>ca </i>1918 to the 3rd Baron Lurgan, and subsequently passed to his cousin, Guy James Brownlow.<br />
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Colonel Brownlow's eldest son, William Stephen Brownlow, inherited Ballywhite House on his father's decease.</div><div><br /></div><div>Mr & Mrs Jamie Brownlow now live at Ballywhite. <br />
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<br />THE grounds of Ballywhite extend to about 75 acres today<div><br /></div><div>There were formerly two conservatories, one of which remains.<br />
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The site of the demolished conservatory has a garden at the present time.<br />
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The house is in a fine position, with views to Strangford Lough.<br />
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The grounds fall away to the south west and the area near the house is maintained as an ornamental garden.<br />
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There are other cultivated compartments around the house.<br />
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Attractive trees and shrubs are planted informally, but the arrangement of the grounds is organized into specific areas, including a paddock and managed woodland beyond the garden.<br />
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There is a cultivated productive garden enclosed by a laurel hedge, with a wooden nectarine house.<br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">First published in February, 2014.</span></div></div>Timothy Belmonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15111145260662707575noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705771450596300887.post-3089829225772245842024-03-13T12:03:00.004+00:002024-03-13T15:37:27.093+00:001st Viscount Thurso<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">THE SINCLAIR BARONETS, VISCOUNTS THURSO, WERE MAJOR LANDOWNERS IN THE COUNTY OF CAITHNESS, WITH </span><span>78,053 </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">ACRES</span></b></span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: x-small;">PATRICK SINCLAIR</span>, one of two sons of the Hon William Sinclair, of Mey, by Margaret, daughter of Magnus Mowat, of Balquhollie, second son of 4th Earl of Caithness, acquired Ulbster in 1596 from his cousin, 5th Earl of Caithness.</div><div><br /></div><div>He died unmarried, and was succeeded by his brother, </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: x-small;">JOHN SINCLAIR</span>, of Ulbster, who married firstly, Jean Chisholm, and had, with other issue,</div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-small;"></span><blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-small;">PATRICK, <i>his heir.</i></span></blockquote></div><div>He wedded secondly, Katherine Stewart, natural daughter of Robert, Earl of Orkney, son of <span style="font-size: x-small;">JAMES V</span>, King of Scots, and by her had issue,</div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-small;"></span><blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-small;">John, of Tannach.</span></blockquote></div><div>John Sinclair of Ulbster was succeeded by his eldest son,</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: x-small;">PATRICK SINCLAIR</span>, of Ulbster, who espoused, in 1647, Elizabeth, daughter of John Mackay, of Strathy, and had issue,</div><div></div><blockquote><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-small;">JOHN, <i>his heir</i>;</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-small;">George (Sir);</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-small;">Mary.</span></div></blockquote><div></div><div>The elder son,</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: x-small;">JOHN SINCLAIR</span>, of Ulbster, married Janet, daughter of William Sinclair, of Rattar, and in 1709 entailed his estates on his first cousin, John Sinclair, of Brims, before mentioned, and other heirs.</div><div><br /></div><div>His cousin and successor,</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: x-small;">JOHN SINCLAIR</span>, of Ulbster and Brims, wedded Jean, daughter of Sir George Monro, of Newmore, and had, with other issue,</div><div></div><blockquote><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-small;">JOHN, <i>his heir</i>;</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-small;">Jean.</span></div></blockquote><div></div><div>His eldest son,</div><div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-small;">JOHN SINCLAIR</span> (1691-1736), of Ulbster, Heritable Sheriff of the County of Caithness, who married, in 1714, Henrietta, daughter of George Brodie, and had issue,</div>
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Mr Sinclair was succeeded by his eldest son,</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">GEORGE SINCLAIR</span>, who wedded Janet, daughter of William, Lord Strathnaver, and had issue,</div>
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Mr Sinclair died in 1766, and was succeeded by his son,<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1790-1820/member/sinclair-sir-john-1754-1835">THE RT HON SIR JOHN SINCLAIR</a> </span></b>(1754-1835), of Ulbster and Thurso Castle, who espoused firstly, in 1776, Sarah, daughter of Alexander Maitland, of Stoke Newington, by whom he had a daughter, Janet; and secondly, in 1788, Diana, daughter of Alexander, 1st Baron Macdonald, and had issue,<br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;">GEORGE, <i>his successor</i>;<br />Alexander;<br />John;<br />Archibald;<br />William;<br />James;<br />Elizabeth Diana; Margaret; Julia; Catherine; Helen.</span></blockquote>
Mr Sinclair was created a baronet in 1786, designated <i>of Ulbster</i>.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">SIR GEORGE SINCLAIR</span> (1790-1868), 2nd Baronet, of Ulbster, who wedded, in 1816, Catherine, daughter of William, Lord Huntingtower, and had issue,<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_John_George_Tollemache_Sinclair,_3rd_Baronet">SIR JOHN GEORGE TOLLEMACHE SINCLAIR DL MP</a></b></span> (1825-1912), 3rd Baronet, of Ulbster, who married, in 1853, Emma Isabella Harriet, daughter of William Standish Standish.<br />
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Sir Archibald was elevated to the peerage, in 1952, in the dignity of VISCOUNT THURSO, of Ulbster in the County of Caithness.<br />
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sinclair,_3rd_Viscount_Thurso" title="John Sinclair, 3rd Viscount Thurso">John Archibald Sinclair, 3rd Viscount</a> (<i>b</i> 1953).</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heir_apparent" title="Heir apparent">heir apparent</a> is the present holder's son, the Hon James Alexander Robin Sinclair.</span></blockquote>
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THE CASTLE, Thurso, Caithness, was built in the 1870s by the architect David Smith for Sir Tollemache Sinclair, 3rd Baronet, replacing the original castle of about 1660.<br />
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The Victorian castle was built in the style of a French chateau close to the shore on the east of the river mouth.<br />
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The contractor who had the job of taking the roof off and demolishing other parts to make it safe was paid by being allowed to keep the lead from the roof.<br />
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What is left standing shows the height and number of floors that made it a very impressive structure given its position on the coast where it could be seen a long way off.<br />
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Its position gave it marvellous views over Thurso Bay.</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Other residence</i> ~ Fotheringay House, Montpelier Row, Twickenham, Middlesea.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: IM Fell English SC;">This is the parent stock whence the noble houses of <span style="font-size: x-small;">COOTE</span>, <i>Earls of Mountrath</i>, and <span style="font-size: x-small;">COOTE</span>,<i> Barons Castle Coote</i>, both now extinct, emanated.</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">SIR JOHN COOTE</span>, a native of France, who married Isabella, the daughter and heir of the Seigneur Du Bois, of that kingdom, and had issue,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">SIR JOHN COOTE</span>, Knight, who coming into England, settled in Devon, and married a daughter of Sir John Fortescue, of that county.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">JOHN COOTE</span>, heir to his uncle, 28th Abbot of Bury St Edmund's, wedded Margaret, daughter of Mr Drury, by whom he had four sons,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;">Richard;<br />FRANCIS, <i>of whom we treat</i>;<br />Christopher;<br />Nicholas.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">FRANCIS COOTE</span>, of Eaton, in Norfolk, served <span style="font-size: x-small;">ELIZABETH I</span>; and by Anne, his wife, had issue,</span><br />
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Sir Nicholas's elder son,<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Charles_Coote,_1st_Baronet">SIR CHARLES COOTE</a></b> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">(1581-1642), Knight, of Castle Cuffe, Queen's County,</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span><blockquote><span style="font-family: IM Fell English SC;"><span>W</span>ho served in the wars against O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, at the head, as captain of the 100th Foot Regiment, with which corps he was at the siege of Kinsale, and was appointed, by <span style="font-size: x-small;">JAMES I</span> (in consequence of the good and faithful services he had rendered to <span style="font-size: x-small;">ELIZABETH I</span>), provost-marshal of the province of Connaught for life.</span> </blockquote><blockquote><span style="font-family: IM Fell English SC;">In 1620, he was constituted vice-president of the same province; and created, in 1621, a baronet, designated <i>of Castle Cuffe</i>, Queen's County. Sir Charles distinguished himself, subsequently, by many gallant exploits; but the most celebrated was the relief of Birr, in 1642.</span> </blockquote><blockquote><span style="font-family: IM Fell English SC;">Being dispatched, with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Lucas_(royalist)"><b>Sir Thomas Lucas</b></a> and six troops of horse, to relieve that garrison, and some other fortresses, it was necessary, in order to effect the objective, to pass the causeway broken by the rebels, who had thrown up a ditch at the end of it.</span> </blockquote><blockquote><span style="font-family: IM Fell English SC;">Sir Charles, leading thirty dismounted dragoons, beat the enemy, with the loss of their captain and twenty men; relieved the castles of Birr, Borris, and Knocknamase; and having continued almost forty hours on horseback, returned to the camp with the loss of only one man.</span></blockquote>This is the surprising passage through Mountrath woods which justly caused the title of <span style="font-size: x-small;">MOUNTRATH</span> to be entailed upon his son,<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Sir Charles, who married Dorothea, youngest daughter and co-heir of Hugh Cuffe, of Cuffe's Wood, County Cork, and had issue,</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">CHARLES, </span><i style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">his heir</i><span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">;</span><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">Chidley, of Killester, Co Dublin;</span><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">Richard, ancestor of the </span><a href="http://lordbelmontinnorthernireland.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/bellamont-forest.html"><b><span style="font-family: IM Fell English SC;">EARL OF BELLAMONT</span></b></a><span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">;</span><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">Thomas, of Coote Hill;</span><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">Letitia.</span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Sir Charles being slain in a sally to protect the town of Trim, in 1642, was succeeded by his eldest son,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://bcw-project.org/biography/sir-charles-coote-earl-of-mountrath"><b>SIR CHARLES COOTE</b></a></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">, 2nd Baronet (c1610-61), who was elevated to the peerage, in 1661, in the dignities of </span><i style="font-family: inherit;">Baron Coote</i><span style="font-family: inherit;">, </span><i style="font-family: inherit;">Viscount Coote</i><span style="font-family: inherit;">, and EARL OF MOUNTRATH; and the baronetcy merged in the superior dignity, until the demise of</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Coote,_7th_Earl_of_Mountrath"><b>CHARLES HENRY</b></a></span> (1725-1802), 7th Earl, without male issue, when the earldom expired.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">SIR CHARLES HENRY COOTE</span>, 9th Baronet (1792-1864), of Ballyfin, great-grandson of the Rev Chidley Coote <span style="font-size: x-small;">DD</span>, lineal descendant of Chidley Coote, by his second wife, Eliza Anne.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Sir Algernon Charles Plumptre Coote, 12th Baronet (1847–1920), was Lord-Lieutenant of Queen's County, 1900-20.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Sir Ralph Algernon Coote (1874-1941), 13th
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The 14th Baronet, Rear-Admiral Sir John Coote,</span> CB CBE DSC, <span style="font-family: inherit;">was Director of Naval Ordnance, 1955-58.<span class="nt"> </span></span><br />
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BALLYFIN HOUSE,<span style="font-family: inherit;"> situated at the foot of the Slieve Bloom mountains near Mountrath in County Laois, is said to be <i>"the grandest and most lavishly appointed early 19th century Classical house in Ireland" </i></span>(<span style="font-family: inherit;">Bence-Jones). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The mansion was built between 1821-26 for Sir Charles Coote, 9th Baronet, replacing a house of 1778 which belonged to William Wellesley-Pole, 3rd Earl of Mornington and brother of the 1st Duke of Wellington.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Sir Charles purchased the estate from Wellesley-Pole about 1812 and apparently employed an architect called Madden to design the initial phase of Ballyfin; then switched to the Morrisons. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Ballyfin is a two-storey maansion house with a long library running at one side from front to back, extending into a curved bow in the centre of the side elevation, containing a top-lit rotunda.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The principal front consists of thirteen bays with a massive Ionic, pedimented portico; the two end bays on either side being stepped back.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The interior is quite magnificent and exquisitely furnished, with a riot of notable effects and a wealth of heavy, opulent plasterwork; Scagliola columns in Siena, porphyry, green and black; inlaid parquetry floors.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The saloon is flanked by the rotunda (above), which is surrounded by Ionic columns and has a coffered dome. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This leads into the splendid top-lit saloon in the centre of the mansion, which boasts a coved ceiling adorned with superlative plasterwork and a screen of Corinthian columns at either end. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The drawing-room has a typical Morrison ceiling and gilded Louis Quinze on the walls of <i>ca</i> 1840s.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Today the demesne comprises 600 acres of parkland, a lake and ancient woods, delightful garden buildings, follies and grottoes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The landscape, laid out in the 18th century, is among the finest examples in Ireland of the natural style of gardening inspired by ‘Capability’ Brown.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Ballyfin House was formerly the Patrician College.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Patrician College Ballyfin operated from 1930 to 2009.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Sir Ralph Algernon Coote (1874-1941), 13th Baronet, was the last representative of his line to occupy Ballyfin House.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Its architectural beauty has, however, been carefully preserved, and nothing has been lost in the change of ownership to deteriorate from the graceful lines of the building that Sir Charles Coote, 9th Baronet, expended a fortune in perfecting.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The Patrician Order sold the estate in 2009.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">In 2011, Ballyfin became a country house hotel.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Among other features are a medieval-style tower, built as a folly in the 1860s and said to command a view of seven counties; and walled gardens.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><i>London residence</i> ~ 5 Connaught Place.</span></div>
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Timothy Belmonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15111145260662707575noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705771450596300887.post-44665572466046938522024-03-12T12:08:00.003+00:002024-03-12T12:08:35.863+00:00Strand Hotel: Reminiscences<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_DSP-91QdvyuGOXOKiOFPCC0RKCNU_QWJdmdWsyq74vjrLgLci8RCHMt-cDv4mMlArRMnAQTLdwVV9EtyuqlrDZYqzZSjtF9mVZ_SGT93IZkWd4PLXfscKaaSaOWAxes285eRG4favZiQdmR8CUvBu0Z4mQU8NaLfFz3IwcFBS4mGb9dbDApMbBmOCfJF/s400/A5FA072B-A680-4FDC-BC4C-A220E82BD164_4_5005_c.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="229" data-original-width="400" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_DSP-91QdvyuGOXOKiOFPCC0RKCNU_QWJdmdWsyq74vjrLgLci8RCHMt-cDv4mMlArRMnAQTLdwVV9EtyuqlrDZYqzZSjtF9mVZ_SGT93IZkWd4PLXfscKaaSaOWAxes285eRG4favZiQdmR8CUvBu0Z4mQU8NaLfFz3IwcFBS4mGb9dbDApMbBmOCfJF/w400-h229/A5FA072B-A680-4FDC-BC4C-A220E82BD164_4_5005_c.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Strand Hotel, Portstewart: prospect from the golf links</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>A FRIEND OF THIS BLOG HAS KINDLY SENT FOND MEMORIES OF TIMES SPENT AT THE STRAND HOTEL, PORTSTEWART, AND THE NORTHERN COUNTIES HOTEL, PORTRUSH</b></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>I HAVE great memories of going to <i>The Strand</i> in the late 1970s/early 80s, when it was our regular haunt of a Saturday night.<div><br /></div><div>Of course that was the heyday of disco, and there were no fewer than three separate dance floors - the most popular was the Cellar, which was accessed by an always-packed-with-people narrow staircase (not so much H&S or fire regulations in those days I suppose).</div><div><br /></div><div>Then there was the upstairs disco frequented mostly by the young farmers, and another, more upmarket area at the other side of the hotel which seemed to us to be for a much older crowd ("older" to us then being people in their 30s).<br /><br /></div><div>Admission was £2, with a letter stamped on the back of the hand which was then widely copied using felt tip pens or eyeliner (and that wasn't just the girls - this was also the age of the New Romantics, don't forget).<br /><br />As well as the discos they would have live music, and anyone who socialised on the North Coast in those days will have danced to Cuddles, or Plug Torrens and Dominic, legends in their own lifetimes.</div><div><br /></div><div>Of course there were other great venues, not least <i>Kelly's</i> nightclub in Portrush and <i>Spuds</i> for live music in Portstewart, but <i>The Strand</i> will always hold a particular place in the affections of many, remembering that all this was happening at the height of "the Troubles", when any sort of apparent normality was welcome.<br /><br />Not a comment on architecture or historical family lineages this time I'm afraid, Tim, just a fond memory of part of our more recent social history!</div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">*****</div><br />I THINK it must have been 1989 or 1990 when it closed.</div><div><br /></div><div>It was subsequently demolished for re-development, but the site then lay half-finished for years, until the local Council put a complete or demolish order on it in 2013.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_FitzGerald,_1st_Baron_Lecale"><b>REAR-ADMIRAL THE RT HON LORD CHARLES JAMES FITZGERALD MP</b></a></span> (1756-1810), third son of <a href="http://lordbelmontinnorthernireland.blogspot.co.uk/2015/04/carton-house.html"><b><span style="font-family: IM Fell English SC; font-size: x-small;">JAMES, 1ST DUKE OF LEINSTER</span></b></a>, and brother of William, 2nd Duke of Leinster, was elevated to the peerage, in 1800, in the dignity of BARON LECALE, of Ardglass, County Down.</div>
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The 1st Baron's sister-in-law, Lady Henry FitzGerald, became <i>de jure</i> <a href="http://lordbelmontinnorthernireland.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/1st-baron-de-ros.html"><b><span style="font-family: IM Fell English SC; font-size: x-small;">21ST BARONESS DE ROS</span></b></a>.<br />
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Lord Charles was raised amidst the splendour of <b><a href="http://lordbelmontinnorthernireland.blogspot.co.uk/2015/04/carton-house.html"><span style="font-family: IM Fell English SC; font-size: x-small;">CARTON HOUSE</span></a></b>, near Maynooth, County Kildare, ancestral seat of the Dukes of Leinster, premier dukes, marquesses and earls of Ireland.<br />
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<span class="style8">Early in his life, he joined the Royal Navy and quickly distinguished himself as an able captain.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">First published in 2009. Lecale arms courtesy of European Heraldry.</span></div>
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The coronet of a viscount is a silver-gilt circlet with sixteen silver balls (known as pearls) around it.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: xx-small;">First published in June, 2011.</span>Timothy Belmonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15111145260662707575noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705771450596300887.post-64604611049717332122024-03-11T07:37:00.000+00:002024-03-11T07:37:24.367+00:00Dean's Hill<div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjIs3FtSQ1Loomke1Uw6d8CFNmRkvzcsyEDKiOSsMMmSfRJ7RoqF8mapZ0msMaq18CjwCRPXzENAVgiloYFsMkQ6hiA4afKccsH1Kbn6btNrLNdn7XYjd95KJiZVOnVpHP9n0fRjlu-6yelDZzhsrhSU_V-kZRkALo1QzQEklZMIP35jCU7a03ZCIHg4w=s2926" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2926" data-original-width="1940" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjIs3FtSQ1Loomke1Uw6d8CFNmRkvzcsyEDKiOSsMMmSfRJ7RoqF8mapZ0msMaq18CjwCRPXzENAVgiloYFsMkQ6hiA4afKccsH1Kbn6btNrLNdn7XYjd95KJiZVOnVpHP9n0fRjlu-6yelDZzhsrhSU_V-kZRkALo1QzQEklZMIP35jCU7a03ZCIHg4w=w133-h200" width="133" /></a></div>THE ARMSTRONGS OWNED </span>2,279<span style="font-size: x-small;"> ACRES OF LAND IN COUNTY ARMAGH </span></b></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: x-small;">WILLIAM ARMSTRONG</span> married Jane Garver, of Edgeworthstown, County Longford, and had issue,</div><div></div><blockquote><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-small;">John, of Great Forrest, County Dublin, <i>dsp</i>;</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-small;">Richard, <i>dsp</i>;</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-small;">EDWARD,<i> of whom hereafter</i>;</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-small;">Jane; Anne.</span></div></blockquote><div></div><div>The third son,</div><div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-small;">EDWARD ARMSTRONG</span>, of 31, Grange Lane, Dublin, married, in 1760, Grace Jones, said to have been descended from Colonel Michael Jones, Commander-in-Chief of the parliamentary forces in Leinster, and Governor of Dublin, 1649, and had issue,</div><div></div><blockquote><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-small;">WILLIAM JONES, <i>his heir;</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-small;">Hugh;</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-small;">Edward.</span></div></blockquote><div></div><div>The eldest son,</div><div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-small;">THE REV WILLIAM JONES ARMSTRONG</span>, Rector of Termonfeckin, County Louth, wedded, in 1786, Margaret, third daughter of Alderman John Tew, Lord Mayor of Dublin (by Margaret Maxwell his wife, grandniece of John, 1st Lord Farnham), and granddaughter of Alderman David Tew, Lord Mayor of the same city in 1752, and had issue,</div><div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Major Armstrong was born in France, 1924; Royal Irish Fusiliers; Chairman, Ulster Young Unionist Council, 1950; DL, 1952; County Councillor and Vice-Chairman, 1955-73; Ulster Special Constabulary, 1957-70; Trustee, Ulster Folk Museum, 1958-73; Irish Guards, Regular Army Reserve of Officers; District Commandant for Armagh, 1961-70; Trustee of the Ulster Museum, 1962; High Sheriff, 1965; Vice-Chairman, Craigavon Development Commission, 1965-73; MBE, 1970; Honorary Secretary, Ulster Unionist Council, 1970-74; Ulster Defence Regiment, 2nd County Armagh Battalion.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">EDWARD JAMES ARMSTRONG</span>, wedded, in 1991, Jill J O'Dowd, and has issue,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;">WILLIAM EDWARD, <i>b </i>1993;<br />Henry Cornelius, <i>b </i>1998;<br />Madeleine Margaret, <i>b </i>1995.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.discovernorthernireland.com/Deans-Hill-Armagh-P3793" style="font-weight: bold;">DEAN'S HILL</a>, College Hill,</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> is a Georgian house in the city of Armagh built <i>ca </i>1772-4.</span><br />
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It was originally erected for the Very Rev Hugh Hamilton, Dean of Armagh; and altered in 1887.<br />
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A wing was added in 1896.<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="ng"> </span></span><br />
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A stone gatehouse on the road draws visitors up the long, gently curving driveway leading through green, daffodil-strewn fields, with mature trees and a large Cedar of Lebanon in the rambling garden. <br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Dean's Hill sits on an elevated site.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">There are views for a great distance, as far as the Sperrins, from the north front entrance.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This house and the Observatory are both associated with the palace in inception and, as such, are smaller examples of Georgian landscaping. <span class="ng"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="ng">The austere classical buildings are on high ground set in lawns, with sweeping approaches and well disposed trees that give shelter and allow for vistas. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="ng">The Dean’s Hill avenue is flanked by fine limes.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="ng">A row of yew trees, a wisteria, glasshouse and a box- edged border have been introduced near the house during the 19th century. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="ng">There was a large elm tree that succumbed to disease, but a notable laburnum is thought to be very old. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="ng">It comprises two storeys over a basement, with a five-bay front, round-headed windows with keystones on the upper storey. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="ng">Fellows Hall demesne was established in the 17th century and parts of the present house date from 1664 (including the farm).</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="ng">Nothing typical of a 17th century layout is in existence.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="ng">The curving avenue is lined with mature oak and beech and there is a belt of woodland on a ridge to the north of the house. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="ng">A hedged cultivated productive garden takes the place of a walled garden.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="ng"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="ng">A derelict gate lodge survives.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="ng"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="ng">Fellows Hall passed through marriage from the Maxwell family (Barons Farnham) to the Armstrong and Stronge families; thereafter to the McClintock family.</span> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Killylea, and Dean's Hill are both in County Armagh.</span><br />
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Timothy Belmonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15111145260662707575noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705771450596300887.post-50455800678267187702024-03-10T10:27:00.000+00:002024-03-10T10:27:01.290+00:00Farnham Graves<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I happened to be spending the weekend in County Cavan in 2015, attending the installation of my old school pal, the Very Rev Nigel Crossey, as Dean of Kilmore.<br />
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Farnham estate is very close to Kilmore Cathedral and I'm sure that the <a href="http://lordbelmontinnorthernireland.blogspot.co.uk/2015/02/farnham-estate.html"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">MAXWELLS</span></b></a>, Barons and Earls of Farnham, worshipped there when they were in residence at their magnificent <a href="http://lordbelmontinnorthernireland.blogspot.co.uk/2015/02/farnham-estate.html"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">MANSION</span></b></a> and demesne.<br />
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Before I motored home I enjoyed a hearty Irish breakfast comprising three sausages, two thick, lean rashers, an egg, baked beans, half a tomato, a kind of hash-brown patty, tea and toast.<br />
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<i>En route</i> I stopped at Kilmore "new" graveyard, where I paid a visit to the Farnham family graves.<br />
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These graves are located at the far end the the graveyard, on a slope above the road.<br />
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Intricate, fine metal railings surround the small plot.<br />
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About four steps lead up to it.<br />
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The most prominent feature is a beautifully-sculpted angel, made, I think, of marble.<br />
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The graves are relatively simple.<br />
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There are no coronets, crests or armorial bearings.<br />
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The last of the Farnhams to be buried here was the <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1315005/Lord-Farnham.html"><b>12th Baron</b></a> (1931-2001), whose widow <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_Maxwell,_Baroness_Farnham"><b>Diana, Lady Farnham, DCVO</b></a> (1931-2021) was a Lady-in-Waiting to Her Majesty The Queen.<br />
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The new See House, erected in 2013, is situated adjacent to the parish hall at Kilmore.<br />
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This is the official residence of the Bishop of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh.<br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">First published in September, 2015.</span>Timothy Belmonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15111145260662707575noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705771450596300887.post-22290487127954206412024-03-10T07:00:00.003+00:002024-03-10T08:24:26.485+00:00The Duke of Edinburgh<div dir="ltr" trbidi="on">
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Timothy Belmonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15111145260662707575noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705771450596300887.post-30037316731710636862024-03-09T07:37:00.000+00:002024-03-09T07:37:46.328+00:00Castlewellan: Moorish Tower<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjYNqvc7LHDZxtgAocp6iEyYf-OZHtLdQUxhsYM7jXTTYwTFPjc9qEOJxja20qq3NtC7HEhKwV7kTd1NyB1msJnUdJovX9vOBBVekFnbaUXwp5YlwjDHQMnkgYZxzSKwfL3k_tjAs-oP_Oij8N3NCiqvxZf_kNFPcPe1lYPEqJvtpWn5Gw-nGnuM_hc1A=s200" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="161" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjYNqvc7LHDZxtgAocp6iEyYf-OZHtLdQUxhsYM7jXTTYwTFPjc9qEOJxja20qq3NtC7HEhKwV7kTd1NyB1msJnUdJovX9vOBBVekFnbaUXwp5YlwjDHQMnkgYZxzSKwfL3k_tjAs-oP_Oij8N3NCiqvxZf_kNFPcPe1lYPEqJvtpWn5Gw-nGnuM_hc1A" width="161" /></a></div>During my visit to <a href="https://lordbelmontinnorthernireland.blogspot.com/search?q=castlewellan"><b><span style="font-family: IM Fell English SC; font-size: x-small;">CASTLEWELLAN</span></b></a> Park, County Down in 2014 I came upon the ruins of the Annesleys' charming little Moorish Tower.<div>
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This ruinous gazebo is located at the west, or north-west, end of the lake, on the edge of a steep slope.<br />
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The Ulster Architectural Heritage Society (UAHS) wrote about the tower in its 1976 gazetteer of historic buildings in the Mourne area of south County Down.<br />
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In 2014 the tower was obscured by forestry, its superb prospect obscured by fir and pine trees.<br />
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It was built in 1884 by Hugh, 5th Earl Annesley.<br />
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The UAHS described the Moorish Tower in 1976 as being in ruins, built on the edge of a steep slope.<br />
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About twenty feet in diameter inside and hexagonal in shape, the rusticated basement of great random granodiorite blocks, battered, with a doorway facing east.<br />
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The first floor made of smooth Victorian brick, a little porch on the opposite side from the door in the basement, a fireplace in the side to the left, no window in the side to the right.<br />
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The other three sides have Moorish, key-hole-shaped windows.<br />
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Both inside and outside, the brick walls had wooden strips for battening or plastering or, outside, slate or log-hanging.<br />
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The roof was slated (the gazebo is now roofless).<br />
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The gazebo was originally clad outside in vertical split logs, dentils under the gutter, the porch doorway under a shallow gabled roof with barge-boards.<br />
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It stood under mature trees in an idyllic position.<br />
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The prospect overlooking the lake was also idyllic (and still is), though this little gem is now a neglected, ruinous, roofless shell, shut in by forestry.<br />
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THE GREAT NEWS, however, is that <b><a href="http://follies-trust.org/">The Follies Trust</a></b> has received a grant from the NGO Challenge Fund, sponsored by the Northern Ireland Environment Agency and Forest Service, to undertake initial conservation work to the Tower.<br />
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When surrounding trees are cleared as part of the conservation process, the tower’s prospect of the demesne lake, Irish Sea and Mourne mountains will be restored.<br />
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Work commenced during the summer, 2014. <br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">First published in February, 2014. </span></div>Timothy Belmonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15111145260662707575noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705771450596300887.post-79645820772606966432024-03-08T12:11:00.000+00:002024-03-08T12:11:17.398+00:00Hamilton Tower<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7ZRtYoZdv2E/UvyxsebmBEI/AAAAAAAATko/ezQPSt4C8lA/s1600/qub.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="228" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7ZRtYoZdv2E/UvyxsebmBEI/AAAAAAAATko/ezQPSt4C8lA/s1600/qub.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Hamilton Tower (Archiseek.com)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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HAMILTON TOWER, built in 1906 by the architect Dr Robert Cochrane, served as the porter's gate lodge for The Queen's College, now The Queen's University of Belfast.<br />
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This building was designed in the Tudor-Revival style.<br />
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A single-storey lodge was beside the tower.<br />
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There was a fine carriage arch below the two-storey entrance tower.<br />
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The spandrel had elegant stone carving and there were armorial bearings above the arch-way.<br />
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Behind the tower was an octagonal, battlemented turret.<br />
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The elegant wrought-iron railings, which surrounded the Lanyon Building's campus, were probably removed during the 2nd World War and are notable for their absence today.<br />
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The Hamilton Tower existed for a mere sixteen years, before it was demolished in 1922.<br />
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It was named after the <b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Hamilton_%28university_administrator%29">Rt Hon and Rev Thomas Hamilton</a></b>, the third President of Queen’s College and the first Vice-Chancellor of The Queen’s University of Belfast.<br />
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He was the longest serving President and Vice-Chancellor.<br />
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He was in office for almost thirty-five years, until his retirement in 1923.<br />
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Hamilton played a vital role in persuading Government and the local community to support generously the expansion of the College and later the University.<br />
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It was felt that Hamilton is not sufficiently acknowledged for the hugely significant contribution he made to Queen’s.<br />
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No portrait exists of him, only a photograph.<br />
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The Tower and gate lodge were criticised at the time on aesthetic grounds; and subsequently demolished in 1922, a year before Hamilton’s retirement.<br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">First published in February, 2014.</span>Timothy Belmonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15111145260662707575noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705771450596300887.post-66474455005721859142024-03-08T07:39:00.001+00:002024-03-08T11:52:41.068+00:00Ballydivity House<div style="text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="font-size: x-small;">THE MOORES OWNED </span>8,242<span style="font-size: x-small;"> ACRES OF LAND IN COUNTY ANTRIM</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">ANDREW STEWART,</span> born in Renfrewshire, 1719, settled in Ulster after the battle of Culloden, in 1746, and married, in 1742, Margaret Finny, by whom he had issue,<div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">JAMES STEWART</span>, born in 1750, who espoused Jane, only daughter of James Moore, of Ballydivity, County Antrim, and was father of<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">JAMES STEWART-MOORE </span>(1773-1845), of Ballydivity, High Sheriff of County Antrim, 1798, who wedded, in 1792, Margaret, daughter of the Ven. William Sturrock, Archdeacon of Armagh, and had issue,<br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;">JAMES, <i>his heir</i>;<br />John;<br />Henry;<br />Harriett; Jane; Elizabeth.</span></blockquote>
Mr Stewart-Moore died in 1845, and was succeeded by his eldest son,<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">JAMES STEWART-MOORE JP DL</span> (1793-1870), of Ballydivity, High Sheriff of County Antrim, 1849, Captain, 11th Hussars, who served in the Peninsular War, at Waterloo, and at India.<br />
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Captain Stewart-Moore espoused, in 1845, Frances, daughter of Henry Richardson, of <a href="http://lordbelmontinnorthernireland.blogspot.co.uk/2014/12/somerset-house.html"><b><span style="font-family: IM Fell English SC;">Somerset</span></b></a>, County Londonderry, and had issue,<br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;">JAMES, <i>his heir</i>;<br />Henry;<br />Margaret; Catherine Elizabeth.</span></blockquote>
The elder son,<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">JAMES STEWART-MOORE JP DL </span>(1847-1932), of Ballydivity, High Sheriff of County Antrim, 1880, married, in 1871, Elizabeth, daughter of Charles Stuart, of Ballyhivistock, County Antrim, and had issue,<br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;">JAMES, <i>b </i>1876;<br />Charles Francis, <i>b </i>1878;<br />Ethel; Mary; Katherine Frances.</span></blockquote>
The elder son,<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">JAMES STEWART-MOORE</span> (1876-1957), of Ballydivity, and <a href="http://www.dunluce.com.au/index.html"><b>Dunluce</b></a>, North Queensland, Australia, who married Katherine Marian, daughter of John Edward Wyndham Jackson, of Harbeldown Lodge, Kent, and had issue,<br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;">JAMES ANDREW;<br />(Alexander Wyndham) Hume;<br />David;<br />John;<br />Nanette; another daughter.</span></blockquote>
Mr Stewart-Moore was succeeded by his eldest son,<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">JAMES ANDREW STEWART-MOORE</span> (1910-<i>c</i>1999), of North Queensland and Ballydivity, Commander, Royal Navy, wedded Angelina Nina, daughter of Norman C Patrick, of Glarryford, County Antrim, and had issue, six children.<br />
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BALLYDIVITY HOUSE, near Ballymoney, County Antrim, is a two storey, three bay house of <i>ca </i>1760.<br />
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The door has a square fanlight.<br />
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The house was extended and the drawing-room enlarged <i>ca </i>1910-11.<br />
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It has a central staircase.<br />
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The Stewart-Moores returned to Ballydivity in the 1920s, but retained their North Queensland property which James (senior) had started in 1906 (his wife, Katherine, was Australian-born).</div>
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<a href="http://www.dunluce.com.au/index.html"><b>Dunluce</b></a>, the Queensland property, about 135,000 acres, is now in its fourth generation of Stewart-Moores as John, youngest brother of James, returned to farm Dunluce with his wife after the 2nd World War.</div>
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James Andrew Stewart-Moore joined the Royal Navy and <a href="https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=LIaDXoUxkbUC&pg=PT146&lpg=PT146&dq=ja+stewart-moore+bismarck&source=bl&ots=_gn_UzZHc3&sig=6uk-BNiJOZ8shGxdyiGTrT-tLwU&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwicoOKC99TZAhWMDcAKHTNVBK8Q6AEIQzAF#v=onepage&q=ja%20stewart-moore%20bismarck&f=false"><b>was involved</b></a> in sinking the German battleship <i>Bismarck</i> in his Fairey Swordfish bi-plane.</div>
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He farmed at Ballydivity with his wife Jill and died about 1999.<br />
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James and Jill had two children and Ballydivity was inherited by their son James (whose wife is also called Jill). </div>
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They sold Ballydivity in 2015 and now live in the immediate vicinity.<br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">First published in February, 2016.</span></div>
</div>Timothy Belmonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15111145260662707575noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705771450596300887.post-1993487420464112932024-03-07T12:08:00.000+00:002024-03-07T12:08:51.799+00:00Smyly of Camus<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="font-size: x-small;">THE SMYLYS OWNED </span>1,069<span style="font-size: x-small;"> ACRES OF LAND IN COUNTY TYRONE</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">JOHN SMYLY</span> came from Scotland, and settled at Carrigullin, near Camus, County Tyrone, in 1628.<br />
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He left three sons,<br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;">JOHN;<br />Robert, <i>b</i> 1636;<br />Thomas, <i>b</i> 1638.</span></blockquote>
The eldest son,<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">JOHN SMYLY</span>, married and was father of<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">ROBERT SMYLY</span> (1676-1742), of Camus, who left issue, two sons,<br />
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The elder son,<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">JOHN SMYLY</span> (1700-87), of Camus, wedded firstly, in 1727, Prudence Williams, and had issue,<br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;">WILLIAM, <i>his heir</i>;<br />Catherine.</span></blockquote>
He espoused secondly, 1752, Margaret Moore.<br />
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The elder son,<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">WILLIAM SMYLY</span> (1730-1812), of Camus, married, in 1759, Jane, eldest daughter and co-heir of John Armstrong, of Strabane, County Tyrone, and had issue,<br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;">JOHN, <i>his heir</i>;<br />Anne.</span></blockquote>
The son and heir,<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">JOHN SMYLY KC</span> (1767-1821), Barrister, wedded, in 1796, Belissa, daughter of John Crampton, of Merrion Square, Dublin, and sister of Sir Philip Crampton Bt, the celebrated surgeon, and had issue,<br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;">JOHN GEORGE, <i>his heir</i>;<br />Cecil (Rev), Vicar of Carlingford;<br />Josiah (Dr), of Merrion Square;<br />William (Rev), Rector of Aghanloo;<br />Philip, Major-General in the army;<br />Belissa; Anne; Charlotte.</span></blockquote>
The eldest son,<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">JOHN GEORGE SMYLY QC DL</span> (1797-1866), of Upper Merrion Street, Dublin, and Castlederg, County Tyrone, a barrister, espoused, in 1828, Eliza, daughter and co-heir of <a href="http://lordbelmontinnorthernireland.blogspot.co.uk/2015/04/the-ferguson-baronetcy.html"><b><span style="font-family: IM Fell English SC; font-size: x-small;">SIR ANDREW FERGUSON Bt</span></b></a>, of Castlederg, County Tyrone (by his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Alexander, and niece of the 1st Earl of Caledon), and had issue,<br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;">JOHN GEORGE, <i>his heir</i>;<br />Andrew Ferguson (Very Rev), Dean of Derry;<br />WILLIAM CECIL,<i> succeeded his brother</i>;<br />Elizabeth Ferguson; Ellen Belissa.</span></blockquote>
The eldest son,<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">JOHN GEORGE SMYLY</span> (1829-1912), of Camus and Castlederg, County Tyrone, Major, Derry Militia, died <i>unmarried</i>, and was succeeded by his brother,<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">HIS HONOUR JUDGE WILLIAM CECIL SMYLY KC</span> (1840-1921), of Camus and Castlederg, County Court Judge at Bow and Shoreditch, who married, in 1884, Alice, only daughter of Samuel Brooks, of Watford, and had issue,<br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;">CECIL FERGUSON, <i>b</i> 1884;<br />Alexander Ferguson,<i> b</i> 1886;<br />Alice Eileen; Sylvia Mary.</span></blockquote>
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CAMUS HOUSE, near Strabane, County Tyrone, was built <i>ca</i> 1870 on the site of an earlier dwelling.<br />
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This is a three-bay, two-storey house, located to the east side of Lisky Road.<br />
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This large house displays good style and proportions and retains many of its original features including a richly detailed Victorian interior.</div>
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The relatively plain exterior appearance of the house is enriched by corbelled eaves and sandstone dressings.</div>
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The building, which incorporates an earlier rear return of equal importance, remains an important architectural feature of the local area.</div>
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The site is given further interest by the extensive range of outbuildings to the south-east of the house.</div>
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The outbuildings remain intact and well maintained, and the presence of a flax-drying green and flax mill to the east supplement the significance of this site in the context of rural industry in the local area.</div>
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The front of the main house is partly on the site of older buildings, though no other buildings overlap with the 1855 group.</div>
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<i>I'm seeking images of Camus House (also known as The Grange).</i></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>London residence</i> ~ 84 St George's Square.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">First published in February, 2018. Selective bibliography ~ Foyle Civic Trust.</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">THE PARLIAMENTARY GAZETTEER OF IRELAND, DATED 1846, PROVIDES A FITTING DESCRIPTION OF THE GRANDEUR OF TOLLYMORE PARK, ANCESTRAL SEAT OF THE EARLS OF RODEN</span></b></div>
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<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "IM Fell English SC";"><a href="https://lordbelmontinnorthernireland.blogspot.com/2014/02/tollymore-park.html"><b>TOLLYMORE PARK</b></a>, or </span><span style="font-family: "IM Fell English SC"; font-size: x-small;">TULLAMORE PARK</span><span style="font-family: "IM Fell English SC";">, the superb demesne of the Earl of Roden, in the parish of Kilcoo, barony of Upper Iveagh, County Down, is situated on the rivulet Shimna, at the north-west base of Slieve Donard, adjacent to the south side of the village of Bryansford.</span></div>
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The mansion is a plain though commodious building; yet the demesne, in consequence partly of its artificial decorations, but chiefly of its natural character, is one of the most magnificently picturesque in the British dominions.<br />
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Its woods extend about two miles along the base of Slieve Donard, and contain some of the finest larch in the Kingdom.<br />
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<i>"Tullamore Park,"</i> observe Mr and Mrs Hall, <i>"is a place which Nature had prepared to receive the improvements of art."</i> </blockquote>
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<i>"It is situated in the midst of most sublime scenery, with the wide expanse of ocean open before it; yet nowhere do the trees grow with greater luxuriance.</i>"</blockquote>
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<i>"Through this delicious spot rush the assembled mountain rivulets, creating in their passage cascades of every variety of force and form."</i> </blockquote>
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<i>"It is scarcely possible to imagine a scene where natural beauties and advantages have been turned to more valuable account by judgment, skill, and taste, than this which lies at the foot of Slieve Donard, and almost on the brink of the ocean."</i></blockquote>
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"Entering the grand gate," says Mr Atkinson, "we proceeded by a row of excellent offices, with a tower, clock, and spire, to inspect the demesne."<br />
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"The lofty mountains of Mourne, with Slieve Donard in the rear of this grand group, and an extensive green mountain, richly planted, that skirts the lawn, bear full upon your view as you enter the grand gate."<br />
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"In your descent from this gate to the lawn, you not only pass by the spire and offices attached to the house, but also a small pleasure garden; and after moving twenty or thirty paces towards the lawn, a landscape inconceivably grand presents itself."<br />
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"In your approach through the gate, you are entertained with a grand mountain view through a defile; but here, to the majesty of the Mourne Mountains, which overhang the landscape in front, and the planted mountain of more modest altitude that bounds the lawn, with a most interesting cottage on its declivity, are added the variegated beauties of an open country, and the entire rich and picturesque group of features that characterize the home view."<br />
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"Among the former may be included, as of prime importance to the general scene, the Irish Channel on the left-hand, with Felix Magennis's famous castle on the seashore."<br />
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"Among the latter, the woody hills and glens of the demesne, extending to the right in front of the lawn; the interesting cottage on the declivity of the planted mountain; and on the lawn itself, a beautiful <a href="https://lordbelmontinnorthernireland.blogspot.com/2021/07/tollymore-park-revisited.html"><b><span style="font-family: IM Fell English SC; font-size: x-small;">MONUMENT</span></b></a> erected to the memory of the Hon James Jocelyn RN, second son of the late Earl of Roden."<br />
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"Tullamore Park is reputed to contain 1,200 Irish acres; and we may truly say that such a combination of wood and water, of lofty mountains with lowly valleys, and of all which is necessary to fill the vastness of the imagination with an impression of the grandeur and beauty of a perfect scene, we have seldom witnessed in our travels through this country."<div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: xx-small;">First published in March, 2020.</span></div></div>Timothy Belmonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15111145260662707575noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705771450596300887.post-83835017552243789642024-03-06T12:08:00.000+00:002024-03-06T12:08:24.420+00:00Earl's Coronet<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The coronet of an earl is a silver-gilt circlet with eight strawberry leaves alternating with eight silver balls (known as pearls) on raised spikes.<br />
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The coronet itself is chased as if in the form of jewels (like a royal crown) but is not actually jewelled.<br />
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It has a crimson cap (lined ermine) in real life and a purple one in heraldic representation.<br />
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there is a gold tassel on top.<br />
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The raised pearls on spikes distinguish it from other coronets.<br />
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It has also been described thus,<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i>This coronet, which is one of the most striking, has, rising from a golden circlet, eight lofty rays of gold, each of which upon its point supports a small pearl, while between each pair of rays is a conventional leaf, the stalks of these leaves being connected with the rays and with each other so as to form a continuous wreath.</i></span></blockquote>
The coronet of a countess (below) is smaller in size and sits directly on top of the head, rather than around it.<br />
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Earls rank in the third degree of the hereditary peerage, being next below a marquess, and next above a viscount.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg_DOhUnM49ThLOY3PxDq4tKOBrA4jNm8hSxKkVxccs1endEhopuPNgurdHaOb44MPmRUyZ_TajotlgXkVMK_-8X41DeHerbvXPIMx8x0flP4rugWddSt3DgB4LnJhe_UYRCAfp0c9_UymmidzxTUSiR7MIvqpDnNIizb-6bQxHBRQohDxQQjPEO558MA=s758" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="758" data-original-width="594" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg_DOhUnM49ThLOY3PxDq4tKOBrA4jNm8hSxKkVxccs1endEhopuPNgurdHaOb44MPmRUyZ_TajotlgXkVMK_-8X41DeHerbvXPIMx8x0flP4rugWddSt3DgB4LnJhe_UYRCAfp0c9_UymmidzxTUSiR7MIvqpDnNIizb-6bQxHBRQohDxQQjPEO558MA=w157-h200" width="157" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">THE LENOX-CONYNGHAMS OWNED </span><span>2,526</span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> ACRES OF LAND IN COUNTY LONDONDERRY</span></b></div></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">COLONEL WILLIAM CUNNINGHAM</span>, of Ayrshire, was settled in the townland of Ballydrum, in which Springhill is situated, in 1609.<br />
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<span style="font-family: IM Fell English SC;"><span><span>Spring Hill was conveyed by the Salters' Company to the Conyngham family in 1657. </span></span><span>The property indenture was between Colonel Cunningham and Henry Finch, an alderman of Londonderry, arranging "the town, village, hamlet, place, balliboe or parcel of land called Ballydrum [Springhill] in the parish of Ardtra [Ardtrae]" - 350 acres in all, for the sum of £200. </span><span>The Lenoxes settled in Derry during the reign of<span style="font-size: x-small;"> JAMES I.</span></span></span></blockquote>
Colonel Cunningham's son,<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">WILLIAM CONYNGHAM</span>, known as "Good Will", espoused Ann, daughter of Arthur Upton, of Castle Norton (later <a href="http://lordbelmontinnorthernireland.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/castle-upton.html"><b><span style="font-family: IM Fell English SC; font-size: x-small;">CASTLE UPTON</span></b></a>), County Antrim, by his wife Dorothy, daughter of Colonel Michael Beresford, of Coleraine.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;">He was obliged, in a marriage document or settlement, "<i>to build a convenient house of lime and stone, two stories high ... with necessary office houses ...</i>" etc for his bride.</span></blockquote>
William "Good Will" Conyngham died in 1721, and was succeeded by his nephew,<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">GEORGE BUTLE CONYNGHAM</span>, of Spring Hill, married, in 1721, Anne, daughter of Dr Upton Peacocke, of Cultra, and had issue,<br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-small;">WILLIAM, <i>his heir</i>;<br />DAVID, <i>successor to his brother</i>;<br />John, died unmarried, 1775;<br />Anne, <i>m </i>in 1745, Clotworthy Lenox, of Londonderry; mother of GEORGE.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">WILLIAM CONYNGHAM</span> (1723-84), of Spring Hill, who entered the Army and served with great distinction with his regiment, the Black Horse, on the Continent, though on the death of his father he returned.<br />
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He wedded, in 1775, Jane, only daughter of James Hamilton, of Brown Hall, County Donegal, and widow of John Hamilton, of Castlefin, in the same county.<br />
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Mr Conyngham, MP for Dundalk, 1776-84, died without issue in 1784, and was succeeded by his brother,<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">DAVID CONYNGHAM</span>, who also <i>dsp</i>, when, according to the will of <span style="font-size: x-small;">WILLIAM CONYNGHAM</span>, the estates devolved upon his nephew,<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">GEORGE LENOX</span> (1752-1816), of Spring Hill, who adopted the surname of <span style="font-size: x-small;">CONYNGHAM</span>.<br />
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He espoused firstly, in 1779, Jane, eldest daughter of Jane Conyngham, by her first marriage with John Hamilton, of Castlefin, and had an only son,<br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-small;"><span>WILLIAM LENOX</span>, <i>of whom hereafter</i>.</span></blockquote>
Mr Lenox-Conyngham wedded secondly, in 1794, Olivia, fourth daughter of William Irvine, of Castle Irvine, County Fermanagh, and had issue,<br />
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<span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: x-small;">George, chief clerk in the Foreign Secretary's Office, <i>father of</i> </span><a href="http://lordbelmontinnorthernireland.blogspot.com/2015/02/doneraile-court.html"><b><span style="font-family: IM Fell English SC; font-size: xx-small;">4TH VISCOUNTESS DONERAILE</span></b></a><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: x-small;">;</span><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: x-small;">Sophia, </span><i style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: small;">m</i><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: x-small;"> the Hon A G Stuart, of Co Tyrone;</span><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: x-small;">Anna, </span><i style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: small;">m</i><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: x-small;"> C A Nicholson, of Balrath, Co Meath;</span><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: x-small;">Harriett; Eliza.</span></span></blockquote>
<span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="font-size: normal;">The only son by the first marriage,</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">WILLIAM LENOX-CONYNGHAM JP DL</span> (1792-1858), of Spring Hill,<span style="font-size: small;"> </span>High Sheriff of Londonderry, 1828, and of Tyrone, 1818, espoused, in 1817, Charlotte Melosina, daughter of the Rt Hon John Staples, of Lissan, and had issue,<br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;">WILLIAM FITZWILLIAM,<i> his heir</i>;<br />John Staples Molesworth, 1831-51;<br />Harriett Rebecca Frances; Jane Hamilton; Charlotte Melosina.</span></blockquote>
The eldest son,<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lenox-Conyngham">SIR WILLIAM FITZWILLIAM LENOX-CONYNGHAM KCB JP DL</a></span></b> (1824-1906), of Spring Hill, High Sheriff of County Londonderry, 1859, and of Tyrone, 1868, Honorary Colonel, Londonderry Militia, married, in 1856, Laura Calvert, daughter of George Arbuthnot, of Elderslie, Surrey, and had issue,<br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;">WILLIAM ARBUTHNOT, <i>his heir</i>;<br />George Hugh;<br />John Staples Molesworth;<br />Arthur Beresford;<br />George Ponsonby;<br />Edward Fraser;<br /><a href="http://cookstownwardead.co.uk/persondepth.asp?cas_id=275"><b>Hubert Maxwell</b></a>, DSO, Lieutenant-Colonel;<br />Elizabeth Mary; Charlotte Melosina; Laura Eleanor; Harriet Alice Katherine.</span></blockquote>
Sir William was succeeded by his eldest son,<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">WILLIAM ARBUTHNOT LENOX-CONYNGHAM OBE JP DL</span> (1857-1938), of Spring Hill, High Sheriff of County Londonderry, 1909, Lieutenant-Colonel, Worcestershire Regiment, who wedded, in 1899, Mina Ethel, younger daughter and co-heir of James Corry Jones Lowry, of <a href="https://lordbelmontinnorthernireland.blogspot.com/2015/02/rockdale-house.html"><b><span style="font-family: IM Fell English SC; font-size: x-small;">ROCKDALE</span></b></a>, County Tyrone, and had issue,<br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;">WILLIAM LOWRY, <i>his heir</i>;<br />James Desmond, <i>b </i>1905;<br />(Wilhelmina) Diana, <i>b </i>1902.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">WILLIAM LOWRY LENOX-CONYNGHAM JP</span> (1903-57), of Spring Hill, Captain, Royal Artillery, Lord-Lieutenant of County Londonderry, 1940-57, County Commandant, Ulster Special Constabulary, died <i>unmarried</i> and was succeeded by his brother,<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">JAMES DESMOND LENOX-CONYNGHAM OBE JP DL</span> (1905-71).<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">When William Arbuthnot Lenox-Conyngham died in 1938, the estate passed to his elder son, Captain William Lowry Lenox-Conyngham, who led the local Home Guard during the 2nd World War as a result of being invalided out of the National Defence Corps in 1940.</span> </blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Realising that the finances of the family were now in terminal decline and recognising that neither he, nor his brother, had any children to carry on the line, Mr Lenox-Conyngham entered into negotiations with the National Trust in 1956 with a view to handing over the house.</span> </blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: small;">This had followed a chance meeting with <b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_of_Enniskillen" title="Earl of Enniskillen">Nancy, Countess of Enniskillen,</a></b> who had presented Florence Court to the Trust the previous year. In the event, he signed his will bequeathing the house and estate to the National Trust only three days before his death in 1957.<span style="font-family: "cloister black";"> </span></span></blockquote>
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The family of <span style="font-size: x-small;">LENOX </span>settled in Londonderry during the reign of <span style="font-size: x-small;">JAMES I</span>.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">JAMES LENOX</span> (<i>c</i>1651-1723), who distinguished himself during the siege of Derry, sat in parliament for that city from 1703-13.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">JOHN LENOX</span>, of the city of Londonderry, who wedded, at Castle Upton, 1707, Rebecca Upton, and had issue three sons, of whom the second son,<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">CLOTWORTHY LENOX</span>, of the city of Londonderry, wedded, in 1745, Anne, daughter of George Conyngham, of Spring Hill, and had, with other issue, a son,<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">GEORGE LENOX</span>, successor to his uncle, William Conyngham, and father of <span style="font-size: x-small;">WILLIAM LENOX-</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjj8nWpBnsvWFSQdr-hnRcYu6cIECMmhHo2IoJ_lUUQ9kYxc-f-bJ8YwtTI8CglTfPuicqDcqLb_kGlbOhf1YV9RUYoxy0Zft7wXGQTlHyEXaQUu-C-2Gz-amNq0ORZMk9MuWiTcgIvntSEuT4JsUcncM48u_nzC-dXcGNp8FYBlggKwQ_IvWBft8enlg=s640" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="479" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjj8nWpBnsvWFSQdr-hnRcYu6cIECMmhHo2IoJ_lUUQ9kYxc-f-bJ8YwtTI8CglTfPuicqDcqLb_kGlbOhf1YV9RUYoxy0Zft7wXGQTlHyEXaQUu-C-2Gz-amNq0ORZMk9MuWiTcgIvntSEuT4JsUcncM48u_nzC-dXcGNp8FYBlggKwQ_IvWBft8enlg=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /></span><b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springhill_House">SPRINGHILL HOUSE</a></b>, near Moneymore, County Londonderry, is a fine demesne for the well preserved mansion of <i>ca</i> 1680, acquired by the National Trust in 1957.<br />
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William Conynghan, who had land in Counties Armagh, Londonderry and Tyrone, purchased 350 acres in the townland of Ballindrum in 1666.<br />
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His son, "<i>Good Will"</i> Conyngham, built the first house at Springhill, which remains the core of the present house,<br />
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Tree-ring dating of the attic roof timbers suggest a date of <i>ca </i>1697, and the detached wings forming the forecourt date from the same decade.<br />
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This late 17th century house comprised seven bays, one room deep, with the spiral stair and the two detached wings forming the forecourt.<br />
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Colonel William Conyngham inherited the property in 1765 and renovated the house, creating the gun-room, providing the decoration in the hall.<br />
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He added the wings with the canted bays, that to the south-west being a new dining room; and probably added the new grand staircase.<br />
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In 1788, George Lenox-Conyngham inherited the estate.<br />
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His son added the present dining-room in 1820; while the former dining-room became the present drawing-room.<br />
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The fireplace in the new dining-room, said to have been imported by the Earl Bishop (a friend of the family and who visited and stayed at Springhill), must have been in another room of the house before its present position; or else it was purchased later.<br />
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The Ordnance Survey Memoirs describe Springhill when William Lenox-Conyngham was in residence:-<br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;">The house, which is rather low and old fashioned in its appearance, is said to have been built in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, though it bears no characteristic of the architecture of that age. It is two storey and from each end a wing extends forwards forming three sides of a sort of court ….. the ornamental and pleasure grounds are extensive and well laid out, as is also the garden. The house was built in 1658 by Colonel William Conyngham, the wings about the year 1780”.</span></blockquote>
There are notable mature trees, including some said to have survived from the ancient forests of the area. Sampson wrote in 1802 of the<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">… finest trees in this county (Londonderry) … sweet chestnuts, yews, silver firs, stone pines, balm of Gilead, firs, beech, oak, ash, with many other varieties of forest trees and shrubs, have arrived on this favourite spot on the highest state of beauty, size and station. </span></blockquote>
Straight avenues reflect the formal layout typical of parks of the 17th century.<br />
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The south-eastern beech avenue is shown on the map of 1722.<br />
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It was felled in the 1970s and replanted as a beech walk in 1984.<br />
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It leads gently uphill to a tower, which was possibly a windmill stump transformed into a garden folly in 1791.<br />
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The north-east front comprised orchards at that time and now there are lawns.<br />
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There is a deep shelter belt on the west side of the demesne.<br />
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Former outbuildings near the house have been used as a series of ‘walled gardens’ and have been prettily planted up since the 1970s.<br />
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The wall of the barn to the north-west supports a Macartney rose, the original plant of which was said to have been planted by the 1st Earl Macartney, having been brought by him from China in the late 18th century.<br />
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The traditional walled garden, dating from the late 18th century, appears to be used as allotments today.<br />
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A note in a NT pamphlet describes its usage as a traditional fruit, vegetable and flower garden, the layout of which was altered in the 20th century to take glasshouses and fruit trees.<br />
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There are two gate lodges: one of <i>ca</i> 1790 and a later one of <i>ca</i> 1845.<br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">First published in February, 2012. </span></div>Timothy Belmonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15111145260662707575noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705771450596300887.post-33869539388012075042024-03-05T12:02:00.002+00:002024-03-05T12:10:27.146+00:00Jenkinstown House<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><span style="font-size: x-small;">THE BRYANS WERE MAJOR LANDOWNERS IN COUNTY KILKENNY, WITH </span>8,209<span style="font-size: x-small;"> ACRES</span></b></div>
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The immediate ancestor of this family,<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">JOHN BRYAN</span>, of Kilkenny, was younger brother of James Bryan, of Bawnmore, and son of John Bryan, of Bawnmore (whose father, Lewis Bryan, had a grant from Thomas, Earl of Ormonde, of Whitewalls, <i>alias</i> Bawnmore, County Kilkenny, and died in 1568).<br />
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He married Anna, daughter and heir of Henry Stains, of Jenkinstown, County Kilkenny, and was father of<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">JAMES BRYAN,</span> of Jenkinstown, County Kilkenny, 1673-4, father of<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">PIERCE BRYAN,</span> of Jenkinstown, who wedded Jane, daughter of George Aylmer, of Lyons, County Kildare, and had issue,<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">JAMES BRYAN</span> (1719-1805), of Jenkinstown, died <i>unmarried,</i> and was succeeded by his nephew,<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">GEORGE BRYAN</span> (1770-1843), of Jenkinstown, who wedded, in 1794, Maria Louisa, Comtesse de Rutaut, daughter of the Comte de Rutaut, of Lorraine, and left at his decease a daughter, Mary, and a son and successor,<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">GEORGE BRYAN </span>(1796-1848), of Jenkinstown, who espoused, in 1820, Margaret, daughter of William Talbot, of Castle Talbot, County Wexford, and had issue,<br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;">GEORGE LEOPOLD;<br />Augusta Margaret Gwendaline, <i>m</i> Edward Joseph, 2nd Baron Bellew.</span></blockquote>
The second surviving son was <span style="font-size: x-small;">GEORGE LEOPOLD BELLEW BRYAN</span>, of Jenkinstown.<br />
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George Bryan was succeeded by his only son,<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Leopold_Bryan"><b>GEORGE LEOPOLD BRYAN JP DL</b></a></span> (1828-80), of Jenkinstown, MP for County Kilkenny, 1865-80, High Sheriff of County Kilkenny, 1852, who married, in 1849, the Lady Elizabeth Georgina Conyngham, daughter of Francis Nathaniel, 2nd Marquess Conyngham KP, and had one daughter, Mary Margaret Frances, who died in 1872.<br />
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Mr Bryan was succeeded by his nephew,<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Bellew-Bryan,_4th_Baron_Bellew"><b>GEORGE LEOPOLD BELLEW-BRYAN JP DL</b></a><span style="font-size: x-small;">, <span style="font-size: x-small;">4TH BARO<span style="font-size: x-small;">N BELLEW</span></span></span></span> (1857-1935), of Jenkinstown, Lord-Lieutenant of County Louth, 1898-1911, who assumed the surname of <span style="font-size: x-small;">BRYAN</span> in lieu of <span style="font-size: x-small;">BELLEW,</span> by royal licence dated 1880.<br />
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JENKINSTOWN HOUSE, Ballyragget, County Kilkenny, was an early 19th century house in "pasteboard Gothic", <span style="font-size: normal;">following the traditional Palladian p<span style="font-size: normal;">lan o<span style="font-size: normal;">f a centre block joined to wings by singl<span style="font-size: normal;">e-storey links.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="font-size: normal;">The house was built for Major George Bryan to the design of Will<span style="font-size: normal;">iam <span style="font-size: normal;">Robertson<span style="font-size: smalnormall;">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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The 4th Lord Bellew lived in one wing of the house; his staff in the other.<br />
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By the 1930s, the house had become somewhat dilapidated.<br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">First published in December, 2012. </span></div>
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