THE VANDELEURS WERE MAJOR LANDOWNERS IN COUNTY CLARE, WITH 19,700 ACRES
MAXIMILIAAN VAN DER LEUR, a Dutch merchant, settled in Ireland in the late 16th century, and was granted a certificate of naturalization, 1603.
His son,
He died in 1642, and was father of
GILES VANDELEUR (1625-1701), High Sheriff of County Clare, 1665, settled at Ralahine, County Clare, 1660, and was one of the commissioners for allotting quit-rents in Ireland.
He married Elizabeth, daughter of Colonel Sir John Jephson MP, of Mallow, by Elizabeth his wife, daughter of Francis, 1st Viscount Shannon (fourth son of Richard, 1st Earl of Cork), and had issue,
James, of Blane, who left issue;The second son,
JOHN, of whom presently;
Boyle.
THE REV JOHN VANDELEUR, of Cragg, County Clare, Rector of Kilrush, County Clare, seating himself at Kilrush in 1687, wedded Elizabeth, daughter and co-heir of Thomas Crofton, of Inchirourke, County Limerick, by whom he left, besides a younger son, Thomas, an elder son,
JOHN VANDELEUR, of Kilrush, who married Frances, daughter of John Ormsby, of Cloghans, County Mayo; and had issue,
CROFTON, his heir;Mr Vandeleur died in 1754, and was succeeded by his eldest son,
John Ormsby, of Maddenstown;
Richard, of Rutland, father of General Sir J O Vandeleur GCB;
Mary.
CROFTON VANDELEUR, of Kilrush, who wedded, in 1765, Alice, daughter of Thomas Burton (uncle of Francis P Burton, 2nd Lord Conyngham), of Buncraggy, by Dorothy his wife, daughter of the Rt Hon John Forster, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas in Ireland, and had issue,
JOHN ORMSBY, his heir;The eldest son,
Thomas Burton, a judge;
Crofton, major-general;
Richard, army major;
Frederick, army captain;
William Richard (Rev);
Dorothy; Alice; Emily; Frances.
THE RT HON JOHN ORMSBY VANDELEUR (1765-1828), Commissioner of the Customs in Ireland, MP for Ennis, 1802, married the Lady Frances Moore, daughter of Charles, 1st Marquess of Drogheda, and had issue,
CROFTON MOORE, his heir;Mr Vandeleur was succeeded by his elder son,
Henry Seymour Moore;
Anna Frances; Alice.
CROFTON MOORE VANDELEUR JP DL (1808-81), of Kilrush House, Colonel, Clare Regiment of Militia, High Sheriff of County Clare, 1832, MP for Clare, 1859-74, who married, in 1832, the Lady Grace Graham-Toler, second daughter of Hector John, 2nd Earl of Norbury, and had issue,
HECTOR STEWART, his heir;Colonel Vandeleur was succeeded by his eldest son,
Crofton Toler, father of Lt-Col Crofton Bury Vandeleur;
John Ormsby Moore;
Elizabeth Frances; Frances Letitia; Grace Dorothea.
HECTOR STEWART VANDELEUR (1836-1909), of Kilrush House, Lord-Lieutenant of County Clare, High Sheriff of County Clare, 1873, who married, in 1867, Charlotte, eldest daughter of William Orme Foster MP, of Apsley Park, Shropshire, and had issue,
Cecil Foster Seymour, DSO (1869-1901), k/a;His only surviving son,
ALEXANDER MOORE, his heir;
Isabel Grace; Evelyn Norah.
ALEXANDER MOORE VANDELEUR JP (1883-1914), of Kilrush, and Cahiracon, Captain, The Life Guards, espoused, in 1910, Violet Ethel, eldest daughter of Henry Meysey, 1st Lord Knaresborough.
Captain Vandeleur was killed in action, aged 30, in the 1st World War.
He left issue,
LIEUTENANT-COLONEL GILES ALEXANDER MEYSEY VANDELEUR DSO (1911-78).
KILRUSH HOUSE, County Clare, was an early Georgian house of 1808.
From 1881 until Kilrush House was burnt in 1897, Hector Stewart Vandeleur lived mainly in London and only spent short periods each year in Kilrush.
Indeed during the years 1886-90, which coincided with the period of the greatest number of evictions from the Vandeleur estate, he does not appear to have visited Kilrush.
In 1889, Hector bought Cahircon House and then it was only a matter of time before the Vandeleurs moved to Cahircon as, in 1896, they were organising shooting parties at Kilrush House and also at the Cahircon demesne.
Hector Stewart Vandeleur was the last of the Vandeleurs to be buried at Kilrush in the family mausoleum.
Cahircon House was sold in 1920, ending the Kilrush Vandeleurs' direct association with County Clare.
Hector Vandeleur had, by 1908, agreed to sell the Vandeleur estate to the tenants for approximately twenty years' rent, and the majority of the estate was purchased by these tenants.
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THE VANDELEURS, as landlords, lost lands during the Land Acts and the family moved to Cahircon, near Kildysart.
In 1897, Kilrush House was badly damaged by fire.
During the Irish Land Commission of the 1920s, the Department of Forestry took over the estate, planted trees in the demesne and under their direction the remains of the house were removed in 1973, following an accident in the ruins.
Today the top car park is laid over the site of the house.
Vandeleur Walled Garden now forms a small part of the former Kilrush demesne.
The Kilrush demesne was purchased by the Irish Department of Agriculture as trustee under the Irish Land Acts solely for the purpose of forestry.
The Kilrush Committee for Urban Affairs purchased the Fair Green and Market House.
The demesne, now Kilrush Wood, lies to the east of the town.
The remains of Kilrush House were demolished in 1973.
The site is now a car park and picnic area and all the original stones from the house are now underneath this area.
The remains of Kilrush House were demolished in 1973.
The site is now a car park and picnic area and all the original stones from the house are now underneath this area.
A number of street names in the town of Kilrush are named after the Vandeleurs: Frances Street after Lady Frances, wife of Hon John Ormsby Vandeleur; Grace Street after Lady Grace Vandeleur; Hector Street after Hector Stewart, son of Crofton Moore; Moore Street after a common family name of the Vandeleurs, probably after Lady Frances Moore, wife of John Ormsby Vandeleur; Burton Street after Thomas Burton Vandeleur.
Former town residence ~ 50 Rutland Gate, London.
First published in July, 2011.
First published in July, 2011.
2 comments :
Vandeleur? Arnhem? My boss in the Army commanded 4 Para Bde then and knew them. Name of Hackett. So who were the Hackett's?
Vandelours were in County Clare from 1660. The CO of 3 Ir Gds, at Arnhem [ played by Michael Cain in the film *A Bridge Too Far* ] was Lt-Col 28,140 John Ormsby Evelyn [ *Joe* ] Vandelour DSO & Bar 1903-1988 who served 1924-1951 retiring a Brig. In Normandy 1944 where his 3 Ir Gds was in 32 Bde. He was born in Pakistan where his father Col Crofton Bury Vandelour DSO 1867-1947 was in the Army from which he retired in 1922. Crofton was a First Cousin of Life Gds Capt Alexander Moore Vandelour 1883-1914 Killed In Action in WW 1 on the Western Front whose brother had earlier been killed in the Boer War. They were related to Capt [ Rifle Bde ] Hector Stewart Vandelour 1836-1909 who succeeded to Kilrush House in 1881 but it was accidentally burnt on March 26, 1897.
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