JOHN CROFTON, of Mote, County Roscommon, auditor-general in the reign of ELIZABETH I (descended from the Croftons, of Crofton, Lancashire), married, ca 1565, Jane, sister of Sir Henry Duke, Knight, and had issue,
Edward, ancestor of the Barons Crofton;The youngest son,
John;
William;
HENRY.
HENRY CROFTON, succeeded to his father's estate, 1607, from whom descended
THOMAS CROFTON, of Mohill, who wedded Bridget, daughter of Major Hugh Morgan, of Dublin, and was father of
HUGH CROFTON, who wedded Anne, daughter of George Crofton, of Lisburne, County Roscommon.
Mr Crofton died in 1767 and was succeeded by his son,
MORGAN CROFTON (1733-1802), of Mohill, who was created a baronet in 1801, designated of Mohill, County Leitrim.
He married Jane, youngest daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Henri D'Abzac, of the family of Count of Périgord, and had issue,
HUGH, of whom presently;Sir Morgan was succeeded by his eldest son,
Henry, in holy orders;
Morgan, grandfather of Lt-Col James Crofton;
Anne Magdalene; Jane.
SIR HUGH CROFTON, 2nd Baronet (1763-1834), of Mohill Castle, who married, in 1787, Frances, youngest daughter of Ralph Smyth, of Barbarvilla, County Westmeath, and had issue,
MORGAN GEORGE, his heir;Sir Hugh was succeeded by his eldest son,
Hugh;
Ralph;
Henry William;
Augustus;
Charles;
Richard Maximilian;
Parsons;
Frances; Jane; Barbara; Anne Digby.
SIR MORGAN GEORGE CROFTON, 3rd Baronet (1850-1900), who wedded Emily, daughter of the Rt Hon Denis Daly, of Dunsandle, County Galway, and had issue,
HUGH DENIS, his heir;
Denis.
The heir presumptive is the present holder's brother, Edward Morgan Crofton (b 1945).
- Sir Hugh Denis Crofton, 5th Baronet (1878–1902);
- Sir Morgan George Crofton, 6th Baronet (1879–1958);
- Sir Patrick Simon Crofton, 7th Baronet (1936–87);
- Sir (Hugh) Denis Crofton, 8th Baronet (b 1937).
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MOHILL CASTLE, Mohill, County Leitrim, was stated to have been a simple early house with tall gable ends, adjacent to the village of Mohill.
It was occupied for a period in the 19th century by the Kane family.
Unfortunately I have no images of Mohill Castle.
An 18th century house stands on the site of the castle.
This may be, or have been known as Mohill House.
First published in December, 2012.
This may be, or have been known as Mohill House.
First published in December, 2012.
2 comments :
The people in Mohill simply referred to it as the “Castle” and I visited it in 1964. It was just up from the statue of “Blind Harry “ the Irish harpist.
Thank you very much my mother always said she worked at the castle under mrs. Manning with her sister when they were both 16 and this is where she met my Father. But as she always referred to it as a castle. I always mistook their meetting place as Lough Rynn Castle gifted to the hated lord leiutenant of Leitrim. This always confused me in trying to track it down. Now I know that in reality what she referred to as a Castle was infact an ordinary 18th century stone manor house building.
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