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Barnewall, Viscount (I, 1646 - 1834)

Creation: let.pat. 29 Jun 1646

Extinct: 15 Nov 1834

Family name: Barnewall

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Arms:

Ermine a Bordure engrailed Gules

Crest:

A Plume of five feathers Or, Gules, Azure, Vert and Argent thereon a Falcon with wings disclosed of the last

Supporters:

Dexter: A Griffin Argent;  Sinister: A Lion Gules

Motto:

 Malo Mori Quam Foedari

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Nicholas [Barnewall], 1st Viscount Barnewall

son and heir of Sir Patrick Barnewall, of Turvey, Gracedieu and Fieldston, co. Dublin, by his wife Mary Bagnall, dau. of Sir Nicholas Bagnall, Knight Marechal of Ireland

born

1592

mar.

bef. 7 Jul 1617 Lady Bridget O'Donnell (widow of Roderick [O'Donnell], 1st Earl of Tyrconnell;  d. after 1661), 2nd but 1st surv. dau. and cohrss. of Henry [FitzGerald], 12th Earl of Kildare, by his wife Lady Frances Howard, 2nd dau. of Charles [Howard], 1st Earl of Nottingham, by his first wife Hon Katherine Carey, 1st dau. of Henry [Carey], 1st Baron Hunsdon

children

1. Christopher Barnewall (dvp.)

2. Col Hon Patrick Barnewall, in command of a Troop of Horse in the English service (dvp.)

3. Hon Henry Barnewall, later 2nd Viscount Barnewall

4. Hon Francis Barnewall, of Beggstown and Woodpark, co. Meath, mar. Jane FitzGerald, dau. of Philip FitzGerald, of Alloone, and had issue:

1a. Nicholas Barnewall, of Beggstown and Woodpark, co. Meath, mar. Hon Catherine Barnewall, 4th dau. of Robert [Barnewall], 9th Baron Trimlestown, by his wife Margaret Dungan, sister of William [Dungan], 1st Earl of Limerick, and 2nd dau. of Sir William Dungan, 2nd Bt., of Castletown, co. Kildare, and had issue:

1b. Matthew Barnewall, of Beggstown, co. Meath, mar. Anne McCann, dau. of Thomas McCann, and had issue:

1c. Matthew Barnewall, later 6th Viscount Barnewall

5. Hon Matthew Barnewall (d. unm.)

1. Hon Mary Barnewall (f. May 1642), mar. Nicholas [Preston], 6th Viscount Gormanston, and had issue

2. Hon Mabel Barnewall (bur. 4 Feb 1699 at Killeen, co. Meath), mar.(1) Jan 1636 Christopher [Plunkett], 2nd Earl of Fingall, and (2) bef. 15 Feb 1655/6 Col James Barnewall, and had issue by both husbands

3. Hon Eleanor Barnewall, mar. Charles Whyte, of Leixlip

4. Hon Frances Barnewall (d. unm.)

died

20 Aug 1663 (bur. in the church of Luske)

created

29 Jun 1646 Baron of Turvey and Viscount Barnewall, of Kingsland in the County of Dublin

suc. by

son

note

Member of Parliament for co. Dublin 1634-35 and 1639-46;  though a Roman Catholic, he supported the English interests, both for his own loyalty and those of his son, Col Patrick Barnewall, a Col of a Troop of Horse in the English service;  he was charged with complicity in a plot against the Lord Protector and was imprisoned and his property sequestrated 1654 but returned to him 1660

Henry [Barnewall], 2nd Viscount Barnewall

born

mar. (1)

1661 Hon Mary Netterville (dspm. 28 Oct 1663; bur. at Luske), 1st dau. of John [Netterville], 2nd Viscount Netterville, by his wife Lady Elizabeth Weston, 1st dau. by his first wife of Richard [Weston], 1st Earl of Portland

only child by first wife

1. Hon Mariana Barnewall (b. 26 Mar 1662; d. 16 Sep 1735), mar. in or about 1680 Rt Hon Thomas Nugent KC, of Pallas, co. Galway, 3rd Puisne Judge of the King's Bench 1686, Privy Councillor [I] 1686, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland 1687, cr. Baron Nugent, of Riverston in the County of Westmeath, by the titular King James II 3 Apr 1689, a Commissioner of the Treasury 1689, outlawed as a supporter of the former King but received back his estates under the Articles of Limerick (d. 2 Apr 1715), 2nd son of Richard [Nugent], 2nd Earl of Westmeath, by his wife Mary Plunkett, widow of Hon Christopher Plunkett, 1st son and heir ap. of Patrick [Plunkett], 9th Baron Dunsany, and 1st dau. of Sir Thomas Nugent, 1st Bt. of Moyrath, by his wife Alison Barnewall, dau. and hrss. of Robert Barnewall, of Robertstown, co. Meath, and had issue

mar. (2)

11 Dec 1664 §Lady Mary Nugent (b. 21 Feb 1648; d. 25 Jun 1680; bur. at Luske), 1st dau. of Richard [Nugent], 1st Earl of Westmeath, by his wife Hon Jane Plunkett, sister of Luke [Plunkett], 1st Earl of Fingall, and 4th dau. of Christopher [Plunkett], 8th Baron Killeen, by his wife Genet Dillon, sister of James [Dillon], 1st Earl of Roscommon, and dau. of Sir Luke Dillon, Chief Baron of the Exchequer of Ireland

children by second wife

1. Hon Nicholas Barnewall, later 3rd Viscount Barnewall

2. Hon Richard Barnewall (d. unm.)

3. Hon Joseph Barnewall (d. unm.)

4. Hon Christopher Barnewall (d. unm.)

died

1 Jun 1688

suc. by

son by second wife

note

had a release of quit rents which has been imposed by the Acts of Settlement 1671; granted land under the Act of Grace 1685

§Editor's Note: In the section on the Viscounts Barnewall, the Complete Peerage (Vol I page 428) identifies the second wife of the 2nd Viscount Barnewall as being the first daughter of the 1st Earl of Westmeath and gives her date of birth as 21 Feb 1648. As the 1st Earl of Westmeath died in 1641, either this date of birth is wrong or she was not the daughter of the 1st Earl.

Nicholas [Barnewall], 3rd Viscount Barnewall

born

15 Apr 1668

mar.

15 May 1688 Mary Hamilton (d. 15 Feb 1735/6; bur. with her husband at Luske), 3rd and yst. dau. and cohrss. of Sir George Hamilton, Comte Hamilton and Maréchal du Camp, by his wife Frances Jennings, elder sister of Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, and 1st dau. and cohrss. of Richard Jennings, of Sandridge, co. Hertford, by his wife Frances Thornhurst, dau. and cohrss. of Sir Giffard Thornhurst, 1st Bt., of Agnes Court, co. Kent

died

14 Jun 1725 (bur. at Luske)

suc. by

son

note

sat in King James II's Irish Parliament 1689; he and his wife inherited estates worth £3,500 a year; he served in Lord Limerick's Dragoons 1688 on behalf of King James II and was consequently outlawed, which was later reversed as he was named and pardoned in the Treaty of Limerick

Henry Benedict [Barnewall], 4th Viscount Barnewall

born

1 Feb 1708

mar.

22 May 1735 Honora Daly (d. 1784), 1st dau. and cohrss. of Peter Daly, of Quansbury, co. Galway, by his wife Elizabeth Blake, dau. of Richard Blake. of Ardfry, co. Galway

children

1. Hon Henry Benedict Barnewall, later 5th Viscount Barnewall

2. Hon George Barnewall (b. c. 1711; d. Jun 1771), mar. 1752 Lady Barbara Belasyse (bur. 29 Oct 1761), 1st dau. of Thomas [Belasyse], 1st Earl Fauconberg, by his wife Catherine Bentham (d. 29 May 1760), dau. and hrss. of John Bentham, of Rivington, co. Warwick, and St Thomas's. co. Stafford, and had issue:

1a. George Barnewall, later 5th Viscount Barnewall

1. Hon Mary Barnewall (d. unm.)

2. Hon Harriet Barnewall (d. unm.)

3. Hon Elizabeth Barnewall (d. unm.)

4. Hon Frances Barnewall, mar. Richard Barnewall, 3rd son of John Barnewall, de jure 11th Baron Trimlestown, by his wife Mary Barnewall, dau. and hrss. of Sir John Barnewall, of Ballybrittan, King's County, a Baron of the Court of Exchequer, by his wife Hon Thomasine Preston, dau. of Anthony [Preston], 2nd Viscount Tara, and had issue

died

s.p. 11 Mar 1774

suc. by

nephew

note

Grand Master of Irish Freemasons 1733-35

George [Barnewall], 5th Viscount Barnewall

born

12 Jul 1758

died

5 Apr 1800 (bur. in Pontoise, France)

suc. by

third cousin

Matthew [Barnewall], 6th Viscount Barnewall

born

mar. (1)

[name unknown]

only child by first wife

1. Hon John Barnewall (dvp. c. 1815)

mar. (2)

1819 Mary Anne Bradshaw (bur. sp. 16 Oct 1819 at Lambeth, co. Surrey), 1st dau. of John Bradshaw, of Cork, by his wife Elizabeth Warren, 2nd dau. of Sir Robert Warren, 1st Bt.

mar. (3)

2 Jan 1820 Julia Willis (b. 28 Feb 1804; d. 10 Jan 1890; bur. at East Finchley, co. Middlesex), dau. of John Willis, of Walcot Place, Lambeth, co. Surrey

died

s.p.m.s. 15 Nov 1834 (bur. at Lambeth, co. Surrey)

note

his claim to succeed to the Viscountcy was not allowed until 1814

On the death of the 6th Viscount Barnewall the Viscountcy of Barnewall became extinct.

The 1835 petition by Capt Thomas Barnewall to the House of Lords claiming the Viscountcy of Barnewall was never adjudicated on, but was spurious in that his claim that his great-grandfather. Col James Barnewall, was the sixth son of the 1st Viscount Barnewall was incorrect. The Colonel was in fact the second husband of the 1st Viscount's daughter, Mabel, Countess of Fingall. In the two deeds of settlement of the estates on the heirs male of the Barnewall family, dated 31 Dec 1661 and 21 Jul 1698, no mention is made of such a sixth son (James), or of his issue, who (had they existed) would doubtless have been placed in remainder to the estates before the very distant branches of the Barnewall family mentioned in those deeds.

The extinction of the viscountcy was acted upon in the 1836 creation of the Barony of Oranmore under the terms of the Act of Union.

 First written 22 Feb 2012

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