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Catherlough, Earl of (I, 1763 - 1772)

Creation: let.pat. 14 May 1763

Extinct: 30 Mar 1772

Family name: Knight

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Arms:

Quarterly, 1st and 4th: Argent three Bendlets Gules on a Canton Azure a Spur with the rowel downwards buckled and strapped all Gold; 2nd and 3rd: Quarterly, i and iv, Gules a Lion reguardant Or, ii and iii, Argent three Boars' Heads couped Sable langued Gules

Crest:

A Spur with the rowel up leathered all Or between two Wings displayed Gules

Supporters:

Dexter:  A Lion reguardant Or;  Sinister:  A Boar Sable langued Gules ducally gorged  and chained Gold

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Robert [Knight], 1st Baron Luxborough later 1st Earl of Catherlough, KB

son and heir of Robert Knight, of Barrells, co. Warwick,Cashier to the South Sea Company

born

17 Dec 1702

mar. (1)

Hon Henrietta St John (b. 15 Jul1699;  d. 26 Mar 1756;  bur. at Ullenhall, co. Warwick), 1st dau. of Henry [St John], 1st Viscount St John, by his second wife Angelica Magdalena Wharton, widow of ...... Wharton, and dau. of George Pellisary, Treasurer-General of the Navy to King Louis XIV of France

children by first wife

1. Hon Henry Knight (b. 25 Dec 1728; dvp. and sp. 15 Aug 1762; bur. at Ullenhall, co. Warwick), mar. 21 Jun 1750 June Heath (mar. (2) 16 Nov 1763 Henry [Scott], 4th Earl of Deloraine; dsp. Feb 1782), dau. of Thomas Heath, of Stanstead, co. Essex

1. Lady Henrietta Knight (dsp.), mar. (1) 17... (div.) ..... Wymondfold, of Lockinge, co. Berkshire, and (2) Lieut Hon Josiah Child later Tylney, 3rd but 2nd surv. son of Richard [Child later Tylney], 1st Earl Tylney, by his wife Dorothy Glynne, only surv. dau. and hrss. of John Glynne, of Henley Park, co. Surrey, and Bicester, co. Oxford

mar. (2)

18 Jun 1756 "Mary, Lady le Quesne, widow", of Bruton Street, co. Middlesex (d. 1795;  bur. at Hampton, co. Middlesex)

died

s.p.m.s. 30 Mar 1772 (bur. at Ullenhall, co. Warwick)

created

8 Aug 1745 Baron Luxborough, of Shannon

14 May 1763 Viscount Barrells, of Barrells in the County of Catherlough, and Earl of Catherlough

note

Member of Parliament (Whig) for Great Grimsby 1734-37 and 1762-68, for Castle Rising 1747-54 and for Milborne Port 1770-72;  Recorder of Great Grimsby;  Knight of the Bath 1770

On the death of the 1st Earl of Catherlough all his peerage titles became extinct and his estates were divided between his two surviving illegitimate sons.

 First written 3 Oct 2007

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