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Guillamore, Viscount (I, 1831 - 1955)

Creation: let.pat. 28 Jan 1831

Extinct: 15 Oct 1955

Family name: O'Grady

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Arms:

Per pale Gules and Sable three Lions passant guardant per pale Argent and Or the central lion charged on the side with a Portcullis Azure

Crest:

A Horse's Head erased Azure charged with a Portcullis Azure

Supporters:

On either side a Lion guardant per fess Argent and Or charged on the shoulder with a Portcullis Azure

Motto:

 Vulneratus Non Victus

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Standish [O'Grady], 1st Viscount Guillamore, PC

1at son and heir of Darby O'Grady, of Mount Prospect, co. Limerick, by his wife Mary Smyth, dau. of James Smyth, of Limerick

born

1766

mar.

1790 Katharine Waller (b. c. 1775;  d. 30 Sep 1853), 2nd dau. of John Thomas Waller, of Castletown, co. Limerick, by his wife Elizabeth Maunsell, dau. of Rev Richard Maunsell, Rector of Rathkeale

children

1. Hon Standish Darby O'Grady, later 2nd Viscount Guillamore

2. Hon Waller O'Grady QC, barrister-at-law (d. 9 Jun 1849), mar. 26 Jun 1823 Hon Grace Elizabeth Massy (d. 27 Sep 1841), 1st dau. of Hugh [Massy], 3rd Baron Massy, by his wife and cousin Margaret Everina Barton, yst. dau. of William Barton, of the Grove, co. Tipperary, by his wife Grace Massy, dau. of Very Rev Charles Massy, Dean of Limerick, and had issue:

1a. Standish O'Grady (dvp. 1844)

2a. Hugh Hamon Massy O'Grady (b. 6 Oct 1825; d. 9 Dec 1859), mar. 6 Aug 1857 Zillah Selina Maria Hutchinson (mar. (2) 1862 William Bredin; d. 2 Aug 1878), 1st dau. of William Henry Hutchinson, of Rockforest, co. Tipperary, and had issue:

1b. Waller Massy O'Grady, of Castle Garde, co. Limerick (b. 14 Dec 1858; d. 1883)

2b. Hugh Hamon Massy O'Grady, later 7th Viscount Guillamore

3a. Lieut James Waller O'Grady JP RN, of Rathfredagh, Newcastle West, co. Limerick (b. 12 Feb 1832; d. 23 May 1898), mar. 21 Jan 1865 Ada Catherine Bruce (d. Jan 1902), sister of Sir William Cunningham Bruce, 9th Bt., and 3rd dau. of William Cunningham Bruce (by his wife Jane Catherine Clark, dau. of William Clark, of London), 2nd son of Sir William Bruce, 7th Bt., and had issue:

1b. Richard O'Grady, later 8th Viscount Guillamore

2b. Capt Standish Bruce O'Grady, later 9th Viscount Guillamore

1b. Ada Katherine O'Grady

2b. Julia Isabella O'Grady

4a. Lieut John William Waller O'Grady RN (d. 3 Jul 1863)

1a. Everina O'Grady (d. 1879)

2a. Katherine Grace O'Grady (d. 8 Jun 1879), mar. 16 Jan 1847 as his first wife Lt Col Sir Thomas Fraser Grove, 1st Bt. MP, and had issue

3a. Charlotte Isabella O'Grady (d. 16 Oct 1873), mar. 21 Aug 1850 Sir William Cunningham Bruce, 9th Bt., and had issue

4a. Grace Elizabeth O'Grady, mar. 11 Mar 1863 James Young, of Harristown, co. Roscommon (k. 2 Jun 1877), and had issue

5a. Rosabella Julia Maria O'Grady

6a. Maria Victoria O'Grady, mar. 14 Dec 1880 Rev William Waugh, of Kildysart, co. Clare

3. Rev James O'Grady (dvp. 7 May 1829)

4. Ven Hon William O'Grady, Archdeacon of Kilmacduagh (dsp. 21 Jul 1859), mar. 7 Feb 1837 Isabella Sabina Hewitt (dsp. 1854), 4th dau. of Henry Hewitt

5. Hon Richard O'Grady, Chief Examiner of the Exchequer in Ireland (d. 18 Sep 1875)

6. Comm Hon John O'Grady RN (d. 21 Dec 1867)

7. Maj Hon Thomas O'Grady (dsp. 22 Jan 1882), mar. 23 Jan 1856 Maria de la Soledad Isabel Sofia Ball (dsp. 28 Feb 1889), only dau. of Francis Leeson Ball, Secretary of Legation at Buenos Ayres

1. Hon Maria O'Grady (b. 1795; d. 4 Apr 1854), mar. 13 Dec 1814 as his first wife John Prendergast [Vereker], 3rd Viscount Gort, and had issue

2. Hon Katherine O'Grady (d. 11 Dec 1829), mar. 1823 Dudley Persse, of Roxburgh, co. Galway (d. 7 Sep 1878)

3. Hon Isabella O'Grady (d. 15 Nov 1884)

4. Hon Henrietta O'Grady (d. 9 Feb 1891), mar. 1838 John Pratt de Montmorency, of Castle Morres, co. Kilkenny (d. 6 May 1868)

5. Hon Julia O'Grady, mar. 28 Sep 1845 Maj William Hawkins Ball (d. 1884)

died

21 Apr 1840 (bur. at Aney, co. Limerick)

created

28 Jan 1831 Baron O'Grady, of Rockbarton in the County of Limerick, and Viscount Guillamore, of Cahir Guillamore in the County of Limerick

suc. by

son

note

barrister 1787;  Privy Councillor [I] 1803;  Attorney-General of Ireland 1803-05;  Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer 1805-31

Standish Darby [O'Grady], 2nd Viscount Guillamore

born

26 Dec 1792

mar.

16 Oct 1828 Gertrude Jane Paget (b. 12 Dec 1805; d. 22 Oct 1871; bur. at Hampton, co. Middlesex), 1st dau. of Hon Berkeley Thomas Paget (by his wife Sophia Askell Bucknall, only surv. child of Hon William Grimston later Bucknall (by his wife Sophia Hoare, dau. and hrss. of Richard Hoare, of Boreham, co. Essex), 2nd son of James [Grimston], 2nd Viscount Grimston), 6th son of Henry [Bayly later Paget], 1st Earl of Uxbridge, by his wife Jane Champagné, 1st dau. of Very Rev Arthur Champagné, Dean of Clonmacnoise (by his wife Marianne Hamon, dau. of Col Isaac Hamon), son of Maj Josias Champagné by his wife Lady Jane Forbes, 1st dau. of Arthur [Forbes], 2nd Earl of Granard

children

1. Hon Standish O'Grady, later 3rd Viscount Guillamore

2. Hon Paget Standish O'Grady, later 4th Viscount Guillamore

3. Hon Reginald Grimston Standish O'Grady (b. 9 Mar 1839; dsp. 25 Dec 1874), mar. 27 Aug 1867 Frances Arabella Beresford, only dau. of Rt Hon William Beresford

4. Hon Hardress Standish O'Grady, later 5th Viscount Guillamore

5. Hon Berkeley Standish O'Grady (b. 24 Oct 1845; d. 23 Aug 1858)

6. Hon Frederick Standish O'Grady, later 6th Viscount Guillamore

1. Hon Sophia O'Grady (d. 4 Nov 1912), mar. 6 Feb 1862 Edward Wilmot Williams DL, of Herringston, co. Dorset (d. 30 Jul 1913), and had issue

2. Hon Gertrude O'Grady (d. 25 Nov 1916), mar. 2 Jun 1855 Lt Col Thomas Coningsby Norbury CB, of Sherridge, co. Worcester (d. 16 Oct 1899), and had issue

3. Hon Kathleen Eleanor Henrietta O'Grady (dsp. 13 Sep 1912), mar. 21 Nov 1855 James Henry Augustus Steuart (dsp. 1895), only son of Rev C A Steuart, of Sunningdale House, co. Berkshire

4. Hon Amabel O'Grady (d. 9 Mar 1916), mar. 20 Feb 1873 Hugh Melvil Freeling, of Bude, co. Cornwall (d. 12 Feb 1906), and had issue

died

22 Jul 1848 (bur. at Aney, co. Limerick)

suc. by

son

note

entered the Army, Mar 1811; Lieut 1812; Capt 1815; took part in the Battle of Waterloo 1815; Member of Parliament (Whig) for co. Limerick 1820-26, 1830 and 1830-34; Major 1825; Lieut Col 1829; Col 1842; ADC to Queen Victoria 1842-48

Standish [O'Grady], 3rd Viscount Guillamore

born

8 Jul 1832

mar.

23 Jul 1853 Adelaide Frances Blennerhassett (b. c. 1832; d. 4 Dec 1867), 3rd dau. of Arthur Blennerhassett, of Ballyseedy, co. Kerry, by his wife Frances Grady, dau. of Henry Deane Grady

children

1. Hon Standish O'Grady (b. 25 Jul 1854; dvp. 17 Jan 1856)

1. Hon Cecilia O'Grady, inherited the Rockbarton estate (b. 24 Jun 1855; d. 17 Sep 1919), mar. 28 Apr 1877 Edward [Roche], 2nd Baron Fermoy, and had issue

died

s.p.m.s. 10 Apr 1860 (bur. at Aney, co. Limerick)

suc. by

brother

note

entered the Royal Navy 1846

Paget Standish [O'Grady], 4th Viscount Guillamore

born

29 Nov 1835

mar.

6 Mar 1869 Eliza Feston (d. 26 Nov 1879; bur. in Brompton Cemetery), yst. dau. of W H Feston

died

s.p. 29 Jul 1877 (bur. at Aney, co. Limerick)

suc. by

brother

note

sometime a clerk in the Home Office

Hardress Standish [O'Grady], 5th Viscount Guillamore, JP DL

born

20 Oct 1841

died

6 Feb 1918

suc. by

brother

note

Lieut, Royal Artillery 1858; Capt, 1871; Major, 1877; retired as a Lt Col, 1879

Frederick Standish [O'Grady], 6th Viscount Guillamore

born

20 Apr 1847

mar. (1)

1881 Mary Theresa Burdett Empson (widow of (1) George Seaham Tucker de Windt, 1st son of Capt Clayton de Windt, and (2) John Henry Empson, of Yokefleet Hall, co. York; dsp. 12 Jan 1910), 4th dau. of Hon William James Coventry (by his wife Mary Laing, dau. of James Laing), 2nd son of George William [Coventry], 7th Earl of Coventry, by his second wife Peggy Pitches, 2nd dau. and cohrss. of Sir Abraham Pitches, of Streatham, co. Surrey

mar. (2)

25 Mar 1911 Gertrude Lily Langford (d. 26 Nov 1952), dau. of John Langford, of Draycott, Sudbury, co. Middlesex

only child by second wife

1. Hon Kathleen Gertrude O'Grady (b. 21 Apr 1914), mar. 14 Mar 1945 Capt Geoffrey Charles Hearn, of Byron House, Martock, co. Somerset, 2nd son of Rev James Ridgway Hearn, of Warminster, co. Wiltshire, and had issue

died

s.p.m. 11 Oct 1927

suc. by

first cousin once removed

note

Hugh Hamon Massy [O'Grady], 7th Viscount Guillamore

born

5 Jul 1860

mar.

27 Mar 1890 Mary Margaret Frances Hunt (dsp. 23 Sep 1930), dau. of Vere Hunt, of High Park, co. Tipperary

died

s.p. 13 Jun 1930

suc. by

cousin

note

Major, Royal Sussex Regiment

Richard [O'Grady], 8th Viscount Guillamore

born

9 Aug 1867

died

28 Nov 1943

suc. by

brother

note

Standish Bruce [O'Grady], 9th Viscount Guillamore

born

17 Mar 1869

died

15 Oct 1955

note

Capt, 5th Battalion, Royal Munster Fusiliers

On the death of the 9th Viscount Guillamore the Viscountcy of Guillamore and the Barony of O'Grady became extinct.

 First written 24 Feb 2012

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