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Landaff, Earl of (I, 1797 - 1833)

Creation: let.pat. 22 Nov 1797

Extinct: 12 Mar 1833

Family name: Mathew

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Arms:

Or a Lion rampant Sable

Crest:

On a Mount Vert a Moorcock proper

Supporters:

On either side an Unicorn Argent horned maned tufted hoofed plain collared and chained Or

Motto:

 Y fyn Duw a fydd

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Francis [Mathew], 1st Baron Landaff later 1st Viscount Landaff later 1st Earl of Landaff

only son and heir of Thomas Mathew, of Thomastown and Thurles Castle, co. Tipperary, and of Llandaff, co. Glamorgan, by his wife Mary Mathew, dau. of Richard Mathew, of Dublin

born

Sep 1738

mar. (1)

6 Sep 1764 Elisha Smyth (b. c. 1743; d. 9 Aug 1781; bur. in the Mortuary Chapel at Thomastown Park, co. Tipperary), sister of Sir Skeffington Smyth, 1st Bt., and 2nd dau. of James Smyth, of Tinney Park, co. Wicklow, by his wife Mary Agar, dau. of James Agar, of Gowran Castle, co. Kilkenny

children by first wife

1. Hon Francis James Mathew, later 2nd Earl of Landaff

2. Gen Hon Montague Mathew MP (d. 1819)

3. Hon George Toby Skeffington Mathew (d. 1832)

1. Lady Elizabeth Mathew (d. 1842)

mar. (2)

7 Jun 1784 Lady Catherine Skeffington (bapt. 15 Jul 1752; dsp. 9 Feb 1796), 2nd dau. of Clotworthy [Skeffington], 1st Earl of Massereene, by his second wife Anne Eyre, dau. of Henry Eyre, of Rowter, co. Derby

mar. (3)

30 May 1799 ..... Coghlan, 2nd dau. of Jeremiah Coghlan, of Ardo, co. Waterford

died

30 Jul 1806 (bur. in the Mortuary Chapel at Thomastown Park, co. Tipperary)

created

12 Oct 1783 Baron Landaff, of Thomastown in the County of Tipperary

4 Dec 1793 Viscount Landaff

22 Nov 1797 Earl of Landaff

suc. by

son by first wife

note

Member of Parliament for co. Tipperary 1768-83; Sheriff of co. Tipperary 1769; Custos Rotulorum of co. Tipperary 1769-1806; Col, 14th Regiment of Foot 1794-97; a Representative Peer for Ireland 1801

Francis James [Mathew], 2nd Earl of Landaff, KP

born

2 Jan 1768

mar.

10 Jul 1797 Gertrude Cecilia La Touche (d. Jul 1837), 2nd dau. and cohrss. of John La Touche, of Harristown, co. Kildare, by his wife Gertrude Fitzgerald, dau. of Robert Uniacke Fitzgerald, of Corkbegg, co. Cork

died

s.p. 12 Mar 1833 (bur. in the Mortuary Chapel at Thomastown Park, co. Tipperary)

note

Member of Parliament for Callan 1796 and for co. Tipperary 1790-92, 1796-1800 and 1801-06; a Representative Peer for Ireland; Col Commandant, 99th Regiment of Foot 1805-11; Knight of St Patrick 1831

On the death of the 2nd Earl of Landaff the Earldom of Landaff became extinct.

 First written 29 Oct 2004

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