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Gaulstown, County Westmeath
Gaulstown, also spelt Gallstown is a townland in County Westmeath, Ireland. The townland is located in between the towns of Rochfortbridge and Milltownpass, close to the R446 regional road.. Neighbouring townlands include Bellfield, Corcloon, Drumman, Milltown and Windmill to the east, Gibbonstown and Gortumly to the west and Mahonstown to the north. History The townland is recorded on the Griffith Valuation in 1868, under Gallstown. A total of 10 tenants are listed in the townland, residing on property owned by the Lord Kilmaine. The Lord Kilmaine himself ( Francis Browne, 4th Baron Kilmaine) is also residing in the townland. Gaulstown House Gaulstown House was a large country house that stood on the townland. The house was home of the Rochfort family for centuries, before being passed to John Browne, 1st Baron Kilmaine and his descendents. It was largely demolished in an attack by the Irish Republican Army during the Irish War of Independence. Residents of the hou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County Westmeath
"Noble above nobility" , image_map = Island of Ireland location map Westmeath.svg , subdivision_type = Sovereign state, Country , subdivision_name = Republic of Ireland, Ireland , subdivision_type1 = Provinces of Ireland, Province , subdivision_name1 = , subdivision_type2 = Regions of Ireland, Region , subdivision_name2 = Eastern and Midland Region, Eastern and Midland , seat_type = County town , seat = Mullingar , parts_type = Largest settlement , parts = Athlone , leader_title = Local government in the Republic of Ireland, Local authority , leader_name = Westmeath County Council , leader_title2 = Dáil constituencies , leader_name2 = , leader_title3 = European Parliament constituencies in the Republic of Ireland, EP constituency , leader_name3 = Midlands–North-West (European Parliament constituenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Browne, 4th Baron Kilmaine
Francis William Browne, 4th Baron Kilmaine (24 March 1843 – 9 November 1907) was an Anglo-Irish politician and landowner. He was an Irish representative peer and Sheriff of County Westmeath in 1870. Life Browne was born in London, the eldest son of John Cavendish Browne, 3rd Baron Kilmaine, and his second wife, Mary Law, daughter of politician Charles Ewan Law (by his father's first wife, he had three half-brothers who died unmarried before their father.) He succeeded to his father's title in 1873. He held in Ireland, and was a member of gentlemen's clubs in both London and Dublin. He was elected as an Irish representative peer, holding that role from 1890 until his death. He was appointed as High Sheriff of County Westmeath in 1870. Personal life In 1877, Browne married Alice Emily, daughter of Col. Dean Shute, sister of Sir Cameron Shute, and niece of General Sir Charles Cameron Shute. They had one son, John Edward Deane Browne, who married Lady Aline Kennedy, daugh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Browne, 5th Baron Kilmaine
John Edward Deane Browne, 5th Baron Kilmaine (18 March 1878 – 27 August 1946) was an Anglo-Irish politician and landowner. He sat in the House of Lords, within the Imperial British Parliament, as an Irish representative peer (1911–1946). Biography Browne was born in England, the only child of Francis Browne, 4th Baron Kilmaine and Alice Emily Shute. He was the nephew of Sir Cameron Shute. He was educated at Magdalen College, Oxford, and abroad. His father, who reportedly suffered from "acute nervous disease" for many years, died by suicide in 1907, when he jumped out of a hotel room in Paris, where he had gone for treatment. John succeeded him as the 5th Baron Kilmaine. In 1911, he was elected to serve as an Irish representative peer in the UK Parliament. Browne inherited considerable lands from his father. He sold the family seat of Gaulstown Park, County Westmeath in 1918. He sold their estate at Nealepark in Neale, County Mayo and remaining Irish lands in 1925 and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Browne, 3rd Baron Kilmaine
John Cavendish Browne, 3rd Baron Kilmaine (11 June 1794 – 13 January 1873) was an Anglo-Irish politician and landowner. He was an List of Irish representative peers, Irish representative peer (1849–73). Kilmaine was the eldest son of James Browne, 2nd Baron Kilmaine and Anne Cavendish, daughter of Sir Henry Cavendish, 2nd Baronet. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. He died in Dublin in 1873. Kilmaine was married twice and was succeeded by his eldest surviving son, Francis Browne, 4th Baron Kilmaine, Francis William. Marriage and issue Lord Kilmaine was twice married and had 17 children, all but three of whom survived to adulthood. He married firstly, in 1822, Elizabeth Lyon, daughter of David Lyon. They had three sons, all officers in the British Army who died unmarried, and four daughters: *Lieut.-Col. Hon. James Lyon Browne (19 November 1822 – 5 September 1860) *Hon. Isabella Anne Browne (1825 – 16 March 1916), married Miles Stapleton, 8th Baron Beaumont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Browne, 2nd Baron Kilmaine
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James Caulfeild Browne, 2nd Baron Kilmaine (16 March 1765 – 23 May 1825) was an Anglo-Irish Member of Parliament and landowner. He sat in the House of Commons of Ireland in 1790. He was an MP for Carlow Borough from January 1790 to May 1790. He was the eldest son of John Browne, 1st Baron Kilmaine, and his wife, Hon. Alicia Caulfeild, daughter of James Caulfeild, 3rd Earl of Charlemont. He resided at Gaulstown House. References 1765 births 1825 deaths Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Carlow constituencies Barons in the Peerage of Ireland James James is a common English language surname and given name: *James (name), the typically masculine first name James * James (surname), various people with the last name James James or James City may also refer to: People * King James (disambiguat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Rochfort, 2nd Earl Of Belvedere
George Augustus Rochfort, 2nd Earl of Belvedere (12 October 1738 – 13 May 1814) was an Anglo-Irish peer and politician. Early years George Augustus Rochfort was born on 12 October 1738, son of Robert Rochfort, 1st Earl of Belvedere and Hon. Mary Molesworth. The Rochfort family, originally called De Rupe Forti, had settled in Ireland in 1243. Sir Maurice de Rochfort was Lord Justice of Ireland in 1302. Gerald Rochfort was summoned to Parliament as a baron in 1339. George's great-grandfather was the prominent lawyer Robert Rochfort, Attorney General of Ireland and Speaker of the House of Commons in 1695, and Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer in 1707. The family estate of Gaulstown lay on the shore of Lough Ennell in County Westmeath. George's father, Robert Rochfort, was a favourite courtier of King George II of Great Britain. He was made an Irish peer as Baron of Bellfield in 1737, and then Earl of Belvedere in 1756. He was estranged from his mother during his childhood, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Rochfort, 1st Earl Of Belvedere
Robert Rochfort, 1st Earl of Belvedere PC (26 March 1708 – 13 November 1774) was an Anglo-Irish politician and peer. He became notorious for his abusive treatment of his second wife, Mary Molesworth. Early life He was the son of Rt. Hon. George Rochfort (son of Robert Rochfort, Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer), and Lady Elizabeth Moore, daughter of Henry Hamilton-Moore, 3rd Earl of Drogheda. He sat in the Irish House of Commons as the Member of Parliament for Westmeath between 1731 and 1738. On 16 March 1738, he was raised to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Belfield and assumed his seat in the Irish House of Lords, quickly becoming a favourite in the court of George II of Great Britain. In 1746, Belfield was challenged to a duel on account of a long-due debt of honour by Richard Herbert MP. The duel took place in the fields between Tottenham Court Road and Marylebone on Saturday 23 August 1746. Belfield was badly wounded, and Herbert received a ball in the eye which c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Rochfort
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George Rochfort may refer to: *George Rochfort (politician) (1682–1730), Anglo-Irish politician *George Rochfort, 2nd Earl of Belvedere (1738–1814), Anglo-Irish politician and peer *George Boyd-Rochfort (1880–1940), Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross The Victoria Cross (VC) is the highest and most prestigious award of the British honours system. It is awarded for valour "in the presence of the enemy" to members of the British Armed Forces and may be awarded posthumously. It was previously ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Rochfort
James Rochfort (died 1652) was a leading lieutenant colonel in Oliver Cromwell's Army during the English Civil War. He was better known by the nickname ''Prime Iron'' Rochfort. Early life James Rochfort was the son of James Rochfort, who in turn was the son of Walter Rochfort and Catherine Sarsfield of Agherry, County Wicklow. Career James Rochfort of Clogrenane, County Cork served under Sir Charles Coote's regiment in 1641. By 1642 he was a Captain of Foot stationed in Naas with 100 other men. In 1647 he was described as a lieutenant colonel under Colonel Long. He married Thomasine Piggott Hull, daughter of Sir Robert Piggott, and widow of Argentine Hull of Leamcon, County Cork, who died in 1637. Thomasine had two children with her first husband, Charles (b 1636) and Mary (b 1638). With James Rochfort they had two daughters, Thomasine (1648-1848) and Dorothy (born 1649). They also had two sons, including the eldest son and heir Robert Rochfort. Death Lieutenant Colonel James ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Rochfort
Robert Rochfort (9 December 1652 – 10 October 1727) was a leading Irish lawyer, politician and judge of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. He held office as Attorney General for Ireland, Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer, and Speaker of the Irish House of Commons. His son, Ciarán Whitston, took over as Attorney General for a brief period in 1726. Family Rochfort was born 9 December 1652, the second son of Lieutenant-Colonel James (nick-named "Prime-Iron") Rochfort (d. 1652), a Cromwellian soldier, and his wife Thomasina Pigott, daughter of Sir Robert Pigott of Dysart Manor, County Laois, and widow of Argentine Hull of Leamcon, County Cork. Robert was born posthumously: his father, who had fatally wounded one Major Turner in a duel, was court-martialled and executed for murder a few months before Robert's birth. His mother made a third marriage to George Peyton of Streamstown, County Roscommon, who was her distant cousin through her mother Thomasina Peyton, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish War Of Independence
The Irish War of Independence () or Anglo-Irish War was a guerrilla war fought in Ireland from 1919 to 1921 between the Irish Republican Army (IRA, the army of the Irish Republic) and British forces: the British Army, along with the quasi-military Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) and its paramilitary forces the Auxiliaries and Ulster Special Constabulary (USC). It was part of the Irish revolutionary period. In April 1916, Irish republicans launched the Easter Rising against British rule and proclaimed an Irish Republic. Although it was crushed after a week of fighting, the Rising and the British response led to greater popular support for Irish independence. In the December 1918 election, republican party Sinn Féin won a landslide victory in Ireland. On 21 January 1919 they formed a breakaway government (Dáil Éireann) and declared Irish independence. That day, two RIC officers were killed in the Soloheadbeg ambush by IRA volunteers acting on their own initiative. The conf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish Republican Army (1922–1969)
The Irish Republican Army of 1922–1969, an anti-Treaty sub-group of the original Irish Republican Army (1919-1922), fought against the Irish Free State in the Irish Civil War, and its successors up to 1969, when the IRA split again into the Provisional IRA and Official IRA. The original Irish Republican Army fought a guerrilla war against British rule in Ireland in the Irish War of Independence between 1919 and 1921. Following the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty on 6 December 1921, the IRA in the 26 counties that were to become the Irish Free State split between supporters and opponents of the Treaty. The anti-Treatyites, sometimes referred to by Free State forces as "Irregulars", continued to use the name "Irish Republican Army" (IRA) or in Irish ''Óglaigh na hÉireann'', as did the organisation in Northern Ireland which originally supported the pro-Treaty side (if not the Treaty). ''Óglaigh na hÉireann'' was also adopted as the name of the pro-Treaty National Army, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
