Baron Annaly is a title that has been created three times, twice in the Peerage of Ireland and once in the

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Annaly Annaly is an Irish lordship and former principality, named for its conqueror Angaile, or An Uillin, ancestor of the Ó Fearghail. The territory of Annaly coincides with modern County Longford and was conquered in the 10th century by An Uillin, ...

is named after the ancient term for the general locale, which in turn was named after the original ancient king. The third creation is currently extant.

History

The first creation came in the Peerage of Ireland in 1766 when the lawyer and politician John Gore was made Baron Annaly, of Tenelick in the County of Longford. He had previously represented Jamestown and

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in the Irish House of Commons and served as Solicitor-General for Ireland from 1760 to 1764. Gore was the son of

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, younger son of Sir Arthur Gore, 1st Baronet, whose elder son Paul Gore was the grandfather of Arthur Gore, 1st Earl of Arran. George, like his son, was Attorney General and a High Court judge. Other members of the Gore family include the Gore baronets of Magharabeg, the

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and the

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(a title which has come into the family through marriage). On Lord Annaly's death in 1784 the title became extinct. The second creation came in the Peerage of Ireland in 1789 when Henry Gore was created Baron Annaly, of Tenelick, in the County of Longford. He was the younger brother of

John Gore, 1st Baron Annaly John Gore, 1st Baron Annaly PC (Ire) (2 March 1718 – 3 April 1784) was an Irish politician and peer. Biography He was the second son of George Gore, judge of the Court of Common Pleas (Ireland). George was in turn the son of Sir Arthur Gor ...

of the 1766 creation. Gore had previously represented

and Lanesborough in the Irish House of Commons. On his death in 1793 this title became extinct as well. The third creation came in the

in 1863 when the

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politician Henry White was made Baron Annaly, of Annaly and Rathcline in the County of Longford. He had earlier represented

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and

in the House of Commons and also served as Lord Lieutenant of County Longford. White's father Luke White had previously represented County Leitrim in Parliament as a Whig. The first Baron's son, the second Baron, sat as a

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for County Clare,

and Kidderminster and served as a

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from 1862 to 1866 in the Liberal administrations of Lord Palmerston and Lord Russell. He was also Lord Lieutenant of County Longford. , the title is held by his great-great-grandson, the sixth Baron, who succeeded his father in 1990. He served briefly as a government whip in 1994 in the

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. However, Lord Annaly lost his seat in the

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after the House of Lords Act of 1999 removed the automatic right of hereditary peers to sit in the upper chamber of Parliament. The family seat was

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, near Clonsilla,

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Barons Annaly, first creation (1766)

(1718–1784)

Barons Annaly, second creation (1789)

Henry Gore, 1st Baron Annaly Henry Gore, 1st Baron Annaly (8 March 1728 – 5 June 1793) was an Anglo-Irish politician and peer. Gore was the third son of George Gore and Bridget Sankey. One of his elder brothers was John Gore, who was created Baron Annaly (first creation) i ...

(1728–1793)

Barons Annaly, third creation (1863)

Luttrellstown Castle by Rose Barton 1898

Henry White, 1st Baron Annaly Henry White, 1st Baron Annaly (1791 – 3 September 1873), was an Irish British Army soldier and politician. Biography Annaly was the son of Luke White, who had made a large fortune as a bookseller and lottery operator in Dublin. His mother was ...

(1791–1873) *

Luke White, 2nd Baron Annaly Luke White, 2nd Baron Annaly KP (26 September 1829 – 16 March 1888), was an Anglo-Irish Liberal politician. Annaly was the son of Henry White, 1st Baron Annaly, and his wife Ellen (née Dempster), and was educated at Eton. He served in the Br ...

(1829–1888) *Luke White, 3rd Baron Annaly (1857–1922) *Luke Henry White, 4th Baron Annaly (1885–1970) * Luke Robert White, 5th Baron Annaly (1927–1990) * Luke Richard White, 6th Baron Annaly (born 1954) The

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is the present holder's only son Luke Henry White (born 1990).

Feudal lords and feudal barons of Annaly, Westmeath and later County Longford

In 1552, King Edward VI granted lands of Annalye to Baron Delvin including the Holy Island and lands of the O'Ferralls. In 1556-57, Philip and Mary made grants to Lord Baron Delvin of the northern Annaly region before the county became County Longford. King James I also granted to Lord Baron Delvin the Island and monastery of Inchemore, otherwise Inismore, in the Annalie. Grant of Inchemore Island to Baron Delvin by King James"> Grant of Inchemore Island to Baron Delvin by King James
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References

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Annaly Extinct baronies in the Peerage of Ireland Baronies in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

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