Baron Saint George was a title that was created twice in the

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. The first creation came in 1715 when Sir George St George, 2nd Baronet, was made Baron Saint George, of Hatley Saint George in the Counties of Roscommon and Leitrim. The Baronetcy, of Carrickdrumrusk in the County of Leitrim, was created in the

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in 1660 for his father,

Oliver St George Oliver St George (1661 – 15 April 1731) was an Irish politician. The son of Sir Oliver St George, 1st Baronet and Olivia Beresford, he married Mary, daughter of Thomas Knox and Mary Bruce, in 1701. He was elected to the Irish House of Com ...

. Lord St George died without male issue in 1735 when the titles became extinct. The title was revived in 1763 when St George St George was made Baron Saint George, of Hatley Saint George in the County of Roscommon. Born St George Ussher, he was the son of John Ussher and the Honourable Mary, daughter of the first Baron of the first creation. He assumed by Royal licence the surname of St George in lieu of his patronymic. Before his elevation to the peerage, Lord St George had represented Carrick in the

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. He had no surviving male issue and the title became extinct on his death in 1775. Olivia Ussher, sister of Lord St George, married Arthur French. Their son Christopher French assumed the surname of St George in lieu of his patronymic. He was the grandfather of

Christopher St George Christopher St George Justice of the Peace, JP Deputy Lieutenant, DL (1812 – 13 November 1877) was an Irish Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament. He was son of Arthur French St George by his wife Lady Harriet, daughter o ...

. Sir Richard St George, grandfather of the first Baronet, was

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, brother of the first Baron of the first creation, was a politician.

St George Baronets, of Carrickdrumrusk (1660)

Sir Oliver St George, 1st Baronet Sir Oliver St George, 1st Baronet (died October 1695) was an Irish Member of Parliament. Biography Oliver St George was the son of Sir George St George of Carrickdrumrusk and Katherine Gifford, and grandson of Richard St George, Clarenceux King o ...

(died 1695) * Sir George St George, 2nd Baronet (died 1735) (created Baron Saint George in 1715)

Baron Saint George; First creation (1715)

George St George, 1st Baron St George George St George, 1st Baron St George (c. 1658 – 4 August 1735) was an Anglo-Irish politician, soldier and peer. St George was the son of Sir Oliver St George, 1st Baronet and Olivia Beresford, daughter of Michael Beresford, of Coleraine, Coun ...

(died 1735)

Baron Saint George; Second creation (1763)

St George St George, 1st Baron St George St George St George, 1st Baron Saint George (circa 1715 – 2 January 1775), was an Irish politician. Born St George Ussher, he was the son of John Ussher by his wife Mary St George, daughter of the 1st Baron St George. He succeeded his f ...

(died 1775)

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