Earl of Tyrconnell is a title that has been created four times in the

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. It was first created in 1603, for

Rory O'Donnell, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell Rory O'Donnell (; 1575 – 30 July 1608), younger brother of Hugh Roe O'Donnell, was the last King of Tyrconnell and 1st Earl of Tyrconnell.An apparent original of the letters patent of the Earldom were in the possession of Count Maximilian ...

, formerly king of

Tyrconnell Tyrconnell (), also spelled Tirconnell, was a kingdom of Gaelic Ireland, associated geographically with present-day County Donegal, which has sometimes been called ''County Tyrconnell''. At times it also included parts of County Fermanagh, Cou ...

, along with the subsidiary title Baron Donegal. The 1st Earl was succeeded by his son

Hugh O'Donnell, 2nd Earl of Tyrconnell Hugh Albert O'Donnell, 2nd Earl of Tyrconnell (October 1606 – August/September 1642 ) (originally known in Irish as Aodh Ailbhe mac Rudhraighe Uí Dhomhnaill), was titular King of Tír Conaill, and son of Rory O'Donnell, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell ...

, but both titles were attainted in 1614. Following the

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of the Gaelic aristocracy in 1607, and the ensuing

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, it was created a second time in 1661 for the 2nd Viscount FitzWilliam, but became extinct on his death in 1667. It was created a third time in 1685 for Sir Richard Talbot, along with the subsidiary titles Viscount Baltinglass and Baron Talbotstown, but all these titles were forfeit in 1691 when Lord Tyrconnell joined

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against the

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. King James also created him Duke of Tyrconnell and Marquess of Tyrconnell in 1689, but these titles were recognised only by

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(see Jacobite peerage). The title was created a fourth and final time in 1761 for the 3rd Baron Carpenter, along with the subsidiary title Viscount Carlingford. These titles became extinct on the death of the 4th Earl in 1853. The 1st Baron Carpenter was a distinguished soldier, who was a

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for Whitchurch in 1715–1722 and

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from 1722. The 2nd Baron Carpenter was Member of Parliament for

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in 1717–27 and for

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in 1741–7

Earls of Tyrconnell, first creation (1603)

(1575–1608) *

(died 1642) (attainted 1614)

Earls of Tyrconnell, second creation (1661)

* Oliver FitzWilliam, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell (died 1667) (extinct)

Earls of Tyrconnell, third creation (1685)

Richard Talbot, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell Richard Talbot, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell PC (c. 1630 – 14 August 1691) was an Irish politician, courtier and soldier. Talbot's early career was spent as a cavalryman in the Irish Confederate Wars. Following a period on the Continent, he joined ...

(died 1691) (forfeit 1691)

Baron Carpenter (of Killaghy) (1719)

* General

George Carpenter, 1st Baron Carpenter Lieutenant-General George Carpenter, 1st Baron Carpenter of Killaghy, 10 February 1657 to 10 February 1731, was a member of the landed gentry from Herefordshire and career soldier in the British Army. He served as Commander-in-Chief, Scotland fr ...

(1657–1732) *

George Carpenter, 2nd Baron Carpenter Lieutenant-Colonel George Carpenter, 2nd Baron Carpenter FRS (c. 1695 – 12 July 1749) of the Homme, Dilwyn, Herefordshire was an English landowner and Member of Parliament at different periods between 1717 and 1747. Personal details George ...

(died 1749) * George Carpenter, 3rd Baron Carpenter, created Earl of Tyrconnell in 1761

Earls of Tyrconnell, fourth creation (1761)

George Carpenter, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell George Carpenter, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell (26 August 1723 – 9 March 1762), known as The Lord Carpenter between 1749 and 1761, was a British peer and politician. Background Carpenter was the only surviving son of George Carpenter, 2nd Baron Car ...

(1723–1762) * George Carpenter, 2nd Earl of Tyrconnell (1750–1805) *

George Carpenter, 3rd Earl of Tyrconnell George Carpenter, 3rd Earl of Tyrconnell (1788 – 20 December 1812), known as George Carpenter until 1805, was a British peer and soldier who died fighting the French forces led by Napoleon Bonaparte at Wilna (Vilnius), in then Russian Empi ...

(1788–1812) *

John Delaval Carpenter, 4th Earl of Tyrconnell John Delaval Carpenter, 4th Earl of Tyrconnell Royal Guelphic Order, GCH, Royal Society, FRS (16 December 1790 – 25 June 1853) was a British peer. He served with the North York Corps of Yeomanry. Background Carpenter was the second son of Ch ...

(1790–1853) (Earldom becomes extinct) The Earl had no surviving children. Upon his demise, and then that of his spouse, the Carpenter surname and arms Carpenter were assumed by Royal Licence, dated 1 June 1868, by The Hon. Walter Cecil Carpenter (1834 - 1904), formerly known as The Hon. Walter Cecil Talbot. He later became an Admiral in the Royal Navy.

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. Edited by Paul Walsh and Colm Ó Lochlainn. Irish Texts Society, vol. 42. Dublin: Educational Company of Ireland, 1948 (original Gaelic manuscript in the Royal Irish Academy in Dublin). *''A View of the Legal Institutions, Honorary Hereditary Offices, and Feudal Baronies established in Ireland'', by William Lynch, Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, published by Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, Paternoster Row, London, 1830 (O’Donnell: page 190, remainder to 1st creation Earl’s patent; page 405 on attainder). *''The Fate and Fortunes of the Earls of Tyrone (Hugh O’Neill) and Tyrconnel (Rory O’Donel), their flight from Ireland and death in exile'', by the Rev.

C. P. Meehan Charles Patrick Meehan (12 July 1812 – 14 March 1890) was an Irish Catholic priest, historian and editor. Life Meehan was born at 141 Parnell Street, Great Britain Street, Dublin, on 12 July 1812. He received his early education at Ballymah ...

, M.R.I.A., 2nd edition, James Duffy, London, 1870. * *H. M. Stephens, ‘Carpenter, George, first Baron Carpenter of Killaghy (1657–1732)’, rev. Timothy Harrison Place, ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 200

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