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Earl Tylney, of Castlemaine in the County of Kerry, was a title in the
Peerage of Ireland
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. It was created on 11 June 1731 for
Richard Child, 1st Viscount Castlemaine. The Child family descended from the merchant, economist and colonial administrator
Josiah Child
Sir Josiah Child, 1st Baronet, , (c. 1630/31 – 22 June 1699) was an English economist, merchant and politician. He was an economist proponent of mercantilism and governor of the East India Company. He led the company in the Anglo-Mughal War. ...
, who on 16 July 1678 was created a
baronet
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, of Wanstead in the County of Essex, in the
Baronetage of England
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Baronetage of England (1611–1705)
King James I ...
. The first Baronet was succeeded by his son from his second marriage, Sir Josiah Child, 2nd Baronet.
The second baronet died young and childless, though engaged to be married, in 1704, having briefly represented
Wareham in the
House of Commons
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from 1702, and was succeeded by his half-brother, Sir Richard Child, 3rd Baronet, the second son from the third marriage of the first Baronet, his elder brother Bernard, also from the third marriage, having predeceased his father in 1698. In 1703, the future third Baronet, had married Dorothy, daughter of John Glynne, younger son of
Sir John Glynne
Sir John Glynne KS (1602 – 15 November 1666) was a Welsh lawyer of the Commonwealth and Restoration periods, who rose to become Lord Chief Justice of the Upper Bench, under Oliver Cromwell. He sat in the House of Commons at various times bet ...
,
Lord Chief Justice
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, by Dorothy, daughter of Francis Tylney, of Tylney Hall,
Hampshire
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. On 24 April 1718, he was raised to the
Peerage of Ireland
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as Baron Newtown, in the County of Donegal, and Viscount Castlemaine, in the County of Kerry. In 1731, he was created Earl Tylney, of Castlemaine in the County of Kerry, also in the Peerage of Ireland. In 1733, Lord Tylney assumed by Act of Parliament for himself and his heirs in the peerage
[The Earl's younger son Josiah, a Lt. in the Royal Navy, retained the surname ''Child''] the surname of Tylney in lieu of Child. His eldest son Richard Tylney, therefore known as Richard Child until 1733, styled ''Viscount Castlemaine'' from 1731 until his death in 1734 predeceased his father without issue, and the Earl was thus succeeded by his second son, John, 2nd Earl Tylney. He was a
Fellow of the Royal Society
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. Lord Tylney died unmarried and therefore without legal issue in 1784, upon which all the titles became extinct.
Lady Emma, daughter of the first Earl, married
Sir Robert Long, 6th Baronet
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The only surviving son of Sir James Long, 5th Baronet and his wife Henrietta Greville, Long was baptised on 8 November 1705 at St Martin in the Fields, Westmi ...
. Their son
James
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succeeded to the estates of his uncle the second Earl on his death, upon which he assumed the additional surname of Tylney. For more information on this title, see
Tylney-Long baronets
The Long, later Tylney-Long Baronetcy, of Westminster in the County of London, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created in 1662 for Robert Long.
History
The baronetcy was created for Robert Long, Member of Parliament from 16 ...
.
Child baronets, of Wanstead (1678)
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Sir Josiah Child, 1st Baronet
Sir Josiah Child, 1st Baronet, , (c. 1630/31 – 22 June 1699) was an English economist, merchant and politician. He was an economist proponent of mercantilism and governor of the East India Company. He led the company in the Anglo-Mughal War. ...
(c. 1630–1699)
*Sir Josiah Child, 2nd Baronet (c. 1668–1704)
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Sir Richard Child, 3rd Baronet (1680–1750) (created Viscount Castlemaine in 1718 and Earl Tylney in 1731)
Earls Tylney (1731)
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Richard Child, 1st Earl Tylney
Richard Child, 1st Earl Tylney (5 February 1680 – March 1750), was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1708 and 1734. Initially a Tory, he switched to supporting the Whigs after 1715. He held no Office of State, ...
(1680–1750)
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John Tylney, 2nd Earl Tylney
John Tylney, 2nd Earl Tylney (1712 – 17 September 1784) was an English aristocrat and member of parliament who moved to Italy after a homosexual scandal.
Life
Child was baptized on 22 October 1712. He was the third son of Richard Child, 1st Ear ...
(1712–1784)
Notes
References
*Hayton, David (ed.), The House of Commons 1690-1715, vol.2, p. 526. Biography of Richard Child.
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Extinct earldoms in the Peerage of Ireland
1731 establishments in Ireland
Noble titles created in 1731