Edward Brabazon, 1st Baron Ardee (c. 1548 – 7 August 1625) was an
Anglo-Irish
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peer.
Brabazon was the eldest son of
Sir William Brabazon (died 1552), the Lord Justice of the
Kingdom of Ireland
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, and Elizabeth Clifford (died 1581). His mother was the daughter and co-heiress of Nicholas Clifford of Holme in
Kent
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and Mary Harper, sister of Sir
George Harper. She was a much married lady, and Edward as a result had numerous half-siblings, including the distinguished soldier
Sir William Warren, and
Garret Moore, 1st Viscount Moore
Garret Moore, 1st Viscount Moore PC (I) (1564 – 9 November 1627) was an Anglo-Irish politician and peer.
Birth and origins
Garret was a son of Sir Edward Moore of Mellifont and his wife Elizabeth Clifford. His father was a knight and owner of ...
.
A younger son of Sir William, Sir Anthony Brabazon, settled in
County Galway
"Righteousness and Justice"
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and
County Roscommon
"Steadfast Irish heart"
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and founded a junior branch of the family. He married Ursula Malby, daughter of Sir
Nicholas Malby
Sir Nicholas Malby (1530?–1584) was an English soldier active in Ireland, Lord President of Connaught from 1579 to 1581.
Life
He was born probably about 1530. In 1556 his name appears in a list of persons willing to take part in the plantation ...
, governor of
Connacht
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.
Ballinasloe
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Castle, built by a
Hiberno-Norman
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knight
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in the 13th century, was granted by Queen Elizabeth to Sir Nicholas Malby. Sir Anthony took up residence in the Castle, holding it in fee by knight's service.
Edward grew up at Thomas Court, near present-day
Thomas Street in
Dublin
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city, where his father had built a house out of the lands of the former Abbey of St Thomas the Martyr, which were granted to him after the
Dissolution of the Monasteries. The Abbey's lands included Killruddery, near
Bray, County Wicklow
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. The building of the original
Kilruddery House seems to have begun in Edward's later years: Kilruddery is still the family home, although no trace of the original house survives. He occupied
Ballinasloe
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castle in the 1570s/80s, on land previously held by
Seán na Maighe Ó Cellaigh.
![Kilruddery](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/Kilruddery.JPG)
He was made a member of the
Privy Council of Ireland
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in 1584. In 1585, he held the office of Member of Parliament for
Wicklow County in the
Irish House of Commons
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. He was knighted on 24 August 1595. Brabazon was
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in 1606 and served as MP for
Bangor between 1613 and 1615. He was a member of the Council of Munster in 1615. On 19 July 1616, he was created Baron Ardee in the
Peerage of Ireland
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and took his seat in the
Irish House of Lords
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It was modelled on the House of Lords of England, with membe ...
.
Family
Edward Brabazon married Mary Smythe, the daughter of Thomas Smythe Esq. of Surrey,
Clerk of the Green Cloth
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to
Elizabeth I
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El ...
and his wife Eleanor Hazelrigg, and together they had at least six children. His eldest son predeceased him and his second son,
William
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, was made
Earl of Meath
Earl of Meath is a title in the Peerage of Ireland created in 1627 and held by the head of the Brabazon family. This family descends from Sir Edward Brabazon, who represented County Wicklow in the Irish House of Commons and served as High Sheri ...
in 1627.
[W. Owen, ''The Peerage of England, Scotland, and Ireland: The peerage of Ireland'' (1790), 32.]
![SirJohnBramston](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/69/SirJohnBramston.jpg)
He had at least three daughters (there are thought to have been others who died young):
*Elizabeth (died 1647) who married as his second wife
George Montgomery,
Bishop of Meath
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History
Unti ...
. After his death she remarried
Sir John Brereton, the King's
Serjeant-at-law (Ireland)
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Origins of the office of serjeant
The first recorded serjeant was Roger Owen, who was appointed between 1261 and 1266, although the title itself was not commonly ...
. Finally, in 1631 she married her early sweetheart,
Sir John Bramston, the
Lord Chief Justice
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. Her father, when they were young, had forbidden them to marry but her brother evidently approved of the match, which was celebrated at Kilruderry. Her stepchildren were rather perturbed to learn that their father had cherished a lifelong romantic attachment to Elizabeth, whom they described as being a small, fat, red-faced, middle-aged woman, but they quickly came to appreciate her many virtues.
*Susannah (died before 1628) who married
Luke Plunkett, 1st Earl of Fingall
Lucas More Plunket of Killeen, County Meath (before 1602 – 29 March 1637), styled Lucas Môr, tenth lord Killeen, created Earl of Fingall on 26 September 1628, was an Irish peer.
Biography
Plunket was the elder son of Christopher Plunket, 9th B ...
and had issue.
*Ursula (died 1625) who married
James Hamilton, 1st Viscount Clandeboye; they divorced c.1615.
References
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Year of birth uncertain
1625 deaths
Barons in the Peerage of Ireland
Peers of Ireland created by James I
16th-century Anglo-Irish people
17th-century Anglo-Irish people
Irish people of Norman descent
Members of the Privy Council of Ireland
Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Wicklow constituencies
High Sheriffs of Staffordshire
Edward
Edward is an English given name. It is derived from the Anglo-Saxon name ''Ēadweard'', composed of the elements '' ēad'' "wealth, fortune; prosperous" and '' weard'' "guardian, protector”.
History
The name Edward was very popular in Anglo-Sa ...
People from The Liberties, Dublin
People from County Wicklow
People from County Galway