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Baron Cloncurry, of Cloncurry in the County of Kildare, was a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created on 29 December 1789 for Sir Nicholas Lawless, 1st Baronet, who had earlier represented Lifford in the Irish House of Commons. He had already been created a Baronet, of Abington in the County of Limerick, in the
Baron Cloncurry, of Cloncurry in the County of Kildare, was a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created on 29 December 1789 for Sir Nicholas Lawless, 1st Baronet, who had earlier represented Lifford in the Irish House of Commons. He had already been created a Baronet, of Abington in the County of Limerick, in the Baronetage of Ireland
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on 6 August 1776. He was succeeded by his son, the second Baron. On 14 September 1831 he was created Baron Cloncurry, of Cloncurry in the County of Kildare, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
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. He had divorced his first wife, Elizabeth Georgiana Morgan, in 1811 after a particularly scandalous lawsuit, on the ground of her adultery with Sir John Piers, 6th Baronet
Sir John Bennett Piers, 6th Baronet, of Tristernagh Abbey, (1772 – 22 July 1845) was an Anglo-Irish baronet, now mainly remembered for his part in the Cloncurry case, an adultery scandal of the early 19th century, and for being the subject of ...
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The 3rd Baron committed suicide
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in 1869 by jumping from the third floor of his house, Lyons Place.Freeman's Journal, 6 April 1869 The titles descended from father to son until the death of the fourth Baron, in 1928. The late Baron was succeeded by his younger brother, the fifth Baron. He was unmarried and the titles became extinct on his death on 18 July 1929.
Barons Cloncurry (1789)
* Nicholas Lawless, 1st Baron Cloncurry (1735–1799) * Valentine Browne Lawless, 2nd Baron Cloncurry (1773–1853) *Edward Lawless, 3rd Baron Cloncurry (1816–1869) * Valentine Lawless, 4th Baron Cloncurry (1840–1928) *Frederick Lawless, 5th Baron Cloncurry (1847–1929)References
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cloncurry Extinct baronies in the Peerage of Ireland Noble titles created in 1789 Extinct baronies in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Noble titles created in 1831