Hercules Langford Rowley
PC ( – 25 March 1794) was an Irish politician and landowner.
Early life
Rowley was born . He was the only son of Frances (
née
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Upton) Rowley and
Hercules Rowley
Hercules Rowley (1679 – 19 September 1742) was an Anglo-Irish politician.
Early life
He was the only son of Sir John Rowley who was knighted for his services at the time of the Restoration and the former Mary Langford eldest daughter and heire ...
,
a
Member of Parliament for
County Londonderry
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from 1703 until his death in 1742.
His sister, Dorothy Beresford Rowley, was the wife of
Richard Wingfield, 1st Viscount Powerscourt (parents of
Edward
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History
The name Edward was very popular in Anglo-Sa ...
and
Richard
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, the 2nd and 3rd
Viscounts Powerscourt).
His father was the only son of Sir John Rowley (who was knighted for his services at the time of the
Restoration
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* Conservation and restoration of cultural heritage
** Audio restoration
** Film restoration
** Image restoration
** Textile restoration
* Restoration ecology
...
) and the former Mary Langford (eldest daughter and heiress of
Sir Hercules Langford, 1st Baronet
Sir Hercules Langford, 1st Baronet (1626 – 1683) was an Anglo-Irish baronet, merchant and landowner.
Langford was appointed High Sheriff of Antrim in 1661 and was High Sheriff of Meath in 1677. A devout Presbyterian, Langford was removed from t ...
). In 1661, his great-grandfather Langford bought
Lynch's Castle
Summerhill House was a 100-roomed mansion in County Meath, Ireland which was the ancestral seat of the Viscounts Langford and the Barons Langford. Built in 1731, Summerhill House demonstrated the power and wealth the Langford Rowley family ha ...
(located on the
Sumerhill demesne
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in
County Meath) and many other townlands from
The Rt Rev. Dr.
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Henry Jones, the
Lord Bishop of Meath
The Bishop of Meath is an episcopal title which takes its name after the ancient Kingdom of Meath. In the Roman Catholic Church it remains as a separate title, but in the Church of Ireland it has been united with another bishopric.
History
Unt ...
. Among his extended family were aunts Anne Rowley (wife of
Sir Tristram Beresford, 1st Baronet
Sir Tristram Beresford, 1st Baronet (died 15 January 1673) was an Irish soldier and politician. He was the ancestor of the Marquesses of Waterford, the Barons Decies and the Beresford baronets, of William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford and Ch ...
), and Mary Rowley (wife of James Clotworthy).
Another family member, Lettice Rowley, was the wife of
Arthur Loftus, 3rd Viscount Loftus
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.
His maternal grandfather was
Arthur Upton
General Arthur Percy Upton CB (13 June 1777 – 22 January 1855) was an Anglo-Irish soldier, politician and amateur cricketer.
Background
Upton was the third son of Clotworthy Upton, 1st Baron Templetown, by Elizabeth Boughton, daughter of Shuck ...
of
Castle Upton
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in County Antrium.
Through his aunt Anne, he was a first cousin of
Sir Randal Beresford, 2nd Baronet
Sir Randal Beresford, 2nd Baronet (died 19 October 1681) was an Irish politician and baronet.
Early life
He was the son of Sir Tristram Beresford, 1st Baronet and his first wife Anne Rowley, daughter of John Rowley of Castleroe, County Londonderry ...
and through his aunt Mary, he was a first cousin of Mary Clotworthy (who married the Hon. Robert Fitzgerald, a son of
George FitzGerald, 16th Earl of Kildare, and was the mother of
Robert FitzGerald, 19th Earl of Kildare and grandmother of Lt.-Gen.
James FitzGerald, 1st Duke of Leinster).
Career
He held the office of High Sheriff of County Meath in 1738. He held the office of
Member of Parliament for
County Londonderry
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between 1743 and 1760. From 1761 to 1794, he was a Member of Parliament for
County Meath. He was appointed a member of the
Irish Privy Council
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.
On 19 February 1766, his wife was created
Viscountess Langford
Viscount Langford, of Longford Lodge, was a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created on 19 February 1766 for Elizabeth Rowley. She was made Baroness of Summerhill at the same time, also in the Peerage of Ireland. She was the wife of Hercules ...
of Langford Lodge in the
Peerage of Ireland. She was made
Baroness Summerhill at the same time, also in the Peerage of Ireland.
She was succeeded by her son, the second Viscount.
Rowley inherited his father's estates, including Lynch's Castle, which had been occupied by the Langfords since 1661. In 1731, Rowley hired architects Sir
Edward Lovett Pearce and
Richard Cassels
Richard Cassels (1690 – 1751), also known as Richard Castle, was an architect who ranks with Edward Lovett Pearce as one of the greatest architects working in Ireland in the 18th century. Cassels was born in 1690 in Kassel, Germany. Althou ...
to build him a new Georgian mansion on the property, known as
Summerhill House
Summerhill House was a 100-roomed mansion in County Meath, Ireland which was the ancestral seat of the Viscounts Langford and the Barons Langford. Built in 1731, Summerhill House demonstrated the power and wealth the Langford Rowley family ha ...
. Lynch's Castle was abandoned in the 1730s but remained on the land as a
folly. Summerhill House was damaged by fire on a number of occasions before it was set on fire by the
Irish Republican Army and completely destroyed in early 1921, remaining a ruin until it was totally demolished in 1970.
In 1743, upon entering parliament, Rowley purchased a large house on then fashionable
Mary Street in the North of Dublin city. The house was later to become known as
Langford House
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and was an imposing 5-bay, four-storey over basement structure.
Personal life
On 31 October 1732, he was married to
Elizabeth Ormsby Upton (1713–1791), the only daughter of
Clotworthy Upton (MP for the borough of Newton and
County Antrim) and Jane Ormsby (daughter of
John Ormsby MP for
Kilmallock). Together, they lived at
Summerhill, County Meath
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, and were the parents of:
* Hon. Jane Rowley (–1818), who married
Thomas Taylour (1724–1795), eldest son of
Sir Thomas Taylor, 2nd Baronet, in 1754. Successively, she became the
Baroness Headford in 1760,
Viscountess Headfort in 1762, and
Countess of Bective in 1766 as her husband was increasingly elevated in the
peerage of Ireland.
*
Hercules Rowley, 2nd Viscount Langford
Hercules Rowley, 2nd Viscount Langford (29 October 1737 – 24 March 1796), styled The Honourable Hercules Rowley between 1766 and 1791, was an Irish politician.
Rowley was the son of Hercules Rowley and Elizabeth Upton, 1st Viscountess Langfor ...
(1737–1796) a member of the
Irish House of Commons for
County Antrim and
Downpatrick. He died unmarried in March 1796.
* Maj. Hon. Clotworthy Rowley (1740–1781), who married Elizabeth Crosbie, daughter of
William Francis Crosbie
William Francis Crosbie (died 11 September 1768) was an Irish Member of Parliament.
In 1750, he married Frances Wesley, daughter of Richard Wesley, 1st Baron Mornington, and in 1758 he was elected to succeed his brother-in-law Garret Wesley, 2 ...
, MP for
Trim
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Cutting
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Decoration
* Trim (sewing), or ...
and Hon. Frances Wesley (a daughter of
Richard Wesley, 1st Baron Mornington), in 1775.
* Hon. Catherine Rowley (1748–1816), who married
Edward Pakenham, 2nd Baron Longford
Edward Michael Pakenham, 2nd Baron Longford (1 April 1743 – 3 June 1792) was an Irish sailor and landowner.
Early life
Pakenham was the son of Thomas Pakenham, 1st Baron Longford and Elizabeth Cuffe, 1st Countess of Longford. His parents had ...
, son of
Thomas Pakenham, 1st Baron Longford
Thomas Pakenham, 1st Baron Longford (May 1713 – 30 April 1766) was an Irish peer and politician.
Early life
He was born in May 1713 at Pakenham Hall, County Westmeath, Ireland, eldest son of Edward Pakenham and Margaret Bradestan.
His mate ...
and
Elizabeth Cuffe, 1st Countess of Longford. They resided at
Pakenham Hall Castle in
County Westmeath
"Noble above nobility"
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* Arthur Rowley, who died unmarried.
His wife died in 1791 and was succeeded in her titles by their eldest son,
Hercules. Rowley died on 25 March 1794 at Langford House in Dublin.
Descendants and legacy
The Viscountcy became extinct in 1796 on the death of their son Hercules. The Rowley estates were inherited by his grandson,
Clotworthy Taylour, the fourth son of his eldest daughter, the former Jane Rowley, and her husband,
Thomas Taylor, 1st Earl of Bective
Thomas Taylour, 1st Earl of Bective, KP, PC (Ire) (20 October 1724 – 14 February 1795) was an Irish peer and politician.
Early life
He was the oldest son of the former Sarah Graham and Sir Thomas Taylor, 2nd Baronet, a Member of the Parlia ...
. Clotworthy assumed, by Royal licence, the surname of Rowley in 1796 and, in 1800, the Langford title was revived when he was raised to the
Peerage of Ireland as
Baron Langford. In 1794,
Clotworthy married his first cousin, Frances Rowley (–1860), the daughter of Clotworthy Rowley and his wife, Elizbaeth Crosbie.
Through his daughter Jane, he was also a grandfather of
Thomas Taylour, 1st Marquess of Headfort (1757–1829), who married Mary Quin (a granddaughter of
Sir Henry Cavendish, 1st Baronet
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Biography
Cavendish was the son of William Cavendish and Mary Tyrell. He was descended from Sir W ...
); Major Hon.
Hercules Taylour (1759–1790), an MP died unmarried; and Gen. Hon.
Robert Taylour
Robert Taylour was an Anglican priest in Ireland in the first half of the eighteenth century.
Taylour was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. He was Archdeacon of Kilmacduagh from 1714 to 1726; and Dean of Clonfert
The Dean of Killaloe is ba ...
(1760–1839), also an MP who died unmarried; the Rev. Hon. Henry Edward Taylour (1768–1852), who married a granddaughter of the
1st Viscount Doneraile); and Lady Henrietta Taylour (d. 1838), who married
Chambré Brabazon Ponsonby-Barker
Chambré Brabazon Ponsonby-Barker (12 June 1762 – 13 December 1834) was an Irish Member of Parliament.
He was born Chambré Brabazon Ponsonby, son of Chambré Brabazon Ponsonby by his wife Mary, daughter of Sir William Barker, 3rd Baronet ...
MP (son of
Chambré Brabazon Ponsonby
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He was the son of Major-General Henry Ponsonby by his wife Lady Frances, daughter of Chambré Brabazon, 5th Earl of Meath. His paternal grandfather was Wil ...
).
Through his daughter Catherine, he was a grandfather of
Catherine Pakenham
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Early life
Catherine Pakenham was born on 14 ...
(1773–1831) (who married
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington),
Thomas Pakenham, 2nd Earl of Longford
Thomas Pakenham, 2nd Earl of Longford, (14 May 1774 – 28 May 1835), known as The Lord Longford between 1792 and 1794, was an Anglo-Irish peer.
Background
Pakenham was the eldest son of Edward Pakenham, 2nd Baron Longford, by Catherine Rowley ...
(1774–1835), Gen.
Sir Edward Pakenham (1778–1815), and Lt.-Gen. Sir
Hercules Robert Pakenham
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Early life
Hercules Robert Pakenham was born 29 September 1781, ...
(1781–1850) (''
aide-de-camp'' to
William IV).
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