Baron Rossmore, of

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in the County of Monaghan, is a title in the

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. It was created in 1796 for the soldier Robert Cuninghame, with remainder to his wife Elizabeth's nephews Henry Alexander Jones (the son of Theophilus Jones and Anne Murray, eldest sister of Elizabeth; Henry Alexander Jones died childless before his uncle Lord Rossmore) and Warner William Westenra, son of Henry Westenra and Harriet Murray, youngest sister of Elizabeth. Cuninghame was a General in the Army and served as Commander-in-Chief of Ireland. From January to August 1801 he also sat in the

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as an

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. Lord Rossmore died childless (his death gave rise to the legend of the Rossmore

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) and was succeeded according to the special remainder by his nephew Warner William Westenra, the second Baron. He represented

in the British House of Commons and also served as

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from 1831 to 1842. In 1838 he was created Baron Rossmore, of the County of Monaghan, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. This gave the barons an automatic seat in the

. His eldest son, Henry Robert Westenra, the third Baron, represented Monaghan in Parliament as a Whig and was Lord Lieutenant of Monaghan from 1843 to 1852. Henry's younger son, the fifth Baron (who succeeded his elder unmarried brother), was Lord Lieutenant of Monaghan from 1897 to 1921. the titles are held by the latter's great-grandson, the eighth Baron, who succeeded his father in that year. The Westenra family is of

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descent. Warner Westenra (died 1676) immigrated to

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and became an Irish subject. The seat of the Barons Rossmore was

Rossmore Castle Rossmore Castle, also known as Rossmore Park, was a castle on the outskirts of Monaghan in County Monaghan, Ireland. It was built in the Gothic style in 1827 and was the seat of the Barons Rossmore, but fell into disrepair in the 1940s when t ...

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. Warner Westenra, grandfather of the second Baron, represented Maryborough in the Irish Parliament. Henry Westenra, father of the second Baron, represented

in the Irish Parliament. The Honourable

John Westenra John Craven Westenra (31 March 1798 – 5 December 1874) was an Irish Whig politician and army officer. Born in Walsh Park, County Tipperary, Ireland, he was the son of Warner Westenra, 2nd Baron Rossmore and Mary Ann Walsh, and the brother o ...

, third son of the second Baron, was

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for King's County. The family seat was Rossmore Park, near

, in

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Baron Rossmore (1796, 1838)

Robert Cuninghame, 1st Baron Rossmore General Robert Cuninghame, 1st Baron Rossmore, PC (Ire) (18 April 1726 – 6 August 1801) was an Irish British Army officer and politician. Military career Cuninghame was the son of Colonel David Cuninghame and his wife Margaret Callander of C ...

(1726–1801) * Warner William Westenra, 2nd Baron Rossmore (1765–1842) *

Henry Robert Westenra, 3rd Baron Rossmore Henry Robert Westenra, 3rd Baron Rossmore (24 August 1792 – 1 December 1860), was an Anglo-Irish Member of Parliament and peerage of the United Kingdom, peer, from 1843 to 1852 Lord Lieutenant of Monaghan. Life The eldest son of Warner Westenr ...

(1792–1860) * Henry Cairnes Westenra, 4th Baron Rossmore (1851–1874) * Derrick Warner William Westenra, 5th Baron Rossmore (1853–1921) * William Westenra, 6th Baron Rossmore (1892–1958) * William Warner Westenra, 7th Baron Rossmore (1931–2021) * Benedict William Westenra, 8th Baron Rossmore (b. 1983) There is currently no heir to the title.

References

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