The Oliver Gascoigne family originated at the point that Richard Oliver, originally of
Castle Oliver
Castle Oliver (also ''Clonodfoy'') is a Victorian castle in the south part of County Limerick, Ireland. Built for entertaining rather than for defense, it has a ballroom, drawing room, library, morning room, dining room and hall which feature h ...
, Limerick, Ireland, inherited the fortune of Sir Thomas Gascoigne of
Parlington Hall
Parlington Hall was the seat of the Gascoigne family, Aberford near Leeds in West Yorkshire, England.
The Parlington estate contains a number of features: the grade II* listed Triumphal Arch, designed by Thomas Leverton and built around the en ...
, Yorkshire, in 1810. Sir Thomas made it a stipulation of his will that Richard add 'Gascoigne' to his name.
Richard had married Sir Thomas's stepdaughter, Mary Turner, in 1804. Richard and Mary had two daughters, Isabella and Elizabeth, who inherited their parents' fortune in 1843. The sisters demolished their ancestral home in Ireland, and built a new Castle Oliver a few hundred yards to the north east. The castle still exists.
See also
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Gascoigne baronets
The Gascoigne Baronetcy, of Barnbow and Parlington in the County of York, was a title in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia. It was created on 8 June 1635 for John Gascoigne. He had converted to Roman Catholicism in 1604. His daughter, Catherine G ...
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Frederic Trench, 2nd Baron Ashtown
Frederick Mason Trench, 2nd Baron Ashtown DL (25 December 1804 – 12 September 1880) was an Irish peer and magistrate.
Early life
He was son of Francis Trench and his wife Mary Mason, second daughter of Henry Mason, and nephew to Frederic ...
References and sources
* ''Castle Oliver & the Oliver Gascoignes'' by Nicholas Browne
References
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Irish families