Sir John Barnewall (c.1635-c.1705) was an Irish landowner,
barrister
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and judge, who held several judicial offices, including that of
Recorder of Dublin
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1687-9.
Background
He was born in
County Meath
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, a member of the Crickstown branch of the prominent Barnewall family, which held the title
Baron Trimlestown. His grandfather, Sir Patrick Barnewall, was the first of the
Barnewall Baronets. John was the second son of Sir Richard Barnewall, 2nd Baronet, and Julia, daughter of Sir Gerald Aylmer, 1st
Baronet
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of Donadea,
County Kildare
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and his wife Julia (or Juliana) Nugent, daughter of
Christopher Nugent
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, 6th
Baron Delvin
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.
Career
He entered the
Inner Temple
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in 1673 and the
King's Inns
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in 1678. His practice as a
barrister
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seems to have been lucrative: while his father had suffered heavy losses during the
English Civil War
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, and only recovered a fraction of his estates at the
Restoration
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...
, John was wealthy enough to purchase Ballybrittan Castle, near
Edenderry
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,
County Offaly
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.
Since the Barnewall family were staunch
Roman Catholics
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, John was an acceptable choice of
judge
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to the Catholic King
James II. In 1687 he was
knighted
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, and became
Third Serjeant and Recorder of Dublin. In 1689 he became a Baron of the
Court of Exchequer (Ireland)
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. After the downfall of James's cause at the
Battle of the Boyne
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, John was removed from office, but his wealth and family connections apparently protected him from any other reprisals by the new regime, which was inclined to be conciliatory towards those of its former opponents who promised to keep the peace.
Family and descendants
He married Thomasine Preston, daughter of Anthony Preston, 2nd
Viscount Tara
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The title was created by King Charles II in 1650 for the soldier Thomas Preston (1585–1655). He was the second son of Christopher Preston, 4th Viscount Gormanston. The 1st Viscou ...
and his wife and cousin Margaret Warren. Their only daughter and heiress Mary (or Margaret) married, in 1703, her cousin John Barnewall, 11th
Baron Trimlestown.
[Mosley, ed. ''Burke's Peerage'' 107th edition Delaware 2003 Vol. 2 p.1601] Lord Trimlestown died in 1746, and Mary died at a great age in 1771. They had ten children, including
*
Robert Barnewall, 12th Baron Trimlestown
Robert Barnewall, 12th Baron Trimlestown (''c.''1704 – 6 December 1779) was a prominent Anglo-Irish landowner, active in the Roman Catholic cause.
Early life
Robert was the eldest son of John Barnewall, 11th Baron Trimlestown (1672–1746). Ro ...
(c.1704-1779)
*
Anthony Barnewall
Anthony Barnewall (1721–1739), was an officer in the Austrian army.
Barnewall was the sixth and youngest son of John, eleventh Baron Trimleston, by his wife and cousin Mary (or Margaret), daughter of Sir John Barnewall. At the age of seventeen, ...
(1721-1739), an army officer, who was said to be a young man of "great promise". He entered the Austrian service, and was killed, aged only eighteen, at the
Battle of Grocka
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, a decisive victory for the
Ottoman Sultan
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, who seized
Belgrade
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*Richard, father of Nicholas, 14th Baron Trimlestown
*Margaret, who married James Butler, 8th
Viscount Mountgarret
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The title was created in 1550 for the Hon. Richard Butler, 1st Viscount Mountgarret, Richard Butler, younger son of Piers Butler, 8th Earl of Ormond.
Butler had largely rebuilt the tow ...
*Thomasine, who married Janico Preston, 10th
Viscount Gormanston
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*Bridget, who married Robert Martyn of
Ballynahinch Castle
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1630s births
1700s deaths
17th-century Irish lawyers
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People from County Meath
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