Thomas Anthony Southwell, 3rd Viscount Southwell KP (25 February 1777 – 29 February 1860) was an Irish peer. He became

Viscount Southwell Viscount Southwell (), of Castle Mattress in the County of Limerick, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1776 for Thomas Southwell, 3rd Baron Southwell. The Southwell family descends from Thomas Southwell. In 1662 he was cre ...

in 1796 on the death of

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and was appointed a Knight of the

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on 12 September 1837. He was lord of the manor of Garway at Garway House in Herefordshire.

Marriage and family

The Irish peer married Jane, daughter of John Berkeley of Spetchley by Jane Compton. They had two sons and three daughters: * The Hon. Thomas (d. 1829) * The Hon. Charles (d. unm) * The Hon. Paulina (d. young) * The Hon. Sophia Catharina married 5 June 1830 Charles Auguste, Marquis de Choiseul-Beaupré (30 September 09/1782-29 June 1862) * The Hon. Matilda Maria (d. 1882) married the Rt. Hon.

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MP * The Hon. Laura * The Hon. Paulina

Estates

On their marriage, Lord and Lady Southwell became joint owners of several properties including Longmores, Lodge Farm, Church Farm and Coleman's Farm; and later New House Farm, Cwm Madoc Farm, Garway Court, Great Demesne Farm, and the Darren Mill on the River Monnow. The whole estate comprised almost 3,000 acres. The lordship included riparian rights to take profits from the river; with excellent salmon fishing in Victorian times, it was a lucrative tenure holding. In 1808 it was held jointly between Southwell and Robert Cannings Esq, who were also entitled to sit at the Court Baron, appoint the steward, and pass sentence on legal cases such as encroachment, amercements, obstruction and presentment; and the appointment of a petty constable to the parish. Lord Southwell appointed Thomas Wakerman of Graig, another Roman Catholic, in 1810 to be his manor steward. Wakerman was also a solicitor and eminent local historian. Lord Southwell only visited the county on a few occasions, to shoot pheasants. The rest of the time he spent in Ireland, London and the south of France.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Southwell, Thomas Southwell, 3rd Viscount 1777 births 1860 deaths 18th-century Irish people 19th-century Irish people Nobility from County Limerick Knights of St Patrick Viscounts in the Peerage of Ireland