Baron Bellew of Duleek was a title in the

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. It was created on 29 October 1686 for Sir John Bellew, as a reward for his support for James II. He was outlawed after the

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and the accession of

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and

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, a decision that was later reversed on 30 March 1697. Two of his sons, the second and third Barons, both succeeded in the barony. The latter was twice returned to parliament for

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, but was unseated both times. The title became extinct on the death of his son, the fourth Baron, in 1770. This branch of the Bellew family descended from Sir Christopher Bellew, brother of John Bellew, ancestor of the Barons Bellew and the Grattan-Bellew Baronets.

Barons Bellew of Duleek (1686)

John Bellew, 1st Baron Bellew of Duleek John Bellew, 1st Baron Bellew of Duleek (died 12 January 1692) was an Irish Jacobite soldier and politician. Biography Bellew was the son of was son of Sir Christopher Bellew of Bellewstown and Frances Plunkett, a daughter of Matthew Plunkett, ...

(outlawed 1691, died 1693) *Walter Bellew, 2nd Baron Bellew of Duleek (died 1694) *

Richard Bellew, 3rd Baron Bellew of Duleek Richard Bellew, 3rd Baron Bellew of Duleek (c.1671 – 22 March 1715) was an Irish soldier, peer and politician. Biography Bellew was the second son of John Bellew, 1st Baron Bellew of Duleek and Mary Bermingham. He joined his father as a support ...

(–1715) *John Bellew, 4th Baron Bellew of Duleek (1702–1770)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bellew Of Duleek Extinct baronies in the Peerage of Ireland 1686 establishments in Ireland 1770 disestablishments in Ireland Noble titles created in 1686