The Fenton Baronetcy, of Mitchelstown in the County of Cork, was a title in the

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. It was created on 22 July 1661 for Maurice Fenton. The

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became extinct on 17 March 1670, with the death of his son William Fenton.

History

Sir

Geoffrey Fenton Sir Geoffrey Fenton ( – 19 October 1608) was an English writer, Privy Councillor, and Principal Secretary of State in Ireland. Early literary years Geoffrey (spelt Jeffrey by Lodge) was born in 1539, the son of Henry Fenton of Sturton-le-Ste ...

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, had a grant, 27 August 1600, of the manor and town of

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. He married Alice, daughter of

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, LL.D.,

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and his first wife Alice Jenyngs, and widow of Hugh Brady,

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, and died 19 October 1608, leaving a son and heir William, and a daughter Catherine, who married

Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork (13 October 1566 – 15 September 1643), also known as 'the Great Earl of Cork', was an English politician who served as Lord Treasurer of the Kingdom of Ireland. Lord Cork was an important figure in the continu ...

. Sir William Fenton (died 1667), of

Mitchelstown Mitchelstown () is a town in the north of County Cork, Ireland with a population of over 3,740. It is situated in the valley to the south of the Galtee Mountains. Mitchelstown is 13 km south-west of the Mitchelstown Cave, 53 km nor ...

in the county of Cork, married Margaret (1602–1666), daughter of Maurice Fitzgibbon (son of Edmond Fitzgibbon, 11th White Knight) and sister and heiress of

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. They had a son and a daughter: * Maurice, his heir, who succeeded him in the title * Catherine, who married

John King, 1st Baron Kingston John King, 1st Baron Kingston (died 1676) was an Anglo-Irish soldier during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms who served the Commonwealth government during the Interregnum and government of Charles II after the Restoration. Biography John King w ...

. Sir Maurice Fenton, of Mitchelstown, had been dubbed a

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on the morning of 7 June 1658 at Cork House by

Henry Cromwell Henry Cromwell (20 January 1628 – 23 March 1674) was the fourth son of Oliver Cromwell and Elizabeth Bourchier, and an important figure in the Parliamentarian regime in Ireland. Biography Early life Henry Cromwell was born at Huntingdon on ...

, Lord Deputy of Ireland under the

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which passed into oblivion at the Restoration. like, , state that Maurice Fenton was made a baronet by the Lord Protector

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at Whithall on 25 May 1658 and by patent on 14 July the same year, however, other more modern sources (such as ), do not record this baronetcy and on that date, Richard Cromwell was not Lord Protector (his father Oliver was). 23 October 1653 he married

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, daughter of the

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Sir

Hardress Waller Sir Hardress Waller (1666) was born in Kent and settled in Ireland during the 1630s. A first cousin of Roundhead, Parliamentarian general William Waller, he fought for Roundhead, Parliament in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, becoming a leading ...

and

Elizabeth Dowdall Elizabeth Dowdall ( Southwell); – after 1642) was a member of the Irish gentry, famed for having defended Kilfinny Castle, County Limerick, against the insurgents during the Irish Rebellion of 1641. Birth and background Elizabeth was born ...

of Castletown, in the county of Limerick, and by her, who married secondly, in 1667, Sir

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, and was created Baroness Shelburne in her own right, Maurice left at his death, in 1664, two children: * Margaret (died 1667), who was unmarried *

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(died 17 March 1670), son and heir on whose death the title became extinct and the estates went to his aunt Catherine's descendants and were inherited by the Earls of Kingston.

Fenton baronets, of Mitchelstown (1661)

* Sir Maurice Fenton, 1st Baronet (–1664) *Sir William Fenton, 2nd Baronet (c. 1655–1671)

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Fenton baronets, of Mitchelstown (1661)

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