Earl Annesley
Earldom of Annesley | |
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Subsidiary titles | Viscount Glerawly Baron Annesley |
Status | Extant |
Former seat(s) | Castlewellan Moorish Tower |
Motto | VIRTUTIS AMORE (By love of virtue) |
Earl Annesley,[1] of Castlewellan[2] in the County of Down, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created on 17 August 1789 for Francis Annesley, 2nd Viscount Glerawly, with special remainder to his younger brother the Honourable Richard Annesley.[3] He had previously represented Downpatrick in the Irish House of Commons. The titles of Baron Annesley, of Castlewellan in the County of Down, and Viscount Glerawly, in the County of Fermanagh, were created in the Peerage of Ireland on 20 September 1758 and 14 November 1766 respectively for his father William Annesley, who sat as Member of the Irish Parliament for Midleton. Annesley was the sixth son of the Honourable Francis Annesley, fourth son of Francis Annesley, 1st Viscount Valentia.
The first Earl Annesley had several illegitimate children but no legitimate issue. He was succeeded (in the earldom according to the special remainder) by his younger brother, the second Earl. He had earlier represented seven different constituencies in the Irish Parliament and served as a Commissioner of Customs for Ireland. His eldest son, the third Earl, from 1857 to 1874.
He never married and was succeeded by his younger brother, the fifth Earl. He was a soldier and also represented
Viscounts Glerawly (1766)
- William Annesley, 1st Viscount Glerawly (c. 1710–1770)
- Francis Charles Annesley, 2nd Viscount Glerawly (1740–1802) (created Earl Annesley in 1789)
Earls Annesley (1789)
- Francis Charles Annesley, 1st Earl Annesley (1740–1802)
- Richard Annesley, 2nd Earl Annesley (1745–1824)
- William Richard Annesley, 3rd Earl Annesley (1772–1838)
- William Richard Annesley, 4th Earl Annesley (1830–1874)
- Hugh Annesley, 5th Earl Annesley (1831–1908)
- Francis Annesley, 6th Earl Annesley (1884–1914)
- Walter Beresford Annesley, 7th Earl Annesley (1861–1934)
- Beresford Cecil Bingham Annesley, 8th Earl Annesley (1894–1957)
- Robert Annesley, 9th Earl Annesley (1900–1979)
- Patrick Annesley, 10th Earl Annesley (1924–2001)
- Philip Harrison Annesley, 11th Earl Annesley (1927–2011)
- Michael Robert Annesley, 12th Earl Annesley (born 1933)
Present peer
Michael Robert Annesley, 12th Earl Annesley (born 4 December 1933) is the third son of the 9th Earl and his wife Nora Harrison. He was educated at
- Michael Stephen Annesley, Viscount Glerawly (born 1957), heir apparent
- Lady Sheila Marie Annesley (born 1961)
- Robert Francis Annesley (born 1962)
See also
References
- ^ "Annesley family - the peerage". jillettfamily.com. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
- ^ "Annesley, Earl (I, 1789)". cracroftspeerage.co.uk.
- ^ "No. 13124". The London Gazette. 22 August 1789. p. 557.
- ^ "William Richard Annesley, 3rd Earl of Annesley". geni.com.
- ^ Burke's Peerage, volume 1 (1999), p. 85
- ISBN 2-940085-02-1.
- ISBN 978-1-999767-0-5-1.
External links
- Hesilrige, Arthur G. M. (1921). Debrett's Peerage and Titles of courtesy. London, UK: Dean & son, limited. p. 49.
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990[page needed]
- Reference, London Gazette; accessed 12 July 2014.