Earl of Howth
Earl of Howth (English Crown.
The fourth baron was Lord Chancellor of Ireland, and a distinguished soldier who fought at the
Lord-Lieutenant of Dublin.[1]
The fourth Earl sat as
Member of Parliament for Galway Borough, and in 1881 he was created Baron Howth, of Howth in the County of Dublin, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. All these titles became extinct upon his death in 1909 as he left no male heir.[2] The family seat, Howth Castle, remained in the hands of their descendants in the female line, the Gaisford-St Lawrence family, until the twenty-first century.[3]
Lords of Howth[4]
- Almeric (1177-??)
- Nicholas (1187)
- Almeric (1200)
- Henry (1250)
- Nicholas (1270)
- Adam (1290-1325)
- Adam (1325-1334)
- Nicholas (1334-1404)
- Stephen [or Christopher] (1404–35)
Barons Howth (c. 1425)
- Christopher [or Stephen] St Lawrence, 1st Baron Howth (died 1430 or 1435)
- Christopher St Lawrence, 2nd Baron Howth (died 1462 or 1465)
- Robert St Lawrence, 3rd Baron Howth (died c.1485)
- Nicholas St Lawrence, 4th Baron Howth (died 1526)
- Christopher St Lawrence, 5th Baron Howth (died 1542)
- Edward St Lawrence, 6th Baron Howth (1508–1549)
- Richard St Lawrence, 7th Baron Howth (died 1558)
- Christopher St Lawrence, 8th Baron Howth (died 1589)
- Nicholas St Lawrence, 9th Baron Howth (1555–1606)
- Christopher St Lawrence, 10th Baron Howth (died 1619)
- Nicholas St Lawrence, 11th Baron Howth (1597–1643)
- William St Lawrence, 12th Baron Howth (died 1671)
- Thomas St Lawrence, 13th Baron Howth (1659–1727)
- William St Lawrence, 14th Baron Howth (1688–1748)
- Thomas St Lawrence, 15th Baron Howth (1730–1801; created Earl of Howth in 1767)
Earls of Howth (1767)
- Thomas St Lawrence, 1st Earl of Howth (1730–1801)
- William St Lawrence, 2nd Earl of Howth (1752–1822)
- Thomas St Lawrence, 3rd Earl of Howth (1803–1874)
- William Ulick Tristram St Lawrence, 4th Earl of Howth (1827–1909)
References
- ^ "Lieutenants and Lords-Lieutenants (Ireland) 1831-". Archived from the original on 1 September 2013.
Web archive; university of London institute of historical research
- ^ "William Ulick Tristram St. Lawrence 4th Earl of Howth". geni.com.
- ^ Ball 1917, p. 130.
- ^ Ball 1917, p. 6.
Work cited
- Hesilrige, Arthur G. M. (1921). Debrett's Peerage and Titles of courtesy. 160A, )
- Ball, Francis Erlington (1917). Howth and its owners (PDF). Vol. 5. Dublin: Alexander & Thom co. Ltd. pp. 6, 130.
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External links
- . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
- . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
- . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.