Hartstonge baronets
The Hartstonge Baronetcy, of
Baronetage of Ireland. It was created on 20 April 1681 for Standish Hartstonge, an English-born judge who sat on the Irish Court of Exchequer, and who had inherited estates at Bruff from his mother's family, the Standishes. The second Baronet, his grandson, was a member of the Irish House of Commons for Kilmallock, Ratoath and St Canice. The third Baronet was a member of the Irish Parliament for County Limerick. The title became extinct on his death in 1797, when the Hartstonge estates passed by inheritance to the Earl of Limerick
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Price Hartstonge, the eldest surviving son of the second Baronet, (but who predeceased his father), was a member of the Irish House of Commons for Charleville. John Hartstonge, Bishop of Derry was the third son of the first Baronet. Lucy Hartstonge, wife of the third Baronet, was a noted philanthropist.
Hartstonge baronets, of Bruff (1681)
- Sir Standish Hartstonge, 1st Baronet (c. 1630 – c. 1700)
- Sir Standish Hartstonge, 2nd Baronet (c. 1672–1751)
- Sir Henry Hartstonge, 3rd Baronet (c. 1725–1797)
References
- Ball, F. Elrington The Judges in Ireland 1221–1921 London John Murray 1926
- Cokayne, George Edward Complete Baronetage Reprinted Gloucester 1983
- Leigh Rayment's list of baronets
- National Library of Ireland Collection List No. 121 The Limerick Papers