Robert Deane, 1st Baron Muskerry
Robert Tilson Deane, 1st Baron Muskerry PC (Ire) (29 November 1745 – 25 June 1818), known as Sir Robert Deane, 6th Baronet from 1770 to 1781, was an Irish politician.
He was the son of Sir Robert Deane, 5th Baronet of Dromore and succeeded his father in the baronetcy in 1770.
Deane represented
In 1781 he was raised to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Muskerry, in the County of Cork.[2] In 1783, he was chosen Grandmaster of the Grand Lodge of Ireland, a post he held for the next both years.[3]
Marriage and succession
Lord Muskerry married Anne, daughter of John FitzMaurice, in 1775 and later inherited Springfield Castle, County Limerick from his father-in-law. He died in June 1818, aged 72, and was succeeded in his titles by his eldest son John. Lady Muskerry died in 1830.
References
- ^ Complete baronetage, p. 342
- ^ "No. 12146". The London Gazette. 19 December 1780. p. 1.
- ISBN 978-1-60206-641-0.
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [better source needed]