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(( Viscount Mount Leinster, and Baron Bano))
Edward Cheevers. was born the eldest son of John Cheevers, of Macetown, County Meath,by his second wife, Joan, daughter of Edward Sutton, together with his two younger siblings, Andrew and John. John Cheevers was transplanted in 1654, to Turpanmore/Torpanmore, in the parish of Taghboy and the barony of Athlone, County Roscommon. The Down Survey makes no mention of this,but Simmington's Transplantions to Connacht, gives, three baronies of Clare, Loughrea and Dunkellin, for his transplantation grant. The date of Edward's birth is not known, but his father died in 1688, and he succeeded his father at that time. He married Anne, daughter of Patrick Sarsfield, and Anne Moore, and sister of Patrick Sarsfield, the celebrated General,the 1st Earl of Lucan. Following the Glorious Revolution, and flight from England in 1688, James II effectively abdicated the English throne, but landed in Ireland, in March 1689, and the Irish Parliament, declared that he remained King of Ireland. James created seven Peers, The Duke of Tyrconnell, Viscount Kenmare, Viscount Mountcashell. Viscount Mount Leinster, Barons, Bourke,Nugent of Riverston, Fritton. These creations were duly inscribed on the Irish Patent Rolls, from which they have never been struck, but were not recognised by subsequent Monarchs of England. The title of Viscount Mount Leinster, and subsidiary title of Baron Bano, were granted on 23rd August 1689,and additionally he was granted, by the Lord Lieutenant, certain privileges of Jenico Preston,7th Viscount Gormanstown, on 30th March 1691.
At the Battle of the Boyle, Edward served as A.D.C. to King James II, and it is believed that the
King, spent the preceding night at Carntown Castle, County Louth,where his horses were reputed shod, the residence of Christopher Cheevers, a warm adherent of the King. It happened that Christopher,having died some place abroad, he was brought and interred in Ballymakenny churchyard; and it is said that when his coffin was laid down previously to his being interred, blood ran in streams from it. Patrick Jones told us this and being asked why, he said that the cause was that James was conquered in the battle of the Boyne some short time before (so people said) in aiding him to sustain which Chevers made every exertion in his power.
Following the defeat of the Jacobites, at the Battle of the Boyne, although Cheevers was included in the articles of Limerick, he declined to accept the benefits of capitulation, and accompanied his King
into exile. Little mention is made of him after 1691.
Captain Peter Drake, of Drakerath, County of Meath, who left Ireland, in the cause of James II., for France, and who served among the Irish forces on the Continent, after mentioning his arrival, in 1694, at Paris, says - " From Paris I went to St. Germain's, where I met with Mrs. Sarsfield, mother to Lord Lucan, and her two daughters, the Ladies Kilmallock and Mount-Leinster; the eldest of whom, Lady Kilmallock, was my god-mother. Those Ladies, though supported by small pensions," adds the Captain, "received me with great generosity, and treated me with good nature.”
Lady Honora de Burgo, who married Sarsfield, Earl of Lucan at the age of fifteen was widowed, when Sarsfield was mortally wounded at the battle of Landen, on 29th July 1693. He died three days later in the town of Huy, about twenty miles away. Abandoned and in poverty, Honora and her young son remained nearby, until two years later the Duke of Berwick, natural son of James II, met them and proposed marriage. They married in 1695, and she produced a son, but died of consumption, after four years at the young age of 22, on 16th January 1698. At her funeral, brief mention is made of Lord Mountleinster, Baron and Peer of Ireland.
There was no male issue of Cheevers, Viscount Mount Leinster,who died in 1709, so the title became extinct. His daughter Jane, married Christopher Plunkett, 2nd son of Thomas Plunkett, of Staffordstown, by Cecilia, daughter of Edward Cusack, of Lismullen.
Edward Cheevers was attainted of Foreign Treason, and although named as Christopher Cheevers, nevertheless, following indictment, some of his estates were forfeit. By virtue of a Commission, issued under the Great Seal of Ireland, the Lord Mount-Leinster, was indicted in the County of Dublin, by the name of Edward Chevers, late of Killyan in the County of Galway, commonly called Edward, Lord Mount-Leinster, for foreign treason, committed against her late Majesty Queen Anne, and that in the year 1712, he was outlawed thereupon, whereby the defect in the former outlawry, by the name of Christopher, was supplied; and in regard the eldest son of John Chevers, was the person intended to be outlawed, in 1696, and it was insisted that the susequent outlawry in 1712, should be deemed to enure, and to be in trust. Mjchevers (talk) 18:05, 22 June 2015 (UTC)Cite error: There are <ref> tags on this page without content in them (see the help page).The Transplanation to Connacht, by Robert Simmington, Chevers of Killyan, by Frederica S. Chevers, Wild Geese Heritage Museum and Library.
Mjchevers (talk) 22:12, 22 June 2015 (UTC)