Viscount Netterville
Viscount Netterville was a title in the
.He was a favourite of
Nicholas, the 5th Viscount, who succeeded to the title in 1727, gained notoriety in 1743 when he was charged with the murder of his valet Michael Walsh: he was tried by his peers and acquitted. Little is known of the details of the alleged murder, partly because both the Crown's key witnesses had died before the trial started.[5]
His son John, the 6th Viscount, is best remembered for building an impressive mansion, Dowth Hall, which still exists. He died at a considerable age in 1826, without issue. A distant cousin, James Netterville, made a successful claim to be recognised as 7th Viscount; and after his death, leaving no son, another distant cousin Arthur James Netterville made out his claim to be recognised as 8th Viscount. The 8th Viscount had no son and on his death in 1882 the title became extinct.[6]
Viscount Netterville (1622)
- Nicholas Netterville, 1st Viscount Netterville (1581–1654)
- John Netterville, 2nd Viscount Netterville (died 1659)
- Nicholas Netterville, 3rd Viscount Netterville (died 1689)
- John Netterville, 4th Viscount Netterville (1673–1727)
- Nicholas Netterville, 5th Viscount Netterville (1708-1750)
- John Netterville, 6th Viscount Nettterville (1744–1826)
- James Netterville, 7th Viscount Netterville (1773-1854)
- Arthur Netterville, 8th Viscount Netterville (1800-1882)
See also
References
- ^ Cokayne, G. E. Complete Peerage Reprinted Gloucester 2000 Vol. VIII, p. 605.
- ^ Lodge, John & Archdall, Mervyn Peerage of Ireland. Dublin 1789, James Moore, vol. 4, pp. 212–213.
- ^ Lodge and Archdall, p. 215.
- ^ Lodge and Archdall, p. 216.
- ^ O'Flanagan, J. Roderick The Irish Bar. London, 1879; p. 14.
- ^ Burke's Extinct Peerages Reprinted Baltimore 1978 p. 392.