Earl of Kilmorey
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Earl of Kilmorey is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of Ireland .
Award and subordinate titles
The title was created on February 5, 1822 for the Anglo-Irish General Francis Needham, 12th Viscount Kilmorey . Along with the earliest title , he was awarded the subordinate title Viscount Newry and Morne , in the County of Down . As early as 1818, he had inherited the subordinate title Viscount Kilmorey , in Queen's County , from his older brother , which was created on April 18, 1625 for his ancestor Sir Robert Needham . All three titles belong to the Peerage of Ireland. The title heir ( heir apparent ) of the incumbent Earl carries the courtesy title Viscount Newry and Morne .
List of Viscounts and Earls of Kilmorey
Viscounts Kilmorey (1625)
- Robert Needham, 1st Viscount Kilmorey († 1631)
- Robert Needham, 2nd Viscount Kilmorey († 1653)
- Robert Needham, 3rd Viscount Kilmorey († 1657)
- Charles Needham, 4th Viscount Kilmorey († 1660)
- Robert Needham, 5th Viscount Kilmorey (1655-1668)
- Thomas Needham, 6th Viscount Kilmorey (around 1660–1687)
- Robert Needham, 7th Viscount Kilmorey (1683-1710)
- Robert Needham, 8th Viscount Kilmorey (1702-1717)
- Thomas Needham, 9th Viscount Kilmorey (1703–1768)
- John Needham, 10th Viscount Kilmorey (1711-1791)
- Robert Needham, 11th Viscount Kilmorey (1746-1818)
- Francis Needham, 12th Viscount Kilmorey (1748–1832) (made Earl of Kilmorey in 1822 )
Earls of Kilmorey (1822)
- Francis Needham, 1st Earl of Kilmorey (1748-1832)
- Francis Jack Needham, 2nd Earl of Kilmorey (1787–1880)
- Francis Charles Needham, 3rd Earl of Kilmorey (1842–1915)
- Francis Charles Adelbert Henry Needham, 4th Earl of Kilmorey (1883–1961)
- Francis Jack Richard Patrick Needham, 5th Earl of Kilmorey (1915–1977)
- Richard Francis Needham, 6th Earl of Kilmorey (born 1942)
Heir Apparent is the son of the current owner, Robert Francis John Needham, Viscount Newry and Morne (* 1966).
Web links
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
- Kilmorey, Earl of (I, 1822) at Cracroft's Peerage