Earl of Tyrone
Earl of Tyrone is a hereditary British title of nobility awarded three times in the Peerage of Ireland .
Awards
For the first time the title was given on October 1, 1542 to the king of Tír Eóghain Conn Bacach Ó Néill , whose kingdom gave the current Irish county Tyrone its name. Conn O'Neill submitted to the English King Henry VIII , who then awarded him the title of Earl . His succession was controversial among his descendants. Finally, his grandson Hugh O'Neill was able to assert himself as Earl of Tyrone. He rebelled against the English crown from 1594 to 1603 ( Nine Years War (Ireland) ) and had to flee Ireland in 1607 ( flight of the counts ). On October 28, 1614 he was ostracized by parliament , with which his title was revoked and his lands were confiscated by the crown.
On October 9, 1673, the title for Richard Power, 6th Baron Power was recreated, along with the subordinate title Viscount Decies . He already held the title Baron Power , created in 1535 . The titles expired on the death of the 3rd Earl on August 19, 1704, who left no male descendants.
In the third award, the title was reassigned on July 18, 1746 for Marcus Beresford, 1st Viscount Tyrone . He was the son-in-law of the 3rd Earl's second bestowal and had been promoted to Viscount of Tyrone and Baron Beresford , of Beresford in the County of Cavan on November 4, 1720 . He had also inherited the title of 4th Baronet , of Coleraine in the County of Londonderry, from his father in 1701 . His son George Beresford, 2nd Earl of Tyrone , was also raised to Marquess of Waterford on August 19, 1789 . Since then, the respective marquess has been using the title Earl of Tyrone as a subordinate title. The eldest son of the respective marquess carries the courtesy title Earl of Tyrone as a probable title heir ( Heir Apparent ) .
List of Earls of Tyrone and Barone Power
Earls of Tyrone, first bestowal (1542)
- Conn O'Neill, 1st Earl of Tyrone (approx. 1484–1559)
- Hugh O'Neill, 2nd Earl of Tyrone (1550-1616) (title forfeited 1614)
Barone Power (1535)
- Richard Power, 1st Baron Power († 1539)
- Piers Power, 2nd Baron Power († 1545)
- John Power, 3rd Baron Power (1516–1592)
- Richard Power, 4th Baron Power († 1607)
- John Power, 5th Baron Power (ca.1599–1661)
- Richard Power, 6th Baron Power ( elevated to Earl of Tyrone in 1673 )
Earls of Tyrone, second bestowal (1673)
- Richard Power, 1st Earl of Tyrone (1630-1690)
- John Power, 2nd Earl of Tyrone (around 1665–1693)
- James Power, 3rd Earl of Tyrone (1667-1704)
Earls of Tyrone, third bestowal (1746)
- Marcus Beresford, 1st Earl of Tyrone (1694–1763)
- George Beresford, 1st Marquess of Waterford , 2nd Earl of Tyrone (1735–1800)
- Henry Beresford, 2nd Marquess of Waterford , 3rd Earl of Tyrone (1772–1826)
- Henry Beresford, 3rd Marquess of Waterford , 4th Earl of Tyrone (1811-1859)
- John Beresford, 4th Marquess of Waterford , 5th Earl of Tyrone (1814–1866)
- John Beresford, 5th Marquess of Waterford , 6th Earl of Tyrone (1844–1895)
- Henry Beresford, 6th Marquess of Waterford , 7th Earl of Tyrone (1875–1911)
- John Beresford, 7th Marquess of Waterford , 8th Earl of Tyrone (1901–1934)
- John Beresford, 8th Marquess of Waterford , 9th Earl of Tyrone (1933-2015)
- Henry Beresford, 9th Marquess of Waterford , 10th Earl of Tyrone (* 1958)
Heir Apparent is the son of the current title holder Richard Beresford, Earl of Tyrone (* 1987).
Web links
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages
- Tyrone, Earl of (I, 1673-1704) at Cracroft's Peerage
- Tyrone, Earl of (I, 1746) at Cracroft's Peerage