Earl of Clancarty
Earl of Clancarty , in the Irish Counties of Cork and of Galway , is a British hereditary title of nobility created twice in the Peerage of Ireland .
The Earls' family seat was Garbally Court near Ballinasloe in County Galway, Ireland until 1922 .
Awards
The title was first created in 1658 for Donough MacCarty, 2nd Viscount Muskerry . He was a supporter of the king during the English Civil War . The title was withdrawn from the fourth earl in 1691 after he supported the Jacobites .
The second award took place in 1803 to William Trench, 1st Viscount Dunlo . He was a longtime member of the Irish House of Commons . He was directly descended from a sister of the first earl of the first bestowal.
Subordinate title
The first earl of the second bestowal had already been raised to Baron Kilconnel , of Garbally in the County of Galway, in 1797 , and to Viscount Dunlo , of Dunlo and Ballinasloe in the Counties of Galway and Roscommon in 1801 . Both titles belong to the Peerage of Ireland.
His son, the second earl, was an important politician and diplomat of his time. Among other things, he was British ambassador to the Netherlands . In 1815 he was promoted to Baron Trench , of Garbally in the County of Galway, then in 1823 to Viscount Clancarty , of the County of Cork . Through these titles, which belong to the Peerage of the United Kingdom , the respective earl had an automatic seat in the House of Lords until the House of Lords Act 1999 .
All titles are listed as subordinate titles to the earl dignity. The respective title heir carries the courtesy title Viscount Dunlo .
Other titles
The father of the first earl of the first bestowal had already been made Viscount Muskerry in 1628 . This title, which also belonged to the Peerage of Ireland, expired with the first earl dignity.
As early as 1638, the first earl of the first award himself had been raised to baronet in the baronage of Nova Scotia . This dignity was also revoked in 1691.
1815 the second Earl of the second ceremony of the Dutch became king William I of the Netherlands title of Marquess of Heusden awarded. This is still run by the respective earl today.
List of the Earl of Clancarty and Viscounts Muskerry
Viscounts Muskerry (1628)
- Charles MacCarty, 1st Viscount Muskerry († 1640)
- Donough MacCarty, 2nd Viscount Muskerry (1594–1665) (promoted to Earl of Clancarty in 1658 )
Earls of Clancarty, First Awarded (1658)
- Donough MacCarty, 1st Earl of Clancarty (1594-1665)
- Charles MacCarty, 2nd Earl of Clancarty († 1666)
- Callaghan MacCarty, 3rd Earl of Clancarty († 1676)
- Donough MacCarty, 4th Earl of Clancarty (1668–1734) (title revoked in 1691)
Earls of Clancarty, Second Award (1803)
- William Power Keating Trench, 1st Earl of Clancarty (1741-1805)
- Richard Le Poer Trench, 2nd Earl of Clancarty (1767–1837)
- William Thomas Le Poer Trench, 3rd Earl of Clancarty (1803–1872)
- Richard Somerset Le Poer Trench, 4th Earl of Clancarty (1834-1891)
- William Frederick Le Poer Trench, 5th Earl of Clancarty (1868–1929)
- Richard Frederick John Donough Le Poer Trench, 6th Earl of Clancarty (1891–1971)
- Greville Sydney Rocheforte Le Poer Trench, 7th Earl of Clancarty (1902–1975)
- William Francis Brinsley Le Poer Trench, 8th Earl of Clancarty (1911–1995)
- Nicholas Power Richard Le Poer Trench, 9th Earl of Clancarty (* 1952)
Literature and web links
- Charles Kidd, David Williamson (Eds.): Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. St Martin's Press, New York 1990.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page