Earl of Tyrconnel
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The title Earl of Tyrconnell has been created four times in the Peerage of Ireland
.
It was first created in 1603, for Rory O'Donnell
, formerly King of Tír Chonaill (or Tyrconnell), along with the subsidiary title Baron Donegal. The 1st Earl was succeeded by his son Hugh, Lord Donegal
, but both titles were attainted in 1614.
Following the self-exile
of the Gaelic aristocracy in 1607, and the ensuing Ulster Plantation, it was created a second time in 1661 for the 2nd Viscount FitzWilliam
, but became extinct on his death in 1667.
It was created a third time in 1685 for Sir Richard Talbot, along with the subsidiary titles Viscount Baltinglass and Baron Talbotstown, but all these titles were forfeit in 1691 when Lord Tyrconnell joined King James II
against the Glorious Revolution
. King James also created him Duke of Tyrconnell and Marquess of Tyrconnell in 1689, but these titles were recognised only by Jacobites
(see Jacobite peerage
).
The title was created a fourth and final time in 1761 for the 3rd Baron Carpenter
, along with the subsidiary title Viscount Carlingford. These titles became extinct on the death of the 4th Earl in 1853. The 1st Baron Carpenter
was a distinguished soldier, who was a Member of Parliament
for Whitchurch
in 1715–1722 and Westminster
from 1722. The 2nd Baron Carpenter
was Member of Parliament for Morpeth
in 1717–27 and for Weobley
in 1741–7
See also: Viscount Tyrconnel
.
Peerage of Ireland
The Peerage of Ireland is the term used for those titles of nobility created by the English and later British monarchs of Ireland in their capacity as Lord or King of Ireland. The creation of such titles came to an end in the 19th century. The ranks of the Irish peerage are Duke, Marquess, Earl,...
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It was first created in 1603, for Rory O'Donnell
Rory O'Donnell, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell
Rudhraighe Ó Domhnaill, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell was the last King of Tír Chonaill . An apparent original of the Letters Patent of the Earldom are in the possession of Graf O'Donell von Tyrconnell in Austria, although that family did not inherit the title, nor the related territorial Lordship of...
, formerly King of Tír Chonaill (or Tyrconnell), along with the subsidiary title Baron Donegal. The 1st Earl was succeeded by his son Hugh, Lord Donegal
Hugh O'Donnell, 2nd Earl of Tyrconnell
Hugh O'Donnell, 2nd Earl of Tyrconnell , was titular King of Tír Conaill, and son of Rory O'Donnell, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell whose title was however attainted.Aodh , was three weeks shy of his first birthday he sailed from Lough Swilly during the Flight of the Earls, and...
, but both titles were attainted in 1614.
Following the self-exile
Flight of the Earls
The Flight of the Earls took place on 14 September 1607, when Hugh Ó Neill of Tír Eóghain, Rory Ó Donnell of Tír Chonaill and about ninety followers left Ireland for mainland Europe.-Background to the exile:...
of the Gaelic aristocracy in 1607, and the ensuing Ulster Plantation, it was created a second time in 1661 for the 2nd Viscount FitzWilliam
Oliver FitzWilliam, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell
Oliver FitzWilliam, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell was an Irish nobleman.His father was Thomas FitzWilliam, 1st Viscount FitzWilliam, who was born in 1581 and died 1665....
, but became extinct on his death in 1667.
It was created a third time in 1685 for Sir Richard Talbot, along with the subsidiary titles Viscount Baltinglass and Baron Talbotstown, but all these titles were forfeit in 1691 when Lord Tyrconnell joined King James II
James II of England
James II & VII was King of England and King of Ireland as James II and King of Scotland as James VII, from 6 February 1685. He was the last Catholic monarch to reign over the Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland...
against the Glorious Revolution
Glorious Revolution
The Glorious Revolution, also called the Revolution of 1688, is the overthrow of King James II of England by a union of English Parliamentarians with the Dutch stadtholder William III of Orange-Nassau...
. King James also created him Duke of Tyrconnell and Marquess of Tyrconnell in 1689, but these titles were recognised only by Jacobites
Jacobitism
Jacobitism was the political movement in Britain dedicated to the restoration of the Stuart kings to the thrones of England, Scotland, later the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the Kingdom of Ireland...
(see Jacobite peerage
Jacobite peerage
After the deposition by the English parliament in February 1689 of King James II and VII from the thrones of England and Ireland , he and his successors continued to create peers and baronets, which they believed was their right...
).
The title was created a fourth and final time in 1761 for the 3rd Baron Carpenter
George Carpenter, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell
George Carpenter, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell , known as The Lord Carpenter between 1749 and 1761, was a British peer and politician.-Background:...
, along with the subsidiary title Viscount Carlingford. These titles became extinct on the death of the 4th Earl in 1853. The 1st Baron Carpenter
George Carpenter, 1st Baron Carpenter
Lieutenant-General George Carpenter, 1st Baron Carpenter was a British soldier who served as Governor of Minorca and as Commander-in-chief of all the forces in Scotland...
was a distinguished soldier, who was a Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
for Whitchurch
Whitchurch (UK Parliament constituency)
Whitchurch was a parliamentary borough in the English County of Hampshire, which elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons from 1586 until 1832, when the borough was abolished by the Great Reform Act.-History:...
in 1715–1722 and Westminster
Westminster (UK Parliament constituency)
Westminster was a parliamentary constituency in the Parliament of England to 1707, the Parliament of Great Britain 1707-1800 and the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801. It returned two members to 1885 and one thereafter....
from 1722. The 2nd Baron Carpenter
George Carpenter, 2nd Baron Carpenter
Lieutenant-Colonel George Carpenter, 2nd Baron Carpenter FRS was a British soldier and Member of Parliament.-Background:...
was Member of Parliament for Morpeth
Morpeth (UK Parliament constituency)
Morpeth was a borough constituency centred on the town of Morpeth in Northumberland represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of England until 1707, the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and then the Parliament of the United Kingdom....
in 1717–27 and for Weobley
Weobley (UK Parliament constituency)
Weobley was a parliamentary borough in Herefordshire, which elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons in 1295 and from 1628 until 1832, when the borough was abolished by the Great Reform Act.- MPs 1628–1660 :...
in 1741–7
See also: Viscount Tyrconnel
Viscount Tyrconnel
Viscount Tyrconnel was a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1718 for Sir John Brownlow, 5th Baronet, Member of Parliament for Grantham and Lincolnshire. He was made Baron Charleville, in the County of Cork, at the same time, also in the Peerage of Ireland...
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Earls of Tyrconnell, first creation (1603)
- Rory O'Donnell, 1st Earl of TyrconnellRory O'Donnell, 1st Earl of TyrconnellRudhraighe Ó Domhnaill, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell was the last King of Tír Chonaill . An apparent original of the Letters Patent of the Earldom are in the possession of Graf O'Donell von Tyrconnell in Austria, although that family did not inherit the title, nor the related territorial Lordship of...
(1575–1608) - Hugh O'Donnell, 2nd Earl of TyrconnellHugh O'Donnell, 2nd Earl of TyrconnellHugh O'Donnell, 2nd Earl of Tyrconnell , was titular King of Tír Conaill, and son of Rory O'Donnell, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell whose title was however attainted.Aodh , was three weeks shy of his first birthday he sailed from Lough Swilly during the Flight of the Earls, and...
(d. 1642) (attainted 1614)
Earls of Tyrconnell, second creation (1661)
- Oliver FitzWilliam, 1st Earl of TyrconnellOliver FitzWilliam, 1st Earl of TyrconnellOliver FitzWilliam, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell was an Irish nobleman.His father was Thomas FitzWilliam, 1st Viscount FitzWilliam, who was born in 1581 and died 1665....
(d. 1667) (extinct)
Earls of Tyrconnell, third creation (1685)
- Richard Talbot, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell (d. 1691) (forfeit 1691)
Baron Carpenter (of Killaghy) (1719)
- General George Carpenter, 1st Baron CarpenterGeorge Carpenter, 1st Baron CarpenterLieutenant-General George Carpenter, 1st Baron Carpenter was a British soldier who served as Governor of Minorca and as Commander-in-chief of all the forces in Scotland...
(1657–1732) - George Carpenter, 2nd Baron CarpenterGeorge Carpenter, 2nd Baron CarpenterLieutenant-Colonel George Carpenter, 2nd Baron Carpenter FRS was a British soldier and Member of Parliament.-Background:...
(died 1749) - George Carpenter, 3rd Baron CarpenterGeorge Carpenter, 1st Earl of TyrconnellGeorge Carpenter, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell , known as The Lord Carpenter between 1749 and 1761, was a British peer and politician.-Background:...
, created Earl of Tyrconnell in 1761
Earls of Tyrconnell, fourth creation (1761)
- George Carpenter, 1st Earl of TyrconnellGeorge Carpenter, 1st Earl of TyrconnellGeorge Carpenter, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell , known as The Lord Carpenter between 1749 and 1761, was a British peer and politician.-Background:...
(1723–1762) - George Carpenter, 2nd Earl of TyrconnellGeorge Carpenter, 2nd Earl of TyrconnellGeorge Carpenter, 2nd Earl of Tyrconnell , styled The Honourable George Carpenter until 1761 and Viscount Carlingford between 1761 and 1762, was a British nobleman...
(1750–1805) - George Carpenter, 3rd Earl of TyrconnellGeorge Carpenter, 3rd Earl of TyrconnellGeorge Carpenter, 3rd Earl of Tyrconnell , known as George Carpenter until 1805, was a British peer and soldier who died fighting the French forces led by Napoleon Bonaparte at Wilna, Russia in December 1812.-Background:...
(1788–1812) - John Delaval Carpenter, 4th Earl of TyrconnellJohn Delaval Carpenter, 4th Earl of TyrconnellJohn Delaval Carpenter, 4th Earl of Tyrconnell GCH, FRS was a British peer. He served with the North York Corps of Yeomanry.-Background:Carpenter was the eldest son of Charles & Elizabeth Carpenter...
(1790–1853) (extinct)
Further reading
- The Life of Hugh Roe O'Donnell, Prince of Tyrconnell (Beatha Aodh Ruadh O Domhnaill) by Lughaidh O'Cleirigh. Edited by Paul Walsh and Colm Ó Lochlainn. Irish Texts Society, vol. 42. Dublin: Educational Company of Ireland, 1948 (original Gaelic manuscript in the Royal Irish Academy in Dublin).
- A View of the Legal Institutions, Honorary Hereditary Offices, and Feudal Baronies established in Ireland, by William Lynch, Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, published by Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, Paternoster Row, London, 1830 (O’Donnell: page 190, remainder to 1st creation Earl’s patent; page 405 on attainder).
- The Fate and Fortunes of the Earls of Tyrone (Hugh O’Neill) and Tyrconnel (Rory O’Donel), their flight from Ireland and death in exile, by the Rev. C. P. Meehan, M.R.I.A., 2nd edition, James Duffy, London, 1870.
- H. M. Stephens, ‘Carpenter, George, first Baron Carpenter of Killaghy (1657–1732)’, rev. Timothy Harrison Place, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2008 http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/4726, accessed 12 April 2009