Henry Talbot of Templeogue

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Henry Talbot
Esquire of Templeogue
Spouse(s)Margaret Talbot
Issue
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James & others
FatherRobert Talbot
MotherEleanor Colley

Sir Henry Talbot of Templeogue, County Dublin, and Mount Talbot, County Roscommon, was a seventeenth-century Irish Catholic landowner, who was elected MP for Newcastle Borough in 1640. His marriage made him a brother-in-law of Richard Talbot, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell.

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Family tree
Henry Talbot with wife, parents, and other selected relatives. [lower-alpha 1]
Richard
Talbot

d.1577
judge
Alice
Burnell
John
Talbot

d.c.1584
Robert
Talbot
Templeogue

d.1616
Eleanor
Colley
William
1st Baronet
Talbot

d.1634
John
d.1627
HenryMargaret
Talbot

d.1663
Richard
1st Earl
Tyconnell
James
d.1691
Aughrim
William
Talbot

d.1692
Lucy
Hamilton
Henry
Talbot

d.1729
Legend
XXXSubject of
the article
XXX Talbot baronets
of Carton
XXX Earls of
Tyrconnell

Birth and origins

Henry was born in about 1600, probably at Templeogue, County Dublin, the second son of Robert Talbot and his wife Eleanor Colley. [2] His father was a member of the landed gentry, seated at Templeogue. Richard Talbot (died 1577) of Templeogue, Chief Justice of the Irish Common Pleas, [3] MP and judge, was one of his great-grandfathers. His father's family was a cadet branch of the Talbots, an Old English family. [4]

His mother was the second daughter of Henry Colley, of Carbury Castle, County Kildare, by his second wife, Catherine Cusack. [2]

Henry had an elder brother John, who inherited the estate at their father's death in 1616, but died childless in 1627. [5] The Talbots of Templogue were Catholics. [6]

Marriage and children

Talbot married Margaret (died 1662), the third daughter of Sir William Talbot, 1st Baronet of Carton, County Kildare, and his wife Alison Netterville. [7] The marriage made him a brother-in-law of Richard Talbot, who would later become Earl of Tyrconnell. [8]

Henry and Margaret had two sons:

  1. James (died 1691), colonel in the Irish army, married Bridget Bermingham, daughter of Francis de Bermingham, 12th Baron Athenry, and was killed at the Battle of Aughrim [9]
  2. William (died 1729), his successor, married Lucy, widow of George Holmes and daughter of William Hamilton of Liscloony, King's County [10]

—and six daughters:

  1. Elizabeth, married John Talbot of Belgard Castle, County Dublin [11]
  2. Bridget, married Gerrit Dillon of Manin, co. Mayo [12]
  3. Mary (died 1691), married Theobald Dillon, 7th Viscount Dillon and was accidentally killed during the Siege of Limerick [13]
  4. Alice, married Edmund Moore of Cloonbigny, "Co. Mayo" [recte "Co. Roscommon"]. [14]
  5. Ellen, married Laurence Cruise, of Cruisetown, co Meath. [15]
  6. Barbara, married Dominick Browne, of Breaghwy, co. Mayo. [16]

Later life

Talbot was elected MP for Newcastle Borough in 1640. [17]

In August 1642 Talbot together with John Dongan went to see Charles I in England and then stayed there and fought for him in the English Civil War. He was knighted by James Butler, Marquess of Ormond, in October 1646 at Kilkenny. [18] [19] In 1648 he was imprisoned, together with his wife. He was then transplanted to Roscommon and held 2,500 acres there. [20]

After the Restoration of Charles II in 1660, Talbot was accused of treasonous participation in the Irish Confederate Wars of the 1640s. However, he was acquitted after being found to be an "innocent Papist", allowing him to recover his estates, which had been confiscated by the English Republic during the Cromwell era. His brother-in-law Richard was an influential figure at court and helped him to demonstrate his innocence and recover his lands.

Death

Talbot died after 1661 [21] (probably in the 1670s or 1680s) and was succeeded by his eldest son, James, who would be killed at the Battle of Aughrim in 1691.

Notes and references

Notes

  1. This family tree is based on the genealogy of the Talbots of Mount Talbot in Burke's Landed Gentry [1] Also see the lists of children in the text.

Citations

  1. Burke & Fox-Davies 1912, p.  683, left column.
  2. 1 2 Burke & Burke 1915, p.  2056, left column. "2. Eleanor, m. [married] Robert Talbot, of Templeogue, co. Dublin."
  3. Ball 1926, p.  208. "Richard Talbot; was son of William Talbot ..."
  4. O'Hart 1892, p.  405. "The Talbots belonged to an ancient Norman family, and entered England in the suite of William the Conqueror ..."
  5. Burke & Fox-Davies 1912, p.  683, left column, line 43. "Robert Talbot of Templeogue, d. 1616; m. [married] Eleanor, dau. [daughter] of Sir Henry Colley, of Castle Carbury and had two sons: 1. John, of Templeogue, d.s.p. [died childless] 1627. 2. Henry, who succeeded."
  6. Ball 1905, p.  24. "The Talbots belonged to the Roman Catholic Church; both Henry Talbot and his mother, who occupied separate dwellings, had its services celebrated in their houses;".
  7. Burke 1883, p.  529, left column. "III. Margaret, m. [married] to Henry Talbot, Esq., of Templeogue."
  8. Burke & Fox-Davies 1912, p.  683, left column, line 49: "Sir Henry Talbot, Knt. of Templeogue, co. Dublin, and Mount Talbot, co. Roscommon, m. [married] Margaret, dau. [daughter] of Sir William Talbot, Bart of Cartown, co. Kildare and sister of Richard, Duke of Tyrconnell, and by her (who d. [died] 14 Dec. 1662) ..."
  9. Burke & Fox-Davies 1912, p.  683, left column, line 53. "1. James, his heir, of Templeogue and Mount Talbot, co. Roscommon, a Col. in James II's army, killed in the battle of Aughrim, 12 July 1691. He m. [married] Hon. Bridget Bermingham, dau. [daughter] of Francis, 17th Lord Athenry ..."
  10. Burke & Fox-Davies 1912, p.  683, left column, line 71. "William Talbot of Mount Talbot, d. [died] 1692; m. [married] Lucy, widow of George Holmes, dau. [daughter] and co-heir of William Hamilton, of Liscloony, King's Co."
  11. Burke & Fox-Davies 1912, p.  683, left column, line 63. "1. Elizabeth, m. [married] Col. John Talbot, of Belgard, co. Dublin."
  12. Burke & Fox-Davies 1912, p.  683, left column, line 64. "2. Bridget, m. [married] Gerrit Dillon of Manin co. Mayo."
  13. G. E. C. 1916, p.  359, line 24. "His [Theobald's] widow [Mary] was accidentally killed a few weeks later, 7 Sep. 1691, in Limerick, during the siege, by the explosion of a bomb."
  14. Burke & Fox-Davies 1912, p.  683, left column, line 66. "4. Alice, m. [married] Edmund Moore of Cloonbigny, co. Mayo."
  15. Burke & Fox-Davies 1912, p.  683, left column, line 67. "5. Ellen, m. [married] Laurence Cruise of Cruisetown, co. Meath."
  16. Burke & Fox-Davies 1912, p.  683, left column, line 68. "6. Barbara, m. [married] Dominick Browne of Breaghwy, co Mayo."
  17. House of Commons 1878, p.  615. "1639 / – Mar. / Henry Talbot, esq. (knt.) / Templeoge / ditto [Newcastle borough]"
  18. Shaw 1906, p.  220. "1646, Oct. Henry Talbot (by same [Marquess of Ormond])"
  19. McGrath 1997, pp. 282–283. "He was knighted by Ormond at Kilkenny in the same year [1646]."
  20. McGrath 1997, p. 283. "In 1648 he was imprisoned, with his wife. He was transplanted to Roscommon, where he was assigned 2,500 acres;"
  21. McGrath 1997, p. 282. "Henry Talbot, (d. 1661+) Newcastle"

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