Meredyth baronets

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There have been two baronetcies created for persons with the surname Meredyth, both in the Baronetage of Ireland. Both are extinct.

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The Meredyth Baronetcy, of Greenhills in County Kildare, was created in the Baronetage of Ireland on 20 November 1660 for William Meredyth, son of Sir Robert Meredyth, Chancellor of the Exchequer of Ireland. The title became extinct on the death of the twelfth Baronet in 1933.

The Meredyth Baronetcy, of Carlandstown in County Meath, was created in the Baronetage of Ireland on 26 July 1795 for John Meredyth, son of Thomas Meredyth and Alicia Tisdall, daughter of Philip Tisdall, Attorney General for Ireland and his wife Mary Singleton. He was High Sheriff of Meath for 1783 and knighted the same year. The fourth baronet was High Sheriff of Meath in 1836. The fifth Baronet was High Sheriff of County Kilkenny for 1888; the title became extinct on his death in 1923.

Meredyth baronets, of Greenhills, Co Kildare (1660)

Meredyth baronets, of Carlandstown, County Meath (1795)

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Family tree
Richard [1]
(died 1597)
Bishop of Leighlin
Sir Robert [1]
(died 1668)
Chancellor of the Exchequer 		Sir Thomas [1]
(died 1677)
MP for Old Leighlin
Sir William [2]
(died 1665)
1st Baronet, of Greenhills		 Sir Charles [3]
(died 1700)
Chancellor of the Exchequer		Robert [4] Charles [5]
(died 1710)
MP for Meath and Kells		 Arthur [6]
(1639–1732)
MP for Navan
parentage uncertain
Richard [2] [4]
(1657–1743)
MP for Athy; de jure 2nd Baronet?		 Henry [7]
(1675–1715)
MP for Kells and Navan		 Thomas [8]
(died 1732)
MP for Wexford, New Ross and Navan		 Thomas [9]
(1665–1719)
MP for Navan, Lismore and Midhurst
Robert [2]
(died 1747)
de jure 3rd Baronet?		Paul [10]
(died 1783)
de jure 5th Baronet?		Moore [10]
(died 1789)
de jure 6th Baronet?		Joshua [10]
(died 1787)		Charles
(died 1747)
dean of Ardfert 		Thomas [11]
(died 1773)		 Henry [12]
(died 1789)
MP for Armagh		 Arthur Francis [13]
(1726–1775)
MP for Meath
Richard [14]
(1733–1777)
de jure 4th Baronet?		Sir Barry Colles [10]
(died 1813)
7th Baronet		Sir John [11]
(1740–1799)
1st Baronet, of Carlandstown		Mary [15]
married Sir Richard Gorges-Meredyth, 1st Baronet
Sir Joshua Colles [10]
(1771–1850)
8th Baronet		Sir Edward Newenham [10]
(1776–1865)
9th Baronet		Sir Thomas [11]
(1770–1815)
2nd Baronet		Sir Henry [11]
(1775–1859)
3rd Baronet		Mary Anne [16]
married Sir Marcus Somerville, 4th Baronet
Sir Edward Henry John [10] [17]
(1828–1904)
10th Baronet		Sir Henry [11]
(1802–1889)
4th Baronet		 William Meredyth Somerville [16]
(1802–1873)
1st Baron Athlumney and Meredyth
Henry William [11]
(died 1878)		 James Herbert Gustavus Meredyth Somerville [18]
(1865–1929)
2nd Baron Athlumney and Meredyth
Sir Henry Bayly [19] [20]
(1863–1923}
5th Baronet

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 G. E. C., The Complete Baronetage, vol. III (1903) p. 306.
  3. ↑ Edith Mary Johnston-Liik, The History of the Irish Parliament 1692–1800, vol. V (2002) pp. 243–244.
  4. 1 2 History of the Irish Parliament, vol. V, pp. 246–247.
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  6. ↑ History of the Irish Parliament, vol. V, pp. 242–243.
  7. ↑ History of the Irish Parliament, vol. V, pp. 244–245.
  8. ↑ History of the Irish Parliament, vol. V, p. 248.
  9. ↑ History of the Irish Parliament, vol. V, p. 247.
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 The Complete Baronetage, vol. III, p. 307.
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 6 The Complete Baronetage, vol. V (1906) p. 436.
  12. ↑ History of the Irish Parliament, vol. V, pp. 245–246.
  13. ↑ History of the Irish Parliament, vol. V, p. 243.
  14. ↑ The Complete Baronetage, vol. III, pp. 306–307.
  15. ↑ The Complete Baronetage, vol. V, p. 424.
  16. 1 2 The Complete Baronetage, vol. V, p. 358.
  17. ↑ Who Was Who , vol. I, p. 488.
  18. ↑ Who Was Who, vol. III, p. 43.
  19. ↑ The Complete Baronetage, vol. V, pp. 436–437.
  20. ↑ Who Was Who, vol. II, p. 724.
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