Earl of Gosford is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1806 for Arthur Acheson, 2nd Viscount Gosford.
The Stronge baronetcy of Tynan was conferred in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 22 June 1803. The family were northern Irish landowners of Tynan Abbey, County Armagh, also possessing the residence of Lizard Manor, Aghadowey, County Londonderry.
James Hamilton, 6th Earl of Abercorn, PC (Ire), was a Scottish and Irish peer and politician. Appointed a groom of the bedchamber to Charles II after his father's death in battle, he took the Williamite side at the Glorious Revolution and in March 1689 supplied Derry with stores that enabled the town to sustain the Siege of Derry until it was relieved in August. Shortly after inheriting a Scottish and Irish peerage from a second cousin, he was created a viscount in Ireland for his services to the Williamite cause.
Archibald Acheson, 3rd Earl of Gosford KP, styled Viscount Acheson between 1807 and 1849, was a British peer and Member of Parliament.
Sir Archibald Acheson of Glencairn, Lord Glencairn, 1st Baronet, was a Scottish jurist.
George de la Poer Beresford, 1st Marquess of Waterford, KP, PC (Ire) was an Anglo-Irish politician, known as George Beresford, 2nd Earl of Tyrone from 1763 to 1789.
There have been three baronetcies created for descendants of the ancient Norman family of Molyneux who were granted extensive estates in Lancashire after the Norman Conquest.
Henry Leslie was a Scotsman who became the Church of Ireland Bishop of Down and Connor from 1635 to 1661 and briefly Bishop of Meath from January to April 1661.
Sir Randal Beresford, 2nd Baronet was an Anglo-Irish politician and baronet.
Sir William Verner, 1st Baronet, KCH, was a British soldier who served in the Napoleonic wars, was wounded at the Battle of Waterloo and resigned as a colonel. He served as a politician, including 36 years as a Member of Parliament. Two of his sons were also members of Parliament. Verner was made Knight Commander of the Hanoverian Order and a Baronet, and was Grand Master of Armagh and Orange Order of Ireland.
Sir Paul Davys was an Irish politician and civil servant, who held office as Clerk to the Privy Council of Ireland and later as Secretary of State (Ireland). He had considerable influence in public affairs, and enjoyed the close friendship of the Lord Lieutenant, James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde. His sons, William and John, both attained high office. He was the grandfather of Paul Davys, 1st Viscount Mount Cashell.
The Custos Rotulorum of County Armagh was the highest civil officer in County Armagh, Ireland. The position was later combined with that of Lord Lieutenant of Armagh.
Villiers is an aristocratic family in the United Kingdom. Over time, various members of the Villiers family were made knights, baronets, and peers. Peerages held by the Villiers family include the dukedoms of Buckingham (1623–1687) and Cleveland (1670–1709), as well as the earldoms of Anglesey (1623–1661), Jersey, and Clarendon. Perhaps the most prominent members of the family were those who received the two dukedoms: George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham (1592–1628) rose to fame and influence as favourite of King James I of England, while Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland (1640–1709) became a mistress of King Charles II of England, by whom she had five children.
William Brownlow was an Anglo-Irish politician.
Arthur Chamberlain Brownlow was an Anglo-Irish politician.
Sir Thomas Bramhall, 1st Baronet was an Irish landowner and Member of Parliament.
Sir Edward Crofton, 1st Baronet (1624–1675) was an Anglo-Irish Royalist politician.
Sir John Cole, 1st Baronet was an Anglo-Irish politician.
Sir Francis Hamilton, 1st Baronet, of Killock (1606–1673), also called of Castle Hamilton and of Killeshandra, was an Irish landowner and Member of the Irish Parliaments of 1640–1649 and 1661–1666.
Sir Robert Hamilton, 1st Baronet was an Anglo-Irish official in Ireland.
