Meredyth family

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The Meredyth family (sometimes spelled Meredith) were an Anglo-Irish family descending from Richard Meredith, a Welsh clergyman who went to Ireland in 1584 and became Bishop of Leighlin.

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

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Sidney Lee ed., Dictionary of National Biography, vol. XXXVII (1894) pp. 270–271.
  2. ^ a b c 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. ^ a b History of the Irish Parliament, vol. V, pp. 246–247.
  5. ^ History of the Irish Parliament, vol. V, p. 244.
  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. ^ a b c d e f g The Complete Baronetage, vol. III, p. 307.
  11. ^ a b c d e f 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. ^ a b 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.