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 BURKE'S CI,OMAI. GKN'TRV. 815 Park, CO. ^tayo, by Marj, His wife, (laughter ami co-hi'iresi (with her sis- ter, Margaretta, wife of Kohert, fourtli Earl of BiiekitiRhamshire) of Kdnioiul JitKKE, of Urrev, Co. Cork, and d. 2,'?ril April, lSi7, after haviiif; broken the entail to the exclusion of his brother Richard, in Canada, leaving his vast estates heavily encumberod {see Gt'ne- alogij of Mar/in of Bullinahinck, by Aboheb Martin), and by her, who d. 1858, had issue, MAur Lktitia, "the Princess of Connemanv," who assumed by royal licence for herself and her husband the eurnarae and arms of Martin; b. 28th Aug., 1815, m. 14th Sept., 18 17, Colonel Arthur Gonne Bell, of Brookhill, co. Mayo, eldest son of Kdward de Tour Gonne Bell, J. P. of Streamstown, co. Mayo, and Maria, hia wife, daughter of Arthur Browns, of Gleneorrid and CairhoUy, co. Mayo. She was forced to sell, by the pressure of the famine times in Ireland, the re- maining portion (197,000 statute acres) of her patrimony in the Encumbered Estates Court, and the property passed to the Law Life Assurance Society, who in 1871, sold 160,000 acres to the Berridge family, with whom that portion still remains. She d.s.p. in the Union Place Hotel, Xew York, U.S.A., 7th Nov., 1850, and hor wi.lower was killed 23rd March, 1883, by a train at Bishoiistoke, England. I. Ltetitia, b. Feb. 1785, m. May, 1808, Sir Charles John Peshall, Bart., of Hales Owen, co. Salop, who d. 24th May, 1834. She rf. 23rd April, 1858, leaving issue. ^fr. Richard Martin, ni. secondly, 5th June, 1796, Ilarriet, widow of Captain Robert Hesketh, R.N., second son of Sir Robert Hesketh. Bart, of Rufford Hall, co. Lancas- ter and second daughter of Hugh EvANa, M.A., T.C.D., Senior Surgeon 5th D.G., and Mary, his wife, only child of the Rev. Thomas Manning, vicar of Odiham, Hants, by Mary Fielding, his wife, aunt of Henry Fielding, the novelist. Richard Martin ceased to be returned to Parliament in 1826, twice refused a peerage, and was in his j^ounger days, like his fatiier, a celebrated swordsman and duellist. For an account of his duel with "Fighting" FitzGerald see Barring- ton's Sketc/iFs. He d. at Boulogne, 6th January, 1834, having by her (who d. 27th September, 1846) h.ad issue, III. Richard, of whom presently, II. Harriet Letilia, *. 5th July, 1801, d. unm. 12th January, 1891. III. Georgina Thomasine, b. 23rd Nov., 1806, d. unm. Uth Feb., 1840. IT. Mary Jane, b. 18th December, 1810, d. unm. 15th April, 1893. The eldest son by the second marriage, Richard Martin, of Derryclare, co. Hal- dimand, Canada, b. 25th March, 1797, M.A., T.C.D., Cornet in the 3rd Dragoon Ounrdp, retired in 1820, and became rector of Dim- boyne, co. Meath, but left llie church and went to Canada in 1833 ; was Lieutenant-Colonel, Ist Haldimand Regiment of Militia, higli sherilV, co. ILddimand, m. 7th Dec., 1821, Emily Sylvia, fourth daughter of John KlR- WAN, Q.C., of Dublin, aiul .Vmie, Ids wife, only daughter and heiress of Euseby Strat- ford, nephew of John, first Earl op Ald- HOROUOII, and d. 4th April, 1878, having by her (who d. IStli November, 1865) had issue, I. Richard, Q.C., of Derryclare, Hamil- ton, CO. Wcntworth, Canada, b. 11th August, 1823, m. yth July, 1858, Elizabeth, youngest daughter of "William CrNNiNOHAM, and d. 29th October, 18S6, leaving issue, 1. Richard Sarsfield, b. 24th Januarv, 1863. 2. Robert John, b. 17th April, 1868. 3. William Frederick Cunningham, b. 14th Se])tcmber, 1872, d. 10th March, 18S,S. 4. Charles Evans, b. 27th Sept., 187G. 1. Emily Harriet. 2. Louisa Mary. 3. Olivia Anne, d. young, 2yth Jan., 1866. 4. Georgina Margaret. 5. Mary Isabella, rf. young 10th Jan., 1873. 6. Elizabeth Maude. 7. Charlotte Peretto (twin with CharlesEvans),^. 10th Aug. 1876. II. John Robert, of Clareville, Cayuga, CO. Haldimand, Canada, barrister-at- law, b. 22nd Feb., 1825, m. first, 27th Sept., 1855, Sophia, third daughter of Ebenezer STiNsoN.of Oak Hall, Hamil- ton, Canada. She d. s. p. 1874. He m. secondly, Slst August, 1874, Sarah, youngest daughter of Josepli Launcelot GCTBBINS, of BallincoUoo House, co. Limerick. She d.s.p. 27th April, 1894. III. Evans Stratford, of Oughterard, Cayuga, co. Haldmiand, Canada, h. 2Gth Oct. 1826, m. 9th Nov.1859, Anne, second daughter of Thomas Blacke- KEr, of Hazelwood, co. Haldimand, and has issue, 1. Richard Blackeney, b, 18th Au- gust, 1860. 2. Evan Stratford Jones, b. 22nd April, 1866. 3. Thomas Barnewall, barrister-at- law, b. 28th March, 1871. 1. Emma Sylvia. 2. Harriet Mary. 3. Francis Anne Newcome. IV. St. George Augustus, b. 2nd March, 1831, d. 20th January, 1835. V. Frederick Oliver, of Derryclare, co. Haldimand, b. 5th Sept, 1832, m. 1st Jan. 1862, Catherine .Maria, fourth daughter of Thomas Blackeney, of Hazelwood, aforesaid, and has issue, 1. Frederick Richard Gunning, barrister, b. 15th September, 1869. 2. Henry Jasjier, barrister-at-law, b. 6th September, 1871. 3. Robert Oliver, h. 10th July. 1873. I. Francis St. George, h. 4lh Sept., 1879, d. 2n i April, 1880.