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 106 ANNESLEY. Law (Dublin) 1738 ; M.P. for Midleton, co. Cork, 1741-58 ; sue. his father (though not lik h male) in the estate of Castlewellan, 7 Aug. 17. r i0; was Sheriff for co. Down, 23 Nov. 1750 ; and on 20 Sep. 175S, was a: BARON ANNESLEY of Castle Welkin, eo. Dowu( h ) [I.] He took his seat in the House 29 Nov. 1 7 59. On 14 Nov. 1766, he was it. VISCOUNT OLKKAW'LYr 1 ) of co. Fermanagh; 1 ') [1.], and took his seat accordingly 27 Jan. 1 70S. He m. 16 August 1738, Anne, 1st da. of Marcus (Berksvokd), 1st" Eaul of Tyrone [I.] by Catharine, tup jure Baroness Li Pooi [L] She d. 12 May 1770. He d. at Clontnrffe 12 Sep. 1770, in his 61st year. II. 1770. 3. Fkancis Charles (Annesley), Yiscount Glerawly _ rT, and Loud Annesley of Castle Wellan [I.], s. and h., b. 27 Nov. 1740. Earls [H M p for Downpatriek 1761-70. Took his seat in the House of Lords I. 1789. 1 March 1771. On 17 Aug. 17S9 he was or, EARL ANNESLEY of Castlewellan, co. Dowm 1 ') [I.], with a spec, van., failing heirs male of his body, to his br. Richard Annesley in like manner. He took his seat on the Earls' Bench 21 .Ian. 1 790. He m. 8 Feb. 1 766 Mary, da. and h. of Richard Ghove of Ballyhimmock, co. Cork. She </. 1792. He subsequently had the marriage ceremony performed at Mouutpanther, co. Down, with a woman who was already marr ied, riz. Sophia Connor, wife of one of his gate keepers. By her (besides a son b. btfart) he had 2 sons 6. after such ceremony, both of whom, as well as their mother, assumed the rank to which a legit, marriage would have entitled them.( c ) He d. s.p., legit. 19 Dee. 1802, and was bur. at Kilmegan, afsd. Earls [I.] ] 3. Richard (Annesley), Earl Annesley, &c, II. ! [I.], 3rd but 2nd surv. br. and h., who inherited the Earldom Barons [I.] f 180'-- according to the spec. rem. He was b. 14 April 1745 ; Barrister HI at Law, Dublin 1770; was sometime M.P. for Colcraiue; for St. Canice, 4c., 1776-1800 ; was also a Commissioner of the Revenue. He in. at Swanlinbar, co. Cavan, 25 Sep. 1771, Anne, only da. and h. of Robert Lambert of Dunlady, co. Down. She if. 30 June 1822. He d. 9 Nov. 1824 at Clotitiu", and was 6nr."l6 at Kilmegan afsd. i [I.] ~i J,. William Riciiaud (Annesley), Earl Annes- III. (_ 1821. LF.v, 4c, s. and h. b. 16 July 1772. M.P. for Down Patrick, Barons [I.] 1815-20. He m. firstly 19 May 1S03, Isabella, da. of VWlHan IY_ (St. Lawrence), 2nd Earl of Howth [I.], by his 1st wife Mary, da. and coheir of Thomas (Berminoham), Earl of Louth [I.] This marriage was dissolved by Act of Pari. 8 June 1821. ( d ) He m. secondly at Kilmegan afsd., 15 July 1S28, 'l'riscilla Cecilia, left issue, being ancestor of Arthur Annesley who, in 1844, becoming (apparently) the head of the house of Annesley, assumed the family 1 lonours of VlSOOUJM Yai.fntia and Lord Mount.norris [I.] ( :l ) This name is intended for Gi.fnawley (sometimes called Clanawley), a Barony on the west side of co. Fermanagh ; the error was caused by the clerk having inadvertently written li for N and having omitted the E in the patent. ( b ) The three patents (1758, 1766, and 1789) are printed in externa iu the claim to the Peerage by the 4th Earl in July 1S55. Note that in the patent of 1758 the name is Castle Wellan, but in that, of 17M> ( 'astlewollan. ( c ) The eldest of these 2 sons was bap. " George de Is Poer Beresford." He was a student in the Royal Military Coll., .Sandhurst, Berks, where he d. until., and was ilir. 18 Feb. 1814, at Sandhurst, as " George, EARL OF ANNESLEY, aged 15." The yst. s., called " the Hon. Francis Charlk Annesley," d. an infant, 9 March 1803, at the residence of " the COUNTESS ANNESLEY " {i.e. his mother), in Sackville St., Dublin. This so culled Countess d. in Paris about 1852. Her 1st s. by the Earl (4. before the marriage ceremony) d. at sea aged 14. By Dorothy Me.Ilroy the Karl had 3 other sons, b. in his wife's lifetime, one of whom was living 1855. These last three are here mentioned because they are so often confused with the three sons of Sophia Connor, two of whom claimed to be legitimate as abovesaid. ( a ) The cause was the Lady's crim. con. with Henry John Burn, fust discovered in July 1819. She d. April 1827.