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 200 IIEADFORT. HEAP FORT. Barony [I.] J. Sir Thomas Taxwvb, Bark [LI of Headfort, Go. I 17G0 MeatB, 2d but only surv. s. and h. of the lit. Hon. Sir Thomas ' Tayloor, 2d Bart. [I.], by Mary. da. of John Graham, of Platten, Viscountcy [I.] oo. Meath; ft. 20 Oct. 1724; ma M.P. for Kells, 1747 — GO ; sue. T 17(10 1)1(1 f:ltIler as Baronet [[.] in Oct. 1757 ; and was <•!•. 6 Sen. 1700, I. 110... BAltON IIEADFORT, ..f Headfort, co. Meath [I.], taking his seat 22 Oct. 1701. The following year he was er. 12 April 1762, VISCOUNT HEADFORT, of Headfort, >-o. Mc.ith [I.]. ami, -1 yean later, was er. 24 Oct. 1706, EARL BEOTtVE, of Bective Castle, co. Meath [1.], taking his Beat, as an Earl, 20 Oct. 1767. P.O. [1.] K.P., as one of the IS original knights of that Order,C) 5 Feb. 17S3, being inst. 17 March following. He m. 4 July 1784, Jane, 1st da. of Elizabeth, sno jure Viscountess LanopoRD [1.], by the Rt. Hon. Hercules Lnngford Rowley. The Earl of Bective d. 14 Dec. 1795, aged 71. His widow d. 25 June ISIS, iu Dublin. II. 1795. 1 and 2. Thomas (Taylouk), Earl Bective- 1VrnrniifiR«;ate ri 1 VlSOOTKT Headfort and P.ARON HgADKOBT [I.], s. and h., 6> uuuquossaw L i.j lg N J7G0-95 ; M.P. for I. 1800. Kells, 1770-90; for Longford, 1700-91, and for co. Meath, 1791-95 ; sue. to the peerage. [I.j, M Dec. 1795 ; was Gov. of co. Meath ; a Lord of the Bedchamber ; K.P., 15 May 1S00 ; F.S.A., &c He was er. 29 Dec. 1800,('') MARQUESS OF HEADFORT [L] He m. 5 Dec. 1778, Mary, only da. and li. of George Quin, of Quinsborough, co. Clare, by Mary, da. of Sir Henry Cavendish, 1st Dart., of Doveridge, co. Derby. He d. abroad, 24 Oct. 1829, aged 71. Will pr. Oct. 1830. His widow ) as BARON KENLlS,f d ) co. Meath. He was Lord Lieut, of co. Cavan, 1831 ; Col. of the Meath Militia, 1S31 ; P.C. [tj 1835; one of the Lords in waiting, 1837-41 ; K.P., 15 April 1839. Hem. firstly, 29 Jan. 1822, at St. Geo. Han. sq., Olivia, widow of Edward Tuite Dalton, da. of Sir John Stevenson, of Dublin, Mus. Doc, by ( — ) da. of ( — ) Morton, of llohoboth, co. Dublin. She d. 21 July 1S34. He in. secondly, 5 April 1853, at St. James's Westm., Fiances, widow of Sir William Hay Macnacihten, Bart, (assassinated in 1812) relict (formerly) of Col. McCuntock, da. el John Livingstone Martyn. He d. at Headfort house, near Kells, ci. Meath, 6 Dec. 1870. aged 83. Will pr. 25 Feb. 1871, under £90,000. His widow (by whom he had no issue) d. 2 March 1878, at 11 Eaton square, Midx. Marciuessate [I.] ) $ and Thomas (Taylour), Marquess jjj ok Headfort [1800], Earl Bective [1766], Via- > 1870 collNT Headfort [1762], and Baron Headfort Viscountcy, &c. [!•] ] ' [1760], in the peerage of Ireland, also Baron t-tt Kbnlis [1831], s. and h., by first wife, ft. 1 Nov. 1V - J 1322, in Cadogan Place, Midx.; styled Eaul Bnrc-rivB, 1S27-70 ; High Sheriff of Meath, 1814 ; See vol. i, p. 136, note "d," sub " Arrau " for a list of these. This was one of the 18 peerages [I.], including 4 Marquessates er. on that day. See vol. i, p. 208, note "c," sub " Avonmore." (°) This was one of the Coronation peerages of King William IV., for a list of which see vol. ii, p. 312, note " a," tub " Cloncurry." ( d ) "Kenlis or Kells" in co. Month. This is not to bo confounded with Kells iu Ossory for which see p. 55, note " b," sub " Gormauston." As to Lord Headfort's selection of this title for his Barony [U.K.] see vol. iii, p. 267, note "a," sub "EnniBkillen."