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 58 GORMANSTON. Viscountcy [L] 1 VI. IX. G and 9, Nicholas (Preston), Viscount Gormanston, &c. [I.], s. anil h., agerl '22 at his father's ' 1630 1630 when ho sue. to the peerage [I.] and had spec, livery of his estate. He received in 1 (531 large grants of laud in co. Leitrim, made into the Barony of Preston ; ou 11 July 1634, took his sent in Pari. ; was on the committee for grievances and of privileges, &c., but, siding with the rebel Irish, was outlawed 17 Nov. 1643. He m. Mary, dn. of Nicholas (Barnkwall), 1st Viscount BarnewaLL of Kingsland [I.], by Bridget, Dow. Countess of Ttrconnei. [I.], da. of Henry (Fitz Gerald), Earl of Kildark [I.] She d. at Alloon, co. Kildare, May 1042. He d. 29 July 1643, and was (posthumously) excepted from pardon, by Cromwell, 12 Aug. 1652. Viscountcy [I.] VII. Barony [I.] X. > 1643. 7 and 10. Jenico (Preston), Viscount Gormanston, &c. [I.], s. and h. He apparently sue. to thepeerage[I.]inlb'43butwasnot restored till 1660 to all the lands and hereditaments held on 22 Oct. 1641, by his father. He was by King James II. made Lord Lieut, of co. Meath ; P.C. ; Col. of Foot and a Com- missioner of the Treasury, 17 June 1690. He was -eign) indicted for high treason (his estates being seized) and was outlawed 16 April 1691, such outlawry being, however, about a month after his death. He m. firstly, Frances, 5th da. oi Francis (Leke), 1st Earl of Scarsdale, by Aim, da. of Sir Edward Carve, of Aldenham, Herts. She d. s.p., 29 July 1682, and was bur. at Strathmullen. He m. secondly, Nov. 1683, Margaret, da. of Caryl (Molyneux), 3d Viscount Molyneux [I.], by Mary, da. of Alexander BARLOW. He d. s.p.ui. in the city of Limerick, 17 March 1690/1. His widow »i„ 10 March 1692, James Butler, of Kilveager, co. Tippcrary. She m. (for her third husband) before 1706 Kobert Casev, of Dublin. She is said to have d. 171 l.( b ) accordingly (under the new 1691. 8, and 11. Jenico (Preston), Viscount Gormanston, ( a ) &c. [I.], nephew and h. male, being s. and h. of the Hon. Nicholas Preston, by his cousin, Elizabeth, 1st da. of Anthony (Preston), 2d Viscount TaBA [I.], which Nicholas was next br. of the last Viscount. He claimed the family estates under the articles of the siege of Limerick, and these, tho' not recovered by himself, were accordingly restored to his successor. He d. s.p.( b ) Viscountcy [I.] IX. Barony [I.] XII. Viscountcy [I.] 1 X. Barony [I] XIII. 9. and 12. Anthony (Preston), Viscount GoRMANSTON,( a ) &c. [I.], br. and h. He m. in 1700, '1700? Mary, only da. and h., of his uncle Jenico (Preston), 7th Viscount Gormanston [I.], by his 2d wife the Hon. Margaret Molyneux abovenamed. Herf. 25 Sep. 1716. His widow d. 1748 or 1751.( b .) 1716. I J 10. and 13. Jenico (Preston), Viscount Gormanston, ( a ) &c. [I.], s. and h., h. 1707. He m. 9 Feb. 1729/30, Thomazine, 1st da. of John (Baunewall) , 11th Lord Tri.mlestown [L], by Mary, only da. of Sir John Barnewall. He d. at Gormanston, 31 Oct. 1757. His widow d. 10 Jan. 1788, at Liege in the Netherlands. (") The title was born by the eighth and subsequent Viscounts, but was not generally acknowledged, being supposed till 1800, to be under attainder. (") "Margaret, Viscountess Dow. Gormanstowu " is bur. 22 Oct. 1733, at St. James's, Westm. Her identity is not very clear.