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 GORMANSTON— GORT. Viscountcy [I.] 1 XI. Barony [I.] XIV. d. 22 Oct. 1824. 11. and 14. ANTnoxy (Preston), Viscount Gormanston, ( n ) &c. [I.], s. and h., 6. 1736. He m. > 1757 Henrietta, da. of Lieut. Geu. John Robinson, of j ' Denston Hall, 00. Suffolk. He d. 15 Dec. 1786, in London and was bur. at Strathinullen. Will pr. July 1788. His widow m. in 1791, Lieut. Geu. Christopher Jeaffreson of DuUiughain House, co. Cambridge, who She d. 6 Feb. 1820. Will pr. April 1826. Viscountcy [I.] "1 XII. Barony [I.] XV. 12. and IS, ( 17 SC. Je.viuo (Preston), Viscount Gormanston.(') &c. [I.], only 8. andh., b. 4 Jan. 1775, in Dublin. In Easter, 1800, the outlawries of his ancestors the 6th aud 7th Viscount were pronounced to bo void by the King's Tench [I.], and on 2 Aug. 1S0O, he had a writ of summons to take his seat in the House of Lords [1.] Being a Roman Catholic he took an active part in the cause of the Catholic emancipation. He hi. 19 Dec. 1791, Margaret, 1st da. of Thomas Arthur (Southwell), 2d Viscount Southwell [I.], by Sophia Maria Josephs, 3d da. of Francis Joseph Walsh, Count de Serrant in France. She who was 6. 1 Sep. 1775, d. 26 Jan. 1S20. He d. 10 Feb. 1860, aged S i, at Gormanstou Castle, co Heath. Viscountcy [I.] XIII. Ba>-ony [I.] XVI. Barony [U.K.] I. 1 13, 16, and 1. Edward Anthony Joiin (I'reston), Viscount Gormanston, &c. [I.], s. and h», b. 3 June 1796, in Dublin. High Sheriff of co. Dublin, 1S45, aud sue. to the peerage [I.], 1860. He was, 8 Dec. 186S, a: a Peer [U.K.] as BARON GORMANS- TON OF WHITEWOOD, co. Meath. He m., 19 July 1S36, at St. Mary's, liryanston sq., Midx,, Lucretia, da. of William Charles Jerninuham (next br. to George William, Lord Stafford), by Anne, da of Thomas Wright, of Fitzwalters, co. Essex. He d. 28 Sep. 1876, ! SO, at Gormanston Castle. His widow, who was 4. 10 Aug. 1804, d. 5 Feb. 1891, in iier 87th year, at 7 SeviMe street, Lowndes square, Midx. > mo. I I 1SGS. Viscountcy [I.] ] XIV. Barony [I.] XVII. Barony [U.K.] II. > 187G. 14, 17, and 2. Je.vico William Joseph (Preston), Viscount Gormanston [1478] and Lord Gormanston [1360 ?] Premier Viscount^) in the peer- age of Ireland, also Baron Gormanston of Whitewood [U.K.], s. and h., b. 1 June 1S37, at Gormanston Castle ; Lieut., 60th Rifles,lS57, serving in the campaign in Rohil- cund in 1S58 ; Chamberlain to the Viceroy of Ireland, 1 Stiu-CS. He sue to. the peerage in 1S76. HewasGov.of the Leeward Islands,1885-87,aud Gov. of British Guana, 1887. K.C.M.G., 18S7. He m. firstly, 8 Jan. 1861, at Barmeath, co. Louth, Ismay Louisa Ursula, 3d da. of Patrick (Bellew), 1st Baron Bellew of Barmeath [I.], by Anna Fermina, da, of Don Josd Maria de-Mendoza-y- Rios. She who was b. 1834 d. 19 Aug. 1875. He m. secondly, 29 Oct. 1S78, at Coolmor6, co. Kilkenny, Georgiua, da. of Peter Connellan, of Coolmore, afsd. Family esldcs. — These, in 1SS3, consisted of 9,657 acres in co. Meath, and of 1,300 in co. Dublin. Total 10,957 acres worth £9,364 a year. Principal Residence. Gormanston Castle, near Balbriggan, co. Meath. GORT. See " Winterton of Gout, co. Gahvay," Barony [I.] (Tumour), a: 1761. i.e., " Turnour of Gort, co, Gahvay," 1706, with the Earldom of Winterton [I.], which see. (») See p. 58, note "a." C) See p, 56, note "c."