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 LOUGHBOROUGH — LOUTH. 155 LOUGHBOROUGH (co. Surrey). i.e., " Loughborough of Loughborough, co. Surrey," Barony (Wedder- burn, afterwards, 1805, Erskinc), cr. 1795 ; see " Rosslyn " Earldom, cr. 1801. LOUGHGUYRE. i.e., " Loughguyre, co. Limerick," Baiony [I.] (Fane) cr. 1718 with the Viscountcy of Fane [I.], which see ; ex, 1766. LOUGH MORE. Nicholas Purcell, of Loughmore, co. Tipperary, Col. of a Reg. of Horse in 1689 in Ireland, in the service of King James II., is said to have been cr. by that King, when in exile, BARON LOUGHMORE [I.] See vol. i, p. 59, note " b " {sub " Albemarle ") for a list of the " Jacobite Peerages." LOUGILNEAGII. i.e., " LouGHNEAcn, co. Antrim," Barony [I.] (Clotworthy, afterwards, 1665, Skeffington) cr. 1C60. LOUR. i.e., "Lour," Barony [S.] (Carnegy) or. 1639; exchanged for the Barony of Rosehill [S.] in 1662 ; see " Northesk " Earldom [S.], that title having been substituted (in 1C62) for the Earldom of Emm [S.], cr. 1647. LOUTH. Earldom [I.] Sir John de Bermingham, of Thetmoy, s. and h. of t ■■ o i q Peter Fitz James Mac Phioris DE BERMlNGHAM,( a ) of Thetmoy afsd., by ' Ela, sister and coheir of Edmund, and da. of William DE Odinosells, of _ " co. Warwick ; sue. his father in 130S ; knighted by the Lord Deputy {62, J. [J ] ; n 1312; Commander of the English forces in Ireland, 1318; defeated the army of Edward Bruce, who had been crowned King of Ireland, and was, in reward, cr. 12 May (1319), 12 Ed. II,(b) EARL OF LOUTH [I.] (with the fee of £20 issuing out of that county), with rem. to heirs male of his body. In 1321 he was Chief Governor (as Lord Justice) of Ireland. He m. Catharine, 4th da. of Richard (de Burgh), 2d Earl of Ulster by Margaret, da. of Sir John de Buroh, of Lanvalley. He d. s.p.m.s.( c ) 10 June 1329, being (with hie brothers, Robert and Peter, and many of his race) treacherously slain at Ballybraggan by the rebellious Irish. At his death the Earldom became extinct. [Richard de Bermingham, styled apparently(a) Lord Atherdee, only s. and h. ap. ; he d. unm. and v.p.l ( a ) See tabular pedigree in vol. i, p. 176, note "b," stib " Athenry." ( b ) " Patent dat. in full Pari, at York 12 May (not 7 June as some write) 1319 (12 Ed. II), which was exemplified at Kilkenny, 1 Nov. 1375 (49 Ed. Ill), and is among the patent rolls of that year in the Birmingham tower. No. 156, F." [Lodge vol. iii, p. 34.1 This is one of the six Irish Earldoms cr. before 1330, for a li»t of which see sub " Ormonde." ( c ) He had three daughters and coheirs, viz. (1) Matilda nt. Sir Eustace Le Poer, ancestor to the Earls of Tyrone [I.J (2) Bartholomea m. John, son of Richard Fitz Richer, and had issue, and (3) Catharine, m. Edmund Lacy. ( d ) " Lodge," vol. iii, p. 36 [last line of note] the Lordship of Atherdee (often confused with Athenry, alias Athenree) having been conferred on the Earl of Louth.