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 35G TAAFFE. . 3 A - 0<e IV. 1G89. J f .. Francis (Taaffe), 3d Earl of Carlin-gforiV &c. [I ], next surv. br. and h., was Field Marshal in the Imperial Service, Knight of the Golden Fleece, &c, and was well known as " Count Taaffe," He rf. s.p., Ang. 170 1. V. 1704. 5. Theobald (Taaffe), 4th Earl of CARLrxciFORn [I. 1681], 5th Viscount Taaffe ok Cohkf.n, and Baron of Balltmote [I. 1623], nephew and h. He ti. a.p., 21 Oct. 173S, when the Earldoin of Carlingfnrd [1.]. became estinct, but Wis other honours devolved as below. Will devising his estate to his cousin and h. male, dat. 7 .May 1737, pr. 2 May 173P, at Dublin. VI. 1738. 6. Nicholas (Taaffe), Viscount Taaffe of Cohrex, &c. [I.], also ,i CViONT OF THE HoLT KoMaN Empire, cousiu and h. m&lf, being only s. and b. «f Francis Taaffe, by Anna, .la. of Johu C'iiki.v, of Crean'a Castle, co. Slico, which Francis, was only s. and h. of Capt. the Hon. William Taaffe (b. about 1017), 8th s. of the 1st Viscounty*) He was fc. about 168! ; ed. at Lorraine, becoming Chancellor to Leopold, Duke of Lorraine ; distinguished himself greatly in the war against the Turks in 173S and at the victory of Belgrade, being a Col of a Keg. of FusileerB in the Imperial Service ; was Chamberlain to the Ktuprror Charles VI. and his successor, Maria Theresa, with whom he stood in great favour. He sue. to the peerage [I.], 24 Oct. 1 738. and was sum. to I'arl. 1 1 1 by writ. :i Dec. 1741, accordingly, but never took his se.it.C') He m. 30 Oct. 172H, Maria Auna, da. of John Philip, Count Spenulkr, of Lintz in Upper Austria, by Catharine Pateuti.i, CoPSTrsa Dl K.A/IANF.U. She, who was a Lady of the Bedchamber to the Empress Maria Therein, rf. at Klliscbai! in Bohemia, 21, and was bur. 26 Nov. 176.u in St.. Katie-Hue's church at Silberberg. aged 73. He survived her about six weeks and rf. at Eliischan, 30 l>ec. 1760, battg bar. with her, 1 Jan. 1770, aged about 8Bd, e J. Will dat. at Vienna, 2 June 1760 to 11 Sep. 1766, pr. at Dublin, IS July 1770. VII. 176'.). 7. Rodolph (Taaffe), ViscooxT Taaffe of Cdures, .te. [I.], also a Court of the Holy Romas Empire, grandson and li., being the lsts. and h. uf the Hon. John Philip Taaffe, a Councillor of the Empire, by Maria Brigitta, da. of Rodolph, Count Chotek a Chot Kowa, which John I'hilip, was 1st s. and h. ap. of the late Lord, but rf. v. p. 10 Dei'. 1765, aged 32, He was 6. in London, 6 Oct. 1762 : sue. to the peerage [L], 30 Dec 1769 : was Lieut. Col. of the Hadek Hussars in the Imperial Service, and was Chamberlain at that Court. Hew. 11 April 1787, at Bruno in Moravia, Josephs, da of Charles William, Count HaUO- witz. She ({. 1828. He rf. at Vienna 7. and was bur. 0 June 1830 in the family vault at Wischenau, in the district of St. Augustine there, aged 67. Will dat. 25 Feb., reg. 23 June 1S30, at Vienna. VIII. 1830. S. Francis John Charles Joseph Rodolph (Taaffe), Viscount Taaffe of Corhfn. &c. [I.], also a Count of the Holt Roman Empire, 1st s. and h. : b at IJrnnii nfsd. 23, and bap. 21 May 1738, in the garrison church of St. Maria Ascension there ; was a major in the Austrian service ; Chamberlain and Master of the Horse to the Court at Vienna ; sue. la the peerage [I.J 7 June 1830. Hew. 11 April 1811. Antonia Atnedee, Countess DB Varkony, a Lady of the order of the Starry Cross. He rf. s.p. at Baden, near Vienna, 8 and was bur. 11 Feb. 1819, in St. Helen's cemetery there, need 60. His widow, b. 1705, was, apparently, living in 1S80, tho' not subsefjuently.C 1 ) (•] No less than 14 such sons are named in '• Lodge" of whom but live are credited with issue, viz. the 1st and the 8th (as in the text), and the 9tb, Thomas, who m. in Flanders and had three sons, (from two of whom issue male may still remain), viz. (1) Lucas. (2) Theobald, who rf unm. (3) Charles. The male issue »f the 3d and 4th sons (the only others who had issue), was presumablv extinct before 1738. ( b ) Tho' politically attached to the Hanoverian interest, he was active in procuring a mitigation of the penal laws against the Roman Catholics. (°) A valuable pamphlet on the condition of Ireland, quoted by Lecky, was pub- lished in 1766 by Lord Taaffe, a Roman Catholic nobleman. ( a ) Dod's " Annual Peerage " for 1880, her name being omitted in that for 1SS1.