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 296 COMPLETE PEERAGE athenry XIII. 1677. 13. Edward (Bermingham), Lord Athenry [I.], s. and h. Lord Lieut, of co. Mayo. He served as Capt. in the army of James II in Ireland, 1689, (Earl of Clanricarde's Reg. of Infantry) (") and was outlawed 1 1 May 1691, but the attainder was reversed 25 Nov. 1698, and full pardon granted by patent 5 June 1700. He m., istly, Mary, widow of Sir John Burke, of Derrymaclaghtny, co. Galway, ist da. of Richard (de Burgh), 6th Earl of Clanricarde [I.], by Eliza- beth, da. of Walter (Butler), Earl of Ormonde [I.]. By her he had no surv. issue. She d. of small pox, at Merchant's Key, Dublin, 13, and was bur. 14 Aug. 1685, at Christ Church, Dublin. Fun. ent. He w., 2ndly, Bridget, ist da. of Col. John Browne, of Westport, co. Mayo, by his 2nd wife, Maud, da. of Theobald (Bourke), 3rd Viscount Mayo [I.]. She d. 13 Jan. 1702, and was bur. at Athenry. He d. 3, and was bur. 9 May 1709, at Athenry. Fun. Entry [I.] signed Athanry by his successor. XIV. 1709. 14. Francis (Birmingham), Lord Athenry [I.], only surv. s. and h. by 2nd wife, b. 1692. Conformed to the Established Church [I.] 19 June 1709. Took his seat in the House of Lords [I.] 25 Nov. 1713. He m., istly, 22 Sep. 1716, Mary, ist da. and, in her issue, coh. of Thomas (Nugent), 4th Earl of Westmeath [I.], by Margaret, da. of John (Bellew), ist Lord Bellew[I.]. She was b. 1694, and d. at Galway, July 1725. He m., 2ndly, 17 Aug. 1745, Ellis, widow of Theobald (Bourke), Viscount Mayo [I.], da. of James Agar, of Gowran, co. Kilkenny, by his 2nd wife, Mary, da. of Sir Henry Wemyss. He d. in Dublin, 4 Mar. 1749/50. His widow, who on i Aug. 1758, was cr. Countess of Brandon [I.], d. s.p., 1 1 Mar. 1789, in Merrion Sq., Dublin. See "Brandon, " Countess of [I.], cr. 1758 ; extinct 1789. XV. 1750 15. Thomas (Bermingham), Lord Athenry [I.], ist, to and only surv. ('') s. and h. by ist wife, b. 16 Nov. 1799. 1717- M. P. for CO. Galway 1745-49/50. Took his seat in the House of Lords [I.] 19 Mar. 1 749/50. On 23 Apr. 1759 he was cr. EARL OF LOUTH, co. Louth [I.], and took his seat as such 23 Nov. following. P.C. [I.], but was turned out of the Council by Lord Townshend. He m., istly, Nov. 1745, Jane, ist da. of Sir John Bingham, 5th Bart. [S.], by Anne, da. of Agmondesham Vesey. She d. s.p.s., II Sep. 1746, at Castlebar, co. Mayo. He in., 2ndly, 10 Jan. 1750, Margaret, yst. da. and eventually coh. of Peter Daly, of Quansbury, co. Galway, by Elizabeth, da. of Richard Blake, of Ardfry. She d. in or before 1793. Admon. 18 May 1793. lie d. s.p.m.s., 11 Jan. 1799, ^* ^is house at Bermingham, co. Galway, when the Earldom of Louth [I.] became extinct, and the Barony of Athenry [I.] dormant. (') The latter title was, however, assumed as under. (*) For a list of the Irish peers present in, and absent from, the Pari, of 1689, sec vol. ill, Appendix D. C) He had 2 yr. brothers living 4 May 1736, then aged about 15 and 11. {Hist. MSS. Com., 15th Rep., App., Pt. i, p. 156). C^) On his death any Barony in fee that might have been vested in him would