Henry Talbot of Templeogue explained
Henry Talbot |
Esquire of Templeogue |
Spouse: | Margaret Talbot |
Issue: | James & others |
Issue-Link: | - chldrn
|
Father: | Robert Talbot |
Mother: | Eleanor Colley |
Sir Henry Talbot of Templeogue, County Dublin, and Mount Talbot, County Roscommon, was a seventeenth-century Irish Catholic landowner, who was elected MP for Newcastle Borough in 1640. His marriage made him a brother-in-law of Richard Talbot, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell.
Birth and origins
Henry was born in about 1600, probably at Templeogue, County Dublin, the second son of Robert Talbot and his wife Eleanor Colley. His father was a member of the landed gentry, seated at Templeogue. Richard Talbot (died 1577) of Templeogue, Chief Justice of the Irish Common Pleas, MP and judge, was one of his great-grandfathers. His father's family was a cadet branch of the Talbots, an Old English family.
His mother was the second daughter of Henry Colley, of Carbury Castle, County Kildare, by his second wife, Catherine Cusack.
Henry had an elder brother John, who inherited the estate at their father's death in 1616, but died childless in 1627. The Talbots of Templogue were Catholics.
Marriage and children
Talbot married Margaret (died 1662), the third daughter of Sir William Talbot, 1st Baronet of Carton, County Kildare, and his wife Alison Netterville. The marriage made him a brother-in-law of Richard Talbot, who would later become Earl of Tyrconnell.
Henry and Margaret had two sons:
- James (died 1691), colonel in the Irish army, married Bridget Bermingham, daughter of Francis de Bermingham, 12th Baron Athenry, and was killed at the Battle of Aughrim
- William (died 1729), his successor, married Lucy, widow of George Holmes and daughter of William Hamilton of Liscloony, King's County
—and six daughters:
- Elizabeth, married John Talbot of Belgard Castle, County Dublin
- Bridget, married Gerrit Dillon of Manin, co. Mayo
- Mary (died 1691), married Theobald Dillon, 7th Viscount Dillon and was accidentally killed during the Siege of Limerick
- Alice, married Edmund Moore of Cloonbigny, "Co. Mayo" [''recte'' "Co. Roscommon"].
- Ellen, married Laurence Cruise, of Cruisetown, co Meath.
- Barbara, married Dominick Browne, of Breaghwy, co. Mayo.
Later life
Talbot was elected MP for Newcastle Borough in 1640.
In August 1642 Talbot together with John Dongan went to see Charles I in England and then stayed there and fought for him in the English Civil War. He was knighted by James Butler, Marquess of Ormond, in October 1646 at Kilkenny. In 1648 he was imprisoned, together with his wife. He was then transplanted to Roscommon and held 2,500 acres there.
After the Restoration of Charles II in 1660, Talbot was accused of treasonous participation in the Irish Confederate Wars of the 1640s. However, he was acquitted after being found to be an "innocent Papist", allowing him to recover his estates, which had been confiscated by the English Republic during the Cromwell era. His brother-in-law Richard was an influential figure at court and helped him to demonstrate his innocence and recover his lands.
Death
Talbot died after 1661 (probably in the 1670s or 1680s) and was succeeded by his eldest son, James, who would be killed at the Battle of Aughrim in 1691.
Notes and references
Sources
- Book: Ball, Francis Elrington . F. Elrington Ball . 1905 . A History of the County of Dublin . Part Third . Alex. Thom . Dublin . – Parishes of Tallaght etc. (for Castleogue)
- Book: Ball, F. Elrington . F. Elrington Ball . 1926 . The Judges in Ireland 1221–1921 . 1st . I . . London . 832154869 . – 1221 to 1690
- Book: Burke, Bernard . Bernard Burke . 1883 . A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire . New . Harrison . London . 499232768 .
- Book: Burke . Bernard . Bernard Burke . Fox-Davies . Arthur Charles . 1912 . A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland . New . Harrison & Sons . London . 1045621157 . – (for Talbot of Mount Talbot)
- Book: Burke . Bernard . Bernard Burke . Burke . Ashworth Peter . 1915 . A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage, the Privy Council, Knightage and Companionage . 77th . Harrison . London . 1155471554 .
- Book: G. E. C. . George Edward Cokayne . Gibbs . Vicary . Vicary Gibbs (St Albans MP) . 1916 . The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct, or Dormant . 2nd . IV . The St Catherine Press . London . 228661424 . – Dacre to Dysart (for Dillon)
- Book: House of Commons . 1878 . Return. Members of Parliament – Part II. Parliaments of Great Britain, 1705–1796. Parliaments of the United Kingdom, 1801–1874. Parliaments and Conventions of the Estates of Scotland, 1357–1707. Parliaments of Ireland, 1599–1800. . . London . 13112546 .
- McGrath . Brid . 1997 . A Biographical Dictionary of the Membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640 to 1641 . Ph.D. . 1 . Henry Talbot (d. 1661+) Newcastle County . . Dublin . 282–283 . http://www.tara.tcd.ie/handle/2262/77206/. – Parliaments & Biographies (PDF downloadable from given URL)
- Book: O'Hart, John . John O'Hart . 1892 . Irish Pedigrees: Or, the Origin and Stem of the Irish Nation . 5th . II . . Dublin . 7239210 . – Normans, English, Huguenots etc.
- Book: Shaw, William A. . 1906 . The Knights of England . II . Sherratt & Hughes . London . – Knights bachelors & Index
Further reading
- Book: Lenihan, Pádraig . 2014 . The last Cavalier: Richard Talbot (1631–91) . University College of Dublin Press . Dublin . 978-1-906359-83-6 . none. – Does not seem to be available online
- Book: Talbot, Stephen E . 2012 . Into the lions Den: A Biographical History of the Talbots of Malahide . Dickimaw Books . Dublin . 978-0-9572182-0-8 . none. – Does not seem to be available online