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	Prestons of Ireland
		Sir Robert de Preston b.xxxx d.1396 was knighted in the field, 1361, by Lionel, Duke of Clarence, and obtained a grant forever of the Manor of Gormanston in the Counties of Dublin and Meath.
		Jenico Preston b.xxxx d.3-17-1691, 7th Viscount Gormanston, having adhered to his legitimate Sovereign, James II, was indicted for high treason, and outlawed upon that indictment 4-16-1691.
		Jenico Preston b.abt.1640, 8th Viscount Gormanston, although the title was not acknowledged but was borne by him and his three immediate successors.
	people.consolidated.net /fpreston/presirel.htm (1536 words)

	Gormanston, fourteenth Viscount (1837 - 1907) Biographical Entry - Australian Dictionary of Biography Online
		GORMANSTON, JENICO WILLIAM JOSEPH PRESTON, 14th Viscount (1837-1907), governor, was born on 1 June 1837 at Gormanston Castle, Meath, Ireland, son of Edward Anthony John Preston, 13th Viscount Gormanston and his wife Lucretia, née Jerningham.
		Gormanston's next post was governor of Tasmania; he presided there for an extended term from 8 August 1893 until August 1900.
		As Ireland's premier viscount, Gormanston was honoured as befitted his rank: high sheriff for Dublin (1865) and Meath (1871); deputy lieutenant for Dublin; K.C.M.G. (1887) and G.C.M.G. As governor, he proved no cipher.
	www.adb.online.anu.edu.au /biogs/A090058b.htm (622 words)

	Gormanston College at AllExperts
		Gormanston College, is a fee-paying, coeducational Catholic secondary school under the trusteeship of the Franciscan Province of Ireland.
		He held this title from 1914 until his death in 1940, and was a member of the Preston family who were Viscounts Gormanston since the fourteenth century.
		The current Viscount Gormanton is Jenico Preston, 17th Viscount Gormanston who lives in Kensington, London.
	en.allexperts.com /e/g/go/gormanston_college.htm (379 words)

	Line of Descent for the Preston family, <b>Barons of Drumahaire</b>, Co Leitrim, Connacht, Ireland. The ...
		The 6th Viscount Gormanston, [the oldest Viscountcy in Ireland, established in 1478] acquired the Barony of Drumahaire from Charles I in 1636.
		The 6th Viscount Gormanston became the 1st Baron of Drumahaire after Drumahaire with other Irish lands passed into the hands of the Crown in 1536 after an Act of Resumption, essentially an Act stripping absentee Irish landowners of their lands and titles.
		Jenico William Joseph Preston, GCMG, KCMG, 14th Viscount Gormanston, Baron Birminham of Kells in Ossary, Baron Laundres of the Naas, Co Kildare, Baron Gormanston in Ireland, Lieut.
	mctiernan.com /drumahir.htm (1598 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		That viscountcy was called after Gormanston as the latter was the principle seat and Manor of the Prestons at the time, having been acquired upon their relinquishment of occupancy of the Manor of Fyngallestoun.
		The Viscounts Gormanston continued to retain the Lordship of the latter under reversion.
		The Gormanston Register is a collection of ancient manuscripts going back to the 12th century, belonging to the Viscounts Gormanston, and now lodged in the National Library of Ireland, in Dublin.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Fingal (918 words)

	LENNON WYLIE
		Viscount Gormanston, Jenico Preston, Baron Birmingham of Kells, in Ossory, and Baron Loundres of the Nass.
		Viscount Strabane, James Hamilton, Baron Strabane and Mountcastle, and a Baronet ; Marquess of Abercorn in England, Earl of Abercorn, Scotland.
		Viscount Midleton, George Allan Brodrick, Baron Brodrick of Midleton, in the County Cork, Baron Brodrick in England.
	www.lennonwylie.co.uk /BSD1843Start2.htm (6699 words)

	The Preston Family Blazon and Crest (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Preston Family, Viscount Gormanston in Co's Dublin and Meath, Baron Birmingham of Kells in Ossory, Baron Laundres of the Naas, Co Kildare, Baron Gormanston in Ireland, Baron Gormanston of Whitewood, Co Meath in the United Kingdom, premier viscount of Ireland (oldest viscountcy in Ireland).
		When the 13th viscount died in 1876 a pack of foxes is said to have trooped across the fields in a line parallel to the cortege bearing his body to the churchyard.
		John Ramsey, was a grandson of the 14th Viscount and a collector of these tales of the Gormanston foxes.
	mctiernan.com /preston.htm (466 words)

	Parishes of Donnybrook,
		Besides the Castle of Merrion he had a house in Dublin, but he died in the former place, and desired to be buried in the parish church of Donnybrook, directing that in the Chapel there belonging to his family a tomb or monument should be erected to their memory.
		Viscount Fitzwilliam complained on more than one occasion of wastage of his lands by the commander of the ordnance, and in June 1642, 260 horses belonging to the transport were stationed there.
		He was a most popular judge, esteemed for his profound legal knowledge as well as for his urbanity, and was a man of literary tastes and culture, his library being one of the best in the kingdom of his day, and his collection of paintings and antiquities of rare excellence.
	chapters.eiretek.org /books/ball1-6/Ball2/ball2.1.html (14263 words)

	Viscount Gormanston
		The title of Viscount Gormanston was created in the Peerage of Ireland in 1478, and is the senior Viscount of Ireland, as well as the bearer of the oldest vicomital title in the British Isles.
		The Viscount bears the subsidiary titles of Baron Gormanston (1370) and Baron Loundres (1478) in the Peerage of Ireland and Baron Gormanston (1868) in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
		Jenico Edward Joseph Preston, 15th Viscount Gormanston (1879-1925)
	www.guajara.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/v/vi/viscount_gormanston.html (137 words)

	The Grimshaws of Errwood Hall
		Viscount Gormanston, born in 1845, Captain late of the 9th Lancers, Lieutenant Lancashire Yeomanry Hussars 1873-80, late A.D.C. to the Duke of Abercorn, D.L., J.P. co. Meath, J.P. co. Dublin.
		The family seat of the Gormanston's was Gormanston Castle, County Meath, Ireland.
		Other branches of the Preston family to visit Errwood were the children and grandchildren of the 14th Viscount Gormanston, William Joseph Preston, G.C.M.G., J.P. and D.L. co. Dublin and J.P. cos.
	www.grimshaworigin.org /Webpages2/ErrwoodGoyt.htm (9342 words)

	The British Peerage in 1818
		In 1818, there was a grand total of 66 viscountcies, of which one had been created in the peerage of England, two created in the peerage of Scotland and 11 created in the peerage of Ireland.
		Viscount of Falkland, who died of wounds from a duel on 02.03.1809.
		Viscount Barnewall of Kingsland (died 15.11.1834) inherited his title in 1814, after the House of Lords decided he was the legal heir of George Barnewall, 5
	www.napoleon-series.org /research/miscellaneous/Britishpeerage/c_britishpeerage7.html (481 words)

	The Preston Family Blazon and Crest (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The crest and supporter of the Viscounts Gormanston are a fox proper.
		For example, when the 12th viscount was dying in the winter of 1860, Lord Fingall, related that a villager said to him, "My Lord, you will not find today, all the foxes have gone to Gormanston to see the old lord die", which he did that very day.
		A distinguished Irish lady, who was living near Gormanston at the time, told me that one of the villagers came into her parent's house one morning in June 1940 and said "something has happened to Lord Gormanston, the foxes were barking all night long".
	www.mctiernan.com /preston.htm (466 words)

	VISCOUNTS AND BARONS TARA - Online Information article about VISCOUNTS AND BARONS TARA
		grandson, Robert Preston, was created Viscount Gormanston in 1478; and the Tatter's great-grandson was See also:
		1599), whose second son was Thomas Preston, Viscount Tara.
		exile created him Viscount Tara; and after his departure from Ireland in 1652 he offered his services to Charles in See also:
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /SUS_TAV/TARA_VISCOUNTS_AND_BARONS.html (577 words)

	The Spirit Society - Paranormal Community for Ghosts and Hauntings
		For the family of the Viscount Gormanston it seems to be possible.
		The 12th Viscount lay in waiting when foxes were found everywhere.
		In 1876 the 13th Viscount was in a critical state.
	www.spiritsociety.org /ghost.php?page=articles&article=omen1.html (944 words)

	A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland by Samuel Lewis
		Stackallen House is the handsome residence of Viscount Boyne, whose ancestor, Gustavus, first Viscount, commanded a regiment in King William's army in the battle of the Boyne: he was interred in the church of Stackallen in 1723, as have also been many other branches of the family.
		There are some remains of the ancient church, the cemetery of which is the burial-place of the Preston family, ancestors of Viscount Gormanston, who takes his title from this estate.
		The principal are Stillorgan House, the residence of J. Verschoyle, Esq., anciently the property of the Allens, ancestors of the present Viscount and Baron Allen of Stillorgan; Carysford House, the seat of the Right Hon.
	www.booksulster.com /library/topog/s2.php (18623 words)

	thePeerage.com - Colonel Arthur Howard Heath and others
		He is the son of Jenico William Richard Preston, 16th Viscount Gormanston and Pamela Hanly.
		He is the son of Jenico Nicholas Dudley Preston, 17th Viscount Gormanston and Eva Antonie Landzianowska.
		Robert Francis Hubert Preston, son of Jenico Edward Joseph Preston, 15th Viscount Gormanston and Eileen Butler, on 8 September 1941.
	www.thepeerage.com /p7573.htm (498 words)

	List of Viscounts in the peerages of the British Isles at AllExperts
		Viscounts of the United Kingdom and of Ireland after 1801
		This is a list of present Viscounts in the Peerages of England, Scotland, Great Britain, Ireland, and the United Kingdom.
		The general order of precedence among Viscounts is:# Viscounts of England # Viscounts of Scotland # Viscounts of Great Britain# Viscounts of Ireland created before 1801# Viscounts of the United Kingdom and of Ireland created after 1801
	en.allexperts.com /e/l/li/list_of_viscounts_in_the_peerages_of_the_british_isles.htm (269 words)

	Line of Descent for the Preston family, <b>Barons of Drumahaire</b>, Co Leitrim, Connacht, Ireland. The ...
		Sir Robert Preston, Kt., created 1st Viscount Gormanston in 1478 by the Tudor king, Edward IV, making it the oldest Viscountcy in Ireland, ob 1503 = Janet, dau of Sir Richard Molyneux of Sefton, Co Lancashire.
		Edward Anthony John Preston, 13th Viscount Gormanston, 8th Feudal Baron of Drumahaire, b.
		Valentine Farrell is the great, great grandson of Edward Anthony John Preston, 13th Viscount Gormanston, 8th Feudal Baron of Drumahaire and has written a book, "Not so much to one side" which is a local history of Moynalty, his birthplace.
	www.mctiernan.com /drumahir.htm (1598 words)

	Chapter 32. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Its rectory being impropriate in the Gormanston family, it ranks as a vicarage embodied in the union of Clonmethan.
		In 1353 the king committed to Roger de Mortimer the custody of said manor; and in 1422 William Scrivener, Constable of the Castle of Nicholstown, had a grant of all the lands, tenements, rents, and services in Ballymadun, to hold while in the king's hands.
		At the hosting of 1532 often before alluded to, Viscount Gormanston was summoned to appear in right of his lay fee of Ballymadun; he also, about the same time, presented to the vicarage as appendant.
	www.chapters.eiretek.org /books/Dalton/Ballymadun.htm (658 words)

	thePeerage.com - Kinvara Clare Rachel Balfour and others
		She married Jenico William Joseph Preston, 14th Viscount Gormanston, son of Edward Anthony John Preston, 13th Viscount Gormanston and Lucretia Jerningham, on 8 January 1861.
		He was the son of Jenico William Joseph Preston, 14th Viscount Gormanston and Georgina Jane Connelan.
		She married, firstly, Jenico Edward Joseph Preston, 15th Viscount Gormanston, son of Jenico William Joseph Preston, 14th Viscount Gormanston and Georgina Jane Connelan, on 26 October 1911.
	thepeerage.com /p7569.htm (685 words)

	Chapter 10 Page 2
		The noblemen of the Pale, alarmed by such high- handed action, presented a petition against the measures taken for the suppression of their religion, praying that the toleration extended to them hitherto should be continued.
		In reply to their petition the Viscount Gormanston, Sir James Dillon, Sir Patrick Barnewall, and others were committed as prisoners to the Castle, and others of the petitioners were confined to their houses in the country, and bound to appear before the Star Chamber at the opening of the next term (Dec. 1605).
		Sir Patrick Barnewall, "the first gentleman's son of quality that was ever put out of Ireland to be brought up in learning beyond the seas" was the ablest of the Catholic Palesmen, and was sent into England at the request of the English authorities.
	www.web-books.com /classics/Nonfiction/History/Catholic_History2/Catholic_History2C10P2.htm (720 words)

	Family Tree Maker's Genealogy Site: User Home Page Outline Descendant Tree: Philip de Preston (1200s) through Viscounts ...
		4 Sir Robert (1st Lord Gormanston) de Preston - 1396 Info 2: Knighted in the field 1361, by Lionel, Duke of Clarence, and purchased from Almeric de St. Amand the Manor of Gormanston, in the cos, of Dublin and Meath.
		that Prince's Deputy (he being in minority), with power to elect a Deputy to himself..On the 7th Aug 1478 he was elevated to the peerage of Ireland, by the title of Viscount Gormanston of Gormasnston.
		Was created Baron Gormanston in peerage of UK, 8 Dec 1868 d: September 28, 1876....................................................
	familytreemaker.genealogy.com /users/m/a/c/Simon-S-Maclaren/ODT11-0001.html (1678 words)

	preston05
		Sir Robert de Preston of Gormanston and Carbery, Chancellor of ireland, 1st Lord of Gormanston (d 1396)
		Mary Barnewall (d 05.1642, dau of Nicholas Barnewall, 1st Viscount of Kingsland)
		Elizabeth Preston (dau of Anthony Preston, 2nd Viscount Tara)
	www.stirnet.com /HTML/genie/british/pp/preston05.htm (731 words)

	House of Lords - Minute
		The Viscount Waverley—To call attention to the role of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Department of Trade and Industry in serving the United Kingdom’s overseas interests; and to move for papers.
		The Viscount Astor—To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to enable digital terrestrial television to be broadcast throughout the United Kingdom.
		The Viscount Exmouth—To ask Her Majesty’s Government under what authority officers of the police were able to undertake covert raids throughout the British Isles on so-called “neo-Nazi” members of the group known as Chapter 18.
	www.publications.parliament.uk /pa/ld199899/minutes/990311/ldordpap.htm (8446 words)

	OPSI - UK Legislation
		Viscountess Gormanston in lieu of a rentcharge payable to her out of the estate.
		Enabling Arthur Earl of Anglesey and Henry Viscount Hide to take in England the oath of office as Vice Treasurer and Receiver General and Paymaster General of Her Majesty's Revenues in Ireland.
		Viscount Mountague's estate: vesting of trust in Henry Arundell and his heirs.
	www.opsi.gov.uk /chron-tables/private/p-chron07.htm (4638 words)

	Nobiliary Titles in the Republic of Ireland
		Some examples of this category are the Marquis of Kildare (Baron of Kildare in the UK peerage), the Earl of Meath (UK title of Baron of Chatworth), the Marquis of Donegal (UK Baron of Fishbrook), the Duke of Leinster (UK title of Viscount of Leinster), and Viscount Gormanston (Baron Gormanston in the UK peerage).
		In the UK House of Lords these people would be addressed by their highest title even if sitting under a lower UK title.
		Some other title examples are the Earl of Mayo, the Earl of Ross, the Baron of Louth, the Baron of Dunboyne, and the Viscount Doneraile.
	www2.smumn.edu /facpages/~poshea/uasal/titles.html (1921 words)

	Archibald Maule Ramsay at AllExperts
		On the outbreak of World War I he served in France for two years before being transferred to the War Office in London.
		Ismay Preston, daughter of Viscount Gormanston and widow of Lord Ninian Crichton-Stuart MP, who had been killed on active service in the war.
		As the war was coming to an end, Ramsay served at the British War Mission in Paris.
	en.allexperts.com /e/a/ar/archibald_maule_ramsay.htm (2231 words)

	thePeerage.com - Georgina Corballis and others
		She married Edward Anthony John Preston, 13th Viscount Gormanston on 19 July 1836.
		Jenico William Joseph Preston, 14th Viscount Gormanston+ b.
		Edward Anthony John Preston, 13th Viscount Gormanston was born on 3 June 1796.
	www.thepeerage.com /p7568.htm (463 words)

	MS. Carte Calendar 32
		Theobald, Lord Viscount Taaffe, to be Earl of Carlingford in the county of Louth; with an annual fee of twenty pounds sterling, payable out of the Receipt of of the Exchequer,and with all privileges and pre-eminences pertaining to that dignity.
		Directs the restoration of Lord Viscount Gormanston to such of the lands of his late father as are in the king's possession, or in that of adventurers or soldiers; reprisals being set out for such of these as are reprisable persons...
		Interrogatories to his Grace, James, Lord Duke of Ormond, on the part and behalf of James, Lord Viscount of Gormanston, complainant against Sir Edward Sutton, baronet, and Dame Ann [Query, in error for "Jane"?] his wife, defendants.
	www.rsl.ox.ac.uk /dept/scwmss/projects/carte/carte32.html (7636 words)

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