Robinson (Kilconnell and Rosmead)
In 1822, Admiral Hercules Robinson, born 1789, married Frances Elizabeth, only child of Hans Widman Wood of Rosmead, county Westmeath. The admiral died in 1864. The Gortloney (over 2,000 acres) and Hanstown (over 1,500 acres) estates of the Robinsons located in counties Meath and Westmeath and formerly belonging to the Widman Wood family, were advertised for sale in the Encumbered Estates Court in November 1851 and the Rosmead estate (about 1,100 acres), county Westmeath, in January 1852. Lord Vaux was the purchaser of these estates. Previously the county Galway estate of Admiral Hercules Robinson and his wife Frances Elizabeth was offered for sale in the Encumbered Estates Court in June 1851. Described as the Ashtown Estate it included Castle-bin and New Inn otherwise Knockbrack, in the barony of Kilconnell. The Freeman's Journal reported William Burke as the purchaser. The Dictionary of National Biography notes that Hercules Robinson was the son of Reverend Christopher Robinson, rector of Granard, county Longford and his wife, Elizabeth Langrishe. One of their sons, Sir Hercules George Robert Robinson, had a distinguished career as a colonial governor.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carrowmanagh Cottage | Carrowmanagh | Kilconnell | Ballinalsoe | Kilconnell 8 | Kilconnell | Galway |
OSI Ref: M739332
OS Sheet: 73 Discovery map: 47 |
Archival sources
- Encumbered Estates Court (O'Brien) rentals. Robinson (Ashtown) estate 26 June 1851 1851 Vol 8, Reel 3(Microfilm Copy at NUIG).; National Archives of Ireland
- Encumbered Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Robinson, 4 Nov 1851, Vol 11 (41), MRGS 39/005, (microfilm copy in UG); National Archives of Ireland
- Encumbered Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Robinson, 20 Jan 1852, Vol 13 (21), MRGS 39/005, (microfilm copy in UG); National Archives of Ireland
- Copy of grant of arms to the descendants of Rev Christopher Robinson, rector or Ahern and Granard by Elizabeh Langrishe and to their grandson Sir Hercules George Robert Robinson, son of Admiral Hercules Robinson of Rosmead, Co Westmeath and his wife Elizabeth only child of Henry Widman Wood of Rosmead, 2 Feb 1891. GO Ms 111c, 67; National Library of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: I, 310
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 341
Modern printed sources
- ''Freeman's Journal'': Incumbered Estates sale reports, 27 June 1851, p.4.
- MATTHEW, H.C.G. and HARRISON, Brian (eds). ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''. Oxford: University Press, 2004: J. K. Laughton, ‘Robinson, Hercules (1789–1864)’, rev. Andrew Lambert, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/23843, accessed 7 Aug 2013.
- NATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRELAND. Reports on Private Collections: Report on the Walker Papers (from 1726), in the custody of Mr. H. J. Walker, solicitor, Athlone relating to Athlone Corporation, the Adamson, Handcock, Kelly, Longworth, Robinson and Rochfort families and to lands in Cos. Roscommon and Westmeath. No. 196
- O'Brien, Donal. ''The Houses and Landed Families of Westmeath''. The author, Athlone (2nd edition 2015): 168