Nugent (Earl of Westmeath)
In April 1678 Richard Nugent, Earl of Westmeath, was granted an estate of over 11,000 acres in the baronies of Longford and Ballynahinch, county Galway and Ballintober, county Roscommon, as well as 2,262 acres in county Westmeath. In 1680 he sold his lands in the barony of Ballynahinch to Henry Blake. The 2nd Earl’s grandson. Thomas [4th Earl], was outlawed in 1691 but his estates were restored under the Treaty of Limerick. His two daughters and co-heiresses were Lady Mary Nugent who married Francis, 21st Lord Athenry and Lady Catherine Nugent who married Andrew Nugent of Dysart. Thomas, 6th Earl and nephew of the 4th Earl, conformed to the Established Church and his grandson George 8th Earl was created Marquess of Westmeath in 1822. His only surviving child Rosa married Fulke, 1st Lord Greville of Clonyn, county Westmeath and on his death in 1871 the Marquess was succeeded in the earldom by his cousin Anthony Francis Nugent, Lord Riverston of Pallas, descended from the 2nd Earl’s second son Thomas.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cloonteem | Cloonteem | Kilmore | Carrick on Shannon | Cloonteem 47 | Ballintober North | Roscommon |
OSI Ref: N002 962
OS Sheet: 12 Discovery map: 33 |
Archival sources
- Papers relating to Nugent property in Loughscur, county Leitrim and county Westmeath, 1698-1739. D,20,222-51, M. 3261-78. ; National Archives of Ireland
- Papers in Stowe collection relating to Nugent properties including county Roscommon, c.17th - 19th centuries. [microfilm copy at NLI, P 6071]; Huntington Library, California
- Irish deeds from the Stowe collection re Nugent family properties in Cos Westmeath, Clare, Longford, Dublin, Roscommon, Wicklow & Queen’s Co, 17th century-1820. Mic/206; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Rous Family Archives, include speech of Marquis of Westmeath in House of Lords respecting law of landlord and tenant in Ireland, 3rd May 1847. HA11/B1/18/22; Suffolk Record Office: Ipswich Branch
- Irish deeds from the Stowe Collection relating to the Nugent family properties in Counties Westmeath, Clare, Longford, Dublin, Roscommon, Wicklow and Queen's County, 17th c. - 1820. Mic 206; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Copy of grant of lands in County Longford to Richard Nugent, 15th Baron Delvin and afterwards first Earl of Westmeath. 1609. D.8766.; National Library of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''15th Annual Report of the Commissioners of Public Records Ireland,'' 1825. Vol XVI, Appendix I, Grants under Acts of Settlement: 255
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Vol II, 186
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, County Roscommon: Vol II, 348 & 369
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''15th Annual Report of the Commissioners of Public Records Ireland,'' 1825. Vol XVI, Appendix I, Grants under Acts of Settlement: 255
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: I, 310 (Clonyn House)
Modern printed sources
- MOSLEY, Charles (ed). ''Burke's Peerage and Baronetage''. Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999: II, 2980-2983
- NORTON, Desmond. ''Landlords, tenants, famine: the business of an Irish land agency in the 1840s.'' Dublin: University College Dublin Press, 2006.: 149-166
- O'Brien, Donal. ''The Houses and Landed Families of Westmeath''. The author, Athlone (2nd edition 2015): 49-51