Stewart (Whitegate)
In the 1870s Thomas B. Stewart of Whitegate House, Midleton, county Cork, owned 1,510 acres in county Limerick and 199 acres in county Tyrone. His wife Anne owned 80 acres in county Cork. She was a daughter of James Penrose of Woodhill, county Cork, He was the fourth son of Henry Stewart (died 1840) of Tyrcallen, county Donegal and of the land agency firm of Stewart and Kincaid and a grandson of William Stewart of Killymoon, county Tyrone. Stewart and Kincaid were agents for the Fitzgerald of Mount Blakeney estate in county Limerick and Norton writes that Thomas Stewart succeeded to the Mount Blakeney estate in 1855. His wife Anne Penrose was a niece of Robert Uniake Fitzgerald who was married to Gertrude Blakeney Lyon. Thomas Stewart assumed the additional names of Blakeney Lyon before Stewart and died in 1874. He was succeeded by his brother James Robert Stewart.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitegate House | Ballincaroonig | Aghada | Middleton | Corkbeg 257 | Imokilly | Cork |
OSI Ref: W840 636
OS Sheet: 88 Discovery map: 81 |
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Archival sources
- Stewart of Tyrcallen Papers, 1668-1982. D3319; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Copy of grant of arms being Stewart quartering Lyon and Blakeney, to Thomas Stewart of Ballymenagh, Co. Tyrone and Whitegate House, Co. Cork on his assuming under Royal Licence and in memory of Gertrude Blakeney Fitzgerald of Whitegate House the name and arms of Blakeney Lyon Stewart Aug. 3, 1855. Genealogical Office: Ms.108, pp.105-6 ; National Library of Ireland
- Copy of royal licence to Thomas Stewart of Ballymenagh, Co. Tyrone, and Whitegate House, Co. Cork, to take the names of Blakeney and Lyon and quarter the arms of the said families June 23, 1855. Genealogical Office: Ms.152, pp.248-51 ; National Library of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 154
- HUSSEY DE BURGH, U. H. ''The Landowners of Ireland. An alphabetical list of the owners of estates of 500 acres or £500 valuation and upwards in Ireland''. Dublin: Hodges, Foster and Figgis, 1878. [available online at www.askaboutireland.ie] : 428
Modern printed sources
- BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Ireland''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1904: 566
- NORTON, Desmond. ''Landlords, tenants, famine: the business of an Irish land agency in the 1840s.'' Dublin: University College Dublin Press, 2006.: 7, 197-213
- BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1886: I, 644-645 (Penrose Fitzgerald)
- BENCE-JONES, Mark. ''A Guide to Irish Country Houses''. Revised ed. London: Constable, 1988. : 284