Burmester
John William Burmester was one of the founders of the London County Banking Company. He was involved in a banking consortium with Farmery John Law and James Sadlier in the 1850s and they bought up a number of Irish estates for sale in the Encumbered Estates Court, including Kylemore in Connemara and the town of Caher/Cahir, county Tipperary. Over 1,000 acres belonging to the banking consortium of John William Burmester, Farmery John Law and James Sadlier in the barony of Coshlea, county Limerick, were advertised for sale in November 1857. An estate of 925 acres in the barony of Condons and Clangibbon, county Cork, belonging to the same banking consortium, was also advertised in June 1860. This county Cork estate had been purchased from the sale of the Kingston estate in 1855. In 1861 Castle Hyde and 2,734 acres in the baronies of Condons and Clangibbon and Fermoy, belonging to John W. Burmester, William Corry and James Andrew Durham, were advertised for sale. This same banking consortium also bought much of the town of Caher, barony of Iffa and Offa West, county Tipperary, which was advertised for sale by the Earl of Glengall in November 1853. Four sale rentals dated November 1857 advertise for sale the Burmester, Law and Sadlier estate at Caher and in the barony of Eliogarty and include a number of lithographs. The sale rental dated 24 November 1857 covers a fee simple estate of over 4,000 acres at Castlegrace, Ballyknockane, Bohernagore, Graigue etc and is annotated with the names of the purchasers. The owners for this sale were Burmester, Law, Sadlier and Clement Sadlier and others. In May 1860, Burmester, Sadlier and Law offered for sale over 300 acres in the barony of Upperthird, county Waterford. This has been part of the Wall of Coolnamuck estate, sold in the early 1850s.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Kylemore House | Kylemore | Ballynakill | Clifden | Cushkillary 30 | Ballynahinch | Mayo |
OSI Ref: L782 586
OS Sheet: 24 Discovery map: 37 |
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| Castle Hyde | Castlehyde East | Litter | Fermoy | Castlehyde 129 | Condons & Clangibbon | Cork |
OSI Ref: W785 985
OS Sheet: 35 Discovery map: 80 |
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| Caher House | Townparks | Caher | Clogheen | Caher 65 | Iffa and Offa West | Tipperary |
OSI Ref: S052 247
OS Sheet: 75 Discovery map: 74 |
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| Swiss Cottage | Kilcommonbeg | Caher | Clogheen | Caher 65 | Iffa and Offa West | Tipperary |
OSI Ref: S053 228
OS Sheet: 81 Discovery map: 74 |
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Archival sources
- Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Burmester, Law & Sadlier, 26 June 1860, Vol 59 (50), MRGS 39/030, (microfilm copy in NUIG) ; National Archives of Ireland
- Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Burmester, Corry & Durham, 10 Dec 1861, Vol 63 (60), MRGS 39/032, (microfilm copy in NUIG) ; National Archives of Ireland
- Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Burmester, Law & Sadlier, 3 May 1859, Vol 55, MRGS 39/028, (microfilm copy in NUIG) ; National Archives of Ireland
- Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Burmester, Law, Sadlier, Cory & Durham, 17 Nov 1857, Vol 48 (35), MRGS 39/023, (microfilm copy in NUIG) ; National Archives of Ireland
- Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Burmester, Law & Sadlier, (Kilcommon Demesne & Caher town premises), 17 Nov 1857, Vol 48 (34, 36, 38), MRGS 39/023, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Burmester, Law & Sadlier, (Castlegrace etc), 24 Nov 1857, Vol 48 (49), MRGS 39/023, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Burmester, Law & Sadlier, (Cahir town premises), 16 Feb 1858, Vol 50 (36), MRGS 39/024, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Burmester, Law & Sadlier, 29 May 1860, Vol 59 (50), MRGS 39/030, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Burmester, Law & Sadleir, (Clogheraillybeg, barony of Eliogarty), 16 Feb 1858, Vol 50 (37), MRGS 39/024, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
Modern printed sources
- ''Freeman's Journal'': Encumbered Estates Court sale reports, 17 February 1858, p.4.