Pelham-Clinton
Lord Charles Pelham Clinton was the second son of Henry P. Clinton, 4th Duke of Newcastle, Clumber Park, Nottinghamshire . Lord Clinton was Member of Parliament for Sandwich. Prendergast writes in his letter (7 Oct 1854) to the Earl of Bantry that Lord Charles Pelham Clinton bought the 4,377 acre estate of Bere Island and the 5,788 acre estate of Berehaven on the mainland, both of which were advertised for sale in the Encumbered Estates' Court on 25 November 1853, believing them to be unencumbered. He was among the principal lessors in the parish of Kilmoe, West Carbery, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. In the parliamentary return of 1876 Lord C.P. Clinton is recorded as the owner of 4,563 acres in county Cork, while Hussey records him as the owner of 13,563 acres in the county in 1878.
Associated Families
No houses were found for this estate
Archival sources
- Baker, Ringwood & Gordon, solicitor's collection, includes documents including a rental relating to the estate at Crookhaven, Co. Cork, of C. S. P. Clinton, 19th c. Small Accs. Index 105, M. 3724 (1-9) ; National Archives of Ireland
- NPC: c1810-1860: corresp and misc papers concerning the children of the 4th Duke of Newcastle and an album containing portraits of the Pelham-Clinton family; Nottingham University Library, Special Collections
- Rental of the estate of Charles S. P. Clinton in Crookhaven, Co. Cork, n.d. M. 3724 (9) ; National Archives of Ireland
- Documents including a rental relating to the estate at Crookhaven, Co. Cork, of C. S. P. Clinton, 19th c. M. 3724 (1-9); National Archives of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- PRENDERGAST, John P. ''Letter to the Earl of Bantry or a warning to English purchasers of the perils of the Irish Incumbered Estates Court: exemplified in the purchase by Lord Charles Pelham Clinton M.P. of two estates in the barony of Bere, county of Cork''. Dublin: James McGlashan, 1854: All
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 119
- 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] : 86
- BATEMAN, John. ''The great landowners of Great Britain and Ireland''. London: Harrison, 1883. : p.96