Marlay
The Marlays descend from a merchant of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. The grandparents of Charles Brinsley Marlay were George Marlay and Lady Catherine Butler daughter of Brinsley, Earl of Lanesborough and his wife Lady Jane Rochfort, only daughter of Robert Ist Earl of Belvedere. Through this family connection Charles B Marlay inherited the Belvedere estate in Co Westmeath and assumed the name of Rochfort in 1867. In Griffith’s Valuation he is recorded as resident at Belvedere and a lessor in at least ten parishes, including in Ardnurcher, Ballymore, Castlelost and Kilkenny West. When C. B. Marlay died in 1912 the estate was inherited by his distant cousin, Colonel Charles Howard Bury (1881-1963), a keen mountaineer, who led the 1921 Mount Everest Expedition. Griffith’s Valuation records Louisa Catherine Marlay, the mother of Charles Brinsley Marley, holding three townlands in the parish of Lavey, county Cavan. In 1878, C. B. Marlay of Mullingar and England owned estates in counties Westmeath (9,059 acres), Cavan (1,688 acres), Louth (3,067 acres), Limerick (453 acres) and King’s County (38 acres).
Associated Families
No houses were found for this estate
Archival sources
- Survey of the estates of Charles Brinsley Marlay, situate in Roscommon, Westmeath and King's County. By William Fitzpatrick, Maryboro'. Folio volume of 32 maps, water-coloured and interleaved with tables of reference, 1852. 16 F 12; National Library of Ireland
- The Marlay Papers 1778-1912. Bd; Nottingham University Library, Special Collections
- Landed Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Bagnall, 9 May 1873, Vol 110 (10), MRGS 39/051, (microfilm copy in UG) Rahugh; National Archives of Ireland
- Map of part of the estate of Lady Piers Marlay at Stonefield alias Clohenagh, Co. Westmeath, n.d. M. 5664; National Archives of Ireland
- Survey of the estates of Charles Brinsley Marlay, situate in Roscommon, Westmeath and King's County. By William Fitzpatrick, Maryboro'. Folio volume of 32 maps, water-coloured and interleaved with tables of reference, 1852. 16 F. 12; National Library of Ireland
- Copy of exemplification of arms to Charles Brinsley Marlay of Belvedere, son of Lt Col George Marlay and grandson of George Marlay of Twickenham by Lady Catherine Butler, daughter of Brinsley Earl of Lanesborough, on his assuming the name and arms of Marlay Rochfort. 1 Oct 1896. GO Ms 110, 206-207; National Library of Ireland
- Howard Bury Collection; Charles Brinsley Marlay and Col Charles Howard Bury, accounts of Irish estates including counties Westmeath, Armagh, Cavan, Limerick and Monaghan, 1829-1928.; Westmeath County Library
- Howard Bury Collection: Charles Brinsley Marlay 1831-1912, landowner and politician, correspondence and estate papers, 1859-1912.; Westmeath County Library
- Howard Bury Collection: Marlay family (later Bury) of Belvedere, family and estate papers, 1800-2000.; Westmeath County Library
- Howard Bury Collection: Bury family, Earls of Charleville, Charleville Castle, family and estate papers, 1600-2000; Westmeath County Library
Contemporary printed sources
- BATEMAN, John. ''The great landowners of Great Britain and Ireland''. London: Harrison, 1883. : p.299
- 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] : 306-307
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 85
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Mullingar Union, 135 (Newcastle); 147 (Belvidere); 149 (Tallyho); 153 (Rathgarrett)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 366
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Tullamore Union, 202 (Rahugh)
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 326 (Rahugh)
Modern printed sources
- BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1886: 792
- BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Ireland''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1904: 386
- O'Brien, Donal. ''The Houses and Landed Families of Westmeath''. The author, Athlone (2nd edition 2015): 35, 37, 39, 158