Landed Estates
University of Galway

Parker (Whiteway, Devon)

The Parker family of county Cavan were closely related to the Devon family of that name who held the title Earl of Morley from 1815. By his wife, Frances Talbot, John Parker the 1st Earl left a son Edmund, 2nd Earl, who married in 1842 his second cousin, Harriet Sophia, only daughter of Montagu Edmund Parker of Whiteway, Devon and his wife Harriet nee Newcombe. It was through the Parker/Newcombe marriage that the Pleydell estate centred around the manor of Doobally in county Cavan with other lands in county Meath was acquired by the Parker family and eventually inherited by the Earls of Morley. Harriet Newcombe was the daughter of John Newcombe and Harriet Pleydell, apparently eventual heiress to the estates of Jonathan Morton Pleydell, the elder (c 1725-1795). Mrs Harriet Parker (1786-1877) of Whiteway, Devon, was recorded in 1876 as the owner of 10,540 acres in county Cavan (parish of Killinagh) while her son W.E.N. Parker and others owned a further 562 acres (parish of Drumlane).

Associated Families

Houses

Name Townland Civil Parish PLU DED Barony County Map Ref  
Upper Thornhill House Thornhill or Mullandreenagh Killinagh Enniskillen Esky Tullyhaw Cavan OSI Ref: H039373
OS Sheet: 1
Discovery map: 26 		Photo of Upper Thornhill House
Corrard Corrard Killinagh Enniskillen Dowra Tullyhaw Cavan OSI Ref: G997287
OS Sheet: 5
Discovery map: 26 		Photo of Corrard

Archival sources

  • Estate and legal papers and correspondence relating to the administration of the Morley estate consisting principally of the manor of Doobally, Killinagh, Tullyhaw, Co. Cavan, formerly in the possession of the Morton and Pleydell families, also detailing the creation of railway and mining interests on the estate by the 3rd Earl of Morley. 1746-1898. T3530; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
  • Original bundle, with some subtractions, of 46 leases (mainly for 3 lives) of lands on the Morley/Parker estate near Blacklion, Co. Cavan; the lessor is Jonathan Morton Pleydell and the witness Jason Hassard, [his agent. For photocopies of the main part of this estate archive, see T3530.] 1787-1790. D3480/25; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland

Contemporary printed sources