Cairnes
In 1680, the Blayney estate in the barony of Monaghan was sold by Henry Vincent, 5th Lord Blayney, to Alexander Cairnes, son of John Cairnes of Donaghmore, county Donegal. In 1708, Alexander was created a baronet. He was succeeded by his brother, Henry, the 2nd and last baronet. Mary, the only daughter and heiress of Sir Alexander Cairnes, married Caldwallader, 7th Lord Blayney but they had no children. His widow re-married the Rt Hon. Lieutenant-Colonel John Murray, afterwards M.P. for county Monaghan, to whose daughters the Monaghan estate descended. The eldest Murray daughter, Frances, married William Henry Fortescue, Earl of Clermont. The second, Elizabeth, married Robert Cuninghame, created Baron Rossmore in 1796. The third, Mary, died unmarried. The fourth, Anne, married the Rt Hon. Theophilus Jones. The fifth married in 1764 Henry Westenra, whose eldest son, Warner William, eventually succeeded his uncle Robert Cuninghame, in 1801 as 2nd Lord Rossmore.
Associated Families
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Archival sources
- Pedigree of Cairns family, Co Monaghan, 18th century. M552; National Archives of Ireland
- Pedigree of Cairnes of Cos Donegal, Tyrone, Monaghan Barts and city of Limerick, c 1600-1826. GO Ms 170, 57-66; National Library of Ireland
- Docquet of a grant to Alexander Cairnes of Monaghan, of the dignity of a baronet, 5 May 1708. Also discharge to him of the sum of £1095 usually paid for that dignity. Original in British Museum, London, Harleian Ms 2263 (Extracts). Microfilm P 1418; National Library of Ireland
- Rossmore Collection include records relating to the Cairnes family, 1705-1789. T2929; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland