Fox (Foxhall)
Richard E, Fox, of Foxhall, was the owner of over 3000 acres in County Longford in the 1870s. Richard M. Fox owned extensive property in the parish of Rathreagh, barony of Ardagh, County Longford at the time of Griffiths Valuation in the early 1850s. In 1856, Michael Maxwell Fox had offered his property in County Longford for sale in the Encumbered Estates Court. Burke suggests that this is an ancient Irish family. Richard Edward was succeeded by his daughter, Adeline Mary, in 1885. The Fox family, who held land in county Cavan, were a junior branch of the Fox family of Fox Hall, county Longford. Richard Fox (1795-1864) was the fifth son of Richard Fox of Fox Hall and his wife Lady Anne Maxwell, daughter of Barry, Earl of Farnham. In the mid-19th century Richard Fox held land in the parishes of Mullagh, Lurgan, Castlerahan, Kildallan, Crosserlough and Drumlane. In 1878, his second son Charles de Bassyn Fox with addresses in Dublin, Castleblayney, county Monaghan and Cregg, county Sligo, owned 2,246 acres in the county.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Aubawn | Aghabane | Kildallan | Cavan | Killashandra | Tullyhunco | Cavan |
OSI Ref: H290084
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Archival sources
- Assignment of Farnham Manor and demesne and lands of Tullylough, by Richard Fox to Henry Baron Farnham, 17 Dec 1845. D 22,781.; National Library of Ireland
- Estate of Richard Maxwell Fox, Esq., M.P., owner and petitioner. Relates to estate known as Foxhall Estate, Barony of Ardagh, Co. Longford. 4103 acres, 3 roods and certain houses and premises in College Street, and Exchange Street ion the City of Dublin. 3 June 1856. D1201/53; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Deeds and other papers of the family of Fox of Foxhall, Rathreagh, co. Longford, 17th - 19th c.; National Library of Ireland
- Epitome of the settlement made on the marriage of Charles De Bassyn Fox and Miss Emma Penelope Packe with letter and note of Miss Packe's fortune, 1871. DE5047/50/1-3 ; Leicestershire & Rutland Record Office
- Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Fox , 09/06/1856, Vol 40, MRGS 39/019, (microfilm copy in University of Galway Library);; National Archives of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- 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] : 169
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Cavan Union, 1 (Aubawn)
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Ballymahon Union, p64 (Foxhall), p.66 (Newport, Newtown & Sleehaun)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: p.53 (Longford)
- 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] :
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: p.149 (Foxhall)
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : p.308.
- Ordnance Survey Name Books County Longford: Rathreagh Parish https://longfordlibrary.ie/archives-and-local-studies/placenames/rathreagh/newport.html