Hort
This family descend from the Most Reverend Josiah Hort, Archbishop of Tuam 1742-1751. The Archbishop’s son was created a baronet in 1767. The Horts were closely related to the Caldwells of Castle Caldwell, county Fermanagh. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation Sir Josiah William Hort held an estate in the county Cavan parish of Annagh, barony of Lower Loughtee. On 9 June 1863, his estates in Cavan amounting to 1,583 acres and in county Fermanagh amounting to 2,871 acres were for sale in the Land Court. In 1876, his estate in county Cavan amounted to 973 acres and he owned further estates in counties Fermanagh (285 acres), Kildare (1847 acres) and Queen’s County (Laois, 851 acres). He died in August 1876 and was succeeded by his brother Sir John Josiah Hort, 3rd Baronet, who had homes in Dublin and Kilcock, county Kildare.
Associated Families
No houses were found for this estate
Archival sources
- Ely Papers include sale rental of estate of Sir Josiah William Hort and Colonel John Josiah Hort in counties Cavan and Fermanagh, 9 June 1863. D580/551; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Papers of Josiah Hort, Bishop of Ardagh, in a suit against Charles Connell, relating to lands of Drumgoon, Co Cavan, early 18th century. M.2815.; National Archives of Ireland
- 3 docs: 2 Marriage settlements of Sir Josiah Hort and Miss Louisa Georgina Caldwell, 1823 and a lease of ground and premises in Belturbet, Co. Cavan 1862. Lands in Co. Kildare and Co. Cavan. 1823-1862. D1096/60/2; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Title deeds, correspondence, genealogies and miscellaneous family papers of the Hort family, Omagh, Co. Tyrone. c 1720-1930. D1634; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Landed Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Hort, 9 Jun 1863, Vol 68 (38), MRGS 39/034, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland