Wellesley
In the 19th century the Earls of Mornington owned estates in a number of Irish counties including county Cavan. Their land holding in county Cavan amounted to about 1,470 acres in the parishes of Ballymachugh and Urney. These lands along with many others amounting to 20,991 acres were for sale in the Encumbered Estates Court in 1853 and 1854. Colonel Alexander Saunderson bought the townlands in the parish of Ballymachugh as recorded in Griffith's Valuation. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation [publ. 1854] William Richard Arthur Wellesley, 5th Earl of Mornington's county Westmeath estate was in the parish of Kilbeggan. It was comprised of about 2,000 acres. He died unmarried in 1863 when his titles devolved on his cousin the 2nd Duke of Wellington
Associated Families
No houses were found for this estate
Archival sources
- Encumbered Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Mornington, 16 Nov 1853, Vol 24 (39) & 21 Nov 1854, Vol 32 (6), MRGS 39/010 & MRGS 39/013, (microfilm copy in NUIG) 20,991 acres of estates in Kings & Queens Cos, Cos Dublin, Meath, Westmeath & Cavan. ; National Archives of Ireland
- Rental for sale of the estate of the Earl of Mornington in King’s Co, Queen’s Co, Dublin, Meath, Westmeath and Cavan, in Landed Estates Court, 1863. M.6186; National Archives of Ireland