Temple (Waterstown)
Following the Cromwellian confiscations the lands of the Waterstown estate were granted to William Handcock, ancestor of Lord Castlemaine. They passed to one of his younger sons, Reverend Stephen Handcock, Dean of Kilmacduagh. Reverend Stephen’s son Gustavus, MP and Recorder of Athlone, married the heiress Elizabeth, daughter of Reverend Robert Temple of Ballyloughloe (Mount Temple) and built Waterstown House c 1746. In 1703, Robert Temple of Ballyloughloe bought some of the estate of King James II from the trustees of forfeited estates. Their grandson Gustavus Robert Handcock assumed the name of Temple and his granddaughter inherited the estate and married William George, 2nd Baron Harris as his second wife. Both their sons assumed the name of Temple and succeeded each other at Waterstown and their sister was married to the 4th Baron Castlemaine. The eldest son, Reginald Temple Harris Temple, is recorded in Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) as the lessor of many townlands in the parishes of Ballyloughloe, Bunowen, Kilkenny West and Noughaval. In the 1870s his estate was comprised of 4,863 acres. He died in 1900 and was succeeded by his brother Captain Arthur Ernest Temple who married Jane, widow of Arthur Chaigneau of Bunowen and had a son, Arthur Reginald Temple, born 1874.
Associated Families
No associated families were found for this estate
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Lough Ree Lodge | Killinure North | Bunown | Athlone | Killinure | Westmeath |
OSI Ref: N061479
OS Sheet: 22 Discovery map: 47 |
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| St Marks | Killinure North | Bunown | Athlone | Killinure | Westmeath |
OSI Ref: N058480
OS Sheet: 22 Discovery map: 47 |
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| Easthill House | Caplahard | Kilkenny West | Athlone | Glassan 7 | Westmeath |
OSI Ref: N082453
OS Sheet: 22 Discovery map: 47 |
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| Harmony Hall | Farrannamoreen | Kilkenny West | Athlone | Glassan 7 | Westmeath |
OSI Ref: N084478
OS Sheet: 22 Discovery map: 47 |
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| Waterstown House | Waterstown | Kilkenny West | Athlone | Glassan 7 | Westmeath |
OSI Ref: N094460
OS Sheet: 22 Discovery map: 47 |
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| Mount Temple House | Labaun | Ballyloughloe | Athlone | Mount Temple 16 | Westmeath |
OSI Ref: N150416
OS Sheet: Discovery map: 48 |
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Archival sources
- Fred Sutton and Company, solicitors; Map of part of the estate of Rev. Dean Handcock at Balnamudagh, Co. Westmeath, 1773. M.6970; National Archives of Ireland
- Detailed wills of Handcock and Temple of Mount Temple and Waterstown, Co Westmeath, 1742-1791. GO Ms 139, 152-153; National Library of Ireland
- Copy of grant of arms to Capt the Hon Arthur Ernest Harris of Waterstown, Co Westmeath on his assuming under royal licence and in compliance with the will of Robert Handcock Temple the name and arms of Temple, 19 June 1900. GO Ms 111, 71-72; National Library of Ireland
- Landed Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Egan, 3 May 1867, Vol 85 (64), MRGS 39/041, (microfilm copy in UG) 120 acres of Mount Temple; National Archives of Ireland
- A survey of the estate of Gustavus Handcock Temple in the counties of Westmeath and King's County, by James O'Donnell. 1786. 14 A. 29; National Library of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 86
- 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] : 467
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''15th Annual Report of the Commissioners of Public Records Ireland,'' 1825. Vol XVI, Appendix III. Abstracts of the conveyances from the trustees of the Forfeited Estates and Interests in Ireland in 1688'.: 366
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Athlone Union, 13, 14, 20, 22, 30, 56
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: I, 205 (Lough Ree Lodge), II, 115 (Waterstown)
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 298 (Mount Temple House); 386 (Waterstown)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 360