Parnell (Baron Congleton)

In the mid-17th century Thomas Parnell, a member of a family resident at Congleton, Chester, settled in Ireland. His grandson John Parnell MP for Maryborough was created a baronet in 1766. The 1st Baronet’s grandson Sir Henry Brooke Parnell was created Baron Congleton in 1841. Another grandson was William Parnell of Avondale, county Wicklow, who was the grandfather of Charles Stewart Parnell. Baron Congleton died in 1842 and was succeeded by his eldest son John Vesey, 2nd Baron. Griffith’s Valuation records the Baron’s second son, the Hon Henry William Parnell, (succeeded as 3rd Baron 1883), holding an estate in the parishes of Lynn, Durrow, Moylisker and Mullingar, county Westmeath. In 1876 his estate amounted to 2,900 acres in the county. His address was Anneville, Mullingar. His brother, Lord Congleton’s estate was in Queen’s County (Laois) and amounted to 5,515 acres.

Associated Families

Houses

Name	Townland	Civil Parish	PLU	DED	Barony	County	Map Ref
Anneville	Anneville or Rathduff	Moylisker	Mullingar	Belvidere 80		Westmeath	OSI Ref: N438469 OS Sheet: 26 Discovery map: 48
Rostalla	Rostalla	Durrow	Tullamore	Ardnaglow		Westmeath	OSI Ref: N345330 OS Sheet: 38 Discovery map: 48

Archival sources

Hopkinson Family collection includes papers of the family of Parnell (Lords Congleton) of London and Dublin, 1802-1896. D2624; Gloucestershire Archives
Congleton Manuscripts, include including rent accounts for estates in Westmeath, County Meath and King's County, 1816-44 (MS 64/252); Estate papers, for estates in Westmeath, County Meath, County Tipperary, Queen's County, King's County and Dublin, 1567 to 1892; extensive accounts for the Irish estates, 1837 to 1886, and for property in Queen's County, 1792 to 1884. MS 64; Southampton University Library

Contemporary printed sources

PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 85
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] : 94, 362
''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Mullingar Union, 147 (Anneville); Tullamore Union, 198 (Rostalla)
LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: I, 590 (Rostalla)

Modern printed sources

BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1886: 315-316