Lawder/Lauder
The Lawders were a Scottish family who came to Ireland in the late 16th century marrying into landed families in county Cavan. At least one Lawder, John, is recorded as residing at Kiltubbrid, county Leitrim in 1649. The Lawder family were also settled at Bonnybeg House in Mohill parish by the late 17th century. Mough, in Fenagh parish was also associated with the family who later built Lawderdale in the same area. Several members of the family served as High Sheriffs of Leitrim between 1699-1853, including Frederick Lawder of Cor, county Cavan who was High Sheriff of county Leitrim in 1705. His second son Thomas lived at Rose Hill, county Cavan, a townland located to the south of Cor and married Anne Hume of the nearby townland of Lisanober [Lissanover], county Cavan. The Lawder family’s county Cavan lands were mainly located in the parish of Templeport. Thomas’ younger brother Frederick Lawder was the ancestor of the Lawders of Lawderdale, Ballinamore, county Leitrim. His descendant the Reverend Matthew Lawder, resident at Gresson House, Swanlinbar, county Cavan, succeeded to the property in 1872 and is recorded as holding 2,500 acres in counties Leitrim and Roscommon. He also owned 450 acres in county Cavan and 623 acres in county Limerick. William Lawder of Lawderdale is recorded as a lessor of lands in the parish of Kilronan, barony of Boyle, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. The representatives of Mrs W. A. Lawder of Flanker House, Drumsna, owned 1,293 acres in county Leitrim in the 1870s. James McParlan records Edward Lawder "of Cloverhill" as a resident gentleman of property in county Leitrim in 1802.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Lawderdale | Mough | Fenagh | Mohill | Fenagh 76 | Leitrim | Leitrim |
OSI Ref: H125088
OS Sheet: 25 Discovery map: 34 |
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| Mough | Mough | Fenagh | Mohill | Fenagh 76 | Leitrim | Leitrim |
OSI Ref: H117091
OS Sheet: 25 Discovery map: 33 |
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| Bunnybeg House | Bunnybeg | Mohill | Mohill | Bunnybeg | Leitrim | Leitrim |
OSI Ref: N038981
OS Sheet: 32 Discovery map: 33 |
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| Aghamore House | Agahmore | Mohill | Mohill | Roosky 73 | Mohill | Leitrim |
OSI Ref: N058863
OS Sheet: 37 Discovery map: 33 |
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| Caldragh | Caldragh | Kiltoghert | Carrick-on-Shannon | Carrick-on-Shannon 28 | Leitrim | Leitrim |
OSI Ref: G951026
OS Sheet: 27 Discovery map: 33 |
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| Flanker House | Drumsna | Annaduff | Carrick-on-Shannon | Drumsna | Leitrim | Leitrim |
OSI Ref: M994973
OS Sheet: 31, 32 Discovery map: 33 |
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| Mount Campbell | Mountcampbell | Annaduff | Carrick-on-Shannon | Drumsna 29 | Leitrim | Leitrim |
OSI Ref: M991986
OS Sheet: 31 Discovery map: 33 |
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| Corville | Cor | Templeport | Bawnboy | Bawnboy | Tullyhaw | Cavan |
OSI Ref: H227171
OS Sheet: Discovery map: 27A |
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| Lissanover | Lissanover | Templeport | Bawnboy | Lissanover | Tullyhaw | Cavan |
OSI Ref: H235166
OS Sheet: 13 Discovery map: 27A |
Archival sources
- Pedigree of Lawder family of various locations counties Leitrim and Roscommon, notably Ashford, Bonneybeg and Lawderdale, also of the USA and Malay, 1520-1908. GO Ms. 182, 96-113. ; National Library of Ireland
- Detailed abstracts of wills of Hume of Castle Irvine in Fermanagh, of St. Johnstown, Co. Longford, of Dublin City, of Humewood, Co. Wicklow, of Lisnober, Co. Cavan, of Carriga in Co. Leitrim, 1701 -- 1798. GO Ms 141, 102-104.; National Library of Ireland
- Pedigree of Lawder of West Barn, Haddington and Belhavin in Scotland, of Derrindrahid, Mount Lawder, Bawnboy, Corr, Kilsallagh and Rose Hill in Co. Cavan, c. 1520 -- 1908. GO MS. 182: 96-113.; National Library of Ireland
- Lease by Henry Paisley L'Estrange, Moystown, King's Co., and Mary his wife to James Lawder, Rose Hill, Co. Cavan of Owengallagh [Owengallees], [parish of Templeport], barony Tullyhaw, Co Cavan, for three lives or 31 years. Rent: 10s6d per annum, 23 Sep 1783. 999/22/1; National Archives of Ireland
- Documents associated with the purchase of Ballymagauran (Ballymagawran) and Derryragh, parish of Templeport, Co Cavan, by Randal Slack from Frederick Lawder, esquire, amounting to £504.3.3. and division of Ballymagauran between Slack and Arthur Ellis, 1748-1750. P017/0011-/0014; Cavan County Archives Service, Small Private Collections
- Map of Billis estate bogs, Co. Cavan, as divided by John Flood by order of W. Lawder. Quarto sheet tinted, with names of tenants, 1860, 15 B. 8(9); National Library of Ireland
- George Hassard Esq. Skea. Co. Fermanagh Edward Lawder Clover hill Co. Leitrim. Deed of Assignment Consideration money £532.10s.8d. 15 December 1819, D2469/71; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Leases, mainly from William Lauder of lands in the Bonnybeg estate, Co. Leitrim. D4123/2/1; Public Record Office, Northern 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] : 262
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 305
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Mohill Union, 48 (Mough), 50.
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Vol I, 617
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 73, 283
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 350 (Mough)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of names of proprietors and area and valuation of properties in counties in Ireland, held in fee or perpetuity or long leases at chief rents,'' 1876. (412) LXXX. 395: 155
- McPARLAN, James. ''Statistical Survey of the county of Leitrim''. Dublin: Royal Dublin Society, 1802. : 111.
- SLATER, Isaac. ''Royal National Directory of Ireland: List of the principal seats''. (Manchester: 1894) : xxx, 14 (Mount Campbell)
- BATEMAN, John. ''The great landowners of Great Britain and Ireland''. London: Harrison, 1883. : p.260
Modern printed sources
- BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Ireland''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1912: 386
- HARRISON, A (compiler).'' A roll of all gentlemen....High Sheriffs, MPs & other officers of county Leitrim, 1600-1909.'' Carrick-on-Shannon: printed by P. Brennan, 1910. : 3-12.
- ''The Irish Genealogist'': GRAY, Edward S. Some notes on the High Sheriffs of county Leitrim, 1701-1800. I (1941), 301-304.