Parnell (Baron Congleton)

Baronet 1766, Baron Congleton 1841

Name	Description
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.