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1 78 ATIIENRY — ATIILONE. XXII. 3 1811. ,'J. ! Edward Birmingham of Dalgan, afsd., bv. anilL. In 1S27 he petitioned that, as heir male, he should bo declared " tu be entitle;! to the honours and dignities of Loud Biiiminoham, BARON OF ATHKNKY ami Premier Baton of Ireland as a prescriptive dignity which had been enjoyed by his ancestor* from time immemorial. "(<•') The Attorney Gen. (Denmau) reported to the King thereon that in his opinion "the petitioner has proved himself to be the h. male of liichard, Loud Atiiknhy, who sat in Pari, in the reign of Queen F.liz." The petition was referred to the House and the minutes of evidence before the Committee of privileges were ordered to be printed 10 .March 1886.( a ) See tabular pedigree at p. 176, note "b." ATHLON E. Sue "W1LMOT I >F ATIILONE," Viscount, [I.], or. 1 Jan. 1620-1 ; ex. 1681. Earls [I.] l. (Joueut de Gixkei.l of Ameroiigen in the province I 1691-'^ Utrecht, Baron dc Ginkell, &e., in t/tc Cnitrd Provinces (where he was Geu. of the Cavalry), was appointed, by Will. Ill, Lieut, lien, unci Commander in Chief of the army in Ireland, and, having distinguished himself by the capture vf Athlonc on 20 June 1691, and at the battle of Ai/hrim on 10 July following was er.,( c ) 4 March 1691-2, BARON OF AG H RIM, eo. Galway, anil EARL OF ATHLONE, co. R<jscommou [I.] Ou 13 Oct. 1 GU:J the King granted Una the forfeited estates (above 26,000 acres) of 'William Dongan, the attainted Earl of Limerick [I.], but this grant was reversed by Pari, on 1,1 Dee. 1699. He was sub- sequently Commander in Chief of the allied armies in Flanders, and, in 1702, was Veldt-Marshal of the armies of the States Geu. He m., before 1668 Ursula Piiiloiwa. He d. at Utrecht 11 Feb. 1702-3. II. 1702-3. 2. GoDEitT (de Ginkell), Eakl of Atdlone, Ac. [L], s. and h. 4. 1668. He was a member of the Nobles in the province of L T trecht. Lieut. Gen. of the Dutch Forces and Governor of Sluys. In 1710 he was taken prisoner after the siege of St. Venant. He in. Henriettn,(') yst. da. of William Henry (de Nass.m -Zl vlestei.n), 1st Eabl ok ttocHFOHB, by Jane, da. and h of Sir Henry WitOTH. He d. 15 Aug. 1729. III. 1729. J. Godert Adrian (de Ginkell), Earl of Atdlone, &c. [I.], s. and h. lie d. unm. 8 Oct. 1736 (of the small pox) at Morbourg in Hesse (where he was a Student at the University), and was bur. at Amerongen, aged 20 years and 8 months. ( c ) On like grounds, 4 Oct. 1721, the Irish House of Lords resolved in favour of Gerald de Courcy, who, being h. male, had claimed the Barony of Kingsale [I.] as a Bonny by fretcription for "that his ancestors have been, time out of mind, Peers of this Realm and sitting members of this House." The h. gen. (female) was passed over in this resolution of 1721, as was also the ease, 38 years later, ou the death of this same Lord Kingsale, s.p.m., 17.19, wheu John de Courcy, the then h. male, was declared heir to the Peerage and took his seat, in 1762, accordingly. ( d ) At the funeral, in 1884, of John Birmingham of Millbrook, a grandson of John, the claimant of 1799 (who d. s.p. to/, in 1803), there was present another John Birmingham said to be second cousin of the deceased. K.r inform. V. F. Carter, Editor of "the Midland Antiquary." t'j See the preamble to the patent in " Lodge," vol. ii, 165. ( [ ) Her sister Mary m. " the Heer Harvelt," i.e. Frederick Christian de Ginkell, 2nd s. of the 1st Earl of Atldone [I.], by whom she was mother of the 5th Earl.