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LISMORE— LISTOWEL.
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II. 1797. Viscountcy [I.] I. 1806. Barony [U.K.] I. 1838.

2 and 1. Cornelius (O'Callaghan), Baron Lismore of Shanbally [I], s. and h., b. 2 Oct. 1775; suc. to the peerage [I], 12 July 1797 was cr., 30 May 1806, Viscount Lismore of Shanbally, co. Tipperary [I]; P.C. [I], 1835; was cr., 6 July 1838,[1] BARON LISMORE OF SHANBALLY CASTLE, co. Tipperary [U.K.]; Lord Lieut. of Tipperary. 1851. He m., 11 Aug. 1808, Eleanor, sister of Walter, 1st Marquess of Ormonde [1], yst. da. of John (Butler), Earl of Ormonde and Ossory [I], by Frances Susanna Anne, da. and h. of John (Wandesford), Earl Wandesford [I] She, who was b. in 1788, was divorced by act of Parl. 1526[2] He d. 30 May 1857, aged 83, at Shanbally Castle.

Viscountcy [I.] and Barony [U.K.] II. Barony [I.] III. 1857.

2 and 3. George Ponsonby (O'Callaghan), Viscount Lismore of Shanbally [1806], and Baron Lismore of Shanbally [1785], in the peerage of Ireland, also Baron Lismore of Shanbally Castle [1838], 3d but only surv. s. and h.,[3] b. 16 March 1815; sometime an officer in the 17th Lancers; suc. to the peerage, 30 May 1857; Lord Lieut. of co. Tipperary, 1857-85; Hon. Col. 4th Batt. Royal Irish Militia. He m., 25 July 1839, Mary, 2d da, of John George Norbury.

Family Estates.—These, in 1883, consisted of 34,945 acres in co. Tipperary, 6,067 in co. Cork, and 1,194 in co. Limerick. Total 42,206 acres, worth £16,354 a year.

Principal Residence. Shanbally Castle, near Clogheen, co. Tipperary.

LISNASKEA.

i.e., "Fermanagh of Lisnaskea}}, co. Fermanagh," Barony (Crichton), cr. 1876; see "Erne" Earldom [I.], cr. 1789, under the 3d holder thereof.

LISSANOURE.

i.e., "Macartney of Lissanoure, Co. Antrim," Barony [I.] (Macartney), cr. 1776; see "Macartney" Earldom [1.], cr. 1794; ex. 1806.

LISSON EARL.

i.e., "Earlsfort of Lisson Earl, co. Tipperary," Barony [I.] (Scott), cr. 1784; see "Clonnel" Earldom [1.], cr. 1793.

LISTOWEL, and ENNISMORE AND LISTOWEL. Viscountcy [I.] I. 1816. Earldom [I.] I. 1822.

1. William Hare, of Ennismore, co. Kerry, 1st s. of Richard Hare,[4] of the same, by Margaret, or Catherine, da. of Samuel Maylor, was b. Sep. 1751; M.P. for Cork, 1796-97 and for Athy, 1798-1890, and was cr., 30 July 1800,[5] BARON ENNISMOŘE, co. Kerry [I], and subsequently, 22 Jan. 1816, VISCOUNT ENNISMORE AND LISTOWEL [I], and finally, 5 Feb. 1822, EARL OF LISTOWEL [I.] He m., 30 May 1772, Mary, da. of Henry


  • r4=p121d His eldest and only surv. son, the Hon. George Cornelius Gerald O'Callaghan, b. 3 Nov. 1846, m. 24 Dec. 1874, at Umballa, in India, Rosina, widow of Edward Charles Follett, and d. s.p. and v.p. in March 1885.
  1. ↑ This was one of the Coronation Peerages of Queen Victoria for a list of which see vol. ii, p. 145, note "b," sub "Carew."
  2. ↑ She d. at Sorrento, near Naples, 27 Sep. 1859, aged 71.
  3. ↑ (Of his elder brothers (1) the Hon. Cornelius O'Callaghan, 12th Lancers, d. unm. in London, 16 Aug. 1849, aged 40, and (2) the Hon. William Frederick O'Callaghan, Capt. 44th Foot, d. unm. in India in 1836.
  4. ↑ See "Her, and Gen.," vol. ii, pp. 473-487, for some astute remarks on "Hare of Stow Bardolph and the ancestry of Lord Listowel" by "G. H. D."
  5. ↑ One of the 26 peerages [I.] conferred that year. See list thereof in vol. i, p. 166, note "a,"sub"Ashtown.
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