He was b. 29 Nov. 1818; ed. at Eton; suc. his father in the Lisneragh estate, 2 June 1866; sometime Lieut. Scot's Greys; Sheriff of co. Carlow, 1877; suc. to the peerage [I.], 17 May 1879, under the spec. rem. in the creation thereof; L. Lieut. of co. Carlow; Rep. Peer [I.] 1889. He m., 26 Feb. 1874, Katharine Anne, 1st da. of the Rt. Hon. Henry Bruen, of Oak Park, co. Carlow, by Mary Margaret, da. of Edward Michael Conolly Pakenham, of Castletown, co. Kildare.
Family Estates.—These, in 1883, consisted of 8,058 acres in co. Carlow; 3,000 in co. Louth; 2,886 in co. Tyrone; 2,600 in co. Fermanagh; 1,006 in co. Monaghan; 1,215 in co. Meath, 600 in co, Dublin, and 558 in co. Kildare. Total. 19,923 acres, worth £15,400 a yenr. Principal Seats. Drumcar, near Dunleer, co. Louth, and Lisnavagh, near Rathvilly, co. Carlow.
i.e, “Berkeley of Rathdowne, co. Wicklow,” Barony [I.], (Berkeley). cr. 1663 with the Viscountcy of Fitzhardinge of Berehaven [I.], which see; ex. 1712.
i.e., “Rathdowne, co. Dublin,” Barony [L.] (Chetwynd), cr. 1717, with the Viscountcy of Chetwynd of Bearhaven [I.], which see.
i.e., “Rathdowne,” Earldom [I.], (Monck), cr. 1822; ex. 1848; see “Monck of Ballytrammon,” Viscountcy [I.], cr. 1801; sub. the 2nd Viscount.
i.e., “Rathfarnham, co. Dublin,” Barony [I.]. (Loftus), cr. 1685, with the Viscountcy of Lisburne [I.], which see; ex. 1690.
i.e., “Rathfarnham,” Earldom [I.], (Wharton), cr. 1715, with the {{sc|Marquessate of Catherlough [I.]; see “Wharton,” Marquessate, cr. 1715; ex. (with the Dukedom of Wharton) 1731.
i.e., “Clifton of Rathmore, co. Meath,” Barony [I.], (Bligh), cr. 1721; see “Darnley,” Earldom [I.} ; cr. 1725.
Barony [I.]
I. 1475
1. Thomas Daniel, appears to have been cr. Baron Rathwire, co, Meath [I.], by patent, 5 Aug. 1475 (15 Ed. IV.), and to have had (after surrender) a regrant of the same, 18 June 1476, under the name of “Thomas Danyell, Knight, Lord and Baron of Rathwire,” to him and the heirs male of his body. “It is conceived that the above Thomas was he who incurred the displeasure of the Parl. of England as appears by the Parl. Rolls.. Those very ample possessions contained in this grant were, for the most part, afterwards resumed by another statute of resumption [Qy. 7 Hen. VII.], and the Lordship of Rathwire again vested in the family of Darcy. This circumstance may account for the descendants of Sir Thomas Daniel not being found afterwards in the Parl. Lists.’’[1]
“Sir Thomas Daniel, Baron of Rothware in Ireland and Lord Deputy[2] there under King Edward IV,” is said[3] to have m. “Margaret, sister to John (Howard), Duke of Norfolk.” He is said to have had a son Edward Daniel, who m. Grace, the childless widow of Thomas Langley, da. and h. of Richard Baynard (d. 1478, aged 52) of Messing, co. Essex. This Grace Daniel d. 2 Jan. 1508.[3]
